0p0 Chapter 190: Shooting a stone in the foot
Chapter 190: Shooting a stone in the foot
"How about asking for a fiefdom?" Xuanmu tapped the table with her fingers, pondering the feasibility and operational procedures of this method as she spoke.
The dynasty encouraged childbirth. For any newborn baby, ordinary people would be rewarded with fertile land and supplies, while the royal family would be directly rewarded with fiefdoms.
Jiang Changle also had a fiefdom before, but it was taken back when she was exiled.
But now the fourth princess has children, five in total. Not to mention five cities, but at least she can get the fiefdom of five counties, right?
At that time, the fiefdom will be chosen on the territories of these coal mines and iron mines. Anyway, these remote cities have not been occupied by any royal descendants.
If Jiang Changle applies to the higher authorities, it can also reduce some resistance and disputes.
With the fiefdom in hand, the Jiang family naturally has full management power. Even iron ore can be mined, but they need to obtain the queen's permission and hand over half of the iron to the dynasty.
But as long as the mining rights are obtained, these small matters of quantity are still decided by the fiefdom rulers.
It just so happened that the five children were all descendants of the Xuan family. Xuan's mother couldn't help but get excited and wanted to get as much welfare as possible for her grandchildren. The more she thought this method was feasible.
Elder Yun also nodded and said, "This is a feasible method, but it will probably take a long time to implement. After all, the Fourth Princess was exiled, and we still don't know what the Queen thinks of her.
The most important thing is the Fourth Princess's own wishes. As far as the old man knows, Her Royal Highness the Princess particularly dislikes trouble, and she has never thought about having anything to do with the royal family.
If it weren't for those princesses actively looking for trouble, the Fourth Princess would have preferred to live in seclusion, do some small business to make a living, and then stay in Acid Rain Village and stay out of the world."
Mr. Yun has worked under Jiang Changle for a long time and has some understanding of his master's temper and thoughts. He is truly a person who goes with the flow.
Xuanmu knew Jiang Changle's pulse, "But this is the best and most cost-effective method at the moment.
Naturally, the most urgent task at the moment is to resolve the current coal mine location. The one or two we have are clearly not enough. In addition, the area is vast and transportation is inconvenient, so I am afraid that some places may not be able to supply them."
"Then let's use the old method. Bribe the local officials and give them some shares. As long as there are enough benefits, I believe these cunning officials will not side with the Fifth Princess."
This was the method Jiang Changle and Lu Xingyan used at the beginning. They did not have much power and strength, so they gave up the benefits and reduced their own profits.
However, Princess Jiang Changle's identity has been exposed now. If she continues to be humble and try to please the local officials, it would be somewhat embarrassing.
"In order to reduce the number of victims freezing to death, this is indeed the only solution we have at the moment." Xuan's mother sighed.
"I'll write to Changle again and ask her to ask for the fiefdom. We'll make preparations for both scenarios."
Therefore, the top management of Jiang's trading company did not take the Fifth Princess's tricks seriously at all. They were planning something deeper and had already left the Fifth Princess far behind.
As everyone expected, half of the orcs felt cheated, so even after signing the contract, they never went to work in the Jiang family workshop again.
The Jiang family workshop seemed to be afraid to resist and did not hold the beastmen responsible for breaking the contract. It simply stopped trading supplies with them on credit and did not even intend to ask them to return the supplies they had previously owed.
Of course, this does not apply to the sale of houses. The value of the property is too high, and anyone who breaks the contract will definitely be kicked out of the new house.
In this way, it seems that only those beastmen who have no houses to live in have to compromise, and those beastmen who have already sold themselves have no room for regret.
For a time, fewer people went to the workshop to work, and the Jiang family's business fell into a slump.
"Princess, look, the Jiang family's business has failed."
The staff pointed at the entrance of Jiang's workshop. It was quiet, not as busy as before, and it looked like it was about to go bankrupt.
The Fifth Princess was very satisfied, as if she had finally let out a breath of anger and felt relieved. "Well done, reward."
The superior must clearly distinguish between rewards and punishments, and cannot be like the barbaric Second Princess who only uses force to suppress, as this will only lead to more backlash. The Fifth Princess has always known this principle, which is called outsmarting others, so she has the most talented people following and supporting her.
However, before the Fifth Princess's group could be happy for too long, the relief food they brought would run out in a few days, and the heavy snow showed no sign of stopping.
As a result, more and more beastmen came to collect disaster relief food, especially those who were unemployed and had no money to buy coal from the Jiang family for heating. They gradually regretted it.
Especially since the relief food was mixed with sand, it simply left no way for people to survive.
Soon, the victims in some places who could not get food directly overturned the disaster relief sites and beat up the minor officials in charge of disaster relief.
"These ignorant fools!" The Fifth Princess raged again. "Let the government send troops to suppress them. Anyone who dares to resist will be killed without mercy."
Untouchables are untouchables. They are lucky enough to receive free food, but they are so picky. Do they want to eat meat?!
"Princess, what should we do? The snow hasn't stopped yet, and the relief grain needs to be shipped in continuously, but the heavy snow has blocked the roads, and we haven't received any food for several days."
"As long as there's food delivered, even if we have flying orcs carry it, we can bring it back. The only worry is that the snow won't stop, and how much food will be allocated from above?"
This is a very anxious matter. If they calculated correctly, there is very little funding and food left. Those who are providing disaster relief will starve to death here.
Of course, if the Fifth Princess was willing to ask the Jiang family for help, there might still be a way to survive!
"Why didn't you tell me earlier? Why didn't you plan ahead? Now that such a big mistake has happened, what's the point of having you, the nine-naan rice bags?"
If these idiots hadn't tricked half of the disaster victims out of the Jiang family workshop, leaving them without income, who would be willing to eat sandy food?
Now it was causing her pressure. The Fifth Princess gritted her teeth. No wonder the Jiang family hadn't said anything before. It turned out that they were waiting to laugh at them in a place like this.
"Princess, the only solution now is to stop providing disaster relief to the workers in the Jiang family's workshop and give it to the disaster victims who have no income.
If disaster relief grain cannot be delivered, we will have to collect it from local wealthy people, and if necessary, we will have to take coercive measures."
"Yes, for example, forcing the Jiang family's business to hand over the grain, or inciting the victims to rob, or return to the Jiang family workshop.
If you go back at this time, you will be considered a person with bad intentions, which will be a good opportunity to create chaos for the Jiang family."
At that time, the fifth princess will reap the benefits.
A group of people have beautiful ideas.
However, could the top management of Jiang's Trading Company calculate their current situation and come up with a way to deal with it?
That's of course impossible. Anyway, I'm just waiting for them to fall into the trap.