The moon-watching banquet that night was placed in the Feng Mansion Water Pavilion. Ye was accompanied by Mrs. Yuan and others, while Cheng Xi sat on the same table with several girls.

The lakeside water pavilion in the garden in Feng Mansion is very pleasant to build. Looking from the water platform, you can see the full moon and the moon on the water surface echoing each other. In addition, the rockery and curved bridge in the water make the landscape more interesting.

Mrs. Ye praised her twice, which made Mrs. Feng flattered her.

Cheng Xi was worried about the flood and was not very interested in watching the moon. However, Zhu Lejun, Ding Peilan and others seemed to suddenly get close to her and come to make a lot of fun.

Cheng Xi was too lazy to guess what these sisters thought, so he chatted with them casually, just to treat it as a fun kid.

During the meal, Mrs. Yuan asked the maid to invite her to the wife and wife to talk to her.

Cheng Xi simply didn't know what Mrs. Yuan was thinking - why did she treat these officials as elders to accompany them? Who gave them the face?

She asked Jin Xin to go with Ye, but she was tired.

Ye knew that Cheng Xi's temper had become more and more casual in the past two years. If he really annoyed, he would be afraid that he would be able to show his face on the spot.

Ye didn't care what these officials and wives in Ezhou Prefecture thought, but they were afraid that people would be afraid of their words. Cheng Xi was rumored to be arrogant and rude. In recent years, she transferred all her worries about her grandsons' marriage to Cheng Xi.

She was tired of Mrs. Yuan, and everyone rushed to send Ye and Cheng Xi out of the mansion like stars and moonlight.

As soon as he got on the carriage, Ye asked with a smile and pulled Cheng Xi's hand:

"How come, don't you come with these sisters? Do you think it's not fun?"

Cheng Xi wrinkled his nose and laughed:

"Grandma, you are not tired! It's enough to give this face once. It's so nice to say that others will be able to use our flag!"

Ye sighed in his heart. If it weren't for Cheng Xi's sake who could make friends with the girls, how could she be patient with these things?

But Cheng Xi has become increasingly uncontrolled like a monkey in recent years. Whenever Ye mentioned it to Cheng Qin, he would just start talking about it and refute it back.

Ye thought to himself that at most, his son and daughter-in-law would have to see Jiuer for only two years. At that time, they found that a beautiful girl had developed such a temper. How could she explain it to her?

Ye's hair was so sad that his hair was a few white. He had to think of a way to lock Cheng Xi in the mansion and calm down.

However, in just two days, Cheng Xi greeted Cheng Qin, put on a brocade robe and took Qin Xiao out with a swagger.

She wandered around several bustling streets and walked around the Feng family's shops.

That day, Sister Feng San took out a box of glass beads to string beads for everyone, which was a disguised gift.

This is a rare item of glass. Although Feng Sanjie's box of glass is as good as the glass pendant given to the top scholar by the emperor in front of the palace, it is also a good thing from Shandong. Even if it is strung into a string of hand beads, it will probably cost dozens of taels of silver.

Cheng Xi did not follow everyone a string of hand beads, but only symbolically chose two for the Brocade to hold, which was used to make a splash.

Sister Feng didn't persuade her much at that time, but the next day, she asked someone to send a box with two strings of glass hand beads. Each wafer is transparent and has a good color.

Cheng Xi went to inquire with Di Mom and learned that the Feng family's ancestors were originally businessmen, but later their family business gradually became more developed. When he arrived at Feng Baolu, he was very smart and had a big deal. His biggest business is a gold and silver building, and he also did some grain and oil shops and restaurants.

Cheng Xi went to Feng’s gold and silver building to see it. In addition to ready-made gold and silver jewelry, there were also various jade and jewelry. In addition, the Feng family also recycled old jewelry of good quality to melt the new ones, which was a disguised business. The court prohibited the private casting of gold and silver by the people.

She spent two days almost visiting Ezhou Prefecture and found that the Feng family was the only one in the large gold and silver buildings in Ezhou. Several larger restaurants were also industries under the name of the Feng family or in the shareholding, and the grain and oil shops were everywhere.

This phenomenon of dominance in the family is too unreasonable. Cheng Xi speculated that local officials must have participated in the Feng family's business.

After she went back, she had these things with Cheng Qin.

Cheng Qin was writing, but when he heard this, he nodded and smiled:

"Then I will tell you something," he wrote the last word and put down his pen. "Two months ago, the imperial court ordered that the grain collected by the provinces in the national treasury be supplied by designated grain merchants for traceability. The Feng family has grain and oil shops in Xiangyang Prefecture, Wuchang Prefecture, Hanyang Prefecture and other places. Feng Baolu has recently sharpened his head and wants to rely on Zhang Jing."

This is to be an imperial merchant!

Zhang Jing is the governor of Huguang, and it will ultimately depend on him to take down the grain of Huguang.

Cheng Xi asked:

"Who has set up a line for the Feng family? Are there only one grain merchants in Huguang or several?"

Cheng Qin glanced at her:

"Huguang is familiar with it, and the world is full. How can such a big province of rice and grain dominate? Even Feng Baolu wants to win it."

Cheng Xi stuck out his tongue and felt that he was a little stupid in asking.

Cheng Qin sat down on the chair of the Grand Master and continued:

"You should know after looking at the Feng family's business. Ezhou Prefecture must be inseparable from the links to Feng Baolu. I am worried about something else," he said, "In recent years, the imperial court has first moved orders to reward 60,000 taels of labor for rice and grain. Now, it has also moved orders to add new alkane fields to avoid upgrading from the colleges. If this continues, I am afraid that the grain prices in Jiangsu and Zhejiang will be higher, and the waterway in Huguang is blocked, and there is no way to leak, and the flood is hidden."

Cheng Xi frowned and thought for a while before he figured out the truth.

Due to the large amount of rice and grain output in Huguang and sufficient national treasury, Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas have replaced a large number of fertile fields with higher economic crops in recent years, and are more dependent on Huguang's rice and grain supply than in the past. Once the rice and grain in Huguang does not reach Huguang, the price of grain in Jiangsu and Zhejiang will rise.

The embankments and burials in Huguang are like scales, competing for land with water, and there is no lake to irrigate. It is by no means a long-term solution to make wastewater conservancy and achieve land achievements.

If floods occur in Huguang and thousands of hectares of fertile fields are destroyed, the people in Mohuguang, Jiangsu and Zhejiang will starve to death, but I am afraid that the whole country will have to rely on food supply from the national treasury and Sichuan!

Cheng Xi only felt the hairs on his back standing up.

The year when King Chengyang rebelled, there was a severe drought in the north, a severe flood in the south... a severe flood in the south!

She stared at Cheng Qin in a daze, her mind was confused for a moment, and she didn't know what to do.

In terms of selfishness, Cheng Xi always remembered what the Dayue Zhang family did to the Cheng family in his previous life. The deep hatred could not be eliminated for many years - she hoped that Dayue would be destroyed.

But with the increase in knowledge in recent years, now, the success of Chengyang King’s rebellion is not unrelated to these natural disasters and man-made disasters.

She thought of the Yellow River burrowing in the 14th year of Showa and the severe drought and flooding in the 16th year of Showa.

I was reborn once. Since I knew to save Jin Xin and repay my kindness with my life, would I watch the millions of people suffer disaster but do nothing?

Then who is worthy of being?

But the imperial court's orders were not like Cheng Xi, who was like an ant, and even his grandfather was unable to shake it.

Cheng Xi was confused for several days, a little confused, but Zhu Lejun suddenly posted a post to her, inviting her to visit Liangzihu.

Cheng Xi remembered Cheng Qinqian’s current lakeside land, and built barns into fields.

She decided to go and have a look at it.
Chapter completed!