That night, Yi Ling complained to Yi Gang, but was scolded by him.
“Didn’t you agree not to cause trouble when you came here? This is Kunzhou, not Yunzhou! Our Yi family can protect you, but we can only protect you. We can’t let you run wild in Kunzhou like you do in Yunzhou!” Yi Gang was already in his twenties and his son was ten years old. He was the strictest in the family and the least likely to spoil Yi Ling.
"Big brother, they hit me!" Yi Ling looked at Yi Gang in disbelief.
Yi Gang looked her up and down, his eyes seeming to ask, "Where are you hurt after I hit you?"
Yi Ling understood that look perfectly well, but how could she prove it? By taking off her clothes?
Those vicious women from the Gu family beat her in inconspicuous places; how could she possibly prove it?
Yi Gang glared at Yi Ling: "I know you admire Prince Xue, but the Xue family and the Gu family are already engaged, so give up on this idea! If Prince Xue were not yet engaged, I would let you try your best, but unfortunately he is already engaged and the two are in love, so you should stop wasting your time on him! I think the second son of the Peng family is quite good, and I have already arranged for him to take us around Kuncheng tomorrow!"
Yi Ling refused: "Big brother, I don't like Peng Erlang! Peng Erlang is not the eldest son and grandson of the Peng family. He is not even as good as Peng Sanlang. I am the only girl in the Yi family. How can I marry Peng Erlang, who has no real power and no title?"
Yi Gang said sternly, “You are the only daughter of the Yi family, and everything you have is given to you by the Yi family. Without the Yi family, you would not even be as good as an ordinary girl! The family also has their eye on Peng Erlang! You had better be careful. If even Peng Erlang is unwilling to be engaged to you, I will take you back to Yunzhou and marry you to the deputy general under my father!”
Yi Ling's pupils widened: "Big Brother!"
Yi Gang ignored her and ordered his attendants, "Keep an eye on Seventh Miss and don't let her disturb General Xue and Miss Gu!"
Attendant: "Yes!"
Then Yi Gang left.
Yi Ling was furious. She couldn't understand why her older brother treated her so badly.
She heard that Peng's eldest son treated the adopted daughter that Peng's fifth aunt had taken in as his own sister. They were both military families with only male members, so why was she so unlucky?
However, no matter how angry she was, it was no use. She dared not disobey her older brother's orders and went to sleep in a huff.
...
By the first day of the third lunar month, all the houses in the new city had been sold out, and Kuncheng was becoming more and more lively.
In the new town, most of the houses are bought by people from other prefectures, with only a small number being locals from Kunzhou.
Some of the families who bought the house had transferred their household registration and were now considered residents of Kunzhou. Others had not transferred their household registration; most of the latter were business people whose main base was not in Kunzhou.
Gu Shouxin spent a year having people travel all over Kunzhou, and now a map has been created.
In addition to the two county towns that Uncle Gu and Fourth Uncle Gu are building, Gu Shouxin has also decided, based on the people who come and go from Kunzhou, to build villages and establish towns around Kuncheng.
His plan was to gradually expand outwards from the three cities: Baiyu City built by Uncle Gu in the north, Chunnan City built by Uncle Gu in the south, and Kun City.
At the same time, he submitted a memorial proposing to select a location east of Kunzhou, near Cizhou, to build another county town, and then expand towards the center in four directions.
Gu Shouxin originally wanted Qian Liangduo to be in charge of the county town near Cizhou, but he was used to using people and couldn't bear to part with them, so he planned to ask the emperor to send someone over.
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