Chapter 221 New Chief Steward
With Shunzhidi's current position, she cannot sit here.
Zhao Yulin pointed to the nameplate on the table and gently pressed it to announce that the new chief steward of Renhuai Fort, Shunzhidi, would speak. Then he took the lead in applauding, and everyone at the table looked at Shunzhidi with a smile and applauded her.
Shunzhidi was stunned and looked at him excitedly.
Zhao Yulin introduced to everyone that Shunzhidi is diligent and studious, decisive in doing things and not afraid of sacrifice. We must set an example like her to encourage more and more patriotic young people to join the Shenwei Army.
Master Lu went on to say: Cuiping Academy and Xingyuan Prefecture School have selected a large number of talented people to study and work in counties and towns. The Shenwei Army aims to encourage more young people to become talents as soon as possible.
Shunzhidi relaxed and told everyone frankly that she would continue to learn, ask for advice humbly, and get things done in Renhuai.
Everyone raised their hands and applauded her.
After the meeting, Master Lu personally led them to the dock to transfer to a small boat, and Zhou Ping personally carried the boat to continue upstream. Zhao Yulin put his arm around Zhidi's slender waist and said, "Our Zhidi has grown up, and she should go back to get married, so that the old people at home can rest assured."
Shunzhidi knew that Zhao Yulin had arranged everything, and she was so excited that tears welled up in her eyes. He leaned over to kiss her, and whispered in her ear that she should be happy on such a happy day, why was she crying?
The more he talked, the more the little woman couldn't stop crying, so he could only tell her to be careful with the baby in her belly, because if the mother cries often, the baby will also cry.
Shunzhidi finally stopped crying.
The official ship docked at Sifangjing. Zhao Yulin pulled Shunzhidi up the newly built stone steps and went directly to Zhidi's village. When the village gate saw the newlyweds coming, drums and music started playing. After Zhao Yulin went through the procedures of the Miao wedding, he was pushed into the bridal chamber by Shunzhidi's playmates.
The little woman walked on the bamboo floor and said to him apologetically, "It keeps creaking. Are you not used to it?"
Zhao Yulin smiled and said he liked it.
Shunzhidi said happily that there are many bamboos here, and people in her hometown use bamboo for everything, such as bamboo houses, bamboo beds, bamboo tables and bamboo chairs.
Zhao Yulin still smiled and said he liked it.
Shunzhidi made a face and said that it would also creak when going to bed.
Zhao Yulin hugged her tightly, smiled evilly and said, "I like it." He walked towards the new bed without stopping...
Before dawn, Shunzhidi quietly got up and was about to go out, but was grabbed by Zhao Yulin. The woman was stunned and asked, "So he woke up early?"
Zhao Yulin said he didn't do anything last night, so of course he was in good spirits.
Ask her if she won't rest a little longer?
The little woman made a face again and said that she didn't do anything and was in good spirits.
Zhao Yulin looked at the charming expression, went up to hug the woman and ordered his mouth to greet her.
After the couple spent some time together, they went out to say hello to her family. Zhidi's parents were both honest mountain people. Her mother said that since it rained last night, the mushrooms in the mountains must be growing well, so she wanted to pick some and bring them back for cooking.
Shunzhidi immediately went to find the backpack as usual, and Zhao Yulin immediately took it and put it on his back, and the two went out to pick mushrooms together.
After the rain, the empty mountain was particularly refreshing, and there were really a lot of mushrooms. The two walked along the path and soon filled half of the backpack. Shunzhidi said happily that we lack everything in the mountains, but as long as we are diligent, we will not starve to death, right?
Zhao Yulin held Zhidi's hand and walked carefully up and down the slope, marveling at the magical creativity of nature.
He told Zhidi: Let the people here grow sorghum and other wine-making crops. We will open a winery here in the future and ensure that everything the people grow can be harvested and turned into silver.
The little woman was happy and put her hand on his arm and acted like a little queen.
When we got back, lunch was already being prepared in the village.
Their friends sat in a big circle around them, including Zhen Youmei and her brother Abao. She is also a mother of two children. The happy couple wished them a baby soon.
Zhao Yulin laughed and said that Zhidi couldn't drink anymore, and took the wine that Zhen Youmei passed to Zhidi and drank it together. The sisters were jealous and shouted that Zhidi could drink, and Zhao Age also wanted to drink too much, and even rushed to drink Zhidi's wine, saying that they didn't want to drink it and wanted to start over.
Everyone was laughing so hard that they were staggering all over the place. Shunzhidi almost burst out laughing and ran out to vomit. She was immediately helped into the house by a maid.
The banquet hadn't ended yet, and the friends were joking and asking Zhao Yulin with a smile if they had tasted the forbidden fruit and Zhidi was pregnant?
Zhao Yulin immediately gave the young man a thumbs up and said, "Come on, have some drinks. I'll drink it. Everyone, feel free to do whatever you want..."
Three days later, Zhao Yulin and his wife returned to Renhuai Fort. Lao Lu pointed to a beautiful cruise ship on the dock and asked what it was like. Cuipingshan Shipyard had specially customized an official ship for the chief steward of Renhuai Fort.
Zhao Yulin smiled and said thank you for your trouble, and asked Zhidi to toast the master properly.
Lao Lu said with a smile, "Okay, as long as you are happy, as long as you are happy."
Zhao Yulin sent Zhidi to the government office to have tea with Madam Zhen and Madam Shun. He noticed that Madam Shun had some white hair and was obviously older, so he asked her how old she was.
The old woman happily told him that she was already fifty-eight years old.
Zhao Yulin said with a smile that in the future, people of this age should retire and enjoy a peaceful life, so he would work hard for a few more years to watch Zhidi grow up.
He opened his mouth to continue speaking, but saw that several people present were petrified.
Zhao Yulin looked at them in confusion, then suddenly remembered that he had spoken out of turn again. This person forgot about the afterlife and retirement when he was happy.
Zhao Yulin said with a laugh that we should establish a retirement rule in the future. People should retire while they still have some energy, and let the young people do the work. If they take fewer detours, people's lives will get better and better.
Only then did the few people regain their composure and nodded in agreement with a smile.
Zhao Yulin stood up and said goodbye to leave, and reminded Shunzhidi not to be too tired, not to be too hasty in doing things, and to rest when it was time to rest, as there were still two old ladies to help her.
The little woman was so happy that she felt like she had fallen into a honey barrel. She kept leaning on him to prevent him from getting on the boat.
Zhao Yulin smiled and pulled Zhidi over to the two ladies. He turned around and jumped onto the official ship, waved goodbye , and stood at the stern looking at the dock.
Lao Lu shouted in the cabin: Brother, you'd better come in, it's out of sight.
It's windy outside, you'd better come in.
Zhao Yulin went in and saw a trace of worry on Lao Lu's face. He asked him what was wrong and what was he worried about.
Lu Youpeng said that he saw that Brother was in a good mood, but he didn't say anything. There was a secret report that the northern barbarians were resentful of us for destroying tens of thousands of his troops, and they wanted to use the excuse that the glazed tiles that Lin'an paid as tribute were fake to ask the butler to kill Brother.
Zhao Yulin didn't care, and said with a smile, "How can such a thing be used to make a fuss when a big country is interacting with each other? I had reminded them at the beginning that it was not suitable for use in the high and cold regions of the north."
He walked into the cabin, said he wanted to rest for a while, and fell asleep leaning on the couch.
In Lin'an, Prime Minister Zheng Qingzhi was arguing with the emperor, asking him to seriously consider the matter of conferring the title of king.
Prime Minister Zheng said very seriously that Zhao Qi'er was arrogant and had no respect for the court. He actually dragged the governor of Luzhou to Jiangling to take charge, and made Shi Ruyu of Renhuai Fort the chief steward of Luzhou, and even sent his concubine to the position of chief steward of Renhuai Fort. What was going on?
He is exactly the Minister of Personnel.
No, I am making decisions for the government.
The emperor coughed twice and said he understood. They were just doing the errands. Didn’t Zhao Aiqing submit the memorial?
Zheng Qingzhi heard that the emperor had changed the way he addressed Zhao Yulin. "Ai Qing?" It seemed that the term Ai Qing was only used by a few of his close ministers, but now it was used on Zhao Qi'er.
His body shuddered, and an idea immediately came to his mind. He hurriedly said that he had submitted a memorial, requesting the emperor to allow the prefect of Luzhou to be the governor of Jiangling, Shi Ruyu to be the acting governor of Luzhou, and to appoint Shunzhidi as the pacification envoy of Renhuai Fort.
As soon as Zheng Qingzhi finished speaking, the emperor immediately said, "That's what I mean. It's approved. All of Zhao Aiqing's wives will be granted the title of third-rank imperial consorts. Go and do it quickly."
Zheng Qingzhi shook his head violently, feeling that the emperor's brain seemed to have been replaced with a super advanced motherboard and was running too fast, and he could hardly keep up.
The eunuch saw that he was acting strangely and took him out of the palace.
Prime Minister Zheng was confused, and couldn't understand why the emperor changed his attitude and didn't kill Zhao Yulin. The queen mother also changed her strategy. Oh my, what happened?
He conspired with Zhao Wang Bing and Shi's son to delay the emperor's promotion of Zhao Yulin. Unexpectedly, Zhao Yulin grew older and older and could not be delayed at all. The empress dowager and the emperor were highly unanimous in their opinions on rewarding Zhao Yulin with the title of King of Shu. Zhao Yulin's title of king was put on the fast track, which had not happened in the Lin'an court for many years.
The three people got together to plot. Shi's son said sinisterly that he had a trick that would guarantee that the Queen Mother would agree to kill Zhao Qi'er.
This guy confidently invited everyone to have tea, and then kept everyone in suspense before whispering that the Jiajiang tiles presented by the Shenwei Army as tribute were counterfeit products, which damaged the latrine of the Khan of the grassland and caused diplomatic trouble. The Khan was furious and ordered the punishment and execution of Zhao Qi'er.
Several people immediately became excited and said in unison: Let's go and find the Queen Mother...
Zhao Yulin took a nap in the cabin and woke up.
Lao Lu said that the boat had entered the river and his brother was sleeping soundly.
He asked Lao Lu why he had been waiting there all this time, was there something urgent?
Old Lu smiled and shook his head and said there was no rush, because the King of Zhennan of Dali Kingdom came to Cuiping Mountain again and wanted to discuss with his brother to help train the new army.
He asked, didn’t we promise to give them a corps of weapons and equipment last time? Didn’t Xinshi send them over?
Old Lu Kaisen told him that it had been arranged, but they still wanted to get the equipment for a column. They could make the uniforms themselves, but the weapons had to be from us .
We also need to send out military officers for training.
Zhao Yulin said that a corps had 5,000 men and guns, and they couldn't handle more than that.
He asked if the silver had been given enough.
Zhao Yulin's Shenwei Army is a wealthy and powerful army, and they spend money like water, so he is also worried about money.
But Lao Lu smiled and said, "Yes, we gave it to them. They were short of money later on, so they used raw jade stones from the south to pay off their debts. We sent them to the shopkeeper Qu in Chengdu and sold them for a good price."
Haha, it is true that gold has a price but jade is priceless. Zhao Yulin did not expect Duan Xiaolin to come up with such a trick. He took some raw Burmese jade and easily exchanged the weapons.
He saw Lao Lu with a smile on his face and asked him if he wanted to sell more weapons to Dali in exchange for jade?
