Selling horses....
After pondering for a moment, Jiang Hu said calmly: "No need to sell the horse. We don't ride horses. One tael per person is two thousand taels in total. We still have enough silver on hand."
"Boss, one toll booth is two thousand taels, and there are more to come. We still have to sell this horse!"
"Fuck!" Jiang Hu pounded the table madly.
Damn it! How could I forget this? How many toll booths are there in Taoyuan County?
"Then sell the horse!"
"But we have 2,000 horses. It's hard to sell them! They're too conspicuous. We can't get a good price on the black market."
Jiang Hu covered his eyes and waved his hands helplessly: "Sell it, sell it, this little money won't be much when we meet the prince, but hurry up, they won't wait for us too long."
Anyway, you can't go into the mountains on horseback, and taking the official road directly would be too eye-catching.
Selling the horses now would be a way to increase revenue and save costs, and it would be more convenient to just go into the city and rob them.
"Tomorrow Xiaoliu will go check it out again and calculate how much money he has to pay. The day after tomorrow, send another two hundred people into the city. Put on cloth clothes, carry weapons, and be careful."
"When our main force arrives, we will fire a warning arrow to notify you. Remember to arrange two people to stay in the city near the city gate in advance."
"Do we have to wait another day tomorrow?" someone asked.
Jiang Hu rubbed his brow helplessly: "Now Taoyuan County's plan has changed. In order to save time, we will go to the farm outside the city tomorrow. Everyone, please pay attention. The prince has specially instructed that no one in the farm will be left alive! All the crops planted must be burned clean!"
Xiao Liu said, "But... when we went to the farm to investigate, we found that there was one person missing from the list. What should we do if we haven't found that person yet?"
Jiang Hu sighed in his heart.
Why do all these strange things happen to me?
I fought for several years when I was young, but this was the first time I had to pay the opponent first!
Is it a bad luck? Will there be any problem with the prince?
"Forget about him! He may be dead if we haven't found him for such a long time, or the list may be wrong. It won't have any impact! Act according to the plan, we don't have time to delay any longer!"
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Two days later, in Taoyuan County Government Office.
Ao Chen sat in the court of the county government, holding the newspaper that had been delivered early in the morning, reading while eating.
Although it is a newspaper from the capital, it actually has a great influence on Taoyuan County.
In particular, Taoyuan County has now set up a guesthouse in Beijing. Many Taoyuan people who do business in Beijing will go to the guesthouse to inquire or communicate.
Therefore, it is necessary to grasp the trends in the capital.
Even without discussing these, there is still a lot of valuable information available for analysis in the six ministries’ newspapers.
Ao Chen put down the half-eaten bun, took a sip of tea, pointed at the newspaper and said to everyone around him: "Look! Look, there was a fire in a farm outside the capital yesterday, and dozens of people were burned to death. Was there a fire in a restaurant here yesterday?"
The guards on both sides were also eating breakfast. When they heard his questions, they nodded quickly.
Ao Chen shook the newspaper and continued, "We need to take this matter seriously. It's very easy for something to go wrong due to the dry weather. The people who have just moved to the county have not received adequate training."
"After we finish eating, call everyone over and I'll assign tasks."
After breakfast, dozens of people from the county government gathered together. Ao Chen stood in the hall and said loudly: "I called you all here today because I have something special to tell you. The weather is getting drier and it is very easy to cause fires. Remember to remind the people to prevent fires. The slogans on the streets and alleys must also be replaced."
"Boss, what do you want to change it to?"
Ao Cheng organized his thoughts and cleared his throat: "Let fire prevention knowledge enter every household, and safety will accompany you and me."
"Hand in hand, we build fire safety together, and heart to heart, we share a harmonious paradise together."
"People's lives are the most important, fires... and so on. Go back and write two more. Submit them to me this afternoon for review."
"Brother, you are such a literary talent!" There was a lot of flattery from the following people.
Ao Chen's face turned slightly red. He had worked with Fang Zhengyi in publicity for two years, so he did have some cultural background!
"Everyone, please take this seriously! Don't underestimate the danger of fire. There have been accidents every year because of this. Look at the news today. A farm fire killed dozens of people. It's simply horrifying!"
"That's not a fire, that's a murder!" A loud voice came from outside the hall.
Everyone hurriedly looked towards the door and saw a well-mannered man walking in.
His eyes looked a little tired and he was holding a cloth bag in his hand.
Ao Chen was shocked when he saw this, and immediately said: "Everyone, disperse immediately and do your job!"
Everyone also realized the seriousness of the situation and immediately dispersed. Now only the man and Ao Chen were left in the hall.
Ao Chen looked at him with a slightly helpless expression and said, "Feng Ya, the master went to the palace to look for you several times but couldn't find you. Where did you go?"
At the beginning, Fang Zheng sent two spies into the palace, one was caught and the other disappeared.
The missing person is Feng Ya, who is nominally a dealer but actually the manager of Taoyuan County Casino. He was originally the gambling king of Hengjiang City and has superb gambling skills.
Feng Ya didn't rush to answer. He threw the cloth bag onto the table in front of Ao Chen and said seriously, "Those are not important. Let's talk about business first."
"The farm outside the capital that caught fire was actually the farm of the King of Wu. He had been secretly growing some crops in the farm."
"I had never heard of those things. Before I escaped from him, I brought all the seeds out."
After saying that, Feng Ya untied the cloth bag and divided the things inside into smaller cloth bags.
First, a round thing that looked like a sweet potato appeared. He picked it up and said, "People in the village call this thing yangya. It has a very high yield and can be used as a staple food, just as good as sweet potatoes! Quickly have someone take it to the greenhouse and focus on cultivating it."
Then he picked up other cloth bags, pinched the tiny seeds from them, and introduced them one by one: "This is called wolf peach. It is said to be poisonous and cannot be eaten. The fruit that grows into it is red."
"There's also this thing called chili pepper, which is also poisonous, but not lethal. I ate a little and it made me feel really bad, and my tongue hurt like hell."
"The last one is called pearl rice. It grows a bit like a long-tailed radish. The yield is average, but the taste is very good."
After the introduction, Feng Ya carefully put the fruits back into the bag and pushed it in front of Ao Chen: "Take these and plant them in the greenhouse, and assign someone to protect them."
“Although I don’t know the significance of those two poisonous things, since King Wu has planted them, it means they have some use, maybe they are some kind of medicinal herb.”
Ao Chen took the bag and held it tightly in his hand: "King Wu... this man is very mysterious, where do all these strange things come from?"
Feng Ya shook his head and said, "I don't know, but I don't like this person. In addition to potatoes, the farm also has sweet potatoes, and they were planted long before Taoyuan County! The world is constantly suffering from food disasters, but he has been secretly cultivating such a high-yield crop. What do you think he could be hiding?"
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