Chapter 305: I have a plan to deal with it

“Once upon a time, when the southern part of the city of Xingshan County was opened up, there was little land, fewer people, and naturally fewer expenses. Before the farmers who opened up the land planted crops, a lot of their food and clothing was borne by the government offices and your highness, I believe that your highness knows that this is a not insignificant expense.” Wei Ruo said.

“The matter is well known to the old slave, and is indeed a considerable expense.”

“Then, Sister, you say, now that the scope has been expanded to include the stragglers in the Taizhou Prefecture, the number of which has multiplied several times, how much must be spent before the people plant their crops?” Wei Ruo asked.

Sister Qin did not answer immediately, but her expression already told Wei Ruo that she knew this was not a small amount.

Wei Ruo then added, “Furthermore, the greater the number of stragglers and disaster victims, the greater the degree of difficulty in managing them, and more people will need to be involved in managing the transfers to avoid all sorts of chaos.”

Sister Qin was silent once again, she was certainly able to understand Wei Ruo’s meaning.

It is the ordinary people, the number of people is not easy to control, not to mention the loss of homes and land displaced people, disaster victims.

“Does the eldest girl mean …… that the method proposed by His Highness is not feasible?” Sister Qin asked.

“With all due respect, relying solely on these manpower that the Seventh Highness has with him today is far from enough.” Wei Ruo said frankly.

“Your Highness doesn’t necessarily need to settle all of the stragglers and disaster victims, if you just pick a small portion and keep the scale within a certain range, with a difficulty similar to that of the previous Xingshan County City South, there shouldn’t be a problem, right?” Sister Qin said.

Wei Ruo smiled slightly, ”Sister, if it’s on the same scale as before, why would His Highness bother? There’s already been one of the same feat, so what’s the significance of having another one? If His Highness wants to make this happen, he must be aiming to solve the problem of the victims in the entire Taizhou Prefecture, and aiming for even greater feats, right?”

Wei Ruo’s words hit the nail on the head, and Sister Qin immediately ran out of words to retort.

After thinking for a moment, Sister Qin said, “Is the eldest girl planning to use these two excuses to reject His Highness?”

Wei Ruo said, “It’s not a complete rejection, I just think that this matter can be resolved in a different way.”

“Big Miss means you have a better solution?” Sister Qin was busy.

“Sort of.” Wei Ruo replied.

“How to solve it?” Sister Qin was busy pursuing the question.

“This solution of mine is also very simple, since this matter is not enough for Your Highness and me alone, then we should get the Yuan family and a bunch of powerful people in the Taizhou Prefecture to participate together, and call up all the resources that can be called upon, so that there is a chance that it can be accomplished.” Wei Ruo said.

“It’s not an easy task to get the powerful people within the Taizhou Prefecture to participate.” Sister Qin said.

“I know, don’t worry Sister, since I dared to propose such a solution, I have a persuasive strategy.” Wei Ruo replied.

Looking at Wei Ruo’s eyes with confidence, Sister Qin pondered for a moment before saying, “The old slave cannot answer what the eldest girl has said, I need to go back and ask His Highness for instructions.”

“Sister go ahead and ask for instructions.” Wei Ruo looked frank.

After Wei Ruo finished analyzing the matter, Sister Qin didn’t dare to delay for a moment and immediately left the school captain’s residence, rushing back to report with Chu Lan.

After Sister Qin left, Xiu Mei asked Wei Ruo with some concern, “Miss, if the Seventh Highness agrees to this, won’t we still have to get involved with the Seventh Highness?”

Wei Ruo said, “Wood hides in the forest, if everyone participates, it won’t look like the connection between the Wei family and the Seventh Prince is particularly close. And when the time comes, if there really is credit to be given, it won’t all be counted on the Seventh Prince’s head.”

Xiu Mei flattened her mouth, indignant on behalf of Wei Ruo: “In the end, it’s still the Seventh Highness who is too unkind, Miss clearly helped him once, and now she even threatens Miss.”

And that’s not even counting the time their young lady saved the Seventh Prince!

Wei Ruo said: “Who let his identity is there, I can not mess with can not hide. But this thing to really be able to do for me is not completely without benefit, at least I can practically help some of the affected people, but also can take this opportunity to stall and Xu family marriage, when the field more run, but also have the opportunity to get a bad reputation for not abide by the virtue of the woman out.”

Wei Ruo had the intention to do something for these stragglers, she just didn’t like working with Chu Lan.

Now that there was no avoiding it, then she could only look on the bright side.

Xiu Mei couldn’t help but say, “I’ve heard that the late Empress Xu might still have a ninth prince alive, and I’m now hoping very much that it’s true, and then this ninth prince shows up and restrains the seventh prince, so that he doesn’t have the means to bully you, miss, anymore!”

Xiu Mei’s wish is simple, direct and beautiful.

But also just a wish, because the rumor that may still be alive in the ninth prince pressure simply did not even a silhouette has not appeared, so far it is still only everyone’s conjecture and speculation.

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Sister Qin returned to the school captain’s mansion an hour later, arriving quite a bit sooner than Wei Ruo had expected.

“His Highness said that the analysis of the eldest girl is reasonable, and as long as the eldest girl can convince the many powerful people in the Taizhou Prefecture, His Highness is willing to fully support the eldest girl.” Sister Qin brought Chu Lan’s reply.

“Good, I’ll make a trip to the Yuan Mansion early tomorrow morning to pay a visit to Mrs. Yuan, and then notify Sister Qin when a date has been set.” Wei Ruo said.

“I now reside in His Highness’s temporary residence in the Prefecture, if the eldest girl needs me for anything, she can always go there to find me, and I’ll be at your beck and call.” Sister Qin said.

“Good, then Sister Qin will wait for my news.”

Early the next morning, Wei Ruo went to the Yuan Mansion to find Mrs. Yuan.

In the afternoon of the same day, Mrs. Yuan sent out invitations in her own name to the mothers-in-chief of all the powerful families in Taizhou Prefecture.

These ladies are usually the guests of Mrs. Yuan, so if Mrs. Yuan invites them, they will be invited.

Yun also received an invitation from Mrs. Yuan, which was brought back to her directly by Wei Ruo.

Inside Cang Yun Yuan, Yun, who was sitting on the main seat, finished reading the invitation, and then asked Wei Ruo in puzzlement, “What is Mrs. Yuan looking for us tomorrow?”

The letter only said that there was something important to discuss, but it did not specify what it was.

The time is urgent, and if it’s a normal invitation to get together, it’s usually a number of days in advance.

“We’ll know tomorrow when we go, this matter can’t be explained in a sentence or two.” Wei Ruo replied, her face rather cold, not meaning to explain more to Yun.

Yun couldn’t help but frown, “Why do you have such an attitude? Mother is just asking you a couple of questions, how can you be so impatient?”

Wei Ruo lightly laughed, “Mother didn’t tell me some things either, so why ask me to tell you everything?”

Yun was stunned, and a few moments of weakness flashed across her face, but she quickly covered it up again.

“What are you babbling about?” Yun said rather angrily, purposely raising her voice a bit.