"Thank you for your concern, sir. I think I'm doing well now." The handyman replied in a low voice. Seeing Han Du's expression of confusion, he continued: "You don't know something, I am from a poor family. I couldn't survive at home, so I
I had no choice but to send the child to the Jiaofang Department. In fact, after the adults came, the child's life became much easier, and he still had money to take. The child then thought about saving some money for himself..."
The handyman didn't say what he was doing to save money, and Han Du didn't ask either.
Instead, he asked about the situation at home, "Why, are the lives of the people still difficult now?"
The handyman smiled and said: "How should I put it? Some are easy to live with, some are not easy to live with. For small hometowns, each accounts for 50%. But situations like this are not uncommon in small homes."
After hearing the silence, Han Du felt for the first time the power of the people consumed by successive battles. No wonder the officials criticized Lao Zhu's continuous northern expedition. After the war in the late Yuan Dynasty, the population decreased significantly, and Lao Zhu rested with the people to encourage reclamation.
.Under such circumstances, there should be no shortage of land.
But even so, after more than ten years of cultivation, some people's lives are still so difficult that they have to send their sons to Jiaofangsi. This shows how hard the people's lives are.
No wonder Lao Zhu worked hard all his life but never created a prosperous era in history. The financial and material resources consumed by the conquest of Beiyuan were too great.
But it won't work if they don't conquer Beiyuan. If they regain their strength and march south, Ming Dynasty will be in danger of overthrowing. But it is not easy to completely wipe out Beiyuan. Now Beiyuan knows that it is not the opponent of Ming Dynasty. Once Ming Dynasty attacks, they
Then he fled to the northern desert.
As soon as the Ming Dynasty's transportation lines were stretched, he could not bear it first. Therefore, every time the Northern Expedition ended, it was ambitious and ended in haste.
Han Du thought too much for a moment. When he came to his senses and saw that the handyman was still waiting in front of him, he waved him out.
Han Du was continuing to think about how to completely solve Bei Yuan's problem when he suddenly heard another set of footsteps walking in.
"Didn't I ask you to go out? Why did you come back?"
He raised his head and saw that the person coming was Fang Xiaoru.
He asked in surprise: "Brother Fang, the New Year is approaching and everything is complicated. If you are not busy in your house, why do you come to me?"
The person who came was Fang Xiaoru. Fang Xiaoru came to Han Du with an anxious look on his face and asked in surprise: "You really don't know?"
"What should I know? What happened?" Han Du asked in confusion.
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Outside the Jiaofangsi, Ouyang Lun was dressed in brocade clothes and walked straight towards the Jiaofangsi. He had no intention of stopping when he came to the door of the Jiaofangsi and wanted to rush inside.
"My guest, please stay." The guards of the Jiaofang Division naturally took a step forward and stopped Ouyang Lun.
"Isn't it just to join the Jiaofang Division? I understand the rules, sir, and I just give you the money." Ouyang Lun said with a proud wave of his hand.
In the past, Ouyang Lun would not come to Jiaofangsi. Although his family was also in business and had money, he was not in charge of the family after all, so the amount of money he spent every month was fixed, which was a dozen or two dollars.
It’s just ten guan. If he had this little money to enter Jiaofangsi once, he would have to drink the northwest wind for a month. After all, Jiaofangsi doesn’t only spend money when entering the house. There is only one word in it every time, money.
Moreover, he and Han Du were enemies to begin with. He wished that Han Du would be unlucky, so why would he spend money to cheer Han Du up?
But today is different from the past. Ouyang Lun was very proud today. Now he wanted to go to Jiaofangsi to find Han Du, and he didn't even bother spending money.
Although the guard didn't know Ouyang Lun, let alone the conflict between him and Han Du, he wouldn't let him in.
"My guest misunderstood, this is not a matter of money. The Jiaofang Division will be closed starting today. If your guest wants to come, you should wait until after the new year."
Closure of business again? This is when business is at its peak, but Han Du has closed down. Could it be that his brain is broken?
Ouyang Lun didn't care whether Han Du's brain was broken or not. Since he couldn't get into the Jiaofang Division, Ouyang Lun didn't give up. He stood outside the gate and shouted loudly: "Han Du, Han Du, get out of here."
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Fang Xiaoru looked at Han Du in surprise and asked, "You really don't know anything?"
"What should I know?" Han Du looked at Fang Xiaoru doubtfully.
Fang Xiaoru slowed down, took a deep breath, and then said in a deep voice: "The Emperor has given an oral decree that Princess Anqing will marry Ouyang Lun in the next year!"
A bolt from the blue is not enough to describe Han Du's shock. Now Han Du only felt as if his head was split in two in an instant, and he gritted his teeth in pain.
But no matter how painful it was, Han Du could only endure it now. He asked with difficulty: "When did it happen?"
Fang Xiaoru could not help but breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that Han Du could still hold on, his mind was still clear, and he was not confused. He quickly said: "Just this morning, there was news from the palace. As soon as I got the news, I quickly found an excuse.
Come to your place."
Han Du originally had a glimmer of hope in his heart, thinking that it might be false news spread through false rumors. But since the news came from the palace, there was no possibility of misinformation.
Lao Zhu's heart is really cruel and cold.
Han Du thought that he had been conscientious and accomplished many extraordinary feats, and his achievements were as high as those of Ouyang Lun. However, Lao Zhu insisted on marrying her just for a marriage contract, even though he knew that Han Du loved Anqing.
Ouyang Lun.
This really chilled Han Du!
Lao Zhu, what you did was so ruthless!
Han Du slowly closed his eyes in pain.
When Fang Xiaoru saw Han Du's appearance, her expression changed drastically, and she asked cautiously: "Han Du, are you okay?"
When Han Du heard Fang Xiaoru's voice, he slowly opened his eyes, took a long breath and said, "I'm fine."
The moment Fang Xiaoru saw Han Du, his eyes turned blood red. How could he look like nothing was going on? But Fang Xiaoru hesitated for a few times and finally said nothing. He really didn't know what to say, no matter what
He was afraid of irritating Han Du no matter what he said.
Han Du frantically forced himself to calm down in his heart. Only when he calmed down could he think of a way to break the situation.
At this moment, Ouyang Lun's voice came up.
After hearing this, Han Du couldn't help but turn around suddenly and glanced in the direction of the sound with cold eyes.
Although Fang Xiaoru didn't know who was calling Han Du below, but at this moment, as the saying goes, if a good person doesn't come, he will be unkind. No matter who is below, it will not be a good thing for Han Du.
"Han Du, calm down." Fang Xiaoru had no choice but to speak out, trying to persuade Han Du.
Han Du suddenly smiled, raised his head and said, "I'm very calm, but since people are coming to the door, if I don't go down, won't I be letting them down?"