In the palace, Baochai is very busy!
She was using a long abacus to calculate the donations and expenses received by the various charity offices.
Simply put, the rich get richer and the poor get poorer.
The Empress Dowager meant that the provinces or prefectures could be moved to each other in the future.
How to move it and how much to move it are all on her little abacus beads.
Having studied the Da Zhao Code in Ningguo Mansion, read the Great Edicts, and often read the court bulletins, she had a rare sense of fairness and justice.
She argued with the Queen that the wealthy Charity Bureau should not be made to suffer, and that more should be left for them. After all, it was kind-hearted people who donated money. If the elderly and children there still could only eat meat a few times a month, they would be suspected of corruption.
It will also affect others’ enthusiasm for donating next time.
Therefore, the accounts of each Salesian Bureau must also be well kept.
If it must be moved, the official seal of both government offices or the county government must be available.
It would be even better if we could ask local respected elders to sign together.
While she was busy with various accounts, she also had to teach some people how to do accounts and how to use an abacus from time to time.
Tired...
Don't mention it.
Even Ying'er, who only knew a little, was busy following the lead.
However, the days of being admired and being the center of attention are still intoxicating.
In particular, there was one time when the Empress came to see them and heard that they were busy eating cold food, so she personally brought them a cup of hot tea...
Baochai drank that cup of hot tea very cherishingly.
During this period, whenever Madam Shen or Keqing came to the palace, they would bring her news from home.
She had expected her cousin to quit her job and stop visiting the family.
My mother prefers my uncle's family, so let her see the difference between my uncle and my cousin!
Keqing said that from her aunt to her second uncle and eldest cousin, now as long as her shop has something, she will just order people to move it without spending any money.
You may not be able to see anything in a short period of time, but after a year, even my eldest brother who doesn't care about business can see the difference, not to mention my mother who is always careful with money.
Ever since her father passed away, her mother has only known how to save money.
I have no idea that merchants who are too stingy will never be able to do business.
Baochai has given up hope on her mother.
Now I just hope my brother can stand on his own feet sooner.
She couldn't spend her whole life cleaning up their mess.
With the experience of organizing a caravan, it will be easier to do it next time.
Unlike when she was short of manpower at the beginning, the Queen has as many people as she needs.
Therefore, there were twelve caravans at the beginning.
There were seven who went to Rakshasa Kingdom and Mongolia.
You know, there are more than six great tribes in Mongolia.
Having had two experiences, she knew better what was missing.
Since entering the territory of Dazhao, the vitality of the Mongolian tribes that were defeated by the Rakshasa Kingdom is gradually recovering.
The leaders of each tribe had plenty of gold, silver, cattle and horses.
Baochai has great ambitions over there.
Nowadays, many Shanxi and Anhui merchants are looking there, so she has to occupy the market there as soon as possible.
When Chen Ning entered the palace again, she saw Baochai's suggestion to the Queen to rebuild the caravan.
"How do you feel, sister?"
Because of Xue Baochai, the Queen wanted to recruit a group of women from business families into the palace to work for her.
“…Very good!”
After reading all of it, Shen Ning couldn't help but laugh, "Congratulations, Madam, congratulations, Madam, for getting a female god of wealth."
Sure enough, Sister Bao’s track shouldn’t be in the back house.
“Hahaha~~~”
The Queen laughed, "I have to thank my sister for recommending her."
Otherwise, it will be buried.
There are too many women in this world who are buried in the backyard.
Unable to see the world outside, one can only bustle around in a house, big or small, trying to attract men's attention for themselves and their children.
The key point is that many of these men are not worthy of being called human beings.
The higher you stand, the farther you can see.
The queen's attention is no longer limited to the harem.
Even Concubine Wu and Concubine Zhou, who had liked to compete with her before, were now in charge of the charity bureaus around the capital.
If everyone is busy, they won't have time to think about the emperor and frame her all day long.
She can finally spend more time with her children.
"If you meet someone like this again, you have to keep him for me."
"I see," Shen Ning smiled, "I have no place to send it except here!"
She had no intention of making the Jia family the richest in the world.
There is no one or thing in this world that is perfect.
The Jia family is doing very well now.
Chen Ning is a contented person, and she also hopes that Jia Zhen and Rong Ge'er can be contented and grateful people.
When she was returning from the palace, she was unexpectedly blocked by Aunt Xue just three meters away from her home.
"Sister-in-law~"
Aunt Xue smiled and said, "You were always busy when I came over several times. I heard that the Empress has summoned you to the palace again. I wonder if you have seen my Baochai?"
By the end of her speech, her voice was trembling.
The whole person seemed to be falling apart.
"I heard that she is with the Queen, you..."
"Didn't you send her to the palace?"
Shen Ning's voice was indifferent, and she did not lift the curtain of the car. "At this point, why are you pretending to be a loving mother? Madam Xue, as a person, you can't have both."
Before she finished her words, the doorman who had been staring at the Xue family's carriage rushed out with several servants.
"Madam~"
They ignored Aunt Xue and grabbed her horse, gave it a slap, and drove the carriage to the side. "Madam, you can go now."
The wheels of the carriage passed by quickly.
Aunt Xue was shocked.
We are all relatives, how can you be like this? "Sister-in-law, sister-in-law~"
"Mrs. Xue, please give Mr. Xue and Miss Xue some face!"
When Xiaodong said this crisply, Wen Peilan's whip was pulled out from the gap in the carriage curtain and almost hit Aunt Xue's hand as she was trying to stop the carriage.
Chen Ning pretended not to see it, and the carriage drove straight past and entered the second gate.
That day, Aunt Xue didn't know how she returned home.
When Xue Pan returned home from school, he heard from the servants that his mother had gone to bed as soon as she came back from Ningrong Street.
Mrs. Shen was unwilling to talk to his mother.
Is that wrong? No, that's not wrong.
What my uncle and mother were planning was as obvious as Sima Zhao's intentions, and everyone knew it.
My sister didn't want to enter the palace, she never wanted to, but my mother kept forcing her with tears, and she would cry about her father who had passed away long ago.
Now my sister has gone to the Queen's side...
Xue Pan was not without worries.
He tried hard to make friends with everyone in the school and went to Baoyu and Min Jianbai for help several times.
Ask them to help him talk to Rong Ge'er.
I don’t ask for anything else, as long as my sister is safe.
Brother Rong told him that his sister was safe.
Her Majesty the Queen is not the kind of person who would take human life lightly.
He believed it.
He has always read the court bulletins and found that the Empress is a kind person.
He also came back and told his mother to stop running around and that his sister was safe.
But……
Xue Pan sighed, pushed open his mother's door, and went to see her. Aunt Xue had already cried silently until her pillow was wet.
She married poorly and was looked down upon everywhere.
Is it wrong for her to want her children to be successful? They are all relatives, it is obviously a win-win situation, it is just a matter of holding hands, why is she unwilling to give them any chance?
"Pan'er, you have to do your best!"
Aunt Xue saw her son and burst into tears before she could say anything. "Did you see that? Since we left that mansion, we can't even go in."
"Mother, my son can always get in."
Xue Pan lowered his head and retorted to his mother, "You and your uncle insisted on sending my sister to the palace. Now that you've sent her in, don't think about anything else."
Before my sister left, she said that from now on, she should be considered dead.
His father was gone, and he only had this one sister, but he was powerless. "Before you decided to send your sister to the palace, you should have thought about the attitude of the Jia family."
Who are you showing this to now?
Do you want people to think that the Jia family is bullying her?
Is it useful? Who will watch it? He is the one who climbed the pole again and again.
My cousin Zhuda doesn't go home to avoid his mother.
Xue Pan looked at his mother who had forgotten to cry for a moment, "Please stop making trouble. If you continue to make trouble, I will drop out of school, go to Jiangnan, and never come back."
"Pan'er~~~~"
Aunt Xue couldn't believe that these were the words her son could say. "You evil creature, who am I doing this for?" She said as she hit her son hard several times.
"Don't say it's for me."
Xue Pan raised his voice, "I only have Baochai as my sister. I love her so much, how can I bear to send her to the palace?"
He looked at his mother and it would be a lie to say he wasn't disappointed.
"Mom, you don't know yet!"
Xue Pan said angrily: "The shopkeeper of Hengshudian came to the school to find me today. My second uncle and cousin went to Hengshudian's warehouse and took away two carts of things. They didn't take them home, but took them to other pawnshops to sell them.
Not only Heng Shudian, but also the silk shop on Gulou East Street had a lot of things taken away by them."
What uncle? What cousin? Shit.
"What do you think my sister and I are? Are we just carrying the load for the Wang family?"
With red eyes, he questioned his mother, "I have sorted out the accounts. I am going to go find my uncle and ask him if he is short of money. If he is, just let me know and I will give him all the shops and houses in Beijing and let me go home."
Aunt Xue: “…”
Her heartbeat couldn't help but speed up.
Aunt Xue panicked and grabbed her son who was about to stand up and leave, "Pan'er, Pan'er, you can't!"
If the matter really gets brought to the eldest brother, their family will completely offend the second brother and nephew.
Although the title of Duke Anguo is not passed down from generation to generation, the nephew is the only descendant of the Wang family.
The eldest brother was also in great pain! He was injured and could not have any more children, so he always treated his nephew as his own son.
"Until now, you still want others to bully me and my sister?"
Xue Pan's hands were shaking. "Mom, do you have to give all the Xue family's belongings to the Wang family after I die?"
Aunt Xue: “…”
She shed tears in big drops.
Her two children are the apple of her eye. How could she...
"No, no, Pan'er, you are poking my heart!"
Aunt Xue cried so hard, "I went to see Madam Shen just to ask her to say a few good words for your sister in front of the Queen. Her words may save your sister's life!"
"Isn't my uncle capable?"
Xue Pan was so angry that he was shaking all over. "What is he doing now? We advised you and begged you at the beginning, and told you that if life in the palace was not easy, he would shrink his head... Now, he really shrinks his head.
Are you satisfied?
You went to Madam Shen, why should she help you? What good have you done to her? She let your son and daughter study, and it was a good thing that something went wrong? She didn't want her sister to enter the palace, and she did it so obviously, but you pretended not to know. Now you go to ask her again, no one will pay attention to you. "
The cruel ones will even put their foot in it.
"Mom~~"
He called her the same name he had used in Jinling, "Son, please stop making trouble, okay? I must go find my uncle. If you don't let me, I will leave Beijing tomorrow and never see you again."
"Woo woo woo~, Master~~~"
Aunt Xue saw the determination in her son's eyes and dared not stop him. She grabbed her clothes and cried, "What a sin I have committed! Why don't you take me with you?"
But no matter how much she cried, she couldn't stop Xue Pan.
If possible, he didn't want to turn against her.
However, as Min Jianbai said, if they continue to endure it today, from now on, all the family property earned by their ancestors will belong to the Wang family.
He has to come back.
If he wants to come back, Min Jianbai and some of his classmates will help him.
Xue Pan had a sullen face. He ignored his mother's crying, mounted his horse, and took a few shopkeepers with him, heading straight for Wang's house.
At this time, it was still daylight and there were many people walking on the street.
"Master, look, isn't that the envoy to the Rakshasa Kingdom?"
In the distance, a group of people were heading straight towards the inner city.
When Xue Pan saw Jia She, he held his horse and waited until they were far away before setting off again.
At this time, the news that Jia She and others had returned to Beijing also spread back to the Jia Mansion.
Grandmother Jia seemed to have countless questions for the servant who came back to report the news.
She only has this one son.
After two years of separation, it would be a lie to say that I am not worried or miss you.
"Don't worry, old lady."
The servant smiled, "Our master is very good. Even Lord Liu praised him. Whenever there was something that couldn't be solved in Luosha Country, our master would come forward to solve it. When we went to Europe, the Duke of Luosha Country even personally sent us there.
It won’t be long before envoys from countries like England, France, and Portugal in Europe come to visit our Dazhao.”
Their Dazhao also wanted to be like the previous dynasty, with all nations coming to pay tribute.
"The master also bought a lot of things from them. Some of them are inconvenient to carry. When they come to Dazhao, they will help to bring them."
"Okay, okay~"
Grandmother Jia was so happy that her teeth were visible and her eyes were not.
"How is my father's health? Has he been sick during the journey?"
This is what Yingchun cares most about.
"Yes, yes, yes. How is your health, Master? Have you had a good meal along the way?"
Xing also hurriedly asked a question.
"Okay, everything is fine."
The servant said, "The food over there is not tasty. We cooked for ourselves along the way. Now even the little ones can fry delicious oil tea noodles."
He really dislikes the food there.
"The master had two minor illnesses. With the imperial physician here, it was just a matter of a few injections and a few pills."
No one can avoid getting sick if they eat grains and cereals.
"When the master comes back, you will know, old lady, madam, that the master is in better health than when we left."
Riding and archery, everything is possible now.
"The master often told those sick adults that he was born to be a military commander, but he was afraid of hardship when he was young and did not leave." (End of this chapter)
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