"I've already paid a deposit and ordered a carriage. Everything is ready, just waiting for the right moment. I'm just waiting for the shipment you've got. I'm just wondering how much cargo we'll need to give them when the time comes."
Liu Shicong's words instantly diverted Ji Changying's attention.
"I've already placed the goods in this courtyard. All four rooms are full. A rough estimate puts the goods at around 60,000 kilograms. I'll send 40,000 kilograms to test the waters first."
A lot of food has been cleared out of the space, and there is still a small amount left, which doesn’t cause any problem.
After making room, the crops she planted in her space can be harvested, and it will be full again.
Hearing this number, Liu Shi took a deep breath from the bottom of his heart.
He didn't even have time to think about when Brother Li transported all the food in.
Sixty thousand catties! A full sixty thousand catties of food! At this time, someone who doesn't find it difficult to take out sixty thousand catties of food...
The importance of Li Changmu couldn't help but become more important in his mind.
Before, he might have been taking a gamble, but now he felt that it was really possible to open grain stores in various places in the Dali Dynasty!
"In that case, I plan to load the food onto the truck tomorrow and set off the day after tomorrow. I'll try to reach Liangzhou within a day and hand it over to the other party. I'll be back in about four days."
The reason why Liu Shicong spoke in such detail was because he had no idea of the other party's whereabouts.
He could only tell Ji Changying his whereabouts clearly so that she could come find him when the time came.
"I'm optimistic about you, don't let me down. As for subsequent cooperation, you just need to play Tai Chi and don't agree to anything. If necessary, you can mention this store in Gan County. I'll take care of the rest."
Liu Shicong replied solemnly, "Yes."
"We'll talk about the rest after you come back." After saying this, Ji Changying jumped out of the window and his figure quickly disappeared.
Liu Shicong smiled bitterly. Ever since he met Brother Li, he didn't dare to close the window when he slept.
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The Ji family's house became particularly lively early the next morning. The twenty or so servants brought by Zhang Leyao stood in the yard with bewildered faces, looking at the energetic Ji Changchuan standing in front of them:
"Today we're going to the fields to plant rice. Those who do a good job can stay, and those who don't can leave. Do you understand?"
A group of servants couldn't help but look at Zhang Leyao's room.
"Don't look at your master. She agreed to this yesterday. Let's go!"
Ji Changchuan waved his hand, and several people from the Ji family all looked at the servants with a covetous look.
As long as they dared to say no, they would immediately throw them out.
These servants and attendants thought about the fact that Zhang Leyao had indeed promised to let them work yesterday, and then looked at her closed door, so they had no choice but to go.
"Sister Chunliu, our girl is the daughter of the governor! Even we servants have never done this kind of work. You must have a good talk with her when she wakes up!"
A servant who had a good relationship with Chunliu walked to the door of Zhang Leyao's room before leaving, quietly approached Chunliu and whispered.
Chunliu glanced at Ji Changying who was moving seedlings outside, nodded slightly and agreed.
The other servants were delighted, just when they thought they were saved.
Chun Liu suddenly saw that Miss Ji turned around and looked at them as if she had eyes on her back.
"You, follow me to the fields."
Chunliu's eyes widened in shock and he pointed at himself: "Me?"
"Yes, it's you. Hurry up!" Ji Changying looked at her impatiently.
"I am the lady's personal maid!"
Whose maidservant does rough labor? She hadn't even done chores like fetching water in Zhang's mansion, so why should she work in the fields here?
Chunliu's eyes were about to pop out.
"I don't care if you're a maid. You and her, carry this basket of seedlings and follow me. Hurry up! Otherwise I'll throw you out."
Ji Changying pointed at the little maid who was talking to Chunliu and said impatiently.
Chun Liu was so angry that her hair almost stood up, but when she thought about how her girl dared to act tough in front of her, she could only swallow her anger and move forward reluctantly, looking back every few steps.
The little maid next to her shut her mouth tightly.
They didn't see Zhang Leyao's door open until they left, and they couldn't help but look a little disappointed.
Zhang Leyao inside was lying in a spread-eagle position and sleeping soundly. Her sleep quality has always been good and unshakable.
Ji Changying turned around and went to the next room to gather up the captives and rush them to the paddy fields.
There are forty acres of land, and you can't see the end of it as far as you look.
Even though they have hired so many people to do the work, it still seems like a drop in the bucket.
Ji Changchuan withdrew his gaze and sighed. He could only work more so that his family could work less.
The situation was better than they had thought before they returned home, at least the dry land had been planted.
"Sister, go back! Just help Auntie cook dinner at home. We don't need you when we're here!"
Ji Changchuan waved his hand and told Ji Changying to go back quickly.
Ji Fengshou's face was full of disgust: "That's right, I'm getting anxious and angry because you're not working enough. If the black dog wasn't taller than the mud in the field, I would rather ask it to do the work!"
Ji Changying turned around and left angrily: "Then you can just get tired! I won't do it!"
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Zhang Leyao made a fuss at Ji's house for two days, saying she wanted to go up the mountain to look for flowers, but of course she found nothing.
"Impossible! How could there be only one flower?" Zhang Leyao couldn't accept this result.
"Why not? If there were so many, would we need to take them all to Kyoto to show them to the noble?"
"If there were no flowers, then there would be no hope for me to marry the prince!" Zhang Leyao's eyes turned red as she spoke, and she looked so pitiful.
Kou Yunyi couldn't help but say, "It's said that the rumor about the prince's concubine being chosen by flowers at the winter banquet might just be a rumor! I think you've lost your mind! If you really like the prince so much, you should talk to him and see if he's willing to marry you, so you don't have to suffer from hysterics all day long."
Zhang Leyao's eyes were red. "What do you know? The Prince and I have said less than what she said to him on the street that day!"
As she spoke, Zhang Leyao pointed at Ji Changying, with undisguised jealousy in her eyes.
Kou Yunyi and Ji Changying looked at each other, both speechless.
Seeing the two people's expressions, Zhang Leyao couldn't hold back any longer. "What do you know? Ever since the Emperor praised this flower, many people in Kyoto have been asking about it, both openly and secretly! It's especially popular with nobles and celebrities. Someone even wrote a poem specifically for it! The Emperor even wrote a letter to the prince, asking him to present another pot, but the prince was honest and replied directly that he didn't have one!"
"My father thought this was not a good idea, so he found out that Kou Yunyi was coming here and asked me to come over and ask!"
"I don't want to do anything else. I just want to find another pot and ask my father to bring it to the prince. Then we can discuss the marriage between our two families."
As she spoke, her eyes became red again. She didn't care how others laughed at her.
As long as there is a way to marry the prince, she is willing to try.
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