To Rule in a Turbulent World

You Miao pulled the paper, but You Dechuan held it down and said, "You can't go to Beijing again this year."

You Miao immediately frowned and said, "Why?"

You Dechuan said: "There are frequent wars outside the Great Wall, I'm afraid the north will not be stable."

You Miao laughed and said: "The north is not stable, so it may not even be able to defend the capital. Old man, what are you thinking?"

"Idiot!" You Dechuan scolded: "If the north is not stable, you will have to conscript and pay more, the court will transfer personnel, and there will be a lot of corvees in the Jiangnan and Jiangbei areas. If you are recruited by the third prince's party, you will have to expedite it by eight hundred miles. , write a letter to ask family for money?"

You Miao said: "I have nothing to do with the Third Highness..."

You Dechuan said again: "What if the crown prince asks you for money? The national treasury is empty, and taxes will be raised in the Liangjiang area. At that time, Prime Minister Li will persuade the emperor to borrow money from the salt and tea merchants. You will be detained in the capital. Can I not pay you?" money?"

You Miao sneered, after all, she still felt sorry for the money, and wanted to retort a few words: If you really start a war with the barbarians, the country will be overthrown, even if you have all-powerful abilities, you will not be able to take care of your own property, but after thinking about it, the money After all, it belonged to You Dechuan, so let him give it to whomever he likes, keep it dead and bring it into the coffin, or be robbed by the barbarians and don't do his business.

You Miao thought for a while and said, "Then what are you going to do?"

You Dechuan said: "Your mother enclosed a piece of land before she was alive, and she wanted to clear it 15 years ago. Later, she often fell ill and was in poor health, so she didn't go there. The four tenants are looking after it. If you have the heart, the land will be given You. If you can grow something fancy, let your eldest brother go to Beijing in three years, and let you take care of the family property, and you two can exchange it."

Hearing this, You Miao couldn't help but find it funny, so she squinted at You Han Ge, and saw that his skin was rough, he looked like a country boy who had entered the city, and now he was with a rich father. Looks good, but that farm spirit can't be changed.He is going to Beijing?What can a mud leg do?Knowing how to eat and play, Li Yan and others probably didn't even look at him.

"I'm not going." You Miao was stubborn again, and said, "What kind of shit."

You Dechuan said: "If you don't go, you have to go, I don't have much money for you."

You Miao: "You..."

You Dechuan said: "Now we are determined not to let you go to Beijing. Your cousin also wrote a letter saying that you spend too much for a year, and the family can't afford your money..."

You Miao: "What are you kidding? You will be short of these thousands of taels of silver?! Return the things to me! I will go to Beijing with my own money!"

You Dechuan said: "Where did you get the money? Can you have money? I didn't pay for you. What do you use to make friends with those cronies..."

You Dechuan became angry again, but the fault was still with him. The decision to establish another eldest son cannot be undone. Just as he was about to calm down and say a few more words, You Miao sneered and said, "Are you offering me? Are you rich? If it wasn't for my mother back then Help you, you want to make a fortune and buy a house? Go ahead and make your spring and autumn dream!"

"Old dog who eats soft food, my mother helped you set up such a big family business. As soon as you turn your back on the front foot, you won't recognize anyone. You are marrying a concubine, and you are recognizing escaped children..."

"Father! Calm down!"

"I'll kill you little bastard!"

You Miao hadn't finished speaking when the inkstone was thrown at him. You Miao dodged subconsciously for a moment, but Li Zhifeng made a lightning strike and took the inkstone in his hand. Both of them were not hit, but ink was splashed all over their bodies. Very embarrassed.

You Dechuan hates people mentioning this matter the most in his life. Every time he is mentioned outside, he looks like "You Dechuan who eats soft food". He really hates him enough to grit his silver teeth.

"Father..." You Hange stopped the old father, and repeatedly tried to persuade him to calm down. You Miao left the study with a black hair, stopped writing the letter, and walked down the corridor bitterly.

"Father! Father!" Seeing that You Dechuan was so angry by his youngest son that his face turned pale, You Hange collapsed on the chair, hurriedly gave him some relief, and came out with fists clenched to call for someone, causing Wang to look pale with horror.

You Miao finally let out a bad breath and leaned against the pillar, feeling unspeakably tired for some reason.

Li Zhifeng stood behind him, the left half of his face was covered in ink, and the right side of You Miao's face was also covered in ink. He heaved a sigh of relief, turned around, hugged Li Zhifeng's waist, and buried his face on his shoulder.

Li Zhifeng silently raised his hand and put his arms around You Miao, and the two hugged each other like this, standing quietly in the corridor.

At noon the next day, there were guests again in the tea house, this time it was the tea farmers and long-term laborers who came to give the New Year gift, they set up a courtyard, You Hange knocked on the door himself, and said outside the door: "Brother."

You Miao hadn't fully recovered from the wind and cold, and was still coughing when he got up, Mu Qier saw You Hange, and bowed to let him into the outer room.You Hango said, "Are you feeling better?"

You Miao was drowsy, unable to answer for a while, just glanced at him, like a young tiger who doesn't trust people, You Hange said: "Today the tea farmers came to visit the farm, and Dad asked you to come out and meet them." Well, after all, they are tenants of our own family, and some red seals are about to be scattered. There are also uncles and brothers from Yangzhou who come to walk around, take a look..."

"Understood." You Miao said angrily, "Is the old man accompanying the guests?"

You Hange said: "Yes, big brother doesn't know the rules, and he doesn't know how to seal it... I wanted Uncle Lin to undo it, but Dad said we should at least go to one..."

"Let me do it." You Miao said coldly.

Temper tantrums belong to temper tantrums, You Miao still knows the general situation, and he has to do what he should do. Since there are people in the clan today, You Dechuan can't leave with his guests, presumably they are the elders of the You clan.If the new housekeeper is allowed to dismiss the tenants, firstly he won't be able to convince the crowd, and secondly, the servant was hired by the Wang family. He is afraid that he will be stingy by nature, and it will inevitably embarrass You Miao if he is slandered by outsiders.

Presumably You Hange was also afraid of this festival, so he specially came here to ask You Miao to go out for a ride.

You Miao got out of bed in unlined clothes, coughed a few times, You Hange hurriedly came up to help, and said, "Just write down the amount. There is a gift list here. I will ask someone to reward you according to the package..."

You Miao waved his hand, Li Zhifeng came over with a robe and wrapped it up for him, You Hange said again: "It's not busy, you have breakfast before going, let them wait a little longer."

You Miao washed up a few times and tidied up casually, then used some porridge, followed You Hange to his room, spread out the gift list, and sealed it in the gift package given by the tenant.

You HanGe helped from the side and said, "Brother, don't be angry with Dad anymore, he has been unable to bear it since last year."

You Miao didn't say anything, but noticed that You Hange's room was very simple, and there was not even a book on the table. Although it was the main room where You Miao lived in the past, it looked simple after tidying up. There was only one landscape bonsai, hanging on the wall The writing: "A person who travels a hundred miles is half ninety".

Not to mention the ostentation compared to the brocade quilt and fur felt that he used to live in, it was even worse than You Deyou's house in the capital.

After You Miao finished wrapping the bag, she asked the servant to carry the plate to the front yard of the villa, and You Hange became a follower instead.

"Master." A tenant recognized him and smiled. You Miao also smiled at him, and rewarded him one by one. Hundreds of tea farmers were standing on the ground carrying the burdens and pushing the carts.

These people all expect to renew the lease of Youjia's tea field in the coming year. They are busy picking the winter buds all year round, and keep some thoughts in mind that You Dechuan will not raise the rent, and they will each earn a little money to support their families.

"Fifteen altars of kimchi root... I like to eat this." You Miao smiled and ticked off the list, and said, "Come, I will reward you."

The tea farmer received the seal, and said with a smile: "I know that the young master likes to eat, so I put it into the jar to pickle at the beginning of the year. My daughter-in-law just keeps talking about it and doesn't know when young master You will come back..."

You Miao said: "Have a heart and a heart."

"Don't raise the rent next year, young master!" someone shouted from the back of the line again.

You Miao said: "No rent increase!"

The tea farmers were relieved one after another, talking and laughing happily for a while.