Jiang Pengji understood instantly that the lack of actual combat experience did not hinder the growth of an experienced driver.
Considering Wei Ci's thin-skinned face, she could only bear with the pain and give up on flirting with him, lest she scared him to death.
Jiang Pengji pretended not to understand and said naturally, "Okay, I'll call the housekeeper over now."
Wei Ci nodded with a red face, but he secretly heaved a sigh of relief.
If the lord wanted to get to the bottom of it, he would not know how to deal with it.
Jiang Pengji sat in the courtyard and waited for a while. Three golden system prompts popped up in a row.
"Your good friend, your father, is online."
"Your express delivery has arrived."
"Your good friend, your father, is offline."
Jiang Pengji was speechless.
The old chief came online just to send her an express delivery?
Jiang Pengji could not help but feel warmth in her heart. It felt good to have an acquaintance who cared about her in a foreign land …
She glanced at the things in the storage cabinet with a smile. She carelessly lost control of her expression, and her smile was shattered.
Look at what her dear old chief had sent her?
Shameful names after shameful ones, but not one of them failed to explain their purpose in plain language.
"Zixiao is in good health. He doesn't need to take these pills!"
Jiang Pengji sent an offline message to the other party. Not long after, there was a reply.
Your father: "No matter how good his health is, he's just an ordinary person. I'm just afraid that you don't have self-control and don't know how to control yourself. Do you understand?"
Jiang Pengji was speechless.
(⊙ ́ ⊙) (⊙ (⊙) ⊙)
She was really not as beastly as the old chief thought!
Jiang Pengji felt wronged. Her cold and aloof persona of many years had completely collapsed in front of the old chief.
Wei Ci solved his personal problems with the help of the old housekeeper. He had to make his bed, burn incense, and open the windows to disperse the smell …
When Jiang Pengji came in, he had already returned to normal.
"My lord, you don't look happy. Did you encounter a difficult problem?"
Wei Ci saw that Jiang Pengji's expression was somewhat gloomy, and he became worried again.
Jiang Pengji rolled up her sleeves and said with grievance, "Zixiao, although I'm not a gentleman, I won't wallow in the mire with a beast! Now someone is certain that I'm a beast and won't listen to me no matter how I explain. It's so infuriating, so I've decided … "
Wei Ci said, "Decided what? Bring out the facts and reason with us? "
Jiang Pengji narrowed her eyes and said coldly, "You might as well live up to your name as a beast. Otherwise, I will feel wronged!"
Wei Ci said, "My lord, as long as you're happy."
His lord's train of thought had always been different from ordinary people's.
Jiang Pengji sighed faintly. Wei Ci was baffled.
The news of Wei Ci waking up spread quickly. Before dinner, several people came to the residence to visit. They all said that Wei Ci was blessed and had a good life.
"Looking at you last night, I thought you were going to be seduced by the King of Hell. Fortunately, you survived. It's time for joy to come out of the depths of misfortune." Feng Zhen sighed. "You live alone in the manor and don't have any relatives to take care of you. If there's anything you want to eat, just send someone to the manor to let us know."
Wei Ci was grateful for Feng Zhen's kindness. Feng Langzi usually did not behave properly, but he could be relied on during critical moments.
Feng Zhen continued, "It's a good thing that you're alright. Otherwise … Tsk tsk, you didn't see what the lord looked like. Just thinking about it makes me shudder. About the matter between Master and you, after what happened last night, people who didn't know at first probably noticed … "
Wei Ci asked, "What's the public opinion like?"
It was one thing to criticize him, but Wei Ci would not do it if the lord was implicated.
"There are some signs of the matter between Master and you, but they didn't see it with their own eyes. At most, they have some suspicions. Without evidence, what would they dare to say? " Feng Zhen said, "Taking a step back, even if they have the intention to stir up trouble, they have to see if their own necks are strong enough. The matter of you being assassinated and left at the entrance of the alley has not been resolved, and the murderer has not been found. If they dare to cause trouble, will the lord spare them? "
No one could figure out that Wei Ci's body was being manipulated. They thought that some force had assassinated Wei Ci to provoke Jiang Pengji.
As long as the murderer was not caught, Jiang Pengji would be a barrel of gunpowder that would explode at the slightest provocation.
Who would dare to commit a crime under such circumstances?
Wei Ci did not say how he got the injuries on his body. He couldn't possibly say that he stabbed himself, could he?
He could only keep his mouth shut and let others speculate and doubt him.
Besides Feng Zhen, Feng Jin, Qiguan Rang, Xu Ke, and the others also visited one after another.
They did not disturb the patient. After exchanging a few words, they got up and left.
It was impossible for Jiang Pengji to watch over Wei Ci at all times. When his injuries were slightly better, she had to go elsewhere to busy herself.
Before she left, Jiang Pengji smiled and said, "When Zixiao's injuries are better, I have a gift for you."
Wei Ci, who did not understand, thought it was a precious gift and immediately declined it. He only agreed after Jiang Pengji persuaded him in every possible way.
In the blink of an eye, it was another autumn harvest. Jiang Pengji, the hands-off shopkeeper, had a lot of things to do.
"This year's harvest is much lower than last year's. What's going on?"
Jiang Pengji entrusted Wei Ci to someone she could trust and temporarily left Xiangyang district. She went to the other districts where the experiment was carried out to check on this year's autumn harvest. She thought that this year would be a bumper harvest with favorable weather. Unexpectedly, the grain harvested per mu was lower than last year's average. The first thing she thought of was "corruption." She could not help but frown, scaring the low-ranking official who made the report.
She briefly checked the accounts. They were meticulously done and there was nothing wrong with them.
"The fertility of the farmland is insufficient. After several years of continuous farming, the decline in the harvest is also …" The other party's voice became softer as he spoke.
Jiang Pengji frowned slightly. She roughly understood what the other party meant.
In ancient times, they relied on the most primitive manual labor. Even if the farming tools were updated later on, the productivity was still low.
Apart from that, the other problem was the fertility of the farmland.
Naturally, more grain was grown in fertile farmland than in barren wastelands.
Back then, Jiang Pengji sent people to open up wastelands. Most of the farmland was not fertile. It was barely out of the "barren" category. Even if the weather was favorable for a whole year and the farmers worked hard. Apart from the harvest in the first few years, the harvest in the next few years would become less and less.
She rubbed her brows and said, "Is there no way to improve the fertility of the farmland?"
"There is, but the effect is insufficient. The best way is to farm for a few years and recuperate for a year. Let the farmland recover on its own …"
Jiang Pengji said, "That won't do. If the farmland is recuperated for a year, won't the food rations of the people and the soldiers be stretched thin?"
Just as she finished speaking, the officials revealed a worried expression.
"Reporting to my lord, although the harvest in the fields has declined, the decline is not significant. It will not be a problem to farm for a few more years …"
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