The Wife is First

Chapter 30: Southwest Express

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With the supply of goods, it is easy to open a store. Mu Hanzhang asked Zhou Jin to find a two-room shop on the street where the aftertaste building was located, and asked Mr. Yun to find a famous carpenter and silverware shop in the capital to make a batch of exquisite wooden boxes and silverware shops. box.

"What does Wang Fei want these boxes for?" Yunzhu asked Mu Hanzhang holding a bunch of ready-made boxes. These boxes are exquisitely crafted and even more expensive than those balms. Isn't Wang Fei losing money by doing this

Mu Hanzhang took a silver box and smiled without saying a word, and asked Yunzhu to carry these to the yard of the nurse's family. Most of the balms sent from Jiangnan were stored in bamboo tubes or iron boxes, and the price was not high. But it's different when you put on a delicate box. Most of the dignitaries in the capital are dignitaries, and the more expensive things are, the more people buy them.

By the middle of May, the shop had been taken care of. When the second shipment arrived, Mu Hanzhang's shop selling balm officially opened.

The elegantly decorated pavement is half-covered with bamboo curtains, and a bamboo plaque is hung at the front of the door, with three powerful characters "Mo Lian Ju" written on it.

The word "ink" refers to the garden of ink that men and wives often go to, and "lotus" means fragrance. Because at this month's party, Mu Hanzhang took some balm in wooden boxes and gave them to the men and wives, and they passed it on from ten to one hundred. Blocked before.

Different from the opening of ordinary shops, which involves firing guns and dancing lions, Mu Hanzhang invited famous musicians in the capital to play the piano in front of the shop, and the music was endless and elegant. When people see this situation, they don't make any noise, they just watch it quietly.

The perfumes in the shop are divided into several grades. There are iron boxes, wooden boxes, and silver boxes. The price is very different. The iron box is only a hundred and ten cents. There are dozens or even hundreds of taels in the box.

Since the elder brother went to the southwest, Jing Shao had to face the fourth prince alone in the court hall every day. He didn't even have anyone who knew the secret code. He was so unhappy that he stayed in bed every morning and didn't want to go to the court. It took three or four times to get up.

However, in recent days, Jing Shao suddenly began to like the court. Because of the emergency report from the southwest, the eldest prince was in danger in Yunnan and Tibet, and his life and death were unknown. The eldest prince would write a memorial every day to return to Beijing, but now there has been no news for more than ten days.

Today, the report of the Governor of Yunnan and Tibet is sent, and the course of the matter is clear. As soon as the eldest prince entered Yunnan and Tibet, he was eager to attack the southern barbarians and did not listen to advice. There is a lot of miasma in the forests in the southwest. Not long after the army entered the mountains, many soldiers fell ill from inhaling miasma. Last month, the eldest prince led his troops into the mountains and fell into a hard battle, which has not been returned yet. The 3,000 li was rushed over, and it was delayed for seven or eight days. It was impossible to know whether the first prince was alive or dead.

"Father, for today's plan, we need to send troops to rescue immediately, otherwise, the eldest brother will be in danger!" The fourth prince, Jing Yu, knelt on the ground and said anxiously, no matter if it was true or not, the expression on the verge of weeping was extremely sincere.

"It's too late to send troops now, we have to transfer troops nearby." The Minister of War said solemnly.

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

The court fell silent for a while, and the prince's expedition was originally to deter the southern barbarians and appease the hearts of the people. Now the eldest prince has been in a hard fight just a month after his arrival, and his life and death are still uncertain, which has brought infinite trouble to the court. The courtiers didn't say it on the face, but in their hearts they felt that the eldest prince was really incompetent.

"Father, please calm down, my son has a solution." Seeing that the time was almost up, Jing Shao took a step and bowed.

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

"The fief in the southwest is the closest to Yunnan and Tibet. I heard that the troops in the southwest are strong and strong, so it is better to let the king of the southwest send troops to reinforce the elder brother." Jing Shao lowered his head, hiding the cold light in his eyes. The character of the King of Southwest, who has been dealing with him for several years, can't be more clear, cunning and careful. Ask him to send troops, and he will definitely shirk back and forth. The southwest is 3,000 miles away from Beijing, and even if he only shirks once, plus the delay in dispatching troops on the road, it will take a month at least. Whether he can survive then depends on his elder brother. Created.

Emperor Hongzheng frowned. He was also very skeptical about the tribute to the Southwest. He asked the King of Southwest to send troops, just to see if the King of Southwest really had his heart against it. Looking at Jing Shao with admiration, Emperor Hongzheng decreed that he ordered the King of Southwest China to send troops to reinforce the eldest prince and quell the Nanman rebellion. If the eldest prince is rescued, the remaining tribute from the southwest this year can be waived.

Jing Shao returned to the palace in a good mood, and saw his princess sitting on the soft slump, smiling and looking at the account book, couldn't help but feel a little itchy, took the account book away and said, "I'm so happy when I look at the account book, Could it be that this account book looks better than mine?"

Mu Hanzhang glanced at the increasingly thick-skinned guy, but was not annoyed, "If you compare yourself to others, you're better-looking than anyone else, but..." He lengthened the ending, taking advantage of Jingshao's grin, he grabbed the account book Come over, "This account book is not a person." After speaking, he looked again.

It just opened today, and the business is already very popular. The cost of those things is not high, even the box is more expensive, but it is not as much as 30% of the selling price, and it really makes a lot of money.

"Humph!" Jing Shao threw his concubine on the soft slump in dissatisfaction, "The eldest brother is in danger in Yunnan and Tibet, I don't know if he is dead or alive."

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

Jing Shao briefly explained what happened in the court, and sighed lightly: "If the king of the southwest angers the father and emperor, the withdrawal of the vassal will be imminent."

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

Jing Shao sat up, took a deep breath, and nodded slowly: "If there is a war, I will definitely go, only me, and I am sure to pacify the San Francisco!" The bright candlelight reflected Jing Shao's resolute profile, with a hint of disguise that he could not go. His pride, his calm and powerful voice, as if he was already on the battlefield, facing 300,000 soldiers, he declared war with arrogance!

Mu Hanzhang looked at him, pursed his lips, and said for a long time, "You are a capable person, and it is I who have implicated you." This person has the talent of a general no less than Taizu, but it is a pity that he did not meet each other. Time.

"Junqing!" Hearing this sentence, Jingshao's heart was inexplicably aching. Back then, on the cliff of Fengyue Mountain, Junqing said this, you are a capable person, and it is I who implicated you... I couldn't help raising my voice.

After being yelled at by him, Mu Hanzhang looked up, facing a pair of reddish eyes, realizing that he had said something wrong, and suddenly panicked: "Xiaoshao...I..."

Jing Shao put the man who was talking nonsense into his arms and hugged him tightly, as if to stab him into flesh and blood: "You are not allowed to say that again, did you hear me!"

Feeling that the arms around him were still tightening, Mu Hanzhang was sorely strangled that he couldn't help frowning, but he didn't cry out in pain, just stretched out his arms and hugged him back: "I remember, I won't do this again. I said... um..." At the end, he couldn't help but snorted.

Only then did Jing Shao wake up, and hurriedly let go of his hands: "Does it hurt you?"

Mu Hanzhang shook his head, but was forcibly stripped off by Jing Shao. I saw two dark red marks on the originally fair upper arm, which gradually turned blue and purple. Jing Shao was so distressed that he brought the medicinal wine and rubbed it carefully. Kneading and rubbing changed the taste, the originally distressed eyes gradually darkened, and the fingers dipped in the medicinal wine slowly slid on the shoulders, and then slid from the shoulders to the chest.

"Well..." Mu Hanzhang hurriedly held his hand that was spinning on a cherry red, and looked left and right, it was still outside, and the maid would come in at any time, but he couldn't be here.

But Jing Shao didn't plan to stop, and hugged the person into his arms, holding a pink ear: "Junqing, are we going to complete the house today?" The situation on the cliff flashed in his mind over and over again. , the heartache is unbearable, he wants to occupy the person in his arms, and wants to be one with him, so that he can confirm that he is still alive and living in his arms; so that he can confirm that this is not a dream of Huang Liang, and all the misery is still there. Yet to happen!

Hearing this, Mu Hanzhang's eyes widened as if struck by lightning, round... round house? They have been married for more than two months, except for the night in the bridal room, they really never did it to the end. For one thing, he was afraid of the kind of pain that would tear his body apart, and then Jingshao knew that he was afraid and never reluctant, so he pretended to be ignorant and fooled.

Turning to look at the person who was holding him, in those handsome eyes, in addition to the usual tenderness and pity, there was a little more panic, and the act of kissing him was a little flustered, 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 today, he really couldn't bear to refuse again. The big deal, just endure one more night, as long as he can stop being so sad.

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

Jing Shao was stunned for a moment, then he hugged the person in his arms, stood up with a bang, ran to the inner room with a light kung fu, and kicked the door with a bang!