In the spring of the forty-third year of Yongping, the Western Expeditionary Army won a great victory at Beilouguan.

“…… Battle report, war report! ”

"General Zhenwu captures the second prince of Abulkhano alive!"

“……”

The eight-hundred-mile expedited fast horse galloped on the northwest road leading to the capital.

Up and down the Chu country, there was a boil.

In the northwest dragon staring at the city, the hawkers who walked the merchants, the officers and soldiers who repaired the city, and the shouts of all kinds of hawkers, one after another, a thriving scene waiting to be rebuilt.

"Harnessing ......"

A team of grain trucks hulala stopped under Longqi City.

"The grain and grass are coming, the grain and grass are coming!" As the guards on the gatehouse shouted loudly, the city was boiling.

Ou Yangming personally greeted him at the gate of the city.

“…… Li Du has worked hard. Ou Yangming said, and at a glance he saw Qin Nan beside Li Dushi, who was in charge of the grain, and his expression was stunned, "Chief Manager Qin...... You guys? ”

Qin Nan's external identity was that of the general affairs manager of the General's Mansion, and seeing the two of them walking together, Ou Yangming was a little surprised.

"My subordinates encountered mountain bandits robbing grain in the area of Black Tiger Mountain, and it happened that Chief Manager Qin was passing by...... Just escorted a paragraph. Li Dushi explained.

"What about the general." Qin Nan asked.

"I'm going to patrol the city." He had seen Qin Nan by Li Ji's side, and knew that although he was only a general manager, this Qin Nan's status in Li Ji's heart was definitely not low, Ou Yangming guessed that he might be in charge of the General's Mansion and its secret business, and his expression was a little solemn unconsciously, "...... But what happened to the General's Mansion? ”

"No......" Qin Nan said vaguely, and then changed the subject. Let's put the grain and grass into the city first. ”

At the mention of grain and grass, Ou Yangming's eyes suddenly lit up.

While instructing the guards behind him to help transport grain, he asked Li Dushi and Qin Nan to go to the station.

"This batch of grain and grass is too timely!" He looked at Li Dushi. "You don't know, since the general attacked Beilouguan at night, captured the second prince of Abul Khanno, and the Da army entrenched in the area of Guo Chong and Longguo looted these cities and hurriedly evacuated, the general had no choice but to distribute military grain to the people to live, these days. Even the general drank gruel with everyone...... Everyone is looking forward to the stars, the moon, and this batch of grain and grass! patted Li Dushi on the shoulder, "You have made a great contribution." ”

Li Dushi's face turned red.

"It was Master Fu's proper scheduling and Chief Qin's great help that his subordinates were able to arrive in time." Something comes to mind. He said happily, "The price of this batch of grain and grass is only 480 yuan per stone...... Master Fu saved the general a lot of military expenses this time! ”

How is it so cheap?

Ou Yangming fluttered and stood.

"When the Lord and the Yang family signed the contract, it was agreed that the price of grain in Tanxi Province would be higher than one tael per stone, and one tael per stone, and lower than one tael according to the market price......," Li Dushi said with a smile. Now the price of grain in Tan Sai Province has long since recovered to 500 wen per stone. The Yang family was also trustworthy and directly paid grain at 480 wen per stone. ”

"Didn't you say that in order to take care of the Shen family, the grain purchased by the Yang family was 700 wen per stone?" Ou Yangming wondered.

"He sold us at a loss!"

Li Du was not without emotion.

"No wonder it will become the leading big businessman in Tanxi Province, this Yang Ziqian is worthy of being the reincarnation of Tao Zhugong, only this open-mindedness can be regarded as righteousness!"

"Four hundred and eighty per stone, the Yang family is not a loss." Qin Nan snorted coldly.

Ou Yangming raised his feet and continued to walk forward, laughing loudly.

"Don't look at the 10,000-year-old grin, it's a thick and fine. No wonder even the generals value him! ”

Li Dushi followed up with a few words of praise, and then mentioned the situation in Tanxi Province:

“…… Many businesses jumped into the river. Lord Zhu was discouraged, and the officials had a poor evaluation, and he didn't know if he could continue to stay in Tanxi Province. Finally, he mentioned the Shen family, "It's a pity that the Shen family, such a brilliant big family, fell overnight, all the industrial land was repaid, and I heard that the Yang family is still owed more than 100,000 taels...... Now that the family has moved out of Guqi Town, even Commander Fu doesn't know where they have moved. ”

Thinking of Fu Wannian's constant search for Zhao Qing's mother and son, Li Dushi sighed faintly.

It's a pity that Fu Wannian was overwhelmed by the riots that came and went, and when everything calmed down, the Shen family was nowhere to be found.

Zhao Qing's mother and son are even more fragrant.

Qin Nan's eyes flashed, but he didn't answer.

It's just a world of ups and downs, and it doesn't have much to do with their officers and soldiers, when they collected grain at a high price, wanted to hoard Juqi, and wanted to knock a lot of money, the Shen family should have the consciousness of losing money.

Ou Yangming didn't feel much about this, and said something else with a smile.

The group came to the station and temporarily rested in Ou Yangming's tent.

In the evening, Li Ji returned to the tent.

Seeing Qin Nan, who had not been seen for a few months, Li Ji was very happy, and took him to the study without eating.

"Princess, there is no ...... yet Message? Pulling open the chair behind the bookcase, Li Ji's voice was gentle, as casual as every time he mentioned the whereabouts of the Seventh Imperial Concubine, but Qin Nan felt his expectation and nervousness from his slightly sluggish movements.

In just a few months, how many times did he ask, fifty times? Or eighty times?

Every time, it's like that.

That is, I expect to have news, but I am afraid that it will be a bad news and panic.

Qin Nan sighed secretly in his heart.

"No," he shook his head, "the minions have traveled through all the villages and towns in the lower reaches ......of the Yichun River, princess...... It has been nowhere to be seen. ”

Still no news.

Li Ji's eyes were slightly disappointed, and he hid it.

He took the fire paint letter handed by Qin Nan, looked at it, and asked about the capital.

"The 10,000 dart masters of the North and South Dart Bureau have been suppressed, and even Master Qiu of the Fuwei Dart Bureau has been imprisoned by Fu Wannian, and Prince Lie is furious, instigating Zuodu Yushi and others to impeach you for protecting the county lord of Zhaoyang and losing the royal token...... "One by one, the major events inside and outside the capital were returned, Qin Nan continued, "The slave has passed your secret letter to Banzai through the Duke of Qin...... Long live was furious, seized all the impeachment notes against you, and announced that before you return from your western expedition, anyone who impeaches you for protecting the county lord of Zhaoyang will be beheaded! The voice paused, "I believe that as soon as the good news of your capture of the second prince of Abul Khanno is transmitted back to Beijing, no one will impeach you for the disappearance of the county lord of Zhaoyang, but ......"

It's just that he lost the county lord of Zhaoyang and lost the token, and I am afraid that even if his master wins the northwest victory, he will not have a chance with the storage position.

When the words came to his lips, thinking that this topic was too sensitive, Qin Nan swallowed it back.

As if I didn't hear him.

Li Ji lowered his head and looked seriously at the recent arrivals in the capital that he had brought.

There was some silence in the room.

Just when Qin Nan was hesitating whether to say goodbye, Li Ji's faint voice came, "...... They've all been rescued? ”

They?

Who?

Qin Nan was stunned for a moment, and then understood that Li Ji was referring to Shen Huaiyu's widow, Shen San's grandmother, mother and son...... Suddenly there was a hint of strangeness. (To be continued.) )