Princess Binghua raised her hand to Qi Bao'er angrily, "I'm serious with you." Interrupted.
"Yes, yes, let's take it seriously."
"Do you think Dean Nan will ignore the safety of the children in the building and make deals with those people using the children?"
Princess Binghua's thoughts were revealed, and she was a little embarrassed for a moment. Dean Nan was usually a very nice person, so it seemed unethical for her to think so.
But...
"If not, why would he allow the Rong family to enter Jixiang Building to choose someone?"
Rong family?
"The Rong family of Chunfeng Tower?"
"Yeah." If it weren't for the Rong family, she wouldn't be in a hurry.
Chunfeng Tower sounds romantic, but in fact, Chunfeng Tower is engaged in serious business, and it is an extremely serious escort agency.
Yes, you read that right, an escort agency should not be named Weiyuan or anything like that, but should be named Chunfeng Tower, which is like Qing Yi Lou.
Maybe it has something to do with the name not being too serious, and also because the owner of Chunfeng Tower does not seem to be a good person in terms of image. The business of Chunfeng Tower has never been very good, even though there are several good people in charge of the building.
But this is only apparent.
The real secret, the real business of Chunfeng Tower, is exactly what Qi Baoer thought of training secret guards just now.
Chunfeng Tower trains secret guards and then sells them to various governments or wealthy households. Insert
Moreover, Chunfeng Tower's business is still the kind that has been certified by the government. People don't pay taxes, but the amount of money they 'donate' to the court every year is huge.
Qi Bao'er looked at Princess Binghua sympathetically and reminded her kindly: "I suggest you never ask the emperor for this matter."
Although the Rong family is a merchant, in terms of character, it can be said that most officials cannot compare with them.
Whenever something happens to the court, the Rong family has always been bound to say that when the left prime minister rebelled, the Rong family's gods all took action; the old head of the Rong family, who was almost seventy, also brought Many secret guards came to escort him.
Compared with those officials who huddled in their mansions when something happened and screamed to escort them afterwards, Rong's family could be said to be loyal to the court at the risk of their lives.
For such a Rong family, how could the emperor blame the Rong family for what Princess Binghua said?
Of course, it is even more impossible to return Jixiang Tower to the imperial court and provide money to manage it.
Firstly, the imperial court needs money everywhere now, and it can save a fortune; secondly, if the imperial court really intervenes and enters the Jixiang Building, it will be equivalent to openly robbing the Rong family's wealth, which is not the case with the Hanrong family. Heart?!
Princess Binghua was still a little uncomfortable, "No matter how great the Rong family's contribution is, they can't..."
The next words were swallowed back under Qi Baoer's half-smiling gaze.
"You should have seen it after being in Jixiang Building for so long. There are some things that I don't need to explain in detail. I think you understand it yourself. Do you really think it is a bad thing for your child to be taken away by the Rong family?"
Jixiang Tower is said to be the orphanage in her previous life.
In her previous life, it was true that many policies were very close to the people; but even in orphanages run by the government, there were a few children who grew up in the orphanages who could really grow up happily and have a family. A better future?
What's more, the current Jixiang Building, to put it bluntly, Jixiang Building takes in orphans just to ensure their survival. As for the other things, it's not that Jixiang Building doesn't want to or doesn't want to, but that they can't do anything about it. Interjection
If you are selected by the Rong family, whether you can become a secret guard or something else, you will have the ability to make a living in the future.
Qi Bao'er's words made Princess Binghua also sigh. She was quite disappointed with the pastry in her left hand and the fruit in her right hand.
After filling herself up, she seemed to have figured it out, and no longer mentioned the matter of asking the gang to find the emperor, but said in a low mood:
"Bao'er, I understand everything you said."
"When I first arrived at Jixiang Tower, I thought I was ordered by my mother to go there to relax, but seeing how miserable the children were living made me think of my Niuniu, and I inevitably felt pity for her."
"I'm not afraid of your jokes. I thought I was not short of money. Seeing the children's hard life, I asked people to prepare good clothes and good food for the children."
"But after staying there for a while, I realized that my money couldn't help the children for long."
"Why do you think so many children are abandoned by their parents? Why give birth to them if they can't afford them?"
Qi Bao'er didn't answer. She knew that Princess Binghua didn't need her to answer. Princess Binghua just needed a listener at this moment.
Princess Binghua talked a lot. She said that new children were brought back to Jixiang Building almost every day. She also talked about how happy she was when playing with the children in the building. What's more, there were more and more children in the building. The living space is getting tighter and tighter, and the food given to the children in Jixianglou is getting worse every day.
Finally, she said: "I would like to ask you to help find the emperor. In addition to the reasons I mentioned earlier, the most important thing is that Jixiang Building is running out of silver. The merchants have donated a limited amount of silver, but starting from half a year ago, the number of people entering the building will be reduced." There are more and more children every day, and in the first two days the children could only eat two meals a day."
For one of the meals, she had to subsidize it with some money from her brother.
Hearing this, Qi Baoer frowned slightly, "Is Jixiang Tower already in such difficulty?"
Before the autumn hunt, Dean Nan also bought food for Jixianglou from Wenzhuo and the others. Wenzhuo reported to her that the quantity was quite large. Insert
Thinking of this, she also asked Princess Binghua.
"Half of it was given to Jixiang Tower in Yong'an City. I don't know where they heard that Dean Nan bought a large amount of grain. The day after the grain was delivered to Jixiang Tower, they came to the building to cry out for poverty."
Crying about poverty means crying about poverty, but people are also really poor.
The Jixiang Building in Yong'an City is not easy. The building manager himself is as skinny as a skinny man. The few people who followed the building manager have the same sallow complexions and look like they haven't eaten enough meals.
Princess Binghua sighed, "Yong'an City originally accepted the victims from Yingzhou..."
Speaking of this, Princess Binghua suddenly remembered that Qi Bao'er was one of those victims, and she immediately wondered whether she should continue talking.
He glanced at Qi Bao'er quietly and saw that the other party was drinking tea as if he didn't care, so he continued.
"Among the victims, there were many children who had lost their relatives. Later, Yong'an City received disaster victims from other places. There were also orphans among the victims. These orphans were all sent to the Jixiang Building in Yong'an City."
The Jixiang Building in Yong'an City does not receive as many donations as the Jixiang Building in Beijing, but there are more children in the building than the Jixiang Building in Beijing.
The imperial court didn't care about Jixianglou at all. It still issued some silver taels every year, but those silver coins were a drop in the bucket for Jixianglou.
Of course, it does not rule out that some of them were stolen by others. The money that was actually transferred to Jixiang Tower can cover two three months of expenses. I have to praise the benevolence and righteousness of the people above.
No, the Jixiang Building over there in Yong'an City is really about to collapse. Even the people working in the building can't have enough to eat.