Bright Spring

Mrs. Xue was a little confused, "I don't know what it means, but why doesn't the government make it by itself?"

Zhu Gaoxu said: "The government's business management is to seek fish from a tree, or a businessman is suitable for this. For this kind of thing, business can form market demand, and demand can promote technology."

Lady Xue stared at Zhu Gaoxu in a daze, unable to speak for a while.

Zhu Gaoxu said: "If the Xue family agrees to cooperate with the government, we will give the money first, and you can sign for it. If you lose money in the early stage, it will be considered a waste of investment. If you make a profit, you will have to pay taxes to the Shibo Commissioner .”

Madam Xue looked at him excitedly, and asked cautiously: "Is there such a thing?"

Zhu Gaoxu said calmly: "As I said, the government does not rely on business to maintain income, we are in charge of the national level."

Mrs. Xue pondered for a moment, then said: "The slave family is willing, but at first we thought it was just an order from the government. The slave family has to ask someone to go back and have a word with the shopkeeper before they can reply to Lord Hou."

Zhu Gaoxu reached out and patted the case lightly, "That's it. After Mrs. Xue replied, things will proceed as we said."

Mrs. Xue said: "Master Hou is really a happy person."

She turned her head and glanced at the sky outside the window, and then glanced at the exquisitely crafted tea sets and decorations on the tables, as if she wanted to speak and started talking again.

Zhu Gaoxu suddenly turned his head and said, "Come here."

The commander of Jin Yiwei made Zhang Sheng open the door and enter in a moment, looking around the room with sharp eyes.

Zhu Gaoxu said: "Ask shopkeeper Shen to prepare a table of wine and food."

Zhang Sheng cupped his fists and said, "Yes."

Zhu Gaoxu turned his head and said: "I'll make my own decision, Lady Xue will be honored."

Madam Xue pursed her soft lips and said, "How dare I, my slave?"

Zhu Gaoxu said with a smile: "Ms. Xue doesn't let her beauties, why should we care about those details. Today's thin banquet, I wish you and my business a success."

Madam Xue cupped her hands and said, "It's better to obey orders than to be respectful."

In addition to watching operas, Shen Xu's pear garden can also drink tea, drink wine, and find other fun.So Zhu Gaoxu and Mrs. Xue changed rooms and prepared to have dinner.Of course Shen Xu knows Zhu Gaoxu's identity, so she won't treat him badly.A table of wine and dishes is very rich, there should be delicacies from mountains and seas, and the aroma of the wine jar, even Zhu Gaoxu who is used to eating imperial food, can smell that it is a rare good wine.

During the dinner, Zhu Gaoxu saw that Mrs. Xue blushed after drinking wine, and she became more and more beautiful, so he asked with a smile: "Ms. Xue loves girls and disguises herself as men?"

Mrs. Xue shook her head and said, "I hate wearing men's clothes the most, but today is not the case, it can't be done."

Zhu Gaoxu smiled.At this time, the red clay stove is warming the jug, the room is elegantly furnished and brightly lit, and there are actors playing and singing to add to the fun.Zhu Gaoxu was drinking and joking with a woman he met for the first time, and he only felt that it was easy and comfortable to do such trivial things.

Chapter 973 Impression of the Capital

It is still early, but the winter days are short.The sky outside the window had already darkened, replaced by Lantern Man, who was able to say what everyone couldn't say, and said it so beautifully. "

Master Hou said calmly: "So our Ming Dynasty not only needs technology, but also culture."

The capital is really full of poetic charm, but I don't know whether it is this prosperous and affluent place that creates the artistic conception, or there is a sense of ambiguity in people's hearts.

At this moment, the carriage suddenly tilted and swayed violently.Madam Xue was not paying attention, she exclaimed, and her body was thrown by the carriage wall.Her uncontrollable body suddenly stabilized again, she bumped into Lord Hou's body, and was caught by his big hand.In an instant, she also grabbed Lord Hou's arm, and felt that his body was strong and steady, and there was a faint pleasant smell on his body.Lady Xue suddenly felt that she had become weaker and weaker, as if she could no longer use her strength.

There were yelling and cursing from the followers outside, followed by a shout: "Get out of the way!"

A man clasped his fists outside the car window and said, "My lord, please forgive me, are you alright?"

Master Hou said: "It's nothing."

Then he hastily removed the hand holding Mrs. Xue. It turned out that he was holding Mrs. Xue's back with one hand and her chest with the other.Madam Xue's face became|hot for a while, but luckily the light in the carriage was dim, and the only light was the light coming in from outside.Maybe no one can see her expression at the moment?

Master Hou's voice said: "Miss Xue, don't blame me, I didn't do it on purpose."

Lady Xue felt even more embarrassed, and thought it would be better if you kept silent.She didn't know how to answer, and the car fell into an embarrassing silence for a while.

After a long time, Madam Xue thought of the right words in her drowsy mind, and she said softly: "Thank you Lord Hou for your protection."

Mr. Hou's voice said "hmm" without any ups and downs.But Lady Xue suddenly noticed that the hand he was holding calmly, stretched it out in front of his nose, and sniffed it lightly.Mrs. Xue stared at him silently, and said to herself, if it was normal, she would definitely scold others.But now she didn't know what was going on, and her temper seemed to be weak, she just pretended not to know, and couldn't speak.

Mrs. Xue observed Mr. Hou, and saw that he had returned to his nonchalant appearance. She wondered, are all civil servants so sanctimonious?

Or because of the embarrassing thing that happened just now, the two of them spoke less afterwards.Until the carriage stopped, the attendant asked Mr. Hou if he had arrived.Lady Xue opened the curtain and took a look, then said, "Here we are. It's quite close to the restaurant where we met."

Lord Hou smiled and said, "It's not too far, it's only half of the city."

Lady Xue came back to her senses later, her face flushed.She lowered her head and said, "Your Majesty, take your leave."

Master Hou nodded and said, "We will meet later."

This shop of the Xue family has closed, and it belongs to the property of the main family.Mrs. Xue is of the same family as the master's family, and she only came to Beijing to live here.The front of the house is the pavement, and the yard at the back is the living area, which is the case for many shops in the city.

Mrs. Xue walked into the backyard, and soon heard the sound of "rustling" grinding coming from her room.She opened the door and entered, and immediately seemed to be a different person, and said angrily: "It's late at night, aren't you afraid of disturbing others? How about making it your own home?"

The sound of "rustling" still didn't stop, which made people anxious.A man's voice said, "You've been drinking."

Mrs. Xue started to tidy up the mess when she entered the room. She turned her head and glanced at the figure inside: "When we talk about business, I'm toasting you, can you not drink? If you go, I don't need to drink. But tell you to go, you I won’t go even if I’m beaten to death! I only know how to grind a mirror.”

The figure didn't move, and didn't make a sound.

Lady Xue put down the things in her hands, searched for a while, then turned her head and asked, "Have you boiled the water?"

The voice inside said: "It's cold, where do you want to wash?"

Madame Xue trembled with anger, grabbed an empty jug and threw it on the ground with a "Kang Dang", "I'm looking for water to drink, what do you mean?"

"Nothing interesting," said the voice.

Mrs. Xue said angrily, "You don't know what kind of person I am?"

The human inside said: "Your reputation in Huzhou is not good. As soon as I went out, I heard someone whispering about your Naizi, and they said it vividly. I can't lift my head. I live worse than a dog. You still blame me for not wanting to To see people."

"Just listen? I won't tell them to go back and touch his|mother's things!" Mrs. Xue scolded, "Am I willing to go out and show my face? Our Jingfang borrowed money ten years ago, when will it be repaid? "

The voice said again: "Don't think about my face, think about the two children named Xue."

"Don't talk about it! I drank alcohol and my mouth became very dry." Mrs. Xue said coldly, "I tell you, I have a clear conscience. I have never done anything shameful, and I will never do it."

After Madam Xue finished speaking, she bent down to pick up the dented iron pot on the ground, turned around and walked out.In the kitchen in the corner of the yard, there was no spark on the stove, so she had to start the fire first, then fetch water and put it on the stove to boil the water.

It was dark and cold in the kitchen, Madam Xue was freezing all over, so she hurriedly approached the stove to keep warm by the fire.Looking at the waving flames, she exhaled a long breath, curled up there for a while in a daze.

Somehow, she murmured and whispered: "It hurts parting, it's even more embarrassing, and the Qingqiu Festival is neglected. Where can I wake up tonight? The wind and the moon on the banks of the willows..."

Suddenly awakened, she looked at the dark and scary kitchen, and remembered the nasty words she had just said in the yard, and suddenly smiled wryly in the dark.

Chapter 974 Smell

It was already dark, and the palace was already a night scene.Zhu Gaoxu went straight to the imperial concubine's palace.