Reborn Before My Husband Ascends the Throne

Chapter 85

At the end of March, Third Son Ye and Ye Eighth Uncle accompanied the Pei family's entourage, escorting their own "auspicious omen" to the capital city.

At the beginning of April, Ye Suijin brought people back to Biyang City.

Zhao Jingwen's matter of course had to be explained to everyone.

The leaders all gathered together, and Ye Suijin announced the handling result to everyone:

"I have already betrothed Zhao Jingwen to the young lady of the Pei family."

"Xiang Da will follow him from now on. He won't come back."

"Ye Mancang betrayed his master, and has already been beheaded. His family members left in Ye Family Fort have already been dealt with."

"The river mouth has already been taken over by our people. The brigade of men that was originally given to Zhao Jingwen has also been brought back. Oh, and Gucheng, it's an extra gain."

"The Pei Family of Fangzhou, is worth befriending. Take this opportunity to make a marriage alliance. In the future, everyone can look out for each other, and be each other's reinforcements."

It was very quiet.

No one spoke.

Tenth Son's face was wooden.

How could his sixth sister say the four words "marriage alliance family" so lightly, even with a smile.

He calculated it over and over in his heart, and still didn't know how this marriage alliance was counted.

Is this the adults' world?

Tiresome, don't want to grow up.

Ye Suijin was speechless: "What are with those faces of yours?"

All the faces were numb.

Really, in Dengzhou at that time, when Third Son Ye and Ye Eighth Uncle asked about the situation clearly, they were also like this, with numb faces.

They all lacked training too much.

And saw too little as well.

They should know that in this world, for profit, countless people can shamelessly betray their morals. Countless unbelievable, unreasonable and even unethical things are not rare.

"Fourth Uncle," Ye Suijin said, "Didn't you also gift a concubine to that sworn brother friend of yours?"

Ye Fourth Uncle had a friend he was on very good terms with. One time when he went to his house as a guest, he took a liking to his concubine, so Ye Fourth Uncle gifted her to him.

The Fourth Madam complained: "Bought back for eight taels of silver, just gifted away so casually, he's so generous."

Ye Fourth Uncle felt a headache coming on: "Can it be compared?"

"What's not comparable? They are both not important to us, and can be gifted away to make friends. Isn't that so?" Ye Suijin said, "Think about it, isn't it?"

"Be more open-minded, don't be petty."

After this sentence came out, a sound of coughing rose up.

Mr. Yang said: "Now that I think about it, that makes sense. Everyone's minds just can't turn around it for the moment."

Gifting concubines, exchanging concubines, buying concubines were all common occurrences.

Gifting a wife was rare, but not unheard of.

"Then, then you have to beat him up at least!" Tenth Son finally couldn't hold it in anymore.

He had originally planned to go beat him up personally, but the elders had forcibly kept him pinned down in Biyang. Maddenning.

But he had urgently instructed Fifth Son and Seventh Son who went along, that they must severely beat up Zhao Jingwen!

"Don't tell me they didn't even beat him?" he asked.

Ye Suijin said: "Did you also see Fourth Uncle beating up the young concubine to a swollen and bruised state before gifting her away?"

Ye Fourth Uncle: "Cough cough cough cough!"

Tenth Son jumped up: "Fifth Brother, Seventh Brother! What are you guys doing! Weren't we in agreement?"

They were supposed to have agreed to beat him up together, adding Tenth Son's share along with Third Son's, Fourth Young Master's, Ninth Son's and Tenth Son's portions.

Fifth Son said: "Why are you blaming me? Sixth sister kept us at the river mouth, didn't even bring me to Fangling!"

Seventh Son said: "Stop arguing, this was sixth sister's decision. As long as sixth sister is willing then it's fine."

Tenth Son said: "So Zhao Jingwen is just like this? Doing this shameful thing, he doesn't have any consequences at all?"

Without receiving any punishment at all, Tenth Son was extremely unhappy.

Many of the Ye family elders were also unhappy.

Because for the same matter, the influence it gave people could be completely different depending on the different time and situation.

In the previous life, Dengzhou had just been pacified, Tangzhou had only just taken over some places, Ye Suijin did not yet have the decisive aura to destroy and rebuild like in this life. The local despots made all kinds of trouble, Tangzhou was unstable.

The Great Jin army steadily pushed south, the pressure was intense.

In that kind of situation, everyone pinched their noses and accepted the alliance with the Pei family.

But in this life, the Ye family was going smoothly.

Biyang was killed cleanly. The hidden households and concealed lands were all uncovered and reregistered.

The news spread, and the places that encountered the Ye family army afterwards were much more well-behaved, and didn't dare make trouble.

Tangzhou and Dengzhou were stable.

Everyone's needs thus changed, becoming that Zhao Jingwen should be beaten up like the turtle grandson he was, to let out their resentment.

"He has already received the punishment he deserved." But Ye Suijin said.

Tenth Son: "What? What is it? Tell me quickly, let me be happy for a bit."

Everyone else also pricked up their ears.

Ye Suijin looked up.

"From today onwards, he is no longer my son-in-law, so everything I obtain, he can no longer share."

"My family's power, he can no longer borrow."

"From now on, he can only rely on himself. If he has the capability to gain wind and water in the Pei family, then that is heaven rewarding him food to eat. No one should be unsatisfied. "

Mr. Yang made a light sound from his nose, hard to say if it was laughing or snorting.

But oddly it represented everyone's feelings.

What was Ye Suijin's current situation—she was no longer just the head of a rural stockade. She was the ruler of two prefectures.

Whatever Zhao Jingwen was plotting, he had lost out big time.

Tenth Son still couldn't comprehend the implications within this. After all he was still a youth, caring more about avenging grudges happily.

When they dispersed, he pulled Duan Jin aside and quietly asked: "That young lady Pei, is she prettier than sixth sister?"

Duan Jin's eyes rolled to the heavens.

"Otherwise what was Zhao Jingwen plotting for?" Tenth Son asked.

Among the young masters, Tenth Son and Duan Jin had the best relationship. They really grew up playing together.

So Duan Jin told Tenth Son about the Pei family's circumstances.

Tenth Son seemed to understand: "I see..."

"Tenth Son, don't be like a child anymore." Duan Jin said, "Think about and see things like an adult."

Tenth Son stubbornly refused: "Adults and their pile of crappy messy rotten affairs! I refuse!"

He ran off.

Ye Suijin instructed Duan Jin to handle a matter.

"For all who have obtained official positions, that originally were servant-born, release them from servitude.

"Direct bloodlines together release as one family. Relatives on the side, ask them for their own intentions, those willing to be brought out, also release together.

"All who have been released, do not continue working for the branch families, regardless of which branch they were from. "

Duan Jin acknowledged, and was about to leave.

Ye Suijin called for him to stop: "Ah Jin."

Duan Jin turned around.

She said: "Don't forget to release yourself as well."

Duan Jin's face darkened. "I have nowhere to return to. Does my master want to sweep me out the door to go sleep in the streets?"

He currently lived in Ye Suijin's prefectural yamen, and had a separate courtyard to himself.

Ye Suijin said: "You've grown up, it's time to establish yourself. You of course don't need to move out, just first release your status, then we'll talk. In the future it will sound better being said out."

Duan Jin, honoured as Grand General Who Guards the Army, others could say nothing about him, so they privately ridiculed him as: eternal servant.

But Duan Jin said: "I refuse!"

And ran off as well.

Ye Suijin summoned Jiang Yinyu to her and first asked about the clearing of accounts with Auspicious Cloud Commerce, as well as follow up matters.

Jiang Yinyu said: "The second batch of goods have already been delivered to General Guan. Fourth Master personally escorted it over, and also drank heartily with General Guan, chatting merrily."

In just over half a month that Ye Suijin went to handle Zhao Jingwen's matters.

She exclaimed: "Oh! So the goods were prepared early on? Just waiting for it?"

Jiang Yinyu's expression didn't change: "Some observations on the first transaction have to be made. Us merchants have suffered losses from officials before, not just once or twice."

Said they would cooperate, but when the officials got the goods they would turn hostile, directly swallowing it up.

Merchants could only resign themselves to the bad luck.

Justice was impossible.

Fortunately General Guan was not that sort of narrow-minded person. General Guan clearly wanted a long term relationship. Auspicious Cloud Commerce naturally was willing to cooperate long term.

This intermediary Ye Suijin also couldn't be cast aside, her share still had to be given.

Everyone earning money, that was true earning.

Ye Suijin said: "Tell the people of Auspicious Cloud Commerce, I want to buy grain."

This time the big households of Biyang were cleared out squeaky clean. Biyang's commerce was handed over to the merchants recommended by Auspicious Cloud Commerce.

Ye Suijin had also given Auspicious Cloud Commerce priority favourable treatment. As Ye Suijin expected, Auspicious Cloud Commerce chose to deal in grains.

In the previous life, how did Ye Suijin get involved with Auspicious Cloud Commerce?

It was through Jiang Yinyu.

In the previous life Jiang Yinyu noticed Ye Suijin was constantly recruiting troops, and he also silently observed. Then he also spent money sounding out the clerks in the government offices, obtaining the tax revenue figures.

Through calculations and estimations, he keenly realized that with the rate of troops increasing, Ye Suijin would soon have a shortfall in grains. And this shortfall would grow even bigger in the future.

He wrote a letter about this matter to the owner of Ruiyun Company. After obtaining authorization from the owner of the Ruiyun Company, he boldly went to Ye Suijin.

From then on, Ruiyun Company teamed up with Ye Suijin and started doing grain business.

Ruiyun Company started out in the mulberry garden and silk business. But his family was in the south, where rice could be harvested three times a year. Selling grain to the north was extremely profitable.

At that time, the land was divided among warlords, and the powerful figures all had tight control over grain.

The existing major grain merchants all had various connections with the warlord forces. Ruiyun Company, which started out in the mulberry garden and silk business, couldn't get involved at all.

They could only look on with envy.

With his keen sense, Jiang Yinyu succeeded in bringing together Ruiyun Company and Ye Suijin. Not only did he become a hero for Ruiyun Company, he also became a favorite in front of Ye Suijin.

Later, Ye Suijin discovered that this man was particularly useful.

Even later, Jiang Yinyu simply followed Ye Suijin.

As for Ruiyun Company, in its past and present lives, it always had a fiery heart that wanted to do grain business. In this life, it first got an opportunity in Biyang.

And this opportunity still came from Ye Suijin.

Jiang Yinyu was surprised and said, "I've calculated that there are no shortfalls in our military rations, and the granaries in various places in Tangzhou are also full."

Oh.

Ye Suijin raised her eyelids and smiled, "Steward Jiang is concerned about so many things."

Although Jiang Yinyu was indeed assigned many tasks by Ye Suijin and was kept busy like a spinning top. But he hadn't gotten involved with military rations yet.

He's quite proactive, just like in his previous life.

"Cough..." Jiang Yinyu said awkwardly, "Well, going through various account books, my hands got itchy and I casually fiddled with the abacus. It's a habit, it's a habit."

"Jiang Yinyu," Ye Suijin asked him, "Does Ruiyun Company still pay you a salary?"

Without waiting for Jiang Yinyu to answer, she said, "Let them pay you, it's fine. You can help their business, but you can't encroach on my territory and make me suffer losses."

Jiang Yinyu swore to the heavens, "I would never dare! May I be struck by lightning and die!"

"From now on, just work for me," Ye Suijin said. "This is also the first time. I won't make excessive demands either."

"Get Ruiyun Company to procure 30,000 dan of grain for me. Don't affect the local grain prices in Biyang, don't touch the local reserves."

30,000 dan was not a lot. Giving Ruiyun Company this amount was allowing them to test the waters.

"If it's done well, we'll cooperate long-term in the future."

"Bring my words to your former boss - If you don't fail me, I won't fail you."