Traveling to Daliang Kingdom starts from falling into the water

Chapter 830 It should be that Luo
It should be the Luo from Madam Gao’s family. For some reason, even Madam Qian and Madam Gao San didn’t know that the real owner of the farm was Madam Gao.

Otherwise, the two of them would have told her that her family's farm in the capital city was not only next to Shunyi Farm, but also next to Madam Gao's farm.

Of course, perhaps, as Manager Wang said, “the property was returned to its original owner”, and that farm might be the farm that Mrs. Gao originally gave her as a reward.

After all, it now seems that her belief that even Old Madam Gao didn't know that Nanny Zhou had secretly accepted her as a disciple was actually an illusion, as others had already known it for a long time.

Maybe at first he really wanted to reward her with a big farm so that she could grow up and take care of her master in his old age. As for why he didn't give the land deed to her later?

In all likelihood, he still didn't want her and his disciple to leave the house. After her master died, she would leave the house, but her uncle would return to his ancestral home and take her to the capital.

By then, sending her to the capital city farm might not make much sense. Her uncle was not her master, and taking her to the capital city did not mean that her uncle would sincerely seek benefits for her like her master.

That's why after she got married and went to the Gao Mansion, she had the dowry prepared for her in advance by Old Madam Gao. But then she might have realized that her uncle seemed to attach great importance to her as his niece?

So Madam Gao sent her two letters in succession to remind her that her master had a younger brother, and asked her to keep her master's younger brother so that you and Dajiang could become his disciples and deepen your friendship.

Are you right?
Gu Wenxuan was about to nod after hearing this, but suddenly realized that it was difficult to nod while lying down, so he quickly raised his hand and gave a thumbs up, "That's what I meant, it makes sense."

“So, it’s not that I didn’t think of Madam Gao when I heard that the owner of the manor was surnamed Luo. It’s impossible that there is no master surnamed Luo in such a big city.

I don't know if people with higher status become more suspicious, but when I read to her the letters between Old Madam Gao and her family, there was no mention that her family had any property in the capital.

Her family does have a manor in Zhending Prefecture, but the largest amount of their property is in Tianjin. I know this, and my master also said that her family originally lived by the sea.

He was the founding emperor of Daliang, and he sent my master's ancestor, the first Duke of Liang, to recruit him. This led to the gradual transfer of military power on the sea to the first Marquis Cheng'en.

The first generation Marquis Cheng'en was the uncle of the founding emperor. After that, Madam Gao's family only had titles but no real power. However, the founding emperor's uncle's descendants did not get any great benefits either.

As the saying goes, each generation of kings has its own ministers, let alone powerful relatives by marriage. Which king who inherits the throne can tolerate the previous relative by marriage holding military power?

Their Chen family was relatively good, after all, they were the uncle's family of the founding emperor. But their good fortune was limited. It was fine for one or two generations, but by the time of the third generation of emperors, the Chen family had fallen into decline.

I only recently learned about the branch of the Chen family in Fuzhou Prefecture. The reason they were able to gain a foothold in the local area was thanks to the marriage with Madam Gao's family.

According to Aunt Lan, the reason why Madam Gao never mentioned that she was a relative of the Chen family in Fuzhou was that Madam Gao had a great-aunt who betrayed her natal family and helped her husband's family to occupy the Fuzhou area.

In the previous dynasty, Madam Gao’s family, the Luo family, was a large family. At that time, they almost all fled to many islands in the north and south to make a living by the sea. Do you understand what this means?"

It's just a pirate!

Gu Wenxuan touched her face with amusement. Zhou Banxia glared, "Aren't you afraid that you won't be able to react for a while? That's why I said that in the martial arts circle, the most important thing not to be underestimated is the daughter of the Luo family.

Just look at Madam Gao and you will know that she is an all-round talented woman. It shows how good the Luo family is at educating their daughters. The most interesting thing is that even Madam Gao does not invest in the maritime merchants.

Look, it has been so many years. The Luo family in the capital now has many shops and farms in Tianjin, but they have not invested anything in maritime merchants.

How rich do you think they are? They are so afraid of death that they have given up the craftsmanship passed down by their ancestors and even cut off all the sea merchants?"

"Is it possible that there are still people from the Luo family who have not come ashore yet, and are still secretly controlling certain maritime merchants?"

"Then I don't know. I only know that not only Aunt Lan said so, but Third Brother also said before that the Jiangnan Luo family hates being reminded of their ancestors' history the most.

Another thing is that the Luo family in the capital has now given up the military and turned to literature, including the Luo family in Jiangnan, who now has no male military commanders. I can hide this from anyone except my uncle."

That's true!

He had heard the gentleman mention which generals were guarding Daliang's borders at present, and learned that the old Luo family's power in the army had long been in name only, but did it mean that there were no other forces?
how is this possible.

At the same time, Gu Wenxuan also thought about why Zhou Banxia suddenly emphasized Madam Gao's family late at night, and it was related to this big manor.

His wife was wondering, since the owner of the manor was surnamed Luo, was there another possibility that the manor was not given as a dowry by Madam Gao, but was originally the private property of the Luo family?
"Are you worried that the Luo family has learned that Dajiang and Uncle Qi's daughter are engaged, and they want to use Madam Gao to give you the farm so that they can further establish a relationship with Uncle Qi. Do you have some big plan?"

"Not really. Madam Gao is a wise woman. She knows better than anyone that my uncle treats me like his own daughter. I may be stupid, but how can my uncle not be smart?
She would not plot against me for her nephew's sake to harm the interests of her own son and grandson. I am worried about the deeper meaning behind her actions and whether there is something I have overlooked.

Logically speaking, it would be more legitimate and show more affection if I wait until I give birth to the child and then let Manager Wang send it as a gift on the child's third birthday.

Shopkeeper Wang also said that it was originally given to me and that it had been returned to its original owner. I'm sure the senior manager had said something similar, so he said it in front of you tonight.

But if this is the case, wouldn't you also think that Madam Gao wants to use this farm to pay off the debt I owed her for saving her, so that we don't have to repay her for her kindness someday?
What good would this do for her? After all, her uncle would not stand on the side of any prince or the crown prince to fight against him. She wouldn't have to worry about Lord Gao being dragged into this by her uncle, right?
Given the current situation, it would be easy for her to distance herself from us. Why would she need to let her eldest grandson's wife accept 20% of the shares in the pancreas workshop?

If she has already known that her uncle has submitted a secret report to the emperor about the 20% stake, and the person who wants to use her uncle still wants to use him, she would not let Lord Gao know about it, right?"

"The enemy!"

It is obvious that the emperor today sent you to Jiangnan on a secret mission, which means he still trusts you. Gu Wenxuan grabbed Zhou Banxia's raised finger.

After thinking for a while, he said, "There is no possibility that Madam Gao would be angry after learning about this. You may be overthinking it. I am more inclined to believe that this manor is a real return gift.

Just like the previous braised food recipe, did Madam Gao later take advantage of your desire to open a pancreas workshop to give you 1,000 taels of silver as capital?"