Chapter 88: Taizu’s Dream

Pieces of jade, crystal clear, smooth and moist, with ample water, were neatly stacked in the box. Qian Xiaolan touched them one by one, simply unable to put them down. “Dayan is rich in jade, but in the face of the three-year famine, jade, which cannot be eaten, has seriously depreciated in value. It was also severely undervalued when used to exchange for food in other countries. Later, it was not even allowed to be exchanged. Last month, someone secretly took a large box of jade to exchange for food, but only got back a bag of grain.”

 Qian Xiaolan nodded in understanding, this was normal, just like the era she was in now, a box of antique jade could not be exchanged for a bag of grain, and it was possible to lose her life directly. After putting the medicine and water on the shelf, Qian Xiaolan put two large pieces of jade on the shelf for Wenxuan, leaving a message for him to continue buying large quantities of food and medicine. After leaving the space and returning to the room, she continued to sleep.

Dayan Dynasty. Xiao Jue exchanged two boxes of things for an entire space and ten basement rooms of food, water and medicine. Thinking that he would be able to feed the people in the future, he felt very relaxed. He had a good night’s sleep for the first time in a long time. The next morning, he went to court with a beaming face, and said to the civil and military officials who were all looking worried, “Last night, Taizu had a dream, knowing that the people were suffering, he was heartbroken and begged for the mercy of heaven. Heaven remembered that the emperors of our Dayan Dynasty had been diligent and loved the people, and had accumulated great achievements, and had already bestowed blessings to help our people survive the famine.” Hearing this, all the civil and military officials were shocked. They looked at each other, and no one spoke.

At this moment, they all had only one thought: their emperor had been driven mad by the famine! Xiao Jue saw the expressions of the people in the court, smiled at the corner of his mouth, leaned forward, and said casually, “Why? Don’t you all believe my words?” “Well, I’ll take you to have a look!” With that, he got up, put one hand behind his back, and led the officials to the imperial study. Last night, he had stayed in the side hall of the imperial study, and there were many secret rooms below the side hall. Originally, no one knew about them except the emperors of the past dynasties. Now, in order to protect his secret, he had to expose the secret of the basement.

 When they reached the side hall, Xiao Jue stopped and turned around to see that the civil and military officials were all looking nervous. He smiled and said loudly, “You all have to open your eyes wide and look carefully later. The blessings of heaven that Taizu has sought for us are in the basement.” After saying that, he called two eunuchs to open the door of the side hall wide, and he led a team of imperial guards down to the basement. In the midst of the officials’ disbelief and eagerness to believe, Xiao Jue carried a bag of grain out with a smile on his face.

Behind him was a long line of imperial guards carrying buckets of water and grain, grinning from ear to ear. Xiao Jue put the bag of rice in front of the civil and military officials, opened the bag, grabbed a handful of rice and showed it to everyone: “The next few rooms are full of rice, flour, coarse grains and water, as well as various medicines.” The white rice, and the water that looked so cool and refreshing, made the officials blush with excitement.

At this moment, they no longer cared about the etiquette between monarch and minister, and they all rushed forward to grab a handful of rice and put two grains in their mouths. “Fragrant! So fragrant! It’s really rice!” “This rice is more fragrant than the rice we grow ourselves!” “It’s really the spirit of our ancestors, these water containers are unprecedented!” “What do the words on these medicine packages mean?” Hearing this, Xiao Jue’s expression froze for a moment, then he said nonchalantly, “Put the medicine aside for now, when I have time, I will go to sleep for a while and ask Taizu how to take these medicines.

” Seeing that the imperial guards were still carrying out grain, the civil and military officials no longer doubted Xiao Jue’s words. “Long live the emperor! Long live the emperor!” “Thank you, Taizu, for your divine grace! Thank you, heaven, for your mercy! Thank you, heaven, for your gift!”… The officials knelt down on the ground, kowtowing and bowing to heaven. Some were even overjoyed to tears. Xiao Jue used the rumor of Taizu’s dream to easily solve the source of these materials that appeared out of thin air. Then he felt a little melancholy, the Dayan Dynasty had a population of over 90 million, and most of them were in the disaster area, these materials were far from enough. It seems that he has to open the treasury and find more things to trade. I wonder if this trading mall can produce so much grain?

Qian Xiaolan slept soundly and woke up to the sun high in the sky. Except for her grandfather at home, everyone else had gone to work. She looked around and asked in confusion, “Grandpa, where did Yanqing go?” Rong Changhua sat on the sofa, holding a teacup, took a slow sip of tea before answering, “Your grandfather took him to see the world.” Qian Xiaolan said “Oh” and leaned back on the sofa like a boneless person. Rong Changhua looked at her with amusement, “You haven’t woken up yet? Go and eat something to fill your stomach first, Grandpa will take you somewhere later.” Qian Xiaolan finally perked up and went to the kitchen to find something to eat.

 After she drank the porridge that was kept warm in the pot, Rong Changhua took her to Qian Lao Ye’s room first. “Your grandfather wants you to put some things in your space, and there are also some things in your parents’ room.” Qian Xiaolan’s eyes lit up when she heard this. She didn’t let her grandfather move the cabinets, she directly turned on the space detection function, locked the range to the whole house, and quickly found five places where things were hidden. Qian Xiaolan approached each place one by one and put everything into her space. To be honest, the old Qian family didn’t have much money. These five places, three of them were hiding Dad’s documents, one was Grandpa’s private money, a passbook of two thousand yuan and two big yellow fish.

 Another place was where her mother hid money, slightly more than Grandpa’s. A passbook of 100,000 yuan and a box of various precious jewelry. Wait a minute… “100,000! Grandpa, how could Mom have so much money?” Qian Xiaolan’s big eyes were full of confusion. Rong Changhua patted her head with a smile, “It’s only 100,000 yuan, have you forgotten that your grandpa used to be a big capitalist?” Seeing that Qian Xiaolan still didn’t understand, the old man tapped her head again and laughed, “You silly girl! This passbook is the dividends that the state gave your grandpa after the public-private joint venture.” Qian Xiaolan suddenly realized, “Oh, so it’s this money!

But Grandpa, can you stop hitting my head? I’m not very smart to begin with, if you keep hitting me, I’ll be even dumber.” Rong Changhua shook his head and smiled, pulling her out. Qian Xiaolan was taken on four bus rides, circling around, and then back to the vicinity of the second bus stop. She already had a guess in her mind, and she was very excited, but in order not to attract attention, she tried her best to control her emotions. Finally, after walking for another fifteen minutes, the old man took her to the gate of a large courtyard.