I saw that the woman was dressed in green clothes and tied with a belt. She looked to be in her mid-twenties. She had a plump figure, a beautiful face, narrow eyes, and a mature charm between her dark eyebrows. She looked slightly... A little nervous, but unable to hide the temperament of ice crystal jade and winter plums and winter snow.
Xiao Yi lowered his eyes slightly, and saw that the skin on her beautiful neck was as white as jade, and she really had ice-cold skin.
"Qin Hongxue, a common man, comes to see His Highness." The hostess bowed slightly, cupped her fists and saluted, but she could still see two mountains.
Xiao Yi said calmly: "Forgive me."
Fu asked directly and decisively: "Why did you come to seek orphans?"
Qin Hongxue looked up at the prince's official robe, which was woven and embroidered with a python pattern. It fit perfectly and was worn on Xiao Yi, giving him a slightly heroic and elegant temperament. The eyes under the resolute eyebrows were as calm as an abyss, and they were vague. Divine light.
Without hesitation, he immediately took out a piece of densely written letter paper from his arms and held it up with both hands.
Then he bowed and cupped his hands and replied: "Your Highness, please be aware that we have some connections with Fuwei and Shaanxi Water Transport. There are hundreds of merchant ships that can transport food to Shaanxi Road for disaster relief."
"Although the peasant girl was a working woman and a merchant, she heard about the serious drought in Shaanxi Province and saw with her own eyes the thousands of miles of desolate fields in Longde, as well as the people who were displaced and starving everywhere. She couldn't bear it and was willing to spend 800,000 yuan. The stone grains will be used by Your Highness for disaster relief."
Xiao Yi took the account written by Qin Hongxue from the eunuch's hand and smelled a fresh fragrance, so he stopped and looked at it carefully.
It also states the channels for water transportation, plus the number of merchant ships, docks and several other places. In addition, there are also cooperation with the inns on the official road, and there are many caravans.
They are worthy of being merchants who specialize in buying and selling, and they control many merchants.
With these.
Coupled with the channels of King Jia and Xue Sanjia, the grain can be transported to Shaanxi Road quickly without spending too much transshipment.
The key is that if the three parties can supervise each other, there is no need to worry that the food will be reduced by 50% to 60% when it reaches the local area.
Xiao Yi put the account book on the table, raised his head and said to Qin Hongxue: "You are really thoughtful. You can take the initiative to donate food and provide channels for transporting food. You have done a lot."
"Tell me what you want, as long as I can give it to you."
Return a favor in return.
If the other party takes such initiative, Xiao Yi must show something.
This can be regarded as clear rewards and punishments.
There is no need to beat around the bush, the other party is obviously doing this for their own benefit.
Without vested interests, it would be impossible for these businessmen to be so proactive.
Qin Hongxue took a deep breath, suppressed her inner uneasiness, and said with a desperate attitude: "Your Highness, the three families of King Jia and Xue, the Jia family and the Xue family were ransacked for crimes, which gave a great warning to merchants all over the world. At the same time, it also demonstrates His Highness’s virtuous virtue of eliminating harm for the people and eradicating traitors. The women of the people also felt deeply about it. Seeing that His Highness is dedicated to the people, they are willing to provide food and provide channels for transferring food.”
"Folk girls believe that only if there is peace in Daqian, merchants like us can do business with peace of mind."
Xiao Yi listened quietly, watching Qin Hongxue become slightly nervous at the beginning, but now she gradually calmed down, becoming more articulate and thinking clearly.
"The common girl is brave and willing to take over the Xue family's business. From now on, she is willing to work for His Highness."
"Whatever your Highness wants, the daughter of the people will give it to you."
"Now His Highness is employing people, and it is also a time when he is short of food and money. I have a great gift here that I would like to give to Your Highness."
After that, he took out another account book.
Xiao Yi took it, and there was not only a fragrance on the account book, but also a touch of body temperature.
But he saw the other party take it out from his arms. It seems that there is something hidden under those two mountain peaks!
Xiao Yi opened the account book and saw eight million dollars.
That's a lot of money.
"The preparations are quite sufficient. I have accepted this great gift."
"As for the Xue family's business name, you can also take it over. However, the first thing you do after taking over is to build a reservoir under the name of Jing Furong's business name at the Wuding River in Jingbian County, Shaanxi Road."
"Recruit nearby disaster victims and provide them with two meals a day. Each person will be paid ten guan a month."
"how?"
Qin Hongxue was overjoyed when she saw the prince taking over her account books. After hearing Xiao Yi's request, she quickly calculated in her mind and felt that the problem was not a big one. She looked at Xiao Yi with burning eyes and said: "Your Highness cares about the victims of the disaster. In fact, It is a blessing to the people of the world, so benevolent, righteous and virtuous, the daughters of the people admire him."
"The women are willing to build a reservoir at Wuding River in Jingbian County, Shaanxi Road, and can also build canals to irrigate fertile fields and alleviate droughts."
Xiao Yi moved forward slightly, looked at Qin Hongxue, and said in a deep voice: "You must listen clearly, we are asking you to recruit disaster victims nearby to build a reservoir. You are responsible for the materials and supplies for building the reservoir, as well as the victims. Two meals a day and wages.”
When it comes to wages, he puts it more seriously.
In this era, there was a class division between scholars, farmers, industry and commerce. That is to say, after everyone's household registration was determined, it was difficult to change.
In addition to these four classes, there is actually another class, that is, slaves.
The status of a slave is even lower.
If the master accidentally beats his slave to death, he does not need to bear criminal responsibility. At most, he can pay him some money to get rid of the problem.
Slaves had a deed of sale, and their household registration records were also recorded.
And once you become a slave, it is difficult to turn over.
So, being a servant after traveling through time, and finally turning around to become a master, and also winning the favor of the eldest lady in the mansion, this kind of thing is impossible in this world.
A slave is a slave.
Once a slave, always a slave.
When it comes to scholars, farmers, industry and commerce, it is also difficult for these four classes to advance. Merchants are prohibited from wearing brocade robes, and merchant families are also prohibited from participating in the imperial examination.
Workers are actually craftsmen. The craftsmen of this era all have skills that can be passed down to their families. These skills are also their special skills and will not be easily passed on to others.
The craftsman's family can be considered a wealthy family, and the children of the craftsman's family can participate in the imperial examination.
As for the large-scale projects of the imperial court, such as building official roads, building reservoirs, building aqueducts, building the Great Wall, building capitals, repairing palaces, etc., they are mainly craftsmen, and the rest are day laborers or corvee labor.
What Xiao Yi wanted to do was provide relief through work, so he had to explain his intentions clearly to Qin Hongxue.
Otherwise, the other party will misunderstand and treat the victims as corvees, who will only provide food and not pay wages, or they will use a few victims and the others will be slaves, corvees, miners, etc. Then the good idea of providing work-for-relief will be in vain. .
Qin Hongxue understood Xiao Yi's tone and the heavy word "wages" at the end, and asked: "Your Highness wants civilian girls to recruit disaster victims to build reservoirs, take care of their food, and pay them wages. Is this also disaster relief?"
Xiao Yi stood up directly and walked to Qin Hongxue.
Qin Hongxue's body trembled slightly, but she still stood there, motionless, letting Xiao Yi get closer.
Her heart was shaken, and the starry eyes under the smokey eyebrows seemed to have stars rising up, and the bright autumn eyes were rippling. She faced a pair of gentle and domineering eyes. She seemed to have seen through her thoughts. She lowered her head slightly and tasted it over and over in her heart. Xiao Yi's words.
"Yes, this policy is called work-for-relief. It is true that the drought in Shaanxi Road is serious. It is also true that the victims are now as hungry as firewood. This is because droughts have occurred in Shaanxi Road for consecutive years."
"Then the imperial court can't just transport food, distribute it to the victims, and then supplement it with disaster relief money."
"Disaster victims will always run out of food and money."
"The drought in Shaanxi Road is still severe, so the court will continue to provide food and money. This will repeat the cycle, and the court will also be dragged down by the drought in Shaanxi Road."
"If you want to solve this problem, you have to find the key to the problem."
"The key to the drought in Shaanxi is little rain, or no rain. There are many fertile fields and no water for irrigation, so crops cannot be grown. And the wells and canals have dried up, and the people have no water to use. If they don't starve to death, they will be starved to death. Die of thirst.”
"If we want to completely solve the drought on Shaanxi Road, we must build a reservoir to store water and then dig canals to divert water."
"In this case, if there is a drought on Shaanxi Road, then canals will be opened to divert water."
"If there is a flood in the lower reaches of the Yellow River, water should be stored to prevent flooding."
Xiao Yi's words made Qin Hongxue show admiration in her eyes.
As expected of His Highness the Crown Prince who has been hiding for more than twenty years.
If you don't sing, you will be a blockbuster.
In just a few days after gaining the power to supervise the country, he killed the corrupt official Wang Hao, the Minister of Household Affairs, and rectified the three major grain merchants in the capital, controlled grain prices, and solved the grain shortage.
He cut the mess so quickly, even the Prime Minister hasn't reacted yet, right?
Now the strategy of providing work-for-relief is proposed, which not only appeases the victims of Shaanxi Road, but also builds reservoirs and canals to solve the problem of successive droughts on Shaanxi Road.
He is truly unparalleled in resourcefulness and the best in the world.
This is what a man should do!
Qin Hongmei said with admiration: "Your Highness is unparalleled in resourcefulness and is the best in the world. Women of the people admire him."
Looking at her wearing a green robe with black hair tied up and a green hosta stuck in her face, she is graceful and beautiful, as bright as the clouds, with a face like a hibiscus stamen, a face as white as snow, and a smooth skin. Xiao Yi's eyes were filled with a desire to conquer, and he said: "If you can grow Jing Furong's company and convince the people with your reputation, I will give you a great blessing."
"I can give you convenience by opening up trade routes to several small countries in Fanbang. You can transport domestic tea, silk and other goods from official roads to foreign countries, and then transport spices, seeds, ironware, cattle and sheep and other specialties from abroad. Come back again and again, and the profits will be huge."
Xiao Yi's words made Qin Hongxue come closer to her, and the warm breath hit her nose, as well as the strange look in her eyes.
If she can obtain these conveniences, her Tong Fuwei and the soon-to-be-acquired Jing Furong two companies will definitely become the first-class Daqian.
Her eyes widened and she exclaimed, "Seriously?"
