After everything is settled at home, Shen Qingyu and Qi Yunxiao are about to leave to report to the capital.
He still holds Shang Fang's sword in his hand, and the process of buying food is so bumpy. If Qi Yunxiao doesn't go to the capital to return the sword quickly, he is afraid that His Majesty the Emperor will be upset.
In this era when the imperial power is greater than the sky, if the Emperor is unhappy, no one will be happy.
All the way to the capital, Shen Qingyu clearly felt that there were far fewer refugees along the way.
I think the food I brought back had some effect.
Buying grain from Daxia can only solve the short-term problem. Naturally, we have to buy more grain from Daxia.
The two of them went all the way and arrived in the capital smoothly. As soon as they returned to Xinghua Alley, they met the father-in-law from the palace who was waiting here and the dragon guard who had come to Daqian Station in advance.
Nothing else, His Majesty summoned Qi Yunxiao and Shen Qingyu to enter the palace immediately.
The two of them looked at each other and said, "Come on, just be a little dirty. We'll talk about it in the palace first."
The two of them entered the palace dusty and dusty, and knelt down in front of the new emperor with a disgraced face. The new emperor was shocked: "You go to the side to change first."
The two of them went next door, and naturally there were maids and father-in-law waiting on them to change and wash themselves.
As soon as I came out after changing, Concubine Rong came.
The new emperor secretly breathed a sigh of relief: Fortunately, he told them to change quickly.
If they were any slower, Concubine Rong would look down upon them again if she saw their disgraced appearance.
Concubine Rong wanted to call Shen Qingyu away, but today's incident was also related to Shen Qingyu. His Majesty the Emperor refused to let her go, so Concubine Rong had to wait behind her.
The new emperor first listened to Qi Yunxiao's story about going to Daxia. Except for Shen Qingyu's space, Qi Yunxiao did not hide the little plans of the monarch of Daxia. Even the clerks explained everything thoroughly.
Then Qi Yunxiao talked about how he killed Jiang Hai, the deputy commander of Zhenjiang Pass. Finally, he knelt down with a bang and apologized to the new emperor: "I will kill him first and then report it. Please punish me."
His Majesty the Emperor had already received the memorial sent by Jiang Hai before his death, in which he described Qi Yunxiao as a traitor with foreign connections, so he almost ordered His Majesty to kill him directly.
If Qi Yunxiao had not been backed by the unknown Concubine Rong, and Qi Yunxiao had the audacity to call the new emperor daddy, he might have deceived Shengting and directly killed Qi Yunxiao.
Therefore, when he heard Qi Yunxiao talk about what happened, the new emperor's face turned dark: "How dare a small branch of the Jiang family have such courage to waste the lives of thousands of people in Daxia!"
Obviously, the new emperor wants to bring down the Jiang family.
Qi Yunxiao didn't answer. In this kind of matter, the Sacred Heart can just make an arbitrary decision. He is not suitable to answer the call.
After talking about this, the new emperor told Qi Yunxiao: "Next, we have to go to Daxia Kingdom and buy more food to help Daqi tide over the difficulties."
Of course, at the same time, you can give more gold, silver, jewelry, soap, chili sauce and other things, but you cannot give more strategic materials such as iron and war horses.
Qi Yunxiao, who has been doing business all year round, naturally understands this, and he immediately expressed his understanding.
Then the new emperor's eyes fell on Shen Qingyu.
Shen Qingyu had been waiting silently, and then she heard the new emperor's voice suddenly soften: "Qingyu, you let those refugees make soap, make chili sauce, raise rabbits...all are excellent."
"I wonder if you can bring out a group of people, like you, to provide more refugees with opportunities to work?"
Shen Qingyu: "..."
So, Your Majesty, are you planning to take away my job and let someone else do it?
Of course, whether Shen Qingyu dared to think or say this, she thought about it seriously.
If we want to completely solve the food shortage problem in the next half year, it is not enough to just buy low-priced food from the Xia Kingdom and sell affordable food to the court. We must also provide people who are short of food with ways to make money and work opportunities. p>
Otherwise, no matter how cheap the food is, they will not be able to afford it.
After thinking about it carefully, Shen Qingyu said cautiously: "Your Majesty, there are countless refugees in various places. If everyone makes chili sauce and soap, where will so much chili sauce and soap be sold?"<
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The new emperor naturally knew a little bit, but he just felt that Shen Qingyu must have a way: "Then do you have another way?"
Shen Qingyu thought for a while: "At present, there are several channels to find a solution. The first one is to solve the problem of water shortage in drought-stricken areas this year."
"For this method of finding water sources, I believe that the Ministry of Industry of the imperial court must have experts in this field who can help find some groundwater, at least so that people will not die of thirst. If we can find groundwater on higher ground, we can irrigate some places.
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"The second way is to take advantage of the current situation to ask the refugees to return to their hometowns and plant some sweet potatoes and other things that can withstand hunger. In this way, they can harvest a batch of sweet potatoes before the New Year, and many people can survive." "The third way is that if the court is willing, it can take advantage of this opportunity to recruit people from the villagers to build rivers and open up wasteland. They can give them food as wages. If they get food, they will not die of hunger."
"Also, there are refugees in our village who raise rabbits. These rabbits give birth quickly. They can give birth to one litter a month, and they can give birth to many more. They don't need to feed them food. If you are willing, you can raise rabbits."
"The meat of rabbits can be eaten, and the fur can be made into winter coats and blankets after being tanned. If His Majesty is merciful and asks them to bring rabbit meat and furs to the capital to sell them, and ask all the famous families to pay for them, it will be equivalent to
Ask them to help farmers."
"If you are worried about the long journey and it is difficult to send rabbit meat to the capital, you can ask someone with good cooking skills in the countryside to stir-fry it with wide-oil chili peppers. It will be full of flavor and easy to eat cold. Then you can put it in the capital for viewing.
If you sell snacks to accompany the show and drink, you can sell it at a higher price."
You can have something like cold rabbit.
The new emperor looked at Shen Qingyu with his eyes almost shining!
Qi Yunxiao, this daughter-in-law, really has a quick mind.
I don’t know if I thought about it on the road? Or if I thought of it on the spot.
But no matter what, these methods of Shen Qingyu can be used.
As for using it, it won’t save everyone?
New Emperor does not pursue perfection.
If you can save 80% of the victims, it will be considered a great merit!
When there are many people and the situation becomes complicated, there will always be things that cannot be taken into consideration. If we rely entirely on the government's relief, no amount of money will be enough.
But if the people help themselves, and the court distributes food according to the people's work, this matter will be much easier to handle.
The burden on the court has been greatly reduced, and the people will not develop the habit of opening their mouths and waiting for relief from the court.
So, when Shen Qingyu came out of the palace, she had become Princess Qingyu.
Holding the matching clothes of the princess, followed by a group of guards and father-in-law delivering rewards, Shen Qingyu and Qi Yunxiao walked towards Xinghua Hutong.
Along the way, everyone looked sideways and talked a lot.
Some people inquired, and some people who knew that Qi Yunxiao went to Daxia and brought back a lot of food were explaining.
The servant sent by the Qingping Marquis Mansion also saw the princess's matching clothes and the fleet of rewards in the crowd.
This is really...the emperor's grace is so great!
It's a pity that Qi Yunxiao has been expelled from the clan by Qingpinghou and has nothing to do with Qingpinghou's mansion from now on.
This mighty imperial favor has nothing to do with the Qingping Hou Mansion.