Poor family mother and son

"Sister-in-law, where are we going?" Si'er asked while driving the carriage.

In the carriage, Zheng Xiaorou was flipping through the account books, and when she heard Si'er's question, she replied: "In these years, your family is in the capital, have you never traveled far?"

Not to mention a poor child like Si'er, even Zheng Xiaorou himself, as the daughter of a high-ranking official, had never traveled far before marrying Bai Jiaxing.

Si'er said: "Hey, I really haven't. The farthest place I have been to since I was a child is the Youzhou Prefecture Ferry."

Zheng Xiaorou: "Then do you want to go out for a walk?"

Si'er: "I think, why don't you think? We are all envious that you can run around with the master!"

Zheng Xiaorou: "Don't be envious, follow me to close all the shops in Kyoto, take out all the cash on the cabinets and exchange them for rice grains, send them to Ronglai County for disaster relief, and then you all will go to Xinlunzhou with me to play! "

As soon as Si'er heard what Zheng Xiaorou said, she understood what she meant. This was to close the store in the capital, so as not to make money for the emperor.

Zheng Xiaorou helped Baijiaxing to manage the accounts, Qing Wa Dae divided two accounts, as a relative of Mr. Accountant, Si'er naturally knew that one of them was for the emperor.

Now that the affairs of the boss's family are full of disturbances, sister-in-law Xiaorou is venting her anger on behalf of the boss's family.

This is just the surface.

Zheng Xiaorou came to Beijing this time to transfer all members of the Chu family away so that they would not be implicated, so that Chu Qing would be less concerned.

The second is not to let her father go, she knows her father's virtues, whenever there is a stepping stone, her father will step on it regardless; even if there is no stepping stone, her father can make it.

Although Chu Qing never said anything, Zheng Xiaorou could tell from the letters from various places that her father had done no good, and she didn't want Chu Qing to be hurt by her father again.

The third point is that after her husband Bai Jiaxing learned that Linyang County was occupied by the Voss, he sent letters to the Chu family boys everywhere, and wanted to unite to take back Linyang County. The important thing is that the boss should not be accused of communicating with foreign countries.

Zheng Xiaorou wants to transfer all the people from the capital to the war. The more people the better, and the more money the better, she wants to deploy all the manpower, material and financial resources from the capital.

It's just that Bai Jiaxing didn't agree with her going to Beijing by herself, and Zheng Xiaorou insisted on coming because she put her husband's safety above her own, and also because of time constraints.

Master Lu is now leading a group of workers working overtime to forge iron and make black powder.

Master Lu personally supervised and even processed these highly dangerous tasks, completely ignoring his old age and infirmity. Fortunately, although he is old, he is not weak in health.

Perhaps, there is a "demon" in everyone's heart, and now, thousands of "demons" are gathering.

Zheng Xiaorou organized a large amount of clothing, food, wood and other supplies, and ran all the way to Ronglai County under the banner of Qingwatai.

These materials are distributed directly to the affected people without going through the government.

Then continue to advance from Ronglai County, transported to the disaster-stricken areas such as Shanhui Mansion and Jishun Mansion, and purchased a large amount of grain along the way as a supplement.

The disaster relief is true, and it is also true that the materials were transferred to New Lunzhou through this excuse.

With the collective closure of the shops of the Chu family, the people in Kyoto feel a lot of inconvenience.

Ordinarily, the shops of the Chu family are all high-end consumption, and have little to do with the low-level people.

However, at the middle and end of each month, there are "special promotions for the benefit of the people" or "high-end discounts", so that low-end consumer groups can also get high-quality and low-cost commodities.

So, after a little inquiring, Kyoto started a new round of headlines: "Chu Dashan transported grain to Ronglai County so quickly!"

The people are even more excited about this news——

"Have you heard? In addition to food, there are also clothes! Spring is cold, and with food and clothes, many people will die at least!"

"Oh, that's such a good man!"

"You said, how could such a good person be taken by the barbarian country? Is our emperor willing to send her away?"

"Shh! Don't talk nonsense, that is a widow, how can the emperor accept a widow in the harem?"

"What's wrong with the widow? Why can't people who are beneficial to the people and the country be accepted into the harem? Why is the barbarian country willing?"

"It would be a pity if Chu Dashan was really taken away by the Manzi Kingdom!"

"They don't want people in vain, they exchange jade mines!"

"Can you have a little conscience? That jade mine was also mined by Chu Dashan, and it was originally his business!"

"That's right, have you forgotten the big piece of jade that Chu Dashan transported into the capital last year, tens of thousands of catties!"

"Don't always call someone a widow in the future! Who wants to be a widow when there is a man who can rely on her? She just has a bad life!"

"That's not right! You've made it through, and when you become an official, you'll be squeezed out and marry far away!"

"Who ran on it?"

"You don't even know this? Let's not talk about the Manzi Kingdom. They will grab everything they see. Let's just talk about the Zheng family..."

"I know, I know! I even saw with my own eyes that the eldest daughter of the Zheng family cut off contact with his family!"

"Which Zheng family?"

"It's Chu Dashan's in-laws, or a senior official, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, Miss Zheng is married to a brother of Chu Dashan's family."

"I heard that it's Zheng Shangshu who cheated the good man of Chu when he had nothing to do. No, his own daughter can't bear it, so I want to break off with him!"

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Seeing that the people in the city were provoked to be dissatisfied with the emperor, and the fourth prince and King Guli had not been happy for a few days, the topic in the capital was turned back to Chu Qing, and this time it was no longer "that official widow" but He became a "good man of Chu".

This is not good, the fourth prince thought, if the public opinion spread to the palace, how could the emperor be willing to deal with it clearly?I'm afraid she is also reluctant to marry Chu Qing to Voss, right?

"Look for officials from the Ministry of Rites!" The fourth prince said, "Just say we want to see His Majesty!"

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Things outside the palace were not known inside the palace, and if the emperor was still thinking about Chu Qing, the main direction of consideration was: how to let Chu Qing increase his strength.

I didn't say anything just now, didn't Chu Qing increase his income from the one-year jade mining period to "self-raised food and grass"?
The emperor didn't realize that when the officials were wondering about Chu Qing's "arrogant words", what he was thinking about was not the feasibility, but how to get more benefits from Chu Qing.

In the emperor's subconscious mind, he had already determined that Chu Qing had the ability to fight.

He only wants to get more things now, because after all, it seems more cost-effective to own the entire jade mine than the one-year mining income of the jade mine.

If only Chu Qing could fight for him and win back the entire jade mine.

"I invite you to fight, and ask the emperor to appoint a supervising army!" Chu Qing said.

Chu Qing really stepped up, but unfortunately, he didn't meet the emperor's wishes.