Empress Mi Benji

Chapter 11

With no fever and no dizziness, Zhuang Xun checked the accounts at his desk, re-filled the specifications, sorted out the numbers, and summarized them one by one. His efficiency is much worse than that of a professional accountant. After all, he is only a freshman. As for accounting, it just so happens that the teacher is strict and has too much homework.

However, Arabic numerals and this kind of system knowledge are a bit rudimentary compared to ancient accounts, which is a blow to dimensionality reduction. It won't take long for an account book to be sorted out.

Arrange a book and ask someone to come in, take away the account book, and leave a string of copper coins to thank you and leave.

Si Qin Mi continued her morning work, embroidering peonies.

As time went by, the accounts were sorted out, and there were hundreds of copper coins on the table.

Until the last Hu businessman, he put down a piece of silver, about two or three taels of silver.

"What else is Shangtou important?" Zhuang Xun didn't look at Sui Yin but instead looked at Hu Shangtou.

"The emperor is fatuous, the treacherous ministers are in power, and the country of Yu is already unsustainable. Mr. Zhuang has great talent, why don't you go to Cheng Guo with me to show your skills." Hu Shangtou invited.

"Chengguo?" Zhuang Xun remembered that his friend also went to Chengguo.

Si Qin Mi who was sitting by the bed doing embroidery lightly kicked Zhuang Xun.

"Take back the broken silver first, and I'll think about it." Zhuang Xun pushed the broken silver on the table and said.

"Mr. Zhuang, please think more about it. After a few days, the commercial tax will come down, but it will be too late. It's a pity that a talent like you stays in Yu State. Please take it as my apology for being unable to help you the day before yesterday." Hu Shangtou Shaking his head, he turned around and left with the ledger in hand.

"Young lady, you have something to say." After Hu Shangtou left, Zhuang Xun turned to look at Si Qin Mi.

"The chaotic situation is easy to get ahead. Chengguo is now politically stable, and it is difficult for ordinary people to have a chance to get ahead. Although Mr. Lang has imperial connections, this kind of thing can't be passed lightly." Years, and at most, there is a sense of urgency.

"All my ancestors knew about was a landlord who was overthrown by the turmoil of the times. Where did this man with the emperor's lineage come from?" Zhuang Xun said with his face covered, and his family's surname had to be traced back 2000 years to be a prince. Come forward, return the emperor's veins.

"When I was studying, I read that the emperor's pulse was bestowed by the destiny, and the certificate of the emperor. I don't know exactly why it was bestowed by the destiny." Si Qinmi herself didn't know very well.

"Well, for no reason, he bears an emperor's veins, and if he doesn't fight for hegemony, he will be killed. What's the matter?" Zhuang Xun said with a sigh. There is no condition to fight the dragon.

"Doesn't your lord want to be the emperor and rule the chaotic world?" Si Qinmi couldn't understand Zhuang Xun who had no ambition. Ordinary people became arrogant when they heard that they were destined to be emperor.

"Can I be a good emperor and rule the world?"

"How can I become the Son of Heaven?"

Zhuang Xun doesn't think he has any special talents, this world is still the world of immortals and demons.

"My concubine will help you, whether you become the emperor or govern the world, I will help you. As long as you are willing, I will help you to ascend to the throne if you are willing." There is also a strong sense of self-confidence or arrogance.

"I don't want to see you smashed to pieces, but I hope you are safe and happy forever." Zhuang Xun was infected by her self-confidence, but weak words still came to his lips.

"No, what I mean is that we are like this now. It seems a little big to talk about unifying Kyushu and helping the world." Zhuang Xun looked at the room, he was still white, and Si Qinmi's identity was even more shady.

"That's why we have to aim high. If you don't even have this kind of ambition, how can you compete for the dragon among the hundreds of dragons and the princes?" Si Qinmi understood what the king of reincarnation meant by sticking to success.

"You're right, what should we do next?" Zhuang Xun nodded, looking at Si Qin Mi, she is very dazzling, with such a bearing and open-mindedness, but it feels unrealistic, the restrictions of her birth have already been stuck tightly up

"First of all, you need to earn enough money to live and live. Now that the three kingdoms of Jizhou are at the same level, and Yu is dark and weak, you can take over the other country. Chengguo is good at metaphysics. I like Huang Lao. I follow the caravan. A little rich and a little safe, but it's hard to be elegant." Si Qinmi began to discuss her strategy for seeking the country.

"The state of Yu is weak, the imperial court openly sells its officials, and the people's minds change. Hebei Daijun, a place of bitter cold, has great rivers and natural dangers. If it is properly governed, it can be divided into one side. The people are poor and brave, so recruit elite soldiers and fight bravely. If there is a change in the state of Yu, they can mobilize troops and revolt. "Si Qin Mi said after choosing the land.

"What you said has nothing to do with me." Zhuang Xun was very happy to hear the description.

"Since the imperial court openly sells officials and nobles, why doesn't your lord buy the post of Daijun prefect?" Si Qinmi pointed out.

"Ah, where did I get the money? I can't buy this kind of business every day." Zhuang Xun pushed the copper coins on the table.

"The prefect of Daijun is not expensive, 10 taels of silver, and the term of office is four years." Si Qinmi said an astronomical figure.

"..."

"Why is Mr. Lang silent? Is he dissatisfied with this place? There are good places in other counties, but they are too expensive compared to Dai County, and there is no place lower than 20 taels." Si Qinmi shook her head, but actually chose Dai County. The county is already a last resort.

"Isn't it okay to choose a county first? No, even if I choose a county, I can't afford that much money, and I may not be able to earn it all my life." Zhuang Xun rubbed his thighs. He was numb just now.

"I have a concubine." Si Qinmi helped Zhuang Xun to bed, her jade hands massaged his thighs, the rich woman's speech shocked Zhuang Xun.

"The house of Siqin's family was confiscated by the royal family. Where did you get the money? You can't go back to Duke Zhenguo's mansion to get it." Zhuang Xun was puzzled, even if it was a bank, Siqinmi didn't have a receipt now.

"My mother passed away and gave my concubine a surplus of money. The value of gold and silver jewelry is about 10 taels. I store it in the stone sill next to my mother's tomb. I go to worship every year, but no bricks and stones are moved. The money should still be there. It just so happens that the piano player The family does not want to let mother enter the ancestral land, but to avoid the risk of being destroyed." Si Qin Mi said lightly.

Zhuang Xun could hear her resentment, he pressed Si Qin Mi's hand and said: "Are the Siqin family so hateful? They are not allowed to enter the ancestral land. Also, this should be buried with her mother-in-law. We used Is it not very good."

"My mother was born as a slave, and my concubine is not a man, so I can't be counted as a member of the Qin family. It's good that I can escape the catastrophe." Si Qin Mi said happily.

Seeing Zhuang Xun's worried expression, she comforted her and said, "It's okay, it's over. As for this batch of gold and silver jewelry, my mother was afraid that people would dislike her status as a concubine and concubine, so she wouldn't be able to bury her in the ancestral land of her husband's family after she died. I have to save a dowry for my concubine, but I haven’t used it in Duke Zhenguo’s mansion, and now my concubine is marrying the lord, which also fulfills my mother’s wish, after all, the concubine will definitely be buried in the land of the lord.”

"Of course, you are my wife. Of course, I will bury my family's land, but will we have a place to bury in the future?" Zhuang Xun, who has little knowledge of history, also knows the fate of the losers who participate in the Kyushu competition.

"Not necessarily, but if you don't fight for it, you will definitely not. I have already prepared in my heart. If there is no place to bury me, I am willing to go to the netherworld with my husband."

"You can't talk nonsense like this, good or bad, but isn't mother-in-law a concubine? How can there be so much gold and silver?" Zhuang Xun said in shock.

"A lot? Not much. My mother has saved it for more than 20 years. The filial piety received by the General's Mansion every year and the gifts from the royal family are innumerable. I also have a business. There are many rewards of utensils, which have decreased after getting old and fading, but my mother is famous for her piercing skills in Yindu, and she has made a lot of money herself. Not all gold and silver, but also jade treasures, this is a rough estimate of [-]."

(End of this chapter)