Chapter 219: Master, the three of my subordinates successfully took Zhou Yanqing's life
Ning Yuanze looked serious. Xiao Ying and Chen Jie looked at each other and also looked quite serious.
"Please feel free to tell me if you have anything to say, sir. I will do my best as long as I can do it." Xiao Ying promised.
Ning Yuanze was shocked and felt a bit of admiration for her.
"I want to collect the excess potatoes and return them to the county government, which will then sell them to the people who want to grow them. So I hope Madam Xiao can consider the price."
Xiao Ying raised his eyebrows. So that was the matter. This was indeed something that needed to be considered.
She thought for a moment and said, "I sold it to restaurants at 30 wen per jin before, and sold it to villagers for planting at 10 wen per jin."
"Your Excellency cares about the people and works for the country and the people. Naturally, I don't want to make too much money from you. Why don't I just take the village price of 10 coins per pound?"
"But I can only represent myself. The rest of the villagers have to make their own decisions."
After all, it was agreed that the price for the whole village would be 30 wen per catty, and now she has reduced it to 10 wen, which is actually a breach of promise.
But since Ning Yuanze asked for it himself, she couldn't possibly maintain the 30 cents.
Ning Yuanze breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this and became more and more satisfied with Xiao Ying.
When he was checking potatoes from house to house, he actually accidentally heard the villagers mention the price. They indeed said it was 30 wen per pound, and the price was the same for the whole village.
This price was nothing to him, but it was too high for other people in Yun'an County. It was more expensive than pork, and they simply couldn't afford to buy it back to plant.
But it’s a different story if the price drops to 10 wen. Even if each family only buys 10 or 8 jin to plant, they can still harvest hundreds of jin.
He didn't expect that Xiao Ying was willing to lower the price so much at once. If she sold all of her more than 10,000 kilograms of potatoes, it would be equivalent to a loss of more than 200 taels of silver!
Few people can match his broad-mindedness and magnanimity.
"I am already satisfied that Madam Xiao can say this."
With Xiao Ying taking the lead, he believed that the prices for other villagers would not be too expensive.
Chen Jie, who was standing by, immediately expressed his opinion: "Since Madam Xiao said 10 wen per catty, then the whole village should unify the price to 10 wen."
Between making money and being a county magistrate, he chose the latter without hesitation, otherwise he would be in trouble.
"I feel relieved with what Li Zheng said." Ning Yuanze smiled gently and gave him an admiring look.
Chen Jie thought that even if it was 10 cents per pound, he could still make a lot of money.
But he doesn't plan to sell much, he wants to keep some for himself to grow.
His family has more than 10 acres of land. After the rice is harvested, he will plant potatoes on them. Then he can wait for the harvest next year and sell them at a high price. Isn't it more profitable than now?
Xiao Ying thought similarly and didn't care about this small profit. He knew that he would make big money in the future.
So after Ning Yuanze left, Chen Jie went door to door to promote the product.
Although the villagers felt a little disappointed that the price dropped to 10 wen per catty, they also expressed understanding after hearing about the drought in the north.
Besides, 10 cents is not cheap at all, as it can buy two kilograms of the best rice.
After final statistics, it was found that only 20,000 kilograms were sold in the entire village, of which 13,000 kilograms came from Xiao Ying. Zhao Daqing ranked second, selling 1,000 kilograms, and the rest basically planned to keep them for planting.
Even though the originally planned 30 taels of silver turned into 10 taels, Zhao Daqing's family was very happy. They only took care of the potatoes for two months and got so much money. What else was there to be dissatisfied about?
The situation for other families is similar. They can earn one or two taels of silver by selling 100 kilograms, which is more profitable than growing any other crops.
After returning to the county government office, Ning Yuanze began to write a memorial. He wanted to report the matter immediately and planned to have someone escort 100 kilograms of potatoes to Beijing as evidence.
The memorial was written in great detail, including how Xiao Ying discovered potatoes, how they were planted, Chenjia Village's recent bumper harvest, with the highest yield per mu reaching 7,400 jin, etc.
In addition, it also mentions how to eat potatoes and explains that they cannot be eaten after sprouting, etc., so it must be perfect.
After finishing writing, he smiled with satisfaction. This memorial will definitely shock the court!
This is definitely a contribution he made during his tenure, but the biggest contributor is Xiao Ying.
Given the emperor's generosity and emphasis on talent, he should reward Xiao Ying.
He felt a little emotional. He didn't expect that a woman from a mountain village would be able to show up in front of the emperor so soon. This was extremely rare from ancient times to the present.
He had a hunch that this might not be the last time. Xiao Ying was a capable, resourceful, and ambitious man.
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Xiao Ying, whom he thought was ambitious, was listening to Xiao Jin's report at this time.
It turned out that not long after Ning Yuanze left, the three killers Xiao Jin, Xiao Sheng and Xiao Fu returned safely.
Seeing that the three people were safe and sound and looked happy, Xiao Ying knew that the matter must have been accomplished.
"We have lived up to our master's trust. The three of us have successfully taken Zhou Yanqing's life and have returned to report!"
Xiao Jin knelt on one knee and reported in a deep voice with a solemn expression.
Compared with the tasks he had completed before, this time the difficulty was not high, but he felt more accomplished.
Because this is the first task he has completed for his master, he hopes to gain his master's approval.
Xiao Sheng and Xiao Fu were similarly excited, more so than any previous mission they had completed.
"Thanks for your hard work."
Xiao Ying nodded slightly. Although it was expected, he was still very happy.
This was her Xiao Wei's first mission, and it seemed to be completed successfully.
"Everyone, get up. Xiao Jin, tell me what happened in detail."
"yes."
The three of them stood up at the same time. Xiao Jin did not dare to hide anything and told them one by one about his actions after arriving in Shangjing.
He described in detail how they gathered information, how they confirmed that Zhou Yanqing was protected by experts, how they discovered that he had a mistress, and how they formulated the assassination plan.
The more Xiao Ying listened, the more satisfied he became. These three people were indeed the top gold medal killers of the Dark Night Pavilion. They were all very smart and took every step very steadily.
It is rare to be able to assassinate a court official at the lowest cost in a dangerous place like Shangjing, without alerting the Yu family's army of cultivators and secret guards, and finally escape unscathed.
Her eyes were full of admiration: "Well done. Zhou Yanqing's death is not a pity. I just regret that I couldn't go to the capital to see the excitement in person."
The death of an imperial official, who was also an official of the Dali Temple, would certainly cause panic among the people in the capital.
I guess no one can figure out that it was her who did it... Maybe Zhou Hong can figure it out.
But what could he do? Even the Dark Night Pavilion stopped sending assassins to kill her. How could Zhou Hong alone turn the tables?
Maybe he was already trembling with fear. After all, she could kill his son, and she had plenty of ways to kill him.
"What kind of reward do you want?"
She withdrew her thoughts and looked at the three people in front of her with satisfaction.
She has always been clear about rewards and punishments. The three of them completed the task successfully and deserved to be rewarded.
Xiao Jin and the other two looked at each other in bewilderment. They had never thought about any reward. This was what they should do. Their master had already rewarded them enough.
Their master treated them very well on weekdays, and they couldn't think of what else they wanted for a moment.
After a moment, Xiao Jin's eyes suddenly lit up, he finally thought of it!
"Master, may I ask you for something?"
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