Domineering husband

Chapter 145 The Fourth Prince Tao Zhu Recognized Gao Zhiyuan

   "It's the accumulation of several generations of my ancestors, and I have a good business, so I have a good family background."

Xin Zhi immediately explained.

His family was originally a big landlord. Later, the world became chaotic in the last years of the former dynasty. His great-grandfather recruited his own tenant farmers and hired some good men, and assembled a team of 5,000 people. They conquered several nearby counties, barely occupying a The land of the government.

Later, the Supreme Emperor led troops to sweep over, and his great-grandfather immediately surrendered, and then his grandfather followed the Supreme Emperor to fight the world, and made a little war fortune.

Therefore, his family's wealth at this time is mainly due to the accumulation of previous generations, and the hard work of several generations has made it what it is today.

"My family is nothing at all. It takes several generations of us to fight for financial resources with you, Brother Li. You alone are worth the accumulation of my Xin family's accumulation of more than 100 years. I admire you so much." Xin Zhi took

over Li Qiao handed over the tea bowl, and kept talking in his mouth.

Li Qiao was ashamed: "How can I compare with your family? People called me Li Wanwan. It was all false before. Brother Zhu and I have just over a million." "Ah? At this time, your husband and

wife His family has just passed one million? Impossible, you must have surpassed one million a long time ago."

Xin Zhi was puzzled.

"Huh?" Tao Zhushui, who was silently shuffling the cards beside him, opened his eyes wide and looked at Xin Zhi puzzled.

Xin Zhideng felt a little embarrassed at the time, coughed softly: "Your family's business is on the bright side, and it's easy for someone with a heart to calculate the approximate figure." "Is

that so..."

Tao Zhu couldn't help being troubled.

It feels really bad that my family property is transparent.

But I can't stop others from counting.

"So, if you count this year's vermicelli money, you and your husband's family property is not a million, it's a million and hundreds of thousands more."

Xin Zhi sipped some hot tea, and his eyes looked away again. Li Qiao.

What brother Li said just now was a bit dishonest.

"...The main reason is that this year's vermicelli has not been delivered yet. And my family has a lot of expenses. I bought a house, a field, and the price of ducks carried by the British government, daily expenses, etc. These are not small money." "And

, This year's sweet potatoes are not harvested, and the income of vermicelli is low."

Li Qiao tried to explain.

If he and Tao Zhu hadn't donated the two hundred and twenty thousand taels of silver last year, then he and Tao Zhu's family fortune at this time would indeed be more than one million.

However, due to the donation of 220,000 taels during the flood last year, and the lack of harvest of sweet potatoes this year, the income of vermicelli has shrunk drastically. According to what Li Gu said in his letter last time, it is estimated that there are more than 200,000 taels.

Therefore, if the Han family caravan sends over this year's vermicelli silver in the next year, then he and Tao Zhu's family can add up to a million dollars.

As for the income from the duck shop, dim sum shop, autumn pear cream shop, royal dim sum shop, and potato noodle shop, they all belong to the daily household money and are not counted as savings.

In fact, the sum of these incomes is very considerable, but there are incomes from vermicelli, so Tao Zhu did not put this part of silver in the money box for saving for the time being, but just randomly put it in the bedroom for daily expenses.

However, Xin Zhi didn't know that he and Brother Zhu donated two hundred and twenty thousand taels of silver last year after inquiring?

Sheng Hong said to keep it a secret, did he really keep it a secret?

Before the fifth prince entered the palace to intercede with the Duke of England, how did it spread so quickly?

Hearing Li Qiao's explanation, Xin Zhi laughed immediately: "It's your money if it's not delivered. Let me just say, your husband and wife's family must have more than one million taels.

" How can my family compare with yours after earning the current family fortune in just a few years?" "

... that's enough, let's stop this topic."

Li Qiao didn't want to continue entangled on this topic, he said directly: "Speaking of it , What happened this time makes me feel cold, I can't do it without backing."

"Isn't there a Seventh Prince?"

Xin Zhi's voice was not as lively as before.

This is indeed a disaster.

"But how can the seventh prince compete with the third and fifth princes?"

Li Qiao said with a sigh.

"Yes."

Xin Zhi frowned.

To be honest, he couldn't understand the way of the Seventh Prince.

The Seventh Prince's reputation is not very good, he is more aggressive when trying cases, and he doesn't care about human feelings, no matter how big the official is, or the honorable person who has worked hard, as long as he commits a crime and enters the Ministry of Criminal Justice, the Seventh Prince will not be at all. Relentless.

When it's time to use the instruments of torture, use the instruments of torture.

Moreover, he does not make friends with courtiers, and walks alone all day long.

He did not pretend to be polite when dealing with the fifth prince.

He didn't have much contact with the remaining brothers, and he didn't have much brotherhood.

So he really can't understand the ways of the Seventh Prince, it doesn't seem to leave him a way out at all, once the new emperor ascends the throne in the future, the Seventh Prince has already accumulated a lot of old grievances, and by then the Seventh Prince can still please him what?

After listening to Xin Zhi's analysis, Li Qiao couldn't help but praise the Seventh Prince.

This secrecy was done very well.

The Xin family could find out where the third prince's side concubine's concubine married, but they couldn't see who the seventh prince was helping.

The Seventh Prince is reliable!

So, while playing the cards, he pretended to be casual and said, "Last year, the sage was seriously ill. I think, if the sage chooses an heir, he will probably pick someone who is in good health. What do you think?" "Ah?" Xin Zhi opened his eyes

. Big eyes, he never thought about this angle!

But it also seems to make sense?

"Well... These princes must first exclude the eldest prince. Speaking of which, I haven't seen the eldest prince for more than three years. The last time I saw him was his third son Man Yue. I was among those invited, so I went to the First Prince's Mansion and met the First Prince." "

Since then, I have never seen the First Prince. The First Prince seldom goes out of the mansion, which is Chinese New Year, the birthday of the Supreme Emperor and the Holy One. Waiting for a day to leave the palace and enter the palace, but I am not qualified to be present on this kind of day, so I haven't seen him for a long time." "

However, as far as I know, when he attended the dinner in the palace a few days ago, his expression was still the same. It's done."

Li Qiao: "..."

Good guy.

Even Xin Zhi hasn't seen the eldest prince for more than three years, but he's really homely.

"The rest of the princes are all in good health. When they were born, the Supreme Emperor was in power. The Supreme Emperor won the world with martial arts. He also has strict requirements on his descendants. He not only requires them to study, but also lets them learn boxing and kicking skills to keep fit. "

These princes are average in skills, but they have laid a good foundation back then, so these princes are in good health. I have never heard of any serious illness, and occasionally they get better soon."

" If you choose an heir from this angle, it will be very difficult for the Holy One, he can only exclude the eldest prince."

Xin Zhi said with a frown: "Actually, my family is also in a difficult situation."

Alas, the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty now either stand in line clearly, or There is a position secretly, who made Sheng Hong seriously ill last year.

His family has been kicked out of Dasheng's power center for many years, relying on him to climb up level by level, it is designated decades later.

Therefore, his family is also having a headache about the matter of the Holy Majesty's heir.

After hearing this, Li Qiao couldn't help but sigh in her heart, okay, it seems that the Seventh Prince's secrecy work is really good, and the Xin family didn't know that he suffered such a serious injury that year.

The Seventh Prince is so strong!

Nothing can be found out from the Xin family. These princes, except for the fifth prince and the third prince, are all hiding their secrets.

If you can't figure it out, you can only rely on your own groping. At night, after coaxing the two cubs to sleep, Tao Zhu Liqiao didn't rush to sleep after washing, but lay on the kang to analyze the princes.

If the eldest prince, third prince, and fifth prince are excluded, then the rest are the second prince, fourth prince, and sixth prince.

Among the three princes, one of them was the seventh prince who was willing to work hard for him.

Moreover, who is the person who hurt the Seventh Prince?

"Could it be a prince too?"

Tao Zhu pursed his lips.

"Or maybe it's the prince?" Li Qiao was also guessing.

Ordinary nobles, dare to attack the Seventh Prince?

As for the princes, Sheng Hong has three brothers, all of whom were crowned kings by the Supreme Emperor. However, these three princes are far away from the court, and they are all wealthy and idlers.

In order to prevent his brothers from fighting against each other, the Taishanghuang established Sheng Hong as the crown prince early on, and rejected the thoughts of the other three sons.

In addition, these three sons are mediocre, so when Sheng Hong came to the throne, they were simply not allowed to hold positions in the court, and they could just enjoy the blessings with peace of mind.

Having been away from the court for many years, will these three princes stand in line with a certain prince and attack the seventh prince?

Tao Zhu: "..."

He couldn't figure it out.

After thinking for a while, he said: "Didn't you promise the fourth prince to drink in the Taiji Hall? If the fourth prince sends someone to send a post, then you can observe while drinking." "That's the only way

. "

Li Qiao took a long breath.

He listened to the seventh prince and would not take the initiative to meet the fourth prince, but if the fourth prince invited him to drink, then he would definitely agree.

On the tenth day of the Lunar New Year, the fourth prince actually sent someone to send a post, inviting Li Qiao to drink at Baiweilou.

Li Qiao happily went, but because he was not familiar with the Fourth Prince, the discussions during the meeting were all safe and hot topics.

Moreover, this drink can be called Li Qiao's boastful feast.

The fourth prince thinks that Li Qiao is very powerful. Not only does his business do well, but he also drives the development of the entire Hexi Prefecture.

The fourth prince praised Li Qiao as a rare talent that is rare in a hundred years.

There is also the Grand Canal that is about to be built.

The fourth prince praised Li Qiao for not hesitating to choose Weiqing County's behavior, and praised him to return to guard Qiu, don't forget to stay in Ju.

The fourth prince knew that Li Qiao wanted to buy land in Shengjing but couldn't, but in this case, Li Qiao gave up the Tongzhou Wharf directly.

This surprised him so much.

You must know that the Tongzhou Wharf is just seventy miles away from Shengjing. Although the land has long been owned by Li Qiao, as long as Li Qiao chooses the Tongzhou Wharf, not only does the wharf belong to Li Qiao, but Li Qiao can also buy a lot of land nearby. .

Ke Liqiao didn't.

Li Qiao chose Weiqing County without hesitation.

After the pier was built in Weiqing County, it could indeed bring more merchants to Pingcheng, but because of the need to keep the vermicelli recipe, the annual production of vermicelli in Hexi Prefecture is limited.

Vermicelli is limited, so no matter how many merchants go, the benefits brought to Li Qiao are also limited.

With the wharf in Weiqing County, it is the people of Weiqing County who really benefit.

It is admirable that Li Qiao gave up such a great opportunity.

Therefore, today's meal of wine was basically Li Qiao's boastful feast, and the fourth prince praised Li Qiao again and again.

When Li Qiao returned home, before going to bed at night, Tao Zhu asked him what happened at noon, Li Qiao only said one sentence: "The fourth prince is a good person, I didn't find any trace of pretending."

Although the fourth prince kept praising him during the dinner, he also followed the fourth prince's words and talked about the fourth prince's pier.

This time, the four princes also won a new pier on the Grand Canal, which is located in Jibei Province. Compared with the relatively affluent Jiangnan, the economic level of Jibei Province is really average.

In fact, Jibei Province is adjacent to Shengjing, and Shengjing is such a big area. After Shengjing, it is Jibei Province. It stands to reason that the economic level of Jibei Province should not be similar to that of Yuanhe Province.

But in fact, the annual tax revenue and population of Jibei Province are not much different from those of Yuanhe Province.

For this, the fourth prince is very sad, it shouldn't be like this.

Those remote provinces, because they are far away, are beyond the reach of the imperial court, and they must be governed by officials if they want the people to be rich.

But Jibei Province is in Shengjing with low eyelids, and if you want to pull Jibei Province, isn't that easy?

Jibei Province is not rich, and he feels that every royal has a responsibility.

This time he won a wharf in Jibei Province, and he planned to use this wharf to boost the economy of the area where the wharf is located, just like Li Qiao pulled Hexi Mansion.

But because he doesn't have Li Qiao's talent in eating, he has many difficulties.

But the construction of the canal did not happen overnight, at least it would take five or six years, such a long time was enough for him to formulate a detailed plan.

In short, he is now ambitious and ready to do a big job. After listening to Li Qiao's words, Tao Zhu was very surprised: "The fourth prince's behavior is actually somewhat

similar to that of the Holy One.

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The fourth prince actually cared about the common people and cared about the living standards of the common people. This was quite like Sheng Hong.

Of course, also like the Seventh Prince.

Such fourth princes have the same views as the seventh princes and have the same ideals, so there must be common topics.

So, is the seventh prince assisting the fourth prince?

Have to watch again.

Soon it will be the Lantern Festival. The Dasheng Lantern Festival is a small year, second only to the New Year in terms of excitement. Therefore, Li Qiao is still on holiday during the Lantern Festival.

The Lantern Festival is the Lantern Festival. At night, Li Qiao and Tao Zhu took their two little boys and Li Xiaorui out to watch the lanterns.

As for Zheng Qianqian, he is an adult, who cares about watching lanterns, he would rather stay at home and play cards.

As for romantic or not, tsk, Li Dashan and Li Dashan are old married couples, so they don't play that kind of thing anymore, if they are in that mood, they might as well play on the bed.

Li Xiaorui is two and a half years old, and he can have another one.

Li Xia, Zhao Shen and Li Qiao Tao Zhu went to see the lantern, on the one hand they had to take care of the little boy, on the other hand Li Xia liked it.

He and Zhao Shen are still in the period of passionate love. They just got married this year. The young couple met such a lively festival, so of course they want to go out to play.

Watching lanterns, watching others dance lions, walking on stilts, etc., are not so lively on weekdays.

While watching the lanterns, Li Qiao Tao Zhu ran into acquaintances: Meng Yue and the Seventh Prince.

The two were eating glutinous rice balls in a small roadside shop, and there were several lanterns in the shape of animals on the table, including little yellow ducks, little tigers, and little rabbits, all of them were very cute.

It was Li Xiaorui who first discovered those cute lanterns while staying in Li Qiao's arms, and after a second look, hey, they were acquaintances.

So he immediately called out to Grandpa Meng.

This cry immediately attracted Li Qiao's attention, and after a closer look, he wanted to disappear in place.

How embarrassing!

The Seventh Prince and Meng Yue definitely don't want to see people like him and Tao Zhu.

Besides, why did Meng Yue buy these lanterns?

In the eyes of outsiders, the Seventh Prince is a man, and Meng Yue is also a strong man. Now that they have such a cute lantern beside them, it is too incompatible and it is easy to arouse suspicion.

Just when Li Qiao was hesitating whether to step forward to remind Meng Yue, Li Xiaorui called out Grandpa Meng again, and this voice attracted Meng Yue's attention.

Meng Yue immediately waved: "Xiao Rui!"

Li Qiao: "..."

Now she can only go up to say hello.

Because it was outside, the Seventh Prince didn't let Li Qiao and the others salute.

This was the first time that the Seventh Prince saw Li Xiaorui and the two brats, so he directly picked up the lantern on the table and handed it to Li Xiaorui and the two brats.

"Meng Yue bought it for his nephews and nieces, you guys play with it first."

He just looked at these lanterns a few more times, and Meng Yue, a fool, insisted on buying them, and even made up a reason: for him far away. Pingcheng's little nephew and niece bought it.

But he knew that when he got to a place where no one was around, Meng Yue would definitely give him these lanterns and ask him to take them back home.

He didn't bring it.

This kind of thing shouldn't be around him.

However, Meng Yue, a big fool, has been treating him more and more strangely recently, as if he was coaxing a girl and a little brother.

Did this big fool discover something?

After listening to the seventh prince's words, Li Qiao breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, Meng Yue acted cautiously.

He smiled and said a few words to the Seventh Prince and Meng Yue, and then left with Tao Zhu and others.

They are a group of light bulbs, so they won't disturb other people's dates.

After strolling around for an hour, the group returned happily.

Not only did the three children buy a lot of lanterns, Li Xia also bought a few.

Tao Zhu, on the other hand, is not very interested in lanterns of various shapes, what he likes is the atmosphere of a family hanging out together.

However, after washing and getting on the kang, he hesitated for a while, and then said to Li Qiao who was hugging two cubs and kissing each other: "I may have seen someone tonight." "Huh?" Li

Qiao Turning to look at him: "Maybe I saw someone?"

What does this mean?

"It's that figure that I think resembles, but I'm not sure."

"Who does it look like?"

Li Qiao asked, then lowered his head to pinch the tender face of Li Yunfan's chubby friend in his arms, the baby's face is really soft ah.

Moreover, the sleeping baby is also so cute, it is a small ball, but it is so fleshy, the feeling of holding it in my arms is really wonderful.

Moreover, look at the eyebrows...

Cough, I'm too young now, I can't tell anything by looking at my eyebrows.

But when he grows up in the future, he will definitely look like him and Brother Zhu!

In short, the two cubs are very cute. I only regret that there is no mobile phone here, so I can't take pictures and videos, and I can't record the cute moments of the two of them.

It can't be recorded by machine, it can only rely on eyes.

Therefore, more than half of Li Qiao's thoughts at the moment are on Li Yunfan's little fat friend.

As for the person in Tao Zhu's mouth, it should be a family member of one of his colleagues?

During the Chinese New Year this year, his colleagues did not send their servants over to give New Year's gifts like last year, but they dragged their family members to visit him in person.

So Tao Zhu met some people.

But in the next second, Tao Zhu said: "...it looks a bit like Gao Zhiyuan .

" He turned his head to look at Tao Zhu in disbelief. "It's a bit like Gao Zhiyuan. He disappeared strangely before, but now he came to the capital?" Tao Zhu looked at him curiously as he said, "Didn't you say that the two of them ran away because they were crazy? Why are you reacting so much now?" Li Qiao: "..." He put little fat friend Li Yunfan back next to little fat friend Li Changfeng, then sat up, grabbed Tao Zhu's hand, and said with an unhappy face: "I am Jealous." "Jealous?"















"Of course I'm jealous. You've only met Gao Zhiyuan a few times and you can recognize him at night. It stands to reason that you should have forgotten what he looks like after so many years." "But you not only

remember He looks like he still remembers his figure, shouldn't I be jealous?"

Originally, he just wanted to divert Tao Zhu's attention, but in the end, Li Qiao was really unhappy.

Does Brother Zhu have such a good memory?

Tao Zhu: "..."

Seeing Li Qiao's face full of resentment, he leaned over and kissed Li Qiao's lips, his eyes curled up.

"I didn't remember it specifically, but when I saw that figure, my first reaction in my mind was that the person might be Gao Zhiyuan, but before I had time to look a few more times, the figure disappeared." "But,

then The clothes on the man are torn, he looks like a beggar, if he is holding a bowl in his hand, I will definitely think he is a beggar." "...

Then you still have a deep impression on Gao Zhiyuan."

Li Qiao was still unhappy.

"After all, you were the first person to propose marriage to me. In my situation at that time, you kept hanging on me and refused to speak clearly with me, and Tao Shu accepted him again. I always remember that it should be normal. Recalling his situation and state of mind at that time, Tao

Zhu couldn't help but move closer to Li Qiao again, but this time he didn't kiss Li Qiao, but bit Li Qiao's lips.

Although he is very happy now, he was really uncomfortable at the time.

Li Qiao: "..."

Good guy.

Brother Zhu is going against him.

However, Brother Zhu at that time, even thinking about it now, his heart is still full of distress.

He let go of Tao Zhu's hand, held Tao Zhu in his arms, and apologized earnestly: "I'm sorry for making you suffer." "

No need to apologize."

Tao Zhu shook his head slightly, hugged him, and said softly Said: "Don't be jealous, he is not worthy."

"Okay." Li Qiao couldn't help but hugged the person in his arms tightly.

Brother Zhu is right, Gao Zhiyuan is not worthy of his jealousy.

As Zhu Geer explained, in the situation at that time, Zhu Geer's deep memory is completely justified.

However, is that person really Gao Zhiyuan?

Gao Zhiyuan came to the capital?

At the beginning, Gao Zhiyuan was probably afraid of his revenge, so he ran away and left his hometown, but knowing that he was in the capital, Gao Zhiyuan dared to come to the capital?

Wouldn't the escape at that time be meaningless?

Or did Gao Zhiyuan come to the capital for other purposes?

Or maybe Brother Zhu's confirmation was wrong?

Nothing is certain, but just in case, people need to pay more attention in the future.

Shengjing has a population of more than three million. If Gao Zhiyuan wants to hide, it is still easy to hide. Now that he is alone and weak, it is very difficult to extract Gao Zhiyuan from so many people.

After the lively Lantern Festival, Li Qiao's holiday is over.

He has to go to work in the Hanlin Academy.

After only three days at work, Sheng Hong summoned him to the palace and asked him to explain the doubts in the scriptures.

Li Qiao: "..."

It was so sudden.

Did Sheng Hong finally remember his job?

The author has something to say:

The meaning of Gao Zhiyuan's existence is to remind Li Qiao who is the next emperor!