Walking into a cesspit, the best evil widow wants to stand up

"Grandma~"

Suddenly, Xiao Hai called out "Grandma!" and stretched out his hand for Shen Ping to hold.

The soft whisper melted Shen Ping's heart.

"Hey~ Xiaohai is so good!" Shen Ping hugged Xiaohai and kissed him on his soft and tender face.

Xiao Hai is now almost ten months old. He has grown up and looks exactly like his father when he was a child. He feels much heavier when held in my arms.

Suddenly, Wu remembered something and quickly said, "Oh, mother, the county magistrate Zhang sent someone over today."

"Oh, what's the matter?" Shen Ping's heart skipped a beat.

He didn’t say anything, just that someone from Beijing came to investigate our family affairs, especially Erya.

"Okay, got it!"

Shen Ping gave Xiao Hai back to Wu.

She did hear from Erya some time ago that Shen Yang sent a letter saying that he had told the emperor about their affairs. Presumably, the emperor sent someone to investigate their family's background.

"Mom, is anything going to happen?" Mrs. Wu looked worried.

"It's okay!" Shen Ping did what she had to do and said this, then went back to her room. She felt really tired because there were so many trivial things to deal with.

Capital

In a palace in the capital, Shenyang was bored and dazed. He wanted to leave the capital, but the emperor said that he could not leave without his order.

Shen Yang was distressed as he didn't know why the emperor kept him by his side.

"Your Highness, there's a letter from Lord Xu, and another one from Shopkeeper Qiu!" Guard Zhan walked in.

Shenyang was surprised as he took the two letters from Guard Zhan and opened the one from Shopkeeper Qiu first.

This was a letter Erya wrote to him. There were not many words in the letter, just saying that everything would be settled when he came back. There was not much missing in the words, and Shenyang closed the letter in disappointment.

Doesn’t Arya miss him? Why is she so frugal with words?

In fact, Shenyang blamed Erya wrongly. Erya just didn't want to give herself too much hope, which turned into disappointment in the end, so she suppressed herself and remained calm in her heart.

But Shenyang didn't think so. He thought that they didn't have a deep relationship, and he had been away from Heyang for so long. It was reasonable for her to forget him.

Thinking of this, Shen Yang felt a sense of loss. It was not easy for Erya to accept him, and he couldn't let her down. No matter what her past was like, Erya was the first one who made him want to be with her.

"Your Highness, you haven't opened Lord Xu's letter yet!" Looking at Shenyang in a daze, Guard Zhan reminded him.

After his reminder, Shenyang finally remembered and quickly opened the other letter.

Looking at the words in the letter, Shenyang's eyes lit up. The opportunity had come, so he quickly picked up the pen and wrote. After finishing it, he handed it to Guard Zhan and asked him to send someone to deliver it to Heyang County as soon as possible.

Shenyang was listless just now, but he became energetic after reading the letter. After Guard Zhan left, Shenyang packed up and went to see the emperor.

……

"Your Majesty, the Tenth Prince wants to see you!" Su Desheng said humbly, "He said he has something important to discuss with you."

"Oh?" The emperor raised his eyebrows: "Call him in!"

Why did his tenth brother come to him on his own initiative today? Could he be saying that he wanted to leave the capital again?

"Your Highness~" Just as I was thinking about it, He Li came in.

The emperor looked up at him and found that he was in high spirits today, completely different from his usual listless appearance.

"Tenth brother, you seem to be in a good mood today! What's the matter? What do you want to talk to me about? Have you thought it through and are planning to marry Miss Ma?" The emperor looked at He Li with sharp eyes, scrutinizing him.

"I'm here to congratulate the emperor!" Shenyang's face was full of excitement.

"Oh?"

The emperor raised his eyebrows: "Where does the joy come from?"

"Tenth Prince, have some tea~" Su Desheng brought the tea.

"Last year, there was a drought and the people had no harvest. They complained bitterly. Although we exempted taxes for one year, this is not a long-term solution.

I just ascended the throne and I encountered this mess. Tell me, where does the joy come from? "At this point, the emperor was upset.

The harvests have been poor in recent years, and with the increasing taxes every year, the people have been living a tight life. Now that he has just ascended the throne, he cannot change the situation.

Only if I can solve the problem of people's food and clothing right now can I be supported by all the people.

He Li smiled: "Your Majesty, I know you have been worried about this recently. If I say I can help you solve this problem, do you believe it?"

"Tell me about it!" The emperor became excited.

"If there is a kind of rice that can produce more than 1500 kilograms per mu, which is more than 1200 kilograms more than traditional rice, would your Majesty believe it?" He Li said vividly.

"Really? There is such rice in the world. If so, it would be great!" The emperor's eyes lit up. If there really was such a thing, it would be a blessing for the people.

"It was just such a good thing that Xu Mingchang wrote to me, saying that the people of Yu'an in Kaoshan Village had discovered high-yield rice and gave some seeds to the villagers. If we all planted them together, we could recycle the rice.

Then we can distribute the seeds to the governors of various places, so that everyone can have enough food to eat."

"Yuanren?"

The emperor narrowed his eyes and said, "The woman you like is her daughter?"

"Your Majesty, that's right~"

I don't know why, but the emperor always felt something was wrong. Isn't this just a coincidence? The Yu'an people are not ordinary people. They could pray for rain from the sky before, and then they discovered food. Now they have this high-yield rice. It is really a temptation.

Considering that Shenyang was familiar with the situation there, the emperor finally planned to send him to Heyang County, give him 50,000 taels of silver, and let him purchase the high-yield rice seeds at the lowest price.

The emperor did this intentionally to make things difficult for Shenyang. He knew that Shenyang had the money, and asked him to figure out the rest on his own. He asked him to return to Heyang to purchase the high-yield rice, and gave a death order that he must collect at least 10 kilograms.

"Only 50,000 taels of silver." Isn't this deliberately embarrassing? Shenyang frowned and said, "Your Majesty, 50,000 taels of silver is really too little, not even a penny or a pound is enough."

"I don't care. You have to figure out the rest yourself. Now, the national treasury is in deficit. As a prince, you should find ways to share my worries." The emperor said without hesitation.

"Don't you want to marry the daughter of Yu'an? Show your sincerity and see if you can get this done. Then I can consider it!"

Shenyang frowned, but no matter what, he was still happy in his heart, at least he could see Erya this way."

Without further ado, the emperor urged him to set off early and get this matter done as soon as possible. After all, it would take some time to get to Heyang County from here.

We will try to get the rice seeds ready before the spring ploughing next year and distribute them to villagers all over the country. By then, we will have a good rice harvest all over the country and the people will live and work in peace and contentment. That would be great.

……

Time flies, and ten days have passed. It is the end of August. During this period, the business of the workshop has remained stable.

Now not only has this chili sauce become famous, many people also know that Kaoshan Village not only has a chili workshop, but also a soap workshop, a garment workshop, and a cosmetics workshop.

Merchants from all over the place also flocked to the village, and soon there were many unfamiliar faces in the mountain village, many of whom were foreign merchants who drove horse-drawn carriages to purchase goods.

An idea that Shen Ping had been brewing before began to sprout again. That day, she found the village chief and told him her idea of ​​opening an inn, which was strongly supported by the village chief.

"Okay, I think this will work!" said the village chief excitedly.

Unexpectedly, Dachun Niang has a smart business mind and even thought of opening an inn in the village.

If she had said such words in the past, it would have been a pipe dream. But it is different now. There are so many merchants coming and going in the mountain village, and sometimes some of them have to wait here.

What made the village chief happiest was that Dachun Niang actually said that she wanted to build it on the public land in the village. The key point was that no one had to contribute money, as Dachun Niang would take care of everything, and everyone would get dividends in the future.

"Then, village chief, gather the villagers together as soon as possible and discuss it with everyone!" Shen Ping reminded the village chief that the sooner this matter is done, the better. The sooner it is done, the sooner money can be made.

Of course the village chief knew this and quickly gathered everyone at the entrance of the ancestral hall.

Everyone knows that there will always be something big happening at every meeting, and this time is definitely no exception. No one knows what it is, but as soon as the meeting is announced, everyone rushes to come.