Chapter 889: Sensation

As soon as September arrives, there is a little bit of autumn.

Yuxi lay in the medicinal bath, drowsy. Qiulan and the others will heat the water in the bathtub after a while.

After soaking for a quarter of an hour, I rinsed it again with clean water, and then took the skin beautifying cream and applied it on my body.

Yuxi put on her clothes, and said to Aunt Quan: "Mother, from now on, you can leave the medicine bath to Tong Fang, don't be so tiring." Yes, it is enough.

Sister Quan shook her head and said, "I don't have to worry about leaving it all to her. Besides, it's boring to eat and sleep every day. It's better to do something, so that time will pass quickly."

Yuxi laughed and said, "Mammy always said that I can't be idle, and you are the same now."

Sister Quan was also a little emotional, and said: "I used to think that I should be leisurely and carefree in my old age, but now I realize that I have nothing to do when I am old, and I have become a useless person."

Yuxi laughed when she heard this and said: "Then when I get old, I guess I won't be able to be idle anymore."

Mother Quan asked tentatively: "In ten years, you will only be in your forties. Are you really willing to let go and leave it to Brother Hao?" It is reluctant to let go of the rights in his hands. It's not that Yuxi misses power so much, but that she can't stand it when she's too busy. Now she has this experience.

Yuxi shook her head and said: "No matter how precocious Brother Hao is, it is not appropriate to take over the power at the age of twenty. You must hone it for two more years." It means there's nothing to do."

Sister Quan felt that she was really old and couldn't keep up with Yuxi's thinking: "It's getting late, you should go to bed."

Yu Xi lay down on the bed after humming, and fell asleep after a while.

Sister Quan is too old to keep vigil. After going out, they called Meilan to come in, and she went back to her room.

Received good news early the next morning. The batch of gold and silver deposited by Zijin will be able to enter the city in the afternoon.

Xu Wu thought for a while and said, "I heard that there are more than 300 carriages. Princess, should we let them enter the city at night?" The scene was so spectacular, and the common people would definitely follow to watch the excitement. This is a trivial matter, mainly because he thinks it is too ostentatious.

Yu Xi hummed and said: "No need, just send someone to meet up, maintain the law and order and don't make a fuss."

In the afternoon, Zijin entered the city with more than 300 carriages. The people heard that the boxes on the carriage were filled with gold and silver, and they flocked to watch.

A short and fat man stood on the restaurant, looked at the endless carriages on the street, and said in disbelief: "If so many boxes are all gold and silver, how much silver would it cost? It must be eight million? "He doubted the veracity of the news.

A man in satin clothes next to him opened the fan in his hand and said, "It's absolutely true, I heard this news from Wu Jinbao with my own ears. These gold and silver are the belongings of the Wu family, with tens of millions in value."

The short and fat man still didn't believe it: "Why is the Wu family willing to hand over so much money?" If it were him, he would rather die than hand it over. With this batch of money, future generations will no longer have to worry about eating and drinking.

The satin man shook his head and said, "I don't know about that. If you want to confirm whether these boxes contain gold or silver, you have to open the boxes."

The short and fat man smiled and pointed at the menacing officers and soldiers with knives and guns next to the convoy and said, "Who has the guts? Don't die?" Desperately go to grab this batch of gold and silver. There are so many people on the street, but they are all watching the fun.

At the beginning, many people were suspicious, but after these boxes were sent to the bank, no one doubted them anymore. And this news,

It also caused a sensation in the entire Pickaxe City.

Shen Chunting, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, came to receive the property in person, and he couldn't help but smile from ear to ear as he watched the boxes of gold and silver being carried into the treasury! With this amount of money, at least next year there will be no need to worry about money. Well, it would be even better if it could come a few more times.

Zijin put the batch of gold and silver into the treasury, and her whole body relaxed. At the beginning, Zijin also felt that there would be nothing wrong with so many officers and soldiers escorting her, so she was not worried. But in the middle, six large boxes containing gold were replaced by people, and those people's methods were very secretive. Thousands of boxes have been replaced by six, who would be able to detect it! It's a pity that these people didn't expect that Guo Xun was an expert in this field, so he quickly discovered what was wrong, and chased the gold back in the shortest time.

This matter frightened Zijin into a cold sweat, and she never dared to take it lightly. Zijin didn't get a good night's sleep in the following days, and she was afraid that something similar would happen again.

Seeing Zijin and Guo Xun who looked haggard and thinned a lot, Yuxi smiled and said, "Thank you both." Yuxi knew what happened in between.

It was relatively peaceful from Jiangnan to Pick City, but more than 300 carriages and thousands of boxes were escorted. If the other party made preparations in advance, it would be easy to go wrong. In case of accidents, Yuxi asked Guo Xun to bring people to follow.

Guo Xun said calmly: "This is what I should do." Perhaps affected by the environment, Guo Xun was no longer as bright and generous as before, but instead gave people a gloomy feeling.

In front of Yu Xi, Zi Jin had something to say: "Princess, why did you send this batch of gold and silver to the official treasury in front of the common people?"

Yuxi smiled and said: "Don't you think it's a good thing to let everyone know that the government is rich?" The people are not at ease when the government is rich.

Zijin thought about it too.

However, Guo Xun asked: "Princess, I heard that the prince is going to send troops to the north, and this money is the military expenses for sending troops. Is this true?" normal.

Yuxi nodded and said: "Yes. The prince is going to send troops to attack the northern captives in the spring of next year."

Guo Xun showed a touch of excitement on his face: "Okay, okay, okay." It has always been his wish to send troops into captivity and wipe out these bastards.

After speaking, he realized that he was a little too excited, and immediately explained: "This subordinate has lost his composure."

Yuxi shook her head and said: "I can understand, the lord has been waiting for this day for more than ten years." When she agreed to attack Beiyao, Yunqing's obviously relieved look is still fresh in her memory.

Guo Xun said with some regret: "It's a pity that I can't go to the battlefield anymore, otherwise I must avenge my brothers." The hatred for Beiyao has penetrated into their bones. The Northern captives are not destroyed, they are ashamed of their dead brothers and soldiers.

Yuxi shook her head and said: "Even if you can't go to the battlefield, as long as you do what we have in hand, it's the same."

Guo Xun went out of the study and did not go back to Liyuan directly, but went to find Huo Changqing.

After Zijin waited for Guo Xun to go out, she said: "Princess, next year the prince will send troops to the North to take captives, and I also want to go with him." Although the Qianwei Battalion is good, it is not as fun as going to the battlefield to kill the enemy.

Yuxi has no objection to Zijin going with her: "This matter has to be agreed by Yu Zhi and the two children, so I don't care."

Zijin immediately grimaced, it was not a big problem to get Yu Zhi to agree, but it was not easy to get the two children to agree. But she also knew that since Yu Xi had opened her mouth, there was no room for bargaining.

After breakfast the next day, Liu'er asked Yuxi: "Mother, I heard that Aunt Jin brought back tens of millions of silver yesterday. Is this true?" The triplets are smarter.

When the triplets heard the news, they all stared at Yu Xi with wide eyes. I think their monthly bill is only twenty taels, but it is said that this amount is enough for an ordinary family to chew for a year.

Yu Xi nodded and said: "It's true, but only ten million." Wu Kuo made up an integer.

Liu'er only asked out of curiosity, and was shocked when she heard Yu Xi's words: "It turned out to be true."

Brother Rui hurriedly said: "Mother, with so much money, wouldn't it be possible to spend a lifetime?"

Yu Xi smiled and said, "Do you know how much it cost to attack the three provinces of Yunnan and Guizhou last year? More than eight million taels of silver."

Brother Rui exclaimed: "Why do you want so much money?"

Yuxi said: "Wars are burning money. Ten million sounds like a lot, but it's only enough to fight a big battle."

Brother You couldn't help but said: "Father has been fighting outside all year round, didn't that cost a lot of money?"

Yuxi nodded and said, "That's right! It's because your father has been fighting wars all year round, so not only the government's treasury, but also our own treasury are all empty."

Brother Yu muttered: "That father is really a prodigal." In these years, his father has fought no less than ten times, big and small, and such a calculation has cost him a sea of ​​money. Not just a prodigal.

Yuxi pursed her lips and smiled and said: "It can't be calculated like this. Although it costs money to fight, but your father won the battle, and there will be taxes in these places that you conquered..."

Brother Rui didn't wait for Yuxi to finish, and quickly interjected: "Mother, father won the battle and still has a lot of spoils, which is also a lot of money."

Yu Xi looked at Brother Rui, but didn't speak.

Seeing Yu Xi's eyes, Brother Rui lowered his head and said, "Mother, I was wrong." Yu Xi has taught before that it is very impolite to interrupt when others are talking.

Yu Xi hummed and said: "There is no next time." In fact, interjection is considered a trivial matter, but Yu Xi feels that the more trivial it is, the less indulgent it is. Because of the details, a person's character and cultivation can be better reflected.

Brother Rui nodded hurriedly.

Only then did Yu Xi continue to say: "There are spoils of war for victories. But after the war is over, we need to reward the meritorious ministers, give pensions to the families of the soldiers who died in the war, and resettle the wounded soldiers. All these need Money.” If there are too many casualties, pensions alone will be a heavy burden.

Liu Er was stunned, she said that it was only for the war that it needed so much money, it turned out that it also included the expenses after the war!

The triplets can also be regarded as an increase in knowledge.

Brother Yu asked: "Mom, now that you have got such a large sum of money, is dad going to send troops again?" After a pause, Brother Yu asked: "Mum, is dad going to send troops to the north?"

Yuxi was very surprised and asked, "How do you know?" She had never told the triplets about these things.

Seeing this, Brother Yu said with a little pride: "I guess. Dad went to Yucheng and Xihai not long ago, and now he goes again, and he also brought his elder brother. He probably wants to send troops to the north to take captive."

Yu Xi looked at Brother You and said, "You guessed right, your father is planning to send troops to the north in the spring of next year." It would not be surprising if an old man in the officialdom could guess Yun Qing's plan based on this. But Brother Yu is only nine years old, and even if he doesn't touch these things on weekdays, he can still guess it. I have to say that this child is very sensitive.

Brother Rui was excited: "Mother, next year I will follow my father to kill the barbarians in the North."

Yuxi naturally refused: "Study hard and practice martial arts, and mother won't stop you when you become a teacher."

Brother Rui lowered his head and didn't say a word, as far as his current martial arts skills are concerned, it's still too early for him to be a teacher!

Yu Xi said: "If you want to run if you haven't learned how to walk, you will just fall with a black nose and a swollen face. But if you don't recognize your ability to go to the battlefield, then you will lose your life."

Brother Rui was not convinced when he heard this, so he raised his head and asked Yuxi: "Mother, then why can elder brother follow father to the battlefield?"

Yuxi said: "Qihao followed your father to increase his knowledge, not to go to the battlefield."

Seeing that Brother Rui still wanted to say more, Brother Yu hurriedly pulled Brother Rui and said, "Mom, it's time for us to go to class too. If we are late, the master will punish us."

Yuxi waved her hand and said, "Go!"

After breakfast, Yuxi went to the front yard, looked at the pile of booklets on the table and picked up one at random. This booklet was written by Yuan Ying, and it was just delivered to ask Yuxi for money.

Yuxi smiled and put down the booklet, and then opened another booklet, which was asking for money again. Yuxi is in charge of government affairs and has strict control over various expenses. If you want money, yes, come up with a detailed charter. Otherwise, no money will be given.

Putting down the booklet, Yu Xi said to the outside: "Go and invite Mr. Tan and the six ministers to discuss matters." It's time to announce the dispatch of troops to the north.

Tan Tuo, Fu Minglang and others were not surprised when they heard the news that they would send troops to the north in the spring of next year, because they had already guessed it before.

The first person to speak was Shen Chunting, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs: "Princess, the barbarians captured in the north are brave and good at fighting. This battle is very dangerous."

An Zike, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, also said: "Princess, if you want to fight, you should attack the capital first." First occupy the capital quickly.

Yuxi shook her head and said: "Many of my lord's brothers died at the hands of the Beiyao people. If this bloody hatred is not reported, the lord will not be able to sleep or eat. He knew that he had won such a large sum of money, so he told me that he would send troops to destroy Beiyao."

An Zike fell silent, and neither did the other adults. They didn't dare to argue with Yunqing unless it was something very urgent.

Tan Tuo asked: "Princess, what do you mean?"

Yuxi deliberately sighed and said: "Husband and wife are one, since the prince vowed to avenge this bloody sea, how can I stop it. Otherwise, this matter will be choked in his heart, making him unhappy."

With Yuxi's words, no one present objected.

Tan Tuo said: "Since this is the case, it's time to get ready." When there is a war, they have to be busy. Fortunately, the system is relatively complete now, and one person does not have to do the work of three people like before.

Yuxi called everyone over to discuss this matter. Before the war, we must prepare sufficient food, grass and other necessary materials. After the war, there are also a lot of things to deal with.

Everyone nodded in unison. (to be continued)