As soon as Li Zhan finished speaking, there was another burst of laughter.
The laughter was so loud that Qin Zheng felt as if it had burst straight into his head, deafening him!
He looked back angrily, as if he wanted to remember all those who humiliated and laughed at him.
Sooner or later, he will seek revenge on them one by one!
Finally, the first official was naturally Li Zhan.
As for the money, there is no need to rush. Su Jingsheng will arrange people to check it one by one later.
Don't worry if you don't bring the money or don't bring enough. The money will be sent to the eldest prince's palace within three days.
The final accounts need to be sent to the palace for the emperor to review, and then the rewards will be determined according to the situation.
Therefore, no one dares to fool around with this.
Next is the merchant side. Because the four major grain merchants have such strong foundations, some of the other companies on the list have simply joined together to compete.
This directly led to the bidding becoming very heated, and the price went up from the previous one million taels to one and a half million taels.
It didn't stop there, and at one point it was approaching 1.7 million taels before it began to decline.
It has to be said that businessmen are richer than officials.
In the end, the Ning family won the championship.
The main reason is that the Ning family has been in business the longest among the four major grain merchants. The Ning family brand alone has been passed down for six generations, nearly one hundred and fifty years!
Therefore, compared with other families, the Ning family is definitely a behemoth.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have given dividends to his married daughter every year.
Even if it's just one thousandth, it would still be worth tens of thousands of taels of silver in a year...
After all the donation processes are completed, there will be further sorting.
The official red list will be posted outside the Grand Prince's Palace at noon tomorrow, and the details of everyone's donations will be clearly written on it.
After that, the person mentioned above just needs to raise the funds and send them over within three days.
As soon as the fundraising was over, everyone began to prepare to leave in high spirits.
Su Jingsheng deliberately kept the four major grain merchants.
For no other reason than food.
Now that we have money, the more important thing is to exchange the money for food.
With such a large amount of grain, I'm afraid only the four major grain merchants can handle it.
Servants soon came to clean up the backyard, and Su Jingsheng brought the four major grain merchants, Jiang Xinian and Xiao Lingdang directly to the study to discuss.
Ning Shi also came this time, and sat close to Xiao Lingling, discussing her recent recovery.
"Xiao Lingdang, you are really amazing! It's only been two days since I finished acupuncture, and I feel like a completely different body. It feels so comfortable."
Xiao Lingling smiled with satisfaction, "Of course, who am I? However, you still need to adjust for a while, and you don't need to take any special medicine, just eat some nourishing medicinal food.
When you have nothing to do, go out for a walk and get your body moving.
After about a month, you can start planning to have a baby."
Ning Shi blushed, "Okay, I get it! I don't dare to ask for too much, as long as I can give birth to a child safely and smoothly.
I like both boys and girls, as long as they are half as smart as you!"
As she spoke, she raised her hand to cover her belly, as if there was already a baby there.
Little Bell patted her hands and said, "Don't worry, it will come! And it will be soon!"
Ning Shi smiled excitedly, "Yeah, yeah, I believe it!"
Xiao Lingling remembered the palace maid who was infected with the poisonous insect and asked her about it.
"Sister Ning Shi, you grew up in the capital, so you should know the Second Princess very well. What kind of person is she?"
Ning Shi shook her head, "I've actually rarely seen her. After all, she's a princess, and she has nothing to do with us, the daughters of merchants.
I only went to the palace once during the court's New Year's Eve banquet last year and saw the second princess from a distance, so I don't know her very well.
However, my Second Princess is indeed well-known in the capital for her kindness, understanding, generosity, and talent. In short, she is praised to the highest level in the world."
Xiao Lingling nodded and didn't ask any more questions about the princess, but she was a little curious about Qin Zheng, so she continued to ask.
"Then who was that person following General Qin today? Didn't his wife just pass away? Is that his new wife?"
Ning Shi knew she was asking about Zhou Ya and rolled her eyes.
"Tsk, she's just a concubine! If General Chu hadn't been away from home all year round, she would have been nothing more than a concubine.
She looks so unpresentable, doesn't she even consider the occasion, and acts so coquettishly!
I heard that Zhou Ya has followed Qin Zheng for a long time. Didn’t you see that his son has grown up so much? He seems to be one or two years older than General Chu’s son.
This is because General Chu didn't know, otherwise she would definitely not marry Qin Zheng."
After saying that, she sighed, "Coming to think of it, General Chu is also pitiful. She actually married a white-eyed wolf like Qin Zheng. Now she has ended up like this. It's really sad!"
Xiao Lingling also nodded. She also felt it was a pity. If she had been reincarnated two years earlier, she might have been able to save General Chu.
A heroic female general, just thinking about her makes me feel that she is so powerful, much more heroic than those young ladies in the storybooks who only know about love!
Thinking of this, Xiao Lingling had an even worse impression of Zhou Ya!
The four major grain merchants did not stay in the Grand Prince's Mansion for too long. After agreeing to supply goods together, they went back early to prepare to store grain.
In fact, they had already made preparations before they came, so they had already counted the food in the granary.
A portion was left to maintain the normal operation of stores in various places, and the rest was given to Su Jingsheng at a price lower than the market price.
At present, a total of 4 million taels of grain have been ordered. After all the silver raised is counted, the remaining amount will be arranged separately.
After finalizing the details, Su Jingsheng started working around the clock to supervise the compilation of the list, leaving only Jiang Xinian and Xiao Lingdang.
She finally seized the opportunity and pulled Jiang Xinian to run to the pharmacy.
As soon as she entered the house, she closed the door mysteriously, and walked around the two windows to make sure that there was no one outside before carefully closing the windows.
Jiang Xinian looked at her actions with some confusion, "Are you a thief? Why are you sneaking around like that?"
Little Bell glared at him, "Master! I want to tell you something serious! It's a big deal! I'm not kidding you!"
Jiang Xinian spread his hands and said, "Okay, okay, tell me, what's the big deal?"
Xiao Lingling took a deep breath and said, "Master, there are still poisonous insects in the palace!"
Jiang Xinian's eyes widened. "What? Am I deaf or are you talking nonsense?"
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