webnovelfull Chapter 631 Feng Shui Layout
Chapter 631 Feng Shui Layout
He pulled the corner of his mouth awkwardly and said, "That's not true, Madam Yun. This mansion of our city lord was renovated by the previous city lords. When it was my turn to live there, it just happened to not be renovated much."
"Speaking of which, I should thank them for making the current City Lord's Mansion so beautiful."
Upon hearing this, Ji Yuntang rolled his eyes silently in his heart.
She didn't believe him.
The layout of Jiang Wangbei's City Lord's Mansion is not simple.
When Ji Yuntang had nothing to do before, he had read some books on Feng Shui.
She discovered that the placement of every item in the courtyard of the City Lord's Mansion, from small items like flower pots and stone benches to large items like rockery and trees, seemed to be placed in a disorderly manner, but in fact each item was very carefully selected.
Even the position and direction of the opening were correct.
Ji Yuntang couldn't understand why a mansion, which was used for people to live in, would have some feng shui layouts arranged so rigorously.
What's his intention in doing this?
When they arrived at the reception room, Jiang Wangbei asked the maid to bring up tea and snacks.
He sat in the main seat and said, "This is the Kongshan New Rain Tea that this city lord asked someone to bring back from the capital. Mr. Yun and Madam Yun, please try it."
Ji Yuntang picked up the teacup, and just as she brought it close to her nose, she felt something was wrong and quickly snatched the teacup from Luo Junhe's hand.
"Husband, this tea is too hot, let it cool for a while before drinking it."
Luo Junhe had no intention of drinking it, but seeing Ji Yuntang's reaction, he knew there was something wrong with the tea.
But Jiang Wangbei had no idea of this. He drank up the water in the teacup without any precautions.
Ji Yuntang narrowed his eyes, his confusion deepening.
She didn’t know whether Jiang Wangbei really didn’t know that there was something wrong with the water or was pretending not to know that there was something wrong with the water.
The moment he picked up the teacup, Ji Yuntang discovered that the tea had been poisoned.
And this poison was the culprit that caused Gu Zhou to be infected with dysentery.
The last time Ji Yuntang heard from Gu Zhou, he came to the City Lord's Mansion to deliver wine to the other party. Before leaving, he was thirsty and asked the servants here for a bowl of well water to drink.
After drinking it, I felt unwell when I went back home.
At that time, Ji Yuntang suspected that there was something wrong with the well water that Gu Zhou drank in the City Lord's Mansion.
She had always wanted to find an opportunity to go to the backyard of the City Lord's Mansion and see the well in person.
If she guessed correctly, the tea that the maid had just brought to them was boiled with water from that well.
Ji Yuntang and Luo Junhe didn't drink, but unexpectedly Jiang Wangbei drank it all in one gulp.
For this situation, Ji Yuntang could only think of two possibilities.
Either there was no poison in Jiang Wangbei's tea, or the water he drank was different from the water in their cups.
Or maybe his water was the same as the one in front of them, but he didn't know it was poisonous, so he drank it without hesitation.
Ji Yuntang decided to observe for a while to see if Jiang Wangbei would be poisoned later.
At this moment, Jiang Wangbei suddenly asked: "I wonder how much rice Master Yun and Madam Yun still have?"
Luo Junhe glanced at him and said calmly: "Not much, just a few tens of thousands of pounds."
Jiang Wangbei: "..."
Jiang Wangbei: "!!!"
Tens of thousands of kilograms, this is probably all the grain in the entire national treasury, right?
But they could so easily say tens of thousands of kilograms. Jiang Wangbei felt that Luo Junhe was bragging.
He did not expose the other party, and continued to ask: "Mr. Yun has so much grain in his hands, why don't you sell it directly to the government? This way you can make more money, right?"
Luo Junhe turned his head to look at Ji Yuntang next to him, reached out and held her hand, and said lovingly: "Not everything can be measured by money."
"On the contrary, my wife said something very right. She believes that money can never be earned enough. Instead of selling food at a high price to make money, it is better to sell it at a low price and use it to save these people in need."
"Rice can only play its due value when it reaches the mouths of people who can't afford to eat, right?"
After he finished speaking, he smiled at Ji Yuntang, and then continued to say to Jiang Wangbei: "She has a heart to save people. As her husband, why shouldn't I support her?"
Ji Yuntang also echoed: "Yes, as the saying goes, saving a life is better than building a seven-story pagoda. My husband and I should think of it as doing something good and accumulating blessings for our descendants."
Jiang Wangbei: "..."
Jiang Wangbei: "!!!"
He looked at the interaction between the other couple and felt inexplicably annoyed.
An urge to tear the other person apart arose in his heart.
Jiang Wangbei smiled and said in a gentle voice: "It is a blessing for the people of Liangzhoukou to meet good people like you and your wife."
After he finished speaking, he changed the subject and his eyes suddenly turned colder.
"But business is business. Mr. Yun and Madam Yun can't come and destroy our business, right?"
"I think you two don't know that this morning, several vendors came to the City Lord's Mansion to complain to me, saying that Mr. Yun and Mrs. Yun were selling rice outside and stealing their business."
"The city lord has no objection to the two of you doing business, but you can't harm the interests of our local merchants, right?"
"How do you think this matter should be resolved, Mr. Yun?"
Luo Junhe looked at him, bewildered. "Buying things is something that should be done with mutual consent."
"My husband and I didn't force them to buy or sell, nor did we destroy their stalls. The people have their own hands and feet, so they can buy wherever they want. How can this young master control this?"
"When the Lord City Lord said this, did he mean to tell us that my husband and I sold rice at a low price to save the people in Liangzhoukou, but we saved the wrong people?"
Jiang Wangbei: "..."
Jiang Wangbei: "!!!"
Although he did think so in his heart, it seemed a bit embarrassing when these words came out of Luo Junhe's mouth.
What city lord doesn't want his people to live well?
But Liangzhoukou is originally a remote and poor place. If he doesn't seek something for himself, where will his interests come from?
Thinking of this, Jiang Wangbei said: "Mr. Yun, you are wrong. You want to help the people here, which is a good thing. This city lord also supports it."
"However, as the city lord, I must balance the relationship between the common people and the merchants. Otherwise, if a conflict arises between them, the consequences will be disastrous. What do you think?"
Ji Yuntang raised his eyebrows and asked him: "Then what do you think our husband and I should do so as not to harm the interests of the City Lord's Mansion and the merchants, and still help the people here?"
Jiang Wangbei talked for a long time, waiting for her to say this.