Xiaoqi

Immediately, Zhen's pretty face was flushed, and her ears were red.I am so ashamed.Inadvertently she said such embarrassing words.But this is indeed what she thought in her heart, and she subconsciously blurted out after being shocked.It's a pity that Li Li on the opposite side of her seemed a little puzzled, didn't understand what it meant, was ignorant, and didn't understand women's hearts.

This Mingyue Pavilion is an extremely special place in the huge Zhen Mansion.For Zhen Shi, it is an existence with a special meaning.When her husband Zhen Yi passed away eight years ago, she ordered someone to build it, and she has been living here alone since it was completed.It was also the place where she planned to spend the rest of her life alone.

In the past eight years, this attic has never allowed a man to come close, even the two sons who have been adopted into her name are no exception, let alone the collateral clan of the Zhen family.

However, Mrs. Zhen hosted a banquet in the attic to entertain Li Li alone tonight. The real intention of this is really intriguing.In addition, the matter of her hosting a banquet for Li Li in the attic tonight is extremely secretive, and few people in the mansion know about it.She had specifically told Ma Yunluo not to mention this matter to anyone before, and the maid in the attic was her confidant maid who had been trained for many years, and she would definitely keep her mouth shut.

In fact, as early as half a month ago when she first met Li Li, Mrs. Zhen showed a special affection for Li Li. Every time she looked at Li Li, her eyes were very complicated, half-covered and shy, very ambiguous.

In the half month after the separation, Zhen was out of her mind every day, and she would always think of Li Li inexplicably when she went to bed at night, so that she often tossed and turned, couldn't sleep all night, and suffered from lovesickness.

It stands to reason that Zhen Shi is no longer a young girl in love, she has a strong ability to control herself, and knows what to do and what absolutely not to do.At the same time, she naturally knew that with her current status, it was absolutely impossible to remarry, and she couldn't hide another man in her heart.

However, if you are not a widow, you will never be able to appreciate the silence and loneliness of being a widow, let alone the misery and bitterness of a young woman staying alone in her boudoir for eight years.

Especially a "strong woman" like Zhen Shi who is in charge of such a large family business, is shrewd and wise, and shows others with vigor and resoluteness.It seems that she has everything, noble status, prominent status, wearing gold and silver, and there are nearly a hundred maids following her when she goes in and out, and she can get tens of millions of dollars with a wave of her hand. The gold and silver used for a table of meals is an astronomical figure that ordinary people cannot earn in a lifetime.However, only she knows that she does not lack anything and has everything; but she is the poorest woman in the world, she is so poor that only money is left, and she is so miserable that she can't even find a man she likes. Can't find it either.

I have to say, this is a great irony!

ps: add a new chapter.

It took me a lot of effort to write out the transitional content of the two chapters, but I was surrounded and suppressed by the harmonious army, and the shield was fierce, so what can I do!Zhong Lang didn't notice it before, and he didn't realize the inconvenience caused to you book friends and the loss of more than a dozen starting coins until he found out just now. Zhong Lang is deeply sorry!

Speak with conscience, Zhong Lang is a man of duty, he is definitely a law-abiding citizen, a "good citizen" under the five stresses and four beauties.For the sake of a few hundred starting coins, I can't commit "illegal". It is really necessary for the content. Let me make a transition to facilitate the subsequent content development.Moreover, Zhong Lang has always paid attention to details and will not mislead young people. They are all for adults to read, but the meaning cannot be expressed in words, and there are no excessive words.

After being flooded, Zhonglang had nothing to say, and he was convinced that the situation was so great that it was impossible for human beings to do it.

I'm really sorry, dear friends, please forgive me!Sincerely, Huben Zhonglang.

Chapter 441 The Trip to Zhongshan Consonance 8/9

The starry sky is bright, the moon is like a hook;

The beauty is facing the window, adding new worries.

Eight years of boudoir shadow list,

The red luan star moves and looks forward to becoming a pair.

Mo Dao widow is cold-hearted,

Melt the ice and brew the tea, which is rich and fragrant.

With the advent of troubled times, when most people in the world are struggling to survive, the Zhen family has enough money and food to feed 10,000+ or ​​even tens of thousands of people.

At a time when everyone in the world is trying to avoid the pain of separation from their wives and children, Mrs. Zhen doesn't even have the chance to experience the difficulty of separation between husband and wife.Because her man died a long time ago, but she has to guard the huge family business, and she is doomed to be lonely and widowed all her life.

If this is not a great irony, is there a greater irony in the world than lying on a golden mountain and enjoying solitude?

Having not seen Li Li for half a month, Zhen was worried about gains and losses. She was worried that someone in her family would discover her thoughts, and she was also worried that she would be reviled by others. What worried her most was that Li Li would never return.Also, she couldn't fathom Li Li's mind and character, whether he was tempted by her, whether he would dislike her for being married, having children, and being eight years older than him.

Zhen's mind was uncertain about these messy things, and it was Li Li who made her most uncertain.This seemingly young man is really too calm, his emotions and anger are invisible, and he does not reveal the truth.Even in the face of a charming woman, he remains calm; seeing the woman's obvious hints, he is noncommittal and calm.

Such an extremely calm young man, the city is too deep, so deep that the conceited Zhen family who has read countless people can't fathom it, and there is a feeling that he has no way to start.

However, when Li Li talked about other things, his voice was full of emotion.His expression is so sincere that people can't help but believe him and put themselves in his shoes.

Just like Li Li's matchmaking for Guo Jia, Li Xuan and the other four people just now, he spoke in detail, earnestly, sincerely, with almost no embellishments, so that Mrs. Zhen couldn't bear to refuse at all.It seemed that once she refused, her four daughters would not be able to find a good man.

It is precisely Li Li's calm and treacherous temperament that deeply attracts Zhen Shi.She was so deeply trapped in it that she couldn't extricate herself, and she was willing to sink into it forever, unwilling to wake up.

This may be another difference between men and women.Men like women, as long as they are beautiful and have a good figure.That's almost inseparable.But some women look at men as long as they are not ugly.There was a special aura about her that attracted her deeply.It is enough to make her obsessed with it, even at all costs.

In addition to being distressed, Zhen Shi even hoped that Li Li would be the kind of man who was greedy for her beauty, because she had absolute confidence in her appearance.Just look at her biological daughter Zhen Mi. Zhen Mi is her biological daughter and looks almost exactly like her.The only difference is that the two are mother and daughter, with a huge age difference.

But the 29-year-old Zhen Shi is the golden age of a woman's life, with a mature appearance and a plump figure.The charming style revealed in every frown and smile is absolutely unmatched by young girls.In addition, a mature woman knows what a man needs, what he likes, and how to serve a good man.

The most terrible thing is that Mrs. Zhen already knew about the relationship between men and women, and she has a daughter, so she has already experienced the bone-destroying taste of love between a man and a woman.For such a beautiful and plump woman to be a widow, this is undoubtedly a great physical torture and a double test psychologically.

This kind of inhuman torture can easily make a normal woman, especially a beautiful woman, completely collapse.No matter how good her appearance and body are, no one appreciates her, let alone her comfort; if things go on like this, if she still does not collapse, it proves that she is dead, either physically or mentally.

Just as Mrs. Zhen bowed her head in thought and said nothing, Li Li got up and walked to the window, looked up at the stars in the sky, and gradually turned his gaze to the night sky in the northwest.

At this moment, he misses his wife and children far away in Liangzhou, hoping to find familiar stars in the sky full of stars, and entrust his longing for his relatives.

Traveling to the Central Plains was something he had decided more than a year ago, but he still couldn't make the trip, and it has been postponed until now.The reason is not that the situation in Xiliang cannot be separated from him, nor is it that he is entangled with all kinds of things, but that he is reluctant to leave his gentle and considerate wife and concubines, and even more reluctant to part with his children who have just turned one year old and are babbling.

Rebirth In the last three years of the Han Dynasty, Li Li has long been accustomed to fighting on the battlefield under the rain of swords and arrows, and also used to seeing life and death, but he has never been able to be truly ruthless, and has always left the softest place in his heart to his wife and children.Because of this, he has always adopted the technique of benevolent supervision and control over the generals and scribes officials under his command, and he has loved the entire army and the common people even more.Unless he had to, he would not easily execute any generals and soldiers, let alone kill the people.

Regarding this, Li Li himself didn't know whether it was right or wrong, but deep down in his heart he hated killing, and was extremely disgusted by the act of killing people.

In fact, Li Li knew that this was the work of his soul from later generations, who lived in a peaceful age, advocated human rights, opposed oppression, loved peace, and hated killing.So he was reborn in this chaotic late Han Dynasty. When he was small, he killed people to survive. When he was in a high position, the soul of future generations buried deep in his heart came out again, which made him govern leniently and subtly. Diluted the heart of killing.

Therefore, when he was in Jizhou at this moment, Li Li couldn't help but miss his wife and children far away, and became a little sad.At this moment, he forgot that tens of thousands of Yuan Shao's army was confronting the Black Mountain Yellow Turban bandits just tens of miles away from Wuji City. Maybe the flames of war would extend to Wuji County and affect him tomorrow.

"What are you thinking about? Wife, children, or military and political affairs?" At some point, Mrs. Zhen walked up to Li Li gently, put on the robe that he took off when entering the room, and asked softly.

Li Li turned his head to look at the gentle and charming Mrs. Zhen, smiled knowingly, and said, "It's both. Zhen's mansion is very nice, brightly lit at night, quiet and peaceful, making people almost forget the turmoil outside, and it's easy to be sentimental.

Before I came to Jizhou, I thought that the counties and counties in the Central Plains were no different from the cities in Xiliang.It wasn't until I saw everything here with my own eyes that I realized that the counties and counties here have a large population and the market is also very prosperous. One Wuji county seat can be equal to one county seat in Yongzhou.Even more prosperous. "

Zhen Shi smiled slightly, with beautiful dimples showing at the corners of her mouth, her smile was so sweet that it could melt a person with a heart of stone.

It was the first time that Li Li noticed that Zhen's smile was so sweet, and there were two delightful dimples at the corners of his mouth, which he hadn't noticed before.

Seeing Li Li looking straight at her, some blush quickly appeared on Zhen's cheeks, but she did not dodge, let alone show a shy girlish posture, but looked at Li Li affectionately.

Until Li Li turned his head to avoid it.She said softly: "The population of the counties and counties in the Central Plains is indeed larger than that of the counties and counties under the jurisdiction of Yongliang and Liangzhou, and the streets and markets are also much more prosperous, but these are flashy and hard to survive. Once the black mountain bandits and Yuan Shao The army launched a decisive battle. Zhongshan, Changshan, Weijun, Chenliu, Henan, Hedong and other counties and counties will all be in flames of war. Today's prosperous cities and streets will be destroyed overnight, and the people will flee in all directions. Refugees are everywhere. desolate.

In contrast, the prefectures and counties of Xiliang were places where they fought long battles against the barbarians and the countries of the Western Regions.Even if there is a war, as long as the counties and counties do not fall.It will not be affected too much.After all, the people of Xiliang have long been accustomed to the flames of war, and they will never be so panicked and fleeing in all directions like the people of the Central Plains.

therefore.Now the counties and counties in Xiliang are in great order and the law and order are stable. Although the people live a little bit harder, they have hope. As long as they work hard, they will be able to gain something.Therefore, in recent years, many people whose homes were destroyed by the war in Jizhou and Bingzhou fled to Chang'an with their families and settled down, and the people of Sili moved to Chang'an Sanfu and Yongliang two prefectures to find another way of life.

Presumably, in the past two years, the population of Wenchang has increased a lot, right? "

Li Li nodded and said: "Well, that's true. For more than a year, the counties and counties in Xiliang have increased their population by tens of thousands, and this year even more. Outside Hangu Pass, there are almost an endless stream of people entering Xiliang. Afterwards, the entire territory of Xiliang will increase by millions of people on the basis of the original population."

Zhen looked at Li Li with burning eyes, and then said: "Yes! Since the outbreak of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, people from all counties in the Central Plains and Xiliang have fled to Jingzhou and Yizhou in Xichuan. But since a year ago, the refugees No longer go to Jingzhou and Yizhou, but choose the Xiliang prefectures and counties that are closer to take refuge. In this way, the population of Xiliang under your rule will naturally increase, and the counties and counties will quickly become prosperous. I believe that, If the recuperation decrees in various parts of Xiliang are extended for another two years, by then, the population under your rule will far exceed that of all the princes in the world, and your strength will become stronger!

It's just that I've always been confused. As early as two years ago, most of the counties and counties in Sili belonged to the imperial court, and they were also under your rule.Why was the recuperation decree implemented in Sanfu and Yongliang prefectures not implemented in Sili? "

Li Li smiled frankly and said: "Sili was the seat of the imperial capital of the Eastern Han Dynasty for nearly 200 years. Most of the people in the territory are famous and well-known families with deep roots, while our two prefectures in Xiliang have suffered from wars and are poor and white. Compared with the two, The former is a gathering place for famous families and nobles, while the latter is a basket of mud legs, the two are not the same. Therefore, the recuperation policy is applicable to the two prefectures of Xiliang, but it is not suitable for implementation in Sili, at least not at the moment."

Zhen's Bingxue is smart, and she knows the elegance when she hears string songs.She understood the implication of Li Li's words, immediately smiled, and asked softly: "Could it be that Wenchang really doesn't plan to rely on the powerful gentry to conquer the world, but insists on being an enemy of the world's gentry?"

"Hehehe!" Li Li laughed loudly: "Madam's words are a bit big, how could I be an enemy of the world's nobles!

However, if the gentry and the Li people are enemies, then they are my Li Li's enemies.In other words, I don't have the desire to destroy all the nobles and nobles in the world, but they must strictly implement the decrees I issued, return the land they invaded to the people, reduce the number of domestic slaves and maidservants, and determine the salaries of servants and maidservants, abolish the contract of prostitution, and prohibit the abuse of lynching To punish servants, all fields and servants must be registered in the government office for year-end verification.If this can be achieved, I welcome any powerful gentry to enter all parts of Xiliang, otherwise don't blame me for being ruthless.