Crown Prince of the Empire, I quit!

On the way back, Qin Ming felt that the war horse was not a big problem.

Lingnan is a mountainous area with abundant water resources. When fighting in such a place, it doesn't matter whether you have war horses or not.

As long as the weapons and equipment are good.

As for the war horses, at most they were just there to protect the imperial court...

Thinking of this, Qin Ming shook his head and collected his thoughts.

I looked up and saw that we had already entered the city.

Linjiang City is still backward compared to the wealthy areas.

After dark, all the families turned off the lights and went to sleep.

But there were still some lights on in some places on the street.

For example, a cloth shop or a branch of the Chamber of Commerce.

When Qin Ming passed by the Chamber of Commerce branch, he turned his head to look inside.

Zhou Ci was sitting inside with his eyes half open and dozing off.

Feeling the footsteps outside, he raised his eyes slightly and took a look.

When he realized it was Qin Ming, he immediately closed his eyes and ignored him.

Qin Ming understood that it seemed that his strategy of pretending to build a plank road while secretly attacking Chencang had made the other party bear a grudge.

But he was still a little weird.

The Lingnan Chamber of Commerce is rumored to be so powerful in the outside world.

Why is it that until now, Fang Qingyuan has exhausted all means, but the other party has not retaliated against him?

Not wanting to embarrass himself, Qin Ming did not ask Zhou Ci.

Instead, he bought some snacks and brought them to the still busy cloth shop.

The candle lampshades in the cloth shop are specially made and will not break even if they fall to the ground.

This is to prevent the candlestick from tipping over and setting the cloth shop on fire.

"You're here."

After entering the door, Qin Ming did not see Guan Yue. Instead, several female workers greeted him enthusiastically.

Qin Ming smiled and nodded, his eyes suddenly noticed a gentle-looking girl in her early twenties.

The other person has a great figure and is very pretty.

Although she couldn't compare to Guan Yue, she could already go to Linjianglou in the city and make a living just by looking at her looks.

"Sir, what are you doing..."

Being looked at by Qin Ming, the gentle girl lowered her head shyly, and covered her mouth with her little hands, too shy to look at him.

But I don’t know if there is something wrong with Qin Ming’s feelings.

I always feel that this woman seems to understand me very well. Even her unintentional actions seem so charming.

Just by raising her little hand, the perfect curve of her waist is clearly visible.

Is this considered natural charm?

Qin Ming walked into the backyard while thinking.

Guan Yue was currently leading people to inventory the warehouse and count the cotton and linen they had on hand.

Silk is the best-selling item. At this time when supplies are in short supply, it is basically sold out as soon as it is delivered.

Generally, what they store here are cotton and linen.

"How dare you come back?"

Guan Yue saw the pastries in Qin Ming's hand.

After walking up and taking it, she held Qin Ming's hand affectionately, put her little face on his shoulder and asked with a smile.

"Can anyone stop me from coming back to see my wife?"

"Who is your wife? It can't be her, right?"

Guan Yue pointed at the gentle and lovely girl next to her, but not at herself.

The other person blushed immediately and hid behind the counter shyly.

Qin Ming and Guan Yue joked for a few words, then closed the door and prepared to leave.

Before leaving, Guan Yue pulled over the pretty girl and introduced her to Qin Ming:

"This is my new female worker, her name is Wan Shu."

"Wan Shu..."

Qin Ming raised his eyebrows.

In this era where people like to give their children fawning names in the hope of having easier fertility, many farmers like to name their children Cuihua, Huangli, Big Foot, etc.

It is rare for Wan Shu to have such a cultural name.

"What do you do at home?"

"Sir, my family used to be in business, but later on our fortunes fell on hard times..."

"Are your parents still alive?"

"It's all gone."

"How did you leave?"

"I got seriously ill a few years ago and had no money to treat it..."

“When was it a few years ago?”

……

Wan Shu speaks very coherently, much better than those girls who come from ordinary villages.

Although the reasons she gave were very common in this day and age, Qin Ming looked at the other person carefully.

Finally, Guan Yue couldn't stand it any longer and pulled Qin Ming aside.

"What are you doing? It's already very difficult for others. Don't ask anymore."

"Ah."

Qin Ming nodded, and before leaving, he took a look at Wan Shu's white collarbone and delicate arms.

This doesn't look like someone who has been out making a living for several years.

On the way back, Guan Yue pinched Qin Ming.

"Tell me, are you attracted to her and want her to be your first wife?"

"No, it's just a little weird."

When Qin Ming saw Wan Shu for the first time, he thought this woman was very strange.

Many things seem to be displayed deliberately.

It's not just her cuteness, but also her shyness and the subtle movements when she speaks, which show her relaxation.

All signs indicate that this is a woman with insight.

Now that he was being watched by many people, Guan Yue still had many account books of Wuwei Camp's business.

If something goes wrong here, it will likely have an impact on his business.

So after seeing the gentle and lovely Wan Shu, Qin Ming wanted to test her a little more.

However, Guan Yue met Qin Ming every day, and it would be a shame if she didn't help him or say anything when Qin Ming bullied her.

Qin Ming simply stopped talking and prepared to go back and ask Chang Baishan to investigate.

"What's weird?"

"She's different from other female workers. Our business has just started, and many of our plans were secretly negotiated with Fang Qingyuan. We don't dare to make deals in front of the Lingnan Chamber of Commerce."

"You have the account book with the records of our cloth delivery routes and freight. If the people from the Lingnan Chamber of Commerce find it, it might be a bit troublesome."

Qin Ming trusted Guan Yue very much, and Guan Yue happened to be well educated and good at math.

This is much better than those rough guys in the military camp.

So he put the account book here, and Guan Yue could help with the accounting.

The two of them work together inside and outside, so the work is not tiring.

"Yes, then I will bring the account book with me when I come back."

Guan Yue was also very cautious and turned around to go back with Qin Ming.

"Tomorrow, there's no rush."

Qin Ming waved his hand.

Today I just casually tested Wan Shu.

Regardless of whether the other party has other intentions, they will not deliberately cause trouble at this time.

In this way, Qin Ming would easily suspect her.

……

On the other side, on the official road outside the capital.

Huang Zhang has returned with Du Mingxuan and others.

But this time when they came back, they had already submitted the investigation report.

Emperor Qian was furious when he found out.

Not only did he fail to take back Qin Ming's land after going out, he even wrote a letter to help him smooth things over.

The person who did this was even Huang Zhang.

This is something no one expected.

It is foreseeable that Huang Zhang and others will most likely be severely criticized after returning from this trip.

Now everyone's face is full of worry.

Before they even got close to the capital, they were already sighing and not knowing what to do.

Wang Bao, the eunuch beside Emperor Qian, had already received the news and was waiting in front of the city gate.

"You are finally back! His Majesty has been waiting for a long time. Please follow me!"

When they saw Wang Bao, everyone's expression changed.

I thought that things could be resolved from big to small, and from small to nothing.

But looking at this situation, it seems that the development of things is contrary to their imagination...