"Your Excellency doesn't need to let Grandpa Guo do anything, just bring out Grandpa and let them know that there is a big man like Yasukuni behind you, if Yasukuni can keep you, then you are still the lord of Los Angeles, do they dare to offend?"

Wei Zhongming felt that Zhou Xiangrong was reasonable, he really didn't expect it before, as for how to make those businessmen believe that he still had a backer like Yasukuni, that was his business.

"Let Miss Zhou bother."

Zhou Xiangrong said softly: "Don't worry, your lordship, neither the emperor nor the queen will take your life." ”

Wei Zhongming's face changed again, and he re-examined Zhou Xiangrong, how could a young woman understand these secrets?

"What is the purpose of Miss Zhou, just say it."

"The little girl didn't ask for anything, but she heard that Los Angeles was rich in cotton, and the little girl was not favored by her elders at home, so she thought that she would run some protégés to leave a way back for herself, but the cotton business in Los Angeles is now in the hands of the He family, if the adult can give this business to the little girl, the little girl can ensure that the adult's life is safe."

Where did Wei Zhongming think that Zhou Xiangrong had the idea of cotton.

Los Angeles is indeed rich in cotton, it can be said that at least one-third of the cotton in the entire Chu country is produced in Los Angeles, and the cotton here is of high quality, basically supplied to the nobles and wealthy merchants of various families across the country.

Zhou Xiangrong made such a request, and his appetite was big enough.

"My lord, think about it, if this thing can be done, we will be grasshoppers on a rope in the future, take 10,000 steps back and say, my lord, after you are dismissed in the future, the little girl can also protect the wealth of the adult in the second half of her life, looking at the whole Los Angeles, except for the little girl, who else can the adult trust? While your official position is still there, hurry up and get things done, otherwise it will be too late for the queen to come back to their senses and notice the matter of cotton. ”

After Zhou Xiangrong left, Wei Zhongming sat on the Taishi chair and did not say a word for a long time.

He was thinking about her words, and now the imperial court was focused on the drought, and for the time being, he did not think about cotton, which was a major source of income for Los Angeles.

This year, because of the drought, the yield and harvest of cotton are much lower than in previous years, which also raises the price of cotton, and he originally planned to hand over this batch of cotton to those people like in previous years, but now he has to reconsider where the cotton goes.

"Butler."

The butler who was guarding the door heard the movement and pushed the door into the house, "What do you command?" ”

"If you go and send a letter to the He family, you will say that the Yasukuni Gong has sent a letter to the official to protect the official, and asked him to prepare 5,000 bags of grain tonight and deliver it to the private house on Benguan East Street early tomorrow morning."

The housekeeper hummed his lips again and again, the last time he went back to the He family, he only sent two hundred bags of grain, although it was the most among all the merchants, but these two hundred bags were not a little bit different from five thousand bags, how could the He family be willing to give so much silver at this time?

"My lord, this ......"

"You don't have to say anything, just do it."

"Yes, the little one will go over in person."

"Yes."

The next day, Wei Zhongming waited until noon, and the He family did not deliver a bag of grain.

Wei Zhongming clenched his fists, as if he had made up his mind, and asked Zhou Xiangrong to come over.

As soon as Zhou Xiangrong entered the house, Wei Zhongming immediately closed the door of the study.

"If the official agrees to your request, how can you guarantee that the official will not die?" Although Xiao Ember said that he would intercede with the queen for him after getting the grain, he didn't dare to believe it completely until there was a definite result.

Zhou Xiangrong took out a purse from his body and opened it, and inside was a golden gold medal.

"This is the death-free gold medal given by the emperor to the ancestors, there is only such a piece in this world, if the emperor really wants to give Lord Wei the death penalty, the little girl will take out the death-free gold medal to intercede for the adult."

Wei Zhongming didn't expect Zhou Xiangrong to have this thing, he took the gold medal and looked at it in his hand, and the gold medal was not fake at first glance.

He clutched the gold medal tightly and made a final decision, "Okay, this official promises you to sell you that batch of cotton." ”

Zhou Xiangrong gently hooked the corners of his lips to reveal an elegant smile, "Don't worry, the little girl will not disappoint the adults." ”

The cotton collected by the government is sold by the government, but it is up to the government to decide who it sells to.

Wei Zhongming sold cotton to Zhou Xiangrong, as long as she could afford to pay the money, this matter would not be faulty.

The two were worried about long nights and dreams, and Zhou Xiangrong immediately asked Wei Zhongming to sign a contract with her for sale, but when it was delivered, it was another person who received the goods and gave the money, but when the money arrived, it was not a problem.

After solving the cotton incident, Wei Zhongming found those businessmen here again, first used the handle they left in his hands before to threaten, and then moved out of the Yasukuni Gong to control the market for himself, those businessmen could not distinguish the truth of his words for a while, but the handle he was pinched by Wei Zhongming was indeed true.

Their ambiguous attitude before also wanted to see if Wei Zhongming would break the net with them, after all, Wei Zhongming was also involved in the handle.

It wasn't until a merchant was taken down by the official that night that they were really scared, and on the morning of the third day, they honestly delivered the grain to the place designated by Wei Zhongming.

After scraping together enough food, Wei Zhongming licked his face and ran to Xiao Yan, "My lord, the lower official has searched all the people who can ask for it, and finally gathered all the food, take a look, can you go to Niangniang and ask the lower official for an accurate word?" ”

Xiao Shen coldly raised his eyelids and looked at him, "Lord Wei is really a capable person, the grain that can only be collected by the imperial court alone, Lord Wei will collect it in less than three days, and the official will do what he says, your life, this official will save it for you." ”

With Xiao Yan's assurance, Wei Zhongming secretly exhaled, "Thank you, my lord." ”

Xiao Shen took people and transported all the grain to the spare granary.

In other words, the grain on the Los Angeles side is enough to support a few months, and if the drainage channel on the Nanjiang side can be completed, the construction should be able to start before the Chinese New Year, and then let a group of disaster victims do things, and the money earned can also go to the city to buy grain, and then the city's commerce and trade can also recover.

The people from the Ministry of Engineering also arrived a few days later.

When those people were brought to Su Ying, they were so shocked that they couldn't speak.

They had seen Su Ying, and they absolutely believed that the person in front of them was the queen herself.

What a miracle, the queen is really alive!

"Niangniang Feng's body is safe, it is really blessed by the emperor, and it is the luck of my Chu country!"

(End of chapter)