Chapter 205: Being Master Ji in the Yan Family
Jin Sui covered half of his face and nodded repeatedly: "Satisfied, satisfied, come in quickly! There are more and more people watching, it will be troublesome if someone misunderstands that you are getting married."
Yan Shiyi was still very proud: "Let me organize the next polo match!"
Now he said he wanted to go to heaven, and Jin Sui agreed. She just wanted to disappear on the spot and no longer be watched by the people.
Yan Jiu, how on earth could you tolerate your brother doing such an embarrassing thing!
Grandpa Ling was the happiest. He was still waving to the people: "When the Sanqing Temple is completed in May, everyone must go to Li Da Wuxian City to take a look!"
Is this even more embarrassing? How on earth did you manage to shout out the name of that city so loudly?
Jin Sui elbowed Gu Chang Xiao: "Come in quickly! What are you and Yan Jiu doing?"
Yan Jiu: ...
"Come in."
The Yan family had already prepared a luncheon, and quite a lot of people came to the banquet. It was said that at first the Yan family only invited their own family members to come, and they wanted to introduce them to Jinsui so that it would be convenient for them to contact each other when doing business in the future.
Later, they heard that the King of Li had also come. Officials and heads of noble families also came to meet him. Then, someone spread the news that the fake King of Li had also come! Now, all the nobles and young ladies became curious. The real and fake King of Li appeared at the same time. It was a rare opportunity and they had to see it.
Many of them didn't know that the fake King Li was Miss Ji. Anyway, no one knew how Yan Shiyi spread the news, but as soon as they entered the city, they became the giant pandas that were watched.
In the end, Jinsui did not show up at the luncheon. He hid in Shier Niang's room and dared not see anyone.
What a shame! I thought that after changing back to female clothes, the fake Li Wang account would be gone forever. I didn't expect that the account would be exposed and more and more people would know about it.
Then how do you want me to maintain Miss Ji's personality? I'd better keep a sense of mystery.
She whispered to Twelve Lady, "I don't want to see these visitors. Take me to see the embroiderer. I will teach you how to weave wool so that we can return to the border town earlier."
Twelve Lady was puzzled: "Sui Sui, you have never been afraid of crowds, why don't you want to see guests today?"
Jin Sui laughed: "How can it be the same? I will be the King of Li in the future. I was Ji Xiangu in the Northern Frontier. Now I am the dean of the academy. If they find out that the dean is actually the fake King of Li who killed people before, they will be scared."
Twelve Lady shook her head: "I just think Sui Sui is really amazing!"
"That's because you like me. People who don't like me would think of me as a monster. Your second brother is one of them!"
Twelve Lady laughed and said, "Well, if Sui Sui doesn't want to see them, then don't see them. If they want to see them, then it's their honor."
Uh, Twelve Lady has become a fan of Sui Sui! The embroiderers came over quickly, Hei Hu also brought in the loom, and Butler Yan brought in a pile of wool and rabbit hair. Jin Sui demonstrated every step and patiently explained it to the embroiderers.
Twelve Niang brought lunch to eat with her. I heard that there were dozens of tables set up in the front yard, all of whom were here to see King Li.
But some wanted to meet the fake King Li more, but unfortunately they were stopped by the Yan family guards.
Jin Sui asked Shi Er Niang: "If I go out like this, will they recognize me as the fake Li King?"
Twelve Lady shook her head: "I can't recognize it! Even my second brother couldn't recognize it at first."
Jin Sui was relieved: "That's good! From now on I will only be Dean Ji, the fake Li King has nothing to do with me!"
I guess Yan Jiu didn't expect that Gu Changxiao's coming to Yanzhou City would cause such a big commotion. It was said that many heads of aristocratic families also rushed over from other states.
Jin Sui hurriedly said to Han Xing, "Tell Master Cheng to prepare a grand banquet for the Border Town. The number of people who will attend will be more than expected, not less."
It was not until the evening that Gu Changxiao came to see her. Jin Sui was the first to ask, "Is there chaos in Chang'an?"
Gu Changxiao said with a smile: "Sui Sui is so smart!"
Jin Sui sneered, "I guessed it based on the attitude of Li Heng, the fence-sitter. As well as the officials and nobles of Yanzhou, as long as Chang'an is peaceful, they will stay away from you."
They are all people who will not release the eagle until they see the rabbit. As long as Chang'an is not in chaos and Prince Yu's position is stable, these people will not show goodwill to Gu Changxiao. Even if they want to participate in the trade in Northern Frontier, they will only show goodwill to the Yan family.
In the minds of many aristocratic families, they have a relationship with the imperial court, but the relationship is not great, and no matter who becomes the emperor, it will not affect them.
Yan Jiu also thought so at first, until Jin Sui woke him up. Did he want Yanzhou City to be always on guard against the Tartars coming to rob, and the people of Yanzhou City could only close their doors and dare not resist?
It was also because Jinsui, with the help of his border soldiers, burned down a border town and a large Tartar army that Yan Jiu realized that only by resisting and frightening the Tartars could true peace be achieved.
His horizons were broadened, so he was willing to join forces with Gu Changxiao. However, this alliance did not go as far as tying them to the same boat. It can only be said that he was willing to help Gu Changxiao gain a foothold in Yandi, but he did not gamble on the future of the entire Yan family.
"Now the nobles are trying to make peace with you, probably because of the tariffs, right? We must not give in on this. If we want to support our army and our people, we have to rely on commercial taxes!
We have just started now, so we must establish a good system. We cannot change the system every day, and we cannot have excessive chaos.
As long as our goods enter the northern border and then go out of the northern border to the western region, we will earn more tariffs. There will also be maritime tariffs in the future.
Gu Changxiao, do you know? If you can really trade with the whole world, the money you earn will be enough for you to do something that all the emperors from ancient times to the present have wanted to do but have never succeeded. "
Gu Changxiao's eyes narrowed. Although he was not an emperor, he was still ambitious. "Sui Sui, tell me, what is it?"
Jin Sui spat out three words: "No taxes on farmers!"
In the previous life, agricultural tax was abolished in 2006. Generations of farmers have been waiting for thousands of years to finally usher in such a prosperous era.
If Gu Changxiao could achieve this in this era, he would be the greatest emperor in the history if he ascended the throne! Gu Changxiao's breathing quickened. This was a scene he had never imagined. He looked at Jinsui with gratitude and admiration. Every year he could give him surprises.
She could always see the truth in the details. Just by seeing the samurai coming to pay homage, she realized that what they were asking for was tariffs, and then she thought of reforming agriculture through commercial taxes.
To achieve true harmony between heaven and earth, a prosperous and peaceful era, and no taxes for farmers!
"I know that there are many deficiencies in the summer tax. Don't worry, Sui Sui, I will not take this issue lightly. I can't control other areas, but I can reform the tariffs in the border town."
Jinsui nodded: "Take it step by step. Don't be so strict at the beginning, so as to avoid the nobles joining hands to resist.
Improve it step by step, let them see the size of the overseas market first, and then reform the commercial tax. Even if some people oppose it, more people will choose to submit for the sake of immediate benefits. "
When Jin Sui tried to persuade Chan to leave, he always said "there's no need to be impatient" with good reason.
But when it was her turn, she wanted to finish everything in one go.
She divided the embroiderers into two groups and started a day and night shift mode. She taught one group during the day and another group at night. Her own sleeping hours became the same as when she was in the northern Xinjiang, with fragmented sleep, sleeping for two hours at night and making up for one hour of sleep during the day.
When I feel sleepy, I go into the space, drink strong coffee and wash my face with cold water.
When encountering problems, they have to find time to enter the space to look up information, and craftsmen are on standby at all times to improve the textile machines.
Jinsui is a little scary when he gets into work mode. To be honest, Yan Jiu thought a lot before going into the city about what he wanted to say to Miss Ji.
There were serious matters, regarding the trade and maritime commerce in the northern border, and also personal matters. He wanted to invite Miss Ji to enjoy the scenery and taste tea, and he wanted to take the opportunity to express his unspoken feelings.
But when Jinsui moved into the Yan family, Yan Jiu realized that it was a luxury to talk to her about business matters alone, and he had no time at all for personal matters.
Every time Miss Ji went to see him in the study, she brought a lot of information, including drawings of wool spinning machines, routes to the northern border, and which tribes were friendly and could trade with her, and which tribes were extremely disgusted with the Xia people. She had planned everything very carefully.
If this information were sold to other noble families, there would be people willing to bid even if it cost tens of thousands of taels of silver.
But Miss Ji refused to take a penny and gave him all the information, with only one request, which was that when King Li reformed the commercial tax, the Yan family would take the lead in responding.
In fact, even if she didn't say it, Yan Jiu would respond. He needed a comprehensive business tax to stabilize the market, because many people would take advantage of loopholes, which would destroy the market and lose the trust of the people in Northern Xinjiang.
The newly established trade has become difficult, and the comprehensive laws are both a restriction and a protection.
He looked at the Northern Frontier Business Plan that Jin Sui had painstakingly written and asked a very stupid question: "For whom is Miss Ji working so hard?"
He regretted it right after he asked, and laughed at himself, "Can it be for you, Yan Jiu? Of course it's for King Li."
Unexpectedly, Jin Sui's answer was beyond his expectations:
"I didn't work hard, I just asked around in the name of Ji Xiangu. I'm pretty smart and I'm good at summarizing things. I still owe you a favor, so I have no other gift to give you, so I'll give you this.
As for who it is for? It's really not for a certain person. I said I did it for the people of Border Town and Yanzhou. Is it too exaggerated? Do you believe it? "
Yan Jiu looked at her with deep eyes and uttered two words softly: "I believe it."
Jin Sui smiled and said, "Yan Jiulang is indeed my confidant! If Eleven were here, he would definitely laugh at me. Who do you think you are? You are still doing this for the people. What does the people have to do with you?"
Yan Jiu shook his head: "No, Eleven wouldn't say that either. We have seen everything you have done for Border Town."
"Don't worry, as long as the prince proposes a new commercial tax law, the Yan family will be the first to respond. The trade in the northern border is related to the livelihood of thousands of people. I will never let it cause trouble."
Every time he heard the name 'Yan Jiulang' from her mouth, Yan Jiu felt as if his heart was brushed by a feather, trembling and numb.
He really wanted to use this as an opportunity to talk about something else, but for some reason, every time he came to this point, the image of Gu Changxiao crawling towards the shrine step by step in the dark would appear in his mind.
Maybe from that moment on, he lost.
Sometimes the two of them talked about nautical charts, and Jin Sui made a new one, which was bigger and more detailed, with all the islands she knew marked on them.
Since there was not enough space on the table, they laid it on the carpet. The two of them pointed at the waterway with long sticks wrapped in soft cloth. Jin Sui easily shared some knowledge about navigation, and Yan Jiu benefited a lot every time he heard it.
He felt that it was not enough for him to listen alone, so he specially called a few managers who were out to sea. Gu Changxiao and Yan Shiyi would also come to listen. At this time every day, Miss Ji became "Master Ji".
They really looked like a teacher, including Yan Jiu and Gu Changxiao, they all became a group of students with a strong thirst for knowledge.
Through communication with the navigation manager, Jin Sui learned more about the situation of the islands at that time, but Gu Changxiao was more concerned about the customs of the people in the southern coastal areas they brought.
Especially in Minzhou, there were often pirates along the coast, and there was a lot of miasma and plague broke out every year. Therefore, the people there believed in God extremely well, and they would also worship some of the evil witches and sorcerers that were destroyed by the court in private.
When Jinsui was talking about the monsoon currents that day, one of the managers sighed, "In southern Fujian, they hold a Dragon King Festival every year when the tide comes in, either to worship the Dragon King's bride or to worship young boys and girls.
If they knew that this was just due to the monsoon and that the sacrifice was not effective at all, how would they feel? "
Jin Sui was horrified: "Human sacrifice?"
She looked at Gu Changxiao. Did the court know about this? Did the emperor care about this? The court was still fighting among itself. The people at the bottom were living in dire straits. The Han people in the northern border were slaves, and their lives were worth less than sheep.
Pirates are rampant in the south, and people are being sacrificed alive. The anger in the bones and blood of the children of the Flower Planting Family is roaring, Ling Jinsui, since you have come to this world, you must do something and change something.
The topic became heavy. Yan Jiu naturally could not talk about love with Miss Ji anymore. He even felt that Miss Ji was indeed like a fairy in the eyes of the people in Northern Frontier. In her heart, love was far less important than the interests of family and country.
She is a unique and extraordinary woman, who makes people respect and admire her from the bottom of their hearts. It seems that mentioning love to her is a blasphemy.
In this way, Jinsui stayed in Yan's house for nine days, lost three kilograms, and had three shades of dark circles under his eyes.
She taught a group of embroiderers how to weave wool, and they successfully spun woolen materials and thickened wool yarn. She also taught them both knitting and crocheting methods.
I taught some navigation knowledge to a group of Yan family managers who were going out to sea. They didn't even know that eating mung bean sprouts could prevent septicemia. Each time they went out to sea, the time was very short. If there was no supply of fresh fruits and vegetables, they would return.
As for not going beyond the Nanyang Line, Jinsui only mentioned that vegetables can be planted on board the ship, and more mung beans can be brought to grow bean sprouts.
Everyone looked at each other, and at the same time raised their hands and wanted to slap themselves! That's right, how could they forget about bean sprouts? Other vegetables can be obtained, but aren't there enough mung beans?
One of the managers regretted it very much: "In fact, we brought a lot of mung beans on a ship two years ago. At that time, someone said that eating bean sprouts every few days would make the body feel good. I didn't take it seriously!"
He regretted it so much. If he had taken it to heart and reported the matter, it would have been a great achievement!
The problem of not being able to supplement vitamins in the ocean was solved, and with the navigation chart given by Jin Sui, they were full of confidence and only waited for the spring to set sail. This time they would definitely be able to sail further! At first, Gu Changxiao was always wary of Jin Sui and Yan Jiu meeting alone, but later he found that he was narrow-minded. Even if he didn't trust Yan Jiu, he should trust Sui Sui.
Yan Jiucai can't take Sui Sui away! Tomorrow is New Year's Eve, I wish you all a happy New Year's Eve in advance, and a happy family reunion!
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