Chapter 1186 I can’t quit!

At night, Ye Zi and Miao Yin kept their promise and staged an erotic scene for Yun Zheng in the room.

Yun Zheng was immersed in the land of gentleness like a tyrant and incompetent ruler.

After breakfast the next day, Yun Zheng's five wives, together with Madam Shen and Wei Shuang, distributed new clothes and reward silver to the servants in the mansion.

In previous years, this was usually done on New Year’s Eve.

This year, because people from Yu Shizhong, Zhang Xu, and Qin Qihu's families are all coming to the palace to celebrate the New Year together, the servants in the palace have a lot to do tomorrow, so they have moved it up a day.

Everyone has been busy in the palace for a year, and the palace should at least show some appreciation.

Lian Qiqige received a complete set of new clothes.

After receiving the new clothes and rewards, all the servants in the mansion had smiles on their faces.

After the servants received their new clothes, the elder Mrs. Shen gave them the new clothes she had prepared for Yun Zheng and the others.

The little kids also received new clothes and shoes.

However, these little kids always have new clothes to wear, and they are not interested in the new clothes. They just want to go out and have fun.

"Alright, alright, let's go play!"

Madam Shen shook her head and smiled, then deliberately ordered sternly: "Have fun, no quarreling or fighting!"

"Whoever wants to fight will have double the homework!" Yun Zheng turned into a devil and added.

However, the little kids obviously didn't take Yun Zheng's words to heart and ran to the front yard in a swarm.

As the Chinese New Year approaches, the adults are not so strict with them. As long as they lift the tiles above, they will basically not be beaten.

Yun Jin, who was a little younger, had not run far when she suddenly slipped and fell to the ground.

Ye Zi and the servants were about to run over to help her, but Yun Zheng stopped them, "Don't worry about her, let her get up by herself. She's wearing such thick clothes, it won't hurt her if she falls."

Hearing Yun Zheng's words, everyone couldn't help but smile helplessly, but their eyes were all on Yun Jin.

Yun Jin didn't cry, but she was wearing too thick clothes and was not very flexible. She couldn't get up all of a sudden. She pouted and shouted to Shen Nianci in front of her: "Sister Nianci, Sister Nianci..."

Shen Nianci and the others turned around and noticed that Yun Jin had fallen. They hurried back and when they were about to help her, Yun Jin had already climbed up by herself and wiped her nose with her sleeve.

The older two, Shen Nianci and Qi Yan, pulled Yun Jin on each side and jogged towards the yard to prevent Yun Jin from falling again.

Seeing this scene, Yun Zheng and others all smiled.

Jia Yao looked back at Yun Zheng and said, "A child you teach like this will never be that bad."

Yun Zheng blinked and smiled, "Our children will not be bad in the future!"

Our children?

"What are you talking about? You have no shame."

Jia Yao glanced at Yun Zheng in embarrassment and annoyance, with a flash of bitterness in her eyes as she lowered her eyebrows.

Mrs. Shen smiled and waved to everyone, "Okay, go try your new clothes to see if they fit you! If they don't fit, you can still make use of the time to alter them."

Soon, everyone left with new clothes.

However, Shen Luoyan and the others gathered in Yun Zheng's room.

"There are still many things to be arranged at home. Shall I go and arrange the matters there first?"

Xin Sheng blushed a little and wanted to run away.

"The mansion's affairs have already been arranged, so don't even think about hiding!"

Ye Zi smiled and glanced at Xin Sheng. "Don't let your imagination run wild. It's not what you think. I asked you to change clothes behind the screen, not in front of all of us."

what?

Is that right?

Xin Sheng was stunned. Seeing several people staring at him and laughing, he suddenly wished he could find a hole in the ground to crawl into.

Seeing her like this, several people started laughing.

After the little episode, they came to Yun Zheng's room.

Yun Zheng leaned on the couch like a master, and said expectantly: "Ladies, let's begin!"

Shen Luoyan cursed the pervert in her heart, picked up her clothes and walked behind the screen.

At this time, Ye Zi suddenly remembered something and asked in a low voice: "Should we send some silk cloth and mutton to Wu Dao and his team?"

"You reminded me." Yun Zheng patted Ye Zi's hand, "Just give them five hundred taels of silver! It's like returning the extra money they spent at the inn! In addition, invite Qin Qihu's wives and concubines as well."

Even if it's just for Wu Qingyang's sake, we have to send something over.

After all, Wu Qingyang is also the teacher of these children.

We still need to pay attention to respecting our teachers.

If Ye Zi hadn't reminded him, he would have almost ignored this matter because he was immersed in the gentleness of his life.

Ugh!

No wonder my father reminded me that love between young people is long-lasting, while heroes are short-lived.

It's so easy to be addicted to the gentleness of the place when you spend the whole day in such a comfortable environment.

But, I am just an ordinary person.

I can’t quit!

Soon, Shen Luoyan changed into new clothes and walked out slowly from behind the screen.

"Not bad……"

Yun Zheng nodded and smiled, staring at Shen Luoyan up and down, but secretly wondering in his heart whether he should let his five wives put on a fashion show for him?

……

In the afternoon, Shen Luoyan and Wei Shuang personally led people to the Wu Mansion to deliver things.

Princess Shen Luoyan represents the palace, while Wei Shuang only represents herself.

Yun Zheng and Ye Zi were checking the report that Dugu Ce had just sent.

In the report, Dugu Ce reported to Yun Zheng in detail the various situations of the Northwest Protectorate.

By the time Dugu Ce wrote his report, the population of the Northwest Protectorate had dropped by more than 350,000.

Moreover, this is just a rough data.

Some people who are not registered at all or whose whereabouts are unknown cannot be counted at all.

Fortunately, the weather was good this year. Although the harvest in the Northwest Protectorate was not a bumper, it still produced a lot of grain.

However, the loss of population also resulted in less than ideal food output.

Even though they had started planting sweet potatoes there, and even though the sweet potatoes were measured by wet weight, the grain output of the Northwest Protectorate was only about 80% of the original amount.

But because many people starved to death in the Northwest Protectorate last year, they obtained some food from the Western Guifang, and combined with the food they got from Xiqu through various channels, the Northwest Protectorate was able to be completely self-sufficient.

However, if a major war breaks out, they will either have to ask for help from Shuobei or forcibly requisition food rations from the people of the Northwest Protectorate.

Judging from the current situation, now is not the time to use military force against Xiqu.

In addition, Dugu Ce has received accurate information that the Xiqu rebels led by them have escaped danger and are currently resting.

It seems that something big happened inside Xiqu, resulting in Xiqu having no intention of suppressing the rebels.

Dugu Ce has already sent people to Xiquwang City to inquire, and also contacted Gongdazan to ask him to help inquire.

After that, there were some reports on the financial revenue, expenditure and budget of the Northwest Protectorate.

Because the military expenses of the Northwest Protectorate were all counted in Shuobei, the financial pressure on the Northwest Protectorate was not great, and there was even a large surplus.

When the weather gets warmer, Dugu Ce will order people to escort 20,000 taels of gold to Shuobei first.

It can also be considered as a way to relieve Yun Zheng’s financial pressure a little!

After reading Dugu Ce's report, Yun Zheng couldn't help but smile, "It's good to be self-sufficient! I thought we needed some food support from Shuobei!"

"Yes!"

Ye Zi also breathed a sigh of relief, "In this case, as long as they remain stable for another year, they should be able to recover completely."

For the Northwest Protectorate, the second half of last year and this year were the most difficult years.

Now, we have finally passed the most difficult time.

This can be considered as a New Year's gift from Dugu Ce to them...