When Qin Baichuan came in, Sister Lan was sewing clothes under the lamp, and under the flickering light, Sister Lan had as calm as ever on her face, scratching her head with the tip of a needle from time to time, and then skillfully shuttling back and forth. Qin Baichuan tilted his head and looked at Sister Lan, this kind of charm like a good wife and mother can only be possessed by Sister Lan.

"Bijun is downstairs, do you see it?" Sister Lan didn't look up, as if talking to herself.

"See." Qin Baichuan walked to the table, sat opposite Sister Lan, and saw that she was sewing a men's big hat in her hand, and couldn't help but say, "This is ...... Made for me? ”

"Hmm......" Sister Lan gritted her teeth and said, "I heard that the north is cold and frozen, and this thing can suppress the wind......"

Qin Baichuan was silent for a long time, and sighed lightly: "Yuanyuan...... Told you all? ”

"Don't blame her, I forced her to say it." Sister Lan bit off the thread, draped the big coat on Qin Baichuan's body, looked left and right, and then nodded with satisfaction: "It's not bad...... Baichuan, if you go over there, you have to take care of yourself, you have a thousand things to do at home, but it is difficult to go out...... When you should be soft, you should be soft, don't always have a flamboyant temperament. ”

"Don't worry, Sister Lan." Qin Baichuan pretended to smile relaxedly: "It's been almost a month since I came back from Qiushan, and there is no news from Lord Lu, maybe it'll be fine?" I'm not afraid of something, when I first came to Gangneung, I was also poor and white, and now I am also playing a piece of the world? ”

"Can barbarians be the same as Gangneung?" Sister Lan shook her head and said: "I've inquired, the people in the north, especially the Qingmeng generation, are fierce, and they often fight when they don't agree with each other, but I'm afraid that if you understand those poems and songs, they will no longer be of any use in Qingmeng." ”

"That's what you said, yes, I'm not going alone this time, I'm taking the Army of Bliss with me." Qin Baichuan smiled with relief: "It's not so much that someone forced me to flee, it's better that I want to find a suitable place to train my troops." ”

"I don't understand any of this, I just hope you can come back safely." Sister Lan stretched out her hand, stroked Qin Baichuan's face, and said softly: "I have already thought about it clearly, if you can come back, Sister doesn't want any name, give you a child, and continue the bloodline of the Qin family." ”

"Really?" Qin Baichuan raised his eyebrows.

"Really, but not now." Sister Lan stretched out her hand to push away Qin Baichuan, who was about to hug her, and said, "After the incident in Qiushan, Yuanyuan has been sullen these days...... Calculate the time, today's drama should be over, you go to accompany Yuanyuan for a walk? ”

Boss Qin Baichuan was reluctant, and Sister Lan pushed him again: "Go quickly, sister has been riddled with 'troubles' these days, and there is no way." ”

Sister Lan was not in high spirits today, and Qin Baichuan couldn't be reluctant, so she gossiped with her for a while, and when the performance in Wangjianglou was over, Sister Lan went to inform Yuanyuan, and Qin Baichuan took Ding Sanshi to wait at the back door. After returning from Qiushan, Tan Jiaotou had a lot less time to follow Qin Baichuan, so Ding Sanshi temporarily became his follower.

"Sir." After waiting for a long time, Liu Yuanyuan, who had taken off her costume, appeared in front of Qin Baichuan vividly: "Mr. is busy with his body and lacks skills during this time, how can he have time to come over today?" ”

"Lord Yang of the Ministry of Rites, please eat, and come by the way to have a look after you are done." Qin Baichuan replied softly.

"It just so happened that after a busy night, Yuanyuan was also hungry." Liu Yuanyuan took the initiative to stretch out her hand, grabbed Qin Baichuan's arm, and said with a smile: "I heard that Xiu'er sister has launched a limited edition spicy hot pot, let's go over and try it?" ”

"Okay." Qin Baichuan did not refuse, and pulled Liu Yuanyuan into the carriage.

Ding Sanshi threw off the whip, the carriage moved slowly, Liu Yuanyuan snuggled in Qin Baichuan's arms after getting into the car, the two were silent for a long time, and then Liu Yuanyuan said: "I heard Tianzhao say, it seems that Lord Lu can't hold it there, right?" ”

"Lord Lu originally promised me a month, but now it's over." Qin Baichuan nodded: "The emperor sent a secret letter to Lord Lu, and in about ten days, King Yi came to Jiangling with a blood-clothed dragon guard and escorted me back to Beijing for trial." ”

"So, you're planning to leave Gangneung in the near future?" Liu Yuanyuan asked again.

"The day after tomorrow." Qin Baichuan didn't hide it from Liu Yuanyuan: "Before going to Qingmeng, I plan to go to Anyang." ”

Liu Yuanyuan didn't ask much, in fact, Qin Baichuan went to Anyang for two purposes, first, in order to let Qin Baichuan protect Li Jian, Duke Desheng left him a batch of inheritance, Qin Baichuan planned to go over to receive it, and second, King Yi also gave an order to Tan Jiaotou to let Qin Baichuan go to Anyang to rectify resources and accumulate money.

"That's fine, the emperor will turn a blind eye, and then Lord Lu and King Yi will have some more time to win." Liu Yuanyuan pondered for a moment and said, "You don't have to worry about Qiu Shan, I have already handed over all the people to Tianzhao, and Tianzhao also reported the situation to the emperor...... In short, with the identity of the crown prince and the support of the emperor, unless King Wu wants to completely turn his face with the emperor, the Qiu Shan army can sit back and relax. ”

"I've seen Tianzhao, and he's told me everything." Qin Baichuan smiled bitterly: "Although he is the crown prince, he still does not have the support of the emperor, and the problem of thousands of soldiers in Qiushan and Lazar is enough for him to have a headache." No, he asked me to borrow money the other day. ”

"The emperor is busy dealing with King Yi and King Wu, and it is normal for him not to take care of this prince." Liu Yuanyuan smiled: "You are his eldest brother, who will you find if you don't look for you when you are cornered?" ”

"It's useless to look for me, I'm short of money now." Qin Baichuan folded his fingers and pondered, and said abruptly: "The Bliss Army has now been completely expanded to a regiment-level structure, the tens of thousands of taels of silver that Qu Xi gave me before have long been spent, Duke Desheng gave me tens of thousands of taels, and I borrowed another fifty thousand taels from Yan Ruyu, and now there is nothing left." ”

When it comes to silver, Qin Baichuan has two big heads: "Normal expenses require silver, I went to Qingmeng to save with the intention of bartering, and it takes a lot of money to purchase materials, and my hair is gray." ”

"Sir, sometimes you are very smart, and sometimes you are confused." Qin Baichuan had a sad face, and Liu Yuanyuan laughed directly.

"Do you have a way?" Qin Baichuan's eyes lit up.

"Let's talk about Tianzhao first." Liu Yuanyuan took a deep breath: "Although Qiu Shan handed it over to Tianzhao, we secretly signed a contract between us, and I still need to be responsible for the expenses of the Qiu Shan Army." Over the years, Qiushan still has some industries in Gangneung, as long as I don't have a lot of fish and meat every day like the Bliss Army, I can still hold on. ”

Qin Baichuan nodded, only to hear Liu Yuanyuan say again: "It's easy to say that after leaving Jiangling, the food standard of the Bliss Army will inevitably drop - it's not that you, Mr. Qin, are harsh on them, but marching to fight, where can you get so much fish and meat?" Therefore, I think that another 50,000 taels of silver will be enough for you to support Qingmeng. ”

"Fifty thousand taels ......" Qin Baichuan grinned: "Now I'm afraid I won't even be able to take out fifty thousand taels of silver." ”

"Don't worry, I'll help you figure out a way with this silver." Liu Yuanyuan smiled mysteriously.

Qin Baichuan shook his head and said, "Yuanyuan, some silver can't be moved, whether it's you, Sister Lan, or Xiu'er, your silver is all earned through hard work, I don't want you all to fill the silver into my bottomless pit." In fact, if I have enough silver, I even want to return the silver that Qu Xi took out before. ”

"Of course I know what you're thinking." Liu Yuanyuan glanced at Qin Baichuan: "You are like this, you always want to take advantage of others, but in fact?" You give so much for everyone, unconditionally, and when everyone wants to help you, you always find all kinds of excuses to refuse. Don't worry, this money is not from us, and whether you can get it depends on your ability. ”

"It's not just a matter of cutting the blood and putting the flesh out of you." Qin Baichuan smiled: "Even if the problem of the Bliss Army can be alleviated for the time being, where will the money come from to purchase materials?" ”

"That's where I laugh at you for being stupid." Liu Yuanyuan snapped her fingers and said: "Think about it, no matter what materials you procure, from Jiangling to Qingmeng, this mountain is high and the road is far away, you are not afraid of any accidents and being robbed?" Even if you don't get snatched away, the road is bumpy, if you carry a spinning wheel or something, how can you guarantee that it won't break? When the time comes, you will come with a pile of scrap copper and rotten iron, and you will lose a lot. ”

"What do you mean......" Qin Baichuan's thinking had entered a misunderstanding before, and after Liu Yuanyuan mentioned this, he suddenly had a feeling of sudden realization.

"I don't mean it." Liu Yuanyuan didn't sell Guan Zi either, and said, "Didn't you recruit a lot of craftsmen when you established the Bliss Army?" Later, you told me that some of the people sent over joined the Fu Python Mountain, but most of the craftsmen were still brushed down? ”

"Do you want me to form a team of these craftsmen, follow the Bliss Army to Qingmeng, and then take local materials, do whatever you want, and then sell them to the local people?" Qin Baichuan licked his lips.

"Can't you?" Liu Yuanyuan asked rhetorically: "In terms of combat power, Da Song is not as good as the barbarians, but when it comes to male farmers and women weaving, the barbarians admire Da Song." You bring these craftsmen over, either by opening an academy to teach, or directly building utensils for sale, is this not a profitable business? The most important thing is that you go over with the supplies, and when they are sold out, they are gone, what will you do when the time comes? Is it hard to wait and eat? It's not the same with craftsmen, as long as you can put down roots, the silver will be endless. ”

"Good way." Qin Baichuan gave a thumbs up decisively.

"Actually, you should have thought about it a long time ago, but there have been too many things lately, so busy that you forgot about it." Liu Yuanyuan touched Qin Baichuan's increasingly thin cheeks with some distress, and she didn't know why, tears suddenly appeared in her eyes: "Sir, I'm sorry...... If it weren't for Yuanyuan, you wouldn't have ended up in such a field. ”

"Silly, I've said it, even if there was no Martial King, I would have been in the middle of a dispute a long time ago." Qin Baichuan grabbed Liu Yuanyuan's little hand and said with a smile: "After I leave, Jiangling will hand over all these things to you, I don't want to see all the industries I worked so hard to build after I come back." ”

Liu Yuanyuan didn't speak, but her eyes shot a determination that she had never felt before.

"Brother Qin, Miss Liu, it's time to find Qin." Ding Sanshi stopped the carriage and whispered.