The ninth son of the emperor was demoted at the beginning. I have a famous Chinese general.

"What's the matter?" Ning Quan asked.

"Your Highness, the drought continues and the people have little to do."

"I suggest using this time to organize the people to build roads, reclaim farmland, and construct canals."

"This will also facilitate our future development, especially the road traffic between the three counties, which will be more conducive to communication and sharing of resources."

Zhuge Liang suggested.

"Well, that's a good idea."

"I'm just sitting around doing nothing, so I can't just eat and do nothing."

"This matter has been approved by the king. You can arrange the details."

Ning Quan agreed immediately.

"Yes."

Zhuge Liang bowed.

"Okay, let's go back."

"We'll talk about it the day after tomorrow. Tomorrow, the king will send the food to Beiting and Hexi first."

"promise!"

Everyone answered in unison, and then returned to the mansion together.

After returning, everyone dispersed.

Ning Quan came to Wanyue's room.

It was already evening when he came back, and Li Wanyue didn't know he was back.

"Wanyue, the king is back."

Entering the room and looking at the beauty lying on the bed, Ning Quan said with a smile.

"Husband?"

"Why did you come back suddenly?"

Seeing Ning Quan, Li Wanyue was surprised and happy.

"Because I miss you."

Ning Quan walked forward with a smile and hugged Li Wanyue in his arms.

"Um."

Li Wanyue's pretty face turned slightly red when she heard this.

"How is it, baby, have you been listening recently?"

Ning Quan gently stroked Wanyue's swollen belly and said.

"You're not listening. You just kicked me."

Li Wanyue pouted.

“Haha, really?”

"Being naughty proves you're a boy."

Ning Quan laughed out loud

"Well, if my husband says it is, then it is."

Li Wanyue responded sweetly.

"Okay, husband, go take a shower and sleep with you tonight."

Ning Quan reached out and pinched her cheek, speaking softly.

"Um."

Li Wanyue nodded shyly.

............

The next morning, Ning Quan woke up early.

Seeing Wanyue sleeping beside him, Ning Quan leaned over and kissed her smooth forehead, then got up and got dressed.

After washing up and eating, Ning Quan said something to Zhuge Liang, then rode his three-wheeled motorcycle to Beiting and handed over 800,000 shi of grain to Liu Bowen.

Ning Quan then went straight to Hexi and handed over the remaining 1.6 million shi of grain to Changsun Wuji.

Then he discussed with Zhangsun Wuji the matter of transporting grain to Hedong.

That night, Ning Quan stayed overnight in Xiping.

Return to Xizhou at noon the next day.

At the same time, the imperial edict also arrived in Xizhou, ordering Ning Quan to go to Daqin to purchase food.

"Haha, Father is quite interesting."

"Why does he think that this king will obey his will?"

Ning Quan couldn't help but laugh after reading the decree.

It has to be said that this decree really surprised Ning Quan.

Ning Yuanwu trusts him so much?

Or is there no other way, and you have no choice?

But no matter what the reason was, Ning Quan found it very ironic that Ning Yuanwu did this.

But he had no intention of disobeying the order.

As I said, as long as it is for the benefit of the people, he is willing to do it.

And in this way, he can also make a lot of money.

Of course the court had to pay him silver if he wanted to buy grain, but since he could get grain without spending any money, he certainly wouldn't refuse such a good thing.

The imperial court spent a huge amount of money to purchase food.

The national treasury took out 10 million taels of silver, and the inner treasury also took out 4 million taels.

A full 14 million taels is absolutely an astronomical figure.

Of course, not all of this silver belonged to Ning Quan. The imperial court was also purchasing grain from various countries in the southeast.

He only got six million taels.

But this is also possible. Who doesn’t want free money?

As long as the court sends the silver, Ning Quan doesn't mind making another trip.

Anyway, he has a three-wheeled motorcycle now, which is much more convenient.

However, Ning Quan still needs to think about where to get the food.

There is food in the Arab world, but there is not much food left on the market.

The key is that there is no suitable granary to attack.

Persia was clearly a better choice, but it was too far away and unsafe.

Ning Quan could of course put the food into the space and bring it back, which is both simple and convenient.

But he couldn't do that. Since the court asked him to buy grain, he had to pretend to do it for the court to see.

This means that he must actually purchase a batch of grain, even if the quantity is small.

But it doesn't matter, this problem is easy to solve.

Jia Xu and others are still on the way. Ning Quan can send people to the border to pick them up and then let them return to Persia directly.

This way, you can save at least one month of time going back and forth.

When the agreed time is almost up, Ning Quan takes off on a three-wheeled motorcycle.

Thinking of this, Ning Quan immediately contacted Jia Xu via walkie-talkie.

Knowing that the convoy was still half a month away from Daqian, Zhao Yu also set off a few days ago and estimated that he would reach Xizhou in another three or two days.

After understanding the situation, Ning Quan informed Jia Xu of the court's order and his own plans.

Of course Jia Xu had no objection and just did whatever Ning Quan told him to do.

After hanging up the walkie-talkie, Ning Quan immediately ordered Zhang Fei to lead his troops to the border to meet Jia Xu, and be ready to take over the subsequent escort matters once the convoy arrived.

Jia Xu and his original team turned around and returned to Persia.

Ning Quan planned to buy it secretly again this time, taking a two-pronged approach.

After everything was settled, Ning Quan began to wait patiently for the court to deliver the silver.

Five days later, Zhao Yu returned to Xizhou.

Ning Quan personally went out to greet him.

After a brief exchange, Zhao Yu learned that 400,000 shi of grain was on its way to Hedong. He immediately breathed a sigh of relief and expressed his sincere gratitude to Ning Quan.

If Ning Quan hadn't helped us on this trip to buy grain, the grain would not have been brought back, and it would be hard to say whether we could even save our lives.

The two chatted for a while, and then Zhao Yu left in a dusty state to catch up with the convoy.

After all, the sooner the food is transported back, the sooner the people can be saved from danger.

Ning Quan did not try to persuade him to stay, as he knew Zhao Yu was anxious.

Ten days later, Jia Xu and Zhang Fei met at the border. Zhang Fei was responsible for escorting the convoy back, while Jia Xu led his troops back to Persia.

As for Ning Quan, he didn't need to leave so early.

It would still be in time to set off a month later, and the silver from the court hasn't arrived yet.

Ning Quan would certainly not set out without the money.

When he had nothing to do, Ning Quan participated in road construction and other construction matters.

There were three roads built this time, namely Hexi to Anxi, Hexi to Beiting and Beiting to Hulan.

Except for the newly built road from Beiting to Hulan, the remaining two roads were expanded on the basis of the original official roads.

Although Ning Quan didn't know much about road construction, he had modern knowledge and was able to give a lot of suggestions and opinions.

For example, the ratio of rammed earth, the use of stone mills, etc.

These technologies have greatly improved building efficiency.

Three days later, Ning Quan inspected Yue Fei's troops stationed in Tubo.

Yue Fei's 100,000-strong army has been training here for three months, and the intensity of daily training is extremely high.

There is only one goal, which is to adapt to the plateau environment as quickly as possible.

After staying at Yue Fei's place for two days, Ning Quan returned to Xizhou City.

At this time, the silver from the court finally arrived.

Six million taels of silver, almost two hundred tons, were transported by five hundred horse-drawn carriages.

When Ning Quan saw the silver, he immediately smiled.