Because the capital was far away from Jiangsu and Zhejiang, it took some time to go back and forth, and it was not until today that Xue Shaoyuan brought the news back.
However, the result was different from what Chu Lan expected.
"Is there really Xu Heyou?" Chu Lan narrowed his eyes.
"Yes, my subordinates have indeed found this person's household registration information, but his parents are both dead and he wandered around with a barefoot doctor in his early years. A lot of information cannot be tested," Xue Shaoyuan replied.
Chu Lan fell into deep thought. Could it be that he had made a mistake? Wei Qingruo and Xu Heyou were not the same person?
Are they just connected and that's it?
Thinking of this, my heart began to hurt.
"My lord, what's wrong with you?" Xue Shaoyuan asked with concern, wanting to come forward.
"It's okay." Chu Lan waved her hand.
Chu Lan continued to say to Xue Shaoyuan: "Today Prince Rui and his wife presented a new firearm. This weapon is so powerful that it will definitely have a huge impact on the court situation. You have to keep an eye on Prince Dian Yu's actions in the past few days." "
Subordinate Understood."
After Xue Shaoyuan took the order and left, Chu Lan stood up, looked at the shelf behind him, and took down a can of winter melon tea from the top.
Chu Lan didn't use it to brew, but just looked at the jar in trance.
Xu Heyou...are you really dead?
Since that day, he has always believed that Wei Qingruo and Xu Heyou were the same person, so when he heard that Xu Heyou died, he had no disturbance. He firmly believed that it was Wei Qingruo who came up with a way for Jin Chan to escape from his shell.
But now, Xue Shaoyuan found out that Xu Heyou did have this person.
Chu Lan's hand holding the jar gradually tightened...
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On the second day, the emperor couldn't wait to have someone demonstrate the use of the cannon and thunderbolt bullets made by Wei Ruo. After watching it, he was greatly surprised and joined the conversation on the spot. Two "God bless the great cause".
In the afternoon of the same day, the emperor sent someone to Prince Rui's Mansion to inquire about Wei Jinyi's mass production. The emperor meant that since this item was presented by Prince Rui's Mansion, and it was Prince Rui's Mansion who was the most knowledgeable and knowledgeable about it, he intended to let Prince Rui's Mansion take charge of the matter.
Wei Jin also responded that he was in poor health and did not have the energy to supervise mass construction. He hoped that the emperor would choose a prince to take on this important task, and Prince Rui's Mansion was willing to fully assist.
The emperor felt sorry for Wei Jinyi, and at the same time he accepted Wei Jinyi's suggestion and decided to select one of several princes to take over.
Among them, King Yu and King Jing naturally had the highest voices.
But regardless of whose family he ended up with, King Rui took the first step and appointed him as the head of the Department of Cleaning and Cleaning of Water in the Ministry of Industry, with a rank of six.
The head of the Dushui Cleaning Department of the Ministry of Industry is not an idle errand.
The Department of Water Purification of the Ministry of Industry is responsible for auditing and appraising the funds for rivers, seawalls, river defenses, ditches, water conservancy, bridges, and roads, as well as the funds for the construction of warships, ferries, and other vessels in various provinces, and writing off the salaries of river defense officers and soldiers.
Everyone knows that this job is obviously for the appointment of Prince Rui, but in fact it may require Princess Rui to provide her expertise.
At the same time, the rewards from the palace were also sent to Prince Rui's Mansion as Wei Jin also said.
When he saw the reward, Wei Ruo suddenly felt that the fatigue he endured on the Mid-Autumn Festival was worth it.
"Miss, there's a lot of gold!" Xiumei was very excited.
Like Wei Ruo, Xiumei also saw gold at first sight.
"The reward list says a thousand taels of gold!"
The gold alone was a reward of a thousand taels, not counting the value of other rewards.
The silk, tea, porcelain, and jewelry among them are all valuable and unmarketable items that ordinary people cannot buy even if they have money.
"Miss, it's much easier for us to make money now than before!" Xiumei couldn't help but sigh.
"Indeed." Thinking back to when Wei Ruo first started his business, it was very difficult to make money.
At first, they sold medicinal materials from the mountains, and later they sold homemade soy sauce, fruit wine, and seasonings.
And because the sales are limited, they can usually only be sold to other farmers nearby, and they don't fetch a good price.
In the beginning, only Wei Ruo, Xiumei and the wet nurse were making it in the yard. The output was very limited, and the three of them could not make much money even if they worked hard for a day.
After a long time, Wei Ruo finally saved up money and bought a bullock cart, which could facilitate their transporting things to the town for sale. However, because they were unfamiliar with the place and didn't even know the rules of selling things, they were approached by gangsters in the town. trouble.
Then we went to the small papermaking workshop at the back and opened the first Sibaozhai.
This process took Wei Ruo seven full years.
But now, Wei Ruo's speed in making money and opening a shop has become extremely fast.
Not only because Wei Ruo has completed the most difficult accumulation of original capital, but also because Wei Ruo's identity has changed and the people he comes into contact with have changed.
After receiving this batch of rewards, Wei Ruo would turn the money she loved most into assets she loved even more without saying a word.
It was already August, and the weather was about to get colder. The large amount of supplies she purchased came at a cost.
Now she invests as much money as she has.
When the cotton is picked, in addition to the long-staple cotton she planted herself, she also plans to purchase a batch of ordinary cotton. Although the quality is not as good as long-staple cotton, she should not be picky at this time.
Originally, considering the cost of capital, Wei Ruo did not plan to store a large amount of supplies in the capital. It would be enough to fill up the two large warehouses of the manor she bought in Hejian Mansion. But now with this reward, Wei If you come up with this idea again.
Wei Ruo decided to make use of the empty yard in the backyard of the palace, stocking up what he could and planting what he could.
The second brother said that she had the final say in the palace's backyard, so he wouldn't have any objection to her using the backyard room as a warehouse and the yard to grow vegetables and raise chickens, right?
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August 20th.
Early in the morning, Wei Ruo was washing up when Xiumei came in and reported: "Miss, there is another person coming to Uncle Zhongyi's house."
"Oh." Wei Ruo's reaction was flat.
"Miss, are they here to ask for guilt?" Xiumei said.
"So what? What can they do to me?" Wei Ruo looked calm.
If those people in the Wei family were really capable, they wouldn't be like that in the original work, and they would have to suck Wei Qingwan's blood to stay alive.
Xiumei nodded heavily.
"Let them come to see me. Just like last time, arrange it in the back garden." Wei Ruodao.
"Yes, miss."
Wei Ruo didn't change her clothes, so she went to the back garden in her casual clothes.
When she arrived, several people from the Wei family had already arrived, and this time it was the Yun family and the Bai family.
"The minister's wife (civilian woman) pays homage to the princess."
Yun and Bai paid their respects to Wei Ruo.
"No courtesy."
Wei Ruo bypassed the two of them, came to the pavilion and lay down on the rocking chair that had been placed.
"What are you two here for?" Wei Ruo was rocking leisurely on the rocking chair with an extremely leisurely attitude.
Yun looked at Wei Ruo with a complicated expression: "Ruo'er, what's going on with that Tiangong master? Mom has never heard of you."