Chapter 398 The Heroine is a Divine Confidant (Part 1)
Gu Qingcheng reached a deal with Li Mingzhu. Not only did she take away the huge sugarcane forest, but she also got a steady supply of sugarcane from the Li tribe.
With sufficient sugarcane, Gu Qingcheng started his sugar-making business.
She selected a dozen people from her troops and set up a small workshop in Wu Castle.
The first products to be boiled are the primary products - brown sugar and black sugar.
Then, the brown sugar is further processed to produce white sugar that is as white as snow and as fine as sand.
There is also crystal clear rock sugar that is more durable.
Gu Qingcheng transported the sugars to the capitals of Luozhou and other surrounding states and counties and sold them at extremely high prices.
After hearing about the selling price, and especially the fact that such a high price was still being snapped up, even the knowledgeable Gu Heng was a little surprised.
"How can this thing be so profitable?"
This, like wine, is a luxury item for the rich.
Ordinary people simply can't afford it.
As for the wealthy and powerful families, they were not stingy with their copper coins in order to try new things and to look impressive.
Therefore, Gu Qingcheng successfully harvested a large wave of super leeks by relying on sugar.
"Lingnan is still a bit remote. If it were in Jiankang or Pingcheng in the Northern Dynasty, the price would be even higher!"
Gu Qingcheng still felt it was not enough and said with a hint of regret.
Luxury goods should be sold in the most prosperous places.
The same brown sugar and white sugar have two different prices in Lingnan and in the capital.
Gu Heng served as the Minister of the Central Secretariat and was also well versed in economics.
He nodded, "Aqing is right! In that case, let's send someone back to Jiankang!"
There are also members of the Gu clan and Gu’s in-laws in Jiankang.
If you want to open a highly profitable shop in a place like Jiankang where many powerful people gather, you must have enough backers.
Fortunately, the Gu family is an old southern clan with deep roots and prosperous branches.
The in-laws are all over Jiankang.
A small sugar business can still be saved.
"Okay, I'll follow Aung's arrangements!"
Gu Qingcheng had clearly made up her mind long ago, but in front of her grandfather, she still acted like a good kid.
Gu Heng laughed and dotingly pointed his finger at Gu Qingcheng, "You! Naughty!"
However, Gu Qingcheng made candy again, which further proved her ability.
Her interactions with the Li tribe also made Gu Heng very satisfied - those who do great things should have an open mind and a broad vision.
What foreign race? What barbarians? If they can be used by me and controlled by me, then they are great helpers! As a true son of aristocratic family and a scholar-official, Gu Heng has a traditional and simple idea - to care about the world and educate the people! The reason why barbarians are barbarians is that they don't read and don't know etiquette.
As long as they are educated and understand what rites and music are, they will be good subjects under your rule.
If Gu Qingcheng had not shown her ambition, according to Gu Heng's idea, after coming to Lingnan, he would open an academy to educate the people!
The people he identified were not only those living at the foot of the mountain, but also those hiding in the mountains.
To be honest, educating the barbarians actually gives you a greater sense of accomplishment.
Unfortunately, my granddaughter is not an ordinary little girl. She has the ambition to conquer the world.
As a good grandfather, Gu Heng naturally couldn't just ignore it.
Let's put aside the issue of educating the people. It is more important to help Ah Qing grow step by step! Gu Qingcheng selected some people and quietly returned to Jiankang.
After receiving Gu Heng's handwritten letter, the Gu clan members in Jiankang naturally did not dare to slack off.
Furthermore, opening a shop and selling sugar is a lucrative business, and as a member of the tribe, you can also share some of the profits.
Putting aside the family, just for the real copper coins, the tribesmen will do their best.
Salt and sugar, the two most violent industries, are controlled by the Gu family.
Those who originally thought that the Gu family would decline also realized that the Gu family is still the same Gu family.
Even if the head of the family, Gu Heng, was exiled, the children of the Gu family would not remain silent.
Not to mention, Gu Yi went to the Northern Dynasty and was said to be highly valued.
The Gu family will never fall! The Gu family's side branches and in-laws also seemed to be encouraged and helped with all their heart and soul.
Even Chen Jing, who had stolen the Xiao family's empire, heard about the Gu family's affairs while staying in the palace.
"This old bastard Gu Heng does have some tricks up his sleeve!"
"It's ridiculous that in order to conceal their tracks, they deliberately used the name of a girl!"
"Gu Qing? How can a nine-year-old girl, still immature and childish, become the head of the Gu family?"
While listening to the eunuch's report, Chen Jing looked at the memorial in his hand.
He simply didn't believe that these actions of the Gu family were the work of a little girl.
Gu Qingcheng: ...Should I thank you for underestimating my opponent and giving me room to grow; or should I still despise your contempt for not treating me as an opponent?
No matter what happens in the capital, Gu Qingcheng still develops step by step according to her plan.
The people sent to Jiaozhou returned one after another, and they were not sure what Champa rice was.
They used a rather clumsy method, which was to bring back all the rice seeds they found in the wild.
Gu Qingcheng led the old farmers to conduct experiments one by one, carrying out cuttings and hybridization again and again.
It was not until the fourth year that a relatively stable, drought-resistant and high-yielding rice variety was finally obtained.
Gu Heng was overjoyed and personally selected people to go to Jiankang with rice seeds.
It has been planted on a large scale in Lingnan, and experiments are also needed in the health field.
Due to the lucrative businesses of salt and sugar, the ties between the Gu family's side branches and many in-laws and the Gu family became increasingly close.
Even Chen Jing's family, confidants, etc. began to cooperate with Gu.
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
Although Gu Qingcheng was far away in Lingnan, he used caravans, copper coins and other means to pave the way and infiltrate little by little.
Thirteen-year-old Gu Qingcheng already looks like a young girl.
She became more and more beautiful and bright.
Although she is not a great beauty, she is also a little beauty praised by everyone.
Moreover, as her appearance gradually improved, people around her finally determined who Gu Qingcheng looked like -
He has the shadow of his father Gu Yi, but he is more like Xiao!
No, to be precise, it's like Xiao's mother, Empress Shengde of the previous dynasty.
That is also a legendary woman.
She was originally a girl from a declining family, but she had a good eye and chose Emperor Gaozu, who was the son of a military general.
Empress Shengde married a man of lower status. After all, in her time, it was believed that "gentry and commoners were not allowed to marry."
Many noble families directly cursed her for "lowly willing to do what she wants."
But who could have imagined that one day the emperor would rise up an army and seize the country.
The impoverished girl from aristocratic family who was once criticized by others, suddenly became the mother of the country.
From then on, no one mocked Empress Shengde anymore. Instead, everyone praised her for her foresight.
Gu Qingcheng: ...This is what is called the winner is the king and the loser is the bandit.
However, Gu Qingcheng was still very happy that she looked like her grandmother.
In addition to being famous for her "sharp eyes", Empress Shengde was also known for her beauty and her intelligence.
Empress Shengde and Emperor Gaozu were married for more than 30 years and had three sons and one daughter.
The eldest son is the emperor, and the eldest grandson is also the emperor.
Although he had illegitimate sons and daughters, Emperor Gaozu always valued the children born to Empress Shengde the most.
Xiao's only daughter was treated like a treasure.
It can be said that Empress Shengde achieved perfection in being a wife.
Gu Qingcheng in her previous life might not have looked like Empress Shengde, but her life trajectory was very similar to that of her grandmother.
The virtuous queen, the queen mother, the grand queen mother...
But, in this life, Gu Qingcheng looks very much like Queen Shengde, but she will not go down this old path again!
"Your Majesty, I think we can put all of this aside for now! You should just do a mission!"
The source of evil crouched deep in the sea of consciousness, waiting until all the flowers withered.
Four years!
Four full years! Her Majesty the Queen of Heaven is really patient.
The troublemaker has reminded people more than once, and sometimes even throws a tantrum, cries and begs, but in the end people remain unmoved.
It is time to cultivate good breeds, and it is time to have a deep affection with Li Mingzhu sisters...
Huoshui felt that Gu Qingcheng might have forgotten that she was still bound to a system.
Come to think of it, Gu Qingcheng has become more beautiful, and her great cause in this world is also progressing in full swing.
The mission world doesn't seem to be that attractive to her.
"Your Majesty, you can actually become even more beautiful!"
"Don't you like to maximize your appearance the most?"
"In the mission world, you pursue the ultimate beauty. In your own world, you should pursue it even more."
"...Also, being a king is not enough? Don't you want to live forever?"
In order to seduce Gu Qingcheng, Huoshui risked his life and even took out the "immortality".
Gu Qingcheng was touched by its words. She nodded and said, "Okay! Let's do a task!"
(End of this chapter)
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