Lingfei took the imperial edict and read it carefully twice. Although she was not used to the elegant expression, the meaning was quite clear to her. It could be summed up in one word - money!
The special envoy for disaster relief, the beggar leader, went around begging for money from the emperor, and the amount was terrifying. Within two months, he raised 10 million taels. No matter how rich Lingfei's dowry was, it was not worth this much.
Lingfei returned the imperial edict to Situ Chen and asked thoughtfully: "What are you going to do, Your Majesty?"
Situ Chen smiled faintly: "What else can we do? Xinjiang suffered from floods and then snowstorms. Now the price of food has skyrocketed. One price per day. Even if we raise 10 million taels, we may not be able to buy much rice. It is not enough. Father."
I will issue orders again and again to ask for money, no matter what I want to do, I can't do anything about it. The result is the same anyway, why bother to be looked down upon? Tomorrow I will enter the palace and resign this mission to my father."
Lingfei opened his eyes wide and asked, "Isn't that rebellion?"
Situ Chen said noncommittally: "Father knows that I have always been incompetent. If the prime minister hadn't instigated this, this job would definitely not have happened to me. He would have at most scolded me and punished me with grounding, but he would not have killed me."
Lingfei gritted his teeth, and finally knew what it meant to be sad for his misfortune. He was no longer angry. She walked to Situ Chen, knelt down and said: "It's not that pessimistic. People say that misfortunes come when blessings come. Your Majesty, seeing how heavy the snow is this winter, next year
There will definitely be a good harvest, and the auspicious snow will herald a good harvest."
Situ Chen glanced at her sideways: "Far water cannot save the near fire. By next year, the people will all starve to death."
"We can sell futures," Lingfei flashed his eyes.
"Futures?" Situ Chen repeated, Bai Xin also glanced at Lingfei
"Yes." Lingfei nodded: "The prince can calculate next year's harvest, how much money can be brought into the treasury, calculate a reasonable income, buy the grain first and then pay next year, or return more rice grain and limit the price of grain.
The soaring price of food must be because some people think that rare goods are valuable, so they must order those who raise food prices. Severe punishment will bring safe benefits on the one hand, and the risk of losing their heads on the other. We are not fools."
She paused and continued: "Even if we grant 100% of the benefits to the wealthy households, it will only be an extra ten million taels. Compared with the soaring price of grain, it is still a good deal for us. We just take this opportunity to buy more rice grain.
In the future, if someone collects grain and raises the price, the prince can release the grain to balance the market price and make those merchants lose their money."
Lingfei thought she spoke well. After all, she knew the economic concepts of the 21st century and was confident that she could impress Situ Chen.
Unexpectedly, there was no change in his eyes. He just remained silent for a long time and said lightly: "It's so complicated, I can't do it."
Lingfei was completely speechless
Situ Chen stood up and said to Bai Xin: "I am tired, come back with me and lie down for a while."
Lingfei sighed, she did what she had to do. Prince Wooden didn't listen, so she had nothing to do. It was going to rain, and my mother wanted to get married, so let him go.
In Nuansi Pavilion, a voice said with interest: "That girl is getting more and more interesting."
"Would you like to try the method she said?"
"Try, why don't you let Xuan'er give Leng Yue a heads-up about something that can save the people of Xinjiang?"
Lingfei was so angry that he walked around the lake for a long time before walking back to the Herborist Courtyard. Situ Chen really couldn't support the mud on the wall. Forget it, seeing that he was quite honest and didn't mess with her.
She endures
Xiao Qiao was looking around all the way. When he saw Ling Fei, he ran over with a smile on his face: "Princess, why have you been gone for so long?"
"Is something wrong?" Lingfei asked in surprise.
"It's nothing, it's just that the princess hasn't come back for a long time, and she's not in the main hall. I'm worried about you."
Lingfei smiled and hummed, but there was a red thread in her heart. Xiao Qiao was too interested in her... When the black shadow appeared for the first time, this girl rushed in. She always felt that there was something wrong with Xiao Qiao.
Her mind was racing. If Xiao Qiao really had a ghost, then she was probably the one who killed Su Qingxiao, because if someone wanted to spy on her, becoming a girl by her side would undoubtedly be the least conspicuous choice.
Lingfei returned to Baicao Courtyard quietly. After lunch, she told Huandong and Xiao Qiao that she had a headache and that she would take a good nap in the afternoon and no one was allowed to disturb her.
She had been lying on the bed for an hour. The bait had been put out and now she could start fishing.
Lingfei opened the window and jumped out, but she did not go far. Instead, she ducked and retreated to the corridor next to her. She was not good at lightness, but when it came to evading and tracking skills, Lingfei was very confident.
Sure enough, after a while, a lavender figure jumped out of the window. His movements were light and his martial arts were obviously not weak. His long hair was flying in the wind. The figure looking left and right was not Xiao Qiao. Lingfei felt a chill in his heart. Beside her,
Sure enough, there are nails
Xiao Qiao looked around in the courtyard, but there were no signs of climbing on the high walls around her. She looked for a long time, and finally stamped her feet in annoyance. She flashed back to Herborist Courtyard.
Lingfei hurriedly followed her. What would Xiao Qiao do when he found out she was not there?
Xiao Qiao searched the Herborist courtyard again and confirmed that Lingfei was not in the room. Then he bit his lips and walked out.
Lingfei followed from a distance until he saw Xiao Qiao walking into Nuansi Pavilion
Only then did she feel a chill in her heart. Could it be that the person behind Xiao Qiao was Situ Chen?
Situ Chen's pale face flashed through Lingfei's mind. If it was really Situ Chen, then she could understand his motive for killing Su Qingxiao. She thought that he could pretend to be a coward on the surface and strategize secretly.
Conspiracy, she couldn't help but feel weak. Situ Chen's city is really outrageous
Lingfei didn't wait for Xiao Qiao to come out, she went straight back to Herborist Courtyard. When Xiao Qiao came back, she was already smiling and ordering Huandong to make tea.
Xiao Qiao looked at Lingfei coldly, maybe because he knew her identity, Lingfei felt that the look in this girl's eyes today was particularly sharp.
Lingfei stood up calmly and said that she was going out for a walk. She had too many things on her mind and needed to think about how to deal with herself.
She strolled by the lotus pond in the palace. The pond in winter was withered, without a trace of red flowers and greenery, only endless loneliness, just like Lingfei's mood at the moment. But she was still willing to come here because it was quiet and remote and not easily disturbed by others.
Lingfei walked around the pool twice, and suddenly turned around coldly. A few meters away from her, stood a woman in lavender clothes, with a sharp sword in her hand, shining with cold light.
"Xiao Qiao?" Lingfei raised his eyebrows, pretending to be surprised and said: "What are you going to do?" She secretly complained in her heart, why did she get killed just after she came to her senses? Xiao Qiao's reaction was unavoidable
Too fast
Xiao Qiao sneered twice: "You still can't tell, I'm going to take your life."