Forced to farm for the princess

Di Rong took a look at Lin Heng and asked, "It means that the commander-in-chief has to deal with the food himself, and he will have to return a cart when the time comes, right?"

"That's how the young master confessed." Hu Qi lowered his head.

"Put it in, put it in."

Hu Qi finally breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, the old general didn't get angry, otherwise he really didn't know what to do.He took the convoy into the barracks, unloaded all the food and was about to leave when he was stopped.

"You just leave. You have to tell me what to do with the food." Di Rong had eaten the corn before, but it was cooked. It was the first time he had seen it like this.

Hu Qi finally understood why Wei Ruojin insisted on drying a few corns by himself before the food shipment came, and it turned out that it was for now.

So a special place was vacated in the military camp, and a shelf was set up to dry the corn. The golden corn hung in front of the eyes, and the patrolling people in the military camp became more diligent. They would turn to this side every once in a while. It's a scene from here.

After working for several days, I put all the sweet potatoes and corns in order, and then peeled them slowly after the corns were dried.

In a blink of an eye, the cold wind was howling, and Wei Ruojin wrapped her clothes tightly. The winter in the northwest is really cold.It's just not long after the beginning of winter, and the briquettes can also be put in the shop and started to sell.

But the other shops haven't found a shopkeeper for the time being, so there is no way to open them. If it doesn't work, Xin Yi can only let Xin Yi conduct surprise training for the children in the house and open the shops first.

"My lord, there is a man surnamed Zhu who asked to see him outside. He said that the mutton was delivered, and the generals couldn't drive him away, so he had to come and report." Butler Shang suddenly interrupted Wei Ruojin's thinking.

When Wei Ruojin heard the surname Zhu, Wei Ruojin had already guessed who it was. However, this is sending mutton. Could it be that he really went to get a batch of Ranjue sheep?

"Take him to the side hall, and I'll be there later."

Wei Ruojin called Xin Yi in to give instructions. Xin Yi was a little surprised, but thinking that the young master wanted to teach these children to learn medicine before, he felt that it was normal for him to think of these things.

As soon as he arrived at the side hall, Zhu Cheng immediately saluted him, looking at his body, which was indeed elegant; but Wei Ruojin felt his whole body was cold for no reason.

"Where's Mr. Zhu's mutton?" Wei Ruojin asked someone to serve tea with wild chrysanthemums; in early autumn, Tang Mo asked people to collect a lot of wild chrysanthemums from the medicine hall.

After a little bit of processing, the rest was handed over to Tomer. It is estimated that Tomer asked a few young apprentices to do this for hospitality.

"It seems that the young master only has sheep in his eyes." Zhu Cheng said with a smile.

"Mr. Zhu is already in front of my son. You can tell if he is safe at a glance, but this Mr. Yang has not seen him yet."

Zhu Cheng took a sip of tea and said, "It will take a while for the mutton. This time when Zhu came here, he only heard that the young master wanted to find some shopkeepers, so he specially sent someone here."

"Mr. Zhu's news is really well-informed." Wei Ruojin drank tea without stopping at all, as if she was not surprised that Zhu Cheng knew about it.

"Young Master's matter, Zhu Cheng naturally should pay more attention to it. If you don't mind, you are waiting outside the palace at this time."

Wei Ruojin stared at him for a while, but didn't know what the origin of this Zhu Cheng was, why did he sell it in front of him?

The more this happened, the more he felt that this Zhucheng must have something to do with that jade tablet.

"Then thank you Mr. Zhu." Wei Ruojin responded with a smile.

"Actually, Zhu has something to ask for. I saw a fuel called 'briquette' in the young master's shop before. I don't know if this briquette can be sold."

Wei Ruojin didn't say a word, there are indeed a lot of honeycomb briquettes, but if you really want to supply them, there won't be enough for the whole store, if you take them out and sell them, there will only be shortages.

No one mentioned it before, so he never thought about selling the briquettes; now, he has started to think about it. The price of the briquettes in the shop is actually not high, but for the poor, they would rather go to the mountains to cut firewood. , but also save money.

"I can leave it all to you. You set the price, and I want [-]% profit." Wei Ruojin quickly figured it out, and simply asked Zhu Cheng to sell all the briquettes through the caravan, and the Northwest side can also sell firewood in winter People can earn more, and wait until there is more coal next year.

"Seventy percent?" Zhu Cheng pondered for a while, he only got [-]% of the profit but had to bear most of the risks, it was really not worthwhile. "Young master, the farther the caravan goes, the greater the chance of encountering robbers and bandits. Look at this..."

"I'll give another [-]%, [-]% profit is already a lot for your caravan, not to mention the price is determined by you, it's enough." Wei Ruojin said.

"My lord is generous, Zhu XX is here to thank you, lord." Zhu Cheng raised his glass to Wei Ruojin with tea instead of wine.

"Mr. Zhu, just don't forget to owe me the mutton." Wei Ruojin responded with a smile.

"Young Master, don't worry, this mutton will definitely be delivered. Zhu Mou bids farewell!"

Steward Shang sent Zhu Cheng out of the palace, and brought in four middle-aged men, each of whom held his own contract of sale and stood in front of Wei Ruojin.

He glanced at it, and even took the deed of sale, it seemed that Zhu Cheng was very sincere.

In the evening, when Lin Heng came back, Wei Ruojin told about Zhu Cheng's coming to him, "Use your private guard to find out who he is from."

"I can't find any specific information. I only know that this caravan originally traveled between Yu Ranjue and Dachang. This road is extremely difficult to travel. Since they ran out, many aristocratic families wanted to occupy their trade route. Without exception, they all ended in failure."

Since the last time Wei Ruojin met Zhucheng when he went out, Lin Heng sent someone to investigate, but they couldn't find anything, and his identity was very mysterious.

"Sounds great. It seems that my business should be profitable." Wei Ruojin laughed.

"It's not a loss for the time being, but he can forcibly make a way between Ranjue and Dachang, and prevent the aristocratic family from getting a share of the pie. How can such a person be easy to deal with?" Lin Heng didn't quite agree with him to continue He has a deep relationship with Zhu Cheng.

Wei Ruojin took out the jade plaque and put it in front of Lin Heng, saying, "I think he came for this plaque, and it has something to do with my mother."

"I asked my grandfather, and my grandfather said that he has never heard of such a family, even if it was destroyed." Lin Heng looked at the jade plaque and said, "Have you seen your mother's dowry? Remove the field shop plus what was sold."

Wei Ruojin shook his head, he really didn't look at it carefully, except that he went directly to Wei's house to count the dowry when he asked for it back, and he never touched it again.

"Let's go and have a look." Wei Ruojin and Lin Heng went to the warehouse together. Wei Ruojin's mother's belongings were left alone. After all, he was not the original body, and had already used a lot of the original body's resources. He felt ashamed to use these again.

"Do you really have no memory of your mother at all?" The more Lin Heng looked at it, the more he felt that Wei Ruojin's mother's identity was not simple, and the box alone was worth a lot of money.

Wei Ruojin shook his head, he didn't have any memory in his original body, where did he get the memory, he was already almost 16 years old when he crossed over, it's already pretty good that he can make himself famous within two years in order to save his life.

"It is said that my mother left when I was less than one year old." Wei Ruojin sighed, and said, "If the things here are useful, they must have been taken away by the Wei family long ago."

After searching for a long time, the two found nothing, so they had to go back to the house angrily.

"Speaking of which, no matter what Zhu Cheng wants to plan, he just wants to make more money. He can't even think about what I have in my hand. As long as he is not a fool, he should know what to do to be the most powerful for himself. ...and when the coal is sold this time, I'll talk to him about the caravan."

Wei Ruojin quickly figured out that what he is doing now cannot be accomplished by relying solely on Zhu Cheng's caravan, and in the end he has to depend on him, so it's better to be more generous.

"No matter what, it is necessary to be defensive. However, there is me behind you. If you want to do it, do it. No one in the northwest will dare to touch you."

Wei Ruojin laughed when he heard this, of course he knew that no one would dare to touch him in the northwest.

In the winter morning, the bed was so warm that Wei Ruojin didn't want to come out; the place beside him was already completely cold, and he struggled hard before making up his mind to get up.

Just after washing up and getting ready for breakfast, Lin Heng came back again, "I thought you went to the military camp."

"Someone broke in again last night, and this time none were caught." Lin Heng's face was not very good-looking, and the generals couldn't catch a few thieves.

"Someone broke in again, and Cai Neiguan hasn't left yet?" Wei Ruojin was taken aback, and stopped eating breakfast.

"Well, I haven't left yet. I'm happy to be invited by several other companies." Lin Heng's tone was very light.

Cai Neiguan saw that Lin Heng and Di Rong didn't take him seriously, so he stayed again and again, and even went to the side branch banquet. If he was in the capital, he might not even know which way the family's door opened .

"I thought he was gone. I guess the food and fine salt matter can't be hidden. I don't know how long the coal mine can last." Wei Ruojin frowned.

"If you can't hide the food and fine salt, don't hide it. I'm only worried that the Northwest Army will be affected."

After thinking about it, Wei Ruojin understood that Cai Neiguan would definitely provoke His Majesty when he returned, and the food he brought back was seen by many people.

The Northwest is already Lin Heng's, and His Majesty and the First Prince will not let the Northwest live well. Most likely, they will directly hand over all the food and grass of the Northwest Army to the Northwest.

But now they can't afford the entire Northwest Army!

"Don't let Neiguan Cai go back!" Wei Ruojin's first reaction was to imprison him just like Wei Yuan.

Lin Heng shook his head, "No, last time Wei Yuan dared to come in alone, I naturally dared to lock him up, but Cai Neiguan couldn't."

"What's more, even if Cai Neiguan can't go back, other people will pass on the news."

So, no use at all.

Wei Ruojin sighed, "Fortunately, we made a deal with Zhucheng, at least we can make another fortune, but I'm afraid the money won't be spent."

"By the way, you still need to help me find some more craftsmen, those with better skills, and those who can build houses by themselves are even better." Wei Ruojin sighed, and it cost a lot of money, "Pinghe Town needs to be rebuilt, and we need Build another outer wall."

"I'll let my grandfather help you find it, don't worry."

How could Wei Ruojin feel at ease, I'm afraid that when the matter of food is found out by the capital, there may be more thieves in the palace.

"By the way, are there still many refugees outside the city, and let them go to Pinghe Town for reconstruction!" Wei Ruojin suddenly remembered that he hadn't been out for a long time, but he forgot about the refugees.