The King of Chu's bad premonition soon came true.
Half a month after Qi Chengjun left the epidemic area, the emperor's appointment came down, and Qi Chengjun was appointed as the prefect of Huizhou.
If it weren't for Fan Qiu's transfer to the position of prefect of Yangzhou, the King of Chu would have vomited blood again.
Qi Chengjun, Qi Chengjun!
Just as the King of Chu was about to cause trouble for Qi Chengjun, Qi Chengjun had already led a group of guards straight to Huizhou.
Before the staff in Huizhou received any news of the retreat, they were taken into custody by Qi Chengjun.
Upon assuming office, Qi Chengjun had no time to rest. He pulled out all the data on Huizhou over the years and, with the ferocity of a workaholic, meticulously sorted out the relationship between Huizhou and the King of Chu...
In Jiangnan, Qi Chengjun was busy cutting off one of the King of Chu's arms, while in Mobei, Gu Yuzhi's mouth gaped open as if an egg could fit inside when he saw the reward his elder brother had sent him.
Money, food, medicine, cloth, and other such items were all scarce and in short supply.
By the time these rewards arrived, it was already snowing in the northern desert. Gu Yuzhi had just returned from Xin Liang's place, and Xin Liang's condition was not too bad.
The newly built houses in the outer city are not only safer, but also better insulated than the houses they built themselves.
You should know that every house here has a heated kang (a traditional heated platform bed) and a heated wall.
As long as people aren't lazy, they can collect enough matches after the harvest to have a warm winter.
In the hearts of the people of Xinliang, His Highness Prince Wen truly loved his people like his own children, and the price of the harvested grain was 10% lower than the market price.
Before winter arrived, the cloth shop established by Wen's Trading Company made a special trip to Xinliang. The cloth and ready-made clothes were slightly cheaper than those in Changzhou.
After a year of hard work, the people had saved up a lot of money, which they needed to buy clothes and food.
So, despite waiting a whole year, His Highness Prince Wen was still quite poor.
After the initial shock, Gu Yuzhi's face broke into a wide smile: "Your Majesty is truly wonderful!"
Gu Yuzhi straightened his back and raised his chin.
He's a small-time millionaire again!
Gu Yuzhi walked around the gifts with a smug look on his face, but did not have anyone open them.
Teacher Shu clicked her tongue and said, "Young Prince, you've seen rewards before, so why do you act like you've never seen anything like it?"
Gu Yuzhi shook his head: "It has a different meaning!"
Was he shocked by the contents of the reward?
No, not at all. He said he'd seen gold and stuff like that many times, so it wasn't anything new anymore.
After all, he may be poor now, but he's not so poor that he can't support himself and several thousand people in Xinliang.
He was shocked by the scale of his elder brother's reward this time, which was much larger than the previous ones.
Moreover, judging from what Eunuch Ran said, the Emperor had even had this matter publicized.
Gu Yuzhi blushed slightly and waved her hand shyly, instructing Qi Chenglang to send all the items to Xinliang's warehouse so that Chen Dianyi could put them away.
Poor Chen Dianyi, even after a year of busy farming, he didn't dare to really leave. It's estimated that he can only relax his burden when Gu Yuzhi officially moves into Xinliang.
In addition to the rewards, there was also a letter from Gu Yuchen, in which he agreed to pardon the innocent exiles from Xinliang Iron Mine, allowing them to settle directly in Xinliang.
Upon seeing his elder brother's affirmation of his handwriting at the end of the letter, Gu Yuzhi immediately smiled broadly, clearly even happier than when his elder brother had given him a reward.
Qi Chenglang set off for Xinliang with these things, while Gu Yuzhi and Xie Changshi returned to the Wen residence.
A short while later, Shen Yu'an entered the council hall with a slight smile on his face: "Your Highness, Chief Secretary Xie, Li Yanping has returned today."
Li Yanping?
Gu Yuzhi scratched his head, and it took him a while to remember who this person was.
Isn't this the head manager of Li's Trading Company? He went to Jiangnan for more than half a year. Why did he suddenly come back before the New Year?
Gu Yuzhi tilted his head: "It shouldn't be good news that Manager Li is back. Guard Shen, why are you smiling so happily?"
During this period, the cloth shops, clinics, and escort agencies under the Wen family business have all developed exceptionally well, especially the clinics, which have almost squeezed out the Li family clinic in the entire northern desert, leaving it with little room for development.
With Li Yanping not returning, the people of Li's Trading Company were like a leaderless army, utterly powerless against the blows. If Li Yanping had returned a few months later, Li's Medical Clinic might have gone out of business altogether.
Shen Yu'an chuckled: "Our people found out that Li Yanping vomited blood as soon as he returned."
Gu Yuzhi's face showed shock; was he about to vomit blood?
Was it the kind of vomiting blood he imagined?
He turned to look at Chief Secretary Xie and whispered, "If he vomits blood, wouldn't he die without a divine doctor like Imperial Physician Qin?"
Just like Marshal Huo who was rescued.
He heard Qin Shinan say that when Qin Yuanpan received Marshal Huo, Marshal Huo was vomiting blood. If it weren't for Qin Yuanpan's superb medical skills, who used silver needles to stop the bleeding in time, Marshal Huo would definitely have died soon.
Marshal Huo's internal injuries are particularly severe, and he is currently recuperating at the Wen residence.
The rest of the Huo family who were exiled have now been incorporated into Xin Liang's guards by Chen Dianyi...
Gu Yuzhi rested his chin on his hand and thought, "There doesn't seem to be a doctor in Changzhou with better medical skills than Imperial Physician Qin, does there?"
Upon hearing this, Shen Yu'an chuckled again: "Your Highness, that's not the case. Manager Li only vomited blood because he had been traveling all night and received bad news."
He smiled with amusement: "Prefect Qi's guess was absolutely right. Li Ji Trading Company's largest source of income in the Northern Desert is salt permits, and its second largest source is casinos. Changzhou is the most prosperous city, so the casinos there naturally generate more revenue than in other prefectures. The casinos in Changzhou and the medical clinics in the Northern Desert are enough to cause Li Ji Trading Company to lose one-fifth of its annual profits!"
Most importantly, Prefect Qi acted swiftly and decisively, sending all the casino managers and servants to Xinliang to serve in the military.
Don't think they have it easy in winter. Even without the official roads, they still have other things to do, such as clearing pipes and snow from the city after it snows...
Those gamblers were all sent to Xinliang by Prefect Qi. After a year of hard work, these people had long forgotten the passion of the casino. Even in the winter when there was no farming, they were surrounded by people from the Prince Wen's mansion to guard them.
If anyone is found gambling, they will be banished from the outer city and forced to clear snow with the stewards and servants.
Li Yanping was terrified by the refugees in Jiangnan and often had nightmares at night about being beaten to death by them, which had already caused him a lot of distress.
Who knew that after traveling day and night to return, they would not only find that the clinic's business had shrunk, but also that the Changzhou casino had been completely destroyed!
The successive blows were too much for even an iron man to withstand, so after spitting out a mouthful of black blood, Li Yanping collapsed straight down!
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