"Crackling! Cracking sound! Strings of firecrackers sounded on the streets, bidding farewell to the old and welcoming the new, Cuibao County finally ushered in the New Year!

The streets were full of joy, everyone hung red lanterns, pasted blessings, and every house was replaced with new couplets.

Perhaps it was the big stone that had been pressing on their hearts that the tiger village had been completely removed, and they all had happy smiles on their faces.

Cheng Bingling walked on the street and planned to buy something for the New Year, but she didn't expect that because everyone knew that she was the wife of the fourth prince, along the way, everyone enthusiastically loosened Cheng Bingling A lot of things, such as couplets, pork, and chicken...... Anyway, all the items that can express my gratitude the most are delivered.

The ancient people were simple, hospitable, and the grace of dripping water will be reciprocated by springs!

Cheng Bingling saw that she had gained a lot, she hadn't bought anything yet, so she had it all. She kept smiling and asked the villagers not to send it, but in the end she couldn't hold back their enthusiasm and had to accept it.

Back in the house, Cheng Bingling once again showed her hand, her cooking skills were praised by everyone again, and I don't know if the food she eats is given by the villagers, there is a unique intention of the villagers, Cheng Bingling feels that this time the dish is the most delicious and perfect meal she cooked!

Elizabeth was very face-saving and ate all the dishes, no one expected that she had a big iron stomach in her small body, and the amount of food for one person was more than that of three big men!

Cheng Bingling was dumbfounded.

At this moment, the hedge came from a distance, and she smiled and said, "Lord, princess, there are people outside looking for them, and they really want to say that they are the family of Yagongzi." ”

After Alexander recovered from his wounds here in Shang Jinnan, he repaired a letter and had his letter sent home.

Now count the days, and Alexander's family should have received a letter to find it.

Cheng Bingling looked at Alexander with a smile: "Let's go, your family is here." ”

Alexander's family was already waiting in the hall.

Unlike their robes and long skirts, they wore Western European clothes—

He has wide white sleeves and wears slim-fitting linen pants underneath.

Cheng Bingling hadn't seen this kind of modern costume for a long time, and when he saw it suddenly, he was quite surprised. However, what do the two people in front of them say, looking at their temperament, appearance and clothing, they don't look like Alexander's family, but like servants.

Sure enough, when the two saw Alexander and Elizabeth, they quickly stood up and said respectfully, "Young Master! Miss! I've been worried about you! ”

After Cheng Bingling heard this, his face was clear, sure enough.

Alexander and Elizabeth were also pleasantly surprised to see them. They talked to each other and briefly explained what had happened recently. The two men also made it clear that they were going to pick up Alexander and go back today.

Alexander suddenly felt a sense of reluctance in his heart. Although he had long wanted to return home to his family, he was now separated from his new friends, and the young man who was still a minor couldn't help but feel a little reluctant.

Cheng Bingling congratulated with a smile: "Alexander, you can go home." Congratulations. ”

Alexander has become familiar with Cheng Bingling in the past few days, and he has also changed his usual unsmiling appearance, he smiled and said: "Well, thank you very much for taking care of me and Elizabeth these days." ”

Elizabeth raised her little face, here, she liked Cheng Bingling very much, she pulled Cheng Bingling's hand and said softly: "Little sister, will you go back with us?" I'll show you my room, it's got a lot of fun stuff! ”

"Really?" Cheng Bingling looked at Elizabeth's appearance, and shouted cuteness in her heart, and then she rubbed Elizabeth's head: "Next time, next time my sister will come to play with you." ”

"Really?"

"Well, Elizabeth is so cute, I don't lie to you!"

"Retractor hook!" Elizabeth had a big smile on her face, and she held out her hand.

"Pull the hook!" Cheng Bingling also stretched out his hand and hooked Elizabeth's snow-white little tail finger, and the two made an agreement.

Two servants –

Tony said, "You must be the fourth princess." He was not very proficient in Chinese, with a hint of funny, he gave Cheng Bingling a respectful salute: "Fourth Princess, our family master knows that you generously helped the young master and young lady, so he specially asked us to send a gift, I hope you will like it." The gift is on the other side of the bay, so please come with us to see it. ”

Hey? Gifts placed on the bay?

Cheng Bingling readily agreed: "Then let's go and have a look!" ”

Cheng Bingling and the others went to the bay under the leadership of Tony, and found that there were many people staying there in the bay, and they opened their mouths with a surprised face.

There's a behemoth docked in the bay!

Former Taishou Mansion.

Shang Jinnan According to common sense, after he solved Qian Taishou, he could live in Qian Taishou's mansion generously, but because Shang Jinnan was a little mindful that this was a place where Qian Taishou had kept, he still lived in the small mansion he bought, and Qian Taishou's home became his office.

Qian Taishou raised a bunch of staff by himself.

When Shang Jinnan first took over Qian Taishou's affairs, after he kicked out one or two cunning, uneasy and kind-hearted old fritters, the rest of the staff obediently submitted to him, besides, in the days that followed, Shang Jinnan's methods ...... No, it's the charisma that impresses them.

Who doesn't want to follow a powerful master, achieve their own career, and realize their ambitions? This group of staff members obviously had lofty ideals, so they were very cooperative with Shang Jinnan's work.

Today, Shang Jinnan spread out the topographic map of Baocui County that he had drawn in the past few days, and discussed with his staff how to make Baocui County rich.

Although Baocui County has a rich and beautiful name, it is really poor and white.

After officially taking over from the first day, Shang Jinnan discovered this.

First of all, because the terrain here is not suitable for farming. Even if you can plant crops, you can't have a bumper harvest, and it is common for people to not have enough food for a year.

Secondly, the best place in Cuibao County is Cuibao Mountain, there are many precious medicinal materials and fertile land in the mountain, but it has been occupied by the Tiger Village before, so the people of Cuibao County can not enjoy this gift from nature at all.

In the end, Qian Youcai and Qian Taishou united with the Tiger Village to exploit the local people, which was simply worse, the people were already poor, and they had to provide food and money, so they also became poorer.

One of the things that Shang Jinnan took a fancy to Cuibao County was that it was surrounded by the sea on all sides. He pointed to the sea and asked, "It's all the sea here, can't we let the people go outside to catch fish?" There must be other islanders beyond this sea, right? We can trade with them at sea. "How many resources are there in the sea, as long as they are used reasonably, it is not difficult for Cuibao County to become rich.

"Fourth prince, you don't know anything." Du Ming, one of the staff members, said: "Qian Taishou issued a ban on the sea a few years ago, and everyone dared not go to sea, besides, this sea area is monopolized by the Asian Ark, and we can't go to sea easily." ”

"The Asian Ark?" Shang Jinnan asked suspiciously.

"That's right, it's the Asian Ark,......" Du Ming explained, in fact, not far from them, there was an island in the sea, and the people on the island were strangely looking, not only very tall, but also had green eyes and blue eyes...... Different colors of eyes, different colors of hair, they are not natives, and they can't control them. This group of people was very good at building ships, and the ship they built was called the Sub-Ark. They often transport in the sea to do business, catch fish or something. Originally, there were people in Baocui County who went to sea to do business and shared this sea area with them, but later after Qian Taishou came and issued a ban on the sea, the people of Baocui County no longer dared to go to sea.

In the past few years, the ships of the Asian Ark have become more and more advanced, because there is no competition, and as their power has become stronger, the entire sea has unconsciously become their place.

Now if the people of Cuibao County rashly enter the sea area, I wonder what the people of the Asian Ark will think, will it cause another dispute? Once the two sides start a war, this will undoubtedly not be a devastating blow to Baocui County, which is now too weak to fail.

Shang Jinnan didn't think about it so much, he was a businessman, and his eyes were naturally from the perspective of a businessman.

He smiled and said, "According to you, they are also merchants, and since they are merchants, as long as there are enough benefits, they can be impressed. We want to make one thing clear, we are not here to snatch this resource, but to cooperate with them. ”

Cooperation means a win-win situation.

Shang Jinnan believes that the people of the Asian Ark will not refuse their cooperation.

Just as Shang Jinnan and his staff were discussing how to cooperate with the people of Ya Ark, at this time, a messenger knocked on the door and came in, and he announced: "Fourth prince, the princess asked me to tell you that Ya Gongzi's family has come to pick him up. Let's go to the other side of the bay to send off Ah Gongzi. ”

After hearing this, Shang Jinnan closed the map on the table, and said to his staff: "Let's stop here for today's matter, and then we will discuss it." With that, he followed the yacha and left.

The blue bay is connected with the blue sky.

The magnificent sea sparkles under the sun, and a breeze blows, with a hint of the unique taste of the ocean, which is already unique to winter.

On the sea, a huge ship docked on the shore. It's as big as the Titanic in the movies, and it looks like it can hold hundreds of people.

The people of Baocui County had never seen such a tall and gorgeous ship, and they looked up as if they were looking at a behemoth. This behemoth** is made of wooden planks, and its body is carved with sacred and beautiful runes, which are outlined in golden colors. It looks golden and beautiful.

A "squeak" sounded.

A boarding board slowly descended.

Tony said to Cheng Bingling: "Fourth princess, this is a small boat that our Asian Ark has prepared for you, I hope you can like it." ”

"For me?" Cheng Bingling was surprised.

Tony nodded with a smile and said, "Yes, this is our newest ship, and my lord asked me to give it to you to thank you for taking care of our young master and young lady." ”

"That's so polite." Cheng Bingling was stunned, she actually had a boat of her own!

Tony suggested, "Princess, you can go up and have a look." ”

"Okay!" Cheng Bingling nodded excitedly.

"What is this?" Shang Jinnan's curious voice came, Cheng Bingling looked back and found that Shang Jinnan was coming.

''Shang Jinnan! There you are! Cheng Bingling ran over excitedly, and she took Shang Jinnan's hand with one hand: "Let's go up and have a look." ”

Shang Jinnan saw that his hand was pulled, he was slightly stunned, and then he was pulled onto the boat by Cheng Bingling.

Cheng Bingling couldn't wait to board the ship, stood on the deck, looked out, and soon saw the endless ocean.

"Wow! It's beautiful! Cheng Bingling exclaimed, her eyes crooked, her hands raised high, like a child.

Seeing this, Shang Jinnan also laughed lightly.

"Beautiful, right? Shang Jinnan. Cheng Bingling looked at him with a smile.