Ji Xiaotang and Qin Zhen looked at each other and laughed, and many things were tacitly understood.『≤,

That night, Qin Zhen decided to go to Southeast Asia to buy grain at the banquet. The next day, Master Ji San was busy with his people and prepared to go to sea.

Before Mr. Ji San went to sea, Qin Zhen wrote a letter to the court to explain the matter. Qin Zhen advocated asking for another imperial edict and granting Mr. Ji San as the fourth-rank official and the goodwill ambassador.

When the imperial edict arrived in Qingyuan, everyone in the Ji family was happy. Master Ji Er opened the ancestral hall that day and led Master Ji San to the ancestral hall to kowtow. Old Mrs. Ji shed tears even more happily. No matter what, she never expected that Master Ji San would have such a bright future and shine on his family's lintel.

Although the fourth-rank Yuanwailang is a free job, his salary is quite high and he is equally noble, which is exactly the same as Master Ji San’s wishes. You should know that Master Ji, who is in the capital for many years and has a backer in the court, has only reached the fourth-rank official position.

"The old man is in the midst of the nine fountains. I know that the third brother is today, so I can rest in peace!" Old Mrs. Ji also burned incense for Old Mr. Ji himself, and was very excited.

Because Master Ji San was granted an official position, the fleet that went to Nanyang this time was much more glorious than before.

Everything is ready, but the money to buy food is still a problem.

The court put some silver in it, but the amount of grain that the silver could buy was a drop in the bucket for the current situation.

The treasury is empty, and it is obvious that everyone needs to pay for it themselves.

As a person who advocates going out to sea, Prince Jing'an Qin Zhen cannot let the Ji family and Wan family use their own money to make up for this hole.

"... I bought the grain back, and used your share of silver to exchange it for salt. You can't let you both take risks and work hard, but you will also lose money." Qin Zhen smiled at Master Ji San, the head of the Wan family's hometown, Wan Jiashu and others.

Qin Zhen's personal stay in Qingyuan, and his series of measures were extremely popular with the people. Especially those who were fortunate to come into contact with him were impressed by his talent and courage. At this moment, Qin Zhen's words gathered the hearts of the people in the Wanjia Fleet.

After retreating from Qin Zhen, the head of the Wan family and Wan Jiashu arrived at the library and discussed the specific matters of going to sea with Master Ji Er, Master Ji San, and Ji Xiaotang.

During this period, the head of the Wan family proposed that they would rather spend more money.

"The prince is a person who does great things and is so kind to the person. We are willing to work hard for everyone. The money is external to the body. Now the family has some wealth, and they would rather spend more money... We are just talking lightly. This matter must be done by the second master, the third master and the third girl Yucheng."

When the head of the Wan family's hometown and Wan Jiashu saw that Mr. Ji San had been granted an official position, they became furious. They did not dare to think alongside Mr. Ji San, but they just hoped that they could get a small official position, change their families and shine their ancestors.

Master Ji San was very generous. Because he went out to sea together, he and Wan Jiashu were almost in love with brothers. He immediately patted Wan Jiashu on the shoulder and said that this was all for him.

"As long as the trip to the sea goes smoothly, I will buy back the grain. The wish of the hometown owner will not be difficult to achieve." Ji Xiaotang said with a smile.

Now it is too early to seek official positions for thousands of families, and things will be successful. At that time, it is not difficult for thousands of families to seek official positions.

Everyone discussed for a while and everyone was very happy.

In April of the eighth year of Longqing, Master Ji San led the Wanjia fleet to sea from Wanjia Village port again. Qin Zhen personally went to the port to see him off, and the grand occasion was unprecedented.

In May of the eighth year of Longqing, during the wheat harvest season, the drought continued to worsen, and most of the fields almost lost grains, and red fields were thousands of miles away.⊥, and hunger was everywhere. Although there was a method of salt induced to alleviate some disasters, it was still too far away from completely solving the problem.

In May of the same year, the Northern Barbarians launched a large-scale invasion, which echoed the rebel forces in the territory, which further made the situation in the Qin Dynasty even more tense.

Internal and external troubles, rising, the country is in chaos, and panic.

In such a general environment, although Qingyuan is also food shortage, it is like a peaceful paradise in comparison.

After the grain transported by Master Ji San from Southeast Asia was transported to the territory of Daqin, most of the grains were replaced by cheaper and more fuller coarse grains. Although these coarse grains were difficult to swallow, they were very good for filling hunger. In addition, some wild vegetables were boiled into porridge, this method saved the lives of many people.

After two years of severe drought, wild vegetables were gone in the fields. These wild vegetables used to make porridge and satisfy hunger were provided by the Ji family.

It turned out that Ji Xiaotang knew that the drought was about to be severe, so she arranged it before the drought took shape. Not only did she ask people from the Ji family to collect wild vegetables and dry them and stock up, but she also advertised that she took out money to buy wild vegetables.

It has never been possible to exchange wild vegetables for money. Women and children in the village cannot engage in heavy physical labor, but picking wild vegetables is within their ability. By selling these wild vegetables to the Ji family, you can get a little money to supplement your family's income. Therefore, as soon as the notice was issued, responders gathered.

At that time, many people were puzzled and even secretly mocked Ji Xiaotang, believing that this was the eldest lady of a wealthy family who didn’t understand the world and had too much money to play with the money.

But now, these wild vegetables have saved everyone's lives.

Of course, no one laughed at Ji Xiaotang and the Ji family again. Everyone believed that Ji Xiaotang and the Ji family were life-saving Bodhisattvas.

Ji Xiaotang knew about this and just smiled and did not take any measures, allowing folk legends to go. Soon, this statement was not only in Ren'an Prefecture, but even spread to other prefectures.

If the imperial court had not strengthened the control of checkpoints in various places in order to curb the chaos, countless victims would have flown into Ren'an's mansion.

In a blink of an eye, it was mid-June, and the weather was dry and rainy.

On this day, Ji Xiaotang took a break and went to the small conference hall next to the second door to handle the housework before slowly returning to the backyard. Mrs. Ji was not in the house, and the little girl said she was going to Mrs. Ji. Ji Xiaotang didn't enter the house, so she took people to Mrs. Ji's yard.

When Mrs. Ji was in the house, Mrs. Ji was chatting with Mrs. Ji.

"I heard from the people in the village that if this situation continues, I will probably not be able to collect anything during the autumn harvest, and I don't know what will happen next year. I discussed with the old lady that if you add 10% of the coarse grains at home, you can add more than 10% of the coarse grains?" Mrs. Ji Er said to Mrs. Ji.

Old Mrs. Ji sighed.

"Is the situation so difficult now?"

"No matter what, the old lady is always here." Mrs. Ji Er said. Mrs. Ji naturally didn't have to eat coarse grains. What Mrs. Ji Er said was that adding one more cent of coarse grains was the meal of the people who served below.

Of course, there are also people who serve in the yard of Mrs. Ji, so Mrs. Ji second had to discuss with Mrs. Ji first.

"I know everything." After Old Mrs. Ji sighed, she didn't say anything more. "It's not easy to live outside now. I don't care about anything. You can do everything by yours. The people here are naturally no exception. When it's really difficult, even if you are here, you must be like everyone else."

Mrs. Ji is very reasonable on this issue.

When Ji Xiaotang came into the house, he saw Changsheng also in Old Mrs. Ji's house. Old Mrs. Ji talked to Mrs. Ji Er, and he grabbed toys on the kang and played with it. He did not bother people, nor did he have to serve him.

Seeing that Ji Xiaotang was coming, Old Lady Ji and Mrs. Ji Er stopped talking. Changsheng quickly got off the kang, went to Ji Xiaotang, bowed to Ji Xiaotang in a regular manner, and then hugged Ji Xiaotang's thigh.

"Sister." Changsheng raised his head, his big eyes flashed, and his mouth was exposed.

Changsheng's size is already taller than Ji Xiaotang's knees, but he is still as obsessed with Ji Xiaotang as before.

Ji Xiaotang responded with a smile, then reached out to lead Changsheng and stood under the kang of Mrs. Ji.

"It's rare that it's more shady outside now. Grandma, mom, do you want to go out and have a rest?" Ji Xiaotang said.

"We won't go, you can take the eternal life to go and have a break." Old Mrs. Ji and Mrs. Ji Er both said.

Ji Xiaotang then led Changsheng out of Mrs. Ji's house and slowly walked along the shade of trees to Ruyi Garden. After years of drought, the trees outside had withered, not to mention flowers and plants. However, the Ruyi Garden of Ji's family is still covered with green trees. Although the flowers and plants are not as prosperous as in previous years, the flowers and plants are also blooming like brocade.

Ji Xiaotang was standing by the lotus pond, listening to Changsheng's milk voice and chanting Lotus Ye He Tiantian, and saw Qin Zhen walking over from the shade of the flower not far away with two close followers.

Qin Zhen stayed in the Ji family for a long time, and he also liked to walk around Ruyi Garden in his spare time or troubles. Qin Zhen was very satisfied with the Ji family's Ruyi Garden.

Ji Xiaotang hurriedly brought Changsheng to Qin Zhen to salute him.

"It's rare to be cool. I'll take my younger brother to disperse. I hope I won't hit the prince." Ji Xiaotang said with a smile.

"Xiaotang is so polite." Qin Zhen smiled, and bent down and reached out to touch Changsheng's head. "What has Changsheng learned again? Read it to me."

Qin Zhen was in the Ji family. Changsheng often saw him. Qin Zhen was always kind and kind to Changsheng, and Changsheng was not afraid of him. After hearing what he said, Changsheng still turned his big eyes to look at Ji Xiaotang.

Ji Xiaotang smiled and nodded.

Changsheng then stood firm, carried his hands and recited with a humble voice: "There are lotus in the south of the Yangtze River, and the lotus leaves can be picked. Fish play among lotus leaves. Fish play in the east, fish play in the west, fish play in the south, and fish play in the north."

After memorizing in one breath, Changsheng's little face turned red, but his eyes were shining, looking at Qin Zhen and Ji Xiaotang expectantly.

Qin Zhen laughed.

"I have a good back, and the Ji family has produced another little prodigy." Qin Zhen said this, then took off a jade pendant from his waist and handed it to Changsheng's hand.

Changsheng was educated by his family and could not accept other people's things at will, so he did not dare to accept them and looked at Ji Xiaotang with his eyes.

"I am disrespectful to the prince's reward. Changsheng quickly accept it and thank you." Ji Xiaotang said.

Changsheng immediately smiled and took the jade pendant and saluted Qin Zhen in a regular manner.

Qin Zhen laughed loudly, obviously in a good mood.

Ji Xiaotang led Changsheng in his hand and walked slowly along the lotus pond with Qin Zhen.

"Xiaotang, this Ruyi Garden looks just plain at first, but after seeing it for too much, I feel very good... It's a Feng Shui treasure land." Qin Zhen praised.

Nowadays, many wells in the city can no longer be excreted, and the well water in Ji Mansion is still sufficient. The flowers and trees in Ruyi Garden are so prosperous, on the one hand, because of the frequent irrigation of well water, and on the other hand, because of the abundant groundwater that covers the land.

As for outside the city, there are only Qingxi Mountains now, and the Ji family's blessed land is still green.

"The ancestors did know some of the Book of Changes and Feng Shui. However, this land was not chosen by the ancestors, but the place where the Ji family lived. It was later occupied by others, and the ancestors spent a lot of gold and silver to buy it back." Ji Xiaotang said.

"This is the virtue of the ancestors." Qin Zhen said.

Qin Zhen's words were very good, but Ji Xiaotang's heart moved. She felt relieved after seeing that Qin Zhen was not anything else.

As I walked along the way, I heard the sound of talking in the pavilion ahead.

Turning over the twilight rack, Ji Xiaotang saw clearly the people in the pavilion. Ji Xiaoyun brought the big girl, wintersweet, and two or three little girls, who were sitting in the pavilion with Xie Huaijin to enjoy the cool air.

Ji Xiaoyun also saw Ji Xiaotang and Qin Zhen at this time. Her face changed slightly. She wanted to avoid it, but she couldn't. Standing there, she was a little helpless. Instead, Xie Huaijin was confused. He saw Ji Xiaotang at a glance and shouted happily.

"Xiaotang, Xiaotang. Come..." Xie Huaijin greeted Ji Xiaotang with a smile, and raised the things in his hand for Ji Xiaotang to see.

Ji Xiaotang looked at Qin Zhen and saw that Qin Zhen was smiling, not as if he was about to walk away, so he didn't say anything, so he walked to the pavilion without saying anything.

Xie Huaijin's body is now big, her whole body has returned to its original shape, her face is also very good, and her eyes are even more black and white, which looks like the purity of a child's untainted world.

Xie Huaijin didn't look at Qin Zhen at all. Instead, he walked to Ji Xiaotang a few steps and asked her to see what was in her hand.

"What is this?" Ji Xiaotang asked with a smile.

What Xie Huaijin held was a small straw cage, which was extremely exquisite and unique. Inside the cage was a big green grasshopper.

"Cacupoint, Casshop." Xie Huaijin told Ji Xiaotang.

Ji Xiaoyun had already led the girls to salute Qin Zhen at this time. Although she was a little restrained in front of Qin Zhen, she slowly relaxed when she saw Qin Zhen’s kind attitude.

"... I took him out for a walk and caught the grasshopper. The cage was woven from wintersweet." Ji Xiaoyun said to Ji Xiaotang.

"Yes. Wintersweets, good wintersweets, and skillful." Xie Huaijin nodded repeatedly. "Xiaotang, I caught the grasshopper. Do you like it? Give it to you!"
To be continued...