Lu Shen took Cui Yingluo back to his residence, and Bai Yi and Ping'er had already left.

I was going to open a branch in Yunze County, but I knocked on the bamboo pole of the Sun family and swept away the Sun family's warehouse, so it would be inappropriate to stay any longer.

The key is that the crown prince has begun to target the Cui family openly.

Could it be that what he did stimulated the prince? Or is it because the competition with the three princes has become white-hot?

Cui Yingluo was silent along the way, thinking that she was frightened, but no matter how Lu Shen appeased, Cui Yingluo's eyes were full of deep anxiety and panic.

"Miss, did they punish you?"

Looking at Lu Shen's anxious face, Cui Yingluo shook her head: "No, it's that I suddenly remembered the past, and my heart was even more afraid." ”

Lu Shen was silent for a moment: "If you can, Miss can tell me." ”

Cui Yingluo clasped her hands on her knees, lowered her head heavily, and the green silk on her head fell off at once, covering her entire face.

"The Cui family has a deep relationship with the royal family."

Cui Yingluo seemed to have made a lot of determination, and there was a hint of trembling in her tone: "Your Majesty, the Empress, and my father had a very good relationship back then. Later, because my father didn't want to cause misunderstanding, he returned to his hometown in Qiantang and inherited the position of the head of the Cui family. ”

"The biological mother of the third prince is the queen, and she is also the adoptive mother of the crown prince."

Lu Shen sighed slightly in his heart, this is another struggle for power within the royal family.

Lu Shen looked at Cui Yingluo and comforted: "Miss, I won't let you be hurt again." ”

Cui Yingluo glanced at Lu Shen deeply, and her tone was flat: "Thank you, but the Cui family's affairs are not your business." ”

Lu Shen smiled: "I am a member of the Cui family, so naturally I have to contribute." ”

Back at Cui's house, Cui Million had already been waiting outside the door, and when he saw that Cui Yingluo was safe and sound, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and his face suddenly said, "Daddy is worried." ”

Cui Million's eyes were slightly red: "As long as it's okay." ”

Lu Shen said: "Master of the family, let's let the young lady go back to rest first." ”

"Yes, yes, yes!" Cui Million hurriedly commanded the maids; "Why are you still stunned, why don't you help the young lady in."

The maids helped Cui Yingluo into the inner room, and Cui Million looked at Lu Shen: "What happened?" ”

"Master, let's go to the study."

When he arrived at the study, Cui Million directly closed the door: "Lu Shen, what's going on?" ”

"The young lady kidnapped by Prince Zhao Kun."

"Zhao Kun?!"

Cui Million's face was solemn: "It seems that the battle between the crown prince and the third prince has become white-hot." ”

Lu Shen hesitated: "The prince wants military power? ”

Cui Million snorted, "It's not just the military power, but he has already begun to integrate all the merchants of the Dafeng Dynasty." ”

"So he sent someone to kill the third and fourth masters, and kidnapped Cui Yingluo because he let the Cui family obey?"

"Well, the crown prince Zhao Kun is ruthless, but he never leaves a handle on things, even if we catch someone, they will not instruct this matter to be done by the prince."

Lu Shen frowned: "Doesn't Your Majesty know about this matter?" ”

Cui Million's face was solemn: "How can I not know, although Dafeng Chongwen and His Majesty are quiet and inactive, but he never cares about the fight between the princes, and the prince is born to His Majesty's most favored concubine, after the death of Concubine De, His Majesty will pass the crown prince to the queen." ”

"But the crown prince and the three princes have not dealt with each other since childhood, at present, the three princes control the military power, the prince is in charge of hundreds of officials in the court, and His Majesty no longer cares about the government affairs, and the ministers of the court and the central government are fighting in separate courts, and the momentum is like fire and water."

"Relying on the prince inside and the three princes outside, it seems that they are mutually restrictive, but the whole world suffers."

Lu Shen said: "Family master, has the batch of things transported from Yunze County arrived?" ”

Cui Million hurriedly said: "It's here, it's here, but isn't there too much of this?" ”

"Besides, how did you get it?"

Lu Shen smiled: "I want to say that the Sun family took the initiative to give it to us, do you believe it?" ”

Cui Million glanced at Lu Shen strangely: "The Sun family is the princess's maiden family, don't go too far." ”

Lu Shen smiled and said: "Don't worry, the head of the family, these things were given to us by the Sun family on their own initiative, after all, I helped the Sun family bring their young master home." ”

Cui Million hesitated for a moment: "These things were transported by Ping'er and Ling'er from Cuilou, it's okay." ”

Lu Shen waved his hand, "It's okay, Ping'er and Ling'er are both friends of Miss, they are fine." ”

"Yingluo's friend?"

Cui Million hesitated slightly: "Why have I never heard Yingluo say it?" ”

Lu Shen snorted and said, "It's not important, the important thing is that these things are already ours." ”

"And what are you going to do with these things?"

Lu Shen pondered for a moment: "I had an idea on the way back, but I don't know if it's suitable or not, after all, this matter is related to the reputation of the Cui family." ”

Cui Million was stunned: "Tell me about it." ”

Lu Shen smiled: "Don't worry, wait until we see these treasures." ”

Cui Million asked the maid to call Cui Yingluo over: "Yingluo, let's go to the warehouse and have a look." ”

The three of them walked to the warehouse and saw Zhang Bo and Chang Zai with an excited face: "I've seen the head of the house, I've seen the young lady, and I've seen the chief manager." ”

Cui Wanwan said: "Are everything sorted out?" ”

Chang Zai took a ledger and walked over: "Everything is here, please take a look." ”

Cui Million walked into the warehouse with the account book and said the same: "One hundred firearms, fifty clocks, three hundred and eighteen pocket watches, three boxes of glittering stones, fifty catties of black powder, one thousand small iron beads, gold and silver jewelry, plus six million eight thousand taels?" ”

Cui Million was stunned for a full ten seconds: "This, what is this glitter stone and black powder?" ”

Lu Shen smiled: "This is the best thing, diamonds, gunpowder, iron beads, clocks, pocket watches." ”

"It's just that why haven't you seen this corn seed?"

"Corn seeds?"

Zhang Bohe often hesitated slightly: "But that kind of seed that looks yellow?" ”

"Yes."

Chang Zai said embarrassedly: "I didn't think it was useful, so I threw it in the open space outside the warehouse." ”

Lu Shen was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help laughing: "It's okay, but it's better to water more, this thing is just right for planting now, and you can eat sweet corn in the future." ”

"Can that thing be eaten?"

Looking at everyone's expressions, Lu Shen smiled and said: "This corn is a good thing, easy to feed and the yield is not low, I think after a year of planting, next year's Cui family will be completely different." ”

Cui Yingluo looked at everything hesitantly: "Lu Shen, what should we do next?" Can't we sell these things? ”

"That's right, if you don't sell it, how can the Cui family recruit troops and build a strong fortress."

"Recruit troops and build a fortress?" Cui Million's face changed slightly: "Lu Shen, do you want to rebel?" ”

Cui Yingluo on the side also changed slightly: "Lu Shen, what do you want to do?" ”

Lu Shen smiled and said, "Family master, miss, you listen to me after I finish speaking." ”

"Recruiting troops and building a fortress is not a rebellion."

"And what do you want to do?"

Lu Shen said: "So many things have happened in the Cui family during this time, in the final analysis, we don't have a personal guard that belongs to us. ”

"As long as we have our own guards and are armed, then the Cui family will be able to protect their property well."

"And the first step in building a fortress is to move."

"Moving?"

Cui Wanwan's face froze: "How do you want to move, where do you want to move?" ”

"If the head of the family agrees, it is best for the Cui family to move to West Street collectively."

Cui Million's face suddenly changed greatly: "Lu Shen, the Cui family has been here for generations, this is the main residence of the Cui family, how can it be moved?" ”

Cui Yingluo glared at Lu Shen complainingly: "You can really come up with any bad idea." ”

Lu Shen said: "Now the Cui family is the target of the prince, I think there may be others targeting in the future, according to the current Cui family's protective strength, it is indeed a bit insufficient." ”

Cui Yingluo said: "Actually, it's okay to renovate the Cui family, build some more on the original basis, or expand it." ”

Cui Million nodded: "That's fine, as long as you don't move the Cui family's old house, you can do anything." ”

Lu Shen sighed in his heart, ancient people still had a strong sense of belonging to the family, since this is the case, it has to be like this.

However, there should be options.

Cui Million left with everyone, and Lu Shen looked at Cui Yingluo: "Miss, there are people in the Cui family here in Qiantang County who can be used." ”

"I'm talking about the kind of dead man."

Cui Yingluo hesitated for a moment and nodded: "Yes, but not much." ”