First-rank palace maid Su Jixiang

In fact, Su Jixiang had thought about this problem a long time ago.

Mangcheng is a border town, and everyone thinks that it is located in a bitter cold area with nothing. In fact, the products here are not very scarce, and the location is very good, adjacent to many small countries. Although the Turks often come to harass, the border trade of Mangcheng is still very developed. Border residents often exchange what they have with people from other small countries around them.

That's why the remaining troops secretly sold iron ore.

If border trade can really be developed, then the future of Mangcheng will be limitless. Only with money can we do other things better!

But now we lack an opportunity and a leader who dares to explore.

But now that Wei Ling has said this, Su Jixiang feels that he does have a feasible plan.

After she came out of the army, in addition to studying cooking, she also read a lot of books and enrolled in a night school to learn a lot of miscellaneous things. In fact, she was a person with ideas and courage. Winning the gold medal in the national competition was the first step of her plan. Unfortunately, she died just after taking this first step. When she woke up, she found herself in a dynasty that had never appeared in history books and became a maid in the cold palace.

What can a little palace maid do... She is in the cold palace, it is good enough for her to save her life! Su Jixiang stopped worrying about this and that.

It was not until what Wei Ling said just now that she seemed to have rekindled her fighting spirit.

"General, can you let me open a restaurant in the future?" Su Jixiang asked.

"Sure. Just do whatever you want to do." Wei Ling nodded with a smile, "If you open a restaurant, I'm afraid other stores will have no business."

"That's not the case." Su Jixiang said with a smile, "If there is business, we can do it together."

She had a good idea in her mind that would quickly make Mangcheng lively.

"If the city gates are opened after the spring, will many foreigners come back to do business?" Su Jixiang asked.

"Indeed there will be." Wei Ling nodded.

"What did people do in the past? Did they allow the border town to open?" Su Jixiang asked again.

This is very crucial. Many border towns in history were closed.

"When the deposed emperor was in power, it was allowed." Wei Ling thought for a while and said, "But at that time, he opened up the country in order to impose heavy taxes. His heavy taxes made foreign merchants miserable. Later, the governor of Mangcheng accepted bribes privately. As long as these people gave money to the former governor of Mangcheng, he turned a blind eye and those people just paid a symbolic amount of money to get the job done. If the court questioned him, he would say that there were many wars at the border and the trade was not ordinary. Anyway, the capital is far away from here, and no one would fiddle with these things in front of the emperor. So for so many years, border trade existed but was not prosperous. After I took over Mangcheng, I exempted those taxes. I only needed to register the grades of the merchants and give an entry fee when entering the city. So in recent years, border trade has slowly become active again."

After Wei Ling finished speaking, he smiled and said, "If your restaurant can be opened in the spring after the ice and snow melt, I think the business should be good." He paused and said, "I have been fighting outside for the past few years and I don't know much about the border trade in Mangcheng, but didn't I look through the account books of the garrison troops before? From the entrance fees they collected, it can be seen that there are more people coming in one year than the previous year in the past three years. You see, Mangcheng is not very big, but there are many inns, which can explain it. These inns have almost no business in winter, and they rely on the money earned in spring, summer, autumn and winter. Almost all of them are full."

"Then I have an idea in my mind." Su Jixiang nodded.

According to Wei Ling, her restaurant is more than just a restaurant!

Su Jixiang already had a plan in his mind.

Her current identity is the general's wife, so it is very convenient for her to do anything she wants.

Since Wei Ling has such an idea, she must not hold Wei Ling back.

"Young Master." Guihua's voice came from outside the house.

"Come in and talk." Wei Ling first patted the back of Su Jixiang's hand, and then said to Guihua.

Su Jixiang immediately sat up straight.

I have to say that the poison was really powerful. Even though she had been detoxified and woke up, she still felt a little weak all over.

So even though Wei Ling is still poisoned, he can still move his body a little bit, which is already very strong!

"My Lord, Lord Xie sent someone to deliver the news that the group of people who attacked Madam earlier have been caught." After Guihua came in, she saw the couple sitting upright, one leaning against the head of the bed, and the other sitting upright. Guihua couldn't help but laugh. "Before, I failed to stop them and several of them escaped. But tonight they all went to raid our house and now they have been caught. Lord Xie just sent a message to his subordinates to identify them, so I switched positions with Wei Feng. I went to take a look and found that they were indeed the people I failed to catch. They belong to the camp of Captain Nangong. Lord Xie was afraid that Captain Nangong was also involved, so he asked his subordinates to ask whether Captain Nangong should be arrested or not."

Wei Ling frowned.

Nangong Rui?

He took a deep breath, feeling a little annoyed.

He was the one who taught Nangong Rui martial arts and saved his life!

He has always trusted Nangong Rui very much.

When he left Mangcheng, Nangong Rui was supposed to follow him to the war, but because of Nangong Rui's family burden, he could only find him a few days before leaving to apologize.

Wei Ling also understood Nangong Rui's family situation. So many people in his family depended on Nangong Rui for their livelihood... so he agreed to let him stay.

Because of his trust in Nangong Rui, he also handed over all the affairs of the remaining troops to Nangong Rui for management.

In fact, when those who tried to assassinate him suddenly appeared near the prison, he wondered if they were Nangong Rui's men. After all, among the garrison troops, only Nangong Rui's men were still stationed in Mangcheng, and the others' men had been replaced out of Mangcheng by his Black Tiger Guards.

No matter how much he didn't want to believe it, the facts were now in front of him and Wei Ling would no longer be soft-hearted.

"Catch him!" Wei Ling gritted his teeth. "After I catch him, I will personally interrogate him!"

"Yes." Guihua responded decisively and turned around to pass on the message.

After Guihua left, Su Jixiang saw the loss and disappointment in Wei Ling's eyes. She said softly, "Let's ask clearly first. After all, the remaining troops are a mixed bag. We won't let a bad guy go, but we will also be wronged by a good guy."