Wealth and glory seek stability

Jian Xi sat at her seat and ate.

The royal chefs in the palace have pretty good cooking skills. The dim sum is both exquisite and delicious, but the portions are a bit small.

From time to time, you could see a few ladies sitting together talking for a while and then looking at her.

It was hard not to know they were talking about her.

Whenever she encountered such a stare, Jian Xi would put down her chopsticks and smile in return, and then the other person would smile awkwardly.

She doesn't care. As long as no one comes to cause trouble, she can accept it. A few words from others won't hurt her.

The news that Jian Xi was not easily affected by fame or disgrace spread after this banquet.

But she no longer cared about these things.

The affairs of the general's mansion were all settled. In three months, Jian Xi had trained the little girl under her to be able to handle daily affairs.

Thanks to the cultivation of roses in the palace.

Then--

She left a letter and left the capital to travel around.

Shen Nanxing was both amused and confused when he saw the letter.

Liu Rui was very worried, "General, the girl is going out like this, will anything happen to her?"

During the time Jian Xi was in the general's mansion, she treated the servants with both kindness and severity, and combined leniency and strictness, which earned her a lot of goodwill.

After he left all of a sudden, Liu Rui couldn't help but feel a little worried.

"It's okay. When she left, she asked me for two people. They are both good soldiers who have fought in the battlefield. Nothing will happen." Shen Nanxing put the letter away. "Xier said in the letter that if you need to find her for something, just send a message to Fengyuhao and find Manager Qi inside." Fengyuhao is the name of the rice shop managed by Lei Zi.

Liu Rui said respectfully: "Yes."

As for why Jian Xi could get the best guys in the military camp to follow her as her younger brothers?

Of course it’s the money power!

Not all soldiers in the army want to fight for fame and honor on the battlefield. The conditions offered by Jian Xi are very generous, so naturally some people are tempted.

Suburbs of Beijing.

There were three men in black, all riding tall horses. The leading man was relatively thin.

It was Jian Xi and his companions.

After taking one last look back at the city wall, Jian Xi turned around, whipped her horse and rode away.

Her journey -

The indulgence that has been delayed for a lifetime is finally about to begin.

For her first stop, she planned to head south.

This was also something she and Lei Zi had discussed. Fengyuhao was going to open a branch, and she happened to be going to the south to check out the market.

The group rode their horses very quickly along the way.

Jin Hu and Hua Rong are the attendants chosen by Jian Xi. They act as guards and also serve as Jian Xi's martial arts masters. Every day when they are free, they will teach Jian Xi her body movements and boxing skills.

Both of them are from Beijing, both are married, and their family members, young and old, are all settled in Beijing. Jian Xi feels at ease working with such people.

"Master, we have arrived at Pingjiang Prefecture." Jin Hu said, pointing to a stone tablet of Pingjiang Prefecture.

"Okay, let's go into the city immediately." Jian Xi hadn't realized it before, but after traveling day and night for more than ten days, she was almost sick of riding a horse, so she just wanted to get to the town as soon as possible to take a hot bath, so she took the lead and walked in front.

"Yes."

Jin Hu and Hua Rong looked at each other and quickly followed.

After spending these days together, they have truly become convinced of this new master.

It was not only the generous conditions offered by Jian Xi that impressed him, but he was also impressed by the fact that a woman could ride on horseback for more than ten days without complaining about the hardship.

Jian Xi showed her pass and the soldiers at the checkpoint let her pass.

Pingjiang Prefecture is the original owner’s hometown, rich in resources and a world-famous land of fish and rice.

Her purpose of coming here was not only to open a rice shop, but also to select a suitable farm as the base camp of Fengyu.

Today, Fengyuhao is not just a small shop. As long as it connects the north and south networks, it can be called a grain store.

Jian Xi first rented a courtyard in the city.

I hired a few maids to take care of the chores in the yard, such as cleaning the yard, cooking and so on.

For the next few days, except for the required martial arts training time every day, Jian Xi went out for a stroll, which also gave Jin Hu and Hua Rong a short break.

"You can just go around and have a look. I'll give you one month's salary in advance. If you want to buy anything for your family, go and buy them." Jian Xi generously took out the money.

"Yes, thank you, Master."

Jin Hu and Hua Rong, two grown men, felt bored after wandering around for a few days.

Jian Xi, on the other hand, enjoyed shopping here and there every day, buying a lot of things without seeming to be in a hurry.

Today we go to the temple to burn incense, and tomorrow we go to climb the mountain over there, and have a lot of fun.

"Jin Hu, Hua Rong, I will assign you tasks starting tomorrow."

"But at the master's command."

Great, finally there is work to do!

Otherwise, it would be too much of a burden to handle such a large monthly salary.

"Tomorrow you will go to all the major rice shops in the city and take a look. Write down all the types of things in the rice shops, their prices, the number of people entering and leaving the rice shops every day, and roughly how much rice can be sold in a day. I want to know all of this." Or should we follow Lei Zi's previous method and do a market survey.

"Yes."

Although they didn't know why, they still did it.

Jian Xi visited all the rice shops in the city and drew a distribution map of all the rice shops.

However, something went wrong on Jinhu's side.

Hua Rong anxiously found Jian Xi and said, "Master, something happened to Jin Hu."

Jian Xi was summarizing the data they had collected in recent days. Hearing this, she put down her pen and asked, "What's the matter?"

"When Jin Hu was lurking in Wanji Rice Shop, he was discovered by the shopkeeper inside, who also asked government officials to arrest Jin Hu, saying that he had bad intentions and was sneaking around every day, and might be a spy from the enemy country." Hua Rong explained the whole story in one breath.

Jian Xi stood up, picked up the cloak and put it on, "Let's go and take a look."

It is obvious that they are trying to accuse someone of something, so they will find a pretext for it.

Wan Kee Rice Shop.

Several men surrounded Jin Hu, and there were two government detectives outside.

Jin Hu squatted in the middle with his fists clenched, his eyes fixed on the floor. If he wasn't afraid of causing trouble for Jian Xi, he could have knocked these people down with one hand.

This is the scene that Jian Xi saw when she arrived.

She stepped forward and pushed a few people away, pulled up Jin Hu and protected him behind her. Hua Rong clenched the handle of the knife in his hand and stood firmly behind Jian Xi.

It's really outrageous that they dared to touch her people.

Jian Xi asked angrily, "Are you the owner of the rice shop?"

An old man with a gray beard came out with a smile on his face, "May I ask if this young master is the master behind him?"

Jian Xi straightened up, her eyes sharp, "Yes, can you let him go now?"

The old man bowed his head and said humbly, "Of course you can. My master wants to meet you and has set up a banquet at Dingfeng Restaurant across the street. Please do me a favor, young master."