The arrival of Xue Shao and his wife was a big surprise for Yu Hongye. It has been almost a year since she returned to Beijing, and she has been busy in this workshop. Originally, it was just a small mine left over after a little mining by the government, and after Yu Hongye took over, it has been constantly expanding and renovating, so that its area has increased more than tenfold, and it is about to become a town. So she's been so busy, so busy that she almost forgets she's a woman.

When Yu Hongye invited Xue Shao and his wife to walk in, they saw a large number of houses under construction, and countless timber, stones, and minerals were being transported back and forth, which was not ordinarily busy.

Yu Hongye said that there have been a lot of new arrivals recently, and she is trying to find a way to settle them. At present, these people are temporarily living in tents, and she is rushing to build a house in the hope that these people will be able to live in the house as soon as possible.

"Are they all exiles sent to you by the imperial court?" Xue Shao asked.

Yu Hongye nodded, "Last year, the floods in the south of the Yangtze River caused many families to lose their homes and livelihoods, and came to Guanzhong to beg. The imperial court took in these refugees and sent a group of people over. ”

Xue Shao said: "There are many and miscellaneous people, and management is a big problem. At present, the population here is not inferior to many counties, and there will be more in the future. Did the imperial court send you any manpower? ”

Yu Hongye smiled, "These houses were ordered by the winter officials of the imperial court and handed over to the craftsmen to be responsible for building. The tents and rations for the refugees were also distributed by the imperial court, and the imperial court also sent many officials and officials to help me manage these refugees, so my manpower was very sufficient, and the order here has always been good. It is said that the imperial court is going to set up a few Wuhou shops affiliated with Chang'an County here, and they will be stationed here to help me maintain law and order in the future. ”

"That's good." Xue Shao's heart suddenly became clear, the eldest brother Xue Yi was the winter official Shangshu, and helping Yu Hongye was just a gesture. But without the help of these "hands-on", Yu Hongye would not be able to settle so many refugees without her family, let alone count on these people to help her work in the mine.

If you have played business to the height that Yu Hongye is now, you will definitely not be able to detach yourself from the state apparatus and play alone. Especially when it comes to salt and iron, the relationship between the government and the merchants will become very close. This is not "collusion between government and business" in the traditional sense, but an in-depth cooperation between agency and supervision.

Princess Taiping smiled on the side, "Xue Lang, my brother has always been wooden and broad, but now he actually knows how to be flexible. ”

"What's the matter?" Xue Shao glanced at her, "That's called great wisdom and foolishness!" ”

Princess Taiping laughed, "You mean, the eldest brother looks stupid?" ”

"You dare to laugh at the eldest brother behind your back, be careful that my family law serves you, a tongue-in-law daughter!" Xue Shao deliberately put on a stinky face.

Princess Taiping couldn't stop laughing, pulled up Yu Hongye and ran.

"What are you going to do?"

"Women's business, don't ask!"

Xue Shao smiled, forget it!

"Wu Mingyuenu, get on a horse and walk around with me. Let the rest go and rest. ”

A group of three people got on their horses and stumbled around for a while, this factory is really big. The mining area, the living area and the treasury are relatively separated, and there is also a market formed by shops run by insiders, as well as the official residence and Wuhou shop sent by the imperial court here. Although the sparrow is small, it is already a new town with industry and commerce as the main body.

Xue Shao thought to himself as he strolled, and it seemed too early to talk about "capitalism" in the current era of self-sufficient natural economy. However, the industrial plant in front of us, which is mainly used for refining iron ore and producing cement, does have a bit of a rudimentary form.

If you are too ahead of the times, it is easy to be ungrounded.

If you are not grounded, it is easy to die early.

Now Yu Hongye's Chamber of Commerce is getting closer and closer to the government. In the event of political upheaval, it is easy for her to be affected or even devastated. If you want to avoid this, you must choose the right direction when you are "in line", and you must not make a mistake.

"This means that I must not make such a fatal mistake." Xue Shao secretly said to himself in his heart, "At the same time, I and Yu Hongye's successor can't make such a mistake!" ”

Xue Shao began to realize a problem, the cooperation between himself and Yu Hongye was indeed seamless. But what will happen to our two successors?

In Rusi's opinion, if Yu Hongye's successor is my Xue Shao's son, things will be much easier. There will be disputes and conflicts, and they will be limited to conflicts within the family, which will be easy to mediate. If it is someone else's son, it is really difficult to guarantee whether he can reach a consensus and cooperate with Xue Linyu in the future. If you can't, it's not as simple as breaking up and dying and not getting along.

That would be an absolute disaster. Apocalypse.

Thinking about it on the other hand, Xue Shao had another obstacle in his heart: if I accepted Hongye as a concubine because of this, it would inevitably seem too realistic and snobbish. Although my wife can also be awarded the title of Lady of the Decree and the first class of nobility, "Mrs. Ru" is not a real lady after all. A concubine is a concubine, which will inevitably distort her.

"It's big. It's not going to end. The more Xue Shao thought about it, the more he had a headache, and he kept smiling bitterly.

He couldn't help but recall that when he first met Yu Hongye, he just opened his mind because he moved to Chang'an and lacked money to spend, so he got involved with Yu Hongye to do business together. The two pooled money together, came up with their own ideas to find a way, and Yu Hongye saddled before and after the horse.

Unintentionally inserted into the willows and willows, I didn't think that in the past ten years, this business has become bigger and bigger, and it is a bit unmanageable now.

It turns out that there is too much money, and it will also be a trouble!

When it was lunchtime, Xue Shao went back, and Yu Hongye had already asked someone to prepare dishes for him to eat.

There was fish on the dinner table. This is absolutely rare in the mountains.

Yu Hongye said that she deliberately opened a small fish pond to raise some fish in it, and she was afraid that if Her Royal Highness the Princess and Xue Gong came, she would not be used to the poor diet in the mountains.

Xue Shao and his wife both love fish. In other words, if someone else says so, it is a naked sycophant. But Xue Shao and Princess Taiping were both a little moved by Yu Hongye's carefulness and thoughtfulness.

"Xue Lang, Yu Hongye has been back in Kyoto for a year." Princess Taiping said to Xue Shao in private, "What are you still hesitating about? ”

Xue Shao smiled bitterly, "I've never seen a wife like you, and you're still urging your husband to take a concubine!" ”

"Honestly, I really don't want to." Princess Taiping said faintly, "But if you think about it carefully, we have been married for almost ten years, and you have not accepted a concubine." Yu Hongye has been silently following you for ten years and has never married. If I don't facilitate your marriage again, it will be really unkind. Although I am not a virtuous person, I have never been a bitter and mean jealous woman. Besides, Yu Hongye is such a good woman, if I were a man, I would have married a long time ago, and I would definitely not live up to her years, so that she would wait for ten years. ”

"Hearing this, I feel like I'm a sinner." Xue Shao said.

"I can't blame you entirely." Princess Taiping sighed lightly and said, "You are a colt, not an ordinary person. ”

Xue Shao smiled bitterly, "Well, I'm from the second class." ”

"Don't talk nonsense, I'll be serious with you!" Princess Taiping scolded with a smile and said, "Now I just need you to nod, this marriage is wrapped up in me." ”

"......" Xue Shao was stunned, "You don't want to ask what Yu Hongye means?" ”

"How do you know I didn't ask?" Princess Taiping glared, "Do you need to tell you all about the affairs of the woman's family?" ”

Xue Shao rolled his eyes, "No, unless I go and ask in person." ”

"You can't trust me?"

"It's not that I can't believe it." Xue Shao sighed lightly, "Ten years." I should always make a clear account of her ten years of youth in front of her, right? ”

"Marriage, can't it be counted as an confession?"

"It doesn't count." Xue Shao said, "Marriage is often just a choice, or even a choice without a choice. Confession is the attitude towards feelings. ”

"Big Tail Love Saint!" Princess Taiping hated her teeth, "Whatever you want!" - Anyway, listen, don't let you mess up this. Otherwise, I can't spare you! ”

Xue Shao smiled bitterly, he had never seen a grandmother who was forced to marry, but how could he have ever seen a wife who was forced to marry?

This is really strange in the world!

The next day, Xue Shao was ready to return and invited Yu Hongye to return to Beijing to be a guest at home. Yu Hongye always has something to do, but she agreed.

The group returned to Princess Taiping's mansion in Chang'an, and Yu Hongye lived on the side of Yuenu as usual.

After entering the room, before Yu Hongye could sit firmly, the moon slave began to talk to her, saying that you should marry the son quickly, what a good thing, haven't you been looking forward to it for many years?

Yu Hongye smiled bitterly, "Moon slave, I'm a little scared to see you now." ”

"Why?" The moon slave asked puzzledly, aren't we good sisters?

"Ever since you became a mother, you've become chattering. is like a fifty or sixty-year-old lady, and she loves to nag about other people's marriages! Yu Hongye said with a smile.

"Little girl, if you don't clean up for a few days, you'll learn to hurt people!" The moon slave monster laughed twice, picked up Yu Hongye and threw her on the bed.

The two began to tickle each other's breasts and scratch each other's chests, and they tossed and played nonsense. Yu Hongye was the opponent of the moon slave, and she was discarded by her in a few moments, and her armor was messy, and her tears were about to burst into laughter.

"Ahem!"

Xue Shao stood at the door and coughed like this, so frightened that Yu Hongye hurriedly pulled the quilt to cover himself. Yue Nu clapped his hands and climbed out of bed with a smile, "Honest, right?" ”

"Moon slave, the next time you do something like this, close the door." Xue Shao said, "There are so many people in the house, aren't you afraid of being seen?" ”

"Childe rest assured. In this courtyard of mine, even my father-in-law will never set foot in half a step, and no other man dares to enter except you. The moon slave laughed stupidly, "Even if a male fly flies in, I will castrate it with a knife!" ”

"Bragging, you don't have to pay taxes anyway." Xue Shao nodded at her, "Go and get my tea set." ”

"Yes!"

The moon slave left happily. Yu Hongye is good at tea art, Xue Shao asked her to get the tea set, obviously she was going to stay here longer, maybe she would spend the night?

Xue Shao closed the door with a smile and said inside, "You tidy up." Okay, call me. ”

"Oh......" Yu Hongye answered and walked out of bed inside, and hurriedly began to tidy up the clothes and make the bed. On the other hand, he kept whispering and scolding the reckless woman of the moon slave, which made me embarrassed in front of my son, and actually left two shameless red paw prints on my chest!

It's good that I didn't get married, otherwise how would I explain it to my husband when I go back?!