The Fang City in Chang'an City, because of the impact of the year of famine, is much more deserted than in previous years, however, compared to the tragic situation of starvation outside the city, there is no doubt that it is a difference between heaven and hell!

And it was in the most prosperous center of the market, in a large store with almost all the goods, Shi Qingyi pushed open the door of an elegant and tidy room alone, and then took a look at the woman inside.

"You're back!" Inside the room, the young and beautiful woman with her already married hair in a bun screamed in surprise!

"Yes, I'm back!" Shi Qingyi replied with a smile, looking at the woman who had married a woman in front of her, she also had a trace of emotion in her heart. This woman is Xiao You, one of the three girls who were rescued from the hands of the wicked because of Shi Qingyi's kindness, and later, Ji Qian and Xiao He'er among the three girls went north with her, but Xiao You was left in Xiangyang, and was entrusted by Shi Qingyi to the local Huajian Qinglou to train to become a singer!

Because Shi Qingyi never went to Xiangyang again, so this girl who had not met for a long time, she almost forgot about her completely, but Xiao He'er and Ji Qian, who were brought out by Shi Qingyi, never forgot this sister, and the correspondence between the two sides was also extremely frequent, and therefore, when a few years later, Shi Qingyi decided to fight to the death with the Vati and prepare for all the aftermath, because of the lack of enough manpower around them, Ji Qian and Xiao He'er recommended Xiao You to Shi Qingyi together, This is their good sister, come to be Shi Qingyi's helper! And at that time, Shi Qingyi suddenly discovered that the quiet girl who was easily ignored by himself back then, at this time. has also grown into a character who is enough to take charge of himself and should not be taken lightly.

It turned out that although she was separated from her sisters, Xiao You still firmly remembered her agreement with Ji Qian and Xiao He'er, and wanted to prepare a home for the two of them in Xiangyang, so in the Qinglou, she worked very hard to learn all kinds of knowledge. Soon, it was different from ordinary girls, which attracted the attention of many people.

Among them, it is naturally due to Shi Qingyi's own merits, after all, Shi Qingyi is the daughter of the evil king Shi Zhixuan, as the daughter of the sect leader of the Flower Sect, the people she brought into the Flower Sect industry, the peripheral personnel who are responsible for dealing with these matters naturally dare not slack off. And although Xiao You has a quiet personality, there is a stubbornness in his nature, otherwise, how could he become good sisters with Ji Qian and Xiao He'er, in order to meet his two sisters as soon as possible, Xiao You is of course very attentive to the learning that can improve her ability, so a few years later, she officially became a singer. And quickly became famous in the city of Xiangyang, everything. It's just for that promise with my sisters. However, Xiao You never thought that after many years, maybe that agreement was no longer important, and the two sisters in the distance no longer needed the back road she had reserved for them in Xiangyang. Moreover. It is precisely because of the maintenance of Ji Qian and Xiao He'er from Shi Qingyi's side that Xiao You, who has become a singer, can not be threatened by anyone's eyes, and can keep his purity in the land of fireworks in the Qinglou Chu Pavilion.

Xiao You's identity can actually be regarded as a peripheral disciple of the Flower Sect. Therefore, of course, he is also good at martial arts, but of course, he is completely unable to compare with Ji Qian and Xiao He'er, who have been staying by Shi Qingyi's side and being taught by Shi Qingyi himself, Xiao You's martial arts level can only protect himself at best, but it is precisely because people like Shi Qingyi need to devote too much time to the improvement of martial arts cultivation, Xiao You can devote a lot of time to the learning and absorption of other aspects of knowledge, and therefore become versatile, like, There is a bit of the style of Hou Xibai, the successor of the contemporary flower school!

Therefore, when Shi Qingyi saw Xiao You himself like that at that time, he couldn't help but feel a trace of regret in his heart, such a good seedling, he let it go easily, fortunately, because of Ji Qian and Xiao He'er, although Shi Qingyi was very unfamiliar with this Xiao You, at least, she still belonged to her side.

Then again, Shi Qingyi walked the rivers and lakes alone, but he never thought of forming his own forces, since he didn't have his own forces, what was the use of collecting talents? Therefore, for those characters who have had a relationship with her, Shi Qingyi has always acted in accordance with her heart, and is not shaken by the influence of external objects, so she will make a series of things such as accepting the bloodthirsty Qin Zhaoxiang as her sister, saving Zhai Jiao's life in the civil strife in Wagang, helping them because of pity for Ji Qian and the three of them in the past, and even accepting Zhu Yuyan, the queen of the yin who was forcibly turned into a child by herself, as her daughter, and never cares about the gains and losses, the reason is this, however, As time passed, Shi Qingyi had to find that he needed to face the facts, because of the relationship between Li Shimin, Shi Zhixuan, Zhai Jiao and her daughter Li Yan and a series of people related to her, even if Shi Qingyi wanted to be independent and not participate in any worldly affairs, it was impossible.

Therefore, when Shi Qingyi wanted to secretly obtain a force for himself to integrate resources, a very small number of people who had almost nothing to do with various forces such as Li Shimin and the evil king Shi Zhixuan became Shi Qingyi's preferred candidates. Ji Qian and Little Crane are naturally among them.

And Xiao You, although she is a peripheral disciple of the Flower Sect, however, first, she is closer to Shi Qingyi, and second, as the daughter of the evil king, Shi Qingyi herself can also be regarded as a member of the Flower Sect, and as a member of the Flower Sect, Shi Qingyi deeply knows that with the style of the people in the Flower Sect, in fact, there has never been any threat to Shi Qingyi! It's just that except for the evil king and the next generation of heir Hou Xibai, Shi Qingyi doesn't know most people, and he doesn't have any intersection. And for so many years, although the evil king has ignored Shi Qingyi on the surface, in fact, as a father, he has paid a lot for Shi Qingyi behind his back, so Xiao You is actually a subordinate cultivated by the evil king for his daughter through the hands of the Huajian faction, and this matter is all acquiesced to the elders of the Huajian faction and Hou Xibai, the next generation of the Huajian faction.

And so it was. Xiao You came to Shi Qingyi's side to help her deal with all kinds of chaotic affairs, but after that, Shi Qingyi let go of all distractions, concentrated on honing his martial arts cultivation, and actively prepared for the battle with the Vati. Afterward. After that battle, Shi Qingyi disappeared in front of everyone and ran away without a trace......

In fact, in this year's drought and locust disaster in the Tang Empire, Shi Qingyi can be regarded as pit Li Shimin, because in fact, as early as a few years ago, because of the continuous abnormal climate change in the north, Shi Qingyi had already expected the arrival of this catastrophe, but at that time, she already had what she needed to do. Li Shimin caused his father Li Yuan because he was excluded by his brother, and the situation was very embarrassing, so Shi Qingyi simply put this matter behind him and didn't talk about it to anyone.

Then, it was the change of Xuanwumen that changed the fate of many people, although Li Shimin was able to turn the situation around and become the winner, but at that time, Shi Qingyi was because he needed to face the peerless strong enemy Vati Heart that he had only seen in his life. Naturally, it is impossible to dedicate half of the energy to other things. Then after that battle, Shi Qingyi quietly left.

It's not that Shi Qingyi is cold-blooded and wants to abandon everything to seek the way of heaven, but in a battle with the Vati's heart, Shi Qingyi exhausted almost all of his own heritage, and almost died, so. Shi Qingyi had to make the only choice, abandon everything and leave quietly, this choice was both Shi Qingyi in order to seize the last chance to save his life, but it was the same. is also out of her consideration for her own dignity: because she doesn't want her relatives to see her embarrassed appearance before death after death......

Therefore, Shi Qingyi embarked on a long journey alone.

The long journey, alone, without the company of relatives and friends is lonely and lonely, however, but also because of this, you can enjoy the boundless tranquility, so that people's hearts are in a state of almost no desire for a long time, the so-called breaking the void, you can see God, is the concept of cultivating their own minds in Middle-earth, including the three major sects of Buddhism, Taoism and Demons, all cultivation sects, and in fact, not only in the cultivation sects of Middle-earth, but also in the Western Regions and more distant foreign lands, the same, There is a similar method: it is said that in the ancient land west of the Western Regions, the great sage Joshua was once traveled alone in the desert and received the revelation of the true God, and at this time, another sect that was newly emerging in that land, the legendary prophet, also often listened to the revelations of the heavens alone in the uninhabited caves...... And it is in such a lonely journey that Shi Qingyi tortures his own heart, so that he can slowly repair his broken body.

In this way, in Shi Qingyi's long journey, time passed slowly, but during the journey, Shi Qingyi did not blindly focus on the repair of his own body and mind, after all, the cultivation of heaven and the way of heaven must know the unity of knowledge and action, so during the journey, Shi Qingyi will not only visit and see different scenery and customs in various places, but also simply carry out some easier business behaviors, such as after seeing some famous local products in some areas, Shi Qingyi will make some simple assessments of these local products, Then he hired local mercenaries or caravans to transport these native products to Middle-earth and sell them to make money - travel always costs a lot of money, and although Shi Qingyi is not short of money, but the view of the money in his hand is that the more the better, and the practice of sitting and eating empty is not only inconsistent with Shi Qingyi's consistent style of acting, but also has great harm to her ongoing physical and mental repair at this time.

So, from the grassland desert, to the sand sea in the Western Regions, to the snowy plateau where the Tubo people lived, where Shi Qingyi walked, all kinds of local products appeared on Shi Qingyi's purchase list one by one, and on the way to these transactions, Shi Qingyi did not think at first, her unconscious approach, but in the end, it caused a great change in the distant land of China.

The influx of all kinds of exotic specialties that had never appeared in Middle-earth greatly stimulated the progress of commercial civilization in the land of China, so those forces that were originally entrenched in Middle-earth and were deeply entrenched, whether it was Anlong in Western Shu, or Zhai in Shandong, Song Valve in Lingnan, and even the Dongming faction in the overseas Ryukyus, as well as the large and small gangs that spread all over the country on the surface, have increased their original investment in commerce, and countless emerging caravans began to be formed. Then they brought local products from all over the country to Chang'an, the most prosperous city in the whole of China, and also the hub of world commerce, to carry out all kinds of money purchases or direct barter transactions, and then leave from Chang'an with their own purchases. Ship the purchased goods all over the world again.

In this way, all kinds of flowers and fruits from the Western Regions, cattle and sheep skins from the grassland, safflower snow lotus from the snowy plateau, huge pearls from overseas Ryukyu, brocade in Shu, tea from the south of the Yangtze River, and even precious glass from more distant foreign countries have appeared in the fang market of Chang'an, a prosperous city. Thus, the commercial transactions of the entire capital city have been pushed to an extreme point that has never been reached before! And the financial situation of the Tang Empire also benefited greatly from this.

In fact, it is precisely because of the new trade routes that Shi Qingyi inadvertently expanded and the new commodities brought by Shi Qingyi that the scale of the industries that Shi Qingyi took care of has developed rapidly. Although it has only been a little over a year, those industries are under Xiaoyou's care. But it has been turned upside down, and faintly, it has become the commercial overlord of the entire Guanzhong land!

The reason why Xiao You was able to achieve such an achievement is of course inseparable from Shi Qingyi's identity background in Guanzhong, but at the same time, Xiao You's talent in business must not be ignored. In fact, when the cotton, cotton peaches, and cotton seeds from the Western Regions that Shi Qingyi ordered were sent to Chang'an after trekking through mountains and rivers, everyone, whether it was Ji Qian, Xiao He'er, or Li Yan, who came to watch with her younger brothers and sisters for the sake of being strange. After all, although these people can perform extremely well in many aspects such as martial arts cultivation, but commercial transactions are not their forte, so when all the people are staring at the large pile of snow-white snow-white cotton, the bad ideas they come up with are rotten like those cotton peaches that have rotted one after another due to poor preservation. Xiao You, who once had some understanding of business knowledge because he had been a singer, shook his head when he heard it, so in the end, Xiao You took over the burden and became the person in charge of handling the goods shipped by Shi Qingyi.

Then, to everyone's surprise, this batch of goods was sold smoothly by Xiao You, and the harvest was quite rich, and it was precisely because of such a thing that Xiao You's business talent was gradually developed, so Shi Qingyi continued to buy and transport famous specialties from all over the country in the distance, and Xiao You was fully responsible for dumping in Guanzhong, and the scale of the caravan hired by Shi Qingyi was getting bigger and bigger, so that under Xiao You's management, Shi Qingyi's industrial growth was extremely amazing. And such a result was unexpected by everyone.

In fact, Shi Qingyi never thought that he would return to Middle-earth at this time. After all, the world is so big, and there are many places that Shi Qingyi has never set foot in, and she really wants to take a look and see the different customs there.

After arriving in the Western Regions, Shi Qingyi may be like Xuanzang, along the Western Regions all the way to the west and then detour to Tianzhu, which is a good travel route, but in his heart, what Shi Qingyi yearns for more is all the way to the west, all the way through the Western Regions, to the distant western land that can only be recorded in some very small books, where there are many small countries, at this time it is the thriving place of monotheism, with a civilization system completely different from that of Middle Earth, and what interests Shi Qingyi more is that kind of civilization, which is completely different from another strange cultivation system in Middle-earth, called, Sword and Magic!

Monotheistic sects, Shi Qingyi knows a lot, such as the Manichaean saint Lianrou, who is good friends with her, and the Manichaeism to which she belongs is a monotheistic religion, but for swords and magic? Shi Qingyi's understanding is extremely rare, because of the long distance, this information about sword and magic has long been unrecognizable after finally arriving in Middle-earth after a long journey, and can no longer be used as a reference for the sword and magic cultivation system! Therefore, although Shi Qingyi has been working hard to collect relevant knowledge about the sword and magic cultivation system, in the end, her gains have been very few!

Of course, as the top person in the martial arts cultivation of Middle Earth at this time, although Shi Qingyi was extremely interested in the unique cultivation system from the foreign land, he did not think that this unique cultivation system could surpass the cultivation system of the three major sects of Buddhism, Taoism and Demons in Middle Earth, which was almost perfect and mature, after all, the highest realm of the Middle-earth martial arts cultivation system, the Broken Void, was almost the highest level of cultivation that cultivators in this world could achieve, and no matter what other cultivation methods were, They can only catch up and have no possibility of surpassing it, so Shi Qingyi will absolutely believe that even if the sword and magic cultivation system from the extreme west really has its own uniqueness, it is absolute, and it cannot surpass the cultivation system of Middle Earth Huaxia.

Therefore, the reason why Shi Qingyi wanted to reach the far west land so much was not to pursue a more powerful martial arts cultivation, but simply because the unknown and mysterious of the distant and exotic land made her yearn for it!

In his heart, Shi Qingyi really wanted to be able to get there and see that strange land that was completely different from the civilization of Middle-earth.

However, all these plans were canceled because of the huge famine that happened on the land of China, although all along, in order to repair his nearly collapsed body, Shi Qingyi always kept his mind in a state of desirelessness, however, when Shi Qingyi heard that a huge disaster was raging on the land of Middle-earth, her heart told her that this time, she could not stand idly by.

So in this way, Shi Qingyi finally returned to Middle-earth from the Western Regions, however, due to the distance and the slow transmission of news, the drought broke out in the second year of Zhenguan when Li Shimin ascended the throne, and the locust plague was in July of that year, but when Shi Qingyi finally returned to Chang'an in Guanzhong, another year had passed, and it came to the spring of the third year of Zhenguan. (To be continued......)

PS: ps: "Qin Shi Mingyue" claims that history is bone - but unfortunately osteoporosis