Chapter 323: Emperor: It's not easy for him either
"Princess, the prince has a letter back."
Recently, the widow king's family letters have begun to become more frequent, it can be seen that the situation has been stabilized, Yan Mu'an took the letter, and sighed heavily after reading it, the widow king is here to ask for food.
Although there is fertile soil in the chaotic land, the number of cultivators has been greatly reduced due to years of war, and there is not too much food, and thousands of mouths have to eat and drink, and it is impossible to rob all the food in the hands of the local people.
Soon Yan Huaiqing, Yan Mude and Yong Sanye sat down in front of Yan Mu'an, Yan Mu'an meant, "Half of this year's autumn tax will be left, and the second uncle and cousin De will raise 100,000 catties again and send them away using the route that the Zhang family used to smuggle grain." ”
Leaving half of the autumn grain for the emperor is just a cover-up.
Yong San Ye agreed with a slight struggle, he felt that compared to the emperor, the prince was more important now, Yan Mu'an looked at him, "Please estimate how much autumn grain there is this year?" ”
Third Master Yong nodded, and Yan Mu'an continued to look at Yan Huaiqing, "Second Uncle, can you get a batch of grain from the chaotic land?" ”
She has food in her hand, but it is not yet the most critical time, if she consumes the food in her hand first, then where should she find food when the crisis is in the future?
Yan Huaiqing said yes, but the price may be higher.
"Money is not the problem, I'll solve it."
The so-called solution is to embezzle those that will be given to the emperor at the end of the year to buy food, cut it first and then play it, and the emperor is at most angry, it doesn't matter.
Yongsan Ye has also calculated this, but there is a question, "The autumn harvest has to wait, but it will delay the prince's major event?" ”
Yan Mude opened his mouth, "I will go elsewhere to raise enough food first, and wait for the autumn grain to come up before returning it." ”
Yongxing Xingxing has a batch of old grain from three years ago, and it should also be replaced with a batch of new grain, he has no intention of taking advantage of the imperial court, "What I can raise should be old grain, new grain for old grain, and return Qicheng Xing according to the market price Yamen." “
In this way, Yongsan Ye feels that he has earned, and the old grain is also grain, which does not affect anything at all, and he can give less to Sancheng, and he can better explain to the emperor.
Soon Yan Mu'an gave Yan Huaiqing all the money that should have been given to the emperor at the end of the year, and asked him to send it directly to the chaotic land after getting the food and hand it over to Yan Qiuwen.
As soon as a few people left, she found Ning Suo again, asked Xu Wu and the others about the situation, and learned that she needed food, Ning Suo knew what to do, and said that she would arrange it as soon as possible.
Seeing that he was leaving, Yan Mu'an asked him if he had enough money, but Ning Suo smiled and said, "When they arrive at the Heavenly Sage, they are either gods or bandits, and they don't need silver." ”
Yan Mu'an smiled, "Then I'll wait for your good news." ”
Half a month later, the emperor received letters from Yan Mu'an again one after another, seeing that she proposed to move the people in the bitter cold and hot places to the chaotic land, he felt that it was completely acceptable, and he, the emperor, wanted to move to a better Yongcheng, and it was natural for the people to go to a better place to live.
also praised Yan Mu'an a few words to the emperor, and when he saw the second letter, he laughed, his silver and food were gone!!
"I shouldn't have told her I had a gold mine."
The queen said: "It's still not for the emperor to share worries, she didn't swallow the silver alone, and besides, there is no provision that the palace must pay filial piety to the emperor every year, last year it was because she did a few things after she arrived in Yongcheng and earned a lot of silver, and this year is not as good as last year." ”
"Speaking of which, the emperor hasn't given the prince yet, right?"
The emperor was stunned, and the queen complained in her heart that he was so shameless, and said with a normal face: "The cost of the prince to lead the troops to the expedition is naturally not small, but the emperor didn't give him a penny, how long can he last with the military salary earlier?" ”
"It's hard to think about."
"Your Majesty, you can't ignore him so much just because it's your own brother, it's not good to say, the prince can not only lead troops to the expedition but also solve the problem of grain and grass on his own, what else does the emperor need?"
Give way early, let her follow as the supreme queen mother, the kind who just enjoys happiness and doesn't work.
The emperor took a deep breath, and the queen and Yan Mu'an became more and more alike, poking at him, the emperor's heart, without reverence.
He did it on purpose, knowing that Yan Mu'an had money and food, so he deliberately didn't give money and food, and he didn't swallow it himself, how much can he eat alone, isn't it used for other more important places?
It's not easy for him either.
The queen put down the teacup, "If the emperor needs help from others, he should speak out and discuss with others, instead of doing things without saying a word, my younger brother and sister are reasonable people, and my heart is not bad, if the emperor is willing to say it well, she will understand." ”
The emperor sighed, thought about it, and wrote back to Yan Mu'an, with an unprecedentedly humble attitude.
Time flies, summer flies by in a flash, the days come to early autumn in the blink of an eye, the flowers of the palace bloom and thank, and the orchard is already fruitful.
From peaches to apricots, plums, and pears, seeing that the pomegranates were red, the widow king still did not come back.
Although Yan Mu'an caught as many spies as possible, and the emperor also caught or rebelled a lot with Fan You's secret help, but the infiltration of the Heavenly Sage over the years was by no means able to be wiped out in a short period of time, and the matter of the Chaotic Land had entered the ears of the Heavenly Sage, and the Emperor of the Heavenly Sage came to inquire about the matter, and the Emperor also changed his previous attitude of seeking stability in everything, and directly told the Heavenly Sage Emperor that the people from the Land of Chaos were harassing the border of Southern Qi, and they only did this to protect themselves.
At the same time, it was announced that troops would be sent to attack and take over the Land of Chaos, and restore the name of the Land of Chaos a hundred years ago, Cangnan.
At this time, the identity of the widow king was also clarified, and the Black Wind Guard was no longer a secret, taking off the tattered mountain bandit costume on his body, changing into a cold and hard armor, just riding on horseback was intimidating, only one thing made Yongchang a little regretful, that is, it was too casual to name this elite at the beginning, but now that the name of the Black Wind Guard has been played, it is not appropriate to change it again.
The news spread in the chaotic land, both the local forces and the people were surprised, and some forces were even ready to resist, clamoring to drive out the people of Southern Qi.
Cangnan's hundred-year chaos is coming to an end, the people are back to peace, the sun rises and the sun sets, the children laugh and the old have something to rely on, and they are rich in surplus food."
Tell the people here that they are not too literate, the notice is written in a simple and easy to understand way, many people read it aloud, and the eyes of those who are numb around gradually have light, and these good wishes said in the notice They could only think about it in their dreams before, but now it is about to come true?
Soon, another notice was posted, which made the water that was about to be restless completely boil, "The king of Longqing County of Southern Qi officially took over Cangnan, and now recruits people with lofty ideals to build Cangnan together, and at the same time officially conscripts soldiers to maintain order in Cangnan, and the treatment is the same as that of the soldiers of Southern Qi." ”
Someone reacted immediately, "Are you going to recruit us to be officials?" ”
They haven't heard the word 'official' for a long time, and the most they have heard in the past are titles such as 'king', 'city lord', and 'black general'.