The concubine is addicted to the world

Chapter 135, The people behind the food raising

Sufu Jiangxue Courtyard

Ling stroked her round belly with an unstoppable smile on her face. When Su Han came in, she happened to see such a scene, she bent her red lips, and called softly.

"Mother."

Ling's smile deepened, "Come in, it's cold outside, isn't it freezing? The weather in Kyoto is a bit cold, so ask the servant girl to burn more charcoal fire in the room, don't freeze."

Su Han spent one winter after another in the Zhongyonghou Mansion in his previous life. It was bitingly cold and snowy, and the shabby little house couldn't withstand the wind and cold. Often his legs would go numb when he fell asleep, and his hands, feet, and ears would be covered with chilblains. , Year after year, at that time, what Su Han feared most and least expected was winter.

"Mother, don't worry, the earth dragon is burning in the daughter's house, which is not much worse than the mother's here."

Ling nodded, and sighed thoughtfully, "Sister Han is one year older in a blink of an eye."

Su Han raised his eyes, a little puzzled.Ling shi quickly changed the topic, kept Su Han for lunch, and tacitly didn't mention the imperial decree in the morning.

Different from the previous life, this time it was King Jin instead of Prince Rui who made the crown prince. Many things had unknowingly deviated from the original track.

Recently, Uncle Su wanted to make friends with Third Master Su, Uncle Su had always stood unswervingly on Prince Rui's boat, King Jin's faction often made things difficult for Uncle Su.

Su Sanye's position is very firm, he only loyal to the emperor, even if King Jin condescends to get closer to Su Sanye, Su Sanye still treats Prince Rui and Jin Wang equally.

According to Ling's words, "Since ancient times, there have been many abolished princes, and it is not suitable to please, it is not suitable to
It's a deep friendship, just let it hang out if it's neither salty nor light. "

Third Master Su listened to Ling's words very much, even if Old Master Su went to battle in person, he was still unmoved, and almost had a falling out during the two meetings.

Third Master Su said directly, "If father is afraid that the Su family will hurt eldest brother, he can just remove Sanfang."

One sentence almost made the old man dizzy, now the Su family is all counting on the third master Su, one family and two generals, if the third master Su turns against him, King Jin will not be able to sit on the throne at all.

On the contrary, the big house broke away from the blessed tree of Mr. Su, and Mr. Su will decline sooner or later, so Mr. Su still maintains a semblance of reason and does not offend Mr. Su, at least Mr. Su will not just watch his family decline.

Ling Shi said long ago that Prince Rui was arrogant and arrogant, he would not be able to sit in that high position at all, and there was no one around him who could see the plan.

Third Master Su was very fortunate to have separated the family in time after hearing Ling's words.

Even so, Ling Shi was still worried that Prince Rui could do anything in a pinch.

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, a palace banquet was held in the palace, and Emperor Jinglong handed over the power to Concubine Liu Gui. In the past, Concubine De was always at the front, sitting first on the left hand side of Emperor Jinglong.

Concubine Liu Gui took her place this year and arranged Concubine De's position behind Su Ying, Concubine De's expression changed on the spot, and she directly found an excuse not to attend.

The contest between Concubine Liu Gui and Concubine De has moved to the bright side. After all, Concubine De has been in charge of the six palaces for many years, and her connections are definitely not comparable to Concubine Liu Gui. The emperor cried out to Concubine Liu that half of Concubine Liu Gui's six palace assistance was given to Concubine De.

This year in Kyoto has been a bit depressing, and only ordinary people don't care about these things and live their own lives without worry.

On the 29th day of the first lunar month, the battle at the southwestern border was tense. The Qin State and the early Ming Dynasty jointly sent [-] troops to suppress the border. There were countless casualties. The frontier border was short of food and grass [-] miles ahead. Emperor Jinglong asked for support. Emperor Jinglong entrusted the collection and delivery of food and grass to Prince.

Qi Jin stepped forward, "My son takes orders."

Such a big task was directly handed over to Qi Jin. It seems that Emperor Jing Long is really planning to pave the way for Qi Jin.

If he wins, it will make many frontier soldiers look at Qi Jin with admiration, buy people's hearts, and make a steady profit.

Prince Rui clenched his fists, Emperor Jing Long didn't want to see him more and more.

Behind him, Min Ji held Prince Rui back, Wang Rui glanced at Min Ji, implying displeasure.

After the court, Prince Rui walked away angrily, followed closely by Min Ji.

"My lord! The southwest is tens of thousands of kilometers away from here. It will consume manpower and material resources, and the border war is urgent. If King Jin delays the battle or something goes wrong, not only will the emperor not be able to spare King Jin, but at that time, King Jin will definitely lose the support of the people. Besides, according to As far as I know, raising food and grass is not that simple, and the amount supplied by the treasury to King Jin is really limited."

Prince Rui stopped in his tracks, turned his head and looked at Min Ji meaningfully, "What you said is not unreasonable, it is not easy to transport food and grass for thousands of miles, Lord Min has a way to deal with King Jin so quickly , I am really pleased with this king.”

Min Ji cupped his hands, "It's my honor to be able to serve the lord, and I will never hesitate to die."

Prince Rui listened with a smile, although he had some approval in his heart, he was still highly guarded against Min Ji.

"How can this king disregard the life and death of border soldiers for his own selfishness? Lord Min, you and this king are both citizens of Eastern Chu, and you should know how important this food is to the war. If you are not careful, you may be a sinner for the subjugation of the country." , this king can’t bear the crime.”

Min Ji was startled, and clenched his fists tightly under his sleeves, "What Your Highness said is that I'm worrying too much."

After the court, Qi Jin stopped Third Master Su, "Master Su, you are the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, I hope Master Su can help me a lot in raising food and grass."

The corner of Su Sanye's mouth twitched, and he lowered his head and said, "Your Highness, the 30 troops at the border are waiting to eat food. I don't know when this battle will be over. The treasury is the foundation of the country. It is absolutely necessary not to move it. Take out [-] den to support His Highness."

Qi Jin's expression changed on the spot, [-] days?This was much different than what he expected. Third Master Su didn't seem to realize that it was his son who was the coach!Logically, shouldn't Mr. Su be the most anxious?

"Master Su, the general who protects the country is dedicated to the country, we can't hold back." Qi Jin said deeply, with a slightly round body looking quite happy, with a smile on the corner of his mouth and an approachable look.

Third Master Su didn't dare to underestimate the person next to him, he sat on the crown prince without making a sound, and he was able to win over Prince Rui's former subordinates regardless of past suspicions and treat each other with courtesy. king.

"Your Highness said that if this is the case, I will donate two thousand deniers in private." Third Master Su deliberately misinterpreted Qi Jin's meaning, gritted his teeth and reluctantly let go.

Qi Jin choked, and stared at Third Master Su very hard from the bottom of his heart, and cursed the old fox secretly, he was too cunning and cunning.

Qi Jin suppressed her anger, and the smile on her face almost collapsed, "My lord, thank you Master Su for your generosity."

Third Master Su waved his hand, "Your Highness, you are welcome, this is the job of a humble minister."

As soon as Qi Jin returned to King Jin's mansion, he was so angry that he couldn't help but swear after many good cultivation, "This old fox! I'm really mad at this king."

"His Royal Highness calm down, Mr. Su has always been like this, even if he is his own father, Mr. Su is also unruly."

"That's right, Your Highness calmed down, but I'm waiting until someone has a large amount of food and grass. If we can buy it, we will probably be able to solve the problem."

Qi Jin regained her spirits when she heard that, "Who?"

"Ji Wuyou!"

Ji Wuyou is the richest man in Kyoto. Not only are there many shops, but also the Zhuangzi's land is innumerable. If Ji Wuyou can help, Qi Jin thinks it would be better to replace it with someone else. Ji Wuyou is someone who doesn't even give face to Emperor Jinglong , some embarrassment for a while.

"Ji Wuyou is an iron rooster, he can't get up early without profit, and he may not be able to reach out."

"He dares! He dare not stretch out his hand in front of important national affairs." A general said.

Others might not dare to do it, but Ji Wuyou definitely dared to do so, causing a fire and causing everyone to suffer.

Qi Jin was silent for a while, and then said, "Well, the king will visit Ji Wuyou in person tomorrow. The officials are only willing to give [-] deniers, and Su Zhiqing [-] deniers. As the crown prince, I will donate [-] deniers, and the rest will be donated." It’s all up to you.”

"The minister also donated two thousand."

"The subject is also one thousand."

"Five hundred ministers."

……

Qi Jin did some calculations, and there were about [-] deniers, which was still much worse than expected, so Qi Jin calculated.

Ji Wuyou crossed his legs and watched the opera babbled and sang on the stage. The woman who played Hua Dan looked at him several times. Ji Wuyou listened with a smile, but his mind was distracted.

"Master? The one who bought a lot of grain recently seems to be Wei. The counties around the imperial capital bought almost half of our grain in half a year. We don't have any extra. There are about [-] in the warehouse."

Ji Wuyou smiled deeper and deeper, "There are people who are smarter than the master. It's not easy, it's really not easy. Check it out! Be sure to check it out."

Half a year ago, someone started to provide food, and they never refused to come. At that time, Ji Wuyou was curious, there was no disaster, and there was no shortage of food. What did he collect so much food for?
Thinking about it now, this person is really clever, he had expected such an incident, the treasury had limited food, and Qi Jin was destined to be unable to please this job.

This person, Ji Wuyou, must be found out, and even more so, he has found a feeling of meeting his opponent, and wants to learn from each other when he has the opportunity.

In the capital, the problem of food was shrouded, and Qi Jin went to find Ji Wuyou, but he also played Tai Chi neither salty nor light, and came back.

Two words, no food.

Seeing that the time was getting tighter and tighter, eight hundred li urgently sent one letter a day, all of which were requests for support, and Qi Jin suppressed them all in private.

Five days passed, Qi Jin frowned more and more, and her temper became more and more irritable.

In the early court, Emperor Jinglong asked, "How is the crown prince raising food and grass?"

Qi Jin stood up, glanced at Prince Rui who was not far away, and unexpectedly turned around when she reached her mouth, "If you go back to Royal Father, everything will go well."

Emperor Jing Long nodded in satisfaction, "That's the best, let's arrange someone to send it over as soon as possible."

"Yes, my son will arrange it as soon as possible."

Prince Rui hooked his lips, the grain and grass in the capital are skyrocketing, it's no wonder it goes smoothly.

Qi Jin's hair turned gray because of the grain and grass, and another five days passed, and the 20 denier of grain and grass was less than half, and the surrounding area couldn't harvest a grain of rice, so Qi Jin was in a hurry.

"How is it? How much did you charge today?"

"Returning to Your Highness, the minister received less than one thousand."

"I have [-] here, Your Highness, I really can't collect more. Farmer Mikuli only has rations of rice, and I can't take out any extra rice."

"Yes, Your Highness, if this continues, it will be completely contrary to what we expected, and you will lose your reputation."

Qi Jin frowned, remembering to walk back and forth, why couldn't it be collected.

At this time, an adult stood up, "Your Highness, I heard that half a year ago, a businessman surnamed Wei bought more than half of the grain around the capital, which was hundreds of thousands of deniers. I have privately investigated, and this surname Wei The businessman is not someone close to Prince Rui."

"And this?" Qi Jin was surprised, "Where is the other person?"

Ji Wuyou can't point it out, just based on Ji Wuyou's true nature as a businessman, the food and grass he wants can only be sold by selling King Jin's mansion. Qi Jin returned depressed, and if Ji Wuyou had food, he would have opened his mouth a long time ago.

"So, what Ji Wuyou said is true, and all the food from Ji's family has been sold." Qi Jin rubbed her chin in thought.

Who is it?This person's thoughts are too deep, if the enemy is too scary, it will definitely be bad for him, we must find this person as soon as possible, under his nose, there are such extraterrestrial experts in Kyoto, who hide so deeply, Qi Jin is inexplicable There is a feeling of chills down the spine.

It's not just Qi Jin who thinks this way, Prince Rui also got the news, this is definitely a powerful helper, without being too obvious, he made the masters in the capital very anxious.

"Look! I have to find him before Qi Jin!"

Su Fu
"Miss, there is news." Qing Shu said softly.

Su Han said slowly, "There's no rush for now, the food and grass at the border gate can last for a while."

Qingshu was puzzled, didn't it mean that he couldn't last long, how could Su Han be so light-hearted?

A month ago, Su Han sent someone to send a letter to Su Ting, telling him that he was in a hurry to send someone back to Beijing to ask for food.

The defeat in the Southwest War in the previous life was entirely due to the lack of food and grass. How can you fight when you are hungry?The grain and grass were first robbed halfway, and more than half of it was burned, and the rest were all shoddy, stale and moldy rice. The one who transported the grain and grass that time was Prince Rui.

It was from that time that Emperor Jing Long disliked Prince Rui very much. It was only when Prince Rui lost the hearts of the people that King Jin was able to ascend the throne.

King Jin, who disregarded the life and death of the common people in the world for his own selfishness, caused countless deaths and injuries at the border, but made Prince Rui a scapegoat, he is a despicable villain!

Ever since Su Ting became a general protecting the country, Su Han has been buying and hoarding food in private. The food accumulated in the past six months has basically reached 50 deniers, which is enough to last a year.

Su Han was waiting, waiting for an opportunity.

another three days

An urgent document from eight hundred miles was directly handed over to the imperial desk.

Emperor Jinglong slapped his hands together, "Sure enough, Erlang of the Su family did not disappoint me. Su Aiqing, you have raised a good son. You really gave me and Dongchu a face."

Third Master Su was at a loss, but it was not the first time that Su Ting was praised, so he calmly stepped forward without being surprised.

"Su Ting raised our country's prestige and finally won a small victory. This battle will definitely inspire the three armies..."

Third Master Su was also very happy. After all, he was his own son. "I am deeply honored. It is his blessing that the dog can be loyal to the country."

Qi Jin held her heart tightly, and was about to retreat, Prince Rui glanced at Mr. Jiang.

"Long live Qi Zuo, General Su is invincible and able to win the battle. It is indeed a happy event. We should work together. I heard that His Royal Highness is raising food and grass in private. Is there too many ministers? Donate a thousand dens, and you will also contribute one point to the Southwest force."

"Your Majesty, I also donate a thousand deniers."

"Your Majesty, I donate five hundred deniers."

In the end, Prince Rui strode forward, "Father, as a citizen of Eastern Chu, I will donate [-] deniers to try my best. I will never let the soldiers fight hungry, let General Su go all out and chase after the victory." , Raise my Eastern Chu country's prestige!"

Qi Jin's face was a little embarrassed, he was the crown prince who had donated [-] yuan, and Rui Wan wanted to overwhelm him everywhere.

Sure enough, Emperor Jing Long laughed loudly, praised Prince Rui in public, and got many rewards, went around and around, and finally landed on Qi Jin.

"Prince, when are you going to leave?"

Qi Jin's scalp was numb, and the one who should come still couldn't escape.

"Returning to my father, my son is studying the route. The quantity of this batch of grain and grass is huge, so it cannot be sloppy."

"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness is right, you must be careful, so you shouldn't be in a hurry."

"Your Majesty Chen's words are wrong. There is a shortage of food at the border, and there is an urgent need to delay even a moment. Moreover, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince personally holds the line, so how could there be a mistake?"

"Master Jiang..."

Emperor Jinglong waved his hand, "Prince, if you have any questions, come to me at any time. If there is no problem, leave in five days!"

Qi Jin responded, "Yes!"

Prince Rui sneered, glanced at Qi Jin lightly, turned around gloating at his misfortune and left.

Qi Jin gritted her teeth, once he left, only Prince Rui would be left in the capital.

Hall of Parliament

Emperor Jing Long covered his lips and coughed, and Eunuch Lian stepped forward to stroke his back.

"Your Majesty, don't worry, the two princes are still working together before major national events."

Emperor Jing Long curled his lips into a smile, his eyes flashed a cold color, "I hope so."

Su Han stood on the porch, looked at the gloomy sky outside the window, and said slowly, "Go, tell Wei Ing, sell half of the grain and grass to the prince, and then pass the news to Prince Rui."

"Yes!"

Qi Jin suddenly got 25 deniers of grain, so she was confident, even though it cost nearly double the price, after Prince Rui heard the news, he smashed the teacup in his hand to pieces on the spot.

"So, King Jin took the lead again? These trash! Trash!"

Prince Rui was very angry, and such a good opportunity was taken advantage of by King Jin, how could he not be angry, his eyes were full of anger.

"My lord, we can lie in ambush and call Tai... King Jin never returns!"

Prince Rui coldly rolled his eyes at the counselor, did he really think that King Jin was a fool.

"My lord, the princess is here." The guard stood outside the door and said.

Prince Rui frowned, "What is she doing here at this time?"

"My lord, the princess is here at this time, maybe I have something important to discuss."

Prince Rui pursed his lips, stood up and went to the side hall, "What do you want to do with me?"

Concubine Rui was wearing a white fox fur cloak and bowed to Prince Rui.

"The concubine came to recommend someone to the prince. It was the concubine's father who accidentally rescued him. This counselor can know astronomy, geography, and observe the sky. He is a genius. May the prince see it?"

Prince Rui was surprised, he heard that Princess Rui's praise was amazing, he didn't believe it, but after thinking about it,
It's all this time, can there be a worse situation than this?

Seeing that Prince Rui's brows were loosened, Princess Rui called out, "Come in."

The door curtain was raised, and a man walked in, with a slender figure and a jade-like face, exuding a scent of books all over his body. He was very young and looked only about 22 or [-]. He was wearing ordinary black clothes. Except for his handsome face, he couldn't tell What ability does he have? He looks weak, his lips are pale, and he coughs gently while covering his lips from time to time.

Prince Rui frowned, this is clearly a sick child, it's not as exaggerated as what Princess Rui said.

"Next Ji Chang, I met Prince Rui." Ji Chang cupped his hands, his voice was thick and hoarse, which did not match his clear and dignified appearance.

Prince Rui raised his eyebrows, and next to Princess Rui asked a symbolic question, "Do you know where this king is now? Why did you come to seek refuge with this king instead of looking for the crown prince?"

"I know a thing or two about it, His Highness Prince Rui is covered in dust and has the appearance of an emperor." Ji Chang paused.

Prince Rui chuckled, he loves to hear these words, but it doesn't mean he will believe it, the appearance of an emperor?

"go on."

"I feel that the prince is only temporarily stranded. One day when he returns to the sea, there will be a difference. Although the prince has an errand to deliver food and grass, there must be some actions before he leaves. I have a plan."

"Oh? How do you say that?" Prince Rui didn't care.

"The crown prince leaves the capital, and all the military power in the capital is in the hands of Prince Rui. If he wants to be king, when necessary, he must give up his emotions and desires."

Ji Chang said calmly, "I think that the prince can take advantage of the current situation and put the prince in a dilemma. The reason why the prince is in this situation is mostly because of the Su family. The prince provoked the prince and the Su family. Why not follow the example of one or two? According to my understanding, if the crown prince offends the Su family, even if the prince does not win him over, he will definitely not become an obstacle. The prince might as well start with the queen mother."

Prince Rui squinted his eyes, and got annoyed when he mentioned this, it was in vain for King Jin to put away his previous contempt for Ji Chang.

"What you said makes sense. It's the king's blind eyes that offended you. Don't be offended, sir."

(End of this chapter)