Chapter 54: A female mate chooses to farm (3)

“Then do you want to go home or come with me?”

 Xu Yin simply let him choose.

“Hiccup!” Xiao Zhengtai shed tears. She was so excited that she let go of her hand holding Xu Yin’s sleeve, “Nan, Nan barbarian...it’s so scary...wow—”

 Just burst into tears.

 Xu Yin: “…”

I have never seen such a crying child.

I remember that there seemed to be a wooden slingshot in the system warehouse. I bought it from a stall owner when I was setting up a stall in Tongcheng.

 The handle was polished by a master and is very smooth and easy to hold.

It costs 50 cents a piece. It is cheaper to buy three handfuls, only one yuan.

 She bought three at that time, two were given to the Douding brothers, and the remaining one was thrown into the system warehouse.

 She found the slingshot and put it in the little shot's hand:

“You are still young, let’s play with the slingshot now. When you are older, my sister will give you a bow and arrow, so that you can become a brave and capable general in the future.”

Little Shota was immediately attracted to the slingshot and burst into tears.

 “I want to be a general!” He jumped up and down holding the slingshot.

"Then don't cry all the time. Which general have you ever seen who always cries?"

Xiao Zhengtai was so embarrassed that he turned his head and hid in the arms of his grandmother behind him: "I won't do it anymore."

"Then let's pull the hook." Xu Yin taught him how to pull the hook. "If you hang yourself on the hook, you are not allowed to change for a hundred years. If you change, you will be like a little yellow dog!"

 After coaxing her brother, it’s time for Xu Yin to get on the carriage.

  King Jinnan and his entourage were already ready to go and were waiting for her.

“Fourth sister—” Little Shota was carried into the carriage by the guards, stuck her head out and shouted, “I will miss you!”

“Come and see me if you miss me.” Xu Yin replied with a smile.

 Little Shota's body visibly froze.

Xu Yin laughed and waved to him: "Goodbye brother, go back and practice your slingshot, but don't bully others. Also, you must listen to your father."

　　This trip has lasted three thousand miles. I don’t know if I will see the prime minister father one day in my lifetime.

However, as long as you are good and don't act like a monster, the Prime Minister's Office should not be in bad luck, right?

 No matter how worried the emperor is, he has no choice but to find a reason. After all, he still has to take the overall situation into consideration.

 …

The carriage drove all the way south for five days. It stopped in a relatively large town and was told to rest for two days.

Not to mention the excitement of the maids, Xu Yin also wanted to cheer because she missed the down-to-earth feeling so much.

 If you need supplies, of course you have to go shopping.

Xu Yin asked her grandma to bring enough silver, and she was ready to make purchases.

 Condiments, dry goods, local specialties... whatever she thinks is of good quality, she buys.

After going shopping, I realized that the prices of seasonings at this time are not as expensive as usual.

 Especially soy sauce, which is actually made from fresh meat and has the same principle as fish sauce.

Ordinary people simply couldn't afford it. No wonder the shops selling condiments were said to be opened by imperial merchants. Ordinary people couldn't afford them.

 Salt is yellowish coarse salt, sugar is brown rock sugar, each piece is as big as a fist. When buying it, the store owner asked her if she wanted to smash it.

 She did not buy food here. There was not much difference in food between the north and the south. She planned to buy another large batch before leaving Furong County.

 The people below don’t know what she is thinking. If they knew, they would probably wail:

 Master! Don't you call this a big purchase? All the thousand taels of silver have been spent, and the banknotes are already being used. God knows why we bought so many condiments, sauces, and dry goods. We don’t know, and we don’t dare to say. We can only follow behind and carry the baggage.

In this way, whenever she went to a relatively prosperous town to rest, Xu Yin would go shopping.

　　When entering the territory of Furong County, together with the purchase expenses when just leaving the capital, the total cost was two thousand taels.

 Mother Feng could not persuade her anymore, she was so depressed that she almost rolled her eyes.

Xu Yin then told her that silver is dead, and materials... are also dead, but if you want to live in Nanman in the future, isn't it more practical than silver?

 Mother Feng: “…”

 What can she say?

 …

“I would like to inform you, Your Majesty, that everything has been arranged in the Nanman Mansion.” Yan Qi came in to report.

Yan Kejin put down her pen and rubbed her sore eyebrows: "What are the reactions of the county guards?"

Yan Qi hesitated for a moment before reporting truthfully:

"Qianzhong and Baipu counties were very happy and sent people to give generous gifts; Baigui County was relatively silent; Baiyue and Minyue counties have become more and more outrageous in recent years because they are richer than the other three counties. …

Master, why not just let me wipe their necks? Anyway, the sky is high and the emperor is far away, so even the imperial envoys come here. When I came here, I only saw taxes. "

The term of the county governor is three years, and the current one was transferred last year. Seeing that the prince had temporarily lost the emperor's heart, he made disrespectful remarks and kept making small moves in private. He used the prince's name to increase taxes and enrich his own pockets. I really thought that the prince didn't know about it.

Ask him to say, just replace them all with his own people, anyway, the news will not reach Beijing within two years.

He firmly believed that his prince would never be trapped by the Southern Barbarians.

 Two years later, you will either obey the order or fight back. In any case, you will definitely go back and take back what belongs to you.

Yan Kejin snorted lightly: "Forget it, I'd better keep a low profile when I first arrived, so as not to fall into some people's tricks."

 There are still people over there in Beijing waiting to pull his pigtails. As long as the old man doesn't abdicate, that person will be uneasy. It's not because he is afraid of changes.

"Your Majesty..." Yan Qi hesitated before retreating.

 “What else?”

 “It’s the one…”

Yan Qi pointed upstairs. Xu Yin and the people serving around her were placed on the third floor of the inn.

"Jiujiu said that she bought ten cartloads of things, one cartload of seasonings alone, and one cart full of medicinal materials, which are high-quality medicinal materials that are not usually found. After entering Furong County, she was still asking about it along the way. The price of food seems to be that she wants to buy food on a large scale, what kind of medicine do you think she is selling in this gourd?"

Yan Kejin was a little surprised, but didn't take it to heart: "Let her be."

They probably believed the rumors from outside and thought that the Southern Barbarians were so poor that they couldn't make fire. They ate raw meat, drank animal blood, and wore animal skins and grass skirts. They were afraid.

He learned about the Xu family's concubine's personality through tips. She just wanted Yan Keheng to notice her with the intention of not being on the stage. Although it's hard to explain why he is so brainless, if he really doesn't want to, there are ways to refuse the marriage.

　　It’s just...Rather than letting the old man send an unknown person to lurk next to him as a spy, it would be better to just do this. At least she has no brains.

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

Xu Yin sniffed. She didn't have a cold. Why did she keep sneezing today? Is someone scolding her or missing her?

Grandma Feng quietly told the maid to go out and make some soup, lest she fall ill before reaching Nanman.

Xu Yin didn't pay attention, took a sip of water and continued to study the "Geography of Furong County" she just bought.

 One of the pages is a map of Furong County. In fact, it is a map, but it is not as detailed and clear as the maps of later generations.

Xu Yin looked at the outline of Furong County, and the more she looked at it, the more it looked like the province of Hunan where Tongcheng is located.

She couldn't help but wonder: If Furong County is really Xiang Province, wouldn't the Nanman...

 (End of this chapter)