Although Jiang Shu has a unique vision and a talent for business, he is young after all, and the shopkeepers are apprehensive.

Jiang's father, who has been in business for many years, has always focused on stability, but Jiang Shu's move was too bold, and Jiang's father pondered for a while.

"Listen to the princess." In the end, Jiang's father still chose to believe in Jiang Shu.

Take 10,000 steps back, everything is business as usual this year, and the most goods hoarded are sold at low prices, and they will not lose too much.

On the contrary, if it is really as Jiang Shu predicted, then Jiang Ji will definitely make a lot of money and become the first business in Shangjing.

It was a big gamble.

The shopkeepers were worried, but the two proprietors had already made up their minds, and they had no choice but to do so.

Last year, there was a bumper harvest in various places, and there was a lot of surplus. However, recently, the imperial court has raised grain on a large scale, which has sold out all the major grain stores in Beijing, and the price of grain has risen implicitly.

On April 16, Zhou Boxu set off with the second batch of money and grain.

The road to Duanzhou is long, and it takes more than a month to go back and forth.

And he and Yu Lan's wedding is only more than a month away.

The day before leaving, Yu Lan met with Zhou Boxu in the princess's mansion.

"Come back quickly, and come back safely." Yu Lan choked up.

She has never left Shangjing, and she doesn't know what the outside world is like, but she also knows that it is dangerous.

Mountain bandits, bandits, accidents, after all, this trip will not be calm and waveless.

Zhou Boxu stretched out his hand and hugged her into his arms, and said slowly: "Don't worry, just escort money and food, it's not as dangerous as you think, I will definitely come back before the wedding." ”

"Hmm." Yu Lan hugged Zhou Boxu's waist back, his eyes were moist and hot.

Although she is worried, she also understands that this is an unshirkable responsibility.

"Wait for me."

The two words left by Zhou Boxu have become Yu Lan's daily hope.

After Zhou Boxu left, the Ministry of Rites began to prepare for the wedding.

Due to the disaster in Duanzhou, the people suffered, and the treasury spent a lot of money, so the wedding that was originally scheduled to be held was changed to a simple one.

Yu Lan didn't care about this, and only hoped that Zhou Boxu could return safely as scheduled.

On April 20, a fire broke out in the Li Mansion in the north of the city at night, and the whole house was burned clean, and there was no one alive.

This was supposed to be a big deal, but at the moment, everyone's mind was on Duanzhou, so it didn't cause much of a stir. After the Yamen inspection, nothing was found, and the case was hastily closed due to accidental fire.

Late at night, Li Xu said goodbye to his family outside the city and witnessed his family get into a carriage and leave.

The night was dark, and the carriage was soon gone.

Li Xu turned around heavily, followed Chaiyun back to the courtyard in the west lane of the city, and began to collect evidence of Cao Qian's henchmen.

Shangjing is still lively and prosperous during the day, and the Duanzhou disaster has become a sigh of conversation for the people after dinner.

Not only lamented for the people of Duanzhou, but also felt fortunate that they lived in Shangjing, and finally praised the prince Renming and came to Duanzhou for disaster relief, which was the blessing of the people of Jokhang.

On April 25, when Shen Changze escorted the third batch of money and grain out of Beijing, the imperial court received another urgent report.

The epidemic has started in Duanzhou.

Calculating the time, Yu Cheng just arrived in Duanzhou.

Cao Qian and the queen were in a hurry, for fear that Yu Cheng would be infected with the epidemic, so they wrote a letter overnight and sent it to Duanzhou, urging Yu Cheng to return to Beijing as soon as possible after distributing the money and grain.

When Yu Cheng received the letter, he had just finished discussing the next step of epidemic prevention and control measures with Duanzhou officials.

The epidemic is menacing, although there has been a prevention of it, but the area is too wide, and the vinegar water prepared is not enough to spill, so the doctors can only be organized to boil the medicine and drink it.

However, there were too many people, and the medicinal herbs prepared only lasted for a few days. At present, the most important thing is to buy the medicinal materials needed for the epidemic on a large scale and recruit doctors.

Yu Cheng rubbed his forehead tiredly and read the queen's letter, twisted his eyebrows and thought for a moment, and wrote a reply.

By the way, I wrote a report to the DPRK.

Ask for money, ask for people.

The original million silver was simply not enough.

In the Tai Hospital, there are Tai doctors who are good at eradicating epidemic diseases, and Duanzhou is in urgent need.

After Yu Cheng finished writing the report, together with a reply to the empress, he handed it to the messenger Kuaima to send back to Beijing.

Three days later, Zhou Boxu arrived in Duanzhou with the second batch of money and grain.

Yu Cheng was not at the official residence, but went with local officials to inspect the situation of the victims.

It wasn't until the evening that Yu Chengcai came back with a frown, and when he learned that Zhou Boxu had arrived, he was overjoyed.

The first batch of money and food brought by Yu Cheng has been exhausted, and he is now waiting for the second batch of emergency escorted by Zhou Boxu.

"Your Highness." Zhou Boxu saluted respectfully.

Yu Chengli said from afar: "I'm coming back from outside, wait for me to wash and change my clothes." ”

Prevention is better than trouble, rather troublesome and cumbersome, than careless.

After Yu Cheng finished cleaning, the sky was already dark, and after having dinner with Zhou Boxu, he convened all the officials to discuss the matter.

Zhou Boxu followed Yu Cheng into the house and smelled the smell of smoke produced after the burning of medicinal herbs.

An official said: "This is atractylodes and red dates and other things are ground into powder and burned to prevent and control epidemics." ”

Zhou Boxu nodded and sat down under Yu Cheng.

Once they were all seated, the officials began to report.

"After the observation in the past few days, it can be seen that the medicinal soup and incinerated tobacco can effectively control the epidemic, but the amount required is too great, and there is no medicine to buy in the surrounding towns."

"There are many people affected by the disaster, and the amount of medicine purchased from the pharmaceutical company is small and the price is high, so the best way is to buy it directly from Owajo."

Iwaki is rich in medicinal herbs and has a reputation as the hometown of medicinal herbs. Buying directly from the place of origin can not only meet your needs, but also save a lot of money.

"How long does it take to travel back and forth from Duanzhou to Dapan?" Yu Cheng asked.

Someone said: "About 10 days, plus the effort required to buy medicine, it will take at least 15 days." ”

"But our existing medicinal materials can only last for ten days at most."

In the past ten days, the residue has to be boiled repeatedly to barely be enough.

Yu Cheng twisted his eyebrows after hearing this, and after pondering for a moment, he said: "The soldiers are divided into two routes, all the way to Dapancheng, and all the way to the nearest Cloud City to buy a batch of emergencies first." ”

"Who is to send to Okwajo?"

The task of going to Okwaki was arduous, and he brought a lot of money with him, and he had to deal with local officials and pharmacists, and he needed reliable, intelligent, and high-ranking people.

Among the people present, Yu Cheng, Zhou Boxu, and Zhizhou had the highest official positions.

It can be known that the state is familiar with Duanzhou affairs, and if he goes to Iowajo, it will be inconvenient to deal with Duanzhou affairs. And Yu Cheng is the backbone, and all decisions need to be made by him.

Thinking about it, only Zhou Boxu is the most suitable.

However, Yu Cheng knew that Zhou Boxu and Yu Lan would get married next month, and they couldn't stay in Duanzhou for a long time, so he hesitated.

There was silence in the room for a moment, and Zhou Boxu said in a condensed voice: "I'll go." ”

The people are in danger, and as a Jokhang minister, it is incumbent upon him.

It's the fourth day of the fifth month, and there is still a month left before the sixth day of the sixth month of June, which is enough to go to Owajo.

"If you have a responsibility, then I'll leave it to you." Yu Cheng's face was full of relief and admiration.

Zhou Boxu went, he was very relieved.

"Yes." Zhou Boxu should be calm.

After discussing until late in the evening, and after everything was settled, everyone went back to rest.

As soon as the morning dawns, they will perform their duties and engage in a tough battle.

Early the next morning, as soon as the sky was bright, Zhou Boxu was ready to go, and Yu Cheng personally sent him off.

"Be careful on the road." Yu Cheng patted Zhou Boxu's shoulder and admonished.

This time to go to Okanjo, there are many mountain roads, there will be mountain bandits, and Zhou Boxu brought 200,000 taels of silver, and he will definitely be targeted and intercepted.

People and money can't be missed. Otherwise, he would have no shame to return to Beijing to face Yu Lan, and he would not have the shame to face the people of Duanzhou.