Chapter 536: Chapter 536 Manor
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
“No, the Ministry of Revenue is like an iron bucket. The people I sent in couldn’t come into contact with anything substantial. I’m afraid it’ll take some time before there’s news.” Xiao Heng shook his head.
“You may leave.” The Emperor waved his hand in disappointment.
He was getting worried about the situation at the Ministry of Revenue. It seemed that he had to break this deadlock.
Otherwise, he wouldn’t even know if the national treasury had been emptied that day.
But who would be suitable? He flipped through the list of resumes of officials of the third rank and above. Follow current novels on novelb((in).(com)
Zhou Ying, on the other hand, had been watching the Emperor’s every move, curious about the Cui family’s future.
After receiving an answer from the Emperor, she immediately told Gu Chengrui, “The Emperor has sent people to capture Yang Shicheng. What should we do now? Should we send a message to Yang Wanning?”
“No need. This has nothing to do with her. The less she knows, the better.” Gu Chengrui shook his head and replied.
“Alright, but 1 don’t know when they will be able to sever their father-daughter relationship.”
“By the way, Brother Zhou said it’s impossible for us to buy a farm. We can only think of a way to build it ourselves.
“However, he did recommend a place to me. It’s at the foot of West Mountain, not far from the hot spring manor.
“It’s said that place is overgrown with thorns and weeds. It was about 2,000 acres, and there’s a river on the side. If the place is rebuilt, it will be enough to supply the restaurant.”
“Is there any flaw? Otherwise, such a large area wouldn’t have been left empty all this time, right?”
“First, it’s too remote. Second, the land is poor.
“When the Ming Dynasty was just established, an official took a fancy to that piece of land and planted many peach trees. However, the trees either fell ill or the peaches that bore were small and sour, so he gave up.
“Later, when it fell into the hands of his descendants, it remained empty until now.
“However, from his description, it was because the land was slightly acidic and unsuitable for growing northern plants. So, I want to take some time to go over and take a look. I want to bring some samples back for an experiment. If it’s suitable, I will buy it.”
“Sure, let’s go take a look at it. 1 remember that watermelons like acidic soil. We can plant watermelons and earn a lot of money from selling them. Why don’t we go together tomorrow? It’ll save you the trouble of running back and forth.” Zhou Ying said.
“It’s better not to. The capital will be changing rapidly over the next two days. We can’t treat it as if we were blind.
“Besides, you still have to enter the palace tomorrow to make hotpot..”