The willow trees outside the courtyard have sprouted, and the grass on the wall has also emerged from the ground, looking at the new world with a probe. Unconsciously, the footsteps of spring are gradually approaching.

Lin Suniang sat in the sun, her face pale.

Su Er sighed uncontrollably: "That Sun Zude, who spoke too viciously, actually said in the vertical arch hall, in front of the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty and the emperor, that you can't tolerate people in your eyes." The neighbors around here, the people who have known each other for many years, who don't know that the lady knows the book and is kind and kind? I don't know where he heard all this gossip! ”

Lin Suniang asked with a dark face: "Su'er, tell me the truth, is there really such a rumor in the capital?" ”

"Where is it! That Sun Jiyuan is a long-tongued woman who loves to chew her tongue, don't take his nonsense seriously! He also said that the marquis of the family went to help the Duan family lady because he fell in love with her beauty! In fact, the county marquis remembered the old love of Duan's father, so he went to help. Duan Niangzi's family has followed the county marquis in Yongzhou for six years, and has suffered a lot of hardship, and the county marquis is in love, of course, she can't see her being bullied, it's just human nature. ”

Su Er has a deep friendship with Lin Su Niang and is like a sister, although there are some scattered rumors in the capital, how can she tell Lin Su Niang? Lin Suniang is pregnant now!

Lin Suniang sulked for a while, and then asked Su'er: "Have you seen that Duan Niang?" Isn't it really beautiful? There is no reason for this to be heard. ”

Su Er said: "I haven't seen it, but I heard others say that Duan Niangzi is indeed very standard." But there are more beautiful people in this world, and the marquis is not the kind of person who sees one and loves one! ”

Lin Suniang didn't speak again, she just felt like she was in turmoil.

Women are much more sensitive than men, and Sun Zude made a fool of Xu Ping soon afterward, and it reached Lin Suniang's ears within two days, but she has been haunted by it.

Everyone in the capital knows that Lin Suniang's eyes can't tolerate people, when did she still have this reputation? It's not that he can't have children, Xu Ping is young, does he have to have three wives and four concubines to show that he is generous? How unreasonable!

In the past two days, Lin Su Niang was so angry that her stomach hurt, and no one in the family could confide in her, until Su Er came to visit the door, and no one could be regarded as someone who said all the grievances in her heart.

The early spring sun shines warmly on people, but Lin Suniang doesn't feel it at all. Panpan and the black tiger were running around crazy under the sun, and Su Er persuaded softly, but Lin Suniang still felt panicked in her heart.

In the Editorial Office of the Regulations of the Third Division, Yan Su smelled the faint fragrance of tea, looked around left and right, and said to Xu Ping: "You have cleaned up well here, it is much quieter than the usual yamen." ”

Xu Ping said: "If you like it, then you will often come to sit and give advice to your juniors." ”

At this moment, the generals outside shouted loudly, and the third envoy Kou Ying arrived.

Several people stood up and welcomed Kou Ying and Wang Weizheng and Li Hong, who were following them, into the house.

Kou Ying sat down and asked Xu Ping, "When will Han Zong and Guo Jian come over?" “

"The provincial lord is relieved, it will be there soon. Recently, there have been a lot of affairs in the Salt and Iron Division, and neither of them is in the yamen, so I have sent someone to summon them. ”

Kou Ying nodded, and said to Yan Su and Zhang Zongxiang who were sitting next to him: "Don't dislike the three divisions for being slow, it's really messy in the other yamen, so they will discuss matters in the partial cultivation center." ”

Yan Su smiled: "The provincial lord is polite, it's good here, it's rare to be quiet." ”

After being polite, Kou Ying casually picked up a copy of the "Money Law Book" on the table next to him, and said to the two of them: "This book of the new Sansi Seal, Deputy Envoy Xu has found a lot of people to participate in this matter, there are many good articles in it, have you read it?" ”

"I've seen it, it is said that the Chinese courtiers are above the system, and the martial ministers are above the history of assassination, and your three divisions have issued a copy, and they are also attentive. There are many merits in the articles in it, and recently colleagues have gotten together and talked about it. ”

Zhang Zongxiang said as he picked up the book and flipped through it casually.

Kou Ying couldn't help nodding: "Okay, okay, if you have any ideas, you can also write an article to Deputy Envoy Xu, and a volume will be published every half month." I don't know why, besides, I also earn some money for tea and wine. ”

Everyone laughed together.

Yan Su recently sentenced Taichang Temple, the lotus leakage, and the remake of the law bell, which was very appreciated by Zhao Zhen, and this time he was specially sent to discuss the pros and cons of the treasury affairs of the three divisions with Zhang Zongxiang in detail. There was an accident in the cargo business, and other warehouse goods were also piled up, and the guards colluded and cheated inside and outside, which finally attracted the attention of the superiors. Xu Ping also suggested that some field affairs controlled by the three divisions should be built in the open space of the capital to make money-making people's livelihood supplies, and they were also discussed together.

Yansu is to be controlled by Longtu Pavilion, and Zhang Zongxiang is to be controlled by Tianzhang Pavilion, both of them have entered the ranks of attendants, and they are often designated by the emperor as temporary envoys like this.

Several people sat and drank tea and gossiped for a while, and there was a noise outside, Xu Ping got up and said, "They are here." ”

As soon as the words fell, Han Zong and Guo Zheng came in and saluted everyone present.

After sitting down in batches, the official came in with the account books of the treasury in Beijing, and several people discussed them carefully. Finally, a few opinions are listed, which are nothing more than statistics on the backlog of goods and the appointment of special personnel to attract investment and buy, which are all common behaviors.

Finally, we discussed some of the new field affairs that Xu Ping was going to open.

Xu Ping spread out the planning map that had been prepared long ago and pointed it out to everyone one by one: "This is the northwest of the city, between the Wuzhang River and the Jinshui River, which has always been vast and sparsely populated, and the new field affairs are located here. There are 10 fields such as glass-making, various agricultural tools, gunpowder and fireworks, soap, and vehicles. The specific things that were made, Judge Han and Judge Guo had already brought them over just now, and they were outside, and everyone would go to watch them later. It's just that you have to decide, what is the annual quota for these field services, whether the craftsmen in it are hired or used, how the wages are calculated, and so on. ”

At this time, most of the large workshops in the capital were for court applications or the production of military weapons, and there were tens of thousands of craftsmen and officials inside. Although the scale is very large, there is basically no production of people's biological resources, let alone direct sales. The production of these farms that Xu Ping wants to build is not a problem, but a new problem of how to sell and how to manage.

The restaurant wine warehouse under the three divisions, which is most similar to this model, is self-made and self-sold, and once the profit is reduced, it will attract investment. It is contracted by the businessman, and it is generally changed every three years, and the cost of the last fixed amount is given to the three divisions every year. Many of the so-called stores in the city are actually properties under the name of the three divisions, but the three divisions are not well managed and are only contracted to merchants.

The new field business is also directly facing the market, and it is inevitable to encounter the same problems in the future. (To be continued.) )