The three princes rested in Yanzhou City for two days, and went to Texas with the team, Ling Dongwu knew that Mu Zicheng would also go to Texas in the future, and this time he simply followed the third prince Xia Wenxuan to Texas together, along the way, the three princes and Ling Dongwu were riding horses together, and the two talked about the customs and customs of various places.

Xia Wenxuan saw her hibiscus jade face, delicate as a flower, sharp words, and talented, and said without thinking: "Miss Ling is generous and beautiful. and martial arts, I don't know if I can be wronged to serve under the king's account? ”

Ling Dongwu looked up at him, his face revealing a heroic aura. She thought that in the future, her brother Mu Zicheng would also serve under the account of the third prince, and she would have nothing to do with him, she smiled generously at Xia Wenxuan and said: "The prince is the pillar of the Nanzhao Kingdom, and he can serve under the prince, and the people can't ask for it!" ”

On this day, the team of the third prince Xia Wenxuan finally arrived in Dezhou City, and everyone settled down. Xia Wenxuan summoned his personal guard officer Zhang Xiaolu, "You immediately order to go down and arrange a separate room for Miss Ling." ”

Ling Dongwu was very grateful to see that he was careful and thoughtful for his own sake. Although she was wearing men's clothes, it would be inconvenient if she was mixed in the men's barracks, and now she saw that Xia Wenxuan arranged a separate room for her, which made her very grateful.

At night, Ling Dongwu was reading a book alone in the house and heard a knock on the door. She went to open the door, but it was the third prince, followed by the guard holding the lamp, holding a box in his hand.

Ling Dongwu hurriedly let the third prince into the room before saying, "Third prince, is there something wrong?" ”

The guard put the box on the table, opened it, and Ling Dongwu saw that it was full of snacks, candied fruit, dried fruits, and osmanthus cakes...... The third prince smiled at her and said, "These are all sent from the palace, you are a girl, you must like to eat, this king sent you some ......"

Ling Dongwu saw that Xia Wenxuan was so meticulous and thoughtful, and hurriedly thanked him. The third prince exchanged a few words with her, she was used to coming here, and she was comfortable to live in......

Ling Dongwu hurriedly replied, and the third prince saw that it was late at night, so he didn't stay long, and left very much.

Although Xia Wenxuan was jointly squeezed out by the second prince and Prime Minister Song Cheng to Dezhou, which was far away from the capital, but because he thought in his heart that it was good to come here, he could recruit troops and expand his power when the emperor was far away, but then the bad news came, Prime Minister Song wantonly compressed his military expenses as the prince, that is, cut off the economic source of the third prince Xia Wenxuan.

Of course, it takes silver to recruit troops and horses, Xia Wenxuan has a big problem in terms of financial resources, only relying on some savings in his hands, and the annual tribute of the surrounding people is not a long-term solution, Xia Wenxuan is at a loss for the silver.

Ling Dongwu was also very anxious when he saw Xia Wenxuan's eyebrows locked. Others can do a big business and make money when they cross over, why can't they do it themselves! Yes, she also makes money in business and helps Xia Wenxuan. She wants others to cross some restaurants, some open song and dance studios, and some open money banks, but the money they make is limited after all, and the cost of funding tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of people for an army is a huge amount.

After a night of careful consideration, Ling Dongwu went to Xia Wenxuan early the next morning: "Lord Wang, I have a way to make money!" ”

Xia Wenxuan looked at Ling Dongwu with a puzzled gaze, "Now that due to the war, the trade between the north and the south has been interrupted, if one person can open up the road from Nanling to Chang'an, transport the things from the south to the north, and transport the things from the north to the south, not only can he get high profits, but also can help the prince exchange for various materials!" ”

Xia Wenxuan's eyes couldn't help but light up when he heard Ling Dongwu say this, "The villain is willing to be the first person to open this road in this war, but he needs the third prince to give me a batch of start-up funds." ”

"Okay, no matter whether you succeed or fail, your idea is right, this king will give you 100,000 taels of silver as the principal first, try it first. In the effective escort around the party, Wenbo will be your bodyguard, and Sun Daren will be sent to help take care of business, Sun Daren is introverted, shrewd and sharp, not only meticulous as dust, but also eloquent, he can deal with people of three religions and nine streams on the rivers and lakes! ”

Ling Dongwu didn't expect Xia Wenxuan to support him like this. Even said thank you.

Ling Dongwu still wore men's clothes, under the pseudonym Ling Dong, and began to travel with Zhongbo and Sun Daren on the road from Lingnan to Chang'an, selling the southern splendid manufacturing and famous tea sellers to the east, and selling the silk from the east to the south.

She transported the timber from southern Gan to Zhongjing in the north, went down the Yangtze River by water, and then went north along the river until Yunzhou came ashore. Ling Dongwu had a flexible mind, and when he saw that there was a big gap in the wood, when the water was in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and the water flow was gentle, he brought some fine porcelain into the wood, and sold it to the local porcelain merchants in the north, and the profits obtained had leveled the expenses on the road.

Ling Dongwu deliberately went to the shore of Taihu Lake in the south of the Yangtze River, and Luo Na hired the best local embroidery technician to do splendid weaving, and then everywhere she went, she would open a large garment store to buy all kinds of silk and splendid clothes, and the name of the shop was "Yiyi Reluctance". She also followed the ideas of modern people and painstakingly designed the signboard for "reluctant clothes". As soon as "Reluctant to Wear Clothes" opened, it immediately attracted many ladies and celebrities, and even Qinglou women, and customers were overflowing.

The Salt and Iron Department of the Southern Zhao State was in charge of the salt administration, and the law stipulated that the salt merchants must transport and sell salt with salt money, and the salt money was issued by the goods service, so that the merchants could pay the cash, and the money should be quoted according to the money, and the amount and price of salt should be stated in the banknotes, and the merchants should go to the salt producing areas to ask for salt with the money. In order to obtain as much salt money as possible, there was fierce competition between large and small salt merchants, and they all tried their best to open up the layers of relations between the salt and iron divisions and the goods business, or tried other methods.

Many coastal counties and counties in the southern Zhao country are engaged in selling salt with few people, resulting in the accumulation of arrears, these remote counties and counties need more daily necessities, Ling Dongwu saw the opportunity keenly, and then transported grain items to the border states, easy to exchange for salt money, often a trip has several times the income, after getting the money, sometimes go directly to the salt field to support salt, sometimes sell the salt money for cash.

Ling Dongwu didn't know that he had such a high talent for doing business, and the business negotiations were all smiling, and his business methods were surprisingly successful, and countless stores were opened in various places in half a year, and the name was "Ling Ji." After several months of hard work, she finally earned a considerable amount of silver, and when she handed over the first amount of silver to Xia Wenxuan, his eyes were a little incredulous, and then his face was happy.

Xia Wenxuan knew that Ling Dongwu was very intelligent, and occasionally invited Ling Dongwu to discuss current affairs in the world, as well as various war strategies, Ling Dongwu always talked very little, Xia Wenxuan was obviously a little disappointed, Ling Dongwu's calm explanation was that she was only good at business, and military politics was really not her strong point, Xia Wenxuan's face was a little pale.

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After Yi Zhikuo failed to track Ling Dongwu in the desert that day, for more than two years, he sent several units of Hu soldiers to look around to inquire about the whereabouts of Ling Dongwu and Mu Zicheng, and he was anxious to find Ling Dongwu There is another reason, that is, after Ling Dongwu escaped, he found that Ling Dongwu secretly took away the phantom swordsmanship that he had inadvertently obtained, although the swordsmanship was passed down by the people in the rivers and lakes, but Yi Zhikuo was originally the uncle of the king of Wusun Kingdom in the Western Regions, and then the king of Han in Green Pearl City, plus he was strong, energetic, and martial arts, He didn't take the broken sword book to heart at all. But since he knew that Ling Dongwu had taken the sword book, he began to worry faintly in his heart, he had to know that the sword book was nothing to put in him, if he let others know that Ling Dongwu had that sword book, he would have to find her a murderous disaster.

The more Yi Zhikuo thought about it, the more anxious he became, and the more he wanted to find Ling Dongwu immediately. He clearly remembered that Ling Dongwu said that her hometown was in Liulitun in Nanjun County, Nanzhao Kingdom, and sent people to Nanjun for dozens of miles to look for it. But there is no such place as Liulitun at all.

Yi Zhikuo listened to Hu Bing's return, and stood in the room angrily and scolded, "Dead slave girl, Ben Da Khan knows that you won't be so honest in your hometown, if Ben Da Khan catches you, he must clean you up fiercely, see if you dare to lie, and dare to run away......"

But then thinking of Ling Dongwu's cleverness and alertness, he laughed loudly, how good his little fairy is, that is, beautiful and smart, thinking of this, he couldn't wait to immediately hold Ling Dongwu in his arms, kiss it fiercely, and said to himself with a smile: "Little fairy, as long as you return to Ben Da Khan, Ben Da Khan will never beat you and scold you...... You can do whatever you want......"

The deputy city lord Amili and a few Hu soldiers, looking at Yi Zhikuo, who was as strong as an iron tower, were angry for a while, and laughed for a while, they all felt crazy in their hearts, and the Hanshui National Master couldn't stand it anymore, so they stepped forward to persuade him: "Great Khan, why do you want to look like this for a woman, let the brothers get you a few more beautiful women back in the future, women, the old ones don't go, the new ones don't come......

"Don't say it, Ben Da Khan doesn't want to hear this, Ling Dongwu is the bride of Ben Da Khan, how can a woman outside compare with her!" Yi Zhikuo is a rough man, half his life begging for a living on the knife edge, and for the first time he experienced a new sweet feeling of liking one, but this person ran away, leaving him with a painful feeling.

He tasted the sweetness of happiness for the first time, and also experienced the pain and sadness for the first time, he was unwilling, "Ling Dongwu, my bride, Ben Da Khan swears, no matter where you hide in the ends of the earth, I will find you out......"

Yi Zhikuo can be the Great Khan of Hu Bing, naturally he has his cunning, he knows that these Hu soldiers are extremely cunning, he sent them out to find people, they may not have to rush anything, come back and make up nonsense to himself, he also made a reward, can find Ling Dong dancer, reward 10,000 taels of gold, 20 pearls, and can immediately be promoted to the lord of the three cities.

When Hu Bing saw Yi Zhikuo looking for people so generously, they left everyone and scrambled to be the first, opened their eyes wide, and searched everywhere.

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