Cannon Fodder's Humanoid Plug-in

Chapter 45 Ancient Business Women Control Group

From nerd to emperor teacher (700 words qaq added)

With Wang Ji and the others offering to help, Yan Lingchuan sent several more guards to go to the outskirts of the city with them.

Even though she was still anxious in her heart, she still suppressed it first.

Yan Lingchuan instructed: "You go take a bath first, and then go to the ancestral hall with me to meet your father."

Yan Chen is the adopted son of the Yan family, so his name is naturally recorded in the genealogy. Now that he has passed the exam, he can be regarded as a glorious ancestor, and he should open an ancestral hall to reward him.

Yan Chen nodded in agreement, and followed the servant back to the front yard.

After taking a bath and changing his clothes, he felt that the exhaustion from the long day's journey had dissipated, and he felt relaxed.

The temperature in the ancestral hall is a little low, the air is damp and cold, only a few isolated tablets are displayed on the incense table, and there is a circle of ash-like marks under the incense burner.

Yan Chen and Yan Lingchuan burned incense, knelt on the futon and bowed three times.

Generally speaking, women are not allowed to enter the ancestral hall, but Yan Lingchuan, as the heir, is now the head of the family, so no one will talk about her naturally.

"Grandfather, uncle, and father have spirits in the sky." Amidst the fragrant mist, Yan Lingchuan straightened his waist and said piously: "The Yan family is lucky. Today, the Yan family has a son, Yanchen, who honors his ancestors and is favored by Wenquxing... "

After Yan Lingchuan finished speaking, Yan Chen followed her and bowed three more times.

After reporting on his achievement of being the No. [-] Scholar, the next thing is to ask the ancestors to live in peace in heaven and continue to bless the descendants who are still in the world...

In fact, these words should not be said by Yan Lingchuan, but by the elders of the clan.

It's just that before the founding of the first emperor, the world was in chaos.

Years of wars have caused people to be displaced, and the Yan family line has also been separated from their relatives.

Now their ancestral hall is not an ancestral hall, but a newly built small ancestral hall.

There are only a few tablets for enshrining, not to mention a few, and the contacts are even more withered. If Yan Chen is not counted, there is only Yan Lingchuan, a lone seedling.

After a total of nine prayers, the process is considered complete.

Yan Lingchuan turned his head to look at Yan Chen: "Okay, you've been working hard for days, there's nothing else going on here, you should go back and rest first."

"Sister, then I'll go back to my room first, and you should go to bed earlier." Yan Chen nodded obediently.

Walking out of the ancestral hall, Mo Xiang was still waiting outside.

Yan Chen told her a few words, then went back to the room.Both Xu An and Geng Ming are nursing homes, so they will naturally be reinstated when they return to the mansion.

Yanchen used to have a servant before, but he persuaded him to leave.

It won't be long now, and he will return to the capital to take up his post, so Yan Chen won't bother.

Seeing him coughing and leaving in a low voice, Mo Xiang's eyes were slightly complicated.

In the ancestral hall, Yan Lingchuan was looking at Father Yan's memorial tablet and said, "Father, now my daughter and brother-in-law have lived up to your expectations. If you really have a spirit in heaven, you can rest assured, right?"

"When you were there, you always said that there will be a day when my daughter can rely on him. Usually, my daughter doesn't believe it, but now Brother Chen is more sensible and mature. Although he is still stubborn, he can be regarded as barely reliable..."

"It's just that, in the future, he's going to work in Kyoto, and there's only his daughter in his family."

"Father has been away for nearly ten years, but only in the first year did he entrust his daughter with a dream. He wanted to live happily in the sky. He couldn't think of leaving, and he couldn't remember his daughter."

"Everything is fine in Buxing. Recently, Chongming has been very lively because of the Wen family's affairs, so I followed suit."

"Sometimes I am very envious of that Miss Wen's family. I don't know what her parents are like? They can raise such an uninhibited girl... When you are here, father, you can only teach me how to dye cloth. I still remember you picking up the morning On the first day my brother came home, I dyed my hands completely red, which shocked him..."

Yan Lingchuan babbled.

Maybe she can't even remember what she said.

The ancestral hall doesn't open often, every time Yan Lingchuan comes here, he has to vent out all the resentment and longing in his heart.

It would be even better if the father could really hear it.

Yan Lingchuan wiped his cheeks with a handkerchief, thinking that it would be best to bore him to death, and smiled with tears in his eyes, stood up and made a final bow: "Father, my daughter will come to see you next time."

After leaving the gate of the ancestral hall, Yan Lingchuan was supported by Mo Xiang.

Mo Xiang put on a robe for her, pretending not to see the corners of her reddish eyes, and said with a smile: "Miss, just now when the young master came out, he asked me to bring you a robe, in case you are cold, by the way..."

Yan Lingchuan hugged her arms, and glanced at her: "I'm not cold at first, but now that you say that, I really feel cold."

Mo Xiang: "..."

"Tell me, what else did your son say?"

"Also, I also said that the humidity in the ancestral hall is heavy, miss, your legs will definitely be numb when you come out, so I asked someone to prepare hot water for you to soak..."

Mo Xiang hesitated, Yan Lingchuan suddenly took a breath, bent down to rub his knees, and finally grabbed Mo Xiang: "Take me there quickly."

"Okay, miss, are you okay..."

The next day.

Yan Chen maintained the new biological clock that she was completely used to, and woke up very late as usual.

He had eaten his breakfast and was throwing the preserved fruit into the tea while thinking about what he was going to do today.

Yan Lingchuan had already finished his morning chores, so he ordered a few servants to come to him with two boxes.

"Sister?" Yan Chen was a little confused.

Yan Lingchuan's eyes showed concern: "I have listened to Xu Huwei's report. In the past, I only knew that your physical fitness was average. I didn't expect you to be so weak."

"These are supplements. I bought them myself when I went out early in the morning. When you return to Beijing, bring them with you."

Yan Chen: "..."

He was about to refuse when Wang Ji came back with several guards.

"My lord." Seeing that Yan Lingchuan was also there, Wang Ji looked hesitant and seemed distressed.

Yan Chen picked up the tea and put it in his mouth: "Didn't you catch it?"

"I caught it, it's just..." Wang Ji hesitated for a moment, knowing that he was telling himself that there was no need to avoid Yan Lingchuan.

Wang Ji still waited for Yan Lingchuan to wave his hand to let those young servants go out, and then whispered: "My lord, the person who stole the brocade is the son of Duke Huai, the son of Shunyuan."

Yan Chen's hands trembled, and the tea that was just brought to his mouth almost spilled on the ground: "Your Majesty Shunyuan?"

Prince Shunyuan, whose name is Chang Huai'an, also known as the leading actor.

Yan Chen briefly recalled: In the current timeline, Chang Huaian and Wen Luoqing should already know each other.

And the former was assassinated and rescued by the latter.

Yan Lingchuan also frowned: "Sir Shunyuan? Are you sure it's him?"

Wang Ji nodded: "It's absolutely true!"

Yan Lingchuan was silent for a moment: "He is a son, why did he steal the brocade from my Yan family?" Wouldn't he spend money to buy it?

Are all the sons of the world so poor now?

Wang Ji and another servant looked at each other: "This..."

"He... the prince said, he didn't steal, he just borrowed." Facing the inexplicable eyes of the siblings, Wang Ji bit the bullet and continued:

"We lay in ambush outside the workshop overnight. When we found Shizi, he was indeed holding the lost brocade. Now the brocade has been handed over to Manager Hu to put it away."

Yan Lingchuan: "..."? ?

Even Mo Xiang couldn't help cursing: "This son of Laoshi, his head is flooded! Does he have a disease of stealing, and he doesn't feel comfortable not stealing things. Isn't this deliberately disgusting my lady!"

"Mo Xiang." Yan Lingchuan glared at her.

Mo Xiang shut up, she's done cursing anyway.

Yan Chen applauded her in his heart, and asked Wang Ji seriously: "Is there anything else? Where is he now?"

You won't let people go, will you?

Of course Wang Ji will not let him down.

He coughed twice, staring at Yan Chen, but his tone was very guilty: "I can recognize Shizi because I have met him before, but he doesn't know us, so..."

Therefore, Chang Huai'an claimed to be the son of Shunyuan.

And Wang Ji yelled, "I don't believe it, I don't believe it, you pretend to be the prince, and the crime will be increased."

Then they led all the guards and forced the wounded Chang Huai'an to be tied up and arrested.

Wang Ji bowed his waist and smiled obsequiously: "My lord, he is in the carriage now, what do you want to do with this matter, my lord?"

Yan Chen: "Report to the official, you must report to the official!"

He scolded: "Mo Xiang is right. His son Shunyuan's behavior is more hateful than those ordinary thieves. It is a malicious insult."

"Wait..." Yan Lingchuan was taken aback by his sudden reprimand.

She quickly persuaded: "Since Yunjin is back, let's forget about it. The other party is the prince, why should you and I go against him?"

Yan Chen looked at her disapprovingly: "Eldest sister, why do you think so?"

He covered the teacup and put it back on the table, stood up abruptly, and recited solemnly:

"The Son of Heaven breaks the law and commits the same crime as the common people."

"What's more, taking without telling is stealing. Even if Prince Shunyuan returns Yunjin, it won't change the fact."

Without waiting for Yan Lingchuan to answer, Yan Chen ordered Wang Ji: "Turn him to the yamen immediately, report to the officials, and ask him to compensate my eldest sister for her losses."

"Yes! My lord, I will wait here and go."

Wang Ji couldn't wait to answer, and led him away with a wave of his hand, Yan Lingchuan had no time to stop him.

If she hadn't known that Wang Ji was bestowed by the emperor, she would have thought that the other party was with that prince Shunyuan, and that they had teamed up to trick her younger brother...

Yan Lingchuan sighed slightly, and glanced at Yan Chen.

As expected, the adoptive brother is still like this, and everything is based on the words in the book as the truth, "The emperor broke the law and committed the same crime as the common people", is this possible?

That's all... From the looks of it now, the few people the emperor bestowed on him are all good, obedient, and strong in execution, so I think they value him.

The result of reporting to the official this time is definitely not good, but it happened to hit him.

In case he enters the officialdom in the future, he will still be a nerdy bookworm like he is now.

Yan Lingchuan didn't bother with this matter any more, and when someone came to report that Manager Hu had returned, she followed her out.

And the result on Wang Ji's side was the same as she thought.

As soon as the county magistrate saw Prince Shunyuan's badge, he didn't dare to provoke him, so he only punished him to return Yun Jin, and then turned the major issue into a minor one.

That night, Wang Ji and others came back and reported the situation.

After talking about the result, he said angrily: "This dog official is really cowardly! He recognized the person and wagged his tail like a dog."

"I think he forgot, who is his..."

Halfway through the conversation, Wang Ji paused again, and glanced at Yan Chen anxiously.He was still subconsciously leaning towards the emperor in his heart, and almost said something he shouldn't have said.

Yan Chen didn't seem to notice it, but just had a sullen face.

The laws of the court were strict, and he said before that the emperor broke the law and committed the same crime as the common people. From a certain point of view, he was not speaking harshly, but stating the facts.

When the old emperor was young, he often visited privately in micro-clothes.

Now that he is old, he has to be busy with government affairs and teach the prince.

Obviously, his degree of control over various places has also dropped a lot.

When the male lion is declining and gradually aging, and the young lion has not yet grown up enough to defend the territory.

The hyenas would naturally surround them, waiting for the life of the male lion to drain to the point of weakness where they could swarm up, tear up his flesh and swallow it, and occupy his territory.

There are also struggles among the hyenas.

Chang Huaian did not know where he was assassinated.

But now it's clear: Chongming's officials are on his side.

What about other counties in Suzhou?

The south of the Yangtze River is rich and prosperous, and no place should be underestimated.

Yan Chen was full of thoughts, but his expression was always cold.

It was clearly just a handsome, but not imposing face of a scholar, but it made everyone in the room subconsciously quiet down.

Wang Ji was most apprehensive, and his palms were sweating.

Yan Lingchuan was not afraid of him, seeing his stern face, he said to himself: It really is.

This is a blow.

Yan Lingchuan even felt a little pity, and couldn't help but comforted: "Okay, if you keep frowning like this, no matter how much candied fruit you throw in the tea in the future, you won't be able to taste the sweetness."

Yan Chen: "..."

Yan Lingchuan laughed again: "I don't even care, why are you angry? As long as Yunjin is back, as for that son Shunyuan, you should stay away from him."

Yan Lingchuan glanced at Wang Ji: "You too, be careful not to be recognized by the prince."

Wang Ji shrank his neck.

Yan Chen was silent for a moment, then said dejectedly, "I see, elder sister."

Xu was to comfort him, fearing that he would get into the horns, Yan Lingchuan waved away the extra people and talked to him about the tribute.

Today's royal family does not actually need to pay tribute every year.

In previous dynasties, Yunjin was a must-have product for tribute, but its cost was too high and it was a waste of money and people.

After the founding of the country, the first emperor changed the annual tribute meeting to once every three years.

In addition, it is only available on special festivals.

For example, the Empress Dowager's [-]th birthday this year.

It would be a great honor to be selected as an outstanding tribute in the tribute meeting.For the Yan family, it is also a great opportunity to spread their reputation.

Yan Lingchuan asked casually: "You are in the capital, have you heard any news about the Empress Dowager?"

It would be even better if she could know what color and pattern she likes.

It's a pity that if you ask Yan Chen about this kind of thing, you must have no hope, and Yan Lingchuan is just looking for something to say.

Yan Chen really shook his head: "Never."

He really hadn't paid attention to the empress dowager—after all, she was not the biological mother of today, but a successor, and he didn't have a deep relationship with the emperor.

And this matter, people in the world... at least those who have paid attention to it a little bit, are basically aware of it.

After all, the emperor is so old.

Yan Lingchuan was not surprised at all: "It's nothing."

She smiled and said, "Then you can tell me about the imperial examination. I don't have the chance to experience it myself, so I just have a glimpse of it through your eyes."

There are not many things to do today, and it is a rare opportunity to calm down and communicate with her adoptive brother. She cherishes it very much.

Yan Chen nodded: "Okay, what does Eldest Sister want to hear?"

"Hmm... what does the emperor look like? Will he really preside over the whole palace examination? Are you nervous when you are doing the questions in the palace?"

Yan Lingchuan had many questions, she was really curious, and Yan Chen patiently answered them one by one.

When it came to the topic of the palace examination, he paused.

Yan Chen briefly introduced the two questions at that time, then looked at Yan Qingxi, and said guiltily: "I want to apologize to Eldest Sister."

Yan Lingchuan was a little confused: "Why?"

Yan Chen introduced the answer to her first topic for her: "I once wrote that we must curb the chaos of businessmen chasing profit and reduce the treatment of businessmen..."

As he spoke, Yan Lingchuan's face froze.

Is this really... killing relatives?

From the perspective of answering questions alone, even though Yan Lingchuan didn't quite understand many parts of Yan Chen's answers, he could faintly perceive the subtleties in them.

But judging from his identity, Yan Lingchuan didn't know what to say for a while: "You are also a merchant!"

Emperor, no, the crown prince actually named him the number one scholar.

"That's why I said, I have to apologize to Eldest Sister." Yan Chen said with a sincere face, "Maybe in the future, it will bring a lot of inconvenience to Eldest Sister."

Yan Lingchuan snorted: "You have written everything, so what's the use of apologizing to me at this time?"

Yan Chen looked embarrassed, with a look of self-blame.

Yan Lingchuan said helplessly: "I was joking with you, you don't have to apologize to me, all the things you said just now are mostly aimed at those profiteers."

"You have to believe that our family's Buxing will definitely not do such things as self-destructive."

Yan Chen turned from worry to joy, and said with a smile: "What Eldest Sister said is true."

Yan Lingchuan nodded, and thought again: "I just don't know, how much will this restrain the businessman?"

"If it is serious, then the tribute this time..."

Yunjin is gold every inch of brocade, silk and gold and silver thread, will she just hit the moldy head just now?

Yan Chen understood her worry: "Don't worry, elder sister, the emperor is not someone who can't tell right from wrong, and the matter of paying tribute will be fine as usual. Although the emperor has always advocated frugality, he never persecutes others." He will not persecute the empress dowager.

After all, he is celebrating his [-]th birthday, and he is still his nominal mother. If she wants to wear something nice, can you stop her?

Yan Lingchuan nodded: "You are right."

"However, you said that the emperor advocates frugality...then the brocade I dedicated to the emperor cannot be used."

The empress dowager's [-]th birthday is still three months away.

Three months... If something happened during this period, and the new law came into effect, wouldn't she be asking for trouble if she swaggered through the market with the brocade in her arms?

The cloth dedicated to the emperor needs to be exchanged, but what should be exchanged?

"Why don't we just use cotton cloth?"

Yan Lingchuan came back to his senses, only then did he realize that he had spoken out all the thoughts in his heart.

"Cotton cloth?" She seemed to realize something: "Cotton cloth is not bad, it's not particularly expensive, and it's not cheap, it can barely be regarded as a tribute."

She just wants to make no mistakes.

Yan Chen shook her head and said with a smile, "Sister, you have misunderstood me. What I'm talking about is not the cotton cloth that is more expensive than silk nowadays, but the cheap cotton cloth."

"Cheap cotton cloth?" Yan Lingchuan frowned: "Cotton cloth is considered cheap for tributes, but..."

If she really took the coarse cotton cloth as a tribute, then it would not only be a matter of bad luck, but she might be directly hit the guillotine.

Although the adoptive brother doesn't understand accidents, it's not that he doesn't even understand this, so...

Yan Lingchuan: "Tell me carefully, what kind of cheap cotton cloth is it?"

Yan Chen laughed: "Elder Sister, forgot? The imperial examination questions are all given by the emperor. Before returning to my hometown, I wrote a letter to him, presenting my unexplained strategy."

"Come to think of it, the emperor has already sent someone to find a place suitable for growing cotton."

"Cotton keeps warm and has a large output, but every winter people still suffer from frostbite. Because cotton has not been popularized, the weaving technology of cotton cloth is also very backward."

"If Eldest Sister can take this opportunity to develop a cheaper thermal cotton cloth that ordinary people can afford, its value will not be inferior to that of Yunjin."

When he said this, his eyes were shining brightly, and even the sickness on his pale cheeks weakened a bit, as if he had seen the scene of people wearing warm cotton clothes in the cold winter months.

Yan Lingchuan couldn't laugh or cry: "When did you know cotton?"

Yan Chen smiled shyly: "I have read in books, the poems written by the ancestors about appreciating cotton..."

"The beauty of his poems makes people yearn for it. I went to the library of the academy and looked up some volumes... Only then did I find that a lot of cotton was planted in the academy."

Yan Chen paused for a moment, then coughed: "Although the flowers are not as beautiful as I imagined, their practical value is obviously very precious."

Yan Lingchuan couldn't help laughing: "You literati can even write poems on cotton."

After all, she finally kept this matter in her heart: "Since you said so, then I will give it a try. Anyway, there are still three months left."

Yan Chen nodded and remembered something again.

He said: "Not to mention that the weaving technology of cotton cloth is not enough. When I stayed in a hotel on the way to the exam, I covered it with a quilt, but it can only stay soft for a few days. In the rainy season, I can't sleep for a few days, and it will change. It's thick and wet and hard."

"Sister, you..."

Yan Lingchuan glanced at him, and scolded with a smile: "I understand now, you came back on a special trip and asked me to be your craftsman, right?"

Yan Chen: "Don't dare, I just mentioned it casually."

Yan Lingchuan understood what he said—the Yan family made cotton cloth by themselves, and made quilts as well.

But this time she didn't answer straight away, she just pretended not to care, and changed the subject:

"You seem to have grown taller again. I'll have someone measure you in a while. I'll cut two new clothes for you. I'll keep the brocade I tried this year for you."

Yan Chen was taken aback: The Yan family never wore brocade before.

Regardless of whether Patriarch Yan or Yan Lingchuan or Yan Chen, they dare not go out and show off because of their lack of status, lest they be caught in the wrong place.

But he is different now.

Yan Chen then nodded: "Thank you, Eldest Sister, but I only need a suit, and Eldest Sister can also cut myself a suit."

Yan Lingchuan gave him a helpless look: "I want to, but I can't wear it either!"

Yan Chen shook her head: "I can't wear it now, but I can wear it someday in the future."

Seeing his serious expression, Yan Lingchuan smiled: "Look at what you said, I can still be like you, can't I pass the exam?"

"But if you don't want it, that's all. I'll make a suit for myself. Even if I can't wear it out, I can hang it at home. It will look very good."

Yan Chen: "..."

It has to be said that Yan Lingchuan is much more open-minded than him.

that night.

Yan Chen, who is not very open-minded, usually goes to bed at noon, but today he is lying on the bed, sitting up and lying down for a while.

So, do sit-ups several times.

From time to time, I have to sigh twice.

Now Wang Ji, as his personal servant, is sitting on the small bed beside him reading a book - it is not yet time for him to fall asleep.

Seeing Yan Chen like this, Wang Ji couldn't help asking: "My lord, what's wrong with you?"

The candles in the room were still uncut, Yan Chen sat up and lamented: "My predecessors said: You have to endure and endure, and you have to endure and endure. But at this moment, I am restless because of the matter of Prince Shunyuan."

"Wang Ji, I am ashamed of the teachings of my ancestors!"

It turned out that it was because of this, and Wang Ji immediately felt at ease: "My lord, this is human nature, and it is inevitable for you to feel uncomfortable."

Yan Chen shook her head.

He complained to himself and said: "Before my father died, he asked me to take good care of my elder sister. It is not easy for my elder sister to take care of the cloth business by herself. I thought that I would be able to support my elder sister if I won the first prize. I didn't expect... Now that the brocade has been stolen, she still needs to swallow it."

"That thief is at large..."

"Oh!" Yan Chen sighed heavily.

"Uh..." Wang Jixin said, thanks to the fact that he is the emperor's man.

However, the character of the lord is just like the rumors, a gentleman is upright, upright, and he is not guarded against him.

Focus on it, don't guard against him.

What is this, this is trust!

Wang Ji stood up and said impassionedly: "Sir, if you are really upset, I have a plan to offer."

"What's the plan?" Yan Chen looked up at him.

Wang Ji: "My lord, the royal family values ​​reputation. You are a literati, so you must have a deep understanding."

"Our Majesty hates people who oppress the people the most. The Empress Dowager's [-]th birthday, Prince Shunyuan must also go to celebrate her birthday."

"At that time..." Wang Jibalabala finished.

Yan Chen agreed without thinking, and looked at him approvingly: "That's right, I'll do as you said."

Seeing the other party looking at him with some surprise, Yan Chen slightly raised his eyebrows: "What's wrong?"

Wang Ji hesitated and said: "It's nothing, it's just... I thought that with your temperament, my lord, you would criticize me for being too treacherous."

Yan Chen suddenly realized, and said with a smile, "How could it be?"

"It is true that one should aim to be kind in one's life, but if one does not even care about the bullying of one's relatives, then it is not kindness, but cowardice."

Yan Chen eloquently said: "Not to mention that the sage Confucius once said: Repaying grievances with virtue, how can you repay virtue?"

"Wang Ji, you and I are punishing evil and promoting good this time!"

The author says:

The plot is a bit slow, add some words qaq;

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