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Chapter 528 Li Chaosheng: These bastards are holding back to make me take a concubine
"Yunnan Muwangfu promised us to plant tobacco leaves in Yunnan, and allowed us to conduct commercial trade in Yunnan, and they are willing to ensure that our industry will not be suppressed by the local chieftain as much as possible."

Li Chaosheng listened to Gu Zihui's report: "Well, just agree, and what are their conditions?"

Gu Zi said: "Food, they hope to buy my Lantian grain at the price of grain in the Tianqi years, and guarantee a supply of no less than 20 dan every year."

"Well, I can promise that the land in Yunnan is barren, and it is really not suitable for growing food. It is understandable that they want food."

Li Chaosheng nodded after hearing this, followed Gu Zi and said, "They also hope to buy some weapons from Lan Tian, ​​especially firearms, to equip their troops."

Li Chaosheng heard this and said: "Yes, but there must be restrictions. Guns and gunpowder can be supplied in batches every year, but the total amount cannot exceed [-] per year. As for artillery and grenades, purchases must be restricted. Of course, don't block the roads." For example, we can provide them with a supply of one or two hundred pieces per year, and we can also buy them two artillery pieces per year."

Gu Zi said, "Understood."

"By the way, in addition to these two conditions, Mu Tianbo also made a special request like our envoy, that is, he hopes that his cousin Mu Tianliu can come to our Lantian College to study and learn a lot. Of course this is Mu Tianbo's personal request is not the request of the Ruan family, but although Mu Tianbo was ostracized by the Ruan family, his hereditary status as the Duke of the State has given him a certain reputation in Yunnan. interests are more assured.”

After hearing this, Li Chaosheng said, "Show me Mu Tianbo's information."

"Yes."

Gu Zi immediately agreed, and immediately took out a prepared document from the document rack beside him.

Gu Zi is Li Chaosheng's confidential secretary, so he is the first to know about the official affairs that Li Chaosheng has to deal with every day. For example, if he has to deal with matters in Yunnan today, Gu Zi will collect the information that may be involved in advance, such as The local conditions and customs of Yunnan, all aspects of Yunnan, and of course some personal information about Prince Mu's Mansion.

Soon the information was delivered, and Li Chaosheng opened it to browse.

Mu Tianbo was born in [-]. In the first year of Chongzhen, his father Mu Qiyuan died suddenly. Mu Tianbo, who was ten years old at the time, inherited the title of his father, Duke Qian, and served as the commander-in-chief of Yunnan.

Then Mu Tianbo was young and unable to exercise his own rights, so the power fell to the side. His government affairs were taken care of by the governor of Yunnan, while the military and government affairs were taken care of by his mother Ruan and his uncles.

As Mu Tianbo grew up, his mother and uncle had no intention of returning power to Mu Tianbo. Mu Tianbo had once fought, but in the end it was impossible because the Ruan family had been in power for many years.

Mu Tianliu is Mu Tianbo's cousin, five years younger than Mu Tianbo, and Mu Tianbo watched him grow up. It can be said that he is Mu Tianbo's spiritual sustenance. Mu Tianbo's feelings for Mu Tianliu are like a father without Just as the completed business was handed over to his son to complete, Mu Tianbo hoped to send Mu Tianliu to study in Lantian, probably because he was trapped in the mansion as a puppet, and he hoped that his brother would take him to see the world.

Li Chaosheng looked at the information and thought for a while, "Guzi, what do you think about this matter?"

Guzi heard this and said, "I don't think we should agree to Mu Tianbo. Although Mu Tianbo's attitude is very important to our cigarette planting in Yunnan, it doesn't play a key role. Yunnan is still dominated by chieftains and local governors. Mu Tianbo Although the palace is superior in military power, their actual power holders are Ruan Shi and her brothers."

"As for the governor of Yunnan, we've already taken care of it. We've also fed the Ruan family. A single Mu Tianbo is insignificant."

"But the academy is the root of our Lantian. There are our development concepts and technological concepts in Lantian. Many things are far beyond the cognition of this era. This is the foundation of our Lantian, so I don't recommend letting such a secret Outsiders know, what do the county officials think?"

Li Chaosheng pondered for a moment after hearing this and said: "What you said is very reasonable, but excellent thoughts should not be hidden, but should be shown for the world's reference, and the other party is from the Mu Palace in Yunnan. Daming's family really lived with the country, and cultivating a member of such a family may not be beneficial to our Lantian, and it may play a key role in the future."

Li Chaosheng's eyes gradually brightened as he spoke, as if thinking of something, Gu Zi didn't say much after hearing the words, the county lord sometimes has a terrible long-term vision, and a casual move may become an important moment that will affect the world in the future step.

Gu Zi thought about it and said to Li Chaosheng: "By the way, the envoy from Yunnan will be able to return to Beijing this afternoon, and will also bring Mu Tianliu from the Mu Palace with him. I wonder if the county lord wants to see him?
Li Chaosheng heard the words and said: "This afternoon, I'm afraid not. Tomorrow, I will meet this heir of Prince Mu's Mansion tomorrow morning."

Gu Zi heard the words and said, "Is there any arrangement for the county lord in the afternoon?"

Li Chaosheng looked at Gu Zi and said with a smile: "Your sister-in-law has been here for six months. Today, I have a prenatal checkup. I made an appointment with the obstetrician and gynecologist from our hospital. I promised her that I would accompany her."

Hearing this, Gu Zi suddenly realized: "This, this is a big event, so don't delay it. If my sister-in-law can give birth to a son for the magistrate, then Lantian will have a descendant, hahaha..."

Li Chaosheng heard this and said: "Yes, it's best to be a son, otherwise, I'm afraid your county lord will have to take a concubine, otherwise, everyone in Lantian will scold your sister-in-law for being unvirtuous."

After hearing this, Gu Zi said: "It's no wonder the big guy. If the county lord has a son, then Lantian will have a son, and the big guy is also motivated to work. Although the girl is also good, but the girl will marry after all. It is impossible to inherit your eldest son." If there is no one to succeed you, it will be a huge political earthquake for Lantian."

"Actually, if you want me to talk about the county lord, you might as well take a few concubines and at least give birth to a few sons. If the county lord has a few sons now, the big guys can't put all the pressure on the sister-in-law."

Hearing Guzi's words, Li Chaosheng smiled wryly and said: "I'm not a fool, it's not enough to create so many harems for myself. Besides, I'm not interested in venting my essence on a woman I don't know. That's all right, clean it up and put it away." Give me a push for the work in the afternoon, and I'll be leaving first."

Li Chaosheng waved his hand, and Gu Zi said helplessly: "The county lord is fine, but he is too dedicated. As a leader, he must be fraternal. Not to mention the three thousand beauties in the harem, at least it would be good to have more sons for the county lord." Yes."

Gu Zi shook his head, I don’t blame Gu Zi for thinking this way, in fact, there are many people in Lantian who think like this, they admit that they have been poisoned by feudalism, but this is the thinking of this era, women just can’t inherit their father’s inheritance, don’t say that Officials outside disagreed, and even he didn't agree.

After all, this is an old thinking of the Chinese people for thousands of years, and it will not change in a short time.

In fact, if you think about it, you can see how difficult it is. In this era of patriarchy, if Li Chaosheng really has no sons, if Li Chaosheng dies in the future, the ministers under his command will probably adopt one of Li Chaosheng's nephews as his son. , and then inherit Li Chaosheng's foundation, he will not recognize that Li Chaosheng's daughter has the legal right to inherit.

After all, in China's 5000 years, only one Wu Zetian succeeded. For the rest of the time, don't care how powerful you are, such as Empress Lu, the generation of Cixi didn't dare to directly become emperor.

Because what they have to face is the suppression of the entire patriarchal society, no matter how tough they are, they dare not try.

Therefore, the issue of Li Chaosheng's descendants has become very acute, and has become a concern of the whole Lantian. Therefore, Li Chaosheng's wife, Princess Changyu, is also under great pressure. She is afraid that she will not have a son. If the first child is not Son, even if she doesn't want to, she will find a way to persuade Li Chaosheng to take a concubine, and maybe even preside over the matter herself, so Li Chaosheng can just enjoy it.

For this reason, Li Chaosheng's attitude is to refuse. It's not that Li Chaosheng doesn't like women, but Li Chaosheng, as the Lantian county magistrate, if he favors a woman, he will be responsible, but if Li Chaosheng is responsible for a woman, the woman's family will take the opportunity Rise, even if Li Chaosheng does not take care of them, countless people will give them the green light.

Now that the Li family in Lantian is already big enough, Li Chaosheng doesn't want to create a bunch of foreign relatives. This is not good for the development of Lantian and will destroy the balance that Li Chaosheng originally established.

And the reason why Li Chaosheng married Princess Changyu without burden is because Princess Changyu's family belongs to the royal family of Ming Dynasty. This is a family that Lantian needs to be vigilant about. Therefore, officials at all levels in Lantian will not and dare not open the back door for them. This guarantees the essence of Lantian meritocracy.

Otherwise, it would not be enough for Li Chaosheng to have a headache if he really created a bunch of in-laws.

In addition to these, Li Chaosheng, as the Lantian county magistrate, also has to play an exemplary role, that is, he has only one regular wife, and he will have no choice but to accept concubines in the future, so the officials in Lantian must follow suit. None of the officials dared to take concubines blatantly, and they were all wives on the surface.

As for the lovers in private, that is beyond Li Chaosheng's control. Li Chaosheng just wants these officials to have fewer in-laws. In the future, this group of officials will learn from each other, marry a bunch of young wives, and their family has few relatives. When the time comes, they will walk around with each other and open a back door. Will Lantian officials still be clear?
Li Chaosheng knew that in the end, a system would inevitably produce some corrupt officials. There was no way around it. Human nature is greedy, but Li Chaosheng hoped that the greedy people in Lantian would restrain themselves and minimize their greed.

Therefore, Li Chaosheng must not only designate laws and regulations to restrain him, but also set an example for his subordinates.

Li Chaosheng is responsible for the entire Lantian, so he must restrain himself and not allow himself to act recklessly.

Li Chaosheng wanted to work hard to make Lantian live better, so he withstood the pressure, and Princess Changyu, as the first lady of Lantian, also had to withstand the pressure.

But the only good thing now is that Li Chaosheng is still young, and there is still time, and the officials in Lantian haven't urged Li Chaosheng like crazy.

Li Chaosheng returned home at noon, and the maids at home prepared the meals, and Li Chaosheng waved them to deliver the meals to Princess Changyu's room.

Princess Changyu was looking at the account books at this time. She can now also serve as the director of the Lantian Palace Girl Textile Factory, and the factory is now the largest textile factory in Lantian, and can pay taxes to Lantian several 10 taels a year.

And the reason why they earn so much money is entirely because the brand of court ladies is crazy in Jiangnan. Those arty Jiangnan rich and rich, once they heard that the cloth was spun by court ladies, wouldn’t it be the same as the emperor’s treatment if they put it on themselves? ?

Therefore, they rushed to buy, which led the textile factory to receive a large number of orders from Jiangnan, and all of them had brand premiums. Others' cloth sold for one tael a foot, and court ladies could sell it for one tael, and others said it was cheap.

No other way, Li Chaosheng suggested that Princess Changyu design cloths in three price ranges: high, middle and low.

The low-end sells for one or two taels of money, and the mid-range sells for three or two taels of silver.

As for the difference between mid-range and high-end, in addition to the difference in raw materials, there is also a cloth introduction, which is based on the real deeds of court ladies.

For example, this piece of cloth is a high-grade cloth, and there will be an instruction manual inside, the content is who wove this batch of cloth, and then there is a detailed life of the maid at the back. It was found in the palace, and this kind of cloth is limited, each palace lady only spins one hundred pieces every year, is there any more.

How much do you think this kind of cloth sells for a foot?Five taels?That's the cost price, ten taels, no counter-offer, limited release, marketing is quite hungry.

As soon as this plan came out, Princess Changyu was stunned. Isn't this just a scam? The gap between high-end cloth and mid-grade cloth is not that big. Why would someone pay three times the price to buy it?

Li Chaosheng laughed at that time. You really don't look like a princess. You don't have the mindset of a rich man at all. What a rich man pursues is a symbol of status. In that case, you have to be what others have and what others have.

Come on, let me tell you what luxury is. For example, there is a lady's bag called donkey...

Princess Changyu still thought that Li Chaosheng's plan was immature, but as a result, once this plan was used in Jiangnan, the rich people in Jiangnan went crazy. Money is nothing to these local tyrants in Jiangnan. identity of.

When Princess Changyu saw the receipt of the bill, she was stunned. When she went back to look at Li Chaosheng, there were little stars in her eyes. Continue harvesting on the Internet, such as accepting personal customization, as long as we are willing to spend more, we can let the maids embroider their names on the cloth, and even embroider a paragraph on the cloth..."

At that time, Princess Changyu was astonished as a heavenly being. She was so happy that night, and within a few days Princess Changyu became pregnant.

(End of this chapter)