Chapter 168 The Capital's Economy Collapsed

Xiao Yingchun was walking on the street, feeling a little uncomfortable looking at the gray streets and stone houses that were completely different from those in the capital city of Daliang.

Fortunately, the girls here are all dressed in bright red and green, adding a lot of bright colors to the gray and yellow background.

Girls from wealthy families who were afraid of the sun and wind and sand would wear a veil. The white gauze blocked the wind, sand and sunlight, as well as other people's covetous sight.

Xiao Yingchun thought of his fishing hat and umbrella again...

Well...it's more practical than beautiful.

Forget it, I’ll just change to sell other products to Daliang Dynasty.

Fu Chenan accompanied Xiao Yingchun into several clothing and jewelry shops.

Xiao Yingchun soon found a new sales target: clothing fabrics.

Fabrics of various patterns and textures that modern girls like are not available here!

The most precious thing in the Daliang Dynasty was silk.

But silk is made from silk, and the efficiency of manual looms is too low, the price is extremely expensive, and there are not many patterns and colors.

If they want to add patterns to silk, they prefer embroidery rather than printing and dyeing.

As the embroidery is done stitch by stitch, won’t the wages go up?
Printing and dyeing is so convenient...

Xiao Yingchun was obviously excited. After following Fu Chenan back home, Xiao Yingchun told Fu Chenan her thoughts.

Fu Chenan had long gone from being shocked to being numb by the various outfits of the women on his phone. Thinking about the strange kinds of fabrics used in their clothes, he couldn't help but nod.

"The fabrics you use are truly unprecedented in the Daliang Dynasty."

If we follow the style of the Daliang Dynasty and use that kind of fabric... it should be very popular in the market?!

The two men agreed that Xiao Yingchun would go back to the Space-Time Supermarket to place an order first, while Fu Chenan would go back to the military camp to check the situation.

Entering the meeting room, Fu Chenan looked in surprise at several deputy generals who were studying an open hat umbrella.

Seeing Fu Chenan coming in, they all bowed and saluted: "General!"

"The General is back..."

Fu Chenan strode over and said, "What? What's wrong with this thing?"

Ma Junda put the umbrella on his head smoothly: "General, this is a good thing!"

"Oh?" Fu Chenan looked at him in confusion.

"It's just right for our scouts!" Ma Junda said, tightening the rope around his chin and explaining.

In order to gather information, scouts need to stay in a hidden place for an hour or even longer without moving. They are prone to heatstroke on sunny days and get soaked on rainy days.

If they had this and wore it on their heads, they would suffer less.

"And this pattern is really suitable for use in the woods! If you put on the hat and squat there, who can tell that there is a person here?"

The other deputy generals looked at the green hat and umbrella with grass leaf patterns and nodded.

Fu Chenan couldn't help laughing: "Then buy a few hundred of them."

Each scout is equipped with one.

It was my own fault for not thinking carefully enough and not considering the scout's special circumstances.

Miss Xiao should be happy now...

Xiao Yingchun was naturally happy, but some people were not happy.

For example, His Majesty the Emperor of Daliang.

Nearly half of the houses in the capital were burned down, and not even the civil and military officials were completely spared.

The wealthy families began to repair their houses in a hurry, but the ordinary people who became poor overnight were miserable: their houses were burned down and they had no money to rebuild them. What should they do?
The people affected by the disaster helped others build houses, earned a living, and also tried to make some money.

They all wanted to build a thatched hut on their original homestead before the snow fell so they would have a place to live.

However, some families began to take advantage of the situation and buy residential land at low prices.

Some people even started selling their children...

Everywhere you can see people with straw sticks on their heads, people doing funeral ceremonies, people crying until their voices are hoarse...

There were endless robberies and thefts. The patrol camp in the capital was so busy that they were running out of steam. How could they catch all the thieves? ! When has the emperor ever been in such a mess? !

People are in a panic. Businessmen no longer want to do business, and shoppers no longer want to go shopping.

People's livelihood is in decline.

The palace was inevitably affected: due to the difficulty in purchasing, the supplies in each palace were reduced.

The emperor didn't notice anything at first, but several of his favorite concubines made a scene in front of him.

They can only eat enough to fill themselves up, but not in a good way, and can no longer eat as they please. The soap, lip balm and body cream have almost been used up!
In the past, Fu Chenan would send goods to the palace, but ever since Fu Chenan led the Fu family army away, all Tao Tao Ji products have been out of stock throughout the capital.

Seeing that their usual lip balm, moisturizer and soap were all gone, they wanted to act coquettishly to the emperor and ask for some.

His Majesty the Emperor looked at these coquettish concubines and blurted out one word with a dark face: "Get lost!"

You are a bunch of short-sighted people. Is now the time to care about these things?

The most terrible thing now is that no one from the camp outside Beijing has returned!

Tens of thousands of people!

Not coming back yet!

Were they killed by Fu Chenan?
Or was he caught?
Or did he follow Fu Chenan and betray him?!
The emperor panicked and sent people to investigate the families of these generals. Only then did he discover that the next day after the fire, the families of these generals were taken away during the chaos!
Fu Chenan was actually prepared? !

Looking at the report, the emperor could not believe his eyes and stubbornly issued seven or eight imperial edicts, ordering the soldiers in the camp outside the capital to return immediately.

However, after the imperial edict was issued, there was no news of the person who delivered it.

How to do?
How to do? !

The emperor's heart became more and more flustered day by day, but he still had to pretend to be calm on the surface.

The emperor looked at Lu Daban and said, "Do you think they rebelled? They must have rebelled!"

Lu Daban stood beside the emperor and said, "If your majesty is worried, why not send someone to investigate?"

The emperor glared at Lu Daban and asked, "Who should I send? You?"

Anyone sent there at this time would be sending themselves to death.

Lu Daban seemed to be stiff for a moment, and then he replied firmly: "If your majesty needs me to go, I will go!"

The emperor thought for a moment and said: "How about this, you take a few pigeons with you to investigate the situation. Once you have a clear understanding of the situation, release the pigeons immediately..."

He actually sent Lu Daban to convey the order!
With tears in his eyes, the gray-haired Lu Daban kowtowed deeply: "I obey your command!"

In the Ningyuan Marquis’ Mansion, the old marquis’ wife and the prince’s wife sat face to face, both of them looking calm.

The old marquis’ wife took a sip of tea from the teacup and said, “…buy it.”

The Crown Prince's wife disagreed: "Mom, buying a homestead at a time like this is like taking advantage of someone's misfortune."

The old marquis’s wife shook her head: “If we don’t buy it, others will. But we can buy it like this…”

On the surface, the Ningyuan Marquis Mansion is also buying residential land, but in fact it allows sellers to have choices.

The seller can choose to sell the land directly or use the homestead as collateral to borrow money first.

One year later, the seller can make money and try to redeem it, and the Ningyuan Marquis Mansion will only charge 10% interest.

Compared with the interest rate outside where nine out of ten people pay out, the Ningyuan Marquisate's move can be considered a complete charity.

The old marquis’s wife was calm and composed: “Besides, we are not doing it in our own name.”

"Then in whose name should it be done?" The Crown Prince's wife was at a loss.

"Do it in Chun'er's name and say it was done privately by his people."

The Crown Prince’s Wife: !!!
Ao Guangchun?!

"My uncle is also from the Ningyuan Marquis Mansion. Won't they put the blame on the Ningyuan Marquis Mansion?!"

The old marquis’ wife snorted coldly: “He has a bad reputation anyway, so he doesn’t care about having another shit pot.”

The Crown Prince’s Wife: …

(End of this chapter)