Chapter 323: Qionghua City

When the people on the execution platform were being tortured to death, Huo Changjin strode up, raised his loud speaker and informed the people of the good news.

"Your Majesty has ordered that the granaries be opened and grain be released! Follow me!"

As soon as these words were spoken, it was like a drop of cold water poured into an oil pan, and the Caishikou was boiling.

"Quick! Pinch me! Am I dreaming?"

"Oh my! You really pinched me!"

"Didn't you ask me to pinch you?"

"You pinched me when I told you to? Why haven't you been so obedient on weekdays?"

"Stop talking nonsense! Follow General Huo!"

"That's great. We don't have to go hungry anymore. General Huo is right. Your Majesty is truly a wise ruler!"

"We have finally found a wise emperor!"

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If we were to ask which place, apart from the northwest, is the one that cares the least about a woman ascending the throne, it would definitely be Chengyang.

The people in the northwest have been hungry all year round and have been plundered by the grasslands. Although Chengyang can grow crops, the Xia Kingdom is still eyeing them covetously.

Afterwards, under Pan Yingying's leadership, every household in the Northwest had money and food, and they had originally hoped that Pan Yingying would ascend to that position.

Chengyang first encountered corrupt officials and then fell into the hands of the Xia Kingdom. The people dreamed of a wise monarch to save them from the dire straits.

They don't care whether the person sitting on the throne is a man or a woman. As long as she is capable, they have no objection even if it is an old lady in her seventies or eighties, or a child under ten years old.

As for the empress's killing of the aristocratic families, they only have three words to say - well done!

Those aristocratic families have always been looking down on ordinary people. They are disgusting cysts. The empress did nothing wrong. Those evil guys should have died long ago!

Opening the granaries to release the grain was a temporary decision made by Pan Yingying. She had originally planned to use the grain as fodder for the subsequent attack on the Xia Kingdom, but she saw the skinny people.

Let's find another way to get food and fodder.

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When Zhao arrived in the capital with people and food, the first thing he did was to arrange for the small county magistrates to take up their posts.

These are things that everyone is used to doing, and there is no trouble.

However, the first priority of the county governors after taking office was not to repair the county town and grow crops, but to mobilize the entire county to build cement roads through labor-for-relief.

"If you want to get rich, build roads first." This was the note Pan Yingying left behind before leaving the capital.

Once the road is repaired, she can come back and start revitalizing the entire Daewoo economy.

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Just as Zhuge Jinyu received his brother who had been drugged, he received the news that Shen Liuyun was defeated and killed.

Not only that, what shocked him even more was that of the 30 troops he had sent out, less than half fled back home in a hurry.

He had to re-examine the new emperor of Dayu who ascended the throne as a woman.

Thinking that his mother was still serving as the county magistrate in Dayu, Zhuge Jinyu felt a headache again.

When the Divine Army and the Northwest Army were fighting, he had already written three secret letters to ask Queen Mother Chen to come back. As a result, the reply he received each time was either "It's time to plant the seeds. Plant sweet potatoes first, then potatoes. Our county will definitely have the highest grain output." Or "Xiahe Village has a well-developed water flow. I have decided to lead the whole county in raising fish. From now on, please call me Queen Mother of Fish."

Zhuge Jinyu really wanted to go to Dayu to see what magic this country had. After his mother and brother went there, they didn't want to come back.

But now, he knew he was about to face a difficult problem.

Will Xiao Ying press on to win the battle, or will he choose to live in peace with the Xia Kingdom?

No matter which one it is, he must be prepared.

I heard from my adoptive father that Xiao Ying loves money, and it seems that the private treasury he has accumulated with great difficulty over the years will not be able to be kept. …

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Xia Kingdom, Qionghua City.

Two carriages slowly stopped in front of the door of "Ke Yunlai".

The waiter standing at the door greeting guests' eyes lit up and he hurriedly came forward to greet them.

Two maids dressed in pink clothes jumped out of the front carriage first, and then a woman in purple clothes got out.

The three did not enter the inn, but went to the larger and more luxurious carriage at the back to pick someone up.

The person driving the carriage was a woman in her 20s dressed in black. After the woman got off the carriage and lifted the curtain, a noble-looking young man in red got out.

Just as the waiter was about to speak, he saw the young man in red turn around and help down a woman in a goose yellow dress and a veil.

He has worked as a waiter at Yunkelai for many years and has some basic knowledge.

The people in the front carriage were mostly maids and servants, and their owners should be this young couple.

Just look at the clothes they wear and the jewelry they wear, and you can tell they are definitely rich or noble.

Lumei glanced around and when she thought of her sister who was still in Chengyang, a hint of sadness flashed in her eyes.

She didn't know why her sister joined the women's army, as she had clearly agreed to serve the emperor for the rest of her life.

The waiter smiled and said, "Dear guests, would you like to stay overnight or stay at the hotel?"

Yu Chaosheng exhaled, looked up at the exquisitely built two-story building, and threw out a piece of silver, "Stay in the hotel."

Xiao Er hurriedly caught the silver and smiled even more brightly.

"Please come in, sir! Our 'Yun Ke Lai' is the best inn in the entire Qionghua City! I guarantee you will have a comfortable and satisfying stay!"

Yu Chaosheng turned around and held Pan Yingying's hand, "Let's go."

The waiter led the distinguished guest in and quickly asked someone to greet Long Qi and Long Sanqi outside the door, asking them to park the carriage in the backyard of the inn.

"Yunkelai" is indeed the largest and best inn in Qionghua City, but the key is that the whole city makes a living from flowers. In today's world, if there are no merchants to buy flowers, who would come to stay in such an expensive inn?
The guest room is a small suite, with dew-covered peonies in a vase on the table.

As Pan Yingying walked over, she heard a "ding" sound in her mind.

[I have detected a newly picked peony, worth 30 taels, would you like to sell it? ]

She chose [No] and then looked at Yu Chaosheng.

Yu Chaosheng didn't hear the system's voice, and looked back in confusion, "What's wrong?"

Pan Yingying shook her head.

The reason they came to Qionghua City this time was because the "Black and White Devils" were about to return to the world.

Long Er found out that the mayor of Qionghua City was very wealthy, but he was a cruel and tyrannical person with the blood of many ordinary people on his hands.

Therefore, Pan Yingying planned to "borrow" some silver from the mayor of Qionghua City to buy food and fodder.

However, there is now a more legitimate way to make money.

After the waiter left, Pan Yingying took out the blooming peony from the vase and said, "The system offers 30 taels for this peony."

Just with these words, Yu Chaosheng understood what she meant.

That means the system will charge you money, and the price is not cheap.

But he was a little puzzled, "Why haven't I heard about it before?"

Pan Yingying rolled her eyes and put the flowers back into the vase.

You are just bringing up things that are not related to the topic. You have to dig up old issues.

Realizing something, Yu Chaosheng put his hands on his waist and walked to her in two or three steps, "Good of you! How dare you secretly make money behind my back! Do you still love me?"

Pan Yingying: ...