Reborn Concubine, Be Respectful First

The palaces of the two dukes, the palace of the Marquis of Wu'an, the palace of Grand Secretary Yuan, the palace of Minister Liu, etc.

Almost all of them were reported by several ministers of the Censorate, and the charges against them were piled up one by one.

Even when the price of rice increased by ten cents per bushel at the beginning of the year, he was pulled out and questioned ten times by the people from the Censorate.

At this time, the Duke, Marquis, and other gentlemen who were being reported were still unclear about what was going on with their own shops.

He was speechless when asked, and everyone in the court was reprimanded and had their silver confiscated.

After returning, he asked all rice shops to sell rice to the people in the capital at the normal price of a year ago.

"Master, there should be no problem with my uncle's teahouse. The cakes and food supplied to the teahouse are still at the original prices. However, the price of Jiangnan's new tea has suddenly increased this year. It is said that last winter, the weather was very cold and many old tea trees froze to death, resulting in a decrease in production this year. This is because my uncle's teahouse business is good. I have seen that many resting places are already using tea foam. Despite this, the price of each pot of tea has increased by two cents." Shan Qing came back from outside and went directly to the backyard to report the situation outside to his master.

He also heard about what happened yesterday from Shanlan, so he went to the teahouse early in the morning.

It turned out that the master's uncle's family had been affected to some extent by the issue of rice in the past.

I didn't know there was also the matter of tea, so I reported it as well.

After all, his master asked him to go to his uncle's teahouse more often and report back on every detail, so he would not dare to hide anything.

Moreover, he had seen Zhengyi and his men patrolling around the teahouse several times recently, although he didn't know when the Jinyiwei would start to care about the defense of the capital.

However, there was one thing he realized, which made him realize that this was the instruction of the original owner, and that made sense.

Shanqing immediately paid close attention to it. What's more, Zhengyi asked him to go to the government office to inquire about the matter of the farm outside the capital.

When Shanqing saw the seal on the deed, the words "Beizhenfusi Yamen" were recognized.

After that, he handed a farm deed to Su Xinqing and said, "Master, this is what you told me to do. I asked Zhengyi and there is nothing wrong with this house. It was the private property that was confiscated. The yard is a large courtyard with three entrances, covering an area of ​​about one hectare. The garden was just renovated last year and has not been occupied yet. There are five hectares of forest and two hectares of paddy fields behind it. The government office quoted five thousand taels. When I went there, there were other families interested, so I paid the deposit directly. I hope you will forgive me."

In fact, what he didn't say was that it was fortunate that Zhengyi was present at the time, otherwise he would not have been able to pay the deposit.

Su Xinqing saw that the other party was hunched over and was speechless and paused at the end of what he said, and she knew that there must be something else going on.

But the other party didn't say anything, so he didn't want to ask any more questions. After all, this person used to work for Chu Wei.

She and Chu Wei are one now, Shan Qing would not deceive herself, besides, it was Zhuangzi that Shan Qing mentioned just now.

It is located in the suburbs of Beijing, with a good location and a large area. The main manor has just been renovated, and there are two forest owners and five thousand taels of silver.

Think about it, it's a good deal. The house with three courtyards covers an area of ​​one hectare, which is much larger than the ordinary house with three courtyards that covers five or six acres.

Su Xinqing was so satisfied that she quickly asked Banyue to go with Shanqing to the government office to pay the remaining silver.

At night, Su Xinqing felt much more at ease when she looked at the deed she had just received.

This might be her retreat route in the future, so let Banyue put it away quickly.

"Banyue, you and Shanqing go to the rice shop tomorrow to check out the current prices of rice. We can also buy the shop. In the future, if there are any problems, we will have food in our hands and feel at ease. We won't be taken advantage of by others." After what happened in the past two days, Su Xinqing thought of one thing. It seemed that in her previous life, it was the sixth year when she married into the Earl of Yongchang's Mansion, and the food for everyone in the family was drastically reduced.

It was because of the flood in the Xia family in Jiangnan that the river burst its banks and flooded a large area.

The winter of that year was also exceptionally cold, and the crops that had been planted with great difficulty were frozen to death due to the freezing weather, covering thousands of hectares of fertile land.

Although it did not affect the wealthy families, Su Xinqing was different. She was an unwelcome daughter-in-law.

Madam Yuan criticized her with all kinds of reasons and excuses, but she still had to save money to provide for that ungrateful person. She was almost blinded by the efforts to subsidize that ungrateful person.

She embroidered until late at night every day, and bought a decent piece of clothing for the ungrateful person so that he could go to the academy to study.

Most of the food in the capital these days is supplied by families related to the Jiang family, so it is easy to imagine who is behind it.

Jiang Xinrou probably noticed it too, so she couldn't buy grain openly. She could only buy one or two rice shops first.

Seven days later, two rice shops and a mansion in the capital were found not far from the Song family.

The carriage journey only took half a cup of tea.

"Miss, the owners of this yard moved out a few days ago. I will find someone to renovate it someday, and you can move in. But, miss, we live in the Zhenbei Marquis Mansion now, and this house may be vacant temporarily after it is renovated." Banyue looked at the gate and the courtyard wall of the house, not quite understanding why the master bought the yard so early.

"Well, just leave it to Shanwu. It will be inconvenient for you to come out. Besides, it will be inconvenient for you to come out since all the people repairing the house are men."

"Yes, master. I do know some masters with excellent skills who often help the Zhenbei Marquis Mansion repair houses." Shan Wu replied honestly.

After hearing Shan Wu's words, Ban Yue stopped thinking about leaving the house. He no longer had any reason or excuse to leave.

Half an hour later, he met the shopkeeper and the clerk from the original store in one of the grain stores.

I originally thought that if possible, I could stay and continue working. Moreover, even if they all left, I would need to recruit new people, which would be even more troublesome.

After just one glance, Su Xinqing asked Shan Qing to reward each of them with one or two taels of silver and drove almost all of them away.

Only one shopkeeper was left. Su Xinqing recognized this shopkeeper. He had seen this man when there was a commotion outside the Jiang family's rice store.

He said that he was the owner of a wine-making business with inherited ancestral craftsmanship, but now he is the owner of a rice store.

"I recognize you. Didn't you say that you were running a small wine-making business in front of the Jiang family's shop on Ping'an Street?"

"This? Please forgive me, sir. I was forced to do it at that time. Our boss used to be in the cloth business in Jiangnan. The rice shop was not his main business, so he didn't spend too much effort on it. The business of our shop was to spend money to wholesale various grains and food from the Jiang family's shop, and then we sold them in retail to people around us. We made small profits but quick turnover, and charged five cents for a liter of rice. As you can see, our shop is relatively remote and there is no competition from other stores, but we survived like this. In total, we only supported myself and a young assistant. We didn't have much inventory, and we basically went to get the goods on the same day. How could we have known that there was no food... I was a little anxious, and I hope you can forgive me..." Wu Runqiu did not dare to hide it. Now the whole family is supported by his job.

Her son died in an accident and her daughter-in-law remarried. Now there are only her and her old wife at home, raising a half-grown child.

Although my wife can help others wash silk and earn a few cents, it is nothing compared to my job.

Besides, he is so old now, who would want him?

If she lost this job, she might not be able to support her grandchildren. In the end, in order to survive, she had no choice but to sell herself as a slave to a wealthy family.

After that, the Wu family would be enslaved for several generations, which would be worthy of the ancestors of the Wu family.

Beads of sweat had already appeared on Wu Rachel's forehead.