The whole family traveled through ancient times to start a new business

Su Anton selected some people from Junhu Village, all of whom were young and strong men.

Su Anton plans to organize a team to bring fresh goods from specialty stores and some southern specialties to the north to sell.

In addition to the selected young and strong men in this team, Su Anton also assigned twenty highly skilled soldiers to them to protect their safety on the road.

The team was led by Zhou Ping and Li Chunsheng, Zhou Ping was the manager and Li Chunsheng was the deputy manager.

Su Anton felt that Zhou Ping was lively and Li Chunsheng was steady, and the two of them could complement each other as a team.

Li Chunsheng had long since given up on thinking about Su Yitong. When he knew that Su Yitong had no interest in him and saw Su An Dong pass the exams one after another, he had already given up on thinking about her.

Without that thought, Li Chunsheng became much calmer. He no longer paid attention to Su Yitong, nor did he avoid her deliberately. He simply treated her as a relative's sister.

Li Chunsheng now just wants to follow the Su family and work hard to make his family's life better and better, stop dragging down his elder sister, and let his family live a good life.

Li Chunsheng had already made his attitude clear to Old Lady Li. He would marry. He just hoped that his mother would not urge him or make the decision on her own. Give him some time, and he would marry when he met the right girl.

Seeing her son's honest attitude, Mrs. Li suppressed her impatience and decided to give him some time. Moreover, Li Chunsheng has improved a lot now. If someone introduces a girl to him, he will ask who she is and learn about the girl's situation. However, the matchmaker introduced two girls, but Li Chunsheng felt that neither of them was suitable. However, Li Chunsheng met one girl, but he didn't like her.

Mrs. Li was very satisfied with this. She felt that as long as Li Chunsheng did not avoid it, he would eventually meet the right person.

Li Chunsheng was very grateful to Su Anton for training and using him. He had no other ability, so he could only do everything Su Anton asked him to do well and not let Su Anton down.

Indeed, after the trip, the group did not disappoint Su An Dong. The goods were sold smoothly and they made a lot of money.

Moreover, this outing attracted a lot of customers, and many foreign businessmen came to the specialty store in Nanling Prefecture to buy goods.

Su Anton was also constantly stockpiling food, not only to provide food for the Northern Border Army, but also to prepare for the food and fodder needed for future wars.

Every time he went to the granary to check, Su An Dong couldn't help thinking that nowhere was as safe and reliable as Su Yuanyuan's space. There was no need to worry about moisture, insects, and stale rice in the space, let alone theft. What a pity! He couldn't use the space. He couldn't just turn grain out for no reason! Besides, grain was a very important material. The main office had a special department and officials to manage the grain. They took it very seriously and managed it very strictly.

In this busy manner, it was early October in the blink of an eye.

Su Anton has been busy secretly looking for iron ore recently. This was an order given to him by the emperor a month ago.

On this day, Su Anton took his subordinates to inspect the counties below, bringing with him a master who had rich experience in inspecting iron mines.

Just as the group was about to reach the city gate, they saw horses that were rushing for 800 miles with special markings on them.

Su Andong recognized the sign and thought to himself: Not good. He turned his horse around and followed the horse that was traveling 800 miles in a hurry towards the government office in the prefecture.

Just as Su Anton expected, it was indeed a bad thing.

The emperor died.

Su An Dong had mixed feelings. Although he knew that the emperor had been in poor health for only the past one or two years, this was his first leader here, and he had met him before. Fortunately, the prince succeeded to the throne smoothly. Although the leader had changed, Su An Dong was chosen by the prince, so it didn't affect him much.

The state mourning period here stipulated that close relatives of the royal family were not allowed to marry or hold banquets for 27 months; distant relatives of the royal family and princes and ministers were not allowed to marry or hold banquets for one year. Soldiers and civilians, men took off their hats and tassels, women took off their jewelry, wore plain clothes for 27 days, were not allowed to offer sacrifices, and were not allowed to marry or hold banquets for 100 days.

According to regulations, both the Su and Liu families hold official positions, so the wedding of Liu Mingzhuo and Su Yijiajia was postponed.

Later, Su An Dong learned that the emperor had been bedridden for a long time. During this period, the official duties were handled by the prince, and the order to find iron ore was also issued by the prince. When the weather turned cold, the emperor could no longer hold on and finally died.

Before leaving, the emperor grabbed the prince's hand, who is now the emperor's hand, and asked him to recover the northern border.

The prince agreed, and the emperor closed his eyes.

Due to the death of the emperor, the business of all the Su family's stores was affected. Zhou Huilan even closed Huiweilou for seven days.

The Su family had a lot more free time for a while and were a little uncomfortable.

Su An Dong was still leading people to look for iron ore. He thought that if he found the iron ore, he could prepare for the future battle. Being able to help successfully recover the southern border and fulfill the emperor's last wish was the best way to repay the emperor's kindness.

The death of the Emperor caused the entire army guarding the southern border to strengthen their precautions to prevent the Prince of Zhennan from taking advantage of the situation.

However, the Prince of Zhennan has been very quiet and hasn't caused any trouble.

Within two days, Su An Dong and his men received the news. It turned out that the old Zhennan King had also passed away, and the new Zhennan King had just taken office. It turned out that there was also a new master, and the new master was busy securing his position, no wonder it was so quiet.

The new emperor wanted to go to war with the Prince of Zhennan, so he must be well prepared and try to win in one fell swoop. This would reduce the burden on the court and the people. So the emperor didn't want to take the initiative for the time being.

Another main reason is that the King of Zhennan has a very powerful general under his command, who is responsible for guarding the Zhennan Pass. Even if the King of Zhennan is replaced, the strength of his army will not decrease, and the replacement will also strengthen the defense like them. Therefore, now is not the best time to fight.

Finally, with the joint efforts of Su Anton and other professionals, he found the iron ore in early November.

This iron mine is estimated to be a good one, and the amount of ore should be quite large.

Su Anton reported the details of the iron mine to the emperor and waited for his reply.

Half a month later, a group of people came to Nanling Prefecture, led by Yang Jingning, the son of Duke Dingguo, who came with an imperial edict.

Yang Jingning was appointed as the General of Pingnan by the new emperor and commanded the southern border army. Now, Yang Jingning became Su Andong's boss.

Duke Dingguo only had this one son, and he didn't want his son to come to the southern border. But the emperor's order was hard to disobey, and he didn't dare to disobey.