After rebirth, the Queen and I are on the run.

Chapter 1190 Major Clans Donate Grain

"I even suspected he was involved in that case in Beijing back then!"

Because of his act of bravery in the capital, he was targeted by the son of an official, so Zheng Nandan asked Xue Dongjia to take him to the northeastern prefecture to avoid trouble.

"It's also thanks to the Xue family that I didn't understand Zheng Nandan's dark schemes, otherwise I might have really died in the Northeast Prefecture."

"Even if I hadn't died, without the Qin family and without making a great contribution, my return would have been a joke."

“The Second Duke, Third Duke, Sixth Duke, and Seventh Duke will immediately seize my position, and then take advantage of the fact that I am no longer the clan leader to take over the Huang Family Business.”

Here, the clan system has always been in place. Even someone as powerful as Elder Chen needs to hold a meeting with all the members of the Chen clan before he can do anything.

Therefore, Huang Yanglong was able to inherit the Huang family business and make it a large enterprise, but the Huang family business was not entirely his.

The system was too complicated, so Huang Yanglong's father put the ruthless Zheng Nandan in the position of temporary head in order to keep Huang Yanglong's position as the young master.

In order to keep Zheng Nandan in check, the two formed a pact, and Zheng Nandan became his sworn brother... Well, there are two meanings to this, and Father Huang chose the second one.

This is no secret.

That's why Huang Yanglong scolded Zheng Nandan for selling herself to get ahead after he realized Zheng Nandan's greed.

"Have some herbal tea to soothe your throat, so you don't get a sore throat from yelling and then wake up with a sore throat." Chen Si poured out half a bowl of herbal tea and handed it to him: "Hold it in your mouth for a while before swallowing, it will be better for your throat."

"It's all because of you. If you hadn't mentioned him, everything would have been fine." Huang Yanglong took the herbal tea and swallowed it as Chen Si had instructed.

Chen Sixiao, her husband is quite childish, which is good.

"In any case, now that my husband and Master Zheng have their own businesses, there is no need for them to compete for the Huang family's business."

Grandfather had told Zheng Nandan about her attempt to substitute one person for another and steal from the Huang family's business, but without evidence, there was nothing he could do about it.

But Zheng Nandan really didn't want to give up the two lucrative opportunities: Huang Family Trading Company and Lingnan Coast Point.

"Husband, are you done being angry?" Chen Si asked.

Huang Yanglong glanced at her sideways: "What are you planning to do now?"

Chen Si said, "Husband, write a letter to Zheng Qishu. We need to use his influence to help us stabilize the waterway routes between Shangjiang and Jianghuai."

"Does this letter really have to be written?" Huang Yanglong was so angry that his nostrils were practically steaming.

Chen Si nodded: "It must be written... Zheng Nandan was able to get the Xie and Zhang families to speak up and protect Brother Bai and the others, which shows how powerful these two families are in Jiangnan and Jianghuai, and that Zheng has a close relationship with them."

"I'm afraid Zheng Nandan has already reached some kind of cooperation agreement with the Xie and Zhang families?"

"What kind of cooperation?" Huang Yanglong's eyes lit up. He hugged Chen Si and flattered her, "Wife, you are not only fair-skinned and beautiful, but also smart. I admire you."

Chen Si shook his head: "I don't know, but the Zheng, Xie and Zhang families are definitely not innocent. Let's use them for now and keep an eye on them. If we find some evidence, we'll hold onto it and see if the Xie and Zhang families will betray the capital. If they do, we can use the evidence we have to settle things with Zheng Nandan completely, cut off his reach in Lingnan Prefecture, and even gain merit for it. It's a win-win situation."

"..." Huang Yanglong released Chen Si, shrank into a corner of the carriage, and looked at Chen Si: "Wife, you are a little scary, I'm scared."

Chen Si looked at him: "When I got married, my grandfather told me to hide my sharpness from you, but I believe that husband and wife are one, and hiding my sharpness from you is betraying you. That's why I showed my truest self to my husband. Do you think I'm wrong?"

Dare not dare.

“That’s right, that’s right.” Huang Yanglong hurriedly pledged his loyalty: “Wife, you’re right... I’m completely honest with you, and I don’t hide anything from you.”

“Yes, I trust my husband.” Chen Si smiled and expressed her loyalty to him, and looked forward to the future with him: “I am very satisfied with this marriage, so I will wholeheartedly live with my husband. When we have a son next year, when we celebrate the baby’s birth, the grandfathers will no longer be able to make things difficult for you because we have no son, and your position will be more secure.”

Huang Yanglong: "..."

His scalp tingled, and he wanted to struggle. Oh well, it's better if his wife is strong; it'll make things easier for him.

“You’re still young, so we’re not in a rush to have children. Let’s focus on your health for a couple of years first. Besides, this is something that can’t be rushed; we have to let nature take its course.”

Chen Si was taken aback for a moment, then laughed and said, "Alright, let's not rush, let nature take its course."

"My husband, I am becoming more and more satisfied with this marriage."

Huang Yanglong: "..."

Stop praising me, the more you praise me, the more scared I get.

……

Boom boom boom!
"Grandpa Chen, our Liang family has brought some taro. It's dried, so it won't rot on the boat."

"Grandpa Chen, our He family taro team has arrived. Where should we put the taro and sweet potatoes?"

As August approached, it was harvest time for a large quantity of sweet potatoes and taro. Relatives of the Chen and Huang families, as well as other prominent clans in Lingnan Prefecture, such as the She, Mai, and Zheng families, sent them sweet potatoes, taro, kudzu root, ginger, mung beans, and other miscellaneous grains.

They were delivered by porters, and the line of porters stretched as far as the eye could see.

Huang Yanglong stood on the square table and looked into the distance, both shocked and satisfied. He said to Old Master Chen, who was sitting in the main seat waiting for the grain team, "Grandpa, you are really amazing. You sent people to visit the major clans and they brought so much grain. The Northeast Prefecture will have enough grain to get through the winter."

As time went on, they also received news of desertion disasters in the Northeast State.

So many people abandoned their food supplies and fled the disaster; how huge must the food shortage be? Just thinking about it sent chills down Huang Yanglong's spine.

After becoming Chen's son-in-law, he was forced by Old Master Chen to read history books and learned about the practice of exchanging children for food.

"Straighten up your official robes. Once they're in order, come with Grandpa to meet the elders of each family," Old Master Chen instructed Huang Yanglong.

Huang Yanglong straightened his fifth-rank official robes and followed Lord Chen, leading a group of young men from the Chen and Huang families, to speak with the clan leaders and elders of the various surnames.

When the clan leaders of the major local clans, such as He Liang, Zheng Shemai, and others, saw Huang Yanglong in his official robes, they felt a little more at ease and handed him the detailed list of grain donations from their respective clans: "Lord Chen, Lord Huang, this is a detailed list of the types and quantities of grain donated by our clans."

Huang Yanglong solemnly took the grain donation registers from each family and assured them, "Gentlemen, rest assured, I will report the details of each family's grain donations to the court one by one, and I will absolutely not let any family work for nothing."

Lord Chen: "..."

You brat, you deserve a beating again.

"Gentlemen, these are the grain purchase agreements that Lord Huang and I wrote for you. Please take them carefully." Lord Chen distributed the grain purchase agreements to the clan heads of the various families.

"Master Chen is very thorough in his work." The clan leaders of the various surnames chuckled and carefully put away the grain donation certificates.

With this donation certificate, the merits of the major clans in Lingnan Prefecture in donating grain to the imperial court to resist the enemy can be considered as evidence.

Even if they don't receive any rewards from the court in the future, the court can't blame them.

They could also frame the grain donation records and leave them to their descendants, so that future generations would know that their ancestors had done such loyal and righteous things for the country.

"Lord Chen, Lord Huang, I'm leaving the grain donation to you. We're going home; we still have work to do."

Now is a busy time. After receiving the donation certificates, the clan leaders of each clan led their families to the donation sites.

With the prominent clan taking the lead, people of other surnames also brought loads of mountain goods to donate over the next two weeks.

The poorest families might donate only half a basket of taro, but if the whole village contributed, each village could get ten loads of taro. When many villages donated, the amount became quite impressive.

Boom boom boom!
Boom boom boom!
"Ye family, load the taro and potatoes onto the boat, hurry up!" Ye Acheng shouted. He was now regretting signing the contract with Huang Yanglong for voluntary delivery. Now he really couldn't finish delivering them!