I fought back after reselling my engagement

The second prince walked into the hall, performed his formalities, and handed over Lu Yan's petition.

The old emperor read a few lines at a glance and asked, "What do you think, Erlang?"

"Father, the canal banditry has been a headache for the court since the previous dynasty, but the canal is an important transportation route. When Father first ascended the throne, he also cleared out the bandits several times, but he couldn't get rid of them. There is no way to solve the problem. The Cao Gang and all kinds of people in the underworld want to get a piece of the pie from the canal's water transport exchanges. The benefits they get are all taxes for the court, and the trade routes and business opportunities for the whole world.

Lu Yan is determined to clean up the banditry on the Beijing-Xiang Canal. Why don't you send a few military officers to help? If you succeed, you can further clean up the banditry on the canal and take it back from the Jianghu and Cao Gang."

When the old emperor was young, he was ambitious, but later he had many affairs to deal with. It took a lot of effort to clear the canal. When those people in the underworld saw the imperial army arriving, they turned from bandits into civilians. Once the imperial army left, they turned from civilians into bandits again. The previous dynasty had no way to deal with them, and the old emperor was also helpless.

The method of recruiting them has been tried, but they remain unmoved.

The second prince said, "All under heaven belongs to the king, and all the people are his subjects. If there are ten parts of the big meat pie of the canal, three parts belong to the court, two parts belong to the merchants, and the other five parts belong to the underworld and the canal gangs."

These are all real money, and the imperial court's control over the canal waterway is not as good as that of the Cao Gang and the various underworld factions.

The old emperor said: "I will call several important ministers to discuss and send troops to help."

The second prince was determined to clean up the banditry along the canal. The old emperor had done it twice more than 20 years ago, but it was a waste of time and money. In addition, the other party was too compromising and refused to accept the court's amnesty, so it was not easy to divide the duties. All passing ships had to pay a bribe to the gangs along the way. In Jiangnan, a piece of silk was originally sold at two taels of silver, but when it arrived in the capital, the minimum selling price was eight taels of silver. The extra six taels was the profit shared by several factions.

"I am a wise ruler of the time, and I care about the people. Once the canal is cleared of banditry, grain and cloth in Jiangnan will be much cheaper."

It was precisely because this was a major matter that would benefit the country and the people that the old emperor agreed so readily. He wanted to know whether Lu Yan could eliminate the bandit problem?

A few days later, after discussion, the emperor and his ministers selected three military officers to assist Lu Yan and sent 20,000 troops under Lu Yan's command to begin clearing out the banditry on the canal. Lu Yan was the chief general, in charge of the overall situation of the banditry on the canal.

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Let’s talk about Zhen Su. After falling into the river, although Uncle Su Qi and Su Mo knew how to swim, and she herself knew a little bit, it was a vast canal, and soon she lost her mind and fell into a coma.

When she woke up again, Su Mo and his servant had brought her to the shore. It was not known whether she swam to the shore or was rescued by fishermen in the canal, but the three of them were saved and lived in a fisherman's house.

When Zhen Su was rescued, his whole body was burning hot and he was unconscious.

Uncle Su kept coughing. Although he was a martial artist, he had been soaking in the canal for too long.

Su Mo took out the valuable jade pendant from his body and said, "Seventh Uncle, take this jade pendant to the town to pawn it. Exchange it for silver and then hire a doctor. You need to see a doctor for your illness, and Xianmei's illness needs to be cured even more."

"Young Master, please take good care of yourself. I will be back soon."

This jade pendant is very valuable, but after falling into the water, the silver on him was gone, and the banknotes were in his luggage. Alas, his life was almost gone, how could he care about those material things? However, the jade pendant was an ancestral item of the Jiangnan Su family, and it could only be pawned while he was alive, not after he died.

Uncle Su Qi and the people from the fishing village arrived at Dayong Town, which is a town and also the nearest wharf to the canal. The north side is the wharf by the water, and the south side is the town by the mountains and forests. It is surrounded by mountains and water, with green willows and red flowers. It is midsummer, and it is indeed a tourist attraction.

Uncle Su Qi chose a time-honored pawnshop and handed over a jade pendant made of white jade. "It's an heirloom from my ancestors. I'll pawn it now!"

"If you pawn for half a year, you will have to pay 50 taels of silver, and you will have to pay 100 taels of silver when you redeem it. If you pawn for one month, you will have to pay 50 taels of silver, and you will have to pay 60 taels of silver after one month. If you pawn for three months, you will have to pay 50 taels of silver, and you will have to pay 70 taels of silver after three months." The old accountant explained the three methods and asked, "Which one do you want to pawn, sir?"

"Live like March."

"it is good!"

The other party wrote down the shape and color of the jade pendant in detail, gave it to the pawnshop, and paid fifty taels of silver.

Uncle Su Qi got the banknote, exchanged it for silver, went to the clinic to have his pulse checked and medicine prescribed, and then asked the doctor to go to the fishing village.

Zhen Su's forehead was burning, sometimes cold and sometimes hot. When it was cold, she felt like she was in an ice cellar, and when it was hot, she felt like she was burning in flames. She walked in a complex of reinforced concrete buildings, with iron boxes running on the road. She was very curious, as if she had been here before. She saw a young woman in a fancy dress with a high ponytail, who said excitedly, "Su Zhen! Come on! This is your first interview in society, you can do it."

Yes, she remembered. Su Zhen was not a pseudonym, but her name in her previous life was "Su Zhen". She was a modern woman named Su Zhen. After graduating from university, she went to a large company for an interview and successfully joined the company. Three years later, she was promoted to deputy manager due to her good work performance. However, she traveled through time after getting drunk while entertaining her colleagues at a banquet.

What happened next? She became Zhen Su, the newborn baby girl in Su Wan's arms. The past events were vivid, but her mind was recovering Su Zhen's memories of that life. What happened to Zhen Su in the previous life? It was like an experience like this, but it was also like a dream.

Is that her? Or maybe she in her previous life has forgotten the memory of her present life.

She came back, and she became "Zhen Su" or "Su Zhen" who possessed the memories of her previous two lives.

The middle-aged doctor took the patient's pulse and said, "The coldness of the external evil has entered the body. You will be fine after taking a few doses of medicine. But your body is burning hot now. You should use acupuncture to reduce the fever."

Su Mo said: "Saving people is the most important thing. Please give me the acupuncture, sir."

The middle-aged doctor wrote a prescription. Su Mo took out some silver and asked the fisherman's boy to go to the town to get the medicine. He stayed by Zhen Su's side all the time.

Zhen Su's fever subsided, and that night, Uncle Su also fell ill, also with burning sensation all over his body. They had to ask the fisherman's eldest brother to go to the town and bring back the doctor. Uncle Su was a little older, so this time the doctor prescribed good medicine for him. Just one dose of medicine cost five taels of silver, and he charged an extra five taels for the midnight visit.

Su Mo had never cooked or made a fire since he was a child. Two people fell ill at once, so he had to carry on by decocting and boiling medicine. He asked the fisherman's sister-in-law to teach him. The fisherman's sister-in-law had to dry and mend the nets during the day, and also had to go out to the river with her husband to fish and sell fish. Su Mo had to do it clumsily by himself.

Zhen Su was in a coma for three days. When he woke up, he felt sore all over. When he opened his eyes, he saw the sunlight shining on the window frame. There was a person lying in front of the window, sleeping soundly. The handsome face was Su Mo, who had obviously lost a lot of weight.

There was another person on the couch not far away, it was Uncle Su Qi, who was sleeping soundly.

She was sick and he took care of her. Even though he was a weak scholar, he risked his life to protect her in times of crisis. Such a person is trustworthy and worthy of her entrusting her life to.

Zhen Su had just sat up when he heard a child's voice with a Hunan accent coming from outside: "Mr. Su, I have prepared your wife's medicine. Just as you said, three bowls of water make one bowl, five cents."

Su Xiucai, the one being called Su Hei, could this "Scholar's Wife" be her?

Zhen Su quickly lay back down and pretended to be asleep.