Every winter, Shu'er will miss the Chu State with all four seasons like spring. Winters in Tran are very cold, and many lakes have formed ice mounds. She rode a donkey alone, leaving the familiar people and the familiar Fanjing, and suddenly knew what gloom was.

A few days ago, Uncle Zhao Qi from the black market came to the door and said that he would help them do business outside Beijing and spread Biliang cosmetics all over Chen Guo. However, earning enough one hundred taels of gold to buy the customs clearance documents between Chen and Song was just around the corner, and she didn't have to adopt Zhao Qi's suggestion. After many years of wandering, she didn't find an answer to her background. Maybe she shouldn't be obsessed with this answer anymore, and should go back to Song to see. So she sent Zhao Qi away, she hurriedly went to the black market to find the person who sold customs clearance documents, wanted to pay a deposit first, book a piece of customs clearance documents, as long as she earned a hundred taels of gold, she would immediately go back to the Song Kingdom.

But now everyone in the black market knows that she is the owner of the Biliang cosmetics shop that is making money every day, and the old man who sells customs clearance documents suddenly changed the price when he saw that she still came to buy customs clearance documents. He said, "Boss Yan, haven't you heard that there is going to be a war between Chen and Song again?" Now Chen Guo is arresting the Song people, even the blood descendants of the Song people, and when they are arrested, they will interrogate the three generations of their ancestors to see if they are the spies of the Song State. Song Guo is also arresting Chen Guo's spies. Trade between the two borders has been cut off for many years, and the exchange of people is also absolutely prohibited. In the past, your boss Yan was a gangster on the black market, and the price of one hundred taels of gold, I just said casually, and you can't afford it. Now we all know that your business is prosperous and you are making money every day, and it is probably not difficult to take out a hundred taels of gold, so I naturally can't talk nonsense about the price. ”

Shu'er said helplessly: "Cheng Liuye, you have watched me grow up, I came to ask you about the customs clearance documents eight years ago, and I have been asking until today, do you think I said it casually?" I couldn't afford it when you paid a sky-high price before, but now you can take whatever money I can. ”

Cheng Lao Liu said: "Boss Yan, you said so, but I was also wronged. You also know that in the Chen Kingdom and the Song Kingdom, forging the customs clearance documents between Chen and Song is a major crime to kill the head. I used to say a hundred taels of gold, but it wasn't that I looked down on you, but I didn't want to take the risk. ”

Shu'er asked, "Do you dare to take risks now?" ”

Cheng Lao Liu said: "Then it depends on how much money Boss Yan can give, whether this risk is worth the risk." ”

Shu'er said, "It's still a hundred taels of gold." Although I don't have so much money now, I can give you a deposit of fifty taels, and you can help me make a copy first. ”

Cheng Laoliu shook his head and said, "Boss Yan, the one hundred taels eight years ago is not the one hundred taels now!" And eight years ago, Chen and Song still had occasional sporadic contacts. In those days, there were officials who repaired medical books, wrote the gazetteers of the world, and traded precious medicinal materials, all of which could apply to the old Chen Wang, and the old Chen Wang would usually approve it, and then give them a customs clearance document stamped with the treasure seal of the Chen Wang, and there was also the old prime minister's handwritten handwriting, which wrote the customs clearance of several people and horses, who was the surname, and the breed of horses...... It's not that easy to imitate! Now, our new highness seems to have a personal grudge against the Song Kingdom, and he doesn't even approve these letters. Even if you give me a hundred taels of gold, even if I go to steal the new king's medal and practice the handwriting of the new prime minister, once this customs clearance document is discovered, it will definitely be a fake document! At that time, not only will my Cheng Lao Liu's head fall to the ground, but Boss Yan, you will probably be severely punished! ”

"Sixth Master Cheng, you can tell me clearly, how much is it?"

Cheng Laoliu's bid was 1,000 taels of gold. Because after completing this business, he has to die in the world, and he can't be caught by officers and soldiers. It is very likely that he will move to Shu and eventually die in a foreign country, never daring to return to Chen's homeland again. Isn't that worth a thousand taels?

Shu'er walked away in disappointment.

The next day, she invited Uncle Zhao Qi and decided to appoint him as the chief shopkeeper of Biliang Cosmetics Shop, and he was solely responsible for the stores and recruitment outside Fanjing. She thought to herself, maybe one day I really earned enough gold for a thousand taels, and I don't need to go to the black-hearted Cheng Lao Liu!

But after discussing with Zhao Qi, Shu'er and Lin Ying found that if they wanted to spread Biliang cosmetics all over Chen Kingdom, their inventory was no longer enough. Moreover, the merchants of the Shu Kingdom knew that Biliang Ningxiang was so sold in the Chen Kingdom, and after the expiration of this contract, the price of the new contract would inevitably increase. They can no longer be attached to the spice merchants of Shu, but need to go to Xiling of Shu in person to find the original factory of Biliang Ningxiang and sign a contract with them directly. But more importantly, the Shu royal family restricted Biliang Ningxiang from marketing in other countries, and they didn't know if the King of Shu knew that Biliang Ningxiang was already a household name in Fanjing in Chen Guo, so they had to risk being disposed of by the King of Shu to persuade the King of Shu not to cut off their financial route......

Lin Ying said to Shu'er, who was disguised as a man, "I'll go with you." ”

Zhao Qi said: "This is not good, you two bosses, you have to keep one in Chen Guo." The trip to Shu is probably risky, if you all go, then all the operational decisions of Biliang cosmetics store are not managed, wouldn't it be closed? What else to talk about all over the country! ”

Shu'er is worried about customs clearance documents, I heard that there is also a border between Shu and Song, although I heard that anyone on that road has no return, but at least you can go to Shu to investigate in person. She immediately said to Lin Ying: "I'll go." You can't go, the design and purchase of cosmetics and utensils are all your responsibility. The utensils for cosmetics are no small matter. When people come to buy our things, the first thing they see is the utensils, which are good-looking, so people are interested in opening them, smelling them, and wiping them, so that our things can sell well. And you are still teaching Su Yang, Su Liu, Yan Qing, and Yan Xiu how to do these fine handicraft work, this is not a day or two of hard work, this is going to Shu, I don't know how much time it will take, and cultivating talents cannot be delayed for a moment. Moreover, I have always been responsible for the supply of raw materials for Biliang Ningxiang, and I should personally go to the original factory in Shuguo. Also, don't forget, I've learned storytelling, and the orders we got at the beginning were all from me! This time to go to Shu, not only to go to the original factory, if there is a fate, but even to persuade the king of Shu to cancel the imperial decree that restricts the sale of Biliang Ningxiang to other countries, so that our wealth is on the right path. You can't help me with all this talking. ”

Lin Ying knew that she couldn't help it, so she had to try: "Then let Su Yang and Su Liu be your coachmen?" Yan Qing and Yan Xiu also went with you to take care of your daily life? ”

Shu'er glanced at the four of them, shook her head, and said, "I don't need a coachman, and I don't need anyone to take care of me." I'm alone, a donkey, and I'm not ostentatious at all, maybe the bandits who robbed the road won't bother to pay attention to me. With a bunch of people, it is swaggering. And among those of us, you can't beat me combined, so don't come and make trouble for me. ”

So now, one person and one donkey, she set foot on the official road of Chen Guoguo to Shu alone. Before leaving, Lin Ying bought her a red fox fur at a high price on the black market. Because of the color of the fox skin, Lin Ying reminded Brother Rong of his red-haired little fox, so he liked it at a glance, no matter how expensive it was, he bought it.