bookrebus Chapter 695: The house speculation trend finally reached Yonglu County, Quanyang
Chapter 695: The house speculation trend finally reached Yonglu County, Quanyang
Thinking that this set of treasures might be a reward from His Majesty, Balezhan didn't even dare to touch the jade ornaments.
He carefully stopped his finger half an inch away, swallowed his saliva and said, "Sir Shen, this jade ornament is also a reward from His Majesty...?"
His Majesty is so kind to Lord Shen...
When will he be able to drink some soup from Lord Shen? No, just licking the bowl will be enough!
"It can't be considered a reward from His Majesty." Shen Zheng touched her belt and said with a smile, "This outfit was all given by the Empress."
Queen!
Not only Ba Lezhan, but even Fang Wenxiu and others were slightly shocked.
There is even something about the Queen herself involved here.
She is worthy of being the mother of a country.
While everyone was shocked, Diwu Tanwei was the first to calm down and walked forward slowly. When Ba Lezhan saw him, he consciously moved to the side.
"I heard that His Majesty personally sent you a letter inviting you to attend the Queen Mother's birthday banquet, so I came to congratulate you. My lord, if you need anything for the banquet, just send someone to find me, and I will find it for you."
Yang Zhou was no longer surprised by the two faces of Diwu Tanwei, and he still stood aside with a smile when he heard the words.
Before Shen Zheng could speak, Ba Lezhan shouted again.
This time, Fang Wenxiu also screamed with him: "The Queen Mother's birthday banquet?!"
They arrived in too much of a hurry and only heard that Lord Shen had received another reward from His Majesty, but they did not find out what kind of reward it was.
Listen now.
Queen Mother’s birthday banquet!
The six ministers of the six ministries are here, the Grand Tutor is here, the ministers of all the temples are here, even the grand secretaries of each academy, the empress dowager, the princes and princesses are here!
What a grand scene that would be!
As seventh-rank county magistrates and merchants, the highest-ranking official they could talk to was the prefect. High-ranking officials from various ministries and royal relatives were just fantasies before going to bed at night.
And Lord Shen...is going to become one of them so soon.
Although he already knew that Shen Zheng was not an easy person, at this moment, Balezhan still sighed in his heart.
He might be a minor county magistrate all his life, but it didn't matter.
He knows Shen Zheng!
"Sir Shen." Balezhan walked in front of Shen Zheng again, with a serious look on his face, and saluted, saying, "I came here empty-handed this time, and I can only wish Sir Shen to soar like a roc to the sky and reach the ninth heaven."
Normally, he did try to curry favor with Shen Zheng, but this could not be summed up in one word: greed.
He knew in his heart that as long as Shen Zheng could stay in the officialdom of the Great Zhou for one more day, the people would have one more day of hope. He was really not jealous at all that such a person was appreciated by the emperor and the empress.
I'm jealous...
Just a little bit.
Shen Zheng was stunned for a moment, then returned the greeting, "Thank you, Lord Ba. This afternoon, I will host a banquet at the county restaurant to entertain the soldiers. You all can go together."
"Obedience is worse than respect." Everyone agreed.
"Oh, right." Fang Wenxiu waved to the waiter waiting at the door and said, "Sir Shen, the porcelain with feldspar has been fired. I happened to be in the porcelain kiln today, and I brought you a set of tea sets as a gift. Please don't despise it."
Shen Zheng showed some curiosity, lowered her head to look at her clothes and said, "Then please wait a moment."
The crowd that had originally gathered together split into several groups.
Shen Zheng went back to the backyard to change clothes, Yu Shizhang and Liang Fu went to the warehouse to choose books, Ba Lezhan, Fang Wenxiu and others stayed in the pavilion in the front yard to drink tea, while Yu Nanshu and Fang Ziyan went back to the county school to study.
When Shen Zheng changed back into his official robe and returned to the front yard, Balezhan's hearty laughter came over.
"Hahaha, Lord Yang, not to mention your Yonglu County, even my Quanyang County has seen a lot of outsiders coming here recently. These people are also very generous, buying several houses at a time, making the county's dental clinics earn a lot of money!"
It sounds like this is a good thing, but Yang Zhou was not too happy. He just smiled and said, "I am just benefiting from Lord Shen's help."
The fifth Tanwei on the side frowned slightly, not knowing what he was thinking.
When Xu Zhubu saw Shen Zheng coming out, he quickly came forward and whispered, "Sir, it is just as you expected. After I informed the county's pawnbrokers, many merchants went to Yonglu and Quanyang to buy houses."
Ever since Mo Qingwan "bought a house" last time, Shen Zheng asked Xu Zhubu to find a broker in the county, saying that houses in the county were only rented and not sold for the time being.
She also told Xu Zhubu not to approve any house sale deeds in the near future.
This does have an effect, but how can those "house middlemen" give up?
Quanyang County and Yonglu County are not far from Tongan County. Let's make a bold guess - the magistrate of Tongan County has made outstanding achievements, but the territory of Tongan County is actually not large. Is it possible that the higher-ups will order to bring Quanyang County or Tongan County under the jurisdiction of Tongan County?
Those people think it is possible.
It's not like they haven't seen this kind of situation before.
But I have to say, their guess was pretty good.
Only Shen Zheng knew that as early as last year, Yu Zhengqing had asked her whether to incorporate Yonglu County into Tongan County. At that time, she refused on the grounds that "it was not fair", but Yu Zhengqing accepted it.
But during the Chinese New Year, Yu Zhengqing asked the same question again.
Yu Zhengqing said that he knew that her feelings towards the people of Tongan were different, but from the perspective of the prefect, the entire Liuyang Prefecture were his people.
He even said that in some aspects, as a prefect, he was not as good as her as a county magistrate, so he hoped that her wings could be wider to protect more people from wind and rain.
At that time Shen Zheng was silent for a long time and said that she would think about it again.
In fact, even if Yu Zhengqing didn't say that, she had never ignored the people of other counties. It's just that Yu Zhengqing was right.
The people of Tongan County are special in her heart. Without them, there would be no Shen Zheng today.
"Lord Ba, Lord Yang, thank you for waiting." Shen Zheng walked into the pavilion, smoothed his robe and sat down.
"Master Shen is here!" Ba Lezhan took the teapot from the yamen runner and poured a cup of tea for Shen Zheng. "Why did you change out of that outfit? It suits you so well!"
Shen Zheng picked up the teacup and chuckled, "That's the outfit that the queen specially prepared for me to wear at the birthday banquet. I can't get it dirty beforehand."
"That's true." Ba Lezhan took a sip of tea and looked at Shen Zheng curiously. "Sir Shen, I heard that His Majesty gave me a lot of gifts this time, including many carriages! I wonder if you... can open my eyes?"
Shen Zheng shook her head after hearing this. "It's not that I've opened my eyes. To be honest, most of the rewards His Majesty gave this time were books for students, not any rare treasures."
Yang Shuqian said that His Majesty's private reward consisted of only two boxes, and she had not had the time to see them.
As for the other boxes, they were filled with books that Your Majesty had ordered to be collected, most of which were ancient and rare copies.
"Books?" Bale Zhan was confused. "Why did His Majesty give me books as a reward?"
Is it possible...
Your Majesty wants the students of Tong'an County to serve as officials in the court and serve as the wings of Lord Shen? !