The Reborn Wife is Farming

The officials froze and looked at the emperor stealthily. Seeing that his eyes were red and he felt sorry for him, he knew what the emperor meant. He wanted to abolish the tribute system. They are not the emperor's younger brothers, so how could they have the courage to pay tribute to such cheap things as the county kings.

All the officials who benefited from the tribute were a little disgusted. If local officials were not allowed to pay tribute to the royal family, they would lose a lot of income.

Zhu Liang, who personally escorted the goods to Beijing, didn't have time to inquire about the affairs of the court. They brought a lot of goods this time. As soon as the day dawned, Zhu Liang asked people to beat drums and drums to set up a stall at the three receptions in the capital. It used the name of Rongjun Prince's Mansion.

He asked people to sell the goods brought from Qiannan on the street. A jar of sauerkraut was sold for 30 yuan, a catty of bacon was 50 yuan, and the price of dried prickly pears was seven times more expensive than what they charged. , and a pack of Liver Grass is placed on the counter, fifty yuan a pack, which is ten times more expensive than in Qiannan.

As Chinese New Year is approaching, the street is full of people buying new year's goods. It is very lively. Everyone gathers together, and after a while, their mouths curled up and said, "This pot of pickled vegetables is 30 yuan? It's only 15 yuan at other houses, which is too expensive. "

"Fresh pork only costs 18 cents a catty. Why is your cured pork so expensive?"

"I've never seen this prickly pear and liver grass before, can I eat it?"

"Sunflower seeds are also expensive..."

Zhu Liang hit the gong with a "dang" and said: "Everyone, don't think that my things are expensive, it's because my things are unusual, and they are all transported from Qiannan."

"Could it be that the food in Qiannan is better than ours in Jiangnan?"

"Don't lie to the shopkeeper. The price of goods in Qiannan is low. Except that the staple food is more expensive, the price of this kind of thing must be lower than that of our Jiangnan. How can you deceive us with the goods?" A merchant who traveled all over the country and knew the market, hurriedly shouted.

Zhu Liang said with a smile: "I don't know, but these are the 'local specialties' of Qiannan. They were designated as tributes by the Qiannan Miao Village and Rongjun King and presented to the emperor. The emperor agreed to eat them last night. .”

I wish you luck for a long time, but you dare not say the advertising slogan that Mu Yangling decided, "You can buy the food that the emperor has eaten for as long as thirty or fifty coins." people.

"The emperor really ate this thing? It shouldn't be a lie, right?"

Zhu Liang pointed to the signboard of Rongjun Wangfu and said: "I am the chief steward of Rongjun Wangfu, and not far away is the grain shop opened by Rongjun Wangfei. Isn't it natural for my younger brother to send food to my elder brother? We have several carts of food, and it's not that I have the guts to act in the name of the Rongjun Prince's Mansion."

Everyone agrees when they hear this.

Who doesn't know that the emperor raised King Rongjun like his son, even if King Rongjun gave the emperor a plate of wild vegetables, the emperor would eat it and applaud loudly. Now it's just sending some pickled vegetables or something.

Thinking about it this way, everyone believed it.

The servant of the Ministry of Rites sat in the sedan chair and hesitated for a long time, finally closed his eyes, got out of the sedan chair and pushed the crowd in and said, "Mr. Zhu, it was just a word came from the palace that the emperor said that your sauerkraut vegetables are refreshing and delicious, but he shared a lot of them with you." Courtier, there are not many left in the palace, so I ask you to send some more into the palace."

Zhu Liang happily agreed, and with a smile on his face, he sent the Minister of Rites to the sedan chair.

The crowd "coaxed" and exploded, and they all squeezed in like crazy, regardless of how much money they took out, and stuffed them into the hands of the servants of the county prince's mansion, and they all wanted to hug them away.

Just now the Minister of Rites was wearing an official uniform, what he said must be true, this is something that even the emperor has eaten.

In the past, the emperors ate all delicacies from mountains and seas. They just wanted to taste what the emperor had eaten. They didn’t have the money, and they couldn’t buy the same ingredients with that money, but it’s different now. They will be able to eat the same food as the emperor.

Zhu Liang rushed back, stood on the stool and yelled for everyone to line up, take your time, they brought a lot of things, more than twenty cars, enough things.

The life of the people at the foot of the Son of Heaven has always been better than in other places. Even the small people can still afford a few tens of renminbi, and they don’t buy too much. A catty of cured pork and a jar of sauerkraut are enough.

The caravan of Rongjun Prince's Mansion was surrounded, and the whole street was crowded with people who wanted to buy Qiannan's "local products". The governor of Lin'an City had no choice but to send yamen servants to maintain order. He stomped his feet and stared at Rongjun Palace with hatred. The caravan decided to enter the palace to file a complaint.

Zhu Liang laughed so hard that he couldn't see his teeth, he sold out the truckloads of souvenirs they shipped out in half a day. He said loudly that there would be more tomorrow, and he wanted to buy them early tomorrow, and the price would never change.

Many courtiers were so angry that they felt that Rongjun's palace was too arrogant, so a few people made an appointment to go to the palace to complain to the emperor, and happened to meet the sheriff of Lin'an City, and they went with them.

Qi Xiuyuan was finishing today's memorial and was planning to go back to the harem to accompany his son, when the servant reported that a minister asked to see him.

After thinking about it for a while, Qi Xiuyuan asked someone to announce them in. After hearing their complaints, Qi Xiuyuan took out a note from the side and threw it down, saying quietly: "This is the note for Qiannan's request for food relief, and it has been suppressed." After a month, is there any way to raise relief food? Even if it is borrowed, I will definitely pay it back in four or five years."

All the ministers looked at each other, bowed their heads and said nothing, Qi Xiuyuan sneered and said: "Zhuqing is not capable? I thought you were very capable. King Rong only did something, so you rushed to join him, for fear that he was not enough. It seems bad, competing with the people for profit? When did the Rongjun Palace really compete with the people for profit? What are they selling these local products for? Do you really know or not? "

Speaking of this, Qi Xiuyuan said angrily: "My real brother, the noble King Rongjun of Daqi, has to do this kind of business for the sake of the people, and you dare to participate in him to compete with the people for profit. I have some skills, do I need to let my own brother suffer this grievance? Get out of here!"

Qi Xiuyuan lost his temper, and he was lucky after driving everyone out, which was better, he snorted coldly, flung his sleeves and went to the harem.

The courtiers who were kicked out looked at each other with ugly expressions.

When Rong Xuan came out of Guangzheng Hall, he happened to see it, so he smiled slightly and said, "What's the matter, my lords?"

Several people hurriedly saluted and said hello, "Master Zuo Xiang."

Rong Xuan stared at the few people for a moment, then smiled lightly and said: "Now the national treasury is empty. Since the establishment of the new dynasty, the court has been able to operate, all thanks to the emperor and the king of Rongjun who have spent all their property. An Guogong has worked hard to raise money and resettle the refugees. It can go so smoothly, spring is approaching, and we need to buy grain seeds and distribute farm tools at that time, the adults are either in the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Industry, or the Yushitai, and they should share the emperor's worries, I don't know Can the adults follow the example of King Rong and Duke An and donate some money?"

Several ministers smiled awkwardly and cried poorly.

How dare they make such an opening, no one in the court knows that King Rongjun and Duke An are now so poor that they have thrown all their property into the hole of the treasury. This is the country of the Qi family. Donating up the family property is the right thing to do. An Guogong and Rongjun Wang are so good that they wear a pair of trousers. Donating all the family property is brotherly love. They should not get involved. As for the caravan of the Rongjun Wangfu, it’s just ugly to shout , They turned a blind eye and closed their eyes and it passed.

The sheriff of Lin'an city even made up his mind to go out and ask the yamen servants to protect the caravan of Rongjun palace and maintain order for them.