Because of the emperor's birthday, this ancient city has been particularly lively recently.
Even though the emperor's birthday has passed several days, the lively atmosphere has not weakened much.
But under the cover of this lively atmosphere, some changes are quietly taking place.
Recently, a lot of gossip has been quietly spreading like wildfire.
There is only one main content of these gossips: the rebel king who was executed by the nine tribes some time ago was actually framed by foreign tribes and traitors.
However, because there is no evidence, these gossips are only mentioned in the corners, but no one dares to discuss them openly.
This is a major matter concerning the emperor's face, and of course no one would risk his life to discuss it.
In addition to these gossips, there is another piece of news that should have been sent out of Yanjing and directly to Shu County.
But for some reason, this news was suppressed.
Zhou Peirong naturally didn't know this news.
At this moment, he was looking at the piece of white cotton in front of him, grinning like a fool.
Facts have proved that he was right again.
The Shu County in this world is indeed the same as Sichuan and Shu in Blue Star.
There are basically no discrepancies in the location of various properties.
The only difference is that the cotton in Lanxingchuan Prefecture is imported from foreign countries.
But in this world, these products in Shu County have always existed here, but they have never been discovered by anyone.
Now that cotton has been found, Zhou Peirong's next plan can be officially implemented.
He immediately summoned the people who stayed at Hua Shusheng's camp.
Coupled with Liu Scarface and Chen Feilong, the manpower to build the cotton picking base is enough.
Of course!
To expand the scale, more manpower is needed.
But Zhou Peirong is not in a hurry now.
What he needs to do now is collect the existing cotton and seeds.
These cottons will be made into the first batch of cotton cloth by him, and then brought to the market to open up a new situation.
All the cotton seeds he can harvest will be stored for sowing in the following spring.
After giggling for a while, Zhou Peirong came out in person and demonstrated to everyone how to pick cotton.
With Zhou Peirong, a qualified teacher, everyone naturally learns quickly.
In just half a day's work, everyone can pick cotton skillfully.
And just when everyone was busy, someone reported back that they had found some useful plants.
"really!"
"I told you before, I will definitely come back with a full load this time!"
Zhou Peirong was extremely excited and immediately went to check the harvest of his men.
When he saw the samples brought back by his men, he almost jumped with joy.
Sweet potatoes, potatoes, yams, sorghum...
All kinds of food crops are available.
Although the quality of these things was not very good, it did not make Zhou Peirong feel disappointed.
Not only that.
Zhou Peirong also took it upon himself to cook a feast of grains for everyone.
With these discoveries, Zhou Peirong immediately sent people back to Xifeng Town to call for more people to start large-scale picking here.
And his actions finally attracted the attention of Zixian people.
No!
Several businessmen from Zixian County smelled the smell first and immediately rushed over with their people.
After these ordinary merchants, a large number of people, including the magistrate of Zixian County, also rushed to the mountains.
The arrival of these people forced Zhou Peirong to put down what he was doing and come over to meet these people.
"Boss Zhou!"
Liu Gongming, the magistrate of Zi County, had a gloomy face and said coldly to Zhou Peirong: "This county knows! You and Mr. Wei have an irreversible friendship, and I am willing to give Mr. Wei some face.
But you reached out to our Zixian County without saying a word. Isn't this going too far?"
As soon as Magistrate Liu opened his mouth, he showed the attitude of calling for an attack on the enemy, which made Zhou Peirong couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.
But in the end, Zhou Peirong did not have an attack.
In the final analysis, this matter was indeed his fault.
He didn't say hello to them in advance, and now they came to him to question him, and he really couldn't find anything wrong with them.
As for how to deal with this matter...
Zhou Peirong just thought about it briefly and already had an idea in his mind.
"Magistrate Liu, can you lend me a moment to speak?"
Zhou Peirong smiled and directly invited Liu Gongming.
"this……"
Liu Gongming pondered for a moment and then nodded lightly.
"Okay, let me see what you want to say to this county!"
"The business representatives from Zi County should also follow us!"
Zhou Peirong ignored Liu Gongming and turned to look at the merchants in Zixian County.
The merchants looked at me and I looked at you, and after whispering for a while, two representatives were elected.
Zhou Peirong did not pay attention to the behavior of these merchants, but took Liu Gongming and two merchant representatives directly into the tent where he usually lived.
"Everyone!"
Zhou Peirong did not need these people to ask questions, but went straight to the point: "I admit that I collected resources here without you, and this is my fault.
As compensation, I have a plan here, and I hope you can listen to it!"
"Want to hear the details!"
Liu Gongming and others exchanged glances, and then nodded to Zhou Peirong.
Zhou Peirong did not hesitate, but directly revealed the plan in his heart.
When Liu Gongming and others walked out of the tent again, one by one, they all had satisfied smiles on their faces.
Even if you don't know what Zhou Peirong talked about with them, you can tell just by looking at their expressions that Zhou Peirong has convinced them.
This matter has obviously been perfectly resolved.
Not far away, Scholar Hua watched this scene quietly, admiring Zhou Peirong in his heart.
After these days of getting along, Scholar Hua felt that he knew Zhou Peirong well enough.
Moreover, he felt that he had high enough regard for Zhou Peirong.
But now it seems that his pattern is still too small!
"If such talented people can be used by the prince, why worry about the prince failing to achieve his great cause?"
"It's a pity that there is still no news from the Crown Prince!"
"I don't know how the prince is doing now!"
Scholar Hua thought like this, and his thoughts gradually drifted away.
On the other side, Zhou Peirong had also sent Liu Gongming and others away one by one.
After solving this unexpected incident, Zhou Peirong immediately returned to Scholar Hua.
"Mr. Flower!"
Zhou Peirong smiled and said to Scholar Hua in a deep voice: "I have found what I am looking for, and I have almost arranged the things here.
Now, it’s time for us to go back to Xifeng Town. I wonder if it’s inconvenient for you and Miss Hua to come with me now?”