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Chapter V

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    ?Chapter 103: Leaving Beijing

    Consecration refers to the gold, silver, treasures and other things offered by the people of the feudal city to the feudal owner, usually once a year.  Anle County, the fiefdom of Xiaoranqing, is famously rich. The annual offerings of gold and silver are quite considerable, almost equal to the offerings of three or four ordinary counties.

    Xiao Ranqing is not a money-grubbing person, but every time she reads the list of offerings, she can't help but raise the corners of her lips happily.  Although money is not omnipotent, it is absolutely impossible without money.  Why King Qi was able to form an army of 300,000 people in just three years is because he has the support of the royal merchant Zhu family behind him!  If there is no such offering, just relying on the little salary of her princess, I am afraid that even the hundred private soldiers cannot support her, let alone expand her power?

    "Miss, what's wrong with this list?" Su Jiu, who was in charge of the warehouse, couldn't help asking when Xiao Ranqing held the list and didn't put it down.

    Xiao Ranqing shook her head slightly, "Let's deal with it as usual."

    "Yes." This is already a practice, and the offerings sent almost every year are handled in this way.  Separate gold and silver from other treasures first.  The gold and silver were kept for their own use, while some of the treasures were selected and sent to the palace, and then the smaller half was sent to the Su Mansion, and the rest were locked into the warehouse for future gifts and gifts.

    After counting the offerings, and discussing some things with Su Qi and Su Jiu, Xiao Ranqing returned to the Su Mansion near dusk.  After freshening up and changing clothes, it was time for dinner, so she asked Cistanche to bring some gifts she had brought back to the main courtyard.

    "What good things did my sister bring back this time?" Seeing Xiao Ranqing coming in, Su Binghui couldn't wait to greet her.  Yesterday, I heard that my sister's offerings had arrived again. Today, my sister went to the princess mansion to count the offerings.  Seeing the brocade boxes in Cistanche's hands, Su Binghui confirmed his guess.  There are many good things in my sister's offering every year, I don't know what it is this time,

    "Sixth brother, I heard that you made a lot of money in Ruyi Pavilion a while ago, why are you still envious of my sister's treasures?" Su Bingqian joked.  Su Binghui had a different kind of attachment to yellow and white things since childhood, and Wang and Su Changfeng were quite puzzled about this.  Who is this kid following?  It wasn't until he met Su Changfeng's third uncle that he realized that he had followed him.

    Su Changfeng's third uncle, Mo Zhen, was not tolerated by his stubborn father because of his business, and was kicked out of the house in his early years.  Su Changfeng's mother once helped him when his business failed, which made him always cherish it.  It's just that I have traveled all over the world to do business in the past few decades, and I have never had time to go back to the capital to visit this sister.  When he finally had the opportunity to return to Beijing, he learned that his sister had passed away for many years.  After several twists and turns, he found the Su Mansion.  Su Changfeng was also open-minded, he didn't dislike Mo Zhen because of his status as a merchant, and still treated him with the courtesy of an elder.  After a long talk, Su Changfeng found out that this third uncle was the head of the Mo family who took over from the Zhu family as the emperor's merchant.

    It just so happened that Su Binghui was also in the mansion that day, and it was said that the Patriarch of the Mo family could not sit still when he came to the mansion.  Regardless of Su Changfeng's black face, he grabbed Mo Zhen's sleeve and said directly that he wanted to learn how to do business.  Mo Zhen didn't respond to Su Binghui's request at the time, but after that, Su Binghui ran to Mo's residence every three days.  Mo Zhen did not refuse to chat with him about those business topics, but the more he talked about him, the more frightened he was about how talented this nephew was.  He wanted to pass on his lifelong knowledge to him, but he was not sure about Su Changfeng's attitude.  After all, he himself was kicked out of the house by his official father because of his business, and he didn't want to disturb his nephew's house because of himself.  After all, scholars, farmers, businessmen, and merchants are always at the bottom.

    Here Mo Zhen is still struggling, but Su Changfeng personally brought Su Binghui to ask him to accept this apprentice.  It was only then that Mo Zhen knew that Su Binghui had told Su Changfeng about his desire to become a businessman when he was eight years old, and Su Changfeng did not stop him.  Since then, Su Binghui has studied business with Mo Zhen every day.  Not only did Su Binghui gain a lot of knowledge that was difficult to obtain by his own exploration, but Mo Zhen also benefited a lot from Su Binghui's whimsical ideas from time to time.  Last year, with the support of Mo Zhen, Su Binghui finally opened his first store, Ruyi Pavilion, specializing in some wonderful things.  Of course, Su Bingren's contribution is indispensable.

    "Sister's treasures are not comparable to those in my pavilion?" Su Binghui retorted.

    "Oh, it turns out that the sixth brother dislikes the stuff made by the fifth brother." Su Bingzheng also joined in the fun, and it was really hard for him to shake a folding fan in a snowy day.  Last year in Chunwei, Su Bingzheng was also selected as the number one scholar.  There were three champions from the Su family, which became a good story for a while.

    "If the fifth brother made it myself, I'd be so rare and I wouldn't have time to dislike it?" Su Binghui said calmly after hearing the words, "Speaking of which, I just wanted to ask the fifth brother for advice, obviously those masters are learning from the fifth brother to do it step by step.  Yes. But the finished objects always look not as good as those made by Fifth Brother, what is the reason for this?"

      "Didn't you want my fifth brother to stay at home and make things for you instead of going to the Ministry of Industry?" Su Bingzheng asked again.

    "Okay, okay, don't make a fuss, and don't be afraid that my nephew will see the joke." Wang Shi saw Su Changfeng coming from a distance, and hurriedly ordered the servants to prepare the meal.

    After finishing the meal with his family, Xiao Ranqing gave out the gifts brought back one by one under the eyes of Su Binghui Baba.  There is no need to ask too much among my family members, everyone opened the box and looked at it on the spot.  They are all exquisite and meticulous jade articles, which are very gratifying to look at.

    "Sure enough, my sister's baby is greedy. Anle County is a good place. I must find a chance to visit it next year." Su Binghui played with the sapphire brush that he had just received, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion.  Anle County is located in the southwest, not only the land is fertile, but also rich in precious stones and jade, which can be described as unique.  If you want to do jade business, Anle County is a must.

    "Sixth Brother wants to go to Anle County?" Little Ranqing was worried about how to open his mouth to go to the fiefdom. Hearing what Sixth Brother said, it was a good opportunity.  "It just so happens that Bao'er also wants to see her fief, why not go with her?"

    "Bao'er is going to Anle County?" Hearing this, Wang and Su Changfeng asked in unison.

    Facing the different gazes of his parents, Xiao Ranqing nodded calmly, "Father, mother, Bao'er does have this plan."

    "No," Wang objected almost immediately.  Su Changfeng also frowned his thick eyebrows with a look of disapproval.  "There are mixed fish and dragons in Anle County. It may not be safe for Bao'er to go alone. If Bao'er wants to go out to play, why not go to Cangzhou with Daddy to see your second brother in April?"

    "Bao'er has been named the owner of Anle County for more than three years, but he has never visited his own fief, and he has not done anything for the people in the fief. Today, seeing the offerings that are piled up in the treasury,  Bao'er suddenly felt ashamed, and then came up with the idea of ??going to the city." Xiao Ranqing said, "Besides, Bao'er has a hundred private soldiers, and he can go with the sixth brother, so parents don't have to worry about Bao'er's death."  safety."

    In fact, she had planned to go to the fiefdom last year, but it was delayed until now due to various reasons.  She used most of the gold and silver that she had enshrined in the past four years back to Anle County, and it was time to go and check the results.  Moreover, leaving Beijing is also a need for the development of power.  If he continued to stay in the capital, he might be too eye-catching, and he would inevitably be restrained in his actions.  There was nothing wrong with the family. Judging from Su Changfeng's attitude when he gave her the manpower, he acquiesced in her actions.  It's just that the forces in the capital are mixed, and the eyeliners of those big families are not easy to get along with.  Therefore, she decided to go out of Beijing to the feudal city to develop her own power in the feudal land.

    Another reason that forced her to leave Beijing as soon as possible was the marriage issue.  She has been thinking about how to avoid the fate of being given a random marriage for more than three years, but she can only barely come up with a method that is still usable.  That is to avoid the fiefdom, find an honest man of the right age with a little bit of status in a place far away from Emperor Gao that day, and write some messages.  At that time, she would take him back to the capital to ask for a marriage, and the emperor would most likely agree with the flow.  Even if she doesn't agree, she is a princess with a different surname who has a bad reputation. I'm afraid no one will want to marry her, right?  But the flaw of this method is how to find an honest man of the right age who has some status?  There have never been many men who are honest and responsible, let alone those who have some status.  But if you find someone who has no identity, I'm afraid the rumors will be solved secretly if there is any clue.  Alas, after the new year she will be twelve, only three years away from fifteen.  In other words, there were only three years left for her, so it was urgent!

    After listening to Xiaoranqing's methodical persuasion, Su Changfeng knew that his daughter's idea was not just a whim.  "Bao'er, if you want to go to Anle County, it will take more than three months just to go back and forth. Are you sure you want to go?"

    "Go back to Daddy, my daughter has made up her mind, and she will go to Anle County next year." Xiaoranqing replied.

    It can be said that his daughter's power was established by his own eyes, and Su Changfeng also has a little understanding of the predicament they are currently encountering.  Therefore, he can probably understand his daughter's sudden intention to go to the feudal city, and he also agrees with his daughter's decision intellectually.  Just thinking that his daughter is about to leave him, and it seems that this parting will not come back in a short time, he feels very sad.  He even regretted that Su Qi and others should not have been handed over to his daughter in the first place.  His baby was born to be loved and pampered, so where is the need to run around like this?  Just meeting his daughter's bright eyes, Su Changfeng barely struggled and was defeated again, "If that's the case, then let's go."

    "Master" Mrs. Wang was also taken aback when she heard the words, shouldn't the master be on her side, why did she agree like this?

    "Shuang'er, this is Bao'er's own wish." He can't stop his daughter's wishes.  That's all, let's send more people to protect us along the way.  As long as his daughter is satisfied, his hard work as a father is worth it.  (Remember the site URL: www.hlnovel.com
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