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Chapter 226

As it turned out, they ran into a caravan led by Swallow Moth.

Shen Lingjun had previously instructed Yan'e that after the goods were sold, the caravan should stay in Luzhou and wait.

Yan'e rushed up, both surprised and delighted: "Madam! What brings you to the Northwest!"

"I'm here to help my dad," Shen Lingjun said with a smile. "How are the sales going?"

Yan'e said with no small amount of pride, "It's all sold out! Madam was right. After the war broke out, there was indeed a shortage of valuable goods in the Northwest. Our caravan hadn't even finished visiting all twelve cities in the Northwest before we had already cleared out all our goods!"

As he spoke, he took out the account book: "Madam, take a look. This trip, we've made a net profit of nearly 20,000 taels!"

Using caravans as cover and making money on the side was something Shen Lingjun was happy about, but she had no interest in looking at the accounts right now.

"Let's take a closer look when we get back. Is your convoy entirely empty right now?"

Shen Lingjun thought for a moment: "Let's also purchase some goods in the Northwest and take them back. In short, let's fill the convoy. Don't leave Luzhou yet."

Yan'e had originally planned to do the same; having come all the way to the Northwest, she certainly couldn't return empty-handed. The Northwest's specialties, such as gemstones, jade, silverware, wool, sheepskin, and carpets, all sold very well in Kyoto.

After explaining things to Yan'e, Shen Lingjun went back.

Mo Zhonggui was nowhere to be found; only Shen Wei and Hong Qing were guarding the lowly soldier from Xiqi.

Shen Lingjun was busy preparing medicine and performing acupuncture.

The soldier was wounded in the head and was not fully conscious. This kind of illness is the most difficult to treat. You can't rush it; you can only treat it slowly.

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Hundreds of miles away, within the territory of Western Qi, in a military camp.

Disguised, Chu Tianming took advantage of the darkness to leave the tent of the Western Qi Marshal.

Chu Tianming left the military camp and let out a long breath.

Just now, on behalf of the Chu family, he negotiated a crucial deal with the Marshal of Xiqi.

The Chu family would provide the Western Qi army with military secrets and even military supplies, helping the Western Qi army achieve a great victory in this war and ensuring that Western Qi would capture at least three of the twelve cities in the northwest of Bei Yi.

What the Western Qi army had to do was to give Chu Tianming the run for his money, allowing him to "repeatedly achieve military merits," as if only Chu Tianming, this new "God of War," could stop the Western Qi army.

In this way, Chu Tianming could rightfully take over the Beiyi army in the Northwest and gain more military power.

In the last battle of Feichi Valley, the Chu family provided a large amount of military supplies to the defeated and fleeing Western Qi army, allowing the Western Qi army to kill Shen Wei and his son to silence them, and wipe out the 30,000 Shen family troops in Feichi Valley.

Because of the successful collaboration last time, this time, an even bigger collaboration has been reached.

This is Chu Tianming's most important mission in coming to the Northwest.

The Chu family is now severely weakened, and its situation is far from optimistic.

Empress Chu fell out of favor and was suspected by the emperor. The Chu family's influence in the palace and the capital was severely weakened, and the Chu family did not have a prince who could support them to ascend the throne.

If things continue like this, the Chu family's century-long glory and prestige may be lost in the next generation.

Therefore, the Chu family had to take a risky move to obtain the military power they lacked and needed most.

Military power is the most solid strength. With military power, the Chu family will have no weaknesses and will remain in an advantageous position in future struggles.

Chu Tianming looked up at the vast night sky over the plains, his eyes burning with an unwavering determination.