"Can you read a map?" Sheng Xin took out a chart and unfolded it gently.
Sheng Yuan stretched her neck and stared curiously. After listening to her brother's words, she immediately nodded vigorously.
This is not looking down on people!
From her father to the emperor to her grandfather, three people taught her three times, and she would not be able to read various topographic maps without her!
"Okay, although you don't remember it, I, as your elder brother, also taught you!"
Sheng Xin blinked at Sheng Yuan: "Back then, under the tree in Yong Fan Garden, I drew common terrain maps with branches to teach you how to recognize them."
Is there such a thing? !
Sheng Yuan scratched her head, why didn't she remember? !
Blink and think carefully.
Blink again and think hard.
Eh? !
She remembered that every time her brother drew pictures on the ground with a branch, he would brag about his great achievements!
There are terrain paintings, but they are all to explain his exquisite dumping skills and superb tracking skills!
Well, if her eldest brother wants to say that this is teaching, then so be it!
Sheng Yuan nodded, she also learned a lot of practical skills from her elder brother's bragging!
"Let's get down to business." Sheng Xin stopped joking and pressed her fingers lightly near an island on the chart, "Look here."
Sheng Yuan looked at the island named "Treasure Island" next to her brother's finger. Her eyes lingered for a moment on the scattered and densely packed small islands and reefs around it, and she suddenly realized: "The center of the waterway is surrounded by many small islands. It is a Excellent place.”
"This island is rich in silver ore, iron ore, and some unknown ores."
The eldest brother's words made Sheng Yuan's eyelids jump and she looked up at her eldest brother.
Sheng Xin nodded helplessly in front of the incredulous little girl: "This island was originally occupied by a group of pirates... The pirate leader was a girl, who inherited the family business and traveled around the sea, and was known as the Seventh Sister. But now that she is here In the first generation, Yue Mo was tired of wandering and wanted to be recruited by the court. This treasure island and surrounding affiliated islands are her sincerity. "
"Sister Kuang Qi?!" The girl with slightly dark skin and shining eyes appeared in Sheng Yuan's mind.
Sheng Xin nodded: "Sister Qi has her own subordinates and wants to ask the emperor for a title for future generations to inherit."
Sheng Yuan couldn't help but have an epiphany after hearing this: "Brother submitted a memorial through the inner guard... I think with a title, I can easily take over the mineral-rich island, occupy the center of the sea channel, and open up the channel in my own hands. This transaction is worth Ah! The Emperor will definitely be happy!"
Sheng Xin looked at her sister who was stroking her palms and smiled helplessly: "That's right. Sister Qi has intentions, and the emperor also has intentions. We were supposed to hit it off, but instead, you hooked up with your brother and me. Where do you think this is reasonable? Let’s go!”
"Yes, why is this?!" Sheng Yuan scratched her hair, confused, but she soon got the point, "Wait! Brother, did you just say that you were hooked up? Listen to what you said , you seem to be superfluous! Could it be that you have changed your mind after seeing something different!"
"..." Sheng Xin, who wanted to complain to her sister, had all these words blocked in her mouth.
Very good, he knows what kind of image he has in his little sister's mind!
"Your brother and I are ordered to marry an equal wife!" He wanted to make a joke with his younger sister, but the helplessness in his heart was so great that after hesitating several times, he slowly uttered these words.
"I was ordered to marry an equal wife?!" Sheng Yuan almost jumped up when she heard the truth.
Brother, this is a pure tool man!
"Sister Qi was born a pirate. Although she wanted to recruit people, she was inevitably suspicious. She was afraid that the emperor would regret it after getting the treasure island... She wanted future generations to enjoy the glory she brought to her for a long time.
The emperor was also afraid that she would be rebellious, so he was very happy when he agreed to the conditions, allowing her to keep his subordinates to guard the pirates, but when he calmed down, he was worried. "
"So, the Sheng family, which has inherited three dynasties, has become the best relay?"
Sheng Xin, who had just laid the foundation for her emotions, looked at her little sister speechlessly: You kid, what are you talking about?
"Sister Qi thinks that the offspring she has with the Sheng family, who are closely related to the royal family, can give the emperor some peace of mind. The emperor also believes that the offspring of the Sheng family are more reliable than those who are simply from the island. That's it, I am a bandit suppresser. , and married a pirate!"
Sheng Xin spread her hands at the end and sighed.
He said with regret, and Sheng Yuan was confused when he heard it: "Since the emperor is not confident about Sister Kuang Qi's power, why not let her marry the prince? Regardless of the main concubine or the side concubine, if she marries the royal family, she will no longer be stationed on the island. In this case , wouldn’t it be possible to incorporate it directly?”
"Not to mention that the emperor intends to buy horse bones for thousands of dollars, but to marry the prince... Whoever you marry has worries. Even if the emperor wants to arrange it like this, Sister Qi, who wants to be long-term, can't agree."
Sheng Xin had not suggested this to the emperor before, but unfortunately neither the emperor nor Sister Qi had any intention of doing so. In the end, she had no choice but to follow the emperor's arrangements.
Sheng Yuan understood.
But because I understand, I feel even more deeply: creatures like the Emperor are really not a thing in many cases!
Thinking of the accusations her brother had received since he revealed that he had married an equal wife, Sheng Yuan sympathized with her and thought of a question: "Brother, since you were ordered to marry an equal wife, did the emperor have an explicit decree to grant the marriage?"
There is no need for a serious imperial edict, even if it is an oral edict, as long as the emperor acknowledges it, her brother will not be condemned.
Unfortunately, she thought too much.
"Explicit decree?! Your Majesty's secret letter to me stated that I have to take responsibility for this matter myself!" Sheng Xin looked at the little girl with round eyes and couldn't help but shake her head.
Little girl, you are still innocent!
"Huh?! That's not right! Brother! The Emperor asked you to keep it a secret... Then why did you tell me?!"
Sheng Yuan looked at her brother: "You are selling both spears and shields, right?"
"This is really not contradictory!" Sheng Xin shrugged, "The emperor did not hide this matter from our family. It is just that the five members of our family know about it. It is not easy to spread it!"
"Brother, you have excluded your sister-in-law!" Sheng Yuan was a little surprised. Her brother seemed to have a good relationship with his sister-in-law Shu!
"If she knows about it, I'm afraid the entire Shu family will know about it. Do you think this is still a secret?"
Sheng Yuan blinked, she had just forgotten this.
"Brother, you can't always take office in Luo'an Prefecture, can you?"
Sheng Xin knew what this girl was going to ask as soon as she heard it: "Sister Qi probably won't come back to Beijing with me. She wants to be stationed on Treasure Island."
"..." Sheng Yuan recalled the scene when she just met Sister Kuang Qi. That girl didn't look happy!
Although she didn't know what it was like for a woman to be happy.
"Brother, if you two live separately, how can Sister Kuang Qi give birth to a nephew? Is it possible that she just wants to borrow a surname from our family?"
Sheng Yuan said as soon as he thought of it.
But she didn't expect her childish words to shock her brother so much that he almost fell to the ground.
