A crown princess who doesn't do infrastructure construction isn't a good doctor.

"Young master, the news we've received from outside the city is that the government sent people to repair the abandoned houses in the west, and then let the recovered refugees move in on their own."

"Has no land been approved or anything?"

Du Ruo shook her head.

"No, there's no other news either. It seems we're just going to let them fend for themselves."

Qin Suiyou nodded and said, "Alright, then take those people from Yangjia Village to the manor. Just say that the manor is hiring workers, so don't be too careful."

The current owner of that estate is a relative of Qin Suiyou's aunt, Lady Yun, so they are not afraid of being investigated.

After Du Ruo bowed to acknowledge the order, he left the study.

At this moment, only Qin Suiyou remained in the room. Because Beitang Zhen had unexpectedly taken away his military power, Beitang Yan had been going to the Ministry of War to handle related matters for the past few days, accompanied by Shuo Han and others.

"Sigh~ I've been staying in the manor for too long, I should go out and find something to do."

Speaking softly, Qin Suiyou got up and left the study.

"Lu Xi, Ke Zuo, do you want to go out with me?"

Upon hearing Qin Suiyou call their names, the two of them jumped and skipped out of their respective rooms at the same time.

"Of course!"

Not far behind Ke Zuo was Xu Chi. When Qin Suiyou saw him, he said, "You should go too. There's someone I'd like to introduce you to."

The teacher Qin Suiyou had previously mentioned introducing to Gu Huaiyuan was Xu Chi. Since then, Gu Huaiyuan and his friend Xia Yuanzhou often went to the Southwest Bookstore when they didn't have classes. They even brought the homework assigned by the teacher to the bookstore. Over time, they introduced many people from their academy to the bookstore, and almost half of the reading room was occupied by them.

Qin Suiyou was absolutely right when he said he wanted to find something to do before sending people out. As soon as they arrived at the bookstore, they heard an argument going on upstairs.

The group exchanged glances, then tacitly remained silent and began walking upstairs.

"This bookstore sells good stuff, and the people who come and go are all scholars and literati, all clean and tidy. Letting in a farmer covered in mud would just tarnish this place! If you really keep him here, I don't think this place has any class. You'd better close down as soon as possible."

Under Qin Suiyou's selection, the bookstore now has many more practical books, including agricultural books that are almost non-existent now. The few books that are still available were printed by Qin Suiyou himself and placed in the store.

After a period of development, many people in Yejing now know that this bookstore is special. Gradually, some literate farmers who cannot afford books will come to the reading room to get those books to read. Because they followed the methods in the books, their crops this year are visibly growing well, so the bookstore's reputation has spread even further.

The young man, dressed in a blue brocade robe, looked at the tall, burly man standing helplessly to the side with disdain in his eyes.

After being lectured so aggressively, the tall, strong man thought he couldn't let the bookstore be implicated, so he prepared to apologize and leave. However, he was stopped by Lan Feng, and Jin Wen, who had been negotiating with the young man in front, also gestured to him not to move.

“Young master, you flatter us. Our Southwest Bookstore did not intend to become a shop that only serves the wealthy and powerful. As a business, how could we stop doing business because of our personal status? Everyone comes to buy things, and there is no distinction between high and low status.”

Jinwen spoke in a gentle voice, and his words were impeccable, which made the blue-robed youth somewhat annoyed.

"Are you trying to go against me, young master?!"

Jinwen slowly shook his head and said gently, "I wouldn't dare."

Despite saying he dared not, Jinwen's attitude was visibly firm, showing no intention whatsoever of letting the tall, burly man leave.

Seeing this, the young man in blue pointed at Jinwen, Lanfeng, and the people around him who were looking at him with dissatisfaction, and said, "I've bought countless things from you guys. Do you even know who I am? How dare a lowly commoner like him be in the same place as me? If you don't kick him out, not only will I never come here again, but I'll also make sure you go out of business!"

Jinwen's eyes remained lowered gently. Just as she was about to say something, she heard Qin Suiyou's voice coming from the stairwell.

"Then, young master of unknown name, please try to make my bookstore close down. If you can't, I thank you for your previous spending here, but please don't come again in the future. This place is too small to accommodate your esteemed presence."

The young man in the blue robe turned around and saw Qin Suiyou and his group walking towards them.

"Who are you, and what gives you the right to speak to me like that!"

Qin Suiyou slightly curled the corners of his lips and said, "I am the owner of this Southwest Bookstore."

After Qin Suiyou first appeared at the bookstore, Lu Xi used some tricks to obscure the fact that the prince's husband was the owner of the Southwest Bookstore. So now, not many people know who the owner of the Southwest Bookstore is.

Upon seeing Qin Suiyou, the young man in the blue robe and his companions were stunned for a moment. After Jinwen coughed lightly to bring them back to their senses, they said angrily, "You're the boss, huh? Then take a look at how your employees are doing their jobs. How dare you let these lowlifes into the shop? Not only will they dirty the books, but if one of them steals my things, who will compensate me!"

Under the angry glare of the young man in blue robes, Qin Suiyou and his companions walked past him and went straight to the seats next to them.

Qin Suiyou picked up the book the tall man had placed on the table and glanced at it. He said calmly, "The people in my shop do nothing wrong. As for the 'low-class people' you mentioned, if you're referring to this brother who's focused on farming, then you've violated the laws of Beiqian."

Upon hearing this, the young man in blue robes exchanged a glance with the person beside him, then said lightly, "What law have I broken? They are just lowlifes. I've already shown them great mercy by not making them kowtow to me!"

Qin Suiyou slowly shook his head. Seeing that he was still stubborn, he said, "In Beiqian, there is a saying that there are scholars, farmers, artisans and merchants. Farmers are second, only after officials. Judging from his age, this young master should not have entered officialdom yet. How can you say that they should kowtow to you? Moreover, the royal family has never asked the common people to kowtow for no reason when they walk on the street. Are you going to go beyond the royal family?"

Hearing Qin Suiyou mention the royal family in his words, the young man in the blue robe realized that his family was only related to the Duke of Wei, and his family had said that he could cause trouble however he wanted, but he felt that the royal family should not be involved. After thinking for a moment, he suddenly flicked his wide sleeves.

"You dare threaten me? Just you wait, you'll be sorry!"

After uttering those harsh words, the young man in the blue robe descended the stairs with a thunderous thud. The others behind him were not as brazen as he was; they hadn't even had time to react to the young man's rapid change in attitude.

Listening to the man's thunderous footsteps, Lan Feng muttered, "If you damage my stairs, you'll have to pay ten times the amount."

Ke Zuo, who was sitting next to Qin Suiyou, commented on the harsh words that the other person had just said: "My brother You is good-looking, he doesn't need to say when."

Lu Xi nodded in agreement.

"Yes."

The tall, burly man standing to the side, who was completely bewildered, glanced at Qin Suiyou quietly, feeling somewhat embarrassed, but also nodded silently.

It's truly beautiful. Compared to that, even the gods in paintings pale in comparison.