Chapter 127 A Woman's Heart
The Imperial Palace in the capital, Fengning Hall.
"Should I go to Dayuan or should I go to you?"
"My lord, judging from his tone, he probably wants you to go there. After all, the tax revenue of a province is not something I can decide on my own."
Wang Yushi pondered carefully, even taking a booklet from the bookshelf and flipping through it closely.
"Although Dayuan is not exactly barren, its population is insufficient, far less than any province in the Great Xia. A few years ago, someone even bought a treasure from the Prince Heng's mansion. How can they be so arrogant now?"
“My lord, recently there have been more and more reports from the high officials, it seems... the high officials are not so poor.” Qing Ning said hesitantly.
“Speak carefully, without any bias. I know you don’t like him, but stick to the facts and remember your responsibilities!” Wang Yushi’s tone turned stern, making Qing Ning’s heart skip a beat.
"After our Ran became a high-ranking official, he was arranged to open his business in a place called a 'protected area.' The other family businesses were also arranged to be located in protected areas."
"His Highness Prince Heng has specifically promulgated a 'Regulations for the Management of Protected Areas' to regulate us, but I feel... it seems to be protecting us more!"
Qing Ning slowly recounted the news from Su Xiang Lou, while Wang Yu Shi remained silent, only gradually shifting her posture, resting her chin on her hand, her thoughts drifting elsewhere.
"That Liu Renguang is extremely hateful. When the regulations for the protected area were being issued, he warned us not to wander around outside the protected area. He said that these big country bumpkins had never seen a beautiful woman before. Once they were taken home as wives, their princes wouldn't care. Prince Heng has always been protective of his own."
"Hmm? Did you leave the protected area? Did you encounter any cases of women being abducted?" Wang Yushi finally broke her silence and asked a question, but her tone was as if she were asking if any pets had gone missing.
"No, not really. But the furniture at Suxianglou was smashed several times. Later, the Prince Heng's Mansion personally delivered compensation, and there have been no more problems since."
Seeing that Wang Yushi had stopped talking, Qing Ning continued talking about the situation of the high-ranking official.
"The official recently hired a lot of 'laborers' from Japan and Korea to farm and do work for them. Those Japanese and Koreans have been arranged outside the city and are managed by special people. Our people don't speak the foreign languages, so we haven't been able to find out their situation yet, but they are really... very poor."
“Our girl took the opportunity of going out to enjoy the scenery and saw the foreign people working hard to clear the land. Judging from this, Dayuan will soon have no worries about food shortages. Dayuan is really... too big.”
"Oh? Is a high-ranking official that important?" Wang Yushi finally showed some expression, a look of surprise.
"Dayuan is very large. Its poverty in the past was simply due to a shortage of population. Now, His Highness Prince Heng is hiring a large number of foreigners to farm and work for him. Su Yu once wrote: 'Dayuan may not be good elsewhere, but Danshui City is no less prosperous than an ordinary prefecture in the interior.'"
"Oh!" Wang Yushi fell into deep thought. She recalled her suggestion to Qin Mo to transfer his fiefdom to the vicinity of the inland capital, but Qin Mo refused without hesitation. What was his reason? Was he really waiting for his mother?
"You...go there for me and find out what kind of deal it is. If he has...ambitions to stand on his own, don't alert him. Come back and report to me immediately...and don't let anyone know."
Dayuan, Danshui City, the castle of Prince Heng, Qin Mo.
Qin Mo and Kaihime were wrestling on the tatami mat. Kaihime was almost unconscious from being beaten up, while Qin Mo was still breathing smoothly and was in complete control. Of course, it was true that a freak Xuan Realm cultivator bullying a freak Ren Realm cultivator was completely at his mercy.
In her previous life, Qin Mo had occasionally learned about a branch of Japanese judo called Kosen Judo, whose unique technique was ground judo. Ground judo refers to judo skills performed while lying on the ground, including techniques such as pinning, grappling, and choking.
On one occasion, Qin Mo casually asked Kaihime if she knew any bedroom techniques, and Kaihime nodded inexplicably. Qin Mo immediately became interested and, under the pretext of honing Kaihime's strength, asked her to teach him bedroom techniques and demonstrate them herself.
The "Unavoidable Ground Technique" is indeed brutal, forcing both parties to use all their muscles to break free from the opponent's control. After nearly a month of practice, Kaihime's full potential was fully unleashed by Qin Mo. Her muscle strength was now sufficient to withstand the powerful infusion of Yuan Qi, and advancing to the Yellow Realm through "Gathering Qi into a Vortex" was completely risk-free.
"Kai! Your Oshi Castle isn't by the sea, is it? Then you probably can't swim!"
Qin Mo turned around and looked at Kaihime, who was almost exhausted. That charming smile that made Kaihime's heart flutter reappeared on his handsome face.
"Kai can swim."
"Hmm? You can swim? I remember asking you back in the North, and you said you couldn't swim." Qin Mo casually teased her; flirting with a maid was indeed a pleasurable thing, and besides, Kai was destined to take her as a concubine in the future, so he felt no guilt whatsoever.
"When Your Highness went to sea, Kai and her sisters sailed out on their own to learn." After arriving in Daiwan, Kai-hime discovered Qin Mo's emphasis on navigation. As a fundamental skill for navigation, how could she not value it?
"Oh! So, Kai, how well do you swim?" Qin Mo's wicked smile deepened, making Kai's heart pound again. She was sure that if she didn't swim well, Qin Mo would definitely teach her how to swim.
"Your Highness, Kai swims very well, and I taught all the sisters."
"That's wonderful, Kai. I'm not good at swimming, but it would be embarrassing for a prince to not know how to swim. You can secretly teach me how to swim! It's settled then, there's no one more suitable than you... Hahaha, I'm so clever."
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