Chapter 274: Inflated Cotton Prices
After eating, Lin Xiaoman asked what was going on with this case, and he had eyebrows after so long?
When Lu Jin mentioned the case, he wanted to sigh, "At first, it was a case of two murderers who killed people and killed a foreign businessman, and the murderer was also caught on the spot. ”
Lin Xiaoman knew that Li was Daning's tribute country, and more than 60 years ago, he was beaten by Daning, and almost the country was not protected, and finally had to hand over the letter of surrender.
And a hundred years later, the Li State did it, and that monarch was brave and good at fighting, and it took more than 20 years to annex Daning and establish a new dynasty.
It's just that Lin Xiaoman didn't expect that Li Guo would reach out to Qingping County so early, and the border of Li Guo was only a few hundred miles away from Qingping County.
What do they want from Qingping County? Or do you want to start attacking from Qingping County?
I don't know if the spies of Li State are only in Qingping County, or have they infiltrated all over Daning?
Obviously, what she was worried about, Lu Jin couldn't have imagined. Speaking of this, Lu Jin asked Lin Xiaoman: "Xiaoman, you said before that you had read the Qingping County Chronicles, did you mention Li Guo?" ”
Lin Xiaoman hesitated to say it, if he said it, he didn't know if it would change history or promote the course of history, but in the end he nodded, "In about a hundred years, the Li Congress will annex Daning, change the name of the country to a new one, and burn all the historical books and biographies about Daning......
I thought Lu Jin would be surprised when he heard it, but I didn't want him to just nod lightly, as if he accepted this matter well. But the little loss and helplessness in his eyes still revealed the unwillingness in his heart.
The atmosphere of silence spread between the two, and several times Lu Jin was seen opening his mouth as if he wanted to say something, but he still endured it.
Lin Xiaoman thought that Lu Jin would continue to ask her about the new dynasty in the future, but Lu Jin got up and said, "There are still some things for me to deal with in front of me, you go to rest first, and come back to accompany you when I am done." ”
Lin Xiaoman wanted to ask him if he wanted to go over there and find Qingping County Chronicles to show him, but he heard Lu Jin say: "You don't have to think too much, after all, what should come in a hundred years will always come, even if we work hard to change at this time, who knows if there will be another Li country in a hundred years?" ”
Lin Xiaoman understood that Lu Jin meant that she should not interfere too much, while he had to do his best and obey the destiny of heaven.
Mrs. Qing has already taken someone to clean up Lin Xiaoman's room, and the table and chair ornaments are all transported from the villa, many of which Lin Xiaoman is used to these days, especially the wardrobe is placed in the corner of the bed.
When dinner was ready, Lu Jin never came back, and only after asking his subordinates did he know that he had been in front of him all day long.
Lin Xiaoman asked people to bring food over, so that Lu Jin and those people could discuss while eating.
In the middle of the night, hearing the commotion in front of him, Lin Xiaoman asked the maid to go to the front to inquire, and came back after a short time to report, "Madam, it was said that I caught a few more spies who were doing things in Qiuyuan." ”
Qiuyuan is the place to hold the chrysanthemum banquet, and the people who are invited to participate in the chrysanthemum banquet are all people with heads and faces in Qingping County and the surrounding areas.
This night, Lu Jin did not come back.
When he got up early, Lin Xiaoman carried a can of chicken soup and a small can of spicy pickles that had been boiled all night, followed by two yacha carrying wooden barrels.
When I came to the conference hall, I saw a room lying horizontally inside, Lu Jin fell asleep at the desk, some people put together two benches, and some people sat or lay on the ground to sleep, with only a cushion or a blanket under them.
Thinking that these people may have been resting like this recently, Lin Xiaoman felt that the lunch break folding bed over there was simply not too practical.
Even if you don't have a folding wooden bed, it's better to make some thick quilts and spread them on the ground to sleep.
When Lin Xiaoman came in, Lu Jin just woke up and saw Lin Xiaoman come in and stretched out his hand to her.
Lin Xiaoman put the jar full of chicken soup on the table, and the official next to him also put down the wooden rice.
I took out the chopsticks from one wooden barrel, went to another wooden barrel and filled a bowl of rice, and from the jar I filled the chicken broth and chicken, and put some spicy shredded pickles on top.
He said softly, "Hungry all night, right?" Eat some chicken soup and soak in rice first. ”
Lu Jin took it, didn't care about the heat, and ate it in a big gulp.
The rice is softer than usual, and it tastes just right when soaked in fragrant chicken broth, and it is served with spicy pickles.
Lu Jin didn't eat a few bites, and someone woke up with the smell, saw Lu Jin taking a big bite of rice, and swallowed his saliva, and saw Lin Xiaoman standing next to him, and said in surprise: "Is the county lord here?" What's delicious this morning? Why is it so fragrant? ”
"It's nothing, it's just a can of chicken soup." Lin Xiaoman laughed, and asked the yacha who came with him to also put rice and chicken soup on the people who woke up, and after a while, he heard the sound of sucking the soup, and praised while eating, "How is this chicken soup made?" It's so fragrant. ”
Obviously, these people are just lamenting the deliciousness of the chicken soup and rice, and they don't really want to know how the chicken soup is made.
When everyone woke up and finished breakfast, Lin Xiaoman took the yacha to take out the soup cans and rice buckets that had been eaten.
Looking back at the people who were discussing again, Lin Xiaoman couldn't help but sigh, this is too hard.
Changing into the clothes worn by ordinary people, Lin Xiaoman slipped out of the back door of the county government with Xiuyu Xiuxiang and Liangcheng Liangan.
After cotton was successfully planted elsewhere last year, this year cotton is planted in several times more areas, and although some of the cotton harvested will be used for armaments, more of it is still distributed by the imperial court to various places.
It's just that the price is not cheap, only half cheaper than silk, and there are still a lot of people who come to buy cotton in this way, and the cloth village is surrounded by water.
Lin Xiaoman asked Liangcheng to find the steward of the cloth village, and asked about the cotton for one or two silver pounds, although it was not comparable to the price of silk, but the price was indeed too high, Lin Xiaoman felt that it was not worth it, and although the cotton cloth had been woven, because the price was too high, the cloth village had not been stocked for the time being.
Even if I knew that the cotton here would be very expensive at this time, I didn't expect that a pound of cotton would cost one or two silver, which was more expensive than a coarse cloth.
In the end, Lin Xiaoman only bought some silk that could be sold over there and coarse cloth that could be used as quilt noodles.
After returning to the county office, Lin Xiaoman wanted to go over there to buy some cotton and come back to make quilts, but when he opened the door, he saw a speeding truck coming towards him, so frightened that Lin Xiaoman quickly closed the cabinet door, knowing that he would not be hit, but he was still scared into a cold sweat.