Lin Jinghan and her people were about to leave, and then Xiao Ce hurriedly asked,
"Master Lin, the Prime Minister's antidote!"
Lin Jinghan casually threw him a medicine bottle.
"The Jingji Defense Battalion has ruined the reputation of my Lin's Glass Shop. Commander Xiao, please restore the reputation of my Lin's Glass Shop!"
"Tomorrow I will personally present a golden signboard to your Lin's Glass Shop and confer the title of Imperial Merchant on your brother Lin Zhengchu. Are you satisfied, Mr. Lin?" said the emperor.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Lin Jinghan casually thanked him and left with his men.
Sikong Zhan immediately followed and subconsciously wanted to pull Lin Jinghan, but the words "Keep away from strangers" were clearly written on Lin Jinghan's face. Sikong Zhan didn't want to backfire, so he withdrew his hand and followed her silently.
On the second day after the Lin family's glass shop was closed down, the emperor personally delivered a sign and announced on the spot that Lin Zhengchu was hired as the imperial merchant. The huge transformation of the Lin family's glass shop once again caused a heated discussion in the capital.
At the same time, colored glass was selling like hotcakes, and all the ten-day reservations at Lin’s colored glass store were sold out.
Lin Jinghan returned to Xingqing. The land she'd chosen had already been purchased, and the construction of the manor was almost complete. She had to rush back to plan their next move.
However, as soon as Lin Jinghan arrived at Xinqing, the chief eunuch followed her and gave her all the land deeds within a radius of 100 miles from the place she bought, along with a personal letter from the emperor.
"Mr. Lin, this is a letter from the Emperor. He said you should open it yourself."
Sikong Zhan immediately came over, took a look at the deed, and then took out a handful of banknotes.
"This land has been purchased by me. Tell the Emperor that my wife doesn't want anything he has given her."
"This..." The eunuch chief was about to cry when he saw the banknotes.
If you accept this banknote, you're acting on behalf of the emperor and will be beheaded! If you don't accept it, the King of Jingnan looks too scary. Will he just kill him?
Accept it or not, he's dead. Why is it so hard for him to get a job? Woo woo woo...
Lin Jinghan was speechless. She really didn't want to accept the deeds outright, as she didn't want to owe the emperor a favor. Buying the land was indeed the best option. That way, their future expansion wouldn't be limited by the small size of the land.
The main reason why she didn't buy such a large piece of land before was that she didn't have enough money. However, even if she didn't have enough money, she would not let her ex-husband pay for it for her!
She took Sikong Zhan's banknote and stuffed it back into his arms, "I told you, you don't need to care about my affairs."
Then she opened the letter the emperor had sent her. The general meaning of the letter was that in order to show his sincerity in cooperating with her, he gave her these land deeds as a gift, and then asked her to carefully consider becoming his queen. Finally, he said that Prince Jingnan was definitely not a good match for him, and a good horse never turns back.
Seeing Sikong Zhan approaching again, Lin Jinghan crushed the letter into pieces, carefully calculated the value of the deeds, and then picked up a pen to write an IOU:
Lin Zhenghe has purchased an area of one hundred li (approximately 100 km) from the Emperor, and has pledged to repay the outstanding debt of fifty million eight thousand six hundred and fourteen taels of silver within ten years. This document is hereby issued. Lin Zhenghe, September 2, the first year of the Dingyuan era.
Then she solemnly stamped her seal on it, blew the ink dry, put it in an envelope, and wrote a reply letter with only four words in it - let's get rich together. Then she put it in the envelope and handed it to the eunuch chief.
"Please, eunuch, deliver this letter to the Emperor."
The eunuch chief was as if he had been pardoned. He wiped the sweat from his forehead, took the letter with tears of gratitude, and ran away immediately to prevent Prince Jingnan from making things difficult for him again!
"The emperor is not a good person, stay away from him." Sikong Zhan reminded.
"Who in this world is a purely good person? Everyone has two sides. Good or bad is just a matter of one's own subjective will. If he's good to you, he's a good person to you; if he's not good to you, he's a bad person to you."
Lin Jinghan took the land deed and began to study it. She wanted to plan their farm well.
Seeing Lin Jinghan writing and drawing on paper, Sikong Zhan looked at her for a long time but couldn't understand what she was drawing. However, he probably guessed that she was planning to build a house, so he reminded her:
"Jinghan, if you want to develop your own power here, then outer defense is absolutely necessary."
He pointed at the map and said:
"Here, here, here, and here. These four places can be used to build defenses according to the directions of Yin and Yang Bagua. I'll draw them for you later."
"You also know gossip?" Lin Jinghan was surprised.
Sikong Zhan smiled dotingly, "My husband knows a lot more, Jinghan can slowly discover it in the future."
"Your Highness, we have already divorced. Please don't talk nonsense and affect my reputation." Lin Jinghan said as she carried her things into the room and slammed the door shut.
Sikong Zhan was turned away and sighed slightly. He returned to the table where he had been sitting, picked up his pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and began to carefully plan his Jinghan's camp.
When it was time for dinner, the secretary brought the food and saw Sikong Zhan sitting on the stone bench outside the door. He was surprised and bowed.
"Greetings, Your Majesty!"
Sikong Zhan waved his hand and watched the secretary carry the meal into the house. After waiting for a long time, he didn't see Lin Jinghan invite him in for lunch. He sighed and continued writing and drawing.
Lin Jinghan was eating absentmindedly, glancing outside from time to time. Seeing that Sikong Zhan had no intention of leaving, she simply asked the servant to close the door - out of sight, out of mind.
When she pushed the door open after dinner, she didn't see Sikong Zhan. Lin Jinghan felt very upset: I thought this man was very determined, but he left after being rejected. What on earth was I expecting? How stupid!
She shook her head and put him out of her mind. She went to their Liulichang again to arrange the expansion of enrollment, and then went back to her room to start practicing.
She lived a fulfilling and busy life every day. If she hadn't seen Sikong Zhan again three days later, she would have almost forgotten him.
There were bruises under his eyes, and he looked very haggard and tired, but his eyes sparkled when he looked at her.
"Jinghan, here's the map I drew for your camp, along with the construction blueprints I designed. Take a look. Is there anything you're not satisfied with?"
Lin Jinghan took the paper in his hand in disbelief. The map marked every special terrain in great detail, and even the room's orientation, size, purpose, etc. were clearly marked on the drawing.
Is this why he disappeared for three days? He completed such a huge project in just three days. He looked so haggard. Did he not rest for three days?
She felt bitter in her heart, but she said stubbornly, "I'll naturally ask professionals to do these things. Why should you worry about it?"
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