Needless to say, the result of what Xiao's brother did was that when the prince was in charge of the North District, he managed his subordinates loosely, and he did it several times without being found out.

This also greatly encouraged his courage, and he did it several times, mixing relief grains with rice bran and cutting off half of the grains to sell.

He also sold medicinal materials. In addition to his sweetheart, he also brought out several relatives and friends of his sweetheart.

Later, the prince was sent to the imperial mausoleum, and Prince Ling was put in charge of the management of the northern district. All the things he had done were found out.

When the imperial army arrested him, he shouted that his brother-in-law was Liu Hou! Who dares to take him!

Your brother-in-law is a prince, and he dares to target you because of the plague case!

Don't talk about Xiao Xiaoliuhou!

Xiao's brother was imprisoned. After being found out, he had committed several serious crimes and was immediately sentenced to beheading.

Liu Hou was naturally implicated, and the Liu family was searched. The person who was said to have been secretly released by Xiao Li was not found, and maybe he was hiding in the Liu family.

Liu Hou sent a lot of money to settle the matter.

The Liu family's reputation was completely ruined. The emperor investigated the plague case and the slave trade case seriously, and many nobles and nobles were killed.

He might not be able to save his brain either, and now he was shocked to realize what a big mistake it was to marry Mr. Xiao as his equal wife!

It would be a disaster to marry such a woman from a lowly background and have a bunch of dragnet relatives back home!

Ms. Xiao would kneel down in front of him every day with her children and cry, begging him to save her brother. The children would cry and beg him to save their uncle.

Liu Hou was so angry that he almost fainted! How dare you let your child call that man uncle! Aren't you afraid of sitting still?

Moreover, if the world knew that my son had such an uncle, who would dare to associate with him in the future?

How could he still attack the prince? How to get a wife?

Madam Liu fainted and locked Mrs. Xiao in the ancestral hall. She ordered Marquis Liu to take Mrs. Jiang back to the housekeeper.

Mrs. Jiang has looked away a long time ago, so she doesn’t want to get into this troubled water!

She and Bao'er were so comfortable in the suburbs, why did they covet the title of that marquise and suffer such cowardice?

No matter how much Marquis Liu invited him, she never went back during the New Year.

She, Bao'er and Jiang Hong celebrated the New Year happily.

But the Liu family didn't even dare to set off firecrackers. In addition, the hospital had few doctors, so the old lady could only hire ordinary doctors.

Also, since the Jiang family left the Liu family, without the subsidy from the Jiang family's dowry, the Liu family's own wealth has long been unable to support the appearance of a noble family.

This year has been extremely miserable.

Thinking about last year, Mrs. Jiang was busy for the whole twelfth lunar month, preparing many New Year's gifts. During the New Year, everyone in the house reunited and had a very lively time.

This old lady still has no grandson to run against the Jiang family. Now the old lady is so regretful!

I can only be thankful that there is still Bao'er dragging her along. Even for Bao'er's future, Mrs. Jiang will not really leave the Liu family.

When Shen Dongsu heard what Nanny Ji said about Mrs. Jiang, she was happy for Mrs. Jiang the whole time!

No matter what happens between Jiang and Liu Hou in the end, as long as she can express her disgust, it will be worth it if she can live a peaceful life for a few years.

If it were in a rural area, Mrs. Jiang could completely divorce the Liu family in this situation, and it would be normal for her to remarry her daughter.

But in noble families, there is almost no reconciliation. There are very few people who even separate their property, and the Jiang family is still a business owner.

It is even more difficult to reconcile with the Liu family who has a title.

There is also Bao'er. If the Liu family refused to let Ms. Jiang take Bao'er when they left, then Ms. Jiang really couldn't take her away.

This is not as painful as digging out Jiang's heart and liver! That's why Mrs. Jiang was so wasted, using Bao'er's poor health as an excuse not to return to Liu Mansion.

Shen Dongsu has no time to worry about Jiang's future. Jiang is a smart person, and with the support of the Jiang family, he will definitely think of a solution.

When Shen Dongsu arrived at Jiang's house, Jiang and Baoer were waiting in the front hall, wearing new clothes for the New Year.

Baoer smiled and wished her New Year's greetings. After Shen Dongsu gave her a red envelope, he directly picked her up and said with a smile:

"It's great. Our little baby has grown taller and gained weight."

Ms. Jiang said happily: "Thanks to the princess's treatment, Bao'er's appetite has improved a lot and his body has become stronger."

"In previous years, I would always cough as soon as winter comes, but this year I haven't coughed once."

Shen Dongsu held Bao'er's pulse and took out the stethoscope from the leather bag Yue Jian carried, and listened to Bao'er's heart and lungs.

He smiled and said: "Yes, our little baby is very healthy. I will change the prescription and take the new medicine next."

Bao'er's health has improved, and Jiang's mood has improved accordingly. The wet nurse took her aside to play, and then the two got down to business.

As if reporting work to her boss, Mrs. Jiang first talked about the auction house. Due to the city being closed due to the plague, the auction house only held two official auctions.

But there are many noble people in Chang'an City. Even if the city is closed, it will not be able to stop those rich people from buying things.

Mrs. Jiang is indeed smart, she figured it out by herself without Shen Dongsu reminding her. By using the "cloud auction" method to sell, people do not need to go to the auction house.

The auction house directly draws the latest items into brochures and sends them to each house. Then the customers bid and record them uniformly. After verification, they start the second round of bidding.

After three rounds, the customer with the highest bid will have it delivered directly to their door.

As for some ordinary items, pictures are drawn and the prices are marked, and they are updated every three days. If customers want to buy, they are delivered directly to their door.

According to feedback, customers like this novel auction method, especially the door-to-door service.

Some ladies who don't like to go out like this new way of shopping too much.

Therefore, even if the city is closed, no shops in the city are open, only the auction house's business is still booming.

Shen Dongsu looked at the product brochure she had published and explained the concept of fashion magazines in the future. The magazines could be launched regularly and customers could purchase according to the products in the magazines.

Ms. Jiang was very surprised and quickly wrote it down. The current trouble is that there is no color printing, so the artist can only draw page by page.

For this album, she supported half of the poor painters in Chang'an City.

Then there is the house. Construction was suspended for a period of time due to the plague, but after work resumed, the progress was caught up.

The first batch is expected to be sold this fall and the second batch next spring.

Shen Dongsu came here mainly to talk about the house. The emperor's permission for her to build a large medical center in the North District was already known to the whole city.

The Ministry of Industry has also selected a site and is preparing to start construction in the spring. So Shen Dongsu asked Mr. Jiang to send someone to buy some vacant land near the medical center.

Whether it is building a shop or a residential area, once the medical center is completed, it will be very popular.

Ms. Jiang was still a little hesitant because ordinary people couldn't afford a place like North District, and people who could afford it wouldn't go to North District.

Shen Dongsu said confidently: "Because of this, the land in the North District is cheap. Before the location of the medical center was announced, others did not expect this."

"We can buy as much land as we can. Believe me, it will definitely become prosperous by then!"

Mrs. Jiang smiled: "I listen to the princess! Now let Jiang Hong buy the land."

She calculated in her mind that the houses and land in the North District were very cheap, so even if she failed in the end, she wouldn't lose much money.

Besides, since cooperating with Princess Ling, I haven’t suffered a loss yet!

After talking about these two important things, Mrs. Jiang motioned to the maid to get the things.

After a while, several maids came over carrying a large box.

Shen Dongsu thought there was something she needed to appreciate, but when Jiang opened the sandalwood box, she saw two precious trees that blinded people.

It’s really a treasure tree! One tree has a tree trunk and leaves made of gold, and pomegranates strung with rubies. They are lifelike, about the size of a fist, and there are sixteen of them.

The other one is even grander, a red coral tree half as tall as a man, with jade as the basin and jade, crystal, and agate as the 'soil'.

She was about to say that the auction of these two treasures would start with one million taels of silver!

Just listen to Mrs. Jiang say: "Princess, these two new year gifts are given to the princess by the Jiang family. Please don't refuse."

Shen Dongsu was surprised and confused. This gift was given to the emperor, and he could ask for an official position! Why did you give me such a heavy gift?

Even if we make money from our joint business, we can just share the normal dividends!

Could it be that Mrs. Jiang wanted to ask her for help to reconcile with the Liu family?

While her mind was racing, she heard Mrs. Jiang say gratefully: "Father said that many maritime merchants in the south of the Yangtze River have suffered due to the Lu family's affairs."

"Thanks to the princess's reminder, the Jiang family escaped this disaster. These two things may seem valuable to outsiders, but they are nothing to the life-saving grace of the entire Jiang family."

"If the princess doesn't accept it, everyone in the Jiang family will have trouble sleeping and eating. Please, the princess, must accept it!"

Only then did Shen Dongsu realize that when she reminded Jiang, she just said it casually. I didn't expect that things would become so big later.

But she still felt that she couldn't accept such a heavy gift, which showed Jiang's expression of 'If you don't accept it, I will keep pestering you until you accept it'.

She hesitated and said, "That's good. I'll take one of such precious trees and use the other one as a dowry for Bao'er."

Mrs. Jiang hurriedly said: "No, Princess must accept them all! We will continue to cooperate for a long time. If you don't accept them, I will be uneasy because I have failed my father's trust."

She further advised: "To be fair to the princess, I also have two such coral trees in my dowry."

In other words, from Shen Dongsu's point of view, this was a priceless treasure, and it was nothing to the Jiang family.

Another day when I want to be a hidden rich man!

Didn't Jia Shiba give her a fake wealthy identity in Dianzhou? When will it be successful? I really want to become a rich man!

In the end, Shen Dongsu took over two treasure trees and cooperated with the Jiang family on a new business, which was fine wine.

Mrs. Jiang said that her family has been in the wine business for a long time, but it has always been sold overseas and never competed with wine merchants in Daxia.

Therefore, there is no need for distillers issued by the imperial court. The distillery, workers, and raw materials are all on an overseas island.

Afraid that Shen Dongsu would think the profits were too small and not want to cooperate, Ms. Jiang talked about the profits of the Jiang family's overseas wine business for one season.

Then Shen Dongsu gave her the recipe for fine wine without any hesitation, fearing that she wouldn't be able to learn it just by having the recipe.

He also wrote a handwritten letter and asked the Jiang family to take it to Guangzhou to find Butler Liu and go to the winery to study.

No wonder they all love to do international business. The profits from overseas business are simply a money grab!

However, the risks at sea are also great. According to Jiang, it is rare for ten ships to go out and seven ships to come back.

Usually there were five or six ships, but one time only one came back. When her grandfather was in charge, none of them came back once, and they all sacrificed themselves to the Sea Dragon King.

Jiang's foundation was almost broken, and it took several years to relax before he could go to sea again.

Shen Dongsu understood what she meant. She was afraid that she would not be able to make any money at that time, and she, Princess Ling, would launch an attack to punish her.

He laughed and said that cooperation is like this, sharing the benefits.

After returning from Jiang's house, Shen Dongsu, Yue Jian and Nanny Ji admired the treasure tree for an hour.

Yue Jian, like her, has never seen much of the world. Aunt Ji is different. She has seen many good things.

Countless families said that every family would have such a treasure tree as a dowry for their daughter.

When Ling Moxiao came back, Shen Dongsu told the story about the Jiang family's gifts a little uneasily.

He didn't pay much attention to the treasure tree, he just played with the ruby ​​pomegranate and said with a meaningful smile:

"This is a good gift. Pomegranate means many children and many blessings."

Shen Dong Su's face turned red. This guy hadn't even consummated the marriage yet, and he was thinking about having more children!

She said anxiously: "Which, am I not accepting bribes?"

Ling Moxiao was so cautious towards her that he felt heartbroken and distressed. Just like she hugged Bao'er, he actually picked her up and sat her on his knees.

"My wife is my king's concubine. Let alone accept this small New Year's gift, it doesn't matter how much I accept!"

"Dong Su, why do you remember other things so well, but you can't always remember what your husband said?"

Shen Dong said anxiously: "I remember your words, every word."

Ling Moxiao laughed: "Then why can't you remember? I said, you can do whatever you want!"

"My wife, let alone two small trees, can even take in a huge ship or a golden mountain. She has a husband here, so there is no need to worry!"

As he spoke, he rubbed his forehead against Shen Dongsu's, as if coaxing a child.

Although Ling Moxiao's words relieved Shen Dongsu's worries, she would not take them seriously!

This guy is currently having a love brain attack and thinks she can do anything and be good anywhere.

When her condition is stabilized, she will suffer a huge loss if she comes back to settle accounts after autumn! So we'd better be alert in advance.

Shen Dongsu smiled brightly and said: "Then I'm relieved! I want to take these two trees back to the Shen family, okay?"

Ling Moxiao was startled. The little girl still didn't take this as her own, and was still thinking about leaving when the contract expired in two years.

He did not expose her little idea, but said firmly: "Of course! Not only these two trees, but also anything in the palace, my wife can take it back."

The warehouse in Prince Ling's Mansion is very large, and she, the princess, also has her own dedicated warehouse, which currently contains the emperor's rewards and the gifts she received during the New Year's Eve dinner.

As soon as these two trees were moved in, they were so powerful that they made all other treasures dim.

Shen Dongsu never expected to receive such a treasure on the last day of leaving Chang'an. The trip to Chang'an was still rewarding!

She also mentioned the person who cooperated with the Jiang family in craft brewing. Ling Moxiao didn't care much, but said thoughtfully that there was not enough time, otherwise he would have to meet Jiang Hong.

Shen Dongsu chased after him and said that the Jiang family had a winery overseas, so naturally there was no shortage of food.

After he arrived in Youzhou, in order to prevent the princelings from attacking, he wanted to stock up on food, but he didn't know if the Jiang family would use it?

Shen Dongsu thought of the area around the Nanyang Islands where rice is harvested three times a year and how much grain can be transported back by a boat.

I really wonder why Daxia banned the sea?

Ling Moxiao saw that she was deep in thought and worried about him in the future, so he quickly comforted her and said that it didn't matter now, and he would find another opportunity to contact Jiang Hong in the future.

The two talked about the printing workshop in the mansion again, and Shen Dongsu felt a little aggrieved when it came to it. It was originally the largest movable type printing workshop of Lingwang Bookstore.

After the emperor saw this, he directly sent people from the Ministry of Industry to learn from it. In other words, it was confiscated!

However, the emperor rewarded Prince Ling with a garden. Ling Moxiao said that Princess Ling had researched it and directly recorded the garden under Shen Dongsu's name.

After Shen Dongsu had business cooperation with the Jiang family in Chang'an City, he also had personal real estate. It’s a pity that I have still visited my own garden to see it!

Although the garden was nice, it would be impossible to use the bookstore to attract literati to Ling Moxiao.

However, it is good that the emperor can use this to break the education monopoly of the gentry.

This night was the couple's last night in Chang'an. After dinner, Ling Moxiao went to the palace again.

Shen Dongsu did not go, but prepared what she would take with her when she set off tomorrow morning. In addition to her personal supplies, there were also 300 people from the Tai Hospital and several shiploads of medicinal materials.

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