Hearing Zhou Fengxi mention that the peasants made less money than in previous years because they met unscrupulous profiteers, Empress Feng asked angrily: "What is going on? Who is the unscrupulous profiteer?"

"It is not clear which courtiers the unscrupulous profiteers are," Zhou Fengxi replied, "but this incident was indeed caused by those unscrupulous profiteers deliberately lowering the purchase price." ”

"Is there anything else?" Empress Feng said coldly, "If it is found out that the matter is true, this palace will definitely let the emperor severely punish him." ”

Hearing Empress Feng say this, another young lady looked at Cui Zhiwei and said to Empress Feng casually, "Queen Mother, the courtiers seem to have heard that many of the industries in the Yongchang Marquis Mansion are engaged in grain and oil trading. ”

Another person chimed in, "The courtiers have also heard their family members mention this matter. I also heard that the grain and oil trade of the Yongchang Hou Mansion is very large, and nearly half of the grain and oil trade in our Daxi Dynasty comes from their Hou Mansion. ”

"Oh?" Empress Feng looked at Cui Zhiwei, "Is there such a thing?"

Cui Zhi smiled, "It's good that the courtiers don't know how to answer for a while." And said unhurriedly, "To say that many of the courtiers' family industries are indeed engaged in grain and oil trading, this courtiers admit this." But to say that half of the grain and oil trade in the Daxi Dynasty came from our Hou Mansion, it is inevitably an exaggeration. As for what Miss Wednesday said?" she looked at Zhou Fengxi, "The courtiers don't dare to make a conclusion. But there is one thing that the courtiers want to say more. ”

"Oh?" Empress Feng asked with great interest, "I don't know what Zhiwei wants to say?"

The courtiers didn't know if it was right or not, but she felt that Miss Wednesday's words were a bit one-sided. She only saw the hard work of the peasants and the difficulty of the peasants, but she did not know that it was not easy for the people who did business. ”

Zhou Fengxi smiled, "Queen Mother, it's the first time I've heard of this courtier in Anyang County." ”

Cui Zhiwei explained quietly, "Queen Mother, it is not surprising that Miss Wednesday heard this for the first time, because most people only see the profit-seeking side of businessmen, but few people see how much hard they have to pay for the small profit of sesame mung beans. ”

In order to make everyone more understanding, she asked everyone, "How many young ladies have had breakfast outside?"

"I've used it a few times. Someone replied.

"I've also gone out with my brother a few times once in a while. Another lady replied.

Cui Zhiwei smiled kindly at the two of them to thank them for their support. Then he continued to ask, "I still want to know, what time do you two go out and what time do you have breakfast?"

The first lady to answer the question thought for a moment and then replied, "I remember that it was about the time of the hour, and the breakfast was about three o'clock in the morning. ”

Another replied: "I am similar to Miss Qiu, I also go out around the hour of the hour, and I have breakfast from one quarter to two quarters of the hour. ”

"Then do you know these breakfast shops, what time do they get up, and when are they ready for breakfast?" Cui Zhiwei continued to ask.

The first person shook his head, and the second person replied that he didn't know.

"As far as I know, they have to get up at least midnight every morning, and most of them have to prepare the next day's diners the night before?"

"It's so early?" Miss Qiu was a little surprised.

Another lady also lamented, "It's really not easy for them, people were still sleeping at that time." ”

Zhou Fengxi didn't think about it and said: "It's nothing, right? Most of the people in our families who work in the kitchen get up at the end of the day, right? Most of them prepare breakfast for the next day the night before." ”

"Miss Wednesday is right, but I still haven't finished asking. Cui Zhiwei meant that Zhou Fengxi's interjection disrupted her rhythm.

Zhou Fengxi sneered, "I'm rude, please continue to ask Anyang County Jun." ”

"It's good that Miss Wednesday can ask the question just now, which shows that she has paid attention to her own people, and cares about their suffering, just as she cares about the farmers' suffering. Cui Zhiwei put a high hat on Zhou Fengxi.

"Anyang County Juncai may not know when he returns to Beijing, Miss Wednesday is a well-known good person. She gives free porridge to the people every winter, visits the elderly and children in the nursery every once in a while, and participates in various charity sales from time to time to donate money and materials. "This person can wear a high hat for Zhou Fengxi better than Cui Zhiwei, but her purpose is different from Cui Zhiwei, obviously to please Zhou Fengxi.

The man added, "By the way, even the Nursery School was proposed by Miss Wednesday to the Emperor and the Empress. ”

Zhou Fengxi was praised in public, and said a little embarrassed: "Miss Zhao has an overreputation, it is the emperor and the queen who are sympathetic to the people's feelings and care about the people's welfare, so after listening to the courtiers talk about the displaced old people and children, the officials of the household department will build children's homes in various places." ”

"You don't have to be too modest," Empress Feng said with a smile, "If you hadn't proposed this method at the beginning, the palace and the emperor would not have thought of how to solve those people." ”

The young lady surnamed Zhao continued to boast: "Miss Wednesday has been running around for the affairs of the nursery and organizing fundraising. He said to Cui Zhiwei again, "But when I raised money for charity a while ago, those grain and oil stores in the Yongchang Marquis Mansion refused to donate. ”

Cui Zhiwei sneered in his heart, daring to love because of this matter that he got here to squeeze her, squeeze their Hou Mansion.

But let's settle the matter at hand first. Cui Zhiwei then smiled and said, "We're not talking about the difficulty of buying and selling people, why are we involved in raising funds again?" and said, "Please also ask Miss Wednesday and this Miss Zhao to let me take a break and finish what I want to say first." ”

Empress Feng smiled, "If Zhiwei didn't mention it, our big guy would really forget what he said earlier." ”

"Did the courtier continue to talk about the previous matter, or did she answer about raising money for charity?" Cui Zhiwei asked Empress Feng.

"Say the same. "Obviously, Empress Feng is interested in the affairs of the Marquis of Yongchang's Mansion.

The courtesy began to talk about the previous events. After Cui Zhiwei finished speaking to Empress Feng, he looked at everyone again, "Do you know how much each bun can be sold by those small stalls that make breakfast, such as the shop that sells steamed buns, and how much each steamed bun can earn?"

Although this question is simple, how can the daughter who is sitting with ten fingers not touching the spring water know this.

Cui Zhiwei compared his index finger, "They sell each bun for one to two pennies, and it may take several buns to earn a penny, such a trader, do you still think they are easy?"

Zhou Fengxi retorted, "But your Hou Mansion is engaged in grain and oil trading, not this kind of small business. Is it the same thing that you don't have to go to the fields to farm and work hard, but just buy grain from the peasants at a low price and sell it at a high price?"

Cui Zhiwei really wanted to support her forehead, and she dared to come to participate in not a flower viewing banquet, but a debate competition.