This time it was not just the miners who were off work, but also the herb collectors on the medicine mountain.

However, most of the workers in the medicine mountain are recruited from Xiucheng, the city next to Ancheng, and there are only a few herb picking workers in Ancheng.

When they returned to the city, their relatives still lined the streets to welcome them, and the scene was very exciting.

The Chinese medicines harvested in the past few days are being processed by black and white shifts in the processing factory, and there are already a batch of finished Chinese medicines.

Naturally, the first batch of medicines was sent to Dekang for use by the Imperial Hospital. The remaining medicines were sold to Jinyuan, the most arrogant city in Dekang.

Those three mine owners are really rich, and the natural disaster doesn't seem to have much impact on them. Other cities have applied to the court for a three-year tax exemption policy.

However, Jinyuan did not apply and continued to pay taxes to the court and donated batches of coal to the court.

So when the news spread that Yaoshan's traditional Chinese medicines were being sold to outsiders, Jinyuan was the first to place an order to purchase the medicinal materials.

After selling this batch of medicinal materials to Jinyuan, the profits can fully support the follow-up work of the medicine mountain.

Now that Yaoshan has paid off, it just needs to develop step by step.

The construction period of the ironworks and steelworks was relatively long, so the first batch of orders were naturally sent to the imperial court, and subsequent formal sales orders were given to areas that were severely affected by the disaster at that time.

Although those areas were severely affected by the disaster, the imperial court also gave them a large amount of materials to support their post-disaster reconstruction.

What they lack now is not money, but these supplies. Other cities are certainly not generous enough to give away supplies for free, and they also need to spend money to purchase them.

Otherwise, other cities that rely on industrial development will only give away but not sell, how can they maintain subsequent development.

Su Manrong returned to the government courtyard, where Xiao Chengxian and two children were playing Cuju, which is equivalent to football in later generations.

"Madam, there is a letter from Yi Ling."

Xiao Chengxian handed the letter in his sleeve to Su Manrong, then continued running in front of the two children and kicked Cuju into the ball frame.

"The agreement we made with Doctor Wu is that there is less than half a month left. We will definitely not be able to go to the southern city, but we can go here."

Su Manrong read the contents of the letter carefully. It was a letter written by Emperor Yongzhi himself.

But it's not an imperial edict, but a student's condolences and... request to the teacher.

Because the news that Su Manrong and Xiao Chengxian were staying in Ancheng had spread to the north and south of Dekang.

Ancheng has made full use of its strengths and avoided its weaknesses in a short period of time. With its own industry, why wouldn't other cities be envious of it?

They all received disaster relief funds from the court, but they didn't know how to use them. They only knew how to use the money to buy food so that the people could have enough to eat.

But the disaster relief funds will be spent. They just want to use the money to start a business so that the people in the city can be self-sufficient and live well.

But starting a business is not just that easy? They have no idea what resources are available in their own city.

Emperor Yongzhi's letter listed requests from several city officials. The other cities were relatively close to the disaster-stricken city and belonged to the southern part of Dekang.

But Suman asked them to stay north of Dekang, where it is convenient to travel to the vicinity of the strait. Therefore, they cannot go south for the time being.

"Monan?" Xiao Chengxian kicked the Cuju and trotted over. After taking a glance, he led the two children and continued running.

"Well, it's also close to the North, so it's convenient for us to get there."

Su Manrong nodded and said with a smile: "Monan is the place with the least disaster. They are originally nomadic people and are rich in leather.

But they usually rely on the imperial court to sell these leather materials. Now the imperial court is too busy to take care of itself, so naturally it cannot help them sell the leather materials they have hoarded.

There was no war between Dekang and Yue for a short period of time, so the armor made of leather was temporarily unavailable.

But in other small countries, they don’t have such large natural breeding grounds, and besides, they all like to wear leather clothes, so we can just find a way to sell Monan’s leather goods to other countries.”

Su Manrong thought that many countries like to wear leather boots, and men would wear high leather boots. How much leather does this require?

Not just leather boots, but also belts, leather bags, leather shoes, etc.

She felt that Monan's leather was only one chance away from being popularized all over the country.

“If you want to teach them to do foreign trade, the most important thing is to let them learn the language of other countries.

I think we can make two preparations."

Xiao Chengxian's forehead was dripping with sweat, and his face was full of fun. He explained while playing football: "Let the 50 Guards come forward to help contact the buyers first and sell the leather they have hoarded. Then we will teach them."

Foreign language time allows them to continue to explore the business market."

Su Manrong nodded in agreement, then took out a pen and paper and quickly listed down their plans.

"We will go north first, where there are many trees. We will sell the wood to the disaster area for post-disaster reconstruction work."

Xiao Chengxian walked over from the goal area casually, his face was stained with sweat, but his eyes were filled with contentment.

The pen barrel was spinning constantly on Su Manrong's slender fingers. When she heard Xiao Chengxian say this, she quickly stopped spinning the pen and continued writing in the notebook.

"Yes, the wood can be directly processed and sold. In this way, local factories will be established and people will have jobs.

After felling, tree planting and maintenance must be carried out on the spot, which can also provide job opportunities for some workers."

The two of them listed out their future work arrangements while playing with their children.

However, they did not leave directly, but stayed in Ancheng for another three days.

During these three days, Su Manrong and Xiao Chengxian sorted out all the problems that might arise in the work they were responsible for, and handed them over to Magistrate Xie and Xu Ce.

This way, if problems arise at work in the future, you can respond promptly.

Because they had to go to the north again, and they could not tell Xu Ce about the itinerary, they asked Xu Ce to stay in Ancheng and continue to assist Magistrate Xie for a while.

They only said that they would go to Black City in the north, and then go to Monan, but they would pass through Ancheng on the way back, and they would take Xu Ce back to Dekang with them.

Regarding the development work of Ancheng, Xu Ce should be reported to Emperor Yongzhi in person, so that he could not be questioned by ministers and be reused by Emperor Yongzhi.

"Grand Master, please take care of yourself along the way."

Xu Ce also knew that it would be useless to talk more, and besides, Xiao and Su would come back soon, so he said farewell in a formal way.

"Ancheng will take care of you two."

Su Manrong nodded and smiled: "During this period, Mr. Xu must think carefully about whether to use the name Xu Ce if he goes to Dekang."

"Thank you, Master Su, for reminding me."

Xu Ce suddenly realized that since he wanted to revitalize the Xu family, he naturally had to do so as a descendant of the Xu family.
Chapter completed!