Back and forth: I brought supplies to help the impoverished prince

In the afternoon, when Wen Jiu returned to the mansion, he did not see Qiao Shinian. He could only sigh and then went into the study. There were two piles of thick papers in the study, each with a different handwriting.

Every day he needs to spend nearly four hours reviewing what happened that day and issuing instructions for what to do tomorrow or in the next period of time.

Looking at the messages on the paper, Wen Jiu didn't feel tired, but excited.

It turns out that the feeling of holding real power is so wonderful.

But when I saw the daily food expenses in recent days, that wonderful mood suddenly became not so good.

On weekdays, it was five hundred taels a day, but because Wen Jiu promised to eat meat every three days, the day of eating meat cost one thousand taels.

In just over twenty days, tens of thousands of taels were gone.

Let’s take a look at what happened in recent days: someone had a fight with someone else, and someone disobeyed discipline and beat up the supervisor.

A few people from somewhere were scrambling for food, and as a result, more than half of the people had no food to eat.

Wen Jiu took a deep breath and tried his best to maintain the good mood he had before seeing the bad news.

At the end, he slammed the table and said, "Ji Lanzhou!"

"Prince Yongle." Ji Lanzhou still had a cold face. When he entered the room, he saw papers scattered on the ground.

"Go and tell them! Those who disobey will be expelled. Those who behave badly will be executed on the spot!"

Ji Lanzhou was unmoved. He said in a cold voice: "Your Majesty, my only duty is to protect your safety."

"Nonsense!" Wen Jiu snorted coldly. He naturally knew it.

But he was so angry that he could only call Ji Lanzhou. If he called Chunxue or Yueyu, they would really pass the order down. By the time he calmed down tomorrow, the number of deaths would probably exceed a quarter of the total number of employees.

"Who do you want to kill?" Qiao Shinian heard Wen Jiu's roar before he even reached the study.

Wen Jiu took a deep breath, and in Ji Lanzhou's shocked gaze, his face turned aggrieved in an instant: "Sister~, poor mountains and bad waters produce unruly people, they all make things difficult for me."

"Come on, let's get down to business." Qiao Shinian turned around and said politely to Ji Lanzhou, "Please step aside. I have something to discuss with Wen Jiu."

Ji Lanzhou glanced at the aggrieved Wen Jiu and frowned slightly, but still went out to guard.

"Sister~" Wen Jiu hugged Qiao Shinian's arm and tried to act like a spoiled child, but Qiao Shinian pushed him away. "I have a few children studying medicine, and it's hard to find a doctor right now. Didn't your father give you two imperial physicians? It just so happens that they are idle in the mansion anyway, so you can ask them to teach those children."

"Oh, okay." Wen Jiu pouted and blinked at Qiao Shinian: "Sister, what about me?"

"You what? Be a good prince, this is your job." Qiao Shinian patted Wen Jiu's shoulder, "Come on, everything is difficult at the beginning, just get through it."

"Sister! You don't care about me at all! You even ask me why I am so angry!" Wen Jiu pouted and squatted on the ground angrily, picked up the papers and sat on the chair.

Qiao Shinian looked at Wen Jiu who was acting like a spoiled brat, and she walked over: "I don't think you need me to help you with any advice."

Wen Jiu pursed his lips and said nothing.

"Okay, I see you've worked hard. You're the best prince I've ever seen. Look, which prince is as close to the people as you, and you personally lead people to work." Qiao Shinian stood behind Wen Jiu and pinched his cheeks with both hands. "Okay, I won't disturb you. I'll have someone prepare a midnight snack. You can have a full meal after watching, and then take a walk and sleep comfortably."

"Don't leave, just sit in the study and watch me." Wen Jiu held Qiao Shinian's hand, looked at her, and said aggrievedly: "I'm afraid I'll be angry again. I won't be angry if I look at my sister."

"Okay!" Qiao Shinian looked at the dark sky outside, "I'll go out and tell them to prepare dinner."

When Qiao Shinian returned to the study again, Wen Jiu was already quietly writing something on paper, waiting to assign tasks in public at the morning meeting tomorrow.

Wen Jiu did calm down. When he said kill them all, he did not mean kill all those who caused trouble, but kill all those who instigated the troublemakers behind the scenes.

Even at the moment when Ji Lanzhou came in, he had already decided to go to the Jiang family with a knife.

Recently, the Jiang family has been on close terms with those minor officials whom he had punished, and they have been making small moves frequently, but fortunately they were harmless.

"It's time to recruit soldiers." Wen Jiu put down his pen and said slowly.

"How are you going to recruit? From the city defense forces?" Qiao Shinian looked at the solemn expression on Wen Jiu's face and asked, "Is someone trying to do something bad?"

"Yeah." Wen Jiu nodded, no longer in the playful mood: "Sister, the matter of recruiting soldiers is left to you. Please help me keep an eye on it. Just say that we are recruiting guards for the palace. We will recruit 3,000 people first and only keep 1,000 people in the end."

"I'll go?" Qiao Shinian frowned slightly, "Can I convince everyone?"

"You can convince the people around you." Wen Jiu smiled, "The recruitment standards are open to both men and women under 40 years old. My people will review the background and identity of the last 1,000 people."

"Starting tomorrow?"

"No, wait until the spring planting is over." Wen Jiu glanced at the thick daily report on the table and sighed, "Sister, go find some capable people to start burning bricks tomorrow, build pig pens and chicken and duck pens, and finally build some cow sheds to raise dozens of cows. From now on, let people know that the palace recruits people regardless of gender, as long as they can work."

Qiao Shinian nodded: "I have already sent out the quantity of chickens, ducks, cattle and sheep to be purchased in the name of Yongle Palace this afternoon, so we have to hurry up."

Wen Jiu had plans for raising troops. He was very interested in the army that Qiao Shinian mentioned, and planned to build his guards based on the army in her world.

But everything has just begun now, and there are too many places that need manpower, and basically all the manpower that Yu Changming left for him has been used.

The magistrate of Yun County was respectful to him on the surface, but he was actually a member of the Jiang family.

This time he did not force other counties to join him in such a big effort, but two days ago, the governor of Xingzhou came to visit him and asked him how other places in Xingzhou should develop. Wen Jiu did not say much to him.

The purpose of the governor's visit was just to test his attitude and find out what he was going to do.

Wen Jiu's idea was simple. He wanted to put Yun County in order first and eliminate the internal troubles. After he had gained a firm foothold and had time to free up his hands, he could then go and rectify the other counties.

As I said, he has plenty of time. As long as his father doesn't die suddenly, he can gradually move to the center of imperial power again.

Forming cliques and pursuing personal interests is what every ambitious prince should do, and he only needs to pry open the people in those key positions. As for the rest, as long as he has people in his hands, he can bring down the new emperor even if he ascends the throne.

"I have a fear of insufficient manpower." Wen Jiu muttered to himself as he went to sleep at night, "It will be easier to get things done if someone comes."

To maintain troops, he not only needs to maintain the troops of the prefecture, but also needs to take the troops of the entire Xingzhou into his possession. The troops of the entire Xingzhou are the troops he wants to maintain.

Unfortunately, it has just started, so the penetration is a bit slow.