Traveling to an ancient peasant family: I got rich by doing business

Yue Ji thought about it all night and finally decided to disguise himself as an ordinary villager who ran to the capital to sell grain and firewood in order to make money, regardless of his own safety.

The capital city was not actually under complete martial law. Taking into account that some people had to enter and leave the city for urgent matters, the court promulgated new regulations on the third day of the war: ordinary people could still enter and leave normally after undergoing strict inspections as long as there were no problems.

But it is only allowed from noon to the end of the day (before 3 pm) every day, and there must be no fighting on that day.

Yue Ji had seen ordinary merchant caravans bypassing the garrisons of the prince's private soldiers and the capital's garrisons to enter the city, but he had never seen one leaving the city. Swords and knives have no mercy, and the common people would not run out of the city unless they had nothing to do.

Asking him to go into the city to buy food at this time definitely shows that General Murong of the Northern Qing Kingdom has no good intentions.

Yue Ji had a clear mind, but he had to obey Prince Hui's words.

Early that morning, after learning that Prince Hui was planning to continue wasting the troops stationed in the capital, Yue Ji changed into an unwashed old set of clothes, then found a private soldier and asked the soldier to hit him in the face. At the same time, he found seven other private soldiers and asked them to beat each other.

Prince Hui happened to see this scene and asked him why he did so.

Yue Ji bowed and said, "Ji planned to disguise himself as a merchant, carrying a few bags of food and a cart of firewood to the city. For ordinary people, this journey is difficult and dangerous, and more people are needed to be trustworthy. And many people in the capital know Ji. Ji was afraid of being recognized and arousing suspicion, so he simply injured his face."

Prince Hui understood what he meant. Seeing him working so hard for him, he couldn't help but wonder if he had really misunderstood Yue Ji.

Yue Ji noticed the slight movement in Prince Hui's eyes, lowered his head and twitched the corners of his mouth. He wanted Prince Hui to see it on purpose. Now it seemed that his goal had been achieved.

*

An hour later, two dilapidated wooden carts appeared outside the capital.

Each wooden cart was pulled by one person and pushed by another person, and there was also a person walking on the left and right sides of each cart.

The wooden cart in front was loaded with grain, and the cart at the back was loaded with firewood.

Several people hurriedly walked towards the capital.

The garrison troops in the capital saw them and asked them what they were doing.

Yue Ji coughed, and the private soldier pulling the front car smiled and said, "Let's go to the city to sell some food and firewood. We can't leave the city recently, and some families must be short of food and firewood."

There were people selling firewood a few days ago. The garrison did not suspect anything and asked them to leave quickly so that they would not be unable to get out in time after entering.

*

The city gate.

Li Yu stood behind an imperial physician, memorizing the prescription quickly. The imperial physician had been tired these days and her right hand was not feeling well, so she was asked to come here to help.

Just after finishing writing down the prescription for a seriously injured patient, Li Yu heard the sound of wheels.

In the past few days, there have been cars passing by the city gate, either transporting food from the city to the outside, or transporting wounded soldiers from the outside to the city. Occasionally, there are also civilians going out. She has become accustomed to it.

However, Li Yu still subconsciously looked up, and just with this one look, she put down the pen in her hand.

Yue Ji didn't expect to see Li Yu here. Afraid of being recognized by her, he quickly lowered his head and turned his face slightly.

He only wanted to enter the city smoothly, so his evasive actions were somewhat obvious. Li Yu was not sure it was him at first, but after seeing his actions, he no longer had any doubts in his heart.

Always keeping in mind the prince's plan, Li Yu told the imperial physician to let Han Xiaomei take over her job, and she opened her mouth to stop them after Yue Ji entered the city.

Her eyes swept over the carriage, and she said with a smile as she walked, "Those who are pulling firewood, wait a moment."

When Yue Ji heard her calling for help, he guessed that he might have been exposed, and immediately reminded the private soldiers who came with him to leave quickly. As a result, one of the private soldiers recognized Li Yu.

"Mr. Yue." The private soldier who was pulling the food said excitedly, "This is Boss Li from Li's Hot Pot Restaurant. If you want to talk about delicious food in Beijing, their hot pot is the best. It's a good opportunity for us to ask her to make one."

The Vietnamese refused: "No, it can't be..."

Before he could utter the word "she", Li Yu had already walked closer and Yue Ji had no choice but to shut up.

*

Li Yu smiled faintly, and his eyes swept over Yue Ji and then fell on the face of the private soldier pulling firewood: "Are you selling your firewood?"

"Sell, but we have conditions." The private soldier who was pulling the grain wanted to show off in front of Prince Hui and General Murong, and said: "I know you, Boss Li. My family member is seriously ill and wants to eat the hot pot in your restaurant. Can you make a portion for my family? As long as it is well made, I..."

Yue Ji coughed heavily, raised his eyes slightly and glared at the private soldier, his voice was low and deep: "Xiao Wu, we don't have so much money, hot pot is expensive, we can't afford it, let's hurry up..."

"I can do it." Li Yu interrupted him: "I always respect those who are filial. Although the store has not been open for a long time, I can also help you make some."

Vietnamese: “…”

The private soldiers who were transporting the food were overjoyed: "Thank you, Boss Li. You can have as much firewood as you want from this truck."

*

On the pretext that "things must be taken back at the city gate", Li Yu arranged for Si'er to go home to find Boss Bai and ask him to tell Boss Bai that Yue Ji was in the hot pot restaurant.

In addition, she asked Miao Da to follow her.

After all, there were eight Vietnamese people in the group. If a fight broke out, she wouldn't be able to defeat them alone.

In order to avoid arousing suspicion, Li Yu complained deliberately when he returned to the car: "The imperial court always takes advantage of people. Every day, they arrange for officials' families to help at the city gate, which prevents me from resting at home. Fortunately, you are here, which gives me a reason to leave here."

Two private soldiers were doubting Li Yu's identity, but their doubts disappeared in an instant after hearing his words.

It turns out that she is here because the court arranged it, so everything is fine.

*

Li Yu knew that Yue Ji was a man of many thoughts and was afraid that he would cause trouble, so he deliberately walked to his side.

She started a conversation and let a few private soldiers chat, then took advantage of their loud voices and quickly said in a voice that only she and Yue Ji could hear: "The fire at Sheng's house was not set by the prince. You checked the wrong thing."

The Vietnamese stayed where they were.

The private soldiers walked forward a dozen steps and found that Yue Ji had not caught up with them, so they turned back to look at him and said, "Lao Mo, why don't you move on?" This was the pseudonym Yue Ji gave himself.

Li Yu turned his back to the private soldier and spoke silently to Yue Ji: "If you want to know the truth, do as I say."

Yue Ji narrowed his eyes, and in a moment, he stepped forward, "I went to the wrong place just now, I thought I didn't bring the silver."

It turned out that they were frightened, and several private soldiers were relieved.

They came to the city with Yue Ji, not only to help Yue Ji buy food, but also to monitor Yue Ji, which was arranged by Prince Hui. As long as Yue Ji did not get into trouble, they would be rewarded when they returned.

*

Li Yu brought people to the hot pot restaurant.

She first asked two private soldiers to help her move a few bundles of firewood to the backyard, and then asked the private soldiers if they wanted to drink.

"I have Lihuabai and Zhuyeqing here, both are top-quality wines. I have only two jars left. If you want to buy some, I'll give them to you at a lower price."