Phi-Fic Chapter 255 Guests are coming
Chapter 255 Guests are coming
"Men who are pretentious are not cute. You only care about those rumors. Don't you find it strange? Where do these rumors come from? We have been here for more than a year, and everything has been fine. But why are there all these rumors recently?"
The Seventh Prince sat up suddenly and said, "Yes, I am really confused and angry. I will go check it out right away."
Ye Youlan pulled the Seventh Prince out of bed: "Li Zhi has brought everyone to the yamen. We need to eat first so that we can have the energy to investigate."
"You have to make it up to me tonight."
"it is good."
The next day, the Seventh Prince went to the prison to interrogate those gossipers. After layers of investigation, he finally found out that it was a businessman from another place who said it, but he had left Gucheng three days ago.
The Seventh Prince punished those gossipers by giving each of them ten strokes of the cane and sending them to the military camp to do hard labor on the farm for ten days.
Zhang Ji's caravan arrived in Gucheng, and the leader came to see the Seventh Prince to discuss the reorganization of the caravan.
The Seventh Prince asked Ye Youlan to come out and talk to the team leader.
The team leader said that the fiefdom was remote and although the round trip was not far, it was extremely difficult to walk and the cost was also high. The owner of Zhang's did not want to raise the price, but the business was at a loss and the employees also had complaints.
They came up with a compromise, which was to build a transit station in Qingzhou. The goods from Gucheng, Qingzhou and Linzhou would be sent to the transit station by the fiefdom caravans, and then the Zhangji caravan would transport them to various places, even to Jingnan Kingdom, so that both sides could benefit.
Ye Youlan understood that businessmen value profit and it is difficult to maintain a relationship relying solely on feelings, so she agreed and waited for Qiao Changshi to come back to discuss the cooperation matters in detail.
After the leader left, Ye Youlan asked the Seventh Prince if he could mobilize some of the guards from the palace in the capital, as they were just sitting around doing nothing.
How much do you want?
"One hundred people come first. Those with families can bring their families. Don't force them to come. Sign up voluntarily."
The Seventh Prince asked Li Zhi to make arrangements.
Seeing Li Zhi, Ye Youlan remembered that Li Zhi was still single, so she asked the Seventh Prince if he had asked Li Zhi.
The Seventh Prince smiled apologetically and said, "I forgot again."
Ye Youlan later learned about Li Zhi. He is 21 years old this year. He has been in the army and followed the prince for many years. He has not returned to his hometown for six or seven years.
Ye Youlan waited for Li Zhi to return home, and called him in the front hall, wanting to give him a vacation to visit his hometown.
"Princess, what happened in my hometown? Did something happen?" Li Zhi panicked when he heard it.
"No, no, I just think you're not that old anymore, isn't it time to consider starting a family? The prince is too busy to talk to you about it, so go home and see them. Maybe they've already found a wife for you and are waiting for you to get married!"
Li Zhi blushed: "I just sent a message to my hometown yesterday, hoping to invite my parents to stay in Gucheng for a while."
"I'll give you some money, and you can buy a yard in Gucheng. If your parents want to stay, they can stay, so they don't have to worry about seeing each other in the future. If they don't like it, you can send them back to their hometown to retire. By the way, do you have any brothers or sisters?"
"I have a younger brother who got married last year."
Ye Youlan gave Li Zhi a silver note of five hundred taels and asked him to buy it.
"Princess, this is too much."
"You have followed the prince for so many years and are his most trusted guard. I cannot treat you unfairly. I will give you as much as I gave Li Yixiaomei."
Li Zhi was so grateful that he didn't know what to say politely.
Ye Youlan smiled. Li Zhi was just simple and honest, not good at speaking, otherwise he wouldn't have been married yet.
Qiao Luochuan came to the mansion to report the situation, saying that the presidents of three trading companies would come to Gucheng tomorrow to discuss cooperation with Zhang's caravan.
Ye Youlan suddenly asked how Song Wen performed.
Qiao Luochuan praised it highly.
"Tomorrow, he will take some people to Linzhou for an inspection and build two more official schools there to promote the school-running experience in Gucheng."
"I hope he can adapt."
Qiao Luochuan hesitated for a moment and said, "Now that he's back from Linzhou, I want the prince to give him a promotion, from eighth rank to seventh rank."
"You can talk to the prince about this officialdom. I don't know much about it. You can tell me about the rest. Anyway, there is only one principle: the capable are promoted and the mediocre are demoted."
Qiao Luochuan was about to leave when Ye Youlan reminded him, "You're so busy every day and it's hard, but Yunniang is pregnant, so you have to care about her."
Qiao Luochuan blushed and said that he understood.
Five days later, Song Wen returned from Linzhou, and that night he came to Qiao's house to give him a surprise.
"Brother Qiao, look who I brought here?"
When Qiao Luochuan saw the three people standing behind Song Wen, he was stunned.
Song Wen brought his brother, sister-in-law and niece.
Qiao Da looked embarrassed. "Luochuan, we didn't come here to seek refuge with you. Our house collapsed in the heavy rain, and we were staying in a dilapidated temple. We met Mr. Song who was passing by, and he brought us here."
Mrs. Qiao didn't even dare to look at Qiao Luochuan. She had scolded Qiao Luochuan so harshly before, and now he came to beg for food. She pinched her daughter.
The girl, about fifteen years old, with a pretty face and ragged clothes, timidly called out, "Uncle, I'm hungry."
"Husband, it's time for dinner." A cute voice came.
Seeing several people standing at the door of the mansion, Empress Li Yun came over with a smile and said, "Mr. Song, you're back. Who are these people?"
"Miss Yun, I'm Mrs. Qiao. We've met in town." Mrs. Qiao said flatteringly.
Yunniang put away the smile on her face and said lightly: "I have seen it. You scolded my husband very harshly at that time."
Song Wen was even more embarrassed: "Did I do something wrong?"
Yunniang turned and left. Qiao Luowen took out twenty taels of silver and gave it to Qiao Da: "You two should find an inn to stay in!"
Seeing that Qiao Da wanted to refuse, Mrs. Qiao took the silver and said, "Luochuan, we will visit you another day."
Song Wen realized that he had really done something wrong, and even said sorry several times to Qiao Luochuan's back.
"How about this, it's getting late, if you don't mind, you can stay at my house for a few days."
Mrs. Qiao said flatteringly, "Thank you, Mr. Song."
Song Wen took them back home and asked the maid to boil some hot water for them to take a bath and find some clean clothes for them to wear.
As the three people thanked him profusely, he turned and left with a smile on his face.
Early the next morning, he went to the Qiao Mansion to apologize. Qiao Luochuan knew that he didn't understand and didn't blame him. He just hoped that he would let them leave quickly.
He gave Song Wen another fifty taels and passed it on to his elder brother. He had done his best for them and did not want to have anything to do with them anymore.
Song Wen came back and gave the silver to Qiao Da and conveyed the message.
"You have to understand Brother Qiao. You treated him like that before, it would be strange if he wasn't angry! You can stay here for a few days, have some fun, and then go back!"
"Mr. Song, I know Luochuan. He's a cold-faced person with a warm heart. We'll stay at your house for a few days and then come back to apologize. It's not that we don't want to leave, but we really can't stay in our hometown anymore. Don't worry, we won't eat for free. We can all help you with work. My husband is a bricklayer, and my daughter and I can clean the house and do the laundry. We don't want money, we just want a place to eat and sleep."
"Mrs. Qiao, if you say that, I'll make you feel bad if I don't keep you. Just stay here and don't worry. You can stay as long as you want."