Chapter 356: Sure enough

"The more severe the war, the greater the consumption of rations, when Qi Rui went on the expedition, I could only hurriedly fill up the military rations, and now half a month has passed, I don't know what happened to them?"

"Has anyone come to report it? There should be spies up front to report on the situation on a regular basis, right? Song Xinyi asked.

What if there is a spy report, if the emperor does not give the army food, even if Qi Rui and them win the battle, they will starve to death, and the geographical environment in the southwest is much worse than that in the northwest.

If the northwest is the desert Gobi, then the southwest is the Longtan Tiger's Den, but they are all alpine forests and swamp wetlands, accidentally entered, either poisoned by the miasma in the forest, or lost in the mountains, this little life is lost if you are not careful.

At the moment, we can only pray that Qi Rui's army can be safe and triumphant.

More than a month has passed, and the weather is gradually getting colder, Song Xinyi is wearing a fox fur cloak and holding an umbrella on the street.

Now, Song Xinyi is driving her mother's family to do business together, and her relationship with the original owner's family has warmed up and is much better.

Her father and aunt Bolin run the shop of her tailor shop, and Song Xinyi occasionally painted some gold and silver jewelry patterns for the craftsman to beat, which immediately attracted the women in the county to rush to buy it.

Such a move made Gu An smell the business opportunity, and sure enough, before she entered the door of the shop, she saw Gu An with his entourage, called Taxue and Wenge respectively, he stood at the gate with a smile, and her father and mother stood next to her with a cramped look.

"Hey, hey!"

Hongwang's charcoal brazier was boiling hot, making the house as warm as spring all of a sudden, Song Xinyi took off her cloak, revealing a lake-green skirt inside, with a circle of small fluff rolling on the placket and cuffs, which looked good and warm, she carried two green bracelets in her hands, and a jade hairpin was simply inserted on her head, looking at the style, needless to say, she must have come up with it.

"What are you laughing at?" After taking a sip of strong tea, Song Xinyi felt that she had come to life.

Gu An's eyes were shining, staring at the ornaments on Song Xinyi's hands: "These looks are all thought of by you, you are really amazing." ”

"Don't praise me." has known Gu An for so long, and she still doesn't know his character.

He worked so hard to make money, not for Qi Rui, which made Song Xinyi have to doubt the relationship between them, this is more close than ordinary brothers, but this is not to blame her, after all, people have crossed over from modern times.

"Do you still have those styles? I have several tailor shops under my name......" Gu An stared at Song Xinyi after speaking, looking nervous, afraid that she would not be happy.

"Yes, there is, but this kind of business can only make a profit, and as soon as there are more styles, other shops will follow suit, so compared with spicy crayfish hot pot, it is far behind."

The taste of the food will still be different no matter how similar it is, but the style of this gold and silver jewelry is completely the same except for the different materials, and even some shops will use better materials, so why should she fight with others. Three-two

"Then you can paint more at once, I have a lot of craftsmen here, and I can get them to make the finished product quickly." Gu An saw that Song Xinyi did not refute and continued, "Anyway, the more complex the style, the better, so that you can sell it for more money." ”

"Gu An, are you short of money?" As far as Song Xinyi knows, just this spicy crayfish and hot pot business can make Gu An unable to eat it for several lifetimes, why is he still in a hurry as if he has no money.

"Businessmen, always want to make more money."

"Don't tell the truth, do you?" Song Xinyi's fingers lightly tapped the tabletop.

"Okay, I say, I say." Why is he always deflated in front of Song Xinyi, and he always doesn't dare to hide anything from her, sometimes he feels that this woman is more terrifying than his friend Qi Rui.

Gu Anzhi needs a lot of money, just for Qi Rui, the emperor is afraid of Qi Rui, when the military department postponed the delivery of grain and grass, he turned a blind eye, and didn't care about the life or death of tens of millions of soldiers, Gu Anzhi hated in his heart, the court didn't make up so much grain and grass, then he could make up so much grain and grass by himself, not only for money but also for manpower and material resources, he couldn't spend a penny of his family, just relying on this time of earnings, it was a drop in the bucket.

That's why he thought of Song Xinyi, thought of her tailor's shop, if he made a sum of money from above, let him scrape together enough grain and grass for Qi Rui to save the emergency, even if it was not much, it would have to last until the moment when the court sent the grain and grass.

"Then have you ever thought that even if I draw the pattern immediately, you let the craftsman make it and then sell it, it will take at least a month, and when you gather enough silver and then enough grain and grass, General Qi and they will already drink the southwest wind." Song Xinyi's eyes were serious, this Qi Rui led the soldiers to charge into battle, but the emperor did not care about the lives of others because of his own selfish desires, which is really hateful.

"What then?" Gu An was suddenly anxious, he still wanted to wait for the end of this month to gather enough grain and grass to send to Qi Rui.

"There are many mountains and forests in the southwest, so there will be a lot of wild vegetables and some edible fruits and vegetables. In this way, I will first draw some edible things that I know, and you can find someone to send them to General Qi to solve the urgent need. Even if you don't have a staple food, it's good to eat something that can satisfy your stomach. ”

"Hey, that's all there is to it." Gu An nodded, still thinking about where he could get more money, at least he had to scrape together some grain and grass, "At the end of this month, I will also transport some grain and grass." ”

"By the way, Gu An, in addition to rice, corn, and now potatoes, do you have any other staple foods?" Song Xinyi has been in the country of Chining for so long, she doesn't seem to have found the shadow of wheat.

"No, what else?" Gu An asked rhetorically, but in an instant, his eyes lit up, "Could it be that you know anything else that can be eaten, such as potatoes?" ”

"I know a plant called wheat, although the yield of one mu is only a few hundred catties, it is the ration second only to rice, grinding it into flour, can be made into all kinds of pasta, anyway, it is not the staple food that does not go up and down with rice."

Song Xinyi's words made Gu An's blood boil, if he could find the wheat she said, wouldn't the people of the country of Chining not starve to death, he now had a hundred ifs in his heart, let alone see wheat immediately.

"Don't be too excited, I also know that casually, compared to the current rice and corn plus potatoes, the people can live."

However, if wheat is on the table of the common people, it will increase a lot of business opportunities, especially those smart merchants, who can open a noodle shop and eat it in a variety of ways and will not see it again for a year.

"You draw me what the wheat looks like, and if you tell me anyway, I'll try to find it. Don't worry, I'll keep a low profile. "With the matter of potatoes, Gu An doesn't need to discuss with Qi Rui, he can act on his own.

The two said some more words, and Gu An left in a hurry, he still had to go to collect food.