Beautiful step by step

Chapter 134

The changes in the Northwest officialdom did not arouse panic among the people. On the contrary, the low-level soldiers who were usually oppressed by corrupt officials, and every military household represented by the bottom-level soldiers all celebrated with their crowns.If they have any worries, it is nothing more than not knowing what will happen to the new immediate boss.

After waiting for a few days, seeing that the acting commander of Liangzhou Weili was still Yan Heng, the court had no intention of sending a new commander, so everyone put their hearts in their stomachs and continued to invest in Youzhou City in full swing. building.They want to build a new batch of houses before the freezing.

Wu Liangyong retained his position as minister of the Ministry of War, and Yan Heng faintly sensed a sense of crisis from it.After being promoted to acting commander and enjoying a higher level of rights, whether it was his personal pursuit or his deep desire to protect Ah Mao, he didn't want to go back to be that Yan Zhenfu.But he didn't believe that Wu Shangshu, who had suffered a great loss from him in this matter, would knock out his teeth and swallow his blood alive.With this level of awareness, he became more active, dragging Ding Youde to the construction site all day long, trying to make Youzhou City as solid as gold.

The latter complained a lot. Although he was obsessed with studying these things, his daughter-in-law was the top priority.With Wei Wei's reminder, Ding Youde finally found the trick to get close to Ah Luo.Arlo loved horses, and he began to delve into saddles, horseshoes, and other equine equipment.When it comes to chasing girls, he is self-taught, and if he can't research new results by himself, he will improve his tricks.This is the advantage of the large number of high-ranking households in the capital. Everyone loves to compare when they get together. From clothing to housing, endless tricks have penetrated into every corner of life, and even the horses used on weekdays are not left behind.

Even if he has never been in contact with these people, he goes to the yamen every day to check things out, and even takes a few glances after entering the yamen along the way. He knows many new tricks under his influence.He has good hands-on ability, can sew and repair or simple carpentry, and Youzhou is now a large construction site, where the raw materials are placed, so he can easily polish a new saddle.After Tuo Weiwei sent it over, Ah Luo, who had been ignoring him all the time, wrote back to him, his words were full of excitement and praise for him.

Ding Youde, who had mastered the correct method, became more and more courteous. At this time, Yan Heng dragged him to work for the court, which was unbearable.If it wasn't for Wei Wei's threatening voice, joking that he would cut off his trust if he was disobedient, he would have given up stealing and slipping a long time ago.

Everyone was busy, and Wei Wei, who couldn't relax at all, was not idle either.

First of all, she is concerned about the affairs of the family.Uncle Wei was promoted to Northwest Supervisor, and the newly planned supervisory office was located in Youzhou. Since then, the family has taken root in Youzhou. Now even Aunt Wei, who had repeatedly declined, had to move here.

As soon as she moved in, she showed that it was good to have a mistress in the house.From mending to getting food and cooking, Wei Wei's most troublesome things before are all covered by Aunt Wei.Since then, she has lived a corrupt life where she can do business with peace of mind, and someone will come to deliver food when the time comes, and she will open her mouth for clothes and stretch her hands for food.Although Aunt Wei's arrangements were not as refined as Mother Wei's, she was not that particular about herself.What she pays attention to is only to choose the best when conditions permit, and to use whatever specifications are available.

She saw Aunt Wei's dedication, and was moved to provide her with a new way to make money.

The old way is to weave some small pendants to use on the packaging bags of the Yanji Xiaomi Lunar New Year Edition that she plans to launch at the end of the year.Aunt Wei's hands-on ability is very unusual. During the more than a month when they were stationed in Miansheng, Youzhou, she had nothing to do in Liangzhou City. She had already summoned a few old sisters from the same village who were good at craftsmanship, and completely completed the job.According to the report from the patriarch Yan who stayed in Liangzhou, the pendants sent by Aunt Wei were very exquisite, and every piece could be seen with care.

From this incident, it is not difficult to see Aunt Wei's two talents: first, her organizational skills are very strong, she can find suitable people without her efforts, and she manages the people submissively, she is simply a human resources genius who knows nothing The second is to be diligent and motivated. She is not only capable, but also not afraid of hardship.

People with these two abilities are talents everywhere.In this matter, Wei Wei had to admire the Wei family's vision in selecting candidates, and the village wives and daughters-in-law selected for Uncle Wei were all one in a million.As for Yan Heng's mother, although Yan Baihu is an out-and-out scum, he should have no shortage of skills to survive from an ordinary clan member to Baihu who is on an equal footing with the patriarch.

Recognizing Aunt Wei's ability, she is also easy to use.Seeing the construction of Youzhou City step by step these days, she found some jobs that women can do.For example, in the transportation of stones, they need to be loaded into baskets first, and then they must be carried down the mountain by a strong soldier.

"Carrying stones?" Hearing her suggestion, Aunt Wei put her hands on her chest and shook her head again and again: "The stones in Youzhou are no better than the ones in Liangzhou that crash and drop sand when the wind blows. The texture of the stones here is hard, and a small piece It’s dead weight. The stones used to build houses are so big that we women can’t carry them.”

Wei Wei laughed and said, "Where is Aunt thinking? We are not building the Great Wall, and you are not that Meng Jiangnu. You don't have to do corvee work yourself. I'm talking about the baskets used for carrying stones. The stones are dead and heavy, and the baskets are broken." It’s also extremely fast. My aunt is so handy, she can make up some of this and sell it to the government.”

Aunt Wei let out a long sigh of relief: "I was taken aback. The baskets are simple. The twigs that grow in the saline-alkali land to the west of Jiuquan are cut down, and the excess branches are pinched off. After a few knitting, it is very durable. Anyway, idle is idle." Now, I'll find someone to compile some and send it to the government."

Sure enough, as soon as an expert makes a move, he will know if there is one.When making this suggestion, Wei Wei was still thinking about the allocation of raw materials. Now the most lacking thing in Youzhou City is wood.As big as the wood used for doors and windows, as small as the grass used for cooking fires, all are big problems.Unexpectedly, Aunt Wei solved the most troublesome raw material as soon as she opened her mouth.

"How can I give it away? Normally, when my aunt is free in winter, it's also a good rest. Now that I can't rest, I have to give the money that should be given."

Seeing what she said, Aunt Wei also agreed.

"Brother Heng's daughter-in-law is such a good idea. There is a custom among the military households in our village. After giving birth to a baby, they will go to the west to cultivate an additional acre of land. The field will grow up with the baby. It can turn into a mature field. Originally, no one wanted to touch the field of thorns, but now it’s time for all of them to bloom.”

And this thing!Listening to what she was going to say, Wei Wei nodded and lamented her ignorance. Regarding farming, she only knew that crops were planted in spring and autumn, and she had no experience in the rest.

"It's all up to my aunt."

She said gratefully, while Aunt Wei shook her head again and again, she changed the topic: "By the way, I have another thing to ask Auntie."

"Please tell me what the family says, if you have anything to do, you can tell Brother Heng and his daughter-in-law."

"It's like this. A few days ago, the imperial court ordered some Mongolians to be appointed as officials, including a few noble ladies. But those Mongolian female officials don't understand Chinese, and they have great problems communicating with our Han officials in Dai Viet. I want to ask Ah Tong to help me."

Aunt Wei agreed without saying a word: "A Tong can do this, and their surname is Wei. They have good brains. I dare not say anything else about A Tong, but she can speak a lot of things in Wala, and she even learns other dialects. Very slippery."

This is completely unexpected for a woman to be an official, Wei Wei's heart is relieved.Seeing that Aunt Wei was so polite, she didn't hide it, but told the whole thing.

"Actually, I've thought about it a little bit more, Auntie, I'll just tell you about this, and uncle, you should also keep it a secret from him first."

Seeing Aunt Wei's serious face, Wei Wei said: "The Mongolian female officials appointed by the imperial court are actually the same as those Han officials like Ah Heng. They can sit in the government office and take care of business. There are also Han people who can speak Mongolian in the government office, although they are all men. , but the Mongols don’t pay much attention to the defense of men and women, and it’s okay to act as an interpreter occasionally.”

Before she finished speaking, she saw Aunt Wei's joyful face: "Brother Heng's daughter-in-law, do you want Ah Tong to become an official?"

It was guessed!Wei Wei nodded in a daze, and saw Aunt Wei slapping her thigh across from her, smiling with a mouthful of slightly yellowed teeth.

"This is really good!"

Now it was Wei Wei's turn to feel something was wrong, what's going on?She was worried at first that, given the general environment of Da Vietnam, where men are superior to women, allowing women to become officials would be considered as shocking and would be strongly opposed.But in the situation before her, Aunt Wei couldn't wait to raise her hands and feet in favor.

"Auntie, are you serious?"

"Seriously, why not seriously. Brother Heng's daughter-in-law really didn't tell us, Ah Tong, what an honor it is to be an official. Your uncle was an official in his ancestors, but he himself has been a commoner for so many years. Ah Tong is so talented, Ah Mao actually let her become an official, on an equal footing with those arrogant men, it really gives me a lot of face."

"Aren't you afraid that she will ruin her reputation by being with men?"

"Whether it's bad or not, we don't pay much attention to poverty in Northwest China."

Seeing her so excited, Wei Wei's prepared speeches were useless.Only then did she understand how open the folk customs in the northwest are, and how much this open folk customs has helped her.

"That's the two things today. My aunt helped find someone to weave baskets, and Ah Tong went to work in the yamen."

Aunt Wei patted her chest: "Brother Heng and daughter-in-law, don't worry, I will take care of you."

Seeing her so happy, she let go of her heart, and for the first time in her life, Wei Wei thought of having a good time.After ordering Gu Yu to cook the food, she took out two jars of good wine specially brought by Mother Wei from the capital.

"My aunt called my uncle, so we can celebrate."

A large table full of sumptuous dishes was served, and Yan Heng also came back from the front.It happened that Mrs. Qian received her news, and after learning of Chen Bo'an's letter, she also rushed over from Liangzhou with Ah Luo.The corruption case of Qian Tongzhi was also affected. Although he did not seize the official from his home in the end, he was as frightened as he was in the face of his acquainted neighbors on the same street, and he never dared to use his authority again.The feng shui took turns, and Mrs. Qian, who had a particularly close relationship with Wei Wei, also became the real master of the house because of the biggest backer in Liangzhou today.

Together with Ding Youde, nine people sat around the table in a full circle.Raise your glass and drink, and eat heartily with the hot food and wine.

(End of this chapter)