"I like Shui Yuzhu. The most important thing is that the gentry and landlords from all over the country have also hoarded a large amount of food, preparing to make a fortune after the powerful people raise the price of food. As a result, His Highness has cut off all the powerful people and also killed them.
Grain prices are so stuck, and the construction sites give out grains as wages, so the people won't come to them to buy grains, and all their grains go into their hands."
Zhong Ling'er explained: "With so much grain, we can't finish it in our hands. So replacing it with water jade beads that can be used as family heirlooms is the most cost-effective deal for the landowners.
This afternoon, many landowners who are close to the county town went to the Chamber of Commerce to ask if the small water jade beads were produced by us, and asked if we still have them."
"If this is the case, we have to adjust our strategy!"
Jin Feng pondered for a moment, then raised his head and said: "Fei Ge will send a letter to Xiao Bei early tomorrow morning, asking her to send a batch of small jade beads to all chambers of commerce in Sichuan and Sichuan as soon as possible, and then sell them in the form of auction like Jiangnan!
The grain obtained from the auction does not need to be transported to other places, but is directly handed over to the local bank.
By the way, remember to ask Xiaobei to remind various chambers of commerce to pay attention to controlling shipments and not to lower the price of water jade beads too low."
"Yes!" Zhong Ling'er quickly wrote down Jin Feng's explanation in a small notebook.
According to Jin Feng and Ninth Princess' plan, they will travel to all the counties and cities in Sichuan and Sichuan to put pressure on the county guards one by one, forcing them to raise food.
Now that things are progressing so smoothly, Jin Feng and Ninth Princess naturally don't have to go from county to county in person.
It was already the middle of the twelfth lunar month, and there was only half a month left before the New Year. After leaving Maozhou County, Jin Feng led the cavalry back to Jinchuan.
On the afternoon of the first day of his return trip, Jin Feng passed by a county government and received a reply from Xiaoyu, saying that the water jade had been delivered to several counties around Guangyuan. The landowners were very enthusiastic and the auction went very smoothly.
Granaries everywhere have been replenished again.
Until this moment, Jin Feng and Ninth Princess were completely relieved.
Because in addition to building bridges and roads, Jinfeng also hired people to build many factories, and the Xihewan smelting workshop was also working overtime to produce equipment.
By the end of next spring at most, these factories will be put into use one after another.
By then, Jin Feng will have another income.
Perhaps the biggest problem of disaster relief was solved, and the Ninth Princess finally relaxed and became interested in sightseeing.
The journey that could have been completed in two days was dragged back by the Ninth Princess for four days.
Turning around the foot of the mountain, Jin Feng saw Guan Xiaorou waiting at the entrance of the village.
"Master, have you encountered any trouble on the road?"
According to the escort's calculations, Jin Feng should have returned the day before yesterday. Even if he walked slower on the road, he should have arrived yesterday.
However, Jin Feng didn't come back until dark yesterday, which made Guan Xiaorou worried, fearing that he would encounter danger on the road.
"No, it's just that it was cold and I wasn't in a hurry, so I came back late."
Jin Feng jumped off his horse and asked with a smile: "What, you missed me?"
"Shameless!"
Guan Xiaorou blushed and glared at Jin Feng, confirming that Jin Feng was really fine, and finally felt relieved.
Then she remembered that she had not greeted the Ninth Princess yet, and quickly followed the etiquette Tang Xiaobei taught her and saluted the Ninth Princess: "I have met Your Highness!"
"Sister, you don't have to be polite!"
The Ninth Princess tested her last time and already understood Guan Xiaorou's position in Jin Feng's heart. It was no longer appropriate for her to act like a princess and jump off her horse to help Guan Xiaorou up.
"elder sister?"
Guan Xiaorou's heart suddenly thumped.
The Ninth Princess is one year older than Guan Xiaorou. When she first went to Xihewan, she was called Mrs. Jin. Later, when she got acquainted with her, she was called Xiaorou. This was the first time she was called sister.
The meaning it represents is self-evident.
Guan Xiaorou subconsciously turned to look at Jin Feng.
Jin Feng was like a child caught stealing something, lowering his head and touching his nose.
Guan Xiaorou understood it at a glance.
Jin Feng would only touch his nose when he felt guilty. For example, when he accepted Tang Xiaobei in Guangyuan, he looked like this after he came back.
Guan Xiaorou had never objected to Jin Feng taking concubines, but this time she was frightened.
This is a princess!
Although Tang Xiaobei had told Jin Feng to take in the Ninth Princess when he was joking before, it was just a joke.
She really didn't expect that Jin Feng would really dare to do this.
Guan Xiaorou wished she could ask Jin Feng for details now, but there were so many escorts around, so she had no choice but to suppress this thought and squeeze out a smile at the Ninth Princess.
Back in the village, the Ninth Princess went to Qing Mulan's former courtyard. Guan Xiaorou finally found an opportunity and dragged Jin Feng into the back room.
"Are you so anxious?"
Jin Feng smiled and joked: "It's still daytime."
"Master, stop giving me that playful smile and tell me what's going on?"
Guan Xiaorou asked anxiously.
"What's going on?"
Jin Feng deliberately pretended to be confused and put his arms around Guan Xiaorou in an attempt to get through.
Guan Xiaorou found out that Jin Feng was about to kiss her and subconsciously tried to dodge.
But his cheek was held by Jin Feng and he couldn't avoid it at all, so he could only close his eyes in resignation.
Although a breakup was better than a wedding, Jin Feng realized that Guan Xiaorou's thoughts were not on that, so he didn't force it, he just pecked her on the face and let her go.
Who knew that Guan Xiaorou was not happy anymore, and said with a somewhat resentful tone: "Sure enough, once you have a princess, you will no longer look down on the yellow-faced woman..."
"Guan Xiaorou, if you say that, I won't be polite."
Jin Feng said with squinting eyes.
"You know how to bully me, but you can bully the princess if you can!"
Guan Xiaorou rolled her eyes at Jin Feng angrily, and when she saw Jin Feng rubbing his hands, she quickly took two steps back: "Okay, okay, I'm afraid of you! Tell me, what's going on between you and the Ninth Princess?
"
"What's going on?"
Jin Feng continued to act stupid.
"Head of the family, it's already this time, and you're still hiding it from me?"
Guan Xiaorou was so anxious that she stamped her feet: "That's the princess, why are you provoking her?...Forget it, you've already provoked her...Master, tell me, what should I do?"
A princess cannot be a concubine.
If Jin Feng wants to marry the Ninth Princess, he must divorce Guan Xiaorou.
Thinking of this, Guan Xiaorou suddenly felt extremely aggrieved, and her tears fell down like broken threads.
"Don't cry..."
Jin Feng looked at Guan Xiaorou's pear-shaped expression and suddenly felt like a jerk.
"Head of the family, I don't ask for anything else, I just ask you not to lie to me!" Guan Xiaorou said aggrievedly: "If you really want to marry the Ninth Princess, why don't I make way for her?"
"Why don't you give up your seat? If you talk nonsense again, be careful and I will deal with you!"
Normally, if Jin Feng used intimidation, Guan Xiaorou would definitely give in, but this time it failed.
Guan Xiaorou beat Jin Feng's chest and cried even more sadly: "You want to take a concubine, Dongdong or Feifei? Why do you want to provoke the Ninth Princess? What do you want me and Xiaobei to do?"
"Don't worry, Xiaorou. The princess has to obey you even if she enters our house. If Chen Wen'er dares to bully you, I will deal with her!" Jin Feng quickly consoled her.
"Stop bragging. The ninth princess is the emperor's favorite princess. If you dare to touch her, the emperor won't kill you?"
"I'm not stupid. After cleaning up Chen Wen'er, let's run away quickly. When we run to the mountains, we will turn into bandits. You can be my wife!"
"real?"
"Of course it's true, I lied to you about being a puppy!"