Warm Emperor's Favorite: Abandoned Concubine

Chapter 160 The Feng family has a big treasure mountain

"These fields are planted differently every year, and the income is also different, so it's not easy to check." The old lady said.

Feng Qi nodded, glanced roughly at the ledger, and said, "Even if there is a bumper harvest, these lands won't have much income, and they won't be able to plug the hole in the mansion at all. Grandma has other sources of money?"

The old lady hesitated for a moment, and said: "Yes, but now it's not good anymore, not as good as in previous years."

Feng Qi didn't expect that the old lady didn't hide it, so she asked further: "I don't know what kind of business it is? Maybe there is a way."

The old lady sighed, and checked out a piece of land from the land deed: "This is the land deed of Xiaobie Mountain on the side of Dabie Mountain, where medicinal materials are produced, and almost all of them have been dug in these years, not to mention [-]-year-old ginseng, even annual seedlings. not."

Feng Qi recalled, isn't the location where the land deed is written is the stone mountain not far from the Dabie Mountain?Did ginseng grow in that barren place?Really unexpected.

The old lady said: "In order to support the Feng family in those years, excessive felling of trees and rummaging for medicinal materials led to soil erosion in Xiaobie Mountain, and now it is just a rocky mountain."

"Why don't I go and have a look, maybe that mountain can be used." Feng Qi planned to go and have a look by herself, maybe digging stones could also be profitable.

The old lady said: "Go, but after Quan'er leaves, you two brothers and sisters can have a good get together."

Feng Qi nodded: "Grandmother, don't be upset, maybe stones can be dug out from that mountain."

"What kind of stones? They are all small stones. I went to see them and picked up some. They are placed in the flower pots over there." The old lady shook her head, denying this idea.

Feng Qi came to the outside room, and saw the stones placed in the flowerpot, they were not big, the biggest one was no more than the size of a fist, the shape was oblate, but it was extremely smooth to the touch, and the color was darker than duck egg green.

"Princess, there are some small ones here, which were picked up by the servants." Mu Mian laughed.

Feng Qi went over to take a look, and found that they were fingernail-sized rocks with many colors, blue, red, yellow, green... and some with different patterns.

"The craftsman who built the house saw it and said that it is okay to lay flower pots, but it is absolutely unusable for building a house. It is not as good as the ordinary stone with edges and corners, because it is too smooth to hold the glutinous rice and mud is not strong!" Kapok said regretfully.

Feng Qi didn't think so in her heart, she had seen a lot of palace scenes in her previous life, rich and noble families liked to pave the ground with beautiful stones, if this mountain was full of such beautiful stones, then it would be a big treasure house.

"By the way, this servant reminded me that the second master once wanted to cross that mountain, saying that he wanted to level it and build a road, so that it would be much closer to Beijing." Mu Mian said.

Feng Qi's heart moved, how much money would it cost to open a mountain and build a road?Besides, these stones are inferior to ordinary stones in their eyes, and there is no profit to be made. He would do such a stupid thing?

Obviously this is impossible, unless someone else sees the value of this mountain and wants to make a profit from it, then who would this person be?

"Third Prince?"

For some reason, these three words jumped out of Feng Qi's mind. She quickly cleared her mind and recalled it.

After he married Xuanyuan Jue in his previous life, he really proposed to open mountains and build roads. On the surface, it was convenient for her to return to Feng's house. At that time, he was moved to tears.

In the next few years, Xuanyuan Jue started to get rich, so he had a lot of money to buy officials and raise soldiers. Could it be that he relied on this mountain?
No, based on what she knew about Xuanyuanjue, he would never think of using stones to make a fortune, which means that there is someone behind Xuanyuanjue, and this person is very familiar with the Feng family's property.

Then the person behind Xuanyuan Jue had already launched a conspiracy, and it was even related to the accident of his mother and the death of his father.

Thinking of this, Feng Qi broke out in a cold sweat, the situation where the enemy is in the dark and we are in the clear makes people panic.

"Princess? Are you feeling unwell?" Seeing Feng Qi's pale face, Mu Mian couldn't help asking worriedly.

Feng Qi shook her head, and walked quickly to the inner room: "Grandmother, this Xiaobie Mountain must not be given away!"

The old lady was drinking tea, she put down the teacup and said: "Your second uncle came to ask for it, saying that it is to pave the way, and the imperial court will reward it after it is done, and the officials in the family can make meritorious service and rise to the top.

I agreed at the time, but something happened to the general's mansion later, so I kept it on hold. "

Feng Qi breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "Grandmother, you were almost cheated."

The old lady said blankly: "Cheated? Isn't it just a rocky mountain?" This Xiaobieshan was already worthless in her heart.

Feng Qi shook her head: "Does Grandmother know the holy capital of the Sanctuary Kingdom?"

"I know, I heard that the glazed ground is like a fairyland on earth." The old lady's eyes were shining with longing.

Feng Qi nodded: "That's right, but there is also a major feature over there, that is, the gravel road, not only the road, some people even paste beautiful stones on the walls, and experts can use different colored stones to make patterns. Woolen cloth."

The old lady's eyes flashed, and she asked, "Is what you said true?"

Feng Qi nodded: "That's right, our country's capital city has just started to rise, and we are very thirsty for such stones!"

The old lady's face darkened when she heard the words: "So your second uncle is interested in the benefits, and he wants to take it all for himself?"

Feng Qi nodded: "However, it does not rule out that the second uncle is being used by others. Maybe the second uncle does not know the value of these stones, but has been used by others. If he opens the way, he must dig out these stones. It is also a matter of where he throws them. problem.

In this way, if someone comes to help transport it away, it is equivalent to Shi En and the second uncle, and he is equivalent to being sold and counting the silver for others. "

The old lady is Feng Qingshui's own mother, she knows her son's temper well, so she immediately believed the second guess.

"It's also possible...could it be his outhouse..." The old lady stopped talking halfway through, because after all, this outhouse is still Feng Qi's great aunt.

Feng Qi said: "It's also possible, Shen Qingxia was originally close to the third prince, and most of her restaurant income was subsidized to the third prince, just to make Bai Lianhua the prince's concubine.

However, her restaurant closed down, and without income, the third prince would not want to see Bai Lianhua, so she came to persuade the second uncle to take Xiaobieshan away. "

The old lady frowned and said: "If the third prince is really involved in this matter, it's useless even if we put the land deed in our hands and cover it up, how can we fight with the prince?

If the third prince is dissatisfied because of a mountain or some money, then our Feng family will be hated. In the future, let alone those children's official fortunes will be restricted, even our Feng family may suffer catastrophe.

In this way, we might as well follow his wishes and go directly down the slope, no matter whether the third prince takes that seat in the future, we will not be implicated. "

Unexpectedly, the old lady still knew how to weigh the pros and cons, but just sent it out like this, how could Feng Qi be reconciled?
(End of this chapter)