When Chen Feng took the key to the private vault for the third time and rummaged through her few remaining dowries and private possessions, Qin finally couldn't stand it anymore.
"What on earth are you looking for?"
Shen Feng did not answer, but glanced at the maid who was massaging Qin's shoulders, and Madam Jiang who was standing by.
Qin lowered her eyelids and said, "You go down first."
Only mother and son were left in the room.
Qin raised her eyes and looked at Shen Feng.
"Now that we are the only ones here, we can talk, right?"
"Mother, what I'm looking for is a piece of jade, an ancient jade with a lotus-shaped Guanyin carved on it."
Chen Feng looked eagerly at Qin who was frowning in thought.
After a while, she was disappointed to hear Qin say, "The jades in my private storehouse were all newly carved by your maternal grandfather before you got married. There are no ancient jades."
"In fact, our mansion's big storehouse originally housed some treasures seized during the war, including some antique jade. But I can't remember exactly what they were." Qin pondered for a moment, then continued, "Although the things in our mansion's big storehouse are gone now, the book that was used to register them should still be there. You can ask the steward to take a look."
"Son, I'll go right away."
Qin wanted to ask a few more questions about the use of this ancient jade of Guanyin on a lotus platform, but she saw Shen Feng hurried away without even looking back.
He didn't even care about how her mother was doing or whether her condition was improving.
Her chest kept rising and falling, and Qin's already ugly face became even uglier, and her breathing was much heavier than usual.
Seeing this, Nanny Jiang quickly patted her on the back and brought her some tea. "Don't be angry, Madam. The young master must have something important to do, so he left in a hurry. He didn't mean to ignore you..."
"Don't make excuses for him." Qin smiled bitterly.
He now couldn't understand his son any more.
Originally, she thought he was mediocre and incompetent, with his head full of love and only knowing how to protect that little witch Xue. But now, he can even put Xue under house arrest, which makes her, as a mother, feel even more uneasy.
He is afraid that in the future, he won’t even care about himself.
"Ah, Lord Marquis, you left too early..."
Qin sighed. Then he thought again, that the Marquis died while living in seclusion outside the capital with his concubine and young son, and he couldn't help but feel a lump in his chest, neither going up nor down.
"Ma'am, please don't think about this anymore..."
"Relax, relax..."
Not to mention, after Chen Feng left, Qin almost fainted from anger again, causing chaos in the main courtyard.
After leaving the main courtyard, Shen Feng went straight to the mansion's chief steward, Steward Qin. This steward Qin was originally a servant of Qin's maternal family, the Jiande Marquis Mansion, and was deeply trusted by Qin.
When Shen Feng went to check the booklet in the big warehouse, he immediately flipped it out and presented it to him with both hands.
There were actually quite a few good things in the large storehouse of the Marquis of Jinyang's Mansion.
Porcelain, calligraphy and paintings, jade, silk, some fine nanmu and agarwood carved furniture, and many high-quality aged medicinal materials.
Shen Feng read it carefully twice.
I have not seen any ancient jade recorded with the image of Guanyin on a lotus platform carved on it.
But the more he looked at it, the more sad he felt. The total value of the items registered in this booklet was at least 200,000 taels of silver!
There are also some treasures that cannot be measured by silver.
For example, the two century-old ginseng plants, if they were still in hand, they could be presented to the Empress Dowager.
Who knows, the delayed decree to become a noble could be solved with one old ginseng!
The more Shen Feng thought about it, the angrier he became.
The thief who stole from the storehouse of the Marquis's mansion is truly despicable!
But don't let him catch who did it, otherwise he will cut that person into pieces to relieve his hatred.
…
"A-choo."
"The weather is cold, Miss Wei, please put on more clothes."
The person who spoke waved his hand, and a secret guard brought a brand new cloak.
Qi Xu took the cloak and handed it to Wei Yunlan personally.
I wanted to tie it on her directly, but I was afraid of disturbing her, so I resisted the urge to go any further and stood where I was, waiting for someone to take the cloak from me.
"Thank you." Wei Yunlan's gaze paused for a moment on the black fabric that was exactly the same as the one on the other person's body. He then took the cloak and put it on his shoulders.
It is warm indeed.
The two continued to sit opposite each other.
On the table were a letter and two wooden boxes.
The letter was a handwritten letter from Queen Ji Yun of the Qi Meng Kingdom. It stated the materials needed. In addition to the porcelain, silk and tea that had been traded in the past, a batch of medicinal herbs produced in Dayong were also required, especially aged medicinal herbs that could prolong life and replenish qi and blood.
The letter specifically stated that they wanted this batch of supplies as soon as possible.
Other things can be delivered later, but medicinal materials must be delivered faster, because Ji Yun's father, the current head of the Ji family in Luosha Kingdom, is about to die.
Medicinal materials are urgently needed to save this life.
As a deal, Ji Yun promised in the letter that she could agree to Wei Yunlan's conditions that would not harm the interests of the Qimeng Kingdom.
Ji Yun's promise was tempting.
Wei Yunlan had even thought of the conditions for the deal he wanted to make with Ji Yun.
"If we go to Yuezhou to get the medicine now, I'm afraid we won't have enough time. I have two hundred-year-old ginsengs here that can be used to save lives. I'll also gather some good medicines that can be found in the city and send them over as soon as possible."
"These two old ginsengs are of very good quality." Qi Xu opened the lid of the box and took a look. He also knew that what Wei Yunlan said made sense, so he nodded and said, "I'll ask Zou Yun to lead the group and set off to the northwest today."
"First use these two old ginsengs. After a while, add two better-aged ginsengs from the bottom."
Wei Yunlan originally wanted to reply “No thanks”, after all, these two old ginsengs were also brought out from the Jinyang Marquis’ Mansion, so they could be regarded as a contribution made by the Jinyang Marquis’ Mansion to safeguarding the stability of Dayong.
But when he saw Qi Xu's serious expression, he swallowed the excuse that was about to come out of his mouth.
This person never says anything without a purpose. Since he has made such a promise, it means that he has decided to do so.
There's no point in pushing it back and forth.
If he wanted to give it to her, she would just accept it.
"Miss Wei, have you thought about the terms of the transaction with Queen Qi Meng?" Qi Xu asked.
He just thought of one.
However, Ji Yun decided that the transaction target was Miss Wei, although Miss Wei took the initiative to share this opportunity with Tianshu Pavilion.
Qi Xu still didn't want to interfere.
"It's very simple. I want Ji Yun to promise that if any northern barbarians find the northwestern countries within three years, they are not allowed to take the grains I took away back to the northern barbarians."
This was the first condition that Wei Yunlan thought of after seeing the letter.
Today, several kinds of grain have spread to various states in the north, as well as the three states where King You is located, and the two states where he had stayed before for disaster relief.
I believe that within three years, it will spread throughout Dayong and solve the people’s food problem.
By then, Dayong's army will be strong and its people will be safe and sound, so there will be no need to fear foreign enemies!
Just do it for three years and Dayong can be guaranteed to be stable.
It won't kill people's lives either.
After hearing this, Qi Xu's eyes lit up.
This idea happened to coincide with what he had just thought!
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