Zhao Jin closed his eyes and rested for a long time. When he opened his eyes again, a cold light flashed in his eyes.
He has never been one to shirk responsibilities. Since these are now the burdens on his shoulders, he will bear them one by one.
After Liang Qian sent Xu Shangqing back, he returned to the government office again.
"Is everything he said true?" Zhao Jin asked quietly.
Liang Qian nodded, "My subordinates have checked and found that everything is true. These sixteen alchemists, or Taoist priests, are all good-hearted, and they have a blood feud with Beili."
"They all have the same master?" Zhao Jin thought and asked.
In the same Taoist temple, one of the Taoist priests was killed by Beili people. It is impossible for so many people to hate Beili people.
There are always shades of favor, unless...
"Your Majesty expected it to be true. When they were relatively young, they lived with their master in the Taoist temple." Liang Qian couldn't help but sigh, "So they hate Beili very much."
To them, there is no difference between their master and their father.
A moment of soft-heartedness saved a child, but instead provoked a biting white-eyed wolf. How can one not hate him?
"These Beili people are really nothing!" As he said this, Liang Qian couldn't help but spit.
A child could repay kindness with hatred and be so ruthless.
Disgust flashed across Zhao Jin's face.
"However, we still have to keep an eye on what we should keep an eye on, first to see if it is really credible."
Zhao Jin pondered for a moment, "After the Taoist temple is completed, you should not go there too often to avoid being discovered."
The rest of the people in the military camp were fine, but if Qi Yunche noticed it, it would be more difficult.
Although he now has a cooperative relationship with the fourth prince, Qi Yunche and the fourth prince are close friends, and can be regarded as members of the fourth prince's faction. However, the fourth prince knows that Zhao Jin cannot guarantee whether he will tell the emperor.
Zhao Jin did not expect that these explosives used to deal with the Beili people would eventually become weapons used in the internal strife between the emperor and the king of Liang.
"My subordinate understands."
However, Zhao Jin and Liang Qian did not expect that Qi Yunche would be so keen.
Qi Yunche squinted his eyes and stopped Liang Qian who was about to leave, "Liang Lieutenant, why do I think you have been in such a hurry recently? What happened? Do you need help?"
In an instant, cold sweat broke out on Liang Qian's back. He didn't show it on his face and smiled: "Thank you for your concern, sir. I have been a little busier recently, but it's just some private matters. I can do it alone. I don't dare to bother you."
grown ups."
"Tsk," Qi Yunche crossed his arms, "If you need help with anything, just ask. Don't be so pretentious as a mother-in-law."
"Thank you, sir, for your concern. I'll let you know." Liang Qian pouted, thanked Qi Yunche, and hurried away.
When Zhao Jin heard Liang Qian's report, he couldn't help but rub his eyebrows, "This Qi Yunche is too keen. He deserves to be a member of the Qi family."
In the past few days, Zhao Jin went to get to know the Qi family generally.
After Zhao Jin came here, he rarely admired anyone, but he admired the Qi family from the bottom of his heart.
Almost every man in the Qi family died serving the country.
Even so, the Qi family has never stopped any man in the family from joining the army.
Therefore, the men of the Qi family have been generals for generations, and they firmly guard the border until they are shrouded in horse leather.
Moreover, the last time the Beili people invaded Yunzhou City, it was the eldest son of the Qi family, Qi Yunche's father, who led the troops to force the Beili army back.
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After the incident at Riliangshan Village, the entire Yunzhou City was in peace.
There have been two major events in Yunzhou City recently.
First, the spring equinox has arrived, and every household is busy sowing seeds, especially because of the household registration matter, Zhao Jin promised them that the reclaimed wasteland will belong to them within a certain amount.
Therefore, the people have more fields and are more busy with sowing.
Second, a Taoist temple was recently built on the western outskirts of Yunzhou City. Some people went to visit it and found that the Taoist priests there were quite good.
Even these Taoist priests like to make alchemy, but I wonder if their alchemy skills are not up to par, and the furnace occasionally explodes.
A few times before, people were shocked when they heard explosions in Taoist temples, but they gradually got used to it.
Government office.
"Now the price of grains has skyrocketed. If it continues like this, many people will be unable to afford it."
Zhao Jin frowned, he had heard about this matter recently.
"What price has it risen to now?"
Ning Ce sighed and said a number.
"Why are there so many?" Zhao Jin frowned even more tightly, "If the price continues to rise at this price, the people will simply not be able to afford grain seeds."
It is the Spring Equinox now, and if sowing is late, it will definitely affect the harvest.
Moreover, "The grain seeds are all left over from the previous year's autumn harvest. Now, regardless of the issue of sowing sooner or later, I'm afraid there simply won't be enough grain seeds."
Both of them looked quite sad.
"I didn't think about it at the time." Zhao Jin rubbed his eyebrows.
In order to solve the household registration issue, he ordered the people to open up wasteland, but he forgot that too much wasteland was opened up at once, and when it was time to sow, there would be not enough grain.
"You can't blame the eldest prince for this matter. I didn't think of this problem either."
Their thoughts at that time were basically solving the problem of the wealthy gentry.
Thinking of the wealthy gentry, Ning Ce thought, "Eldest Prince, why not call on the wealthy gentry for help? They should have a lot of grain in their hands."
"Hmm." Zhao Jin's eyes darkened slightly, and he tapped his fingers rhythmically on the table, "I'll talk to them first and see how much grain they have."
After a pause, Zhao Jin pondered for a while, stood up, and made a decision.
"Teacher, buy those grains now and then sell them to the people at normal prices."
The government office's warehouse in Yunzhou City had plenty of silver. First, they seized military pay that had been embezzled, and then they ransacked several wealthy gentry houses and seized a large amount of gold, silver and jewelry.
It can be said that the government offices in Yunzhou City became rich thanks to these raids.
Thinking of this, Zhao Jin couldn't help but shake his head and said with a smile: "This can be regarded as taking it from the people and using it for the people."
Whether it is Xu Yongshen or those unscrupulous gentry who amassed money, they took money from the people, took away the people's fat and oil, and now used it back to the people.
Ning Ce also showed a smile, "This is a way. If the government can afford it, let's solve the current problem for the people first."
"Right."
Zhao Jin's expression darkened, and his eyes seemed to be condensed with a storm, "Those merchants who took the opportunity to drive up prices, please ask the teacher to write them down, and then calculate their accounts properly."
Zhao Jin can understand that businessmen value profits, but Zhao Jin will never allow such ill-gotten gains.
Just a Yunzhou city dared to act like this under his nose...
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