When a passerby becomes a princess

When Liang Xi came back, the new year had already passed. According to the calculation of Daliang State, he is now 20 years old. Officially adult.

During the Chinese New Year, the palace sent a lot of things, all kinds of silks, satins and furs, gold, silver and jade, medicinal herbs and spices... There are also more than a dozen account books and [-] experienced accountants and shopkeepers.

Lin Qiu checked the account books, and found that it was the internal funds of the three counties near Northern Xinjiang.Because it is too far away from the capital, it is inconvenient to manage, so most of them are farms and grain stores, and there are also some shops, most of which are rent-collecting, and they are not operated by themselves.

"The empress asked the maidservant to give the crown princess a message, saying that the internal funds of the three counties in northern Xinjiang are all at the crown princess' disposal." Zhang De'er stood aside respectfully.This time when Empress Chu sent him here, she said, "From now on, you will follow the crown princess." The concubine gave birth to several grandsons, and Lin Qiu's status was as stable as a wild goose returning to the mountain.

Lin Qiu nodded, and ran across the account books of the farms with his thin fingers. Although these farms belonged to internal funds, in fact, a lot of grain was collected and shipped directly to the border camp. One was because the treasury was empty, and the other was because grain was transferred from the south. , The border guards don't need beards to fight, and they starve to death, so the border guards have to pay part of the rations from internal funds.

"There is very little food." Lin Qiu put the ledger back on the table.

Before Zhang Deer came here, he also asked several stewards in Beijiang in detail, and said: "Although the terrain in Beijiang is relatively flat, there are not many waterways, and most of the land here is barren. No matter how much food is planted, no matter how much fertilizer is given. nor grow."

Lin Qiu looked at him and asked, "Why?"

Zhang De'er hesitated for a moment, and said in a low voice: "I heard that it's because there are too many dead people in the northern border area, and the hostility is too strong, so..."

Lin Qiu shook his head and said nothing.He doesn't believe in the fact that the crops are not grown due to hostility. There can be many reasons why the land doesn't grow crops, but it's winter, and the land has been frozen solid for a long time. If you want to find out, you can only wait until the snow melts.

Putting down the account books of the farm, Lin Qiu picked up the account books of the shop and read them again.

The products in northern Xinjiang are not abundant. Farmers mainly rely on farming and raising sheep for a living. Merchants mainly buy and sell fur, grain, cloth, medicinal materials, ores and other items. The profits of these things are relatively stable, but as more and more merchants In doing these businesses, the profit margins are getting less and less.

Lin Qiu thought for a while, and said: "Don't move the shop for the time being, the leased ones will continue to be rented out, and the grain and fur businesses will continue to operate, so I see that there is a piece of land in Qingxiang that has been vacant for a long time, and there is a small river flowing by it. After that, you can find someone to build a dozen tile-roofed houses."

Shangqing Township is under the jurisdiction of Beimo County, very close to the county seat. The land is only 40 mu. Although it is close to the river, the soil quality is not good, and only weeds grow but not grain. , this piece of land was added as an addition.

Zhang De'er was a little surprised, but he didn't ask Lin Qiu what is the use of building a house, but asked: "I don't know how big the house is for the Crown Princess? What are your requirements?"

Lin Qiu gestured with his fingers and said, "It must be strong and spacious, and the windows should be opened wider. I will write you the details."

"Yes." Zhang De'er agreed.

Lin Qiu added: "In addition, you let the people in the business start buying wool, and you want the wool of long-haired sheep."

Zhang De'er was taken aback, and said, "Only wool?" This wool grows on sheepskin, and the herdsmen sell the whole sheepskin, but I have never heard that only wool is sold.

"What?" Lin Qiu didn't know why Zhang De'er was so surprised. After listening to his explanation, he suddenly realized, and said, "I was thinking wrong. It turns out that the herdsmen don't know how to shear sheep. How about this? Later, you let the shops release news to buy wool. He also told the people who came to ask for the news that the wool of the long-wool sheep will grow every year, and they will cut the wool and sell it to us, and it will continue to grow next year, so that a flock of sheep can make money without being slaughtered, and they will continue to grow.”

Zhang De'er agreed, but he was secretly curious. When the princess first met, she almost cherished words like gold. She finished speaking in two or three words. She hadn't seen her for a while. Not only did she talk more, but even her face Began to have a look.But these are not what he needs to consider now. How to buy the wool and how much money to buy is appropriate. At the beginning, the purchase price can be raised appropriately, and then lowered when there are more wool sellers.

After explaining the matter to Zhang De'er, Lin Qiu didn't think about it any more. They had worked together for a long time since the farm in Yangui Mountain. Zhang De'er is a rare managerial talent. Always do it right.

After Zhang De'er left, Lin Qiu finished dealing with the backlog of business affairs on the table. He left Beimo County for more than half a month. Fortunately, it was the New Year's Eve and there were not many political affairs, otherwise he didn't know when he would have to deal with it.

Putting down the pen in his hand, Lin Qiu sent the last official document to the yamen servant, stood up and asked Nanny Liu to put on a cloak for him, and walked towards the backyard of the county yamen.

Liang Xi returned to Beimo County at noon yesterday. After seeing Lin Qiu, he relaxed and immediately fell down tired and sleepy and went to sleep. Dinner was useless, and now it was almost noon. No matter what, let him Wake up and eat something before going to bed.

Lin Qiu didn't know how Liang Xi spent this time, but from his thickened skin, chapped hands, and frostbite on his feet, it could be seen that he must have suffered a lot.

However, as long as you come back safely, it will be fine.

Thinking this way, Lin Qiu walked into the bedroom, and then saw a chubby little doll sitting on the bed, patting the sleeping Liang Xi with his little paws, his mouth still hoarse. Shouting "Daddy".

Ever since Liang Xi was kidnapped that night, he has been in fear. When he finally came back, he saw Lin Qiu, whom he had been missing all along. The exhaustion from the past two months suddenly surged up. I was so excited by the smile on my face, but at the last moment, Yushan was overwhelmed, and I was so asleep that I didn't know anything about it.

In his sleep, he was riding on a horse with Lin Qiu in his arms, when suddenly a fat rabbit came out of a hole in the ground, he was about to take out his bow and arrow to shoot, when Lin Qiu turned around and beat his chest continuously with his small fists, He looked down and saw that Lin Qiu asked him to let go of the fat rabbit. Looking at Lin Qiu's pouting mouth, he didn't care about any rabbits. He looked around, but there was no one around, so he hurriedly Holding Lin Qiu in his arms, he was about to kiss Xiangze, when suddenly his neck felt cold, and a murderous aura came from behind.

Liang Xi was so frightened that he threw off the quilt and jumped up from the bed. He was unsteady and almost fell to the ground. He also came to his senses. Only then did he remember that he had returned to Beimo County, and this was his bedroom.

Looking up, I saw Lin Qiu sitting in front of the table looking at him with a blank expression on his face. Next to him, Nanny Liu had a cold face, with a knife in her eyes, as if she was scratching her own bones.

"Qiu'er." Liang Xi met Mammy Liu's gaze, pushed away the quilt and was about to get out of bed, when he suddenly found that there was a child sitting on the bed, it was Tiger Head. "Tiger head, why are you here?" After returning, he gave the tiger head to Nanny Pang to take care of it first, thinking of going back to check if he could still take pictures of his parents. When they think about their future plans, who knows that they will see him when they come together.

At this moment, Nanny Pang was also wondering, she went out for a while, why the tiger head disappeared when she came back, obviously she was still sleeping soundly in the cradle before.

"Qiu'er, listen to me." Liang Xi got off the bed with Hutou in his arms, sat beside Lin Qiu, and told about Hutou's life experience. "I thought, if you can't find his parents, see if you like the child, if you like, we will adopt him."

Lin Qiu's face softened a lot. He looked at the tiger head who was smiling silly in Liang Xi's arms, and said, "Let him stay for now, but parents must be very worried about losing their children, and we still need to find his parents." .”

"Yeah." Liang Xi looked at Lin Qiu's face, feeling warm in his heart, suddenly remembered the fruit he brought back, quickly put the tiger head back on the bed, and turned around.

"What is His Royal Highness looking for?" Mother Liu asked coldly.This prince is too insignificant, my young master is busy from morning to night every day, and now you are still looking for a child, do you really want to be a father that much? !If he had known earlier, he should have let this bastard die on the grassland.

"Did any of you see the cloth bag I brought back?" Liang Xi said without raising his head.

"Oh, is that the gray and dirty rag bag? I threw it at the door." Nanny Liu said through gritted teeth.

"Why did you throw it outside?" Liang Xi hurried to the door and saw the cloth bag next to the flower bed on one side. What about the medicine I brought back for Qiu'er?"

The cloth bag was opened, and inside was a small leather pouch, a small Gebu bag, and a leather wrap.

Mother Liu looked at those things with a look of disdain, and saw that Liang Xi opened the small Gebu bag, and there were some small snow-white fruits inside. When it was opened to reveal a few handfuls of small white fish inside, Mammy Liu exclaimed: "Iceberg snowfish!"

Liang Xi glanced at her suspiciously, and said, "Do you know this fish?"

Mother Liu picked up a small white fish with slightly trembling fingers. Before Liang Xi was afraid that the white fish would be spoiled, he had frozen the fish with snow and wrapped it in leather. The small fish was frozen hard all the way. Fortunately, Madam Liu threw it beside the flower bed in the yard, otherwise the fish would have melted and rotted long ago with the burning charcoal basin in the house.

"It is said that in the snow-capped mountains of the Gobi Desert, there is a kind of pearl white jade fruit. Eating it can make people free from illness and pain, and have a permanent appearance. Only the iceberg snowfish that grows from the fruit and the snow water that raises the iceberg snowfish can be detoxified." As Liu Mama said, she picked up another fruit and looked at it carefully for a while, then said, "Could this be the pearly white jade fruit?"