Traveling through life as a widow: six sons to support her in her old age

"Mom, why are you so worried? Don't worry about us. We can bear this little injury."

Lan Qiyan watched Chuntao apply cold and hot compresses. She reached out and poked Yulin's face. "I feel sorry for you, but I also found a lot of drawbacks during this period."

"Oh? Tell me about it, mom!"

"Son, do you feel that the gap between people is too big? Ordinary people cannot compare to the royal power and wealth.

One is kneeling at every turn, and the other is the issue of indentureship. Why does it have to be an indentureship instead of an employment relationship? Why can one person decide the life and death of another person? "

Yulin understood, "Mom, do you want to change this problem?"

"Correct."

Yulin shook his head. "Mother, this is not something you can accomplish alone. Even an emperor cannot accomplish this. The relationships involved are so complicated that if you move one part, the whole body will be affected."

"The old guard will stop it, right? But how can we not try?"

Yulin smiled bitterly. How could his father affect the interests of the conservatives? He himself was also a conservative.

Lan Qiyan raised his eyebrows and said, "It doesn't matter, little antique, just brainwash me slowly."

If it really doesn't work, we can also strive for more benefits for the common people.

There is no rush for this matter. We need to wait at least five, six, seven or eight years. Otherwise, how can we become emperor if the child doesn't grow up?

But Yulin, please don’t let people down.

"Mom, is this your wish?"

Lan Qiyan sighed, "My wish is for the world to be peaceful, for everyone to have enough food to eat and warm clothes to wear, for the status of the people to be improved, for the rights of the people to be protected, and for the privileges of the noble families to be reduced."

"Mom, this isn't a wish list."

"what is that?"

"A new dynasty."

Lan Qiyan laughed loudly, "Son, mother can't flutter now, so you can only flutter."

"What if we don't fly?"

"Then let my grandson fly."

"What if your grandson doesn't fly either?"

Lan Qiyan kicked her and said, "I'll blast them and tear off two wings to give to my grandson."

Yulin smiled proudly, he knew his mother had a backup plan.

Lan Qiyan ignored him, she had important things to do.

Although she has been causing trouble in various shops during this period, she is also secretly investigating the market. As for her family, if she doesn't make money, she will starve.

So she set her eyes on the largest brothel on Red Street.

"Mother~"

Lan Qiyan looked at Yulin's face and said, "It's okay. Your face will be fine tomorrow. I promise."

"No, Mom, do you have any other ideas?"

"Son, who owns the biggest brothel on Huajie Street?"

"What do you mean, mother?"

"I want."

Yulin pulled the corner of his mouth, "Mom, the owner of that brothel is surnamed Li."

"speak English!"

"It's my father's uncle, Li Shutong."

"That's my mother-in-law's brother."

"Yes."

"Son, tell me about the Li family so I can see where to start."

"Mother, the Li family also supported my father back then, so Li Shutong was the only one left alive after being killed by that man.

My father was considerate and your mother-in-law felt sorry for you, so they gave half of the shop to Sister Hua as compensation and also granted her a mansion.

But Li Shutong's talent and ability were not as good as his father's, so he was arranged to be an idle person in the Imperial College.

To put it simply, he was responsible for the daily sanitation care and maintenance of the Imperial College, and his main business was running a brothel.

He is about 32 years old this year, has many wives and concubines, one legitimate son and a group of illegitimate sons.

In short, the house is very lively, no different from a general's mansion.

Your mother-in-law loves this younger brother very much. After all, he is the only blood of the Li family."

Lan Qiyan was ready to fight, but Yulin reminded him, "Mom, don't kill anyone. This may not be very moral."

"Don't worry, no one will be killed, but some injuries are inevitable."

“You want to do this business but you can’t let your mother-in-law know it’s you behind it.

You can take over the shop opposite the brothel."

"Whose is on the other side?"

"The Jiang family."

"Yu Ze's in-laws?"

"It belongs to Jiang Yi. It was also given to me by my eldest brother's biological mother, Chu Yun."

"Did you give it to Yuze and the others?"

"No."

Lan Qiyan had a plan in mind. Since he couldn't attack the Li family directly, he would start with the Jiang family.

She asked someone to inquire about Jiang Yi's preferences and found out that he did everything except being a good person and working hard.

He either indulges in drinking, gambling, whoring or raping women in the streets. How dare they do this under the emperor's feet? She doesn't believe that anyone in the palace doesn't know about it.

If you want to destroy him, make him crazy first. When God is angry and people are resentful, Jiang Yi's death will come.

But at that time, he had already hurt so many girls that Lan Qiyan planned to teach him a lesson first.

After the first month of the lunar year, Lan Qiyan put on makeup every day and transformed himself into a reckless young man.

First, he got to know Jiang Yi by fighting, then he accompanied him to gamble, and finally he lost the three shops to the gambling house.

Lan Qiyan gave the gambling house one thousand taels to buy back three shops, then connected them and began drastic reforms.

By the time Chu Yun found out that Jiang Yi had lost three shops on Hua Street, it was already spring and flowers were blooming.

Yuze Yuzhen and Yulin resigned themselves to cleaning up the mess in the back.

This trick was full of loopholes, and they had to find strong evidence to prevent Chu Yun from investigating.

However, building a brothel costs a lot, and with the decoration style she designed herself, it would cost at least 1200 taels.

The one thousand taels used to buy the shop was Yu Zian's salary for several months. The worthless things moved out of the general's mansion were exchanged for grenades, and the rest were all exchanged for weapons and given to Yu Zian.

Now all the food, clothing and other expenses in the mansion are spent on Yulin's money, and the two brothers Yuze also provide financial support from time to time.

She is short of money.

After sighing a few times in the yard, she turned and went into the house. She did not come out until midnight, with a bag on her back.

"Mom, what are you doing?" Three children came over from different directions.

Lan Qiyan scratched his head and said, "Hey, I'm going out to do something."

"Who do you want to bomb?"

"No one, just a few corrupt officials who wanted to spend some money."

"Build a brothel?"

"My eldest son is really smart."

"How much do you need?"

"1200 taels, my sons, do you have the money? Let's raise some money through crowdfunding."

Yuze touched his purse and took a step back, "Mom, go early and come back early."

Yu Zhen coughed and said, "Mom, be careful."

Yulin turned around and said, "I'm still young. I won't grow taller if I stay up late."

Lan Qiyan sneered, "Three paupers! Other princes and young masters are quite rich, why are these three so poor?"

Three children: Is it easy for them? Does it cost money to raise soldiers? Does it cost money to make weapons? Does it cost money to recruit soldiers?

They eat green vegetables three times a day, and their faces turn green from eating so much. Mother can't see anything.

On the third day of March, at midnight, there was a sudden thunderclap, and the house of the Minister of Revenue was robbed.