Since Zhang Zhou left Binhai City, Ning Tong had to adapt to a life of her own again.
Every day, you go about your business step by step. You have to take care of theaters, restaurants and other businesses, but you also have to pay attention to the situation in the palace at all times. After all, Concubine Xian is raising her baby here. Good sisters, although they are not allowed to visit recently, they still have the responsibility of taking care of them.
The other thing is...she also wants to treat people.
Of course, it is not allowed to treat the virtuous concubine, because Zhang Zhou has said it first, and if he conflicts with the queen next time, it is up to him whether he can save his life.
In addition, she has now entered Zhang's house, which means that Zhang Zhou can no longer do as he pleased before, so he can do whatever he wants.
Even so, she still wanted to be a doctor, because when she was a miracle doctor in the capital, she was praised and even admired by everyone. That was the time when she had the most sense of accomplishment, and it also made her the most fulfilled. As for looking back, it seems that that is the life I want.
But now... no one is sick to treat him. Fortunately, Xie Qian is ill, giving her a chance to show her talents. She also has a certain talent in treating diseases, and Zhang Zhou's guidance gave her a better understanding of a person's body and condition than ordinary doctors of this era, allowing her to prescribe the right medicine and quickly improve Xie Qian's condition.
As a result, she seemed confused again. The doctor was here, but there were not often patients. Even if there were, no one would need him to treat her.
"Madam, this is the account book for the past two months. Some of the expenses have not been listed yet. They will not be listed until a month later when the big accounts are calculated. Theaters, restaurants and other places , it is profitable every year, but because it has not been in business for a long time, it has not yet seen much harvest. Every time the owner comes back, he will repair these places and spend a lot of money.”
Ning Tong is equivalent to a "mistress" at this time. Although she is not fully responsible for the accounts of Zhang Zhou's business in the city, she has entered Zhang Zhou's door after all, and there are many things that need to be shown to her. .
The person reporting the matter to her was a very powerful accountant under Zhang Zhou, namely Huang Zhao.
Listening to the report of the woman in front of her, Ning Tong first thought about the relationship between this woman and Zhang Zhou, and she felt a little jealous and defensive. But when she thought about Zhang Zhou, she thought She couldn't help but feel confused about their relationship as husband and wife.
She thought she could continue to live an ordinary life. After all, from her marriage to Zhu Feng to her sister-in-law's time alone, she had lived alone. It seemed that it was no different now than before.
But the biggest difference is that she has become a real woman. She has opened some ink cartridges, and then she is asked to guard the Qingming Festival and be a heroine who does not care about human affairs, or even eats the fireworks of the human world. , it seems not that easy.
Ning Tong had been feeling pretty good these past few days, but when she thought of Zhang Zhou, she felt some strange emotions in her heart.
But after meeting Huang Zhao,Some things seemed to be bursting in her heart, and she could no longer stop them. Especially when she thought of Zhang Zhou, the feeling made her even worse. She wanted to throw away everything in her mind several times, but obviously she couldn't. So easy.
Ms. Huang Zhao didn’t think as much as Ning Tong. She was just making her routine report and waiting for her to talk about the specific expenses of the theater.
Ning Tong finally interrupted her and asked: "The theater already looks very gorgeous, why do you have to spend a lot of money to repair it? Isn't it like making ends meet?"
Ning Tong finally interrupted her. p>
After hearing this, Mrs. Huang Zhao said seriously: "The expense is very high, and the previous owner would not have suffered any loss if he just followed the lead. After all, the theater is very popular with so many guests. "
Ning Tong said: "Why do you have to mention your income and expenses every time? I am not used to it."
Huang Zhao is also very uncomfortable with this kind of thing. have no choice.
I am just a professional manager, taking care of your family’s business. I don’t even have any control over how you run the business. I am only responsible for recording and calculating accounts. I won’t tell you numbers, but I will tell you. What?
Also, how will your family run the theater? Can I control it?
"When were you born?" Ning Tong asked.
Huang Zhao looked at Ning Tong with wide eyes. She didn’t know what was wrong with Ning Tong. She suddenly asked this question, so that she didn’t know how to answer it.
"How old are you?" Ning Tong asked.
Huang Zhao said: "Twenty-seven."
Ning Tong nodded and said: "You are two years older than me. How did you get here?"< /p>
Ms. Huang Zhao obviously didn’t want to talk about her past with Ning Tong. It was an unbearable memory. She was obviously a young lady who had no worries about food and clothing, but now she had to go out and do things by herself. It still felt very uncomfortable. Not good.
But under Ning Tong's questioning, Huang Zhao still roughly mentioned the case in Yongping Mansion and the involvement in that case.
"Why does this happen? You are also innocent." When Ning Tong heard Huang Zhao talking about the past, she felt a little sympathetic. She probably felt that the local officials and gentry were being bullied.
Huang Zhao said: "The imperial court opened a mine in Yongping Mansion, and many people in the local area opposed it. Later, there was a robbery for the mine, and the local area was very unhappy. Later, many land issues were involved. , there were conflicts at the court and local level. Later, after Jin Yiwei came forward, the matter calmed down. After that, the ground in Yongping Mansion was peaceful and nothing happened again."
Ning Tong said: "Is this considered competing for interests with the people?"
"Huh?"
Huang Zhao was frightened to death after hearing this.
Since ancient times, the people have not fought with the officials. Although the local officials and gentry are not considered the people, they still fight. The result is that the court relies on stronger suppression, and no one in the court speaks for them. The result is The local officials and gentry were defeated miserably, and then the Yongping Mansion ceased. Then Zhang Zhou promoted everything here and everything went smoothly..
It was against this background that Binhai City was established.
Otherwise, just the local wrangling and maneuvering, as well as some people coming out to cause trouble, as well as the battle of moral interests in the court, will prevent this matter from moving forward.
Now a female family member of Zhang Zhou's house actually seemed to support the local officials and spoke for them. After hearing this, Mrs. Huang Zhao was both shocked and moved.
Ning Tong said: "Why did the big family's affairs fall on you?"
Huang Zhao's face looked slightly sad. In the past two years, she has no longer I let myself think about the past, but now I suddenly think about it again, and I still feel aggrieved: "Originally, I didn't need to be involved, but because the Nu family belongs to the Zhao family, my husband's family is afraid of causing trouble, and my husband's family wants to fight for it. For subsequent benefits, I was kicked out and returned to my parents' family, where I was sent to prison."
"Is there such a person?" Ning Tong became even more angry after hearing this.
Originally, she thought Mrs. Huang Zhao was pretty, and she had some jealousy or strange emotions in her heart. When she heard this, her sense of justice was overwhelming, and she seemed to want to make the decision for Mrs. Huang Zhao, "You don't." Are you going to fight against your family? If you marry and obey your husband, how can you be implicated even if something happens to your family?" Huang Zhao shook his head and said: "There is no way, under the circumstances at that time, almost everyone was guilty. , including my natal family, were kicked out in this way. They were afraid of causing trouble and did not dare to have anything to do with us... Later, the slave family was selected to study in a girls' school, and then... they were assigned such an errand. "
Ning Tong nodded and said: "What about your family? Where are your brothers, sisters, and their families now?"
Huang Zhao? Said: "They are basically all in this city, but they are scattered everywhere, and most of them are not allowed to meet each other. Because the slave family is effective in doing things, they are allowed to move their family members around. Now it is good to see them during casual work. ”
“Yes, with family around, I can finally feel some family affection. In this way, he is not completely unkind,” Ning Tong sighed.
The "he" in her mouth is naturally Zhang Zhou.
Huang Zhao said: "Madam, how did you come here?"
Obviously Huang Zhao is not an ordinary city woman, she is also very curious, Ning Tong is a What kind of background did he have, and why did he suddenly become Zhang Zhou’s friend? And how did she... manage to be accepted by Zhang Zhou at the age of more than 20 years old and become Zhang Zhou's foreign wife.
This is also very curious to her.
"I'm about the same, Jin Yiwei sent me here." Ning Tong said.
"Is that lady also guilty?" Huang Zhao asked.
"Yes." Ning Tong said this, feeling a little helpless. After all, her sins were mostly self-inflicted, and the ones she offended were not some little people, but the queen and the imperial doctors.
Ning Tong saw that Huang and Zhao had the same problem.He looked at her and smiled and said: "You and I are still different. I will tell you later."
At this moment, Ning Tong was actually embarrassed to say that she was the awesome one. The head wife of Marquis Anbian was forced to live a completely carefree life, but her husband-wife relationship was a little unusual. She had to find some fresh life, and that was why she ended up like this.
"The theater is so expensive. I think that person wants to feel more comfortable when he goes in to watch the theater. Does he go there every day when he is in this city?" Ning Tong road.
After Huang Zhao thought about it for a while, she realized that "that person" was Zhang Zhou, whom she could not even look up to.
"Yes." Mrs. Huang Zhao said, "My boss often goes there."
"He just likes to be comfortable and seems to be frugal, but it's not like him not to spend money when he has it. I haven't seen him have any money left for several years. He either gave it to the court, built the city, or spent it on the theater. Come to think of it, when he was in the capital, didn't he just run to the theater when he had nothing to do? , Is there a group of actors surrounding him all day long?"
At this point, Ning Tong still felt a little uncomfortable.
It was as if her identity and status were not even as good as those of the opera singers in the theater. At least those women could see people often, while she had to stay alone in this city.
"No need to say any more, you can do what you are good at."
Ning Tong saw that Huang Zhao wanted to continue talking about the accounts, she waved her hand and said , "I just want to know more about this city. I have been here for a relatively short time and have not really witnessed the rise of this city. It is good here, but it feels like a cage."
Huang Zhao said: "My boss has given instructions before, saying that a car will be prepared for you. You can leave the city at any time and walk around."
"The more he behaves like this, The more I don’t want to go out,” Ning Tong said, “I want to go to the capital.”
“That’s okay,” Huang Zhao said, “My boss will check the accounts here regularly, and Mrs. You can go with the car."
"Can you?"
When Ning Tong heard this, she suddenly felt a little confused.
Originally, she told Zhang Zhou that she could keep the peace here, but Zhang Zhou had only been gone for a month, which was a bit difficult for her to accept.
In her heart, she couldn’t help but want to find Zhang Zhou, or she hoped that Zhang Zhou would come over earlier, but she knew in her heart that Zhang Zhou could not spare a few months every time. Come to Binhai City. After all, Zhang Zhou is now in a high position and cannot escape.
Huang Zhao said: "As long as Madam gives the order."
"Then get ready." Ning Tong suddenly had a smile on her face, looking at Huang Zhao's His gaze also softened a lot.
In her opinion, this is a knowledgeable woman who at least understands what she is thinking and can help her solve some problems that are not easy to solve on the surface.
"Yes."
Huang Zhao didn't think anything of it either.
Because it was one of her errands to go to the capital to report on her work, Zhang Zhou controlled all aspects of Binhai City. Zhang Zhou always checked the accounts in person and prepared them properly. planning.
The biggest problem in building a city still comes from the cost, because this city is almost Zhang Zhou’s own back garden. He built it with his own money, and even built it for the city. It is equipped with ports and ships, as well as railways and other transportation tools and carriers.
That was Zhang Zhou’s most important basic plan for industrial rejuvenation.
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In the capital city.
In the theater, Zhang Zhou got a letter from Ning Tong and learned about Xie Qian's specific condition. He also learned that this old stubborn man's health had improved greatly and he could go to work recently.
"Sir, do you have anything else to ask? These people have done it for you." Sitting next to him was Yang Peng, who brought the letter.
Zhang Zhou said: "Eunuch Yang, the capital has been very peaceful recently, isn't it?"
Yang Peng thought for a while, nodded and said: "After the beginning of spring, there will be no major events, and there will be no major events in the court." Everything is fine, why do you ask?"
Zhang Zhou sighed: "I am also thinking about what I can do at this time."
"You. Do you want to... make the capital uneasy?" Yang Peng asked with a smile.
Zhang Zhou put down the letter and said, "Old Xie Ge's condition has improved. Who are we doing this for?"
Yang Peng was dumbfounded for a moment.
The emperor also knew about Xie Qian's treatment, but the ministers did not know about it, which meant that Xie Qian's illness was kept secret from the court.
Now that he has recovered from his illness, it seems that no one else except Xie Qian will remember his kindness.
But is Xie Qian really the kind of person who knows how to repay his kindness?
Zhang Zhou said: "Recently, even the war in the northwest and Liaodong has been much calmer, and I am bored. I want to do something more to increase the Ming Dynasty's military strength. I just don't know where to start.
Yang Peng smiled and said: "Sir, you are far-sighted and far-sighted. Just say that if you need help, Dongchang and Jinyiwei will definitely help you. If you want to leave the capital and go to Xishan." Or go to Binhai City, Dongchang and Jinyiwei will definitely protect you. "(End of Chapter) The transcoding has been serious recently, which makes us more motivated and updates faster. Please use your little hand to exit the reading mode. Thank you