It is extremely easy to pack the luggage of the five Li siblings.
In the five large tiled houses of Li Xiucai's family, there were only two looms, a spinning wheel, two beds, a crippled table and a broken bamboo chair. If these broken furniture were taken away, it would cost the money to hire a car. They are all worth more than these furniture.
Li Jinzhu settled the accounts, gritted his teeth, and gave up these pieces of furniture, leaving the clan members to farm the fifty acres of land as tenant farmers.
In addition to several large baskets of newly harvested rice, seven or eight killed and pickled chickens, and half a basket of eggs, the rest of the luggage of Mr. Xiu Cai and his four sisters consisted of only two medium-sized boxes and a small rag baggage. .
One of the two boxes contains books, and the other contains pens, inks, paper and inkstones. Even the items in the boxes were given by the Hong family.
Li Wenliang went to Gaojiaji and asked Mr. Gao to accompany him to send Li Xuedong to Pingjiang City to enroll.
Early in the morning, Li Wenliang took two young men of the Li family and drove two large cars to pick up Mr. Gao at Gaojiaji, and then rushed to Xiaoli Village together.
Two young people drove a car, Li Xuedong and Mr. Gao, Li Wenliang in one car, and Li Jinzhu sisters in one car. Under the envious gaze of the whole village, they left Xiaoli Village and rushed to Pingjiang City.
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This is Gu Yan's second trip to Pingjiang Villa, the residence of Prince Rui. The first time he came here was when he was seven years old. He followed his father on an inspection tour of the south of the Yangtze River and stayed one night at Pingjiang Villa.
That trip arrived just after dark and left early the next morning.
This was already an extremely distant past. He only remembered that there was a bridge in front of the gate of Pingjiang Villa. The bridge was extremely wide, but he could not remember anything else.
In the past, he went to Linhai Town countless times. In order to save time on the round trip, he crossed the river directly from Yangzhou every time and lived in the stone giant, handling official duties even while eating.
At that time, he always thought that Pingjiang Villa was a place for pleasure and he had never been there.
The leader led the way, and the group of people passed through a lush forest and stopped beside a dark green hill. A wide bluestone step started from the hill and wound around the back of the hill after about ten steps.
"This is the main entrance? Where is the bridge?" Gu Yan got off his horse and asked casually.
"Our villa has a total of five gates, including two water gates, and the five gates are not divided into the main gate and the side gate. The bridge that the prince mentioned is the closest gate to Pingjiang City, and it is one east and one west of this gate." Chang Sui hurriedly leaned forward to answer.
Gu Yan groaned and strode up the steps.
Just as we turned into the hill, in the distance, Hong Bo, the general steward of the villa, and a dozen stewards, ran all the way to greet us.
"Tell them to slow down and don't be in a hurry." Gu Yan stopped and ordered.
Shi Gun hurriedly raised his voice to convey the message.
A dozen stewards hurriedly stopped, stopped running, then walked quickly to meet him.
"It's not like you don't know my temper. I always do what I want and come when I say I will. I won't blame you for not welcoming me, so why are you so flustered?" Gu Yan said with a smile as he watched the old steward Hong Bo rush up to me.<
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"This is the prince's consideration for the little ones. The old slave received the letter at noon the day before yesterday. I thought the prince was coming from the west gate and kept guard there.
"The last time I saw the prince, he was still only this tall. It has been six years and four months." Uncle Hong looked at Gu Yan and burst into tears.
According to the rules of Prince Rui's Palace, the stewards of Hangzhou and Pingjiang villas must grow up in Hangzhou or Pingjiang City from childhood, go to the capital to work as servants in the palace at the age of fifteen or sixteen, and then return to Hangzhou or Pingjiang villa after they are forty years old.
Industry leader.
The chief stewards of the two villas are all people who have served Prince Rui or Gu Yan for many years.
Hong Bo, the general manager of Pingjiang Villa, was chosen to serve Gu Yan since he was born. He watched Gu Yan grow up.
"You are still the same as you were six years ago. You haven't aged at all. It seems that Pingjiang Mansion is really a good place to live and raise people." Gu Yan walked around Uncle Hong, looked him up and down, and smiled.
Tao.
"Your Majesty praised me." Hong Bo laughed out loud.
Gu Yan followed Hong Bo and traveled through most of Pingjiang's business before returning to his own yard.
Just after dinner, the boy came in and reported: He Chengze, the steward of Linhai, and his son He Ruiming have invited the prince to see him.
Gu Yan just picked up the cup, without even raising his eyelids, then took a sip of tea and raised his hand to signal to come in.
He Chengze went in front, followed by his son He Ruiming, and entered the Weeping Flower Gate.
Gu Yan sat on the couch under the south window. Through the silk screen window, he looked coldly at He Chengze and his son who were walking quickly after passing the hanging flower door.
Whenever the father and son saw him, they always looked respectful and cautious, including when he was locked up and escorted out of the capital overnight. The father and son saw him off outside the gate of Weizhou, and the three glasses of farewell wine were spilled on the
He is also so respectful when he is on the ground.
"He Chengze, the steward of Linhai, and his son He Ruiming, pay their respects to the prince."
He Chengze took his son into the house, knelt down and kowtowed respectfully.
"Get up quickly, there is no need to be polite. How did you know that I had left my job in Pingjiang? I just arrived, who handed you the letter?" Gu Yan asked with a puzzled smile.
"The restaurant where the Crown Prince ate in Linhai Town is also the property of our Prince Rui's Mansion. Wu Shi, the manager of the restaurant, followed the villain to the capital to deliver a gift and saw the Crown Prince from a distance. He did not expect that he would not be there.
I dare to admit it and report it to the little one.
"Yesterday, I got a letter from Mr. Hong, the steward, saying that the prince will stay in our Pingjiang Mansion today and tomorrow. I also know that the prince has been sent south to inspect the folk customs. Linhai Town is a must for the prince to go south to inspect.
I wanted to go and have a look, so I thought Wu Shi must have admitted his mistake and that the prince had arrived, so he rushed over with his son. Unexpectedly, the prince really had arrived."
He Chengze answered respectfully and in great detail.
"That restaurant is good. The dishes are delicious, clean and thoughtful, and the decoration is very pleasing to the eye. Later, you can ask Uncle Hong to give five taels of silver to Wu Shi." Gu Yan listened carefully, looking surprised and surprised, and laughed.
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"Yes, I will thank the Crown Prince for the reward for Wu Shi." He Chengze also looked very happy, "I was anxious to come over to see if the Crown Prince was really here. I came in a hurry and only brought the general ledger of Linhai Industry.
Let Ruiming rush back overnight, tomorrow..."
"Don't worry, I will live here for a year. When I am free, I will go to Linhai and take a closer look at your general ledger and other details." Gu Yan looked casual and undisciplined, "Where are you?
If you are not busy, let your son stay with me for a while, I am the messenger of Guanfengshi..."
Gu Yan frowned, looking very troubled.
"Well, the rest of Jiangnan is fine. Sea tax is really complicated and difficult to understand. It's best to have an expert by my side to keep an eye on it for me and give me guidance from time to time."
"Don't dare to take it, don't take it!" He Chengze and He Ruiming bowed down together, saying they didn't dare to take it.
"Of course, if there are three of us, we must have my teacher. Besides, no one knows more about sea tax than you and your son. By the way, do you have any words?" Gu Yan pointed at He Ruiming with a folding fan and asked with a smile. p>
"My dearest son, I don't have words yet." He Ruiming hurriedly leaned over and replied.
"If you don't mind, how about I send you a message? You father and son are both big bosses who stand alone. You are with me. It's not appropriate for me to call you by your first name. It would be much easier if you have a message.
"Gu Yan frowned slightly as he spoke, looking like he was thinking seriously.
"That's a small honor." He Ruiming smiled respectfully.
"How is Xiangsheng?" Gu Yan frowned and thought for a moment, then smiled.
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for the words!"
"He Ruiming, He Xiangsheng. I've been troubled by Lao Xiangsheng for a while." Gu Yan shook out his folding fan and seemed quite satisfied with the word Xiangsheng he had chosen.
Shi Gun, who was standing at the door with his hands down, glanced at He Xiangsheng enviously.
Alas, although the word Xiangsheng is not very nice, compared to my own name...
