Same as Guido's conjecture. Chen Wenhui was instructing some of his guards to go back to Dachu first with a large number of goods purchased this time.

Zhao Chongyi said: "As soon as we entered Shaocheng, I asked my entourage to use carrier pigeons to rush the guards who stayed outside the Lingnan Mountains to drive here. Without these heavy loads, they should be able to reach Shaocheng within five days. Probably when we set off for Guangzhou, we will be able to send the wounded back to Jiangnan with the goods we had bought in Shaocheng. ”

Chen Wenhui asked: "We have more than 20 wounded this time, so why do we have to send 30 or 40 people to send those goods and escort these wounded?" We have all seen that in the Lingnan Mountains, there are still many bandits blocking the road. ”

Zhao Chongyi smiled as soon as he thought of those bandits and said, "It's that we have seen it, so those bandits are not in the eyes of our guards at all." It's all a rabble, how can they be able to defeat our guards from the regular army? Besides, of the more than 20 wounded, some were only slightly wounded, and less than 10 were seriously injured. So, I'll just arrange for thirty escorts. Anyway, this time I had sixty guards coming from outside the Lingnan Mountains, so that when the wounded and escorts were gone, and the new ones came, we would still have more than a hundred guards. Such power should be enough. ”

Chen Wenhui smiled and said, "You are still thoughtful. Divide our forces into three groups, one follows us south, one stays in the Lingnan Mountains, and one stays in Qingyang City. This makes it easy for us to get people in and help. ”

Zhao Chongyi said: "We have enough manpower, if it weren't for the inconvenience of bringing so many people. For fear of being suspected, we can't bring as many people as we can. At the moment, we are pretending to be a caravan, and bringing more than a hundred people is already the limit. There is no way, so I can only divide the troops in this way. However, it's important to stay at the top of your game at all times. Although I had long thought that there would be danger, I did not expect that so many people would be injured before leaving the Lingnan Mountains, which was really infuriating. ”

Chen Wenhui was also angry when she thought of this and said: "It's really a disaster that fell from the sky." We want to keep a low profile. But God didn't give it and got a princess from southern Xinjiang. Still with a vendetta. I just hope that the rest of the trip will be safe and sound. Get things done. Don't get involved in the political struggle in southern Xinjiang. ”

Zhao Chongyi nodded, and suddenly remembered and said, "Speaking of which, it's been so long since we left the capital, I don't know." Has there been any change in the situation in the capital? When we went out of Beijing. Didn't you hear that the emperor's condition was already very bad? ”

Probably because of the relationship in southern Xinjiang. Chen Wenhui can already chat with Zhao Chongyi about the political situation of Dachu with confidence.

Chen Wenhui asked: "If the emperor is not good, won't the whole world be mourned?" Both of us are officials of the imperial court, do we also want to go back to the capital? ”

Zhao Chongyi nodded.

Chen Wenhui said: "Then we have not finished the matter yet. The emperor is no longer good, so won't we rush back to the capital if we don't do anything? Is it in time? ”

Zhao Chongyi said with a smile: "As the law of the imperial court, as the officials of the imperial court, we must rush back to participate in the national mourning. However, there is another sentence that will not be subject to the orders of the foreign monarch. We are already thousands of miles away, or in a place like southern Xinjiang that does not accept the king, and it is normal for the news to be blocked. So, let's do things with peace of mind. How about the capital? ”

Chen Wenhui thinks about it. In this era, the news is blocked, and when the time comes, a casual reason will be said that there is no news, what can those imperial histories do?

Zhao Chongyi said: "Anyway, there are no more people who can compete with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for the throne now." The crown prince has also been dealing with government affairs for a long time. At this time, even if the emperor goes, it doesn't matter, come to think of it, the world has not changed much. ”

Chen Wenhui said: "Why is it not big? Once a son of heaven and a courtier, if the prince is on the throne, he will not promote his own people and suppress the people he used to look down on? Doesn't he govern the world according to the principles of his heart? ”

Zhao Chongyi frowned and said, "Speaking of which." The crown prince has always wanted to clean up the unhealthy trends in officialdom. Nowadays, Da Chu is full of corruption, full of power, the big ones have the four great families, and the small ones have the powerful in various places, and the families and famous families are in control. Officials are not thinking about how to work for the welfare of the people, but how to stand in line, how to fight for power and profit, and how to scrape the ground. ”

Chen Wenhui is also aware of this phenomenon.

Zhao Chongyi said: "It's time for the world to govern. This wish is also Keihara's wish. Therefore, Keihara will assist the prince to realize this wish. That's what I wanted. However, after so many years of fighting in the northwest. I realized that the families were not completely without benefits, if it weren't for the four great families, the world would have been beaten down by foreign races a long time ago. Don't say anything else, you look at southern Xinjiang, can you serve Wanghua? If it weren't for the Wang family's generations guarding southern Xinjiang, I'm afraid that these Baiyi people would have rebelled long ago. Will there be superficial respect for the court of dà Chu? ”

Chen Wenhui said: "Yes, isn't our Chen family also fighting against barbarians for generations? Hey, after the crown prince succeeded to the throne, I am afraid that the world will be troubled from now on. He wants to be purged, but those heroes and families will not sit still. It's also a good thing that we can go to the northwest, stay away from these disputes, and want to be quiet. ”

Zhao Chongyi nodded.

This topic is a bit heavy, Chen Wenhui changed the topic and said: "Speaking of which, we have gained a lot when we came out this time and only arrived in Shaocheng. I didn't expect that the medicinal resources here are so abundant. I was really happy with the specialties we bought. ”

Zhao Chongyi also smiled and said, "Yes, the five-leaf lingzhi we bought in the Qin people trading house earlier is the best that can not be found. If we sell it, we might be able to make ten times the price. Such a thing, when placed in the martial arts, is going to set off a bloody storm. ”

Chen Wenhui said: "Yes, I was already surprised to be able to acquire five-leaf Ganoderma lucidum, and I didn't expect anything from Miao Ren Commercial Bank, which surprised me even more." He actually has seven-leaf Ganoderma lucidum, as well as Dendrobium that has been wild for many years, Danxia Bamboo Sun and other precious specialties, as well as those exquisite batik fabrics made by the Miao people, by the way, that large amount of tea oil is also a good thing. Tea oil is a good thing for the body. By the time we went back, the matter of Sister Caiyu and the Wang family had already been sorted out. Sister Caiyu acts as an agent for our Chen family's soybean oil business, and she can also let her sell more tea oil, isn't it better? ”

Zhao Chongyi said: "My people went to inquire, the reason why the things of the Miao people firm are better is because the Miao people in charge of the Miao firm named Jiduo are very shrewd, I heard that after we made a big purchase in the Qin people firm the day before, he emptied the treasury of their Miao leader overnight. That's why there are so many goods sold to us. I was really surprised by that seven-leaf reishi. That's a good thing to boost your internal strength. ”

When Chen Wenhui heard this, she suddenly thought of the martial arts novels she had read in her previous life, nodded and said, "Why do you want to sell them?" It's not something you can buy with money. Besides, are we still short of those two money? We keep these precious herbs for ourselves. Well, of course, it can't be just put in our home, it's easy to attract people's attention. When we return to the capital, I will ask Aunt Hu and the masters of the Hei family's medicine refining workshop to take action and refine these medicinal materials into pills, so that we can easily carry them and ensure that the medicinal effect is not lost, isn't it a good idea? ”

Zhao Chongyi said with a smile: "No, we are going to the northwest in the future, maybe we will encounter something, and we need to use these medicinal materials, pills and other things." ”

Chen Wenhui said: "Then we should prepare more. How about we clean up the precious medicinal materials in southern Xinjiang next? We will never let it go, we are not short of money anyway. ”

Zhao Chongyi smiled.

Chen Wenhui suddenly felt that she had become a local tyrant.

The two chatted for a while, and then arranged manpower, preparing to transport this batch of Shaocheng specialties back to Jiangnan with the wounded first. After the arrangement, they received an invitation from the Miao commander.

For visiting the tribe of the Miao people, Chen Wenhui and his wife are still very interested. More interested than doing business. The two of them discussed, they couldn't go empty-handed, and it would not be wrong to bring some gifts to the leader of the Miao tribe. Make more friends, this is also the common idea of Chen Wenhui and Zhao Chongyi.

They specially prepared four exquisite Jiangnan top silk horses for the Miao people. Two catties of famous tea, a set of azure porcelain tea sets, and a pair of enamel bottles. Chen Wenhui also brought a lot of children's jewelry, such as gold locks, silver locks and the like. There are also some jewelry that is intended to be used for women, such as hairpins, beads, bracelets, and the like. It's not a great value, but it's all beautiful.

After getting ready, the two of them took their entourage, maids and sumptuous gifts to Miao Village.

Not surprisingly, the leader of the Miao people was already happy when he saw such a beautiful gift. He has always liked Da Chu's items, and he also has many collections at home. But it was the first time he had seen such a top-notch silk and such fine porcelain.

Miao people are very hospitable, he not only warmly entertained Chen Wenhui and his wife, but also called his wife, daughter, son, daughter-in-law, etc. to Chen Wenhui and his wife. Of course, there are also a few great elders in the tribe.

Chen Wenhui generously gave a meeting gift to each female family member and children. This time he won the favor of the entire leader family and the elders.

The banquet was very rich. Chen Wenhui and his wife ate a lot of authentic Miao food and were addicted. She also learned about many Miao traditions, and Chen Wenhui felt like she was going back to her previous life to travel. (To be continued......)

PS: Thank you all for your monthly pass.

When I came back from travel, I haven't been in a very good state, and I need to adjust it and strive to add more this weekend.