Six days have passed since Ning Yuke proclaimed himself king, and a series of waves caused by this incident in Daning have gradually begun to emerge.
The three censors of the Metropolitan Procuratorate had their heads chopped off by the Hualing Guards for the crime of "deceiving the emperor". They also "cut off" the memorials that many court officials were preparing to submit. For a while, no one in the court dared to mention "
Wei Changtian participated in the rebellion".
Han Zhao has arrived in Yuanzhou with the Tiger Talisman of the Ministry of War. The 300,000-strong army will begin preparing their weapons today and is expected to turn south in ten days and go straight to Shuzhou to attack the rebels.
The 400,000 Daning troops located in Da Feng continued to march towards Fengyuan City after three days of rest. They made it clear that they would not postpone their offensive because of the Shuzhou Rebellion and vowed to conquer the enemy's capital in one fell swoop to "avenge the compatriots who died in Yuanzhou City."
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The news that Ning Yuke will build a new city a thousand miles south of Shuzhou City has spread all over the world. No one knows what the King of Shu is going to do, but many craftsmen are ready to go there under the temptation of "high salary"
Go to Shuzhou to build a city...
In just five days, one incident after another that would have shocked the government and the public occurred one after another, making the people of Daning even a little numb to these "news".
Everyone will no longer gather in street teahouses to talk as excitedly as usual, and no longer care too much about the far-reaching impact these things will have.
For tens of millions of ordinary people who work from dawn to dusk, their intuitive feelings about the world basically come from the daily changes in prices.
Obviously, this doesn't look promising.
The prices of salt, iron, cloth, grain... almost all daily necessities have increased to varying degrees compared to this time last year.
Among them, food prices have experienced the largest increase, and have now doubled.
From the previous "Fifteen Wen Dou rice" to the current "Thirty Wen Dou rice".
The price of "three qian per stone and rice" is naturally nothing to the nobles, but it is already a heavy burden for most common people.
After all, food is eaten every day, so it is not an expense that can be saved.
Under such circumstances, rumors such as "food prices are cheap in Shuzhou" and "you can get land and money by moving to Shuzhou" naturally have room for survival.
But even though the rumors say that there are noses and eyes, not many people will actually drag their families to Shuzhou.
The reason for this is not difficult to understand.
First, most people are not willing to leave their hometowns unless they can no longer survive.
Second, no matter how good Shuzhou is now, it will fall into war sooner or later, and no one knows what the world will be like.
Third, the autumn harvest is about a month away.
With these three thoughts in mind, people all over Daning chose to grit their teeth and persevere, generally believing that the hard days will be over in two months at most.
After all, the imperial army should have entered Fengyuan by then, forcing Li Qi to surrender and sue for peace.
The chaos in Shuzhou should have subsided, and the farce of a woman proclaiming herself king has ended.
There is also the autumn harvest.
Although there have been frequent wars this year, God is still good, and the harvests everywhere should be good.
By then, the high food prices will definitely come down...
With a bright vision for the future, the people tightened their belts one by one and planned carefully how to use the little money left to get through the past two months.
But they probably wouldn't have thought of it anyway.
What happened two months later was actually so different from what they expected now.
No.
It should be said that it is the complete opposite.
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"Da da da!"
"Da da da......"
Outside Shuzhou City, Wei Changtian looked at a dozen fast horses that were gradually moving away, and it took him a long time to look away.
This time it was Chu Xianping who was leaving. He was going to visit several neighboring states to talk to the governors of each state about "borrowing people".
Now that the new city is about to break ground, there are naturally not enough craftsmen within Shuzhou's boundaries, and the "high-paying" labor force hired from all over the country is temporarily unavailable.
The best solution is to go to the surrounding states and counties to borrow people.
Of course, everyone understands the importance of population.
So don't say that Shuzhou has rebelled now. Even if there is no rebellion, these states and counties will definitely not easily agree to this matter.
But Wei Changtian still used the same old method of dealing with this——
Carrot and stick.
I have plenty of silver, and I also have plenty of swords.
It's just a favor. If you want to give me face, I'll give you a lot of money.
If you don't want to give me face, then I don't mind moving your head before the imperial army comes.
Of course, this is just a general idea of negotiation, and the details cannot be stated so directly.
But since it was Chu Xianping who handled the matter himself, I guess the problem wouldn't be too big.
"..."
"Let's go."
The sound of horse hooves in the distance gradually disappeared, and Wei Changtian turned back to look at Xu Qingwan:
"I'll take you back to Yingfengsheng first."
"Then I have to go to the palace."
"Yingshengsheng" is the name of Comrade Xiao Xu's new grain store.
However, the name was not chosen by her, nor by Wei Changtian, but by Wei Yanyu, the "second shareholder" of the grain bank.
At that time, Wei Changtian wanted to find a few people to help Xu Qingwan, and then he thought of Wei Yanyu.
And the latter agreed very readily.
Although the money used to open the grain business was actually the Xu family's money, Wei Yanyu only got 30% of the shares, and the remaining 70% was in Xu Qingwan's hands.
As a result, Comrade Xiao Xu's net worth suddenly soared from a few thousand taels to nearly ten million taels, and he is very likely to become a major shareholder of Daning's largest grain store in the future.
Such a change was like a little hamster suddenly owning an entire granary, which made Xu Qingwan so excited that she couldn't sleep well for several days.
"good."
With a soft promise, Xu Qingwan took the lead in getting into the carriage, bending down to reveal the hilt of the sword at her waist.
When Wei Changtian behind him saw this scene, he felt suddenly funny.
Good guy, in the original work, Xu Qingwan was the woman with the highest fighting power. I never expected that her fate would have changed so much now.
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"Are you still practicing recently?"
He also got into the car and sat down. Wei Changtian asked casually: "There is also the Guichen Sword. Have you stopped practicing it a long time ago?"
"No, I practice every day."
Xu Qingwan covered her mouth and smiled: "You've been away from home all day, so naturally you can't see me."
"Ahem, aren't I busy..."
With an awkward cough, Wei Changtian changed the subject: "By the way, if Yingsheng Sheng still needs someone, you can ask Lu Jingyao to help, so that she won't have to sit around at home all day long."
"Sister Lu?"
Xu Qingwan blinked her eyes and suddenly smiled: "Changtian, do you want to thank me?"
"Thank you?"
Wei Changtian was stunned: "Thank you for what?"
"Thank you for sending you to Sister Lu's room that day."
Xu Qingwan shook her head and said proudly: "Otherwise, you still don't know how long it will take to vent your anger."
"You didn't see Sister Lu the next day. You ate a lot more food. Are you not bored anymore?"
"Let me tell you, you should be nicer to Sister Lu..."
"..."
In my ears, Comrade Xiao Xu continued to chatter.
At this time, Wei Changtian couldn't help but think of what happened that night.
"..."
"why are you crying?"
"Gao, I'm so happy..."
"Why do you cry when you are happy?"
"Did I cry?"
"Your tears are almost soaking the pillow."
"I'm sorry......"
"Okay, go to sleep quickly, I don't have time to talk to you about these useless things."
"..."
"Mr. Sir, can you promise me something?"
"What's the matter?"
"You, you can hit me, scold me, or be cruel to me, but can you... don't dislike me..."
"I dislike you? Why do I dislike you? What's going on in your mind all day long is... hmm???"
"..."
I originally wanted my heart to illuminate the moon, but the bright moon reflects the ditch.
The ditch has its own clear mirror, which illuminates your heart as well as mine.