Qiao Xin did not mention the people and things of the Jiang family again, but talked about the Chen family.
What made her feel guilty was the Chen family.
Among all the merchants who helped her build the community granary, only the Chen family suffered the most unfair treatment!
"What about the Chen family?"
"The Chen family is still bigger than a horse. Without the suppression of the Jiang family, it is only a matter of time for the Chen family to return to its original strength. Mr. Chen is not going to leave.
Now that the Jiang family has collapsed, the Chen family is almost the only one in Jiangcheng, but the Chen family doesn't seem to have made many moves and is very low-key!"
"Every failure makes one wiser. The Chen family is afraid of being the first to fail again.
I heard that you have confiscated all of the Jiang family's property. What are you going to do with it next?"
Qiao Yunting said: "Three-tenths of the money was given to Liu Heng as compensation to him. Another part was given to the victims who were bullied by the Jiang family.
The rest will be confiscated and sold soon to help the soldiers and the people of Jiangcheng prepare winter supplies!"
The winter in Jiangcheng is very cold. If we don’t prepare more firewood, many people will not be able to survive this winter. Not to mention, we have to guard against another attack from the Beirong!
There is not enough firewood growing in the surrounding mountains, so they have to spend a lot of money to buy it from other places.
In previous years, people who could not afford firewood would pick up some firewood from the mountains outside the city to burn. However, firewood was poisonous, and every year the government received more than ten reports of people losing their lives due to burning firewood!
"Tell me when you are going to sell the Jiang family's mountains."
Qiao Yunting looked at her in astonishment. Why does this old lady like to buy mountains so much? She buys them wherever she goes.
Many people like to buy fields, land, and houses, but his mother has another hobby, which is buying mountains!
Others think that mountains are worthless, but the mountains in Qiao Xin's hands have now been turned into treasure mountains. The mountains can produce medicinal materials, timber, tea, and orchards!
No part is useless!
"Mother, why did you buy such a mountain? The mountains near Jiangcheng are different from those in the south of the Yangtze River. There is no grass growing except for the black rocks.
Besides, there are many such mountains outside Jiangcheng. They are bare and cannot be used to grow trees or crops. What is the point of buying them?"
More importantly, all the mountain land owned by the Jiang family is now occupied by Beirong. Even if his mother bought it, she couldn't go to see it! It would be better to buy the Jiang family's shops and houses, even the farms and fields outside the city, which are better than a mountain full of stones.
"I just want these mountains full of rocks. If you are willing to sell them, I will exchange them with cotton clothes, medicinal herbs, and food!"
ah!!!
this!!!
How could he refuse? These supplies were tailor-made for the army, right?
Which general could refuse?
The winter in Jiangcheng is not only cold and snowy, but also has a strong wind from time to time!
Every year, because of the inability to solve the problem of heating, more people die of freezing than those who die of starvation.
Since he took charge of Jiangcheng, with the help of A Niang, he has greatly improved the living conditions of the people.
But it is still far from enough!
A Niang has more than one son, and every year, countless people are eyeing the output of A Niang's fields.
Not to mention the eldest brother and the second brother, even that guy Heng Wen jumped out to get a piece of the pie!
Don’t think that it’s not cold just because your elder brother and second brother are in the south.
The cold in the south is even more considerate, penetrating through the skin, through the bones, and finally reaching the internal organs, immersing you in the damp and cold air.
It's more deadly than the dry and cold climate here!
What’s even more unfortunate is that there are so many wastelands where they are, but they can’t even grow white calamus.
This results in the white radish that Qiao Xin plants every year being sold out before they are even harvested!
He does get a share, but it's not much. It's hard to distribute it even if he gets it. If he gives it to this team, that part of the people will lose!
Every winter, he would be troubled by this issue.
"Mother, how much can you give?"
Qiao Xin did not answer him, but asked directly: "How much do you want?"
Qiao Yunting swallowed, closed his eyes, and stretched out five fingers.
Qiao Xin calmed herself down and then gave a safe answer.
"We don't have 500,000 sets of cotton-padded clothes. We will send you 50,000 sets in one month!"
ah!!!
Fifty thousand sets?
This was like a bolt of thunder, catching him off guard!
In previous years, it was good enough if A Niang could give him 5,000 sets in the first batch. If he wanted more, he would have to wait.
There's no point in him getting anxious if the goods can't be delivered in time!
In the end, 20,000 sets was already the limit!
I didn't expect that now my mother could give him 50,000 sets at once. If we add in the orders from other people, it would be okay...
Seeing that he remained silent for a long time, Qiao Xin thought the number was too small and couldn't help but ask.
"What's wrong? Are 50,000 sets not enough? If you are willing to wait, how about I dispatch another 10,000 sets for you as backup later?
It’s just that making cotton-padded clothes takes time, and the newly recruited staff still needs some time to adjust, which will inevitably delay the completion time. 50,000 sets is the current limit for the first batch, and if the quantity is increased, we have to wait in line!"
Qiao Xin was not exaggerating. The Qiao family's reclamation team had not been idle in the past few years. All the newly reclaimed land was planted with cotton in the first year, and cotton mills were opened one after another nearby.
The output is no longer the same as it used to be.
It’s just that Qiao Xin has always kept a low profile. Every year, she conceals a batch of her production, sells a batch, and then keeps a batch in reserve.
Over the years, no one knows how much cotton Qiao Xin has. Anyway, he grows and trades it every year.
But Qiao Yunting didn’t expect that my mother was still so rich and powerful!
He rubbed his hands excitedly and nodded quickly, "Enough! Enough, but we really don't have money. We still need to buy firewood and medicinal herbs later!"
"No money, no problem, just use those mountains in exchange, hurry up and prepare."
Qiao Xin doesn’t like money that much, but is more keen on resource exchange!
Qiao Yunting turned around and was about to leave, but Qiao Xin stopped him and said, "Third Brother, I will not do business with you privately now, so as to avoid being criticized in the future. You need a letter from His Majesty and the Ministry of Revenue before you can come to me to discuss this deal at any time!"
At this point, Qiao Xin threw out another bombshell: "If you can take back Yunzhong and Yanmen in time, I will help you solve the heating problem for the people of Jiangcheng this year."
Qiao Yunting stared at Qiao Xin with eyes wide open, his joy could no longer be concealed: "Mother~~~~"
The voice was soaked in honey and mixed with sugar, and it was so sweet that it was deadly.
Qiao Xin lowered her head, unmoved, not buying into her older son's tricks at all.
The words he said were particularly cruel: "If we can't get the land back, it's no use calling our ancestors!"
The battle for Yunzhong and Yanmen has been going on for the past few years. Now the soldiers on both sides have reached their limit. It depends on whose country's strength can support the troops to hold on to the end, and whoever wins will be the winner.
Compared with Beirong who suffered from successive disasters and lack of food and water, the situation in Shangjun was much better, and Jiangcheng, located behind Shangjun, was not greatly affected.
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