Li Yuning didn't want to marry into a rich family. Li Yuning told Tao Zhu clearly that even if she got married in the future, she would have the same freedom as when she was in the Li family.
Now the Ming family meets this condition, and Ming Xi is a good person and the status of Governor Ming is high enough. This is really rare.
Also, the Yellow River in Dongshan Province will burst its banks in the future. He has already thought about it. He wants to ask Sheng Hong for a job to inspect river construction. He will definitely go to Dongshan Province.
But if he fails to find the place where the Yellow River breaks its banks before it breaks, Li Yuning can also assist Governor Ming in disaster relief in Dongshan Province.
After thinking about it for two days, Li Qiao approached Sheng Hong.
In fact, it doesn't matter that his family is getting married to the Ming family... He and Governor Ming are neither greedy nor robbing, nor cliques, nor seeking power for personal gain. If their two families are getting married, it is a strong alliance, which will have a hundred benefits and no harm.
The weather was hot and the wheat harvest was poor. Sheng Hong was in a normal mood, just like the previous two years. On this day, he finished handling several important memorials, and then passed all the remaining memorials to Li Qiao, while he himself I want to go back to Shen Liangren's Ningcuixuan to enjoy the cool air.
Seeing this, Li Qiao hurriedly put down the brush in his hand, stood up and said, "Your Majesty, I have something to report to you."
"Huh? What's the matter?"
Sheng Hong had also stood up from behind the case, and turned to look at him after hearing this.
"Wei Chen's niece is quite old. Ever since she moved to Beijing, there has been an endless stream of people coming to visit her to say goodbye, but so far she has not found a good match. Wei Chen heard that the Governor has a nephew who is already an official at a young age and is a good person. Yes, so Wei Chen thought..."
At this point, seeing that Sheng Hong's eyebrows had wrinkled slightly, Li Qiao stopped talking, only blinked his eyes, and explained innocently: "Of course, these two children have not met yet, so it depends on the two children's intentions. .”
"The marriage affairs of the children of the Li family are all decided by themselves, and Wei Chen is just a matchmaker."
After saying that, he lowered his eyes, and two words were written all over his body:
Clever.
Sheng Hong's eyes were like a searchlight, scanning him from head to toe, and then said with a serious face: "Li Aiqing, do you have to get married for this kiss?"
"……of course not."
Li Qiao immediately shook his head: "It's just that Wei Chen's niece is currently unmarried. It just so happened that Wei Chen learned that Governor Ming's nephew was young and promising, so he started thinking about getting married."
"Is there no other reason?" Sheng Hong's face became more serious.
"Um...it would be a lie to say that there is no such thing." Li Qiao raised his eyes and looked at Sheng Hong with his bright pupils: "Weichen's policy topic in the provincial examination came from your article. You lamented that it was not easy to manage the Yellow River. Weichen was His answer sheet was not outstanding, but he was still selected as Jieyuan by Mr. Zhao."
"Wei Chen felt very guilty when he took this Jieyuan. At that time, Wei Chen secretly swore in his heart that he would visit the Yellow River for an on-site inspection in the future, so as to know how difficult it is to manage this river, which has given all dynasties a headache."
"When the Emperor was in power, the Yellow River in Dongshan Province burst its banks, and you went to the front line of disaster relief. Wei Chen came up with the idea of going to Dongshan Province to see the Yellow River first. Wei Chen wanted to walk the path you walked, and wanted to know what kind of difficulties you faced back then. .”
"If the daughter of the Li family marries to Dongshan Province, then the minister will have relatives in Dongshan Province. It will definitely be more convenient for whatever he wants to do in the future."
"...Is that so?"
Sheng Hong looked into Li Qiao's magnanimous and clear gaze, feeling as if a stone was weighing on his heart.
Li Aiqing actually wanted to run to see the Yellow River. What's wrong?
Is something going to happen to the Yellow River?
Recalling the tragic scenes he saw when he went to provide disaster relief, he only felt pain in his back, which made his originally straight waist bend.
Why are there so many bad things?
Not only is it difficult to manage the Yellow River, it is even more difficult to manage the country!
Slowly breathing a sigh of relief, he asked slowly: "Li Aiqing, when do you want to inspect the river workers?"
"It depends on you. If you allow Wei Chen to go, then Wei Chen can go. Besides, Wei Chen is busy with many affairs now, and he probably won't be able to spare time in the past two years."
Li Qiao thought for a moment and answered seriously.
He really couldn't leave the capital for a while.
Hearing this, Sheng Hong couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that the Yellow River would be fine in the past two years.
"Management of the Yellow River is a major matter, related to the personal and property safety of the people. Other government affairs must make way for the Yellow River. When do you want to go, tell me in advance."
"In addition, you and Ming Ai can get married if you want to, but I have to say ugly things first. I don't like officials forming cliques to harm the public and enrich themselves. Ming Ai is in charge of the military and political power of two provinces, and you are involved in all six ministries. Feet, if I find out that you and Ming Ai have done anything improper in the future, you can’t blame me for being ruthless."
At the end of the sentence, Sheng Hong's face became serious.
Over the years, he has seen many tragedies where people were so arrogant that their homes were confiscated. It was not that he wanted to raise the butcher's knife, it was actually these favored officials who disappointed him.
I hope Li Aiqing will not betray his trust.
"Don't worry, Your Majesty, Wei Chen will definitely not have any improper dealings with Governor Ming. If Wei Chen and Governor Ming collude to seek power for personal gain, then Wei Chen will accept all punishment without hesitation."
Li Qiao immediately promised with a serious look.
"I believe you." Sheng Hong said and sighed, then put his hands behind his back and walked heavily into the back hall.
Li Qiao stared at his stooped back and couldn't help but wonder.
He just wanted to get married to Governor Ming. How could His Majesty react like this?
Do you feel that you are too indulgent to him but you can't help but want to agree to his request, so you feel helpless?
…
Impossible!
This reason was so ridiculous that he felt ashamed just thinking about it.
Forget it, don’t think about it anymore, it’s a good thing that the Holy One can agree to get married.
However, whether it can happen or not depends on whether Li Yuning agrees. Even if Mingxi falls in love with his niece, as long as Li Yuning doesn't like Mingxi, then the marriage will not happen.
After Li Qiao got off work, he went directly to Governor Ming's newly built house in the capital and told Governor Ming about the happy event.
Governor Ming was very happy and went to the palace to express his gratitude the next day.
Sure enough, Xiao Li has a lot of face.
If he spoke to the Holy One about this matter, ninety-nine times the Holy One would reject it.
After coming out of the palace, he quickly wrote a letter to his cousin, asking Ming Xi to go to Beijing for a blind date.
After finishing this matter, Governor Ming stayed in Shengjing for another week, and then led his men along the flat cement road to Dongshan Province to take office.
By this time the wheat harvest was over.
Li Qiao further reduced the rent of his tenants by 20%. At the same time, Shantang Academy opened a new school.
The new school is located in a village outside Shengjing. This village is thirty miles away from Shengjing and surrounded by several villages.
This new school specifically recruits children from farmers outside Shengjing. Just like the school in the city, it only teaches for three years. It is up to the students to choose whether they want to take academic exams or learn crafts.
All repairs are free, and lunch is provided.
After the new school enrollment advertisement was posted, many people came to apply.
Learning skills for free and taking care of distribution is a complete pie-in-the-sky thing for farmers.
Must register!
In the end, the new school admitted a thousand students, of which only a dozen chose to take the imperial examination, while the rest all had to learn trades.
Because it is clearly stated in the enrollment advertisement that students who choose to learn carpentry in the Shantang Academy in Shengjing City have already started to make money.
The Seventh Prince and Li Qiao needed a large number of keel waterwheels, and the carpenters in Shengjing City alone could not meet their needs.
Therefore, after the students in the carpentry class learned the most basic carpentry knowledge, they began to follow the masters to make keel waterwheels.
Every time you make a keel waterwheel, you can get 500 coins.
It’s not a lot of money, but it’s still money.
The students in the carpentry class started to make money after only a few months as apprentices. What a great thing!
You must learn carpentry!
After the new school in Shantang opened, it was midsummer, a drowsy afternoon when the sun was scorching and all the trees and birds were scorched, leaving only the chirping of cicadas. Li Dao came again to report the latest news about Gao Zhiyuan to Li Qiao.
In order to wash away the humiliation of being beaten because of his poor skills, Gao Zhiyuan went to Fenghuai County, hoping to make a name for himself and then return to his hometown in glory.
However, the trip to Fenghuai County did not go smoothly.
Gao Zhiyuan's fortune-telling skills are quick, he has read few books, and has few tricks to fool people.
As a result, he was sometimes ineffective in telling people's fortunes, and his reputation was not very good.
What's even more unfortunate is that last month when he was doing Feng Shui for a wealthy businessman, another Taoist priest took his business away.
The Taoist priest knew the scriptures by heart and was rich in experience. Various examples were interspersed with long passages of scriptures that sounded profound and unfathomable. He immediately gained the trust of the wealthy businessman.
The wealthy businessman chose to let the Taoist priest do the feng shui for his home.
Gao Zhiyuan was naturally unconvinced and sarcastic, waiting to see the Taoist priest's joke.
But who would have thought that after the wealthy businessman moved two ornaments in his home according to the Taoist priest's instructions, he did a big business within three days.
So Gao Zhiyuan was embarrassed.
Because the ornaments that Gao Zhiyuan pointed out and what he said at that time were completely opposite to what the Taoist priest said.
Now that the facts proved that the Taoist priest's words were true, Gao Zhiyuan left Fenghuai County in despair and returned to Shangshui Town.
After returning to Shangshui Town, Gao Zhiyuan no longer plans to travel far.
Gao Zhiyuan has been staying behind closed doors recently, not knowing what he is planning, so Li Dao came back first to report Gao Zhiyuan's latest developments to Li Qiao.
What happened to Gao Zhiyuan was within Li Qiao's expectation.
Idiots are just idiots. Do you think you can change your destiny after being reborn? It's not that easy.
What's more, Gao Zhiyuan took the fortune-telling path that is most easily exposed.
He asked Li Dao to go back and continue to stare at Gao Zhiyuan. When Li Dao left the study, he lowered his head and looked at the small pot of cactus on the desk.
He placed his index finger on one of the thorns, and in the next second, the upright cactus in the small basin quickly turned from green to withered black.
And a water ball the size of an egg appeared in his palm.
His power is almost at level six, and the level five power can extract water from objects.
Looking at the dark, unrecognizable cactus that was barely standing upright in front of him, he blew gently, and the one-foot-tall cactus instantly turned into powder.
Most of the powder fell on the flowerpot, and a little fell on the desk.
With a thought, the water ball in his palm turned into a small broom, and then fell on the table to sweep up the black powder.
After the table was clean, Li Qiao threw the small broom into the flower pot.
