Abandoned

Xiao Jiuzheng, in his position as the head of the Dugu family, handles the internal and external affairs of the Dugu family with ease and ease. The 16-year-old Xiao Jiuzheng has won the support of the Dugu family in just three months. They all say that the young lady is rewarded and punished, and she does things fairly. People can't pick out any thorns.Don't look at the young lady, she looks weak and elegant, but she is trustworthy and powerful, noble but not arrogant, no matter men, women, old or young, looking at Xiao Jiuzheng has a sense of affinity.

Xiao Jiuzheng likes to be the head of the family, and he manages the big and small affairs inside and outside the house on behalf of Dugu Jin. He has a sense of carefree development, and he is probably more and more used to planning and giving orders, which makes Xiao Jiuzheng have the same age as 16 years old. A sense of calm and atmosphere that does not match.

Because of the long-term grain harvest, the secret granary of the Dugu family was already full, and Duguhe reported it to Xiao Jiuzheng.

"The granary is full. It is estimated that the granary will be rebuilt before we can continue to collect grain. Why don't we ask people to build a few more granaries right away?" Duguhe asked.

"No, the rebuilding of the granary is a huge project, and it will inevitably attract the attention of interested people. Moreover, the long-term harvesting of grain can still be traced if someone pays a little attention to the grain market, so we can't add other people's eyes and ears." Xiao Jiuzheng opposes further repairs. granary.

"Then the grain is no longer harvested? But now the grain and rice in the granary hidden by Dugu's family can feed 30 troops for three years. It should not be a big problem if it is no longer harvested." Dugu He said, as long as the general With 30 soldiers and three years of food and pay, the Dugu Army will be invincible.

"We have to continue to collect, the more the better, but we don't need to collect it, just let others do it for us." Xiao Jiuzheng already had a plan in mind.

"How to operate?" Duguhe has already seen Xiao Jiuzheng's intelligence, so he is convinced of Xiao Jiuzheng's proposal, he knows, as long as he does it.

"Tomorrow, you call me all the rich merchants in Nine Cities." Xiao Jiuzheng confessed to Duguhe that her method is rather poisonous. When it comes to collecting money, who can collect more than these merchants, she plans to open some back doors for these merchants, Give them some preferential policies, let them collect money as much as they want, feed them fat to be slaughtered later, and borrow their treasury to store food for Dugu's family, killing two birds with one stone, anyway, these profiteers are not good people.

So the next day, all the merchants, including Lu Jinpeng, the richest man in the city, were invited to the Dugu Mansion. When they were invited by the General's Mansion, all the rich merchants were terrified.

"Housekeeper, young lady invited us into the mansion, what's your order?" Lu Jinpeng asked Duguhe, the chief steward of the Dugu family, very respectfully. Although the wealthy businessmen here are rich in wealth, their status is not high. Wait, profit-seeking businessmen are despised by the world.

"I'll find out later, everyone just wait here." Dugu He said with a bit of arrogance. He is the big housekeeper of Dugu's family, and he really didn't pay attention to these businessmen.He saw that it was almost time for people to come, so he went to the backyard to invite his young wife.

The few rich merchants could only wait in fear for the young wife of the Dugu family, Xiao Jiuzheng, the third lady of the Xiao family.

After waiting for a quarter of an hour, Xiao Jiuzheng came late.

The major merchants saw Xiao Jiuzheng, the girl under 17 years old, still had the immature look of a girl on her face, but there was an elegance and extraordinary demeanor in her gestures, coupled with her elegant appearance, there was a kind of Women in the world should be so amazed, but everyone dared not look at it, and quickly looked away. After all, this girl who is less than 17 years old, but the half master of the Nine City, has a noble status and cannot be profaned.

"Keep everyone waiting for a long time, the butler will give you a seat." Xiao Jiucheng said gently to the major merchants, and at the same time told Duguhe to prepare seats for them, with a friendly attitude, completely opposite to the attitude of the big butler Duguhe.

"Don't dare, don't dare, please tell the young lady if you have something to do, and I will do my best to serve the young lady." Lu Jinpeng is an old fox, and Xiao Jiuzheng gave him a face, but he didn't dare to show his face, and said with a very respectful attitude.

Xiao Jiuzheng looked at Lu Jinpeng. Lu Jinpeng was fair and clean, with heavy smile lines on his eyebrows and eyes. He seemed friendly, but he was actually a smiling tiger. His eyebrows and eyes were somewhat similar to Lu Ningxue in the Taoist temple. They were indeed parents, but the family of merchants could raise Lu Ningxue. The eldest lady who is proficient in playing piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, but not understanding the world is a bit surprising.

"Don't be nervous. Ninety percent of us invite you here today to discuss important issues. Everyone in the world thinks that businessmen are the worms of a country, but ninety percent don't think so. No business, no life, a place where businessmen gather, the city will be rich. Jiucheng plans to develop business in the nine cities, what do you think?" Xiao Jiuzheng asked.

The rich merchants listened, their eyes flickering with excitement. They didn't know if what the young lady of the Dugu family said was true or not, but if what Xiao Jiuzheng said was true, it would be enough to make them excited.The government is eager to suppress businessmen, and they are constantly emphasizing taxes. They all wish to emphasize agriculture and suppress business. They have never heard of any business development, so Xiao Jiuzheng made such a proposal, and they are still skeptical.But Xiao Jiuzheng's words are indeed more insightful than many rulers.

"Young Madam is indeed very knowledgeable. It's our good fortune that Young Madam thinks so. I don't know how Young Madam plans to do business?" Lu Jinpeng asked in a tone of restraint.

"It's like this. I plan to lighten the tax to attract merchants from the outer cities to do business, and to set up the market..." Xiao Jiuzheng said a series of policies, and the merchants were very excited when they heard it, and they kept flattering Xiao Jiuzheng.

"Finally, Jiucheng was lucky enough to have an interview with the National Master last year. The Celestial Master secretly told that there will be a severe drought in the next few years. The specific year, the Celestial Master dared not reveal the secret. The so-called would rather believe it than believe it No, [-]% hope that all businesses will stockpile some food, so that the Dugu family's Jiucheng can overcome the difficulties at that time. After all, [-]% of the strategy of promoting business must be profitable for everyone, so as a reward, when the time comes I also hope that everyone can generously donate to the people in the city. After I think about how much food and rice each family needs to hand in, I will give everyone an amount, and it will definitely not hurt everyone, so please rest assured." Xiao Jiuzheng said.

The wealthy businessmen tensed up, thinking that there is no such thing as a free lunch in the world, so they don't know how much this amount is. At the moment, everyone is happy and worried, but there are always gains and losses.

Fortunately, on the second day, the Dugu Mansion confirmed the amount of food and salaries to be handed over, which made everyone feel relieved. It was really not much, and each family was only a few hundred to a thousand shi. To the rich and powerful, it was really nothing .However, the merchants are very shrewd, thinking that if there is a severe drought, they must collect more food and resell it at that time. That is the real opportunity. When the hungry people are not full, they can use the best Cheaper prices buy more fields.Merchants pay more attention to profits, everyone has such a small mind, secretly collecting grain and storing grain, scrambling to be the first to be the first, fearing that there will be less grain, and it will be cheaper for others, and the price of grain cannot be raised. Many of them secretly buy grain from outside the Nine Cities.As everyone knows, these are all in Xiao Jiuzheng's calculations, hoping that they will be fatter and better, and with the strategy of promoting business, it will be difficult for them not to be fat.

Duguhe admired such a vicious plan of laying eggs in a pretext, and even slaughtering the hen at the same time, almost surpassing his master.The master's strategy is on the battlefield, and the young lady's strategy is fully demonstrated in daily affairs. Who would have thought that this girl under the age of 17 is so powerful.It's not in vain that the master and the eldest lady have exhausted their minds to marry the young lady back home. Now it seems that the master and the eldest lady are really knowledgeable.

The third letter was sent back from the northwest, and Duguhe hurriedly sent it to Xiao Jiuzheng in the study after receiving it.

"Young Madam, a letter from the Northwest." Dugu He couldn't hide his joy in his tone.

Xiao Jiuzheng put down the book in his hand with great joy when he heard the words, his joy was beyond words, and he immediately took the letter in Dugu's hand.I have to send a letter to Qian Ya and Dugu Jin each month. The letters to Qian Ya are naturally asking for warmth and expressing love, while the letters to Dugu Jin are to report the major affairs that I have handled in the mansion.It's just that Chia Ya's letters come many times less often than his own, but Xiao Jiuzheng can understand Chia Ya's hardships in the Northwest.So every time a letter came from the northwest, it made Xiao Jiuzheng feel precious and happy.

The young madam is scheming and thoughtful, she is always happy and angry, and only when she receives a letter from the eldest lady, the young madam is very happy, like a 17-year-old girl.

Xiao Jiuzheng couldn't wait to open Chia Ya's letter, and carefully read it word by word, fearing that he would read it too quickly and finish it all at once.

In fact, in the first two letters, Chia Ya wrote very poorly. It was nothing more than a few words to explain that everything was going well for her and that she didn't need to worry about it, or to describe soldiers and the like.Unlike Xiao Jiuzheng's reply letter, he always writes worryingly and full of lovesickness.

Even though the letter is so poor, Xiao Jiuzheng still read it with great interest. Xiao Jiuzheng is always trying to figure out the state of mind and state of the person who wrote this letter when writing this letter, and tried his best to capture Chia Ya's thoughts when writing these letters.

But today's letter, Xiao Jiuzheng seems to feel that Chia Ya's state when writing this letter is completely different from the past.

"Several confrontations with the Turks, the Turks were all defeated, and the main force of the Turks was frustrated, so I didn't dare to go any further, but my father planned to annihilate the last main force of the Turks, with the intention of severely injuring the Turks, so that it would be difficult for them to recover in a short time, so as to protect the The Central Plains will not be threatened by the Turks for decades..."

Looking at the big sunset, Chia has become numb to fighting on the battlefield, but she still feels a sense of loneliness in her heart. Even under her father's careful teaching, she can already be a general commanding soldiers on her own, standing side by side. Some military achievements already have some prestige.But she doesn't like this kind of life. Every time at this time, she misses Xiao Jiuzheng very much.Xiao Jiuzheng's letters to herself are all those greasy and crooked words, and sometimes they are too explicit and make her blush, so she feels more comfortable reading Jiuzheng's letters to her father.Through the big affairs that Jiuzheng reported to his father, Chia can feel that Jiucheng at home has slowly grown up to Xiao Jiuzheng, who was in the palace to guide the country in his previous life. That kind of strategy and courage, from his father's high praise, Chia Ya felt a sense of joy and honor.

Chia Ya must admit that sometimes she misses Xiao Jiuzheng very much, thinks about Xiao Jiuzheng's appearance before separation, imagines Xiao Jiuzheng's appearance after reunion, and thinks about Xiao Jiuzheng's appearance in the last life. Looking through the greasy and crooked letter, I really feel that the content of this letter does not match Xiao Jiuzheng's image at all.

Every time Chia Ya replied to Xiao Jiuzheng's letter, she deleted and deleted it several times. Whenever there was a description similar to Xiao Jiuzheng's words, she felt awkward, so she tore it up and rewritten it, and the final product became the most boring words.

After reading Chia Ya's letter, Xiao Jiuzheng wrote back immediately.

"I have received the letter last time. The most joyful thing is to receive Chia Ya's letter. I can be happy for many days. Chia Ya should write to me often. Last night I dreamed that Chia Ya came back. General Chia Ya was dressed up and looked majestic. Lin Lin, strong and dark, not as beautiful as before, but I was happy when I saw you back, and I didn’t think Chia Ya became ugly. When I woke up, I knew it was just a dream, and I felt very disappointed. I only hope you I have dreamed and imagined countless times the scene of my father and I annihilating the main force of the Turks and returning to the court. I even dreamed of some scenes that should not be dreamed. What impressed me the most is that there are When Qianya came back the next day, she took me into the tent, undressed me, and didn't know what to do, I just felt shy..." Xiao Jiuzheng wrote thousands of words in a pen, but still felt that there was a lot to say.

Every time Chia Ya receives a letter, she is joked by her peers who don’t know Chia Ya’s real identity, maybe it’s a letter from her sweetheart.After all, what Xiao Jiuzheng writes is really bold and unrestrained sometimes, without being reserved at all.Of course, Xiao Jiuzheng is not unserious every time, sometimes he is quite serious, most of them are Xiao Jiuzheng having nightmares, dreaming that Chia Ya is injured, and when he is worried, it is strange to say that when Xiao Jiuzheng has nightmares, Chia Ya really suffers Fortunately, they were all minor injuries, but Chia Ya never told Xiao Jiuzheng about her injuries.