Hearing Su Juan say this, Liu Miaoqing also laughed, "Next year, as long as wealthy businessmen from all over the country come to Xuzhou and do business here, there will be enough food and other things, and the price of rice in Xuzhou will definitely be lower."
"Once Mr. Huang hears the news, he will be anxious. So, as long as he lowers the price of rice, others will also lower their prices."
After all, those people who have many people in their families and cannot buy more rice at the nameless rice shop are afraid that the price of rice will rise to sky-high levels after winter, so they will flock to the stalls of Boss Huang and those rice merchants from other places to buy rice.
As long as those rice merchants learned that Boss Huang, who had originally insisted on not lowering the rice price, was the first to lower the rice price, they would feel that they were stabbed in the back by Boss Huang and would naturally lower their rice prices as well.
After all, no one wants others to take advantage of them, nor does anyone want to waste the rice in their own hands.
The so-called allies are nothing but opponents in the face of interests.
Xie Xun gave Su Juan and Liu Miaoqing a thumbs up, "You two are amazing!"
They actually played these unscrupulous businessmen in the palm of their hands.
Yu Zhong's eyes changed when he looked at Su Juan at this time. This girl was like a different person when she was doing her job. In just about half a year, she had properly resettled the disaster victims and the hungry people who had no livelihoods, and even lowered the price of rice.
The dire situation in Xuzhou today is no longer as it was half a year ago. The disaster victims and people without livelihoods who were still living on the streets hungry more than half a year ago were hired by the government at low prices to renovate their houses. As a result, temples and wealthy families followed suit and renovated their temples and houses, as well as the fields that were previously flooded.
These people have income and are living in places temporarily arranged by the government. Now they can afford to buy food and their lives are not a problem.
In this situation, both local rice merchants and those from other places will rush to lower prices, for fear that their own rice will not be sold and will be left with nothing.
It won't be long before the price of rice in Xuzhou returns to normal and stable levels.
At this time, Prefect Zeng had already run to the study excitedly, wrote another memorial and sent it to the capital, praising Su Juan again.
The old emperor, who was far away in the capital, looked at the memorial in his hand with his forehead throbbing. "Doesn't Zeng Shizhan have anything else to say? Did he send a 600-mile express horse to deliver such a bunch of nonsense?"
Duke Ping coughed violently twice. How could a king of a country be so rude? It was a disgrace to the nation!
The old ministers below looked at each other in bewilderment. It seemed that the prefect of Xuzhou had submitted another memorial to praise Mr. Su. No, now he should be talking about Doctor Su.
Over the past two months, the prefect of Xuzhou has submitted memorials from time to time, all of which were praising Su Juan. They said that the doctor Su from the Ministry of Revenue sent by His Majesty to Xuzhou was very capable, handled things properly, was smart and resourceful, and that with her help, Xuzhou and the people were doing well. They also said how smart and good this woman was, and how much the people of Xuzhou liked her. They hoped that Doctor Su could stay in Xuzhou for a while longer to benefit the people of Xuzhou.
At first, the old emperor took out the memorial and talked to Duke Ping and others, saying that this man was different after his trip out. He was like a little devil in Beijing, and when he went to Xuzhou, he did so many things. Look how happy the Xuzhou prefect was.
It makes me very happy to see that the minister I personally promoted has accomplished such a great thing.
In order to please the Queen, he sent the memorial to her. It is said that the Queen was so happy that she ate two more bowls of rice that day.
As a result, for two whole months, Prefect Zeng submitted more than a dozen memorials in succession. In other words, there was a memorial every four or five days. It was said that even the details of Su Juan's going out, eating a string of candied haws, and planting a few grasses had to be recorded.
Now everyone in the court knew what Doctor Su had done in Xuzhou.
The old emperor was extremely annoyed. If anyone wanted to know how many candied haws Su Juan ate and how much grass she planted, please don't make up nonsense when reporting to the emperor for no reason!
On the same day, he issued an imperial edict to Xuzhou, ordering Su Juan and others to return to Beijing as soon as possible.
&t;div tentadv>After leaving the palace, Pingbo Hou did not return home. Instead, he took the Minister of Justice and followed Pingguo Gong to the Duke's Mansion to discuss things.
Ping Bohou said: "Your Majesty has ordered Su Juan and others to return to the capital immediately today. If they come back quickly, they may be able to catch up with the first day of the new year and spend the new year with us lonely old people."
She had been in Xuzhou for less than a year and had made many great achievements, which was known to all the military officials in the court. It was obvious that she had lacked opportunities in the past. Now, she did not regret her original choice.
The Minister of Justice also sighed when talking about this, "I never thought that the two girls were so capable. Now the court is praising them very much."
"My Lord, this child Su Juan looks a lot like you."
When Duke Ping heard this, he was happy. People say that nephews resemble their uncles, and he liked to hear this.
"When she returns to Beijing, I will find a suitable time to talk to her."
Marquis Pingbo and the Minister of Justice looked at each other and knew that what Duke Ping meant was that he wanted to tell Su Juan about her life experience and give her the opportunity to choose.
I hope that this trip to Xuzhou will change her state of mind and enable her to take the initiative to shoulder this important responsibility.
Ping Bohou said slowly, "Don't worry, it is my son who will go to Xuzhou on behalf of His Majesty to announce the imperial decree and commend the emperor. He will find out something on the way back to the capital."
By then, we will also know in advance what Su Juan is thinking.
"In accordance with the will of Heaven, I have received this order. The flood in Xuzhou has been resolved and the people are safe and sound. I am very pleased. Thinking of the meritorious service of the officials in Xuzhou, I have ordered Liu Xuan to commend them on my behalf. The Ministry of Revenue Doctors Su Juan and Liu Miaoqing have also made great contributions in their planning. They will be rewarded after they return to Beijing."
After Liu Xuan announced the decree, he looked at Su Juan and Liu Miaoqing, "His Majesty orders you two to return to the capital immediately to accept the reward. There must be no delay."
Liu Miaoqing nodded, "It's getting late today, let's leave tomorrow, and you can stay for one night."
Liu Xuan's eyes were gentle, "Okay."
He looked at Su Juan and could clearly feel that she didn't want to leave yet.
Knowing that they were about to return to the capital, Prefect Zeng hurriedly prepared a simple banquet to bid farewell to them. He sighed repeatedly, "I originally wanted to keep you for a few more days, to celebrate the New Year in Xuzhou, and to send a few memorials to the capital, so I wanted to keep you for a while. I didn't expect that His Majesty would urge me to leave. Well, today I will use tea instead of wine to bid farewell to you two. If there is a chance in the future, we will talk again."
Several people raised their glasses and said, "Mr. Zeng, you are too polite. Thank you for your care during my time in Xuzhou."
"No way! I should thank you on behalf of the people!" Prefect Zeng lamented that these days, there are very few people who can truly work for the people.
Most of them are incompetent officials like the former county magistrate of He County.
Su Juan held the tea but did not drink it for a long time. She lowered her eyes and looked at the tea without saying a word.
Several people at the table noticed that something was wrong with her, but no one asked.