Chapter 13 (1/2)

Imperial calendar: November 2, 104 winter.

Yongan Province Yongan City yongfengling

there are a lot of business adventurers in the area, which is no different from a year ago, except that the roadsides and roofs are covered with thick snow at this time.

People walking in and out of the street shops are all wrapped up in thick fur coats. When they walk and breathe, the white air floats far behind them

The residents and merchants of the territory did not feel any change this year.

The only change is the Lord's mansion in the center of the territory. Since a year ago, when soldiers rode out of the city at night.

There are soldiers coming in and out every day. I don't know what they are doing. The Lord has rarely seen them in the past year.

However, this is not an important thing for them, it is just a topic of speculation when chatting with people after lunch.

At the moment, in the meeting hall of the Lord's house, Zhao Tian, with gray hair, held a statement in his hand. His face was dignified, and his eyes showed a layer of melancholy and fatigue.

Compared with a year ago, Zhao Tian looks more than ten years old, more than half of his hair is gray, and there are wrinkles between his eyebrows and his slightly dim face.

”Lord Now all the active assets in our hands have been sold out. There are only less than 500 gold coins left in the mansion, and the spirit stone has been used up for a long time. In addition, the new year will be celebrated in less than a month, and the personnel expenses below are also large And The tax official of the Empire should be here soon. ”

Yongfengling this year because of the continuous purchase of lingcao, the cost is huge!

At first, it was better. I could always buy some cold spirit grass at a low price.

But as time goes by, the cold nature spirit grass of nearby town level and even city level territory has been bought out

Some businessmen saw the business opportunities, and then mobilized the cold nature of lingcao from further places to yongfengling.

However, the price is much higher. Zhao Tian is worried about his son's illness, and the low price of cold nature lingcao is no longer available in the market. He can only buy these high price lingcao.

Although Zhao Tian suffers from this, some of them are better than others.

This led to the cold nature of lingcao average down to 600 gold coins per plant! Equivalent to more than a year's income of the territory

From the beginning to the present, the Zhao family has consumed 59 lingcao plants, with a total price of about 35400 gold coins, which is equivalent to the territory income of the Zhao family in 88 years!

After Zhao Tian's grandfather and father's consumption, the Zhao family still has less than 60 years of territory income.

Zhao Tian had no choice but to sell all the farmland, shops, and other industries invested by the Zhao family for many years. Finally, he collected the funds and finally insisted on it until now.

But now it is Zhao Tian's most desperate time, the cash in his hand has been completely consumed two weeks ago.

What can be sold has also been sold. He now has the ownership of the Lord's house and territory.

However, he could not sell it even if he wanted to. The Empire would not allow him to do so. If he did, it would only lead to a faster death.

Even Zhao Tian, who was at the end of his tether, did not raise taxes on his territory to obtain funds. Even when his subordinates and friends asked to lend him money, he refused.

Because he knew that Zhao Fengnian's illness could not be cured in a short period of time. During this year, Wu searched for all kinds of ancient books and secret books, but also failed to find a way to revive Zhao Fengnian.

This is a bottomless hole. He believes that as long as he opens his mouth, those subordinates will definitely do their best to help him!