After the marriage, the cousin was spoiled by the whole family of the Marquis's Mansion

Chapter 193 Imperial Garrison
When it comes to business, Rong Peilan is already very old-fashioned.

She placed an abacus in front of her, "How much food do you need, sir?"

There was a square table at the back of the grain shop. Wan Lie sat opposite her and said, "See how much grain the boss has."

Usually the opponents will try to test or estimate how much food the opponent has in order to set the price.

However, the prices at Rongfu Grain Store were very stable, and they never went up even when the roads were blocked by heavy snow.

So in the second year after their family moved to Zhaofeng, Rongfu Grain Store became the largest grain store in Zhaofeng.

"We have more food than you can afford, sir."

Luo Sheng's eyes lit up, "We want 100,000 stones!"

Rong Peilan raised his eyes, "Two hundred thousand taels of silver."

Wan Lie paused, "We don't have that much money right now, can you write us an IOU?"

Rong Peilan stood up and sneered, "Sir, you are joking. The situation is chaotic right now, so IOUs are no longer acceptable. Of course, real money is better."

Luo Sheng took out a stack of banknotes from his pocket and said, "Here are 50,000 taels. Brother Wan, how much did you bring?"

Wan Lie looked at Rong Peilan and said, "Seventy thousand..."

Luo Sheng frowned, "Only enough to buy 60,000 stones..."

"Boss, can you please give me a lower price? Two taels of silver per stone is a bit expensive. The cheapest price before was only seven hundred coins per stone..."

Rong Peilan, "Seven hundred? Sir, you are talking about the price ten years ago, right?"

"Sir, you should know that the price of grain has risen to between two thousand five and three thousand coins."

"We have always been fair in our business, and our prices are much lower than other grain stores."

"Besides my family, if you can still find grain that costs 2,000 coins per dan, I will give you 100,000 dan for free."

There are wars everywhere now, and a lot of land is deserted.

Since the new emperor ascended the throne, taxes have been getting higher and higher every year, and food has been getting more expensive every year. If you are not careful, your life may be in danger.

Therefore, in recent years, more and more people have become bandits.

There are several thousand people on the hilltop of Luosheng alone!
Luo Sheng knew that food was expensive now, but weren't they doing this to overthrow that dog emperor?

He couldn't help but speak in an anxious tone, "Boss, if you don't sell all this grain, when the war breaks out, you won't be able to keep a single grain of rice. You might as well exchange it for some money now!"

"The rebels have already reached Jiangdu. After Hezhou, they will reach Zhaofeng. It will only take a month at the earliest."

Rong Peilan smiled, "Are you threatening me, sir?"

"I won't sell it anymore, you guys go away."

She ignored the two of them and walked away holding Ji Fuan's hand.

What a joke, she has been through so much, if she can't even protect the things that support her life, how can she protect this family.

When I returned home, the yard was already covered with mushrooms.

Mrs. Zhong sat on a stone bench, slowly cleaning the dead branches and leaves from the mushrooms while talking to Haitang.

Haitang's three-year-old son was very naughty. He ran and swished the small wooden sword made by his father.

He would occasionally crush a few mushrooms. Haitang would twist his ears and lift him up to sit on the stone bench.

"If you don't behave yourself, you'll be left alone with nothing to eat!"

"We picked so many mushrooms!" Rong Peilan patted Ji Fuan on the back and asked her to go play with her brothers and sisters. Then she walked forward and looked at the mushrooms on the ground.

Little Stone immediately responded, "Madam, Little Stone didn't step on that much!"

The childish talk made people laugh.

Rong Peilan thought about what Luo Sheng had said in the shop just now, that they could probably defeat Zhaofeng in just one month.

"From these mushrooms, separate the ones you'll eat in the next two days and dry the rest."

"Let's go up the mountain and pick some mushrooms tomorrow. Pick more."

We have to prepare early, otherwise we will have to eat biscuits every day, which is ok for adults, but children can't stand it. There are also clothes and medicines. If there is a headache, fever, snake bite or insect bite, we will need medicine.

In addition to these, the most important thing is water!

There is spring water on the mountain, but fetching water is too troublesome and too dangerous.

It would be best if Wei Chi could cut a few more bamboos in the next few days to divert the water down.

Thinking of this, Rong Peilan got up and went to work.

Ji Yunzhang stood up, pounded his waist a few times, and was about to talk to Rong Peilan, but when he turned around, he couldn't see anyone.

"Fuer, where is your mother?"

Ji Fuan is closer to her mother than the other three. They may not know it, but if they ask her, they will definitely know.

Ji Fuan pointed to the kitchen and asked, "Where is mother?"

Rong Peilan had just finished talking to Wei Chi and walked out when she bumped into Ji Yunzhang.

He frowned, "You said Mega Feng is going to war?"

As soon as he arrived at the door, he heard her instructing Wei Chi to bring water down from the small house in the mountains in the next two days. The war would start in a month, and it would be too late if they didn't hurry up."

Rong Peilan really didn't want to mention the word war to him.

She nodded randomly, walked around him and was about to go out, "Yes, the yard is quite complete, except for the lack of water. We just need to connect it to water."

Ji Yunzhang sighed, "The world is unstable right now. Who knows, one day when we are asleep, the war may come to our house."

Even though they were well prepared, they did not expect that the imperial garrison would arrive in Zhaofeng.

It was Ji Yunzhang’s old acquaintance, Qin Anjiang.

Four children, two big ones holding the handles and two small ones hanging on the calves.

"Dad, buy it!"

"Dad, candied haws!"

"Dad, hurry up!"

"Dad, there are only four left. If you don't buy some now, there won't be enough for the four of us to share later!"

Qin Anjiang looked at the scene in amazement.

Ji Yunzhang already has four children!

Not only does he have no children, he is also a lonely man.

Ji Yunzhang had no choice but to compromise, "Buy, buy, buy!!"

The four children immediately let go of him with joy. Ji Sui'an held the coins in his hands and watched with sparkling eyes as his father poured out a dozen copper coins from his purse.

After counting, I found that there were still two missing.

Qin Anjiang couldn't bear it anymore. He searched his body for a long time but couldn't find any copper coins. He had to put a silver ingot into Ji Sui'an's little hand.

Ji Sui'an only felt a shadow suddenly floating above her head, and then a dark hand grasping a silver ingot finally fell into her hand.

She couldn't help but widen her eyes, and when she looked up, she saw that the person who gave the money was looking at her father with contempt.

Qin Anjiang, "Ji Yunzhang, you've fallen too far. You don't even have money to buy candied haws?!"

Ji Yunzhang looked at Qin Anjiang who suddenly appeared and didn't react for a moment.

After a moment, he finally said, "You were also driven out of Beijing?"

Qin Anjiang's face darkened, then he smiled, "That's about right. The rebel army is growing bigger and bigger, and now it's estimated to be 70,000 to 80,000 people, but the court gave me 20,000 people and let me go to the battlefield."

Ji Yunzhang lowered his eyes, "Does the court no longer care about life and death?"

General Qin An sneered, "You don't know, Empress Shao was deposed, and Empress Chen was appointed. She gave birth to a son two years ago, and now Prime Minister Chen is trying to dethrone the emperor and make his grandson the emperor."

"Before the Emperor ascended the throne, he and Empress Shao had no children for more than ten years. Empress Chen became pregnant two months after entering the palace. Who knows whose child this is?"

(End of this chapter)