In order to maintain the relationship with Fangtang, Hua Chaoshi and Wan Qian, he spent a lot of money in banknotes.

However, all this was in vain.

After Dong Cheng's great victory, he indeed began to plan against his Xue family.

Then Dong Cheng's son-in-law said that "tea farmers had made great contributions to the plague" and therefore should no longer be exploited by tea merchants, so he created a bullshit "Dong Gong Scale" and sent Yamen Prefecture soldiers to guard the tea gardens and provide services to the tea farmers.

"Justice".

This directly resulted in tea merchants like them being no longer able to exploit tea farmers, and the Xue family suffered "heavy losses"!

"Dong Cheng is now very powerful and is not easy to provoke. Although his uncle Xue Baoqing holds the position of Minister of Household Affairs and his aunt is also the wife of the King of Shaozhou, the Dong family has the support of King Poyang and Yang Tingyu. I am afraid that the person in the palace will also favor Dong.

Home……"

"What should we do?" Xue Baochang looked unwilling.

"Grandpa, don't worry, my grandson has already thought of a way."

Xue Baochang was overjoyed and asked hurriedly: "Yuan'er, what can I do?"

Xue Yuan took two steps slowly, his eyes were extremely deep: "The Dong family is so powerful that it is difficult for us to provoke them in the open, so we can only retreat and do the next best thing and come from the darkness!"

Xue Yuan's face changed for the first time and became extremely gloomy!

"Yuan'er, what do you mean?" Xue Baochang seemed to have some realization.

The corners of Xue Yuan's mouth raised strangely, causing a gloomy smile to appear on his gloomy face...

…

The next day.

sunny!

It's a good day to go shopping and have fun.

In the morning, when Zhu Xiuyuan and Dong Shuzhen were on their way to the back hall of the west courtyard for breakfast, Dong Shuzhen began to ask Zhu Xiuyuan to "fulfill his promise" and take her out to play.

The so-called "promises" are a bunch of promises that Zhu Xiuyuan made in order to coax Dong Shuzhen into taking medicine when she was bedridden due to illness.

Taking her out for shopping is the most basic thing. The biggest promise is to promise to take her to Lushan Mountain to the south of Jiangzhou City, including hunting, roasting rabbit meat, picking wild fruits, etc...

On the way to have breakfast, Dong Shuzhen was talking, saying that the weather was nice today and that she must take her out shopping.

After arriving at the back hall of the West Courtyard, Dong Shuzhen immediately calmed down. Because Dong Cheng was there, she did not dare to act rashly.

While having breakfast, Zhu Xiuyuan learned that Dong Shuyu was going on a long trip today to Jingdezhen in Fuliang County to recruit some good porcelain makers and start studying how to make purple clay pots.

Zhu Xiuyuan only knew that purple clay clay could be used to make a purple clay pot, but he didn't know how to do it. So he couldn't help in this matter, so he could only let Dong Shuyu and the others explore and try.

After breakfast, on the way back to the east courtyard from the back hall of the west courtyard, Dong Shuzhen came again, "hanging" on Zhu Xiuyuan and acting coquettishly, asking Zhu Xiuyuan to take her out shopping.

"Okay, okay, I'm really scared of you. Okay, my husband promises you that I will take you out shopping today!" Zhu Xiuyuan was finally defeated.

In addition to being unable to stand Dong Shuzhen's coquettish ways, he actually felt pity for Dong Shuzhen.

She is so lively and active, so playful, but she was strictly ordered by Dong Cheng to stay at home and was not allowed to step out of the house...

Zhu Xiuyuan understood her yearning for the colorful world outside.

"I knew my husband would agree to it, he is the best!" Dong Shuzhen pressed her entire face against Zhu Xiuyuan's side to show intimacy.

"But madam, my husband is now the Sima of Jiangzhou. He is under the eyes of my father-in-law all day long. It is no better than before. My husband... may not be able to get away!"

Upon hearing this, Dong Shuzhen's face suddenly fell down, her mouth flattened, her hands tightly wrapped around Zhu Xiuyuan's waist, and she stood still.

Zhu Xiuyuan's body was weak, so he couldn't compete with Dong Shuzhen, who knew kung fu. Zhu Xiuyuan couldn't move under Dong Shuzhen's hug.

"I don't care, I don't care, I just want to go out and play..."

"Madam, let go, there are so many people here!" Zhu Xiuyuan was speechless and quickly turned around to look around.

There were originally a few servants and maids on the corridor leading to the east courtyard, but when they saw the second lady and uncle making such a noise, they disappeared long ago.

It is also possible to hide in the dark and watch the show secretly.

"I don't care, I don't care, I want to go out to play, I want to go out to play..."

"Okay, madam, I just said that it might be difficult to get out, but I didn't say that I can't get out. Please let go quickly, so as not to be laughed at by the servants..."

After Zhu Xiuyuan coaxed and coaxed, Dong Shuzhen finally let go, but she did not completely let go of Zhu Xiuyuan, but held one of his arms tightly.

"Madam, my husband will go to the Yamen for duty as usual later. After half a quarter of an hour, I will find a reason to return and pick you up and go to the street together..."

"Okay, I'm going to get ready." Dong Shuzhen seemed to have a new goal, holding Zhu Xiuyuan's arm and ran quickly to the east courtyard, impatient.

After returning to the east courtyard, Zhu Xiuyuan went back to his room to change into his official robe.

Dong Shuzhen rushed into her own room, dragging Xia Wu with her, not knowing what she was doing.

When Zhu Xiuyuan changed into his official robe and went out to the small living room, Dong Shuzhen's door was still tightly closed.

"Madam, I'm going to the Yamen first. You can wait at home peacefully." Zhu Xiuyuan shouted at the top of his lungs.

"I know, husband, husband, you must come back to pick us up!" Dong Shuzhen also shouted in response from the room.

"Of course I won't forget..."

Zhu Xiuyuan walked towards the gate of Dong's Mansion, met his father-in-law Dong Cheng, Yan Dashan and others, then took a carriage and rushed towards the Yamen.

Zhu Xiuyuan is now the Sima of Jiangzhou, the third highest official in Jiangzhou.

In fact, the position of Sima in the state government is different from other official positions, such as governor, chief historian, etc.

The post of Sima is more often a sinecure, generally used to place demoted officials and the like.

The governor, chief historian, etc. are the local officials who hold the real power.

The governor is the governor of a state, in charge of the affairs of a state, and has great power in his hands.

Chang Shi is the first assistant to the governor, equivalent to the second-in-command, and has a great say.

Relatively speaking, Sima's position is somewhat redundant.

However, Sima, as the second assistant to the governor, can also be responsible for some specific affairs, and he can also have a great say, even as much as the chief historian... These are not fixed, and the situation of each state is different.

Specific to Jiangzhou, the new Jiangzhou Sima Zhu Xiuyuan was not an official who was demoted, but was promoted due to merit, and his nature is different.

Therefore, Zhu Xiuyuan's voice is not small. In terms of prestige, even the newly appointed Jiang Governor Li Linzhou is far behind.

In other words, if it were not for the fact that Zhu Xiuyuan was only fifteen years old, the position of Jiang Governor would belong to Zhu Xiuyuan.
Chapter completed!