Chapter 95: The Counterattack of the Maid in the Room (39)
After returning from the Qing Palace, Chu Yunyun asked people to deliver a message to Chu Xu, asking him to find time to reveal all the information about Gao Jie to Li Yan'er that he had now, so that he could push her again.
A few days later, Li Yan'er sent someone to send a message and asked Chu Yunyun to go to the Zhenguo Mansion to talk about it.
When Chu Yunyun arrived at the Zhenguo Mansion, he found that Chu Xu was also there, as well as the two brothers Tang Yu and Tang Yi, and several people were talking and laughing around the old lady Lu and several aunts. Seeing this, Chu Yunyun was a little stunned, this was completely opposite to the picture she had imagined before.
"Hu'er is here, come here, come here. Seeing Chu Yunyun standing there stupidly, Old Madam Lu stretched out her hand lovingly to her. In the past few months, they have all seen what the girl has done, especially the trade route she specially opened up for her relatives in the frontier, although on the surface it is in the name of the world, but they are very clear in their hearts the real reasons that prompted her to make this decision, where can they not be shocked and moved? I thought that she had not been close to the men of the Lu family since she was a child, and never thought that she was the one who loved and cherished them the most.
Before Chu Yunyun could salute, she was pulled by her third aunt Li to her grandmother's side, and the other three aunts also looked at her with loving eyes, even more than before, until she felt that she was about to melt away from their gaze.
Since the opening of the trade route, this situation has been staged every time she goes to the Zhenguo Mansion. Especially the third aunt, although her background is not as good as that of several other concubines, but since she married into the house, she seems to have poured all the feelings she had collected in the first half of her life here, and she is the most emotionally leaking person among the four aunts, especially the deepest relationship with the third uncle. After so many years of gathering less and leaving more, the concern in my heart seems to have found sustenance at this time, and I spend all my leisure time on the caravan, and I am naturally grateful when I see Chu Yunyun, not to mention that I love her very much.
"Grandmother, aunt, you will make Yun'er embarrassed to enter the mansion if you do this again. Chu Yunyun sat beside Mrs. Lu and said a little shyly. She didn't expect that what was originally selfish would have a greater effect than she imagined. It has only been a caravan until now, but both the superiors and ordinary people, especially the people of the frontier, are very grateful to welcome and look forward to it.
When the caravan was first formed, word spread that many of the relatives of the frontier warriors went to the Hehe Building, which was the headquarters of the caravan, with letters and items of up to three packs, with a feeling of anticipation. According to the regulations of the previous publicity, Li You did not take a penny from the letters, and the items were also charged a few pennies according to the size. As for the things that the soldiers brought back, they didn't take a penny, and the family members could come to Hehelou to confirm the information after the caravan returned to Beijing.
Every time you send Hehelou, you will leave a detailed information record, so you don't have to worry about greedy goods or blackmailed by barbarian people, and for those who dare to break the rules and ignore the suffering of the frontier soldiers, once discovered, they will kill a hundred and show no mercy, so the order has been maintained very well so far.
At first, most of the people were skeptical about this, until the first caravan returned to Beijing and brought back letters from the frontier soldiers, and they rejoiced and officially recognized the existence of the caravan and went home to prepare letters and parcels.
A few days ago, before leaving, Li You said that he didn't expect these people to be so enthusiastic, and he would rather pay more money and send more things to send over, but fortunately, at the beginning, he was forced to limit no more than three burdens, which also took up half of their fleet. A few pennies can be taken out by beggars, not to mention ordinary people who miss their relatives very much? Under the repeated persuasion and explanation of the steward, they chose the important ones to stay, after all, they can mail them often in the future, and they are not in a hurry this time. People give us convenience, we can't repeatedly force others to embarrass others, this is not authentic.
After hearing this, Chu Yunyun was deeply touched that in many cases, human nature is mutual. However, the problem also arose that the soldiers' hometowns were too scattered, and most of them were far away from Kyoto, and even many villages deep in the mountains and forests. Nowadays, the traffic in Xiangmo is inconvenient, and the information is not yet developed, so it is impossible for her to let people go hundreds of miles to go over the mountains and forests, and finally get to the place, but because she was not informed in advance, she pounced. Not only is it a waste of time and manpower, but the person delivering the letter is also unsafe.
Fortunately, Chu Yunyun didn't worry for too long, and Chu Wen directly reported these worries to the emperor one by one. The next day, a holy decree was issued from the capital to all prefectures and counties, spreading the harmony caravan throughout the country. Each prefecture shall set up at least three letters in a three-month cycle, and all correspondence and articles mailed to the frontier soldiers shall be sent and collected once every three months, and the rules and fees shall be strictly enforced, and the local officials shall not be allowed to embezzle and withhold money on this basis.
Sure enough, there are people above who are easy to do, Chu Yunyun almost forgot that this is in a country where royal power is supreme, and a word from the superior can be worth everything. Although there is no guarantee that the following townships and counties can consistently implement the rules of Hehelou, after all, the scope involved is too wide, and it is inevitable that some people will abuse their power and use it for personal gain, and there may be many other branches. But this situation will appear no matter what period it is, and in the modern era where surveillance is everywhere, there are still people who openly and openly steal and steal express delivery, let alone here? Chu Yunyun can do nothing about this, and can only do his best to bring the greatest convenience to the soldiers and the people.
"You girl. Old Madam Lu touched Chu Yunyun's head lovingly, and couldn't help sighing. In the past few months, they have received more letters than in the past year, and she has not received a handwritten letter from Brother Xiao for a long time. A few days ago, when the caravan came back with a letter, Brother Xiao praised the girl in the letter, saying that she not only solved the problem of the survival of the people in the frontier, but also comforted the homesickness of the soldiers and made their determination to protect the frontier stronger. Seeing that it was rare for Brother Xiao to be so happy, he wrote several pages freely, which was too rare for him who was not used to using paper and ink. When I met several daughters-in-law during this time, I couldn't hide my shame when I saw them, and I didn't understand anything. It's rare that the girl has not been complacent, and this heart is very good.
"Sister Yu naturally deserves it, not only that, but my sister also wants to thank you, if it weren't for my sister, I'm afraid that my sister will ...... in the second half of her life" Li Yan'er also said with this, although she smiled naturally, she could still see her chagrin and fear.
A few days ago, when Li Yan'er routinely inspected the shop, she didn't expect Chu Xu to suddenly appear in front of her, which startled her. Although the two can be regarded as growing up together, they don't have much intersection on weekdays, and every time they meet, they just nod their heads and salute, and then they separate, which is strange today.
Chu Xu was also a little embarrassed, he could be at ease when facing his sister, but he didn't know what attitude to face Li Yan'er appropriately, especially what he was going to say next.
The two of them were silent for a while, Chu Xu finally couldn't help it, he was still on duty, and he didn't have much time to spend here, so he could only take Li Yan'er and go to a few places with him, so that she could witness how Gao Jie behaved, which was more convincing than outsiders saying a thousand things and ten thousand.
Chu Xu was originally mentally prepared for Li Yan'er to cry bitterly and make a lot of noise, after all, he had already heard of her pungent temperament. It's a big deal that when he is treated as a monkey to watch the play, he will give up this face, who asked his sister to ask him to protect Li Yan'er.
Who knew that in addition to Li Yan'er's initial doubts and shocks, she was able to calm down later. Regardless of whether her apparent indifference was a pretense or not, this heart and bearing alone had already made Chu Xu look at her with admiration. No wonder my sister has always cared so much about her, but she deserves it.