It is said that on this day, Princess Jian'an personally dressed the king of Lu and sent him to study, and a maid brought by Beijing came in and returned: "Menzi said that a woman in men's clothes came outside, claiming to be from Jinling, and her surname was Sigu. Now I want to sell two good recipes for rich countries to the king of Lu. Because she was a woman, she asked to see the princess, saying that it was more convenient for each other. ”

Princess Jian'an frowned and said, "If it is a man, it must be self-recommended." How is it a woman? ”

Her nurse said, "If it's so, it's gone." ”

Princess Jian'an said: "It's good to see it, and see what medicine she sells in her gourd." Maybe she recommended her brother. We are new to the city, and we are not familiar with the place, so we should just try our luck. Then he ordered the woman to be brought in.

Not long after, the fourth aunt came in, dressed in green cloth, and at first glance she looked a little like a young scholar; With a delicate appearance, the corners of his eyes and eyebrows showed a bit of determination, and he held a small bamboo basket in his hand, and made a gesture to Princess Jian'an like a man: "I've seen the princess." ”

Princess Jian'an smiled and invited her to sit down, and asked, "The girl said that there is a good recipe for a rich country to sell?" ”

Xi Sigu said: "Yes." The people have two ways to make the country rich. ”

Princess Jian'an said: "I would like to hear about it." ”

Xi Sigu said: "Whether it is the world or one side, the people are rich when they are happy. The most important thing for the people to be happy is two: grain and salt. Jiangnan has always had the Cao Gang and the Salt Gang, all of which are not managed by the government. Because of his great self-interest, people's heart for profit is extremely heavy, and the law is not bound. And these two are extremely self-interested, and the root cause is still insufficient supply. Food and salt are insufficient, if it is insufficient, it will be scarce, if it is scarce, it will be expensive, and if it is expensive, the people's livelihood will be difficult. Now I have two sides, which can produce grain and salt, so that the people will not have hunger and salt. ”

Princess Jian'an's eyes widened unconsciously.

Xi Sigu uncovered the cloth on the bamboo basket, and there was a small porcelain bowl in it. She took out the small bowl and pointed out, "This is the South American potato that I steamed at the inn before I went out, it tastes sweet and delicious, but now that the weather is cold, it will be about cold now." Would the princess like to try it? ”

The woman standing on the side hurriedly came up and stopped: "Your Highness, don't, I'm afraid it's poisonous!" ”

Xi Sigu raised her eyebrows and said, "Do you want the little girl to taste it first?" ”

Princess Jian'an said calmly: "People have never known me in my life, and I have never offended anyone, what good is it to poison me?" ”

He looked at the bowl and asked, "Is this food?" ”

Xi Sigu gently rolled up her sleeves, twisted the thing and peeled it, the inside was still yellow, a little like a peeled sweet potato. She shook it hard, but she didn't move, and looked up apologetically. Princess Jian'an smiled and ordered someone to take a knife to cut it.

A maid brought a blue Ru kiln plate and a silver sword. Xi Sigu glanced at the silver knife, took it open herself, cut it into small pieces, twisted a piece and put it in her mouth first, frowned, and said, "It's really not so delicious when it's cold." ”

Princess Jian'an also twisted a piece of the entrance, which was really sweet, and said with a smile: "It's good for me to eat." And let the maids on the side taste it too. Others also said that it was sweet.

Xi Sigu said: "This thing is high-yield and easy to plant, and the best thing is that it can also bear fruit in autumn, and it can grow into a stubble in a month and a half in a short time." If it can be pushed to the people, it can ensure that there is no famine on one side. ”

Princess Jian'an exclaimed: "Really? ”

Xi Sigu said: "The Western countries have been famine because of this thing. ”

The one-year-old maid next to her said: "It's just eating and playing, if you use it as a meal, it's always a little strange." ”

Xi Sigu said: "This girl has probably never been hungry. But in a disaster year, ordinary people even eat the roots and turf of trees, and this thing can be used as staple food. ”

Princess Jian'an frowned slightly and said, "It's just that I don't know if the farmer is used to growing rice, so he is willing to plant this." ”

Xi Sigu said: "After harvesting rice in autumn, plant this, and if the weather is too hot, it won't grow well." As the saying goes, a black cat and a white cat are good cats if they hold a mouse. Regardless of whole grains, what fills your stomach is good food. ”

Princess Jian'an suddenly laughed. Seeing that her was suddenly bright, although she was younger, she was already a little moving, and nodded unconsciously. He also said, "But it is necessary to obtain the Dharma for storage, and it is necessary to cook it thoroughly when it is eaten or boiled, and it is not to be eaten half-raw." ”

Princess Jian'an said with a smile: "This looks like the girl is here to sell this thing." ”

Xi Sigu said: "Exactly." ”

"What about the other way?"

Xi Sigu said: "The method of drying salt with seawater is ancient, but the salt is coarse and the yield is small, so it is not as good as boiling salt." Now I have a new way of drying salt, which can produce good salt. Then he took out a small paper bag from his bosom, "This is the new salt." ”

Princess Jian'an looked at the salt in the paper bag and said, "It's good to look at, but unfortunately Luzhou is not near the sea." ”

Xi Sigu said: "Just go to the seaside and buy some private land to make a workshop." ”

Princess Jian'an nodded and said, "It's a law." However, I have no decision on this matter, and I have to consult with my maternal grandparents and uncles. I don't know where the girl lives? How can I find you in the future? ”

Fourth Aunt Xi raised her eyebrows and asked, "Doesn't the princess ask me carefully if what I said is true?" ”

Princess Jian'an smiled: "You don't have to ask, it must be true." I can trust the four girls. ”

Xi Sigu was stunned.

Princess Jian'an said: "Black cats and white cats, holding a mouse is a good cat." I've never heard of this saying. In the old years, I heard the second brother mention that Mr. Jia Cong of Rongguo Mansion had said this. ”

Fourth Aunt Xi smiled dumbly and praised: "The princess is really smart. ”

Princess Jian'an said: "I have inquired about the fourth girl. The four girls said a few words at the birthday banquet of the old lady of your mansion that day and rescued the daughter of Lord Lin Hai. ”

Xi Sigu glanced at her: "Save? ”

Princess Jian'an said: "After the chaos in Beijing, if I still don't understand that she sincerely doesn't want to marry my second brother, wouldn't she be a fool?" ”

Fourth Aunt Xi smiled: "The princess is not stupid, she is clever." Nai stood up and saluted," the little girl Jia cherishes the spring. ”

Princess Jian'an accepted it indifferently, and said, "Is the fourth girl here in Luzhou just to sell her son?" ”

Jia Xichun said: "Yes." ”

Princess Jian'an said: "Why do you look at Luzhou? ”

Xichun said: "Luzhou is small, and King Lu is young. If you want to sit firm, you have to settle the hearts of the people. Therefore, he will value the people more than the prince next to him, and my recipe is easy to sell. ”

Princess Jian'an sighed lightly: "I see. I was still full of joy because Sanjia had taken a fancy to him. ”

Xichun asked softly: "Does King Lu have the heart for that chair?" ”

Princess Jian'an said: "Who doesn't have that mind among the sons of the emperor?" ”

Xichun said: "At such a young age, there are no soldiers and horses, and there is no money, what to rob?" ”

Princess Jian'an lowered her eyes and said, "My brother has a benevolent heart. ”

Xichun shook his head: "If the world is unified, and the first emperor is tyrannical and the people are very resentful, then Liren Jun can appease the people." Today, it is divided like the end of the Han Dynasty...... Liu Xuande is benevolent and righteous, so he lost. ”

Princess Jian'an was busy sitting on her head and said, "Please advise the four girls." ”

Xichun said: "Give up." ”

Princess Jian'an blinked.

"If he is righteous and righteous, he will be defeated in troubled times. If he is not benevolent and righteous, he is no different from the prince next to him, and he is no better than others. It is better to treat the people well, feel at ease in Luzhou, and streamline the administration to ensure the safety of the party. Can't I say that the general trend will change in a hundred years, and the descendants will be blessed? King Chu Zhuang once reigned for a while, and Chu was originally just a small and wild country. ”

Princess Jian'an frowned and said, "According to the girl, is the world already broken?" Maybe my father will come back suddenly? ”

Xichun said: "And then? Will the princes disarm and surrender, and be killed? Or do you think that as soon as the emperor comes out, the soldiers and horses of the world will immediately return to obedience? The soldiers and horses in the world have been subdued by the princes from all walks of life, not to mention; Before the subjugation, most of the commanders of the world's soldiers and horses had already listed many crimes on the desk of the emperor, how could they not know about it. ”

Princess Jian'an said: "There are also people all over the world. After all, the people are loyal and take the overall situation into account. ”

Xi Chunqi said: "Who sued you for such a strange thought?" The princess thought that the people of the world would leave their wives and children, food, clothing, and family business, and for the sake of the emperor, who had never met but had collected taxes, she went to fight with the world's soldiers and horses with bright guns and armor with her bare hands? Speaking of loyalty, the little girl reminded King Lu of one thing. Few people in the world have ever studied, and they may not pay attention to who is the emperor. If one tax is heavier and the other is light, they will surely support the one that is light. Pointing to the uneaten potatoes that were sitting aside, he said, "They will be faithful to this thing—the people live on food." If the king of Lu is even exempted from salt classes, they will become more and more loyal. If one day outsiders want to attack Luzhou, because they are afraid that the prince next to them will collect heavier taxes, they will desperately resist for the king of Luzhou. People are willing to make great efforts to protect themselves. ”

Princess Jian'an saw that she was talking and talking about the seller, and said with a smile: "The fourth girl is really here to sell things." ”

Xichun said: "And whether it is for selling things or not, it makes sense for the princess to only listen to me." ”

Princess Jian'an sighed: "It is reasonable. ”

Xichun said: "I also hope that King Lu will not have some daydreams, and it is really good to govern one side." ”

Princess Jian'an sighed again: "I have been taught." She suddenly laughed, "I know some of these things, but I can't say them." ”

Xichun was stunned for a moment, and said, "Could it be that the princess wants to use my mouth to persuade Ancestor Ling?" ”

Princess Jian'an stood up and said to her: "Borrowed." ”

Xichun smiled: "What a little girl! It's really good. ”

Princess Jian'an asked again: "The two recipes that the four girls came to sell are all important things, why didn't the men come out?" ”

Xichun said: "I want to go out for a walk by myself." It is rare to leave Beijing without supervision, and you can also see how big the world is. ”

Princess Jian'an sighed: "Lord Jia Yu actually agreed, which is really rare. ”

Xichun smiled lightly, said no more, and got up to say goodbye. Princess Jian'an first ordered someone to take the Ruyao plate with potato cubes and the paper bag wrapped in salt to her younger brother and maternal grandfather to taste, and personally sent Jia Xichun to the door of the mansion, and waved her hand.

When he arrived at the carriage, he didn't see anyone, Xichun opened the curtain and saw that Wu You was sitting in it napping, so he beat him: "Hey! Groom! Your young lady is back! ”

"Huh?" Wu You rubbed his eyes, "So fast." ”

Xichun pushed him and complained: "You are sleeping peacefully, and you are not afraid that I will be taken by them as a profiteer." Get out there and catch the car! ”

Wu You snorted: "That princess is respectful to you, and she eats cold potatoes and eats sweetly, and she is about to treat you as a female Zhuge offering, where will she take you." After that, he stood up and climbed forward, raised his horsewhip and shouted, "Yo~~"

Xichun was stunned, sat in the car and laughed. The wheels of the carriage turned slightly, and the carriage jolted away.

Three days later, Princess Jian'an and King Lu's uncle Zeng Chun came to the inn where Wu Yu lived in Xichun to discuss matters. The two of them sold these two recipes to King Wu a few days ago, and now they have sold them again.

After the business was done and the silver ticket arrived, the two of them were ready to leave Luzhou and go to the next place. King Lu suddenly came to the inn in person, and made a gesture to Xichun with a small face: "I heard my sister say that the fourth girl is a strange woman. Xiao Wang received a letter from the Nine Emperor Uncles the day before yesterday, asking the kings to either send people or personally to Beijing to discuss politics and discuss matters such as the imperial examination and river control. Xiao Wang is young and wants to ask the four girls for advice. ”

Xichun saw that he was just a child, so he said: "Does King Lu have the heart to impress people?" ”

King Lu nodded, raising his little face: "Although I am young, my ambition is not small. ”

Xichun said: "You are only six years old, so many imperial uncles and brothers are impressed, and Luzhou is small." If they don't kill you now, will they wait until you grow up and become more capable? ”

King Lu was stunned, and turned his head to look at his uncle Zeng Chun who was standing beside him.

Zeng Chun was surprised, and immediately bowed to Jia Xichun to the ground: "Thank you girl for reminding me!" Now it's right for us to hide our clumsiness. ”

Xichun nodded and said, "If King Lu is happy, everyone can do the same." To deal with people who are good at persuasion, why bother to use knives and soldiers? ”

Because of a few words of gossip, Zeng Chun took advantage of the good mood of the spring and asked, "I don't know which prince Rongguo Mansion is optimistic about now?" ”

Xichun said: "It's early, all the princes will settle down and seal the land, and some have not even been settled. Where can you see that this is good? Say less about ten years. ”

Zeng Chun heard the word "princes", a trace of gloom flashed on his face, and a trace of joy flashed, and he nodded again and again.

For a while, the two of them said goodbye, and cherished the spring and ordered her housekeeper Wu to send it off. When he arrived at the door of the inn, Zeng Chun secretly stuffed a silver ingot to Steward Wu, and asked quietly, "Does your girl have a family?" ”

Steward Wu took the silver and hid it in his sleeve first, and then whispered, "There is." ”

Zeng Chun frowned and asked in a low voice, "Which family?" ”

Steward Wu said: "This villain can't say it." The horizontal and vertical appearance is excellent, and he also has the ability, and the most rare thing is that he does not dislike the four girls for being spicy. ”

Zeng Chun said: "Why are you four girls so spicy? ”

Steward Wu pulled his sleeve and waved his two fingers in front of his mouth: "It is natural to be polite in front of others, and outsiders will appear in their original form immediately when they are gone." It's amazing, our lord can't afford to mess with her! ”

Zeng Chun turned his head and looked inside a few times, doubting the letter, and muttered, "It really doesn't look like it." ”

King Lu leaned his little head over and whispered: "My aunt told me last night that there are rumors in Beijing that this fourth girl is a shrew. ”

Zeng Chun hesitated for a moment, then looked back at the inn a few times, and sighed, "That's it." But he took his nephew and went.

Steward Wu hummed a small tune with the silver in his hand and went back to his life.

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