Mrs. Zhang heard that Wang Xifeng was coming, so she got up and came to the front yard.

I also heard that Wang Xifeng had a dispute with her husband and she was crying inside.

Mrs. Zhang felt that Wang Xifeng was not honest in what she did. If something happened, she would not go to her directly, but would go past her and go to Jia Rong.

Mrs. Zhang is not reckless, she knows not to rush in.

So she waited outside until Jia Rong sent Wang Xifeng out before she showed up.

"Husband."

Jia Rong was upright and generous to Mrs. Zhang, "You and Auntie should talk more."

"Yes."

Mrs. Zhang took Wang Xifeng's hand and said without asking what they said, "Auntie, don't be sad, everything will pass.

Look, it’s so ugly to see a fairy crying like this.

Give it a good wipe and go to my place to touch up your makeup, lest the people on the other end look at you and say your husband bullied you."

Wang Xifeng, who has always been arrogant, couldn't be arrogant when facing Ms. Zhang today.

"It's good that my nephew-in-law doesn't dislike her. I'm in a daze today."

Mrs. Zhang smiled and said: "These stinky men don't know how to show mercy to women. If you have anything to do in the future, you can find your niece-in-law.

If I can help you, I'll do it for you.

They were so busy that they forgot what they asked him to do as soon as they turned around."

Wang Xifeng understood Zhang’s hint.

Mrs. Zhang meant to ask her to find her first, instead of going to Jia Rong directly.

I am also a little confused. There is a mistress in this house, so it is really not suitable to go to Jia Rong directly.

Then Wang Xifeng recovered and wondered what happened to Jia Rong? Can't I, as an aunt, ask my nephew for help?

Wang Xifeng's tenderness disappeared, and her eyes became more domineering.

"It's not too early. I'll go back first and come back tomorrow." Wang Xifeng stood up and faced Ms. Zhang, "I won't bother you tonight."

After saying that, she turned around and went back.

Halfway through the walk, she remembered that the veil given by Jia Rong was still in her hand.

After thinking about it, I hid the veil and didn't plan to return it.

Everyone said she was a shrew and a hottie, but only Jia Rong thought she was a heroine, a female general, and an extraordinary person.

People who read a lot have different knowledge.

Wang Xifeng likes this Jia Rong a little bit. It's not a love between a man and a woman, but a love between friends.

……

Liu Weitao took the captain to drive the steamboat back to the moat on the outskirts of Beijing. He stood on the deck and shouted: "Sir, we are back."

After the steam engine was installed on the ship last night, Liu Weitao led people to test the ship overnight.

I found that the ship was very stable and much faster than expected.

"Sir, it only takes less than half a day to get to Tongzhou from here."

"Exceptionally fast."

"The hull is stable and there is no particular shaking."

Jia Rong took a piece of paper to record the problems on the ship and the speed of the ship.

Jia Rong was very satisfied, "This is your first time going out on a ship, so be steady and don't be impatient along the way."

"Don't worry, I know."

This is related to the survival of the family, and he will definitely be careful.

The emperor's goods were loaded onto the ship first, followed by the goods bought with money.

A full thirty thousand taels of goods were loaded onto the ship, and no one dared to take it lightly.

On the morning of the first day of April, Liu Weitao led everyone on the boat and shouted: "Let's go."

"Bon voyage."

This time, no one came to see the boat except Jia Rong. It seemed that they didn't think there was any difference in the boat.

The ship left with a rumbling sound.

Jia Rong reported the speed of the ship to the emperor, "The journey from the suburbs of Beijing to Tongzhou takes an ordinary ship one day, but the steam ship only takes two hours.

According to this speed, we can arrive in Yangzhou in one month."

The emperor just agreed and did not ask any more questions.

On the third day, news came from outside that Jia Rong brought Liu Weitao's letter to the palace and gave it to the emperor.

"When the message came out, the ship had already arrived in Tianjin, and now it is leaving Tianjin."

On the tenth day, the ship arrived in Cangzhou.

On the fifteenth day, the ship arrived in Jining.

One night the young eunuch asked Eunuch Xia, "Father, why does this Jia Rong keep coming to Qianqing Palace recently?

Isn’t it just a ship going to Yangzhou? Can’t we wait until the ship arrives and then report it?”

Eunuch Xia pointed at his godson with his finger, "You don't understand this. Master Jia, this is great wisdom.

Those who have been officials for more than ten years are not half as clever as him."

"The master has entrusted the matter to you. Even if it is a small matter, it is still a big matter.

This matter was out of the Master's vision and control, and it was different from the one he personally supervised. He had no way of knowing whether it was done or to what extent it was done.

This requires the people below to report the progress at all times, so as to alleviate the master's anxiety."

Eunuch Xia smiled and said: "Once the emperor becomes anxious, he will not trust your ability. No matter what good things happen in the future, he will not ask you to do any big things."

"This is the truth that many arrogant ministers cannot understand."

On the afternoon of April 20th, Jia Rong entered the palace.

The emperor rarely rested for half a day and was enjoying flowers with his concubines in the harem when he suddenly heard that Jia Rong had come to the palace to ask for an audience.

He didn't even want Concubine Xian, and went directly back to Qianqing Palace.

Concubine Xian was so angry that she stamped her feet and went to see Concubine Yuan to bring bad luck.

"That nephew of yours is an official as big as sesame seeds and mung beans. He goes to the emperor every day, but he doesn't necessarily have much ability to do big things."

Concubine Yuan felt proud and said sarcastically: "I'm afraid your family won't even get this honor if they want it."

Concubine Xian was so angry that she gritted her teeth. The men came to rob her, but the women were also sharp-tongued.

Concubine Xian: "I heard that Mr. Jia is more handsome than Pan An, and has a somewhat male-female appearance. He often asks to see the emperor, but he never says anything serious. Is there nothing fishy here?"

Concubine Xian said grimly: "Sister Yuan, there are some things you can think about but not do."

Concubine Xian was hinting to Concubine Yuan that Jia Rong used her looks to seduce the emperor.

The smile on Concubine Yuan's face remained unchanged, but two villains appeared in her heart, one was her and the other was Concubine Xian.

As a villain, she knocked down Concubine Xian and kept trampling on Concubine Xian's face.

I thought: "Ah, what the hell do you think you are? How dare you come to mock my brother. Let me kill you."

Concubine Yuan: "What Sister Xian Concubine said is that one day I will ask the emperor why Brother Rong often enters the palace."

Ask the emperor, are you a fool?

If you ask the emperor, wouldn't he know that she is gossiping behind his back?

Concubine Xian glared at Concubine Yuan and left angrily.

The palace maid watched Concubine Xian leave like a cockfighter, and said to her master: "This is the first time I see Concubine Xian deflated. Brother Rong has given me a lot of face."

"The higher his position outside, the more stable my position in the palace."

Brother Rong has learned a lot and will definitely be able to rise to the top step by step.

At this end, the emperor walked into the Qianqing Palace with expectations.

Jia Rong was about to kneel down, but the emperor quickly stopped him.

"Say it quickly."

Jia Rong took out the letter and read: "I arrived at Taierzhuang on April 16th and Xuzhou on the 17th. I shipped a batch of goods in Xuzhou. I sold two-thirds of the glass bowls and made a profit of one thousand taels of silver.

Sixteen pieces of Shu brocade were produced and six hundred taels of silver were obtained..."

The emperor disliked Jia Rong's slow reading and couldn't wait any longer, so he went over and grabbed it to read.

Read the text above carefully, "...a face from Kyoto was sold in Xuzhou for three hundred taels..."

"This trip was not only fast, but the goods were also easy to sell." The emperor was very happy.

The emperor counted with his fingers, "I have earned twenty thousand taels of silver since I arrived in Xuzhou."

Jia Rong thought to herself: "Most of your goods have not yet been shipped."

Jia Rong said: "When we get to Yangzhou or even Suzhou, we can earn at least 40,000 taels of silver from selling this batch of goods.

Excluding other people's dividends, the emperor has twenty thousand taels of silver in his hands."
Chapter completed!