Pampered and fierce wife: Reborn daughter-in-law has a strategy

Chapter 268 Yang Luocheng

Li Xinran smiled softly and looked up at Zheng Zhizhou. His face was blocked by the cloth with a bamboo hat and he couldn't see anything clearly.

"You can't do it." Li Xinran smiled, "Don't Zheng Zhizhou know it very well in his heart? I, Li Xinran, can drive the Prince of Chu back to Kyoto this time and deal with this cancer of the Yao family, not all because of my own abilities. .”

Zheng Zhizhou also sighed in his bamboo hat: "But I am still unwilling to accept this."

Li Xinran took the handkerchief next to him, wrapped it around the small wine pot, and poured himself a glass of wine.

Although it was already mid-spring, the weather in the south was still a little damp and cold. After drinking a glass of hot cooking wine, Li Xinran felt that her whole body was warm.

Li Xinran was in a good mood after her body had warmed up. She also had the patience to comfort Zheng Zhizhou: "Zhizhou, there is no need to belittle yourself. I heard that you have been the magistrate for ten years, but now in Xingzhou City, except for the cancer of the Yao family, there are no other Yes, the folk customs are honest and simple, and the people live and work in peace and contentment. Even Yao Yitian, a dandy, originally talked about repaying debts. It is a matter of course, and it shows that Zheng Zhizhou managed Xingzhou City well within his own capabilities. This is good."

Zheng Zhizhou was silent for a while, then he also picked up the handkerchief and poured himself a glass of wine: "General, I would like to pay my respects to you." After that, he took a sip of the hot wine.Li Xinran also smiled and saluted, and then drank it all in one gulp.

"What the general said is," Zheng Zhizhou became a little excited after drinking a glass of wine. "Although the fist of a lower official is not as strong as the general, it can still protect the safety of the people. As long as, hiccup, as long as the court doesn't stop... Send a cancer like the Yao family to Xingzhou City, Xingzhou City is a very good city." As he spoke, he actually started to cry.

Li Xinran was silent for a moment, then stood up with a smile and patted Zheng Zhizhou on the shoulder, "As long as you do your job well, you will always see what you should see." After Li Xinran finished taking the photo, Zheng Zhizhou lay down and soon After falling asleep, Li Xinran turned to greet Zheng Zhizhou's boy.

When the boy ran over, Li Xinran said to him: "Watch your master, he drank too much, don't let him catch a cold, and send him back in time." After that, he turned around and left.

The child didn't know why, so he saluted blankly, then picked up the big cloak on the side and put it on his master.

She untied her horse, turned around, rode away, and soon returned to the group.

"General, what's wrong?" Fu Qingfeng rode forward and asked in a low voice.

Li Xinran shook her head: "Nothing, just an old friend." After saying that, she commanded the army to set off.

Seeing that she didn't want to say anything, Fu Qingfeng took a step back and didn't ask again.

It wasn't until Li Xinran's team disappeared into the blue horizon that Zheng Zhizhou straightened up and took off his hat.

His face was slightly red, but his eyes were clear and there was no trace of drunkenness at all.

"Sir, sir." The boy stammered and shouted. Zheng Zhizhou glanced at the boy and said, "You know what you should say and what you shouldn't say, right?"

The boy nodded and stood aside silently, pretending to be mute and blind.

Zheng Zhizhou looked at the direction where Li Xinran was leaving, his face darkened. It was true that he was jealous before, and he wanted to ask for advice. It was also true that he wanted Li Xinran to put in a good word for him in front of the emperor. But he didn't expect that Li Xinran would be so salty. No, as soon as the topic of helping to say nice things came up, she knocked her down.

With a flick of his sleeve, Zheng Zhizhou scolded: "Go back home!"

……

After leaving Xingzhou City, Li Xinran went all the way south. Her and Xiang Jingkun's initial plan was to search for talents in big cities first, and then slowly spread to small towns and villages. In the later stage, when the academies were opened, When he got up, Li Xinran didn't have to run back and forth by himself.

After leaving Xingzhou City, the next larger city is called Yangluo City. Its original name is Yangluo City. It is the place where poplar flowers withered in legend.

But Emperor Wen of Chu felt that it was unlucky and unlucky, so he changed its name to Yangluocheng. This city was famous for its spices, but in fact, spices were not produced in this city. The real spices were produced in a small mountain village far away from Yangluocheng. , they are called Xiangcun there.

Every year, people from Xiangcun would bring spices to Yangluocheng and sell them to the Li family, the largest spice merchant in Yangluocheng, who would then sell these spices throughout the country.

Li Xinran seemed a little uninterested when he heard the news Fu Qingfeng had inquired about: "What's there to investigate? Why don't we just go in and set up the arena."

Fu Qingfeng shook his head in disapproval: "Last time in Xingzhou City, you just didn't inquire and understand, so you were almost tricked by Prince Chu. This time, you must investigate me clearly. Only by knowing yourself and the enemy can you win every battle."

Li Xinran was impatient to listen to his chatter, and just nodded casually: "You have the final say." Fu Qingfeng sighed softly and shook his head.

"However," Li Xinran raised his eyebrows and took the information from Fu Qingfeng's investigation, "I haven't heard about the situation of the Li family in other places."

Fu Qingfeng seemed to have memorized all the information. When he heard Li Xinran's question, he immediately spoke: "The Li family is the largest spice supplier in Dachu, but they don't compete for imperial merchants like other chambers of commerce. They Most of them are hidden behind the scenes. After trading with other spice dealers, they are free to put their own labels on them and sell them. Compared to spice dealers, they are more like middlemen, just making money from flipping hands. "

"Oh?" Li Xinran raised his eyebrows, "Can those people let him make such a profit?"

Fu Qingfeng's eyebrows hidden under the mask frowned: "Logically speaking, there would be a lot of competition, but there are none. The spice merchants will not go to Xiangcun to purchase spices directly, but will come to the Li family to purchase spices. However, they said that the Li family has special rules when it comes to selling spices. The best, good, defective, and poor ones are all separated. The best ones are supplied to the royal family in June every year, and the rest are placed in categories, as long as they are needed. Buy what you want.”

Li Xinran scratched his head with a riding crop: "Isn't this just normal business dealings? What does it have to do with us setting up an arena."

"It's a big deal," Fu Qingfeng spread his hands helplessly, "Every April, the Li family will also set up a competition to recruit workers. The best ones are all in the Li family shop, and we happened to bump into them."

Li Xinran frowned: "Recruit every year? Where do they come from and need so many people?"

Fu Qingfeng shook his head: "I don't know, but they recruit every year. In addition, Yangluocheng is a big city, so they can recruit a lot of young talents every year."

Li Xinran raised her eyebrows slightly: "Let's go in and take a look."