Red Chamber: Bring Xue Baochai home at the beginning

Chapter 388

When Feng Yibo mentioned Donghai County to Li Shouzhong today, he naturally didn't want to reveal his identity.

In addition to explaining the coinage, he actually took the opportunity to characterize his relationship with the Duke of Donghai in the Li Shou Center.

He wanted Li Shouzhong to understand that the relationship between Feng Mansion and Donghai County was mutual achievement.

However, he is the main one.

Of course, these words can only be said to Li Shouzhong.

Li Shouzhong had long been aware of the relationship between the Feng Mansion and Donghai County, but he didn't ask deeply.

It's not that he doesn't want to know, he's just waiting for Feng Yibo's explanation.

Now that Li Shouzhong heard that Donghai County turned out to be Feng Yibo's new policy pilot, all the doubts in his heart had been easily resolved.

It turned out that this apprentice arranged for the New Deal a long time ago in an unexpected way.

Such a result inevitably made Li Shou's center feel mixed.

The apprentice has grown up, and some seemingly impulsive decisions have their own purpose behind them.

As a teacher, I can no longer keep up with the rhythm of the other party.

Then, we can only give a little reminder in the general direction.

Because of this, Li Shouzhong reminded him to put Wei's interests first and not get lost in maintaining the relationship with Donghai County.

Feng Yibo naturally understood what the teacher meant.

In the end, the conversation between master and apprentice ended in Feng Yibo's teaching.

Li Shouzhong didn't ask in depth about how to do the pilot in Donghai County.

When it is implemented in Dawei in the future, he will take action and grasp the general direction.

As for Donghai County, let the apprentice boldly try it.

Afterwards, this matter went as Feng Yibo wished.

At the court meeting, neither Li Shouzhong nor Chen Qinzhi raised any further objections.

The gold and silver coins minted in Donghai County were approved to be put into use directly, and Zhao Shunjun's coinage proposal was also successfully passed.

The Ministry of Households and the Ministry of Works began to discuss the details of coinage.

Not long after, Feng Yibo saw samples of Dawei's silver coins.

The newly minted silver coin of Wei Dynasty is called Xuanzhi Yuanbao.

In order to put it into use as soon as possible, and undertake the Black Dragon Coin that has already started to be used.

Xuanzhi Yuanbao refers to the design of black dragon coins in all aspects.

The first is the weight, which is seven cents and two cents.

And in order to be able to blow it, the Ministry of Industry also specially wrote to the Ministry of Rites.

Ask Feng Yibo to help me inquire about the silver content of the Black Dragon Coin!
The decorations on the silver coins are also similar.

The Black Dragon Mansion is decorated with sitting dragons and auspicious clouds, and the words "one silver dollar" are written on the front.

Written around it is "one silver dollar can be worth one thousand coins, made by the Governor of Heilongfu, Donghai County".

The Ministry of Industry and Commerce of the Great Wei Dynasty created a dragon pattern representing the royal family, with a dragon ball coiled in the middle.

The big characters on the front are "Xuanzhi Yuanbao", and the small characters on the bottom read "The first year of Xuanzhi in the Great Wei Dynasty."

Emperor Jingshun just received a lunch box this year, so he can only change it next year.

This also means that the real Xuanzhi Yuanbao will not be officially put into use until next year.

These are all similar, but there are two differences that are visible to the naked eye.

That is the smoothness of the surface and the fineness of the decoration.

The black dragon coin is formed by hydraulic stamping at one time, the surface is as smooth as a mirror, and it is white in the sun.

The sitting dragon pattern is also detailed into the texture, and the dragon's scales and auspicious clouds are clearly visible.

Xuanzhi Yuanbao, on the other hand, is cast by traditional craftsmanship, and has a matte surface like copper coins, which looks dull at first glance.

The dragon pattern is uneven, but relatively speaking, it is not so fine.

There is no way, let the Ministry of Industry want to break its head, and it can't figure out how to mint such silver coins.

Even if he asked Feng Yibo again for help, the answer he got was that it might be a problem with the heat.

Ultimately, the matter fell through.

Whether it is the Ministry of Households or the Ministry of Industry, or even the cabinet.

All feel a little rough and does not affect the use.

This matter came to an end, the Ministry of Industry confirmed the ancestral money, and made a batch of mother money, which was handed over to various workshops for casting and melting.

The Ministry of Industry took the lead in casting silver coins on a large scale.

The black dragon coins received by the Ministry of Accounts have also been put into use one after another, not to mention.

Speaking of this day alone, Feng Yibo rarely rested at home and was talking with Baochai.

Just as he was talking, the woman from the second door came over and told:

"Master, Ma'am, the gate said that King Goryeo came to visit during the season. I heard that the uncle didn't see any outsiders, so he left a letter and four women and left."

"Li Song?"

Hearing that the King of Korea sent someone over, Feng Yibo remembered that he still had cavalry training on Jeju Island, and he didn't know what was going on.

This time, the people from Donghai County came and went in a hurry to transport the Black Dragon Coins, and they didn't take this into consideration.

As the hostess, Baochai obviously heard a different point, she said doubtfully:
"What happened to the four women?"

The old woman smiled and replied:
"According to the meaning of the door, it may be a maidservant of Silla."

Silla maidservants and Kunlun slaves are called slaves competing for use by the Tang family.

It is said that the superior Silla maids are not only gentle and pleasant, but also proficient in Chinese and even Confucianism.

"Nonsense, Silla is gone, where did the Silla servants come from?"

When Baochai heard the words, she couldn't help laughing and cursing, and joked:

"At most it's Gao Liji."

Silla maid was a popular maid in Tang Dynasty, and Gao Liji was called in Song Dynasty.

In fact, they are all products of the same place.

Feng Yibo read the letter written by the King of Korea, Li Song, which roughly means:
I haven't seen you for a year, and I miss you very much. The envoys paid tribute and stopped by to have a look.

Goryeo has no words to express the great kindness and virtue of fighting against the Japanese kingdom.

This time, I sent a few ladies from the minister's family who can speak Chinese to serve Lord Hou to eat and dress, in order to repay the original kindness.

After reading it, Feng Yibo couldn't help laughing, and said:

"This Li Song is not bad. He is a kind person who repays his kindness. Let the two uncles choose one of the Gao Liji, and you can go talk to Aunt Meng and ask them to give it to Brother Lian and Brother Bao. go."

Hearing this, Baochai frowned slightly and said:

"You sent women to them again."

Feng Yibo smiled, and was about to respond, when he saw that the woman was about to resign, he remembered something, and called to her:

"Wait, Second Brother Lian should be more cautious in Longlin Guard, so he won't give away women for now, but Brother Huan is not young, so let's give Brother Bao and Brother Huan one each!"

"Yes!"

The mother-in-law left with a smile and went to find Aunt Meng.

Baochai waited for her to go out, then said with a half-smile:

"I thought Grandpa wanted to keep one!"

Seeing this, Feng Yibo hurriedly said seriously:

"What do I leave them for? To inquire about news in our house?"

Seeing that Baochai was still looking at him with a half-smile, she smiled again and explained:
"Isn't this the same as the Japanese women before? Our house does not accept foreigners, especially those with interests."

Baochai nodded slightly, but said in his mouth:
"I thought you didn't like it, but it turned out that you were afraid of being spyed on."

Feng Yibo leaned over, hugged Baochai lightly and said:

"If I want, both Princess Wa and Princess Goryeo have to come and serve you, but in order to avoid complications,"

He knew that Baochai was not jealous, but that he didn't want to spoil the Xue family brothers.

So he smiled and comforted:

"Needless to say, brother scorpion, my uncle has also learned well in the past few years, so he doesn't go out to hang out, and occasionally giving some sweets will keep his heart from growing grass, right?"

Baochai pondered for a while when he heard the words, and sighed:

"It stands to reason that I shouldn't bother with your men's affairs, but my two brothers are not married yet, so it's not good to have too many women in the room."

Feng Yibo

"Don't worry, ma'am, I can save it. Next time there is such a good thing, I will definitely not think about them."

When Baochai heard this, she squinted at him and said:

"It's just a few foreign maidservants, it's nothing good."

This is obviously saying, is it revealing?

Do you think they are good?

After she was pregnant, her temperament was much more sensitive than before, especially when it came to women.

This made Feng Yibo a little dumbfounded, so he nodded and said:
"Indeed, it's a good thing for those foreign women, and we must not take advantage of them next time."

"Pooh!"

On the other side, the two Gao Liji were sent to Rongfu.

When Aunt Meng explained her purpose, Mother Jia asked Baoyu and Jia Huan to come over.

Naturally, Baoyu picked one first, and then it was Jia Huan's turn.

However, this was enough to make Jia Huan happy.

Seeing that the matter had been resolved, Aunt Meng took her back.

Baoyu and Jia Huan happily took away the two Gao Liji.

For a while, there were only a group of women left in the house.

Mother Jia restrained her smile and snorted coldly:

"Last time I sent [-] new banknotes, and I sent two Gao Liji this time. What does he mean?"

Having said that, she paused, then she narrowed her eyes slightly, and said with some dissatisfaction:
"Are you mocking Rong Mansion for being so poor that they can't even afford maidservants?"

When all the women heard this, their faces were a little embarrassed.

Especially Mrs. Xing thought that Mother Jia was beating her again.

It's not that she's a snake, it's that there are too many sarcastic remarks these days, and she can't tell which one is wrong.

"Old lady, I have an idea."

Mrs. Wang suddenly made a sound, and everyone looked at her.

She bowed her head slightly to Jiamu, and then said:
"The former eldest daughter-in-law of the Ning Mansion also said that it is convenient for us to enter the palace now, and the queen mother can't come back to visit relatives now, and the opera troupe in Lixiangyuan has a lot of money. She advised me to dismiss the instructors, and those little opera actors will be distributed to each other. Call around the house."

The opera troupe of Jia's mansion was purchased by the provincial relatives in Yuanchun.

Since then, Caring has been raised in Lixiangyuan, but it is rarely used.

Now that Yuan Chun has become the empress dowager, the imperial palace is almost the back garden of Jia's female relatives.

At least Mrs. Wang no longer has to wait for a fixed time every month, but can enter the palace to meet each other at any time.

But the emperor was young, and the queen mother might not be able to leave the palace easily.

Therefore, this troupe is a bit tasteless,
Only when the mansion celebrates festivals and birthdays, or when someone invites the host, will there be excitement.

"In the past two days, I have been thinking that although these people were bought, these opera learners are more useless than they are. They are also the daughters of a good family. They were sold out because of their incompetence and did this for a few years. Now there are This opportunity, why don't you give them a few taels of silver and let them go separately. After all, our ancestors had this case in their hands back then. How can we be so stingy now? Although there are a few old ones still there, That's why they didn't want to go back for their own reasons, that's why they stayed and served as servants in our family when they grew up.

These days, servants of big families often use their own family to have children.

Just like mandarin ducks and Jin Chuan.

No matter how bad it is, at least it is bought from a young age to train how to serve.

Just like Xiren and Qingwen.

It's too late to teach the rules to this kind of half-baby.

Even if you bought it, according to the Jia family's traditional rules, those who don't need it are voluntarily released.

I have to say that although the Jia family has a lot of waste, it is not bad for the servants.

Otherwise, Xiren's mother would never have thought of begging Jia Mu's head and releasing Liang for free.

Of course, when Mrs. Wang said this, she changed the topic again and continued:
"But after all, it was bought back with 3 taels of real gold and silver, and they have been fed with delicious food and drink in the past few years. Now that I owe favors to the Marquis of Chu, why don't I take those opera troupes and a few of them from Lixiangyuan? An actor sent it over."

If you don't need it, you can let it go, which is a good deed.

But it is still useful, and it should be used.

Obviously, disbanding on the spot is not as good as getting Feng Yibo's 5 taels of favor.

It was 3 taels when I bought it, and after several years of raising and learning a lot of new operas, 5 taels is justified.

Of course, selling is definitely not selling.

But it can't be said that it's not enough to repay favors.

Having said that, Mrs. Wang rarely smiled and asked:

"Not to mention saving money in this way, it can be regarded as repaying his favor. What does the old lady think?"

She is very thoughtful, and this is a win-win situation.

The family of the Marquis of Chu State is high and rich, so raising an opera troupe is in line with his status.

The Rong Mansion was originally unable to make ends meet, but it was copied again, and the loss was not small.

Even if the theater troupe doesn't give away, they have to disband on the spot.

It is definitely waste utilization to repay favors.

After the theater troupe disbanded, the actors were left alone.

It is very likely to be sold again when you go back. Whether you live well or not depends entirely on luck.

It must be their wish to go to the Marquis of Chu State to continue to be pampered and perform opera.

"This……"

Mother Jia was a little hesitant, but also a little bit reluctant.

However, he also knows the difficulties of the Rong Mansion.

It is difficult to support a large family, let alone a theater troupe that only eats and does not work.

However, she was still a little bit reluctant.

Seeing her hesitation, Mrs. Wang smiled and said:
"Actually, it's better than being dismissed. After all, even though I gave it to the Feng family, when the old lady wants to listen to the opera, can they not borrow it?"

Don't look at Feng Yibo knocking on the door, but he actually gave the money.

What's more, who doesn't know that the threshold of the Marquis of Chu State is high, and it is not an exaggeration to say that there are many opportunities.

Even so, he still took the time to come over and stand up for Daiyu.

That Rongfu, the Empress Dowager's natal family and Daiyu's uncle's family, will he really turn his back on it?
What's more, Mrs. Wang learned about Feng Yibo's importance from the Queen Mother.

The Queen Mother never left Feng Yibo in almost every word, and even urged them to listen to his opinions more.

This time he sent two Goryeo Jis sent by the King of Goryeo, obviously also meant to ease the relationship.

As the mother of the queen mother, how can Mrs. Wang not give face?

So she borrowed flowers to offer Buddha, and prepared to send the opera troupe to the Houfu of Chu State.

In addition to repaying favors, it is also easing the relationship between the two governments.

As the saying goes: Courtesy reciprocity.

As long as you keep moving, the relationship will not be broken.

"I don't even dare to measure him!"

When Jia Mu heard what she said, she smiled again, and said:
"After all, it's the wife who knows how to run the house. As you said, let's pay back his favor!"

(End of this chapter)