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"Father, please excuse me. Now we need the intervention of the imperial court. If the people don't dare to open shops, then the imperial court will do so!" Li Huang stepped forward and said.
"Yes, yes, if the imperial court's sign is hung up, who would dare to take action?" Someone immediately agreed.
Liang Wen sneered and said: "The fifth prince said it lightly. Opening a shop is something that happens overnight? Besides, how many shops do we need to open for people's clothing, housing and transportation? Where can we find people? Even if we open a few shops, we can temporarily do it.
After meeting the needs of the people, what will happen next? If the people have no business, where will they make money? According to Weichen, if this continues, the entire Li country's economy will be paralyzed!"
Immediately afterwards, some courtiers agreed with Liang Wen's statement. After all, the imperial court had always explicitly prohibited people in the imperial court from doing business. They said that each of the adults' houses had several shops, but they were all managed by insiders or servants.
, the imperial court just turned a blind eye!
"This is just a stopgap measure. I believe that the five major families have reached the point where they are at the end of their rope and cannot hold on for much longer. As long as we get through this most difficult time, we will definitely be able to make the five major families useful to my court!" Li Huang
insisted.
Liang Wen wanted to say something more, but he suddenly turned to Chu Zhantian and asked, "Does the King of Chu have any good plans?"
Chu Zhantian quickly stood up and said: "Wei Chen also thinks that the Fifth Prince's method is feasible. Now that the shops are not open anyway, the court will requisition them to meet the needs of the people first. However, the requisition by the court must be very difficult to operate.
Difficulty, I am afraid that the officials below will work against the will and take advantage of the opportunity to exploit and make money, and then the people will be even more resentful! Wei Chen thought that if this matter can be handed over to the fifth prince to supervise it, it will be completed smoothly! "
Li Li nodded: "What King Chu said makes sense, Huang'er, I'll leave this matter to you. Don't let me down!"
Li Huang quickly stepped forward to receive the order: "Yes!"
After coming down from the court, Chu Zhantian walked in front deliberately and leisurely. When Li Huang walked up to him, he smiled slightly, cupped his fists and said, "Congratulations to the Fifth Prince!"
Li Huang smiled faintly: "What can I congratulate you on?"
"The Fifth Prince is the smartest among all the princes, don't you know that?" Chu Zhantian didn't say anything, and the two of them talked while walking.
"King Chu is also very smart. Do you want to help me this time?" Li Huang smiled slowly.
"Fifth Prince, don't say that. To say it's over the line, if Qing'er hadn't been willful back then, Fifth Prince would have been my father-in-law's son-in-law!" Chu Zhantian said, stroking his beard slowly.
"That's right!" Li Huang nodded lightly.
When Chu Zhantian heard this, he immediately became energetic, said a few more good words, and then left happily.
Liang Wen watched from behind, his beard curling up in anger. After thinking about it, he went directly into the harem instead of going home.
In the palace of the Crown Prince, Liang Jingle was sitting in a daze. In front of her was the picture of ninety-nine to relieve the cold. This winter, she embroidered one plum blossom a day, a total of ninety-nine. Now that the cold winter is over, spring is warm and the flowers are blooming, ninety-nine to relieve the cold.
She had embroidered the pictures, but the people she was waiting for still didn't even look at her.
"Crown Princess, are you worried about the prince's departure?" Seeing her sitting there for a long time, the personal palace maid couldn't help but stepped forward to persuade her, "The prince is also going to do important things. There is a bright moon to serve him, and Master Chong will follow him.
, nothing should happen!"
Liang Jingle smiled bitterly: "It's the same whether he is in the palace or not? If he is in the palace, he will never set foot in my place. It would be better if he is not here. At least I can comfort myself!"
"My concubine, don't say that. The prince is just having fun. As time goes by, you will definitely see how good your concubine is!" Before the palace maid finished speaking, she heard the guard outside saying: "The prince's concubine, Mr. Liang
ask to see!"
Liang Jingle quickly asked the palace maid to put away the Nine-Nine Cold Repelling Pictures and stood up to greet him.
"See you, Crown Princess!" After Liang Wen saluted, he sat aside and sighed as he looked at his daughter's emaciated and haggard appearance.
"Dad, what's wrong? But what's going on at home?" Liang Jingle asked worriedly.
Liang Wen shook his head: "Everything is fine at home, and your mother is fine too. Just take care of yourself!"
Liang Jingle couldn't help but smile bitterly: "I have nothing to do all day, everything is fine!"
Liang Wen paused and said in a low voice: "Mother, please let them go out first. If you want anything, you must tell your mother alone!"
Liang Jingle quickly asked people to go out.
"If you have something to say, daddy, please tell me quickly. What happened?" Liang Jingle had never seen Liang Wen act so solemnly before, and couldn't help but have a bad premonition in his heart.
"I'm afraid the position of the prince is not guaranteed!" Liang Wen sighed, his face full of sadness.
"Ah?" Liang Jingle was startled, opened his mouth in disbelief, and quickly asked: "But what mistake did the prince make?"
Liang Wen shook his head. It is not easy to talk to women about matters in the imperial court. He just said: "Dad just regrets that he married you into this palace because he wanted to be the crown princess, but you were left in the cold and alone all day long.
Shou Kongfang, look at you, you’ve only been married for a short time and you’ve become so thin!”
"Dad, please don't say that. My daughter is willing to do so! She has never regretted it. She just hates that she has no ability and cannot keep the prince's heart!" Liang Jingle said quickly.
"His heart, how can he still have a heart! In order to win over me, he talked better than he sang, but now how does he treat you?" Liang Wen became more and more angry as he spoke, "Now the fifth prince Li Huang has gradually taken control.
In the government affairs, if he defeats the five major families again this time, then..."
By then, the crown prince's position will really be no longer guaranteed!
"Dad, you must help the prince!" Liang Jingle is just a woman in the harem. She doesn't know what the situation is outside. She only knows that if even her father can't help the prince, then...
"You think I don't want to help him? Then he has to work hard! If he had listened to the Queen and suppressed the Fifth Prince before his wings were full, how could things happen today? A woman's kindness!" Liang Wenren
He kept complaining.
"Dad, the prince is kind-hearted by nature, he..." Liang Jingle was extremely anxious.
"Okay, I know you feel sorry for him, that's all. I shouldn't have told you these things in the first place. You are already very annoyed in this palace. Let me tell you these things again! I'm going back first!" Liang Wen said
Get up and leave.
Liang Jingle quickly asked someone to send him out.
On the carriage back, Li Huang closed his eyes to rest, but Lei Lei was extremely excited, "Sir, in this way, our previous shop will be useful! At that time, my subordinates were still wondering why I didn't expand the scale in the same industry, but
Following the path of the five major families, we opened so many shops of all walks of life across the country. At that time, I felt that the shops were scattered, and we had to compete with the five major families for business. Many of the shops were losing money. Now I realize that they belong to me*
*Look far ahead!”
Li Huang slowly opened his eyes: "Now that I am no longer the same person as before, with so many informants inside and outside, I'm afraid those shops can't take care of them anymore. Please let Tenglong worry more!"
Lei Lei quickly responded, "In this case, the wishful thinking of the five major families will come to nothing again!"
"It's not that simple. The five major families have spent all their money this time. They have to do their own business, and they have to spend extra money to hire those Jianghu people. Those Jianghu people are not cheap!" Li Huang said slowly, "Before, I, the King
I didn’t ask you to find out the details of the five major families, how about that?”
Lei Lei quickly said: "Among the five major families, the subordinates sent people in. The letters sent by those people said that the five major families were just empty shells. In fact, they did not have much money. After all, there were many shops and many people were involved.
Guang, all their money has been invested in it. Now the five major families have been fighting with the imperial court for more than a year. The deficit for this day is more than a thousand taels of silver. As I said, they are already at the end of their rope. It is said that the four major families have been doing this recently.
The three-month deficit was filled by the Shangguan family. Therefore, although the Shangguan family is richer than the four major families, it has now helped the four major families to fill the three-month deficit, and there is not much left! The subordinates believe that in half a year at most, the five major families will
The family cannot hold on, and in these six months, as long as you stabilize the people's hearts and resist foreign enemies, you will definitely win this battle!"
"Half a year..." Li Huang pondered. In such a large country with a population of hundreds of thousands, it is not an easy task to persist for half a year! However, food is the most important thing for the people, and the most important thing now is to stabilize food prices.
, as long as food prices can be stabilized, people will feel half at ease!
"Lei Lei, you ask Tenglong to lead the people of Longtang to open shops all over the country. Make a list of what is needed and how much is needed. We will ignore the rest and take care of the food first. Fortunately, the weather is starting to warm up.
, Even if there is no cotton cloth, the cold will not kill anyone! As long as we strive to defeat the five major families before winter comes, this battle will be considered won!" Li Huang said coldly.
"Yes, Master!" Lei Lei responded quickly.
After Chu Han and Shangjia Village waited for two days, Liu Fu and the others finally came back one after another.
"Girl, the sweet potatoes in Liuye Town, Zhuli Town, and Dongzhuang Town have all been planted according to Miss Chu's requirements! The wheat has also been watered with green water!" Liu Fu reported first.
"Wangzhuang Town and Wuming Town too!" Wei Ba also stepped forward and said.
"The same happened in Gaozhuang Town last week!"
After hearing the nine people sent to report in order, Chu Yiqing nodded with satisfaction. Now nearly 20,000 acres of sweet potatoes in twenty towns have been planted, and 30,000 acres of wheat have also been watered with green water. This is the largest
The live calculation is done, and the next step is maintenance!
"Very good, you have worked hard. Go back and rest first. I will send you to deal with anything else!" Chu Yiqing said with a smile.
"Miss Chu, you're welcome!" Liu Fu quickly led his brothers to salute and then left.
"Miss, Liu Fu and the others really did not disappoint the lady!" Yingqian said with satisfaction.
Chu Yiqing smiled faintly, "Now that the sweet potatoes have been planted, my worries are over. By the way, how is the food harvest going?" Chu Yiqing asked quickly. In the past two days, Jin Yu has been taking people to various places.
Every household went to collect grain. Although everyone had saved some grain in the past two years, it was not much. Each family only had a few hundred kilograms, so it was very trivial. It took two days to collect but it was not finished.
"It's only 10,000 to 20,000 kilograms, which is the total amount of seven or eight villages!" Yingqian was also a little discouraged, but thinking about it, now is the time when the economy is lean, and it would be good for every household to still have food in stock. This would have been the case before.
, even if each family only eats two meals, the food is not enough. Not only do they have to add wild vegetables, but sometimes they have to squeeze the children to eat first. Now, no matter what the whole family eats, it is very good to be full!
"There is no food in Chu Han's villages, so I'm afraid there will be no food in other places!" Chu Yiqing pondered and said with a smile: "Yingqian, let people send the food to the town. Fortunately,
I didn’t buy a house, but ten carts of grain and a backyard between heaven and earth were enough!”
There are powerful people in heaven and earth, so sending them there is the safest course!
Yingqian hurriedly agreed and went to arrange manpower. Seeing Liu Yi idle at home, she asked Liu Yi to lead the team. Perhaps it was because Chu Yiqing trusted Liu Yi more, and even Yingqian felt that Liu Yi was steady and reliable.
"Sister Yingqian, brother Liu Yi has just returned from the sea, can't you let him rest?" Mai Xiang was mending Liu Yi's torn clothes. When she saw Yingqian calling for someone, she stuck her head out and said half-jokingly.
Liu Yi was chopping firewood outside. After hearing this, he immediately put down his ax and said: "It's okay, it's okay. I came here to rest early. I have nothing to do at home. I just went out to stretch my muscles!" Liu Yi said and entered the house and looked at Mai.
The clothes were so fragrant that he quickly pulled them over and said, "Don't bother Miss, I'll let Sister Shaoyao mend them! Miss, you'd better go back to study. If Madam sees it, you'll be blamed again!"
Mai Xiang glared at him: "If you don't patch it up, you won't patch it up. Who cares?" After saying that, he went out.
Yingqian didn't say anything. She just watched from the side and couldn't help but curl her lips.
"Sister Yingqian, I'll go right away, just go and wait for me in front!" Liu Yi turned around and saw Yingqian smiling, couldn't help but blush, and said quickly.
Ying Qian nodded and went to the front yard. She thought about what happened between Mai Xiang and Liu Yi just now and couldn't help but smile again.
Chu Yiqing was settling accounts. When he saw Ying Qian walking and laughing, he couldn't help but ask: "Why are you so happy to arrange for someone to deliver food?"
Yingqian didn't know whether to say something or not. She stood for a while and couldn't help it anymore before saying: "Miss, I feel sorry for Liu Yi when I look at the young lady. Just now, the servant ordered Liu Yi to escort the car. The young lady was afraid of Liu Yi's hard work."
Woolen cloth!"
Chu Yiqing was startled and said: "Don't talk nonsense, they are about the same age and have been together for a long time. Don't imitate the women in the village and talk nonsense!"
"Okay, go and see how Yingrun's things are being packed. Let Maixiang go back to town in a few days. It's not okay to stay at home all the time!" Chu Yiqing ordered again.
Yingqian responded quickly and went out immediately.
Chu Yiqing paused. Mai Xiang and Liu Yi were a good match, but the two children were still young. Let's wait until they are older!
Just as he was thinking about it, he saw Jin Yu coming in with a load, and happily said to Chu Yiqing: "Sister, come and see, the sunflower tree is given by a flower. In previous years, I was greedy for this sunflower tree, but I didn't give you a flower."
Well, she wants to keep it by herself, speculate it and buy it. I don’t know what happened this year, but she actually divided it among people. She also said that she had reserved these dozen trees especially for me. I’ve seen them, but they are the biggest among them!”
Chu Yiqing smiled and said: "That's right. Even though the incense grown by me is sold in the town, it is not as good as the incense grown at home!"
Jin Yu smiled and said: "No, ever since our family grew peanuts, I felt that the ones we grew were the most delicious. I also bought a flower from our family and fried them. Now the peanuts eaten by our whole village are our family's.
! But when I looked at the foot of the mountain last year, I didn’t know who planted one. Although it’s not as good as what we planted, it still grows well!”
Chu Yiqing nodded: "Those of us who have been growing food for the past two or three years should learn how to do it. If they want to, just do it. This world does not belong to us!"
Jin Yu also said: "Yes, this will save them from gossiping and talking about people behind their backs!" As Jin Yu said this, he remembered the recruitment of people in the workshop, and discussed with Chu Yiqing: "We need forty people in the workshop.
People have come to sign up in the past few days, including the village chief’s daughter-in-law, Mrs. Liu, who you have also met. What do you think, would you like her to come and work?”
Chu Yiqing thought for a while and said: "Over the years, the village chief has helped us a lot. Although every New Year and holiday, we prepare gifts for the village chief, but now that our family business has grown, we cannot afford to be jealous of others. Mrs. Liu is willing
Come on, let her be the team leader, and the salary will be a hundred cents more. This will be regarded as repaying the kindness of the village chief uncle to us, so that others will not be able to keep company!"
Jin Yu thought about it, after all, Fugui is the village chief of this village, and it was the village chief who got the land to build the workshop this time, so he quickly nodded, "Just do what you say, sister!"
After Jin Yu finished speaking, he suddenly laughed mysteriously and whispered: "Sister, I said this is a big deal today!"
Chu Yiqing looked at her funny: "What's the big deal?"
"Nier has a master!" Jin Yu was very proud, "I've been wandering around for the past few days and finally fell in love with someone. Guess who it is?"
Chu Yiqing didn't have the thought to guess, so he quickly let Jin Yu speak.
"It's Yun Dou, Zheng Yun Dou, the one who helps Li Lao Er raise fish in the river. I asked and found out that he is exactly sixteen years old, the same age as Zhao Ni. Besides, Zheng Lao Er has four sons. The first three are married.
We have spent almost all our money, but now we can't get any money out. Father Zheng has long been worried about Xiandou's marriage, so when I asked the golden matchmaker to ask, Father Zheng agreed, but said that the bride price would be required.
Less!" Jin Yu sighed when she thought of the betrothal gift of only one tael of silver. For one tael of silver, she was afraid that Ma would not agree!
"There is no need for betrothal gifts. As long as Yun Dou is very capable, he can be successful by following Li Laoer in the future. It would be good for Zhao Ni to follow him!" Unexpectedly, Zhao Ni and Zheng Yun Dou were involved together. Chu Yiqing couldn't help but smile. This person's
Fate is really amazing!
"No, I think so too, because I'm afraid Ma will not be able to turn this corner!" Jin Yu sighed, "If she really can't turn this corner, then I won't care about Zhao Ni's affairs and let her figure it out on her own.
Go for it!”
Chu Yiqing looked at Jin Yu in a funny way, knowing that Jin Yu was a man with a sharp mouth and a tough mouth, so he might have to take care of it when the time comes.
Jin Yuzheng was talking. When Zhao Xiaomai came back, she hurriedly told him to send a message to Zhao Baomi. Anyway, there was no mother in the Xiandou family, and only Father Zheng was left alone, not as good as her father-in-law.
A grown man goes to see his wife, so there is no need to see her. Maybe one day Yun Dou will secretly go to see her, but now he just wants Zhao Ni's horoscope to be combined first.
Zhao Xiaomai had dealt with Yun Dou and knew that Yun Dou was a good guy. He was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth. Seeing that it was still early, he quickly washed his face, changed into clean clothes, and went to Zhaojiacun.
At this time, Zhao Ni was grinding corn at home, wanting to grind some dough to make pancakes to eat in the evening. When she saw Zhao Xiaomai coming, she timidly called out to her second uncle, and then went back to the house to ask Zhao Baomi to come out.
"Wheat, are you here?" Zhao Baomi had just come back from the fields. He was covered in mud and quickly wiped it with a handkerchief. At this time, Zhao Ni had already brought out a small bench, and the two of them sat down at the door.
Zhao Ni went back to pick up the corns again.
Zhao Maimai glanced at Zhao Ni's thin back and asked, "Isn't the aunt at home?"
"Who knows where? I haven't been home all day. Look, the yard is full of chicken manure and I haven't swept it away. It's almost dark now. I haven't cooked yet, so I just count on Nizi to be busy!" Zhao Baomi reluctantly said
He kept cursing.
Zhao Xiaomai signaled him to be quiet, fearing that Zhao Ni would hear it, so he lowered his voice and explained the matter briefly. Before he finished speaking, he heard Ma's voice from outside: "You, Ma family member, have a baby."
You're not jealous, it's obvious that you stole my chicken and you still don't admit it, but the chicken feathers are still piled in front of your house! You dare to eat it, you greedy kid, and you're not afraid of diarrhea after eating it!"
Zhao Baomi's face changed, and he immediately stood up and shouted: "What are you doing cursing? His second uncle is here, come back quickly!"
Ma stopped scolding and trotted home. When he saw Zhao Xiaomai, he immediately smiled and said: "His second uncle, you are here? Damn you, why don't you pour water?"
Zhao Ni sat there and said dullly: "Pour some water. The rice bowl for lunch hasn't been washed yet. Where can I find a bowl to pour water from?"
Ma went up and held down Zhao Ni's head and said, "You can't do it if I don't do it? You know how to eat all day long?"
Zhao Ni squatted there and allowed Ma to beat and scold her, without saying a word.
"Big ****, what are you doing? I came here to watch. Zhao Ni has been busy. Unlike you, you still have time to quarrel with others!" Zhao Maimai couldn't help but stand up and said.
Ma quickly smiled and said: "His second uncle, don't be angry. It's because the old Ma family is so unethical. When my chickens ran into his house, he caught them, killed them and ate them. You
Are you saying it’s irritating or not?”
Zhao Xiaomai was a little irritated and stopped sitting. He just said: "I told my elder brother about the specific situation. You guys can discuss it. I will send you a letter after we have discussed it!"
Zhao Xiaomai said and walked out.
"His second uncle, why don't you stay for dinner? I'm going to buy you pork bones again!" Ma quickly chased him out.
Zhao Baomi snorted coldly and moved the small bench into the house.
But Ma stood at the door. When he saw his neighbor sticking his head out, he immediately shouted: "My second uncle is Zhao Yuanwai from Shangjia Village. Do you know?"
The neighbor nodded in agreement and said some flattering words, and then Ma walked home satisfied.
"What did his second uncle say? Did he find a good family for Nizi?" Ma asked as she entered the room and couldn't help the joy on her face.
When Zhao Baomi saw you entering the house, she said: "Nizi, go and cook quickly. Don't eat in the dark again and waste money on lighting a lamp and boiling oil!"
Zhao Ni nodded and took the corn to the stone mill in the village outside to grind it into flour.
"They said they found a family named Zheng Dayuan. There are four brothers in the family. The youngest one he is talking about is raising fish for Miss Chu! This year is exactly sixteen!" Zhao Baomi said.
"Zheng Dayuan? It's the Zheng grin whose wife died when he was young? His family is poor!" When Ma heard this, she started to yell, "How did you find this house?"
"Now the fourth child is working with Miss Chu, and he knows how to raise fish, but he is very popular, so forget it if you don't want to!" Zhao Baomi said displeased.
"How many rooms does his family have? He has four sons. Have the first three sons gotten married? Have they separated? How much dowry will they give?" Ma quickly stopped him and asked.
"I just came to tell you that if you are willing, you can ask a matchmaker to come over and ask for a horoscope. My brother is not a matchmaker. How can a grown man care about so much?" Zhao Baomi rolled her eyes.
Ma nodded, "Then give me a horoscope. If it really works, I won't be too late to raise the conditions!"
Zhao Baomi nodded: "I will reply to my brother tomorrow!"
"Why wait until tomorrow? Let's go now. It's just the right time to eat. Just go and eat. Don't come back. You'll save a meal at home!" Mrs. Ma rushed Zhao Baomi out.
Zhao Baomi actually wanted to go to the house for dinner. The food in the house was good, but he couldn't get away with it. Now that he thought about it, it seemed like he had something to do, so he went to talk about it and stayed with others, so he just carried the big tobacco bag with his hands behind his back.
Hit the road with bang bang bang.
The weather has changed outside, but in the small mountain village of Shangjia Village, everything is still so peaceful and comfortable. When it is not dark, every household starts to cook. After finishing this, they have to light the lamp. It costs money to not see it, so
Usually as soon as it gets dark, everyone starts eating.
When Zhao Baomi arrived at the house, the food was just on the table. When Jin Yu saw Zhao Baomi coming, he asked Zhao Xiaomai to stay with Zhao Baomi to eat. He also made braised chicken nuggets and moved a small table to the side room for him to eat.
The two of them had a drink.
"Brother, look at the life you are living now, this is called life. Look at me, I..." Zhao Baomi's face turned red after drinking two glasses of corn wine, he spoke with a loud tongue, and started to cry.
"Brother, what are you doing!" Zhao Maimai quickly stepped forward and stopped him, "Stop drinking, you're already drunk after just two drinks!"
"I'm not drunk, I'm sober. Back then, my mother said that if you marry a good wife, you won't be punished for the rest of your life. I didn't believe it. At that time, I fell in love with Yaziniang's beauty, but what's the use of being beautiful? Look at where she still looks like she did back then.
He's very lazy and has the ability to cause trouble. Unlike you, who is lucky enough to find his younger siblings. If you look at the huge property of your younger siblings' family, you're just waiting to be the popular one!" Zhao Baomi patted Zhao Xiaomai's face vigorously.
Shoulder.
"Brother, look at what you said, do you think such a big family fortune is light? It's not light either. No matter how you say I'm a son-in-law, I have no status in the family!" Zhao Maimai drank several glasses of wine at this time, and was attracted by Zhao again.
With Baomi's hook, she started talking more.
"You are surrounded by blessings and don't know how to be blessed. Mai Xiangniang is so good, but you are still not satisfied!" Zhao Baomi laughed.
Zhao Xiaomai sighed, stopped talking, and just drank.
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Happy New Year's Day, Xiaoyao will update 7,000 today, and will make up for it after New Year's Day. Hehe, Xiaoyao is also lazy.