Traveling through ancient times.

Chapter 119 The Huo Family Seeks Cooperation

"Isn't it because Jiang Yizhou didn't observe the code of conduct for a woman, didn't restrain herself and follow the rules, and didn't abide by the virtues of a woman? If she was like other women, staying in the backyard obediently, serving her husband and taking care of the children, she wouldn't have done these things. Moreover, at the beginning, he really liked me..."

After hearing what Jiang Zijun said, Chen felt as if a ball of cotton was blocking her heart.

——Anyone could see that Master Ning not only wanted to seize the Jiang family’s property, but also wanted to kill Jiang Yizhou.

Even after all this has happened, do you still want me to follow the rules of being a good wife and stay in the back house waiting to die?

She knew that Zijun was beyond help, truly beyond help.

She couldn't figure it out, is this the daughter she had raised since she was a child?

Since she was young, she was taught how to maintain her own identity within the female virtues and rules, and how to live out her own life in this world where men are the masters.

But in the end it turned out like this.

No matter how many words she taught, they were not as good as one word from her father.

This reminded her of Jiang Yizhou's son Jiang Yian: In order to torture Jiang Yizhou, Master Ning deliberately sent Jiang Yian to their home, and she realized it - it was his mother who had always been raising and teaching him, but it was his mother whom he hated the most.

But at that time, those things had nothing to do with her, it was not her turn to intervene, and she had no ability to intervene.

Now that such a thing happened to her, she only felt powerless and sad.

Chen sighed deeply, and her tone gradually became cold: "Forget it, you won't listen to anything I say now. But there is one thing you must remember, your father only cares about interests and values. So after you go back and recover from your injuries, you'd better find a job. I heard that Yunshan Farm often recruits female workers. With a salary income, maybe your father won't..."

Jiang Zijun's eyes, which were full of pleading and dependence just now, suddenly became very disappointed. She looked at Chen and felt that her mother was extremely strange at the moment.

"Mom, I didn't expect you to be such a person. You said you would always support me no matter what. Now I haven't even gone home yet, and you want to push me out to do those menial jobs and treat me as a cash cow. Mom, I'm so disappointed in you."

Chen was anxious: "That's not what mother meant. What mother meant was that we should have a foundation to establish ourselves. In the past, we had no chance to establish ourselves, but now Yunshan Farm has given us such an opportunity. Moreover, mother is now..."

"I don't care. If you want to go to work, go by yourself. I won't do those menial jobs anyway."

Chen couldn't help but yelled, "Mom does want to go, but can I go?"

She had wanted to leave the backyard a long time ago, but Jiang Mingxin said: If you go to work for Jiang Yizhou, how will others see me? Where will I put my face? If you dare to step out of the house, I will divorce you immediately!

Divorce her!

Once divorced, she will be left with nothing and will have no place to stand in this world.

So no matter how unwilling she is or how she plans, she cannot escape the prison of gender.

This is her weakness.

And Jiang Mingxin obviously knew how to find her weak spot.

Under patriarchy, wives and daughters are merely property that men can dispose of and cash in at any time.

If Jiang Zijun went back, Jiang Mingxin would definitely find her a husband in exchange for wealth. By then, Zijun's life in the second half of her life could be imagined.

Unfortunately, Zijun hasn't realized this yet.

...It is said that Jiang Yizhou beat Jiang Zijun severely and directly expelled him from the Jiang residence.

Jiang Mingxin really did not disappoint people. It was said that in order to buy jewelry for a concubine, he decisively married Zijun, who had not yet fully recovered from her injuries, to a widower in his forties and received more than thirty taels of silver.

Zijun didn't really get scared until her father had her stuffed into a shabby little sedan chair.

When her veil was lifted by a lame, leggy, and shabby old man, she felt like her innocence had collapsed.

She remembered what her mother had said, but it was too late to say anything now.

She was already injured, so how could she be a match for the man with lustful thoughts? After a few slaps, she was completely stunned. And then...

From then on, she had to do all the dirty work alone, and she had to deal with an extremely mean pair of in-laws.

This is the real hell on earth.

Chen tried her best but failed to save him, and her power as the head of the rear house was taken away. If her family had not come to plead for her, she would have been divorced.

I originally thought that I would just get by with my life and live from day to day.

Now, he has completely cut off her and her daughter's chance of survival.

Chen's heart was completely cold.

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It was more than three months since Jiang Yizhou returned to the Jiang residence in the first month of the year to deal with Ning Jianren, Jiang Yian, and Zhang Fu.

During this period, Jiang Yizhou used up thousands of merits, and now there is only 17,000 left in his account.

All matters were handled by the heads of various departments who sent documents to Jiang's house, and everything was running smoothly.

Now, after all the messy things have been resolved, Jiang Yizhou put all his energy into consolidating and developing Yunshan Farm.

Seventeen thousand, the exchange price for salt making technology is ten thousand.

As for making salt, she is not near the sea and does not have salt wells, and even if she did, she would need approval from the imperial court.

Right now, those forces are eyeing Yunshan covetously. If we apply to make and produce salt, it may not be easy to process.

Steelmaking technology requires 20,000, and we are almost there.

Just like iron smelting and salt making, the imperial court allowed private individuals to have certain rights under its control.

But this authority is basically monopolized by the powerful and wealthy, and behind them are high-ranking officials in the court.

I'm afraid it would be difficult for her to insert it.

These two paths are blocked for the time being. Jiang Yizhou sat in a chair and pondered how to break the current deadlock.

Just then, Wei Ke knocked on the door and brought in a letter.

Huo Yuting?

In the letter, Huo Yuting first praised the courage and means of the head of the Jiang family, and then said that he wanted to cooperate with the head of the Jiang family in the liquor business.

Jiang Yizhou thought that his liquor had already come out, but the documents for operating the liquor were still under review.

If it was just an ordinary small-scale product, the county would have distributed it, but her liquor was different from the previous ones, it was purer and stronger, and the output was large.

In addition, everyone was eyeing her covetously, so He Jimin had no choice but to report to higher authorities and wait for document approval. Only after obtaining the production and operation qualifications could she officially enter the market.

He Jimin submitted the application documents for the liquor business before the New Year, but there has been no response since.

Now the Huo family suddenly wrote to her, offering to cooperate in producing liquor.

It seems that Zhang Cong and Fu Xian have returned to Kyoto and have already negotiated with their superiors.

Only after the higher-ups gave the green light did these people dare to take action.

However, the Huo family is well-informed, which means that the people behind him have a close relationship with the big guys behind Zhang Cong and the other two.

The reason why they are not the same boss is because Zhang Cong and Fu Xian are already partners, so there is no need to get another person to compete with them.

Jiang Yizhou was thinking about how to use liquor as a starting point to get a piece of the pie from the carbonite mine. Liao Qi knocked on the door and came in: "Master, are you looking for me?"