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This sentence made everyone present change their expression.

Zou Tai reacted quickly and covered his father's mouth, then apologized to Su Qin with a wry smile: "I'm sorry, Miss Su, the old man's brain is full of water, and he was talking nonsense. Don't mind it."

He is often with Zhao Liangchen, how could he not see Zhao Liangchen's feelings for Su Qin?

A friend's wife should not be bullied. Although they haven't gotten together yet, Zou Tai feels that it is a matter of time. If Zhao Liangchen knew that his father had such thoughts, he would not be able to live.

Zeng Lao's face was very bad: "General Zou, be careful with your words. A girl's reputation is very important. You'd better not joke about this kind of thing."

Marquis Wuning also said sarcastically, "That's right, Miss Su doesn't even like the two men in my family, how could she be interested in this silly boy from your family?"

Mr. Zou was furious when people told him that his son was not as good as his own son, but he also knew that he had gone too far and was in the wrong.

He had no place to vent his anger, so he took it out on his son.

He pushed Zou Tai's hand away and glared at him: "Who said you were crazy? You want to get beaten, don't you?"

Then he looked at Marquis Wuning and said dissatisfiedly: "My Lord, I said something wrong, but why are your two sons better than mine? My son at least has an official position in the Imperial Guard, while your two are good-for-nothing playboys."

Marquis Wuning slammed the table in anger: "You..."

He wanted to retort that his son was just biding his time and avoiding the spotlight, but now they were the ones doing big things.

But he didn't know how much Zou's father knew about the emperor, and he was afraid that if he said too much, it would bring bad things to the surface, so he could only get angry.

Zeng Lao coughed and said unhappily: "Alright, you are all respectable people. If you really like my granddaughter, you should ask a matchmaker to come to your house to propose marriage. How can you just ask about the girl's upbringing?"

Zou's father was in the wrong and apologized quickly: "I'm sorry, Mr. Zeng, I'm a rough man and I don't control my mouth. I'm used to talking nonsense. Please don't mind it."

"Miss Su, I'm disrespectful to my elders and talking nonsense. Just pretend I didn't say anything."

Su Qin was not angry, but a little shocked. She understood what Zou's father was thinking. He was just like Marquis Wuning, and he was interested in her brain and wanted to use it for his own benefit.

She smiled and said, "General Zou and Brother Zou are both sentimental people. I understand that General Zou is just admiring me and won't take it to heart."

Seeing that Su Qin understood his thoughts, Zou's father was happy: "Yes, I really admire you. What I said just now was too presumptuous, but I really want to make friends with you. I know that I am not worthy of you. How about I take you as my goddaughter, so that we can become a family."

As soon as these words came out, Wu Ninghou was dissatisfied again: "What do you mean by adopting a goddaughter? I tell you, I adopted her first, and you have no chance."

Father Zou looked at Su Qin with disappointment: "Have you already recognized him as your godfather?"

Su Qin laughed: "No, it's just that the Marquis mentioned it before."

Father Zou perked up instantly, glaring at Marquis Wuning and saying, "My Lord, this is exactly what you're doing wrong. Miss Su hasn't even agreed, how can you say such nonsense? Do you have any shame?"

Marquis Wuning was not to be outdone. He stiffened his neck and said, "I haven't acknowledged her yet, but I just haven't asked her father for his opinion. It's only a matter of time. Anyway, I was the one who brought it up first, so you have no chance."

Zou's father: "This kind of thing is not like buying things on a first-come-first-served basis. It depends on whether you like it or not. The Su family may not be interested in you. We are competing fairly."

The two people started arguing with each other, neither of them wanted to give in. Su Qin looked helpless and looked at Mr. Zeng for help.

Zeng Lao's face darkened: "Alright, what are you arguing about? This kind of thing requires mutual consent. What's the point of arguing between you? Don't think I don't know what you are thinking.

I tell you, my granddaughter is just a young girl who has just come of age. She can't take care of so many things. When her father comes back, her marriage will be decided. She won't be involved in anyone else's affairs."

Marquis Wuning and Zou's father stopped arguing and both looked a little unhappy.

Zou Tai was afraid his father would say something shocking again, so he said to him, "Father, you should leave. Staying too long will easily arouse suspicion. King Liang has spies everywhere."

Mr. Zou knew that he couldn't stay for long, so he had to leave with the sweet potatoes.

Zou Tai thought it was a good idea to let Su Qin recognize his father as her goddaughter. Later, when he saw Zhao Liangchen, he teased him: "Hey, Liangchen, why don't you let Miss Su recognize my father as her godfather? That way, I will become Miss Su's brother, and when you get married, I will be your brother-in-law."

Zhao Liangchen had recently been worried about how to deal with the relationship between him and Su Qin. Hearing this, he glared at Zou Tai and said, "Don't talk nonsense. You're ruining Miss Su's reputation."

Seeing that he was unhappy, Zou Tai asked him curiously, "Why did Miss Su reject you?"

Zhao Liangchen: "No, I just don't know what I want."

Zou Tai became even more curious: "Don't you know what you want? Don't you like Miss Su?"

Zhao Liangchen: "It's because of love that we have to be more cautious in handling our relationship."

Zou Tai didn't understand, and Zhao Liangchen didn't explain: "The next step is to fight a tough battle. King Liang has suffered repeated setbacks and will definitely not sit idly by. I'm afraid he will use force. We have more important things to do, so we don't have time to think about love affairs now."

Before Zhao Liangchen figured out how to deal with his relationship with Su Qin, he never appeared in front of Su Qin. He used the excuse of being busy and had not been home for a long time.

Su Qin did not go home either, and lived with Zeng Lao in Qi Lusheng's farm.

She was waiting for Qi Lusheng, who had gone to the south years ago and would be back soon. Those foreign merchants were also returning one after another.

They are preparing for the auction in February.

In fact, preparations should have been made earlier, but because the city was closed due to the epidemic, Qi Lusheng and foreign merchants were stopped on their way to Beijing.

Qi Lusheng brought back a lot of good goods this time. He also bypassed King Liang and established new contacts with other people in the imperial merchant families.

This time he was stuck on the road and happened to meet a foreign merchant who was also stopped. He then traded directly with the foreign merchant outside.

So when Qi Lusheng came back, he brought only foreign goods. When people found out, they thought Qi Lusheng had gone abroad to buy goods. After all, most of the goods sold at the auction were from foreign countries.

Prince Liang was so distracted by the emperor that he had no time to pay attention to them.

A new auction was held much later than scheduled at the end of February. It was similar to what was previously speculated. Although there were more people coming than the first time, the revenue was greatly reduced.

First, everyone understands the tricks and won't bid hard to increase the price. Basically, the deal is done after a few rounds and the price won't be much higher than the marked price.

Another reason is that Princess Liang did not come. Prince Liang was now anxious to win over people and was secretly planning to start an army. He needed a lot of money and would not allow Princess Liang to spend money recklessly.

But even so, their profits are considerable.

Su Qin and Zhao Liangchen each kept a small portion of the profit, and used the rest to recruit soldiers for the emperor.

In March, the caravan that Marquis Wuning had found for Su Qin began to arrive one after another.

Su Qin met these people at the farm, all of them were skilled martial artists.

There were more than a thousand people, ranging in age from fifteen to forty. Among them, there were more than a dozen girls with skills to take care of and protect Su Qin. Su Qin was very satisfied and began to stay in the manor to train these people.

She asked Qi Lusheng to find some foreigners to learn their language and culture. Learning a foreign language was not a difficult task for Su Qin.

The goods they brought back were traded with foreigners in places far away from Shangjing City, so there were fewer and fewer foreigners in Shangjing City.