Chapter 241: The General’s Way of Showing Off His Wife is Shocking

Jiang Qibai said, “It was Xie Jing who thought of this.”

Xue Yi paused when he heard this, “So that’s the case. It seems that the general also likes to eat this kimchi.”

Jiang Qibai did not comment.

After dinner, Xue Yi brewed a pot of tea and placed it on the round table. Then he sat down, picked up the teapot and poured a cup of tea in front of Jiang Qibai.

“Then aren’t you very busy during this period?”

Jiang Qibai took the teacup and put it to his mouth and took a sip. “Well, it’s true that I will be very busy. I should be freer after the vegetables are planted.”

Xue Yi took the teacup and took a sip of tea, looking at Jiang Qibai. Under the cold moonlight, his face was clear and moist, and the lines under the light and shadow also became soft.

"That matter, what do you think about it?"

Jiang Qibai paused while drinking tea. He naturally knew what Xue Yi was referring to. He turned his head to look at Xue Yi and saw that he was looking at him expectantly.

"Give me some more time."

Xue Yi chuckled: "Are you afraid?"

Jiang Qibai asked: "Why do you think so?"

Xue Yi said: "Because you have not experienced it, you are afraid to face it, and you are afraid of what I will do to you."

Jiang Qibai asked back: "You mean, you have experienced it? So you are at ease?"

Xue Yi knew that he had misunderstood, and hurriedly explained: "That's not what I mean. What I mean is that I know what I want and I am not afraid to face you. Do you understand? '

Jiang Qibai looked at Xue Yi, who was always calm, but now panicked. He couldn't help laughing again, "I understand."

Xue Yi asked: "Then do you still want to consider it?"

Jiang Qibai held up the teacup and looked at the moon above his head. In fact, it's not that he hadn't thought about it, but he felt...

But he was not afraid to face it.

He has been racing in the mall for so many years and has never been afraid.

He retracted his gaze and looked at Xue Yi, "There are some things you should not have considered."

Xue Yi said; "I have considered it, I am alone and don't care, you should be the same."

Jiang Qibai: "..." He is not, it's just that it's in modern times.

"If I say you haven't considered it, then you haven't considered it."

Xue Yi looked at Jiang Qibai in confusion, "Then tell me, how have I not considered it?"

Jiang Qibai just smiled and didn't answer.

Because he hasn't thought about it yet.

Xue Yi couldn't help but get anxious when he saw Jiang Qibai didn't say anything, but he knew that Jiang Qibai still had concerns.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have kept it to himself.

The emperor's money had been allocated, and Jiang Qibai began to get busy, looking at the land for rent, and Jiang Youning went with him.

When riding in the carriage, the carriage was shaking, and Jiang Youning leaned on Jiang Qibai's arms and fell asleep in a short while.

Jiang Qibai looked at his sister in his arms, and it was easy for him to think wrongly. He didn't know when Xie Jing tormented his sister last night and she fell asleep. She was so sleepy just after getting on the carriage.

In the military camp, everyone was resting after a rigorous training.

Xie Jing sneezed, and he rubbed his nose, thinking that maybe he had a cold.

General Li raised his cup and took a big sip of water, then wiped his mouth and said, "My wife made me a dress recently, and she insisted on wearing it. I'm a rough man, what should I do if I ruin my new dress?"

"My wife is the same. I told her not to show off her flowers, but she insisted on showing off. How does it look like for a man like me to wear an embroidered dress?"

"Don't talk about it. When I left this morning, my wife hugged me and wouldn't let me go. She also wanted to come with me to the military camp. There are all big bosses here, how bad it is."

Xie Jing listened to the soldiers talking about their wives, and he felt it necessary to talk about his wife.

But when he thought about how Aning had never made clothes for him, let alone embroidered flowers for him, and when he left in the morning, she slept more soundly than anyone else, not to mention holding him and not letting him go.

But, listening to everyone still talking about his wife, wouldn't it seem a bit out of place if he didn't say anything?

He cleared his throat, "What are you talking about? My wife pesters me every day for it."

As soon as he finished speaking, the barracks, which were originally a bit noisy, became silent, and someone could vaguely hear someone spraying water.

Everyone's eyes were on Xie Jing.

Xie Jing calmly picked up the cup of water and put it to his mouth and drank a few sips of water.

Everyone reacted and smiled in response.

"The general's wife is amazing, and the general is even more amazing."

"Yes, yes, the general's wife is indeed amazing."

Jiang Youning was sleeping soundly, but suddenly she sneezed several times. She opened her eyes dazedly and rubbed her nose, "Who scolded me?"

Jiang Qibai chuckled, "Did you have a dream?"

"No, I was sleeping soundly, and was woken up by the sneeze." Jiang Youning continued to rub her nose.

Jiang Qibai said, "We're almost there."

Hearing this, Jiang Youning lifted a corner of the curtain and looked outside. She could see rice fields everywhere. She asked, "Brother, where is this?"

"Zhao's manor outside the city."

"Oh, I heard there is a local tycoon here." Jiang Youning had heard about it before, but she didn't expect to come here to rent land this time.

Jiang Qibai smiled and said, "I heard about it, so I came here. Isn't it the local tycoon? He oppresses the farmers, so we use the emperor to oppress him."

Jiang Youning laughed unkindly, "Brother is really good. It's a bit unfair to rent other people's land at a low price, but it's not unfair to rent the local tycoon's land at a low price. It's just right for the nearby villagers to work and earn some money to supplement the family income."

"Well, it can be regarded as doing a good thing." But for the local tycoon, it was a bad thing.

After arriving at the Zhao family manor, Jiang Qibai took his sister to meet the local tycoon.

The local tycoon's surname was Zhao, and his name was Zhao Desheng. He was fifty years old, lived in a huge house, and had twenty wives and concubines.

When Zhao Desheng learned that the general's wife had arrived, he hurriedly asked someone to make tea for them.

Jiang Youning and Jiang Qibai looked at Zhao's house. As expected of a local tycoon, the house was not only large, but also very luxuriously decorated.

As soon as you walk through the gate, you will see a very valuable tree. Going further in, you will see the front garden, which is full of very valuable flowers and plants.

Jiang Youning thought of a word, nouveau riche.

Zhao Desheng came out with his family to greet them. When he saw Jiang Youning, he was stunned. He was so beautiful that he still saw such a beautiful woman. She

was much prettier than the woman in his yard.

"Are you the general's wife?" She didn't look like one at all. How could the general's wife look like a little girl? Of course, he didn't dare to say this.

Jiang Youning said calmly, "I am, are you Mr. Zhao?"

Zhao Desheng smiled and said, "Yes, I am."

Jiang Youning looked at Zhao Desheng, whose face was full of wrinkles, "That's perfect, I'm here on the orders of the emperor."

Zhao Desheng was a little excited when he heard the emperor, thinking that something good had happened? It was worth his daily incense and worship.

"What's the matter with the general's wife?"

Jiang Youning looked at Jiang Qibai, and Jiang Qibai looked at Zhao Desheng, "I heard that Mr. Zhao has several hundred acres of land, and we are here to rent it."

Zhao Desheng was stunned at first, then smiled and said, "Of course we can rent the land, but what about the price?"

Jiang Qibai smiled calmly, "I have prepared the price, this is what I wrote, take a look."

Jiang Qibai showed him the contract that he had prepared in advance.

Zhao Desheng had lived for fifty years and always felt that someone was not friendly.

He took the contract and looked at it for a few times, and his face changed immediately. Is this to send away a beggar? He

still wants to rent it for ten years?

He handed the paper back, "We don't rent this land, I just want to grow rice."

Jiang Qibai looked at Zhao Desheng with a smile, "You have to rent this land even if you don't want to, otherwise, I'm afraid it won't be so easy to talk to the emperor."

When Zhao Desheng heard the emperor, he said unconvincedly; "I don't believe the emperor still wants to rent my land."

Jiang Qibai said: "I won't force it, but I will requisition it. This land is used to supply vegetables to the military camp. Now the war is tight. The country comes first and then the family. Do you understand, Mr. Zhao?" Mr. Zhao

certainly understood when he heard it. If the emperor wanted to requisition it, how could he dare to refuse? He could only eat dumbly.

Jiang Qibai rented 300 mu of land at the lowest price, saving a lot of money.

On the way back,

"The rich man Zhao's face was black." Jiang Youning couldn't help laughing.

Jiang Qibai said: "Of course, if he rents for ten years at such a low price, how much money will he lose every year?"

"Hasn't he squeezed the people enough? But in these ten years, the people's lives will be greatly improved."

Contracting land requires a lot of labor, which is equivalent to driving the economy.

However, in ancient times, labor was cheaper, and the rich would continue to squeeze the people in order to make more money.

Just like Zhao Desheng, he had so many fields in his hands, but they were not taken from the people.

The so-called plunder is actually lending money to the people, charging interest, and the people can only use the land to repay the debts if they can't pay it back.

Back at the General's Mansion, Jiang Qibai was busy planning recruitment.

Jiang Youning returned to Lingxi Courtyard, yawned, and saw Xiao Yu sitting under a tree, crossing his legs, as if waiting for her.

"Are you busy? Do you have time to come over? Don't you want to play with your brother?"

"What fun is there for my brother to have?" Xiao Yu's eyes fell on Jiang Youning's belly, and he glanced at Jiang Youning again, "Have you seen a doctor?"

He came here today because he hadn't heard anything for a long time and wanted to come and take a look.

"No." Jiang Youning sat down on the stool and looked at Xiao Yu, "I'm fine, why should I see a doctor?"

"Fine?" Xiao Yu looked at Jiang Youning's belly thoughtfully. Could he have guessed wrong?

He was so excited for a long time, and that's it?

Jiang Youning looked at the cakes on the table, picked out her favorite one, and asked while eating: "Why are you suddenly concerned about my health?"

"We are friends, isn't it normal to care about you?" Xiao Yu didn't want to say that he thought she was pregnant and wanted to become in-laws.

"You haven't cared about me so much before. Tell me, do you have something to ask of me?" Jiang Youning said with an expression that said I have seen through you a long time ago.

Xiao Yu spread her hands, "Really not."

Jiang Youning stared at him for a while, until she saw his eyes that were so sincere that they couldn't be more sincere, she believed it.

When Xiao Yu left, Jiang Youning prepared a pot of kimchi for him to take back.

In the evening, when Xie Jing came back, he found that Jiang Youning had fallen asleep.

He sat on the bed, and Jiang Youning forgot what she said about not sitting on the bed without taking a shower.

Looking at the person who was already asleep, he also wanted to wear the clothes that his wife had made by hand, and the clothes that she had embroidered by hand.

Good night, babies!

(End of this chapter)

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