When Zhao Ruxi heard this, she felt happy: "You mean, because Queen Shengyao asked people to find high-yielding crops and the people were no longer hungry, the court did not impose restrictions on planting and wine-making, right?"

Wu Zongdao: "It's not unlimited, as long as it's not excessive. If you buy a few villages, grow glutinous rice in them, and use the glutinous rice you grow to make wine, the court won't say anything. But if you ask the people in Nanyang to grow glutinous rice,

When it comes to making wine, the problem is big. This is not a question of lack of food, but a question of officials’ advocacy. Officials in the imperial court should encourage people to grow more food instead of growing other things.”

"That's it." Zhao Ruxi thought for a while and then said, "Then if my village grows glutinous rice, will some officials impeach me as an official for not setting an example for the people?"

Wu Zong nodded: "It's very possible. If you don't become an official, it doesn't matter. If you become an official, you have to pay attention to this aspect."

Having said this, he looked at Zhao Ruxi in confusion: "If you want to make wine, can't you just buy glutinous rice from everywhere to make it? Why do you have to grow it yourself?"

Zhao Ruxi sighed: "I think so too. But only Nanyang's glutinous rice is good, not any other."

"Oh?" Wu Zong frowned and thought for a while, "If your wine is good and can be used as a tribute wine, then the court will not say anything."

Zhao Ruxi's eyes lit up.

Since she can't mass-produce bottled wine, she can definitely go the high-end boutique route. If the wine is good and becomes a tribute wine, it's normal to sell it for two or three times the price of other wines.

Of course, she wants to make wine to benefit the people of Nanyang, not to make money for herself. But the high price of the wine she brews will inevitably cause the price of Nanyang glutinous rice to rise significantly. Once the court relaxes restrictions in order to pay tribute to the wine, let

If we grow more glutinous rice, then the income of Nanyang people in this area will be increased. When the people's income is high, Nanyang's tax revenue will also increase accordingly.

When Nanyang Yamen has money, it can build roads, bridges, and schools, and it can do many things to benefit the people.

This is a good thing from every aspect.

Seeing that Zhao Ruxi had no other questions, Wu Zong stood up and left: "Okay, it's not convenient for me to stay too long. I'm going back to the inn first. You don't have to see me off tomorrow. I'll leave early in the morning."

Zhao Ruxi followed him to see him off, and warned: "When there is a letter from Sister Ruotong, you must write to me so that I won't miss you. When you are going to get engaged, you must inform me in advance."

Wu Zong glanced at her: "You should worry more about your marriage."

She asked the kitchen to pack a large bag of snacks for Wu Zong. Zhao Ruxi sent Wu Zong out. When she came back, she told the kitchen to prepare a sumptuous breakfast tomorrow and asked Zhou Chun to take some Tuyi to the inn.

When she returned to her yard, she sat on the recliner and held the stuffed toy made by Qing Feng, dazed for a while, then sat down at the table and wrote a letter to Xiao Lingyan.

After writing the letter, she immediately called the secret guard and handed the letter to him.

When the Nanyang City Gate opened the next day, the disguised secret guard left Nanyang on horseback. But at noon, he appeared in the capital, and the letter was quickly delivered to Xiao Lingyan after being sent twice.

At that time, he was sitting in the yamen of the Ministry of Industry, looking at the chattering Xiao Linghan sitting opposite him, his eyes filled with impatience.

"...Fourth brother is telling you this because he cares about you. You have to go and take a look to know if a person is good or not, right? You never get engaged. Many young talents in the capital are resentful because the best ones in the capital are expensive.

No woman is willing to get engaged, and they are all looking at you eagerly."

Xiao Lingyan looked at him with a half-smile but not a smile: "Sister, fourth brother, why are you concerned about your younger brother's marriage? My father and my mother are not in a hurry. What kind of worries are you having?"

"Hey, it's not your fourth sister-in-law who is chasing after me every day, asking me to ask you to meet her best friend. Aren't I so entangled by her that I can't help it?"

Xiao Linghan said, stood up and gave Xiao Lingyan a bow: "Fifth brother, can you help your fourth brother? Just meet once. If you feel it's inappropriate, just refuse it directly, so that she can give up."

"I'm sorry, I can't do this. If I open this mouth, believe it or not, I will stop doing anything from now on and just go and meet people every day."

Xiao Lingyan's face darkened as he said this: "Who do you think I am? If others want to see me, they have to show me a smiling face when they see them?"

"Well, you can't say that." A look of embarrassment appeared on Xiao Linghan's face, "You have to get a wife, right? How do you know which one of the noble ladies in the capital is suitable to be your Princess Qi without meeting them?"

"I won't bother Fourth Brother." Xiao Lingyan took the tea cup and took a sip. "I still have official business in the yamen, so I'll leave Fourth Brother to chat."

Xiao Linghan stood up solemnly, said a few more nice words, and then left.

Xiao Lingyan looked at his back with cold eyes.

In their camp, Xiao Lingpu and Fu Yunlang married the daughter of the Cen family, and Fu Yunkai married the daughter of the Mu family. He was the only one who had yet to get engaged.

Various factions in the capital saw that even though he had built Prince Qi's palace outside, he still returned to the palace to stay for a night or two from time to time because he was not yet married. They were worried that he would win over his father or do something else, and they were also worried that he would be with other people.

The alliance of forces was not good for him, so he couldn't sit still and began to guide his marriage.

Many people who wanted to be the queen of Qi also coveted the position of Princess Qi. They either went to the Cen family to talk to Xiao Ge, or sent news to Xiao Ge, or asked the girl to come to him in person.

I want to get the position of Princess Qi.

Xiao Ge's attitude towards him has changed a lot now. He originally wanted not to interfere with his marriage due to his explanation. However, various people came to him to talk about matchmaking, which was very disturbing. Xiao Ge also tried to grant him a marriage several times.

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Even Xiao Lingheng carefully selected several marriages for him.

Xiao Linghan came today because she felt that she was weak. She wanted to join forces with them to deal with the crown prince and the third prince Xiao Lingheng, so she wanted to give him a woman from nowhere.

Seeing that there were no outsiders in the room, the guard came over and handed Xiao Lingyan a letter: "Your Majesty, your letter."

It was a blank envelope with nothing written on it, but to Xiao Lingyan, it was like finding a treasure.

He took the letter and went into the inner room: "Don't let anyone disturb me."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

After tearing open the blank envelope, another envelope was revealed inside. There was only a line of German written on the address of the recipient, which translated into Chinese was "Dear".

Xiao Lingyan quickly opened the letter and read it. After reading it, he read it again. Then he took out the fire certificate and burned the letter. He sat there and thought for a while, then called Xiao Liuzi in and ordered: "
Chapter completed!