Chapter 196: Disaster falls from the sky
"Your Highness, do you really want to disband the Mirror Division?"
Sitting on the carriage returning to the palace, Zhiyuan couldn't help but ask.
Ning Chuchu suddenly sighed, her whole body seemed to relax, and she suddenly became listless.
"Actually, what he said is right!"
"A hundred years ago, Prime Minister Shang established the Lijing Division because there were many people who were greedy and violated the law at that time. Even the Imperial City Division was not immune."
"Prime Minister Shang used a brand-new Lijing Division to arrest or assassinate corrupt officials in the world. The methods used are just as Li Chenan said, it is called troubled times, and you should use heavy codes!"
"But the situation has changed a lot now... It's not that there are fewer corrupt officials, it's that Ji Tai is in power and uses the Fish and Dragon Society to contain and even suppress the Lijing Division, so that the Lijing Division can no longer carry out punishments as it did a hundred years ago.
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"Besides, under the leadership of Mr. Changsun, the Imperial City Division today is different from what it was a hundred years ago. Although the Imperial City Division has not made any big moves in the past few years, secretly, the Imperial City Division's spies scattered across the country are...
Collecting evidence of the crimes of those officials."
"Mr. Changsun may be waiting for an opportunity, but neither I nor the prince brother know it."
"Under such circumstances, there is really no need for the Rei Mirror Division to exist."
Zhiyuan pursed her lips, "But His Highness the Crown Prince cannot live without Li Jingsi now."
"Yes, so we still can't disband for the time being, so we have to make money first!"
When it came to making money, Ning Chuchu's eyes lit up, and her whole body was suddenly full of fighting spirit.
She turned to Zhiyuan and said excitedly: "Those profit-making industries he talked about... banks are too troublesome, and I don't have anyone who knows how to manage money."
"The copper and iron business is also very troublesome. The mining of copper and iron ores is controlled by the Ministry of Industry, and the Ministry of Industry is in the hands of Ji Tai."
"Salt needs to find a salt well... He said that salt can also be made from sea water... I can tell my grandfather about this. Those uncles have now gone to that island in the East China Sea. There is inexhaustible sea water.
It’s just that it takes too long.”
"As for tea and silk, it takes about half a year to go back and forth to Yue or Wu."
"Hey, it turns out that the one who grabbed it is the fastest..."
"Zhiyuan, who do you think we should grab first?"
Zhiyuan was stunned, "Your Highness, there are many wealthy families in Kyoto... Doesn't Mr. Li have a grudge against the Huo family? The head of the Huo family came to the capital to discuss marriage with the Sixth Princess, and he should have brought a large amount of betrothal gifts, or...
…How about we rob the Huo family first?”
Ning Chuchu's eyes lit up, "Okay! After you return to the palace, call Yuheng and Kaiyang to my princess's house. Let's take advantage of this Mid-Autumn Festival night to do it first!"
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Ning Chuchu is planning the first big thing in her life at the Princess Mansion.
Huo Xi never expected that disaster would fall from the sky!
He had already come out of Concubine Li's palace. Under the leadership of a young eunuch, he left the palace and came to his carriage that was waiting here.
"Go to the Duke of Yan's Mansion!"
After giving instructions to the coachman, he and his grandson Huo Shufan got into the carriage.
"This matter is finally settled. Just wait for the emperor to issue the decree. Although you are recruited as the consort, we still have to follow the rules of the people... Grandpa has already transferred a large amount of money from Guangling City. When the time comes, we will
He was sent to the Prince Consort's Mansion in the name of Nazheng."
Huo Shufan lowered his head and muttered: "Grandpa, the Sixth Princess...she doesn't allow me to take a concubine!"
Huo Xi stroked his beard, pondered for a moment and said: "Now that she is a princess, of course she has the pride of a princess."
"When you really get married and become husband and wife, let's take care of this matter slowly."
"Grandpa, my grandson thinks it would be better to keep the money in our Huo Mansion in Kyoto. Firstly, there are many places where father needs money, and secondly...if my grandson needs it, it is always better to get money from Huo Mansion. It’s more convenient.”
Huo Xi thought about it and realized that what the grandson said made sense.
After all, becoming a consort means being a member of the royal family. The royal family is not short of money. It is more worthwhile to spend most of the money accumulated in this life on the Huo family.
So he nodded, "That's fine, grandpa will return to Guangling City after you become the consort."
"There are still many things to do in Guangling City, especially the need to capture Li Chenan's wine shop... This matter will become much easier with the help of Duke Yan's Mansion. Our Huo family will not have to worry about Zhongli Mansion in Guangling City. .”
"In addition, Shen Qiaodie, Shen Qianshan's daughter, will go to Jiangnan to buy autumn grain on behalf of her father this time. If she can succeed, it means that this girl is indeed a business talent... When the time comes, grandpa will arrange for her to come to Kyoto and live there. In Kyoto's Huofu."
"As for you, don't talk about her bringing any bad luck. Just raise her as a little one in the Huo Mansion in Kyoto."
"If she gives birth to a boy for our Huo family, grandpa promises you that your son will still be the master of the Huo family in the future!"
What can Huo Shufan do?
Shen Qiaodie only likes her body and always feels that being around this woman will bring bad luck.
But that sixth princess...he couldn't even like her body, let alone face her all day long.
After thinking about it, he suddenly envied that Li Chenan!
How could this dog be so lucky?
Hey, instead of facing the Sixth Princess, he still thought it would be better to face Shen Qiaodie. As for bad luck... He was so unlucky that he was like this, how could he be so bad?
"Grandpa, what if the Duke of Ding's Mansion announces the affair between Li Chenan and Zhong Li Ruoshui, and we use the power of the Duke of Yan's Mansion to rob his wine shop in Guangling City... Will this attract the attention of the Duke of Ding's Mansion? Revenge?"
Huo Shufan was very worried.
Because the Duke of Yan is certainly not afraid of the Dingguo Houfu, but the Huo family cannot directly face the Dingguo Houfu!
The Duke of Dingguo's Mansion can't do anything to the Duke of Yan's Mansion, but it's not too strenuous for one person to wipe out the Huo family in Guangling.
"You can imagine that this level is really good, so this will have to wait until you become the Sixth Princess's consort."
"Besides... Concubine Li is not simple!"
"Don't ask her to dress elegantly. When she met us, she was still in the patch of her back garden."
"The chrysanthemums in the yard are so well planted, and the sweet-scented osmanthus by the lotus pond is blooming so well!"
"She is planting flowers carefully and planning carefully!"
"Since she asked us to come and see Duke Yan, then Duke Yan must know the seriousness of this matter."
"Grandpa is wondering... whether Concubine Li or Duke Yan, or even the Emperor, intends to... destroy the Dingguo Marquis Mansion!"
"It's just like twenty years ago when the emperor ordered to kill Lu Zhanxiao who was waiting for him on the train!"
Huo Shufan was startled and looked up at his grandfather. Huo Xi looked serious and said: "The nobles stand far away, but our Huo family is still too low."
"In this case, we don't need to guess what their purpose is, we just need to follow them closely and do what they ask!"
"After you become the Sixth Princess's consort, Concubine Li is your mother-in-law. There is no reason for her to harm you and make her daughter a widow!"
"My grandson knows."
The carriage continued to move forward, and the carriage became quiet.
After a while, Huo Xi said to Huo Shufan again: "You have to participate in the Mid-Autumn Festival, because the emperor will be there."
"Okay, my grandson should go all out!"
"Well, tomorrow I will go with my grandpa to Honglu Temple to visit the great scholar of Yue State, Master Wei Xuan Mo Wei!"
Chapter completed!