Ming Dynasty: I risked my life to teach the prince, the emperor begged me not to die

Chapter 337 Arrangements for Funerals
Early in the morning on the tenth day, the court was on holiday, and Chen Ce went to the Qin Mansion.

Qin Hong was a little surprised by the sudden visit. Shangshu Qin was playing with his grandson, and when he saw Chen Ce coming, he handed the little guy to the servant next to him.

The little guy was fat from eating so much, and he kept crying and asking to play with his grandfather, which made Qin Hong so angry that he reached out to spank him.

Chen Ce smiled and asked Qin Hong for a piece of paper, folded a paper frog, and let Qin's grandson blow it to play with.

Looking at the paper frog jumping around, the little guy's eyes were full of stars. He pulled the maid to play far away.

"You still have a way, kid."

Qin Hong smiled, took Chen Ce to the study and sat down, poured a pot of tea for Chen Ce, and asked Chen Ce: "Chun Jian, you are not someone who comes uninvited, is there anything wrong?"

Chen Ce also smiled and said to Qin Hong: "When you came to my yard, you came uninvited so many times. You are disgusted with me just for the first time?"

Qin Hong: “…”

"Haha, don't mind, I can't wait for you to stay in my house."

Chen Ce smiled and said, "It's true."

"Is Censor Hong coming back soon?"

Qin Hong nodded: "What?"

Chen Ce said: "Now the national business is expanding too fast. We need to send people to monitor it, especially in Jiangnan and Southeast. The country needs macroeconomic regulation, but at least we need to understand the problems that arise in business."

Qin Hong nodded in agreement and said to Chen Ce, "I have been thinking about this for a long time, but I have not yet decided on a candidate. When Censor Hong comes back, I will discuss it with him and ask him to take people from the Ministry of Revenue to inspect the south and take a general look at the problems in the business."

In the process of business development, you will definitely encounter various problems. If you don’t check, you will never know the answer. These things cannot be completely solved in a year or two.

In fact, from the time the court began to develop commerce, reform taxes, legislate on taxation, and so on, so many things were accomplished in just over a year. In the process of practice, many problems were bound to be encountered, and field research was definitely necessary.

Forewarned is forearmed, without prejudging the waste.

Chen Ce's goal has been achieved. According to Hong Zhong's personality, as long as he goes to the southeast, he will definitely find a series of situations such as southeastern businessmen banding together for warmth, collusion between officials and businessmen, and smuggling overseas.

Chen Ce stood up and said, "I don't have anything else to do, so I won't disturb Minister Qin from playing with the little guy."

"gone."

Qin Hong stood up and saw Chen Ce off.

Li Zhen had been waiting for Chen Ce outside for a long time. When he saw Chen Ce coming, he said to him, "Sir, we have found a few places that are pretty good. Should we go and have a look?"

Chen Ce nodded: "Okay!"

There are several nice courtyards on Zhengyang Street. The courtyards are large and the prices are reasonable.

Among them, Chen Ce was most attracted by a three-courtyard house in the middle of Zhengyang Street, and finally he bought it for three thousand taels of silver.

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From August 11th to 15th, Chen Ce seldom went out. He wrote down everything he had done before in a book in detail. Some of them had been completed, such as the flood of salt permits, the problems of Kaizhong, Southwest and Northwest, and some were still in progress, such as commercial development, taxation, education and medical reforms.

This book will eventually be handed over to Zhu Houzhao. Let's wait for two years. He doesn't plan to hand it over to Zhu Houzhao for the time being.

Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, and Mrs. Wu did not stay at the courier very late, but even so, it was already dusk when she returned.

Chen Ce is waiting for Madam Wu to come back.

"Have you got a meal yet?"

Madam Wu shook her head, and Chen Ce said, "Let's go out for something to eat?"

Madam Wu said, "Okay!"

She went back to the small courtyard, took a bath, changed into a light blue silk shirt, and followed Chen Ce out.

The streets were full of lanterns, and the lights from thousands of houses illuminated Shuntianfu as bright as day. The streets were bustling with people, vendors shouted one after another, and carriages, horses, cows, mules, and various craftsmen gathered on the streets, making it very lively.

Chen Ce brought Mrs. Wu to a tavern and ordered three dishes. After eating, Mrs. Wu followed Chen Ce and walked leisurely in the Mid-Autumn Night Market.

"It's so lively!"

Mrs. Wu picked up her skirt and went to buy two lanterns. "Hey, these are for you."

Chen Ce took it with a smile and walked aimlessly on the road holding the lantern.

When we reached the middle of Zhengyang Street, we found a mansion with a huge "Wu" character written in vermilion on the door.

Chen Ce paused for a moment, and Madam Wu looked up at the magnificent mansion and said with emotion, "I wonder whose courtyard this is, it's so magnificent."

Chen Ce fumbled out a key from his arms and handed it to Madam Wu.

"What?" Madam Wu looked at Chen Ce curiously.

Chen Ce said: "This is for you."

Madam Wu: “?”

Chen Ce said, "This big yard is for you. The yard over at Huaihua Hutong is always too small. Move here and find some servants to serve you."

Madam Wu stared at Chen Ce in a daze, her eyelids gradually drooping, the excitement she had just shown was gone, and she whispered, "Are you going to chase me away?"

Chen Ce said speechlessly: "The house next door is yours to rent, how can I chase you away?"

"You can't live there for the rest of your life."

"After a while, I will hand over Shuntian Express to you, and it will be your property from now on."

"Shuntian Press is not doing well. Its final fate may be to return to the imperial court."

Madam Wu listened to Chen Ce's words quietly, her eyes gradually misted over, and she said unhappily, "Why are you saying these things?"

"I do not want!"

"You manage your own business yourself. I can only help you manage it."

Chen Ce shook his head and said calmly: "I will give it to you sooner or later. You can rely on it in the future. It should be able to provide you with food and clothing for the rest of your life."

"Find a good family and live a down-to-earth life in the future."

Chen Ce placed the key in Mrs. Wu's hand, and continued to walk forward with his hands behind his back. Under the alternating moonlight and light, his back looked very long, so lonely and desolate.

Madam Wu hurriedly caught up with Chen Ce, her dark eyes becoming increasingly misty as she said, "I've been walking alone for twenty years, so what if another twenty years pass?"

Chen Ce was thinking. He had made arrangements for Madam Wu, which was easy to arrange, but how should he arrange Liu Hong's group? Chen Ce hadn't figured it out yet.

"what happened?"

Chen Ce turned around and found that Madam Wu was standing there without moving, so he asked curiously.

Madam Wu turned around, wiped away her tears, walked up to Chen Ce, and said, "Nothing, I don't want this house."

Chen Ce said: "Take the key first. I didn't tell you to move out right now."

"There are fireworks over there, go buy some."

Madam Wu nodded: "Okay!"

Chen Ce sat quietly on a stone bench beside the Wuzhang River, gazing at the young men and beautiful ladies squatting by the river and lighting lanterns, with a hint of envy in his eyes.

(End of this chapter)