Chapter 618: Harvesting Grain

The man's magnetic voice made Qin Chu feel at ease. He forced his eyes open to look at him, then closed them and fell into a deep sleep.

Lying in the man's arms, being held tightly by him, my body swayed rhythmically with the carriage, just like a baby lying in a cradle, it was so comfortable.

Liu Qing, who was sitting on the side, looked at this with nothing but envy, jealousy and hatred in his eyes.

The back of my head is still buzzing from the hit.

But that dead woman was fine, lying in the prince's arms, sleeping like a dead pig, without having to worry about anything or pay attention to anything.

Not only is he not bumped or touched, but he also sleeps so comfortably. It's really infuriating to see.

Sensing a pair of unfriendly eyes staring at him, the man frowned slightly.

I knew who it was without even looking up. I was too lazy to look at that woman, so I just pretended I didn't see her.

The carriage jolted along the way and soon arrived at the nearest Dongping Town. We had received a notice yesterday that the prince would come to collect grain today.

Early in the morning, all the villagers got up and transported the harvested grain from each household to the village entrance.

Thinking that they would receive money today, the people were all smiling. When they were chatting animatedly, they saw the long convoy in the distance and immediately shut up.

"Here they come!" Zhang Lizheng pointed at the convoy in the distance.

When he thought about the food from each family being exchanged for silver, he couldn't control the smile on his face.

The other villagers also stretched their necks and watched the convoy approaching.

Steward Liu was the first to jump off the carriage and ran towards Deputy General Zhao.

"Old Zhao, have you counted all the food?"

"We've counted them. Dongping Village has a total of 80,000 kilograms of grain seeds."

As Deputy General Zhao spoke, he gestured to Li Zheng Zhang to bring the numbers he had just memorized for Butler Liu to review.

Hearing the noise outside, Qin Chuchu, who was lying in the man's arms, frowned.

She arched her eyes for a long time before opening them and met the man's smiling eyes.

"Slept well!" Han Muchen curled the corners of his lips slightly.

Chuchu slept soundly along the way. Although I helped her cushion the bumps, there were many potholes of varying sizes along the way.

I don’t think there’s anyone else who sleeps as soundly as she does.

"Yeah." Qin Chuchu curled her lips at the man, obviously in a good mood.

She had to admit that it was really comfortable to sleep in this man's arms. Now she just felt refreshed.

"Are we there yet?"

She looked at the noisy crowd outside the carriage.

I guess we have arrived at the destination, otherwise there wouldn't be so many people outside.

Just as I was about to go out to take a look, Butler Liu's head appeared by the car window.

"Your Majesty, the total grain payment for Dongping Village is 1,600 taels."

"Yeah." The man nodded and looked at Qin Chuchu.

"Huh?" Qin Chuchu was stunned.

Seeing the man staring at her, she didn't quite understand what he meant.

Looking at his confused expression, the man raised the corners of his mouth.

"My beloved, please give me the silver!"

"Let me take it?!" Qin Chuchu pointed at her nose, looking confused.

She came to watch the fun and didn't want to take any money, not to mention that the man had never mentioned this before.

"Of course, isn't all our money with my beloved concubine?"

The man tried his best to control the upward curve of his mouth corners, raised his hands outward, and acted as if he was penniless.

“………………” Qin Chuchu’s face was filled with black lines.

She stared at the man's slender fingers with dissatisfaction. It turned out that the man brought her here to pay. It was a pity that she insisted on following him yesterday.

She glanced at Butler Liu, reached into her arms with dissatisfaction, took out a large stack of silver bills from the space, found out 1,600 taels of silver bills and handed them over.

"Give."

You have to give it even if you don't want to! Who made this man give all his money to you?

If she had known this earlier, she would not have taken his money and would have collected her own grain. Now she has to pay for all the grain collection money. I guess she will be very old.

Looking at Chuchu's angry little face, the man's smile became more and more obvious, and he pinched her little nose in an angry manner.

“I feel so sorry!”

"Of course!" Qin Chuchu glared at the man.

That's more than one thousand taels of silver, not to mention this is just the beginning, who knows how much more silver will be needed.

Seeing Chuchu's painful expression, the man touched his nose and tried his best to hide the cunning in his eyes.

"We need to look at the long term. This is just an investment. When the silver from selling the base's food is sold in the future, it will be given to you. By then, there will be more than this."

As the man spoke, he pointed to the thick stack of banknotes in Qin Chuchu's hand.

After hearing what the man said, Qin Chuchu looked at the banknotes in her hand and grinned again.

"You said you would give me all the money earned from selling the base."

If that's the case, then she feels relatively balanced about the money she spent.

After all, there are so many greenhouses in the base. If the money from selling the grown crops were all given to myself, the space would be filled with silver notes. It makes me happy just thinking about it.

Seeing Chuchu happy again, the man couldn't help but pinch her little nose again.

"This king keeps his word. All the money I earn from now on will be given to you."

"Okay." Qin Chuchu's eyebrows curved with joy, and her mood became relaxed again.

Liu Qing, who was sitting behind him, looked at him with shining eyes.

I didn't expect this dead woman to be so rich. No wonder the prince dotes on her so much.

But when I thought about the fact that this woman was about to disappear, I couldn't suppress my excitement.

I remember seeing this woman hiding in the room two days ago and not coming out. I thought the silver must be hidden in that room.

At that time, not only will the silver be hers, but even the food sold in the greenhouse of the base, as the prince just mentioned, will also be hers.

When I think about the fact that I will soon have a life with endless money to spend, I feel so excited.

He looked outside the carriage anxiously, not knowing whether those people were there so that he could quickly capture the woman.

She was the only woman left by the prince's side.

Naturally, no one else knew what she was thinking. After Qin Chuchu received a satisfactory answer, she put the banknote back into her arms and pulled the man out of the carriage.

I happened to see the village head distributing money to everyone, because every family had a greenhouse and the output was similar.

Except for the seeds reserved for next year, the rest were sold.

The high price of twenty wen per catty was something they had never dreamed of. On average, each family could get more than two hundred taels of silver, which was an astronomical figure for them.

Knowing that some loose change was needed, Butler Liu brought some in advance and now it has been distributed to everyone.

Holding the banknotes and silver in their hands, the people had tears in their eyes.

I have lived for most of my life and have never seen so much silver. Even in good years, it was only five or eight taels.

In addition, there has been a severe drought in recent years and grain has not been sold for several years. At this moment, everyone is extremely excited holding the banknotes and silver in their hands.

Seeing the prince and princess getting off the carriage, they all knelt down at the same time.

"I thank you, Your Majesty, Princess!"