Chapter 43:

The only person who knows the situation in Beijing and other places is right in front of them, and Zhu Yuan will certainly not let it go.
She pretends to be puzzled: "Is it inappropriate to set up a toll booth? How can there be no way to go, and you have to pay if you leave? It's like blocking a road and robbing it."
Zhu Xiuqi nodded: "I also have this scruples. However, since Luzhou and Beijing can implement it, there must be some outstanding points, so look at it."
"Yes." Zhu Yuan smiled, "Is this the method that Uncle Qin's brother came up with? Isn't it the same as Uncle Qin, who is also a martial artist?"
Zhu Xiuqi laughed: "Do you think the martial arts scholars are angry?"
Zhu Yuan stuck out her tongue: "It must be heavier than Xiwen's." Then she acted like a baby, "Tell me, I want to know who has such an idea."
Zhu Xiuqi couldn't help: "How do I know this? If it wasn't for your Uncle Qin to write to me, I still don't know cement."
Ok. "Then who made this cement recipe?" Zhu Yuan asked again.
Zhu Xiuqi didn't take it seriously: "If you can't run away, it's the Ministry of Engineering. Who else will toss about this." After that, he said to her, "Look, you are very curious about cement. When your Uncle Lin comes back, I will let him Tell you about—"
"Say what?" Zhang Jingshu walked in with a pale face.
Zhu Xiuqi quickly got up to meet her and held her: "Why are you here?"
"You can't always stay in the room." Zhang Jingshu answered casually, and then asked him, "Who did you want Yuanyuan to see just now?"
"Old Lin, I let him go to Luzhou--"
Zhang Jingshu lowered her face, "I think you are confused."
Zhu Xiuqi was stunned.
"Yuanyuan is now twelve, and you can start negotiating marriage after the Chinese New Year. Who else do you want her to see?"
Zhu Xiuqi touched his nose: "It doesn't matter, right? Lao Lin is also half of her elder..."
"That's only half, he is not too old..."
Zhu Yuan took a look at this and that, got up and walked out quietly.
Alas, I thought I could pick up the vest of the dog egg today... The message of this era is too backward...
Thanks to the sensibility of Zhu Xiuqi and his wife, compared with other girls' homes, she actually has a lot of freedom. She can go out and open a shop. All kinds of things are left to her...
But it only ends here.
Merchants are merchants after all, and political policies and court conditions can only be obtained from Zhu Xiuqi's words.
Too frustrated.
Especially now that she is getting older, her mother has begun to take care of her, and will only become stricter and stricter until she gets married...
She shuddered at the thought of the days she might have to live after getting married.
She stood under the eaves, behind her parents Wen Tun's dispute, and in front of her was a small courtyard hidden by the house corridor.
The south is warm in winter. In November, the bonsai flowers and trees in the yard are still green, matching the corridor door, which is quite elegant and interesting.
Just... Zhu Yuan sighed. No matter how delicate it is, it is like a cage.
Returning to the study in the backyard, Zhu Yuan let the summer solstice go busy, while she rolled her sleeves and rubbed the ink and spread the paper to learn handwriting.
After studying calligraphy for two years, she has become accustomed to writing when she is upset and depressed.
Gougan is right, writing can calm one's mind.
As I was thinking, the ink words slowly appeared in the blank space on the paper: [Are you upset? 】
Zhu Yuan was stunned. Gougan can still perceive her emotions now?
Ink words continue to emerge: [Your words are messed up]
Zhu Yuan takes a closer look. But no, all the characters just written are out of standard.
She laughed blankly, and replied with a pen: [After all, we have known each other for almost two years. 】
The opposite Xie Zheng thought for a while and said: [To be precise, it is a year and eight months]
Zhu Yuan rolled her eyes: [You an old man, why are you so careless? 】
Xie Zheng was choked immediately.
Without waiting for a reply for a long time, Zhu Yuan knew that this person was dumbfounded, and suddenly he felt better: [I said, why do you hide your identity like this? I am a housewife, and I can't do anything to you! 】
[I am a woman in the house, knowing and not knowing my identity, there is no difference]
[That's not it, you take advantage of me every other time, of course I am not happy. ] Zhu Yuan refers to the oppression of age and generation.
Xie Zheng misunderstood and frowned: [The girl’s family, what do you say to take advantage] It’s not the girl in the flower house, where did you learn the vulgar words?
Zhu Yuan is speechless: [You old man, where do you want to go? I'm only twelve years old! 】
Xie Zheng disagrees: [I can start talking about marriage at the age of twelve]
[That's two different things. Talking about marriage and marriage is just talking in advance, it really takes advantage, that is Lian Tong! ! It's becoming tai! ! 】
The former can be understood by reading the words, and the latter...is definitely a curse. Xie Zheng endured and endured, still couldn't help but ask: [How to change tai]
Zhu Yuanyan is concise and concise: [Psychological distortion, abnormal, very human]
Xie Zheng:...
Why should he ask more...

Time flies quickly, and in a blink of an eye is the twelfth lunar winter.
Thanks to Qin He's strength, the cement business has developed smoothly. This year, it has brought considerable benefits to the Qin family, and even Xie Zheng has a lot of ease.
Just as the New Year was approaching, Xie Zheng bought many things and took them to Qin's house as gifts.
Mrs. Qin couldn't help himself, and she said to her how embarrassed to let him give gifts to an unmarried child.
Qin Mingye, Qin Ye and his son who had been in a hurry were also very surprised. Qin He went out to supervise the purchase and sale of cement in various places, and was not in the house at the moment.
Hearing what the old lady said, Xie Zheng had a gentle expression: "I am no different from opening a mansion now, and I have a loose hand. I respect and respect my parents without getting in the way."
After the assassination last time, Emperor Chengjia not only gave him a team of guards, but also pityed him that Zhuangzi had died many people, and allocated some manpower to him from the palace. The of the palace is no more. I heard that his Zhuangzi is mainly a craftsman for research, and more than half of it is a craftsman in the palace.
It was a surprise.
In this way, his Zhuangzi seemed a bit small.
Simply because he was fifteen years old, Emperor Chengjia simply asked the Ministry of Rites to select a site for him and began to build the Prince's Mansion.
Now that the address of the mansion has been selected, he will be able to move out and live only when it is completed next year.
It is always necessary to start the ceremony, and it is not bad for a year or a half.
Old Madam Qin naturally knew this, and she smiled so hard that she couldn’t see her eyes. "It’s fine when your heart is here. When you open a mansion, there are more places to spend money. You have not gotten a family yet, and you don’t have a wife to take charge of you. If you don’t pay attention to spending money, you will be blinded if you have no money." After hesitated, he said in a low voice, "A few days ago, I seemed to have heard that you are not coming soon?"
About Mo I heard that he was asking Xie Yu for money. Xie Zheng thought for a while, and asked directly: "You always heard about the second brother giving gifts, right?"
"Huh. Is it true?"
Even Qin Mingye and his son stared at him.
Xie Zheng helplessly: "That was my fault." He frankly, "If you want to see my jokes, you can, not for nothing."
Several people from the Qin family:...
"Furthermore," Xie Zheng curled his lips, "If I don't have any money, I will find my uncle. He is very rich now."
He is always cold and indifferent on weekdays, and he suddenly started joking at this moment. He still said such things, and it was very kind to the ears of the Qin family.
Even Qin Mingye, who was usually calm, was amused, and nodded repeatedly: "Yes, your uncle is now a big business, so it's okay to find him." After he finished, he said with emotion, "Now even Master Qiu of the household department smiles when they see me. Yes, it can be seen that this cement makes money."
Mrs. Qin was puzzled: "Isn't it only given to the treasury at 20%? His old fox looks good?"
Qin Mingye glanced at Xie Zheng, who lowered his head to sip the tea, and explained: "The share of cement is only one of them, and the merchant circulation and tax profits it brings are the fundamental. The cost of carriage and horse traffic alone is so huge, and the amount of goods going to and from is huge. , You can imagine."
Old Mrs. Qin realized: "So, the old fox in the household department should have a better smile at our family." Then he glanced at Xie Zheng and said with a smile, "There are three more, your highness, who can say ten thousand things, this cement recipe is good. Your Highness has been vacated."
Xie Zheng put down the tea cup: "There is no outsider here, so grandma can call me Zhenger."
Old Mrs. Qin was stunned, smiled and shook her head, and said in a low voice: "The reason is not to be dismissed, beware that the wall has ears."
Qin Mingye followed and reminded him: "Your Majesty has never re-established the queen, the queen's mother's family is your foreign family, and you can't mix it up when you go out."
Xie Zheng nodded: "I can save it."
After a few more chats, Xie Zheng was about to leave. Old Mrs. Qin glanced at Qin Mingye and his son, considered them, and said, "That...Shall we ventilate with Your Highness?"
Qin Mingye didn't react at all, "What's the matter?"
Qin also reminded him in a low voice.
Qin Mingye realized, thought for a while, and nodded: "Let's talk about it, Zhen'er is not reliable, you always have to discuss with His Royal Highness."
When mentioning Concubine Shu, Xie Zheng frowned subconsciously.
Mrs. Qin didn’t realize that since Qin Mingye didn’t object, she said,
The Chinese New Year is less than one month away, and you will be sixteen after the New Year. According to the royal rules, you have to start negotiating marriage, your mother’s temperament... "
Looking at Qin Ye who shook her head at her, Mrs. Qin swallowed the second half of the sentence, and then said, "The emperor didn't have the time to control you. We simply took the matter over and helped you pay attention—" Finally I found that Xie Zheng frowned and added, "You don't want to blame us for being troublesome, but you are really worried--"
Xie Zheng waved his hand: "Grandma, don't panic, I know." After all, even his second uncle in Luzhou caught him and showed him when he was out of Beijing. "My marriage can't avoid my concubine, I am worried that the person you are looking for does not suit her."
Everyone in the Qin family knew what he was worried about.
Qin Mingye stroked her long beard, and said, "Don't worry, we now know what she is thinking, so just follow her will." Before Xie Zheng could question, he continued, "It just happens that you have been due to tax reform recently... We also look down on the family style of those people who shunned it. We have discussed that we have selected a few families with upright family style from the homes of some low-ranking people, and those who are in power at home will be stable. In the future If you get up, it can also help you a little bit."
This means that by picking some of the lower doors, Concubine Shu's pass will be better, and Emperor Chengjia will certainly not stop it. Furthermore, the family tradition is stable and stable. With the help of his Qin family, it is only a matter of time before getting up.
This idea coincided with him. After all, I want to ask Mrs. Qin to help me see... Xie Zheng thought about it for a while, and then asked, "Which people have my grandmother seen?"
This is the kindness of picking up them, and I don't blame them for troublesome. Everyone in the Qin family immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
Mrs. Qin was even more delighted, and quickly asked the close servant to take out all the materials in her room.
In a short while, Xie Zheng was filled with scroll booklets, from introductions of various families, to descriptions of temperaments and hobbies of girls of school age, and even portraits of girls.
There are a large pile of large round tables inlaid with fine rosewood wood and marble stones.
Even Qin Mingye, who had always been prudent, was a little embarrassed when he saw it: "Ah, your grandmother is very busy, and I see a lot of people, ha ha, ha ha~"
Xie Zheng:...
How worried is the Qin family that he will not marry a wife?