"That's right." Master Ma smiled, "The small countries along the southern coast are quite wealthy."
The price of 6,000 taels of gold for two bags of salt was enough to shock him.
As a result, the bag of salt that Xie Yutang sent to the small country was sold for 5,000 taels of gold, which was much more expensive than what he sold it for.
However, the gold from Xie Yutang has not been sent back yet. The journey is too long, so he only sent a letter back first. It is very risky to transport so much gold on the road.
Thinking of this, he was not so envious. After all, his people did not have the ability to escort so much gold back. Only the Xie family had that ability.
"Sir Deng." Master Ma put away his smile and looked at Magistrate Deng curiously.
"What did you bring back? Let me see it."
Governor Deng looked at Master Ma and smiled, "You, you, nothing can escape your eyes."
"Someone, come and carry him up." Magistrate Deng shouted outside the courtyard.
Soon, the servants came in carrying a basket of sweet potatoes.
Master Ma quickly stood up and walked to the basket, "What is this?"
Looking at the purple-red objects of irregular shapes and sizes in the basket, Mr. Ma frowned and looked at Magistrate Deng in surprise.
This thing doesn't look like a precious thing.
Magistrate Deng walked slowly to the basket and said, "These are sweet potatoes."
"Sweet potato!?" Master Ma frowned in confusion.
He reached out and picked up a sweet potato, squeezing it. "It's hard, is it edible?"
"That's right." Magistrate Deng nodded. "After cooking, it has a soft and dense texture, sweet and delicious, and tastes almost as good as pastries."
Master Ma's eyes lit up, "If it's cooked directly, it'll be comparable to pastries?"
The making of pastries is not simple, but this thing only needs to be cooked and it will taste like pastries, which is so convenient.
"That's right." Prefect Deng looked at Master Ma, "The prince plans to have all the people in the city plant this next spring."
Mr. Ma's eyes lit up and froze for a moment, and the corners of his mouth twitched twice.
"Planting it all over the city? Is this thing really that easy to grow?"
He just wanted to get this thing because he sells it exclusively.
Unexpectedly, King Qianhuang planned to plant the entire city.
"The prince gave me the planting method, and it seems to be working well." Prefect Deng did not hide it. "From today on, all the working people in the city will be given a cooked sweet potato every day."
Everyone in the city will know about this tomorrow, so there is no need to hide it.
"Oh, I see." Master Ma looked at the sweet potatoes in the basket with regret.
Such a good thing, what a shame.
However, he can wait until the whole city is planting sweet potatoes on a large scale, buy the sweet potatoes from the people, and sell them to the Fire Phoenix Kingdom.
He has shops in every city of Fire Phoenix Country, so he can definitely cater to the needs of the people.
Thinking of this, Master Ma smiled again.
"Can you give me some to try?"
Magistrate Deng waved his hand and said, "Come here, bring ten sweet potatoes back to Master Ma."
There are at least eighty sweet potatoes in a basket, if not a hundred.
Considering the gold, it is only right to give Mr. Ma ten sweet potatoes.
Mr. Ma had just left Deng's house happily carrying a basket of sweet potatoes, and Xie Yutang hurried to the Deng's house right after him.
A moment later, Xie Yutang left Deng's house, leaving behind 1,000 taels of gold and 10 sweet potatoes.
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"Nurse, how long will it take to get to White Dragon City?!"
Ran Xiangyu licked her cracked lips, frowned, lifted the carriage curtain, and looked at Nanny Zhang who was driving the carriage.
Nanny Zhang was so frightened that her half-closed eyelids opened instantly.
She frowned and looked forward. "I can see the city gate now. We'll be there in half an hour at most."
After saying this, Aunt Zhang frowned because of the sore throat.
thirsty!
I'm really thirsty.
She felt like she was going to faint at any moment.
When they came out of the capital, they were followed by more than a hundred people.
Along the way, they encountered refugees and after several attacks, only 10 servants were left chasing them.
The ten servants kept their eyes fixed on the horses pulling the carriage for the young lady. She was so frightened that she didn't dare to sleep, let alone let the servants get close to the carriage.
Thanks to her vigilance, she and the young lady escaped.
Now, their carriage was running in front, and ten servants were chasing it from a distance behind.
Nanny Zhang forced herself to look back, but the dust was flying behind the carriage, and she couldn't see where the servants were at all.
Why!
Aunt Zhang sighed.
The further northwest she went, the colder her heart became.
Miss, you definitely made the wrong choice.
If the Shen family had fled to the northwest, they would probably have starved to death on the way.
They only made it here with so much food, and they even killed two horses on the way.
No matter how powerful Shen Yong's martial arts skills are, he can't survive without food.
However, they couldn't even look back now, as the dangers along the way really scared them.
Now, they could only bite the bullet and continue heading towards Bailong City.
Ran Xiangyu pulled at the carriage door, raised her head and tried to look forward.
"White Dragon City... there should be water, right?"
She hadn't had any water for three days and couldn't bear it any longer.
Before, she disdained horse blood and refused to drink it no matter what. But now, her eyes unconsciously fell on the horse in front of her, and she wished she could lie on the horse and suck a few mouthfuls of blood.
Looking at the horse's foaming mouth, Ran Xiangyu sighed softly.
There are only these two horses left, and they must not be killed.
The two horses were already struggling to pull the carriage, and if there was only one horse left, it would definitely not be able to pull it.
If those servants catch up with them, neither of the two horses will survive.
Crazy, these people are crazy.
After not having water for a few days, none of the servants listened to her anymore.
If the wet nurse had not heard the servants plotting to kill them and eat the horses in the middle of the night, they would have died long ago.
While the servants were tired and fell asleep, the wet nurse, who had been working all night, drove the carriage and took her away quickly.
At first, she could still hear the servant shouting behind her.
After running for a day, she could no longer hear the shouting behind her, but she was still very uneasy and scared, afraid that she would be caught up by those crazy servants.
Nanny Zhang pursed her cracked lips, and looked with cloudy eyes at the city gate that was getting closer and closer, not wanting to say a word.
There is definitely no water.
Look at the cracks on this official road. It's obvious that it hasn't rained for a long time. How could there be water?
She just hoped she wouldn't encounter any more crazy refugees and displaced people.
The drought in the Great Celestial Empire was so severe that they had no way of turning back, so they simply went directly to the Fire Phoenix Kingdom.
Only by going to the Fire Phoenix Kingdom can they have a chance of survival.
It would be best for them not to stay in Bailong City and Fire Extinguishing City.
Nanny Zhang thought about it for a while and decided to wait until they passed Bailong City before discussing it with the eldest lady.
Half an hour later, the carriage arrived at the gate of Bailong City in the afterglow of the setting sun.
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