1840th Festival Minorities in the Provincial City

In the history of the empire, there has never been a consort of a magician. It is a pity that the magician was very short-lived. The magician died in the second month of his marriage, leaving a large amount of inheritance To my own princess wife, who knew that this princess was completely different from before after her husband died. At that time, it became a joke of the entire empire. Many people said that the princess directly became a slut , In five years, dozens of men became the princess's bed guests, which made the magician's union very embarrassing, and finally even almost caused a conflict between the magician's union and the royal family. I hope to see the battle between the magician and the princess, and I hope that through the two of them fighting and then becoming the magician's union and the royal family, will they still have the same trouble as before.

The rank of a son-in-law is not low among the nobles of the empire, between the county king and the duke, but this title is only for life, not hereditary. The eldest son of a princess can have a title, but it is only a viscount , the second son is even worse, at most he is a baron, and he may even be the lowest knight. All of this is possible. Some people say that even if this princess is the emperor's favorite There is no way, his son can only be a viscount, but Li Cong's son is different, he is an earl, and there is a lot of difference in class at this level. If this matter continues, it seems to be a princess It's more glossy.

The sons-in-law in history are basically the powerful figures of the empire in the generation of Lao Tzu or grandpa. A non-staff member of the imperial power, this can be regarded as leaving a way out for his family. As for whether it is feasible, it is not up to him. Children and grandchildren have their own blessings. This matter is beyond their control. In the capital in some big families. Only the big families that are about to fail will ask their children for the emperor's daughter or granddaughter. The big families that are in full swing will never let their family have an extra master, obviously it is their own son. Daughter-in-law, but every time I meet for dinner, I have to salute. It may be ridiculous to say such a thing, but it is true.

However, the father-in-law kowtowed to his daughter-in-law, which happened in the early years of the empire. Now it is quite different from before. Now the system of the Princess Mansion has basically been established, that is, after the princess gets married, she is not married at all. Instead, marry the son-in-law, so there is a princess mansion. In name, the princess is the head of the family, and the son-in-law is just an accessory to the family. Of course, the princess can only have one husband. How noble you are, you can only have one husband, this cannot be changed.

This is talking about ordinary son-in-law, not the kind of real powerful son-in-law. A son-in-law like Li Cong has a magician union behind him as his substitute. Li Cong is a dual-line magician. In just one month, he has gone from level three to level five magician. It can be said that he has entered the intermediate level. The ranks of magicians, such a person is definitely a very powerful person in the magician's union where geniuses gather. Such a person can make the magician's union regard this guy as a benchmark. In fact, the Magician Union also regards Li Cong as their future star. At the beginning, they only took a fancy to Li Cong's dual-line magic talent. Now seeing Li Cong's progress so fast, he immediately rose to the star of tomorrow. up,

Many people say that Li Cong may be the president of the magician's union of the next generation of magicians, regarding this rumor. The Magicians Union also chose to acquiesce. Indeed, if Li Cong follows his current development speed, he will definitely enter the ranks of sixth-level magicians in one year, and enter the ranks of seventh-level magicians in ten years. A level 8 magician's combat effectiveness is incomparable to that of a level 9 magician. Fifty years later, Li Cong may be a ninth-level dual-line magician. Although he can't compare with a tenth-level magician, Li Cong is definitely one of the strongest among the ninth-level magicians. If it can't be the president of the Magician's Guild, then the Magician's Guild is too blind.

That night, the princess stayed in the most luxurious VIP building in the center of the province. Because of the princess's arrival, the VIP building was directly booked by the Governor's Mansion. This was also for the princess's safety. There were no guests, and even the bosses and staff in the VIP building were all from the governor's mansion. For the safety of the princess, the governor Harman had worked hard.

Harman is a typical official, wearing the meticulous clothes of the second-rank governor of the empire. As the highest chief executive within a radius of several thousand miles, Harman is undoubtedly incompetent these years, but this guy has a right-hand man in the capital. The Prime Minister is his backer. When the Right Prime Minister was the Governor, Harman was the Right Prime Minister’s master. Now the Right Prime Minister to the Right Prime Minister, it can be said that one person is under one person and above ten thousand, and he himself has risen with the tide. The position of the governor has been filled, and I am already over a hundred years old this year, but for him, a seventh-level fighter, this is his middle age, and I have lost my cultivation due to political reasons these years No idea, now what I think about is how to climb up. He has seen a few princesses, but he doesn't feel much. The reason why he is so excited this time is because of Li Cong. Who is Li Cong? Erman knows best that Li Conggen is a very important person who will rise up in the future.

Harman is very aware of the power of the magician's union. Although there are very few magicians who are high-ranking officials in the court, once there is one word, it must be a person with power. Why is there no high-ranking official among the magicians? Well, that's because these magicians are arrogant, they don't think highly of those high-ranking officials at all, in their eyes they are the most honorable people in the world, and those so-called high-ranking officials are simply a bunch of rubbish.

"My lord governor, the arrangement has already been made on the princess's side. I have also asked a few of the princess' entourages. It can be said that the arrangement is very satisfactory. In addition, the news from the earl's side has also been sent back. There seems to be something wrong." He Zhu, the steward of the Governor's Mansion, is a man in his fifties, because he is just an ordinary person, so at this age he has already entered his final years, but because of the Governor's love, , this guy's life is still very good. As the saying goes, the third-rank official in front of the prime minister, although Harman is a second-rank governor, but how can I say that he is also a big official here, it is really very good, Harman has received the princess before The matter was handed over to this guy, and it seemed that the princess was very satisfied with the reception work. Gave this guy a good review.

"What? Is there something going on with the Earl?" Originally, Hal had her eyes closed, because she always looked into the eyes of the Right Prime Minister to get some news when she was not good enough. It can be said that the original method of looking at his eyes was very successful. Today, he doesn't want his subordinates to come to see him like that. He may let his secrets be seen, so many times when he listens to his subordinates, he will not be able to see him. They closed their eyes, so they couldn't guess. As for their expressions, they never changed. Indeed, Harman's method was very good.

"My lord Earl seems to be less enthusiastic about the princess than other son-in-laws. The news from our people is that the lord Earl is still the same every day, and nothing has changed because of the arrival of the princess, and the Earl My lord already had a wife before, and there is no way to compare the family with the princess, but the earl loves that lady very much, and the old lady of the earl's mansion doesn't seem to like the princess very much. All in all, it is for the princess. They didn't show commensurate joy when they arrived," said the guy, summing up the other news.

"Hehe. This is a very normal thing. How many counts are there in total, more than a thousand? But at least a few hundred of them are not as powerful as me without a title. Our Lord Earl is not only a member of the Empire A first-class earl, more importantly, a magician, or a dual-line magician. My friends in the capital have said that this kid seems to be a leader among the younger generation of magicians. It's not uncommon to become the president of the Magician's Guild, so people naturally don't want the princess so much. This is a very normal thing. Regarding the fact that we want to do business with Cao's House of Lord Earl What did they say?" He also knew a little about Li Cong's wealth, but Li Cong had his own connections. It would be difficult for him to mix those pills and magic arrows, but he has an absolute advantage in grain trading. If he is willing to cooperate with him, then he will not have to worry about printing money in the future. The governor is very beautiful, but behind the scenery, he is also worried about money.

"When we went, Cao's House had already sold a lot of grain, and now there is not much left, but after reading the handwriting of the Governor, the Earl took out one million tons of grain from the inventory and gave it to us. , This amount is enough for our own grain stores for half a year, the Earl has already said that he will give us more grain in half a year." He Shou was very satisfied with the Earl's face, Seeing the expression on the Governor's face is also very satisfying, after all, even if he doesn't give face, the Governor has no way to deal with him.

"Very well, their big wedding will be coming soon, our gift must not be short, by the way, add 20% to the gift sent to the princess today." Congratulations who received millions of tons of grain I am very happy. The grain business is just like Li Cong said. The profit is not very good, but the influence is huge. You will definitely not lose money if you do this business, so the governor will also do this business, not just the governor My lord, even many people in the provincial capital like this business that guarantees harvest during drought and flood. It is absolutely not wrong to establish a good relationship with a big money master like Li Cong earlier. I know many big grain merchants, but how many of them Can you get a million tons for yourself at will, and don't want their old lives?

He Zhu nodded and went down. He was thinking about it on the way. Did the governor place a big bet? You must know that there are rules for gifts between officials and officials, so you can't just take them casually. Changed, just like this princess, a gift of 100,000 taels of silver from the Governor-General for marriage is considered good, even if the son-in-law is in his own territory, the gift of 300,000 taels of silver is fine, who knows that the Governor-General sent it over eight One hundred thousand silver, if you add another 20% to it, it will be more than one million silver. Although it is possible now, but who knows what will happen in the future, but naturally there is no slave to make decisions about the affairs of the masters. The servants only need to do things by themselves, and don't need to worry about the rest. He Zhu immediately asked his servants to get some good things from the treasury and send them over.

He Zhu has just returned to his room, ready to rest for a while, you must know that these slaves have very little rest time, don't mention weekends, that is, during the Chinese New Year, as long as the master needs you. You also have to hurry over, this kind of thing can't be messed up. It's so easy to have a rest time and have to rest quickly, just like now, but less than a minute after lying down, someone knocked on the door.

The butler is very kind and basically temperless in front of the master, but he is also very dignified in front of these servants. Damn, someone came to call me just as I lay down, Obviously he doesn't want to let himself rest, he knows these things clearly. If the master is calling, even if I am too sleepy to stand up, I have to pinch myself twice and hurry over to do things. It will also be said that the master is calling. If I don’t say anything now, it is definitely not the master’s business. There is nothing important about the master's affairs in this mansion that he can do by himself.

"Who is so ignorant of the rules, I just want to take a good rest for a while, what about the fire in the room?" He Zhu came out cursing. Seeing that the door is my apprentice, the fire has gone down three times. This kid has no father and mother since he was a child. He picked it up by himself. These years he is still filial to himself, and he is also trained by himself. That is very understanding. It's a matter of etiquette, and it's impossible to mess around because of such and such problems.

"Master. I didn't come to disturb your old man's rest. I also know that you have been busy for a day. I am really in a hurry. Without you, we really can't do it." The boy saw He Zhu's face You can tell what's going on just by looking at the expressions on your face. On the surface, the two are masters and apprentices, but in fact they are no different from father and son.

"Okay, okay. Stop talking nonsense, what's going on?" He Zhu said impatiently, he was really sleepy right now, he hadn't slept for a whole day and night, so he was considered an iron man at this moment My son has to take a nap too.

"Master, someone from the Earl's Mansion in Ningcheng, Xinjiang in the south has sent someone to give you a gift. The reason is that it's our third young master's birthday gift this month. If there are other things, it's nothing. But the earl asked someone to send twenty carts of silver, what do you think about this matter?" The guy said with a distressed face, the governor is not the kind of official who has a smooth sleeve, although the entire government and the opposition are not very good. **, but they will also come and go. The usual walking around is unavoidable, but this is the first time I have encountered the matter of directly pulling money.

These few words made He Zhu's drowsiness disappear immediately. It's not bad. He even sent money here openly. It's still twenty carts. No matter how one cart costs eight boxes, it's 24,000 taels of silver 20 carts is 480,000 taels of silver. What exactly is this earl's mansion doing? Things like this during the holidays can be dealt with at most tens of thousands of taels of silver. How can you send so much? He Zhu didn't know what to do.

"Don't yell about this matter first, ask the people at the concierge to bring in the people from the Earl's Mansion through the side door, and then you can settle them down first. I will go to the master to ask what is going on, and what is going on over there We'd better not act rashly." He Zhu's idea was quite correct, and he was not reprimanded for it.

"Master, I see that the people in the Earl's Mansion are really ignorant. Why do you want to give money? Our mansion has never confiscated gifts bigger than this. Why don't you know how to use silver notes?" Before he left, the boy muttered something, but he didn't expect that this sentence directly caused He Zhu to kick him. After he was young, the master often beat and scolded him, but since he grew up, the master didn't have the time to do anything. Today What's going on here?

"Boy, it's fine if you say that today. If you say that tomorrow, I'll give you a slap. Do you think that the entire province is our biggest time now? No, let me tell you, this earl is super Earl Pin, do you know what super-rank is, that is, those who are above the first rank. Our master has been mixed for a lifetime, and the promotion of the right minister is the second rank. The Earl’s age is at most two Ten years old. She is super-grade, and this will soon be the son-in-law of His Majesty the Emperor. Is it comparable to our master? That is impossible. The most important thing is that he is a magician. You will not forget our young master It must have caused a magician to be beaten into a pig's head and sent back, the master cares about the relationship with the Earl's Mansion, so be careful when you talk to me in the future." He Zhu still has a lot of things to do now do it. Otherwise, I will definitely talk about these things with the kid.

The kid touched his butt, it seems that he learned a lot from this kick today. Then when they went out to receive those people from the Earl's Mansion, they all used the highest etiquette. Although the masters couldn't touch their things, they used the best within their responsibilities. It's a pity that these few days My expression hasn't changed much, maybe I drank better tea than this in the Earl's Mansion before, at this time, this kid thinks it's fortunate that the master reminded us, otherwise, I would have suffered a lot Woolen cloth.

Here Harman is just getting ready to take a break. Damn, I got a lot of good medicine recently. Anyway, I have nothing to do today, so I let my tenth concubine come to serve me. In fact, I have dozens of women, but if I exclude one number, I am nothing. They are almost like a stallion. So the latter ones don't have any status anymore. The concubines have been looking forward to the master for a while, and today the master is finally ready. It's time to go in and make a break, who knows that this damned He Zhu will knock on the door, what's the rush.

Harman originally wanted to talk about something urgent, but suddenly he thought that He Zhu had been with him for so many years, and if there was no serious matter, he would definitely not have come in at this time, since he had already stripped naked and was about to go. It could only be that he messed up a suit of clothes and walked towards the front. There was also a concubine's waistband on the clothes. I didn't see it because I made it temporarily, but He Zhu saw this as if he didn't see it. Yes, and you have to seal your mouth shut.

What Harman said was almost the same as what He Zhu said to his apprentice just now, but He Zhu seemed to be a different person at this time, and he also said again what his apprentice told him. These things happened one after another. The difference is that He Zhu didn't understand what was going on at all just now, but when Harman knew the news, he laughed cheerfully, and even put his own room I have forgotten about the wet concubine in the movie. Indeed, compared with my future future, such a woman is too unimportant. I can’t remember how many wives I have. You don't need to think about it too much. Li Cong is also a wonderful person. After sending so much money, the meaning is obvious. In the future, you can talk about everything directly, and you don't need to beat around the bush.

"Ask someone to treat the people from the Earl's Mansion well, and see if they want to go back first or go back with the princess. I've asked about these things clearly. I'm going to Fumanlou to book a few good tables tonight. , there is nothing to do here at night, you go and entertain." Harman said with a smile, of course this guy is happy in his heart, and he is very pleasing to Li Cong's servants, Not only did he ask his butler to serve him, but he also went to Fumanlou, which can be said to be the number one restaurant in the provincial capital. It is impossible for the servants to drink there, but they can do anything with the governor's name card. It has been done, and it will definitely be done beautifully for you.

Originally, He Zhu had already regarded the matter of the Cao family as very important, but now it seems that he does not pay enough attention to it. In the past, the Cao family was only an important friend of the Governor’s Mansion, and it is estimated that they will soon be among the top few. important friend.

The person Li Cong sent to the provincial capital was Wu Liu. Li Cong was very relieved that this guy was doing something. Didn't he use some small gifts he brought that night to coax the several stewards of the Governor's Mansion? Having said it all, Wu Liu also got the news he needed. Isn't it just a few hundred taels of silver? Anyway, the master spent the money, so let's just send it out and take the news back. It can be said that there was no one The master's party is that everyone is the master. Although they shouted loudly, the people who eat around know that they are from the governor's mansion, so they don't say anything. Haonu, they are not something they can provoke , even if it's just a janitor in the governor's mansion, at least he's also in the governor's mansion.

Wu Liu and the others came to go back with the princess, but they didn't know anything about the princess' temper and preferences. He Zhu had already met the princess. And those female attendants also gave them the information they needed, so He Zhu's apprentices were still very useful, so Wu Liu took out his own notebook to remember bit by bit. Not very common in this day and age.

However, He Zhu still learned this back. No matter what, if you write these things down, the master will definitely be very happy when he sees them. At least I will not miss a word from the master.

On the second day, the princess's convoy was going to rest here for a day and then continue on the road. After leaving the city, they had to walk all the time. Unless the princess wants to come down to rest, then she will stop. Otherwise, she will be on her way at night. Anyway, those who are tired are slaves. The princess's sedan chair can do everything, and she will not be tired at all.

At this time, Wu Liu took Li Cong's large amount of banknotes and began to wander among the princess's attendants. These people heard that they were the most important managers in front of the son-in-law, but none of them dared to Negligent, if it were other concubines, they would not be so obedient. After all, although they are slaves, they are all servants of the royal family. Even if the son-in-law is powerful, they are not from the real royal family. They don't care so much about the son-in-law, but a son-in-law like Li Cong is completely different. Yes, his own strength is very strong. If there is something a little wrong, maybe there will be an attack on yourself. Now that the consorts are here, it is also a chance for these slaves to get to know each other. The masters have not met yet. Let these slaves Let's get to know each other. If something happens in the future, it will be easy to communicate, these minions will play an important role at this time.

At this moment, under the introduction of He Zhu, Wu Liu met the princess's nuns and some father-in-laws in the palace. Speaking of this nunnery, it is a characteristic of the big families in the capital. They became old girls in the palace, but these old girls know very well about things in bed or childbirth, and they are very good at these things. Some people say that the thoughts of the eunuchs may be distorted. In fact, the same is true for these nuns. They are all in their fifties and sixties, but they are all dressed up in beautiful clothes. If these people have not betrayed them on their faces, If you only looked at the clothes, you would think that these people were all under thirty years old.

The gifts Wu Liu brought to the four nuns were some beautiful jade jewelry, which were all good things, worth more than 10,000 taels, even if they had seen a lot of world around the princess, But seeing such good things right now, all of them are naturally smiling, and kept telling Wu Liu about the princess, Wu Liu quickly wrote it down here, you know, it's all for nothing He Shouna had already had his own experience of Wu Liu's generosity, and he received five thousand taels of silver as a tribute after eating that day, which is very important to him as a manager. To put it bluntly speaking, this is already the highest tribute I have received in my life. In the past, whether it was businessmen, officials, or even adults from the imperial capital, they would throw me a twenty taels of silver ingot, gold or something. Even if it's not bad, it's the first time I've received this five thousand taels of filial piety, so I naturally worked harder to help this guy with his work. Seeing these nuns receiving such good things now, I was also a little unhappy in my heart.

Wu Liu could see the expression on He Zhu's face very clearly. How could he not see such a thing clearly? He secretly scolded this guy for being greedy, but he also asked his servants to prepare a copy as a supply. Damn, as for the other father-in-laws, they don’t need so many good things. He has already found out that one of the three father-in-laws is going back to the capital to work as an errand, and only two will stay. I gave him ten thousand taels of silver notes, and the remaining two were a three-entry house in Jiangning, where all the servants and maids were ready. This gift is very special. Precious, these eunuchs hope they can have a family when they are old, even if it is a fake one, it is still a family. The eunuchs in the capital all buy houses and land outside, and they also have wives, which are naturally fake, and their sons and grandchildren There are all kinds of things, they are all adopted, and the eunuch doesn't care much about other things. But I really care about this.

"Everyone will arrive in Jiangning today. Our young master admires you all very much. After arriving, our young master will definitely give you a great gift. At that time, you should all help us. I have never experienced such a thing as a princess' wedding." Wu Liu was very satisfied when he saw these people, and he stayed in this place for a long time. It's time to go out and do things, and one by one saw Wu Liu saying this, and they naturally agreed with their mouths. Only one person's words destroyed the harmonious scene here.

"Steward Wu is really bothering you. The old man who came so far away gave us gifts and bought us. He went back and told the son-in-law that the affairs of our princess can't be sloppy at all. If we don't prepare well, we can do it with a letter." When you arrive in the capital, don’t say that we don’t care about the feelings of their young couple.” The one who spoke was an old woman named Ye Momo, who was taken care of by the princess since she was a child. Some thin noodles. Now I started to talk nonsense, and everyone in the room looked at this woman with a little disgust. Everyone knows the identity of the son-in-law. Now that you say something like this, it is obvious that you don't know the depth. Many people in the capital said that they didn't know who was the one who was involved in this incident. If you said such things in someone else's house, forget it. Here, Prince Consort, forget it.

"Hehe, we all remember what this nanny said, but I have to remember clearly. After all, nanny is also serving the princess, and sometimes it's the most important thing to do her job well. Next There are other matters, so I will spare you all." Wu Liu is also bloody, he knows exactly what the people in the palace are like, this place is so far away from the capital, and his young master is not at all inferior to him in terms of identity. The princess is poor, you guys want to show off, but you don't have the qualifications. Those who want to come here with me, I will not take your leisure, I will leave first.

Wu Liu went out as soon as he cupped his hands, and the remaining servants in the room looked at Nanny Ye's face one by one, and they looked a little bit unfriendly. This is why you talk too much, and it's fine if you are a little arrogant when you are in the capital. ***Is it the capital city? Why are you going back with just one letter? Isn’t that a threat to others? It is estimated that your head will fall to the ground after a letter is returned. The emperor can really issue an imperial decree to reprimand the son-in-law? The ghosts believe it, the Magician's Guild is not just for nothing, why don't you understand, after living in vain for so many years, seeing the blaming eyes of everyone, this guy still feels that he is right.

"The same goes for you people. You don't know how to protect the dignity of the princess. You must know that although we are slaves, we are all slaves of the royal family. What is that Wu Liu who dares to talk to us like that? I think this kid That’s why I live longer, I’ll go and tell the princess, and I’ll shoot this bastard first.” Even though Madam Ye said that, everyone could see that this guy was at the end of his battle, and he didn’t want to die at all. Can't say anything.

"Mother Ye, you made this matter yourself. What kind of person Guanshi Wu is is not what we should consider. Our family has been in a relationship with you for many years. Let me tell you something here today. If our family suffers because of your affairs, the years of friendship will come to an end. The princess is young and ignorant, we know the matter, and your majesty and empress have told us when we came, this princess If you really don’t know what to do, I don’t mind having someone send you back.” said Jiang Fuhai, the leader of the eunuch, who was from the sixth rank in the palace. The deputy chief eunuch of the eunuch, this time he came out and was specially promoted to a higher level. Although he went to the south, the rank is still there. He is the highest official among the slaves around the princess. Just now, he made the arrangement for steward Wu. He was very satisfied, and originally wanted to continue to deepen the relationship between the two parties, but who knew it would come out like that.

"Boss Jiang is right. Mother Ye, you made this matter up. Naturally, we can't follow you around like this. I hope you can restrain yourself in the future. We're not in the capital anymore. , we don’t have anyone to support us." Another nun also said, and took these people out after speaking, her eyes were full of indifference.

"Hmph, all of you are afraid of that sorcerer, but I'm not afraid. Today, just such a servant dares to wink at you. You just have to be careful in the future, that kid is definitely not that easy to deal with... "Seeing that everyone did not stand behind her as before, Mother Ye chose to part ways with her, thinking that everyone was a brainless person, she hated it so much.

"This idiot needs someone to watch over him. If there is anything wrong, we will suffer accordingly. It is true that the son-in-law's family used to be His Majesty's servants, but now they are very popular people. They all say that our dowry is so expensive. Many, but the betrothal gift given to His Majesty by the concubine's master is definitely not light." After all, Jiang Fuhai has lived in the palace for many years, and he doesn't want to go back to that big cage any longer. Being classy, ​​living outside is of course more comfortable than living in the palace. There are too many masters in the palace, but outside, besides seeing the consort and the princess, I need to kneel down. As for these governors and governors, They are not the ones that I need to kneel down to at all, and they may even rush to flatter me. At this juncture, I am here to provide for the elderly, and I must not let this ignorant Madam Ye do bad things.

"Director Jiang, don't worry, I immediately asked someone to watch this crazy woman. I really don't know how this woman came here for so many years. I don't have any insight. The manager Wu made friends with us like this, and it turned out to be such an ending. We It will be a bit embarrassing when we go to the south in the future." Their faces are not very good-looking, it was a good party, but it has become like this, Wu Liu has always been making a smile, so who does this say? Also get angry.

Jiang Fuhai looked back at Nanny Ye, and said that he also came in with Nanny Ye back then, but he was already the chief eunuch, and this Nanny Ye was still in her old position. Such an old guy really didn't know what to do. How should I put it, he should understand what he is doing, and it is not so easy for such a person to get rid of his problems. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation. )