Chapter 722: Suspicion Begins
The day is the year of Linzhe, farming! The deadline was early, so Su Bingren did not go to Liufu for a few days, but just casually took a cursory inspection of the fields, visited and asked several tenant farmers who were involved in farming and planting, and determined that the Liu family was indeed using this farming method and achieved certain results. Bid farewell to Liu Wuchen.
"Oh, by the way, Mr. Liu's housekeeper responded to the old man's two catties of tea, but don't forget" As soon as the words of resignation fell, Su Bingren remembered the top grade that Liu Wuchen should have promised him when he came the day before yesterday, "Sanyuan tea, come, so he said to Liu Wuchen unceremoniously, Ding explained: "Remember that it is the best grade, and other old men are not used to drinking it." ”
"Huh?" Hearing Su Bingren mention this again, several black lines floated on Liu Wuchen's head again, he has read countless people over the years, but it is the first time he has seen it again and again like the old man in front of him.
Thanks to him, he is a member of the court, otherwise he would have given this old man out with a broom, two catties of tea, and it is not much, but if these teas are put on the market, even if there are three or five thousand yuan, they may not be able to buy and sell. That's not a decimal number.
In this way, it is not that Liu Wuchen feels sorry for those silver coins, but that the tea is really valuable but has no market, except for the tribute and the share of their young master to relatives and friends, their Liu Mansion is now saved. There are only thirty or fifty in total, which is really one point, and one point is missing, to be honest, Liu Wuchen is a little reluctant.
"Old Master Su said and laughed" despised the old man in front of him fiercely in his heart, Liu Wuchen still maintained the original kind smile on his face, nodded slightly at Su Bingrenling, and said softly: Although the villain is just a small housekeeper in Liufu, but what he said can still do some counting, the two catties of high-grade tea that he promised to give to the old man have already been prepared
As he spoke, Liu Wuchen glanced at a maid ring beside her, motioned for her to take out the box she was holding in her hand, and gently handed it to Su An's housekeeper beside Old Man Su, watching Su An stretch out a pair of old hands. Accepting the gift box with a smile, Liu Wuchen felt that his heart was dripping blood.
"Huh? Hehe, Steward Liu is a believer. In this way, Lao Petal Qihou is ashamed, hahaha, thank you Steward Liu for your generous gift! Looking at the gift box that Su An received, Su Bingren stroked the dry beard on his chin and nodded his head to Liu Wuchen with great satisfaction.
Look at Liu Wuchen's shot like this. There must be a lot of inventory in this Liufu, squinting at the two old eyes, Su Bingren glanced at Liu Wuchen very intimately, and thought in his heart, if he had known that this was the case, he would have asked for more when he exported the day before yesterday, after all, it has now entered Sanjiu, and there are more than three months before the spring flowers bloom in the coming year.
If Liu Wuchen knew what Su Bingren, the old man, was thinking now, he would follow the example of the eldest young master of their family, directly remove the details and smiling face below, and stretched out his hands very gently, palms up, half fists clenched, and stretched out two middle fingers to Su Bingren in unison.
"Old Master Su is polite" nodded at Su Bingren with a gentle smile as usual, Liu Wuchen stretched out his hands and tapped in the air, and then several family members walked out of the inner room casually, holding a pair of brand-new quilts in their hands, seeing that these actions have successfully attracted all the eyes of the audience, Liu Wuchen said to Su Bingren: "In addition to those tea leaves, the villain also prepared some gifts for Master Su and Miss Su on behalf of our young master, and I hope that the two of them will not refuse." ”
"Miss, look, it's like the kind of quilt we covered last night!" Su Bingren and Su Chenxi didn't react yet, but Yahuan Basho, who had been standing behind Su Chenxi and waiting, was the first to whisper in the ears of their young lady with bright eyes.
This Liu Wuchen is really generous, first without a little pain, he sent out two catties of hard-to-find top-grade "Sanyuan tea, leaves, and now wave his hand." Unexpectedly, they sent out six new sets of new quilts in a row, although they were all produced by their Liufu, but like this, not everyone could do it.
"yes, it's the kind of aftermath that is." Look at so many new quilts in front of you. Su Chenxi's eyes couldn't help but light up, that is, when she got up this morning, she was still thinking about buying some quilts made of this white stack from Liufu before leaving. I don't want to now, before he opened his mouth, Liu Wuchen had already taken out Yu and sent it to himself and others.
This Steward Liu, acting like Mr. Liu, is really empathetic. Looking up and glancing at Liu Wuchen, Su Chenxi praised him in his heart, and after that, all the expressions in his eyes were attracted by the things in the hands of the three Liufu family members.
"This, how embarrassing is this, Wang Xiaobai asked for so much tea, how could the old man reach out and ask for so many good quilts? Although the old man was also very happy about this soft and warm quilt, but this "turned back to Su An and Basho and made a look, and when the two subordinates, one old and one young, reached out to pick up the rest of the quilt, Su Bingren blushed a little and refused: "But this, how can this be made?" Why don't you take it away? ”
"Uh, uh? Belch?! Belch. How many times in a row" Liu Danxiao stared at Su Bingren's wonderful tightness with big eyes! I have to say a word of admiration to this old man Su in my heart, and it is the first time he has seen a character who can say one thing about "duplicity" and "do a thing in his hands" in front of others.
Today, it was finally an eye-opener.
Liu Wuchen was speechless in defeat, raised his hand, and surrendered, and now he didn't think much about anything in his heart. It's just that I want to send this old man Su who doesn't know what his face is out of the house as soon as possible.
"This is a piece of the mind of the Hidden Mansion, and they are all some specialties unique to Liufu, and I hope that Master Su will not refuse, otherwise the eldest young master of our family will come back, and it will be a lot of blame." After saying this kind sentence, whether he said it or not, the result was the same, Liu Wuchen stood up from the chair. bowed all the way and sent Su Bingren and his gang out of the mansion.
"This old man, his face is also a little thicker, and he is also in charge of the position of the chief secretary of agriculture, and he is an important member of the court, and he does not know how to be reserved between actions, really" Watching the carriage of the Su Mansion go all the way, Chen Ming, the steward who had been watching from the side yard, walked to Liu Wuchen's side from the side and looked at the back of the Su family's carriage. I really walked for a long time, and in the end I was speechless.
"This. Steward Chen was a little distracted" Seeing that the carriage of the Su Mansion was lost on the path, Liu Wuchen shook his head and chuckled, and said: "This Master Su acts normally, although he is also extremely casual, but like today, without the slightest scruples, he asked our house for two catties of high-grade three plains and six pairs of newly made quilts, and he swaggered so much that he took them away in a grand manner. Before, except for a close personal friend like General Gongsun Wude, he had never been
If anyone goes to anyone's house, this Lord Si Nong Qing acts like this, then he can't say that he has been in the position of this big Si Nong for decades and has not fallen, even if he is a thug for a year, he will not be able to hold on.
"In this way, this Lord Su is." Hearing the mention of their family's chief housekeeper, Chen Mingze's eyes suddenly lit up, and he asked Liu Wuchen in a somewhat unconvinced voice: "This Lord Su Si Nongqing has already regarded our family's eldest young master as a close friend?" ”
"Other than that. Do you have any more explanations? asked Chen Ming with great certainty, Liu Wuchen returned to his home, and if he was someone else, he could get the approval of Su Bingren, an old fritter, so quickly, Liu Wuchen might still be a little unbelieving, but their young master is different, in this world, there are not many things that their young master can't do.
"This is also gone, according to the ability of the eldest young master of our family, it is indeed not difficult to be able to get the approval of Master Su and take it as a friend." Thinking of their young master's ability, and then thinking about the relationship between many ministers and important ministers of the DPRK and their young master in Chang'an City, Chen Ming couldn't help but pat his head and took this matter for granted. There is no longer the slightest confusion in the words.
"Except for the two or six pairs of quilts that Fang just gave to Master Su" Since there is no suspense, there is no need to dwell on this issue anymore, and he took two steps forward intently, and when he was about to reach the door of the hall, he seemed to think of something, Liu Wuchen suddenly opened his voice and said to Chen Mingze: "This day, the house has stepped up to produce a hundred new quilts, three hundred large, small and medium-sized new jackets, after today, this number will rise to another fifty, it should be able to meet the needs of the eldest young master, if there is nothing to do tomorrow, you will prepare some and go to Chang'an again." Deliver it to the eldest young master
Knowing that their young master was anxious to use these quilts and padded jackets, Liu Wuchen didn't dare to delay in the slightest, in addition to letting all the maids in the mansion who had learned female red be sent to catch up with the system, that is, in the manor outside the mansion, the women and daughters of the hundreds of tenant farmers were also summoned. After two days and two nights of non-stop production, some were finally produced.
"Yes, Steward Liu, Ming Ze will urge again in a while, when all the quilts and jackets are all together tonight, tomorrow morning, Ming Ze will drive to Chang'an, and he will not miss the eldest young master's plan to respond lightly, seeing Liu Wuchen step into the hall, Chen Mingxian also followed.
"Hmm" sat down on a chair in the hall. And waved his hand to signal Chen Mingze to sit aside, Liu Wuchen continued: "In addition to these, there is also the matter of cottonseed breeding, and you must not be neglected." ”
After tapping his fingers on the table and thinking for a while, Liu Wujian continued: "According to the method of cotton cultivation written by the eldest young master, while selling cotton seeds in a loose manner, this method of cotton cultivation will also be spread, so that every farmer who wants to cooperate with Liufu to grow and sell cotton will know and learn this method."
Although Liu Wuchen also knows nothing about the cotton planting method proposed by their young master, what is the sun-dried seed, soaking the seed, planting in a mud bowl, and raising the warm pool, Liu Wuchen is also half-understood, there are many places that are like Xiaobai, and he knows it but does not know why, but out of the trust in the eldest young master of their family, Liu Wuchen asked people to do what they were told, according to the prescription, step by step, in short, listen to their eldest young master, it must be right.
"Yes, Ming Ze knows." Lifting the swing and bending his knees to sit down under their housekeeper, Chen Ming replied: "The nearly 100 catties of cotton seeds taken off in the warehouse in the past few days have now been put into the hands of the three hundred tenant farmers in the house
"As for the peasant households outside the house, the literate ones write for them. If you can't read, it's not so much a demonstration" looked up at Liu Wuchen, and Chen Ming said in a loud voice: "But this is a specific matter." It is still necessary to rely on the merchants who sell seeds in various places to do it, if what Boss Su said the day before yesterday is feasible. It is better to leave this matter to the court and the government officials in various places to handle it, which will be more appropriate
"Yes, after all, this government represents the court. It is more righteous to convince the farmers under his jurisdiction, but if this matter is in the hands of the court, I am afraid" Liu Wuchen stopped and sighed lightly, and then raised his head to Chen Mingze and said: "This matter." It's better to wait until tomorrow, when you see the eldest young master, ask the young master for instructions in person
"Yes, Steward Liu, Ming Ze has written it down." Knowing what their housekeeper was worried about, Chen Ming was also very knowledgeable and didn't say much, and after bowing his head and answering softly, he didn't say more.
In the Gaochang Kingdom, when Princess Jin Ye inserted the baby and returned to the Gaochang Palace safely, there were only two personal guards who had been with her side.
Ah San, Ah Si and the two of them died in Huangquan at some point, with several arrows stuck in their bodies, and they were put on horses by Ah Da Ah Er and carried them back, along with the princess, all the way to the palace, and after. The two followed behind the princess with the corpse in their arms, and walked step by step in front of Gaochang King Leopard Wentai.
"Father, the son is back!" Forcibly endured the pain in his heart, Ju Baobao bent down to greet their old man, and then ignored the civil and military ministers who were erected in the palace, trotted with his feet, and threw himself into his father's arms.
"Good, good, good to be able to come back safely." Gently stretching his baby daughter's back, King Gao Chang showed a rare kindness on his face, and said to the baby daughter in his arms in a warm voice: "These days, let my son be wronged!" ”
"Father!" As soon as she heard her father say this, the tears on the little girl's face were even worse, she hugged Ju Wentai's neck, and sobbed: "It's the son who is too naughty, so that the father is worried about the son, and the son is not filial."
"Okay, okay, it's all gone. Hasn't my son returned safely? Father doesn't blame you, don't cry anymore" Raising his hand to wipe away the tears on his precious daughter's face, Ju Wentai lowered his head and glanced at Ah Da Ah Er, who was kneeling in the hall. Lisheng asked, "Ah Da Ah Er, what's going on?" Isn't it, then Gongsun Helan still dares to use knives and guns against you? ”
"Please Your Majesty make the decision for us, Ah San, Ah Si and they, they died unjustly!" The forehead touched the ground, there was a thumping sound, and after only saying such a sentence, Ah Da and Ah Er knelt down and kowtowed, and there were no more words.
"What's going on? Say! Seeing this scene, Yun Wentai's heart sank, and he suddenly felt that something was wrong, if this matter was really done by Gongsun Helan, Ah Da Ah Er and them. That would never be the case.
"Father, don't make it difficult for Ah Da and Ah Er, this matter should be reported to the father by the sons." With red eyes, he slowly straightened up from his father's arms, Ju Baobao turned around and glanced at Ah Da Ah Er, who was still kowtowing in the city, and Ah San Ah Si, who was no longer breathing and still had arrows stuck in his body, and said in a sad voice: "When Erchen and Ah Da returned to the border from Datang and to the junction of the two countries, they were ambushed outside. ”
"Tell my father, who did it? But what did Gongsun Helan do?! Ju Wentai's face began to become a little gloomy, and many ministers in the court hall were also silent and speechless.
"Back to my father's words". Raising his hand to wipe away the tears that had lost his eyes, Ju Baobao replied in a loud voice: "Although Gongsun Helan is hateful, but it is by no means the kind of person who will hurt people with secret arrows, although these days the ministers are bound by them, but in the "Yantian Ranch, in addition to not being able to get out of the pasture, there is no other limit, Erchen can see that if it weren't for the person in charge of Liufu, Gongsun Helan and Naji and the owner." I also don't want to have a bad relationship with Gaochang
"So, isn't it Gongsun Helan's doing?" After asking this sentence, Gou Wentai's face did not ease in the slightest, and between his words, he became much more gloomy and fierce, and after his eyes swept over Hou Junji and several other benevolent ministers under the hall, he asked Ju Baobao in question.
"Who it is, Erchen is not sure." He glanced up at his father. Ju Baobao turned his head to look at Ah San Ah Si under the hall, and said softly: "However, on those arrows on Ah San Ah Si, there are some clues, and I also ask my father to know it."
"Oh?" Following his daughter's gaze, Ju Wentai also turned his head towards Ah; Ah Si looked at it, and at the same time, someone also took down the arrows from the two of them and presented them.
"This is, Haw Par?!" Holding the blood-stained arrow in his hand, Ju Wentai looked back and forth carefully. When he saw the words tiger and leopard engraved on the tip of the arrow, his eyes shrank and he read it out in a deep voice.
"Your Majesty, Weichen is wronged!" As Ju Wentai's voice fell, Hou Junji was busy kneeling on the ground.
"Your Majesty, please make the decision for us! It's also fair! At the same time, Ah Da and Ah Er shouted in unison again, kneeling on the ground.