Jiang Zhinian asked Wei Wu to sit down.

Wei Wu was still standing there with a stern look on his face.

"Master, this is against the rules!"

Jiang Zhinian said, "I just follow the rules. Sit down so it's easier to talk."

"If you stand like this and you're so tall, I have to look up at you and my neck will get tired!"

Jiang Zhinian said so, and Wei Wu sat down.

But his whole body was stiff.

Jiang Zhinian said seriously, "Look, this is a crop. It should be called potato!"

"This type of potato has a high yield and the planting method is also unique."

Wei Wu looked at the drawings and was confused, as he had never seen anything like this before.

As a secret guard, I have to learn a lot since childhood.

Although I have a lot of knowledge, I have never seen this kind of crop before.

"And this is yam, which is also a crop with high yield."

"Whether it's yam or potato, they can be eaten as vegetables or as a meal, and they are both good for filling your stomach."

“And these crops…”

Jiang Zhinian carefully explained these crops to Wei Wu in detail, what they were and what they looked like.

In the next two years, there will be a shortage of water and rain in the north, and there will be large-scale droughts, resulting in reduced grain yields or some crops not being able to survive.

In some places, the drought is so severe that people have to leave their homes to escape the famine.

I remember that in the previous life, there were riots in the north.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was personally in charge of disaster relief, but was secretly framed.

There will be turmoil and unrest in the State of Yan in the next few years, so we should make preparations early.

Jiang Zhinian had previously asked the steward to collect medicinal herbs, grains, cotton and other things.

But just by collecting food can you ensure that you have enough food and that the people around you don't go hungry.

But the serious problems of Yan State could not be solved.

If someone else were the crown prince, she might not be so worried.

But the Crown Prince is the one she owes, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is benevolent and virtuous and cares for the people.

No matter what, she had to gather some strength to do something and make up for it.

Wei Wu listened to his master continue talking, and finally he understood what his master meant.

The master asked him to help find these high-yield crops.

Looking at Wei Wu's understanding expression, Jiang Zhinian knew that he was very smart and understood his intentions.

"Wei Wu, these crops are not available in our Yan State."

"So I want you to gather some men from the secret guards, form a caravan, and rush to the Jinzhou Sea. There are merchant ships passing by there, and some foreign personnel may bring some exotic things to sell in Haikou. You should find a way to find various crop seeds and buy them at any cost."

“You can buy some that you don’t recognize and take a look at them.”

"We also want to buy a shop or warehouse on the Jinzhou coast, so that we can buy things and store goods there in the future."

Although Yan State had frictions and battles with other countries at the border, it did not open up trade, and the ports also prohibited ships from other countries from entering.

But money can move people's hearts. Jinzhou is separated from Yanjing and the emperor is far away. Local officials turn a blind eye in order to make money, and merchants from all over the country will also do business secretly.

Generally, the ships are anchored in Haikou and foreign businessmen will not disembark. Some of them conduct transactions directly between two ships at sea.

In her previous life, she also realized the importance of food crops after the drought in the north.

He then paid special attention to food and accidentally discovered several crops such as potatoes and yams.

It was by chance that I saved a person and learned about those crops. Before the crops were planted in the fields, a lot of things happened.

I never heard of crops like potatoes and yams again after that.

Of course, she had heard that person say at that time that these things all came from Jinzhou Haikou.

No matter what, she was going to give it a try, no matter how much manpower, material resources and financial resources she had to spend to get these crops back.

Once the planting is successful, if the yield is really that high, it can play a huge role after it is planted.

"If there is none in Haikou, there may be some on the ships anchored at sea. Then you can go to the Lan family and borrow their ship."

If some foreign ships can only trade at sea, then they must have ships.

The Jinzhou Lan family is not only a powerful family in the local area, but even local officials have to give them some face, and sometimes even ask them for help when doing things.

The Lan family started out as a shipbuilding family, and the people of the Lan family have been good at water since childhood.

It would be more convenient to buy crops by borrowing their ships to go to the sea.

Wei Wu pondered and said, "Master, as far as I know, the Jinzhou Lan family will not easily lend ships to others, even if it costs a lot of money."

Jiang Zhinian knew all of this and said calmly, "I know."

"So instead of starting with the head of the Lan family, we should go directly to the second son of the Lan family."

"Take this bottle of medicine and give it to the second son of the Lan family. It will help his mother's health."

The Lan family is a merchant family. They do not care about the legitimacy of the family, but only value the ability.

The eldest son of the Lan family was born out of wedlock, and the second son of the Lan family was born out of wedlock, so one is the eldest and the other is the legitimate son.

There is also fierce internal strife within the Lan family.

The second son of the Lan family was someone they had worked with once in their previous life. He was someone they could trust and cooperate with.

Unfortunately, he later died in the vicious conspiracy of the eldest son of the Lan family.

The eldest son of the Lan family secretly defected to the Fourth Prince and harmed many people.

So in this life, she has to strike first.

On the surface, he was asking the second son of the Lan family to borrow a boat, but in fact he was taking advantage of this cooperation to get in touch with the second son of the Lan family, and then use him to overthrow the eldest son.

Wei Wu looked at the medicine in his hand, then at the drawing in front of him, and was surprised.

The master was actually prepared!

"Master, rest assured, I will complete this mission!"

Jiang Zhinian gave some detailed instructions and said gently, "No matter what happens, you should always put your own safety first."

"Go down first to gather the manpower and set off!"

"Here is twenty thousand taels of silver. Take it and use it for your own benefit."

Naturally, silver is needed to buy grain seeds.

"Yes, Master!"

……

After explaining everything, Wei Wu left. Jiang Zhinian packed up and prepared to go to Zhuangzi.

She had only given those managers seven days to return the embezzled money.

After Sang Li's death, I believe these people would not dare to disobey. In order to save their lives, they naturally would not dare to cause any trouble and could only return the silver.

Now that she has just been reborn, there are many things to do. She has spent a lot of money during this period of time, and she really needs money.

We need to earn more money.

Jiang Zhinian came out of the house and saw Lian Qiao rushing back with a bad look on her face. She asked, "What's wrong? What happened?"

"Madam, it's the eldest lady. She learned that Mother Zhu was dead and that she was under house arrest, so she made a fuss in the house."

Jiang Zhinian snorted coldly, "First cry, second make a scene, then hang yourself?"

I knew that the Shi family would not stop.

Lian Qiao pursed her lips and said indignantly: "Not only that, she is scolding the eldest lady and slandering your reputation, Madam."

"There are quite a few people gathered outside her yard now, even the uncle was alarmed."

"Ma'am, what can we do if she slanders your reputation like this?"

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