Chapter 274: Cutting Expenses

After the execution of the members of the South Vietnamese Society, the contradictions between the three ethnic groups among the people suddenly weakened a lot, and there were almost no negative remarks about the three ethnic groups and His Royal Highness the Feng Lord on the streets.

However, nothing major happened next, Pengzhou first distributed some grain from the surrounding state capitals to help the emergency, and then, the grain that Chang Xi purchased from the black market of various countries through Yanyun Country finally arrived in Fengming Kingdom. The money and grain for disaster relief were smoothly sent to various places, and there was a lesson from Xue E's previous car breakdown, and the local governments did not dare to slack off, and distributed the disaster relief food money to the victims in an orderly manner.

After the disaster, the local people rebuilt their homes on the ruins, and the materials used for reconstruction were all locally sourced or funded by the local yamen, and the local people were responsible for the manual labor, because they were rebuilding their own homes, and no one complained.

In the aftermath of the disaster, all localities received urgent official documents and increased the punishment of criminal cases, and Hanjing asked all localities to do their best to reduce the number of people fleeing the famine to avoid riots. As a result of the timely measures taken, very few displaced people fled the country, and many of them returned home after receiving information along the way, so there was not much confusion.

After the northern part of the Fengying Kingdom experienced post-disaster reconstruction, due to the process of joint reconstruction, the separation between the three tribes seemed to have broken a little, and the hatred of each other gradually lessened.

The most important thing is that His Royal Highness the Phoenix Lord exempted the northern part of the Phoenix Kingdom from taxes for one year, and then reduced the three-layer tax for another two years. With such kindness, it is hard to imagine that the person who cut off the heads of 5,000 people and split nearly 20 high-ranking officials of the South Vietnamese State turned out to be her.

After experiencing war and heavy disasters, the Phoenix Kingdom is still poor and depressed, but the situation has gradually stabilized.

In this way, it is the season of spring flowers.

The salt mining team of Yanyun Kingdom arrived at Yanshan in the territory of the former North Vietnam, and at the same time, all the silver coins paid by Duanmu Yan for the one-time purchase of Yanshan were also transported to Hanjing.

Chenguang hugged the money box tightly, with mixed feelings.

She finally waited for the day when Duanmu Yan paid the silver, this winter, God knows how difficult it was for her, for fear that Duanmu Yan, who turned his face faster than turning a book, would regret it.

She immediately ordered all the money to be locked in the treasury, lest the money box would fly away if it was too late.

Seeing this, Chang Xi couldn't cry or laugh.

It was lunch time, Chang Xi sent Duanmu Yan's henchman who escorted the silver over, Shangguan Mingjun, the eldest son of the Shangguan clan who was born in the Yanyun Kingdom, and Duanmu Yan, who was recently interested in cultivating to become the second Ouyang family.

Shangguan Mingjun didn't leave immediately, took out a letter, and respectfully handed it to Chang Xi in front of Chenguang:

"Your Majesty asked me to hand it over to my lordship."

Chang Xi took it and waved his hand, and Shangguan Mingjun was sent away.

Chang Xi leaned on the soft carpet, opened the letter, didn't look at it carefully, glanced at it roughly, hooked her lips disdainfully, folded it and put it into her arms, turned her head, glanced at the morning light that was staring at him, smiled, and said:

"Your Highness is hungry, Xiao Xi will accompany His Highness to dine today. Fire Dance, Pass the Meal! ”

Huo Wu answered and went outside to pass the meal.

Chenguang stared at Chang Xi for a while and asked, "Xiao Xi, is Yan Yunguo suppressing the Ouyang family?" ”

Chang Xi was silent for a moment, and said with a smile: "Duanmu Yan has his own considerations, my heart is towards His Royal Highness, he naturally can't be honest with me, and it is not surprising that he wants to support another Ouyang family." Although the business on the side of Yanyun Country will not be withdrawn, the effect after the opening of the Feng Ming Kingdom is very good, and gradually, I will move the helm of the Ouyang family to the Feng Ming Kingdom. ”

"Duanmu Yan will be angry."

"He can't help me, that's why he's angry." Chang Xi said with a smile.

While talking, Huo Wu and Si Qi had already brought their lunch, a small porcelain bowl filled with white rice, a steaming small clay pot, and when they opened it, it was a pot of boiled cabbage that was too light to be light.

Since the order of tax exemption for the north, the already empty treasury has been even worse, so Chenguang ordered that starting from the palace, from the nobles of Hanjing to the local government, prohibit extravagance, cut expenses across the board, and use the remaining part to supplement the treasury.

Because she had to lead by example, Chenguang had to give up her beloved honey ham, and it had been a long time since she had a daily meal of boiling water and boiled vegetables, so long that she had recently felt that she could soar to immortality at any time.

"Your Highness, the silver of Yanyun Kingdom has arrived, so you don't need to save so much, right?" Chang Xi frowned and said.

"That bit of silver is okay to put in ordinary people's homes, and throwing it into the treasury is a drop in the bucket." Chenguang obediently ate boiled cabbage and said softly.

"If Your Highness thinks that the silver is not enough, you can ...... to me"

"Feng Ming Kingdom has collected enough taxes from the Ouyang family, even if it is wool plucking, it can't just be plucked on a sheep, the Ouyang family also needs turnover, Xiao Xi, you can drive the business of Feng Ming Kingdom, you don't have to be like Yan Yun Kingdom, as long as the people who do business can also be prosperous, and the people want to eat In addition to farming, there is another way, that would be very good." Although the legend says that the Ouyang family is rich and rivals the country, I am not stupid, I will not take this exaggerated legend seriously. ”

Chang Xi pursed her lips, Chenguang's words were very realistic, although he wanted to help her, but he also agreed with her words, the legendary rich country, if it is really used in a country, it is far from enough. Especially in a country like Feng Mingguo, which has experienced wars and disasters, there are too many places to spend money, and it is difficult for him to support it alone. Just to raise money and food for her disaster relief before, he spent a lot of effort, searched all the connections, and did not dare to collect grain in other countries, so he could only use the black market, and he made a lot of money for disaster relief alone.

But seeing her nibbling on water and cabbage in order to save it, he was always a little uncomfortable in his heart.

"Would Your Highness want to eat honey ham?" He asked.

Chenguang glanced at him and said with a grin:

"I proposed to cut expenses, and for this matter, I also disposed of several people who ate and drank in private, and if I ate alone, it would be too bad."

Chang Xi looked at her smiling face and sighed silently.

Si Jiu floated in and reported softly: "Your Highness, Lord Si Qian and His Royal Highness King Lian have come down." ”

"It's so early, you tell them to wait first, and I'll go after dinner."

Si Jiu answered, and floated out again.

"Si Qian is not the king, why do you still call him 'Lord Si Qian'?" Chang Xi asked suspiciously.

"He doesn't seem to like the title 'His Royal Highness King Xuan' very much, he must be called by someone else's name, he shouldn't be so hasty when he was given the title at that time, just let him choose by himself." Chenguang was a little regretful, he was too hasty at the time, so he said it directly, and he knew that he should have let Xiao Qian choose a title he liked.

"He's hypocritical!" Chang Xi pursed her lips and said disdainfully.

"What does Xiaoxi want to seal? I'll let you pick and choose. Chenguang asked with a smile.

Chang Xi looked at her smile, thought for a while, and said, "Hmm...... Your Highness has made me the great horse of the Phoenix Netherworld, right? ”

Chenguang said with a smile: "There is no eldest princess in the Phoenix Kingdom, and there will be no big horse." ”

"That's right." Chang Xi curled the corners of her lips and smiled.