Scholar and old attack

"You just said that you imitated my handwriting and handed the note to the emperor. How did you hand it?"

Jiang Jingyuan was completely stunned by Xu Shuizhou's words, how much his husband did in places where he could not see.

"Go to the post station in your name, and put the envelope in the memorial." Xu Shuizhou chewed and swallowed the pearls in his mouth, and said nonchalantly, "You are a bloodless person. To put it mildly, you are called a Buddhist family. Others bully you You don't know how to fight back, you can tolerate it but I can't."

As for Wu Xiaoxuan, A Yuan repeatedly helped him find a solution. He didn't do anything himself, and A Yuan had to wipe his ass when he committed a crime. He couldn't stand it for a long time.

If it was him, he would just hand over a brochure to Wu Xiaoxuan's official. These people are so unscrupulous and have repeatedly refused to listen to the teachings.

"You are so courageous. You are not afraid of being found out. You are not afraid of being punished for your transgression."

Jiang Jingyuan looked at Ah Zhou with a natural look, his fingertips were slightly warm, and he couldn't say anything to blame him.

"Don't be afraid. I have imitated your handwriting thousands of times. I believe that as long as I don't say it, no one will find out."

Xu Shuizhou blinked, not afraid at all, he was confident that his handwriting was exactly the same as Jiang Jingyuan's.

Jiang Jingyuan took Xu Shuizhou to the study, and handed him a pen, "Let me see what you write."

Xu Shuizhou took the pen confidently and calmly, and wrote the three big characters Jiang Jingyuan stroke by stroke on the white rice paper.

When Xu Shuizhou dropped the first character, Jiang Jingyuan's breathing was slightly short. He has a hobby of writing, which is heavy first and then light. It may not be obvious when written on paper, but the feeling is not wrong.

Sure enough, after writing three neat characters, they were exactly the same as my own handwriting.

Jiang Jingyuan didn't hold back under Xu Shuizhou's words, but also repeated his own name, which was exactly the same.

"call……"

Looking at the two words that fell to the ground and could not tell which was his own handwriting, Jiang Jingyuan gasped completely.

He has never seen Ah Zhou practicing calligraphy. When did he learn to imitate his own handwriting?

"Just look at me and say, no one can see it."

Holding the paper, Xu Shuizhou moved his eyes closer, wishing to use a magnifying glass to find the difference, but no matter how he looked with the naked eye, he couldn't see the difference.

"A Zhou..."

Jiang Jingyuan called softly.

"Ah."

Xu Shuizhou also followed suit.

"When did you learn..."

Jiang Jingyuan recalled it in his mind. He was absolutely sure that he had never seen Ah Zhou write.

Xu Shuizhou raised his head, with a pair of clear eyes hanging on a delicate face, he said nonchalantly, "The child is asleep, and I will just practice and play when I have nothing to do. Otherwise, my husband is so powerful, but I haven't read many books. It can’t be written well, isn’t it a joke.”

Xu Shuizhou's indifferent expression and understated tone deeply stimulated Jiang Jingyuan's heart.

When she was in Wutong County, Chen Xiuxiu had to take Jingyuan alone and take care of He Yuzhu and Xu Shuizhou, so she had no money to support Xu Shuizhou to study.

Besides, in a small place like Wutong County, there is no school for my brother to study, so Xu Shuizhou was taught by He Yuzhu since he was a child.

But he has to learn to work and read all day long. Apart from knowing characters, he has not learned much at all. What's more, he has never been interested in the Four Books and Five Classics, but likes to count.

Otherwise, I wouldn't play the abacus so well.

"A Zhou..."

Jiang Jingyuan hugged Xu Shuizhou in his arms distressedly, and gently rubbed his soft hair, "Don't think that I am very powerful. Compared with you, I am not even one ten-thousandth of yours."

Xu Shuizhou leaned on Jiang Jingyuan's chest, heard Jiang Jingyuan's words, raised his face puzzled, "Why, my A Yuan is super good, no matter whether it's making money, studying, or even being an official, he can't be picky."

Jiang Jingyuan smiled and didn't speak, the two enjoyed a warm moment that belonged to them both.

"By the way, I didn't write anything, I just let the emperor believe you, otherwise you don't know what will be said about the officials' memorials this time."

After Xu Shuizhou passed for a long time, he slowly talked about the matter.

"Well, I'm not afraid." Jiang Jingyuan nodded. He always didn't want to pay attention to these jumping clowns, but he didn't expect Ah Zhou to be so considerate of him.

"Of course I know that A Yuan is not afraid. I am just afraid that they will make trouble for you. As you said, you are not afraid of opponents who are like gods, but teammates who are like pigs. I think what you are going to do this time must be a big event. If the pig teammate is cured, it will save some trouble."

Xu Shuizhou felt that as Jiang Jingyuan's husband, he had an obligation to help him clear up these stumbling blocks.

"Jing Yuan, Zhou Zhou, what are you doing shut up in the study, the two children are crying looking for their father."

As soon as Xu Shuizhou finished speaking, Chen Xiuxiu's voice came from outside the house, mixed with the crying of two children.

Jiang Jingyuan had no choice but to open the door, and Xu Shuizhou each picked up one, and thanked the two mothers who were a little tired from being tortured by the children outside the door, "Thank you for your hard work."

He Yuzhu and Chen Xiuxiu waved their hands again and again, "It's not hard, but these two children are too clingy to you. If you can't see them for a while, they will cry and make trouble."

Chen Xiuxiu thinks it's good to take care of these two children, they usually don't cry or make trouble, and it's easy to feed them, but the problem of clinging to others needs to be corrected, otherwise it will be bad if they grow up and cling to Jing Yuan and the others.

Jiang Jingyuan looked down at the child who had cried in his arms, and there were still tears on his cheeks. He looked at him with blinking eyes, and smiled, "It's not clingy, it's clearly naughty."

"naughty?"

He Yuzhu was puzzled.

"Well, because Ah Zhou took them with him, he would always play with the two of them, but mother, you took him and went to your own business without crying. Naturally, you will cry when no one plays with them. Make a fuss."

Jiang Jingyuan looked at the child and teased him with his hands. Sure enough, the child stretched out his hand to play with it, but if he couldn't catch it, he kicked his legs and wanted to get up.

"Look, this will stop crying."

Jiang Jingyuan handed the child back into Chen Xiuxiu's hands. Chen Xiuxiu followed Jiang Jingyuan's example and teased the child, but she stopped crying.

His brows were filled with joy, and he praised again and again, "It's really amazing, as expected, knowing a son is like a father, I didn't expect that Jing Yuan has such a skill in taking care of children."

Chen Xiuxiu's brows were full of pride, her son was really extraordinary.

Xu Shuizhou lowered his head and looked at the daughter in his arms. Is this the case? It turns out that he got used to them. Why didn't A Yuan tell him earlier.

"Daddy."

Qiqi seemed to feel something in his heart, looked up at his father in a daze, and called out in a soft voice.

"Hey, Dad's little padded jacket."

Xu Shuizhou seized it, and immediately put the nipple next to her cheek, and kissed her tender little cheek with great joy.

"Daddy..."

Qiqi who got the kiss was a little proud, and shouted again as if showing off.

Witnessing this scene, Mo Mo curled his mouth unhappily, kicked his chubby thighs, and yelled, "Dad, Daddy..."

His articulation is not as clear as that of chess and chess, and he drools when he speaks, making his speech even more vague.

"Oh, my good grandson and granddaughter, who can talk so early, they must be two smart ones in the future."

Chen Xiuxiu and He Yuzhu will be even more overjoyed. They have also raised a child, and the child who is less than one year old speaks very little.

And the two children of their family, who can speak so fluently before they are one year old, will definitely be two villains in the future, just like their father and father, smart.

"Mother, please help me bring it again, I still have something to discuss with Ah Zhou."

Jiang Jingyuan teased the two children for a while, and raised his eyebrows when he saw that they had shouted a few words, and then began to chatter incomprehensibly.

"Okay, I'll take it for you."

He Yuzhu happily took over Jiang Jingyuan's children, as long as they don't cry or make trouble, they are still happy to take care of the children.

Chen Xiuxiu also hugged Xu Shuizhou in her arms, and said happily, "Fortunately, you two had a baby while sister Yuzhu and I were young, otherwise I won't be able to take care of me when I'm seventy or eighty."

Jiang Jingyuan touched his nose and smiled, in fact, he wanted to say that the child came by accident.

"A Yuan, what do you want to tell me?"

After seeing off the two mothers, Xu Shuizhou looked at Jiang Jingyuan and asked.

"Isn't the family short of money, Ah Zhou, how about opening another milk tea shop?"

Jiang Jingyuan remembered that there was still half a pot of milk tea in the kitchen, so he said it carefully.

Xu Shuizhou thought of the taste of the milk tea he drank in the kitchen just now, and the chewy pearls, his clear eyes became brighter, like a pleated black gemstone.

"Okay, it's just that this skill is easy for people to learn." Xu Shuizhou didn't have any objections, thinking of Jiang Jingyuan's simple technique, others took a look at it and learned it.

Seeing that Ah Zhou agreed, Jiang Jingyuan smiled softly, "Then join us."

"Join?" Xu Shuizhou frowned hearing this new word.

"We provide raw materials, provide technology, and help with decoration. They just use money to buy materials. This is called franchising."

Jiang Jingyuan explained to Xu Shuizhou what franchising is. After all, it is still tiring to open a store by yourself, but franchising is different. You can make money without losing money.

Under Jiang Jingyuan's description, Xu Shuizhou's eyes became brighter and brighter. It turned out that the business could still be done in this way. He was gearing up and eager to try.

"Don't tire yourself out, believe that you are the best."

Seeing Xu Shuizhou's excitement, Jiang Jingyuan smiled, knowing that he is busy now, but he still thinks of that Azhou who is always striving for success.

"I'm not tired. I'm most afraid of running out of money when I'm idle. I'm the father of two children now, and I have to earn money for milk powder for them."

Now Xu Shuizhou finally understands what the money for milk powder means. He feels the pressure on his body is heavy, but he is also full of fighting spirit.

Xu Shuizhou wanted to roll up his sleeves to do it after confirming his goal. He lifted his toes and left two moist kisses on Jiang Jingyuan's face. Come on, try to surprise the officials outside."

After Xu Shuizhou finished speaking, he ran out like the wind to do his business.

Jiang Jingyuan watched Xu Shuizhou leave, and returned to the kitchen to start tinkering with how to deodorize the milk powder. Just now, Xu Shuizhou was half done, and he tasted it without the smell of the first time, but there was still some smell.

I tried to add milk again, afraid that I would not be able to shake the handle, so I specially found a big guy from the army to help. With someone to help, it was really fast.

In the evening, Jiang Jingyuan completely produced milk powder that tasted similar to that of his previous life, and went to bed contentedly. There was still a long journey to go the next morning.

----

On the first day of July, Jiang Jingyuan led Huang Yu and a group of people out of Niuyang City, wanting to visit the wasteland he wanted.

His goal is very clear, the lonely peak two days away from Niuyang City, as for other places, he just randomly pointed at it, and this is the only real goal.

"Master Jiang, you have to ride a horse for two days. The road is hard. It's just a survey. You just need to let the people below go."

Before setting off, Huang Yu tried to persuade him, but Jiang Jingyuan insisted, so he had to ride a horse and follow him to protect him.

In the court hall these days, because of Jiang Jingyuan signing the agreement without permission, the emperor didn't even want to go to the court.

He was getting old, and the imperial doctor said that he needed rest, but looking at the ministers who were facing down like ducks quacking, he only felt dizzy one after another.

The censors kept coming out to accuse him of his inaction as an emperor.

The ministers clamored to deprive Jiang Jingyuan of his official position, and it would be better to punish the nine clans as an example.

We have been arguing about this matter for almost half a month, and the emperor is even more angry.

Is this court hall his, or those above the court hall?

"Your Majesty, it's been half a month and you still haven't made a decision? In half a month, it's time to trade salt. If Daming's salt is given to the grasslands, how will the people of Daming live?"

The ministers spoke convincingly and wept affectionately, wishing that the emperor would immediately order Jiang Jingyuan to be arrested and brought to justice.

"But now that the contract has been signed, breaking the contract will not provoke a war between the two countries."

The Son of Heaven rubbed his aching temples, wishing to shut up these talkative voices, but he couldn't do that, and he had to deal patiently with these ministers.

Seeing that the emperor's expression had softened, the people below were all overjoyed. After half a month of hard work, they finally saw some results.

"Wei Chen has already thought of a good countermeasure."

At this time Lin Tianlu, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, stepped forward. As long as the emperor is loose, the next thing they will do will be much easier.

"Well, let's play."

The emperor squinted his eyes slightly, put his elbows on the armrest of the dragon chair, and gently rubbed his temples.

Lin Tianlu talked eloquently, "As we all know, Jiang Jingyuan was sent to the frontier this time to solve the tea problem, so the problem still has to be found from the root of the tea."

"Prairie people like to drink tea because tea can improve the salt-deficiency disease in the grasslands, and at the same time, it can also make their intestines unobstructed. Now only Pu'er tea is burned, but there are other teas that can be picked in other places."

Lin Tianlu paused after finishing speaking, and then continued, "So, I sent people to various places to find tea merchants and tea farmers, and talked about three times more green tea than Pu'er tea. It should be better to exchange Jiang Jingyuan's contract with this three times green tea. OK."

After Lin Tianlu finished speaking, all the people in the court whispered. It is true that it would be a disadvantage if we used so much green tea to trade in normal times.

But it depends on what it is compared with. Compared with Pu'er tea, it is not bad, but compared with the salt in Jiang Jingyuan's hand, it is not worth much.

"No matter how much tea there is, the prairie people can get it from those merchants, but salt is different. They can't get it for a lot of money. If it is you, you are willing to change it."

The emperor disagreed with this opinion very much, and the grassland people were not fools, so they couldn't tell which was more important.

"What if the deal tripled every year."

Lin Tianlu threw another heavy bullet.

The entire court was silent for three seconds, three times more every year, the price might be a bit too high.

But think about the salt that Jiang Jingyuan promised, so it's not too bad. After all, tea is not as expensive as salt.

The Son of Heaven raised his eyebrows. The tea is tripled every year, but tea is not an ordinary commodity. The people of Ming Dynasty still need it, and it is not the interests of the people of Ming Dynasty that are lost.

Isn't there a way to have the best of both worlds?

The grassland tribes, the royal family, and the Great Khan of the Prairie are all beaming.

The problem that has plagued the grassland for hundreds of years—lack of salt—has finally been solved by him now, and the price he pays is just unnecessary goat milk and a few pieces of wasteland. People in the grassland tribes all praise his majesty.

For this reason, he greatly rewarded his great hero, Qimu Dezaza, and gave him a rich grassland, countless cattle and sheep, and women.

The grassland was full of joy, and cattle and sheep were slaughtered, singing and dancing to celebrate this great moment.

Only one person was not happy, Prince of the Grassland, Great Khan's younger brother Uzda was not happy.

This time he managed to join forces with Wala to destroy Daming's tea mountain, just to provoke a war between the grassland and Daming. When the war started, he and his subordinates could give his brother a fatal blow. From then on, the position of Da Khan was his, he His sister-in-law is also his.

He was extremely unhappy when he thought of his sister-in-law's color, and his own son who still called his elder brother Abu.

But the opportunity has been lost, no matter how unhappy he is, he still has to put on an appearance. With his little manpower, he has no way to compete with his brother.

The emperor was no less worried than Wu Rida, seeing that no one in the court could come up with a solution for both, he was even more depressed and troubled.

The great Ming Dynasty, a great country, was congratulated by all nations when it was founded, but now it wants to bow its head to a grassland tribe, and wants to exchange the interests of the people of Ming Dynasty for a moment of peace.

Civil officials are useless, and military officials are even more useless. They are all a bunch of drunks and rice bags!

"Your Majesty, please make a decision early, time is running out."

Lin Tianlu grasped the timing very well. He saw that the emperor was hesitant and pressing every step of the way. He wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to completely knock Jiang Jingyuan down in one fell swoop.

The emperor was silent with a dark face.

"Your Majesty, please make a decision early."

The civil and military courts of the Manchu Dynasty did not kneel except Gu Renhuai, and everyone knelt down to persuade the emperor.

No matter what kind of medicine is sold in this Jiang Jingyuan wine gourd, in short, they will not let Jiang Jingyuan suffer this time!

The emperor looked at Gu Renhuai who was standing there this time and was a little shaken. It had been half a month since there was any news from Jiang Jingyuan. Could it be that he really had no choice this time.

"Then according to Lin Aiqing..."

The Son of Heaven rubbed his aching temples, and gave instructions reluctantly.

A smile appeared on the corner of Lin Tianlu's mouth, and he cast a smug look at Gu Renhuai.

Gu Renhuai's life in the past half month has not been very easy. After the people in the capital learned about this incident, they often threw rotten vegetables and leaves at his door, and some threw rotten mud on his sedan chair. Some disciples were even injured by the people.

But he still firmly believes in Jiang Jingyuan, as long as it is not the time for the final transaction, he will always stand behind his disciple, but he will not try to persuade other adults.

His position does not represent the position of everyone.

It will be heard that the emperor finally compromised, he ignored Lin Tianlu's provocation, and instead sighed quietly for Jiang Jingyuan.

"Eight hundred miles to the frontier, hurry up!"

"Eight hundred miles to the frontier, hurry up!"

"Eight hundred miles to the frontier, hurry up!"

Before the emperor finished speaking, a dusty soldier rushed into the court hall, knelt down on the ground, thick clods formed on his cheeks, and his face fell off as soon as he spoke.

"Report... Your Majesty... the frontier... the barren land, and found the salt lake, the endless salt lake!"

The soldier's words were a little hesitant at the beginning, after all, his breathing was not even yet, but in the end, not only was his breathing even, but he was even more excited.

"What did you say!"

Suddenly the whole court was in an uproar!

"Salt, a lot of salt, endless, you can eat it directly when you dig it up."

As if he knew that everyone would not believe it, the soldier untied a bundle from behind him and spread it out, exposing the white crystals of salt inside.

The left and right prime ministers looked at each other, one of them dipped his hand into his mouth, his eyes lit up, "It's salt, the best snow salt!"

"Hahahaha, God bless me." The hostility in the emperor's chest disappeared immediately, he stood up and laughed, and said to the soldiers, "Quickly report in detail."

It turned out that what Jiang Jingyuan casually pointed to was not some wasteland. On the peak of the wasteland, where there was no human habitation and no grass grew, there was a salt lake, and all the snow-white salt was mined from it.

After hearing this, the Son of Heaven rolled his eyes, clapped his hands and praised, "Wonderful, wonderful, offset the tea leaves with the grassland people's own salt, and get so much salt for me, Da Ming, kill two birds with one stone! Good job Jiang Jingyuan, in order not to leak The wind, even I kept it from myself.”

"Reporting to His Majesty is killing three birds with one stone!"

The soldiers saw that the emperor had not yet counted, so he explained carefully to the emperor, "Master Jiang is indeed resourceful. As soon as he arrived at the frontier, he used goat milk to make milk powder. This kind of powder made of milk can be preserved for a long time. Master Jiang It is said that it is difficult for the babies of ordinary people in Ming Dynasty to grow up because the mother in the family lacks milk. If there is enough milk, the survival rate of the baby can be increased.”

After speaking, the soldier took out a wooden barrel from his arms. There was a sealed oilcloth bag in the barrel. milk powder.

The emperor's eyes became even brighter when he heard this, killing three birds with one stone, what a Jiang Jingyuan!He has thought of things that others can't think of, and he has implemented them. He admires this kind of people who do things!

After Gu Renhuai finished listening at this moment, a smile overflowed from the corner of his mouth. Sure enough, his disciple will not let him down!

However, he always felt that Jiang Jingyuan had other purposes. After thinking about it carefully, he stepped forward and asked, "If this milk powder is sold, how much will it cost?"

"Master Jiang said that there is no money for this milk, it is given free of charge from the grasslands, and the people of Ming Dynasty live in hardship, so it costs [-] yuan a can, and one can is enough to feed a baby for a month."

Twenty Wen, this is equivalent to a free gift from the imperial court, but there is still a profit, because the milk does not pay a penny, only labor and transportation costs are required, and a can of five Wen can be earned.

And this milk powder is like salt, it is an indispensable thing for every family and even every person. Road!

None of the people present were stupid. As soon as the soldier said something, everyone figured it out and was deeply impressed by Jiang Jingyuan's wisdom.

When he went out, not only did he not cost Daming a single penny, but he won so many benefits for Daming that even the two prime ministers were willing to bow down, and none of them could be as shrewd as Jiang Jingyuan.

"Do you have any objections, Aiqing? Will Jiang Aiqing's contract be torn up?"

The emperor was so happy that his temples didn't hurt anymore, he just felt indescribably sour, he liked Jiang Jingyuan more and more, and the more he liked Jiang Jingyuan, the more he hated Lin Tianlu who was against Jiang Jingyuan.

Compared with Jiang Jingyuan, this Lin Tianlu is simply a mediocre official!

Lin Tianlu accepted the indifferent eyes of the emperor, and sat down on the ground sweating. It's over, this time he is completely over.

The author has something to say: When I think of this milk powder, I think of my childhood.

Because my sister and I are twins, my mother’s milk is not enough for me to drink twice. We grew up drinking wahhaha...

Because we couldn’t buy milk powder in the mountains at that time, we would show Wahaha and Wahaha on TV, and then my grandparents would pick them out of Luokang Mountain for us to drink. Now we still have a lot of Wahaha bottles at home.

Maybe because I didn’t have enough milk, I couldn’t speak until I was two years old, and I was almost regarded as dumb...and my sister can speak at nine months...so I am stupid (covering face) and thank the little one who voted for me or irrigated the nutrient solution Angel~

Thanks to the little angel who irrigated [nutrient solution]:

Xinyue 10 bottles; Ling Yuxin, 176671525 bottles; Qiuqiu 4 bottles; Yunqiner 2 bottles;

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