Rebirth of the eldest daughter

Chapter 385 The sour smell of overturning the vinegar jar

At the end of the year, the weather is cold, and drops of water turn into ice.

After Bai Mingwei sorted through everything, he was going to arrange for people to go to Jincheng to find out.

At this moment, the door "clicked" and slowly opened a small gap, and a group of white figures tiptoed into the study.

Out of the corner of her eye, Bai Mingwei had a panoramic view of the plump little guy, but seeing that the little white ferret seemed to be harboring some bad thoughts, she pretended not to see it, wanting to see what the little guy was going to do.

I saw the little white ferret pointing its butt towards Bai Mingwei, twisting its fat butt in provocation. Seeing that Bai Mingwei didn't seem to see it, his dark eyes rolled around, and he suddenly became concerned.

It climbed along the pillar to the beam, and when Bai Mingwei was "not paying attention", it pounced down from a high place, and its plump buttocks hit Bai Mingwei's face.

Seeing that he was about to succeed, the little white ferret was so proud that he showed two rows of big white teeth.

Just when it was about to sit down on Bai Mingwei's face, Bai Mingwei suddenly turned its head and it fell onto the hard floor, almost breaking its teeth.

The little white ferret was so angry that he struggled to get up and pointed at Bai Mingwei with his little paws, then yelled: "Bah, bah!"

Bai Mingwei ignored it and raised his eyes to look at Feng Qingchen who came in later.

The little white ferret immediately "cryed" to Feng Qingchen. Feng Qingchen did not comfort it, but scolded it: "Who calls you a bad guy? You dare to provoke it if you can't beat it. Aren't you asking for trouble?"

The little white ferret looked at its master in disbelief for a long time. Seeing that his master showed no mercy, it covered its face and cried.

But when it let go of its little paws covering its face, the master had already sat opposite the dead woman, smiling like a big flower, and didn't pay attention to it at all.

The little white ferret beat its chest and stamped its feet, looking as if it was about to run away from home.

But in the end, instead of competing for a moment of glory, it chose the eaves that have no dignity and no love, but can provide shelter from wind and rain.

When Feng Qingchen saw that it had made enough noise, he reached out and picked it up into his arms.

Bai Mingwei asked: "Why are you here?"

Feng Qingchen pushed a letter over: "This is the news found by the secret guards I deployed in Qiang City. You can read it first. I think you need it."

Bai Mingwei slowly unfolded the letter, read the contents carefully several times, and suddenly slapped the letter on the table.

"Sure enough, as I suspected, Li Xianzhao has been embezzling seeds from Qiang City in the past few years, and then transported the seeds to Jincheng, handed them over to Xue Huaizu, and finally fell into the hands of Qin Fengye."

"What's even more disgusting is that he embezzled not only the seeds, but also the soldiers' rations! No wonder the soldiers were disheartened when Beiyan attacked. If I don't have enough to eat every day, I won't have the strength to resist!"

Feng Qingchen said: "Time is urgent. For the time being, we can only confirm that the seeds and military rations were indeed transported by Li Xianzhao to Xue Huaizu in Jincheng. The storage location of these things has not yet been found."

Bai Ming lowered his eyes slightly and stared at the letter: "No, these are enough. It saves me the time to confirm this matter."

With that said, Bai Ming slightly raised his voice and called out: "Go and ask Vice General Wei, Mr. Jiang and Mr. Gongsun to come over. I have something to discuss."

The guard went to do it immediately.

Not long after, everyone gathered together.

Bai Mingwei passed the letter around, and everyone looked angry after reading it. Only Wei Xiao was still struggling to decipher the meaning expressed in the letter.

Seeing this, Mr. Gongsun patted him on the shoulder: "Listen to my advice and read a few books carefully. What a good young man, but he can't read a single Chinese character."

Wei Xiao put down the letter: "I can understand it."

After saying that, Wei Xiao took out a pamphlet from his arms, read it several times, and suddenly punched the armrest of the chair: "Li Xianzhao, this thief! He has done all kinds of bad things!"

Mr. Gongsun looked at the almost torn booklet curiously and asked, "Hey, what is this?"

Wei Xiao put the book away properly and explained to everyone: "Miss Bai made me a thousand-character picture book. Each word is accompanied by a picture. I can now recognize many words."

"Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!"

The little white ferret suddenly jumped out of Feng Qingchen's arms and lay on Bai Mingwei's shoulder, trembling.It seemed that at that moment, it felt that its master was exuding an extremely terrifying emotion.

Jiang Ci lowered his head and touched his nose.

Wei Xiao had no idea.

Bai Ming slightly rubbed his temples.

Mr. Gongsun opened his mouth to calm the atmosphere: "Girl is so busy, but I can still make a special thousand-character essay for you. Learn how to read well, don't let me down."

Wei Xiao nodded hurriedly: "Miss Bai is so dedicated, I have to work hard too."

Jiang Ci rubbed his arms, as if he felt a chill.

Mr. Gongsun kicked Wei Xiao and motioned for him to look towards Feng Qingchen.

Unexpectedly, Wei Xiao didn't notice anything strange about Feng Qingchen, and asked with a confused expression: "Sir, what do you want me to see Military Master Feng do?"

Mr. Gongsun patted his head and sighed: "I will buy a few kilograms of walnuts for you to supplement some other time."

Wei Xiao quickly refused: "No, no, no, I'm strong!"

Mr. Gongsun looked up to the sky and sighed: "Walnuts are good for the brain. You should take good care of your brain."

Wei Xiao didn't know why.

Jiang Ci meant to remind him, but he was embarrassed in front of Feng Qingchen. He quickly smiled and smoothed things over: "How come we two rough guys are so lucky to have such a caring sister like Mingwei?"

Wei Xiao raised his lips: "That's right, so Ayu is a worthy brother to me, otherwise there wouldn't be such a good girl."

Feng Qingchen remained expressionless, but the heavy atmosphere instantly relaxed a lot.

Bai Mingwei said at the right time: "If Li Xianzhao had not embezzled it, there should be about [-] stones of seeds in Qiangcheng's warehouse."

Jiang Ci continued: "With these seeds, not only can the common people's spring plowing be solved, but also the seeds can be planted in the fields we plan to open up to grow military grain."

Bai Mingwei looked determined: "I want to take back all these seeds, so I invite a few people to come over and discuss the charter."

Wei Xiao then asked, "Have these seeds been sold?"

Bai Ming shook his head slightly: "Most likely not. The seed warehouse was established by the late emperor and my grandfather together. The late emperor left a legacy when he left. If any official embezzles the seeds, depending on the severity of the case, three to nine tribes will be wiped out."

"Even if Qin Fengye reaches the sky with his hand, he will still be cautious, otherwise if something goes wrong, even Emperor Yuan Zhen will not be able to protect him."

After a pause, Bai Mingwei continued:

"Although the price of seeds is dozens of times that of grain, due to the existence of seed warehouses, seeds have basically no market among the private sector. Selling them to the court can easily lead to trouble."

"If you want to maximize the value of this batch of seeds, the best way is to start with the tenants."

"For example, if you want to rent their land, you must use the seeds they provide. When the harvest is harvested, part of the tenant's grain will be deducted to pay for the seeds. As for the amount of the harvest to be deducted, the owner must not say Calculate?"

"It is difficult for the common people to rent fields. In order to survive, they have to surrender. Exchange a batch of seeds for a large amount of grain. This is basically a huge profit."

"So it is very likely that Qin Fengye will use the seeds on his own fields. In this way, the risk of mistakes will be much smaller."

Seeing that everyone was listening attentively, Bai Mingwei continued his analysis:
"And this batch of seeds was put into the warehouse after last year's autumn harvest. If Qin Fengye wants to clean up the source of this batch of seeds, he has to use this year's autumn harvest of the land under Xue Huaizu's name to make a fuss, otherwise the time will be skewed."

"But because the landlords' seeds had to be sold to the court first, and if the court did not buy them, they could then be sold to private individuals. If Xue Huaizu wanted to sell the 'surplus' seeds, he had to wait until the court purchase was completed."

"In other words, the seeds are probably not sold. However, winter is about to pass, and next year's spring plowing will not be too far away. Now the court's acquisition has basically been completed. In order to catch up with next year's spring plowing, Qin Fengye is likely to transport the seeds away at any time. We don't have much time."

(End of this chapter)