After becoming the king of the subjugated country

Tonight, Ji Chen set out another pile of wine jugs, but he just gave up yesterday's sake and chose something else.

"I just discovered that there are quite a lot of wine in the palace," Ji Chen blinked, "I haven't drank it much before, so I drink it once a day and change to a different variety each time I take advantage of the time."

"Didn't you watch the moon yesterday?" Bai Qi's heart was pounding, and he replied cautiously, "What about after we try all the wines one by one?"

"In the future, you can also taste tea or use some other drinks. Not to mention anything else in the palace, eating, drinking and having fun is a must." Ji Chen suggested: "Let's enjoy the flowers tonight. The ancients also had night tours with candles. It’s okay. You don’t have to go too far, just stroll around the yard.”

Bai Qi's scalp tightened, and he felt that his future plans seemed to have been arranged, "...OK."

Mrs. Xin listened to Ji Chen's words, so she naturally brought countless candles, and lit them around the courtyard here, reflecting the surroundings, making the circle of small flowers and grasses look beautiful.

Seeing that Bai Qi seemed a little reluctant, the pigeon flapped its wings and flew over, squatting on Ji Chen's shoulder, tilting its head and rubbing his face affectionately, making a series of calls, "Coo coo coo."

Bai Qi grabbed the pigeon and didn't forget to pat the dust off Ji Chen's shoulder.

The pigeon was caught off guard, and its soft feathers exploded in an instant, "Hoo?"

Bai Qi walked quickly to Ji Chen's side, "It's too fat now, standing on your shoulders, it's easy to crush you."

A smile flashed in Ji Chen's eyes, he was a little embarrassed, "I don't want to force you, if you don't want to accompany me, then you can ask Xiaobai to accompany me."

"Of course I am willing," Bai Qi put the pigeon on the table, and then asked someone to bring several plates of snacks, surrounded it, and said comfortingly, "Hey, you can stay here."

After saying this, Bai Qi turned around without hesitation, and hurriedly walked towards Ji Chen.

Pigeon stared blankly at the two walking away, buried her head in grief and indignation.

The two walked around the yard. In the dark night, although there were candles emitting a weak light, it was still a bit dim. Ji Chen took a lantern.

Ji Chen glanced at it inadvertently, and commented unavoidably, "Hey, the painting on it is a picture of a peach blossom with a human face."

In this door last year today, the peach blossoms on the faces of people are red. [1]

Ji Chen suddenly became alert, and there was the sentence "I don't know when the human face will go, but the peach blossoms are still smiling at the spring breeze". [1]

He had to make a decision earlier and arrange the following things earlier, and he couldn't really wait for the ending like in the story.

"I can't see the distance clearly." Bai Qi approached calmly, grabbing Ji Chen's sleeve, "Please don't push me away, I'm afraid of the dark."

"Then I'll hold you?" Seeing Bai Qi startled, Ji Chen added, fearing that he would be too entangled, "It's nothing more than holding hands between friends."

Is that true?

Bai Qi was a little disappointed, but she still responded with a smile on her face, freed up her mind, first took a tour with Ji Chen, and became more interested, and did not forget to teach Ji Chen that every plant can be used to make spices , What are the uses.

Ji Chen also listened there with great interest, occasionally asked a few questions, and finally raised his eyebrows and asked: "Then you deserve the ambergris in my palace?"

"It's just a simple match, but I feel that it's not good enough." The two returned to their positions, and Bai Qi said seriously: "Fang Zi needs to improve a little bit."

Ji Chen and Bai Qi drank another pot of wine. Seeing Bai Qi fell asleep, Ji Chen calmed down and didn't speak.

In the sky is a round moon with gaps, nearer is the pigeon still engrossed in hard work, and sleeping beside him is Bai Qi.

Ji Chen suddenly felt that such a world was just right.

The moon on the top of the head, and him in the eyes.

Yawning lazily, Ji Chen put his arms around Bai Qi's waist, and easily carried him back to the bedroom, covered him with a quilt before turning his head out.

When the people left, Bai Qi sat up in a daze, feeling a little relieved and feeling extremely lost, touched the corner of his mouth unconsciously, and said his heart, "Aren't you going to poke today?"

Ji Chen passed the pavilion on the way back, and he put the pigeon into his pocket by the way, ignored its struggle, sighed, and said in a low voice: "I seem to really like white, even more than a little."

The pigeon originally wanted to give Ji Chen a gentle peck, but now that he had expressed his feelings, he froze for a moment, hesitated, and lightly rubbed against Ji Chen's hand, making a very soft cry, "Goo~"

Seeing the pigeon showing joy, Ji Chen added, "I mean Bai Qi."

The pigeon was taken aback, and immediately slapped Ji Chen's hand away with its wings, struggled to fly out from its pocket, ran to the branch, and complained to Ji Chen, "Cuckoo!"

Ji Chen was stunned, and added: "I like you too."

"Gu!" The pigeon no longer believed Ji Chen's nonsense, it looked at other places, and flew out.

Ji Chen felt a little helpless, and said to Eunuch Xin who was far behind him: "Go ask someone to follow it, don't let it get hurt, and be careful to coax it back."

Eunuch Xin nodded and hurriedly arranged people.

The candles in the palace burned to midnight, and outside the palace, in Ning's house, the candles continued to burn all night.

Ning Yuan, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, had a hard time and finally made up his mind. After the discussion, he went to find his daughter Ning Wenzheng, and at her suggestion, he quickly released the news and informed the heads of seventeen local villages.

Ning Wenzheng also had a terrible headache. She quickly sorted out her information, "...for the time being, only ten villages have been built, and there is no way for people to arrange them all at once."

"Send a group of people to speed up, and hire civilians for those simple projects such as pouring mud, so as to increase the speed." Ning Wenzheng took a deep breath, "I originally thought that we would work slowly and produce meticulous work, but now it seems that we can't do it anymore. .”

Yuan Su next to him comforted: "Don't worry, we can hand over a batch in the next few days, and we should be able to catch up with the batch within three days. If it doesn't work, let them squeeze first and try to empty the eastern suburbs first. "

A group of people discussed the plan and didn't fall asleep until midnight.

The next day, Ning Wenzheng went to the eastern suburbs in a carriage, but Ji Chen also came over quietly.

"I'll come and take a look too." Ji Chen took the initiative to greet her, and signaled Ning Wenzheng not to reveal his identity.

Ning Wenzheng remained silent, and took the initiative to step aside.

People from the Ministry of Industry also came early, and all the heads of the [-] surrounding villages gathered here and waited anxiously, and many of them were already gray-haired.

Seeing people in official uniforms approaching a woman, the village chiefs looked at each other, and one of them stepped forward and saluted Ning Wenzheng tremblingly, "My lord, we are all law-abiding people, I don't know Why do you want me to move out of here?"

Ning Wenzheng explained kindly: "This is because the imperial court has plans on this side. Of course, in order to compensate you, I have prepared a village for you in the southern suburbs. You can move there collectively when the time comes."

The village chiefs who heard these words were silent, no one answered, and some even wept faintly.

This is their home. Let them go directly to the southern suburbs. Wouldn't it mean that they will lose their land and houses? Then how will they live?The whole family went to the street to beg?

But everyone in the village is barely making ends meet, and beggars are not allowed to beg in the capital city, and everyone is handed over to the government to arrange, so these people may just starve to death.

Ning Wenzheng didn't know why they were sad. After all, she had prepared the house to the best of her ability. This year's field harvest would be helpless, but they would also send rations and compensation money to these people in the future. It would never be true. Make it hard for them.

Seeing that no one answered, she had no choice but to reiterate the magnanimity of the imperial court's policy, and promised to make arrangements for them when the time came.

The village chiefs were ashamed, seeing that the matter was a foregone conclusion, and Ning Wenzheng brought a lot of people, which obviously did not allow them to make any resistance.

They don't know what the imperial court's national policy is, and they don't know why they have to leave, but obviously, they are not happy or happy.

Seeing this scene, Ji Chen simply took a step forward, "In this case, let's pay the money first."

Ning Wenzheng was taken aback, then turned to look at Ji Chen unconsciously, 20 taels?

Ji Chen asked someone to bring the roster, and said to the group of old village chiefs: "Let's not talk about anything else, call the villagers to line up, and one person from each household will come out, and each person will get 20 taels first. Get your thumbprint!"

This silver was originally to make up for their failure to carry out the autumn harvest and had to relocate, but now it is indeed more urgent to establish their prestige, so they might as well go one step ahead.

The clever little eunuch has already repeated loudly, "One person from each household will receive 20 taels of silver! Remember, it is 20 taels!"

The village chiefs suddenly boiled, and the depressed atmosphere just now was swept away.

"If you have the money to get it, if you can get it, it must be true."

"As long as we have money, we can go to other places to buy a few houses and buy a few acres of land. We can always survive."

They whispered to each other, and they were completely relieved when they saw that the officials from the Ministry of Industry did not stop them.The head of the village, who was right here, threw off his crutches and walked like flying, and said to his eldest son: "Go and get the gong in my house, go knock it, call people from door to door to collect the money, it's too late But it's gone."

Ning Wenzheng looked at Ji Chen unconsciously, and asked in a low voice, "Is 20 taels too much?"

A single 20 taels does not matter, but the problem is that there are so many people, seventeen villages, and there are many opportunities to spend money in the future.

Ji Chen didn't think there was a problem, and comforted him: "Relax, there's still a lot of gold left from the Buddha statue last time, it's definitely enough to build a workshop, and a group of people will come to give the silver soon."

Ning Wenzheng doesn't quite understand what Ji Chen said at the end, she has been busy planning and building the house recently.Seeing that the village chiefs were in better spirits, she also faintly understood, and immediately raised her voice: "Then let's go and see how the houses over there are, so as not to worry you."

Strike while the iron is hot, first show them the villages that have been completed, and prevent them from panic.

Seeing that this place is slowly getting on the right track, Ji Chen let go of the matter and returned to the urban area by himself.

Everyone in the teahouse was talking about family affairs and state affairs, but the gambling house outside the teahouse was completely bustling.

The biggest gambling house in Shengjing hung ten signboards directly outside, with the names and odds of ten people written on them, and the steward personally yelled outside, "Everyone who passes by, don't miss it, now we are in Kyoto, one month later The first exam will be held, and you can start registering today. According to the news from the teahouse, this year's exam questions and types will be changed. I don't know who will win the top prize at that time. You can download it as you like. Note."

And the ten signboards outside are the names of many talented scholars.

The odds vary, the lowest is 1.3, the best is 3.4, the gap is a bit big.

A group of wealthy sons and merchants were also talking about it.

"Who to choose? Actually, I think Qin Shu can do it. Don't look at him as a fool, but in fact he is very wise and stupid, and he also has a prime minister father and a genius brother. Together, they will help him a lot. "

"Mr. Lin from Jiangnan Academy is also fine. He has a profound family and loves reading since he was a child. He just doesn't care about being famous, and he is not high-profile enough on weekdays."

"I think Miss Ning is also pretty good. Although she said she has embarked on an official career, she still wants to take the exam again. At least she has no regrets. I heard that His Majesty also agreed."

"Women's exams are really hurtful."

"What's none of your business? Are you in a panic because you're so lenient?"

While talking, the two groups of people started arguing.

Ji Chen had no choice but to interject and ask, "Why is no one mentioning Shangnan?"

The people next to him couldn't help taking a look at Ji Chen, and reminded him: "Master, are you an outsider? Although Shang Nan is the first seat in Dengwen Tower this year, he offended the celebrity around His Majesty, that is, the white man. My lord, I don't know if I can take the exam, let alone win the leader. Doesn't the final result depend on His Majesty's wishes? I think Shang Nan is hopeless."

Speaking of this, he also felt a little regretful.

But that's all for others, they are also willing to touch and help a talented person like Shang Nan.

But thinking of the long-term bloodstains in the place where he was cut off, he couldn't help but shudder. An official like Bai Qi is really too ruthless. He can't afford to offend him, so forget it.

Ji Chen chuckled, "If you don't pressure him, then I'll do it. I'll pressure him for 10 taels."

No matter what, Shang Nanyang had to be famous, and he couldn't be made famous around others.

Anyway, he is a romantic and talented man, so how can he not have many supporters.

The steward was taken aback, and reminded: "Young master, you can't just joke about a number like 10 taels."

Ji Chen nodded casually, and the little eunuch beside him handed over a box.

It's rare to come out, since you have encountered such a time, you must always participate.

Carefully, the steward opened the box carefully, took out a bank note inside, and identified the authenticity. He finally bowed and treated Ji Chen more respectfully, "My lord, please come inside, we will register it for you."

"No need, just write the word He." Ji Chen lazily said, "I'll come to your place to collect money after waiting for a month, just prepare the silver."

If they were willing to pay, that would be the best. If they were unwilling to pay and wanted to steal the money, they could also use this reason to raid their homes and seal up these gambling halls.

Tsk, Ji Chen couldn't help but sigh, why every time he spent a little money, someone always gave him another batch of money.

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Notes:

[1]: Last year, in this door today, the peach blossoms on the faces of people are red.I don't know when the human face will go, but the peach blossoms are still smiling at the spring breeze. ——Cui Hu's "Title of Capital Nanzhuang".

Meaning: On this day last year, at the door of this family in Chang'an Nanzhuang, your beautiful face and the peach blossoms in full bloom complement each other, making you look extraordinarily crimson.Today, after a year, I revisited the old place. Girl, your beautiful figure has gone nowhere. Only the peach blossoms are still smiling to welcome the warm spring breeze. (Excerpt from Baidu)