In the year of disaster in the book, the villain girl is the real winner

He did not wear official uniform during the banquet, but a round-necked robe with light gold patterns. He had a thin figure typical of a young man, and had long hair draped behind him, with two strands of hair hanging on both sides.

He has handsome features, sword-like eyebrows and bright eyes. Just standing there, he has an elegant and graceful temperament that makes people forget the world.

Hearing He Qiudi's series of greetings, Yan Shi raised his thin lips and smiled.

He answered seriously: "When I took a bath yesterday, I used the soap you sent. It's good and I like it. If there's still time, I would like to order another 10,000 bars of soap from the He family."

"Okay."

Ten thousand bars of soap.

Originally, it was sold to others for 100 wen a piece, but when selling it to Yan, I just charged him 80 wen.

Eight hundred taels.

This is no small sum of money.

"By the way, I have something to give you. I put it in the He family's house in the city. You guys can go with me to get it."

"it is good."

He Qiudi handed the business over to the shopkeeper and the waiter, and took Yan Shi to the He family's house.

In fact, the things she gave to Yan Shi were in the port space, but she took them out so carelessly that it would definitely scare people.

There was no one in the He family's house at this time.

After leaving the government office, He Huaizhang wanted to return to Shiliu Village.

Now, due to sensitive issues such as the house deed, He Huaizhang dare not live here.

The He family is busy with farming, and except for He Huaijin and He Huaibi, the rest of the family has little chance to live in the city.

Only He Huaian and He Qiudi would occasionally stay here to do morning market business.

Normally, Mrs. Lin would be asked to come into the city to clean up occasionally.

During the banquet, he led Yang Yi and Yang Ba to follow behind He Qiudi, feeling a little complicated.

Every time He Qiudi gave him something specially, he was shocked.

At first it was a short knife, then a crossbow, a miraculous fever-reducing drug, a hemostatic drug, an anesthetic powder, and all sorts of new and strange things given to him one after another, as well as the two military books given to him a few days ago.

Everything amazed him.

Especially those two military books, to him, they were simply books on military strategies written by the gods in the fairy world. After reading them, people would feel enlightened and have the confidence to plan and win battles thousands of miles away.

He hasn't decided yet what gift to give Qiudi in return.

Qiudi said she had something to give her, which made him feel particularly flattered.

He knew that she was a goddess who loved the world, and she gave him things in the hope that she could save the people through his hands.

But he really didn't know how to be grateful to the goddess for giving him this sacred responsibility.

Feeling flattered but nervous, Yan Shi followed He Qiudi into the He family's mansion.

After He Qiudi arranged for everyone to be seated at the banquet, she returned to her room and took out the thirty kilograms of pearls she had prepared.

She had already learned about the price of pearls from Yan Shi and the owner of Zhenbaoxuan.

As for the pearls in the port space, each one is not cheap.

Scarce colors can be sold at a higher price.

Although bulk shipments will result in oversupply, with Yanshi's capabilities, he can sell pearls all over the country and even to neighboring countries, thus controlling the market circulation.

It has little impact on the market price of pearls.

These thirty kilograms of pearls can be exchanged for at least four or five hundred thousand taels of silver.

Four or five hundred thousand taels of silver are enough for Yongning Prefecture to survive the drought crisis.

He Qiudi brought six bags of ten-jin pearls to Yan Shi in three batches.

"Yan Shi, uh, this is mine... well, actually, it was an old man with a white beard who asked me to give it to you. He claimed to be from the fairyland. Um. There are a total of 30 kilograms of pearls here, which are similar to the Dongzhu I took out from Xiufangzhai more than two months ago. It should be worth 400,000 or 500,000 taels of silver. The old man with a white beard must have sympathized with the drought in Yongning Prefecture, so he gave you this batch of pearls in the hope of helping the people of Yongning Prefecture overcome the difficulties."

Yang Yi and Yang Ba were still guarding outside the courtyard, so He Qiudi dared to talk nonsense.

The good things given to the banquet before were small in quantity and she might not be able to use them, but she even lied that she got them from a camel merchant.

But this time, what was taken out was 30 kilograms of eastern pearls, worth hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, which was almost the annual tax revenue of the five counties of Ningyuan, Lan, Wei, Liu and Pei combined.

With such a huge sum of money, He Qiudi could not even utter the words "camel merchant".

When I heard these words during the banquet, I was stunned for a long time.

Four or five hundred thousand taels!

If he had an extra 400,000 or 500,000 taels of silver in his hands, all the difficulties facing Yongning Prefecture could be easily resolved.

He Qiudi said these words shamelessly, despite the sense of shame. He then stood aside, waiting awkwardly for Yan Shi to speak.

No one spoke during the banquet, and He Qiudi began to feel a little flustered.

"Um... Yan Shi, you have to keep this secret for me. Don't let others know that I can communicate with people in the fairy world. I don't want to..."

"Aki Ogi!"

Seeing He Qiudi getting anxious, Yan Shi suddenly stood up, held her hand, and looked at her seriously, "Qiudi, I swear on my life and the name of my family that I will keep your secret and not let anyone know. I, Feng Shiyan, will do my best to protect you, no matter where I go. If anyone wants to harm you, they must step over my dead body first."

He looked at her during the banquet and swore seriously.

This time, he did not use his alias.

Instead, he used his real name, named Shi Yan.

He named Shiyan and promised that he would never do anything to hurt He Qiudi in his lifetime.

"what?"

He Qiudi looked at Yan Shi's extraordinarily cautious look, scratched his head a little embarrassedly, and said, "Then there's no need to make such an oath. I naturally believe you. This year's drought has not been effectively alleviated, and next year's drought must be prevented. Yan Shi, if you can use these Dongzhu for the common people, that would be what I would like to see most."

She believed in Yanshi.

It's because of his character and his selflessness.

She had to help Yan Shi and defend Ningyuan County so that she could protect Shiliu Village, the He family, and in a disguised way, protect herself.

In ancient times, being forced to flee famine was not a good thing.

Although she is not afraid of death or hardship, if she can live a good life, who would want to leave her hometown and risk being dragged into war?

She was powerless to resist the tide of the times.

The only thing that can be done is to support Feng Shiyan, who can withstand the flood, before the flood comes, to intercept and resolve the flood.

Yan Shi said carefully: "Qiu Di, don't worry. Everything you do is with the people in mind. So do I."

After hearing what Yan Shi said, He Qiudi felt completely relieved.

As for the empty warehouse, it was not mentioned during the banquet. I'm afraid he doesn't have such a large warehouse at the moment.

Moreover, it was not yet time to take food out of the port space, so He Qiudi told him not to prepare an empty granary first. Instead, he could use the Dongzhu to exchange for money and go to the provincial capital and Yuhufu to buy food and transport it to Ningyuan County.

There are people collecting grain in Ningyuan County, and the grain will flow here naturally.

Then, there will be no shortage of food.