Eat the whole family? I emptied the storehouse of the Marquis' Mansion and married the crippled

"Yanran, think of a solution. Ye Jintang is not in the capital, and you are the Crown Princess now. You only need to move your fingers a little bit, and Bencaotang will be yours."

"Bencaotang is a treasure pot. As long as Bencaotang is here, you will never be short of money."

Mrs. Gan did not give up and continued to persuade Ye Yanran.

"You also know that our Danyang Marquisate has a large family and has been unable to make ends meet in recent years."

"I used to think that I could borrow money from Ye Jintang's family to give the Marquisate a break, but that little jinx couldn't even keep a little money, and it was all stolen by the bad guys."

"Mother, the head of the family, has no money and lives a very tight life. Yanran, please understand me and help me get Bencaotang."

"Leave it to your uncle later and let him help you run the business. You don't have to worry about anything. Just wait in the Prince's Mansion and count the money."

Madam Gan painted a big rosy picture for Duan Yanran, trying to confuse her, but unfortunately Duan Yanran was not a simple-minded little white rabbit, so she just listened to Madam Gan's nonsense.

Didn't she know that Bencaotang was making money? Or did Imperial Noble Consort Dehui not know? Why didn't they touch it? Wasn't it because Bencaotang had a good reputation outside?

No matter whether it was her or Imperial Noble Consort Dehui who got it, they would probably be scolded by the world for the rest of their lives.

With such a reputation, Ye Yanran would not touch it even if there was a mountain of gold in front of her.

"Mom, don't have any more thoughts that you shouldn't have. If Bencaotang could move, it would have been moved long ago. Why would it wait until now?"

"You are short of money, I will give you some."

Mrs. Gan, who had been frowning just now, immediately became cheerful.

"That's a good feeling."

Ye Yanran asked Su Shu to bring over three thousand taels of silver notes. She put the notes on the small table but was not in a hurry to give them to Mrs. Gan.

"Dad and Big Brother should have made a lot of money by helping His Highness to buy and sell official positions this year. Where is the money?"

Mrs. Gan smiled a little awkwardly.

"Your eldest brother has always wanted to move up in the career ladder. If he wants to get promoted, he naturally has to bribe some people. I have never asked him for the money he earned. Sometimes, when it is not enough, he needs mother to subsidize him."

"Mom, you are confused. My eldest brother has His Highness looking after him. If he gets promoted in the future, everyone will flatter him. Why does he need to take care of things?"

"this."

Mrs. Gan was speechless after hearing what Duan Yanran said. She couldn't tell Ye Yanran that her prodigal son spent all the money he earned on eating, drinking and having fun.

"I will talk to your elder brother later and ask him to spend less money. After His Highness ascends the throne, he can spend money however he wants."

"Well, grandma is doing well lately."

"She caught a cold and her health has been worse than before. She heard that Bencaotang could make money these days, so she became even more anxious and fell ill."

Ye Yanran curled her lips, thinking that she fell ill because she was upset because she couldn't get the money from Bencaotang.

Ye Yanran knew Old Madam Ye very well.

In her eyes, only her grandchildren were members of the Ye family. Even though she was the Crown Princess, she was just a tool to help the men of the Ye family.

Mrs. Gan came to talk about Bencaotang specifically, probably because of the old lady's instigation.

She sighed secretly in her heart. Her mother was easily influenced and if anything happened, she would be of no help at all.

As for the Ye family, they are just a group of vampires. It's good enough that they don't cause trouble for her. How can she expect them to help?

Thinking of this, Ye Yanran looked up at Su Shu and Yu Xiang who were serving on the side. They were both timid and not the type of people who could accomplish anything great.

For a moment, Ye Yanran was a little dazed. She always felt that she shouldn't live like this, and there shouldn't be no one around her like now.

What went wrong?

Ye Yanran was overwhelmed by all sorts of things.

On the other side, Ye Jintang was busy all winter. As the spring came and the ice and snow melted, her team of carriages loaded with all kinds of goods left Ningchuan City one after another and headed for other cities.

"Jintang, do you really want to take Ping'an and An'an to the farmland? Aren't they too young? Besides, it's just the beginning of spring and the weather is still a little cold. What if they get frozen?"

Ye Jintang looked at Xiao Mo, who was worried, and didn't know what to say.

There is a kind of cold called daddy’s cold.

She has taken off her thick winter clothes, so how cold can it be?

Besides, children should have more contact with nature so that they can grow stronger. What's the point of staying in the house all day?

"Pingping and An'an both like to ride in a carriage. I'll take them out for a look and they'll be back in two hours at most."

"Then I'll go with you."

Xiao Mo treated the twins as if they were his own eyes, and he was not at ease letting Ye Jintang take them out to play alone.

"Doesn't the prince have to take care of government affairs?"

"It's good to have Mr. Cai and the others around."

Spring plowing has just begun and the farmlands are filled with busy figures.

In the past, spring plowing in Ningchuan City had to be done bit by bit by manpower, which was not only slow but also exhausting.

Since Ye Jintang came, a large number of cows that can plow the land have been raised. When spring plowing begins, the cows that have been raised for a winter are finally put to use.

In the carriage, Pingping and Anan were picked up by Ye Jintang and Xiao Mo to watch the scene outside the carriage.

The low bushes were just beginning to show green leaves, and the roadsides looked grey and bare.

But the two children were watching with great interest, especially when they saw cows plowing the fields, or snowballs with flames passing by the carriage, the two little guys couldn't help giggling.

Pingping laughed so loudly and burped from time to time, which made Ye Jintang laugh so hard that he almost cried.

"What a loser! He just saw a few cows, why is he so excited?"

"Hey, this is the first time for my Pingping to see the cows, so he is naturally happy. Come here, let daddy pat you so that you won't hiccup."

The family turned the inspection of farming into a spring outing. The two children were more excited than Ye Jintang to go out for a stroll. When they returned to the palace at noon, they were so tired that they fell asleep.

Ye Jintang carefully put the two children into the crib. She and Xiao Mo sat on the couch in the outer room and talked about spring ploughing.

"The amount of wheat planted this year is much greater than last year. The food and fodder problem for the 200,000-man army should be completely solved this year."

"Well, the food problem has been solved. Now the only thing left is weapons. Since last year, I have been secretly looking for experts who can make weapons. Before the summer of this year, I will be able to solve the problem of weapons for almost all soldiers."

The 20-man army under Xiao Mo was just a makeshift team at the beginning, consisting of refugees, ordinary people, and even bandits.

The weapons in their hands included not only the swords they had made before, but also daggers, spears, and a variety of other weapons.

It is not easy to train such a team into a regular army.

The soldiers were busy all winter long. No matter what the weather was, they would insist on training.

This is Ningchuan Prefecture. In winter, the temperature is still more than 20 degrees below zero even if the weather is good. It is common for the temperature to be minus or degrees on snowy days.

Soldiers who have been trained and raised in such a harsh environment will not be easily defeated no matter what difficulties they encounter in the future.