The eighth day of the twelfth month of the third year of Tiande is Laba.
Heavy snow covered Guanyun City, and the vermilion door of the residence of Minister of Revenue You Xianzhi opened with a creak.
A pretty young lady walked out of the door. She was wearing a snow-white mink fur coat. She walked outside and looked up at the vast sky.
Behind her came out another maid, who was wearing a floral skirt and jacket, holding a food box in one hand and a flowery paper umbrella in the other.
She stood behind the young lady, and moved the colorful paper umbrella in her hand to shield the young lady from the wind and snow. However, there was a hint of worry in her eyes as she looked at the young lady's back.
The master said that he wanted to marry the young lady to General Bai Yulian.
This is naturally a good thing.
Because General Bai Yulian's name had already spread throughout Guanyun City.
He was the emperor's closest person. He trained many troops for the emperor. He also led the navy to a great victory and brought back treasures that were rich enough to rival a country.
I heard that His Majesty has appointed General Bai Yulian as the commander-in-chief of the three armies. He is only in his thirties, but he has already reached the highest position in the country. Such a person certainly has an extremely bright future.
But the lady just didn't agree!
Miss You Xifeng has been well-read since childhood. The lover she dreams of is not a great general with unparalleled martial arts skills, but a civil official who governs the country with his pen - such as the young Minister of Commerce, Lord Yun Xiyanyun!
I don’t know when it started, maybe it was on the Liuyun Tower of Liuyun Terrace, when the young lady and Lord Yun passed each other and looked back at each other.
Anyway, from then on, the young lady acted like an idiot, always laughing secretly, and no one knew what she was laughing at.
Afterwards, the young lady went to the Ministry of Commerce, and even went to have a hotpot meal with Yun Xiyan!
The young lady's mind might have been burned in the hot pot. She became more enthusiastic and obsessed with Yun Xiyan. She said privately that the man was interesting and she would not marry anyone else in this life!
Now, the master has created General Bai, and the young lady has fallen in love with Young Master Yun. To be honest, Young Master Yun is not simple either. He also followed Your Majesty from Jinling. He is only twenty-three years old, but he has been highly valued by Your Majesty and has been promoted to a high-ranking official of the third rank.
Last night, the young lady and the master had a quarrel over this matter, and in the end, of course, the master gave in - because Yun Xiyan was indeed impeccable.
Today is Laba Festival, and after Laba Festival comes Chinese New Year. The young lady said that the man's house doesn't even have a servant, and it's so lonely and desolate that it's really pitiful. In such a cold weather, the young lady personally cooked a pot of Laba porridge and wanted to take it to the man while the snow was heavy...
The maid Xiaoling thought that this was roughly the kind of infatuated man and resentful woman described in operas.
A carriage drove out from the side of You Mansion. You Xifeng took Xiaoling on board. She said hello, and the carriage headed towards the Ministry of Commerce's office.
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It has been three days since Yun Xiyan returned from his inspection trip to Yueshan in Dali.
Yesterday he went to the palace and talked with His Majesty for a long time in the imperial study. He gave His Majesty a development plan for the two roads of Dali and Yueshan.
This is a major matter and Your Majesty attaches great importance to it.
As the Minister of Commerce, in the words of His Majesty, he is His Majesty's economic think tank, so he made this plan very carefully - not just talk on paper, but he actually visited many places there and even had in-depth exchanges with Zong Shiji and Gongsun Ce.
These two guys have put a lot of effort into the north and south roads of Dali. If this plan can be approved by His Majesty, Yun Xiyan believes that the two roads of Dali and Yueshan will be able to take off next year.
He also visited the governor of the four regions, Fan Tianning. This thirteenth prince of the previous dynasty had some economic skills. He formulated and promoted some local economic development plans according to local conditions.
In short, in Yun Xiyan's opinion, His Majesty has chosen the right person, and those four paths will soon bring rewards to Daxia.
So he is in a good mood now, sitting alone in his office, lighting a charcoal fire, boiling a pot of tea, and admiring the snow outside the window.
He thought about personal matters instead of official business - he was already an adult, and You Xifeng, the daughter of Minister You, was an excellent woman, well-educated, sensible, pure and kind-hearted. They were attracted to each other and had many similarities in their thoughts. They were indeed a good match. It seemed that he had to ask his old father to come to Guanyun City and propose marriage to You Mansion.
Just as he was thinking about this, the door of his office creaked open, and a smile immediately appeared on his face. You Xifeng shook off the snow and walked in with a blushing face.
Yun Xiyan grinned. You Xifeng asked Ling'er to put the lunch box on the coffee table. "...I, I, isn't today Laba Festival? I thought you had nowhere to celebrate the festival alone, so I took the initiative to make a pot of Laba porridge. It's almost noon now, so eat some while it's hot."
Yun Xiyan's heart suddenly warmed up, "Xifeng, sit down and warm yourself by the fire first."
You Xifeng lowered his head and sat down, feeling a little at a loss. Yun Xiyan was about to say something to thank him, but he didn't expect the door to open again - the person who came in was the new deputy minister of the Ministry of Commerce, Zhong Fangyuan from the Linzi Zhong family.
Zhong Fangyuan took a look and thought, "Oh, it's not the right time for him to come." But there was nothing he could do. The person who came to handle the company registration was very important, so he had to discuss this matter with Minister Yun.
So he bowed and said with a smile, "Master Yun, I really don't mean to bother you... The thing is, President Li Jindou has come in person, and he and his team are going to handle the registration of eight companies. I think this is a serious matter, so would it be prudent to invite Master Li up to sit down and discuss the situation?"
Yun Xiyan was also surprised, because he was very familiar with Li Jindou.
This President Li has been following Your Majesty since he was in Jinling!
When Your Majesty opened the Sitong Money House in Jinling, Li Jindou was the first manager.
Today, the Sitong Money House has been upgraded to the People's Bank of Daxia, becoming an extremely important financial institution in Daxia. Three of the four sons of President Li are presidents of branches of the bank, not to mention that his former superior Li Cai is still serving as the Minister of Commerce in Jinling.
The People's Bank of Daxia is now expanding to the county-level administrative area. Daxia has 890 county-level institutions. Together with states and prefectures, there will be more than a thousand banks!
Almost all the branch presidents of these 1,000 banks at all levels are Li Jindou's disciples.
Therefore, no one in Daxia dared to look down on Li Jindou, and even the three prime ministers would not be arrogant in front of the old president Li.
Zhong Fangyuan said that President Li was coming to handle eight companies... He was obviously an agent.
Looking around the world, there is no doubt that the person who can ask President Li to personally run errands to the Ministry of Commerce to handle the company must be a member of the royal family.
"Hurry up and invite President Li, no, we two will go down and invite him in person!"
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