Red House Shoufu

Chapter 321 The Battle of Pixiu in Qinzheng Palace
In the end, Xiren was beaten twenty boards and stayed. She was demoted from the first-class maid to the third-class, and stayed by Jia Baoyu's side to continue serving.

When Xiren was about to be dragged out of the house by two burly women, Jia Baoyu finally pleaded for mercy.

No matter what Jia Shishi thought, Wang Xifeng nodded approvingly and said: "Brother Bao has finally grown up and knows how to protect the people around him. My ancestor, according to his grandson's wife, Brother Bao is already seventeen years old. What happened today It's no big deal."

After Wang Xifeng said this, ignoring Jia Shishi's piercing eyes, she whispered in her ear: "There are quite a few guests who came to congratulate her today. If there is too much commotion, Brother Bao's reputation will be spread, and we The family's reputation... what happens during the day will affect Brother Bao's future marriage and future!"

Jia Shishi, who was in anger, was reminded by Wang Xifeng, and then remembered that there was already a banquet in the front yard, and many people came one after another.Coupled with the fact that Baoyu made a mess, it might make the whole house restless...

Jia Shishi considered it again and again, and finally spared Xiren once.But what Xiren didn't know was that her dream of becoming Jia Baoyu's concubine was basically impossible to realize. Maybe after this matter subsided for a while, she would appear in Ren Yazi's sack one night.

Second Grandma Bao hadn't entered the house yet, how could Jia Shishi allow a maid to become an aunt by climbing the bed? Wouldn't this embarrass Second Grandma Bao in the future and add enemies to Rongguo Mansion?
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Among the five members of the Lin family who participated in the county examination this time, the best score was over seventy.Except for Lin Xianzhi and Sun Linlin who got 88 in the county test, no two people passed the county test.

Lin Shu punished the reprinted copies of the classics collected by the eight people, as well as practical items such as money, food and cloth, and comforted and encouraged the students who were not listed, and then went back to the study to listen to the latest news that Wang Lun had received.

Wang Xifeng dealt with Nie Lishao's absurdity in a timely manner, but it is basically possible to completely hide that kind of thing from the truth.There are secrets in the capital, even inside the palace, not to mention Jia Baoyu.

"You mentioned that kind of thing to Cousin Lian back then. People like Brother Bao who love to sneak outside the rouge pile will never get into romantic debts. Although Seventh Brother Lian has rectified the outside of the house, it is still possible to avoid it. This happened."

Wang Lun saw that his young master was so happy that it was a funny thing, so he said jokingly: "My lord thought it was strange at the beginning, there are pretty maids everywhere around Master Bao Qi, why is he still a first-time brother, it turns out that the young master gave Lian Qi Grandpa reminds me."

Lin Shu smiled and said, "That's nothing. Brother Bao is already [-], so there are a few people with red sleeves around him."

"Master, there is no..."

"Hey, you said his eldest son... Get lost, go find Wang Momo, and send the congratulatory gift to Jia Baoyu."

Lin Shu waved away Wang Lun who was making fun of me, smiled and picked up the classics at hand to read.The injury on my lower body has not healed yet, so I just went to Nie Lishao to get it.

Lin Shu's life in the next few days was beautiful, Wang Yuan never returned to the city before the Flower Festival, and stayed in Nie Lishao to help Daiyu with housework.

Most of Nie Lishao's people have already met the future male master, the gentle Jiangnan girl, and gradually integrated into Wen Tongxuan's small family.

Lin Jin is very satisfied with that future daughter-in-law of nephew and grand-niece, she has a good temper, good looks, good knowledge, and most importantly, she cooks well.

On the first day of August, the Fengtian Hall had a small court, and Lin Shu returned to the court hall again after a month.

It was still a cumbersome and lengthy small court meeting. Amid Xia Shouzhong's sound of entering the court, all civil and military officials entered and left the small hall one by one.

"Jinyu, come with the old man..."

Just as Lin Shu finished greeting the people from the Imperial Academy, Qian Qianwai stopped me and took me to the cabinet to be on duty.

"Teacher, your value room is too luxurious!"

Before looking around at Qian Qianwai's valuable house, Lin Shu frowned while holding a crude porcelain teacup and said, "Is this group of slippery officials dedicated? They don't even have a decent tea set."

Qian Qianwai pointed to the chair on the side and said: "Okay, it's all prepared for the teacher. If you lose your breath, it will hurt you if you drop it. Sit on it, and tell him if there is nothing wrong with the teacher. "

Before Lin Shu sat down, Qian Qianwai turned around and picked out a few documents from a pile of official documents and handed them to me: "Those are the memorials sent by the four sides recently, let him have a look first..."

Lin Shu saw that his expression was solemn, so he opened it and looked at it seriously.

It turned out that since the beginning of spring, from Xuanxiao to Suzhouwei in Hexi, the scouts from the surrounding towns have found more or less prairie spies in the city.

Those people were either pretending to be businessmen or refugees, and it was time to spy on the reality of the towns.More minor is Yansui Town and Ningxia Wei, where the Wala team has been found wandering in the distance.

The most terrible thing is that the Embroidered Yiwei accidentally discovered that none of the Oarat army was from the Dorasha Kingdom, and they were teaching the Oarat army how to use artillery.

The smallest advantage of the towns on the four sides is that the grassland army is good at siege warfare. Our artillery is far behind Xiaochu in terms of range, accuracy, and power.

However, according to the investigation of the Embroidery Guards, the artillery provided by the Raksha people to Wala is extremely powerful and easy to move, and poses no slight threat to Xiao Chu.If the Oirats are equipped with that kind of artillery in small quantities, then the four sides will be really safe.

"Because the master knows how to use firearms, and even got the Doverang machine gun with the help of this Ma Fanteng, how about it? Compared with the Raksha Kingdom's artillery, can our artillery be overwhelmed?"

Lin Shu shook his head, and replied truthfully: "Students can't make a wrong judgment whether they have seen the real Raksha country artillery. Embroidered clothes Wei's description is too general, what sounds like thunder, shakes heaven and earth , Splitting mountains and breaking rocks..."

"That being the case, let's make less preparations."

Qian Qianwai sighed, and asked Lin Shu: "Is his injury good? If there is any problem, he will go to the Ministry of War to be responsible for the research and development of artillery. The artillery on the four sides is already seven or eighty years old. Now, it’s time to add something new.”

Lin Shu got up to take the order, passed me and went up and said: "Master, the cannon costs more money than running water to make it. Is there no money in the household department?"

Qian Qianwai smiled and replied: "He is worried about that matter. Your Majesty's internal treasury has just received several boatloads of silver. Then Wen Shangshu will be crying poor in the Palace of Qinzheng! By the way, he sent the booklet to Go to the Hall of Qinzheng and tell Your Majesty that the Ministry of Rites has drawn up the process for this year's election, and please use your seal as soon as possible!"

It was another year of concubine selection, and that time the focus was on selecting concubines for the crown prince Di Wancheng and the seventh prince Di Wanxuan.

Lin Shu put down the memorial and walked towards Qinzheng Hall. As soon as he arrived at the door, he heard a roar from outside: "It's hard for me to save some money. Today's salary is enough. Tomorrow, Jiangnan Pingwo will ask for money." , The house in the Gongyuan was going to be renovated the day before yesterday... I let him be the house of the household department, and let him keep his eyes on my inner treasury!"

"Do you know the situation of the Ministry of Households? After the year, the money brought back from the palace will be reissued to the salaries of the officials in Beijing, followed by spring planting, river defense, disaster relief...everything can be obtained from the Ministry of Households. Scrape off a layer of meat. The old minister has a way..."

Did Lin Shu retreat, but stood at the gate of Qinzheng Hall with great interest, listening to the conversation outside.

Just listen to the emperor scolding: "How dare you lie to me, the bank of the Ministry of Households clearly doesn't have 8 million taels of silver, who said you have money? I think he just saw that I was poorer, and saw that the navy was brought from the Japanese kingdom. Silver, come here to take advantage of it!"

"The old minister is in charge, and the household department is rich. Your Majesty gave half of the money to the old minister today, and the old minister lives outside the Palace of Qinzheng. He is gone, he is gone!"

"Old man, how dare he threaten me! Someone, throw that old man out!"

"Your Majesty, Chen Lin Shu has nothing to ask to see you!"

When Lin Shu heard that the situation outside was getting out of control, he quickly reported himself in a low voice.

"Get out of here!"

As soon as I retreated to the hall, I saw the emperor sitting in front of the dragon case, angry, and the Minister of the Household Rongguo Mansion directly sitting on the ground floor of the Qinzheng Hall and confronting the emperor. A member of Yipin, God of Wealth of the country.

Shuchang Lin bowed and said: "Your Majesty, Mr. Qian Ge sent me a brochure from the Ministry of Gifts, saying that it is about matters related to this year's minor election. The Ministry of Rites has already formulated a specific process, and I will wait for Your Majesty to use the seal."

"Submit it!"

The emperor snorted hotly, took a look at the booklet, and there were silver taels required for the small selection, and the number below made the blue veins on my forehead active.

"Hmph, it's about spending money again."

When the Rongguo Mansion heard that they wanted to spend money again, they said with a straight face: "The Ministry of Households has money!"

"Old man, you are too deceitful!"

As soon as the emperor heard it, he exploded on the spot. Gu Shixia Linshu was still there, and he argued with the Rongguo Mansion again: "Is he the reincarnation of Pixiu? 8 million taels of silver are placed in the treasury of the household department. It's my idea of ​​the internal treasury. He said today, what is he going to do with the 8 million taels of silver?"

The Rongguo Mansion got up and patted the official robes, straightened the official hats, and bowed to solemnly respond: "Every summer and autumn, the floods never stop. But on both sides of the Yellow River, there are disasters every year. Your Majesty, I have agreed with The Ministry of Industry has calculated that the initial investment in the management of the Yellow River alone is more than 8 million taels. The minister kept the silver in order to start a small industry in the management of the Yellow River, and strive to invest 8 million taels of silver every year. Within ten years, the Yellow River will be completely eliminated. The emergence of floods..."

In the Palace of Qinzheng, only the deafening voice of the Rongguo Mansion could be heard. No matter how angry the emperor was, Lin Shu would go to the theater again. He was an admirable man from a small country.

"Wen Qing, why did he say so earlier?"

The emperor's voice became irritable, and after I stepped down, I helped the bowed Rongguo Mansion: "I'm a foolish king again, why bother to hide it from me?"

"Your Majesty, 8 million a year, 80 million in ten years. That's still an estimate. The investment in harnessing the Yellow River is less than that of a bottomed hole. Few of the emperors for thousands of years are willing to invest their money in that which is seen and seen." What about in a bottomed pit?"

　Chapter [-] has been reviewed. It may be that Meow was caught trying to drive today. Let's see if it can be released tomorrow.

　　Let’s stop here today and continue tomorrow.Good night!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)