Chapter 1152 My sister is farming! ?
Dozens of miles away from the capital, a convoy of cars was moving on the official road like a winding python.
The front and rear of the car swayed like a python's body, and they were both escorted by the black cavalry of Liuzhou. Since it was a python, there would naturally be iron cavalry at its vital points.
When the convoy left a few months ago, it was not this long, but the big boxes were full of goods. Now that it has returned, there are even more boxes, and each one is very heavy.
On the front carriage frame, the fat boy Su Liheng was sitting on it with a small bag in his hand. He then took out the sour plums from it and handed them to Youli beside him.
Youli picked up a sour plum, chewed it, it was sour!
But after frowning a little, although the clothes on her body were Han clothes, there were many Raojiang and Western-style jewelry on her body. Her eyebrows were like winding spring mountains, and her eyes like clouds and mist looked at Su Liheng who was eating sour plums with a ferocious face: "What should I do?"
Su Liheng tilted his head: "Ah?"
Then he immediately asked, "Car sickness?"
You Li glared at Su Liheng, "I'm talking about my father, my mother, and my grandfather. I've told you all that my grandfather has a very bad temper. He has chased me to the capital, and he must be arresting me and killing me!"
Su Liheng shook his head: "Not really. Once we get to the capital, I have plenty of ways to stop him from taking you back! And I've already thought about it. When I see them, I'll kneel down first and beg him. If he doesn't agree, I'll pester him! As for your concern about being caught, don't worry, the capital is my territory."
You Li pouted and looked at Su Liheng and sighed: "Old Xibai, Grandpa despises your actions the most, you have to be tougher."
Su Liheng blinked, looked at the sour plums in his hand, and then put the sour plums back into the bag as if he had thought of something, and then looked at You Li: "Then I'll put a knife on my waist? Then kneel down and tell you, if you dare to take You Li back, you have to walk over my dead body first?"
After saying this, Su Liheng frowned: "But if I say this, I will be sorry to my mother and father. They are my only children, how can I joke with my life so easily."
You Li, however, seemed to be in high spirits and said immediately: "You want this."
Su Liheng blinked his chubby eyes and said, "Ah? Kneeling on the ground with a knife in your hand? That would be so unfair to my mom and dad."
You Li immediately said, "Who said the former? I said the latter. My grandfather has read Han books and values filial piety the most. If you do it this way, he will definitely think highly of you."
But after saying this, You Li hung his head again and said, "No, if you say it like this on purpose, it will be immediately obvious that you are acting."
Su Liheng looked at You Li: "I think it would be better to just say that I will marry you or something like that. That would work."
Hearing this, You Li looked at Su Liheng and said, "I told you, we haven't reached that stage yet. We have only known each other for a short time. You should think normally."
Su Liheng suddenly felt aggrieved. You came all the way to the capital, and then ran from the capital to the Western Regions to find me.
But at this moment, a rider rushed over and shouted towards Su Liheng's caravan: "Excuse me, is the leader of this caravan Master Su?"
Hearing this, the Black Knights all became alert.
Su Liheng looked into the distance and shouted, "It's me."
Upon hearing this, the rider immediately rushed forward.
The black knights held their swords in their hands and stood in a cone shape in front of the convoy.
The rider saw this and immediately stopped his horse, turned over and dismounted, clasped his fists towards Su Liheng and said, "Boss Su, I am under the command of the Prime Minister. I have finally waited for you. The Prime Minister has been waiting for you at the post station ahead for a whole day."
As he spoke, the man took off the token from his waist and handed it to a black knight.
After taking it, Heiqi turned and walked towards Su Liheng.
However, before handing it to Su Liheng, he took a kettle and rinsed the signboard to prevent it from being contaminated by any bad things, while the other black knights remained on guard.
After Su Liheng thanked him, he took the sign, looked at it, nodded and said, "It's the teacher's certificate of the Prime Minister's Mansion."
Then he got off the bicycle and looked at the man: "You said the teacher has been waiting for me for a whole day?"
The man immediately said, "Yes, the Prime Minister ordered me to wait here."
Su Liheng looked at the Black Knight: "I'll go first?"
A black rider took off the black mask on his face and looked at Su Liheng: "I will take you there."
As he said this, he bent down, grabbed Su Liheng and put him on the horse's back, then looked at the man from the Prime Minister's Mansion.
The man was also smart and immediately mounted his horse to lead the way.
Five or six riders followed closely behind.
From a distance, Su Liheng saw Li Jiulang sitting at a table under the shed in front of the post station.
Before arriving, Su Liheng quickly dismounted and trotted over.
Li Jiulang looked at Su Liheng and smiled, then took a closer look at the Liuzhou Black Cavalry.
"Student greets teacher." Su Liheng saluted Li Jiulang.
Li Jiulang looked at Su Liheng and scolded with a smile: "You have gained weight again."
Su Liheng smiled awkwardly.
Li Jiulang pulled Su Liheng to the table and sat down, then looked at the Liuzhou Black Cavalry who had stopped and dismounted to salute him.
After Li Jiulang nodded, he looked at Su Liheng and asked, "Did Wen Daoji send it to you?"
Su Liheng nodded: "Lord Wen knows what I brought with me on this trip. He said that there are not enough guards. Even though Liuzhou is safe now and the capital is also very safe, it is still impossible to prevent people's greed, so he specially sent 200 black cavalry to me. However, these people will have to report to the capital when they arrive. At that time, I may need your help to tell the Ministry of War."
Li Jiulang nodded: "It's a small matter. Mao Xiaoxian should have received Wen Daoji's letter first, but on this trip, the five major families have reached an agreement with four, right?"
Su Liheng nodded: "Yes, there was another one who followed the Zoroastrianism. I was cautious and ignored them. Marshal Zhao destroyed them before he went to war, and the territory was divided among the other four major families."
Li Jiulang poured water for Su Liheng: "What do you think of the Western Region now?"
Su Liheng pursed his lips and said, "It can be done! Marshal Zhao killed people all the way, and the Tiele people were targeted by General Chu Ying and others. I made a special trip to Dunhuang. Although I didn't go too far, if the war is over, there will be roads everywhere in the vast desert. There are thirty-six major countries and more than a hundred small countries in the Western Regions. Marshal Zhao didn't tell me how many countries will be gone, but no matter what, from Gaochang, Yanqi, Qiuci, to Persia, and even the sea further west of Persia, Tocharia on the way, etc., Dunhuang is all connected, and the trade route will definitely work. At worst, I will wait until I'm done here, and then I will take people to go there in person. I just don't know what the scene will be like after the war. If some of those countries are gone, there will be fewer transit points on the road."
Li Jiulang looked at Su Liheng with a satisfied look in his eyes. Just mentioning this route to the country showed that this kid was really attentive.
However, Li Jiulang then asked: "Four major families, what do you think?"
Su Liheng was stunned for a moment, but looking at Li Jiulang's expression, Su Liheng said, "Someone who does business with us?"
Li Jiulang smiled and said, "Wen Daoji sent a letter saying that the people from the four major families didn't pay enough. They took so many goods from you, but only gave you 19 boxes of gold, a total of 80,000 taels of gold. There were also more than 20 boxes of jewels, which were worth 180,000 taels of silver."
Su Liheng immediately looked at Li Jiulang mysteriously and said, "I did it on purpose."
Li Jiulang looked at Su Liheng with interest: "What do you mean?"
Su Liheng said, "My elder sister mentioned a term to me, called exhibition trade. From time to time, for example, every six months, we will concentrate on doing business with foreigners for a period of time, and put all our products on display in an exhibition, so that they can choose and then place orders. So the ones I brought over this time were all ordinary goods, and there were very few good ones. They really knew what goods were and wanted good goods. I told them that these things were expensive and difficult to make. You want to come to the capital in three months and then I will show them to you. I will give them some sweet treats first. When they come, we will put all the tea, porcelain and other things on display, and they will definitely want them. By then, all the other good things from Dian Jiangchun will be on display as well."
Li Jiulang smiled, not surprised, because the Queen Mother had told him about this, and the Queen Mother said that only by controlling the merchants can the country become rich, but the merchants who are too rich must be controlled by the state. The national treasury cannot rely solely on the farmers working in the fields.
Li Jiulang looked at Su Liheng and said more bluntly, "The Western Region will belong to Daxia in the future. I am asking you, is it necessary for these four major families to exist?"
Su Liheng blinked at Li Jiulang, hesitated for a moment, took out another booklet from his arms, opened it and said, "I've been in Dunhuang for a few months. These guys really make money, but most of it is dirty money, and the main source is selling slaves and making money from us. But it's not possible to destroy them, and it's not good to leave any of them. We have to let them fight among themselves. Before I left this time, two families came to me separately and said they wanted to place an order separately. I found a way to tell the other two families about this, and they immediately came to me to place another order for rouge worth 800,000 taels of silver."
Li Jiulang looked at the many names on another page of the booklet: "Who are these?"
Su Liheng immediately said mysteriously: "My elder sister told me that it's best to have suppliers everywhere, so I kept a batch of goods and sent them to these families with some small power. There are suppliers from all countries, especially those from Persia and the Arab world, and some of them are working there. But I specifically told the four major families about this. I guess they are fighting among themselves. Anyway, I guess the more fierce the fight, the more orders we will get."
After listening to this, Li Jiulang laughed and scolded, "Your mind is all about making money. Have you ever thought that if they fight more fiercely, you can send someone in to support them after the fight is over?"
Su Liheng was stunned for a moment, then shook his head honestly. Isn't this different from making money?
But he still said, "My elder sister said that I should just make money and not get involved in other things. Besides, why would I send people in to support them? I'm not the boss there. It's just the Western Regions. I don't have time to think about it. I heard from the teacher that our warships on the coast are getting a little better, and we've built quite a few cargo ships. And the group of scholars who went to Japan last year are coming back too? Is there any progress in exchanging silver for gold? It's a lot of money. Can you let me see all that gold first?"
Li Jiulang smiled and nodded: "Well, it's almost time to come back. As for you, that's right. When you see His Majesty and the high officials in the capital, tell them the same thing."
Su Liheng looked puzzled. "What's the matter? Look at the gold? Do you agree? What else do the officials want to ask me?"
Li Jiulang smiled and shook his head. He came here specially with the instruction of His Majesty to ask first. His Majesty might not care about some things, but it does not mean that the officials will agree. So the child cannot have those ideas. If he thinks about them, it will be very troublesome.
And now Li Jiulang was very satisfied with this answer.
Without answering Su Liheng's question, Li Jiulang asked: "How is that girl?"
Su Liheng was stunned: "Come back with me."
But his face suddenly twisted, no longer as energetic as when he mentioned making money just now, "I just heard that her grandfather, her parents came, and they don't like me very much."
Li Jiulang said: "This is the last thing you need to worry about in the world."
Su Liheng was smart and guessed what Li Jiulang meant immediately, so he shook his head and said, "I can't rely on Grandpa, you, and even less on Big Sister and His Majesty. After all, this is my own business. And if Youli and I don't agree with her family, it will be a lifelong pain in my heart. I can't do things this way. So I have to find a way to get their approval on my own."
Li Jiulang smiled gently: "You have already thought about it, so I won't say much. In fact, the queen is also very worried about you."
Su Liheng looked at Li Jiulang and said, "Big sister, are you healed? I heard it was a minor injury."
Li Jiulang nodded, but looked at Su Liheng: “The queen is short of money.”
Su Liheng looked at Li Jiulang: "Ah?"
The Queen is short of money?
Li Jiulang said, "There is no need to hide it now. Gunpowder and muskets have almost drained your majesty's family, and the national treasury has almost run out of money because of the war. But the national treasury is not a problem. When Zongze, Zhao Wuxiu and others come back, there will be money, especially Zhao Wuxiu. But the expenses in the palace have been reduced a lot. I heard from Xun Kuang that the queen and the majesty used their own expenses for the Dragon Boat Festival banquet and the banquet for the ladies of the court. Most of the rewards this time were for the two of them. I looked at the palace accounts. Eighty to ninety percent were used, leaving only one or two percent for the two of them. In addition, in order to save expenses, they began to reclaim farmland in the palace to grow vegetables. Although it is a drop in the bucket, let alone this, it shows that your majesty and the queen are attentive."
Su Liheng had a surprised expression on his face.
The main thing is that this thing sounds like a fairy tale.
Li Jiulang continued, "Your Majesty and the Queen are planning to make and distribute rice dumplings to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival with the people. This is another expense, and it is also an account taken from their private treasury. It is also a large sum. This matter has not spread in the capital, but Xun Kuang mentioned it to me. Because I came to wait for you, I have not done anything yet."
Su Liheng immediately said, "I read the letter, which said that my sister is a peasant girl from Yandi. But that's my sister. I am short of money? Isn't that ridiculous! She is still injured, and she is farming? What's wrong? Dianjiangchun has so much dividends, but all of them are given to the national treasury?"
Li Jiulang nodded.
Su Liheng curled his lips and immediately said, "Teacher, I will bring back the money."
Li Jiulang said: "Except for your share, the rest of this money will go into the national treasury as a reward for the three armies after the war."
Su Liheng frowned: "What does my father do for food."
Li Jiulang was stunned for a moment, not understanding what Su Liheng meant.
But Su Liheng continued, "It's okay, teacher, I'm back. My sister is not short of money anymore. She grows crops and vegetables, and lives frugally. She's the queen! My sister-in-law is the emperor! My father is a freeloader. He earns so much money and just sits on the pile of money, right? He has no sense! Let's go back, teacher, let's take care of this first!"
Li Jiulang couldn't help but smile when he looked at Su Liheng.
Except for Su Liheng, no one else in the world who sent money to the palace had any legitimate reason.
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PS: Happy Dragon Boat Festival.
PS: If I don’t update the second chapter today, it means I’m going to have dinner with my family.
(End of this chapter)
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