Forced to ask by Zhou Fengxi, Cui Zhiwei reluctantly asked: "Have the young ladies ever experienced the hard work of the guys and coachmen of the grain and oil shops running around day and night, transporting grain in the wind and rain?

After a pause, she continued: "We have encountered these in the Hou Mansion. At that time, the family also thought about giving up the grain and oil business, but after seeing the farmers waiting in line in the rain to sell grain refused to leave for a long time, and even took the initiative to reduce the price and beg our Hou Mansion to collect grain, my father, grandmother, and our brothers and sisters would rather take out their own money, and also gritted their teeth and collected all their grain according to the previous price. ”

It should have been the third year of their Hou Mansion in the grain and oil business. A few shops only finished harvesting a large amount of grain to catch up with the continuous rainy days, because there were not enough well-ventilated grain warehouses to store these grains, the grain sprouted within two days, mold, and all the money that the Hou Mansion had collected before was wasted.

Without the return of money, the Hou Mansion fell into a financial crisis for a while, and some shops were in danger of closing.

The family was anxious about this for several days, and they also thought about giving up. But once they give up, what will happen to the peasants?

If the peasants do not sell their grain as soon as possible, their grain will become moldy and spoiled. That's why those people would line up in the rain the night before in order to sell the grain to the Hou Mansion.

You must know that at that time, there were no grain and oil shops willing to collect grain, and even if they did, the price was extremely low.

It is also because of such an incident that their family knows how to take precautions, not only building granaries one after another in various places, Cui Zhiwei also deduces the weather from time to time, and reminds the people everywhere to avoid facts in the name of the Hou Mansion asking the master to calculate. I really can't hide from it, and I will find a way to help the farmers tide over the difficulties.

At present, Cui Zhiwei continued to ask everyone: "Regarding the purchase of grain by grain and oil merchants at low prices, like other transactions, there are indeed profiteers among them. But did the queen and the others ever think that the imperial court also collects grain every year, but why don't the peasants sell all the grain to the imperial court, but would rather sell the surplus grain to the grain and oil merchants? Besides, why is our family's grain and oil business getting bigger and better? Most of the peasants would rather come all the way to deliver grain than wait for our store guys to collect it?"

As expected, there would be no reply, Cui Zhiwei gave his own answer, "It's because the policy of the imperial court is good, but those officials who collect grain may not follow the policy of the imperial court." If it costs more money to sell it to the imperial court than to sell it to those so-called grain and oil profiteers, they can only grit their teeth and sell grain to those profiteers in order to sell it for more money. The reason why those peasants lined up to deliver grain to the grain and oil store under the name of our Hou Mansion was because the price given by our Hou Mansion was the fairest and most reasonable, and they were afraid that once the grain in our store was harvested, they would have to sell it to the rest of the grain and oil merchants at a low price, or even to the imperial court with a lower price. ”

talked a lot, I don't know how much the queen and everyone can understand, but she said everything she could say, and explained everything she could.

Everyone fell silent for a while after hearing her words, especially Su Zong, who led Bai Liangshan to come over, heard her say about the imperial court's collection of grain at the door, and pondered for a long time.

After a long time, Bai Liangshan, who had returned from wandering, asked Su Zong, "Your Majesty, do you want to go in now?"

"Wait a little longer. Su Zong didn't expect a group of women to chat and talk about something serious, and wanted to hear it again.

"Even if what Anyang County Jun said makes sense, how can you explain that your Houfu grain and oil store does not donate money to do good deeds?" After Zhou Fengxi looked at him, Miss Zhao asked.

Cui Zhiwei looked at the small actions of the two of them with some disdain, but he didn't want their Hou Mansion to be splashed with dirty water one after another, so he continued to fight back.

"There are many poor people in the world, can we only do good deeds by donating money to the Nursery School? ”

To put it mildly, if their Hou Mansion did not buy and sell grain and oil in these years, the price of grain purchased by the rest of the merchants from the peasants would only be lower.

After hearing this, Miss Zhao sneered: "Your Hou Mansion is to make money in business, how can this be regarded as doing good deeds?"

"I'm afraid Miss Zhao is lonely. Cui Zhiwei unceremoniously belittled the other party, "Do you know how much food our Hou Mansion donated when disasters were in various places over the years? Therefore, I think that the credit of the Nursery School should not be attributed to Miss Wednesday alone, and such credit should not be repeatedly used to show off. ”

Cui Zhiwei's last sentence was equivalent to giving Zhou Fengxi a heavy blow. Ha, if the Marquis of Yongchang doesn't donate, it doesn't do good deeds. So what is it if you take all the credit for the big guys?

"Yes, why did we all contribute money and efforts, and in the end, she was the only one who benefited. Someone was angry and complained.

"Shhhh ”

"On behalf of the Heavenly Family, she has also become the crown princess. Besides, didn't you listen to what Anyang County Jun said? The people of the Nursery only remember Miss Wednesday's goodness, but no one remembers the merits of the emperor and the queen. ”

The audience was full of discussions, and Zhou Fengxi hurriedly bowed down to Empress Feng, "The courtiers are panicking! The courtiers just want to do something for the displaced old people and children, and they don't want to sell their reputation." The Nursery is indeed the credit of the emperor and the queen and the families combined, and it really should not be counted on the courtiers alone. ”

After all, she is her future daughter-in-law, and Empress Feng always wants to give her some face, so she said: "Hurry up, someone has to take the lead in doing such a good deed." The palace and the emperor can't do it yourself, not only do you bother to organize everyone to donate money and materials, but also often visit the elderly and children there, and the credit is indeed not small. ”

Although she said this in order to protect Zhou Fengxi's face, she couldn't chill everyone's hearts. So he said to everyone: "This matter is here, no one should talk nonsense anymore." She looked at Miss Zhao again and said sternly: "In the future, don't attribute all the credit of the Nursery to Feng Xi alone, do you understand?"