Chapter 226: Letter From Shangjing
Now is the time of busy farming. As long as it doesn’t affect the normal operation of the military camp, everyone who has time is working.
This can also be considered exercise.
Qin Wanwan held a small basket filled with corn seeds, and followed her daddy with tiny steps.
Daddy dug a hole, and she dropped two corn seeds into it.
Even the animals were helping, digging holes with their buttocks and wagging their tails.
The scene was lively, and occasionally the loud voices of these people chatting could be heard.
The content of their conversation was the gossip about Deputy General Yang being cuckolded.
And Deputy General Tang’s younger sister.
“Is Deputy General Tang’s sister still moping at home? He still wants to marry her off, who unlucky guy has caught his eye.”
“It’s definitely not a brother he’s close with, if she’s really married off, that brotherhood will be gone.”
For a woman to be thinking of other men and moping for that man, marrying her would be bringing trouble upon oneself, wouldn’t it?
Even those who want to climb up by marrying Deputy General Tang wouldn’t want to marry such a woman with a muddled brain.
“No, Deputy General Tang said since she doesn’t want to get married, she can stay at home and become an old maid. It’s not him who will be gossiped about or looked down upon in the end, and it’s impossible for him to let that scumbag out.”
“Deputy General Tang is quite a good person.”
A group of grown men also enjoy gossip, huddling together and whispering, as long as the person they’re gossiping about doesn’t hear them.
On the other side, Keke flew over with a letter.
“Cub, there’s a letter from Shangjing.”
Qin Wanwan, holding her small basket, immediately turned her head to look.
“Quick, give it to me, let me see.”
It must be from Father Rong writing to her.
At the same time, Xie Chong also received a message: “The First Prince’s people?”
He sent people to secretly follow those spies, and by following the clues, he finally found the mastermind.
“The First Prince already has the support of his maternal relatives who are the Grand Marshal, yet he still covets the soldiers in my hands. Isn’t he afraid of overexerting himself?”
Xie Chong’s eyes were filled with sternness.
He didn’t like Shangjing. Every time he returned to Shangjing and interacted with those officials of the Imperial Court, he had to be alert at all times, otherwise he wouldn’t know when he would be tricked.
Those people in Shangjing were full of schemes. After a long time, he felt a headache, as if something was about to grow.
It was better at the border pass, where he didn’t have to deal with so many people.
“Daddy.”
Qin Wanwan ran to Xie Chong with the letter and handed it to him.
“This is for you.”
Xie Chong unfolded the letter, and the first thing he saw was a very beautiful and pleasing handwriting.
He first looked at the sender of the letter.
“Rong Zhi?”
Who is this? The name sounds so familiar.
Wait, Rong Zhi, isn’t that… Chancellor Rong, the one with the blackest heart?
Why is he writing to me?
Xie Chong looked puzzled. He didn’t have much interaction with this chancellor. No, this letter was given to him by Wanwan.
How could Wanwan know Chancellor Rong?
In an instant, he thought of many things, and Xie Chong began to read the letter.
Qin Wanwan was also reading the letter. She knew quite a few characters now.
Of course, she didn’t recognize all the characters in this letter, so she had to guess. If she really couldn’t guess, she would ask Keke to translate.
Rong Zhi’s letter to her was mainly a greeting, and he also sent some small gifts.
Qin Wanwan immediately threw aside the small basket holding the corn seeds and went to collect Father Rong’s gifts.
She ran off happily and without hesitation. When Xie Chong finished reading the letter and looked up, his cub was gone.
Xie Chong: …………
He wasn’t worried about Wanwan’s safety, as she had so many powerful animals following her.
None of them were easy to deal with.
He then turned his gaze back to the letter: “Rong Zhi actually wants to cooperate with me.”
What he didn’t expect even more was that the Third Prince was also involved behind this matter, and even other ambitious princes were taking advantage of the chaos.
These were all things Rong Zhi told him in the letter.
After Xie Chong finished reading, he burned the letter.
This was taught to him by the Duke of Zhenguo; one must not leave any handle that could be used as a weapon against oneself.
However, Xie Chong didn’t just trust Rong Zhi. He had to find an opportunity to meet Rong Zhi and have a good talk.
Qin Wanwan returned to the General’s Mansion and unpacked the gifts her daddy gave her.
There were popular small toys from Shangjing, and some dolls.
One of the small qilin dolls was made in the likeness of her own little qilin.
On the nights she slept with Father Rong, she would occasionally turn into a little qilin.
There were also several paintings, all of which depicted her.
She was shown playing in the snow wearing various cute animal onesies, picking flowers, and being held by Father Rong, though Father Rong only had his back to the viewer.
Every painting was beautiful.
Qin Wanwan lay on the floor covered with a soft blanket, spreading out the paintings and looking at them with a happy smile.
“Wow… so many silver notes.”
The last small box contained a stack of silver notes, all of them with a denomination of one thousand taels of silver, a thick stack.
“One, two…”
When Xie Chong returned, the first thing he saw were the paintings spread on the floor.
Rong Zhi was very good at capturing Wanwan’s spirit, painting the little milk bun to be very lively and cute.
Xie Chong found them so appealing that he was moved.
He wanted them.
Then he saw his daughter counting the silver notes.
“Five, six, seven…”
He leaned over to take a look, and the denomination of those silver notes was one thousand each.
These silver notes could be directly exchanged at Shang Wuyang’s bank, and there was a Shang Wuyang bank in Shangyang City.
Qin Wanwan counted twenty silver notes, which amounted to twenty thousand taels of silver.
It was much more than Xie Chong’s private savings.
Although his wallet was gradually getting fuller now, most of the money was still used for the construction of the entire border city and the expenses of the army.
With so many people, the food alone cost a lot of money every day.
And not only Shahe City, but other county towns under his jurisdiction also needed construction. To resist the invasion of the Tartars, Xie Chong had implemented a management model of universal conscription for the border.
Even in rural areas, the able-bodied men had to be gathered and trained, and traps had to be set. The discarded weapons were given to these militiamen.
Training militiamen and setting traps also required money and effort.
He also formed several elite cavalry units. These cavalrymen, whether it was their warhorses or their weapons and armor, had to be the best, and their daily food also had to be good.
The expenses were even greater.
Therefore… he still didn’t have much money.
Compared to Wanwan, it was simply heartbreaking.
“Daddy~”
After finishing counting the money, Qin Wanwan turned to Xie Chong with a soft and happy smile.
Xie Chong’s mood immediately improved.
His daughter was so cute.
“Daddy, I’ll give you some, it’s Wanwan’s pocket money for you.”
Xie Chong held the money Qin Wanwan handed him:…………
His daughter’s enthusiasm for supporting him was truly a sweet annoyance.
Xie Chong didn’t return the silver notes. He had to find a special box to store all the things his daughter had given him, and give them back to her when she grew up.
“Did your shops in Shangjing earn this?”
Xie Chong knew that the scented soap shop in Shangjing was under Qin Wanwan’s name.
The little one nodded: “Yes, they earned so much.”
