Mr. Situ and Mai Xiaoji returned to Dongsheng Town together. In fact, Mr. Don't come back and told Ji Rongjin that she had guessed quite the same. She was not nervous or scared. She mainly wanted to find out clearly to reassure the residents of Dongsheng Town and let them continue to go up the mountain to pick blueberries. Only

Only after receiving a large quantity of blueberries can the business be started.

I never thought that my husband would not return to Linchun County for the time being, "Is it possible that the King of Liaodong is in Linchun County?"

"You guessed it right." Mr. Situ was lying on the porch blowing the wind, leisurely and comfortable.

"So sir, do you think he will come to Dongsheng?" Ji Rongjin was a little worried.

Mr. Situ said, "Linchun County has good conditions and is closer to the garrison. Logically speaking, it should not come unless there is something special."

"Oh!" Mr. Ji Rongjin's comfort did not reassure Ji Rongjin, but things were already like this, and he could only take one step at a time.

Mr. Situ had traveled to the capital and was illiterate. Chief Wu Ting respected him very much. Hearing that he had returned from Linchun County, he came to him to inquire about the garrison on the southern mountain.

As the pavilion chief of a town, he knew the news no earlier than Mr. Situ. "What can be done? If it weren't for you, Dongsheng Town would be like a forgotten village. It is rare to receive official documents from above."

"Don't worry, let the residents do what they have to do." Situ chatted with him and comforted him.

"Before coming here, I just received the official document and I told them." Chief Wu Ting was still worried, "I'm afraid these soldiers will come and disturb the residents' lives!"

While he was complaining to someone, an eleven or twelve-year-old boy came over and said, "Grandpa...grandpa...there are dozens of strong men coming towards us from the south."

Wu Tingchang was so frightened that Huo stood up and his face changed, "What should I do... What should I do... They must have needed a lot of things just after they moved in. They must have come here to grab things."

With trembling legs, he was about to ask the residents to close the door and lock it, but Ji Rongjin stopped him and said, "Old pavilion chief, don't panic."

"Don't panic, they are coming to grab things soon."

The old man in his fifties looked like a frightened bird, which made people feel unbearable to see him. Ji Rongjin comforted him: "They are going to stay here for a long time. They just arrived now. They shouldn't grab them as soon as they come up. They are probably here to buy."

"Really?" The old pavilion chief didn't believe it.

You can't blame the old pavilion chief for not believing it. In fact, it has been like this since ancient times. Even if the soldiers are defending their country and have nothing to eat or drink, they will still rob the people of their food and property.

Ever since His Royal Highness King Qi was demoted to Queen of Liaodong by the new emperor in April, Qiao Qingyu had expected that this day would come when he would fight in the south and in the west. He had never seen anything before. He had guessed that Yidong was poor, but he did not expect to be even poorer than he imagined.

Let’s talk about Shanglin Fucheng first. A large prefecture is not even as good as a county in Gyeonggi Province, let alone Linchun County. It is at best a small town in the south.

"General, I heard this is a small town to the north."

"Damn it, what a small town." Qiao Qingyu looked forward, "Our hometown is just a bigger village."

At a glance, the low winter house was dusty, as if it had been smoked, and it was old and dilapidated. "If it weren't for the lack of food, I wouldn't want to come."

A group of more than a dozen people were carrying knives and hanging bows, and their footsteps were very loud. In normal times, they would have attracted crowds of people to watch, but today, there was no one at the entrance of Dongsheng Town.

"General, didn't anyone in the town see us?"

Qiao Qingyu was also puzzled, "Ignore it for now and go find food quickly."

"Yes, General."

At the entrance of the village, Wu Zhibo, the eldest grandson of Chief Wu Ting, saw a dozen strong men approaching. He turned around and shouted, "They are coming, they are coming..."

Wu Tingchang was so frightened that his hands were shaking. The scene of robbing a young man five years ago still often came to his dreams, "Ji..."

Ji Rongjin patted Wu Tingchang on the shoulder, "Believe me, they must be here to buy food."

“What if we rob…rob…?”

"No." Ji Rongjin had just comforted Wu Tingchang. She raised her eyes and saw an acquaintance. She subconsciously wanted to hide, but she hesitated when she saw the trembling old pavilion chief.

This hesitation made Qiao Qingyu see her.

There are only a few villages and towns within a hundred miles of the county seat. She cannot hide in the city like she did in the capital. What is supposed to come will come. This...maybe it is fate.

"Ms. Ji?" Qiao Qingyu was so surprised that his eyes almost popped out, "You're not dead?"

"You want me to die?" Ji Rongjin gave him a big eye roll.

The man as tall as an iron tower realized that he had said something wrong, and his face turned red with embarrassment: "Ji...Ms. Ji..."

"Tell me, what are you doing here?"

Wu Tingchang, who was so frightened that his face turned blue, found that the fierce and strong man looked like a child who had made mistakes in front of Mrs. Ji. How did things change like this?

For some reason, Chief Wu Ting remembered a dream he had the night before Mrs. Ji came to Dongsheng. He dreamed that a golden phoenix fell from Fenggu Mountain. The golden phoenix flapped its wings, and their village was flooded with gold ingots.

Qiao Qingyu said with a heavy heart: "There is not much food left, come here to buy food."

Ji Rongjin sneered: "The entire Dongsheng Town has only a thousand people, including men, women, old and young. How much food can we provide to you?"

"Then... what should we do?" Qiao Qingyu was once Ji Rongjin's follower and knew her abilities, so he posed the problem to her without even thinking about it.

The army has only been stationed for a week and there is not much food. Yan Tao is pitifully demoted by his brother!

It is now July, the first season of rice has been harvested in the south of Vietnam, and the winter wheat in Wudi has also been harvested. At that time, if you go to buy at this time, you will definitely receive food.

Yan Tao and his staff must have thought of the problems she could think of, so did they do it?

Ji Rongjin pulled Qiao Qingyu aside and asked what was on his mind.

Qiao Qingyu didn't know much about confidential matters, "Your Highness wants me to last for half a month. I don't know anything else, but I think the food can last for up to five days."

Half a month? Five days?

Ji Rongjin's eyebrows twitched, "If I help you survive until fifteen days, how will you repay me?"

Qiao Qingyu has no doubt about Ji Rongjin's ability: "I can do anything with you."

"No need." Ji Rongjin said, "But I need you to do two things for me."

"What?" Qiao Qingyu was worried that he couldn't do it.

"Don't worry, it's not difficult."

"……"That's good.

"First, don't let His Highness know that I'm still alive."

"..." It's so difficult. Qiao Qingyu can pick up flies on his forehead.

"Can't do it? Then..."

"No, no, it can be done." As long as he keeps his mouth shut, he should be able to hide it.

"The second point..." Ji Rongjin felt that the opportunity to make big money had come.

Yan Tao stayed at Lin Chun for a few days, and hurried back to the county and secretly mobilized manpower to go to Jiangnan to purchase food. "Hurry, people will starve to death if there is no food in fifteen days."

"Yes, Your Highness." Ping An was Yan Tao's steward who was in charge of general affairs and one of the four great stewards. He turned around and carried His Highness's instructions while flying pigeons to pass the message, and at the same time taking people eight hundred miles to rush to Jiangnan.

Seeing that half a month had passed, there was no news from either the north or the south. While taking a nap, Yan Tao woke up and said, "Kangtai..."

"Your Highness..." Kangtai came in with herbal tea.
Chapter completed!