Started to get rich after exile

Ming Lanying said whatever Ye Juelu said, "Leave the rest to me."

Ming Lanying was also happy to be a hands-off shopkeeper, and went with He Bai to Meng Mansion to pick up Dong Xia the next day.

Aunt Meng carefully looked at He Bai who was healthy and intact, and patted her hand happily, "Okay, just come back!"

He Bai smiled with white teeth. Ming Lanying glanced at the closed room inside and asked quietly: "Dong Xia doesn't know yet, does she?"

Aunt Meng nodded, "I didn't say anything, don't worry."

"That's good."

Afraid that Dongxia would be worried, everyone in the Meng family kept the news of Hebai's return from Dongxia and waited until Hebai and Hebai were almost well before they came.

Dongxia was still asking the maid when the victorious army on the front line would return in triumph, when Ming Lanying and He Bai opened the door and walked in.

When Dongxia saw the smiling Hebai, her eyes lit up and she said in surprise: "Hebai! You are finally back!"

Dongxia had a big belly and it was difficult to move. Hebai smiled and stepped forward to show her.

"I'm exhausted from this trip! Let me listen to your baby!"

"My sister-in-law is here, the baby is fine." Dongxia took her hand and looked left and right, worry written on her face, "Are you injured? I have some good medicine here. Open your clothes and let me take a look."

He Bai still had several horrific stab wounds on his body, but he didn't dare to show them to her. Ming Lanying comforted her with a smile.

"Okay, okay, look what you're worried about, He Bai is standing here alive! If you can still smile playfully, it's fine. Your grandfather is here, don't worry."

Dong Xia thought about it, He Bai could still jump up and down with a playful smile, so that wasn't a big problem.

He Bai helped her walk around the room and muttered: "This room is too small. It's not enough for you to walk around twice. Let's go! Go to the palace! That place is big!"

Dongxia couldn't laugh or cry, "When the weather is better, they will help me go outside to walk around, so I won't be bored in the house all the time."

Ming Lanying smiled and put on Dongxia's cloak, "I have already told Aunt Meng to take you to the palace to celebrate the New Year, and Aunt Meng agreed."

Dongxia smiled helplessly, "Sister-in-law, we are not far away."

"I know, but during the Chinese New Year, it should be lively. It would be so lively for two families to celebrate the New Year together!"

Ming Lanying likes to be crowded and lively, and winter and summer are not the ones that displease her.

"What about Huaisu?"

Aunt Meng tidied up the house, carrying large and small bags and carefully guarding her behind. "He has no say. He will go wherever you go."

Dongxia didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Hebai and the maid helped her get into the sedan chair and went to the palace in a grand manner.

The two stewards have made arrangements to free up the guest courtyard for the three men of the Meng family to stay. It just so happens that Mr. Zhao's courtyard is next to the guest courtyard, so he can get there as soon as possible if something happens.

The soft sedan was carried all the way from the courtyard into the guest courtyard, and a dozen maids came to help. In winter and summer, there was no breeze at all until entering the house.

"Sister-in-law, you have arranged this very well!"

It was the first time for Dongxia to have so many maids around, and she always felt like she was wasting the palace's resources.

"What's the matter? You are the most important thing now. The maid will only take care of you and Aunt Meng when Meng Huaisu is away. They can't appear here even after Meng Huaisu comes back."

Ming Lanying checked the soft furnishings in the room and made sure that there would be no hard objects touching them before she felt relieved.

Looking back, I saw that Aunt Meng was quite adaptable, instructing the maids to put things away, and stewing winter and summer tonics in the small kitchen, busy and calm.

Dongxia touched Xian's pregnant belly, with a motherly tenderness in her smile, "With your expectations and love, this child will grow up healthy, and will be with Ning'er when the time comes."

Ning'er nodded and looked at her expectantly, "I will be a good brother!"

Dongxia smiled and rubbed his head, "Well, Ning'er will be a good brother!"

He Bai hugged Ning'er with a smile, "When the time comes, I will train him to be as strong as Ning'er!"

Ning'er's heart tightened slightly, and she pinched her arm. It was still strong, but not that exaggerated. She felt relieved. Her mother didn't like exaggerated muscles. Fortunately, he was still young and didn't have that much flesh.

Ming Lanying stared at Dongxia's belly, "What if it's a girl?"

He Bai scratched his head, "Well... girls practice self-defense! Dongxia and Meng Huaisu are both good-looking. It's not good to give birth to a girl as beautiful as a flower. Being targeted by other people's pigs is not good. Then she has to practice martial arts. Defend yourself!"

Ning'er raised her hands excitedly and said, "Ning'er will protect my sister like my mother!"

Dongxia rubbed her belly habitually, "Boys and girls are alike. It would be best if they look like Huaisu. They are good-looking and lovable."

Likeable?

Ming Lanying and He Bai both thought of Meng Huaisu's cold and cold face, and showed disgust.

But Dongxia doesn't think that feelings can be resolved after a long time. No matter how good Meng Huaisu is to her, she thinks Meng Huaisu is quite cute.

Ming Lanying nodded thoughtfully, "Perhaps beauty is in the eye of the beholder."

He Bai rubbed his arms and muttered: "Shan Zhao is more lovable than him."

Shan Zhao's smile is indeed beautiful, full of sunshine and vitality, like a big healing golden retriever.

He doesn't have that many tricks up his sleeve, and his face still has a bit of childishness. He is indeed more likable than Meng Huaisu, who is more scheming and has an iceberg face worth [-] yuan.

He Bai is like a little sun, and Shan Zhao is like a big golden retriever chasing the little sun.

Ming Lanying glanced at He Bai, said nothing, and happily took Ning'er to visit the mansion next door.

"Okay, Dong Xia is tired too. Let her rest for a while. He Bai should go back to accompany Shan Zhao. Ning'er, let's go next door and have a look. That will be your bookstore in the future."

"it is good!"

Considering the security issues in the palace, the mansion next door is still not connected to the palace, but the internal layout has been completely demolished and rebuilt. It is still being rebuilt, but the general layout can still be seen.

The libraries are surrounded by a large garden in the middle. The front hall is empty, hung with calligraphy and paintings by literary masters, and equipped with many large tables and low stools. It is a public reading area.

This is thanks to the corrupt officials who worked hard in the past to give gifts, including all kinds of treasures. There are many unused famous paintings and calligraphy piled in the palace's warehouse, and now they can finally be displayed.

The frontier fortress was too cold for bamboo to grow, so Ye Juelu spent some time to find cold-resistant hard bamboo and purple bamboo, as well as pine and cypress trees and mosquito-repellent trees planted around it.

The environment is quiet and much taller than other thatched bookstores.

But what Ming Lanying wanted was not to be lofty, but to have a place where ordinary scholars and ordinary people could come in to borrow books and study.

Only when there are more scholars in the frontier fortress can the per capita development of the surrounding areas be boosted.

But the premise is that everyone can eat enough to meet other spiritual needs.

In the past few years, there are still many poor families in the frontier who cannot afford to eat, and the poor sell their children.

Ming Lanying took the lead in exerting pressure, using both soft and hard tactics, asking wealthy businessmen to open porridge shacks to relieve the people at regular intervals, and set up a temporary disaster relief engineering department so that people in need could help out, build houses that were collapsed by snow, and earn work points in exchange for a living. supplies.

There is no such thing as a free lunch. This will eliminate many scoundrels who want to eat and drink for free, and the rest of the people can at least survive this winter.

Ming Lanying asked Ming Langtao that the frontier fortress was not a good place. Before the corrupt officials came, no one would go hungry.

After the corrupt officials came, the people at the bottom basically had to eat one meal at a time, and they were full and hungry at the same time.

After corrupt officials were sanctioned, the lives of the people at the bottom gradually returned to normal. At least they would not starve to death, but some people had their families broken up and their families were destroyed. It was difficult to return to the past. They lost everything and could only wander the streets begging.But these are already the best phenomena.

Ming Langtao also lamented, "If our wise and mighty late emperors and ancestors had not put the people of the country first and paid attention to the development of food and agriculture, the current frontier would never be so peaceful. The wine and meat of the rich families smelled bad, and the roads were frozen to death."

This country has been able to survive for so long because each generation of emperors paid attention to the development of agriculture and food, and made feeding and clothing the people their first priority.

When agriculture develops stably, every family has a surplus of food, and everyone has enough to eat, they will not think about rebellion and cause trouble, but will make their lives better.

Ming Langtao is very optimistic about the bookstore opened by Ming Lanying, which is simply a welfare for many students here in the frontier fortress.

Ming Langtao took out a book that recorded the intellectuals who had been produced in the frontier fortress in the past. There were only a handful of intellectuals, and only one was elected, but he was a proud ancestor. Three generations were honored, and even his neighbors benefited.

"Half of the current personnel at the frontier are guilty of crimes. They will be slaves for life and cannot take the scientific examinations or become officials. The others will not be affected, but the resources are not good. Some are even the descendants of mountain bandits. It is difficult for them to be talented. If you can make the people of a village happy for a year, you have to pay for it."

In other places, although scholars are not everywhere, they are not so exaggerated as to demand tribute.

Ming Lanying could just flip through two pages and record all the outstanding students in the past 30 years. Most of them were children and there were few scholars.

He said somewhat helplessly: "So the bookstore I opened can be regarded as benefiting the frontier. It would be best to have a few more talented people, right?"

Ming Langtao chuckled, "I hope that the bookstore next to the palace is not the only one. It would be better if there are all the frontiers in Kyushu!"

Ming Lanying rolled her eyes speechlessly, "It's a beautiful idea, but where will the resources come from?"

Ming Langtao thought about it and slammed the table, "The best thing for poor students who study hard is copying books. Not only can they earn money for pen and ink, but they can also remember that you have many books. When the time comes, just tell them that your books are in hot demand. They will make money by copying books from you, and when the time comes, you can distribute them to Shuge branches in other areas, and you can copy ten copies at a time, or a hundred copies at a time, that’s enough!”

Ming Lanying clapped her hands, "Okay, you are the prefect and you have the final say. I will leave the promotion of the bookstore to you. Also, the bookstore will hold a small class every ten days to teach the people and children how to read big characters for free. , this matter has also been left to the great prefect!"

Ming Langtao took a breath of cold air, "As expected of a princess, I think so far, I admire you!"

Ming Lanying laughed and scolded him as a bastard, so Ming Langtao shamelessly stayed for a New Year's Eve dinner, got half drunk with Ye Juelu, Meng Huaisu and Zhao Lao, chatting from Tiannan to Haibei, about government affairs Talking about the newly recovered territories of neighboring countries.

It was crowded and lively. Ming Lanying looked to her left at Dongxia, who was pregnant, and at her right side at Hebai, who was still injured. She had no choice but to have a drink with Aunt Meng.

Shan Zhao had just been able to get out of bed, but his injuries were still not fully healed. He and He Bai could only sit at the children's table with Ning'er wolf cub, nibbling chicken legs and drinking sweet soup.

On New Year's Eve, the fireworks and firecrackers are going on non-stop, the trees are sparkling with flowers, and thousands of houses are brightly lit, making it lively.

After several people celebrated the New Year, Grandma Cai and her servants came to pay New Year greetings and ask for rewards. Ming Lanying smiled and gave the New Year's money.

"With the New Year's money, I wish you peace and prosperity in the new year!"

The servants did not expect such a generous new year's money, and no one would tell them as servants that they were safe, only that they would work seriously.

Everyone's eyes were wet.

Ning'er also received New Year's money from every adult present.

The adults touched his head one by one, but they didn't say anything about wishing him a successful son. They just wanted him to be safe, healthy and happy.

The simplest blessing, with the most sincere expectations.

The only people present were the three people at the children's table, one wolf, and the pregnant Dongxia who were not drunk. The others were more or less confused.

Ming Lanying could still hold her head up and issue the order, "Mother Cai, ask the steady maid to send Dongxia and Aunt Meng back to the courtyard, and then find two boys to send Meng Huaisu to the room next to Dongxia. Don't get drunk and overwhelm Dongxia. "

"Yes."

Dongxia looked at Meng Huaisu with some worry. Meng Huaisu was half drunk, but he was conscious and put on Dongxia's cloak without shaking his hands.

"Go to bed early. The smell of alcohol will suffocate you. I'm in the next room. Call me if you need anything."

Seeing that he was not so drunk, Dongxia felt relieved and said, "Okay."

Ming Langtao would go crazy when he was drunk. Now he was lying in a chair and howling the poem he had just written. He looked like a chic and happy poet. It was obvious that he lived a comfortable life in the frontier fortress.

Finally, he was carried to the guest room by four servants to settle down.

Mr. Zhao was also led back to the yard by his servants, and along the way he kept nagging the boy to grab some medicine and make a hangover soup.

Ning'er and Lang Zai said good night to Ming Lanying, and Shan Zhao and He Bai accompanied him back to the yard.

In the end, only Ming Lanying and Ye Juelu were left. Ming Lanying didn't drink much and was just a little dizzy. Ye Juelu was half drunk, but his eyes were full of excitement.

"Madam, let's go back to the house and rest!"

Ming Lanying lazily raised her eyes to look at him. With her deep facial features and wild eyebrows, she had an outstanding demeanor. Compared with the violent and unruly little general Sui when they first met, he looked more mature and attractive now. .

Ming Lanying reached out and pinched his face, "Why are you so excited to go back to the house and rest?"

Under the bright candlelight in the room, Ming Lanying's bright face was as gentle as water, and she looked at him with a smile on her face. Ye Juelu felt that her heart was burning.

He looked at her with hot eyes and strong emotions, grabbing the hands that were stroking her face, "I've spent another year with my wife, and I'm very happy."

"is it?"

The people you love are all around you, and your best friends are all missing each other from afar. There is nothing happier than now.

Minglan Ying smiled and said, "I'm very happy too."

Ye Juelu held her hand, turned his head and kissed her fingertips gently.

Ming Lanying pinched his lips smoothly, teasing the soft lips with her warm fingertips, pressing and rubbing them.

After being naughty for a while, Ming Lanying smiled happily, but she didn't notice the change in Ye Juelu's eyes, as if she wanted to swallow her whole.

Aunt Cai was very discerning and had already led the people away. There was no one around. Ye Juelu picked up Ming Lanying and strode back to the house.

"Go home and sleep."

Ming Lanying lazily hugged his shoulders, "Why are you so hot?"

"...I miss my wife."

"Lying and sleeping together every day, what's there to think about?"

"Just thought about it."

"Thinking about what?"

Ming Lanying vaguely guessed what he wanted to do, but she just looked up at him slowly.

Ye Juelu kissed her, his tone was calm, and he couldn't wait to use Qinggong on his feet, "We'll find out later."

Follow-up after returning to the house: As soon as the door of the main courtyard was closed, the secret guards in the dark looked at each other and silently walked away from the main courtyard. Aunt Cai dispersed the servants around the main courtyard, and the palace fell into silence after the New Year's Eve.

Ming Lanying was put on the bed gently by him. Most of the candles in the room were extinguished. In the dim bed tent, Ye Juelu was able to untie her clothes accurately.

Ming Lanying half-closed her eyes and didn't respond. Ye Juelu was a little nervous, "Madam..."

Before he could say anything, Ming Lanying blocked his mouth and took a bite out of him in dissatisfaction, "What are you talking about?"

Ye Juelu was completely drunk at this moment. The bed tent shook twice, and the clothes fell off one by one. There was a fire burning in the room, but it was not as hot as the atmosphere in the bed tent.