Chapter 223 Twelve Niang's Dowry
After hearing what her elder brother said, Twelve Niang felt relieved. She really didn't dislike Han Xing going out to raid homes and kill people. The trip to the northern border allowed her to see even more brutal scenes of killing.
I also understand that Your Majesty is working to consolidate the regime, implement new policies, and make the entire Daxia like a border town, where the people can live and work in peace and contentment, the elderly have someone to rely on, the young are well cared for, and everyone has a future full of hope.
To achieve this goal, many people will die and a lot of blood will be shed. Han Xing is the sharpest knife in your majesty's hand!
She was simply worried about Han Xing's safety. The aristocrats in Chang'an were more power-hungry, more cruel, and more wealthy. Who knew if they had private soldiers or assassins, or if they had heavy weapons? What if they were desperate and hurt Han Xing? We, we are getting married soon.
Thinking of this, Twelve Niang blushed and looked shy.
Yan Jiu laughed: "What else do you have to say?"
Twelve Lady squatted down in front of his desk and looked him in the eye: "Brother, His Majesty said that before you return to the border town, let Han Xing and I get married in Chang'an."
Yan Jiu nodded: "I know, His Majesty has already granted General Han a mansion, and Steward Yan can go and pack it first. I will also ask Eleven to prepare your dowry and ship it over from the border town."
Twelve Niang whispered, "Can't Second Brother come to my wedding? If Han Xing stays in Chang'an, will we not be able to see each other for a long time?"
Yan Jiu said softly: "Your second brother and I will come to see you when we have time."
As for you two returning to the border town, you will have to wait for many years. His Majesty will not feel at ease in Chang'an. Only the border town will be prosperous and Chang'an will be left behind.
The powerful people in Chang'an have completely lost their hearts and no longer have the power to rebel. Your Majesty will withdraw Hanxing back to the border town.
Twelve Lady sighed softly, "I just promised Sui Sui that I would be the female teacher of her academy, but it seems that it is not possible now."
Yan Jiu knew that his sister was worried that after everyone returned to the border town, she and Han Xing would be lonely in Chang'an without any relatives or friends.
Thinking of the hot pot chain store model that Miss Ling told Eleven, he said to his sister: “You can communicate with Miss Ling in writing, and you can also open a branch of the Women’s College in Chang’an.
And your Yanzhizhai, this way, you can not only gather information for General Han from all levels and help him control Chang'an, but also achieve something, so you don't have to sit in the boudoir in boredom.
Don't worry that doing this will displease the ladies of Chang'an. All you have to do is change their mindsets."
This suggestion instantly made Twelve Lady excited, "Tsk! I don't care what they think of me! I want to take care of common women, not those noble ladies.
Thank you, brother! I will write a letter to Sui Sui right now."
Twelve Niang just jumped out of the door, and then she thought of something else: "Oh, big brother, I have made an agreement with Master Liuyun who stayed in the northern border. He will redeem the Han slaves and bring them back to the Yan family for resettlement.
I'm not in the border town, don't forget this. If Liuyun thinks that I'm going back on my word and don't dare to redeem the Han slaves, then they will be too pitiful. "
At this moment, looking at the vast grassland and the flowing clouds in the rustling autumn wind, I feel that I should be the most pitiful person!
Senior Sister, Prince, no, Your Majesty, you wouldn’t have forgotten Liuyun, right?
It's been a long time since I received your letter! Even the news that Your Majesty proclaimed himself emperor in Chang'an was something I heard from that guy Bater.
His smug look made Liuyun resist the urge to hit him.
Princess Tuoya comforted him: "After His Majesty ascends the throne, he will definitely reward Master Liuyun. Do you want to return to Chang'an?"
Liuyun shook his head: "I will follow your majesty's arrangements."
He didn't want to go back to Chang'an, he just wanted to go to the border town to find his senior sister and master.
He wanted to learn the magic! He was very excited when he thought about the wonderful uses of the Qiankun bag. If he also had a Qiankun bag, how difficult would it be to travel around the world? ...
"Master Liuyun, what are you doing? If you hurry up, you'll get hurt."
Toya's voice sounded, Liuyun looked down and saw Toya riding on a horse with a team of guards.
They whistled and reacted quickly: "Pull the net and catch Master Liuyun!"
Liuyun glanced at the cliff below his feet. It was only a dozen meters high. Even if he didn't fly up, he wouldn't get hurt with his lightness skills...hiss, I hurt my neck last time I fell, and it still hurts when I turn my head.
Looking at the white wings in his hand, his face was solemn, and he put them on his arms with a sense of tragedy, as if he had a pair of wings on his back.
Tuoya was so anxious that she almost burst into anger: "Sui Sui's flying magic weapon is not like you! You have tried dozens of times and fell dozens of times, why can't you wake up?"
Liuyun raised his chin, his eyes revealing stubbornness and persistence. This is the homework that my senior sister left for me! As long as I build the flying artifact and successfully fly, I will definitely be qualified to learn immortal arts!
He picked up these things at the place where Jin Sui and Gu Changxiao fell after they left, and drew a blueprint based on the appearance of the flying artifact he saw that night.
But he didn't know what went wrong. He had tried to fly it dozens of times, but none of them succeeded! Toya was persuading him again: "A caravan has seen flying things in the border town. Come down quickly, and I'll show you the blueprint."
Liuyun was overjoyed: "Wait, I'll fly down right now!"
After saying that, he actually jumped up. Toya screamed in fright and galloped over on her horse to catch him.
As a result, the 'wings' on his back fell apart in mid-air, and almost hit Toya. There was no need for her to catch them. Liuyun used the power of Qinggong to touch the rocks with his toes and landed steadily.
Tuoya was sweating profusely. She used to admire Liuyun, regard him as her teacher, and learn swordsmanship from him.
Later, Liuyun did too many stupid things. Toya felt like she was facing a teenage version of Battelle. It was so hard to persuade a middle school boy! I am a princess, but you two tortured me like a mother.
Tuoya wanted to cry but had no tears. Liuyun was still holding out his hand: "Where are the blueprints?"
Tuoya took it out and handed it to him. Liuyun took one look and decided that it was a lie: "Senior sister, what you are flying is something like a giant bird, this is a colorful ball! How can a colorful ball fly?"
Tuoya said hurriedly: "But the caravan saw it with their own eyes, and they all said that the flying things in the border town nowadays are these seven-colored balls."
Liuyun still didn't believe it. He felt very aggrieved. He couldn't leave the Northern Frontier without the emperor's order.
But there was nothing he could do here, he wanted to go back to the border town to learn magic from his senior sister!
At this time, Toya told him a good news: "After your majesty ascends the throne, not only the border city pass, but also the northwest pass will be opened to trade. The court officials finally agreed to build a Taoist temple for the Han people."
Liuyun's eyes lit up and he instantly became energetic. Great! Once the Taoist temple is built, I will have a legitimate reason to look for my senior sister! When the news reached the border town, Jinsui was comforting the crying Yan Shiyi.
Because Yan Shiyi received a letter from Yan Jiu, asking him to prepare a dowry for Twelve Niang, and at the same time not allowing him to go to Chang'an to attend his sister's wedding.
In fact, there is no need to prepare anything for the dowry. From the day Twelve Niang was born, her parents started preparing the dowry for her. Even after her parents passed away, Yan Jiu did not forget about this.
The list of my sister's dowry increases every year, and now it is as thick as a book.
Other women's dowries were thirty-six carts, seventy-two carts, or the highest standard, one hundred and eight carts. But our Twelve Lady had a full one hundred and eight carts!
Both brothers were unmarried and had no sister-in-law to interfere. They only wanted to provide their sister with wealth and prosperity for the rest of her life. Especially in a place like Chang'an, they certainly could not be outdone by other powerful people.
Besides, Han Xing has nothing except the gifts from His Majesty. If my sister is short of daily necessities and suffers, my two brothers, who are thousands of miles away, will feel bad.
So the two of them were surprisingly unanimous in their opinion and decided to give Twelve Niang the best dowry they could.
Yan Shiyi couldn't cry in front of others, so she always ran to Jinsui's place, and when she came, she burst into tears: "Shier Niang is getting married."
When Jinsui heard him crying for the first time, she comforted him seriously, saying that her younger sister would get married when she grew up.
Maybe in two years you will be my uncle. It's not like we will never see each other again. The carriages will be faster and it will be quick to go to Chang'an. Besides, Han Xing will be transferred back in a few years.
But this guy is very annoying. He comes crying almost every other day. A grown man cries like a sponge baby.
Jinsui was too lazy to comfort him, so she discussed with Chen Yunniang about adding makeup to Twelve Niang.
That day, Yan Shiyi came to cry again, and gestured to Jinsui: "Shier Niang is so small, and when we go out to play, she only lets me carry her, and won't let my big brother carry her."
"That's because your eldest brother is too thin and his shoulders are not sitting comfortably."
"He runs after me every day, calling me 'big brother' but calling me 'love brother, love brother'..."
"That's because she was slurring her words. She was calling me second brother."
"She told me everything, and we kept it a secret from my eldest brother. I took her out to play quietly. Wow, how could such a young girl get married?
What if she is bullied by Han Xing? What if she is not used to the climate and soil of Chang'an?"
Just at this time, Liuyun's letter arrived. Jinsui was extremely annoyed and deliberately went to the courtyard and exclaimed, "Oh my God, what is this?"
Yan Shiyi really fell into the trap and ran out quickly to look at the sky: "What is that?"
Jin Sui ran back into the house and slammed the door shut: "Turtle, you should go home and stop bothering me!"
Yan Shiyi: ...a heartless and ungrateful woman!
When you get married, I guarantee no one will cry!
Liuyun's letter was very long, describing his life in Northern Xinjiang in great detail. Jinsui read two pages and the more he read, the more he found it strange.
Although it is a long article, there is grievance and complaint between the lines.
It’s just short of writing “Have you forgotten me?” “When can I return to Border Town?” “When will the master teach me Taoism?”
…
Jinsui silently took out a copy of the Tao Te Ching and prepared to have someone send it to Liuyun.
When Jin Sui saw him say that King Bater agreed to build a Taoist temple, she was overjoyed. Her grandfather was not there, so she found other Taoist priests in the temple.
She asked excitedly, "Do any of you want to go to the northern border to preach?" As a result, the Taoist priests looked more miserable than each other, and it was clear that none of them wanted to go. The border town is about to become the capital, and Taoist Ling is the grandfather of the queen. We are so glorious here.
Who would want to go to the northern border? If you are not careful, you will be chopped by the violent Tartars.
Jin Sui did not force them to do anything, but only asked them: "Then write a list of the Taoist temple's organizational structure and operation management model, and I will let the Northern Frontier preach on their own."
As for Taoists, they don't have to shave their heads like monks. Just send them dozens of sets of Taoist robes and they can start working after some emergency training.
Cai said that the Taoist temples in northern Xinjiang were not really for preaching, but for finding oil for me, for rescuing Han slaves, for gathering news from northern Xinjiang, and for trade and commerce.
Seeing Liuyun was curious about the flying artifact, Jinsui thought about giving him a hot air balloon. Anyway, there was no fire-resistant cotton in the Northern Frontier, and it was impossible to make a compressed flame tube, so it was impossible to imitate it.
Mainly for Liuyun to play with, she was afraid that the child would be frustrated. If he quit his job, where would she find another good ox or horse?
She still hasn't figured out why Liuyun suddenly wanted to become a Taoist priest, and why he wanted to worship her as his senior sister and insisted on learning Taoism from her.
Unfortunately, I am a fake Taoist nun and I really can’t teach you anything!
I can give you some fasting pills and penicillin poison, and pretend to be a Heavenly Master. One day, the name of Heavenly Master Liuyun will be famous throughout the Northern Frontier. Haha, that scene will be very funny.
After preparing things for Liuyun, he took a ride on the Yan family's convoy and headed to the Northern Frontier Royal Court before the winter snow came.
This should be the last batch of goods going to the royal court this year, because the roads are difficult to travel after the winter snow. Therefore, each caravan of the Yandi nobles brought a lot of goods.
I just came to the border town and I was afraid that the people of Chang'an would be jealous! It turns out that the trade between the border town and the northern border is so profitable! The Yuwang Party is harming the country! They actually insisted on closing the customs from Chang'an to the Western Regions and the Northern Border, causing Chang'an's economy to decline for so many years! Half of the officials who were imprisoned in the refugee camp have been released because they have indeed completed their tasks.
Jinsui also gave them new tasks, either to take the refugees to the East China Sea base for resettlement, or to open up wasteland.
She used a very stern attitude to send a signal to all officials, that is, the border town does not support idle people, let alone idle officials! Imagine that you can go to court every morning, listen to some music, drink some wine, and enjoy the scenery of the four seasons after going to court, just like in Chang'an.
Impossible! Even I don’t live this kind of life!
Get to work! Roll up! The new court needs vitality, not the old and dull old-fashioned.
In addition to the incident at the refugee camp, the officials from Chang'an did something that made her very angry. This time the punishment was even heavier, and she was taken directly by the army to do hard labor.
This was done by the third group of officials who came to Chang'an, because they found that there were no brothels or music houses in the border town! It was incredible! Can a state capital without brothels and music houses be considered a prosperous state capital?
Without singing and dancing, is it still a capital? The prosperity of Jiangnan produces thin horses, the prosperity of Luocheng produces courtesans, and the prosperity of Chang'an produces prostitutes.
And the border town actually banned brothels! It was unbelievable, it was against Tiangang!
They heard that it was Miss Ling who forbade it, and thought that women were like that, with narrow horizons.
But they didn't dare to go against Jin Sui openly. Since you don't allow me to open a brothel openly, then I will use my own singing girls and dancers to entertain friends. It should be okay, right? At the beginning, they only entertained friends. When they found that Miss Ling didn't care about this matter, they became bolder.
One could often hear lewd music at night, as many officials gathered together to drink and have fun, while watching erotic dances with beautiful women in their arms.
After hearing this, Jin Sui ordered Cheng Yu to lead his troops to wipe out these "dens".
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