Reborn as the crippled king's favorite

Chapter 218 leave a way out

A large amount of grain was unloaded at the granary in Murong Jiujing City. Shopkeeper Chai deliberately left it uncovered so that everyone could see what was on the cart.

The people present were overjoyed. Princess Ling's grain shop did not increase the price, and the grain was eventually sold to them.

The capital finally no longer has to worry about food shortages!
However, Murong Jiu only asked Shopkeeper Chai to unload part of it, and the other half was donated to the court in the name of Prince Ling's Mansion.

The emperor was overjoyed when he heard this. He praised Prince Ling's Mansion and immediately sent officials to distribute food to the most famine-prone places.

The person sent was none other than the selfless minister of Dali Temple, Sikong Fu. Murong Jiu was also very satisfied with this and was not afraid of officials enriching their own pockets.

You know, these two merchant ships from overseas are already the largest merchant ships on the sea today, and can bear a load of [-] kilograms.

The total amount is 20 kilograms of food, but it seems like a lot, but in fact, if it is distributed, it can only prevent a small number of people who have been seriously affected from starving to death. It is impossible to eat enough.

The food coming from overseas is not all rice and wheat. There are also many crops such as sweet potato, potato, and potato that are not available in the country. Murong Jiu specially planted the seeds for cultivation in Dayan. I heard that the yield of sweet potato and potato is high, and it is also very popular. If you are full, if there is another famine in the future, it will not be like this year.

Because of sweet potatoes, 20 kilograms of grain is not too much.

Fortunately, Shopkeeper Chai has reached an agreement with those maritime merchants, and now there are more than a dozen merchant ships purchasing grain from various places at sea and transporting it to Dayan.

Murong Jiu deliberately asked Shopkeeper Chai to let the words out.

In the morning court on the second day, many courtiers were discussing this matter.

The person who started the topic was naturally the Ling Wang Party, Su Shouzhi, the father of Su Kai and the Marquis of Wu'an.

After Jun Yuyan had the intention to seize his direct descendants, he had already secretly won over many ministers in the court, but all of them were secretly, and openly, only Marquis Wu'an and a few other ordinary civil servants were inconspicuous.

"Although Princess Ling is just a woman, she has the world in mind. I heard that she exchanged all the money she earned for food, just to prevent the border soldiers and the people affected by the disaster from starving. It is really a great kindness! More food from dozens of merchant ships will be donated to the court. , which is enough for the common people and border officers to survive the winter!"

The emperor gained a good reputation because he had solved the problem of coal-burning. He was in a good mood. Hearing this, he nodded and said:
"Su Aiqing is right. I really didn't expect that Princess Ling, a female prostitute, would be so courageous and have a long-term vision to share my worries."

An old official from the Second Prince's Party immediately said: "Your Majesty, although Princess Ling did this for a good deed, she is a farmer, an industrialist, and a merchant, and businessmen are of low rank. Princess Ling is the wife of the royal family, but she is doing the same thing as a merchant to make money. It is really wrong." So decent!”

There are many pedantic officials like him.

Whether it is the Second Prince's Party or the Third Prince's Party, they certainly don't want the reputation of Prince Ling's Mansion to get better, and most people now know that Princess Ling has a Chai shopkeeper who has first-rate ability to make money.

It's not that the two forces haven't dug her out, but Shopkeeper Chai is extremely loyal to Princess Ling and is protected by the palace's masters, so it's hard to do anything about it.

It just so happens that today I can use this excuse to read Princess Ling's book in front of the emperor.

However, the emperor felt that it was a good thing for Murong Jiu to be in business. Businessmen had a bad reputation and belonged to the lower class. Even Prince Leiling's palace smelled of copper. It was even less likely that Jun Yuyan would inherit the throne. Even if he distributed food to help disasters, it would be sent by the imperial court. Moreover, Murong Jiu really solved his problem.

The emperor said:

"Although the businessman is a low-level businessman, he has actually saved many people, so that the border soldiers do not have to endure hunger. If I reprimand Princess Ling, I will chill the hearts of the people all over the world."

The ministers present were not idiots. Just by listening to the emperor's first words, they could tell the emperor's intention. The emperor had belittled the identity of the businessman. In the future, Princess Ling's business would be one of the stains on Prince Ling's palace.

It can be seen that the emperor really does not like the eldest prince.

Murong Jiu didn't care much about this.She goes into business not only for money, but also to make many things more convenient.

Look, the iron ore mines in Chaling County are completely hidden because of the establishment of a porcelain workshop.

Moreover, she could also use the excuse of transporting military rations to send the manufactured fire thunder to the border. Without her caravan, how could it be so convenient?
Besides, if she had no money, how could she buy a large amount of food from overseas to help Dayan survive the famine?

The people who were affected by the disaster in Dayan ate the food she bought because of her kindness. Even if some pedantic and old-fashioned people think that her business is low-class, I believe that more people are grateful to her for saving countless people.

She also does good deeds.

She kept Master Huijue's words in mind.

In her next life, she could save many people and change their destiny.

She did good deeds and accumulated virtue just so that Jun Yuyan, her father and brother, and her children could have a good ending.

The news that the second prince was seriously injured quickly spread back to the capital.

It's just that the second prince is good at building momentum. Before he returned to the capital, his people were spreading rumors in the capital about how heroic the second prince was and how terrifying the Huns' secret weapons were.

Although people were panicking, the Second Prince's party had achieved its goal. No one accused the Second Prince of being greedy for life and afraid of death. They only thought that he bravely went into battle to kill the enemy. As a prince, he stepped forward to fight like an ordinary soldier, and everyone praised his courage.

Murong Jiu did not send anyone to expose it, because the more the second prince preached how powerful the Huns soldiers were, the greater the military achievements of Jun Yuyan and his father and brother would be.

It's nothing for an adult to defeat a child, but it's a real skill for a child to beat an adult until he can't fight back.

Although this metaphor is inappropriate, if the Dayan army did not have fire thunder, it would indeed be like a game between children and adults. In the previous life, Dayan suffered heavy casualties. It took several years to invent fire thunder and then repel the Huns.

In less than ten days, the second prince's carriage returned to the capital.

Murong Jiu heard that his injuries were indeed very serious. Several wounds on his arms were ulcerated. His legs were broken after falling off a horse. He had been injured for a hundred days. However, like the third prince, he was unable to walk and had to lie down for a while. It's time.

When the people saw the second prince's miserable state, they all praised him for his bravery.

At the same time, she received a message from Border Lord Yu Yan.

The letter stated that they had secretly sent a letter to the emperor, stating that they knew what the Xiongnu's secret weapon was and needed to ask the emperor for instructions to create fire and thunder to fight against the Xiongnu.

If you create a fire thunder privately, the emperor will definitely settle the accounts later. It is necessary to ask for instructions. After receiving the emperor's instructions, the court will also need to transport saltpeter, iron filings and other materials.

The Xiongnu were cunning, and when they saw that they could not break through the pass, they invaded other cities, so the court acted quickly. After receiving the message, the emperor immediately ordered to provide saltpeter and other supplies to the officials around the border pass.

Then he ordered all officials to take good control of the saltpeter mines and iron ore mines under their jurisdiction, and strictly prohibited any private mining.

Fortunately, Murong Jiu used the information he learned in his previous life to secretly buy a barren mountain in Laizhou that had not yet been mined. Inside that barren mountain was a large amount of saltpeter mines.

The emperor was too cool, how could she not leave a way out for Prince Ling's Mansion?

(End of this chapter)