Jiang Shunchuan and his wife Xu Qin finally rushed back to Xiaxi Town. When they saw Ding Kui coming after hearing the news, he was about to kneel to the ground. Ding Kui stepped forward to support Jiang Shunchuan and his wife, complaining: "Look at your wife's
Stomach, if she is inconvenient, then she shouldn’t travel such a long way. ???? ???? Why are you kneeling? Let her go back to her room and rest quickly!"
Xu Qin looked at her husband's face and saw that he acquiesced and said, "Ms. Jiang Xu thanks the young master for his kindness. Because of her physical inconvenience, she cannot serve the young master and the young lady is worried." She was about to say something, but Ding Kui raised his hand to stop her.
"That's it. You can take good care of yourself and serve me well if you successfully give birth to a child for Dachuan. There are a lot of things going on in the house these days and there is no manpower to take care of you. I will find two experienced mothers-in-law to help you later. Now
Go back to your room and rest first." Ding Kui was very happy. If the maids in his courtyard had not had childbirth experience, they would have been transferred to take care of Xu Qin.
Xu Qin thanked Ding Kui repeatedly and left her husband to go back to his room to rest.
Jiang Shunchuan said to Ding Kui with a look of resentment: "The young master now has more people around him, and no one is needed for everything. Let someone else take charge of my affairs in the future. I want to stay with the young master."
"Who did you learn this from? How jealous are you? What else is important to a family besides inheritance? Wealth! Do you know how important the things you are responsible for are? How can I not find someone I trust most to do it?
Okay? Who do you want me to do it for?" Ding Kui's series of questions like a machine gun made Jiang Shunchuan lower his head in shame.
"Humph, the children your wife gave birth to are also members of my Ding family. They are also very important, you know?" Ding Kui said with a serious face.
Jiang Shunchuan knelt on the ground again and said in panic: "I realized my mistake. I tried my best to slow down on the way back. I also specially hired a woman in the county to take care of my wife. She also came to the old house this time.
I don’t dare to neglect what the young master tells me, I will always keep a close eye on it.”
"Okay, get up. Come back to your room with me and talk about what happened during this period." Ding Kui turned around and walked towards his small courtyard.
Jiang Shunchuan got up and followed Ding Kui step by step, reporting as he walked: "The magazine is steadily expanding in Zhongwangzhou according to your wishes, and the sales volume is increasing by an average of 20% every month; the calendar is in Musen's
After coordinating and printing until the saturation, Anguo County printed a total of 11 million copies last year, and all of them have been sold out; the most significant income is from the gambling house, but this year is the year of the county competition, and the Teng family asked to keep last year's dividends to prepare
We will do a big thing this year and distribute dividends at the end of this year. I have brought all the ledgers back and loaded a whole carriage."
"Why are you bringing the account book back? Can you show it to me? Do I have time to look at those things? Just tell me a rough number."
"The balance of these items in my hands now exceeds 830,000 gold coins. If you include the gambling house's dividend this year, the total is estimated to be around 2.5 million gold coins."
Ding Kui's property income was basically managed by Jiang Shunchuan, and this personal attendant who first followed him was deeply trusted by him.
"Well, the gambling house is easy to handle. There are people from Lu's Chamber of Commerce to help us look after it. The magazines and calendars will become bigger and bigger. Do you have enough manpower?" Ding Kui's biggest headache is the problem of logistical manpower.
"At first I asked Shi Heng and Lu's Chamber of Commerce to borrow some manpower, but now there are people in the village who have gradually learned the skills and can help me. Although the manpower is tight at the moment, I can still keep busy."
"Recruit more people for positions that are not too critical. You should also cultivate more loyal confidants yourself. I don't need to teach you the specifics. Your father has enough experience.
In short, you have to remember one thing, spend money where it should be spent. If you can use money to recruit loyal talents, you can recruit as many loyal talents as possible.
I, Ding Kui, am not a stingy person. As long as you are willing to work hard for me, you can get more rewards from me than others." Ding Kui knows the importance of talents.
"I have taken note of it. By the way, there are many merchants in the county who have approached me for business cooperation, but I have rejected them all. I don't dare to risk the young master's money."
"You did a very good job. Our family is not a business, even if it is a sure-profit business, we can't do it. The calendar is a semi-official business, which involves the interests of many people; the magazine is a literary thing, not really meaningful.
The gambling house is a gift from my grandpa. If there is a suitable buyer and price, I will sell it."
"Then I understand. This time the villain took the initiative to buy several carts of gifts for Mrs. Ru in the county. There are no things for women at home, so I asked Mrs. Jiang Xu to prepare three sets. I can't let Mrs. Ru
After passing the wedding, I still used my mother’s dowry.”
"It takes a married man like you to do these things. Yes, let's buy Jiang Xu a house in the county. Just say that I gave it to her." Ding Kui felt very happy and rewarded his subordinates.
The first thing to do is to buy a house. If he were on Earth, he wouldn't even dare to think about it.
"Thank you Master for your grace, thank you Master for your grace, thank you Master for your grace!" Jiang Shunchuan could only say this excitedly. What a house. Ding Kui hasn't said how big it is yet, but its value far exceeds the several cars of gifts he bought for Long Yan.
, Ding Kui just rewarded him for a reason.
Ding Kui's men are all capable of fighting, or are very good at it. The only one who can help him solve his worries is Jiang Shunchuan. Mu Sen doesn't have enough trust in those men, so he will not hesitate to reward such scarce men.
Many of the guests who came from afar were unknown to Ding Kui, so Ding Qi insisted that Ding Kui receive some of them. One characteristic of these people was that they didn't talk much, and they seemed to just come to see Ding Kui.
There was a guest who surprised Ding Kui and was a representative of one of the ten great dukes. He was Kong Ren, who had been in the same group with Ding Kui in the national competition.
"Congratulations to brother Ding, congratulations to brother Ding. You have accomplished two major joyous events in your life at once, which is rare in the kingdom." Kong Ren represented Duke Wen, and his arrival was unexpected by many people.
There is no enmity between the Kong family and the Ding family of Duke Wen, but they are far from friendly. The biggest conflict recently may have been Ding Kui's defeat of Kong Ren in the national group stage. Logically, the Kong family does not need to send anyone to attend Ding Kui's coming-of-age ceremony and
A big wedding, even if it implies a marriage between the Jiang and Long families.
However, there is a recent argument in Shaodian that if the General Staff is still controlled by the Protector and the Eighth Army is still controlled by the Ding family, it is impossible for the foreign army to remain in Shaodian's territory, killing Shaodian day and night.
The people of Dian Kingdom should have been driven out of the country by the kingdom's army a long time ago.
I don’t know where this argument came from, but it was recognized by many people as soon as it appeared.
The appointment of Marquis Huguo as the commander-in-chief of the staff is as common knowledge as Shaodian's appointment as king. The Eighth Army has almost become the private army of the Ding family. However, all this completely changed eighteen years ago.
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In the history of the Shaodian Kingdom, there have been cases where the territory was occupied, but it was quickly recovered by the kingdom's army, and was never occupied for more than a year. Although this time happened more than ten years after the decline of the Ding family, it was
Many people believe that there is an inevitable connection between them.
The war took place in Nanma Prefecture where the Kong family was located. They could not bear the invaders staying in Nanma Prefecture for one more day and were most dissatisfied with the performance of the kingdom's army. Kong Jiaxun quickly became a supporter of the appeal.
Kong Shu, the Minister of Culture and Education, publicly proposed at the court meeting that Ding Qi should be the commander of the Eighth Army. If he had not taken the Jiang family's face into consideration, he would probably have recommended that the commander of the staff be replaced. This proposal caused a stir in the court meeting on the spot, and Shaodian Zhang's
The saliva almost sprayed on Kong Shu's face, and a minister of culture and education actually took charge of the commander-in-chief's office.
Shaodiandan's face was extremely dark at that time, but Kong Shu's reason was that "the Eighth Army did not win a single battle when they went to the war zone. The commander of the war zone, Jiang Xi, had heavy affairs and was not suitable to serve as the commander of the army. The Protector of the Country should return to control the army and conquer the kingdom."
"It's majestic", he couldn't argue easily.
Even Shao Dianzhang didn't dare to say this, and everyone could imagine Kong Shu's answer: "If you object, you can lead the Eighth Army to win the battle, or you can recommend someone who can win the battle." This is
A fire pit, no one wants to jump into it.
In the end, the king refused Kong Shu's proposal and continued the discussion at the court meeting on the grounds that the affairs of the Commander-in-Chief Mansion should be handled by the Commander-in-Chief Mansion itself.
As soon as this incident happened, Ding Qi, who was far away in Xiaxi Town, knew about it. He even held a family meeting to discuss what the Kong family’s intentions were? Was it deliberately putting the Ding family on the fire? That argument is widely circulated among the people.
Who released it? Is it good or bad for the Ding family?
There is no way that Ding Qi can regain control of the Eighth Army. What is the difference between doing so and slapping Jiang Xi in the face? Even if Shaodian Dan agrees, Ding Qi will refuse the appointment. On the surface, the Kong family's proposal is harming Ding Qi.
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The Eighth Army Corps is in a key location in Nanma Prefecture. Jiang Xi has over a million troops under his command. Although he does not dare to attack the Kong family openly, he can make small moves in secret to make the Kong family suffer unspeakably.
There is no reason to make the Ding family unhappy at this time.
"Brother Kong Ren really shouldn't be here, but he should be here." Ding Kui walked arm in arm with Kong Ren and said something that puzzled those around him.
Kong Ren seemed to understand, and walked side by side with Ding Kui, whispering: "Let's chat in private?" Then he laughed loudly: "Hahaha, I'm here, won't you drive me away?"
"Brother Kong Ren is someone you can't even invite. How can I drive you away? Come on, come on, I'll take you to the Poisonous Fog Canyon, which is rare in China. It's a bit dangerous there. If you don't dare to go, you have to tell me early.
." Ding Kui said it as if there was a hint of thorn in his words.
"Go and go, I'm not as good as you in terms of strength, but I'm not bad in terms of courage." Kong Ren didn't take it seriously and showed great interest.
The two of them each mounted a horse and refused to let the guards follow them. Neither of them wanted to lose to the other in terms of momentum, so they ran out of Xiaxi Town and towards the "Poison Mist Canyon".
The guards of both families are not worried that something will happen to them. Not to mention Xiaxi Town, the entire Black Earth City is under strict surveillance, and no one who can harm them can get in.