"No gift." Qin Hao nodded slightly to Minglan, but did not show too much intimacy. After all, Minglan was still a girl waiting to be married, and feudal society paid more attention to the protection between men and women.
Yu Yanran replied with a smile: "Husband, I heard that there are two nine-dragon walls on the back mountain of Qingxu Temple. I have never had the chance to see them. I was just thinking of asking Minglan to go and see them together."
Just as he was about to agree, he suddenly heard someone calling him. When he looked back, he found that it was Qi Heng walking towards this direction.
Previously, because the head of Jiacheng County was targeting Qin Hao, Qi Heng did not become a widower (a man whose wife died) like in the original drama, but he was still a high-spirited young man.
"Brother Zihan, sister-in-law, Miss Minglan." Qi Heng greeted. Princess Pingning was chatting with Wang Ruofu, talking about Qi Heng continuing to study at the Sheng family.
Qi Heng failed the exam in the last subject and originally had to wait for three years. However, considering that the new king has ascended the throne, after the national mourning next year, there will definitely be an Enke session. There are not many days left, so naturally it cannot be wasted.
, otherwise we have to wait another three years.
Qin Hao joked: "Why didn't Yuan Ruo study at home today instead of coming to this temple to pray to God? Is he also asking Sanqing to bless you in high school?"
Both Yu Yanran and Minglan couldn't help but cover their mouths and chuckle.
Qi Heng glared at Qin Hao and said, "I don't know what to say. What Zi Han said is that I was a little tired from studying today, so I went out with my mother to relax. I didn't expect to meet you. It's really a fate."
Qin Hao secretly laughed in his heart. By fate, he meant meeting Minglan, right? It seems that this kid still hasn't given up on Minglan.
"Oh, the Sanqing Temple is so lively today."
Everyone looked back and saw that Gu Tingye was also here.
Qin Hao was a little surprised. What day was it today? There were so many people.
"Cousin, why are you here too?" Qin Hao asked with a smile.
Gu Tingye spread his hands: "I suddenly dreamed of my late mother last night, so I came here today to erect a memorial tablet for my late mother."
On the other side, Wang Ruofu's eyes lit up when he saw Qi Heng and Gu Tingye, and he quickly ordered Ru Lan beside him.
"I will make wishes in the meditation later, so you can take a walk around to relax your mind."
Rulan naturally happily agreed and finally walked towards Minglan without having to listen to her mother's words.
When Mo Lan saw that he was not lagging behind, he followed him.
After all, the three members of the Sheng family were all girls waiting to be married, and it was not convenient for them to go sightseeing with their foreign husband. Qin Hao suggested that Yu Yanran take Minglan and the others to see the Nine Dragon Wall, while Qin Hao and the other three found a pavilion to chat.
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Gu Tingye was very curious about Qin Hao's experience during his time in Fusang. There were only a few words in the memorial, but it was not as exciting as Qin Hao's personal account.
Qin Hao did not hide his secrets. He told the story exactly how he took in the refugees in Fuso, how he bound their interests to the silver mines, and how he provoked conflicts between local daimyo and the Fujiwara clan.
Qi Heng is a scholar. He did not expect that Qin Hao's silver mine mining in Fusang would be so dangerous, and he couldn't help but sigh.
"I am not as good as Zi Hanyuan."
Gu Tingye also sighed: "With only three hundred people, Zihan can stir up a storm in Fusang. It's really admirable."
To be fair, if it were him who led three hundred people to Fusang, which was isolated overseas, it would take a lot of effort just to keep people's hearts together. Originally, he considered himself to be a general, and among the younger generation of nobles, he was the leader.
Bing is one of the best, but compared with Qin Hao, he is at a disadvantage, and he has to admire him.
Qin Hao laughed and scolded: "If you continue to flatter me like this, I will go to heaven. If you show courtesy for nothing, you will be a traitor or a thief. Tell me, ask me for anything."
Qi Heng and Gu Tingye looked at each other and smiled, but Gu Tingye's words made the smile on Qi Heng's face freeze instantly.
Gu Tingye bowed to Qin Hao and said, "My cousin-in-law is best friends with Minglan, can you help me connect the dots?"
Qi Heng immediately said to Gu Tingye: "Zhong Huai, what does this mean? It's not like you don't know what I mean to Minglan..."
Gu Tingye interrupted immediately: "Yuan Ruo thinks Princess Pingning will let you marry a concubine of a fifth-grade official?"
One sentence directly interrupted Qi Heng's momentum. After a moment of hesitation, he gritted his teeth and said, "I can convince you, mother. Zhonghuai, you are not bound to Minglan, so why do you want to fight with me?"
Gu Tingye said loudly: "How do you know I don't have to be her?"
Later, Gu Tingye told the story of how he rescued Minglan in the canal waterway, how he encountered rebels in Minglan, Yuyang's hometown, and was rescued by him, and how he rescued him when he sent a blood edict outside Bianjing City.
Qi Heng was also dumbfounded for a moment: "How come you have so many interactions with Minglan, and why have you never mentioned it?"
Gu Tingye said: "It concerns a woman's reputation, how can it be made public?"
Qin Hao watched the two arguing and did not get involved. There was a high probability that Qi Heng would not be able to compete with Gu Tingye. If nothing else, she would not be able to pass the level of Princess Pingning.
But Gu Tingye is not burdened by Zhu Manniang, his reputation is not so bad, and he is highly favored by the new emperor. At a young age, he has been promoted to the fifth rank of General Ningyuan. This official position is very interesting. It is the same as the title of Marquis Ningyuan, and anyone with a discerning eye can see it.
Come out, this is because the new emperor wants Gu Tingye to inherit the title of Marquis Ningyuan.
At this time, Gu Yankai's body was almost unable to hold on. There were only three legitimate sons who could inherit his title. The eldest, Gu Tingyu, had always been a sick man and had no heirs. As long as Gu Tingye did not commit suicide, the title of Marquis Ningyuan would be his sooner or later.
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Such conditions are much better than those of Qi Heng. What's more, Gu Tingye has another advantage. His biological mother died early, and his relationship with his stepmother, Xiao Qin, is not good. After the daughter-in-law comes, she doesn't have to wait on her mother-in-law. She becomes the eldest lady of the house.
Qi Heng and Gu Tingye broke up unhappy and left. Qin Hao shook his head. This Qi Heng looked like a gentleman, but in fact he was still a little childish and had never really encountered anything. In comparison, Gu Tingye was much more mature.
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On the other side, Yu Yanran took Minglan and the others to the back mountain to watch the Nine Dragon Wall.
Yu Yanran and Minglan both admired the magic of natural creations, but Ru Lan and Mo Lan did not focus on it. In a pavilion in the back mountain, a group of noble disciples were holding a poetry meeting, headed by the Earl of Yongchang.
Liang Liulang of the mansion, Mo Lan always remembered Lin Xiaoniang's instructions and wanted to join in the fun.
Yu Yanran looked at her in surprise: "There are men everywhere there. I'm afraid of avoiding them. How can I go forward?"
Mo Lan said unconvinced: "It's just a poetry meeting, what's the big deal."
Minglan took the opportunity to smooth things over: "I haven't seen the Nine Dragon Wall over there yet. How about we go over there and have a look?"
But Mo Lan curled her lips: "What's so good about a piece of broken stone? Maybe it was carved by the Qingxu Guan people themselves. If you don't go, I'll go there myself."
Ru Lan was also anxious at this time: "How dare you, there are all foreign men there, and you don't know what the spread will be like if you see them, I will tell my mother right now and let her punish you severely!"
Mo Lan was also furious: "Huh, if you tell me nicely, it won't be a big deal if you don't go. But you are so arrogant, so I have to go."
Yu Yanran had no experience in dealing with this kind of thing, and she didn't know what to do for a moment. Minglan picked up a piece of mud from the ground and looked at Mo Lan coldly.
"You really want to go?"
"So what, ah..."
As Mo Lan screamed, a large piece of her dress was stained.
Minglan clapped her hands: "Fourth sister, you are just embarrassed now and in the past. You might as well change your clothes in the carriage and visit Qingxu Temple."
Mo Lan glared at Minglan with red eyes: "Okay, if you do this to me, I will definitely tell dad and let him make the decision for me."
As he spoke, he held up his skirt and walked down the mountain.
Rulan curled her lips and said disdainfully: "I am going to file a complaint again. I am really just like her little mother."
"Don't be afraid, I will testify for you. Don't worry about dad." Ru Lan said, patting her chest, as if I was very loyal.
The corner of Minglan's mouth twitched, and she thought to herself: It would be better without you. With your father, he would definitely think that the two sisters were working together to bully Mo Lan.
Yu Yanran looked at Mo Lan's back and was beyond surprised: "You fourth sister is really..."
"She's always like this, don't worry about her, let's go shopping." Ru Lan said nonchalantly.
At noon, Qin Hao saw Yu Yanran and the others coming down from the back mountain, and he naturally held Yu Yanran's hand.
"are you tired?"
In public, Yu Yanran was still a little shy about Qin Hao's intimate behavior, and whispered: "It's okay, I'm quite happy."
At this time Wang Ruofu also came over, and the two parties briefly said goodbye and left in their carriages.
On the carriage, Yu Yanran recounted what happened on the mountain: "I never expected that the fourth girl from the Sheng family would be so bold."
Qin Hao secretly laughed in his heart, where did he go? Mo Lan will do even more outrageous things in the future.
After returning home, Yu Yanran felt a little sleepy after playing to her heart's content. When she returned to the room, she started to yawn. Qin Hao directly carried her to the bed, tucked her into the bed, and got in himself.
Yu Yanran's eyes widened: "Husband, how can you announce in the daytime..."
Qin Hao blinked at her: "It's just a simple rest. What do you think, madam?"
Yu Yanran suddenly blushed with embarrassment, gave Qin Hao a gentle blow, and said coquettishly: "My husband has done something strange again."
After living with Qin Hao for a while, Yu Yanran gradually became familiar with his routines.
Qin Hao gently untied Yu Yanran's dress and said with a wicked smile: "No one sleeps with clothes on. Wait until I undress Madam."
"Hmph~~~"
Soon the atmosphere in the room began to become ambiguous. The maid Jade had already retreated to the outside, but she could still hear Yu Yanran's moans that sounded like pain and excitement. She immediately hid at the door in shame, covered her ears, and turned her back to the sound.
The direction of transmission.
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After a while, Qin Hao and Yu Yanran got up and had breakfast.
Qin Hao asked Buqi to bring some accounts and give them to Yu Yanran: "Madam, the honeymoon is over. It won't be long before the officials will issue an order and the troops will leave. It's also time to hand over some of the family's properties to you.
Already."
Yu Yanran looked at the pile of accounts on the table and was a little surprised: "But shouldn't these be taken care of by mother?"
Generally speaking, in noble families, the head mother took care of the property and shops. In a sense, the relationship between ancient couples was more like that of a boss and a professional manager.
As a mistress of the house, you must not only be good at socializing, arrange weddings and funerals for relatives and friends, but also be good at doing business. After all, even in the Song Dynasty, the noble family maintained such a large family business.
Relying on salary alone is definitely not enough.
Merchant was regarded as a lower-class industry in ancient times, and men with social status were not allowed to engage in it. Otherwise, you would be considered to be full of copper, and no one would be willing to associate with you.
Therefore, this part of the responsibility falls on the hostess. Marrying a virtuous wife is not just virtuous, but a reflection of comprehensive qualities in all aspects. Taking care of the family's property is one of the very important criteria.
Many women neither know how to make money nor manage money, and they still require men to hand over their salary cards. If this was done in ancient times, they would have been divorced long ago.
Qin Hao smiled and said to Yu Yanran: "I told my mother that now that the family's business is getting bigger and bigger, it is somewhat difficult for my mother to manage it by herself. Since you have become the daughter-in-law of the Qin family, you have to take on some responsibilities.
Let’s start with these simple ones.”
As the soap business grew bigger and bigger, the Qin Liu family was really at a loss for what to do, so they were willing to hand over some of the less profitable businesses to Yu Yanran.
"Ah? Is this simple?" Yu Yanran looked a little dizzy when she opened an account book. It was completely different from the accounts she had read in her boudoir days.
Qin Hao smiled and patted the account book and said, "Don't worry, as long as your husband is here, I guarantee you will learn it quickly and you will not be without tuition fees."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! In fact, this accounting method was improved by Qin Hao. The ancient accounting method was very cumbersome. Incoming and outgoing were often written together, and often involved a lot of physical transactions. This
This gave the outside manager the opportunity to make false accounts and end his term.
Qin Hao's accounting method is to calculate each month's revenue and expenses separately. In addition, how many physical objects are retained are counted one day each month, so naturally there is no way to make false claims.
Although Yu Yanran is a bit weak-tempered, she is also very smart. She quickly learned simple mathematical operations, and it became much smoother to read these account books.
During this process, Yu Yanran discovered that the Dongchang Hou Mansion's family wealth was much richer than she had imagined. In fact, she did not know that the shops, properties, and manors she saw were all recently purchased.
Because the profits from soap were so high, there was so much money that there was no place to store it, so the Qin Liu family had no choice but to turn all the money into industry. In addition, ancient people were particularly keen on buying land.
In this year alone, the Qin Liu family bought thousands of acres of good farmland around Bianjing, and also bought several properties in Zhuangzi outside the city.
After reading the account books, Yu Yanran suddenly had an unreal feeling: "Am I going to be the head of the family now?"
It is said that a daughter-in-law takes her time to become a mother-in-law. Generally, a new daughter-in-law sets the rules in the first year after entering the house. Let alone becoming the head of the family. When eating, she often has to stand aside and wait until her parents-in-law have finished eating before they can sit down and eat the leftovers.
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Yu Yanran has heard more than once that the female relatives in her boudoir talk about her experiences at her husband's family. In contrast, when she married Qin Hao, she lived a life like a fairy.
Of course, Mrs. Qin Liu is actually quite strict, but she is too busy and has no time to have these scheming conflicts between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law with Yu Yanran.
So fights in the palace and in the house are all caused by overeating and having no place to digest. Find something for them to do to divert their attention and stop it.
One month after Qin Hao's wedding, the imperial edict finally came down, allocating 3,000 elite troops and five 5,000-ton ships to him, allowing him to continue guarding the Iwami Silver Mine.
That night, Yu Yanran was particularly proactive and unlocked several new "knowledges". When she reached the peak of joy, she murmured something.
"Husband, give me a child."
Whether they have children or not depends entirely on God's will. Qin Hao led his troops out of Bianjing the next day.
We arrived all the way to Mingzhou Pier and waited for a few days. When the monsoon wind blew, Qin Hao and his party thought about heading to Japan.
During the time that Qin Hao left, something happened at the Iwami Silver Mine. The Fujiwara clan still refused to give up on the Iwami Silver Mine and wanted to capture the Iwami Silver Mine while Qin Hao was away.
The person in charge of staying at the Ishimi Silver Mine was Cui Zhi's nephew Cui Hao. In the previous year, this young man had shown considerable military qualities and bravery in combat, so Qin Hao promoted him to the rank of captain.
While Cui Hao used the mine's defenses to mobilize the miners' armed forces to kill the Fujiwara clan's effective forces, he also united with some nearby daimyo to sneak attack the Fujiwara clan's troops transporting grain and grass from behind.
The daimyo near the Iwami Silver Mine are now highly dependent on Qin Hao's material supply. There are basically no farmers in the territories of these daimyo. They make money entirely by providing supporting services for the Iwami Silver Mine, and then through these
The money was then used to buy supplies from Qin Hao.
If Qin Hao's material supplies are not available, famine will occur in these daimyo's territories, and naturally they can only stand on Qin Hao's side.
Three attacks by the Fujiwara clan were repelled within a month. The Fujiwara clan was defeated and lost a lot of energy. At the same time, some daimyo in various places were constantly causing trouble. The Fujiwara clan had to retreat and temporarily give up this piece of fat.
On the night when Qin Hao came back with 3,000 soldiers, the Fujiwara clan sent someone a gift and took the initiative to sue for peace.
The Fujiwara clan is not stupid either. When Qin Hao only had 300 men in his hands, it was already difficult for him to deal with them. Now he has 3,000 more regular troops, and they are about to start a fight. They might just wipe out the Fujiwara clan.
Qin Hao comforted the envoy who came to apologize with a smile, and asked him to go back and tell the Fujiwara clan that he was only mining on the orders of the Emperor of the Song Dynasty and would not interfere in Fuso's internal affairs.
The messenger secretly breathed a sigh of relief and left happily.
Cui Hao was a little angry: "General, let Fujiwara go so easily?"
A sneer appeared on Qin Hao's face: "Don't you notice? This is an inferior nation. They will only fear the strong. When you are strong, they will grovel. Once you show fatigue, they will
It will show its sharp fangs."
"To deal with such an enemy, destruction is the only solution!"
"Go down and let the brothers have a good meal. At five o'clock tonight, the Fujiwara clan will be destroyed!"
"No!" Cui Hao bowed and accepted the order and went down excitedly to prepare.
