Chapter 395 Two Months
Five days later, it was September 6th.
Six days have passed since Ning Yuke proclaimed himself king, and the series of waves this incident has caused in Daning have gradually begun to emerge.
Three censors of the Censorate were beheaded by the Flower Feather Guards for the crime of "deceiving the emperor", and many court officials were also "stopped" from submitting memorials. For a while, no one in the court dared to mention the matter of "Wei Changtian's involvement in rebellion".
Han Zhao has arrived in Yuanzhou with the tiger talisman of the Ministry of War. The 300,000-strong army has begun to prepare its weapons that day. It is expected that they will turn south in ten days and head straight to Shuzhou to fight against the rebels.
After three days of rest, the 400,000 Daning troops in Dafeng continued to march towards Fengyuan City, making it clear that they would not suspend their offensive because of the chaos in Shuzhou. They vowed to capture the enemy's capital in one fell swoop to "avenge" their compatriots who died in Yuanzhou City.
The news that Ning Yuke is going to build a new city one thousand miles south of Shuzhou has spread throughout the world. No one knows what the King of Shu is going to do, but under the temptation of "high salary", many craftsmen are ready to go to Shuzhou to build the city. In just five days, events that would have shocked the court and the public occurred one after another, making the people of Daning even numb to these "news".
People no longer gather in street teahouses to talk and discuss as excitedly as they usually do, nor do they care too much about what far-reaching impact these things will have.
For tens of millions of ordinary people who work from dawn to dusk, their intuitive feelings about the world basically all come from the daily changing prices.
Obviously, this doesn't look promising.
The prices of almost all daily necessities, including salt, iron, cloth and grain, have increased to varying degrees compared to this time last year.
Among them, the price of food has increased the most, and has now doubled.
From the previous "15 wen for a dou of rice" to the current "30 wen for a dou of rice".
The price of "three cents per stone of rice" was naturally nothing to the rich and powerful, but it was already a heavy burden for most ordinary people.
After all, food is something we need to eat every day and it is not an expense that can be saved.
Under such circumstances, rumors such as "food prices in Shuzhou are cheap" and "you can get land and money by moving to Shuzhou" naturally gained space to survive.
But even if the rumors are true, few people would actually go to Shuzhou with their families.
The reason behind this is not difficult to understand.
First, most people are not willing to leave their hometown unless they can no longer survive.
Second, no matter how good Shuzhou is now, it will sooner or later fall into war, and no one knows what the world will become.
Third, there is still more than a month before the autumn harvest.
With these three ideas in mind, people from all over Daning chose to grit their teeth and persevere, generally believing that the hard times would be over in two months at most.
After all, the imperial army should have already entered Fengyuan by then, forcing Li Qi to surrender and seek peace.
The rebellion in Shuzhou should have been quelled, and the farce of a woman declaring herself king had come to an end.
There is also the autumn harvest.
Although there have been frequent wars this year, the weather is still good and the harvests in various places should be good.
By then, the high food prices will surely come down. With a beautiful vision for the future, the people are tightening their belts and carefully planning how to use the little remaining money to get through the next two months.
But they probably wouldn't have thought of it anyway.
What happened two months later was so different from what they had expected.
No.
It should be said that it is quite the opposite.
“Da da da!”
"Da Da Da"
Outside Shuzhou City, Wei Changtian looked at more than a dozen horses that were gradually going away, and it took him a long time to look away.
The one who left this time was Chu Xianping. He was going to visit several neighboring states to discuss the matter of "borrowing people" with the governors of each state.
Now that the new city is about to break ground, there are naturally not enough craftsmen within the Shuzhou territory, and the labor force hired at "high salaries" from all over the country is temporarily unable to arrive.
The best solution is to borrow people from surrounding states and counties.
Of course, everyone understands the importance of population.
So let alone the fact that Shuzhou has rebelled now, even if it hadn't, these states and counties would certainly not easily agree to this.
And Wei Changtian still used the same old method -
Carrots and sticks.
I have plenty of silver and plenty of knives.
I just need some people. If you give me face, I will give you a lot of money.
If you don't give me face, I don't mind chopping off your head before the imperial army arrives.
Of course, this is just a general negotiation idea, and the details cannot be stated so directly.
However, since Chu Xianping is going to handle this matter personally, I guess the problem won't be too big.
“.”
"Let's go."
The sound of horse hooves in the distance gradually disappeared. Wei Changtian turned around and looked at Xu Qingwan: "I'll take you back to Yingfengsheng first."
"Then I have to go to the palace."
"Ying Fengsheng" is the name of the new grain store opened by Comrade Xiao Xu.
However, this name was not chosen by her or Wei Changtian, but was proposed by Wei Yanyu, the second largest shareholder of the grain store.
At that time, Wei Changtian wanted to find a few people to help Xu Qingwan, and then he thought of Wei Yanyu.
The latter agreed very readily.
Although the money used to open the grain store was actually from the Xu family, Wei Yanyu only took 30% of the shares, and the remaining 70% was in Xu Qingwan's hands.
As a result, Comrade Xiao Xu's net worth suddenly soared from a few thousand taels to nearly ten million taels, and it is very likely that he will become the major shareholder of the largest grain store in Daning in the future.
Such a change was like a little hamster suddenly owning an entire granary, and Xu Qingwan was so excited that she couldn't sleep well for several days.
"good."
With a gentle nod, Xu Qingwan got into the carriage first, and when she bent down, the hilt of the Queti knife at her waist was revealed.
Wei Changtian, who was behind him, saw this scene and suddenly felt a little funny.
Wow, in the original novel, Xu Qingwan was the woman with the highest fighting power. I didn’t expect that her fate would change so much now.
It's okay to just "give up martial arts and go into business" and become a rich woman! "Have you been practicing recently?"
Wei Changtian also got into the car and sat down, and asked casually: "And the Guichen Sword, has it been a long time since you practiced it?"
"No, I practice every day."
Xu Qingwan covered her mouth and laughed, "You're not at home all day, so naturally you can't see it."
"Well, I'm busy, right?"
With an awkward cough, Wei Changtian changed the subject: "By the way, if Ying Fengsheng still needs help, you can ask Lu Jingyao to help as well, so that she doesn't have to stay at home doing nothing all day."
"Sister Lu?"
Xu Qingwan blinked and suddenly smiled: "Changtian, do you want to thank me?"
"Thank you?"
Wei Changtian was stunned: "Thank you for what?"
"Thank you for sending you to Sister Lu's room that day."
Xu Qingwan shook her head complacently and said, "Otherwise, I don't know how long you will be angry."
"Didn't you see that Sister Lu ate a lot more the next day? Didn't she feel bored?"
"If you ask me, you should be nicer to Sister Lu."
“.”
Comrade Xiao Xu's chattering continued in my ears.
At this time, Wei Changtian couldn't help but think of what happened that night.
“.”
"Why are you crying?"
"I'm so happy."
"Why are you crying when you're happy?"
"Did I cry?"
"Your tears are almost soaking the pillow."
“I’m sorry.”
"Okay, go to sleep. I don't have time to talk to you about this useless stuff."
“.”
"My dear, can you promise me one thing?"
"What is it?"
"You, you can hit me, scold me, or be mean to me, but can you please not despise me?"
"Dislike you? Why would I dislike you? You've been thinking about this all day long???"
“.”
I wanted to shine my heart on the bright moon, but the bright moon is reflected in the ditch.
The ditch has its own clear stream mirror, which reflects your heart just like mine.
(End of this chapter)
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