Since Song Wan came to Xiaoyao City, he has started to vigorously carry out construction, which is almost equivalent to rebuilding a new city.
Xiaoyao City is impregnable from the inside out, and therefore has attracted many wealthy businessmen and common people to settle here.
Based on the base of later generations, Song Wan improved the original foundation to make it more suitable for Xiaoyao City.
Xiaoyao City is located in a plain area and was originally a city that was easy to attack but difficult to defend. Otherwise, the indigenous people before the Qiang people occupied this place would not have been captured so easily, and the former Qiang leader would not have abandoned this city.
Looking from the outside, Xiaoyao City now looks gray except for the plaque hanging on the city wall which looks magnificent. However, even with such an unreliable appearance, Gu Yan was anxious to have a rehearsal with his wife after the construction was completed.
In order to maintain a balance of power between the two sides, Song Wan didn't even use his mental strength, but he still lost three battles in a row.
After this news reached the capital, before some scholars could submit memorials to accuse the princess and prince of rebellion, the military generals in the court directly asked the emperor whether he could allow the princess to use this method to defend all the border cities of Dai Viet.
For many military generals, they did not care how "powerful" Song Wan was. They only knew that she used this "power" to do good things that benefited the country and the people. This was the most important thing to them and all the soldiers on the border.
Song Wan was studying how to build a ship when she received the imperial edict and letter sent by Li Yu at full speed. She threw the imperial edict to Gu Yanji and opened the letter on the spot. There was a lot of dense writing on it.
Song Wan, who had originally wanted to read it out loud, couldn't help but frown and said in a disdainful tone, "We've only been out for a little over two years, and Ah Yu is getting more and more nagging."
The words accusing her and Gu Yanji of leaving without saying goodbye took up two whole pages.
"The imperial edict says that the emperor wants to use five thousand taels of gold to buy your method of building Xiaoyao City." Gu Yu said after carefully reading the contents of the imperial edict.
When Song Wan heard this, her disdain turned into praise, "After two years, Ah Yu has become more and more capable."
This imperial edict came along with the letter and was not publicized. Gu Yan immediately understood what Li Yu meant. When his wife needed money in the future, she could exchange this imperial edict for five thousand taels of gold.
The reason why this imperial edict was not carried out according to normal procedures was probably because Li Yu did not want to listen to the persistent "persuasion" of those ministers who liked to make up stories every day.
"So Awan means to sell it?" Gu Yan quickly put away the imperial edict and asked with a smile.
"Of course!" Song Wan said decisively, "I've almost used up all the gold you gave me to build the city, and I'm in urgent need of supplies."
And according to her understanding, A Yu now has Qi Fu as his money bag to help him make money, and his private treasury is very rich.
"Speaking of this, I remembered that my eldest and second brothers also sent me letters a few days ago, but I didn't dare to open them."
"Why not?"
Song Wan looked up at him, then sighed, "You said I ran so far, but in the end I still couldn't escape Ah Zhen and Hehe Lanlan's full-month red envelopes, hundred-day red envelopes, and one-year-old red envelopes."
She was afraid that one of her sisters-in-law in the letter might be pregnant again.
The Azhen that Song Wan mentioned is the child of her eldest brother Song Yu. It is a cause for celebration. After sleeping on the couch for half a year, he finally climbed onto his eldest sister-in-law's bed and successfully helped his eldest sister-in-law give birth to a son a year later, named Song Zhen.
Hehe and Lanlan are twins born to my second sister-in-law. Hehe is the older brother and Lanlan is the younger sister.
The name is in the same vein as Chichi, and was both chosen by Song Wan. Since there was no war at the border, Song Qin and Song Yu chose to stay in the capital in order to prevent the Song family from becoming too prominent.
People cannot sit idle. For example, Song Qin actually went thousands of miles to send a letter just to let Song Wan give his child a nickname.
If Azhen is a standard young master from a wealthy family, then this pair of twins, as can be seen from their names, Hehe is a domineering brother who loves to compete with his sister for milk, while Lanlan is the complete opposite of his sister and brother.
He just sleeps all day long. He only opens his mouth to take a sip of milk when he is very hungry. The rest of the time he is just pretending.
When she was just born, her family didn't understand her temperament and almost let Lanlan faint from hunger.
The nickname Song Wan chose can be said to be very appropriate.
"I almost forgot, Sister Gu seems to be giving birth soon." After Song Wan sighed, she silently calculated in her mind how much of the five thousand taels she had just earned would be spent.
Song Qi listened for a long time, thought for a while and said, "Princess, I have a way to make you earn it back."
Song Wan raised her eyebrows, "Then tell me."
Song Qi chuckled, "Why don't you and your uncle have a child? That way, you can not only earn the prince and the second son, but also the marquis's! Oh, and there are also Yizhou, Zezhou, Qiandi, the Qin family in the southwest, General Mu in the northwest, and so on."
In fact, what Song Qi was thinking in his heart was that the princess had been married for two years and still had no children. He suspected that his son-in-law had been injured on the battlefield before, so he was no longer able to bear the child.
He wasn't sure if the princess could take in another child, but as a prince, she could definitely do so.
"What you said seems to make some sense." Song Wan thought for a moment, then tilted her head and asked Gu Yanji, "Do you want to?"
In Song Qi's eyes, her words meant that the princess asked for his opinion just to consider her son-in-law's feelings. After all, taking a concubine was not a trivial matter.
After getting married, she said that in order to make it easier for her to travel, she would not have children for the time being, so they were very cautious every time they had sex.
After listening to Song Qi talk about so many benefits, Song Wan suddenly felt tempted. Anyway, the ship for going out to sea would have to be researched for at least one or two years before it could be used. In the meantime, it was just enough time to have a baby. And most importantly, this way, she could get back all the gifts she had given out in previous years, and maybe even more.
Gu Yan thought carefully about his wife's words, and finally said, "Ah Wan, you have to think clearly. Having a child is not as simple as buying a rattle. I hope you really want it, and it's not just a whim."
He is not the eldest son and does not need to inherit the title. His elder brother is in good health now and his nephew is working hard. The Gu family already has the next generation of bloodline. Gu Yanji does not think that he and Awan must have a child.
As for Awan's title of prince, Gu Yanji also considered it seriously. If they would never have children in this life, they would choose one from the next generation of the Song family to inherit.
Song Wan thought for a moment, "Then wait a little longer?"
She originally thought that Gu Yan would be eager to nod and accept it. After all, this is ancient times and people attach great importance to the continuation of bloodline.
Gu Yan patted her head anxiously and said, "Okay, I'll do as you say."
When Song Qi heard this, he became anxious. He had never noticed that General Gu was very good at deceiving people and actually refused to allow the princess to take a concubine.
He couldn't help but speak out, not even calling him son-in-law, "General, you can't do this. You can't delay the princess. Besides, it's just a marriage. As a man, shouldn't you be more generous?"
I don’t know if it’s because he’s used to the carefree life in Xiaoyao City, but Song Qi is becoming less and less aware of the so-called sense of hierarchy. Not only does he often argue with Song Wan, but now he even dares to “blame” Gu Yanji.
"What do you mean by 'younger'?" Song Wan didn't react for a moment, thinking Song Qi was talking about age. "Who's younger?"
Gu Yan's face turned dark with anxiety.
When Gu Wu heard that something was wrong, he quickly grabbed Song Qi and ran away. He said that there was nothing good about it. He was so bold as to suggest that the princess take a concubine in front of the general.
He really suspected that Song Qi was tired of living.
"Why did they just run away like that?" Song Wan pointed in the direction they were running and asked, "What did Song Qi mean just now?"
Gu Yan's face was filled with anxiety, "Ah Wan is tired of me so quickly?"
Song Wan shook her head, "No."
"Then why did Song Qi suddenly ask you to marry a young husband?"
Song Wan finally understood that it was about taking a concubine. She put her hands on her hips and said, "So Song Qi wants to take a concubine for me!"
Although she felt that having Gu Yan was enough to deal with emergencies, she had to admit that her follower was quite considerate.
Gu Yan was anxious: "......"
It seems that we should quickly propose the system of monogamy to A Yu.
It was impossible for Na Xiao to marry him. Gu Yan was anxious not to let Song Qi succeed. In order to prevent her from really having this idea, he worked extra hard in the next few nights and finally made Song Wan briefly tired for a few days.
As for Song Qi's life during those days, it was horrible. Gu Yanji specially arranged for many matchmakers to come to his house to help him find girls. They harassed him for several days before they stopped.
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The previous chapter has been revised many times, and I don’t know when it will be finished. If you want to read the original version, column, or private message me.
This chapter also sends red envelopes~
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