Qin Xiaoxiao was not one to inquire easily, so when she saw that Princess Jiaming had no intention of talking much, she took the initiative to change the subject and chatted with her about the girls' school.

She was sincerely happy to learn that the five female students in the first batch of enrollment had achieved success in their studies and had successfully found jobs: "It is said that it is better to teach a man to fish than to teach him to fish, so my aunt found a job for these poor people."

There is a way out, which can be said to be of immeasurable merit!"

Princess Jiaming smiled and said: "Don't praise me. Didn't your plantation also take in dozens of homeless people? I was inspired by you when I started the girls' school. To be honest, it is also yours."

Merit."

Qin Xiaoxiao laughed loudly: "Come on, let's stop flattering each other. The original intention of doing this good deed is out of sympathy for these poor people. It doesn't matter whether it is meritorious or not."

Princess Jiaming nodded and said with concern: "Next year the caravan will go out to sea, but I heard that recruiting merchants this time is not going well. Ah Heng must be very upset right now, right?"

She almost never asked Qin Xiaoxiao about sea trade, but she overheard someone making fun of Jing Heng two days ago, thinking that he was a whimsical advocate of sea trade, and he controlled the sea trade department tyrannically, not allowing any force to interfere.

Encountering obstacles this time will most likely affect the voyage next year. These people started to rejoice in the misfortune and were eager to see Jing Heng's jokes.

She had a good relationship with Qin Xiaoxiao and had been saved by the Princess Protector, so she wanted to find out more and see if she could help.

"It is indeed not going well. Although there are many large merchants in Beijing, the risk taken by going overseas for the first time is too great. It is reasonable for them not to want to." Qin Xiaoxiao's smile fell, and a little bit of worry appeared on his face.

Worry: "If it really doesn't work, we can only find another way and collect the remaining goods first."

In fact, not only the large merchants in Beijing, but also not many large merchants in other places are interested, and most of them are still waiting to see. If the first overseas trade goes well and makes a lot of money, there will be no need to worry about running out of goods in the future.

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There are some people here who are muddying the waters, unwilling to allow overseas trade to proceed smoothly, and intending to rub off Jing Heng's spirit. It would be best to force him to quit the Maritime Trade Department and let their people take charge. After all, everyone knows that this is a piece of fat.

No one wants to take a bite.

Princess Jiaming asked: "How many are still missing? Which ones are missing?"

Qin Xiaoxiao said: "According to Brother Li, there is still a shortage of 40%. The most missing thing is cloth, followed by tea. Only one tea merchant is willing to buy all the new tea, and the new tea from other tea merchants combined cannot compare.

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This is easy to understand. Tea is easily affected by moisture. Once it gets damp, it will not be sold at a high price, and the risk of loss is extremely high. The same is true for cloth. It is easy to lose color when it gets damp. Once the best fabric becomes stained, you may not be able to get your money back.

Princess Jiaming frowned. The shop under her name was not in the tea and cloth business, and there was no way to obtain so many goods.

Qin Xiaoxiao knew what she was thinking at a glance, and said movedly: "Auntie, there is no need to worry, this matter is not without a solution. When the time comes, Brother Li will ask the Holy Father to come forward and allocate a sum of money from the Ministry of Household Affairs to buy the missing goods.

Just come."

However, the Ministry of Finance would not agree, otherwise it would not have squeezed out only 600,000 taels of silver, and Jingheng would have to make up the rest. If it hadn’t been for too much money in recent years, these 40% of the goods would have been sold long ago.

That's it.

Princess Jiaming was helpless: "The imperial court has no money, otherwise there would be no need to take such a big risk and go to sea."

Qin Xiaoxiao shook his head: "Not just for money, but also to see the situation overseas. When Taizu was forced to implement a sea ban, wasn't it because the pirates were too powerful and difficult to eradicate? Now after so many years, who knows what they are doing

Will it become even more powerful? If there are areas where others are really inferior to us, maybe we can apply what we have learned."

Princess Jiaming was stunned. After thinking about her words carefully, she actually felt that they made perfect sense: "You are right. Standing still will only lead to your own destruction!"

Qin Xiao smiled and said: "The Holy One must have taken this into consideration when he agreed to open the sea."

Otherwise, he would not have gone against all opinions and fully supported Brother Li. Even though the imperial court was too poor, the Holy Emperor was too weak to do what he wanted, so he put almost all the pressure on Brother Li.

Thinking of this, she suddenly felt distressed, and secretly prayed that everything would go well and that Brother Li's three years of hard work would not be in vain. If God is willing to accept her prayer, she will definitely do a good deed every day to benefit others.

No, starting from today, she will do one good deed every day.

After lunch, Qin Xiaoxiao left with her two cubs.

On the way back home, she saw through the car window two children at the corner of the street who were wearing thin clothes and whose faces were red from the cold. She asked Xiqiao to go to a clothing store and buy two pairs of cotton clothes for them to wear, achieving the goal.

Do a good deed.

When they arrived at the house, as soon as the two of them stepped into Anyiyuan, Hei Tan came over and sniffed Mo Mo's body, and finally opened his mouth and touched his fingers.

There were fragrant roasted chicken legs for sale on the street, and the little guy was too greedy to walk, so Qin Xiaoxiao had to buy a few. The fragrance on his body had not dissipated, and Hei Tan, who had a keen sense of smell, knew about it.

"Giggle~" Mo Mo's palms were tickled by its beard, and he couldn't help but grin.

"Stop talking, I'll keep it for you." Qin Xiaoxiao patted Hei Tan's head, took the oil paper bag from Xingtian's hand, and placed the remaining two roasted chicken legs in front of him.

"Meow~" Hei Tan was so happy that he loosened his fingers and swung his long tail to pick up a roasted chicken leg and slowly gnawed it.

In the past, such a chicken leg could be eaten in one bite, but now its teeth are not good and it cannot bite the chicken bones, so it can only eat the meat on it.

Qin Xiaoxiao squatted down to smooth its fur, and couldn't help but laugh when she heard its comfortable purring. She smoothed the messy hair on its back little by little, so that it no longer looked frizzy.

Silently followed suit and wanted to squat down and touch its head, but the clothes he wore were too thick and he couldn't maintain balance. The moment he squatted down, he sat down on the ground, scaring Heitan who was chewing the chicken legs with relish.

"Haha, what a little idiot!" Qin Xiaoxiao laughed, making the little guy who wanted to hug him laugh out loud.

Seeing that his mother had no intention of hugging him, he silently flattened his lips and got up from the ground with difficulty: "Mom, you are bad!"

Qin Xiaoxiao's bad habit happened again, she lowered her face and poked his cheek: "You dare to say I'm bad? You spit out my roasted chicken legs!"

Mo Mo didn't understand, and looked blankly at Hei Tan who was still chewing the roasted chicken legs.

Just when Qin Xiaoxiao thought he was going to cry, the unlucky child suddenly pounced on Heitan, stretched out his small claws to snatch the food from his mouth, and snatched the roasted chicken leg with only two bites of meat left from his mouth.
Chapter completed!