Hand over the jade seal first [Infrastructure]

Xie Junsheng's expression was stiff, and he knew that King Jinling was reminding him not to engage in persuasion or house arrest, and it was even more impossible to find someone to marry.

Seeing that he was dazed and frightened, Xiao Zirong couldn't help but leaned over and said, "I know something about your family's situation, since your people never paid much attention to you, do you still need to rely on them in the future? If your sister is capable, maybe she can become your right-hand man, and she can't steal anything from you, why are you so stubborn."

Xie Junsheng choked for a moment, his thinking was the most mainstream patriarchal thinking at the moment.

But it has to be said that sometimes the lower the status is, the easier it is to abide by the old rules, because they don't know how to adapt, and they don't know that there are other possibilities. , so they don't change.

And the more you go to the upper class, the more open and inclusive you are, because everyone is well-informed and has experienced all kinds of new things, so they don't think there is anything wrong.

Pushing it forward for thousands of years, let alone women being officials, there are also women who fight here and there for their husbands, what is this?

Before Xie Junsheng, he was only worried that Xie Lianyun would bring him trouble. After all, having such a restless sister said that it was a bad family tradition, and it might just be a chat after dinner on weekdays.

But when it comes to critical moments, such as promotion, it may become a source of criticism from others.

But now the King of Jinling didn't think there was anything wrong, and even agreed to Xie Lianyun's request, so why did he have to make such a fuss?

It is best to turn a blind eye. If the result is not good, the King of Jinling will be responsible. If the result is good... As the King of Jinling said, this is his own sister after all.

Xie Junsheng saluted Xiao Zirong solemnly and said, "Don't worry, Your Highness, I know what to do."

Xiao Zirong chuckled: "You don't need to do anything. Since she has chosen this path, she has to go on by herself. If she doesn't even have the courage, do you need someone to help her for the rest of her life?"

He turned around and left.

To be honest, Xie Lianyun's courage made him a little impressed, but it didn't mean that he would be ecstatic to let Xie Lianyun realize his dream.

What if Xie Lianyun just got excited when listening to Liu Cainiang and Bai Yan's storytelling?

Whether it is Liu Cainiang or Bai Yan, when they are narrating, they will definitely not talk about how they faced the loess and their backs to the sky, how they dealt with the mud for several days, and how they braved the heavy rain to rush to harvest.

Reporting good news but not bad news is probably the tradition of the people in this land. Even if it has nothing to do with it, Liu Cainiang and Bai Yan are not the kind of people who like to complain.

Perhaps Xie Lianyun only saw the glamorous side, saw that they were even qualified to pick them up, but ignored the difficulties involved.

Just take advantage of this imperial examination to see if they are not afraid of anything for their ideals as they said, and they can persevere no matter what the environment is.

After Xiao Zirong returned to the palace, he called Liu Cainiang and Bai Yan over to learn about Xie Lianyun.

Liu Cainiang and Bai Yan obviously didn't expect Xie Lianyun to find an opportunity to intercede with Xiao Zirong, and they both said with guilt: "Siniang Xie also asked us to intercede before, but...we feel that this matter may embarrass His Highness I didn't say anything."

Xiao Zirong looked indifferent: "There's nothing to embarrass. If they don't join the ranks of officials, then the public opinion may not be too good."

"Ah?" Liu Cainiang was a little at a loss, why wouldn't it sound good if she didn't join the rank of officials?

Shouldn't it be that if you don't enter the rank of officials, it won't affect those people, and they won't pay more attention?

Xiao Zirong said coolly: "Have you ever thought that there might be some more evocative gossip?"

After all, Bai Yan was married before, so she realized it instantly, and said with a frown, "Since that's the case, Your Highness should refuse, and your reputation should not be affected by this matter."

Xiao Zirong was surprised: "Where do I have a famous name? This matter affects those little ladies, as for me...it doesn't matter."

Private gossip between men and women always hurts women, Xiao Zirong specially reminded Liu Cainiang and Bai Yan to tell them to tell Xie Lianyun.

After all, he is not familiar with Xie Lianyun, so it is not easy to say these things rashly.

Liu Cainiang was slow to react, she nodded solemnly and said, "Don't worry, sir, I will remind them."

Xiao Zirong sat there and said: "If they insist, you two will be responsible for the scientific examination first. Well, there is no need to issue another test paper, just use the previous set."

Even Xiao Zirong, the little lady, didn't intend to forgive her. He has a lot of things going on here, and there is no room for trash, no matter male or female.

The gossip that women will also have to take a separate exam began to spread wildly. The official did not come forward to admit it, but they did not directly deny it. The ambiguous attitude made many people a little puzzled.

I don't understand what His Royal Highness King Jinling is thinking.

So, sure enough, some people began to gossip, and rumors about Jinling King going to Xie's family and falling in love with Xie's Si Niang's family went up and down.

Even Xiao Xuexing, who was far away in Jiankang, got the news.

So another pen was scrapped.

Xiao Xuexing was rarely agitated: "What is he doing? Doesn't it mean that he is too busy to write me a letter? How can he still have time to hook up with other young ladies?"

Ling Fu always felt that his master's focus was on writing letters, but he didn't dare to say more, so he shrank his neck and said: "It's just a rumor. Since that time, His Royal Highness Jinling has never talked to Mrs. Xie again. The lady met."

Xiao Xuexing sneered: "That's because he was avoiding suspicion. After the imperial examination, wouldn't he be able to meet whenever he wants?"

Ling Fu couldn't hold back and said in a low voice: "I'm afraid I won't see you either. His Royal Highness Jinling has gone to the beach now, and it seems that he doesn't intend to keep an eye on the scientific research."

Xiao Xuexing's attention was diverted as expected, he frowned and said: "The weather is getting colder and colder, what is he doing at the beach?"

Ling Fu said: "I heard that it is to see where the salt fields are opened."

This is the important point, Jinling doesn't have any special income now, Xiao Zirong must have money first if he wants to build with great fanfare.

"How much time will it take to open the salt fields? The last day of scientific research is November [-]th, right? It's still far away."

"Oh, according to the report below, in addition to the salt field, His Highness will first build a glass workshop. This time the building may be relatively large, and it has already begun to delineate the industrial area that was originally set."

Only then did Xiao Xuexing's brows relax, and Chi asked: "Ru'er, did you really not fall in love with that little lady?"

Ling Fu was a little helpless: "Master, how many beautiful and noble young ladies in Jiankang have not taken a fancy to His Highness, how could he have taken a fancy to a wild girl from the country?"

Yes, in Ling Fu's eyes, even the daughter of the magistrate of Jingkou is a country girl.

Xiao Xuexing lowered his eyes and did not speak, what should he say? Could it be that the reason why Xiao Zirong didn't fall in love with any little lady was because he had never seen her before?

Xiao Zirong spent all his time in Jiankang either spending time with Xiao Xuan and Xiao Ji or being occupied by Xiao Xuexing. Xiao Xuexing didn't even think about letting him get in touch with those little ladies. Where did he go to see them?

Because of his shocking thoughts, Xiao Xuexing was not even willing to let Xiao Zirong go out to play with his peers.

He knew very well what those little gentlemen would do when they went out to play on weekdays, and the brothel Chu Pavilion was where they must go.

When Xiao Xuexing thought that Xiao Zirong would set foot there and be surrounded by a group of women, he couldn't bear it.

But now he suddenly felt a little regretful, it was better to let Xiao Zirong get in touch with him earlier, as long as he found a way to cut off his thoughts, it was better than being seduced by Xiao Zirong because of his inexperience.

As for the little ladies around Xiao Zirong before, their quality is not very good, how can they compare to those ladies from all over the world?

Xiao Xuexing rubbed his forehead with some headaches, and deeply felt that this younger brother was born to restrain him, and he couldn't do anything.

In the end, he had no choice but to make people pay more attention to Xiao Zirong, and as long as he had anything to do with Xiao Zirong, he would report everything in detail.

So his desk is where King Jinling went to delineate what places to do every day. It seems that Xiao Zirong is really focused on his industrial zone.

This made Xiao Xuexing a little puzzled: according to Xiao Zirong's plan, the construction of the industrial zone should not have started so much earlier, and the overall project should be started after the preparation is almost complete.

Even Xiao Xuexing didn't have much experience in this area, so he didn't give any advice. It's a bit strange to see Xiao Zirong suddenly change his approach now.

In fact, Xiao Zirong originally planned to wait until the industrial zone was almost built and then start the overall operation.

Only later did he discover that it was just the fancy imagination of an inexperienced person.

The construction of a city takes a long time. If the first built houses are not used, they will age quickly. When the industrial area is completed, half of them will be new and half of them will be old. The old ones may even need to be refurbished. Half of it is old too, isn't that a joke?

So it's better to build the necessary factories now. Anyway, the planning has been done before, and the construction will be done a little bit according to the plan. Let them carry out normal production first, and then improve the entire industrial zone little by little.

This is also the reason why Xiao Zirong didn't pay attention to the imperial examination. Of course, he didn't let go completely, but decided to wait until the final palace examination. At that time, he would choose the candidates himself, and the possibility of being able to make people cheat was infinitely close to zero.

Xiao Zirong felt relieved and boldly threw the matter to Mi Cai and started to wander outside, and comforted Mi Cai that someone would share his pressure after the imperial examination.

Unexpectedly, a huge scandal broke out in the first imperial examination, which forced Xiao Zirong to stop his investigation and return to Jingkou County.