An Donghua sat on the chair, feeling the surging internal strength in his body, and a smile unconsciously appeared on his face. He had just finished refining the fourth Mixed Yuan Pill, and not only had his meridians been expanded wider, but his inner breath was like an endless torrent. At this point, a kind of realization has gradually developed in his heart. Looking at everything in this world, there is a faint sense of enlightenment.

Everything that I once cared about so much now seems to be nothing more than that. can let him go, but he feels really unwilling. Anton Hua faintly felt that there was something wrong with his state of mind, but he couldn't find a solution for a while. After hesitating, he decided not to continue taking the Mixed Yuan Pill.

The energy contained in the Mixed Yuan Pill was too much, and he was already a little reluctant when he absorbed the fourth grain. At his current age, taking four pills is probably already the limit, and if he continues to take it, not only will it be a waste of pills, but it will also cause a lot of burden on the meridians and dantian.

After making a decision, Anton Hua planned to deal with the affairs of Jiaozhou first. He has delayed so much time, and it is time to take down the military power.

There were several secret reports on the table, all of which came from the capital. Anton Hua had already read the contents of the secret report, and two of the pieces of news made him more concerned. One is that Princess Yuling was given to marry Qin Manting, the champion of the new department, and the other is that the second prince married Liu Ningxin as a side concubine.

Qin Manting's background is very simple, he was born poor, his parents are no longer there, and he looks quite handsome, but he is far inferior to those noble sons in the capital. No one expected that the emperor would order him to be Princess Yuling's concubine. Even Princess Yuling never expected it, so she made a big fuss about it.

However, the decree has been irrevocable, even if Princess Yuling is no longer reluctant. can only marry obediently. Because Qin Manting suddenly turned into a colt, many people are investigating his background. As a result, his background is really clean. The only thing that can be used to make a fuss is the death of both parents.

An Donghua also had Qin Manting's background information in his hand, and he didn't pay attention to it after reading it once. What he cares more about is that the second prince married Liu Ningxin as a side concubine.

Liu Ningxin almost became his concubine at the beginning, others don't know about this, but An Donghua still knows some. He hadn't seen Liu Ningxin, so he naturally didn't have any feelings for her, not to mention that he had Shang Jinxiu in his heart now, so it was even more impossible for him to like Liu Ningxin anymore.

It's just that the second prince actually married her as a side concubine. Antonhua had to care. The Liu family is a big family, and its strength should not be underestimated, the second prince married her as a side concubine, so what will the Liu family do? The Liu family had always been a neutral faction in the past, and whoever sat on the dragon chair would be loyal to whomever they were.

But now, the seventh lady of the Liu family has become the side concubine of the second prince, will they still adhere to their previous neutral position?

Anton Hua didn't know, and he didn't dare to take it lightly.

But. With Liu Ningxin's identity, it is more than enough to be the concubine of the second prince, but the emperor appointed her to be the side concubine of the second prince. Antonhua thought of the word 'side', and his smile suddenly became meaningful.

The mother family of the second prince is the Zhao family. He has the support of the Zhao family, and it stands to reason that the emperor should not let him marry Liu Ningxin again, so the strength of the second prince is too strong. It's not good for the emperor.

But he just did it, to say that it was just because he loved the second prince. Antonhua didn't believe it when he was killed. No one knows better than him how much the Emperor values the chair under his buttocks! Other words. There must be something hidden in this matter! There must have been something he didn't know about, so the emperor had no choice but to marry Liu Ningxin to the second prince as a side concubine.

Thinking of this, An Donghua immediately ordered to let the eyes of the capital find out about this matter.

There are still some secret letters left, all from the army. Since a long time ago, he has gradually infiltrated the men and horses in his hands into the army, little by little, and now it has finally begun to take shape, as long as he gets rid of the Zhou father and son who are in charge of the army, he will have the confidence to control the military power in his own hands.

The Zhou father and son are not difficult to deal with, An Donghua has not moved them, but the time is not yet ripe, once they move, they will alarm the Zheng family, and the gains outweigh the losses. However, he was not idle, he had already opened a big net, ready to close it at any time.

Now, it's time to close the net. The Zheng family is fighting fiercely, and I am afraid that I will not be able to deal with him for a while, so I just took advantage of this opportunity to deal with the Zhou father and son and take over the military power.

After reading all the secret letters, and carefully recalling all the arrangements so far in his mind, after feeling that there was no problem, he called a group of strategists under his command to discuss it specifically.

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Shang Jinxiu looked at the account book in her hand, in the past few months, Anton Hua has been busy improving her strength and arranging her power, and she has not been idle. Although the cultivation matter has been temporarily stopped because of An Donghua, the scale of the business in her hands has grown more and more.

When Anton Hua recruited troops in private, he also brought a large number of people to Shang Jinxiu. Those people didn't know a lot of things at the beginning, but Shang Jinxiu didn't mind, and directly arranged for someone to hold a secret training class.

The net worth and lives of these people are all in the hands of Shang Jinxiu, and there is no need to doubt their loyalty. In fact, if it weren't for Shang Jinxiu's silver, they would have starved to death.

With a large number of people in hand, Shang Jinxiu simply transferred some business to the shadows. On the bright side, her business is 'Yipinxian', 'Yangshengtang', 'Woodware Workshop', 'Liulixuan' and 'Rouge Gouache'. Among these shops, 'Yangshengtang', 'Liulixuan' and 'Rouge Gouache' are the most profitable. Other than that, there are grange farms all over the world.

These days, these shops in Shang Jinxiu's hands have made no less money, and some of them are making money every day, but these shops have been divided up by the nobles of Jiaozhou, and in addition to the dividends given to them, there are not many in the hands of Shang Jinxiu.

Shang Jinxiu naturally couldn't be willing to be a money-making tool in their hands, so after having the right people, she developed a lot of business in secret.

Business is still secondary, mainly these people all over Jiaozhou, all of whom have become her eyeliner. These people are all loyal to her, and a lot of useful information reaches her every day. After Shang Jinxiu analyzed this information, he was able to get a lot of important news.

Shang Jinxiu looked at the account book in his hand, but his mind was not on it. She recently received messages that mentioned several things that made her very concerned. Judging from the news that came, it is likely that these places contain a large amount of gold energy. In other words, these places are likely to harbor metal mines.

As for what kind of metal it is, Shang Jinxiu is still unclear. After all, she didn't study geology, and it was just a guess to think like that.

But since knowing the news, Shang Jinxiu couldn't sit still. She is well aware that the current situation is quite unfavorable for her and Antonhua. An Donghua is the concubine of the Empress Yuan and the abolished prince, although he was disgusted by the emperor, but no matter who sits in that position in the future, it is impossible to let them live.

This means that she has to help Antonhua fight for that position. What they lack right now is iron ore. Iron tools are strictly controlled, and no matter how much silver you have, it is not easy to buy a large amount of iron tools. The only way is to find iron ore and make it yourself.

Although this risk is big, Anton Hua is now the king of Jiaozhou, and once they control Jiaozhou, it will be very simple to do this. Anyway, the emperor is far away, as long as they keep it secret, it is impossible for the emperor to know about it.

Antonhua has been thinking about this matter for a few days, but it is not so easy to find iron ore. The Zheng family is in Jiaozhou, and they usually send people to keep an eye on the iron mine. Judging from the information they have found so far, the Zheng family should have a small iron ore and gold mine in their hands.

It's just that these two mines are the deepest buried hole cards of the Zheng family, unless it is impossible for the cronies and descendants to get any news. Zheng Kang has been in the Zheng family for so many years, but he only knows that the Zheng family has these two mines, and he doesn't know anything else.

Anton Hua didn't worry much about this matter, and there were a few times when he practiced, he almost went wrong. Shang Jinxiu saw it in his eyes, and hoped to help him find out the mine.

After that, she locked herself up and looked through the books in the space. However, there are many kinds of books in her space, but there is only a lack of books on geology, and she has flipped through many books before she can vaguely find some information about iron ore and gold mines.

Shang Jinxiu really wanted to just go to those places to have a look, anyway, with her current strength, it was enough to run through those places in one day. It's just that she once promised Anton Hua that she would never say goodbye, and she hesitated for a while.

But she didn't want to tell Anton Hua directly about this, after all, it was just her guess, if the guess was wrong and she didn't find anything, wouldn't it make Anton Hua happy?

But if not, what excuse should she use to get out?

Shang Jinxiu was embarrassed, she couldn't read the account book anymore, she simply thought of a suitable excuse. So when An Donghua finished discussing with the strategist and came to see Shang Jinxiu, he found that she was holding the account book in a daze.

An Donghua was stunned for a moment, he rarely saw Shang Jinxiu in a daze. Shang Jinxiu has always been very self-disciplined and quite vigilant, once she notices someone approaching, she will arm herself, and it is not easy to see her in a daze!

So suddenly I saw that after An Donghua was stunned, he decided not to disturb Shang Jinxiu, but stood quietly aside, smiling and admiring Shang Jinxiu's daze.

If it was before, Shang Jinxiu should have found out when he came in, but as he spent more and more time together, especially after Shang Jinxiu accompanied him to practice in the secret room, he unconsciously put Anton Hua in his heart, plus the two shared the same bed, Shang Jinxiu was already familiar with Anton Hua's breath, where would he be guarded?

So, when Shang Jinxiu came back to his senses and noticed that Anton Hua was there, Anton Hua had been watching her for a while. (To be continued......)

PS: Actually, I also think that the female protagonist and the male protagonist have too few rival scenes, but I think that both of them have serious things to do, and it's really impossible to get tired of being together all day, so there are relatively not so many rival scenes, but I will try to make up for it, and give the two as much as possible the opportunity to develop JQ!