The seventeenth day of the first lunar month.
Juyang City has been sunny for more than ten consecutive days.
Finally came the darkness.
It's nearly noon.
Inside the slightly dim study room of the side hall of Chengyun Hall.
Xu Yi put down the documents and pen in his hands.
Get up and add two more candles.
Then he sat down on the Taishi chair again.
Continue to process the paperwork that seems to be endless.
I do not know how long it has been.
Maybe an hour or two.
Maybe a quarter of an hour or two.
Just when the documents on the left side of Xu Yi's desk were about to be processed.
Under the candlelight, the study in the side hall of Chengyun Hall suddenly became as bright as day for a moment.
Seeing this, Xu Yi couldn't help but stop the pen in his hand and turned to look at the closed window sill.
After counting the interest.
A loud bang suddenly sounded outside the study room of Chengyun Hall.
"It's thundering."
After hearing the thunder, Xu Yi couldn't help but frown for a moment.
Thunder in the first month has always been a bad sign.
There is also a common saying: "Thunder strikes in the first month, and graves are piled up in the valley."
And the reason why I say this.
This is because the first month of the year is when crops turn green.
If it rains at this time, the weather will turn cold.
It is bound to greatly affect the crop harvest.
What's more, there is no harvest at all.
By then.
The people digging in the soil had no choice but to leave their homes in order to survive.
What will happen then.
I'm afraid no one can understand it better than Xu Yi, who walked out of prison for disaster relief work in Guanzhong.
Xu Yi frowned and stood up, leaving the master's chair and walking towards the window sill.
However.
Just as he pushed open the window sill.
A bright bolt of lightning once again pierced the dark sky of Juyang City.
at the same time.
With the window sill ajar.
An icy cold current rushed straight towards Xu Yi.
He was shuddering involuntarily.
After counting the interest.
A shocking loud noise exploded in the dark sky.
Xu Yi tightened his clothes and stared deeply at the dim sky outside the window.
Until the first drop of rain fell from the sky and silently wetted the bluestone outside Chengyun Hall.
Xu Yi sighed deeply helplessly.
Then he slowly closed the window sill.
He walked towards the writing desk with a slightly heavy pace.
In the 28th year of Zhengde's reign, there was a flood in Shandong.
In the 29th year of Zhengde's reign, there was a severe drought in Guanzhong.
In the 30th year of Zhengde's reign, there was a snow disaster in Liaoning.
And this year.
The new year only lasts for more than ten days.
There was thunder in the first month of Yan in the land.
If we take into account the deadlock in the near future, the Yellow River may be diverted, sweeping away millions of people on both sides of the Yellow River.
And this is just a natural disaster.
The exploitation of fishermen in coastal counties.
In recent years, land annexation and population hiding have become increasingly serious.
And every time a natural disaster occurs, the court's inaction, aristocratic families take the opportunity to commit massacres, and so on.
All of them are man-made disasters.
Under natural and man-made disasters.
How could the Great Zhou Dynasty extend the reign of Zuo?
Thinking about this.
For some reason, Xu Yi's heart suddenly surged with a complex feeling that was so strong that it almost occupied his entire heart. It was indescribable and unclear.
"well."
Xu Yi sighed heavily and sat down on the Taishi chair again.
Shake his head slightly.
It seems to be a pity that the Zhou Dynasty has lasted for more than two hundred years.
It also seems to be pitying the ordinary people who are the weakest in the world.
It seems that he is about to
The complex feeling in my heart is so rich that it almost occupies the whole heart.
And all the chaotic thoughts in his mind that were almost chaotic were expelled.
I do not know how long it has been.
Maybe an hour or two.
Maybe a quarter of an hour or two.
The sound of wind and rain outside the study in the side hall of Chengyun Hall became increasingly chilling.
In the study room of the side hall of Chengyun Hall.
Xu Yi calmed down for a moment and put his hands in a strange shape.
Then place it next to your mouth.
After counting the interest.
Whistle sounds implying some kind of melody came out from the study in the side hall of Chengyun Hall.
I don't know where it disappeared in the end.
Not long after.
Suddenly, there was a very slight sound of footsteps outside the closed study room of Chengyun Hall.
Leader Wenxin came out of the dark corner of Chengyun Hall and walked quickly towards the study room of the side hall.
"Dong dong dong."
"Owner."
Tens of breaths later, Leader Wenxin stopped in front of the study door of the side hall of Chengyun Hall and gently knocked on the door.
"Enter."
"yes."
After getting the answer.
Leader Qin Xin gently opened the door and stepped in.
When he closed the door again and walked towards the depths of the study.
The leader of Questioning Heart couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart, and even his footsteps could not be traced.
As far as the eye can see.
I saw Xu Yi sitting behind the desk with a solemn look on his face.
Although there are candles shining brightly,
But I don’t know why.
Looking at it suddenly, even a person like Leader Wenxin, who has been walking in the darkness all year round, unconsciously felt an indescribable depression.
"I ask my heart to pay homage to the master."
The leader of Questioning Heart endured the extremely depressing heaviness.
After calming down for a moment, he walked two steps away from Xu Yi and bowed deeply with his hands raised.
"It is said that Yang Xian'an and Lu Wensu will come quickly to see me."
"also."
"Wait until you see Yang Xian'an."
"Order him to immediately send someone to the king's camp to inform Yu Chongwen, the quartermaster, to enter the mansion."
Xu Yi's slightly heavy voice reached Leader Wenxin's ears unhurriedly.
"Follow the order!"
Upon hearing this, the leader of Wenxin hurriedly agreed, bowed his hands again, and quickly exited the study room in the side hall of Chengyun Hall.
Do not know why.
When the door of the study room in the side hall of Chengyun Hall was closed tightly again.
Leader Wen Xin, who was standing outside the study room, couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief.
In the study room of the side hall of Chengyun Hall.
After the figure of leader Wen Xin completely disappeared, the study door was closed tightly again.
Xu Yi stood up from the imperial chair with a normal expression.
After pouring water, grinding ink, and laying paper.
Xu Yi sat down on the Taishi chair again, then picked up a wolf-brush pen and combed through the slightly messy plan in his mind on the yellowed rice paper.
Not long after.
The yellowed rice paper laid flat on the desk is already covered with dense writing.
From Xiaoyinshan Salt Mine to Xialuo City Medicinal Jade Workshop and Coal Workshop.
From the smelting workshop outside Juyang City to the forging workshop.
From the Zhu family, a steady stream of yellow-skinned cane was shipped from Lingnan and other places to the Wangdaying cane sugar workshop.
From Mianjia Workshop to Tiefutu Workshop, to Qiwuyuan Liannu Workshop.
Twenty thousand war horses, two thousand taels of gold, two thousand taels of silver, two thousand pairs of armor and one hundred thousand shi of grain were sent from Dai Qi and Liao Yan.
Emperor Zhengde rewarded him with 10,000 war horses, 50,000 stones of grain and grass, 3,000 pieces of armor, 5,000 crossbows, 100,000 crossbow bolts, and 1,000 pieces each of silk and satin.
Xu Yi, whose mind was in chaos, once again carefully calculated everything he owned.
However.
As the calculation unfolds rapidly.
The problems that followed also came face to face.
Such as the shortage of iron ore in smelting workshops.
Such as the shortage of cowhide and other items in the Tiefutu workshop.
Such as Wang's camp's seriously insufficient weapons reserves.
For example, the construction of new official roads has been put on the agenda.
For example, the "Yan Shang" coordination has been quietly carried out.
For example, the reconstruction of Nuqi City will begin after the spring plowing is completed.
One after another, big and small things.
What can be done without money?
But nothing.
However, the finances of Prince Yan's Mansion have long been in deficit!
And now.
The late spring cold is a foregone conclusion.
If it cannot be handled properly.
I'm afraid that the foundation of Yan Yan will be completely destroyed!
It really happened that the house leaked, it rained all night, the boat was late, and there was a strong wind.
.......
.......
In the study room of the side hall of Chengyun Hall.
Xu Yi stared at the second piece of yellowed rice paper, which was once again covered with dense handwriting, with a heavy expression on his face.
I couldn't help but feel a deep sense of powerlessness in my heart.
"Seriously, it's not as good as God."
After an unknown amount of time, Xu Yi let out a heavy sigh of relief.
Then he picked up two pieces of yellowed rice paper that were already covered with dense handwriting.
He stood up and walked straight towards the stove.
After the yellowed rice paper full of writing was completely reduced to ashes in the stove.
Xu Yi pushed open the closed window again.
Let the cold wind out the window.
For a while.
The bone-chilling wind and the icy rain continued to slap Xu Yi's face.
But Xu Yi stood motionless beside the window sill.
It was as if the biting cold wind and icy rain were trying to completely wash away the depression in my heart.
Not long after.
Xu Yi, who looked slightly pale, raised his cold hands to block the cold rain again.
Qi Fang wiped the rain off his face.
Two familiar footsteps came from outside the closed study room of Chengyun Hall.
"Dong dong dong."
"Sixth Master."
Yang Xian'an, who was already soaked through, stopped outside the study room in the side hall and knocked on the door gently.
"Enter."
"yes."
After getting Xu Yi's consent.
Yang Xian'an gently opened the door and stepped in.
Lu Wensu, who was also soaked, followed closely behind.
However.
Fang and his party went to the depths of the study room in the side hall.
Yang Xian'an and Lu Wensu were slightly startled at the same time.
I saw Xu Yi sitting upright behind the desk.
For some reason, my clothes were soaked through.
"Greetings, Master Six."
"Greetings, Your Majesty."
Yang Xian'an and Lu Wensu calmed down for a moment, then stopped two steps away from Xu Yi, cupping their hands and saluting.
"sit."
Xu Yi picked up the teapot next to him and poured two cups of tea.
After Yang Xianan and Lu Wensu were completely seated.
Xu Yi gently pushed two cups of hot tea in front of Yang Xianan and Lu Wensu.
Then he asked: "How is the progress of the cane sugar workshop and Youning wine workshop in Wang Daying?"
Lu Wensu took the tea cup with both hands and immediately replied: "Go back to your lord."
"Because soldiers from the king's camp have been returning one after another in the past two days."
"In my spare time during training, I will also help with the construction of two workshops."
"Now, the cane sugar workshop has been fully implemented and can be put into use at any time."
"Youning Winery only needs some finishing touches. It will be completed in two or three days after the rain stops."
Xu Yi nodded slightly when he heard this.
nowadays.
Xialuo City's medicinal jade workshops and coal workshops are a foregone conclusion.
Xu Yi had already planned the use of the money he generated.
.
The Xiaoyinshan Salt Mine was subject to the imperial court's "salt quota" restrictions from beginning to end.
Therefore, it cannot create too much wealth for it.
As for other workshops.
It's a golden cave from beginning to end.
nowadays.
The only thing that can solve the financial crisis of Prince Yan's Mansion may be the newly-launched sugar factory and the soon-to-launch Youning Liquor Factory.
"How are you familiar with the method of boiling sucrose?"
Xu Yi calmed down and asked in a deep voice.
"Go back to your lord."
"All one hundred and fifty people have been familiarized."
"Now we just need to wait for the sugar cane workshop."
Lu Wensu answered with cupped hands.
"good."
"That's it."
"As soon as the rain stops, transfer the yellow-skinned cane to the cane sugar workshop."
Xu Yi ordered in a deep voice.
"Follow the order!"
Lu Wensu's face straightened and he cupped his hands again.
"Goodbye first."
"Select 300 more trustworthy clerks from the five old firms and hand them over to Wensu."
Xu Yi nodded slightly and turned his head slightly to look at Yang Xian'an.
"Follow the order!"
Yang Xian'an was slightly startled when he heard this, and then quickly agreed.
"After three hundred people are completely familiar with the method of refining white sugar cane sugar."
"Divide the four hundred and fifty people in the sugar workshop into three shifts."
"Each shift lasts four hours, ensuring that the cane sugar workshop runs day and night."
Xu Yi looked at Lu Wensu again and ordered in a deep voice.
The incident of late spring cold happened suddenly and critically.
Now Xu Yi can't wait to turn the mountains of yellow-skinned cane into crystal clear white sugar.
Then it turns from white sugar into money.
"Follow the order!"
Lu Wensu's heart trembled when he heard this, and he cupped his hands again.
"also."
"After the rain stops, we will buy a hundred acres of farmland outside the city."
"The large, sweet, yellow-skinned cane is planted during spring plowing."
"As for Youning Winery."
"For now, everything is business as usual."
Xu Yi paused for a moment, then commanded again in a deep voice.
"Follow the order!"
When Lu Wensu heard this, he was right.
In the study room of the side hall of Chengyun Hall.
After Lu Wensu took the order and left.
Xu Yi then looked at Yang Xian'an and asked, "How did the sales of those things go?"
Yang Xian'an heard this and replied: "Back to Mr. Liu, more than 10% has been sold."
The words are over.
Xu Yi frowned for a moment, and then ordered: "Speed up the progress, and if necessary, it can be half to 10% lower than the market price."
"Try to sell it into money in the shortest possible time."
"After you get the money, you don't need to send it back to the palace."
"Purchase food directly from neighboring counties."
"If the price is right, Chen Liang can also be purchased in large quantities."
As soon as this statement came out.
Yang Xianan's eyes instantly showed surprise.
The goods given by Xu Yi were already more than 10% lower than the normal market price in order to sell them quickly.
If it is lower than half to 10%.
So why is Yu Baisong surprised?
However.
Only one or two breaths passed.
The surprise in Yang Xian'an's eyes was completely replaced by a thick look of solemnity.
"Follow the order!"
Unknowingly, Yang Xian'an felt a heavy feeling in his heart.
"also."
"After the rain stops, we can send people to visit the seventeen cities in the two counties."
"Thoroughly investigate the scope of this rainfall and the amount of rainfall in each city."
Xu Yi ordered with a slightly solemn expression.
"Follow the order!"
When Yang Xian'an heard this, he raised his hands and agreed with the same solemn expression.
By now.
If he still can't see the urgency of the situation, I'm afraid he is not worthy of being the leader of the Five Old Families.
After Yang Xianan's figure completely disappeared from the study in the side hall of Chengyun Hall.
Xu Yi picked up the already cold tea, raised his head and drank it in one gulp.
Then he walked to the window sill again and listened to the increasingly majestic sound of rain outside the window.
It’s okay to say that it’s unreasonable to worry about the future or to take precautions for a rainy day.
The matter of late spring cold.
It is related to the future of the entire Yan land.
How could Xu Yi not treat it with caution?
If the impact of this late spring cold is too large.
One can imagine.
in the next period of time.
Xu Yi will inevitably fall into an even crazier pursuit of wealth and food.
It comes down to it.
It's nothing more than Xu Yi always believing in a wise saying.
And that wise saying is "Pile up food widely and build walls high."
As for the 21,000 soldiers in Wang's camp and the millions of people in the entire Yan land.
It is the tallest and majestic city wall in Xu Yi's mind.
"Time is really tight right now!"
I do not know how long it has been.
Xu Yi let out a long sigh and then turned back to the desk again.
After calming down for a while, he continued to write and deal with the few remaining documents.
