manynovel Chapter 420 1 year later
Chapter 420 1 year later
"Can I do without you? I have prepared it long ago and will send someone to deliver it tomorrow."
The second prince gritted his teeth, but then he remembered that his father had summoned him back to the capital to discuss the opening of the canal, and his mood immediately improved.
"There is one more thing I want to ask Your Highness. The Crown Prince poisoned the Empress Dowager. Was it you who did it?" Jiang Youzhen suddenly asked.
"How is this possible? How filial and respectful is father to grandmother? As princes, we should follow father's example. How could we do such a treasonous thing? Don't try to frame me."
The second prince spread his hands, looking very innocent.
So what if he did it? The Queen Mother always looked down on him and even schemed against him for the sake of other princes.
He just gave a small amount of croton in return, which was already very merciful compared to what the empress dowager did to him in his previous life.
Besides, he did this to help Jiang Youzhen and Lao Er, to add fuel to the fire and lend them a helping hand.
Jiang Youzhen: I don't trust you...
Jiang Youzhen curled his lips as he watched the second prince walk away. See! They are both not easy to deal with.
After a few days, Jiang Youzhen deduced some details from the court reports.
Jiang Youzhen and the Fourth Prince were not wrongly accusing the Crown Prince of raising private soldiers; it was a true fact.
He made official slaves, exiles, and those who had committed crimes into soldiers. They worked during the day and trained in holes dug underground at night.
As for the number of 70,000, Jiang Youzhen believed that it was impossible for the prince to have that much courage, and he only dared to do small things at the beginning.
But this is no longer important. For now, because the prince is imprisoned in the clan house, officials of the prince's lineage are either dead or scattered, and no one will do anything to Jiang Youzhen.
one year later
It was the end of July and the weather was extremely hot.
"Xiao Lang, we have to stay in the Imperial Examination Hall for nine days and six nights this time. Won't we become rotten after we come out?"
Wen Ruyu couldn't help but sigh as she drank the iced mung bean soup.
"Just bear with it! It will be fine after you get through the Autumn Examination!" Jiang Youzhen picked up a grape and put it in his mouth. Hmm! After getting through the Autumn Examination, there is still the Spring Examination.
"It's still more comfortable here. You use ice all the time every day. You're the only one who's rich enough to do that."
Wen Ruyu was filled with emotion, looking at Jiang Youzhen who was leaning on the couch reading a book.
Just an ice basin. Who else can be so extravagant?
"Brother, what you said is not something I dare to enjoy alone. Didn't I send ice to your house before? You make it sound like I am the only one who enjoys it. It is you who wants to suffer."
Jiang Youzhen was speechless. Wen Ruyu was good in every way except that she was too thrifty, to the point of being stingy.
Jiang Youzhen opened ice cellars under the farm and the house. Although it cost a lot of money, doesn't he get to enjoy it?
However, when she wanted to send ice to Qian Chongen and Wen Ruyu's family, Jiang Youzhen was afraid that it would not be enough, so she made ice with saltpeter. She was never stingy when giving gifts to others.
Who would have thought that even though Wen Ruyu now has a lot of money, he still doesn't change his habit of saving.
The ice that was sent to him was used by his parents and not used by himself. The rest was either hung in the well or stored in a small cellar.
"You really don't know how expensive firewood, rice, oil and salt are. Do you know how expensive ice is in the city now? I have to rob people for 200 coins per pound. I have to use it sparingly."
Wen Ruyu spoke with some envy. The ice cellar on Jiang Youzhen's farm was very large. It not only provided for three households, but also gave it to others from time to time, and the remaining ice could be sold for silver.
On the other hand, the carpentry shop that Jiang Youzhen had given up had not been innovative for some time, and the business had slowed down. He intended to close the shop, anyway, in addition to the dividends he had given to Jiang Youzhen, he had already earned several hundred taels of silver.
At present, their only livelihood is storybooks, but recently they have to prepare for the provincial examination, so they have no new storybooks.
Huang Xue Ning even chased him all the way to the provincial capital for this, but he didn't want to be distracted, so the income from the storybooks dropped sharply during this period.
He counted his belongings and found that he had more than 2,000 taels in his hands. He was very excited when he thought about it.
By then, it will be enough to buy a big house in the capital, and my parents will definitely go to the capital with me.
"Senior Brother! People must learn to enjoy life, otherwise their lives in this world will be in vain." Jiang Youzhen sighed.
"Just think about it! If someone dies and the money is not spent, it will be too tragic."
Just like in her previous life, she still had 20,000 yuan in her bankbook! What a pity!
"Then leave it to future generations! How can you just enjoy it yourself?" Wen Ruyu disagreed, but Jiang Youzhen made a lot of money from his business, so he definitely couldn't feel his anxiety about having less money to spend.
"Young Master! Eldest aunt and eldest brother-in-law are here!" Qing Lang came to report.
"Is Xiaoniu here? Please come in!" Jiang Youzhen quickly stood up from the couch with a smile on his face.
"Then I will go back first. It's a good time for me to review my lessons. The Autumn Examination will be held in a few days, so I have to focus on it."
Wen Ruyu immediately asked to leave, Jiang Youzhen asked him to stay for dinner, but he refused.
"Xiao Lang!"
Jiang Youzhen had just sent Wen Ruyu out of the yard when a man and a woman walked over quickly. The woman was smiling and holding a fat baby wearing only a red bellyband.
"Sister! Brother-in-law!" Jiang Youzhen stepped forward quickly and took the fat baby from Jiang Chun's hands.
This child is the son that Jiang Chun and his wife gave birth to at the end of last year. He is eight months old now. He is very sturdy, with fair skin and round eyes like his brother-in-law Zhao Wei.
"Oh! It's so heavy! How can you hold him? He's very strong now and likes to move around." Jiang Chun complained but had already handed his son over.
"Xiao Lang is quite strong. He never suffered any loss in previous fights with wolves."
Zhao Wei smiled. He knew that his brother-in-law was quite skilled in martial arts, but his wife always thought that he was weak, a frail scholar who couldn't carry anything.
"How dangerous is it to fight with wolves? You are not allowed to go there again in the future!" After hearing this, Jiang Chun couldn't help but give another warning.
"The calf has really become plumper again!" Jiang Youzhen looked at the child in his arms, feeling the heavy weight, and it was indeed heavier.
"He eats too much and has the same physique as his father. What if he becomes big and strong in the future?" Jiang Chun was a little worried.
"Isn't it good to look like your brother-in-law? He is strong and powerful." Jiang Youzhen held Xiao Niu and called them to the main courtyard.
Jiang Chun and Zhao Wei came to the city to run their shop.
The new wharf has been built. Jiang Youzhen has a total of four shops there, not including the others that he cooperated with the second prince.
One of them was built halfway up the mountain, and she turned it into an inn overlooking the river, called Ziyun Tower.
The business they do is for the rich and powerful, so the inn is extremely elaborate and luxurious. Jiang Youzhen also drew on his experience from his previous life and built some entertainment venues, so the business is pretty good.