The capture of Jeju Island went quite smoothly.

Koryo stationed a small number of troops on the island to garrison it.

I guess it was the place of exile of the Goryeo Kingdom. Anyway, it was sparsely populated and full of primitive mountains and forests.

The Ningfu fleet first acted as pirates, went to the island and directly eliminated the few troops stationed in Goryeo, and then blocked the sea route and went directly to the island.

After that, it was a matter of building a dock and transporting people and supplies.

When the news came back to the capital, Jia Rong naturally didn't react much, but Wang Ziteng and Shi Jia Baolinghou were very excited and wanted to go and check it out in person.

If they are willing to dedicate the island to the royal family, it will be a complete expansion of territory, and they will definitely be knighted and rewarded heavily.

No matter how you say it, it has a medium-sized county area, which is not an exaggeration.

It's a pity that the four major families in Jinling have no such thoughts at all.

Are you kidding? You know clearly that today's founding fathers are not very friendly, but now you eagerly join in and offer benefits and welfare. Isn't it mean?

It's better to regard it as your own escape route. Just as Jia Rong worried, the capital is not peaceful.

Because Jinmen Port is getting busier and busier, and with Lian Er's special care, there is no need to worry about being discovered by outsiders in a short period of time.

Of course, it doesn't matter even if you are noticed. If you just want to find an island as a transit base, others won't dig too deep into it.

They are all busy making money, who cares about anything else?

However, as the main force of Yuan Shu's personnel and materials, the Xue family is particularly active, and I don't know what they think.

But I have to say that their choice is definitely not wrong.

Jia Rong's plan is not that simple. How can a mere island in a medium-sized county satisfy his ambition?

Qin Keqing also told him that Xue Baochai had been quite active recently and often went to the Women's School library to read various miscellaneous books and classics, obviously he had quite a lot of ideas.

Speaking of the Women's Studies Library, it was built behind the Ethnic Studies Library. There are thousands of volumes of books in it, which is considered to be very large among private collections in the capital.

Because the Four Books and Five Classics are the mainstream, even if there is a hobby of collecting books, they are not keen on other miscellaneous books and classics on mobile phones, or they do not have enough capital.

The Ning Mansion was powerful and wealthy. Not only did he collect miscellaneous books and classics openly, he also showed off his wit and bought them on a large scale.

Those who wanted to cling to me took the initiative to send some miscellaneous books and classics with quite strange contents, as well as a library collection of plump ethnic studies and women's studies.

The collection of books contains everything from astronomy and geography to military farming and so on.

There is no shortage of overseas travel essays, which is convenient for Xue Baochai, who is quite thoughtful. Jia Rong is quite optimistic about her efforts.

As the weather gradually turns colder, the floods in the south have basically passed.

However, disasters in various places have not decreased, but have become more frequent.

In October, an earth dragon turned over in Lingnan, earthquakes were felt throughout the province, and some areas suffered devastating damage.

At the end of October, hail fell all day and night in the Suzhou area in the south, which rarely gets snow. It damaged countless houses and buildings and caused hundreds of casualties.

Also in October, part of the rivers in the canal section connecting the north and south froze again, affecting water transportation and temporarily interrupting it again.

The imperial court in the capital and the cabinet today are devastated by the endless natural disasters.

The key is that along with natural disasters come various man-made disasters.

Local officials were purged one after another, but it did not have much effect, and some people were still in bad shape.

The money from the Ministry of Household Affairs and the current private treasury was scattered like water, but the requests for help from various places still came like snow flakes.

There are not many refugees outside the capital city, but the atmosphere in the capital city is not very good.

At this time, the emperor took the initiative to show mercy to the concubines in the palace and allowed them to leave the palace and go home to visit their relatives.

After Jia Rong heard the news, she couldn't help but chuckle. She went around in a circle, but the matter of the palace concubine's marriage was still not avoided.

Needless to say, Rongfu will definitely respond positively.

Although Jia Yuanchun is not one of the four concubines, she is still considered a palace concubine and is qualified to go home to visit relatives.

I just don’t know what role it plays in it today?

Many readers of The Red Mansion in later generations speculated that today they are making use of the palace concubine's marriage visit to make money wantonly.

Not to mention anything else, when building a provincial residence, the prices of various materials are bound to rise.

If you operate it properly, you can make one or two million taels of silver just by taking advantage of this market trend, and there will be no problem at all.

If anyone had said this before this year, Jia Rong would definitely not believe it. Today's internal treasury is really not short of money.

But now, I really can’t tell!

With the Emperor here, and he loves to enjoy himself, the expenses in the palace will definitely not be reduced, on the contrary, they will be even more.

Ahem, the emperor can be said to be getting stronger with age.

In the more than ten years since he abdicated the throne, five, six, seven or eight more princes and princesses have been born, the youngest of whom is less than three years old now.

No matter how harsh things are these days, we have to take good care of these younger brothers and sisters, right?

Not only is the Supreme Emperor getting older and stronger, but good news is also coming frequently from the current harem. The expenses in the palace cannot be reduced, and someone may die.

The guys in the Ministry of Internal Affairs are not good at it either. While helping the royal family make money, they themselves are also making a lot of money.

The Imperial Mansion's income was almost half of what it is today.

As for the coal mine income in the Zhili region and Shanxi Province, as well as the hinterland of the Central Plains, the Ministry of Internal Affairs is 64% compared to today.

The reason for this is because the Ministry of Internal Affairs does not want to irritate the current generation and the royal family too much.

After all, the founder's family was also in the coal mining business, and the profits they earned were not difficult to find out. It would be bad if today's people found out about it.

Therefore, today's internal treasury income has actually shrunk by almost half compared to normal income.

The reason why I can persist until now is because I have accumulated enough wealth in the past.

Anyway, the Treasury of the Ministry of Accounts is running out of money at the moment, and all large expenditures require the support of the internal treasury, which is also very difficult today.

It is not incomprehensible to say that at such a time, the idea of ​​saving money for relatives and other hospital materials is not understandable.

However, the appearance of doing this is too ugly, and I don’t know if I can withstand the backlash caused by this matter today.

You know, the censors at the Censorship Station and the Inspectorate are not vegetarians.

They closely follow every move of the day, and if they find anything wrong, they will burst into laughter.

Some censors have no other abilities. If they want to be famous, they rely entirely on "dare to speak out" to gain fame. They even risk their lives in exchange for the opportunity to spread the world. It's crazy.

Not to mention gossip, in short, the emperor issued a decree that shocked the entire capital.

As expected, Rong Mansion suddenly became lively.

Qin Keqing immediately informed that the old lady of Rong Mansion intended to build a provincial residence in the mansion, and discussions were currently underway.

Within two days, Mr. Zheng came to invite Jia Rong in person and brought Jia Rong to Rongqing Hall.

"Brother Rong, the mansion is planning to build a special residence for relatives and invite Empress Yuan Chun to come back to visit relatives. What do you think?"

The old lady went straight to the point and spoke directly.

"This is a good thing. Of course I have no objection!"

Jia Rong chuckled and said: "But, isn't it true that every two, four, six or three days in the palace, you can enter the palace and see Yuan Chun?"

"Brother Rong, how can it be the same as visiting your empress in the palace and entertaining her at home?"

The old lady said with a smile: "Now that Brother Rong has agreed, things will be much easier to handle. Building a provincial courtyard may require part of Dongfu Huifang Garden!"

"Why, the old lady plans to build a biological courtyard in the mansion?"

Jia Rong took a sip of the tea cup and said slowly: "Isn't this appropriate?"

"Why is it inappropriate? Entertaining the empress is a good thing to bring glory to the family!"

Mrs. Wang on the side couldn't sit still and said anxiously: "Brother Rong, don't you support it? You are the head of the Jia clan!"

Tsk, all the hats are on.

Seeing that the old lady had no intention of stopping it, Jia Rong said with a smile: "I don't have any objection to the construction of the provincial residence, but it's just that it's inappropriate to build the provincial residence in the mansion!"

"Why, is there anything special about this?"

The old lady's face tightened and she asked rather dissatisfied.

At such an old age, she doesn't know what kind of rules she has, and she still needs a junior like Jia Rong to remind her?

"Old lady, the provincial residence is the royal residence after all!"

Jia Rong said calmly: "After entertaining Yuanchun, it is natural to seal it up and take care of it. It is best to hand it over directly to the Ministry of Internal Affairs for disposal!"

"Otherwise, if something unexpected happens, it wouldn't be good if someone else catches the blame. After all, it is involved with the royal family, which is very difficult to deal with!"

It's almost not stated clearly. If Ya's mansion builds a separate courtyard for provincial relatives, then the place will belong to the royal family. Wouldn't Ning Rong's second mansion be extremely embarrassed?

After all, taking care of such a big yard takes a lot of effort and costs a lot of money.

Besides, with the urine of the children of the Rongfu family, they really dared to steal the items in the provincial residence and sell them directly.

If the hostile forces are aware of it, the charge of "disrespecting the royal family" can be punished to death.
To be continued...