Sir, my wife is pretending to be innocent again

Chapter 436 The Stingy Emperor

The commotion outside all came to an end after Yuan Su sent the box of jewelry, and the world became quiet again. Before the New Year was over, the Cheng family began to be busy again.

When the New Year's Eve is over, no one can stop.

Cheng Yi and Cheng Yousan are going to Dongshu to study. They have a lot of things to arrange before leaving. The departure date is set after Cheng Xiaosi gets married, leaving them little time.

Xiao He stopped going to the escort agency and asked people from the Xiao family to help with the affairs. He stayed at home to take care of Cheng Xiaosi's wedding matters.

The Qin family was even more busy. In addition to trivial matters at home, she also shouldered the important task of going to various banquets in the city. There were many invitations sent to the Cheng family. Xiao He did not go to every family. Cheng Dashan learned from the flower house. Knowing the importance of women’s family members, since it is important, we must pay attention to it.

"Speaking of which, the women in our family all have the same temperament. They don't have the interest or the time to sit down and gossip with others. We are like this, and the married girls are also like this. They are still a little behind in making friends."

This is the shortcoming of the Cheng family's female relatives. So far, neither Xiao He nor the Qin family has a particularly close wife in the capital, and there are no sources of information.

Xiao He sighed, "We have all worked harder this year, so let's take our time."

Qin nodded and could only do this.

At this time, Cheng Daqi also stood in front of the emperor and said that he wanted to send his two sons to Dongshu. The emperor thought for a moment and agreed, "That's fine. Apart from anything else, Dongshu's business has been relatively prosperous in recent years. Indeed. There is something worthy of praise, how long does it take to come and go?”

Cheng Daqi said that he would be able to come back before the end of the year if he came quickly. If there is any further delay or there is something worth learning, "I will have to wait until next year."

The emperor sighed in his heart, wishing he could go and study today and come back tomorrow. "You can take care of this matter on your own. You don't need to make it public. Just tell the outside world about traveling far away."

Cheng Daqi also meant the same thing. If the news is released, I'm afraid it won't stop and there will be a lot of people heading to Dongshu.

After saying this, Cheng Daqi presented the book again. It was a business plan that their brothers had worked out at home during the Chinese New Year. The emperor read it carefully and was full of hope that it would be implemented as soon as possible. After struggling for a long time, Cheng Daqi finally revealed the core purpose of his visit today. , ask the emperor for money.

The Cheng family has done so much work for the emperor, but they have never asked the emperor for capital. The Cheng family has advanced the payment first and then deducted it from the profits. However, this is a trading house of the imperial court, and the initial capital required is too high. The Cheng family will continue to pay for it. It's not appropriate to deposit money there.

The emperor, who was accustomed to only looking at profits but not spending money, didn't react for a while. Cheng Daqi bit the bullet and continued: "It is best for the trading houses that are affiliated with the imperial court to have all the funds funded by the imperial court. This can save a lot of trouble, Wei Chen. I have considered letting various companies take shares before. I believe that as long as the news is released, the firm will not worry about running out of money. However, each company will naturally have requirements for buying shares. I am afraid that by then, the work that can be done by one person will eventually require ten people. , the establishment of the trading house goes against the emperor’s original intention.”

"If Wei Chen were to advance the payment first, the lords in the court would probably say that Wei Chen was using his power for personal gain and wanted to turn the court's trading firm into the Cheng family's."

emperor
He has finished speaking, what else can be done?
"Let Yuan Pei allocate 50,000 taels to you. Is that enough?"

Cheng Daqi's mouth twitched slightly, "If possible, can you allocate one hundred thousand taels?"

The emperor is so stingy. He wants to use fifty thousand taels to win five million taels?
"Weichen will definitely plan carefully, save money, and let the business see profits as soon as possible."

That boy Yuanwu also gave his mistress two hundred thousand taels of cosmetics money. The emperor actually wanted to spend fifty thousand taels to open a trading company. Alas~~~
He even said that one hundred thousand taels must be calculated carefully. What can the emperor say?
"That's right."

Daqi has been working for him for so long and made so much money that he has forgotten that to do business, you must first have capital. Coming out of the imperial study room, Cheng Daqi sighed helplessly, feeling very tired. After walking a few steps, he saw several courtiers walking towards him with smiles. He felt that it was worth it to be tired, and he was more or less able to get through. The power is in his hands, and there is a pie drawn by the emperor for him in front of him.

"Check it again, don't miss anything"

Xiao He at home was counting the dowry with the dowry list. Because Yuan Su sent another box of jewelry, all of which had to be registered. Cheng Xiaosi said, "This is the last time to count. Every time I count, it is so troublesome." , Don’t add any more from now on, it’s enough.”

She felt that she would never be able to use up such a large amount of dowry in her lifetime.

Xiao He nodded and said not to add more, but Cheng Xiaosi was worried, "Really, don't add more. Too much stuff is troublesome. I have to take care of it frequently in the future. It's so close. If I need something that the Yuan family doesn't have, I'll just come back and get it."

Xiao He sighed, "There's no way the dowry is too much. This dowry will only strengthen your waist. There will be a lot of money to spend in the future. These things will be used by your children and grandchildren to get married, so there won't be much."

Cheng Xiaosi's mouth twitched slightly, he couldn't imagine what it would be like for her grandson to get married.

The days passed day by day, and in the second month of Yuansu, she was not allowed to see Cheng Xiaosi. Aunt Fang also used the methods of raising a husband that ladies in the palace used to nourish Cheng Xiaosi's skin, including daily meals. They are both medicinal and used for conditioning.

At the same time, Aunt Fang used her own connections to find Cheng Xiaosi an updated map of the relationships between various families in Beijing, and asked Cheng Xiaosi to sort out all the relationships here. After she gets married, she will go out on behalf of the Yuan family. When attending banquets, I can no longer laugh and play around with unmarried girls like before. I have to shoulder the responsibility of a high-ranking female family member.

"Why is getting married so troublesome?"

Cheng Xiaosi, who was dizzy from carrying it, lamented helplessly. Huahua was serving tea and pouring water on the side, "Girl, it's not difficult, just carry it more."

It turns out that Cheng Xiaosi was uneducated and incompetent, and as a girl, she naturally had to imitate others. Her good days came to an end when Aunt Fang came. She had already memorized the things Cheng Xiaosi had memorized. But she wouldn't say that she cried secretly when she was forced to carry it by Aunt Fang. It was really too difficult.

Grandma Fang also said at the side: "It is indeed not difficult. It is easier to start a family than to keep a family. The harder you work now, the easier it will be in the future. Just carry it on."

Cheng Xiaosi.
At night, Huahua walked into Cheng Xiaosi's bedroom. She felt that Cheng Xiaosi, who was overworking his brain, had already lied down. He saw her standing in front of her bed, twirling her fingers, and opened her eyes, "Are you okay?"

Huahua raised her eyes, then knelt down with a bang. Cheng Xiaosi was startled, and he turned over and sat up, "What are you doing?"

"Girl, can I get married in the future?"

Cheng Xiaosi was dumbfounded, "Of course, who won't let you get married?"

Huahua's eyes were red, "Girl, I want to get married. I want to be a real wife, not a concubine."

"You get up and talk, who asked you to be my concubine?"

"You are mine, who can force you if I don't agree?"