Chapter 116: Valley County Order
When Chen Shiyi sent Mo Xunyan to the outside of Qinyun Building, a steady and majestic ebony carriage was parked next to Mo Xunyan's carriage, and the curtains were tightly closed.
A familiar voice came from inside the car.
"Madam came to Yanzhou to relax."
Mo Xunyan raised his head and sneered.
"Mr. Hou has come to Yanzhou today, both physically and emotionally."
There was no echo in the car, only a cold and lonely voice could be heard.
"Let's go back to Kyoto!"
"Why? Are you afraid that I will harm Chen Shiyi?"
"yes."
Mo Xunyan sighed deeply and patted Chen Shiyi on the shoulder.
"This man is really despicable. He defends another woman in front of his wife. He is just like a giant beetle rolling in feces. What a bastard."
Chen Shiyi was stunned when he heard this.
She watched Mo Xunyan get on her carriage and left first.
The ebony carriage next to it stayed in the middle of the busy road for a long time.
After a long while, I finally heard the person inside speak softly.
"Let's go."
Chen Shiyi stood at the entrance of Qinyun Building for a long time.
The carriage went farther and farther on this busy road, slowly becoming a black dot until it disappeared.
She didn't understand, what was going on with the eldest young master?
In the past, she tried every means to avoid him, fearing that he would find her, but now, he doesn't want to see her.
It seems that he doesn't want to disturb himself.
He didn't want to disturb her, but she was always keeping an eye on his movements. He sent guards to stand by him, watching her every move, fearing that she might do something bad to him.
He is no longer like he used to be, wanting to hold something tightly in his hands and trying every possible means to get it.
And now, he is as steady as water. Water turns into mist, rain and frost. He becomes whatever someone wants him to be.
His voice always sounds so sad.
Li Yunzhou walked slowly to Chen Shiyi's side.
"Having compassion for a man is the beginning of a miserable life."
Chen Shiyi looked at her blankly.
"The man who divorced me, if I was angry, he would stand in the rain until he caught a cold. He would also go to the snack shop before dawn to bring me chestnut cakes that had just come out of the oven. He would also go to the kitchen and make my favorite crispy pork. But he was the one who slapped me, scolded me for being spoiled, and took advantage of me..."
"Boss, you are still young now. You have not experienced those things. You don't understand the heart of a man. You will always be selfish."
Chen Shiyi did not experience these, but his experience was different.
No one has ever worn someone else's shoes, so no one knows how hard his path is.
But suffering is always the same, after all, we have all experienced pain.
Qinyunlou's income increased more and more, and Chen Shiyi had accumulated nearly 30,000 taels of silver.
She never thought that money could be so easy to make.
When wealth accumulates to a certain level, money will accumulate in piles.
In the past, I always had to count a few coins and calculate carefully every day.
Nowadays, you can prepare several flavors of hot pot, and no two flavors are the same.
Chen Shiyi can't eat spicy food, so the chicken soup was thick. Yuanxi and Yuanshu, led by Li Yunzhou, had their mouths red from the spiciness. They drank water and continued eating. Xuwen, who had just returned, like Chen Shiyi, liked light food, but liked to add strong vinegar to the dipping sauce, which made the whole villa exude a strong sour taste.
Chen Shiyi was very sad.
"In the past, there was Yuanzhong, he also likes spicy food..."
Everyone was very sad, even Yuan Shu, who usually loved to eat, remained silent.
Li Yunzhou took a look and hurriedly advised.
"Well, today is the first snow, it's a good day, let's not talk about that. Come, let's raise our glasses and celebrate the growing business of Qinyun Restaurant."
Chen Shiyi drank the wine in the glass.
"The first person who contributed the most to our success in building Qinyun Tower is Yuanxi. If it weren't for Yuanxi's discovery of amber, we wouldn't have been able to make so much money."
"The shopkeeper is my most capable assistant. If you hadn't helped me run the shop, I wouldn't have gone through so many twists and turns to make money."
"Yuan Shu has been very good. He helps me take good care of the workshop. Now no one dares to cause trouble under Yuan Shu."
"Xu Wen helped me run around outside, in the wind and rain, it was very hard work."
"You are all my good sisters and good brothers. I, Chen Shiyi, have done nothing but deserve your help. It is the greatest fortune of my life."
Everyone was very happy to hear this, with blushing faces.
"Xu Wen, did you gain anything from your trip this time?"
Fu Xuwen put down the wine glass in his hand and smiled happily.
"We now have posts in the western, eastern, southern and northern suburbs of the outer city of Kyoto. I arranged for people to guard the news posts and then went to various major cities. The time was short, so I only went to Anzhou and Huaizhou. Anzhou is a rich place with fertile land. It is a good place to grow food and is also the granary of Daye. Huaizhou is a prefecture city close to Anzhou. The grain production is only half of Anzhou. Most of it is mountains and rivers. But I encountered a very interesting thing there..."
"What is it?"
"There is a county town under Huaizhou. The surrounding counties are very prosperous, but the county surrounding it is extremely poor. I don't know why..."
"Oh? Is there such a thing?"
"Yes, this county has had so many magistrates. Many of them came and went, and many of them tried every possible means to find connections to transfer out. This time, a new magistrate named Pei came in. It is said that..."
Chen Shiyi was startled.
"What was your last name?"
Fu Xuwen shook his head in confusion.
"The last name is Pei!"
"Pei what?"
Fu Xuwen shook his head.
"No details. Do you want me to check?"
Chen Shiyi nodded affirmatively.
"Yes, you must check it out. The sooner the better."
In Yougu County, in the backyard of the county government office, under the dim candlelight, Pei Luoshu was holding a file, frowning in thought.
Outside the door, the thick wind partition was opened, and the wild wind and snow suddenly rolled into the house.
Pei Luoshu coughed a few times impatiently. He put his clenched fist to his mouth to try to stop himself. He took a sip of the hot tea beside him and found that it had become cold.
Fu Feng, who came in with a charcoal basin, was worried when he saw Pei Luoshu's pale face.
"Sir, how are you?"
"Nothing."
"Let's see tomorrow. It's so late now. Go to bed early."
Pei Luoshu nodded and said another sentence.
"A deep valley, a deep valley, it is indeed real. After we came here, we found that there are only mountain roads here. Even the only official road leading directly to other counties is not dared by anyone. How can it not be poor?"
"Then your previous proposal was also considered good by Master and the County Magistrate, but why didn't they take action?"
Pei Luoshu thought about it for a while.
"Yougu County is poor and its finances are in chaos. The county government owes taxes to the provincial capital, and has yet to pay them back. It is like a pool of stagnant water, and nothing can be done about it."
"What should I do?"
“Yougu County cannot be revitalized unless living water is injected into it.”
"The Yougu County government now basically relies on money from the prefecture, but after going through all the layers of money, the amount of money that reaches the county government is pitifully small..."
"I see that the local tax bill is very small. It only collects taxes from some businesses. There is almost no agricultural tax..."
"I heard from the county magistrate that a riot broke out five years ago due to the collection of the poll tax, but no one dared to mention it since then..."
"Riot?"
Fu Feng boiled a pot of hot tea on the stove and poured another cup for Pei Luoshu.
"Sir, drink this cup of hot water and go to bed early. You are not fully recovered yet."