Playing intrigue is worse than engaging in infrastructure

After confirming the time to leave Huijing, Song Qingyuan began to get busy.

Things that need to be prepared on the way are handled by Jiang Duo, so he doesn't need to worry about it, but Song Qingyuan needs to arrange many things such as the resignation of the servants in the house, the ground shop and land property in his hand.

In less than half a year since coming to Huijing, Song Qingyuan has accumulated a lot of property under his name.

Most of those shops were bought by Qin Zizhen to collect information, so Song Qingyuan didn't plan to sell them, and only needed to pick a few reliable shopkeepers to manage the business in the shop.

Those selected by Song Qingyuan may not all be smart and capable, but most of them are honest, honest and reliable.And because Song Qingyuan still held these people's contracts of selling their lives, they didn't dare to betray their master easily.

For those useless properties, they randomly found one of them and asked him to consign and sell them.

As for the farm outside the city, it was originally managed by Liu Si and another older steward.Because Liu Si wanted to follow him to Mobei, the only one left in the village was the older and handicapped Steward Qian.

But fortunately, his sons are all filial people, so Song Qingyuan can rest assured that he will hand over Zhuangshang Yiying's affairs to Guanshi Qian's family.

Among the servants in the mansion, those sent by Emperor Hongde naturally returned to their original owners along with the palace.

Among the servants arranged by the King of Yan when he came to Huijing, if any of them wanted to stay in Huijing, Song Qingyuan was willing to find them a job.

As for those who wanted to go back to Yanyun, Song Qingyuan couldn't care less.He hasn't been kind enough to make arrangements for the future of those who monitor him.

After arranging all this, Song Qingyuan had nothing to do, but waited at the mansion for Emperor Hongde's canonization and oath to arrive.

Emperor Hongde's imperial decree was sent the day before the oath.

The person who came to proclaim the decree was Eunuch Gao, the personal servant who persuaded Emperor Hongde by Master Nianci that day when he met Emperor Hongde.

Eunuch Gao did not leave immediately after announcing the imperial edict, but stood there steadfastly.

"May Your Highness be in good health and everything goes well." Eunuch Gao said softly.

Because he represents the oracle of Emperor Hongde, he cannot bow down to anyone.Therefore, Eunuch Gao stood there and bowed deeply to Song Qingyuan before leaving.

After Eunuch Gao left, Jiang Duo asked with some doubts: "The servant Gao is Emperor Hongde's personal eunuch, why is he so respectful to His Highness?"

Song Qingyuan put away the imperial decree, and said casually: "Do you still remember the treasurer of Furong Pavilion?"

Jiang Duo nodded, "Didn't the shopkeeper send someone to deliver the newly made cakes from Furong Pavilion to His Highness today?"

"Grandpa Gao's aunt is working in Furong Pavilion right now." Song Qingyuan picked up a piece of crispy and white red bean cake on the table, and took a light bite.

"The little one still doesn't understand." Jiang Duo scratched his head.

Song Qingyuan shook his head.

Who would have thought that Eunuch Gao, who is now serving Emperor Hongde personally, was just a low-level little Huangmen who was beaten severely for failing to kowtow to an old eunuch a few months ago.

Behind the back of the old eunuch is the imperial concubine and empress in the palace, who has a high position and authority.After he let out the words, no one dared to pay any attention to the seriously injured little eunuch.

When the mother couldn't bear to see her son die, she asked Song Qingyuan to come to him while Song Qingyuan was chatting with the shopkeeper of Furong Pavilion.

This matter is already a desperate situation for Gao Gonggong, mother and son, but in the eyes of some superiors, it is just a trivial matter.

In this era, a word from the superior can determine the fate of others.On the second day, Song Qingyuan just talked to the servant leading the way on the way to the palace to meet Emperor Hongde, and someone graciously invited a doctor to treat his injury.

However, even Song Qingyuan did not expect that, but after more than a month, he won the favor of Emperor Hongde because of his meritorious service in saving his family.All of a sudden, he jumped from the lowest eunuch to the emperor's personal servant.

For Gao Gonggong, mother and son, what happened in the past should be a sad past that they don't want to be mentioned again.

Song Qingyuan didn't want to expose people's scars behind his back, so he put down the pastry and prevaricated nonchalantly: "When I went to Furong Pavilion before, I just did a small favor."

Jiang Duo nodded, instead of asking further questions, he went forward to make a pot of tea for Song Qingyuan.

Song Qingyuan was just about to drink the tea when he heard Qin Zizhen's voice from afar.

"General Qin, please slow down." Jiang Duo stopped Qin Zizhen to prevent him from running too fast and crashing into His Highness.

Qin Zizhen stood still in front of Song Qingyuan, and said out of breath, "Your Highness, the craftsman you asked me to look for... I have already found it."

Song Qingyuan paused, and gently put the teacup that was almost thrown out by his yell just now on the table, "Talk about it carefully."

Qin Zizhen snapped his fingers and said, "We have found ten blacksmiths, and more than a dozen carpenters. It's just that His Highness is looking for craftsmen who are good at making pottery..."

"What's the matter, but I didn't find it?" Song Qingyuan frowned.

"No." Qin Zizhen shook his head, "It's because we have found too many people. The subordinates have already found enough manpower, but suddenly there are more than [-] young craftsmen who make porcelain find their subordinates and say they are willing to follow. Your Highness. But the subordinates dare not make decisions privately, so they come here and report to His Highness."

"Why?" Song Qingyuan was also a little shocked.

You must know that people in this era are generally unwilling to travel far. Often, generations of grandparents live on the same land, and their sons inherit the same work from their fathers.

Not to mention that Song Qingyuan had a long journey on this trip, and what he was going to was Mobei, a country that was completely unfamiliar to them.

In Song Qingyuan's plan, he was able to find more than a dozen craftsmen who were willing to go with them with generous remuneration, but he did not expect that there would be people who voluntarily followed him to Mobei.

Qin Zizhen scratched his head, also a little puzzled, "According to what they said, it was their master who offended the fourth prince, so they had to leave Nan Zhou to find another way out."

Song Qingyuan nodded thoughtfully: "Since that's the case, you should check it out. If it's what they said, then take them all with you."

"Subordinates will investigate now." Qin Zizhen clasped his fists in salute, and planned to leave after accepting the task.

But in this era, most of the craftsmanship of craftsmen still has to be hidden and passed on to their children and grandchildren.As Qin Zizhen said, there are very few people who have taken dozens of apprentices.

Song Qingyuan paused hesitantly, called Qin Zizhen, and asked, "Do you know why this person has so many apprentices?"

"I know." Qin Zizhen nodded, "This man is a widower, he only has a daughter who just turned up this year, and he doesn't want his skills to be lost, so he has taken in many apprentices."

Song Qingyuan rubbed his brows, and Qin Zizhen added: "The reason why they want to leave Southern Zhou is because the fourth prince wants to take this girl as a concubine, but the father and daughter are unwilling. This offends the fourth prince."

It is rumored that the fourth prince is quite a womanizer, and it is not impossible for him to do such things as robbing civilian girls.

It's just that in this era of strict hierarchy, the emperor's heirs are the so-called heavenly nobles, so even the most common concubine of the fourth prince is more noble than the official wife of an ordinary official.

If he ascended the throne once, he would attain the Tao alone and ascend to heaven.

But if you offend him, the consequences will be disastrous.

Under such circumstances, this person would rather risk the crime of offending the prince and run away with his family, rather than send his daughter to the fourth prince's mansion. In fact, it is somewhat suspicious.

If this is true, Song Qingyuan is also willing to protect some of their masters and apprentices.But among them, Song Qingyuan would never let go of a spy who was sent by someone with a heart to inquire about the news.

Song Qingyuan nodded, waved his hand to signal Qin Zizhen to leave, then turned around and went to the inner hall to check whether the auspicious clothes worn by the Rimeng Oath were ready.

Tomorrow is the last link of the alliance.The monarchs and princes of all countries, including Song Qingyuan, must arrive at the Temple of Heaven before sunrise.

When the sun rises, under the leadership of Emperor Hongde, they worship the heaven and the earth together, kill animals and drink blood, read the covenant, and finally burn incense as an oath.

This alliance is truly over.

For Song Qingyuan, the most troublesome thing about this covenant event was not that he had to get up before Yinshi, nor that he needed to use his legs to cross nearly a hundred steps before walking up to the altar, but the idea of ​​"killing animals and drinking blood" a link.

"Killing animals and drinking blood", as the name suggests, is to prepare an altar first, slaughter pigs, cows, sheep and other important livestock on the spot under the watchful eyes of everyone, and then cut off the left ear of the livestock and put it on a plate to sacrifice to heaven and earth.

The last and most critical step is to put the blood of the livestock on the jade tripod, let the people participating in the alliance dip it in turn, and then put it on their lips to show their sincerity.

For the other ceremonies, Song Qingyuan gritted his teeth and persisted.

But the link of blood for alliance is something he, a young man in the new era of the 21st century, can't accept no matter what.

Song Qingyuan didn't sleep well all night because of this, his dreams were full of scenes of slaughtering animals that he had seen before.

Until he was awakened by Jiang Duo in the early morning of the second day, he still felt the bloody smell of livestock blood lingering on the tip of his nose.

Song Qingyuan sighed, raised his hands in resignation, and let Jiang Duo put a complicated auspicious suit on his body.

When he walked out the door, the jade ornaments hanging around his waist touched each other, making a crisp sound.Song Qingyuan touched a few jade pendants on the front of his clothes with some resentment, feeling that his whole body was a little heavy.

When they arrived at the altar, Song Qingyuan got off the carriage and looked up through the palace lantern carried by the servant.

Although he had already prepared himself, he was still shocked by the height of the altar the moment he raised his head.

Song Qingyuan's heart was filled with despair.

Isn't it just an altar, is it necessary to build it so condescending!

Song Qingyuan closed his eyes in despair, and began to climb the stairs with his head down.I miss the exclusive elevator for Mr. Song in the company in my previous life.

He had just walked halfway when a calm voice came from behind him.

"Meet you again, Your Highness." It was Lian Ti who spoke, and he was tall and long-legged, and he was in front of Song Qingyuan in just two steps.

Song Qingyuan looked at Lian Ti with a smile on his face, looking effortless, and gritted his teeth resentfully, not wanting to talk to him.

I have to say that although Lian Ti's character is highly rated in my heart.But he still feels that this person is sometimes too much to beat.

Song Qingyuan gave him a weak look, and waved his hand to signal him to get out of the way.

Just as he walked past Lian Ti and was about to move forward, Lian Ti chuckled lightly.

Song Qingyuan stopped, just about to say a few words to ridicule him.But before he could speak, he felt an extra support on his back.

It's the hand of Liandi.

Song Qingyuan turned his head and saw that Lian Ti was full of smiles, "Let me help His Highness, otherwise His Highness may have to go until dawn."

The author says:

Climb a few hundred steps first, and then smear your mouth with blood, and you can get a dying little Mr. Song :(

Lian Ti: Although the king is owed, but the king loves his wife.

Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!