If the business woman does not help the poor, the villain's dream of prosperity will be shatter

Prince Yu glanced slightly behind him and said meaningfully, "According to the rules, I must report these matters to the emperor in detail."

Causing civil unrest is no small matter.

Qin Shu sneered, her voice slightly louder, "Speaking of which, renting land to grow crops should be considered a family affair for me. I am a businessman, and it is my nature to pursue fame and fortune. Now that I have been ordered to come to Jin to grow new crops, I will naturally take the first wave of dividends."

As soon as these words were spoken, the people on the other side immediately quieted down.

Qin Shu took the imperial edict from Qing Sang, held it in her hand, and said loudly: "The people have to pay a certain amount of tax for the crops they harvested from the land they have taken. The emperor is so gracious and sympathetic to the people's suffering from food shortages that he has ordered Qin Shu to promote the planting of new crops here."

"The emperor has decreed that the people will be exempt from paying taxes in the first year of growing new crops, and all the proceeds will belong to everyone."

She smiled proudly, "This is a good thing. Qin Shu is close to the water and gets the moon first. Thank you!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the people burst into an uproar.

Someone was so angry that he stepped forward and asked loudly: "Young lady, you are so selfish! You are an imperial envoy. His Highness is right, you are abusing your power for personal gain! You are holding on to the emperor's decree and taking all the benefits for yourself."

"That's right! They actually lied to me by saying they were renting land to grow crops. It's obvious that they were just trying to make money!"

"People like this should be arrested and paraded through the streets."

"Correct!"

Qin Shu tilted her head slightly, smiled and nodded, "Your Highness also knows the content of the imperial edict. Didn't Your Highness tell these villagers?"

Prince Yu's smile froze, and he coughed lightly and said, "I forgot."

Qin Shu sneered and lowered her voice, "Since your highness and Qin Shu have no grudges against each other, and both of us are working for the emperor, we should work together and do the job well."

Prince Yu raised his eyebrows and sneered, "That's true."

Prince Yu raised his hand and pressed it down gently.

The crowd that gathered around gradually quieted down.

He stepped forward and said in a gentle voice: "My fellow villagers, I am here on the orders of the Emperor to help Miss Qin promote the planting of new crops."

"Everyone, rest assured. If you do not want to rent out crops and want to grow new crops yourself, I will fully support you."

"Miss Qin only proposed it before. We have not yet signed a contract. The verbal agreement is not valid."

The villagers looked at each other and discussed in low voices for a long time before they pushed forward a representative and asked, "Since the imperial court has asked us to grow new grain, can the grain seeds also be free?"

Qin Shu sneered, "This grain is from my own family."

Prince Yu said earnestly, "Young lady, why do you have to worry about so much? It's all for the sake of doing errands for the Emperor."

Qin Shu snorted coldly, "Your Highness Prince Yu doesn't need to pay for it. Your Highness is very generous. These grains were also grown by me with great effort. How can I give them away so easily? The court didn't even say they would compensate me for my losses."

She said loudly: "If you want to grow new crops, either rent the land to me or use the silver to buy the seeds."

Everyone couldn't help but look doubtful: they didn't know how the new grain harvest would turn out and how to eat it, yet they had to spend money to buy seeds.

What if it’s not good?

What if the grain we grow is not worth the money we paid to grow it?

Just as he was about to back out, he heard Qin Shu continue, "Or, you can get the grain seeds first and write an IOU. When the new grain is ripe, you can give me 10% of the harvest per acre as the money to buy the grain seeds. How do you think?"

In this way, if the harvest is low, the payment will be less; if the harvest is high, the payment will be more.

There is no need to worry about wasting money.

Some people agreed hesitantly, while others thought 10% was too high.

Qin Shu smiled and said, "If you think 10% is too high, you can rent the land to me. I said that I will pay a rent for the land, and I will also pay a wage for helping me grow new crops."

"You only need to do some hard work and you will get two harvests. There is still a month before the new crops are planted, so you still have time to think carefully."

While talking, she noticed a big man arguing with another man.

The big man accidentally saw Qin Shu looking at him, so he quickly let go of her hand, lowered his head, and after a while he slowly disappeared into the crowd and left quickly.

Qin Shu gestured to the secret guard behind her.

After Prince Yu's earnest persuasion, the vast majority of villagers agreed with Qin Shu's second suggestion, which was to write an IOU to borrow the grain first, and then pay for the grain after the harvest.

On the way back to the city, Prince Yu asked the guards to call Qin Shu to his carriage.

After Qin Shu sat down, Prince Yu personally poured her a cup of tea and said with a smile, "Miss Qin's singing, reciting, acting and fighting are simply perfect and skillful."

Qin Shu smiled and said, "Your Highness, you are very familiar with this style and you handle it with ease. I am ashamed to be inferior to you."

Prince Yu had not been favored since he was young, and was used to seeing the powerful being flattered and the weak being bullied in the palace, so he was not annoyed when being treated like this.

Everything in this world that is obtained easily will not be cherished by anyone.

Qin Shu paid the money, whether it was for renting land or hiring workers. Anyway, the money had already been received, and these hired people would no longer care about the later care and management of the seedlings.

The people hiding in the dark wanted to cause sabotage. With such a large area of ​​land, even with many subordinates, Qin Shu could not take care of it all.

If grain seeds are provided for free, some people who are short of food at home might grind the grain seeds into flour and eat them directly.

Anyway, you don't have to take any responsibility.

After Qin Shu played the bad guy role this time, Prince Yu came out to play the good guy role, using the emperor's decree of tax exemption as bait to lure the people into taking the bait.

After the two men had finished their combo, the people no longer had to spend money to buy seeds, and they were naturally happy and grateful.

But the grain seeds are not free. After the grain harvest, 10% of the land per mu must be paid as money to buy the seeds.

In this way, all the people who planted new crops would manage their fields carefully in order to have a good harvest.

If anyone dares to destroy the seedlings, won't the common people fight them?

The planting of new crops should go smoothly.

As for those people who hid in the crowd and deliberately provoked conflicts and disputes...

Qin Shu smiled, lowered her head, and took a sip of tea: the tea leaves were fragrant and the water was sweet and refreshing.

New tea.

New water.

really not bad!

It seems that Prince Yu is also a very interesting person.

Prince Yu looked at Qin Shu meaningfully and asked, "What is Miss Qin going to do next?"

Qin Shu smiled and said, "Of course I will wait."

Prince Yu was puzzled, "Wait?"

Qin Shu: "Well, wait until the sweet potato seedlings grow up."

Prince Yu was stunned for a moment, then suddenly burst into laughter, "I found that working with Miss Qin is really a very happy thing."

Qin Shu nodded seriously, "Your Highness is right. But next, I will trouble Your Highness to order people to spread the emperor's decree and the grain loan terms agreed upon today as soon as possible throughout Jin, so that the people will know them."

Prince Yu raised his cup, using tea instead of wine, and gestured, "Don't worry."

When they returned to the manor, Zhu Zhi immediately came up to them, "Miss."

Qin Shu kept walking and asked softly, "Where are the people?"

Zhu Zhi said, "In the cellar."

Qin Shu let out a long sigh, "Let's go and take a look."