First-rank palace maid Su Jixiang

Chapter 324 General Qu's Thoughts

When everyone thought about what Wei Ling said that such a large market would be open before early autumn, they counted on their fingers and estimated that it would only be three months away.

So what we have to do now is to mobilize all kinds of goods!

"The market is still under construction. We are only revealing it today because you are all the backbone of Mangcheng's commerce and the market." Xie Yingfeng said, "The government office plans to announce this information to the public in two months. Before that, I hope you can keep this secret."

After saying this, he bowed to everyone.

Everyone immediately returned the gifts and said they would keep their mouth shut.

The auction was successfully completed.

After all the clan gentry had left, Xie Yingfeng and Qu Wanning quickly invited Wei Ling and his wife, their father-in-law, and their elder brother-in-law to the flower hall behind the government office to sit down.

"Hey, how much did the auction cost today?" General Qu was the first one who couldn't help asking as soon as he sat down.

He had been a general all his life, and had seen all kinds of scenes in the capital and the north, but the land auction scene just now was the first time he had seen it in all his years.

He had also gone to the antique auction market with some civil officials in the court to show off his knowledge of culture before, but those dead objects did not interest a military commander like him. But land was different. As a general, he had bought so many farms in the capital, and he had been fighting outside for so many years, so he valued land more than anyone else.

He was guarding the land of Daxie. The land could grow crops. With crops, everyone had food to eat. With food to eat, there would be no famine and everyone's hearts would be at peace. If the people's hearts were stable and the army's hearts were stable, even if the world was in chaos, it wouldn't be that chaotic! He was a reliable general!

Therefore, General Qu is absolutely very enthusiastic about the land auction today.

If he hadn’t been short of money at the moment, he wouldn’t have been satisfied with the photos he took just now!

"Don't worry, father-in-law, we are already calculating later." Xie Yingfeng said with a smile. "Please sit here for a while and wait for the results of the calculation later." After he finished speaking, he looked at Su Jixiang, "If it weren't for the fact that Madam had the Black Tiger Army hold a skills competition before, I wouldn't be able to gather so many people who can write and calculate now!"

The people sitting in the back settling accounts today are all from the Black Tiger Army. They are all trustworthy people, and they are all talents selected through the skills competition, as well as their apprentices.

Both the Black Tiger Army and the Mangcheng government invested a lot in the construction of this new city area. The silver needed to expand the city wall was paid for by the Black Tiger Army's military expenditure, while the money for building roads, bringing hot springs from the mountains, and laying drainage facilities came from the Mangcheng government.

Both of these investments are huge.

"I don't think it will be a loss!" General Qu stroked his beard and smiled. He looked at his biological daughter and goddaughter, his eyes full of pride and pride. "My two precious girls are very capable, especially Jixiang! How did you come up with such a good idea?"

He participated in the entire auction, did a rough calculation in his mind, and felt that this deal was profitable!

Su Jixiang smiled slightly, "We discussed this with everyone."

After saying that, she looked at Wei Ling.

Wei Ling knew what she meant, so he nodded. "Gather the wisdom of all parties." He added to help Su Jixiang.

Su Jixiang's ideas were too wild, she must have learned something from the concubines in the cold palace to fool him, but he just didn't pursue it with her. Wei Ling knew that Su Jixiang had a secret, but as long as she didn't want to talk about it, he wouldn't ask. He raised his hand, held Su Jixiang's hand, and rubbed it in his palm.

As long as she stayed by his side, he would be satisfied. As for things she didn't want to say, he wouldn't force her.

When General Qu heard Wei Ling say this, he did not think much about it. He just thought that these methods were Wei Ling's ideas and were spoken by Su Jixiang. After all, Wei Ling is so talented. If the man in the capital knew about it, it would not be a good thing. Having served in the court for many years, General Qu knew that a man was innocent but guilty of possessing a treasure. Since everyone was vague and did not say it out loud, he just pretended that he did not know. But in his heart, he admired Wei Ling even more. After all, he was the prince who was famous in the capital! He was really a man of both civil and military talents, and he had a rare talent! Although Wei Ling was not very old, he was strong and brave in fighting and had many strategies. He also had such thoughts and abilities in governing the city and county. Following such a great general was also a thing that made him feel at ease.

He couldn't help but glance at his son.

His son is honest, loyal, has good martial arts skills, and cares for his subordinates. He is a good man, but just a good man. He lacks some wisdom. Let alone developing the General's Mansion in the future, it is not easy for him to defend the General's Mansion surrounded by those jackals.

Therefore, staying in the North is a good thing for Qu Chenxing. Those people in the capital are all cunning and his son is really not suitable to go back to the capital.

If he could follow Wei Ling closely, maybe Wei Ling would help his honest son to keep everything in place.

After all, Su Jixiang is now his goddaughter, so Wei Ling is also his son-in-law! Wei Ling will take care of his brother-in-law after all!

In fact, General Qu was shocked when he saw Wei Ling’s plans for the future of Mangcheng at the auction today.

If it were just to defend this piece of land, what the Black Tiger Army is doing now would be more than enough.

Today, when he saw the future plan of Mangcheng, he had already thought of a possibility in his heart, that is, if Wei Ling continued to build like this, it would be very soon that the North would become a force that could compete with the imperial court!

He recalled the things that the two girls, Su Jixiang and Qu Wanning, had handed over to him some time ago, and he felt more and more that Wei Ling's ambitions might not be limited to just this small piece of northern land!

He liked to buy land and grow crops. Two months ago, the land in Mangcheng had just begun to thaw, and had not yet completely thawed. Su Jixiang brought Qu Wanning to find him, and handed him two things, asking him to plant them in his own fields. Those two things were obtained from foreigners. Su Jixiang called one sweet potato, and the other potato!

So what he plants in his fields now is not wheat, but these two things!

Su Jixiang once told him personally not to underestimate these two things, as they have a very high yield per mu. However, the people in Daxie Dynasty didn't know about these two things yet. They asked him to plant them first and record the yield per mu. If possible, they could plant them on a large scale in the future!

The yield per mu is extremely high, which means solving the food problem!

So an idea seemed to form in General Qu's heart, but he quickly suppressed the idea. Since his two daughters did not mention it, he would not ask!