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But Ji Yunxi was not panicked.
She also had Kaitai Manor in Liangzhou. Before she arrived in Liangzhou, she had asked the owner of Kaitai Manor in Liangzhou to buy enough supplies to fill up the granary at home.
Not only that, now Kaitai Manor, Cloth Manor and the newly opened Liangzhou Escort Agency have everything they need.
If you have food in your hands, you will not be worried.
Wherever Ji Yunxi went, her warehouse would be full.
Now, Ji Yunxi’s granary is also Wu Weian’s granary.
That morning, before he went out, he took a special walk around the granary at home.
The warehouse was filled with high-quality rice and flour, stacked three layers inside and three layers outside.
Wu Weian was in a good mood. He walked to the government hall holding an oil-paper umbrella and called Yu Li from the government office to come over.
Yu Li said respectfully: "Your humble servant comes to see Your Excellency. I wonder why you are calling me?"
Wu Weian lazily leaned back in his chair, a cup of tea in his hand, and asked, "How much food, rice, flour, clothes, and quilts are left in our Liangzhou warehouse?"
But it was obvious that Yu Li's reply was not what Wu Weian wanted to hear.
He had asked about the money situation before and learned that the treasury of the Liangzhou government office had only a little over 100 taels of silver, and there were few things in the warehouse, which was reasonable.
It is really sad and lamentable that the Liangzhou government has only so much silver and supplies in its treasury, which is completely different from what his wife has.
Just a little better than him.
The prefect before was really not a good person.
Although he knew that the rainy season would come after the beginning of the year, he still left him with a government office that was almost in deficit.
Yu Li bravely looked up and glanced at the prefect above him.
The entire Liangzhou City knew about this gentleman's previous heroic deeds.
Yu Li has been very worried recently. The rainy season is approaching. If the water really enters Liangzhou City, the people will suffer. There will not be enough food and grass in the granary, which will make life difficult for the people.
The prefect was a good official. Yu Li told Wu Wei'an frankly, "Master Wu, we are running low on food and fodder at the Liangzhou government office. If Liangzhou City were to suffer a disaster, I'm afraid we wouldn't be able to hold out for many days."
Wu Wei'an understood what Yu Li meant.
This person was also asking him for money to buy food and fodder to fill the granary.
Now Manager Yuan no longer asks him for money. Whenever he needs money, he goes directly to Baofu.
Wu Weian originally thought that he would be free from suffering, but now, there is an additional Yu Li.
But this is a matter of Liangzhou City. Although he is the prefect, Liangzhou City is not his. There is no reason for him to add money to it himself, right?
He has already done his best to serve the people of Liangzhou by not taking any of the money from the government office.
The people of Liangzhou really need to thank his wife.
"I understand." Wu Weian sighed, "You go down first, let me think of a solution."
During dinner in the evening, Wu Weian told Ji Yunxi about this matter as a casual chat.
Ji Yunxi had no appetite and ate her meal sporadically. Upon hearing this, she asked, "What have you come up with?"
Wu Wei'an looked at her still full bowl and put a piece of chopped pepper fish head into her bowl to go with the rice: "I will write a letter to the capital to ask for money right away."
In the past, Manager Yuan urged him for money, but he had no one to report to him.
But now, of course he has to ask the emperor for money.
Ji Yunxi glanced at him and said with almost certainty: "You can't have it."
The emperor wished that they would have a hard time moving forward in Liangzhou, so how could he possibly allocate money to them?
Wu Wei'an didn't really care: "No problem, I've written dozens of letters in a row, and I plan to send letters to the capital every few days to urge His Majesty."
Ji Yunxi looked at him speechlessly.
She thought that he must have been constantly being harassed for debts, and now that he finally had the chance to collect debts from others, he wrote dozens of letters to satisfy his craving.
She skipped the topic: "But now it's urgent. Even if the emperor gives money, it will take a while to get to Liangzhou."
Wu Wei'an: "Did I mention the matter of Wen Zhaomo and the other two to you before?"
Ji Yunxi thought for a moment and asked, "You said you asked Xuezhu to beat them up and make them spit out the greedy silver?"
Wu Wei'an nodded and chuckled, "Just now, when Yu Li urged me, I thought of them. I gave them three months at the beginning, but now it's a little over a month. But as long as they can't beat Xue Zhu, I still have the final say on how many months it will take, right?"
The total amount of silver embezzled by these three people was several thousand taels.
During the day, Wu Weian specifically asked Xuezhu to follow them home to get money, and then asked Xuezhu to give the money to Yu Li to replenish food and grass.
The matter is almost over.
The two chatted back and forth for a cup of tea. Wu Weian looked at her bowl. The chopped pepper fish head and rice in her bowl were still untouched.
Wu Wei'an sighed, thought for a moment, and suddenly asked, "How did you burn your hand that day?"
Ji Yunxi was poking the bowl with chopsticks in her right hand. When she heard this, her hand paused and she looked up at him.
She thought he wouldn't ask.
Ji Yunxi retracted her gaze: "I got scalded by the tea."
"Oh." Wu Wei'an nodded. "Did someone spill the tea on your hand when they handed it to you?"
Whatever he asked, Ji Yunxi would answer. She would never not answer, nor would she answer more than once: "No, I spilled it myself."
"Why?" Wu Weian lowered his eyes and scooped up a bowl of chicken soup with a spoon. "What did the other party say to you? Madam should not be such a careless person."
Ji Yunxi looked at the bowl of chicken soup in front of her and pursed her lips gently. "My parents died in the Liangzhou flood eight years ago. Did you know?"
Upon hearing this, Wu Weian was a little surprised.
It was not because his father-in-law and mother-in-law died in the Liangzhou flood eight years ago, which he knew.
He even asked Yuan Guanshi to investigate, but nothing was found.
He was surprised that she actually said it.
Wu Wei'an nodded: "I've heard something about it."
"Hmm." Ji Yunxi really didn't have much of an appetite. She simply put down her chopsticks and looked ahead. "I always feel that my parents' deaths were not simple."
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