Jiangnan.
On the long ancient road, two people rode in pairs, rolling up a trail of smoke and dust.
"Uncle, where are we going this time?"
"Go to Jiangnan!"
"Jiangnan!"
Ning Yao's face showed a look of expectation and she said with a smile: "I have heard for a long time that the scenery in Jiangnan is very beautiful and there are many talented people and beautiful women. I must experience it this time."
"Girl, the world has changed now."
"Jiangnan today is different from before."
"oh?"
Ning Yao's face showed a look of confusion: "What's the difference?"
"There's more fighting and killing, and there's less romance."
"Why?"
"Because the world is in chaos."
Bai Qi's voice sounded leisurely, his eyes were looking deeply at the mist-shrouded mountains in the distance, and he murmured: "I heard that the fish in the south of the Yangtze River are very fat. Come with me to catch a few to try."
"Uncle, I don't want to go to Jiangnan anymore, I want to go to Huainan!"
"Huainan?"
Bai Qi was stunned for a moment and shook his head slightly: "This is not the time yet, let's talk about it later!"
"Um!"
Ning Yao nodded. She was new to the world, but she seemed to be full of curiosity about everything outside the palace walls. When she saw beggars along the road, she would feel compassion for them, and would even give away all her money and food.
When she sees a bad person doing evil, even if she has no power to restrain a chicken, she will step forward and take action.
Along the way, if Bai Qi hadn't been watching, he would have been deceived hundreds of times.
"Uncle, are people's hearts really so sinister?"
"The most difficult thing to understand in the world is the human heart, and the coldest thing in the world is conscience."
"When the birds are gone, the good bow is hidden; when the cunning rabbit is dead, the lackeys are cooked!"
"This has been true since ancient times. Peace is determined by generals. Generals are not allowed to see peace!"
Bai Qi's tone was very calm, but for a fledgling girl, the truth was too cruel.
"Why is this happening?"
"Now is the prosperous age. Why are there so many displaced people along the way?"
“Why don’t they go farm?”
Bai Qi shook his head and did not give her a clear answer. Some things cannot be taught or explained. Only by seeing them with his own eyes can he understand them clearly and shockingly.
"Girl, what's your name?"
"Ning Yao!"
"rather……"
Bai Qi's expression suddenly condensed, and he looked at Ning Yao with a bit of surprise: "Are you from the royal family?"
"Uncle, how did you know?"
"hehe!"
Bai Qi smiled and looked into the distance with complicated eyes: "His Royal Highness, who are you?"
"It's my second brother!"
"Yeah!" Bai Dian nodded, pondered for a long time, and said softly: "From now on, don't tell anyone your real name when you meet me. From today on, I will take you to travel around the world to see the sufferings of the people."
"If you don't want to, I'll take you back to Beijing."
"No!" Ning Yao shook her head, and the smile on her face gradually faded: "I don't want to go back, I want to go for a walk and have a look!"
"Let's get on the road!"
…
"Master!"
"There's news."
"The young lady was taken away by a knight-errant named Bai Qi!"
"Bai Qi?" Ning Fan looked stunned for a long time and asked again: "Jianghu knight?"
"Exactly!"
When Ning Fan heard this, the big stone hanging in his heart finally fell, but he didn't expect that that girl Ning Yao would meet Bai Qi. It was such a coincidence.
"Where are they now?"
"Second Master, it's said over there that they are heading south from the Li River."
"Um!"
"Since Bai Qi is following us, everything will be fine."
"Sir, that little lunatic from Taihua Sect has woken up. Do you want to go and have a look?"
"I won't go now..."
Before Ning Fan finished speaking, he saw Qin Yuan, the housekeeper of the Cai Mansion, striding over with a not very good look on his face.
"Uncle!"
"Uncle Qin, what happened?"
"I'm here to see the lady."
Cai Yan happened to come out of the attic, holding a cloak in his hand, and put it on Ning Fan's shoulders: "It's late spring, the weather is a bit cold, so I need to put on some extra clothes when I leave the attic."
Ning Fan originally wanted to say that he was not cold, he was a martial arts practitioner after all, but seeing the tender look on Cai Yan's face, he just nodded.
"Miss, the Du family has cut off our supply of goods."
"Why?"
"It must be because of you and Young Master Du..."
Qin Yuan glanced at Ning Fan subconsciously, and Cai Yan muttered: "Since it's broken, let's break it. From now on, all stores in my Cai family will be changed from cloth shops to wine shops."
"But, miss, Huaxia Liquor Store doesn't have such a large supply for us!"
"I heard that the owner of Huaxia Liquor Store, Shen Wansan, came to Huainan and was interested in cooperating with local merchants in Huainan. This is also extremely detrimental to us!"
"If both the Du family and the Lu family are connected with Huaxia Liquor Store, we're afraid..."
Qin Yuan expressed his worries, and Cai Yan also fell into endless meditation.
"Prepare the frame. I'll go to Du's house first."
"yes!"
Qin Yuan was about to go down to make arrangements when Ning Fan suddenly looked at Cai Yan and said, "No need, since the Du family has turned the table over, there is no need to continue talking."
"Listen to me and prepare for the opening of the salt shop!"
"Salt line!"
A look of surprise appeared on Qin Yuan's face, and he smiled bitterly and said: "Uncle, you don't know something. The Huainan Salt Road was previously controlled by the Huai Palace. Now that the Huai Palace has collapsed, the salt road business has also been taken over by the Lu family."
"Others can't get in at all!"
"Not to mention other places, there are Lu family salt shops all over Lingzhou City, and the prices are extremely low. If we compete with them, I'm afraid..."
Ning Fan smiled and looked at Lin Yong, who immediately understood. After groping in his arms for a while, he took out a small cloth bag.
"come and see."
"Um?"
Qin Yuan had a trace of doubt on his face. After taking the small bag, he opened it and saw a smear of white flowers, almost dazzling him.
"Is this...salt?"
"Try it."
Qin Yuan pinched a handful and put it directly into his mouth, smacking it, his eyes widened instantly.
"It doesn't even have any bitter taste, hiss!"
“So salty!”
"Aunt...uncle..."
Qin Yuan was speechless with excitement, and Cai Yan looked at Ning Fan with a shocked face: "Mr. Zhao, are these the refined salts you call?"
"Exactly!"
"These refined salts have been distilled and purified. Not only do they have no impurities, they also have no bitter taste."
"The quality is much better than the green salt on the market."
"The most important thing is that the cost is very low."
As soon as Ning Fan finished speaking, Cai Yan's beautiful eyes flickered, and he looked at Qin Yuan aside and said softly: "Uncle Qin, go get ready!"
"First clear all the inventory in the cloth shop."
"Send a message to Third Uncle and ask him to come back."
"Ignore the Du family for now and let them go!"
"Yes, miss!"
Qin Yuan strode away, and Cai Yan turned to Ning Fan: "Mr. Zhao, how much does this refined salt cost?"
"How's the yield?"
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