pawn wife

Chapter 331 129: Grain First (Part [-])

In early summer, the new second spinning workshop in Zhaotai City officially opened. This workshop will be headed by Dongli. Come over and be Dongli's deputy directly.

Then Wu Laosan selected some people from the security team of the old workshop, and came here to form a new security team, led by a middle-aged man named Yan Xiaoxi, to ensure the safety of Dongli and Aunt Osmanthus. It is also safe to guard the workshop.

At the opening, Chang Xi came in person, and invited many officials and masters, of course, the parent of Zhaotaicheng, Mr. Zhong, was introduced to Chang Xi by Mr. Zhou, the parent of Yiyang, and it was also because of this person's personal friendship with Mr. Zhou. Yes, she will build the second spinning workshop here.

Mr. Zhong had a good impression of Chang Xi, he smiled all the time, and gave Chang Xi enough face, which also made everyone in Zhaotai City notice it, and he couldn't help but weigh it in his heart.

Chang Xi stayed here for more than half a month, and returned to Yiyang City after the second spinning workshop was on track. Fortunately, the two cities are not far away, and they can go back and forth in a day or so if they work hard.

Her career was booming. After everything was on track, she was much more relaxed and began to pay more attention to the news of the capital.

Just at the end of the year, she received the news that the fourth prince acted arrogantly and was reprimanded by the old emperor. She watched the news for a long time without saying a word, just sitting in the round chair and watching the yellow leaves falling outside the window in a daze.

The old emperor didn't know if there was a serious problem with his health, and his temper was getting worse and worse. The fourth prince began to suffer from the backlash of absorbing the remnants of the third prince madly at the beginning of the year, and his defeat had begun to appear.

If the sky wants to kill it, it must first make it crazy. When Chang Xi wrote to Zhao Jin, he reminded him not to be careless, to prevent the dog from jumping over the wall, there are still three adult princes, Liu Qiba, watching, so it is still necessary. Prepare for the worst.

At this time, Han Rongyuan, the eldest brother of the Northwest, also mentioned the changes in the army in the letter, lamenting that maybe the cold winter will come sooner than imagined, let her make a plan first, make sure to protect herself, and whether she can Go north and try not to go north.

This is also what Zhao Jin wrote in the letter, let her stay in Yiyang, which is not the center of the struggle for the succession, and her safety can be guaranteed to the greatest extent.

The Wei family was more straightforward. She went directly south to reunite with Chang Xi. Obviously, she also felt the tense atmosphere in the capital. Her daughter would not go to Beijing for the New Year, so she would come here in person. She seemed to be becoming more and more emotionally attached to Chang Xi.

On the day of arrival, the weather was already quite cold, so Chang Xi and his cousin Wei Guangnan went to the pier to meet Wei's group in person.

Wei Shi was obviously not used to it when she went out for the first time. When she got off the boat, she was not in good spirits. It was not until she saw Chang Xi and her nephew that she smiled on her tired face. She held the other's hand with one hand. It's worth the hard work.

The nephew warmly and thoughtfully helped her into the carriage, and the daughter sat beside her and handed her a hand warmer. She leaned on the pillow and breathed a sigh of relief, "It's the first time I've come to such a far place, and I just felt that you came to Beijing for a while. It's not easy to travel, my mother used to think that you came to the capital too rarely, but now I hope you will suffer less from this journey." Thinking of the hardships of the journey, I still feel desolate.

Chang Xi smiled and made her a bowl of tea to refresh her, "Just get used to it."

She was a trapeze person in her previous life, one was here today, and the other was in a city thousands of miles away tomorrow. As for this life, the journey was a little slower, and nothing else, so there was no such thing as a difficult journey.

Wei's eyes were still flushed with distress, "If you still stay in Yiyang in the future and come to see you for your mother, you will suffer for my mother."

"How can I ask you to suffer so much? It will be fine when the situation is clear." Chang Xi knew that the Wei family was spoiled and spoiled since childhood, and this trip is the limit, "Besides, the whole family of the mighty Marquis Mansion, you all Can you rest assured?"

As soon as this was mentioned, Wei's expression became a little cold, "Which one of the big family members is related to me by blood? Your brother, sister-in-law, nephew and niece are all in the northwest, and you are in Yiyang in the southeast. They are all dead. I don't care."

After the disillusionment of love, she has completely seen her husband's character. She has long been discouraged by the big family, and she doesn't want to cut off the lawsuits between the concubine and the concubine children, so that the old woman and the selfish If the man is troubled, she will not wait.

Looking at Wei Shi like this, Chang Xi felt a little familiar, as if seeing her mother in her previous life, finally sighed softly, and shook Wei Shi's hand, giving her some warmth.

Wei's heart was ecstatic because of this, and she felt that no matter how hard it was to come here, it was worth it. A pair of children did not grow up under her knees. If the son flew too high and too far, she couldn't catch it. The only thing she could catch was the daughter. Be kind.

When she arrived at Chang Xi's residence, seeing that it was not as gorgeous and spacious as the Hou's Mansion, she was so sad that she couldn't help crying, saying over and over again, "My son has suffered..."

Chang Xi was annoyed by crying, and simply announced, "The house is all ready, just waiting for you to come, and we will move tomorrow."

Indeed, because of Wei's coming, Chang Xi bought a Sanjin mansion in Yiyang City, and Wei Guangnan volunteered to furnish the house for her, just waiting for Wei's to come and move again.

The housewarming banquet was held very grandly and festively, all the respectable people in Yiyang came to congratulate, and the Wei family was the wife of the court, so some people were willing to carry the flowery sedan chair.

Mrs. Xie, Mrs. Rong brought her granddaughter-in-law, Mrs. Bai, to celebrate and gave Chang Xi enough face. As the former second wife, she and Mrs. Wei knew each other, but they didn't know each other very well. See you now, of course. Quite something to say.

The Wei family was still a little bitter about the fact that Chang Xi had helped Xie Jiadian's wife, but the Rong family was a good communicator, and with a few words, Wei's expression softened, and even gradually warmed up.

Bai Shi watched from the side for a moment. She didn't expect her grandmother to have such a side. No wonder her grandfather still respects her grandmother so much. When she was an official in the capital, her grandmother must have helped her grandfather a lot behind her back.

Seeing that Chang Xi was at ease, she leaned over and said, "I was worried that there would be a quarrel. It was a false alarm." She had visited Wei Shi alone before, but Mrs. Wei Shihou was full of airs, so she couldn't help feeling a little nervous Fear, who would have thought that as soon as the grandmother came out, she would subdue the Wei family in an instant, and the grandmother is still the best.

Chang Xi couldn't help laughing when he heard that, it's enough for the Wei family to have someone to talk to and not be lonely.

She really doesn't have that much time to accompany the Wei family, and she has to plan for the worst situation. As the saying goes, the three armies go first before using food and grass. The ship she bought from Chairman Xu was delivered a few months ago, and she directly sent the ship Hand it over to Zhang Yingda for management, not to do ocean trade for the time being, but to specialize in transporting grain from Nanyang to China. Together with him, there is also the manager, who has now directly become the overseas agent of Zhao Jin and Chang Xi.

This kid came back from a trip to the sea. He was tanned, and his heart was broader. After he went out to see the world, his thoughts disappeared. This is what he said to Chang Xi, "I want to connect with Ah Fana. Work hard together for a share, if you don't work hard to live like a human being, I will have no face to see him in the future."

At that time, she patted Zhang Yingda's widening shoulders to show her encouragement, and there was a lot to do outside.

Buying grain from overseas, under the cover of Yuan Hao's Shibo Division, and Chang Xi's support, did not attract many people's attention in Yiyang City.

When Chinese New Year was approaching, Chang Xi personally went to Jiangnan to buy medicinal materials in the name of a workshop. This is indispensable and a priority strategic material.

Regarding her daughter's trip, Wei was very worried, "Your workshop is too exhausting, why don't you stop during the Chinese New Year?"

"Mother, I will come back as soon as possible during the Chinese New Year, don't worry, I will definitely come back in time to accompany you during the Chinese New Year..."

"But your daughter's family is away, how can I feel at ease?"

It is obvious that Chang Xi's rhetoric cannot convince the Wei family. In her opinion, which daughter of the Hou family is not pampered?It's just the sad person in her family who always wants to run outside.

Wei Guangnan on the side was speechless, but he still said, "Auntie, you forgot me? My cousin is going out, I will protect you, so you don't have to worry, I will definitely bring you back in full when the time comes."

"You child!" Wei Shi glanced at his nephew angrily, that's all, she couldn't stop it, so she could only wait patiently at home for them to come back.

After Han Rongyuan showed the Han family cards to Wei Guangnan, Wei Guangnan passed the news back to his father.

After locking himself in the study for a day and a night, Wei Guogong wrote to his son in a letter when he came out again, asking him to stay in Yiyang to fully assist Chang Xi, and the Wei family will increase their support for Zhao Jin.

Wei Guangnan sniffed out from his father's letter that his father was quite optimistic about Zhao Jin, so he would spare no effort to stand with Chang Xi brothers and sisters. After all, if Zhao Jin can really succeed in the future, he will also earn a share of the merits of being a dragon, isn't it? As the heir to the Duke's Mansion, he will also have his own achievements in the future. Thinking about it makes him very excited. This is much better than taking a false title to manage the family business and earn a living under the hands of his elder brother.

Chang Xi's actions were not hidden from others, but because she was far away from the capital, the princes didn't know enough about her energy, so they didn't notice her at all, which made her trip to the south of the Yangtze River extremely smooth, and some people even asked Is she planning to do the medicine business? After hearing this, she smiled and responded ambiguously, so that no one could see through her cards.

Of course, compared to this, Jiangnan's textile industry colleagues are more interested in her new spinning machine. While she is in Jiangnan, she comes to the inn almost every day to bother, just to see if the two sides can cooperate for a while. After all, exchanging the market for technology Someone has gone through the path and proved it is feasible, and others are naturally eager to move.

Jiangnan has always been the leader in the textile industry, so it is not afraid of foreign competitors at all, but if it can introduce new spinning machines, then its production capacity will be improved, and it will naturally earn more money.

Chang Xi was naturally very happy to discuss these necessary supplies for military supplies. With successful examples in front, this cooperation was naturally easy to achieve.

(End of this chapter)