Surprise! I emptied the emperor's private treasury before exile

Yazhou is far away from the mainland, located in a remote area, with a hot and humid climate, and frequent severe weather such as heavy rain and typhoons, making life quite difficult for the people here.

In contrast, the government office had almost no other affairs except for the daily reception of exiled prisoners.

Although Chu Ci and his entourage were dressed simply, they were not as depressed and haggard as the other exiles.

If they took the household registration documents and the imperial exile documents with them on their own, they would easily be treated as fat sheep.

Once you are regarded as a fat sheep in Yazhou, you will easily become a leek to be harvested, and troubles will come one after another. This is not what Chu Ci wants.

That was not the purpose of the Queen asking the Fifth Prince to follow her.

Since this was the case, why not use the emperor's personal approval of the pardon document, plus money to pave the way, in just a quarter of an hour, the Fan family settled in the relatively wealthy Jingtian Village.

Moreover, more than half of the people in Jingtian Village were descendants of exiled criminals from the imperial court, and most of them could speak Mandarin. This saved the trouble of language barriers when entering the village for the first time.

Compared with those who were driven directly to the Sin Village and had to complete land reclamation tasks every month, the Fan family's start was quite smooth.

Even so, when Fan Jingrui found the village chief and wanted to rent a yard in the village for temporary use, he encountered difficulties because there were no empty houses in the village.

With no other choice, the group had to go into the city again and find a pretty good inn to stay and rest.

Eighteen days was the limit of what the Purple Envoy could do. So, as soon as the Fifth Prince was settled, the Purple Envoy asked to take his leave.

The Fifth Prince knew that the Embroidered Uniform Law Enforcement Officer was only loyal to the Emperor, and he was prepared for this. Therefore, he did not try to persuade them to stay.

But after the Purple-Robed Envoy led his team away, he was alone, staring in the direction of the capital for a long time.

It was so long that Chu Ci felt his eyes hurt. He walked to the side of the fifth prince in two steps and said, "Cousin, instead of wasting time here being sad and grieving, why not find a way to make yourself strong, so strong that you are not afraid of being abandoned by anyone. What do you think, cousin?"

Upon hearing this, the Fifth Prince sneered and looked directly at Chu Ci and said, "My cousin's wife is quite ambitious."

Chu Ci was speechless, he was just painting a pie in the sky to cheer him up, could this be considered ambitious?

Chu Ci immediately forced out a half-smile: "Then you can continue to be in a daze here."

After saying that, he rolled his eyes and turned away.

She was busy. After registering her household registration, she would have to start all over again. From building a house and buying land to furnishings in the house, Chu Ci wanted to arrange everything according to her own wishes.

However, Mr. Fan did not want to be too conspicuous right away, after all, most of the houses in the village were made of adobe. Mr. Fan's idea was to make the yard bigger and build a few more houses.

This goes against Chu Ci's idea.

Although Chu Ci was anxious, he also knew that the more impatient he was at this time, the more likely it was that bad things would happen. After thinking for a moment, Chu Ci patiently asked, "Grandpa, can I ask you how the Fan family plans to make a living in the future?"

"If you want to integrate into the village, you must get along well with the villagers. Only by benefiting others can you benefit yourself. Yesterday at the village chief's house, I asked around and found that most of the people who can read and write in this area have inherited the knowledge from their ancestors. But it takes at least three generations of effort to turn a criminal into a good person."

Chu Ci understood what the old man meant. "Grandpa, you want to build a private school in the village so that children from all over the country can study at the Fan family. In this way, the prestige of the Fan family can be established."

Mr. Fan did not expect Chu Ci to understand his intentions, and he was very happy. "My granddaughter-in-law knows my heart."

"Then Grandpa, have you ever thought about how the Fan family will make a living in the future after the private school fails to make money?"

However, to his surprise, this Chuci who seemed to understand him poured cold water on him in an instant. "I understand your intention. The private school can be built. But since it is to establish prestige, the tuition of the private school cannot be too high. In this way, the final result is likely to be that the private school will not only fail to make a profit, but may even lose money."

At this point, Chu Ci looked around and asked, "Grandpa, have you ever thought about how the Fan family will make a living in the future when the private school cannot make a profit?"

This time, not only Mr. Fan, but also several younger generations of the Fan family frowned.

I sorted out the skills I had mastered one by one in my mind. However, without exception, in Yazhou, where resources were scarce, these skills could hardly be converted into money.

So they are all useless?

With this realization, everyone in the Fan family looked extremely ugly.

Chu Ci realized that the situation was not good. She asked this question only to achieve her own goal, not to attack the Fan family. So she said quickly: "I saw a large area of ​​sugarcane outside Jingtian Village. Coincidentally, I have a recipe for making sugar from sugarcane."

Even Mr. Fan was shaken when he heard the sugar recipe. On the contrary, the old lady objected with an unusually firm attitude: "Even if the Fan family is in dire straits, they will never use the dowry of a woman."

Chu Ci was really anxious now: "But..."

Old Mrs. Fan sighed, took Chu Ci's hand and patted it gently: "Granddaughter-in-law, I understand your good intentions."

"When we were in exile, it was a choice we had to make in order to survive. But now the men of the Fan family are no longer weak and incompetent."

Chu Ci had no choice but to tell the truth: "But I did this not only for the Fan family. It was also for myself. You must have noticed along the way that I like fancy clothes and delicious food. If I just keep feeling aggrieved for the sake of the villagers' opinions, I will get sick. Grandma, can you pity me?"

Seeing that the old lady was still unmoved, Chu Ci continued to try: "If it really doesn't work, we can write it down in black and white. The sugar factory will be my dowry. It has nothing to do with the Fan family. Do you think this is okay?"

Now that things have come to this, what else can Mrs. Fan do? "This is just the first time. It won't happen again."

Unfortunately, Mrs. Fan had been respectable all her life, and she had no idea how shameless Chu Ci could be in order to achieve his goal. "Grandma, I have a large piece of wasteland outside Guanjingtian Village, and I want to buy some of it. It can also be considered as my dowry, okay?"

Mrs. Fan gritted her teeth and nodded. Chu Ci then pressed on, "Grandma, look. I, the granddaughter-in-law, have the money to build a workshop and buy land, but I don't have the money to honor my elders. Do you think this is justified?"

When Mrs. Fan heard this, her eyes widened, and she realized that she had been tricked by Chu Ci. But as an elder, words spoken are like water spilled.

In desperation, he had to throw this problem to Fan Jingrui. After all, this was the trouble he had caused, so naturally he had to solve it. "Jingrui, what do you think?"