After leaving the palace, it seemed that Nangong Chiyu was still waiting for her.
"Su Luo, I heard you've been wanting to buy land. I happen to have quite a bit. Are you interested?"
After meeting the Imperial Advisor, Su Luo was still immersed in some things she couldn't understand when Nangong Chiyu interrupted her.
"Does Prince Yu want to sell the land?"
Nangong Chiyu stood up straight and said with proper posture, "I won't sell, but I can rent it to you to grow cotton."
As a prince, Su Luo knew without a doubt that he was extremely wealthy and owned a lot of land.
“Sure, can you rent me a few estates?”
He said he would rent the cotton plantation to Su Luo, and Su Luo believed him, after all, she and Shen Yuan still owed the imperial court 200,000 cotton-padded coats, which were all for the army.
If she produces even a little more, the army will have one more cotton-padded coat.
"all!"
His estate belongs to Su Luo, but he cannot reveal his true identity to Su Luo yet.
Even if he offered to implant the seed for free, Su Luo wouldn't trust him.
Are you sure?
"I'm not lying to you."
He spoke very seriously, and Su Luo walked up to him, afraid that he would change his mind.
Su Luo was only up to his shoulder; she had to look up to see his face.
"It's settled then. I'll go to your residence, and we'll discuss the land deed and sign a contract."
Chi Yi put down the carriage stool, and Nangong Chiyu told Su Luo to get into his carriage and go back. Su Zuo drove an empty carriage and followed behind.
Upon arriving at Prince Yu's residence, Nangong Chiyu brought out all the fields and estates under his name.
So much so that Su Luo felt she couldn't possibly finish planting all that land.
Looking at the box of land deeds on the table, Su Luo took out a stack of them, her eyes widening in surprise.
"Prince Yu, do you own so much land and so many estates?"
Su Luo excitedly clutched all the land deeds in her hands. If she could, she really wanted to buy one or two of these estates with Nangong Chiyu.
However, Su Luo soon discovered a problem: most of these estates were located in other places, with only five estates in the capital.
"Most of these lands are in Beichuan City, and in the two cities that Beiliang ceded territory to. I own eight estates."
Although this land once belonged to the Northern Liang dynasty, the climate there is still perfectly suitable for growing cotton.
Nangong Chiyu sent Chi Yi to Changping Village to inquire about the characteristics of cotton, as all of his estates were suitable for growing cotton.
"Prince Yu, seeing all your estates, I really have to admire our Emperor. You have conquered the cities of Beiliang."
He then bestowed this estate upon you, truly making the Northern Liang suffer even more after their defeat.
"Yes! They'll get used to it!"
Nangong Chiyu made it sound so easy; he probably wouldn't bother him anyway.
"Prince Yu, please rent me these five estates in the capital. The others are all in other places, and I don't have that many seeds. These five estates are just right."
"good!"
Su Luo was still waiting for him to continue, but he remained silent.
"How much are you planning to rent per acre? Or will you pay the market price?"
"You decide what to give!"
Haha... Why is he being so easy to talk to today?
Is he plotting something to deal with her?
“Prince Yu, I’m serious about renting your estate.”
Nangong Chiyu placed his hands on the table. He was serious. He had given the land to Su Luo to plant, and he didn't want to accept her money. It was just a token gesture. He would return the money to Su Luo in the future.
"My focus is on the military and the court, so you can manage this farmland and estate for me."
Half-believing and half-doubting, Su Luo wrote down the contract, which stated that the payment would be made in silver according to the market price. Unexpectedly, Nangong Chiyu signed his name readily.
These five estates comprise a total of 580 mu of land, which is located in the capital. The rent is one tael of silver per mu.
Once the cotton was planted, Su Luo was incredibly wealthy.
He held up the still-wet ink on the contract and blew on it repeatedly, his mouth and eyes full of smiles.
Nangong Chiyu watched her every move quietly. It turned out that she didn't have this expression only towards Nangong Qing, but towards the silver and the land.
After taking out the silver from her spatial storage and giving it to Nangong Chiyu, Su Luo happily left with the contract. If she were to look for Xie Quan, she would ask him to organize these five estates as well.
"Your Highness, should we leave the remaining land for the Princess to cultivate this year as well?"
Chi Yi put away all the land deeds and asked about them. Chi Yi was the one who managed the land for the prince, but he wasn't a professional and just sublet the land directly.
Every year, the grain harvested was taken to the military camp as provisions. The prince didn't keep a single penny of the income from the land for himself.
"Let's leave it at that for now. When the time is right, all this land will be hers."
If the two don't divorce in the future, his property will naturally belong to Su Luo.
...
In the afternoon, Su Luo arranged everything and personally went to Yushui Manor to explain the matter to Xie Quan.
Zhuangzi still needs manpower, so he asked Xie Quan to prepare a record of all of this before requesting payment from her.
When they returned to the Du residence in the evening, Yun Hui was there, so Su Luo and the others could have a hot meal as soon as they came back.
Xie Wanwan also came back today. It was already very late, and Su Luo thought she was the last one to come home.
Sitting next to Yi Huan, he realized that Du Xiuyuan had not returned yet.
"It's already late afternoon, why hasn't Doctor Du come out of the palace yet?"
By this time, Du Xiuyuan would usually be home already.
Yun Hui peeked at the doorway, feeling vaguely worried, but still invited Su Luo and the others to eat first.
"Perhaps he was delayed by something. I left him some food. Madam Su, Miss Xie, let's eat first. Maybe Old Du will be back in a little while."
If someone in the palace suddenly falls ill, it is indeed impossible to leave one's post.
"Okay! Let's eat first."
During the meal, Su Luo could see Yun Hui's worry. Did she sense that something was wrong?
"Miss Yun, is something on your mind?"
When Su Luo asked her directly, she covered it up with a smile: "It's nothing, nothing at all, let's eat, let's eat!"
That's what they say on the surface, but Yunhui knows in her heart that even if a noble lady in the palace falls seriously ill, there are still imperial physicians on duty.
In the past, if he was delayed by something, he would always send his servant back to inform her first, but today Du Xiuyuan was nowhere to be found. He never does this.
She didn't know if something had happened to him, but Yun Hui had a feeling in her heart that she couldn't quite put her finger on.
After dinner, Xie Wanwan continued to teach Yi Huan and An An, while Su Luo went back to her room to read for a while.
Yun Hui waited for Du Xiuyuan in the hall, but he still hadn't returned by 9 PM.
She even chased Du Siyuan out to inquire whether Du Xiuyuan had left the palace that day.
After going out for a while, Li Siyuan returned carrying someone, and only then did Yun Hui realize that something serious had happened.
"Mother, I found this croton in West Street. He's already dead. He was Father's servant. People in the palace said that the two of them left the palace around 3 PM. Could my father have encountered danger?"
Yun Hui panicked. She sensed something was wrong with what happened today, and sure enough, something had happened to Lao Du.
"Siyuan, quickly go to your grandmaster for advice, and hurry up and think of a way to save your father."
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