Wind rises time and space gate

Chapter 409 The Princess’s Idea

Lin Zhaoxia had just sent away Sun's mother-in-law and three other guests when another guest arrived. The visitor is Mrs. Zhou, the wife of Du Zhishu, the Shaoqing of the Sinong Division.

Ms. Zhou looks like a girl from a small family, with a bit of bookishness about her. Her natal father ran a private school in her hometown, and she has been exposed to the scent of books since she was a child.

"I've met the princess. I'm disturbing the princess."

"It's so annoying. I don't have any relatives or friends here in Beijing. I'm very happy that you can come see me."

Zhou smiled lightly and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

She was just the daughter of a private school teacher from another province. She was able to become an official wife because her husband married her in order to repay the kindness of her father's cultivation. But my family and my husband's family are just ordinary families. Although my husband is an official in the capital, in this capital where there are many noble people, it doesn't matter if I don't have connections, I am nothing.

How would they normally have the opportunity to visit such a wealthy family, or the royal palace.

If the King of Yue hadn't been working as an errand in the Sinong Department, my husband and I would never have had the chance to know any princes or princesses.

"Last time, Miss Jinxiu asked me to make some clothes. I have already finished the clothes. I asked the princess to check them. If there is anything inappropriate, I can take them back and modify them."

When Lin Zhaoxia heard what she said, she asked Jinxiu and Yingyue on the side to come forward to check.

Logically speaking, Mrs. Zhou is the wife of a court official, so she has no business making clothes for the palace. But when she and Zhao Guangyuan got married, the house was short of manpower, so all the servants and women in the village were called in to help. The embroidery ladies also went to help, and the work in the embroidery room could not keep up.

At that time, the officials of the Agriculture Department sent their servants and women to help. Seeing that the embroidery room was busy, Mrs. Zhou offered to help. Seeing that she was good at needlework, Lin Zhaoxia later asked the embroidery room to bring her back to do some work.

Lin Zhaoxia learned from Zhao Guangyuan that the lives of the officials in the Sinong Division were not very good.

Du Zhishu had been a Beijing official for several years, but the couple still couldn't afford a house in Beijing, so they lived in rented houses. A family of four, plus a boy, an old servant who works as a janitor, and an old woman who does menial work, seven people crowded into the courtyard, and Zhou had to do all the household chores.

Jinxiu and Yingyue quickly finished inspecting several pieces of ready-made clothes. "Mrs. Zhou's work is extremely detailed. This embroidery looks like it's alive. It's not worse than the embroidery girl in our embroidery room. Princess, look at this embroidery, how can you do it?" It’s so beautiful!”

Lin Zhaoxia took it and looked through it in his hand...

Zhou was a little embarrassed, "I don't go out very much on weekdays. I'm used to doing this at home."

Lin Zhaoxia looked at her needlework, embroidery patterns, and color matching. She was really no worse than the embroiderers in their palace embroidery room who had been doing this job for many years.

Taking a look at her body, I saw that although the fabric she was wearing was not very good, the clothes were plain and novel in style. The embroidery on the clothes was also very outstanding, which added a lot of color to the clothes. When I saw her, she only wore a pair of trousers on her head. The two pieces of headgear are simple and must have a hard time.

After thinking about it, he seemed a little embarrassed to say it, "My prince was in the imperial mausoleum before, and his life was quite difficult. He built an embroidery room by himself, and asked others to do some work outside to maintain daily expenses. During this period, because of After returning to the capital, everything was complicated, and the stewards were assigned to do other tasks, so the work in the embroidery room was somewhat neglected..."

Mrs. Zhou listened quietly, wondering why the princess suddenly talked about her family's property. But she has cultivated herself over the years and just listens to what others say without asking too many questions.

Lin Zhaoxia saw her like this and watched her actions, nodding secretly.

Now Zhao Guangyuan has a lot to do, and she is determined to stay in Daqi to help him. She has to take care of the intermediary affairs of the Yue Prince's Palace, and she can't neglect the social activities outside. She receives a lot of posts every day, and it takes her a lot of time to read and reply to them. After a while, she couldn't care less about the antique shop over there and the embroidery room over here.

She needs a middleman to help take over the orders from Hyundai, and then select the products and materials from Daqi.

Now she and Zhao Guangyuan are not as short of money as they were before, but if she and Zhao Guangyuan want to win over people, they must not miss such an opportunity to break into the wealthy circle.

It is not easy for men to form cliques outside. In serious cases, they may be said to be cliques for personal gain, but the social interactions between women are not too eye-catching.

It's not a bad idea to leave this job to Jinxiu, Yingyue or the stewards at Xiufang. But she wants someone who can attend various banquets in the capital and can always keep abreast of the fashion trends in the capital.

People with too high a status would disdain to do such a thing. With a status like Zhou's, it's just right. Her husband's official position was not high, and his family was living a difficult life. She also needed a channel for her to integrate into the aristocratic circles of Beijing.

Lin Zhaoxia told Mrs. Zhou her plan, but she looked a little embarrassed when she looked dumbfounded.

"Normally, this matter should not be entrusted to Mrs. Zhou, but you also know that I am also from another province and I don't know many people in Beijing. If there is anyone else available, I will not dare to trouble you and will not even mention it. carry……"

Lin Zhaoxia's statement that she was from a small place in other provinces immediately brought her closer to Zhou, which made Zhou feel very comforted after hearing this.

She came from a small place in another province. Her natal family had no power and was extremely ordinary. When she arrived in the capital, she could only make friends with the family members of some petty officials and officials, and she was not in the aristocratic circle of the capital's aristocratic families.

Now that Princess Yue was willing to give her a hand, she was so grateful that she couldn't refuse.

"I know the princess wants to help us. My husband often said that since the King of Yue came to Si Nongsi, their life has been much better. In the past, I was very nervous when I was on duty. I was afraid that when I woke up, I would be informed that Si Nongsi was gone and they would be dismissed. Go home."

After studying hard for more than ten years, I finally won the exam and returned home with great honors. However, if my official career ends at a young age, I am afraid I will regret it for the rest of my life.

Lin Zhaoxia smiled and said, "I also heard what the prince said. He often said that Taizu established the Agriculture Department in order to ensure that all the people in the world could have enough food. The Department of Agriculture and the Six Ministries are equally important. Now that we see the Department of Agriculture, He is often worried about the situation that Nongsi has become like now. "

Zhou was deeply moved by these words, "The King of Yue has great kindness in his heart."

If all people in the world no longer suffer from famine, then there will be true peace in the world. The King of Yue cared about the country and the people, and was a royal man who was truly willing to do things for the people of the world.

It's just a pity.

Seeing that Zhou was willing to agree to this matter, Lin Zhaoxia explained the regulations to her in detail...

Now that the Zhou family has taken over, Zhou can contact more low-ranking official women like her and assign them some work to do. Firstly, it will allow them to have work and earn some wages to supplement their families. Secondly, it will be a favor to these low-level officials. A senior official, it may come in handy one day in the future.

In his current situation, where the aristocratic family has branches and branches, many in-laws and old relatives, and complex relationships, weighing the pros and cons, even if they are optimistic about Zhao Guangyuan, they may not necessarily surrender to him, and most of them will look on with cold eyes.

If we can first win over the middle and lower-level officials among the officials, there may be unexpected surprises.

Listening to Princess Yue's analysis one by one, how to obtain the latest clothing styles, how to assign tasks, how to maintain these relationships, and so on, Zhou felt that her chaotic mind immediately became much clearer.

Just now, she just took over this job with enthusiasm, but after listening to Princess Yue's words, she immediately felt that if this job was done well, not only would she get great benefits, but her husband would also be able to get along well in the capital. opened.

I couldn't help but feel a burst of joy. He then heard the princess say: "In a few days, Princess Lu's maiden daughter from a single family has asked me to go with her. If you have time, please come with her." Zhou was surprised and happy, and immediately agreed, "Yes, thank you princess." invite!"

Princess Lu's natal family was also from a wealthy family. No one would invite a female family member of a seventh-rank official like her.

Before Mrs. Zhou left, Lin Zhaoxia had someone give her a pair of ruby ​​​​turbans, but she refused to accept it, "Just keep it, you can't even take care of my family this time. You have helped me so much, and I feel... I feel sorry for you. From now on, when we cooperate, we must settle accounts with each other. We can’t say that we won’t accept money.”

Zhou originally just wanted to help, but Lin Zhaoxia gave her 10% of her penis. Zhou had no choice but to accept it.

When she got home, Mrs. Zhou took out the set of ruby ​​​​turbans and looked at them carefully, her eyes brightened a bit. Such a set of turbans would cost at least a thousand taels of silver if placed in an outside shop. She just did some work for the princess, so she got such a reward, which felt a bit hot.

By the time Du Zhishu returned home from the Yamen, Mrs. Zhou had already prepared the meal.

I brought it myself and served it to him and the two children. After I finished eating, I carefully put away the dishes and washed them. Du Zhishu was helping on the side and felt very guilty, "I asked my mentor to marry you and get started. I wanted you to follow me and enjoy the blessings. I didn't want you to do such menial work."

Du Zhishu originally thought that after passing the Jinshi examination and being appointed an official, his family would be able to change its family structure and live a good life from now on. However, his family is still living a tight life now. He has not been back to his hometown for several years. It’s not that the journey is far, it’s that there is no extra money to spend.

Ugh.

Mrs. Zhou saw that he was suffering from himself again. After washing the dishes, she took him to sit in the room and asked him quietly, "Where do you think I went today?"

The house is rented, and there are also small officials from other provinces like them on the left and right sides. They speak loudly and can be heard by the neighbors next door. I couldn't help but sigh when I remembered that in my hometown, their yard was still the biggest one.

"Where have you been?"

Zhou didn't say anything, and just handed him the ruby ​​head and face he got today.

Du Zhishu opened it and his eyes widened, "Where did you come from?"

He knew how much money his family had, and his salary was only enough to live on as a family. A person like this could not be bought with more than a thousand taels of silver, and his wife had absolutely no money left to buy such a precious thing.

If it were anyone else, he would still wonder if someone from his family had bribed him. But he is a small official in the Agriculture Department, who would fawn over him?

"Did you pick it up?" Stealing shouldn't be possible. His wife is not that kind of person.

Mrs. Zhou glared at him and said, "It's such a precious thing. Pick one up and let me take a look."

"Then where did you come from?"

"Give it to Princess Yue."

"Princess Yue?"

Zhou nodded and told her about going to Prince Yue's Mansion today. Du Zhishu listened for a long time without speaking.

"What's wrong with you?" Ms. Zhou pushed him, "Do you think I shouldn't take this job?"

Du Zhishu glanced at the box containing the headdress again and shook his head, "If you don't have any kind of person, the princess will find you wherever you are." The prince and princess wanted to support them.

Since the King of Yue went to the Sinong Division, he could see that the King of Yue had his own plans. Unlike other princes, all the errands they received were just handed over to the people below, and they only had a job. The King of Yue really treated Si Nongsi's errands as serious errands and did them himself.

The King of Yue was a pragmatic man. Since the arrival of the King of Yue, Si Nongsi has changed from top to bottom, with a completely new look.

Zhou also said that the princess would take her to various banquets, "The princess said that I have been studying since I was a child and I am good at painting, so she asked me to attend more banquets and see more new styles of clothes and headdresses to see if the nobles like them. What kind of thing? You also asked me to go out more and move around more. If there are women in my family who want to take over the work, I can give them some work so that I can help them."

Du Zhishu sighed after hearing this, it was Princess Yue who was clearly giving them money.

"Then do your best and finish this job for the princess."

This is only good for my family and has no harm at all, so why not do it? By then, he would have made more acquaintances with noble people, which would also help his career. And with money in hand, why worry about not being able to get things done.

The couple became more and more grateful to Princess Yue.

After Zhao Guangyuan returned home, Lin Zhaoxia also told Zhao Guangyuan about the matter.

Of course, Zhao Guangyuan is not like Du Zhishu, who only thinks that Lin Zhaoxia is doing this simply to help the families of these low-level officials. Du Zhishu and his wife don't know about the deeper things here. Maybe they know, but I don’t know the deeper meaning.

"Thank you for planning so much for me."

"The countryside is surrounding the city. We can't win over aristocratic families now, but we can win over some poor people and low- and middle-level officials. If you can let them help you speak out in the future, it will be easier for you."

Zhao Guangyuan held her in his arms. She knew that he understood him and felt sorry for him. He was so lucky, "Okay, I just have to work hard for you."

The couple exchanged some words, then went to modern times and picked up Chang Zhi. When he grew up, he lived in the courtyard behind their main courtyard. During the day, he said that he studied and did homework in his room, but he couldn't remain anonymous all the time.

After picking up Chang Zhi in the evening, Chang Zhi walked around the house, then went to the front yard to find Jiang Wentao, listened to him handle the government affairs, and then learned from him to do homework.

"This is the nephew of the princess." The palace official looked at this young, but humble and polite boy.

"It is said that this child is going to study with Jiang Changshi. Has he been accepted as a disciple by Jiang Changshi? It seems that the prince and princess will focus on training him."

But it is impossible for this son with a foreign surname to inherit the palace in the future.

Everyone is an official of the King of Yue. They follow the King of Yue and see how he behaves. They feel pity for him even more. The legitimate son of the Empress Yuan should have gotten a better life, but now...

"Don't think so much, the prince has his own arrangements." Some of Zhao Guangyuan's confidants knew about King Yue's plans and interrupted their speculations in time.

"The day after tomorrow, the prince will have a banquet with officials from the Agriculture Department and their families. He also invited a group of officials and staff from the palace and their families. Please go back and tell your family."

"What? The prince also invited us? And his family members?"