The two of them arrived at an elegantly furnished wing room upstairs, and several brightly dressed dignitaries in the room had already gotten up from their seats and greeted Zhou Ziwei familiarly.

"Gongzi Zhou has been looking up for a long time! Lu heard that there was a small Sanyuan in the city, and he always wanted to visit, but there were many things a while ago, and I tossed and turned many times, and I couldn't return for a long time. Disrespectful, disrespectful! ”

As soon as a middle-aged man in a navy blue satin robe spoke, several wealthy businessmen next to him also echoed.

"Don't dare to be, don't dare to be, please don't be polite." Zhou Ziwei smiled and responded for a long time, and then sat down with Cen Beisheng, waiting for the most important person today.

After about a cup of tea, Chu Wanning was late, dragging her skirt and sitting on the main seat of the head, her eyes swept around, and paused on Cen Beisheng and Zhou Ziwei, who were sitting side by side.

"Yo, I haven't seen you for a few days, it seems that the county lord has arranged it well, Sect Zhou and Master Cen have been very close to each other recently, and even the wedding banquet to celebrate the appointment of the priest has been held."

Zhou Ziwei's face turned pale, and she glanced at Cen Beisheng beside her inexplicably, but saw that his face was slightly red, and his cold white face was a little warmer, she was shocked and quickly looked away.

"I hope the county lord will spare it for the time being, Brother Cen is now my top boss, and I can't be offended."

There was some ridicule in these words, and the atmosphere in the side room was also a lot more relaxed, and after a few glasses of wine, Zhou Ziwei suddenly put down the cup with a sad face.

Chu Wanning raised her eyebrows slightly when she saw this, "Zhou Shizi, today is your home field, why don't you look very happy?" ”

"Oh," Zhou Ziwei came back to her senses with the help of hindsight, and forced the corners of her mouth to smile, "It's just that looking at this table of delicious delicacies, I thought of the recent visit to various places in the county with Lord Cen." ”

"Oh? What's the matter? Chu Wanning knew that she had something to say, her eyes flickered for a moment, and she took over with a smile.

"This ...... It's a shame," Zhou Ziwei stood up and arched her hand, "Although the Zhou family is not as good as in the past, Zhou has never worried about money and food, and I only learned the day before yesterday that many of the poor people in the county in previous years could not survive the winter ......."

Chu Wanning turned her black pupils and did not answer immediately.

"Brother Zhou feels uncomfortable, in the final analysis, it's still my fault, I've been in Wanping for several months, and I have rarely made any achievements, so I'm really ashamed to say it!" Cen Beisheng followed her words and said a few words, which lowered the lively atmosphere in the field by a few points.

The dignitaries in the city realized that it was not Zhou Jiaoyu and the master of the book who knew how to behave, and when they were petty officials and officials, they still came to woo them, and people had tricks waiting for them.

But I heard that Zhou Mingshu's official position was arranged by the county lord of Wanping, and they didn't dare not give face.

For some reason, the smile on Chu Wanning's face faded a little, and he said lightly, "What are the two talented people worried about, the county lord listens to it." ”

Zhou Ziwei knew that once she said her plan, it would damage the interests of these people at the moment.

She lowered her eyes and pondered for a moment, then suddenly raised her head and chuckled, "I don't know if the county lord still remembers that there was a deviant Taishi Ling in Beijing, who didn't like to cultivate history, and preferred to write all kinds of books?" ”

"Oh?" Chu Wanning thought for a moment, but when she was in Beijing, she mostly stayed in the harem, and even when she was driven to the fiefdom, she knew very little about things outside the palace walls, so in her limited cognition, she really didn't know anything about such a Taishi Ling.

Zhou Ziwei felt that the people around her raised their eyes to look at her, and there was a little shock in their dark starry eyes.

No one knows more about things in Beijing than Cen Beisheng, who grew up in Beijing, but unfortunately, he searched in his mind for a long time and didn't find a single bit, so he realized that her words had a deep meaning.

Zhou Ziwei touched her nose, winked at him secretly, and then said aloud: "The county lord and nobles are busy, and it's normal not to remember these things, but one day I happened to look through my father's collection of books and found such a book of farmland and water conservancy, which happened to be written by that Taishi Ling, and in some places in the book, I think it is still a little interesting, but it is ...... to implement."

She paused slightly and looked at the middle-aged man surnamed Lu who had spoken to her before, "I'm afraid it's going to make Lu Shibo feel distressed." ”

Lu Shicong's face changed, and a hint of ominous premonition rose in his heart.

"How?"

"I heard that Lu Shibo is the owner of the Mancang rice shop," Zhou Ziwei bent her eyes, "Excuse me, what is the price of rice this autumn?" ”

Lu Shicong subconsciously looked in the direction of Chu Wanning, and put on a look of hearing some joke, "Zhou Shizi said that he laughed, now that the rice is still in the field, how can Lu know what the price of rice is?" ”

"Lu Shibo is humble, the rice in the south of the Yangtze River has already been harvested, and the new rice has flowed to our table, if Lu Shibo can't say the price of rice, how can the full warehouse rice shop reach such a scale?"

Lu Shicong's face turned pale and he quickly closed his mouth.

Zhou Ziwei strode forward, bowed to him, and said solemnly: "If Lu Shibo is willing to make a little profit on rice and grain and keep more grain, I am sure that you will earn 30% more than in previous years next year." ”

"W-What?!"

Rice grain is a necessity, Lu Shicong naturally knows what the concept of extra thirty percent is, but what if it doesn't work? Isn't he going to put the money on it?

"County Lord, Zhou is willing to use the Zhou family's mansion as a guarantee, as long as the county lord is willing to listen to Zhou's words, the tax and silver of Wanping County in the coming year will definitely be much higher than in previous years, and the people in the county will no longer have to worry about freezing to death and starving to death in winter."

"Zhou Shizi, aren't you joking?" The smile on Chu Wanning's face was no longer there, and there was a little more coldness in her bright eyes.

"County Lord," Cen Beisheng got up suddenly, walked to Zhou Ziwei's side and stood still, and bowed his hand, "Cen is willing to work with Brother Zhou to change the situation of poverty in the county." ”

Zhou Ziwei was stunned for a moment, and quietly pressed her elbow against his side, with a hint of urgency on her face.

She is now fighting for a miracle with her net worth, he doesn't dodge it, why do you want to share it with her?

This matter has a lot to stake, Cen Beisheng has a splendid mind, even if he is delayed for a few years, he will inevitably have a bright future in the future, why bother to stir up this troubled waters!

But Cen Beisheng froze and didn't move, as if he didn't understand her hints, his thin and long body was still immovable, maintaining a posture of bowing and bending, and Chu Wanning, who was looking at the top, narrowed his eyes.

After a long time, Chu Wanning snorted lightly, retracted his gaze, and poured a glass of wine to his lips in a bewitching gesture, "The talented man bends his waist, but it is also moving." ”