Chapter 540: Changes
"Gu Qing? The third daughter of the Gu family?"
A hint of interest flashed in Chen Duan's deep eyes.
"If I remember correctly, Gu Heng was exiled to Lingnan four years ago?"
The man in Hu clothing answered respectfully, "Three years and seven months."
"At that time, Gu Sanniang should have been only nine years old."
"No matter how much Gu Heng dotes on his granddaughter, he would never hand over the Gu family to a nine-year-old child!"
Chen Duan wore a ring on his thumb, which was carved from white jade and looked very delicate.
Even though he was wearing the usual brocade robe of a young man from an aristocratic family, he still had a ring on his hand for controlling the string, which was enough to prove the bravery and toughness that emanated from this man's bones.
Of course, bravery does not mean being a warrior.
Although Chen Duan looks like a rough northern man, he is also a child of an aristocratic family who grew up reading the classics of sages and learning military books and strategies.
He is a mixed-blood, but he was able to make a name for himself in the Chen family and was even named a prince by Chen Jing. It was not because of "connections".
But it is his decisiveness in killing and his planning and calculation.
It is no exaggeration to say that Chen Duan is definitely a man of both civil and military talents.
He has strong limbs but a smart mind.
Chen Duan was "driven out" of Jiankang by Chen Jing this time because he wanted to open up a new world in Lingnan.
The Gu family, which has already occupied the mountains and become the king of Lingnan, is Chen Duan’s biggest rival!
Chen Duan was well-versed in military books and knew the principle of "know yourself and know your enemy, and you will win every battle."
Therefore, before he even started, his secret guards and spies had already gone to Lingnan.
When Chen Duan led his 30,000 troops straight to Lingnan, he began to receive various news on the way.
Among all the information related to the Gu family, there is a name that cannot be avoided - Gu Qing! In fact, when Chen Duan was in Jiankang, he had heard of Gu Qing's name.
But at that time, Gu Qing was just a "little talented girl".
Well, those who understand will understand that talented women and the like are just hype created by the aristocratic families.
The purpose is to increase one's own wealth so that the little girl in the family can marry a man of equal status.
Whether one has talent or not is not important.
Of course, this doesn’t mean that talented women are just famous for their talent.
In fact, the education of aristocratic families has always been the best.
A truly large family will never be influenced by the social practices that favor boys over girls.
It is true that in a patriarchal society, women are certainly not as valued as men.
But for true noble families, they will never relax their education of their daughters.
Even if the ladies of noble families are not all "talented", they all have a certain level of knowledge.
It’s just that the talented little girl of the Gu family is overpraised.
Can you write at the age of three?
Haha, are you kidding?
It’s good enough for a three-year-old to memorize “Taigong’s Family Education”! And he still wants to write his own article?
In addition, Gu Qing Gu Sanniang is very famous, but she rarely appears in public.
Therefore, in Jiankang, in the circle of aristocratic families, Gu Qing never recited poems or composed couplets "in public".
Even writing articles has to be covered up. Who can guarantee that those popular works are from Gu Sanniang? Or are they borrowed from the masterpieces of the elders in the family?! Gu Qingcheng: ...I am ugly, there is nothing I can do!
Ever since Gu Qingcheng began to have the concept of beauty and ugliness, she no longer likes to show up in public.
In her previous life, because of a sudden change in the Gu family, she fled to the Northern Dynasty with her parents and relatives, and that’s when she came into contact with the outside world.
The reputation of Wuyan's ugly girl, along with her reputation as a talented woman, always accompanies her! After her rebirth, Gu Qingcheng met the system, and she became more beautiful little by little.
But at that time, she was in Lingnan, and the people of Jiankang could only hear the legends about her but could not see her in person!
"Sugar production? Salt production? Building Wubao in Luozhou, Yuezhou, etc.?"
These things that even adult men might not be able to do were all done by a half-grown child? Chen Duan simply didn't believe it.
But the information in our hands cannot be false.
The latest news is that Gu Qing has formed an alliance with the Huang, Chen and other powerful families in Lingnan!
"If all the rumors are true, this third wife of the Gu family is quite an important figure!"
Chen Duan gently stroked the ring on his thumb, a smile on his handsome face that perfectly blended the genes of the north and the south.
Fortunately, Gu Qingcheng didn't see this scene, otherwise she would have rolled her eyes at Chen Duan - this guy is too pretentious! However, Gu Qingcheng will meet Chen Duan soon.
King versus King! …
Gu Qingcheng extended his hand to Yuezhou and continued to copy the Luozhou model.
Continue to build Wu Castle, recruit private soldiers, adopt orphans, and open shops.
In addition to cooperating with local wealthy families such as the Huang and Chen families, she also did not forget the governor of Yuezhou.
Gu Qingcheng relied on her noble family status and money to take down Yuezhou's officials in the shortest time.
As for Gu Qingcheng's expansion, the Governor of Yuezhou and the Governor of Luozhou both chose to leave it alone.
Oh no, not only do they “not care”, they will also quietly help when needed.
For example, with the arrival of more and more members of the Gu clan, it was impossible for all the talented people in the Gu family to be busy doing business and running Wu Castle.
We still need some help from the government.
The members of the Gu family have both status and talent.
With Gu Qingcheng's benefit output, the governor has no right to directly appoint an official position like county magistrate, but assistant clerks like chief clerk can be easily appointed.
Gu Qingcheng arranged for her uncles, brothers and other members of the Gu family to go to Luozhou, Yuezhou, Huangzhou, Jiaozhou and other places.
Although he did not hold a very high official position, he was able to firmly control local affairs.
Gu Heng: ...You are indeed my Ah Qing. You are born with such political skills.
Those who know do not need to be taught.
Those who don’t know how to do it cannot be taught.
Gu Qingcheng is the former, and the latter is naturally Gu Youyi in the north.
"Aunt, what's wrong? Something happened again?"
Gu Qingcheng came back from Yuezhou and trained troops while managing affairs in various places.
She is busy, very busy.
The little girl was spinning like a top.
However, despite being busy, Gu Qingcheng did not neglect her grandfather.
Every day, Gu Qingcheng would go to Gu Heng's study to sit, sometimes to discuss things, and sometimes just to sit there and have a bowl of tea with her grandfather.
Today was no exception. After Gu Qingcheng finished her work outside, she came to the study.
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
However, as soon as I entered the door, I saw that my grandfather's face looked a little gloomy.
Gu Qingcheng took off her clogs and walked in slowly wearing only snow-white footwear.
When she came close to Gu Heng, she knelt down and asked directly without beating around the bush, "Is there something wrong in the north?"
My grandfather had already written a letter, asking my uncle Gu Hong to come to Lingnan secretly.
Could it be that something has changed in this matter? "Hmm!"
Gu Heng didn't open his mouth, but this sound came out of his throat.
Eh? Grandfather is really angry! "Ah!"
Gu Qingcheng looked straight into Gu Heng's eyes and waited patiently for an answer.
“…”
Gu Heng let out a breath, and his stiff back seemed to collapse with the breath.
"Hong'er can't come over for the time being!"
"He was 'kindly' arranged by Gu Youyi to go to Huaihuang!"
Huaihuang was one of the six towns in the Northern Dynasties. It was heavily guarded in the past. Although it is somewhat deserted now, there are still many soldiers and horses.
For example, part of Yuwensong's troops were stationed in Huaihuang.
The other part is stationed in Rouxuan.
When Yuwen Heng was training his troops, Gu Youyi used the reborn prophet to suggest that Yuwen Heng give up Huai Huang and choose Rou Xuan.
As expected, Yuwen Heng made military achievements in Rouxuan, just like in his previous life.
Rouxuan also became Yuwen Heng's sphere of influence.
Yuwen Heng is a man with great ambitions.
With Gu Youyi's "advice", Yuwen Heng's position as heir became more stable.
However, the foundation of the Yuwen family is the military power of the Six Garrisons.
Now that Yuwen Heng has Rouxuan, he wants to get involved in Huaihuang.
In the past few months, Gu Qingcheng has been busy expanding territory in Lingnan, and Yuwen Heng has also secretly sent people to infiltrate Huaihuang.
"My uncle went to Huaihuang? He, he is a dandy from a Southern Dynasty noble family?"
Gu Qingcheng’s first reaction was unreasonable.
Yes! Because of Gu Youyi, on the surface, the Gu family and the Yuwen family became the strongest allies through marriage.
Allies, on the other hand, help each other and work together.
Yuwen Heng wanted to use Gu's people, and Gu wanted to borrow Yuwen's status in the Northern Dynasty. Regardless of the specific operations, this behavior itself is normal.
But, why is it Gu Hong?
Instead of the better and more outstanding brothers like Gu Yong and Gu Kang?
It’s not that Gu Qingcheng looked down on her uncle, but in the eyes of outsiders, a playboy like Gu Hong is indeed not as good as Gu Yi’s two legitimate sons.
There is another reason: Gu Youyi never regarded Gu Hong as her own family member.
She was not very close to her two cousins, Gu Yong and Gu Kang, but between her cousins and her cheap uncle, she still valued the former more.
Putting aside the blood relationship, in the previous life, Gu Yong and Gu Kang were both Gu Qingcheng's right-hand men.
They have made great contributions to Gu Qingcheng's rise and Yuwen Heng's cause, and it can be said that they have made great contributions! As a reborn girl, Gu Youyi is replicating Gu Qingcheng's "success" everywhere.
Naturally, she would not let go of Gu Qingcheng's former right-hand man.
Therefore, according to reason and common sense, if Gu Youyi really wanted to promote, bribe, and use the Gu family, the best candidates to go to Huaihuang would be Gu Yong or Gu Kang.
It's definitely not Gu Hong! Wait!
In the previous life! Gu Qingcheng narrowed her eyes. In her previous life, she didn’t have a binding system, so naturally she didn’t know Fusang, and she didn’t want Gu Hong to go mining.
But in this life, Gu Qingcheng suddenly asked Gu Heng to bring Gu Hong to Lingnan, which was a "variable" that was seriously different from the previous life.
Although Gu Youyi is not smart enough, she is not completely stupid.
Besides, she attached great importance to the memories of her past life.
Suddenly she discovered changes that were different from her previous life. She might not understand the reason, but she still instinctively wanted to destroy it!
Gu Qingcheng: ...What is this? Harming others without benefiting oneself? Troublemaker jumped out to defend Gu Youyi, "How is it 'not beneficial to oneself'? They are just reducing the possibility of variables."
"The butterfly effect. If we kill the butterfly, won't the effect be eliminated?"
Gu Qingcheng: ... Damn! It actually makes sense.
So, only idiots can understand the thought processes of idiots?
"Even so, let my uncle go to Huaihuang first!"
As for mining and the like, the treasure ship has not been built yet, so there is no need to be too anxious.
(End of this chapter)
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