eurekapd Chapter 312
Chapter 312
In order to quickly expand the scope of planting new crops, she immediately established the New Flavor Museum and then put these crops on stage.
Sure enough, once these crops appeared and were combined with chili peppers, the delicious food they made became very popular.
Ye Xi herself had not thought of this. She thought it would take some effort to promote it.
Because of the good income, she gave more money to the farmers, so the area of new crop planting expanded a lot.
Of course, she asked her subordinates to be prudent and not to encroach on the rice planting share, otherwise they would be in trouble if they were targeted by the imperial court.
Because the new crops were mainly concentrated in the western border, the imperial court had never noticed it and it only circulated among merchants.
Now, because of the severe drought, the new crops have been noticed and even brought to the military camp.
She knew the importance of food to the military camp, and it was only a matter of time before it was forcibly requisitioned.
Not to mention the military camp, many refugees have recently flowed into Hangzhou City. If there is unrest in Hangzhou City, I am afraid that the food stored in her warehouse will be looted.
Qin Song was very smart. He might have worried that the letter might be spied on if it passed through the post station approved by the general, so the statement in the letter about the army's requisition of grain was quite neutral.
He did not show any dissatisfaction with the matter, but simply stated one thing. At the end, he asked Ye Xi what kind of favor he wanted to ask the army for to make up for the loss of grain collection this time.
Ye Xi smiled when she saw this. It would definitely be a loss to ask for money. She understood the hint in Qin Song's letter. He just wanted her to take the opportunity to get involved in the military supplies business.
But Ye Xi didn't want to, she knew how deep the water was, and without a strong backer, if she got involved in this path she might end up having her family destroyed and her property confiscated.
She just wants to make a living, there's no need to do this.
She felt that it would be better to refuse this favor and just regard it as bad luck, but now she was in a dilemma.
She changed her mind and realized that Qin Song was a talented person. She had tried to let Qin Song run errands before.
But because of his special situation, he couldn't leave the place of exile easily, so he could only stay in Huyang City and couldn't play his greatest value.
If he could obtain the court's permission, be reborn, and become her external spokesperson in the future, she could give orders from behind without having to show up in public.
Because of Qin Song's status as an exile, he definitely won't have any better way out, so she can really use him with confidence.
After thinking it over, Ye Xi wrote back to Qin Song, and the request in the letter was that Qin Song should ask the general to write a letter to the court.
I hope the court will remove Qin Song’s identity of being trapped in Huyang City, so that he can move freely around like ordinary people.
She believed that as long as Qin Song did not commit a serious crime, it should not be difficult to make such a great contribution in exchange for such a grace.
After receiving the letter, Qin Song read it over and over again.
He still couldn't believe that the request made by his boss was related to him, and only to him!
Such a big favor is used to exchange for his "freedom"? Isn't this just killing a nut with a sledgehammer? It also wastes such a good opportunity.
He sat there for a long time. This request was naturally a good thing for him and he should be ecstatic, but he was afraid that it was just an illusion.
He did not immediately do what Ye Xi said, but stayed calm for several days.
During those days, he took out the letter many times and read it word by word, trying to find some other meaning in it, but in the end he found nothing.