Dongcheng Street.
Su Mansion.
Su Xian and Liu Huixiang have also gotten up.
They almost "fought" all night last night, but the two of them were still in high spirits after waking up, without any discomfort or fatigue, and felt comfortable both physically and mentally.
This can only be said——
Produced by Shu Palace, it must be a high-quality product!
After freshening up and having breakfast, the two of them left the house and took a carriage to Yingzhou Yamen. Perhaps, this trip can be called "the bride returns home".
Tang Ju and his wife had already made preparations. After welcoming Su Xian and Liu Huixiang into the living room, they solemnly accepted the tea from them in the living room and completed the ceremony.
"Husband, uncle, aunt, I'm going to find sister Wan'er. Let's talk." Liu Huixiang bowed and exited the living room.
"My dear nephew, please take a seat..." Tang Ju called Su Xian to take a seat, served tea, and the three of them happily chatted about the household chores.
"..."
Not long after, the servant came to report that the official Zhou Ji office of the Princess Mansion had visited, and they had already arrived in the front hall.
Tang Ju hurriedly ordered: "Please come here quickly."
After the boy retired, Mrs. Chen stood up and said, "There are foreign guests arriving. I can't stay long, so I'll go down first."
Not long after Mrs. Chen left the living room, Zhou Ji's office finally arrived at a leisurely pace. Su Xian and Tang Ju stood up to greet her.
Zhou's eyes lit up when he saw Su Xian in the office, but he didn't show it externally. He just smiled and said, "So Su Xianyi is here, haha, what a coincidence."
Su Xian was startled for a moment, there was something in his words.
He should have come here specifically to see me... Su Xian's heart moved, because today is the day when the bride returns home, Su Xian will also come here...
The guests and hosts sat down and served tea again.
Tang Ju smiled and said: "Zhou Ji's office is busy with general affairs, but he came to my office in person. I wonder if Her Royal Highness the Princess has any arrangements?"
Zhou Ji's Office waved his hand and said: "His Highness does not have any arrangements. I just want to ask...well, the issue of recruiting civilians..."
Tang Ju hurriedly patted his chest and said:
"Please rest assured, Zhou Ji Office and Her Royal Highness, the Yingzhou Yamen will fully support the resettlement and reconstruction of the affected states in the south. Enough civilian laborers will be recruited within the next two days at the latest..."
Zhou Ji's office laughed and said: "Okay, if Ambassador Tang has any difficulties, you can also bring them up and we will get through this difficulty together..."
"..."
Su Xian listened to them chatting for a while, and his head began to feel sleepy. Su Xian couldn't understand what they were talking about.
In the past few days, he had been concentrating on preparing for the wedding and ignored other matters. He only knew that several southern states had suffered a once-in-a-century flood, and the specific situation was unclear.
"I wonder what Su Consultation thinks of the disaster?" Zhou Ji's office suddenly looked at Su Xian and asked.
"Uh..." Su Xian rubbed his face and said awkwardly, "I'm ashamed. I've been preparing for my wedding these days and I don't know the specifics of the disaster."
Snapped!
Zhou Jishou slapped his forehead and said with a smile: "Look at me, I have forgotten this matter. Su Chenyi is not aware of many recent important things..."
Su Xian raised his eyebrows, thinking that this should be the real purpose of Zhou Ji's office to see him, so he asked: "Many important things? What else besides the flood? Please tell Zhou Ji's office."
"Su Zhenyi is an official of the princess's palace, and she is valued by the princess. It doesn't hurt to tell you..." After finishing his words, Zhou Ji's office looked sideways at Tang Ju, but hesitated to speak.
Tang Ju was also a good person, so he stood up immediately and said, "You guys talk first, I will go to the Yamen to supervise the recruitment of civilian husbands."
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After Tang Ju left, Zhou Ji's office stood up and closed all the doors and windows of the living room, and told the maids waiting outside not to let anyone in unless there was something important to do.
"Su Consultation, you only know that several states along the Yellow River have been hit by a once-in-a-century flood, but you don't know..." Zhou Ji's office glanced at the closed doors and windows uneasily.
Seeing how cautious he was, Su Xian also became nervous.
After all, Zhou Ji's office was not at ease. He leaned closer and lowered his voice and said:
"We are still short of food and grass!"
"Lack of food?" Su Xian was stunned, then he breathed a sigh of relief and smiled:
"I didn't expect Zhou Ji's office to also like to joke. Haha, I, Daliang, have had good weather in recent years and have had good harvests year after year. How can I be short of food?"
Zhou Jishuo lowered his voice a little lower, sighed and said:
"Some time ago, water broke out in the city of Shendu. Hanjiacang City was burned to the ground, and two-thirds of my grain reserves were reduced to ashes."
"What!" Su Xian's smile suddenly solidified, and he asked solemnly: "Is this serious?"
"Seriously! This is our Daliang secret. Once it is announced, it may cause an uproar. Su Consultation must keep it secret and cannot mention it to anyone."
Su Xian nodded, got up and left his seat, put his hands on his hips, and walked around, his expression getting more and more ugly.
The Liang Dynasty first suffered a once-in-a-century flood, and then two-thirds of its grain reserves were burned down... The current situation is quite dangerous.
Once this matter was leaked out, the people were in an uproar, and the Liao Kingdom, which was watching with eager eyes, was afraid...
He just married Liu Huixiang into his family yesterday.
He had secretly vowed to give Liu Huixiang a stable life.
If the Liao Kingdom takes the opportunity to invade the border, the entire Hebei Province will be shrouded in the cloud of war and will not be able to live in peace.
"Su Counselor, don't worry, Her Majesty the Queen has already made arrangements." Zhou Ji said.
"What arrangement?"
"The imperial court does not have much food in stock, but the funds for disaster relief must be guaranteed. Your Majesty has sent people to the Shu Kingdom for the food shortage caused by this... However, the food for tens of thousands of troops in Hebei Province and the rations for 30,000 Liao army prisoners need to be solved by the princess herself. .”
"At present, it seems that this is the only way." Su Xian exhaled slowly, Her Majesty the Queen is still reliable.
"But our Hebei province has a huge food shortage!" Zhou Ji's Office added.
"Perhaps we can purchase it from the private sector?" Su Xian suggested with a frown.
"Private grain storage has long been purchased by His Highness and stored in charity warehouses in various states... The grain in the charity warehouses was immediately moved to the south for disaster relief." Zhou Ji's Office shook his head.
Su Xian frowned again. Tens of thousands of troops were short of food, which could easily lead to mutiny among the sergeants. At that time, the internal chaos would break out before the Liao Kingdom invaded the border. Not good!
Zhou Jishi sighed, then looked at Su Xian with a hopeful look on his face and said, "Wang Sima did come up with a method, but I don't think it's very good."
"What method?"
"The method of exchanging 30,000 Liao army prisoners for food and grass..." Zhou Jishi explained the implementation of this method in detail, and then looked at Su Xian expectantly, waiting for him to come up with a more powerful method.
But Su Xian clapped his hands and said with a smile: "Wang Sima's method is very good. He is indeed worthy of being the head of the princess's subordinate officials. No wonder the princess values him so much."
Zhou Ji's mouth opened, and finally slowly closed...
After seeing off Zhou Ji's office, Su Xian found Liu Huixiang and saw that she was having a good time with Tang Shuwan, so he left her to continue playing here. After telling her to pick her up in the afternoon, he returned to the Su Mansion first.
The mansion became lively again, and the banquet had already begun before noon. Su Xian could smell the strong aroma of wine in the air when he entered.
Who is having a feast?
He came to the flower hall where yesterday's wedding banquet was held. It turned out that Lin Chuan, Qianmian Hu and some overnight guests were changing glasses and discussing the topic of "the four beauties in the world".
