MTL - The Crown Prince Chases His Wife-Chapter 75 meaning

Yunshui Town.

After Qin Yan and Feng Zhan came out of the tea shop on the dock, they chose a quiet and elegant inn in the town by the river, ready to take a rest and wait for the arrival of the fleet.

The shopkeeper saw a pair of men and women with very good looks and bearing in the hall. He thought that the two must be nobles. He walked quickly to the person who came, and was blocked by the subordinates behind the two.

The shopkeeper knows that nobles have many rules, so it is not surprising that he is used to this, and said with a waist:

"The two nobles want to stay in the hotel? The hotel has good rooms, as well as rooms specially designed for couples, so you two are satisfied."

The shopkeeper smiled and looked at the pair of men and women in front of him.

When the words fell, Qin Yan and Feng Zhan looked at each other.

Today, the two of them have been recognized as a couple by others more than once. Qin Yan was a little reluctant to Feng Zhan, so he did not have a good face towards Feng Zhan.

Even if the two live in the same room, on the same bed, it just gives the prince another chance to tempt Qin Yan to let go with his beauty and new skills.

What Qin Yan wanted was to have fun in time, but Feng Zhan wanted to determine the relationship between the two. The two sides seemed to be stubbornly pulling a saw, and neither of them would take a step back. Of course, the relationship between the two remained deadlocked and did not go any further.

And Feng Zhan's misidentification of others is naturally fun.

"Husband and wife..." As soon as Feng Zhan opened his mouth, he was interrupted by Qin Yan.

"Two rooms go to the room." Qin Yan's tone was indifferent and did not cooperate with the prince's teasing.

The shopkeeper's gaze swept across the faces of the two men and women with different expressions, and smiled, the young couple must be arguing.

When the shopkeeper saw that the tall and handsome man in black robe just looked helplessly at the beautiful woman beside him, he didn't speak again. The shopkeeper sighed, this is the strict control of wives, then listen to this lady.

The shopkeeper immediately arranged two rooms next to each other, and personally led the nobles upstairs.

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Shen Ying took out two larger boxes from the carriage and moved them into Qin Yan's room.

When Shen Ying came back, Qin Yan was standing in front of the window facing the river bank. The mild breeze slowly blew into the window. Qin Yan closed her eyes. Smell, and looking at the sky, it seems like rain is coming.

"Master, Mr. Ji is almost here." Shen Ying opened the wooden box, took out the tea set, tea leaves, and a sealed jar of Lingshan cold spring water that was packed this morning, and placed them on the table.

He opened another wooden box, took out the blankets and soft pillows inside, and spread them on the soft couch in front of the window. Shen Ying sat back at the table and began to brew tea with clean hands.

There was a sound of sizzling water in the room, and after a while, the elegant tea fragrance overflowed from the teapot.

When Qin Yan turned around, Ji Nanfeng just walked out the door.

"Master." Ji Nanfeng knocked on the door twice.

Seeing her master nod her head, Shen Ying got up and opened the door, and Ji Nanfeng stepped into the room immediately.

Seeing that Qin Yan was still wearing thin clothes, Ji Nanfeng frowned slightly. He took a few steps forward, reached out to cover the open window, then turned around and said to Qin Yan who was already sitting on the couch:

"Master, there is news from Young Master Gu that he will be in Jiangnan in the next few days. Young Master Gu also brought a message, saying that Madam wants to see Master."

Qin Yan raised her eyes quickly, and her eyes became brighter.

Ji Nanfeng was also happy for the mother and daughter who had not seen each other for many years. He paused for a while, waiting for the master to calm down, and then continued:

"Master, the fleet has checked the situation of the assassination yesterday in detail. We have nothing to lose. The killers seem to be heading towards the dragon boat. The target should be the prince."

"However, the battle situation on the Dragon Boat is not fierce. It seems that the Prince's people have solved the killer in a very short period of time, as if they have already made preparations."

Qin Yan took the tea cup handed over by Shen Ying, turned the tea cup with her slender fingers, and the corners of her lips raised a faint arc.

Feng Zhan took her off the dragon boat while taking advantage of the thick fog yesterday. He had expected such an event.

This prince, as Emperor Hui said, is stable and reliable.

When Ji Nanfeng saw the expression of the master, he sighed in his heart, and the master must have thought of the prince again.

As a bystander, he could see clearly, but the master himself knew that her special treatment of the prince was unusual.

Ji Nanfeng sighed and continued:

"Learn about your master's itinerary, and the heads of Jiangnan have gathered in Yangzhou. Would you like to see them, master?"

Qin Yan picked up the tea cup with one hand, put it between her nose and sniffed lightly, the light tea fragrance poured into the altar along her nose, she was in a good mood at this moment.

However, Yu Qingfeng's affairs have always been handed over to Mr. Ji. These shopkeepers have never seen her, so it's not a big problem.

This time in Jiangnan, only the mother's matter is the most important.

"talk later."

Qin Yan took a sip of the tea and frowned slightly. It seemed that the spring water had been cooked and lost its taste due to the violent shaking on the carriage.

Qin Yan slowly put down the tea cup, thinking about the scene of meeting his mother, what would it be like?

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After having lunch in the room, Qin Yan rested on the couch for half an hour.

When Qin Yan got up, the sun was in the west and it was not yet.

Shen Ying knew that her master was a little angry at times, so she lowered her voice:

"Master Song just came over and said that he will go out of Yunshui Town in a while and board a boat at a wild ferry upstream. Master Song said that the fleet is not going to stop at Yunshui Town, and will go directly to Yangzhou."

Qin Yan heard the words and smiled.

Judging from the appearance of the prince, he should have already heard about the issue of Jiangnan Caowu, and he just took a look at the situation in person.

Then... the reason why the dragon boat didn't stop at Yunshui Town was because of the Yingying Yanyan that the town prepared for the prince?

Before leaving the inn and getting into the carriage, Feng Zhan received a meaningful look from Qin Yan.

Qin Yan seems to be in a good mood, but she still has the mind to make jokes:

"His Royal Highness, Huan Feiyan is thin, but I have everything..."

Feng Zhan's face darkened, this woman pretended not to know that she was the only one he wanted?

Song Zhi…

You have to leave the smoky place of Yunshui Town quickly, otherwise your Highness will have more unnecessary obstacles in his pursuit of his wife. At that time, besides His Highness, there are their subordinates who will suffer.

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When Qin Yan got into the car, a group of people happened to be walking out of a restaurant opposite the inn.

Qin Nian looked at the two carriages leaving, feeling a little suspicious.

The woman who just got in the car seems to be Qin Yan?

He must have read it wrong, Qin Yan should be in Shangjing.

Song Mei walked to the front of the car and turned to look at Qin Nian who was still staring blankly on the street.

"Niannian, what are you looking at?"

Qin Nian turned around,

"Nothing." After saying that, he got into the car.

The carriage drove towards the Qin family's ancestral house. The mother and daughter in the carriage were both preoccupied and silent, and neither of them were in the mood to care about what the other was worried about.

Qin Nian suddenly heard the mother on the opposite side, and muttered in a trance:

"Where can this great living person go?"

Qin Nian frowned, who was the mother talking about?

On this trip to Jiangnan, Qin Nian felt a little strange since he was in Shangjing. They seldom returned to their hometowns to worship their ancestors. Moreover, at this time, Jiangnan was flooded, and her mother did not stay in Shangjing well, so what did she do here.

However, Qin Nian didn't want to stay in Beijing these days, so he proposed to accompany his mother to Yangzhou. At first, his mother seemed to be reluctant to follow her, but seeing Qin Nian finally adjusting from the unsatisfactory marriage, Song Mei also relaxed. After that, he brought Qin Nian back to Yangzhou.

Qin Nian didn't even bother to ask about her mother, she herself was in a mess.

He Xiao will go to Shuobei before winter this year, and their wedding date is likely to be set before He Xiao leaves.

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The prince got on the dragon boat and immediately summoned his staff to discuss matters.

In the council hall, everyone expressed their opinions on the rectification of Caozheng.

"From the Caodu Yamen, down to the small officials of the river dam, and even the escorting and transporting officials, all of them use the water service as a benefit. Every time a boat passes by, the officials of the river dam will ask for money, which has become a common practice."

"Cao officials extort various names from grain households, such as spending money for banquets, meeting, drenching tips, kicking dendrobium, non-chips, wine cabins, helmsmen, and gangsters. Feet-use rice, foot-price rice, river-crossing rice, change-changing rice, and light-duty silver; those that are subsidized expenses for assistants include sticky rice, sticky rice, affixed rice, plate-use rice, and envoy fee silver; it belongs to the cost of bedding and packaging There are reed rice, pine board corrugated wood silver, and padding silver; those that belong to the cost of anti-consumption and moisture-proof include two-pointed rice, rat rice, sifted rice, wet rice, etc.”

"Assuming this number, it will cost 22 taels of silver per ship. If you meet the "evil army", you will lose more meters."

"The greed of the water officials in various places, the expenses of the transporters in the long-distance transportation and in Beijing and transportation warehouses, are all transferred to Duiliangzhou County, and the prefectures and counties are transferred to the grain households, which greatly increases the burden on the grain households. grain burden.”

"The actual burden of grain households far exceeds the regular amount of the grain. The total amount of rice consumed by the grain and various additional items is generally two to four times that of the regular grain, and the excess is as much as five times."[1]

"The flood in the south of the Yangtze River is serious this time. We should deal with the loopholes in the water supply immediately, otherwise it will aggravate the difficulty of storing grain due to the reduction in grain production. Your Royal Highness, there is no delay at this time."

"Yeah, we can no longer allow the grain to be exploited layer by layer."

"His Royal Highness, we have initially drawn up a plan to rectify water affairs, please take a look at it."

A man handed a book to Song Zhi, and passed it into the hands of Prince Feng Zhan.

Feng Zhan opened the booklet, and after a quick scan, handed the booklet back to Song Zhi,

"To Zhaoren County Lord."

Song Zhi took Zhezi with both hands, walked to the position of Zhaoren County Lord, who was under the prince's head, and raised Zhezi's hands in front of Qin Yan.

Qin Yan raised her eyes and glanced at the prince whose eyes were fixed on her face. She really did not let her relax for a moment.

"Striving to collect grain quickly to reduce the chance of collusion and cheating by Cao officials, Cao Shu and Xu servants; aggravate the responsibility of state officials to collect grain grains, and state and county officials must personally inspect the grain collection to prevent Cao Shu officials from cheating and cheating; simplifying The formalities for collecting grains are to be taken to prevent floating collection.” [2]

The handwriting on the top of the booklet is neat, and the content directly points to the current ills of water affairs. However, due to the rush of time, its plan still needs to be refined and strong supervision is required.

After Qin Yan read it, he handed the book back to Song Zhi who was standing beside him.

The prince said to Qin Yan:

"What do you think of Zhaoren County Master?"

Qin Yan frowned and thought for a moment, then said softly:

"The content on the booklet can be improved, but I think that the floods in the south of the Yangtze River are serious, should we respond to the severely affected state capital, delay the collection of grain, so that the grain households can breathe."

Everyone in the hall nodded frequently when they heard the words.

It is indeed important to collect grain for disaster relief, but if the affected areas are still collected according to the plan, even if the grain is handed in, the grain households themselves may not have enough to eat, and the refugees who are forced to flee due to the pressure of survival. , only more.

The first Feng Zhan said in a deep voice:

"Add Zhaoren County Lord's suggestion to this booklet, and send it back to Shangjing in a hurry for eight hundred miles. Order the cabinet and the left and right prime ministers to work out an implementable plan immediately, and tell the Holy Master to issue a decree as soon as possible."

"As for the corruption of the officials, they will be strictly investigated after the disaster relief is over."

Qin Yan looked at Feng Zhan with admiration in his eyes. His Highness did not act in a sloppy manner, and he did have the thunder skills of killing and decisive.

I just don't know if Feng Zhan is as good as his methods...

Feng Zhan's deep black eyes looked back at Qin Yan, he read the appreciation in Qin Yan's eyes looking at him.

However, there seems to be something else in those phoenix eyes.

Otherwise, not very serious meaning.

The author says:

[1] In this article, "Going from Caodu Yamen... as much as five times as much." Adapted from pages 14 and 15 of "History of Chinese Civilization: History of Caoyun";

[2] In this article, "Striving to harvest grain quickly...to prevent floating harvest." Adapted from "The History of Chinese Civilization: History of Caoyun", page 19.