The royal family reads her mind, and the cannon fodder daughter creates the Feihou Mansion

The national treasury was in financial difficulty, so Yan Wenjie's first thing was to raise funds and collect grain from the top ten richest businessmen in the capital. Among these wealthy businessmen, the Jiangnan Jiang family, an imperial merchant with businesses in various industries, was the first to be targeted.

Five years ago, the Jiang family expanded their business from Jiangnan to the capital. In just five years, they became the richest man in the capital, unmatched.

Even in Jiangnan, the Jiang family is a new elite that has only risen to fame in the past decade. It seems that they have become an unrivaled presence in Jiangnan overnight.

Ten years ago, the Jiang family's business empire expanded at an unimaginable speed. Not only in the Jin'an Dynasty, but also in Northern Chu, Southern Yue, and Western Di, the Jiang family's business spread across the country, making them one of the richest businessmen.

When it comes to the existence of a family that is rich enough to rival a country or even rich enough to influence the entire continent, the first family that people think of is the Jiang family.

Perhaps because they are afraid of being framed and plotted against by someone with ulterior motives, the Jiang family remains extremely low-key even though they are so wealthy. So far, no one has ever seen the head of the Jiang family.

It is rumored that the head of the Jiang family had his appearance destroyed by a fire when he was young. Due to his ugly face, he has never appeared in public. Even few members of the Jiang family have seen this mysterious head of the family.

With such enormous wealth, it is impossible for the imperial court to not be afraid at all, so it is reasonable to start raising funds and collecting grain from the Jiang family this time.

Song Yunxi listened to the manager's report with a somewhat unfocused look in her eyes, and it was unclear what she was thinking.

After waiting for a long time for Song Yunxi to respond, Manager Yu was a little unsure: "Miss?"

Song Yunxi came back to her senses, looked at the anxious Yu Guanshi and smiled: "Since it is needed for the war of the court, we will donate more so that the soldiers at the border don't have to worry about it."

Manager Yu: "Before the flood in the south, the second young master asked us to send some grain to the south. Now all the grain shops in the capital have an estimated 5,000 shi of grain. Please tell me how much we should donate, Miss."

Song Yunxi thought for a moment and said, "Let's donate 1,000 shi first!"

If there are too many of them, not only will it arouse jealousy among peers, but the old emperor will also become suspicious given his character, and it will be difficult to do business in the capital in the future.

Manager Yu wanted to ask if one thousand shi was too much, but when he remembered that the second young master asked them to obey the eldest young lady's orders, he swallowed the words back.

The second young master trusts the eldest young lady. Not to mention donating a thousand stones of grain, he would not say a word even if the entire Jiang family was given away.

All of these old people knew that when doing things in the Jiang family, they must never make the eldest lady unhappy.

Manager Yu took the order and left.

Song Yunxi instructed Sizhu: "Let our secret guards keep a close eye on this thousand dan of grain. We must not allow any mistakes."

They can donate either food or money, but if anyone dares to covet these military rations and salaries, they will be caught in a trap.

"It was Zhao Cheng'an and Ningguo Duke Shen Qiaoping who proposed to collect money and grain from the wealthy merchants in the capital."

After all, she couldn't get the information from the court at the first time. It was Ye Xuanqi who told her after the court session.

Shen Qiaoping and Zhao Chengan, this matter is very intriguing.

The matter between Shen Qiaoping and his niece Ye Wenshan was finally suppressed by Concubine Shen with thundering means.

It’s a pity that Shen Zhikang couldn’t find a young wife to live in.

At that time, she was only concerned with taking her second brother away as quickly as possible. How could she have forgotten that they were uncle and nephew?

It would have been great if the person who came that day was Shen Zhikang.

But it doesn’t matter, there will be plenty of opportunities in the future.

The Shen family not only owes her, but also owes the soldiers and civilians who died because of them. Such a cruel purgatory on earth should be the fate of the Shen family.

Yan Wenjie collected sufficient military pay and rations in a short period of time, which made Emperor Qinglong very happy, and he ordered it to be sent to the border immediately.

Imperial Prefecture.

Ye Xuanqi showed Song Yunxi the reply letter written by General Zhenyuan. Only when he saw the letter saying that all the spies on the list had been eliminated did Song Yunxi feel relieved.

"When facing the enemy, if the soldiers cannot ensure the safety of the rear, they will be attacked from both sides."

Seeing that her face was relaxed, he knew that she had been worried about the spies at the border these days. Somehow, he felt an unprecedented warmth in his heart.

Not to mention the noble ladies in the capital who lived a life of luxury, even the men in the court not only had never been grateful for the peace brought about by the blood and sacrifice of the soldiers on the border, many people even looked down on them, often mocking them for being vulgar and uncultured.

When he decided to go to the border, although Song Muxue did not say anything directly, her words showed her contempt and disdain for the military camp.

Later, he returned from the border. The prince, who had been pampered in the past, had always eaten simple and frugal meals after seeing the hardships of the soldiers and civilians at the border. Even his style of doing things became pragmatic. Years of life in the military camp had made these habits ingrained in his bones.

But in Song Muxue's eyes, he was unromantic and vulgar, and she repeatedly hinted, both explicitly and implicitly, that as a prince, he did not need to be so frugal.

He knew that Song Muxue disliked his military habits, but thinking that she was just a girl, he just laughed it off.

But there was still some regret in her heart, thinking how great it would be if she had the same affection for the border and the military camp as her mother.

Later I realized, how many women in the world can have the same temperament and vision as my mother?

It was not until the appearance of Song Yunxi that he realized that not all women’s minds and horizons were limited to the capital.

Ye Xuanqi ordered someone to bring in a wooden box. He met Song Yunxi's puzzled gaze and smiled gently: "Zhen Yuan ordered someone to bring it back. It's a gift for you."

"give me?"

Ye Xuanqi opened the wooden box, and Song Yunxi walked over to look through the contents of the box. There were some inconspicuous-looking dried vegetables and meat, some common medicinal herbs that could be collected in the mountains, and even two pieces of very ordinary cotton cloth.

Song Yunxi looked up at Ye Xuanqi in confusion.

"General Zhenyuan said this is a thank-you gift from the soldiers and civilians."

Ye Xuanqi had never expected that Song Yunxi, who was so greedy for money, would actually give him a silver note worth 100,000 taels and ask him to send it to the border along with the list.

"Many years ago, my master took me to the border of Northern Chu. I saw with my own eyes how difficult life was for the people due to the constant invasion of Northern Chu, how the imperial treasury was empty and how difficult the soldiers' garrison conditions were. Although these 100,000 taels are a drop in the bucket, they can help solve the urgent problem."

It was impossible not to be shocked. Which young girl didn't spend money on herself? But she was so greedy for money, and she actually took out 100,000 taels at once.

It was then that Ye Xuanqi discovered that, apart from the few gorgeous jewellery that Song Wentian and his companions had prepared for her at the palace banquet, her daily attire was very simple, and she hardly wore any luxurious jewellery.

Ye Xuanqi smiled and said, "General Zhenyuan wanted to write you a letter, but firstly it was too presumptuous, and secondly I was afraid that if someone saw it accidentally it would bring you unnecessary trouble, so I asked someone to bring you a verbal message."