I don’t know how other rooms in the mansion reacted when they received the list, but King Qian was really shocked when he received the list.
"Overseas is a cornucopia in the eyes of the princess, otherwise how could she gain so much every time she goes to sea!"
King Qian handed the list to Mr. Zhang, "Look, just with the supplies on the list, Xiaowu's private soldiers can be guaranteed to have no worries about money and food for a year. Overseas, it is simply the logistics yamen for the princess to raise soldiers!"
Mr. Zhang took the list and looked at it. He found that just cloth, medicinal materials, and grain were shipped back from overseas in more than ten ships. These are necessary supplies that no one can buy even if they have money in these troubled times.
The rest include gold, silver, jewelry, and captive populations.
In fact, there is basically no shortage of prisoners in Lingnan now. Due to the infrastructure construction, the prisoners brought back from the defeat of Annan last time are enough to handle them.
Where there is a shortage of prisoners, there are probably only a few masters' mines.
However, Xia Jing filled up this manpower gap without making any noise. With this group of prisoners, her iron mine will not be short of people to mine for at least a few years.
Mr. Zhang thought about this and said with emotion: "The princess is far-sighted and has clear plans for everything she does, which makes me admire her!"
At least everything you do is a few steps faster than theirs.
King Qian actually admired Xia Jing in his heart, but he would not show it on his face.
At this time, it was obviously not suitable to continue this topic, so he changed the subject and said: "There is gold everywhere overseas. Sir, do you think we can go to sea once?"
Sure enough, King Qian saw the abundance of materials overseas, and he was moved!
These days, when it comes to natural and man-made disasters, the imperial court cannot be relied upon. He always has to find a guarantee for his army.
"If the prince wants to send his troops to sea, there will be too many early preparations. First of all, we don't have sea ships. If we want to learn from the princess and rent them from powerful families, then the problem is that we don't have soldiers suitable for life at sea."
Mr. Zhang was helpless. Only then did he realize that the princess really took one step at a time and waited for ten steps. When others wanted to follow her steps, he realized that many things were not ready.
King Qian refused to admit defeat and said: "Our team has tens of thousands of people, and many of them are natives of Lingnan. I don't believe it. We can't select a few thousand people who are familiar with water properties out of tens of thousands of people?"
Mr. Zhang: "It is easy to select a few thousand out of tens of thousands of people who are familiar with water properties, but if they want to go to sea to fight, they must undergo targeted training."
If you go out and fight with pirates without training, then it will be like giving up your life.
Of course, what Mr. Zhang didn't know was that Xia Jing's first trip to sea was when she successfully captured the pirate's island with her own bravery.
King Qian said irritably: "Then let them train!"
King Qian said a word, and the military camp on the outskirts of the city got busy, screening, and competing in physical fitness. In the end, five thousand elites with good water qualities were successfully selected.
Looking at the vigorous training of five thousand elites in the camp next door, Feng Tu said to Li Chengmu: "The princess's guess is correct. We have successfully brought back countless money and food from overseas. These camps finally couldn't hold it in any longer.
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Li Chengmu touched his chin and asked, "Tell me, if my father asks me to borrow a ship, should I borrow it or not?"
"This." Feng Tu put himself into it. If his father asked him to borrow a boat, he seemed unable to refuse. "Father's orders are hard to break. If the prince asks you to borrow a boat, you seem to be unable to refuse."
Li Chengmu didn't pay much attention to it. Although the ship was valuable, it was easy to get. Besides, his father borrowed the ship, so it would be unreasonable not to borrow it.
Feng Tu looked away and asked about another thing that concerned him, "Fifth Master, I heard that the princess is building a new type of warship, is it true?"
Li Chengmu shook his head: "I don't know much about this matter. My mother-in-law never mentioned it to me."
Xia Jing had mentioned this to him, and she knew the progress of the project, but he couldn't tell anyone about such a top-secret event as a new warship, it had to be kept secret!
In the past few months, several iron ore deposits have been discovered in Nanling, and the storage capacity is amazing.
Under this situation, Lingnan's steel production was somewhat overcapacity, so Xia Jing decided to have the blacksmith workshop manufacture steel warships in advance.
On this day, Xia Jing came back from the farm outside the city. As soon as she entered the house, she was invited to the front yard study by Zeng Yan.
"Why did you come to see me? You didn't even give me time to go back to the yard to wash up?"
Xia Jing felt angry when she entered the study, mainly because she came back from outside the city and was not only hot and sweaty, but also covered in dust.
"Princess, please forgive me. Your Majesty really has something urgent to discuss with you. If I have offended you, please forgive me. Please forgive me." Mr. Zhang smoothed things over with a smile.
Xia Jing found a seat and sat down, and Anu promptly handed her a cup of warm tea.
Mr. Zhang asked with a smile: "Is the princess going to the farm outside the city to see the harvest?"
Xia Jing nodded: "Yes!"
The autumn harvest is coming to an end. Since the heavy rain that day, the weather has been mostly sunny, which makes it easier for people harvesting to dry their grain.
"How was the harvest?"
Xia Jing glanced at him and said calmly: "It's not much. It shouldn't be a problem to feed my team for a year!"
"The output is good!" Mr. Zhang smiled happily, "Lingnan is experiencing good weather this year, and God has given us plenty to eat!"
Xia Jing agrees with this. Compared with the Central Plains, Lingnan can really be called a paradise.
"I heard that several state capitals in the Central Plains have suffered from floods. It will be difficult for people who want to come to the Central Plains this winter."
After hearing this, the relaxed look that appeared on Mr. Zhang's face disappeared again.
When he thought of this, he frowned, "We are in this southern barbarian land and cannot share your worries for you. I am really ashamed and unworthy of your father!"
After Xia Jing listened to his high-sounding words of loyalty to the emperor, she sneered in her heart. She felt that she was ashamed of the people. As for the king, he himself made the Yu Dynasty a mess, so don't blame others for not trying their best.
Nowadays, local officials from all over the Yu Dynasty support their troops and respect themselves and do not take the imperial court seriously, but the new emperor is bewitched by the ministers in the court and does not recognize the true colors of people.
Working diligently in the palace every day, in Xia Jing's opinion, he was getting twice the result with half the effort, and it was just a waste of time!
In the end, the Yu Dynasty was still so poor that all he had left was his big trousers.
Thousands of holes!
The people are in dire straits!
The civil and military officials in the court only knew that the party was united and opposed by others, and the struggle continued, which accelerated the consumption of the last bit of energy of the Yu Dynasty.
Xia Jing: "Call me over if you have something to say!"
Mr. Zhang coughed slightly and looked at Prince Qian. It would be better for the Prince to tell this matter himself.
King Qian calmed down and said, "During this period, the camp has been undergoing emergency training, and now we only need practical training on the water. Therefore, I would like to lend you ten sea ships for practical training at sea. What do you think?
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Xia Jing adjusted her skirt, listened to his words, raised her head and looked at King Qian, and said with a smile: "It's just ten ships, what a big deal."
When King Qian heard this, he seemed a bit stunned by the surprise. He froze on the spot and asked again in disbelief, "The princess agreed?"
Xia Jing couldn't help laughing and nodded with a smile, "Of course, it's just a secondment, what a big deal!"
Mr. Zhang was overjoyed and stood up and bowed to Xia Jing, "The princess understands carelessness and is a role model for us."
Xia Jing saw that Mr. Zhang was so solemn and couldn't help but laugh: "Haha, you don't have to stop there. I'll rent the boat and you pay the rent. It's a fair deal and mutual benefit. We've settled the money and the goods."
You don’t have to act like you’ve been favored by me.”
King Qian: "."
Mr. Zhang: "."
After working on it for a long time, it turned out that they were just being sentimental!
From the very beginning, the woman had guessed that they would ask her to borrow the boat, and she was just telling them so much to tease them.
hateful!
King Qian's fleet went to sea as scheduled, but he was not happy!
He is still feeling angry because he borrowed something from his princess and still has to pay rent. What kind of rules is this?
He now urgently needs the navy to win a big victory. It would be best to destroy a large pirate den and bring back a dozen or twenty ships.
Then in the following days, he would not have to ask the princess to borrow a boat!
And use this to prove to everyone that his ability is not bad!
Perhaps the people below were aware of King Qian's thoughts, and some impure people advised him, saying that it was against the rules for a princess to interfere in foreign affairs and lead troops.
Even when Xia Jing opened a shop and factory to compete with the people, it became an excuse for them to attack her.
Although King Qian was dissatisfied with Xia Jing in many ways, he was dissatisfied and did not allow outsiders to be dissatisfied with Xia Jing.
What a contradictory person.
Just when the people below were dissatisfied with King Qian's silence, King Qian struck out in a thunderous manner, removing the two top officials from their positions and demoting their whole family to Siling County on the Annan border.
After demoting two senior officials, the government office finally calmed down.
Whoever dares to talk too much may risk his life!
Among the people in Lingnan, Aunt Sun in the palace had the most intense reaction.
"Xia's bitch, aren't you just taking advantage of your youth to do whatever you want in front of the prince?"
"Xia's bitch is indeed an old vixen for many years. She has already reached the age of old age and sex, but she can still seduce the prince into a fascination and obey her every word!"
"When the prince is seduced by the vixen outside, let's see how I deal with your Xia family!"
"Auntie, be careful what you say!"
Hearing this, Aunt Sun turned around and saw his son walking in from outside.
Seeing him glaring angrily, I knew that he must have heard what I muttered just now.
"This is my own courtyard, why should I be careful about what I say!"
"snort!"
Li Chengli snorted coldly, "If you are not afraid that the princess will know or that the father will know, then no matter what you do, one day no one will be able to tolerate you and will abandon you outside the palace!"
Aunt Sun felt guilty, but she still said harshly: "I have a debt of inheritance from the prince, but I don't believe that the prince would be so heartless!"
When Li Chengli faced an unreasonable woman, he didn't want to reason with her. He just told her: "The patience of the father and the mother is limited. Don't test their bottom line again and again."
After saying that, Li Chengli turned around and walked out.
But when he crossed the threshold, he stopped and turned around to warn: "In a few days, the young master of Jingzhou Governor will come back to Lingnan. Please stop making trouble in the past few days. If your father or mother and concubine really catch you, then
Not only will you lose your face, but also the face of the entire palace!"
Whether it is the father or the mother, they definitely do not want to expose the ugly side of the palace to outsiders.
If Aunt Sun remains stubborn, both her father and mother will take action against her!
And the most important point is that no matter who takes action, Aunt Sun will not be able to bear the consequences!
Aunt Sun was stunned, "Young Master Yuan has nothing to do, why are you coming to Lingnan?"
Li Chengli didn't bother to explain to her that the marriage between Yuzhu and Young Master Yuan was not a secret in the palace, who knew about it?
It's disgusting to pretend to be an idiot little girl here!
Aunt Sun's heart ached when she saw her son throwing away his sleeves and leaving without looking back.
Since when did her son stop liking chatting with her about little things in life?
Lingnan has received the news, and Jingzhou Governor's Office.
As soon as Yuan Rongcheng came back from outside, he received the news from the housekeeper that his father was looking for him.
"What important matter does the old man have with me?" he asked the boy who came to deliver the message.
The boy shook his head: "I don't know the specific situation, but it is true that I am looking for you."
"I know, I'll be there later!"
Yuan Rongcheng threw the whip in his hand to the boy who was following him and entered the bathroom.
After he washed up, he changed his clothes and went to Yuan Rujiang's study.
As soon as he entered the door, he noticed that his father's expression was not right, "Dad, why did you come to see me?"
"I told you before that I arranged a marriage for you in Lingnan. Now the woman is worried about your character. You can take advantage of this time to go to Lingnan to meet your future wife!"
Yuan Rongcheng listened to his words and nodded in agreement.
He hesitated for a moment, then asked with concern, "This is not difficult, but why does dad look so ugly?"
After hearing his son's concerned words, Yuan Rujiang sighed, "The rebels occupying Qingzhou and Yanzhou have begun to make changes again. It may be that they want to expand their territory when the autumn harvest is over."
Yuan Rongcheng was slightly surprised. After thinking for a moment, he asked: "But the emperor wants us to send troops to Jingzhou to quell the rebellion?"
Yuan Rujiang took a serious look at his youngest son. He was really smart and had his own unique insights into the current situation.
However, this matter is not notified to one state or one government. With so many state governments, gathering them is not an easy task.
When the soldiers and horses from various states are gathered together, we still don’t know what year and month it will take?
"You don't need to worry about this matter. You should prepare first and leave for Lingnan in two days. Being able to marry into Prince Qian's Mansion will bring more benefits than harm to our Yuan family. You should take advantage of it!"
"knew."
Yuan Rongcheng believed that as long as he worked hard, there was no girl he could not handle. As long as he took action, even a chaste woman would have to kneel down and lick him.
Besides, he is not as obscure as his second brother, and there should be quite a few girls who want to marry him.
Wait for Yuan Rongcheng to leave the study.
Yuan Rujiang still felt uneasy, so he called the housekeeper, "Rongcheng will set off for Lingnan in two days. The mountains are high and the water is long, and the journey is difficult. Please help him prepare more emergency supplies and gifts for the masters of Prince Qian's Mansion. You must be careful.
, don’t break the Yuan family’s etiquette then.”
The butler agreed, "I will definitely make the arrangements, sir. Please rest assured."
When it comes to marriages, housekeepers are more experienced.
After all, all parties in the Yuan family have many descendants.
He basically planned and hosted the weddings of the younger members of the Yuan family, so he signed on for any weddings in the palace without even thinking.
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