Abandoned Wife and Marry Only: Daughter of Houmen

Chapter 315

Hui'an was tongue-tied, and opened her mouth after a while, saying, "She's quite... admirable..."

When Qin Xiaoshuang saw Hui'an like this, he covered his mouth and giggled, jokingly said: "You are not polite, compared with this hot girl from Liaozhou, you are indeed going to be a real lady in the capital."

It was only now that Hui'an had recovered his strength, he couldn't help but smile, and said: "I am a dignified lady in the first place!"

Seeing Qin Xiaoshuang raise her eyebrows, she laughed too, and couldn't help asking curiously: "Why did Wei Shi suddenly fall in love with Dr. Ouyang again? Speaking of which, she often went to the Hou's mansion a while ago. Although she was not polite, But she is really bold, innocent, and has no bad intentions. I thought that if she were my stepmother, she would be a loser, but now I am relieved that she can look at others. It's just that her temperament is the same after all. It's not suitable for the capital, but she can live comfortably in Liaozhou, I don't want her to find someone in the capital."

Qin Xiaoshuang said with a smile: "You only hope that things will not happen, but you are kind. I heard that on the day when it snowed heavily, Webster and Dr. Ouyang ran into each other in the suburbs of Beijing. At that time, Dr. Ouyang took refuge in the pavilion. Snow, Webster used to let the pavilion out, and rode back to the city by himself in the snow. Later, in the Shuxiang Building, Webster seemed to want to buy an inkstone, but the shopkeeper deceived her that she was from other places, and took the fake one to pay for the good one. It was smashed by Dr. Ouyang again. Webster's mind was changed after this, and he has been pestering him for the past two days, running to Ouyang's mansion every day."

Qin Xiaoshuang took a bite of a piece of pastry brought by Huian, and then said: "Then Ouyang Mansion is a scholarly family with a noble family style, not to mention that Webster and Dr. Ouyang are not the same age, just age." The Ouyang Mansion would not allow Wei Shi's... a bold woman to enter the door, so Wei Shi's work on this matter may still be in vain."

Hui'an nodded after hearing this, although he felt a little funny in his heart, but he felt some genuine appreciation for Wei Shi.Although Wei Yuan was a little rough and rude in the eyes of the world, and lacked the restraint that a woman should have, but Hui An felt that she was full of enthusiasm for life.This is especially true for love. Although she has been divorced twice, she still dares to love and is willing to love. She still holds the original pure expectation and desire for love, dares to pursue, and dares to give.

Besides, Wei Yuan is not a fool. Hui An discovered that she was a very shrewd woman during her contact with her. Really free and easy.For such a woman, Hui An sincerely hoped that she could find happiness.

Hui'an and Qin Xiaoshuang chatted for a few more words, but Qin Xiaoshuang suddenly turned serious and talked about a serious matter.

"I heard that you sold several shops in the Hou's Mansion, and the two shops in Heijiao Hutong in Xifang are also going to be sold?"

Hui An was taken aback when he heard the words, but nodded and said: "Yes, my sister also knows that I am not good at management, and now I am short of manpower. It is a pity that those shops are thrown away. Although the shops in Black Corner Hutong are large, they are not on the main street. In fact, when my mother was alive, she didn't have much income for a year, and now she is losing a lot, so I thought I might as well sell it."

Qin Xiaoshuang nodded when he heard the words, but said: "I don't care about that shop, but I think if you have a lot of money in your hand, you can think about it."

Seeing Hui An's serious face, she said: "You must have heard it too. The emperor has re-issued the order to reinstate horses, and even listed horse affairs as a top priority for Dahui's future state affairs. He also transferred Mr. Gou from the cabinet. Serving as Minister of the Taipu Temple, the emperor specially added Tu Yang, Yizhen and other five pastors to be in charge of horse affairs, and added six pastors in the prefectures and counties. This is all for the future. Preparations for the levy. I, Dahui, have always had few horses. This time, the emperor will open a high-ranking official horse farm at the horse farm in the suburbs of Beijing. The sixth stable of the emperor will also be expanded. The emperor is also planning to open 36 large official horse farms in the border county. Folk raising horses is even more exempt from taxation. Every household who has a horse can exempt one person from military service. This will become a general trend in the world in the future for raising horses. However, Dahui’s treasury has always been empty. Instead of increasing taxes these years, on the contrary It has been decreasing year after year, and the south was just hit by a disaster the year before last, but the emperor was unwilling to increase the burden on the people for the sake of the horse administration. It takes a lot of money to open the horse farm, such as today's water, An Ding, and the three major cities in the north. The horse farm and the great pastures have been marked out, but the court has no money."

Seeing that Qin Xiaoshuang's mouth was dry, Hui'an handed her the teacup, she took a sip, and then said: "The matter of this money has been discussed for a long time, and in the end there is no way, the emperor decided that the court of the three racecourses Hundred officials put dry shares, called hundred officials to participate in the shares. Although the official horses raised are not regarded as earning a living, but when the court has money, they will pay the silver according to the dry shares, which can be regarded as buying horses from hundreds of officials. At that time, the court will also send horsemen to the racecourse, and the profit from selling horses will be small, but the profit is not worth the amount of horses, not to mention that this is a long-term business, and it only earns no compensation, but it is better than the horses. It is much better to have money that rots in your hands. Now this matter has been taken over by Jingbeihou Qian's family, it's just such a big piece of meat. I want to get a share. I think your ancestors raised horses, and you are a horse lover. You may be interested in this matter. If you have cash in hand, you might as well think about it."

Hui An's eyes lit up when she heard the words. After the turmoil in the Hou's Mansion, she now has a lot of silver in her hands. Only the last time Guan Yuanhe recovered from Sun Xixiang had more than 20 taels of silver notes. This time the Hou's Mansion has been rectified. , and there is a lot of cash left.She thought that the money would be a waste, and wanted to slowly plan to buy more fertile land, but now that she heard Qin Xiaoshuang's words, Hui An was moved and asked.

"It's such a good thing, Dahui has so many relatives of the emperor, dignified and powerful ministers, imperial merchants and wealthy people, this is not a head start, I'm afraid..."

What is King Ning's identity? It's not uncommon for King Ning to want to get a share. She's only an orphan, so it's probably not the Fengyang Marquis's turn in this matter.

Hui An thought, Qin Xiaoshuang shook his head and said with a smile: "That's not necessarily the case. Think about it, this matter is of great importance. The horse is the head of the six animals, and it is related to the military and national strength. What's more, it is a major matter of supporting the imperial court. If it is not The imperial court really has no choice, and it is impossible to ask the people below to participate. This is not something that the emperor can trust. There are many people with power and money, but the emperor must allow them to participate in this matter. In my opinion, you This identity is just right, not to mention that you and the princess have heard that you have friendship, if you ask the queen mother to open up about this matter... there is no reason for it?"

(End of this chapter)