Princess Promotion

Fu Hongxuan has always believed that having ambition is not a bad thing, especially for people like them who have to go to the battlefield and fight for their lives. Those who have no ambition and drive will never go far.

Ambition is a double-edged sword. If used in the right place, it can be a driving force, but if used in the wrong place, it can ruin you.

Fu Hongxuan has always known that Liu Shier is an ambitious man.

Ambition is like a hungry wolf. Once it is opened, it can never be contained.

After disbanding the secret room private army, Fu Hongxuan left Liu Twelve alone and said that as long as he was there, he would definitely promote Liu Twelve.

Fu Hongxuan didn't know whether Liu Shier had listened to him, but just in case, Fu Hongxuan asked Chen She to pay attention to Liu Shier's whereabouts.

If Liu Shier leaves the city, notify him immediately.

Two days later, Chen She came to say that Liu Shier had left the city, and he was heading towards Ningyuan City.

It seems that Liu Shier did not listen to him. Even though the shortcut to success was right in front of him, Liu Shier still couldn't resist the temptation.

Even if Fu Hongxuan doesn't rebel, there are still many people who want to rebel.

Since Liu Shier has already hooked up with the gentry in Ningyuan City, he can use their funding to hook up with other major forces at any time.

For example, in the western border, wars involve not only soldiers and horses but also money and food. It is no exaggeration to say that wars are all about spending money.

Few people could refuse the financial support from the gentry.

Fu Hongxuan could probably guess that when Liu Shier ran to Ningyuan City, the first thing he would do was to help the gentry get rid of An Tian's business.

How to gain the trust and money of the gentry, and then Liu Shier will have a great achievement if he can take this large amount of money to the western border.

As long as he takes some risks, he can get the wealth, power and status that have been out of reach for the past ten years or even the next ten years. It is impossible for Liu Shier not to be tempted.

The fastest and easiest way for Liu Shier to take over An Tian's business granary was to set it on fire.

The granary is so big that unless An Tian can directly bring in the army to patrol day and night, the cost will be too high.

The soldiers' rations alone would bankrupt An Tian, not to mention their wages.

Chen She also guessed that Liu Shier's trip was most likely to harm the granary and asked, "General, what should we do now?"

Fu Hongxuan thought for a moment and said, "Go to Xueyue Tower and find Manager An and remind her."

After causing a big disturbance in An Mansion, An Tian reopened Xueyue Tower in Yundu City and hired the girls who were abducted by Mengchangjun.

Xueyue Tower specializes in selling flower pure water, and it is specially supplied to the palace.

This made Xueyue Tower famous, after all, this was something specially provided for the empress.

The pure dew was instantly swept up by the ladies and was worth a fortune.

Chen She nodded and was about to leave when he heard Fu Hongxuan say, "Remember to tell Manager An that I asked you to come."

Although Chen She didn't understand why Fu Hongxuan specifically reminded him of this, he didn't ask any more questions and just did as he was told.

Fu Hongxuan stood up and walked back and forth a few steps. As the saying goes, there is no one who can guard against thieves for a thousand days.

Otherwise, he should go there himself!

After all, this matter was caused by him.

Not long after, Chen She came back. Seeing Chen She's puzzled expression, Fu Hongxuan asked, "What's wrong? Did something unexpected happen?"

Chen She shook his head and said, "Not really."

Chen She was surprised by An Tian's reaction after hearing the news that Liu Shier intended to do something bad to the granary.

An Tian did not show any panic, but accepted it all with surprising calmness.

She said to him calmly, "It's okay, I've been prepared."

Fu Hongxuan felt relieved after hearing this.

An Tian is an extremely shrewd woman. She will never suffer any loss no matter who else suffers.

Ningyuan City

Li Yun watched as the fields dried up and the crops withered. There was little rain this year, and a year's hard work went to waste.

In the face of such a difficult situation with no harvest, in previous years people had no choice but to borrow grain from landlords and gentry in order to survive the famine.

The grain loaned by the landlords and gentry was at extremely high interest rates, which was undoubtedly drinking poison to quench thirst.

Li Yun knew very well that this was a heavy debt, but in order to survive, he had no choice.

However, this year a wealthy grain merchant came to the city and was willing to lend them grain at a very low interest rate.

Li Yun initially thought that borrowing from anyone would be a scam, so he decided to try Xindu Trading Company. Unexpectedly, the company actually lent him grain at a low interest rate.

Before Li Yun had time to rejoice that a great and kind-hearted business had finally arrived, he heard shocking news.

Those wealthy families were resentful because the emergence of the "Dafeng" grain merchant had cut off their source of income, and they even conspired to set fire to the "Dafeng" grain store's warehouse.

Although Li Yun did not dare to resist these unscrupulous wealthy people, he was unwilling to watch the grain merchants go bankrupt.

If the grain merchants go bankrupt, they will have to borrow grain at high prices in future disaster years, and if they cannot pay it back, they will have to lose their land.

Li Yun knew that he was powerless and could not do much, so he could only help watch the granary at night and alert the people in the trading company if he encountered any bad guys.

Li Yun thought he was the only one who would do this, but when he walked out of the house and came near the granary, he suddenly found a figure on the side of the road.

I walked in with a lantern and found several people sitting on both sides of the road.

One of them stood up and asked, "You're from your village, what are you doing here so late at night?"

Li Yun said with some surprise and doubt: "I am from Lijia Village. I heard that there are some bad guys recently. I want to come and see..."

Then someone stood up from the back and said, "I know this guy. He's from Lijia Village."

Li Yun saw that the man was indeed from the same village and asked, "What are you doing..."

The person who first asked Li Yun a question said, "They are just like you, the ones who came to check on the granary on their own initiative. They are the rich dogs."

Li Yun nodded and squatted with the group of people at the edge of the grass, which was the only way to the granary.

The mosquito bites on the mountain road at night were very uncomfortable, and some people couldn't stand it and got up and left.

In the end, only Da Niu, who asked him questions at the beginning, and a few people from other villages were left.

Just as they were guarding in a daze, suddenly Daniu whispered, "Someone is coming."

Li Yun immediately became alert. The person who sneaked here in the middle of the night must not be a good person.

If they came here voluntarily to guard the granary like me, they would have come here earlier, but they might come back in the second half of the night.

Sure enough, Li Yun saw the two men sneaking around and seemed to be carving something on the surrounding trees.

Li Yun immediately understood that they were making marks.

After all, this is in the mountains. There is no light at night and it is easy to get lost in the mountains if you are not a local. So these two people came here to explore the way and mark the way.

If you come here during the day, you will definitely attract other people's attention. The safest way is to go here at night when there is no one around.

Li Yun and Da Niu exchanged glances. There were more than ten people on their side, while the other side had only two people, so they could win no matter what.

Why hesitate? Big Bull was the first to rush forward, raising his stick.

After a chaotic fight, the two scouts were tied up with bruised faces and noses.

The person was caught, but what to do with him was also a problem. In the end, it was Da Niu who suggested sending him to the trading company and letting the people there deal with him.

So they carried the two men to the trading company, and the storekeeper Liu heard what Li Yun and the others had done.

At that moment, all kinds of words of gratitude were spoken as if they were free. Li Yun had never seen such a scene before and felt a little embarrassed.

Seeing this, Manager Liu became even more excited and said that good people should not be allowed to suffer and he must repay Li Yun and the others.

It was decided on the spot that if anyone with evil intentions was caught in the future, there would be a reward of fifty taels of silver. If they caught two people tonight, they would get a hundred taels of silver.

Including Li Yun, there are twelve people in total, so each person can get more than eight taels.

Finally, Li Yun took the silver and walked lightly on the way home.

This must be a dream, a windfall. You have to know that he works hard on the farm and can't even save a tael of silver in a whole year.

At this moment, in Li Yun's eyes, those people were no longer bad guys, but were clearly walking criminals.

When Li Yun and his group returned to the village with the silver, it was like a drop of water dropped into hot oil, and the surrounding villages instantly exploded.

As a result, when Li Yun came over the next day, the road to the granary was crowded with people, and the villagers spontaneously organized themselves and began to question the identities of those who came over.

If there were no other witnesses from the surrounding villages, everyone would be tied up and sent to Manager Liu to collect the money.

Not to mention that there were a few bad guys who wanted to blend in with them and take advantage of the situation, but they were suddenly discovered and caught to exchange for silver.

When Liu and his men arrived in Ningyuan City, they found that the villagers were digging three feet underground like crazy to find him, and even had his portrait.

I'm so confused! What the hell is going on?