I'm the villain in the book

Chapter 395 Two months

Five days later, the sixth day of September.

Six days have passed since Ning Yuke proclaimed herself king, and a series of waves caused by this incident in Daning have gradually emerged.

The three censors of the Metropolitan Procuratorate were beheaded by Hua Lingwei for the crime of "deceiving the emperor", and they also "chopped" off the memorials that many court officials were about to submit. Wei Changtian participated in the conspiracy".

Han Zhao has arrived in Yuanzhou with the Tiger Talisman of the Ministry of War. The [-] troops will start preparing their armaments today. It is expected that they will turn around and go south after ten days, heading straight to Shuzhou to fight against the rebels.

The [-] Daning army in Dafeng continued to march towards Fengyuan City after a three-day rest. ".

The news that Ning Yuke will build a new city a thousand miles south of Shuzhou City has spread all over the world. No one knows what the King of Shu is going to do, but under the temptation of "high salaries", many craftsmen are ready to go. Go to Shuzhou to build a city.
In just five days, one incident after another that was enough to shock the government and the public occurred one after another, making the people of Daning even a little numb to these "news".

People will no longer gather in street teahouses to discuss with such excitement as they usually do, and they no longer care too much about the far-reaching impact these things will have.

For the tens of millions of ordinary people who work from day to day and rest from day to day, their intuitive experience of the world basically comes from the daily price changes.

Clearly, this doesn't look rosy.

The prices of salt, iron, cloth, grain, and almost all necessities of life have risen to varying degrees compared with this time last year.

Among them, food prices have increased the most, and now they have doubled.

From the previous "Fifteen Dou Mi Wen" to the current "Thirty Dou Mi Wen".

The price of "three coins for stone and rice" is naturally nothing to high-ranking officials and nobles, but it is already a heavy burden for most common people.

After all, food is eaten every day, so it is not an expense that can be saved.

Under such circumstances, rumors such as "the price of food in Shuzhou is cheap" and "you can get land and money if you move to Shuzhou" naturally have room to survive.

But even if the rumors say that there are noses and eyes, few people will really drag their families to Shuzhou.

The reason for this is not difficult to understand.

First, most people are unwilling to leave their hometowns unless they can no longer survive.

Second, no matter how good Shuzhou is now, it will fall into war sooner or later, and no one knows what will happen to the world.

Third, there is still more than a month before the autumn harvest.

With these three ideas in mind, people in all parts of Daning choose to stick to it, believing that the hard times will pass in at most two months.

After all, the imperial army should have already entered Fengyuan at that time, forcing Li Qi to surrender and seek peace.

And the chaos in Shuzhou should have subsided, and the farce of a woman becoming a king on her own has come to an end.

And the autumn harvest.

Although there are frequent wars this year, the weather is still beautiful, and the harvests should be good everywhere.

At that time, the high food prices will definitely come down.
With a bright vision for the future, the people tightened their belts one by one, carefully planning how to use the little money left to get through these two months.

But they probably wouldn't have thought of it anyway.

What happened two months later was so different from what they expected now.

No.

It should be said to be the exact opposite.

"Da da da!"

"Da da da"

Outside the city of Shuzhou, Wei Changtian looked at more than a dozen fast horses that were gradually going away, and he took a long time to look away.

This time it was Chu Xianping who was leaving. He was going to a few nearby prefectures to talk to the governors of the prefectures about "borrowing people".

Now that the new city is about to break ground, there are naturally not enough craftsmen in the territory of Shuzhou, and the labor force hired from "high salaries" from all over the country cannot be in place for the time being.

The best solution is to borrow people from the surrounding states and counties.

Of course, everyone understands the importance of population.

So don't say that Shuzhou has rebelled now, even if there is no rebellion, these states and counties will certainly not easily agree to this matter.

And Wei Changtian still used the same old method for this——

Carrots and sticks.

I have plenty of silver, and I have plenty of knives.

It's just a matter of pointing people out. If you save face, you'll get a lot of money.

If you don't give face, then I don't mind moving your head before the imperial army arrives.

Of course, this is just a general negotiation idea, and the specifics must not be so straightforward.

But since it was Chu Xianping who took care of the matter in person, the problem probably wouldn't be too big.

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"Let's go."

The sound of horseshoes in the distance has gradually disappeared, Wei Changtian turned to look at Xu Qingwan:
"Send you back to Yingfengsheng first."

"And then I have to go to the palace."

"Yingfengsheng", this is the name of Comrade Xiao Xu's newly opened food store.

However, this name was not chosen by her, nor by Wei Changtian, but by Wei Yanyu, the "second shareholder" of Liangxing.

At that time, Wei Changtian wanted to find some people to help Xu Qingwan, and then he thought of Wei Yanyu.

And the latter agreed very readily.

Although Kailiangxing actually used the Xu family's money, Wei Yanyu only wanted [-]% of the shares, and Xu Qingwan held the remaining [-]%.

As a result, Comrade Xiao Xu's worth soared from a few thousand taels to nearly ten million taels, and he is very likely to become the major shareholder of the largest grain store in Daning in the future.

Such a transformation is like a little hamster suddenly owning a whole granary, which made Xu Qingwan so excited that she couldn't sleep well for several days.

"it is good."

With a soft promise, Xu Qingwan got into the carriage first, and when she bent down, she revealed the handle of the knife on her waist.

Seeing this scene, Wei Changtian who was behind him felt a little funny in his heart.

Good guy, in the original book, Xu Qingwan is the woman with the highest combat effectiveness. She never expected that her fate would change so much.

It's okay to directly "abandon martial arts and go into business" and become a rich woman!
"Have you practiced recently?"

Also got into the car and sat down, Wei Changtian asked casually: "There is also the Returning Dust Knife, have you not practiced it for a long time?"

"No, I practice every day."

Xu Qingwan covered her mouth and smiled, "You're not at home all day, so naturally you won't be able to see it."

"Hey, am I busy?"

With an awkward cough, Wei Changtian changed the topic: "By the way, if Yingfengsheng still needs someone, you can ask Lu Jingyao to help too, saving her from being idle at home all day long."

"Sister Lu?"

Xu Qingwan blinked her eyes, then smiled suddenly: "Chang Tian, ​​do you want to thank me?"

"thanks?"

Wei Changtian was taken aback: "Thank you for what?"

"Thank you for driving you to Sister Lu's room that day."

Xu Qingwan shook her head and said complacently: "Otherwise, you don't know how long you will hold your breath."

"Didn't you see Sister Lu the next day, she ate a lot of food, isn't she bored?"

"If you want me to say, you should treat sister Lu better."

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In the ear, Comrade Xiao Xu's chatter is still incessant.

And Wei Changtian couldn't help but think of what happened that night again at this time.

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"why are you crying?"

"High, happy"

"Why are you crying when you're happy?"

"I, did I cry?"

"Your tears are soaking the pillow."

"I'm sorry."

"Okay, go to sleep quickly, I don't have time to talk to you about these useless things."

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"Master, Mr. Xiang, can you promise me one thing?"

"What's the matter?"

"You, you can hit me, scold me, or kill me, but can you... don't despise me"

"I dislike you? Why do I dislike you? By the way, are you on your mind all day???"

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I originally illuminated the moon with my heart, but the bright moon reflected the ditch.

The ditch has its own clear mirror, which illuminates the king's heart like my heart.

(End of this chapter)