Xue Yao has no ambition to achieve success, but he has set up a scam to recover the price of grain.
I can't imagine that this little bit of cleverness can get into the eyes of the Crown Prince.
Although he is the Prince's fanboy, his heart for the little fat boy's old father always overrides his instincts.
Less than a month after leaving the capital, the little fat kid's sense of security has dropped to more than seventy, where Xue Yao still dares to blindly jump ship!
Fear of history repeating itself, fear of the fat kid going dark, fear of having his ears cut off and his tail chopped off!
In this life, according to the little fat kid's new hobby, he'll probably soak Xue Yao in milk with too much sugar and torture her over and over again--
"My son can't go without milk."
Scary future!
To refuse the Prince's invitation, no matter what the reason, would seem ungrateful.
Xue Yao was nervous and ready for the Crown Prince's displeasure.
Unexpectedly, I actually heard the Prince's low laughter.
Xue Yao couldn't resist the curiosity and looked up-
The Crown Prince cleared his throat and returned to his seriousness, "You would rather serve Lao Qi in food and drink, than follow me to build a career?"
Xue Yao blinked with a helpless face, not knowing how to explain.
The Crown Prince proudly snorted coldly and said in a single word, "Seventh Brother is indeed too cute."
Xue Yao: "......"
Don't make up your own mind, you little devil!
It's not like I can't stay away from your cute fat brother.
I was afraid that your fat brother would suddenly black out!
Dazzling brother vanity has been satisfied, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince did not get angry, but also generously said that he could wait until the seventh prince came of age to catch up.
In the afternoon of the same day, the Crown Prince followed Xue Yao's plan and personally negotiated the price with the third largest grain bank.
Originally was worried about Jinling City to buy the grain to smash hands, heard that the merchants want to buy 200,000 stone grain, the shopkeeper was almost overjoyed!
But in the end, he still endured, and only said calmly that some concessions could be given appropriately-reducing the medium rice to six hundred and thirty wen.
This was nearly one hundred Wen short of Xue Yao's goal of "five hundred and forty Wen", but the Crown Prince didn't express dissatisfaction, and only said politely that he would have to think about it.
"This year, the price of food is quite a bit higher than previous years, so if you really can't, the family's camp can wait until next year." The Crown Prince deliberately did not hurry to show that he was not in a hurry.
The shopkeeper's heart tightened.
Grain to the next year, will have to be filled inferior rice sold at a low price, where he can wait!
So, not waiting for the Prince Master to get up and go out, the shopkeeper land looked solemn and followed to stand up: "Prince, please wait, can not delay your family set the opening date, if you are willing to cooperate with our grain store long-term, this time the price can be negotiated again."
The Prince politely said a few more words, and finally did not specifically set a price, then leisurely left the grain store.
This was followed by a trip to another grain store.
When they returned in the evening, the eunuchs who had followed the Crown Prince to ask about the price of grain were in the courtyard showing off the Crown Prince's prowess.
Xue Yao accompanied the Sixth Prince as he sat in the shade and chatted, and also curiously listened to an earful-
"When those grain storekeepers saw our Prince, how could they dare to put on airs? Every one of them could not wait to kneel on the ground, begging our Prince to stay and talk."
"A few days ago when we went to ask, those grain merchants bit down on the sky price of 690 Wen and did not let go, today there is a shopkeeper who heard that we want 200,000 stones of grain, so excited that he gave us a price of 610 Wen! He also said that he would cover half of our grain transportation costs, so he's trying to do business with us with no return on his investment. Hahaha!"
The eunuch who had a nose dive into the food prices earlier said, "It's time to thwart these treacherous merchants! His Highness the Crown Prince has even stepped in ......"
"I can't be greedy for credit if the price of food can come down this time." A light and slow voice came out from the main courtyard, and His Highness the Crown Prince walked into the archway with a smile on his hand, saying to the group of eunuchs slinking around, "The credit is all Xue Yao's."
The eunuchs laughed and responded, and in their hearts, they were actually convinced by Xue Yao's scion.
The Sixth Prince said quietly to Xue Yao with an excited look on his face, "Big Brother will definitely reward you heavily when he returns to the capital!"
Xue Yao narrowed his eyes and smiled, but in his heart, he secretly grumbled.
God forbid the little chubby boy's sense of security lasts another half a month!
Blessedly, the white rabbit in the imperial kitchen has not yet fattened up for slaughter!
On the second day, the Prince didn't go out to talk about the price of food.
The fellows of each grain house stepped through the threshold to deliver the post, wanting to invite the Crown Prince to go to the restaurant to drink and talk business with the shopkeeper, but they were all rejected by the guards.
After three days, the proprietor of the second largest grain house in Zhejiang couldn't sit still and personally came to the door to ask for a meeting.
Only then did the Prince ask the concierge to let the man in.
As soon as the proprietor saw the Crown Prince, he took out his full sincerity, and without saying a word, he gave the actual price: "Five hundred and forty wen, delivered in silver, we will bundle them up and transport them on the ship for you."
The price was even lower than Xue Yao had expected, and the Crown Prince gave Xue Yao a sideways glance.
The proprietor of the grain store said, "I'm not happy to hear you say that we don't have 200,000 stones of stock in our granary, half of which were urgently raised from Jinling at a high price, the cost of which is 540 wen, and we don't earn a penny for the first time we work together, we only hope that you'll continue to take care of our business in the coming year!"
The news of this grain house proprietor's visit soon spread to the other grain houses.
Within three days, the bosses of the eight major grain houses have come all over the place, and the prices are all smashed to the lowest.
There are even a few small grain houses that are willing to sell at a loss because they have too much stock to turnover and are more anxious to sell than other large grain houses.
In this way, the Prince collected all 1,600,000 stones of grain at an average price of 530 Wen.
In a disaster year, this was already amazingly low, and a bit lower than Xue Yao had expected.
This price compared to the original, the whole cheaper one hundred and twenty Wen a stone, the total is for the Prince to save more than two hundred thousand taels of silver.
Converted into the purchasing power of Xue Yao's era, it was equivalent to a huge sum of over 100 million dollars!
Xue Yao never dreamed that he could make such a big deal.
The eunuchs also blew him up, saying that he was a reincarnation of Zhuge, and he was still quite proud in his heart.
After the grain was loaded onto the ship, the group embarked and set sail that afternoon for the disaster-stricken county in Shanxi.
Not one, but three counties were affected.
The Prince divided into three groups and traveled to three counties at the same time to borrow food.
Xue Yao had originally planned to follow the Crown Prince to Lichang County to borrow grain, but suddenly heard the term "Ping Rong County" from the Crown Prince's strategist.
I remember there was a side mission called "Controlling the epidemic in Pingyong County".
Is it hard to believe that there will be a plague there?
This left Xue Yao at a loss for words.
Offering the Shu Road he barely fooled the Emperor.
He desperately fooled a group of merchants about collecting grain.
Now, the system actually wanted him to control the plague!
It's not like the plague can be controlled by fooling around, so how is this going to work?
After experiencing so many things, Xue Yao had gradually gotten used to unexpected situations.
Anyway, the boat to the bridge is naturally straight, and did not think much, directly to the Prince to ask for instructions, on the pretext that he has a distant relative in Ping Rong County, want to stop by to visit a glance.
The Crown Prince already had a great deal of trust in him, and without much thought he agreed to his request and let him leave with the men of Ping Rong County.
The Sixth Prince also wanted to go all the way with Xue Yao, but was stopped by the Crown Prince.
Maybe it's easier to see that your brother is still young and take him with you.
When he arrived at Ping Rong County, the eunuch brought the emperor's oracle and deployed government officials from the county office to help register the borrowed grain together.
Prince first try the new policy, benefit the people at the same time, but also let the emperor see the practical benefits, so the first loan, set the interest is not too low, is the annual interest rate of one point.
But that's downright conscientious compared to the landowner-rich merchant's usurious loans of three cents at a time!
So the victims were as happy as New Year's Eve when they lined up to sign the documents, and everything went smoothly.
Xue Yao walked around the villages of Ping Rong County and did not find any seriously ill farmers.
Until the lending mission was completed, there were no rumors of any plague.
As a matter of fact, it was impossible for the system to release non-existent quests.
In other words, the plague in Pingyong County may not have been caused this year.
Xue Yao couldn't find a reason to stay away, so he could only follow the army to find the Crown Prince to join them, and together they boarded the sailing ship back to the capital.
What does it mean to return?
A few days on board, dreaming of the horrific image of the cooks in the imperial kitchen plucking rabbit fur ......
Xue Yao was so anxious that he couldn't wait to jump into the river and immediately swim back to the palace to save the rabbit!
The Sixth Prince could keenly see that Xue Yao was in a hurry, but he didn't know what he was in a hurry for.
Until late one night, when they were sleeping in the same cabin, they suddenly heard Xue Yao murmuring in his sleep--
"Does your highness ...... drink milk?"
Originally thought that this "Your Highness" was calling out to him, the Sixth Prince happily approached, but heard the Seventh Brother's "Imperial Enquiry", the Sixth Prince slightly pouted, and through the slightly swaying candlelight outside the barn, he watched Xue Yaoyao's uneasy sleeping face.
"Big brother isn't even as mindful of Old Seven as you are." The Sixth Prince beamed, his lacquered eyes staring at the sleeping Xue Yao, his voice faintly inaudible as he complained, "I'm going to be jealous."
*
Finally.
Back to the capital!
After Xue Yao entered the palace, he couldn't even be bothered to look for the Crown Prince to collect his reward, and in a 100 meter sprint, he first ran to the Imperial Catering Room.
"Rabbit ...... rabbit ......" Xue Yao grabbed the eunuch who carried away the white rabbit that day and gasped, "Is the rabbit I gave you guys that day still there? Have you slaughtered it!"
The little eunuch said he wasn't sure.
Xue Yao didn't accept this answer, "Slaughter is slaughter! If you haven't slaughtered it, hurry up and give it back to me! Make it quick!"
So the little eunuch led him to the warming hut where rabbits were kept.
Xue Yao was shocked.
Standing with the eunuch in a warming hut the size of half a basketball court.
Xue Yao is surrounded by uncountable, running and jumping ...... rabbits!
There were black, gray, and hundreds of white rabbits.
"Your Excellency, the rabbits we all uniformly keep here, if you want to take back the one that was sent to you, I'm afraid you'll have to look hard to find it." The eunuch said such nonsense to him very seriously and left.
Leaving Xue Yao alone in the warming hut, looking at the rabbit ocean and sighing.
Wanting to accurately retrieve the rabbit given by the Seventh Prince was impossible, Xue Yao picked the slowest stupid white rabbit from the pile and carefully carried it away.
After that, he didn't immediately go to the Green Vault Palace to find Fatty, but went to the Sixth Prince to help wipe the rabbit clean.
A little more spice was sprinkled into the rabbit's fur to make it smell like a pampered pet rabbit rather than a meat rabbit just fished out of the slaughterhouse.
The Sixth Prince said that this rabbit didn't look too spirited and had to be carefully conditioned.
Xue Yao was worried that she wouldn't be able to raise it herself, so she asked the Sixth Prince's palace maid to help look after it for a few days.
After bidding farewell to the Sixth Prince, Xue Yao immediately went to the Crown Prince's Palace to retrieve the small artifacts that he had bought back from Jinling City and sent them to the Green Vault Palace to coax the fat cubs.
I was in a hurry on the road and tripped over a stone.
Xue Yao stumbled, and suddenly a hand supported his arm to steady his feet.
Xue Yao turned back and was about to thank him, but realized that there was no one behind him, he was alone in the center of this small garden, and only a few eunuchs in a hurry passed by a long distance away.
Must be hallucinating because the seasickness hasn't slowed down yet.
Xue Yao didn't think much about it and quickly rushed to the Green Vault Palace, asking if His Highness the Seventh Prince was there.
The palace maid had already been instructed and immediately told Xue Yao according to His Highness' request, "His Highness is in no hurry to see Yao Yao."
Xue Yao: "......"
One could feel the little fat cub's thunderous anger at the sound of those words.
His Highness isn't even in a hurry for milk!
Having no choice, Xue Yao waited in the flower hall for a while and went to the courtyard again.
Seeing Xue Yao standing helplessly in the courtyard pacing and waiting in agony, the eunuchs exchanged comments, "This young son of the companion can be considered to be out of favor, and it's also his own doing."
The sound of the discussion wasn't too small, Xue Yao could hear it roughly, and was more or less uncomfortable in his heart.
Thinking that tomorrow she would go to the school as usual to study with the fat kid, and that there was no hurry to meet her, Xue Yao simply greeted the palace maid and prepared to go back to the house to tell her mother that she was well.
However, as soon as he stepped out of the threshold with his front foot, an alarm rang in his head: [Lu Qian's sense of security reduced by 1]
Xue Yao hurriedly withdrew his foot!
Did this little fat cub put a radar receiver on him!
Why does it seem to be able to locate and track him after opening up the Renwu two chakras?
And it's getting more and more unreasonable, refusing to see him and not allowing him to leave!