I was a princess in ancient times

Ji Xinxue was afraid that Yu Heng would react too excitedly because he could not accept the sudden change.Speaking frankly, he took advantage of the situation where he was standing and sitting on Yu Heng's knees and knelt on Yu Heng's lap, using both hands and feet to suppress Yu Heng. He held his breath nervously, not daring to look at Yu Heng's expression .

The strange silence spread for a long time, and Ji Xinxue belatedly remembered that she heard the sound of 'oh'.

He silently grabbed the collar behind Yu Heng's neck, raised his head cautiously, and could almost hear the faster and faster beating in his chest.

The two looked at each other.

Ji Xinxue's eyes contained nervousness, fear, and almost invisible expectations.

Yu Heng's eyes were calm, and he was even a little lucky to survive the catastrophe.

After repeatedly considering the emotion in Yu Heng's eyes, the emotion in Ji Xinxue's eyes gradually turned blank.

Is it because his brain is broken again, unable to perceive Yu Heng's emotions correctly, or is Yu Heng stunned by his words and is in a daze?

"Feng Lang?" Ji Xinxue softly called Yu Heng, and the hand that grabbed the back of Yu Heng's neck was so forceful that it completely deformed Yu Heng's collar.

Feeling Ji Xinxue's nervousness and anxiety, Yu Heng patted Ji Xinxue's waist comfortingly with the hand that helped Ji Xinxue rush over to stabilize her figure, "Yeah."

Half a month has passed, and he has been able to face the fact that Ji Xinxue is a man and not a girl, but he can only face it. He still doesn't like this fact, he is not even willing to face it, and he doesn't want to communicate with Ji Xinxue this matter.

Ji Xinxue's conscience began to hurt again. He thought that Yu Heng was too stimulated and was subconsciously avoiding his confession just now, which is why he was so calm.

He patted Yu Heng's head pityingly, looked at Yu Heng very seriously, and said solemnly, "Feng Lang, I am not joking with you, I, Aye, really told me before I left Chang'an, I am a prince not a princess."

In order for Yu Heng to feel the meaning of his words more intuitively, Ji Xinxue asked with trembling lips, "I don't understand, what's the difference between a prince and a princess?"

When she said this, Ji Xinxue was already prepared for being suddenly attacked by the unbelievable Yu Heng, and she prayed with trepidation that Yu Heng would act softly, and don't destroy him in agitation.

Yu Heng didn't respond, but looked at Ji Xinxue with complicated eyes.

Ji Xinxue was willing to tell him her real gender even though she knew her true gender, which already surprised Yu Heng, and he never thought that Ji Xinxue would ask him

At this moment, the embarrassment in Yu Heng's heart was far greater than other feelings, and finally he felt the emotion Ji Xinxue expected, wanting to escape from reality.

After Yu Heng was silent for a long time, he finally couldn't resist Ji Xinxue's expectant gaze, and began to seriously think about Ji Xinxue's question.

What is the difference between a prince and a princess?

The prince wants to take a concubine, and the princess will marry.

Thinking of this, Yu Heng's original faint joy because Ji Xinxue was willing to tell him such a secret turned into overwhelming depression. He buried his head on Ji Xinxue's shoulder and said in a muffled voice, "You will know later."

Following Yu Heng's movements, Ji Xinxue's palm, which was tightly grasping the collar of Yu Heng's neck, was unable to let go, and slid on Yu Heng's back, and the bewilderment in his eyes became more and more intense.

Did Yu Heng believe his confession?

"Did you already know that I am the prince?" Ji Xinxue had to have such doubts.

"No." Yu Heng denied without hesitation, he didn't want to be asked by Ji Xinxue again how he knew Ji Xinxue's real gender.

Ji Xinxue opened and closed her mouth several times, her head tilted dejectedly resting on Yu Heng's other shoulder.

It was one of his worst-case scenarios.

When Yu Heng heard his confession, he believed it but didn't fully believe it, or he said he believed it but refused to take it to heart. It was clearly a manifestation of escaping because he couldn't accept the reality.

Before he left Zhuangzi, he had to make Yu Heng fully believe and be willing to face the reality.

Ji Xinxue took out the argument he had made with Emperor Changping long ago, and told Yu Heng how he concealed his gender.

Emperor Changping still refused to admit that he had opened up all the joints to conceal Ji Xinxue's gender. When he mentioned this matter to Ji Xinxue, he said lightly that he was threatened by Concubine Zhong Shu with Ji Xinxue's real gender and asked him to give Ji Xinxue and Zhong Shi It was only when Erlang got engaged that he realized that Ji Xinxue was a gentleman and not a girl.

Ji Xinxue repeated to Yu Heng what Emperor Changping had told him.

"Aye saw that I was leaving Chang'an soon, so he told me about this." Ji Xinxue hugged Yu Heng silently, "I'm sorry, I didn't tell you until now."

Hearing the pain in Ji Xinxue's tone, Yu Heng suddenly softened uncontrollably.

"It's not your fault, it's the late emperor's fault."

Ever since she planned to confess her gender with Yu Heng, Ji Xinxue would repeatedly consider her words for the confession every now and then, wishing she could consider all possible reactions of Yu Heng in advance and prepare the most correct answer in advance.

After all, he can't afford to make mistakes in this matter, and he absolutely can't accept the result of He Yuheng drifting away from him from now on.

In two years, Ji Xinxue didn't even know how many different beginnings he had prepared.

Thinking about it, there would be eight hundred if not one thousand, and there were countless considerations about the remaining details. He burned nearly a hundred braziers alone.

At this moment, I heard 'it's not your fault' from Yu Heng's mouth.

Only five short words made Ji Xinxue feel at peace from the inside out, even more relaxed physically and mentally than when Ji Xinxue was woken up in the middle of the night and tortured for months, and finally slept from dark to dawn.

Yu Heng felt the sensation gradually changing from hot to cold along his neck, and suddenly understood why Ji Xinxue insisted on asking him to say something about Ji Xinxue's real gender.

He said hoarsely, "Axue, we will still be the same as before, right?"

It turned out that not only he was afraid of change, but Ji Xinxue was also afraid.

Ji Xinxue tightened her arms and let out a heavy 'hmm'.

Forever good brother!

The two hug each other tightly, like little penguins cuddling each other to keep warm in the ice and snow. Even though their arms, thighs, and the neck that has been leaning on each other's shoulders are gradually numb and tingling, they are still unwilling to change their positions, as if they want to maintain this position. Subpose until you become a statue.

There was a regular knock on the door, and Qingyun said loudly, "Princess, someone from Chang'an."

Yu Heng patted Ji Xinxue on the back, and said to Qingyun outside the door, "Take them to the flower hall."

"Yes" Qingyun responded and waited outside the door for a while, making sure that Ji Xinxue and Yu Heng had no other orders before turning and leaving.

Ji Xinxue secretly wiped the remaining drops of water from the corners of her eyes on her sleeves, and walked away from Yu Heng's lap as if nothing had happened, pretending that he was not the one who shed tears because of her worthlessness.

He wanted to turn around and go back to the soft place to look for shoes, but he underestimated the numbness of his legs. He felt an indescribable soreness as soon as his feet landed. If Yu Heng hadn't reached out to help him in time, he would have almost sat on the ground.

It's a pity that Yu Heng bears the weight of Ji Xinxue's whole body for a long time without moving, and the burden is not light, and he can only sit on the chair for a short time and cannot move.

The two looked at each other, and suddenly the same smile appeared on the corners of their mouths.

Among the people who went from Chang'an to Anye this time were not only the capable men and imperial physicians that Ji Xinxue asked Emperor Changping in the letter, but also Emperor Changping's close attendant Jing Zhe, which shows that Emperor Changping attached great importance to this matter.

When Jingzhe greeted Ji Xinxue alone, he took out Emperor Changping's autographed letter from his bosom and handed it to Ji Xinxue, and said solemnly, "Your Majesty was shocked and angry after receiving the letter from the princess. The Jinwu guards have checked the details carefully, so please rest assured, the princess. When I return to Chang'an, I will take away the imperial physician who came to settle with the princess in the first place."

Ji Xinxue nodded, and unfolded Emperor Changping's letter.

The whole letter only has three sentences, which is in line with Emperor Changping's straightforward style as always.

If you feel unwell, you can return to Chang'an to recuperate.

The Imperial Physician and Jin Wuwei have been sent to Yuhe Palace to investigate.

Anyone who is found to be involved in this matter will be killed, and there is no need to ask for instructions.

The last is the word 'Wang'an'.

Ji Xinxue read the letter three times, handed it to Yu Heng who was only half a step away from him, and said to Jing Zhe, "Let the able person come first."

Compared with illness or poisoning, he could not accept being mind controlled.

The Jinwu Guards outside Anye City and the Daying Camp in the suburbs of Beijing all obeyed him. If he made a wrong decision while being controlled or influenced by others, it would cause unpredictable impact.

Jing Zhe left without a sound, and returned with the two of them not long after.

The two are old and young.The old man was the one who was called by Emperor Changping to see if he had been hinted at when Ji Xinxue confessed the magic medicine to Emperor Changping two years ago.There were only two identical flower buds on the girl's slender head, and she obediently followed behind the old man with her head down.

After greeting Ji Xinxue and Yu Heng, the old man said to Yu Heng first, "Please stand where the princess cannot see."

Yu Heng nodded, got up and walked behind Ji Xinxue.

In order to avoid affecting the old man, he deliberately walked a long way, almost stopping close to the wall, and his eyes no longer fell on Ji Xinxue, but on the chair under Ji Xinxue.

The old man was still the same as two years ago, he only chatted with Ji Xinxue, asked if Ji Xinxue was going well after coming to Anye, and didn't mention anything serious.

Ji Xinxue patiently chatted with the old man, secretly glad that he had confessed his gender to Yu Heng, otherwise, knowing that the old man could spy on people's hearts, it would be difficult to let go of his guard because of Yu Heng's presence.

After almost half an incense stick, the old man nodded to indicate that he had finished asking, and gave up his seat to the young girl who kept her head down.

The girl took out a five-color rope from the purse at her waist, and whispered to Ji Xinxue, "Can the princess turn the rope?"

"Yes." Ji Xinxue replied affirmatively to the girl, reaching out to turn over the flower rope in the girl's hand.

The two turned the flower rope for two rounds in silence, and the girl suddenly said, "Princess, my eyes hurt, can you help me see if there is something dirty in it?"

Ji Xinxue withdrew her hand that was about to turn over the flower rope, and looked up at the girl's eyes, unexpectedly bumping into a pair of Persian cat-like pupils of different colors.

"Your eyes are beautiful." Ji Xinxue praised sincerely, and suddenly had the idea of ​​wanting to raise a Persian cat.

"Thank you, your eyes are more beautiful, like the stars in the sky." The girl praised Ji Xinxue's eyes as if she was paying respects, but suddenly changed the subject, "When are you going home?"

Ji Xinxue paused, and then spoke after a while, "Do you mean Princess Anye's Mansion or Chang'an?"

"Neither, your home is a place that only you know, it is hidden in a corner of your heart." The girl's tone was full of disappointment, "Don't you have a home?"

Ji Xinxue said without hesitation, "I have a home in Chang'an."

His relatives are there, and he and Feng Lang will also return there.

The moment he thought of 'Feng Lang', Ji Xinxue suddenly broke away from the mysterious feeling, and the vast blue and amber lake that almost covered his sight instantly returned to the size of a normal human eye. What does the girl with the head look like.

He has different pupils and a high nose, and his skin is almost white and glowing, like a Hun.

Ji Xinxue looked at the girl with vigilance and hostility, subconsciously turned her head to look for Yu Heng's figure, and found Yu Heng standing behind him, she suddenly let go of her suspenseful heart.

Yu Heng put his hand on Ji Xinxue's shoulder, his eyes were filled with worry, "Axue?"

From his point of view, when Ji Xinxue and the girl flipped the flower rope, it was normal. After seeing the girl's eyes at the girl's plea, the whole person became sluggish, and the tone of speech became more and more strange, with almost no ups and downs. .

If it wasn't for Jing Zhe's usual expression, he was also afraid that disturbing Ji Xinxue rashly would hurt Ji Xinxue's mind, otherwise he would have stretched out his hand to cover Ji Xinxue's eyes.

Ji Xinxue shook his head, he only felt creepy when he just left the mysterious and mysterious feeling.

The girl lowered her head and knelt in front of Ji Xinxue again, and said in fluent Mandarin, "Princess, don't worry, I can only use the flower rope and eyes to spy on someone who has never seen my eyes once, and there will never be a second time."

Hearing this, Ji Xinxue lowered his head and looked carefully at the flower rope still in his hand.

Except for the variety of colors, there is nothing special about it.

With complicated emotions, he handed the flower rope to the girl, "Has someone affected my mind?"

The girl took the flower rope with both hands, and said in a positive tone, "No."

Ji Xinxue pinched the center of her brows, and instead of asking the girl how she judged, she turned to look at the old man who was waiting beside her, "What do you think?"

The old man's answer was exactly the same as the girl's, "No, the princess is one of the few people with a strong will, and she will not be easily affected by others."

Ji Xinxue smiled wryly, the old man told him exactly the same thing two years ago, and he believed it at the time, but now that he has just seen the girl's methods, he only feels that the old man's emotional intelligence is full.

Out of trust in Emperor Changping, Ji Xinxue did not delve into how the old man and the girl judged whether his mind was affected or not, and gave them a reward, and asked Caishi to lead them to settle down, and ordered the imperial physician to treat him.

Ji Xinxue intends to test the imperial physicians, and when she told them about her symptoms, she still only said what she had said to the old Taoist in Yu'er Temple, and also told the two imperial physicians that he gradually improved after moving to Zhuangzi.

The two imperial physicians examined Ji Xinxue's pulse carefully, and reached a conclusion after discussing in a low voice.

Ji Xinxue may have drunk or been in contact with something that can make people mentally weak.

The older imperial physician explained to Ji Xinxue, "The ministers can only judge the princess's current symptoms through the princess's pulse condition, but they cannot know why the princess has such symptoms. If the princess is not sure that she has been getting better since she came to Zhuangzi, I'm afraid the minister will have to observe for a while longer."

The new imperial physician thought that Ji Xinxue should use antidote instead of sedative, and it would be better to stop the sedative, so as to observe the effect of detoxification in more detail.

Following the advice of the two imperial physicians who came from Chang'an, Ji Xinxue began to drink antidote and stopped the tranquilizing incense. It was difficult to adapt to it in the first two days, and the dream at night seemed like a real scene, and she was exhausted physically and mentally after waking up.

From the sixth day onwards, the effect of the antidote began to show, and Ji Xinxue obviously felt that his temper had improved or gradually returned to normal, and he would not be overly sensitive because of inexplicable details, nor would he be dragged into sudden emotions unable to extricate themselves.

Hearing Li Jinhuan and Zhang Siyi carefully tell him that when the men left by the Jiangnan merchants were secretly inciting the people of Anye to go to Jiangnan as tenants, Ji Xinxue did not get angry.

Ji Xinxue habitually put her hands on her chest.

Although his physical condition was improving even without taking the antidote, his thinking ability recovered very slowly, and he often became distracted after concentrating on thinking for a while or unable to calmly make a judgment.

It was different now, after listening to what Li Jinhuan and Zhang Siyi said, he could immediately guess how the Jiangnan businessman's buddies deceived the people of Anye and their purpose.

It feels like a rusty knife has become sharp again.

Seeing that Ji Xinxue was not shocked or angry because of their words, Li Jinhuan and Zhang Siyi were secretly relieved.They didn't notice anything unusual about Ji Xinxue at the beginning. Ever since Ji Xinxue came to Zhuangzi, she often got angry, and her behavior was very different from before. In addition, Ji Xinxue and Yu Heng didn't deliberately hide the reason why they came to Zhuangzi for a short stay. Only then did I realize that Ji Xinxue might be plotted against.

Fortunately, Ji Xinxue's temper comes and goes quickly, and there is Yu Heng who can make him change his mind. Although he was a little emotional during this period, he often thought about what to do, and it was commonplace to change the order from day to day, but he never made a mistake because of it. thing.

Li Jinhuan and the others didn't get along as long as Yu Heng and Ji Xinxue, and they were rarely affected by Ji Xinxue's anger. They could also understand that Ji Xinxue was ill and could occasionally lose control of his temper. They all remembered Ji Xinxue's past benefits in their hearts , and never felt bad because Ji Xinxue's uncontrollable emotions affected them.

They will still tell Ji Xinxue all the big and small things in the fief in detail, but Yu Heng is in charge of everything in the Princess Mansion, and this is Ji Xinxue's tacit consent.

Now that Ji Xinxue and Yu Heng are both here, it just saves them having to say it twice.

Ever since the earthquake, the clerks of Jiangnan merchants who stayed in Anye began to be dishonest.

The military guards of Daying in the suburbs of Beijing discovered that the clerks in the pen and ink shops run by merchants in the south of the Yangtze River often took a large amount of goods to the north of the city, but when they left the city, they were empty-handed.

After reporting the anomaly to the Princess Mansion, the military guards of the Daying Camp in the suburbs of Beijing were ordered to investigate the matter carefully, and specially sent people to sneak into the north of the city, and finally figured out what tricks the Jiangnan businessmen were playing.

The men of the Jiangnan merchants brought gold, silver, copper plates and grain to the north of the city instead of goods, in order to make profits in the north of the city. It wasn’t that the camp in the suburbs of Beijing first thought that it was dishonest after the earthquake, but since it settled down in Anye. Just making a profit.

All the people in Anye North City knew that if they were in urgent need of emergency money, they could go to the pen and ink shop opened by Jiangnan merchants next to the county government office to ask for money.

For every ten copper coins borrowed, you will have to repay twelve copper coins to the pen and ink shop next month, or you can repay as much as you have on hand, and the unpaid money will generate new interest next month.

The people in Beicheng are not fools. They know that although the brush and ink shop borrows money easily, the interest is very high, but they have no choice.

The people in the North City in Anye City are the poorest. Their relatives and friends are either in the same situation as them, or not as good as them. Even if there are occasional exceptions, the exceptions will cut off contact with the people in the North City after they leave the North City.

Therefore, when the people of Beicheng need money urgently, the pen and ink shop is the easiest choice for them.

As the people in Beicheng who first borrowed money from the pen and ink shop successfully borrowed money to buy medicine and saved the life of the old mother, they failed to repay all the money when the stipulated repayment time, and began to pay back the money one after another every month. More and more people bow their heads, and there are even well-informed people from the South City and West City.

The more Ji Xinxue listened to Zhang Siyi's words, the more familiar she felt, and she always felt that she had heard similar stories somewhere, "There will be no free lunch in this world."

The Jiangnan businessman who was able to cheat the Princess Mansion of 9 taels of silver without blinking an eye is not only not a good person, but also a greedy beast who eats meat but does not spit out bones.

How could it be possible for the people of Beicheng to not pay back their debts?

Zhang Siyi listened to Ji Xinxue's words, nodded with a face full of pain, and took out a stack of crumpled yellow paper that smelled of sweat and musty from her sleeve pocket and handed it to Ji Xinxue.

Yu Heng leaned over with his arms on Ji Xinxue's chair, and together with Ji Xinxue, they looked at the content on the yellow paper

It was an agreement signed between a man named Zhou Zhuang and the brush and ink shop. It not only had the fingerprints of Zhou Zhuang and the shopkeeper, but also the seal of the Anye County Government.

Zhou Zhuang borrowed two or two taels of silver from the pen and ink shop for turnover. From the date of borrowing the money, he repaid the money to the pen and ink shop once a month, and the monthly interest was one-tenth of the debt owed last month.

If Zhou Zhuang’s debts to the brush and ink shop accumulated to ten taels of silver, this agreement would automatically become a body-selling agreement, which would be regarded as a death contract signed by Zhou Zhuang and the owner of the brush and ink shop. Unless the owner of the brush and ink shop agreed, he could not redeem himself for life.

Behind this piece of yellow paper is Zhou Zhuang's monthly repayment document, which is almost the same as the agreement on the first one. It also has the fingerprints of Zhou Zhuang and the shopkeeper and the seal of the Anye County Government.

In the first month, Zhou Zhuang repaid [-] copper coins, and he still owed [-] copper coins. Last month's interest was [-] copper coins, and he owed the brush and ink shop [-] copper coins in total.

In the second month, Zhou Zhuang repaid 320 copper coins, and still owed 280 copper coins. Last month's interest was 160 copper coins, and he owed the pen and ink shop a total of 440 copper coins.

In the third month, Zhou Zhuang repaid 290 copper coins, and still owed 150 copper coins. Last month's interest was 140 four copper coins, and he owed the brush and ink shop 290 four copper coins

No. In 15 months, Zhou Zhuang repaid 32 copper coins, and the arrears plus interest totaled 99 copper coins.

Apparently Zhou Zhuang had given up on paying back the money, and was ready to become a servant of Jiangnan merchants who signed a death contract next month.

Ji Xinxue felt dizzy for a long time and couldn't control his temper, as if the bitter and astringent antidote soup he drank before was all for nothing, and he raised his hand and was about to smash it on the table.

He had never seen such a brazen person!

In the first three months alone, Zhou Zhuang had to bear an additional debt of [-] copper coins, which was more than a quarter of his total debt.

From the fifth month onwards, Zhou Zhuang's monthly repayment amount began to decrease, and the ever-decreasing interest surged up, and soon exceeded Zhou Zhuang's monthly repayment amount.

That is to say, even if Zhou Zhuang tried his best to repay the money every month, because of the high interest rate, he still owed more and more money to the pen and ink shop, and sooner or later he would become the death slave of Jiangnan merchants.

Yu Heng reached out in time to catch Ji Xinxue's hand that slammed on the table in anger, and persuaded in a low voice, "Don't make it difficult for yourself because of other people's mistakes."

Ji Xinxue stared at Yu Heng with bright phoenix eyes, and the yellow paper in the other hand rustled, and said through gritted teeth, "Zhou Zhuang only owes the pen and ink shop two taels of silver, and he will pay back to the pen and ink shop at least within fifteen months." Three taels of silver, but in the end he became the death slave of Jiangnan merchants!"

After fifteen months, Jiangnan merchants earned at least one tael of silver plus a dead slave for nothing.

According to Zhang Siyi's words, Zhou Zhuang is not an exception among the common people in Anye. I don't know how many "Zhou Zhuang" in Anye can only watch helplessly as they owe more and more debts and wait desperately to become slaves to death.

Ji Xinxue couldn't imagine what Zhou Zhuang was thinking when he returned 15 copper coins to the brush and ink shop in No.32 months and took away his accumulated debt of 99 copper coins.

Do you want to spend the last month with your family?

Or are you wondering how the dead slaves will be treated?

Will there be people like Zhou Zhuang who, when the monthly repayment can't keep up with the interest, have the idea of ​​asking their family members to go to the pen and ink shop to borrow money and get through the crisis first?

Yu Heng moved gently along Ji Xinxue's neck to the tail, and softly comforted Ji Xinxue, "We can punish the Jiangnan businessmen and deal with the county magistrate of Anye, so that there will be no such high profits in Anye."

Ji Xinxue closed her eyes tightly and took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the increasingly raging anger.

Feng Lang is right, the most urgent task is to prevent more and more people from becoming death slaves.

"What happened to those who became slaves to death?" Ji Xinxue asked Zhang Siyi in a hoarse voice.

Zhang Siyi hesitated for a while before telling Ji Xinxue the truth under Yu Heng's urging eyes, her tone could not hide her pain, "They were sent to the south and never returned to Anye, and they never sent a letter back."

Death slaves are different from ordinary slaves. Ordinary slaves are just inferior to others. Death slaves cannot even be considered human beings. They are only the property of their masters.

No matter what the master did to the dead slave, even if it was a living bone and skin, the local officials had no right to intervene.

When Emperor Wu Ning came to the throne, he wanted to abolish the dead slaves, but the family that had been passed down for hundreds of years would not just watch Emperor Wu Ning move their 'property'.

Even though the aristocratic family fell in the hands of Emperor Wuning and Emperor Qianyuan, when Emperor Qianyuan remembered his mother's behest and wanted to abolish the dead slaves, he still encountered great resistance.

Not only the aristocratic family that has been passed down for hundreds of years enjoys the convenience brought by the dead slaves, but the nobles and courtiers who have just started to make a fortune from the Yu Dynasty are also unwilling to lose their "property" for nothing.

In the end, Emperor Qianyuan and the courtiers each took a step back.

Emperor Qianyuan did not ban "dead slaves" but issued a new order.

Only those who have no property in the family can become death slaves. This "property" includes houses, land, shops, and animals such as cattle, horses, sheep, wolves, etc. for themselves and their immediate family members.

Whenever a person becomes a death slave, all three generations of relatives must serve for two years.

Those under the age of eight should not be slaves to death, those over fifty years old should not be slaves to death, those who have achieved fame and fame should not be slaves to death, and those who are willing to do good should not be slaves to death

After the Qianyuan Dynasty, dead slaves became less and less common.

Even the children of slaves and slaves will consider their way out when they can work. If they enter the mansion to serve, they must sign a living contract with the master's family.

If the master's family makes the servant who signed the contract of living violate the laws of the Yu Dynasty, the servant can still go to the Yamen to report.

The imprint of the Anye County Government on the yellow paper is still clear under the smudge of sweat and tears, which not only means that the magistrate of Anye County and even the entire Anye officials are blatantly colluding with the Jiangnan merchants, but also means that they have never misunderstood the laws of the Yu Dynasty and the laws of Chang'an. Emperor Changping put it in his eyes.

"Go and urge the county magistrate of Anye to speed up the construction of the kiln. The official kiln for making rock sugar will start to operate early next month, otherwise." Ji Xinxue had just experienced a rage, and his brain began to lose track of his thinking. He frowned and looked around, seeing Yu Hengshi's eyes suddenly lit up, "Otherwise, Yu Heng and I will go to the fief of Princess An's Mansion to build an official kiln that can make rock sugar!"

Ji Xinxue's threat was very effective. The magistrate of Anye was afraid that the God of Wealth would run away, and after hearing Zhang Siyi's message, he rushed to Zhuangzi non-stop to greet Ji Xinxue. He swore to God that the official kiln would be built within 20 days.

"En." Ji Xinxue responded coldly, looking at the magistrate's fat belly through the light gauze, "Processing day and night, how do you calculate the wages of the common people?"

"Princess, don't worry, this is the corvee they are supposed to serve, and they won't spend too much money if they rush to work." County Magistrate Anye said without thinking.

Ji Xinxue clenched the jade ball in her hand, resisted the urge to smash the jade ball on the head of Anye county magistrate, and said bluntly, "Before leaving Chang'an, Aye taught me to be kind to the people. I have to let them finish the two-month work in half a month, and I feel uneasy if I don’t give rewards.”

The county magistrate of Anye heard the word 'reward money', his eyes flashed very quickly, and he said with a face full of embarrassment, "But last year's harvest was not good, and the county government squeezed money to build kilns. It is extremely difficult, and it is really impossible."

Ji Xinxue raised the corners of her mouth and paused deliberately before speaking, "You find a way to make up for the money, and come to the Princess Mansion to withdraw it in two months."

The county magistrate of Anye turned his mind, and came to the conclusion that Ji Xinxue has no money now, and he will only have money after the Bingtang official kiln starts operating.

Therefore, Princess Anwu said that she would go to Luzhou with Xianglin County King if she could not open the Bingtang official kiln before next month. She didn't realize that the large amount of money spent on banquets at the Princess Mansion was related to him, but she was very anxious when she ran out of money.

The magistrate of Anye let go of the heart that had been brought up since Zhang Siyi came to the door yesterday, and couldn't help but want to get more money by paying the bill for Princess Anwu.

"I'm ashamed, I haven't saved a decent family property for many years, I'm afraid I can't advance the money for the princess." He tentatively said, "In the entire Anye, only the master of the document hall can come up with so much money at once."

The document hall is the pen and ink shop of Jiangnan merchants.

On the other side of the tulle, Ji Xinxue stopped turning the jade ball for a moment.

He remembered a sentence he heard before time travel.

'How bold people are, how productive the land is. '

He dared to borrow money from Wenshutang, and would Wenshutang dare to ask him for an account?

"Then you are a middleman and let him advance the money." Ji Xinxue's always cold tone gradually revealed a smile, "I will give ten taels of silver to all the people who are rushing to work, and five taels of silver to ordinary people who are serving. Let Yan Meng keep an eye on this matter."

Yan Meng is simple, and she will probably be fooled by the magistrate of Anye County to go to the document hall to borrow money in person, or even leave a token or handwriting. She is also meticulous and serious, and will personally watch every money distributed to the people.

Asking Yan Meng to do this matter can not only paralyze the Anye county magistrate and Jiangnan businessmen, but also ensure that the people can really get the money.

The county magistrate of Anye didn't expect Ji Xinxue to be so generous, so he couldn't help persuading him, "Serving corvee is their duty, and the princess's willingness to give rewards is already a kindness. According to the officials, no matter whether the people are rushing to work or not, as long as two Just money."

Ji Xinxue snorted coldly, "You don't need to pay the money from the county government, so why are you talking so much nonsense?"

The magistrate of Anye immediately admitted his mistake, "I know my mistake, please forgive me, princess."

"Have you found the craftsman in the kiln?" Ji Xinxue ignored the plea of ​​the magistrate of Anye, and just wanted to finish the important matter quickly, and let the magistrate of Anye go immediately.

He was afraid that the green emerald ball he held in his hand would be destroyed today if he listened to a few words from the magistrate of Anye.

The county magistrate of Anye didn't notice Ji Xinxue's dislike for him at all, all his attention was on Ji Xinxue's words, his face flushed red with excitement.

The craftsmen in the rock sugar kiln were arranged by him.

Princess Anwu is indeed his God of Wealth!

As long as he can get the formula of rock sugar, he can get more than 1 taels of silver?

10 taels, no, a million taels!

His voice was trembling with excitement, "I'll arrange it now!"

Ji Xinxue was very satisfied with the positive attitude of the magistrate of Anye, "The kiln will open on the first day of next month, and the craftsmen and raw materials will be ready by the 28th of this month at the latest."

"Yes!" Anye County Magistrate wiped off the hot sweat that was about to drip into his eyes, and nodded repeatedly, "I will find someone right now, and I promise everyone will be honest."

"As for the raw materials," Ji Xinxue's voice gradually hesitated, "How is the price of caramel and icing sugar around Anye compared to Chang'an?"

"I don't know the sugar price in Chang'an, so I can't compare it, but Shangzhou sugar has never been as sweet as Jiangnan sugar. Princess may as well wait. Maybe there will be Jiangnan merchants passing by in the second half of the month. Their sugar is not only delicious, but the price is also extremely cheap." Ann The magistrate of Ye County was afraid that Ji Xinxue would not believe it, so he added, "At this time of year, many traveling merchants from the south of the Yangtze River will pass through Shangzhou to Chang'an with a large amount of goods."

How could Ji Xinxue not believe the words of An Ye county magistrate?

He also knew that those Jiangnan businessmen came for him, who was taking advantage of him.

Ji Xinxue said to the magistrate of Anye, "You keep the sugar merchants for me. On the 25th of this month, I will ask Zhang Siyi to choose among them the suppliers of raw materials."

It has been more than two months since he first said that he was going to build a Bingtang official kiln. The Jiangnan businessmen who left from near Anye day and night are returning to Shangzhou one after another, and the things owed to him should be returned.

Before the magistrate of Anye left, Ji Xinxue casually mentioned that people in Anye city always disappeared for no reason, and asked the magistrate of Anye to pay attention, and he would also make the military guards stationed outside the city to patrol more frequently to find the traffickers as soon as possible. villains.

Since the [-]th, a steady stream of businessmen have come to Anye, and the posts have been sent to the Princess Mansion and Zhuangzi where Ji Xinxue temporarily lives like water.

Ji Xinxue regretted his life, and before finding out how he was plotted against, he had no intention of going back to the Princess Mansion in the city, and only asked Zhang Siyi to go back to the city to help him choose a businessman who would provide raw materials for the official kiln.

On the night of the same day, the military guards of the Daying Camp in the suburbs of Anye quietly left Anye, and took advantage of the darkness to head to the surrounding areas of Anye.

The Jiangnan merchants in Anye City are nothing but puppets, and the real principals are all pulling puppets in the surrounding small towns or even villages.

Ji Xinxue wants to catch them all.