Dominate the ancient academy

Chapter 246: Stealing chicken but losing rice

In the past, the Ministry of Revenue would haggle for a long time over one tael of silver, but now ten taels are nothing to worry about. This has also led to those who receive the silver being terrified when they see it. Even after receiving the silver, they have to confirm it with them again and again, for fear that the people in the Ministry of Revenue will suddenly come to their senses and chase them with a knife to demand it back.

Money was spent with trepidation, which made some people afraid to embezzle money, for fear of being checked by sober people in the Ministry of Revenue. Even though they have old arms and legs, they are very nimble when it comes to using their hands!

In fact, the people in the Ministry of Revenue are very busy now. As long as the money paid is within their expectations, they should be given it. Otherwise, it will take so long to get the money back in the end, and it won’t be much less. Isn’t it a waste of time?

If I have more time now, I might as well think of ways to sort out some business tips, or see if I can open another shop. I don't have time to bother with these people. I'll just agree if the amount is about the same. Otherwise, if anything is delayed, it will be their fault.

Watching the money coming into the account every day is better than arguing with these people. At the beginning, they didn’t really believe in the emperor, but now it seems that the emperor is wise!

Business is still a fast way to make money! They didn't dare to believe it when the emperor mentioned it before, but the Ministry of Revenue is indeed short of money, so they might as well give it a try with the emperor behind them!

The result! It smells so good!

At the beginning, the business was only in Daning. Although it made money, the price was not high in order not to compete with the people. Fortunately, the capital was there, and it was still profitable. But who asked Ye Bo to remind the emperor that making money is not making money anywhere? Wouldn't it be better to make money from other places and come back to build Daning?

Emperor Jingming thought so too. There are more places to do business than Daning! In Daning, they still have to consider the people's livelihood issues, but in other places, they don't need to do so. If they only focus on making money, they will make a lot of money.

So they directly contacted the spies stationed in other countries and the emperor said: You can put the spy work aside for now and build up the business first. As long as you earn enough money and have the money to pave the way, wouldn't it be more convenient to gather information?

Those who can go to other countries as spies are all top talents, and their IQ, EQ, ability, loyalty, etc. are guaranteed to be up to standard.

Although the spies were surprised as to why the emperor suddenly wanted to do business, they naturally followed his request. Some of them even integrated the information and soon opened shops with various reasonable reasons.

How to say it, they have the business tips that the emperor personally found for them, and Daning's full support for them. Because of their profession, they can even better perceive the needs of these customers. With their abilities and the booklets given to them by the emperor, they can easily solve the various problems they encounter.

This was much easier than being a spy, as the silver was shipped back in carts! In fact, because they made more money, they had more contacts, and it was much easier to get information.

In the past, if you wanted to get some information, you had to do everything you could! You were also worried about being discovered. To put it bluntly, you were ready to sacrifice at any time.

Now, wherever they want to go, they can just say they are going to inspect or purchase goods, and it will be much more convenient to go anywhere. Even if they go back to Daning for a stroll, no one will suspect them. Some information will be delivered to their doorstep without them having to ask for it.

They are now transporting silver to Daning, and the people here are asking them to come back as soon as possible!

Several spies suddenly realized that spies could be like this. It really had to be the emperor. This move was more powerful than their efforts for decades! Their loyalty was even higher.

Shu Xiaoxiao could make money from these things she discovered outside and bring them back to benefit the people of Daning. How could Emperor Jingming not be happy? He would even reward Lord Ye.

As for the spring planting incident, there is a temporary conclusion. It is still early and the sweet potatoes are still in the cellar. Even if there is land, there are no seedlings!

Therefore, spring planting has to wait for seedlings, but there is money for seedlings, and there are other things. If you want to do your job well, you must first sharpen your tools. The same goes for farming. If the soil is fertile, are you still afraid of not having a good harvest?

Now that several people have methods to fertilize the land, we must also speed up the process of popularizing it among the people. Now that it has been confirmed that chemical fertilizers can improve soil quality and increase harvests, we should first popularize the uses of chemical fertilizers among the people.

If the land is well taken care of, whatever is planted in the future will have a good harvest. This is as important as spring planting. So the lucky few people who were most excited in the court got the task. Their faces turned green at the time, but they still had to accept the order.

Holding a few pages of fertilizer production methods and matters concerning fertilizer production, all of them were manure and pig manure, which made them want to cry without tears. Even if they didn't have to do it themselves, they would still feel uncomfortable!

These ministers were all ministers who had already chosen sides, or were related to the prince. They were all preparing to show their skills in spring planting in order to get promoted and make money. Who would have thought that they would get a job related to manure?

Those princes' faces flushed red, and they dared not to beg for mercy. The Sixth Prince almost laughed out loud in the court. It felt like he was trying to steal a chicken but ended up losing the rice. He just said there would be a good show to watch.

With soybean oil, Shu Xiaoxiao also started to make mushroom meat sauce. These were available outside, but not better than the dry rations. Everything else was fine, except that there was no chili. The taste did not meet her expectations. If there was chili, the taste would definitely be even better.

Fortunately, we have Chef Fang’s cooking skills to support us. The mushroom meat sauce is glossy and tastes pretty good.

"Xiaoxiao, you don't have to be too demanding. I think this tastes pretty good. With just this little bit, I can finish it at home in two days, not to mention taking it away."

Shu Tingyun looked very satisfied while eating the steamed bun with mushroom and meat sauce. There was so much oil and such big mushrooms and meat pieces. It was not greasy at all when wrapped in butter. It was colorful, fragrant and delicious. It couldn't be more perfect.

I really can't understand why he has higher demands on his own sister. If he takes this to the border, people will fight over it.

This stuff is really delicious. The usually tasteless steamed buns have become much more delicious. He couldn't even imagine how delicious it would be when he returned to the border and mixed it with brown rice. It would be so delicious that he would be infatuated with it!

And this oil, unlike lard, would not solidify at any time. It would always be greasy when eaten. It was simply prepared for them! In his opinion, this thing had no disadvantages except for the small amount.

As for carrying it, it was just a jar, he could just carry it on his back, he had to take it back somehow, and have a snack once in a while, it was a wonderful thought.

At the border, the father and son had always lived and eaten with the soldiers and had never been treated specially, so they had long been tired of the food in the barracks, not to mention the food in the few small shops at the border. They ate simply to fill their stomachs, otherwise they would rather go hungry. Now that they had this meat sauce, not to mention one jar, he could take another jar away.

Shu Xiaoxiao sighed helplessly: "Let's leave it like this for now, Third Brother, you and Daddy will make do with this and eat it first. When I have more peppers, I'll make new ones for you. I guarantee you'll like them more."

Shu Tingyun happily held the jar and smiled with satisfaction: "This is not just a makeshift thing! This is a delicacy in the military camp. It doesn't matter whether it is new or not. It would be even better if it can be delivered to the border. This is enough to eat."

He also had to hide the mushroom sauce. He and his father had to eat it secretly or they would be discovered. There were a few desperate people in the barracks who would definitely come to grab it. A jar like this looked like a lot, and there would be not enough to share in the barracks.

After the third brother left with the jar, Shu Xiaoxiao carefully took out another jar of mushroom meat sauce from the side. The others were fine, but soybean oil was the main ingredient in making mushroom sauce! Only two jars of soybean oil were made, one for the third brother and dad, and the remaining one was prepared for Senior Brother Yun.