dream of red mansion

Chapter 684 Conspiracy
The winter sky is always so cold, so gloomy, so people have the urge to go home and get under the covers.

"Stinky, tell me another story."

The voice that was like a nightmare came from my ear, and I couldn't get rid of it all the time.Jia Qing turned his head, and saw Princess Xingyue lift the curtain of the phoenix chariot, and asked him with a blushing face.

"No more." He rode on a tall horse, tightened the general's cloak around him, and refused politely.

Princess Xingyue's face darkened, but she didn't get angry. Instead, she said to the old eunuch on the other side: "Lu Fang, I still want to go to Huangjue Temple to burn a stick of incense!"

Jia Qing: "."

As a last resort, Jia Qing had no choice but to say: "Once upon a time, there was a fool who would say 'no' when people asked her anything. When asked if she had eaten, she said no. When asked what her name was, she also said no. The princess has heard of this story. ?"

"No."

Princess Xingyue responded subconsciously, seeing Jia Qing's strange expression, and then reacted.

"Bastard!" Princess Xingyue scolded.Then suddenly he burst out laughing with a "puchi", which rolled Jia Qing's eyes.

"You are so bad!"

Jia Qing didn't care, and then said: "Okay, we're at the mansion."

Princess Xingyue raised her eyes and saw that she had already arrived home.

"Princess, do we still have to go to Huangjue Temple?" Lu Fang glanced at the gloomy sky, feeling the raging cold wind, and asked very tangled.

"I'm not going!" Princess Xingyue took one last look at Jia Qing, jumped off the phoenix chariot, and entered the mansion surrounded by maids of honor.

"Commander Jia" Lu Fang hesitated to speak.

"What's the matter?"

Jia Qing tilted his head and looked at him suspiciously.

"It's okay." Lu Fang shook his head.He actually wanted to persuade Jia Qing not to be so rude to the princess
Thinking about it, even the princess herself doesn't mind, so why should he worry about it?Then he turned around and entered the mansion.

Jia Qing watched everyone else enter the mansion, but doubts flashed in his heart.

Since his arm was injured last time, he has been raised at home for about two months. Later, Emperor Zhengqing sent the imperial doctor to show him how badly he was injured, so he had no choice but to return to the Princess Mansion to work as a servant.

Then he found that Princess Xingyue seemed to be a different person, she was much more polite to him.

Except for still calling that annoying "name" and still being abusive, like just now, she will not be angry.

If it was in the past, maybe I should consider where to recuperate.
Also, Princess Xingyue seems to be unable to stay at home, she always has to go out every day, especially when he is on duty.

This time Huangjue Temple, next time Longxing Temple, and next time Jingyue Temple
Sometimes I have to run several times a day.

When the princess goes out, he will naturally accompany her to protect her.So in the past few months, Jia Qing has almost accompanied her on a tour of the capital, the big and small fairy mountains, Taoist temples, and scenic spots.

He has been in the capital for more than ten years, and the scenic spots in the capital he has visited are less than one-tenth of those in the past few months!
And he had asked Niu Zhan and Shao Zilong privately that Princess Xingyue was not so restless when he was not on duty.

All these things made Jia Qing wonder, the princess thought that torturing him was boring, so she changed her mind and wanted to tease him, right?
Thinking of this, Jia Qing first smiled narcissistically, then shook his head.

Even if it's a princess, it's not so easy to fall in love with Master Ben.This young master will not give up a forest for a small sapling.

What's more, it is still a small sapling that is neither convex nor warped.

With these unspeakable thoughts in mind, Jia Qing only went into the guard's office to change his clothes, and then took Zhao Sheng back to Ningguo Mansion.

Skipping work is already the norm for him.
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In the mansion of Prince Golden Retriever, Golden Retriever and another middle-aged Russian who is more hairy than him are talking in secret in their mother tongue.

"General Kagor, is Fyodor really planning to make peace with Da Chu? Isn't he a war lunatic? This time he dispatched most of the warriors under his command, how could he just stop the war like this? Isn't he afraid of those in the royal city? Is anyone impeaching him?"

Kagel sneered, and said, "Does Your Highness think that a man as wise and powerful as Lord Fyodor would take the initiative to make peace with these weak Chu people?"

The golden retriever prince was dissatisfied but did not show it.He knew that this Kagor was Fyodor's confidant, and in his eyes, perhaps only Fyodor, but not his father.

Otherwise, Fyodor would not have sent troops resolutely knowing that he had not escaped, and did not even propose to redeem him.

If Da Chu's war culture was not the same as theirs in Russia, he would have been slaughtered long ago!

These damn dukes who disrespect the royal family, one day, I will kill them one by one like my father did when he was young...

With these thoughts running through his mind, the golden-haired prince was still ignorant, shook his head and said, "That's right, sister Soraya has been staying in the royal city, so how could it be possible to travel thousands of miles to get married in Dachu?"

Kagel said with a gloomy smile: "It's good that His Royal Highness understands...

Your Royal Highness has been in Dachu for many years, so you should not have forgotten the purpose when His Majesty sent you here, right?

This battle is not only related to the glory of His Majesty and Lord Fyodor, but also the glory of our entire great Russian people. All the nobles in the entire royal city are paying attention.Don't those damned Germans always say that our great Russia will only be like an ice bear, occupying those "no shit" ice fields and snow mountains in the east?This time, we will use the defeat of this ancient eastern country to show them that only we, the Eastern Slavs, are the best and greatest nation!
Therefore, in order to win this battle, Lord Fyodor needs the help of His Royal Highness this time..."

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"Second Master..."

Jia Qing stepped into the study.

In his study, there were many people sitting at this time.In addition to Jia Yun and Yang Xu from Ningguo Mansion, there were also Xue Pan, Shen Congcheng and several other businessmen who had good friends with the Shen family.

They are all the bosses of several well-known grain companies in Dachu.

"Everyone please sit down..."

Jia Qing sat down, and then went straight to the point: "I have brought everyone here today, everyone should have guessed the purpose, the imperial court has accepted the peace talks with Russia.

It is said that the Russians married one of their princesses to our Great Chu, and they want to do business with Great Chu and form an alliance forever. "

Since most of the people present were businessmen, they might not know about these government affairs, so Jia Qing simply told them.

In fact, Jia Qing worried too much, this matter is no longer a secret, everyone has heard about it.

"So, there is really no war? Then why are we hoarding food? It's a waste of energy, and this time we will lose a lot..."

As soon as he heard that the war was really over, Xue Pan shouted immediately.

At the beginning, he thought it was a good opportunity to make money, so he followed Jia Qing. Now that the battle is over in less than half a year, isn't it all for nothing?
The imperial court didn't even use up the grain stored in Taicang, so it didn't wantonly collect grain from the people.Even if these individual "profiteers" hoard wantonly, the increase in food prices will be limited.

Although everyone knew that the imperial court was at war, after all, they were in the frontier fortress and did not fight in.In addition, this year's harvest is not bad, and there have been no major natural disasters or rebellions, so that until now, even the price of grain in Guanzhong has only risen to more than two taels.

Based on this calculation, if the grain is sold now, after deducting the cost of going back and forth, such as building a new granary, transportation, etc., there is basically no profit.

So, why is Xue Pan not annoyed.

Seeing that Jia Qing's uncle Xue Pan had said that, the grain store bosses all looked anxious.

They knew that Jia Qing had a large amount of food in his hands, and the Jia family was not in this business. If the whole thing was thrown to them at that time, wouldn't they just keep it in their hands?

Shen Congcheng, on the other hand, was not in the food business, but was also the partner who was persuaded by Jia Qing to contribute to the stockpiling of food.

Seeing that Jia Qing didn't look worried at all, he said, "I wonder what brother Jia's plan is? There are a lot of food in our hands now...

If the imperial court really negotiates a peace, it is conceivable that the price of food in Dachu will fall back soon, and it may fall back to the level we purchased before.If so, we are really wasting our time. "

"Wonderful, why didn't I think that if there were no more wars, those profiteers who stockpiled grain with us would be so frightened that they would start selling grain right away. When the price of grain drops, we will not lose money to death?

No, no.We have to sell the grain before them, and we can make some money...Old Chu, Lao Zhou, hehe, it's up to you to sell the grain..."

Xue Pan looked at those few grain merchants and said shamelessly.

Although several people did not dare to scold him, no one responded.

(End of this chapter)