Yao Jun didn't understand what his master meant, so he could only scratch his head and asked:
"Master, I heard that you were recruited by King Xiao Li?"
He was going to talk to his master, but when he arrived outside his door, he was stopped by two Shence Army soldiers, who said that his master had become Li Yunqing's staff and joined the Shence Army.
Today is different from the past. If Yao Jun wants to see Hua Jin, he must inform him.
Hua Jin glanced at Yao Jun, rearranged her veil,
"Recruiting him? It's almost enough for me to recruit him. It's just a temporary measure. Once the general affairs are sorted out for him, he can do whatever he likes."
"But Master..."
Yao Jun looked at Hua Jin uneasily, but Hua Jin didn't wait for him to finish his words and passed him by.
She didn't have time to say anything more to Yao Jun, because Li Yunqing gave her a mountain-high fold for her to review. This was only for a fiefdom in Beidi, and the fold for Guqizhou was still on the way.
So after she calmed down, she had to rush back to approve the discount.
Looking at Hua Jin's back, graceful and slender, but with a hint of tenacity, Yao Jun felt increasingly uneasy.
Hua Jin was deeply aware of the importance of general affairs in the North, so when she was in the North, she had been improving the government system. Generally, small things did not require Hua Jin to take care of it personally.
There are city guards for city defense, there is the Supervisory Yuan to supervise the city guards, there are Ergouzi to supervise the procuratorate, and there is also a complete bonus system with clear rewards and punishments.
Basically, they can handle small things by themselves.
But looking at the folder that Li Yunqing sent over, I don’t know if it was Li Yunqing’s intention. According to what is written in the folder, the entire Northland government system is completely paralyzed. Every little thing has to be written on the folder.
A poke from the palace.
Hua Jin's heart, liver, spleen, lungs and kidneys all ached after seeing this, and she wished she could rush back to the Northland right now, tie up all the useless Northland officials, and give each of them a hundred whips.
She was stuck by the piles of papers, while the county leader Hou Pan was actively starting to take action.
Mother advised Hou Pan,
"Seeing that the world has become like this, County Lord, we still need to make plans early and think carefully about whether to leave or stay."
"Let's go, where can we go? To the Imperial Capital? But we are all alone. Who can help us if we go to the Imperial Capital?"
County Lord Hou Pan sat weakly on the beauty's back. Although his life had settled down, he had not gained a few ounces of flesh.
Tears fell from her eyes, her eyebrows slightly raised,
"Why is my life so miserable?"
Throughout the day, Hou Pan was like this most of the time when he was not asleep, sitting here lamenting the misery of his life.
Most of the assets of Prince Hou's Mansion have been lost long ago. There is no man in charge of the Prince's Mansion now. He went to the imperial capital and became the head of the clan and county, but he didn't recognize half of the people.
What's more, Prince Hou's Mansion has no assets in the Imperial Capital, and Hou Pan doesn't even have a place to live in the Imperial Capital, so who can he turn to?
"I originally thought that meeting Uncle Wang Li here would be a good help, but, but..."
As he spoke, County Lord Hou Pan's tears were like a flood bursting from a dam, and he cried like a tearful person.
Mother could only sigh,
"What can we do? We still have to live strong."
After a pause, Mother said again:
"Old slave, look at it, Commander Yao's wife seems to like you quite a bit, County Lord. County Lord, have you ever thought about it, why not we stay here, at least we have someone to rely on."
The royal daughters of Tianjing Kingdom do not have fiefs, and the same goes for the eldest princess. Besides, Hou Pan is the county head, not the princess. She is just the granddaughter of the old Prince Hou, which is still a generation away.
Nor can they enjoy the tax revenue from the Prince's Palace.
So even if you go to the imperial capital, you will most likely just go to the clan's mansion to report, and the clan's mansion will finally report to the palace.
If she's lucky, the palace will find someone to marry Hou Pan. If she's not lucky, Hou Pan will stay in the imperial capital, waiting for someone to think of her.
As for the fiefdom of Quanshui County, because there is no heir to inherit it from Prince Hou's Mansion, it will be taken back to the Imperial Capital and will be inherited by some prince or noble.
After listening to his mother's words, Hou Pan lowered his head, his cheeks turned slightly red, and he pursed his lips and said nothing.
After a while, he whispered:
"Mom, I won't marry."
But with the way she is, no one would think that she really doesn't want to get married.
Mom understood it at a glance, and she laughed,
"I have seen Commander Yao several times before. He is strong and intelligent. I heard that he single-handedly integrated this town and resisted the cholera of Duke Sun. He is truly a hero among men."
The more she praised Yao Jun, the redder Hou Pan's cheeks became. Finally, he simply turned around and covered his face with a silk handkerchief.
Needless to say, Hou Pan also wanted to marry Yao Jun because of his shyness.
Mother immediately went to see Mrs. Yao. As a member of Prince Hou's palace, naturally she couldn't say that Hou Pan wanted to marry Yao Jun. After all, Yao Jun was just a white man.
And Hou Pan is of royal blood and has a distinguished status. Even if she had this intention, the Yao family would have to ask for marriage first.
Mother asked about Yao Jun’s family background from the side, and then sighed to Mrs. Yao:
"Commander Yao, he is good at everything. He is talented, courageous and resourceful, but he is just a little short of status. Otherwise, with his ability, he will definitely be able to accomplish a great cause."
This is not what Momma said casually, but she and Hou Pan really think so.
Originally, Mrs. Yao was told by Hua Jin to stay away from the people in Prince Hou's Mansion. During these days, she did not come to see the Lord Hou Pan to talk about her family affairs, but she couldn't help but look down straight away, showing that she wanted to alienate the mother-in-law of Prince Hou's Mansion.
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So Mrs. Yao could only sigh,
"Isn't that true? Our Yao Army is really good. At first, I didn't expect that our Yao Army would be so powerful."
She knew somewhat that the reason why Yao Jun was able to become Commander Yao was because he always had the help of his master behind him.
But you can't go out and talk nonsense about this matter. Mrs. Yao can only agree with her mother and deal with it casually.
The mother-in-law hinted:
"At this time, I think you can only marry your leader Yao a daughter-in-law of high status, so that your Yao family can be more blessed and overcome the shortcomings of this status."
Madam Yao was stunned for a moment and thought for a long time before she realized what she was doing. She asked tentatively:
"Well, in this market town, where is the noble lady? If you really want to be noble, who else can she be except your county master?"
Mother smiled and said nothing, looking at Madam Yao, her expression of not saying anything already hinted a lot.
For a moment, Mrs. Yao didn't know what she was feeling in her heart, and she didn't come back to her senses for a long time.
When Mom saw it, her face became serious.
"What? What does Mrs. Yao mean by this? Is it possible that your Yao family still doesn't want to do it?"
As a white man, being able to marry a royal daughter is a matter of gratitude, but Mrs. Yao doesn't look very happy.
Madam Yao smiled,
"How could it be possible? Alas, this is a great thing. What kind of luck did we, Yao Jun, have? To be able to marry the county lord is really a blessing to our ancestors."
"Whether you can marry her or not depends on our county master's wishes."
Seeing Mrs. Yao looking so happy, my mother felt a little more relaxed.
But I don’t want the man to be so proud. As a woman, I still have to put on some airs.
Whether it can be done or not depends on the Yao family asking for marriage first.
Madam Yao had a complicated heart, and on the surface she didn't want to offend the people in Prince Hou's Mansion, so she only dealt with her mother-in-law in Prince Hou's Mansion. After she sent away her mother-in-law, she went to Yao Jun to discuss the matter.
Yao Jun is not in the mood to marry a wife at all, because he has not been able to see his master in the past few days. Things related to the market town have to be written down in a book before they can be reported to his master.
This made Yao Jun feel very uncomfortable, as if he and his master had become people in two different worlds.
The master who could be seen every day has now become unattainable.
So when Mrs. Yao talked about the mother-in-law of Prince Hou's Mansion, he said irritably:
"Her mother-in-law didn't say anything. Grandma, I'm afraid you may have misunderstood."
"How could this be wrong? That's what Mother Hou's wife means. She just wants us to marry the county master Hou Pan."
Madam Yao became anxious when she heard this. She held the iron head in one hand and beat Yao Jun with the other.
"You bastard, you know nothing. You, she said so. If we don't come to the door, you will be offending people, you know?"
"have no idea."
Yao Jun shook his head, looking very honest and honest, and said seriously:
"Auntie, how could she, a county head, want to marry me? Even if it were true, I have no interest in the county head Hou Pan at all."
"Before getting married, who was consensual with the person he was going to marry? Wasn't it all the parents' order and the matchmaker's words?"
Madam Yao rolled her eyes at Yao Jun, and then thought:
"Ordinarily, what the mother-in-law said makes sense. You are now the leader of this market town. It is true that you are just a little bit behind in status. If you marry the county master Hou Pan...hey
, Hey, I haven’t finished speaking yet, come back!”
Looking at Yao Jun's leaving figure, Mrs. Yao was furious to death.
She had no idea to begin with, but Yao Jun ignored her, so she wanted to go to Hua Jin to discuss it again.
As a result, she didn't see Hua Jin when she arrived at the entrance of Hua Jin's yard.
This time it was not that Shence Jun stopped Hua Jin at the door, but that Hua Jin went to find Li Yunqing.
Madam Yao had no one to discuss it with, so she could only go home and figure it out for herself.
But within two days, the mother-in-law came to the door again, suggesting that Mrs. Yao should hurry up and ask for the county lord's hand in marriage. What she said was that Yao Jun had gained a high position in the palace.
Now that Prince Hou's Mansion gave him such a rare opportunity, Yao Jun missed this village and lost this store.
Mrs. Yao felt a lot of pressure from repeated urging, so she decided to make up her mind and went to the matchmaker to propose marriage to the county magistrate Hou Pan with a gift.
Anyway, Yao Jun has no wife now, and County Master Hou Pan is good-looking and handsome. It doesn't matter if he is a little weak. A girl from a wealthy family must be well-educated and well-behaved.
Mother held the gift list and looked at the number of gifts with some disgust. Because Hou Pan was a daughter to be married, it was not convenient for her to come forward at this time, so Mother took care of her wedding alone.
Holding back her anger, she hinted to Madam Yao, who was sitting next to the matchmaker,
"Normally, as a servant, I shouldn't have to take care of so many things, but I have served the princess in the Prince Hou's Mansion for decades, and I also served the county princess when she grew up. Back then, the princess asked to marry our princess.
At that time, the betrothal gifts were lined up from the gate of the Marquis's Mansion all the way to the gate of the capital of Quanshui County."
So when we come to propose marriage now, we only mention these few things, so forget it, but the betrothal gift must not be less, otherwise how can we be worthy of the honor of Prince Hou’s Mansion?
The matchmaker and Madam Yao were stunned at the same time. Madam Yao was smart enough not to show her inner dissatisfaction at this time. She just responded with her mouth. As the future mother-in-law of Hou Pan County, she behaved submissively in front of a servant.
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The matchmaker is relatively reliable in his work, so he immediately smiled and said:
"That's so. The county lord is of a delicate body. Naturally our Commander Yao will not wrong the county lord. We will definitely try our best to buy the betrothal gift. But... I wonder if the county lord has any elders and brothers from his mother's family to discuss this matter.
?The exact amount of betrothal gift required must be stated carefully."
Mother immediately raised her nose and sneered:
"You try your best to deal with it and don't wrong our county master. Otherwise, King Xiao Li is our county master's uncle. He lives in the market town. If he loses the royal family's face, our county master will be easy to talk to.
Little Prince Li is not so easy to talk to."
When they heard that the other party had brought out Prince Xiao Li, the matchmaker and Lady Yao stopped talking.
Only when the two of them came out of Hou Pan's place did the matchmaker pull over Mrs. Yao and said to Mrs. Yao in a serious voice:
"Since ancient times, marriages have been about people from the same family, marrying low and marrying high. Regardless of status, your family is now more capable than County Master Hou Pan. Madam Yao, don't think too low of yourself.
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She has been a matchmaker for so many years, but she is not very optimistic about this marriage, for no other reason than Hou Pan doesn't seem to understand what kind of situation she is in now.
If Hou Pan really has King Xiao Li to rely on, then she doesn't need to marry Yao Jun at all. After all, Yao Jun is just a white man.
If Hou Pan has no one to rely on, her mother-in-law is suppressing the Yao family every word. If a servant can do this, it goes without saying that the county master Hou Pan.
In fact, what does Prince Hou's Mansion mean now? Almost everyone knows that Prince Hou's Mansion counts for nothing now. The servants of Prince Hou's Mansion can only bully and bully women with little knowledge like Madam Yao in this small place.
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I really went to the imperial capital. With the wealth of the county master Hou Pan, who can he be worthy of?
Mrs. Yao also regretted her impulsiveness, but when she thought of Little Prince Li, she felt a little scared. Although Hua Jin said that the feelings of the royal family were not as united as those of ordinary people's clans.
But this is not afraid of 10,000, just in case.
And she also has a sense of luck. Her Yao family really needs this marriage to improve their status.
When she thought that the descendants of her Yao family would also have royal blood in the future, Mrs. Yao could not think of anything deeper and more complicated.
Seeing this, the matchmaker sighed and shook his head, and said nothing more. He just helped Mrs. Yao and prepared the betrothal gift from the Yao family so that she could marry the county master Hou Pan.
Waiting behind them for the matchmaker to leave, Mother complained to County Master Hou Pan,
"People from this small family are stingy. In the past, if they only wanted to meet you, the county leader, with just such a small gift, I would be so poor."
County Lord Hou Pan sat in the back room, looking at the gift brought by the matchmaker, twisting his handkerchief in grievance.
This kind of gift is not enough to give to the servants when someone comes to the prince's palace to do things on weekdays, let alone a matchmaker coming to discuss marriage.
Then I heard my mother say shrewdly:
"County Master, I have already inquired about this. The Yao family's iron shop has a big business. In previous years in our Quanshui County, the Yao family's iron shop was quite famous. Now it has such a large market town. In the future, you can enter
Now that we have left the Yao family, you will be in charge of the middle and lower rooms, and our lives will gradually get better."
After hearing what she said, Hou Pan could only lament:
"I can only think about the future, oh...why is my life so miserable?"
She lamented her fate all day long, and cried again after lamenting. When she was tired of crying, she ate something to rest, and when she woke up, she sat up again and lamented her misfortune.
Hua Jin didn't know about this yet. She had visited Li Yunqing several times in the past few days. He was either training troops outside the market town or on his way there, but he just wasn't available.
After finally catching Li Yunqing today, she threw a bunch of papers in her hand into Li Yunqing's arms and said angrily:
"Li Yunqing, are you working for a living? Look at such a common sense thing for yourself, and you still want me to review it for you. Don't you have any skills? The Northland is your fiefdom, not mine. It's mine.
You have all the time and energy to deal with this shit!"
Huo Da, Hua Jin is really hot. What do these excerpts say?
In the spring, grain needs to be put out, and the report needs to be approved by the princess. Guqi Prefecture needs to collect water fees, and the report requires the princess to do the accounting... Why is it that all the names written on the booklet are "Princess"? That's because Li Yunqing, a loser, went to Beijing.
Since then, he has never been in charge of the general affairs of the North.
Now that Hua Jin is gone, these brochures still say "Invite the Princess", don't forget it, the key is to distribute food and collect water bills, won't Li Yunqing care about this kind of thing?
Doesn't he understand?
Li Yunqing shamelessly sat on the couch, assuming the posture of a Buddha sitting at ease, looking at Hua Jin with raised eyes,
"I am used to killing people with my hands, and I have never reviewed a book."
"Then just write 'Read!!!'"
Hua Jin yelled at him, extremely angry, and without thinking too much, she stuffed a cinnabar seal into Li Yunqing's hand and grabbed Li Yunqing's hand.
Her little hand held Li Yunqing's big hand, and she wrote two big red letters on a piece of paper:
"Read."
"Just write it like this? You tell me you don't know how? Huh? Are you stupid enough to kill people? How dare you say these two words that you don't know..."
She was so close to him that Li Yunqing could clearly smell the fragrance emanating from her body.
Li Yunqing, who was sitting comfortably, had bottomless eyes. He moved his eyes from the fold in front of him to the side of Hua Jin's face.
She was still wrapped in the black veil, and her silver hair swayed under the black veil, as if shining with broken light.