Baekje, thousands of miles away.

In November, the weather is particularly cold and many places are already frozen.

This era is not as hot as the industrial age. The temperature is at least five to ten degrees lower, and the more you go to the north, the more obvious it is.

Baekje is a peninsula with biting cold sea breeze and cold waves coming from the north. Natural conditions are very harsh.

In other words, the few cities can still block the wind and snow, while the rest of the villages and tribes live a miserable life.

At this time of year, Li Ruxuan is assigned to handle affairs at Baekje.

And in spring and summer, he would usually be transferred back to Zhongjing City, Shiwei, to work remotely.

Shi Wei people are still very smart. When Baekje people are moving smoothly, they will pull Li Ruxuan back to avoid making any small moves.

In autumn and winter, there is cold and heavy snow. It is difficult for Baekje people to live and rebel. It is impossible to rebel or anything else.

At this time, it would be best to send Li Ruxuan back to Baekje and let him be responsible for disaster relief and comforting the people.

Both the largest cities in Baekje are relatively close, namely Pingcheng and Seoul.

The people in these two cities have more than 100,000 people. In Dakang, it is a slightly larger county town, but it is the largest city here.

Not to mention Baekje, Shiwei's population in Zhongjing City is only 300,000.

So in Shi Wei's opinion, Baekje has a large population.

But at this moment, Li Ruxuan was not in the warm city and government office, but instead led his own group of followers to travel around the surrounding countryside.

At night, even Li Ruxuan could only live in a dilapidated thatched hut and eat unpalatable rice bran porridge.

The only one who can reflect his treatment as a minister of BeiJie is probably the only basin of boiling hot foot washing water he is soaking now.

He is already fifty-three years old this year. At this age, ordinary people have already enjoyed their youth.

But Li Ruxuan has a strong will, making it impossible for him to retire.

Because he still has a great dream in his heart, he looks forward to restoring his country in his own hands!

Recover the Baekje Kingdom, which was destroyed by Wei a hundred years ago!!

Besides, Li Ruxuan also understands that if he doesn’t persist in working hard, he may not have time.

After so many years of rule, Baekje has long surrendered to the power of Shiwei. Many young people are proud of joining Shiwei's vassal army because in this way they can gain a lot of privileges and have sufficient military pay to take them home.

Seeing that there were more and more young people like this, Li Ruxuan applauded on the surface and encouraged them to "salary for the country" on various occasions, but in private he was full of melancholy.

If this continues, it will take decades before Baekje will not be completely assimilated!

It was also because he didn't know Liu Mingqi at that time, otherwise Liu Mingqi would have told him firmly, "No way!!"

Look at another world, Baekje was directly colonized by Japan for more than 35 years. Japanese people were spread throughout the streets and alleys of Baekje. All the officials were Japanese and they also promoted Japanese writing and culture... But once Japan fell, Baekje could instantly restore its national character.

Of course, you can't say that Li Ruxuan's concerns are unreasonable.

In his era, from the perspective of this era, such a situation is absolutely shocking and he dare not relax at all.

So he used all his time and opportunities to slowly and resolutely cultivate his confidants and promote Baekje's resistance career.

So far, the best business he has done is actually the 50,000 sets of armor, weapons, etc. he bought with Dakang.

Now it seems that although these weapons are very precious, if possible, Li Ruxuan still wants to exchange them for food.

Because food can save lives, solve urgent needs, and save the present.

If there are no people, what's the use of having weapons?

...

Before I knew it, the basin under my feet had become cold.

Li Ruxuan turned around from his thoughts, lifted the kettle and added a little hot water to warm himself up.

At this moment, someone knocked on the door outside.

"Uncle, it's me, the realm of sincerity." A young voice came.

"Come in!"

Li Ruxuan put down the kettle and said lightly.

The person who pushed the door in was a young man in his twenties. He was not tall, but his eyes were bright and he was very steady when walking.

He is a very outstanding descendant in the Li Ruxuan clan. He is Li Ruxuan's nephew, named Li Cheng. He is trusted by Li Ruxuan on weekdays and is his confidant in his team.

Li Cheng had a happy look on his face and handed Li Ruxuan a very small Feige letter in his hand, "Uncle, I'm saved! I'm saved!"

"Hmm? What does it mean?"

Li Ruxuan took the Fei Ge's letter, put it in front of the oil lamp next to him and looked at it, then suddenly jumped up.

He didn't even wear shoes and grabbed Li Cheng's hand, "Chengyu, did you see the uncle wrongly? Is it really Su Ji's letter? What she said is true?"

Li Cheng quickly asked him to sit down, and while holding a towel to wipe his feet, he said, "It's true, uncle! Su Ji said that it was the betrothal gift given by His Highness De! And it's about to load the ship at Dengzhou Port! The eldest brother finally has work to do!"

"Haha...hehe..."

Li Ruxuan looked at the note in his hand and looked at it again and again. In fact, he could no longer see clearly now, but he felt that he could see all the words.

"Oh, you said this girl, I don't know how to fight for more." Li Ruxuan sighed and smiled, "The food was one million stones, but in the end, only 100,000 stones were given, and the remaining 900,000 stones would have to be bought!"

"You are a little nitpicking now." Li Cheng replied with a smile: "Nine hundred thousand stones of grain are only sold for ten cents per kilogram, and the shipping fee is not enough. Where can I find this transaction? Your Highness De lost money!"

"Liu Mingqi is not a prince anymore, she has been demoted again, she is just a prince." Li Ruxuan said, taking a pair of socks to wear.

"Haha, uncle, you are just kidding me now. Can you not know that this is only temporary with your foresight?" Li Cheng smiled and said: "His Royal Highness De just hit the limelight. With his contributions, as well as the emperor's love for him, how could he be wronged? Isn't our Su Ji going to become his concubine?"

"hehe!"

Li Ruxuan was just proud of her and didn't really complain.

Of course he understood that this million stone of grain is now a serious timely help!

One million stones are 120 million kilograms of grain. If used well, one million families can have life-saving food for winter.

They don’t have to eat enough, they just have to hang their meals a day, and they won’t die.

However, Baekje has no household registration, so he can save more food and give it to his soldiers of the Restoration Army.

Only when they are full and have a strong body can they train better and work hard to restore the country!

"This time Su Ji has made great contributions. This betrothal gift is very expensive!" Li Cheng said again, "About soap, sugar, flower essential oil, white rabbit milk candy and other treasures, Shiwei are all very popular hard currency! The price given by Prince Yu's mansion is also very cheap, which is their local selling price! As long as we sell these things, it will be a huge income!"

"No hurry!"

Li Ruxuan's heart has now been completely settled.

He put on his shoes and walked in the room several times before saying, "Transport these things back and hide them first! Let's talk about them until next summer!"

"Ah? Why?" Li Cheng was stunned. "Shouldn't we take advantage of this time to buy more food and other things to get through the difficulties?"

"Don't worry about food, as long as it can make most people survive! In which year will we not be short of food?" Li Ruxuan shook his hand and said, "This time it's different. Liu Mingqi told me that Dakang will definitely interrupt trade with Shi Wei!

We wait for another half a year, and by summer, all the stocks of Shiwei have been used up. Then, after a period of hunger, we can sell these things twice, triple or even higher prices!

At that time, we can buy anything we want! Shiwei's horses, grains, mountain and wild specialties, etc.... we want all these good things! Then we sell them to Dakang. Can't we make a big profit in a while?

Li Cheng was stunned when he listened to his uncle's plan!

"Awesome! Uncle, you are so awesome!!" Li Cheng couldn't help but give a thumbs up, "With your planning, we, Baekje, can grow rapidly in three to five years! The effect is better than the previous ten years!"

"right!"

Li Ruxuan was passionate and exuded a strong aura all over his body. "We are going to take advantage of Liu Mingqi's east wind to reverse the current unfavorable situation in one fell swoop!"

After a pause, he said firmly: "The realm of sincerity, restoration of the country... is right in front of you!!"

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Chapter completed!