The Zhao family will leave soon, and the villagers will inevitably think of Aunt Li Shiyi. They originally thought she was coming back, but they didn't expect that she would follow Shu Yan and Lin Mo to the provincial capital.
All the villagers were envious.
"Aunt Eleven, this is really lucky!"
"Yeah, I didn't expect that she would follow him to the provincial capital."
"It's a provincial capital. It's so lively and prosperous, and there are so many good things. This trip is really an eye-opener!"
"Her luck is incredible!"
“Who says it’s not?”
Aunt Li Shiyi was also extremely happy, with a smile on her face and a breeze in her steps.
After telling the villagers, she went to her daughter's house again.
Li Xiaoying originally planned to take her home to live in her old age, but she was stunned when she heard about this. She was happy for her but also a little reluctant to let go.
Instead, Aunt Li Shiyi smiled and said: "It's not like I won't come back, I always come back several times a year. Shu Yan and the others are still in charge of so many things here, so they must come back from time to time."
When Li Xiaoying thought that this was true, she smiled and said, "My mother said that, I feel at ease, otherwise it will always be empty."
Aunt Li Shiyi also laughed when she said this.
Aunt Li Shiyi told her to pack everything and went back to Zhao's house to live. Shu Yan and Lin Mo didn't leave so quickly. They had to wait for Zhao Xiang and others to leave and stay in Yancun for a few more days to straighten everything out.
, then he will leave.
After that, he would come back at least twice every month, and would stay here for a while during harvest time.
Anyway, it’s convenient to come back and travel easily.
While all the matters that need to be arranged at home are being arranged in an orderly manner, the matter of Zhao Xiang's return to the capital is already being handled in an orderly manner in the capital.
Zhao Xiang did not make any unforgivable mistakes in the first place. His mistake was not betraying the prince according to the emperor's wishes. Everyone in the court knew this.
Now it is not difficult for him to return to Beijing, provided that Concubine Yan and the second prince do not cause trouble.
Eunuch Shu came here. I think they won't interfere with it.
Zhao Xiang's letter to the emperor was quickly delivered to the emperor without any hindrance. The emperor originally valued Zhao Xiang very much, otherwise he would not have been so eager to force him to take sides. The more Zhao Xiang refused, the more valuable he would be if he took sides.
Zhao Xiang wrote a letter, which means he has given in, doesn't it? The emperor was naturally overjoyed.
What's more, what was delivered together with Zhao Xiang's petition were the sugar presented by the Zhao family and the method of extracting the sugar. Zhao Xiang specifically pointed out that this was discovered by his daughter Zhao Liya and adopted son Hu Ling.
With this credit, even if something uncontrollable happens in the future, his daughter's life can be saved.
Over the years, white sugar has been a secret treasure for the Zhao family to become rich. Zhao Liya, Zhou Hansheng, and Zhong Jing have made an unknown amount of money thanks to this! The price of white sugar is still 20 taels of silver per catty!
You must know that the same brown sugar only costs more than thirty cents per pound, a difference of sixty or seventy times. As the sugarcane planting area expands year after year, the output of white sugar naturally increases, and the wealth and profits obtained naturally snowball.
The bigger.
The profits from white sugar are huge and have become more and more eye-catching. In two or three years, this secret may no longer be kept.
This is just a matter of a layer of window paper. As long as someone deliberately studies, studies, and guesses and tests again and again, he will definitely find the way to it.
Rather than being discovered by others, it is better to present it now so that you can take some of the credit.
Returning to the capital with this merit is of sufficient weight.
After all, this is equivalent to an innovative discovery made from scratch. The white sugar is crystal clear and has an attractive sweetness. No one dislikes it. With this extra point, it can be used as a bargaining chip to return to Beijing. No one can find it inappropriate.
If you offer it to the emperor, you are loyal to the emperor; if you offer the extraction method, you are serving the country.
If this recipe is given to the emperor, and the emperor hands it over to the emperor's merchants, if he can make a profit from it and fill the national treasury, why not do it?
As for how long the imperial merchants who have obtained the prescription can protect it from leaking it, that depends on their own ability and luck.
If you can't protect him, it has nothing to do with Zhao Xiang.
In addition, after Zhao Xiang's family was exiled to Gaolian County, what they did in the local area can be regarded as meritorious, and there was no objection to his return to Beijing.
The emperor's decree was passed down from the capital, layer by layer, through normal official channels, which was quite slow. Zhou Hansheng was in Beijing at this time, and he quickly notified Gaolian County through special channels.
After receiving the news, Zhao Xiang told everyone in his family that everyone had prepared everything they should and just waited with peace of mind.
Seven or eight days later, the envoy from the capital finally arrived.
After receiving the order, they could no longer stay. Two days later, the Zhao family set off.
General Zhong Jing selected several fine horses from the camp and sent them over, and six carriages slowly left with the Zhao family.
Zhao Xiang couldn't bear to leave, so he deliberately set out at dawn without telling everyone the exact time.
When Zhao Lixiang and Zhao Lin were carried into the carriage, they were still too sleepy to wake up. Zhou Nian had been taken away by Han San and Han Si half a month ago. When they left, they were reluctant to leave and burst into tears.
It was easy for Zhao Liya to coax her.
Before getting on the carriage, Zhao Liya couldn't help but slowly turn her eyes and look around. Unknowingly, she has lived here for so many years. From the desolation and confusion when she first arrived, to the kindness and vitality everywhere now.
Vigorous and cute everywhere.
Even though she had already made preparations in her heart, Zhao Liya was still sad and dejected. She couldn't help but look at Zhao Xiang and whispered: "Dad, can we really come back in the future?"
Zhao Xiang said: "Do you want to come back again?"
"Yeah!" She nodded without thinking. She really wanted to.
Zhao Xiang smiled gently: "That will definitely work."
The father and daughter looked at each other and smiled.
When the sky was bright and the sun was rising, everyone realized that Mr. Zhao and his family had left. They all sighed and sighed. They originally planned to give them away, but they missed it.
"Mr. Zhao and the others have a good trip!"
"Yes, have a nice trip! Mr. Zhao and the others will definitely do well."
"Does that need to be said? Since the court has invited Mr. Zhao back, it must be fine!"
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Shu Yan, Lin Mo, and Aunt Li Eleven were the most unaccustomed people. The originally lively house suddenly became deserted.
Fortunately, there is a future. They will come back in the future.
By the time they finally recovered and got used to it, five or six days had passed.
There was nothing else to do at the moment, and everything had been arranged, so they planned to go to the provincial capital.
It would be more convenient to communicate between the provincial capital and the capital, and the restaurants and the huge trading center outside the provincial capital also needed manpower to keep an eye on, so they decided to move to the provincial capital.
Everyone envied Aunt Li Shiyi very much.
As for Shu Yan and Lin Mo, they can't even envy them. After all, the gap is too big. Shu Yan and Lin Mo are not something they can afford to envy.