Poor family mother and son

Chapter 989 The Fourth Prince Is Back
The news of the fourth prince's return was said to be big or small, except for the eldest prince and the third prince, the other brothers all ran to Shili Pavilion outside the city to greet him.

The snow still didn't stop, but it was smaller than before, but the wind was stronger, and the floating snow was rolled up and thrown back again, but it seemed like the snow was getting bigger and bigger.

The world is at a loss, as if there is no dividing line.

There was no one under the ten-mile long pavilion, and the snow on the roof was nearly a foot thick. No one dared to go in to admire the carved beams and painted buildings, for fear that the snow would collapse the roof and smash themselves into a pie.

Several princes huddled in the carriage, the roof had already accumulated an inch of snow, and the tracks behind the carriage could not be seen at all.

After only waiting for two quarters of an hour, the convoy of the princes was completely blocked.

Apart from performing brothers and sisters in front of their father and queen, the princes had never been so "unity and friendship" as they are today. The eight princes squeezed into two carriages, drinking tea and eating snacks around the charcoal stove.

It's cold, but people are still huddled together to keep warm.

The second, fifth and sixth princes were in a carriage, and they were discussing how much jade the fourth prince could bring back.

The seventy, eighty and ninety princes were in another carriage, comparing each other who was closer to the fourth prince, because they felt that if the fourth prince went to Voss, he would naturally bring him back to Voss horse, and then they must make friends with the fourth prince , get a horse.

A guard came to report that they had seen the convoy of the fourth prince. The princes immediately jumped out of the warm carriage, wrapped their fur hoods tightly, and then adjusted their expressions of excitement and anticipation.

The motorcade was very long, every carriage was covered tightly, and there was also thick snow on it, the horses of the Fourth Prince and Zheng Chunqiu were driving in front of them.

The fourth prince turned his head slightly and reminded Zheng Chunqiu, who was half behind the horse, in a low voice: "Sit up straight! Let's see what you look like!"

The whistling wind and the sound of horseshoes covered up the fourth prince's voice, Zheng Chunqiu only saw the fourth prince turning his head and moving his lips at him, and couldn't help leaning forward and asking loudly: "Your Highness, what did you say?"

The fourth prince stared fiercely, and said again: "Sit up straight! Let's see what you look like!"

Zheng Chunqiu couldn't help curling his mouth in the scarf.

what does it look likeThe eyelids are almost freezing off, and the tears from the cold wind keep the frost on the upper eyelashes sticking to the lower eyelashes, and the eyes can hardly be opened!
The worn-out sheepskin scarf covered most of his face, but it had already been frozen through, and he curled his mouth just now, letting the frozen snot rub against his mouth in the scarf.

Just like this, I still feel that the wind is blowing into the back of my neck. At this time, Zheng Chunqiu shrinks his neck and arches his back, wishing to roll himself into a lump.

The fourth prince was so angry that he shook his horsewhip, made an empty sound, and then turned his head to Zheng Chunqiu and ordered: "There is someone in front who will pick you up, hold it for me!"

Zheng Chunqiu barely sat up straight.

He knew what the fourth prince meant, he saw someone greet him in front of him, and the fourth prince had to have his dignity as a prince.

But Zheng Chunqiu has countless complaints in his heart - you want your dignity, why do you care about me?I don't want dignity, so do I still have dignity?

Don't say I don't, your fourth prince's dignity can't last for a few quarters of an hour, right?If someone lifts the tarpaulin cover over the wagon and sees that there is no jade underneath, won't your face fall to the ground too?

Those tightly covered carriages were indeed pulling stones, rocks, and not many jades.

There are grain bags stacked on top of it, so that it looks like it is high on the board of the carriage and has a lot of harvest.

That's right, the national team has to be decent.

"Fourth!"

"Fourth Brother!"

"Brother Four!"

The voices of the brothers came out, slightly distorted by the cold wind.

The fourth prince's face was almost frozen, but he tried his best to shake the muscles on his face, trying to express the excitement beyond words.

Fourth Prince: "Second Brother, Fifth Brother and Sixth Brother... You are all here! It's so cold, you little ones, you shouldn't come out, your mother and concubine should be worried!"

The second prince glanced past the fourth prince to the car behind him.

I heard that the Marquis of Linyang brought back ten thousand catties of jade a few years ago, and the old man Huang, the former servant of the Ministry of Industry, sat on the stone and escorted the cart back.

At that time, there was a lot of rumors about the scene, saying that there were carts of stones, dusty, but everyone looked at it like a golden mountain.

The second prince couldn't help asking: "Fourth, stones are not afraid of the cold, what are you doing covering them?"

After thinking about it, I felt that asking such a question was not very good, as if I was staring at other people's grades and didn't care about my brother, so I added: "It's cold this year, I'm afraid it's not warmer than Voss, you should sit in the carriage Here, those oilcloths and felts cover the carriage, so you can keep warm, why don’t you take care of yourself when you’re away from home?”

Who doesn't know shelter from the wind in a carriage?If it wasn't for the need to enter the city and the Fourth Prince had to save face, otherwise he wouldn't know how to ride a horse.

Not to mention showing his face, Zheng Chunqiu is shameless, but he is a prince, so he has to carry and pretend.

This is great, my face is so cold... I can't even move!

I didn't feel the snot coming out, and crystal snot flowers formed on the beard.

"Fourth brother, get in my carriage and stay warm!" The second prince warmly invited.

Zheng Chunqiu dismounted early to greet the princes, but no one paid any attention to him.

Now seeing that the fourth prince got into the carriage of the second prince, and the other princes returned to their carriages, Zheng Chunqiu heaved a sigh of relief, and ran to the rear and got into the carriage as well—whatever it is, it will be warm for a while!

Damn!Why is it so cold that he thought he was still in Voss and hadn't come back!

Two hours later.

Fortunately, they warmed up in the carriage for a while, otherwise Zheng Chunqiu might have froze to death right now.

At this moment, the fourth prince is kneeling in the imperial study, and Zheng Chunqiu is kneeling at the gate outside the imperial study, kneeling in the ice and snow.

The emperor who had listened to the fourth prince's report had a face that was cloudier than the sky outside, and the sound of panting was louder than the cold wind outside.

He was so angry that he didn't know what to say!
In one year, you can bring back less than three thousand catties of jade?So many cars are loaded with rocks?
After a long time, it was all a face project!
Something that can be brought back with three carriages, and a battle of more than 30 carriages, if you don't know the inside story, how capable you can be for the fourth prince!

The eunuch who had heard the rumors came back and reported that the fourth prince had brought more than 30 cars into the city through the wind and snow, and the emperor was so moved.

He felt that the fourth son, who only came back now, must have been like Chu Qing in order to scrape land to get more jade, so he would delay until the Chinese New Year, which made the emperor feel very distressed and happy.

Now is the time to spend money, and the emperor is thinking about how to make money.

Although all officials are called on to donate money and food together, the matter of disaster relief can be said to be a bottomless pit.

The disaster affected a wide area and caused great damage. Relying on donations can only relieve the emergency for a while, but it cannot last long.

The resettlement of victims, post-disaster reconstruction, and damming of roads and other projects have to be carried out. The weather in the north is colder, but the south is warmer. However, such a large flood and the death of so many people and animals may cause plague.

There are varying degrees of losses in granaries and grain in various places. In the spring of the coming year, it is inevitable to exempt taxation in the hardest-hit areas and reduce taxation in moderate and light disaster areas as appropriate.

Agriculture is Daxuan's main source of taxation. As a result, Daxuan's treasury will be in a "flat stomach" state for at least three years.

The emperor originally wanted to put jade into the market and collect money from the wealthy households in Daxuan, but look at this "promising" son!
"Crack!" A crystal clear glass, together with half a glass of milk in it, hit the fourth prince's knee, and the warm milk splashed the hem of his robe.

"Father, calm down! Although there are few jade stones, my son has a way to sell them at a high price!" The fourth prince shouted anxiously.

(End of this chapter)