263: C263 The Grain be Plunder

C263 The Grain be Plunder

The rain fell in the spring, making the flowers and plants in the house all the more verdant.

Shen Jingli stood by the window with his cape on, listening to the laughter of the children lingering in his ears. It was clear and happy, yet it was unable to drive away the worries and worries in the depths of his heart.

He stretched out his hand and tightly gripped the cloak on his body, the cold spring slowly invading his body. Even though there was clearly a thick layer of clothes in between, he still felt very cold, and when he thought about how Mu Chen had already been to the northwest for many days and hadn't gotten any sort of smile yet, he felt extremely sick.

Jin Yu and Nian Hua, who were taking care of the twins, turned their heads at the same time. When they saw Shen Jingli like this, they looked at each other and shook their heads helplessly.

Since the old master had left, Madam Xu had always been standing by the window in a daze, looking dispirited, without the usual anger. If not for Lady Xu and Madam Qing Sheng who spent their days together with him to talk and make him laugh, they really wouldn't have known what would have happened to her.

At night, Young Master Xun Er and Huaixin were very obedient. They brought their own little quilts and children's books as they explained how much loneliness Shen Jingli had left.

Furthermore, the two Young Master s making a ruckus from time to time had also distracted him quite a bit. However, there had been no news from the northwest side of the city for a long time, so Shen Jingli was still worried about Mu Chen, afraid that he would run into any trouble on the way.

Sister-in-law, the Steward Wang has something to report. I brought him here. Mu Jin stood at the door and knocked on it. Ever since Mu Chen left for the competition, he had also become more calm, as if he had realized that he could not let Shen Jingli handle this matter any longer. As a result, during this period of time, not only did he work even harder, he also learned how to manage this business.

After playing for a while, the child had fallen into a deep sleep. The room was so quiet that only the sound of the raindrops hitting the water tank outside the window could be heard. It was terrifyingly quiet.

Worry and uneasiness bit into his heart like an ant. He was worried that Shen Jingli couldn't think of something, worried that Shen Jingli would live too painfully, and worried that he wouldn't be able to open his mouth to advise him otherwise, because he didn't know what to say, so it wouldn't have the opposite effect.

"Sister-in-law …" He spoke softly again.

"Give him a moment, I'll be right there." Shen Jingli reached out his hand and closed the window, then turned and said, "Go talk to Steward Wang first, I'll be right there."

In truth, they were already worried about him. Indeed, he was very worried about Mu Chen, and was depressed because of Mu Chen's departure, but he knew his own identity and what he should do. As for his silence, he was worried because he cared.

Mu Jin was still worried, he held onto the door and looked at Shen Jingli worriedly. Jin Yu patted on his young shoulder, signalling him to follow Shen Jingli in while he walked to Mu Jin's side.

"Second Master, don't worry. Madam is only thinking about things and will not miss it." Jin Yu said, but when she looked inside the house, her eyes revealed worry.

Mu Jin nodded, regardless of whether he said these words to comfort him, he believed them. He then asked Xun Er about the situation with the twins and went back to the front courtyard.

Mu Jin had been a very studious person lately, and every time the manager of the shop came, he would tug on the hand of the manager, asking him questions about the business. As his master, he was often unashamed to ask, and all the managers were very willing to share their experiences with him.

The moment Shen Jingli entered the door, he just happened to hear him and Steward Wang talking about this year's change in the price of rice. A year ago, after the heavy snow, the price of rice had a trend of increasing, but after spring rain, the trend became even more obvious, even the price of oil and salt had increased along with it. The two of them discussed, whether the price of rice would rise or fall in the summer.

A smile emerged on Shen Jingli's face as he listened to Mu Jin's logical arguments. He stood at the door and listened for a while, until he realised that Mu Jin had his own ideas and opinions on business.

Maybe he's very suitable for doing business, Shen Jingli thought.

"Sister-in-law, you're here. Why aren't you coming in?" Mu Jin discovered him, so he waved his hand towards Steward Wang and welcomed him, "Steward Wang wants to report to you about matters in the south."

Shen Jingli sat down and raised his head to look at Mu Jin. That time, that thin and small, malnourished brat had already grown to be as tall as him, and after a period of time, he might even be taller than. He was no longer the silly child who would be helpless when things happened to him.

Time flew by so quickly that he didn't even have the time to grab onto anything before the memorable life was over.

"What's the situation?" With his ability to handle matters, Shen Jingli was still very much at ease. The reason he had sent him to the south was to let him transfer the food from the three warehouses in the south to the northwest and northeast to provide support for Mu Chen.

"The first batch of grain has already reached the northwest, but …" Steward Wang's face became gloomy, he looked at Shen Jingli, feeling that he had done something wrong, he suddenly kneeled down, "This servant did something unfavorable, this servant has let down the Madam."

After doing this for a long time, Shen Jingli understood the Steward Wang's style of doing things. If he could come up with a method to solve the problem, then it would mean that the situation was not serious. He had already made up for it.

He put his hand under his chin and looked serious. What happened? This caused the old veteran of the shopping mall, Steward Wang, to panic.

"What happened in the Northwest?" Only by knowing the reason would he be able to come up with a better countermeasure.

"The food we were transporting to the northwest was taken away."

Shen Jingli frowned, "Bandits?"

Steward Wang nodded his head, his face revealing a look of annoyance. He had sent people to investigate the route to send the food earlier, and the escort team was also the best team in the south. Furthermore, they had sent a few of his most powerful bodyguards, just in case something happened on the way, but unexpectedly, the food was taken away in the end.

Unexpectedly, Shen Jingli fell into silence.

"It is your servant's fault. If your servant had been more careful and sent more people to check the route, this would not have happened." Steward Wang blamed himself.

"It's not your fault." Being robbed was just a matter of time. No matter how tight their defenses were and how reasonable their route was, they could still encounter extremely vicious thieves and transport goods. This was something that was hard to avoid.

Shen Jingli thought for a moment, then turned and said to Mu Jin: "Go to the Xu Residence, ask Zhong Ping to come here. Tell him that I have something to discuss with him."

With so many capable people in the King Jing, they would definitely be able to safely transport the food all the way to the northwest.

After Mu Jin left, Shen Jingli asked again, "Where are the medicinal ingredients that I asked you to prepare?"

"I've almost bought it, and I've also made it into powder according to Madam's request." It was unclear what Shen Jingli wanted to do with all those medicinal ingredients, but Steward Wang still answered truthfully.

Shen Jingli nodded his head happily. Now that the ingredients were all ready, he heaved a sigh of relief in his heart. To battle in a army, he had to be afraid of being injured and not being able to treat them in time. He was worried about Mu Chen, so he sent Steward Wang to buy large amounts of medicinal herbs secretly.

"Have your men prepare the items I requested. After I talk to Sir Xu, give him the things you prepared. He will deal with it."

Steward Wang nodded his head seriously.

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In the late part of March, Shen Jingli handed over a batch of food with one hundred thousand stones and a hundred thousand simple medical packs to Xu Yanlin. As for how Xu Yanlin was going to send all these food and medicine to the northwest, that was not something he was going to think about.

The troops led by King Jing and Mu Chen successfully stopped the offensive of the Great Qi Army army, forced them to retreat and took back a city. The emperor was overjoyed, when he heard the news, he praised the King Jing and Mu Chen, and gave them many things to Shen Jingli.

"Madam, a letter from the northwest has arrived." Jin Yu ran in excitedly with the basket in her hands, "It's a letter from the old master."

Knowing that Shen Jingli had been waiting for a letter from Mu Chen, she brought the letter back to Shen Jingli. She had originally been planning to go out and buy something, but now he turned back and passed it to him.

Shen Jingli was currently conversing with Ya Zi, he felt that there were too many things that needed to be done with the servants and there were too few people in the mansion, so he wanted to buy a few more people and get Da Ji to call Ya Zi over.

Hearing Jin Yu's words, Shen Jingli immediately turned around. His eyes lit up as he asked: "Where is the letter?"

Seeing the situation, Ya Zi tactfully said, "Since madam has matters to attend to, then I will take my leave first, another day I will bring some people to visit you."

Shen Jingli thought about the letter that Mu Chen had sent him, but did not hear anything. He only nodded his head, and took the letter from Jin Yu's hands and opened it.

Seeing him being so anxious, Jin Yu laughed and called Da Lee over to send him out.

When Shen Jingli saw that Mu Chen had started writing about his safety, he finally felt at ease. He sat down on a stone bench and read the letter word by word carefully, as if he could see Mu Chen's appearance through the words on the letter.

Jin Yu poured some water for him, "I heard that the imperial government had ordered for the conscription of soldiers. They said that the frontline war was urgent and needed to gather 100,000 soldiers, causing the citizens to suffer again."

Jin Yu deeply sighed. Two days ago, when she went back to visit her parents in Western Mu Mansion, and heard her parents bring up this matter, every time there was a war, the citizens would suffer, and if it wasn't for the increased taxes, the army would be levied. This made things even more difficult for the families of the common people, and something like this made her father think of the uncertain days he lived with her grandfather and grandmother.

This was not something he could manage. "The imperial government has its own considerations."

After Shen Jingli finished reading the letter, he folded the letter and locked it into his room. Jin Yu followed behind him and did not say anything.

"What are you trying to say?"

Jin Yu shook her head, both her hands clutching each other tightly.

She was unwilling to say it, and Shen Jingli was too lazy to ask. He had a lot of things to take care of, he didn't have the time to guess his little thoughts.

Seeing that Shen Jingli was about to leave, Jin Yu did not hide her words in the end, "Madam, I heard that the people of the Northwest have been incited to rebel.

"Nope." Shen Jingli replied without thinking. King Jing was not stupid, he would not fall into anyone's trap that easily.0

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