Traveling through troubled times: Princess disguises herself as a man and becomes a soldier to earn

Mo Yuan sighed, held her in his arms, patted her back gently, and said in a gentle voice: "Since we are going next year, we need to understand the basic situation. Countries without a Venerable need to pay 30% of their tribute to them."

"Countries with Venerables will divide up the 30% based on their strength at the Venerable Competition. In previous years, Yunguo and Yuguo have always occupied the first and second places."

"The ranking of national power is Yunguo, Yuguo, Mobei, Qiguo, Manyi, and many other small countries. They are basically vassal states and have no right to speak. If it was in the previous war, Qiguo and Manyi would have both suffered losses."

"Those three countries have already taken action to annex us, and they are going to send envoys to Qi. The spies have already sent back the news. I'm afraid they will arrive in Qi after your majesty's birthday celebration is over."

Jiang Li frowned. How come she didn't know these things?

Shit, I thought I'd have a leisurely life in the future, but it turns out every step is full of pits that will never be solved. I let go of my hands and scratched my head, looking a little annoyed.

"What are they doing in Qi Country? They are not here to ask for anything, are they?"

Mo Yuan hummed, his face a little cold: "First, they want something, and second, they want to test the Qi Kingdom. We beat back the barbarians so quickly, this has made them suspicious."

"So Princess, the reason they came here is because of you."

Jiang Li frowned, "I want the detailed information of their venerables, otherwise I will be in the dark and I won't know anything. It will be easy for them to plot against me. Also, tell me the details about next year's venerable competition."

"Okay, go wash up first, I'll tell you slowly later."

"Well, let's go wash up together. You can stay here tonight and help me warm the bed. Just warm the bed, nothing else."

Mo Yuan blushed, turned his face away and hummed.

At night, the two of them were lying on the bed. Mo Yuan didn't know what to do with his hands and feet. His body was stiff. He didn't dare to breathe and moved silently towards the outside.

Jiang Li pulled the person over and said, "Why are you standing so far away? It's not like we've slept together in the cave before. Why are you so shy..."

Before he could finish his words, his mouth was covered by someone.

"Ahem, Xiaoli, let's get down to business."

"Oh, right, it's business."

Mo Yuan's low voice sounded, Jiang Li leaned in his arms, listening to his heartbeat, and felt at ease. No matter what happened in the future, she would not be fighting alone. It was really irritating.

She didn't mind making a bomb. Just blow them all up. The Venerable was just a person with special abilities. No matter how strong his body was, he was not immortal. If he really made a bomb, everyone would die.

"Xiao Li, what are you thinking about?"

Jiang Li shook his head: "Nothing, just keep talking, I'm listening."

Mo Yuan talked until midnight before he explained the situation in various countries. The information sent back by the spies was limited, and some of it was his own speculation, which might not be completely true.

"This is the basic situation. The strength of the Yun and Yu Kingdoms' venerables is the strongest, but no one knows how strong they are. Those who know are all dead."

"The competition is held every five years. The highest masters of the two countries basically do not participate in the competition, so no one knows how strong they are. If you meet them next year, just admit defeat."

Mo Yuan said solemnly, "Even if we admit defeat, we can still get a share of the tribute. In addition, Qi State doesn't have to hand over 30%. We have already made a profit. There is no need to take risks."

"Remember, you are the most important. If anything happens to you, Qiguo will suffer even greater losses."

Jiang Li hummed. Before she knew the other party's strength, she had to pretend to be a grandson. She would not do such a stupid thing as hitting a rock with an egg. Integrity could not be eaten.

Besides, if I'm really angry, I can do things that I can't do in public next year in secret. At least I can get my revenge.

"I understand. It's white and black. I will learn this from my elder brother. I will learn from your elder brother. My elder brother's brain is not very good either. He is not as evil as your brother."

Mo Yuan pursed his lips and smiled: "Okay, if we go next year, we can bring Big Brother with us. With him around, we won't suffer any losses. He is best at making others suffer losses."

Mo Jue: ...Haha, what a good brother! !

"That's good. Then you can leave the candy selling to big brother, and we can do other things, such as tomb robbing. I'm very interested in that."

"...??"

"Ahem, it's getting late, go to bed."

Jiang Li hummed, put her face against his chest, sniffed the familiar cold fragrance, her heart calmed down, and she slowly fell asleep.

The next morning, in the yard

Xiaoqiu and a few others stood there, looking at Jiang Li who was busy working, with their eyes fixed on him. They held charcoal pencils in their hands and wrote down something from time to time.

Jiang Li opened the door of the drying room, pointed at the shelf, and began to explain something carefully, operating step by step. In less than half a day, everyone's eyes lit up as they looked at the dried mushrooms.

I didn’t expect this thing to be so easy to use. With this, I don’t have to worry about the things picked from the mountains going bad. It greatly reduces the time. The princess is so amazing.

Facing their admiring gazes, Jiang Li touched his nose, a little embarrassed: "Ahem, you all understand, the prey caught in the mountains is the same, but it needs to be pickled with salt."

"Remember, you can't use coarse salt. You need filtered fine salt. I'll give this to you as well. You must not let anyone know about the fine salt, otherwise Father will be furious again."

Xiaoqiu and the others pursed their lips and smiled, nodding obediently.

"Well, we all listen to the princess."

Jiang Li nodded, "Okay, next, I'll teach you how to process the meat. If the cellar isn't big enough, you can keep digging. In short, prepare more food. Just tell me what you need."

"understand……"

Mo Yuan stood aside, staring at her intently.

Several days passed in this teaching process. Jiang Li was sure that they had mastered it, so he went back with Mo Yuan in the carriage. He thought that he would have to think of a way to trick the shadow guards into doing the work next time.

My father is unreliable, but the shadow guards I have trained are indeed useful.

In the carriage, Jiang Li sat listlessly, and said weakly: "A Yuan, I feel like my brain has been drained. It turns out that work that requires thinking is not suitable for me. Fighting is more suitable for me."

"I must take my eldest brother with me next year, otherwise my brain cells will die too quickly and there won't be enough."

Mo Yuan only half understood, but he understood the meaning, and said with a smile: "Well, leave the brainwork to big brother, we can just do other things. You must be tired, why not take a nap."

Jiang Li hummed, staggered to his feet, sat directly on his lap, nestled in his arms, closed his eyes and fell into a deep sleep.

She entered the palace in a daze, and when she woke up again, she was already in the palace. She looked at Bi Yue Xiu Hua who came in and yawned: "Bi Yue, Xiu Hua, how did I get back?"

"Princess, you are awake. The Major General sent you back."

"Oh, I see. I'm hungry. Go to the imperial kitchen and get some food."

"As ordered."