Prodigal Son of the Ming Dynasty

  Chapter 1324 Grace of Reinvention

  Xiao Jing returned to his normal expression, with a smile on his face: "Your Majesty, this servant has nothing to hide. This servant has been with His Majesty for so many years. Doesn't Your Majesty know who this servant is? You are so timid."

  Emperor Hongzhi pondered for a moment, and seemed to be unable to grasp anything, just nodded: "Do things well, don't always wander, I know you are not young, and it is hard work for you to always let you be on duty by my side."

   "No hard work, no hard work." Xiao Jing waved his hands again and again.

  Emperor Hongzhi just smiled and said nothing more.

Xiao Jing took advantage of His Majesty's dozing time to leave the palace, he had something on his mind, he felt uneasy these few days, thinking carefully about the conversation between himself and Zeng Jie back then, everything was plausible, it seemed that there was no reason for it , But such things, I'm afraid.

   hurriedly arrived at the Statistics Department of the Cabinet.

  As usual, he is here to assist Fang Xiaofan, the statistics department, to coordinate the relationship between the factory guards.

  Fang Xiaofan sullenly looked at the data at hand with a concentrated expression, completely ignoring Xiao Jing.

  The members of the Fang family are all virtuous, with low EQ.

  If such a person had not had the surname Fang, he would have offended everyone in the world, and would have died without knowing how.

   Xiao Jing thought sadly, but such a person is now under one person, under ten thousand people, our life is wasted.

Hey…

  He sighed deeply in his heart.

   It took Fang Xiaofan a while to notice Xiao Jing, and asked indifferently.

   "Eunuch Xiao, are you here? Is there something wrong?"

  Xiao Jing smiled, but it seemed that his body was weak all of a sudden, but his body shook for a while, and with an ouch in his mouth, he was about to fall down.

   Seeing this, Fang Xiaofan subconsciously supported him.

   At first glance, Xiao Jing seemed to have passed out.

   So Fang Xiaofan pinched Xiao Jing's thigh among those who pinched him.

   With a sound of "Aah", Xiao Jing came back to life.

  He looked around in confusion, and asked with a puzzled expression.

   "Where are we?"

   "Eunuch Xiao, you fainted just now."

   "So, you saved us?"

  Fang Xiaofan thought for a while, then nodded, it seemed so.

  Xiao Jing suddenly became intimate. Tears streamed down her face: "It's a life-saving grace, this is a life-saving grace."

  Fang Xiaofan: "..."

"We have never received favors from anyone in our life, except for the emperor, you are Fang Sheren...you... let alone, we are old bones, dying people, unaccompanied, in this palace, we are doomed I'll die alone, if it wasn't for Fang Sheren, you saved us, we...we..."

   As he spoke, snot and tears began to wipe Fang Xiaofan's body.

   Fang Xiaofan, who was ignorant of the world, didn't know how to answer him, but just stared at Xiao Jing.

"This is the grace of reinvention, otherwise, we... no, servant girl, no... Speaking of it, Liu Jin recognized us as godfather back then, and now, Liu Jin is Brother Ling's grandson. .” Xiao Jing pinched his fingers: “You are from my mother’s generation.”

What?

   Xiao Jingniang's generation?

  Where is this?

  Fang Xiaofan was so surprised that he wanted to hit someone.

  Xiao Jing said from the bottom of his heart: "My child is so bold, can I call you...mother?"

  Fang Xiaofan shook his head like a rattle.

  Xiao Jingdao: "Baby has a lot of delicious and interesting things."

  Fang Xiaofan didn't seem to be interested in these things. He rolled his black eyes and asked, "Do you have any money or land?"

   "Yes. To be honest..." Xiao Jing was about to jump up excitedly. He was about to shout, but he looked around cautiously: "To be honest, there are quite a few."

   "Then I agree, you give me the money." Fang Xiaofan said very simply.

  Xiao Jing’s heart hurts like a prick. I thought it would be easier to start with children, but now it seems...

  He smiled and said: "Mother..."

   "Hey..." Fang Xiaofan responded, reaching out to Xiao Jing: "Where is the money?"

Xiao Jing with a bitter face: "You can't be so blatant, quietly, we are quiet people, the walls of the palace have ears, mother... No wonder when we first saw you, we felt very familiar and very kind. It turns out that we still have this An origin."

  Fang Xiaofan tilted his head and thought for a while: "Then when are you going to give me the money?"

  Xiao Jing: "..."

  ...

   He breathed out, and finally coaxed the little aunt down.

  Unless it is absolutely necessary, Xiao Jing will not do such indecent things. He consciously thinks that he is not Liu Jin's boneless thing, but a strong eunuch.

  But it's about to happen.

   Now, the Fang family is suppressing it.

  If you want to come to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, you will not continue to pursue it.

   Zeng Jie is in the imperial prison, as long as the crown prince and Qi Guogong do not ask, then...

  ...

  A huge planning drawing has appeared in Shuntian Fuyin.

  Zhu Houzhao looked at the map very seriously with his hands behind his back, and he looked energetic.

  Fang Jifan also looked up at the map.

"The Yamen of Shuntian Mansion is here." Zhu Houzhao pointed: "The scale must be large, and the more nosy things you manage, the better. Shuntian Mansion is a big yamen, and the departments under it are small yamen. It needs stars to support the moon. This big yamen is the main body, the cost doesn't matter, I have money, Lao Fang, what do you want to say."

   "I have nothing to say." Fang Jifan shook his head and sighed: "His Royal Highness is a big hand, and he is really not an ordinary person."

"Of course. Didn't you say at the beginning that being an official doesn't make decisions for the people? Why don't you go home and sell sweet potatoes? I figured it out. I have to make decisions for the disaster victims outside the Fifth Ring Road. Otherwise, I'm sorry for so many people." Common people, I will never give up on them, by the way, how many registered officials are there in Shuntian Mansion?"

  Fang Jifan said: "Up and down, there are more than ninety people."

  Zhu Houzhao nodded and nodded: "There are still so many old officials, and new officials will be recruited in the future. It is really not easy for such a big family to relocate. At that time, will it be inconvenient for them to go there to work?"

Fang Jifan sighed and said: "Serving the imperial court, there will always be sacrifices. For example, I have made plans to take root outside the Fifth Ring Road and make it my home. I have bought all the land and built a Dabieyuan. As for other officials, I think they will be able to understand His Highness’s painstaking efforts. It’s nothing to spend two hours up and down, and the transportation fee is only more than three hundred and seventy yuan. If it doesn't work, they can also go there to buy property. The minister has already asked someone to figure it out, not to mention the officials of Shuntian Mansion, those old officials, who have money, are all hidden, and the merchants along the way are usually To give them filial piety money, unfortunately, although the imperial court is careful about the Beijing officials, it turns a blind eye to the subordinates. It is also heard that many scribes secretly cooperate with others The minister has long been displeased with doing business."

  Zhu Houzhao's eyes lit up: "If you say this, I will feel at ease. This time, we are going to do something big."

  Fang Jifan said: "I've already thought about it, and I want to move the Jingfu there too."

  Zhu Houzhao said: "All the yamen of this palace have also been moved there. Unfortunately, Zhan Shifu cannot be moved."

   "With Yamen, there must be roads, stadiums, theaters, and schools..."

   Zhu Houzhao held his chin and spoke seriously, for fear that he might miss something.

  Fang Jifan felt that Zhu Houzhao was hopeless.

  In order to pay off the debt, this guy went to the point of desperation.

  Damn it, Fang Jifan made a bad start.

Zhu Houzhao was talking, but he remembered something: "By the way, old Fang, you just said that the Jingfu, your Jingfu, how things are going now, I'm still thinking, that **** Liu Jin has been at sea for more than half a year , So far, I haven't seen him, and I don't know if he is dead or alive."

  Fang Jifan spread his hands: "I don't know, Your Highness, it is up to people to make things happen, and the minister is only responsible for sending them out. As for the matter of life and death, it is really beyond the reach of the whip."

  ………

  A deserted island, many ships dock here.

  A fleet engaged in Far East commerce in the Northern Province is entrenched here.

  Nominally, these merchant ships belong to a Dutchman.

  The so-called Northern Province is actually the famous Netherlands in later generations.

  The Habsburg family at that time ruled the entire area of ​​Spain, the Netherlands, and Austria. The reigning Karl V was the most powerful person in Franz at this time.

  Because the Northern Province is located between France and the territory of the Holy Roman princes, it has always served as a buffer zone between Habsburg and France, and it is also a nail that restrains the Northern Shenluo.

  Although France and the Habsburg family are hostile, they also maintain a certain tacit understanding.

  The status of the northern province has become especially important.

Because of being sandwiched between various powers and after the great voyage, the sea power in the Mediterranean began to gradually weaken. Venice and other famous commercial cities gradually lost their old aura, while the Netherlands in the northern province of the Kingdom of Spain, however, All of a sudden, with the establishment of sea trade, it began to become prosperous.

  Portugal, Spain, France, Britain on the other side of the strait, and even the Nordics, all the goods they need are distributed here. Countless businessmen have poured in here, and the wealth of the colonies has also been squandered here.

This is almost a paradise for merchants. There are countless ships entering and leaving the port every day. The great voyages brought the wealth of the world here, and the nobles who benefited from it bought French luxury goods from Northern Europe through here. Buy fine furs from the British, and buy wool from the British.

   And now...

  A Dutch merchant, begins to visit some of his associates.

  The Dutch businessman immediately saw the business opportunity after seeing the tulips. When he showed his customers an unprecedented flower, everyone was stunned.

  Purple petals, fascinating.

  Many ladies present looked at the wife of the Dutch businessman. His wife was pinning such a precious flower on her dress.

  Suddenly, she became the most eye-catching person in the salon.

  (end of this chapter)