On the first day after waking up, Ling Qingyu slept on the bed, asked about Yang Zhao, and said he was busy outside, so he didn't care, but he was a little surprised that he was busy for three consecutive days.
"Is there someone outside Yang Zhao?" Ling Qingyu muttered in a low voice.
Yan San glanced at her, saw her look suspiciously back and forth, and said, "Are you sincere?"
"It's unlikely!" Ling Qingyu immediately said affirmatively, and then muttered: "Then why are you hiding from me?"
"Yesterday, I heard him and Han Bian talking about the weapons forge. There are coal and iron mines on the East Road, and a forge will be built there to forge weapons and equipment." Yan San said.
Ling Qingyu blinked, and then said: "Yan San, after eating mutton for three days, I think if I don't get up and walk again, I will be turned into a pig."
In fact, she herself felt that her body was stronger than before she had no fever, but Yan San was not allowed to get up, and Shi Fang opened his mouth to make up for it. Those stewed mutton, ginseng and stewed chicken made her feel that she was not The body is cold but the body is hot.
Seeing that her face was indeed much ruddy, Yan San took the clothes and said, "Okay, get up and walk."
Standing at the door, Ling Qingyu blocked Yan San and looked out through the crack of the door.
The flowers, plants and trees in the yard have all withered and some dead branches are left. Although the snow has stopped, the weather is still very cold, and the air is turning into frost. In the corner of the yard, a wooden stake was tied and tied with thick linen. At this time, Yang Zhao was only wearing a single shirt, and the long spear in his hand stabbed the wooden stake again and again. There was still a little distance left, and he quickly retracted and stabbed out again.
Although the tip of his gun didn't reach the real place, there was already a big hole in the stake.
Ling Qingyu pushed open the door and stood at the door.
Hearing the sound of the door, Yang Zhao suddenly turned around, and with a flick of his hand, the spear plunged into the stake.
Ling Qingyu didn't move, just looked at him quietly.
Yang Zhao bit his lip tightly, bloodshot from the bite, took two steps back, turned around and prepared to leave.
"Stop!" Ling Qingyu yelled, seeing that he had stopped but did not turn around, he said angrily, "Come here!"
Yan San winked at Ying Shisan, and the two passed Yang Zhao, leaving the courtyard empty.
Yang Zhao walked towards Ling Qingyu slowly, and when he reached the door, he looked up at Ling Qingyu who was standing on the steps and said, "It's cold outside, why come out?"
"If I don't come out again, are you planning to go out to find mistress? Or is it mistress?" Seeing Yang Zhao's dazed face, he stomped his feet and said, "Are you looking for another woman?"
Without giving Yang Zhao time to react, Ling Qingyu grabbed him and dragged him into the room, closed the door, pressed him on the chair, then hugged his cold body into his arms, and said, "Silly Yang Zhao."
"No..." Yang Zhao said in a low voice with a hoarse voice.
"Since there is no one, why don't you come to see me?" Ling Qingyu asked.
"I..." Yang Zhao choked up and was speechless.
"Zhao, don't worry, let's take our time." Taking his own fur coat and putting it on him, Ling Qingyu sat on his legs, held his head in his hands, and said, "It's okay, let's leave Bianjing first, we Build Heishuiguan and Yinzhou into our own bases, and if it doesn’t work, we’ll go back to Lingjia Village, as long as you stop being silly and listen to whatever the imperial court says, I won’t be afraid of anything.”
Two lines of clear tears flowed down slowly from the corners of Yang Zhao's eyes, and he said in a trembling voice, "Don't you blame me?"
"Why should I blame you?" Ling Qingyu sighed, knowing that this person must have gone into a dead end.
"If it wasn't for me, you wouldn't have come to Bianjing, or even returned to Dazhou." Yang Zhao put his arms around her waist slowly, buried his head in her chest, and said in a low voice.
"Fool, without you, I have to go back to Dazhou! How can the business empire I want to build not have Dazhou? Besides, where is it safe? Isn't it just as dangerous as outside?" Ling Qingyu paused, and said: "Zhao, Ruo Without you, I don’t know how many times I would have died in the episode.”
The room was quiet for a long time, so long that Ling Qingyu wondered if he should say harsh words again to let him get out of this strange self-blame.
"Qingyu, give me some time, you go to sea first, and give me a year." Yang Zhao raised his head, his eyes were clear and firm, and said: "What the Zhao family can do, I, Yang Zhao, can do too."
Ling Qingyu was startled, then laughed, and hugged him tightly, Yang Zhao, my General Yang, finally no longer valued the king's fate and mission more than his own.
Um? Something's wrong with where you're sitting down? Watching Yang Zhao's face slowly turn red, and then to the back of the ears, Ling Qingyu said: "If it happens again next time, I will treat you as looking for another woman, and I will never let you in again."
"There will be no next time." Yang Zhao looked at her and said, as if making an oath, "There will never be a next time!"
Why do these two people want to take it on me when they are obviously self-willed? Then afterwards, I have to reflect on myself and persuade and persuade? Ling Qingyu was speechless and cried a thousand lines, this is more tiring than the pain in his own body, okay
After tears were shed in his heart, Ling Qingyu said fiercely: "Zhao, you must be strong, no matter what troubles I cause, you can wipe my ass clean!"
Yang Zhao slowly showed a smile on his face, and said, "Okay!"
"The person in charge is talking about building a school?" Han Bian paused while holding the teacup, and asked.
"Yes, didn't we build one for those refugees in Hangzhou, and the effect is very good now. Many of Xiaocai's talents are selected from that school." Ling Qingyu twisted his neck, sleeping for so many days, people Almost froze, said: "We don't want to do anything in Bianjing, but just buying land down there won't work. Han Bian, Zheng Xi, you guys need to do a few things first. Zheng Xi, tell Xiaocai when you go back. Excuse me, don't use a name for our future silver buildings, don't let people know at a glance, wow, this belongs to the Ling family, and wherever we have property, we will set up schools, and we will pay all the tuition and book fees. , we have the priority to choose, and then set up courses, which are divided into two parts, young people learn to read characters and the moral standards of life, don't teach the king to be the first, but teach to repay the favor! Older, if you are willing to go For the imperial examination, we pay the fee to send it to a specialized college. Our own school teaches practical courses, such as agricultural smelting, and then tells all the people below us that as long as there is technological innovation and it is proved that it can produce benefits immediately Give a lot of rewards! Then, where we have land and mines, we build roads and bridges for the local area, one is to facilitate the transportation of our own products, and the other is to buy people's hearts."
"Master, this will cost a lot of money." Zheng Xi said after a moment. This time Bianjing lost hundreds of thousands of taels.
"No matter how much it is, it's not as much as what we want for these corrupt officials. Since we can't move the ones above, let's stabilize the foundation and stand firm." Ling Qingyu sneered and said.
Han Bian nodded and said: "The head of the family is right. We should do these things early. Then the Xie family can't be moved even after being reprimanded by the emperor. Isn't it because they have formed their own foundation in Guangzhou and become a wealthy family."
"Jiangnan is the most affluent place, Zheng Xi, it's up to you and Xiaocai over there. We can't move the upper-level officials, so let's lay the foundation." Ling Qingyu said.
"Okay, by the way, all the spices have been delivered this time, what should we do now?" Zheng Xi asked, Shi Fang followed the cargo ship, luckily he followed.
"Has the two hundred thousand taels for the emperor been handed over to Cheng Jia?" Ling Qingyu asked Han Bian.
"I have already given it, and the piece of dragon birthday incense is also sent up. The spices given this time are all better, including agarwood and white mattresses." Han Bian said. The expression on Cheng Jia's face when he ordered the goods was thought-provoking.
"You ask Cheng Jia to send those two sets of jewellery, they have already seen the jewellery, why don't you just give it to the emperor to see who dares to do it, by the way, I remember a very good emerald finger ring, and I will also send it together Go up." Ling Qingyu gritted his teeth, grandma lost a lot this time, if she doesn't try to make money back, it's not Ling Qingyu.
"Okay, I'll do it this afternoon." Han Bian nodded.
"Master, what about the spices?" Zheng Xi still asked, it was a large amount of goods, several million taels of silver.
"Send it to the goods yard at Heishuiguan, Zhao," Ling Qingyu asked Yang Zhao, "You said that Xiao Sui is Gu Sui?" Seeing Yang Zhao nodding, he said, "He still owes me three things." Well, since he dared to trade secretly with you at Heishuiguan, it means that this guy has his own channel in Daliao. You only need to take one-tenth of the goods that passed this time, and the rest are smuggled. Give him a 5% discount, of course it is 15% off the price in Liao. Didn’t our transaction in Yinzhou also go through General Sun’s private channel?” Seeing that Han Bian also nodded, he continued: "Then do the same here. As for the cooperation with the Zhao family, you can't cut off their goods. How much you give this year, just don't reduce his number. But this time, you all suppress half of the goods, because I have called Ding Dong notified Lingjia Village that this year, no boat will be sent back, so I want to see how much the price of spices in Dazhou will rise?"
Ling Qingyu's eyes were cold. This was the first time she said that she wanted to control the price of the entire industry.
Everyone in the room was speechless.
"Then this year, the head of the family will not go to sea?" Han Bian asked.
"Exactly, this year Quanzhou Shipyard also launched three new ships. Ma Huang and the others can also leave the port. We just left the port openly, and we will not come back this year." Ling Qingyu said, if the route to Australia is also opened. , then more ships will be needed over there. The shipyard in Lingjia Village has decided to build all of them into warships, and Quanzhou just needs to replenish merchant ships.
"Han Bian really wants to go out with the master." Han Bian sighed.
"This time, let's go to the land of two lakes. If you want, you can go and see with me." Ling Qingyu smiled.
"The head of the family is going to the two lakes?" Han Bian was a little surprised and asked.
"If we talk about the granaries of Dazhou, one is the Taihu Plain and the other is the Lianghu area, but now the two lakes are not taken seriously at all. This is our opportunity. Four of the eight northern roads are in the hands of the Zhao family. We only need to Slowly secure the East Road and Shaanxi Road. The expansion speed of the Jiangnan area is enough. Now it is necessary to lay a solid foundation. We are not suitable for making big moves in these two places. If we want to enclose tens of thousands of hectares of fertile land, we have to go to the two lakes. Go with Guangnan." Ling Qingyu clicked on the map on the table and said.
Although he gave up Bianjing, his goal was a wider world, Han Bian smiled slightly and said, "Okay, what do you mean by the head of the family, Han Bian will definitely plant the flag of the Ling family there."
"Don't use the name of the Ling family. We will build these farms slowly. There are many hills in the land of the two lakes, and there are not so many stretches of fertile land. Separate them and separate their names. At least the Ministry of Household Affairs will not be able to find them during the four-year review. How many fields and customers does our Ling family have." Ling Qingyu looked at the map and said.