After being forced to marry by her stepmother, the Koi wife brings prosperity to the whole family

The locust plague was widespread this time. In addition to Qingzhou Prefecture, Xuzhou Prefecture was also affected. However, Cheng'an County in Qingzhou Prefecture was the least affected. Most of the more than 20 villages here used the herbal medicine developed by Du Wanchun. A few days ago, Zhou Ruiyuan and Li Zhifu mentioned this herbal medicine to the prefect of Xuzhou Prefecture, but they did not believe the Zhou family. They thought that the Zhou family, as a merchant, wanted to take this opportunity to sell herbal medicine to make money. However, they regretted it only after the locusts came. Because many places were affected on a large scale, there was a shortage of food. They flocked to Zhou's rice shop to buy rice. Zhou's rice shop was not only not affected by the locust plague, but also had an unabated output, so the villagers in more than 20 counties of Cheng'an County were still living a better and better life.

Seeing that Xuzhou Prefecture was severely affected by the disaster, Du Wanchun proposed to Zhou Ruiyuan to provide porridge for disaster relief.

Zhou Ruiyuan immediately sent people to set up porridge stalls in more than ten counties of Xuzhou Prefecture.

Du Wanchun led people to provide porridge in person, and also distributed herbs to the villagers to prevent locusts.

When the villagers received the herbs, they realized that there was such a good thing. Later, they learned that it was the former prefect of Xuzhou Prefecture who rejected the kindness of Li Zhifu and Zhou County Magistrate of Qingzhou Prefecture.

They regretted it one by one. If they had known that Zhou's family had taken the herbs, their food would not have been eaten by locusts.

Du Wanchun did not stay in the porridge stalls. She sat in a carriage and checked every porridge stall, and then prepared to go home. However, she was stopped by the people of the former prefect on the way.

"Manager Du, our master wants to invite you to his house." The man who came was a servant, with his chin raised and a proud face.

After thinking for a while, Du Wanchun smiled and said, "Well, I'll ask this young man to lead the way."

The servant turned around and asked someone to lead Du Wanchun's horse and took her to the house of the former prefect.

The former prefect was not a good official, nor a bad official. He usually managed his subordinates in a proper manner, but when faced with major events, he was timid and only cared about himself.

It was because of this letter that he was unwilling to send someone to Cheng'an County to get the herbs that could drive away locusts.

This time, he invited Du Wanchun to come, in fact, he had something to ask for. Several villages near them had run out of food, and it was far from enough to just give porridge. He hoped that Du Wanchun could take out some silver to help these victims.

However, when the capital learned that there was a locust plague here, it had already allocated 200,000 taels of silver, which was enough for him to help these victims.

However, seeing that he was the most powerful person in Xuzhou Prefecture, Yuan Zhi secretly embezzled the silver and planned to ask Du Wanchun for some more silver to show off to the people in the capital.

When Du Wanchun walked into the mansion, Yuan Zhifu personally came to greet him, "Manager Du, you are here, please sit down."

After saying that, he ordered the maid behind him, "Quick, go and pour tea for Manager Du."

"Yes, Master." The maids quickly retreated and turned to pour tea for Du Wanchun.

Soon a cup of good Longjing was served.

Du Wanchun took a sip from the cup and said with a smile: "Master Yuan, your tea is not bad."

Prefect Yuan said quickly: "It's just some old tea, not really good tea."

Du Wanchun half-closed his eyes and smiled slowly: "It seems that Master Yuan has good tea here. Usually, our Zhou family can only drink this good Longjing tea a few times a year."

Prefect Yuan was stunned, looked at the cup on the table next to Du Wanchun with cold eyes, and then secretly glanced at the little maid.

The little maid was so scared that she lowered her head quickly.

Du Wanchun changed the subject and asked directly, "What is the matter with you, Lord Yuan, inviting me to your mansion?"

Prefect Yuan put away the coldness in his eyes and said with a smile, "I heard that Shopkeeper Du is a well-known philanthropist. Now more than ten counties in our Xuzhou Prefecture are affected by the locust plague. I wonder if Shopkeeper Du can be kind and give some money to help these victims."

Du Wanchun picked up the teacup and drank a sip of tea slowly, and did not reply for a long time.

Prefect Yuan squinted his eyes and continued, "It is said that Shopkeeper Du has a lot of wealth, so it should be a piece of cake for him to give out some money."

Du Wanchun put the cup in his hand down heavily, "Lord Yuan, you may have forgotten that there are porridge stalls of our Zhou family in many counties throughout your Xuzhou Prefecture. These porridge stalls of mine should have saved a lot of victims here. When it comes to being kind, I should do my best."

Prefect Yuan seemed to have known that she would say this, and continued to smile, "This porridge stall

It's a porridge stall. Your Zhou family has so much money, it shouldn't cost much money, and it's also laborious. It's better for Shopkeeper Du to give me the money directly, and I will do these things. "

Du Wanchun showed a sneer on her face. This prefect Yuan really knows how to make a wishful calculation.

If she pays for this money, will he get the reputation?

She decisively refused and said, "Master Yuan, in terms of money, our Zhou family is also powerless. Besides, since the porridge stall is opened by us, our Zhou family will be responsible to the end, and you don't need to intervene."

As the prefect Yuan listened, his face gradually became angry. He really didn't expect that Shopkeeper Du was so eloquent.

His face gradually sank, and he looked around. Seeing that only Du Wanchun was there, he suddenly had other evil intentions.

"Shopkeeper Du, don't rush to draw conclusions. Stay in our house for a while first, and then think about what to say."

He said this just to hold her here.