As soon as the two of them left, Zhou Yu sent people to the city to find out what happened.
Anyway, based on her understanding of these two people, if it were not a major matter that was burning to their eyebrows, they would not care about it.
After all, in her opinion, the two of them are just two old dudes, and national affairs really have little to do with them.
soon. The people Zhou Yu sent to the city to inquire about the news came back.
"County Lord, there is news from the northwest that the Nanyang Kingdom has dispatched 400,000 troops to defeat two cities at the northwest border."
Zhou Yu frowned. Her first reaction was that it was impossible. She might not know anything else, but she could still make some guesses about the whereabouts of Uncle Wang and Bai Mo. It should be related to the Northwest Army.
Since the emperor had already taken precautions, why was the Nanyang Kingdom so easily able to defeat the city? Could it be that there was something inside?
But the destruction of the city meant the casualties of the people. She didn't think the emperor would do such a thing. She couldn't figure out the inner meaning of it, and Zhou Yu was puzzled.
But this matter really had nothing to do with her. She just sent people to follow the news of the Northwest Army in the city, and she couldn't help much else.
In these days, the news that Northwest has been defeated by Nanyang Kingdom has spread in the city. Although Northwest is still some distance from Kyoto City, the people of Kyoto City are still very aware of the crisis.
During this period of time, business in the city was not very easy. Every household kept its purse strings tightly, and even the grain store business was not easy to do.
Although the food supply has increased a bit due to the war, every household in Kyoto City still has a few months' supply of food. If you buy too much and cannot take it with you when you leave, it will be in vain.
Not to mention Murakami. Basically, after harvesting new grain every year, every family will keep a year's worth of grain before selling the excess grain.
The common people hold their money bags tightly, thinking that if something goes wrong, they can run away. Everything can be lacking on the road, but money is absolutely indispensable. You have to spend money wherever you go out. .
To say why the people of Da Zhou have such a strong sense of crisis, it has a lot to do with the current emperor.
Since the emperor ascended the throne, there have been constant disasters and mishaps in various places, and the expenditure of the national treasury has been negative every year. Although the people in these cities do not know very well, they will follow the trend of the aristocratic family, and they will follow what the aristocratic family does.
Anyway, there is absolutely nothing wrong with following those aristocratic families. They must have their reasons for surviving for hundreds of years.
In the past few days, the atmosphere in the court was also very depressing. The morning court was quiet, and all the ministers were like jaded gourds. No one would touch the emperor's brow to make trouble at this time, so the morning court ended extremely quickly.
Basically, the morning court ended in less than half an hour. The emperor had a rare leisure time during this period, but he still stayed in the imperial study and did not come out. If now he had the leisure time to visit the imperial garden, or go to a concubine's palace, Maybe tomorrow his name will be spread.
This depressing atmosphere has lasted for more than ten days in Kyoto City, even in Kyoto City. It is even worse in the prefectural capitals from the northwest to Kyoto City. Everyone begins to feel insecure.
Although the Nanyang Kingdom was only a small country, the strength of its people was not comparable to that of the Zhou Dynasty.
It is said that one man from Nanyang Kingdom is worth ten people in the Great Zhou Dynasty. I don’t know who spread this saying. It has been spread in the Great Zhou Dynasty a few years ago.
Now Nanyang Kingdom's 400,000-strong army has defeated two cities in a row. Doesn't that mean it can equal the millions of troops of the Great Zhou Dynasty?
Let’s not talk about whether Dazhou can send one million soldiers and horses to resist the 400,000-strong army of Nanyang Kingdom, but as the saying goes, the soldiers and horses go first before the food and grass are used. Dazhou can really get the food and fodder for a million-strong army. Are you kidding me? , even they themselves don’t believe it.
More than ten days later, exciting news came back from the northwest. The Northwest Army outflanked the 400,000 troops sent by the Nanyang Kingdom. The Northwest Army directly killed most of the Nanyang soldiers, and the remaining Although more than 100,000 people did not take their lives, they all returned with wounds on their hands. It would be impossible to serve as a soldier in the future.
This battle directly shocked the surrounding countries. The countries that were still ready to take action and wanted to share a piece of the Nanyang Kingdom did not move, and they all speculated that Zhou was serious about it this time.
When Zhou Yu heard the news, he just sighed. In ancient times, human life was really worthless and worthless.
This incident had to make Zhou Yu get to know the emperor in a high position again. He was not as peaceful as he seemed on the surface.
Only then did Zhou Yu truly see the methods of an ancient emperor.
After the people of Kyoto City heard this exciting news, everyone cheered happily, and business in all walks of life also improved. People no longer worried, and they all praised the emperor's wisdom.
After this battle, I am afraid that the surrounding countries will not dare to invade for twenty years. The example of Nanyang Kingdom is in front of us.
In Jinjia Village, this matter was discussed among the villagers for a few days and was settled. After all, the northwest was still too far away from them and was not as important as their current life.
As always, the Zhou family did not return to the city. It seemed that the whole family was accustomed to living in Jinjiacun, but behind the scenes the brother and sister worked harder and harder.
For example, the rouge shop opened by Zhou Yu. Although there is only one shop in Kyoto City now, and the business is surprisingly good, just one shop can't attract too many people's attention. No matter how good the business of a shop is, how good can it be? What most people think.
But the daily output of the workshop is simply incomparable. Now not only the people from Jinjia Village work in the Zhou family's workshop, but also from several surrounding villages, there are also many women with quick hands, feet and tight mouths working in the Zhou family's workshop. , but the most important part is still in the hands of the villagers of Jinjia Village.
There are a lot of goods brought from the workshop to other places every day. Zhou Yu doesn't want to find too many people now. It will be troublesome to manage too many people.
Instead, Butler You sent two stewards to various places to run business and cooperate with prestigious merchants in various places. She would deliver goods and store decorations, and sell them to partners at a price of 70% of the goods, and then the partners would make a profit in the process. price difference.
It's just that the selling price is the same everywhere. If the selling price is changed privately, they have the right to terminate the contract.
In fact, this is similar to various chain brand stores now. What Zhou Yu has to do is to spread the Su Ji Rouge he is making all over the country.
Don't underestimate the price difference. If her chain stores were opened in all the prefectures and counties of Zhou Dynasty, it would be no exaggeration to say that she would make a fortune every day.
As for the bacon, it is too heavy and inconvenient to transport. It is not convenient to send people locally to collect the pigs and find someone to make the bacon and sell it.
So Zhou Yu hasn't thought about this aspect yet, and is still thinking about how to maximize the benefits.
