After hearing what Shi Jiang said, Marquis Xuanping was speechless, but immediately gave her a private treasury.
For Shi Jiang, it was an unexpected surprise.
Soon, news of the death of the eldest lady came out from the Xuanping Hou Mansion.
On the day when the Xuanping Marquis Mansion arranged the burial, Shi Jiangzheng took Lao Ba in a carriage and staggered out of the city.
Looking at Lao Ba held in the hands of the woman with downcast eyes opposite him, Shi Jiang felt a little lucky that he didn't have to hold him and coax him.
However, Shi Jiang complained very much about the carriage beneath him.
We were just on our way out of the city, and the carriage was jolting so hard that our bones were almost falling apart.
Shi Jiang's face turned a little green when he thought about the long journey to southern Shu, not to mention the fact that the road was not smooth yet.
I'm afraid that if she gets to southern Sichuan, her butt will break into eight petals.
She had to get something to absorb shock on her way to southern Shu.
Anyway, it's not like she didn't have any materials in her purse.
However, the best way is to find rubber trees.
Seeing the border town slowly getting smaller, Shi Jiang's mind wandered a little.
This time, because of her, I don’t know what will happen to the original thing.
However, this is Xuan Pinghou's choice, and it is also her choice.
Following her out of the border town were Fang Lei and Cao Jian, including the group of half-grown boys from before.
It's just that those half-grown men didn't know Shi Jiang's true identity from the beginning to the end.
On the third day after leaving the city, Shi Jiang asked Cao Jian to make springs, install them on several carriages, and then wrap the wheels with rubber tires.
Suddenly, the carriage that was swaying around with people sitting in it suddenly became as stable as a rock.
Even when the tea cup was placed on the table of the carriage, the water in the cup only rippled slightly, without even a drop of water spilling out.
This made the woman holding Lao Ba feel even more respectful towards her master, Shi Jiang, and did not dare to be disrespectful at all.
Because Shi Jiang improved the carriage, the journey that originally took at least a month was shortened by one-third, and it took only about twenty days to reach the territory of southern Shu.
Most of the cities that Shi Jiang and the others passed along the way were prosperous, but once they entered the southern Shu area, they could clearly feel the difference.
Regardless of whether the local people in southern Shu have less food and clothing than the people in the cities they passed through before, as well as the construction of the cities, they are all in a lot of dilapidation.
Most of the villages we passed were thatched houses, and families who could live in mud houses were considered pretty good.
The rice in the fields is also sparse and bright, which can be seen with the naked eye. Even if the court levies the smallest tax, I am afraid these ordinary people will not have enough to eat.
After arriving at Shunan City, Shi Jiang did not immediately go to find his original aunt.
After all, the Shi family and the married Princess An had not seen each other for more than ten years, and they had not exchanged letters.
Although Shi Jiang had a letter to Princess An written by Marquis Xuanping himself, Shi Jiang did not want to see Princess An immediately and took out the letter.
Who knows what kind of situation King An and Princess An are now.
After all, entering this Shunan City, the situation of the people in Shunan City is slightly better than that of those towns.
But most people still wear patched cloth clothes.
She first sent Fang Lei and Cao Jian to Shunan City to inquire about the news. As for the team given to her by Xuanping Hou, Shi Jiang did not let them enter the city, but sent them to the villages and towns around Shunan City to inquire.
Today, she lives in an inn in Shunan City. She is a businessman from the north and came to Shunan to see what business there is.
After hearing about her identity, several business people in Shunan City came to contact her.
However, it was Fang Lei and Cao Jian who came forward, but they never really met Shi Jiang.
In a few days, Fang Lei and Cao Jian found out everything about Prince An's Mansion.
Ever since King An arrived in southern Shu, he has been hiding in Prince An's mansion and made no achievements at all.
On the contrary, there were many more concubines in the inner house in the backyard.
The relationship between King An and Princess An is not very good either.
Although Princess An gave birth to a legitimate son for Prince An, Prince An didn't like this legitimate son very much. He would rather have a bastard son born from his pampered concubine.
Even the position of Crown Prince, according to King An's wishes, was given to the bastard he liked.
It is said that the legitimate son is not in good health and has been staying in Zhuangzi outside the city and does not usually return to Prince An's Mansion.
Because Princess An was not happy with her, she stayed in her courtyard. She usually stayed in the courtyard to worship the Buddha and did not go out.
When Shi Jiang heard about Princess An's current situation, he couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth.
Forget it, just rely on yourself!
When the people sent around to inquire about the news came back, Shi Jiang had an idea.
This Shunan City, because King An didn't take care of it, all the officials wanted to take care of it, but it was of no use.
After all, this southern Sichuan has nothing to offer and is extremely poor.
It is precisely because of this that the current emperor is worried that the Xuanpinghou Mansion may have private contact with Prince An and provide assistance to Prince An's Mansion.
As long as there is no foreign aid from Prince An's Mansion, Prince An is just dreaming if he wants to rebel in the poor mountains and ravines of southern Shu.
Nowadays, everyone in Prince An's Mansion is in a state of disunity. If he came to the door rashly, he might accidentally be found out by the emperor's spies.
If that's the case, isn't it just asking for death if you bring Lao Ba here to Shunan?
However, Shunan is far away from the capital, so as long as she doesn't go looking for Princess An, take the initiative to reveal her identity, and stay here, no one will know who she is.
Shi Jiang told Fang Lei and Cao Jian to buy a village outside Shunan City and settle down the people there.
After all, she didn't mind living in an inn, but she was still a baby!
However, Shi Jiang did not expect that the village bought by Fang Lei and Cao Jian would be so big.
It only cost five thousand taels of silver, and it actually included Zhuangzi plus the farmland originally below Zhuangzi and several hills behind it.
After tidying up the house a little, the former head of the village brought the farmers over to meet the new owner.
Shi Jiang was sitting in the main seat and saw that except for the village head, who only had a few sporadic patches on his body, the other farmers were all covered in patches. Their clothes looked loose as if they were about to fall apart in the next moment.
generally.
Not to mention the faces of these farmers. Almost all of them are sallow and thin, and no one is fat.
In addition to fear and uneasiness, their faces were numb.
After all, the previous owner would sell the village simply because there was no profit to be made from the village and he still had to support such a group of farmers.
It would be better to sell it for money and buy some fertile farmland elsewhere.
As for the life and death of the farmers below this village, that is none of his former master's business.
When Zhuangtou looked at them, Jiang looked at them expressionlessly, feeling very uneasy in his heart.
In addition, the new master seems to have quite a few people with him.
If farmers like them are eliminated, there seems to be no loss to the new masters.