Rebirth of the noble daughter

Chapter 183 183. People's food
"By the way, how is the eldest daughter-in-law? She is still pregnant and A Xu is not at home. You should pay more attention."

"Master, don't worry, the service is good. Before Axu left, he told me that he had already reported to the Lu Zhensi. It is estimated that around April, his mother-in-law and the others will come to the capital again."

Feng Hai nodded. They have been married to the Wen family for many years, but they have only had reunion dinners twice. Taking this opportunity, they can get along with each other more, "Well, isn't Ayao also married at the end of April? If they can If you leave earlier, come earlier, and catch up with the bustle, everyone will be so happy."

Madam Feng smiled and said, "That's what I mean too! I'll tell the eldest daughter-in-law later, and ask her to mention it when she writes."

"So good."

The husband and wife were talking about this family affair, but at this time, Mr. Xu Ge was furious in the cabinet.

"The old man is not a fool. The Ninth Prince is going to go to the Northwest. It is right to mobilize the grain and grass, but it should not be this amount. All the way to eat and spread all the way, there is a lot of money. After Wei Guogong made such a move, four of the eight granaries were emptied. , What if there is a change in the capital? Go to the Duke of Wei's mansion to grab food?"

Mr. Xu Ge said cursingly to the Minister of the Household, he has always been an outspoken person, and he had a lot of disagreements with Duke Wei, so the Minister of the Household who was called back and forth was also the first and the second elder.

In the past, these thankless things were done by Feng Hai, even if they were not done thoughtfully, everyone would look at Bai Xiangye's face and be vague, but now, the two of them, Mrs. , Healing the wounded, it pushed him to the front to resist the artillery fire.

The Duke of Wei is powerful and famous, so he must be heartbroken when so much food and grass are mobilized, but what can be done?
Old Xu Ge has a big temper, and he can make you feel ashamed without swearing. Every sentence is planning for Dajin's future, so what can he do?
Both sides are flattering, both sides are angry, talking about the current predicament of Hubu Shangshu.

"Calm down, old man. Now that the grain and grass have been transferred away, what the subordinate officials say is not pleasant. Even if you scold the sky, it will not help. It will delay the departure of the Ninth Prince. I am afraid that the Northwest War will also be affected by it. so……"

"So what? Let the old man think of a way for you to fill the treasury for you? You want to be beautiful! The salary of the emperor must be the worry of the emperor. You should go back and think about how to keep your black hat!"

After finishing speaking, he left angrily, leaving behind the Hubu Shangshu who wanted to cry but had no tears.

If it wasn't for the wrong timing, he really wanted to retire and return to his hometown, but he was only sixty years old, or he could just call him sick, otherwise all his hard work would have been in vain.

So after returning to the household department, he urgently ordered all the officials of the household department to find a way to replenish the granary as quickly as possible.

After a while, someone proposed the method of collecting people's food again.

"My lord, last year's harvests were pretty good, and the official rations sent by the Water Transportation Department were [-]% more than in previous years. Seeing this, I am afraid that the common people have more rations in their hands. Otherwise, please ask for an order to collect rations again? Not much, last year's three achievements are enough. In this way, the national treasury will be filled!"

It's a good idea, but it's against harmony.

But the war in the northwest is tight. If the city is destroyed, the people like them will suffer as well, and it is better to pay food to ensure peace now.

With this idea, the current problem of the household department can be regarded as solved.

The Hubu Shangshu who had been frowning for a long time finally stretched his brows, and said to the person who proposed, "Young people are awesome, I will leave this matter to you, and I will naturally go to the Holy Master to ask for a seal for you after finishing the matter." Award!"

The official's eyes lit up instantly, and he swore to Lord Shangshu, "I will definitely not disgrace my life!"

Here, the Ministry of Household Affairs has been studying how to collect people's food all night long, while Dingwang's Mansion has sent news to the south of the Yangtze River.

Yang Zhao looked at the letter written by the prince himself, quite puzzled.

"My lord, can the old man really handle this matter?"

"Don't worry, my grandfather has some reputation among the merchants of the Jiangnan generation. He secretly manipulated the price of stockpiling grain at a [-]% higher price. Presumably, he will be able to reach this amount before the end of the Northwest War."

Yang Zhao grinned, what he was worried about was this number.

For 3000 million dans of grain, the Water Transportation Department may not be able to pay that much in a few years. Can it really collect so much grain with the prestige of the old man?
He was worried.

Look at Xiao Tingyi, but he is very confident.

Businessmen value profits, even if it is only a small [-]%, but if the amount is large, the profits will be very fat.

A [-]% price increase will not disturb the market, and it will not be easy to scare the snake, but it will make it difficult to fill the gap opened by the Ministry of Finance.

Now war comes first, and everything can be compromised.

But when he returned from victory, it was time to settle the old accounts. Duke Wei first used the excuse of war to embezzle half of the national treasury. It goes without saying.

Looking at the news sent back from Xuzhou, this old fox really has lived in peace for a long time, thinking that everyone in this world is a muddle-headed generation, which is sad and insulting.

This is often the case in the world. People who hold great power always say a word, and a statement can affect everything. The poor people in the capital city don't know what they will face in the future, and they are living a busy and hard life year after year.

The West Market has been open for more than half a month, Bai Siruo has long wanted to go.

Helplessly, the elders in the family either had something to do, or the one who had something to do couldn't get it all together, so she simply told the elders and went out by herself, took Feng Jinyao with her, and rushed to the West Market.

Sure enough, there are several times more Hu merchants and foreign merchants here, and there is still a surplus.

What is brought is also unprecedentedly refined and unusual.

Bai Siruo pulled Feng Jinyao to look left and right, very happy, but Feng Jinyao's eyelids have been twitching these past two days, and she feels uneasy.

"Cousin, be careful, you don't bring your family with you when you come out, what should you do if something happens to you?"

Bai Siruo looked disgusted, "A Yao, don't be careful, what can happen to the emperor? Besides, this West City has dispatched a thousand soldiers to patrol around, and they are the elite soldiers of Uncle Lin from my aunt's family. Strong generals, are they better than servants?"

While talking, he put a hairpin on her.

The place where the two stood was Hu Xuanlou, a well-known jewelry store in the West City, both in style and workmanship are the characteristics of the Western Regions.

The latest fashionable items in the Eastern Capital are all from their shop, so Bai Siruo took Feng Jinyao to have a look, and picked out her gifts along the way.

(End of this chapter)