Author: Soy Sauce Xuanzhu

"Do you have any idea?" There was a hint of hope in the old housekeeper's cloudy eyes.

Li Yewu smiled faintly: "Not yet, but... could you please find all the Taihecheng County Chronicles and miscellaneous reports? I will retreat and think about it. Maybe there will be a change."

"Uh...yes..."

Finally, a master asked to read a book, and the old housekeeper was very excited.

Soon he became gloomy again, and all the books in the mansion were sold. If he wanted the county journal, he had to buy it.

... They really had no money. The old housekeeper thought about it and finally decided to go to Cui Fuyin to borrow the county journal.

…

Li Yewu is a cautious person. Before he leaves for a place, he will do a background check on the place in advance and understand all the culture, customs, specialties, and taboos of the city before taking any action.

Although I didn't come here voluntarily, now that I'm here, I can only adapt to it.

Therefore, reading the county annals is the fastest way.

Fortunately, this body is that of a princess who has just arrived, so it makes sense that she has no understanding of the customs and customs here.

In this way, Li Yewu started her retreat to search for information.

Three days passed in the blink of an eye...

During this period, Li Yewu almost touched all the past and present lives of the ancestors of Taihe Prefecture.

Five years ago, Taihe Prefecture was a small country named "Taihe" that was attached to the Chu Empire.

However, King Taihe was dissatisfied with the increasingly heavy burden of tribute and secretly collaborated with the old enemy of the Chu Empire.

In anger, the Emperor of Chu annexed this small country and turned it into his own state and county, changing its name to Taihe Prefecture.

King Taihe and his nobles were exiled, all his property was confiscated and returned to the Chu treasury, and the reshaped Taihe Prefecture was also given to Xiao Jiuxi as a fief.

Taihe Prefecture has one main city, Taihe City, where she is currently located. In addition, there are four counties, all of which are under the jurisdiction of Xiao Jiuxi. There are also governors, county magistrates, etc. under his command.

Xiao Jiuxi is equivalent to the king here. All the important agencies in Taihe Prefecture obey him, and he obeys the orders of the Emperor of Chu.

However, I don't know whether it was because he was afraid of being shot first or because he really had no ideas. In short, the county magistrate of Fuyin here did not play a role in helping Xiao Jiuxi, but allowed him to go further and further.

Li Yewu had reason to suspect that although these officials were in the heart of Dachu, they were in the previous dynasty, and they wished Xiao Jiuxi to be as outrageous as possible. The same was true for the people here, who were poor and lazy and did not work in production, lying around waiting for relief food every day.

The goal is to make Xiao Jiuxi collapse through poverty.

Of course, the above is just Li Yewu’s personal speculation.

But this is not important. Solving the debt problem is the first priority now.

However……

Li Yewu supported her chin with one hand and tapped the table unconsciously with the other hand, completely trapped by Xiao Jiuxi's mess.

You need money to pay off your debts.

But all Xiao Jiuxi's permanent property was sold, leaving no land, no shops, and no Zhuangzi left.

These days, she has gone through Xiao Jiuxi's private treasury, and her sleeves are empty...

She couldn't find anything that could make money.

Moreover, when checking the private treasury, Li Yewu discovered that Xiao Jiuxi had many, many, many, many other IOUs in addition to the four major families.

The third prince's, the fourth prince's, and even the ninth prince's... the combined number can move mountains and fill seas.

Of course, Xiao Jiuxi used the money to move mountains and reclaim the sea. At any rate, he made a contribution to the expansion of Chu's territory. Unfortunately, he did not use the money to move mountains and reclaim the sea, but threw it all into the so-called

The plan of "benefiting and benefiting the people" is over.

Li Yewu can already see the future. As long as Xiao Jiuxi doesn't die, she will pay back the money in addition to paying back the money!

But as long as Xiao Jiuxi dies, she...has to finish playing.

The future is really dark!!

Thinking of the miserable future, Li Yewu could only urge herself to come to the big ticket quickly and solve the immediate problem first.

She unconsciously listed the fastest ways to get money:

Open the Taihe Prefecture tax treasury and embezzle public funds!

On the grounds of being "remnants of the previous dynasty", the property of the four major merchants was confiscated.

Gather private soldiers to kill the bandits and pay the stolen money!

…

List them down one by one, each one more ruthless than the last.

However... none of them can be realized.

Not to mention whether the tax treasury has any money, if she really embezzles money from the Taihe Prefecture tax treasury to repay Xiao Jiuxi's debt, I'm afraid the emperor's execution order will come down in the next second.

As for the house raids, the four major families have been in Taihe Prefecture for many years. Who knows if they are involved in the remnants of the previous dynasty. If they attack her... the dream town will not be implemented.

Although killing bandits and grabbing money is a good way, but...

Thinking of the fighting prowess of Prince Zhang's servants, she silently gave up the idea.

After much deliberation, there was only one last solution.

Begging for food from God.

As the saying goes, you can rely on mountains and water to eat, so Li Yewu opened the topographic map of Taihe Prefecture and started a new round of calculations.

As mentioned before, the Dachu Empire was a continent surrounded by seas, and its territory was very wide.

Taihe Prefecture is located on the coast of the Great Chu Empire, with mountains on the left, the sea on the right, and a rushing river in the middle. If this map is accurate, then this place is indeed strategically located.

Gold mines can be mined on the backing, oil can be mined on the seaside, the land on the left and right banks of the river is fertile and suitable for farming, and the mouth of the river is wide, suitable for shipping and business.

With good planning, it can indeed become a first-class town.

The more Li Yewu watched, the more she liked it. It would be great to take over such a town in modern times.

Even if it's ancient times, it doesn't matter. With good planning, this place will become the legendary Garden of Eden.

She couldn't wait to start the renovation plan now. However, she also knew that there was no rush, there were too many things waiting to be dealt with.

For example, the debts at hand, the upcoming battle to seize the heir, and the collapse of Chu, etc.

Thinking of this, Li Yewu had another headache. If he wanted to build his dream town, he would have to wait.

Li Yewu calmed herself down and held her eyes tightly. She took out a piece of white paper and started looking at the topographic map while making formulas.

After an afternoon of calculations, Li Yewu circled several mountains.

Then he signaled Zicui, who was guarding outside the door, to ask the old housekeeper.

It seems that these days, Xiao Jiuxi's study room, which only contained IOUs, has become her territory. Now there are more books and the Four Treasures of the Study Room on the desk, and the atmosphere of the study room has finally been restored.

The old housekeeper felt inexplicably moved when he looked at the books he borrowed from Cui Fuyin and the Four Treasures of the Study.

This is how a study should be. Only when it smells like books and ink can it be called a study.

I hope that the future master, under the influence of the young lady, can also pick up a book and become a pragmatic scholar...

Soon, Li Yewu interrupted the old housekeeper's thoughts.

"Butler, can you help me see if there are any bandits or bandits near these hills?"

"Wha...what?" The housekeeper wondered if he heard wrongly. What is the young lady looking for?

Li Yewu calmly pointed to the circled hilltop and repeated the question.

Only then did the old housekeeper react and looked at her with worry: "What does the young lady want to do by asking this?"

He had a bad feeling.
Chapter completed!