Dressed as a young lady, she became rich by relying on Pinxixi

Chapter 152: Gathering Troops

But this was an accident and had nothing to do with Emperor Ming's original intention.

As a prince, Pingxiang certainly knew how many soldiers and guards were needed to govern a place.

From top to bottom, there was indeed no city with a military garrison of less than 500 people.

Xu Siyu is indeed suffering losses and being in charge of things.

She said that it was impossible for the court to take over.

Lezhou was granted to Anle Earl, and the imperial edict stipulated that it would be autonomous.

Now, the Earl of Anle has done nothing wrong, but the court has sent troops to garrison there, which makes the court's distrust of the meritorious officials clear.

Although Xu Siyu did not attend court, her status as a meritorious official was known to the world. If she handled the matter improperly, it would chill the hearts of all her supporters.

Isn't this better than what Li Chao did to them in the past?

Pingxiang knew that he should give Xu Siyu fairness on behalf of the court.

"A thousand soldiers might be too many. I can get five hundred for you. But, could these troops be transferred from Yicheng?"

"Just transfer your household registration." Xu Siyu was very generous. Soldiers from all over the country are soldiers.

She had never thought of choosing for herself, which was obviously an act of ulterior motive.

Anyway, the relationships between people, from far to near or from near to far, are all developed through getting along with each other.

Once they entered Lezhou City, she would be able to decide who were the ordinary garrison troops and who were the selected elite soldiers.

Ping Xiang was also satisfied with her tact. He nodded and picked up the original topic again: "Okay, can we get back to the matter of food and herbs?"

"I really have run out of medicinal herbs, but I can still sell you 150,000 stones of grain." Xu Siyu answered quickly.

Ping Xiang, feeling betrayed again: ...

"Don't disbelieve me, I'll have my officials take you to the granary, the medicine storehouse, and even my own private storehouse. If you find any extra herbs, I'll give them to you!"

There is no shortage of food and fodder in the southwest, but there is a shortage in the north.

Although Pingxiang didn't get the medicinal herbs he wanted most, he still gained something.

"One ounce for one stone! This is the price offered to Yicheng County. I can't be partial!"

Pingxiang, who was "stabbed" again, had to use up his family savings to buy this batch of scarce food and send it to the border.

The four thousand taels of silver that Yicheng owed Xu Siyu were collected and sent to Lezhou Prefecture a month after Pingxiang spent money to buy grain.

Xu Siyu distributed ten taels of relief silver to each household in Lezhou, which only amounted to a fraction of what she earned this time.

Canals were repaired outside Lezhou City and collapsed houses inside the city were rebuilt.

The people of Lezhou who had enough money chose more solid blue bricks, stones and tiles to build new houses. In a short time, Lezhou City had a brand new look, and this was only the second year of Xu Siyu's management.

At the end of April, the north road was cleared.

Lin Yiqing, who was unable to go out for inspection due to the snow disaster at the end of last year, wanted to go north to check on the situation of the Siye Ranch and the cotton farm.

Xu Siyu thought of what Pingxiang said about the difficult life in the north, and specially arranged three large convoys to go with him, carrying food and salt.

"These pills are typhoid medicine and qi-replenishing pills specially made by the pharmacy. Although it's a little late, if you keep them for them, they will come in handy someday." Xu Siyu was expressing her belated concern for her people.

Lin Xuan also wanted to follow Lin Yiqing north, as this was his son's request.

He worked as a dock worker for a year and didn't want to go to school yet. He wanted to see the outside world first.

Xu Siyu didn't think that Lin Xuan was avoiding her. She just thought that her son had his own ideas and his father was accompanying him, so she agreed.

The child travels thousands of miles and the mother is worried.

Xu Siyu grabbed her son's hand and explained everything to him one by one: "Xuan'er, these are ointments for bruises and injuries, and they are placed separately in your luggage.

"This is a sachet your sister made for you and your father. It contains herbs that repel mosquitoes and insects. You must carry it with you..."

Lin Xuan didn't respond much to Xu Siyu, but Lin Yiqing felt funny watching Xu Siyu surrounding them and telling them this and that. He pulled the busy Xu Siyu over and half-hooked her, teasing her:

"My husband has been away from home dozens of times, if not hundreds. This is the first time you've packed your luggage yourself. You're probably taking advantage of our son."

In their relationship, Lin Yiqing plays the role of field work and support.

Lin Xuan could never understand why his father, who had the potential to be a juren, was willing to live behind her mother and give up the inheritance of the Lin family business.

Although his mother was also capable, Lin Xuan thought that his father's abilities were far superior to his mother's.

What Lin Xuan didn't understand was that his parents showed their affection regardless of the occasion or their status.

He often feels that his parents are cheating.

After all, how could his mother, such a strong and rebellious woman, be willing to bend down and take care of his father's daily life and show her tender side?

But since he was a child, he has indeed seen many scenes of the two flirting with each other, and people in the mansion also said that they have a good relationship.

Well, he treated them as a loving couple.

Lin Xuan wanted to propose moving to Beppu to his father, but he knew he was still too young.

But he had made up his mind.

He wanted to escape from his mother's control and not follow the path she had arranged for him.

He just doesn't believe that he will never succeed if he doesn't follow his mother's expectations.

Xu Siyu and Xu Cuiwei watched the merchant ship slowly leave from the city wall. Maybe it was just as Lin Yiqing said, because Lin Xuan also went out with it, and she was particularly reluctant to let him go.

She stood at the city gate for more than an hour, and only when the merchant ship completely disappeared into the sky did she order the soldiers to return home.

Her daughter's little hand touched hers and she comforted her sweetly, "Mother, this is for you."

Lin Cuiwei was holding a sachet in her hand, similar to the one she gave to her father and brother, which was a gift to Xu Siyu.

Her purse is her homework and her heart.

My daughter is so considerate. Xu Siyu took great effort to pick up the seven-year-old girl.

They hugged each other face to face and played for a long time before the mother and daughter went home hand in hand.

Lin Cuiwei likes female workers, which Xu Siyu didn't expect.

Since she started taking care of her daughter herself, she has told the little girl many stories about heroes and heroines, such as beautiful women who were talented politicians, brave female generals, and businesswomen who were in charge of the family. In the end, what her daughter liked the most and was most willing to devote herself to was embroidery.

Xu Siyu: ...

Just embroider.

Shu embroidery was already popular in the southwest, so Xu Siyu formed a team for her and let her embroider whenever she wanted. The only requirement was that she remember to change the eyes in the middle.

After all, embroidery hurts the eyes.

Later, when my daughter grows up a little, I will set up an embroidery workshop for her and let her learn to manage it, so that she can specialize in a certain field.

After the 400 garrison troops from Yicheng entered Lezhou City, the military supervisor Fan Boyu immediately set up a martial arts competition arena in order to integrate the old and the new.

This arena is placed in front of the Lezhou City God Temple and has become the most popular city entertainment event in Lezhou in May.

This former bitter city was not like other cities, where people could enjoy elegant entertainment such as wine tasting, flower viewing and poetry competition under the moon.

The common people had nothing to enjoy, let alone a "performance" put on by the military guards.

When Fan Boyu first proposed the martial arts competition arena, Xu Siyu wanted to make it a format that could be seen by the whole city.