The Wife is First

Chapter 30 Southwest Emergency Report

Once you have the supply of goods, it will be easy to open a store. Mu Hanzhang asked Zhou Jin to find a two-room shop on the street where Huwei Building is located, and asked Mr. Yun to find a famous carpenter and silverware shop in the capital to customize a batch of exquisite wooden boxes and silverware. box.

"What does the princess want these boxes for?" Yunzhu asked Mu Hanzhang, holding a pile of ready-made boxes. These boxes were exquisitely made and even more expensive than those balms. Didn't the princess lose money by doing this?

Mu Hanzhang took a silver box and smiled without saying anything, and asked Yunzhu to carry it to the yard of the wet nurse's family. Most of the ointments sent from Jiangnan are contained in bamboo tubes or iron boxes, and the prices are not high. Even if the price is raised, the best ones can only be purchased for a hundred cents. But it's different when it comes to exquisite boxes. There are many dignitaries in the capital, and the more expensive things are, the more people buy them.

In the blink of an eye, by mid-May, the shop was already in good repair. When the second batch of goods arrived, Mu Hanzhang's small shop selling balm was officially opened.

The elegantly decorated shop is half-covered with bamboo curtains, and a bamboo plaque hangs above the door, with three elegant and powerful characters "Mo Lian Ju" written on it.

The word "mo" means the ink garden where men and women often go, and "lotus" means fragrance. Because at this month’s party, Mu Hanzhang brought some ointments in wooden boxes and gave them to the men and their wives, and they passed them on to ten, and then to hundreds. On the opening day, almost all the people who bought things and watched the excitement opened the door. The front was blocked.

Unlike the general opening of a shop, which involves setting off cannons and lion dances, Mu Hanzhang invited famous musicians from the capital to play the piano in front of the shop, and the sound of faint music could be heard endlessly, which was extremely elegant. When people saw this, they didn't want to make any noise and just watched quietly.

The ointments in the shop are divided into several grades, including those in iron boxes, wooden boxes, and silver boxes. The prices are very different. The ones in iron boxes only cost a hundred and ten cents, and the ones in wooden boxes cost one to two taels of silver. There are dozens or even hundreds of taels in the box.

Since his brother went to the southwest, Jing Shao had to face the fourth prince alone in the court every day. He didn't even have anyone to tell him the secret code. He was so unhappy that he stayed in bed every morning and didn't want to go to court. He always had to call Mu Hanzhang. I climbed up three or four times before I was willing to get up.

However, in recent days, Jing Shao suddenly started to like Shang Chao. Due to the urgent news from the southwest, the eldest prince was in danger in Dian Tibet, and his life or death was uncertain. The eldest prince would write a report and return to the capital every day, but now there has been no news for more than ten days.

Today, the report from the Governor of Yunnan and Tibet was delivered, and what happened became clear. As soon as the eldest prince entered Yunnan and Tibet, he was eager to attack the Nanman and did not listen to the advice. There is a lot of miasma in the southwest forest. Soon after the army entered the mountains, many soldiers fell ill due to inhaling the miasma. Last month, the eldest prince led his troops into the mountains and got into a bitter battle. They have not yet returned. It was rushed over three thousand miles and delayed for seven or eight days. It was impossible to know whether the eldest prince was alive or dead.

"Father, for this plan, we need to send troops to rescue immediately, otherwise the eldest brother will be in danger!" The fourth prince Jing Yu said anxiously while kneeling on the ground. Whether it was true or false, the look of him who was about to cry was extremely sincere.

"It's too late to send troops now. We have to mobilize troops nearby." The Minister of War said in a deep voice.

"Trash!" Emperor Hongzheng was so angry that he threw the memorial in his hand to the ground.

The court fell silent for a moment. The prince's expedition was originally intended to intimidate the southern barbarians and appease the people. But now the eldest prince has been caught in a bitter battle just one month after his arrival, and his life or death is in danger, which has brought endless trouble to the court. The courtiers didn't say it on their faces, but in their hearts they felt that the eldest prince was really incompetent.

"Father, calm down, I have a solution." Seeing that the time was almost up, Jing Shao took a step forward and bowed.

"Say." Emperor Hongzheng took a deep breath and looked at Jing Shao.

"The southwest fiefdom is closest to Yunnan and Tibet. I heard that the troops in the southwest are strong and strong, so why not ask the king of the southwest to send troops to reinforce the eldest brother." Jing Shao lowered his head and hid the cold light in his eyes. He knew very well what the Southwest King was like after dealing with him for several years. He was cunning and petty. Ask him to send troops, and he will definitely shirk it. Southwest is three thousand miles away from Beijing. Even if he only shirks it once, this time plus the time spent on the road to send troops, it will take at least a month. Whether he can survive by then depends on his eldest brother. Good luck.

Emperor Hongzheng frowned. He was also very suspicious of the Southwest tribute. He asked the Southwest King to send troops, just to see if the Southwest King was really rebellious. After giving Jing Shao an appreciative look, Emperor Hongzheng issued an order to order the Southwest King to send troops to reinforce the eldest prince and put down the rebellion in the Southern Barbarians. If the eldest prince is rescued, Southwest will be exempted from paying tribute for the rest of this year.

Jing Shao returned to the palace in a good mood and saw his princess sitting on the sofa with a smile and looking at the account book. He couldn't help but feel a little itchy and took the account book away and said: "Just look at the account book and you will be happy." So, could it be that this account book is prettier than mine?"

Mu Hanzhang glanced at the increasingly shameless guy and was not annoyed, "If you compare yourself with others, you are certainly more beautiful than anyone else, but..." He prolonged his last words, took advantage of Jing Shao's grin, and took advantage of Jing Shao's grin. He grabbed the account book and said, "This account book is not a person." After saying that, he started to read it again.

It just opened today, and business is already booming. The cost of those items is not high, just the boxes are more expensive, but the total is less than 30% of the selling price, so I really made a lot of money.

"Hmph!" Jing Shao threw his princess down on the couch with dissatisfaction, "The eldest brother is in danger in Dian Tibet. I don't know whether he is dead or alive."

"Really?" After hearing this, Mu Hanzhang looked away from the account book.

Jing Shao briefly talked about what happened in the court, then sighed softly and said, "If the king of Southwest angers his father, the withdrawal of the vassal will be imminent."

Mu Hanzhang narrowed his eyes and said softly: "In this current situation, there will inevitably be a battle to withdraw the vassal state. Will the prince go?"

Jing Shao sat up, took a deep breath, and nodded slowly: "If there is a war, I will definitely go. I am the only one who is sure to pacify San Francisco!" The bright candlelight reflected Jing Shao's resolute profile, and there was something that could not be concealed. His pride and steady and powerful voice seemed to be on the battlefield, facing 300,000 soldiers, declaring war with so much heroism!

Mu Hanzhang looked at him steadily, pursed his lips, and said after a long time: "You are a capable person, and it was I who caused you trouble." This man has a general talent that is no less than that of Taizu, but it is a pity that he was not born with it. hour.

"Jun Qing!" Hearing these words, Jing Shao felt an inexplicable pain in his heart. Back then on the cliff of Fengyue Mountain, Jun Qing said this, you are a capable person, it was me who caused you trouble... … couldn’t help but raise his voice.

When Mu Hanzhang was yelled at by him, he looked up and met a pair of reddish eyes. He realized that he had said the wrong thing and immediately panicked: "Xiao Shao...I..."

Jing Shao took the person who was talking nonsense into his arms and hugged him tightly, as if he wanted to strangle him into flesh and blood: "You are not allowed to say that again, do you hear me?"

Feeling that the arms around him were still tightening, Mu Hanzhang was painfully strangled. He couldn't help frowning, but he didn't cry out for pain. He just stretched out his arms to hug him back: "I remember, I won't do this again." I said...um..." At the end of the sentence, he couldn't help but groaned.

Jing Shao woke up with a start and hurriedly let go of his hands: "Did it hurt you?"

Mu Hanzhang shook his head, but Jing Shao forcibly took off his clothes. I saw two deep red marks on my originally fair upper arm, which gradually turned purple. Jing Shao felt extremely distressed, so he brought some medicinal wine and rubbed it carefully for him. As he rubbed it, the taste changed. His distressed eyes gradually darkened, and his fingers dipped in medicinal wine slowly slid to his shoulders, and then slid from his shoulders to his chest.

"Well..." Mu Hanzhang hurriedly grasped the hand that was spinning on a cherry blossom, and looked around. This was still an outside room. The maid would come in at any time, but not here.

Jing Shao didn't intend to stop, he hugged the person into his arms and held a pink ear in his mouth: "Jun Qing, can we consummate the marriage today?" The scene on the cliff passed through his mind over and over again. , the heartache couldn't be increased. He wanted to possess the person in his arms and merge with him, so that he could confirm that he was still alive and living in his arms; so that he could confirm that this was not just a dream, and all the misery was still there. Yet to happen!

When Mu Hanzhang heard this, his eyes widened as if struck by lightning, consummated... consummated the marriage? They had been married for more than two months, and apart from the wedding night, they had really never done anything to the end. Firstly, he was afraid of the kind of pain that would tear his body apart, and secondly, Jingshao knew he was afraid but never forced it, so he pretended not to know and fooled him.

He turned to look at the person holding him. In addition to the usual tenderness and pity, there was also a hint of fear in those beautiful eyes. His movements when kissing him were also a little panicked, as if he was eager to confirm something. Mu Hanzhang knew that if he didn't want to, he wouldn't force himself, but looking at Jing Shao like this today, he really couldn't bear to refuse anymore. The worst thing is, just endure it for one more night, as long as it can make him no longer so sad.

Mu Hanzhang was silent for a long time. When Jing Shao was about to give up, he nodded slowly and whispered: "Go back to bed... okay..."

Jing Shao was stunned for a moment, then he picked up the person in his arms, stood up with a bang, ran to the inner room using Qinggong, and kicked the door shut with a bang!