Chapter 264 Robbery
Mrs. Zeng shook her head, "Mother Su went to the temple and asked, and she personally drew a lot for Yu Niang. It was the same as the one drawn by Mrs. Xia Er. It can't be wrong."
Mrs. Zhuo frowned, and soon relaxed when she thought of the age of her stupid son.
Perhaps, this is God also giving her Aqi a chance?
When Ayu turns nineteen, Aqi turns seventeen, just in time...
Mrs. Zhuo's mind changed, and a smile gradually appeared on her face, and she talked about what happened at the Second Prince's Mansion yesterday...
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Xia Zihan and Chu Jingqi were walking in the orchard.
I remember last year, when Chu Jingqi came to Chu Zhai for the first time, Xia Zihan also brought him to play in the orchard. How happy the two of them were at that time.
But now...
The two were silent and the atmosphere was depressing.
Chu Jingqi didn't speak, and Xia Zihan didn't speak.
When the two of them walked to the pavilion in the middle of the orchard, Chu Jingqi took off his cloak, placed it on a wooden bench, and asked Xia Zihan to sit down.
She still took care of Xia Zihan as carefully as before, as if all the unpleasantness before had never happened.
Chu Jingqi held out her clothes with a short sleeve to show to Xia Zihan, "Ayu, look, my clothes are too small. As you promised, you will make all my future clothes."
A pitiful look.
In the end, Xia Zihan didn't harden her heart to reject him this time.
"In three days, let Ma Bao come get the clothes." She said.
Chu Jingqi's face is as delicate and beautiful as the blooming peony, "I like to embroider a few bamboo leaves on my clothes."
"What else do you like? Just tell me once and I will make a few more sets for you."
"No, I just like bamboo leaves."
As long as he likes something, he will be very persistent.
The same goes for people.
Falling in love with someone lasts a lifetime.
According to his father, this is the inheritance of Chu family men.
But his grandfather had several aunts and concubines around him. His father said that his grandfather only started to have more women around him after his first wife, his grandmother, passed away.
It should be regarded as another way to resolve excessive sadness.
He didn't understand what his father said.
He thought that if Ayu left before him, then he would definitely go with Ayu, because he couldn't stand a world without Ayu.
How lonely, lonely and boring it is.
Finally, Xia Zihan couldn't help asking about the Chu family, and Chu Jingqi told him what Chu Haoyu and his family had done.
Then he said, "Don't worry, my father will not let that top family member mess around."
When he and his mother came out, his father secretly told him to protect his mother. Then, he saw his father sending someone to the government to report that someone had broken into the house and robbed her.
His father said that since Chu Haoyu's family was shameless, he didn't need to care about their face. If things were going to cause trouble, he would make it big, and it would be best to go to the emperor.
The Yijun Prince's Mansion can't just ignore the Yu family, right?
It’s just that his father...
Chu Jingqi said dullly, "My father will go to the northwest in a few days."
"So early?" Xia Zihan was surprised, "It's only the seventh day of September."
"It's not early. It's almost time to reach the northwest border."
The capital was two and a half months away from the northwest border. The army set off at this time and arrived at the beginning of the twelfth lunar month.
In the past, Tatar attacks always occurred during the twelfth lunar month.
Xia Zihan suddenly felt worried.
Since her rebirth, many things have changed due to the fluttering of butterfly wings,
What if what happened in the past life does not happen in this life?
She felt uncomfortable and asked tangledly, "Uncle, do you trust me that much? If the Tatars don't invade Dasheng this year, will uncle be charged with deceiving the king?"
"Qintian Supervisor has calculated that there will be a heavy snowfall in the northwest next month."
Therefore, the emperor did not just listen to Chu Xuanyu's words and send Chu Xuanyu to the northwest border rashly.
Xia Zihan felt a little more relaxed now, "How is the emperor's health recently?"
I remember that in the previous life, it seemed that not long after the second prince went to the northwest, the emperor's health began to deteriorate.
In fact, the emperor is still very young, only a few years older than his uncle, only in his thirties, which is in his prime. But the strange thing is that as soon as the second prince leaves the capital, the emperor always falls ill, and rumors spread in the capital that The second prince is the emperor's lucky star. With his lucky star gone, the emperor's health will deteriorate.
At that time, the second prince was resisting the Tatars in the northwest and could not easily return to the capital. Even if the emperor wanted to transfer him back to the capital, he would not be able to return unless he surrendered several cities in the northwest to the Tatars.
She didn't believe those rumors. What kind of lucky star, how can one person's health be maintained in another person's body?
She didn't believe it.
She suspected that people from the Lu family couldn't wait any longer when they saw that the second and third princes had grown up. They were also afraid of long nights and dreams, so they acted preemptively.
At that time, it was also a good time with the right time, location, and people.
The second prince was not in Beijing, the Chu family was defeated and fell into the hands of the Yu family, and Miss Lu San was the daughter-in-law of the Yu family at the time.
The Yu family... At that time, the old prince of the Yu family had just passed away, and the old princess fell ill. The eldest son of the Yu family succeeded the prince.
Not long after, the Yu family came forward to help the Lu family, and married a Lu family girl to her brother as a concubine, which made Princess Yu to death.
He hanged himself.
This incident was quite a big deal at that time, and at that time, the emperor was already seriously ill and was about to die.
At that time, there were also the Song family, the Liang family, the Dai family, and the Wu family, all important officials in the court and all from the Lu family.
It can be said that when the time came, Concubine Lu was cruel and got rid of all the thorns in her eyes, and then helped the second prince to ascend the throne.
Xia Zihan was in a daze, going through all the things about the court that he had heard about in his previous life, and suddenly asked Chu Jingqi, "Who is the supervisor sent by the emperor?"
Jianjun is the censor who supervises grain and grass.
Whether soldiers can win the battle on the front line depends on food and grass. If food and grass are supplied in time, the soldiers will be well fed and clothed warmly, and the horses will not be hungry, so they can fight with vigor.
Otherwise, who can win the battle if they are hungry, haggard, and trembling with cold?
Human beings are made of flesh, not made of iron.
In the previous life, after the Second Prince's 50,000 troops entered the northwest region, many people froze to death. Later, the food and grass did not arrive, and the soldiers relied on snow and water to survive, and had to resist the Tatars who invaded from time to time.
If it weren't for the Second Prince who was personally in charge, and all of his soldiers were elite soldiers, capable of resisting hunger and fighting, if any one of them had been replaced, the northwest would not have been able to hold it, and Shuimu City would not have been able to take it back.
Chu Jingqi said, "My father secretly led the troops..." He pursed his lips and said, "Don't worry, with your reminder, my father has already prepared something."
The grain and grass have been secretly transported to the northwest border in advance.
Xia Zihan understood.
Chu Xuanyu got the emperor's secret order and secretly led his troops to the northwest, intending to catch the Tatars off guard.
Since it is a secret order, there is no need to supervise the army, and no one can be alarmed. As for the food and grass issue, I am afraid that Chu Xuanyu will have to secretly solve it himself.
Xia Zihan asked about the floods in Jiangnan, "How is it now?"
"A large number of refugees have appeared." Chu Jingqi frowned, "Food prices have increased, and refugees may flock to the capital. You should go out less often these days."
"Yeah."
Xia Zihan's heart started beating wildly when she thought of how much grain and cotton she had harvested. Finally, she said, "If my uncle's place is short of grain and grass, just tell me. I have it on hand."
Chu Jingqi's eyes lit up and the corners of her mouth turned up, "Okay, but I can't ask for your money for nothing. I will ask my father to ask the emperor for money to buy it."
When Mr. Chu Ge was still alive, he ordered his subordinates not to take advantage of the country with a single needle or thread, and to keep the household department in good order. Money was rising year by year, and eventually the national treasury was filled with money. The floor decoration was installed after the emperor built another treasury.
And now that Mr. Chu Ge has only passed away for four years, no matter how corrupt the people in the Ministry of Revenue are, they would not dare to waste all the money from the two treasuries. The emperor is keeping a close eye on the Ministry of Revenue.
Therefore, the court at this time was still relatively wealthy.
If you can sell both grain and cotton to the court, you will make less money, but it will save trouble.
Xia Zihan's eyes flashed, like the North Star in the sky at night. "Okay, then you ask my uncle how much food he lacks. I have a lot here."
"I still have a batch of cotton on hand. If my uncle wants it, I will ask someone to make it into a military jacket."
Otherwise, if my uncle bought a bunch of cotton, where would he hire someone to make military jackets?
Chu Xuanyu was feeling worried at the moment.
During this time, he secretly sent people around to collect grain and cotton, and he harvested a lot, but he couldn't rely on the large number of others. The grain he collected was not enough to feed the Chu family's 30,000 soldiers for two months.
But I had to eat and drink for two and a half months on the road.
There was a flood in the south of the Yangtze River, and the price of grain increased every day. When the grain merchants saw this, they stopped selling the grain and planned to raise the price to the highest price before selling it.
Even if he had the money given by the emperor, he would have no place to buy it. This made him very worried.
If the food preparations are insufficient, then he will go to the northwest and start a fart war.
It's freezing cold in the northwest and there's no food to eat. Why don't all his troops starve and freeze to death?
Chu Xuanyu was almost angry at this moment. The people from the second room came to the door and wanted to smash the warehouse in the east courtyard.
Chu Xuanyu was so angry that his forehead hurt, so he reported it directly to the Yamen.
When the official came, Chu Haoyu was afraid and Yu retreated. Only Mrs. Chu rushed forward and said angrily, "What are you doing here? Why, our Chu family handles the housework by ourselves, and we still need you official to stop us?" ”
If he were an ordinary government servant, he might have been frightened to death by Mrs. Chu's fierce glare.
But Capt. Li only frowned, then walked towards Chu Xuanyu and saluted respectfully, "Mr. An Guo, you reported a robbery. We are here to catch the thief. Where is the thief?"
"It's them." Chu Xuanyu pointed directly at Chu Haoyu and his wife, "We have divided our families, and there are documents in the government office to testify, and there are witnesses to testify, but Chu Haoyu and Yu didn't say anything, and ordered someone to smash my house with an axe. warehouse.”
The warehouse was smashed. If it wasn’t robbery, what else could it be?
(End of chapter)