Watching Qin Dewei bid farewell, Xia Yan felt that today's Qin Zhuangyuan was a bit unusual.
What should an ordinary Qin Dewei be like? Sharp-edged, aggressive, and will not give up until he achieves his goal.
And what is it like today? It seems like I just came here to fulfill my obligation and just go through the motions.
It's too perfunctory to say a few feeble symbolic words to express "I reminded you" and then that's it!
However, there were so many people visiting that Master Xia did not have much energy to focus on one person.
So I was a little surprised by Qin Dewei's performance and put it behind me.
When Qin Dewei returned home, Xu Miaoxuan had also returned from Xu Xiaodi's place.
In the dead of night, the two of them lay on the bed and respected each other like guests. They hardly looked like a young couple who had only been married for a few months.
This is definitely not because the relationship has faded, but mainly because both of them have something on their mind today.
It was Qin Dewei who first noticed that something was wrong in the atmosphere. He poked the person next to him and asked, "What are you thinking about?"
Xu Miaoxuan touched her lower abdomen and sighed: "Hey, why is there no movement in here?"
Qin Dewei understood. She saw her pregnant sister-in-law today, and she felt very excited.
Low EQ response: Anyway, I have no problem, I gave birth to a baby in Nanjing last year.
A self-righteous and emotionally intelligent response: It's okay, it won't last long, don't worry about it.
Really high EQ response: If you can do it, don’t beep.
Xu Miaoxuan put aside her worries temporarily and asked: "Then what are you thinking about?"
Qin Dewei said: "I am thinking about a mantis stalking a cicada, followed by an oriole."
Xu Miaoxuan knew that her husband would not think about this for no reason, so she asked with great concern: "Among these three, which one are you?"
Qin Dewei replied: "Yellow bird."
Xu Miaoxuan breathed a sigh of relief: "Then I'll be relieved."
Qin Dewei sighed: "If the oriole deliberately watched the mantis catch the cicada, wouldn't the cicada be a bit pitiful?"
As the saying goes, the butt determines the head. Xu Miaoxuan stood completely on her husband's side and said with relief:
"Even if there is no oriole, the mantis will still hunt the cicada. In other words, if the mantis does not hunt the cicada, how can the oriole get justice?"
It's really nice to have someone on your pillow to talk to. Qin Dewei couldn't help but joke and asked: "Do you want to know who this cicada is?"
The person he compared to a pitiful cicada was a powerful elder who was reaching the peak of his life. Qin Dewei wanted to see if Sister Xuan would be scared to death.
Xu Miaoxuan frowned and thought for a moment before giving her answer: "I guess it's the Emperor?"
Qin Dewei: ""
Who is trying to scare whom? But if you think about it carefully, it seems to make sense.
Two days later, Xu Miaojing brought news that Eunuch Qin promised to provide a place.
It turns out that since the expansion of the Royal Horse Prison, there are 29 theoretical pastures in the capital and Beizhili, but most of them have actually been rented out for cultivation.
The most suitable pasture for testing is twenty miles southwest of Xuanwumen.
The total area is 10,000 acres, about six or seven miles long from north to south, and four or five miles wide from east to west. It is enough to test the new Franco machine cannon.
Qin Dewei thought about the direction and said in surprise: "Isn't that the Marco Polo Bridge?"
Xu Miaojing replied: "It is indeed not far from Marco Polo Bridge. The factory owner agreed to lend this place out."
Qin Dewei was extremely surprised. He just asked Xu Xiaodi to talk casually. He didn't expect much at first, but he didn't expect it to be so easy.
I haven’t had time to use Wang Tingxiang to say it yet!
According to rumors, aren't these eunuchs, especially the powerful eunuchs, hard to get in, ugly, and difficult to get things done?
The only thing they relied on was the imperial power and they didn't care about people outside the palace. Why was the Qin eunuch so happy?
Xu Miaojing continued: "Also, Eunuch Qin said. If you are interested, you can rent this pasture and pay the Royal Horse Superintendent one cent of silver per acre per year."
Qin Dewei: ""
After recruiting tenants to cultivate land and plant grain instead, they can collect a rent of five cents per acre, and four cents are left after giving one cent to the eunuch.
Calculating ten thousand acres, I can get four hundred taels of silver every year, which is really a lot, six or seven times my theoretical salary.
The key is the industry of tens of thousands of acres of fertile land obtained effortlessly, with stable output every year, and without having to pay taxes to the court.
Qin Dewei wanted to ask rudely, Brother Xu, are you the long-lost illegitimate son of Eunuch Qin?
"Do you want to do it or not?" Xu Miaojing said eagerly.
Although the Ten Thousand Acres Manor was very exciting, Qin Dewei still shook his head and said very cautiously:
"You have to think clearly, this is the eunuch's attempt to win over and corrupt our Qingliu! As a Qingliu Ci minister, I must withstand the test! Temporary borrowing is fine, but subletting is fine!"
Huh, Qin Dewei, a minister with a promising future, can buy 10,000 acres of land?
At this time, someone suddenly came to Qin Dewei, saying that he was Wang Yiqi's servant, and asked Qin Dewei to come over and talk.
Qin Dewei was shocked. This old man Wang Yiqi was the younger brother of his master Wang Yijing when he was in Nanjing. He was usually called his uncle.
But Uncle Wang was sent to Hecao as governor three years ago. When did he come back?
And what's even more strange is, why don't you just say hello so that Qin Dewei can go out of the city to greet him.
The elder did not dare to resign when called upon, so Qin Dewei left home in a hurry and went to Uncle Wang's house.
All the way into the study, after saluting, he complained: "Uncle, why didn't you say anything when you returned to Beijing? I don't know the whereabouts of your uncle, it's so rude of me!"
Wang Yiqi sighed helplessly and said, "You are too conspicuous now, so I deliberately didn't tell you. I didn't want others in the capital to know how close I am to you."
Qin Dewei asked again: "Uncle, what do you mean by this? There is no shady activity, so what happens if others find out?"
Uncle Wang smiled bitterly and said: "Someone told me before that when I return to Beijing this time, I must not reveal my special relationship with you and keep a low profile so as not to affect the inspection."
Inspection? Why is it another inspection? After Qin Dewei thought for a moment, he understood the reason.
At the beginning, Uncle Wang held the title of Minister of the Ministry of War and the official title of Yushi of Youqiandu. His overseas appointment as Governor-General Hecao was also an imperial envoy, so he had to undergo inspections as usual after returning to the capital.
Because he is the governor, he is subject to double inspections by the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Ministry of War, and the head of the Metropolitan Procuratorate is Huo Tao.
Therefore, what Wang Yiqi did was right. It is better to do less than to do more. There is no need to provoke Huo Tao because of Qin Dewei.
Qin Dewei could only express his understanding: "Then the inspection is over now?"
"We haven't inspected it yet." Uncle Wang was still smiling bitterly: "But Mr. Huo Xian asked me to bring you a message!"
Qin Dewei couldn't understand: "Huo Tao and I still have something to say?"
Master Uncle Wang replied: "Mr. Huo Xian said, as long as you stay on your own terms and don't meddle in recent personnel affairs, there will be no problem with my inspection!"
Qin Dewei shouted: "I didn't want to interfere in the first place! No, I'm just a sixth-grade Ci minister, I shouldn't have interfered in the first place!"
Uncle Wang said helplessly: "But Mr. Huo doesn't believe it."
Qin Dewei suddenly thought of the key point: "So, Huo Tao wants to be the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs? Why don't you threaten me with Uncle Master not to target him?"
Can this day be peaceful? Every villain is either tempting or threatening. He just wants to develop artillery quietly and get through the transition period of officialdom.
