The aroma of cooking filled the house: I sent my eldest brother to become the Grand Secretary.

Then the Persians threw the bowls of oil-splashed noodles heavily onto the ground.

Judging from their posture, they're clearly here to cause trouble.

Shen's father pulled Shen Cao over and shielded her behind him.

He walked up to the table and asked in a very friendly manner, "Gentlemen, are you not satisfied with the taste of these noodles?"

"If you are not satisfied, you can tell us and we will redo it for you."

"But what do you mean by throwing the noodles and bowl on the ground?"

"What do you mean? Your tiny eatery is trying to rob and kill people, and I'm expected to treat you well?"

A Persian man, clearly in charge, angrily stepped forward to argue with Shen's father.

“Look at my friend, he ate noodles from your restaurant and his face turned red. He also said his tongue felt like it had been bitten by something.”

"I now suspect there are bugs in your noodles."

Their voices were loud, and soon a crowd gathered in front of Shen's restaurant.

Shen Cao finally realized that this group of guests were clearly here to cause trouble, since the chili peppers had been introduced to Daqing from Persia.

These people couldn't possibly not recognize chili peppers; they did it on purpose.

Shen Cao stepped forward and said, "This guest, I asked you from the very beginning if you could eat spicy food."

"I only recommended this chili sauce to you because you said you can handle spicy food."

She has long since replaced the chili peppers in her oil-splashed noodles with non-spicy ones, so you definitely won't get burned by the spiciness if you just eat the noodles.

The Persian who was burned by the spiciness had clearly eaten the hot sauce on her table.

"Your friend obviously can't handle spicy food. He ate the chili sauce on the table and got burned by the spiciness."

That person didn't expect Shen Cao to accurately grasp the flaw in the problem.

"How are we supposed to know if it's spicy or not? You're running a business, and you know the chili sauce is spicy, yet you still recommend it to your customers. What are you up to?"

"Are you deliberately picking a fight?"

Seeing that Shen Cao had so bluntly stated their purpose, he stopped pretending.

"Anyway, my friend got burned by the spiciness today, so you have to compensate us today."

"In that case, let's go to the government office." Shen Cao waved her hand, not wanting to give up so easily.

Upon hearing that they were going to see the authorities, the group became agitated, saying, "Who has time to go with you to see the authorities?"

“If you don’t compensate us, we’ll stay at your house and make it impossible for you to do business.”

Shen Cao never expected that the Persians could be so arrogant on the land of Daqing Kingdom.

When the group saw that Shen Cao was unwilling to compensate them, they started overturning tables and smashing things.

Both Shen's father and Shen Cao tried to stop them.

Shen Cao was busy pulling the person in front of her to stop her from going up to remove the couplets on the pillar, not noticing that someone behind her picked up a vase.

The vase was about to smash onto Shen Cao's head.

When she managed to grab the person in front of her, she realized that a vase was coming straight at her head.

Getting closer and closer, Shen Cao had no time to react. She closed her eyes, wanting to withstand the blow to the vase.

After waiting for a while, she did not feel any pain in her head.

When she opened her eyes, she saw that the vase on her head had been stopped.

"Brother Jifeng..."

Ji Lingfeng rolled his eyes at her. She was an idiot too. The vase was thrown at her, and instead of dodging, she took the hit with her own head.

He pulled Shen Cao behind him and then gave He Yu a look.

He Yu then launched a series of attacks, leaving several people with bruises and swelling on their faces.

Inside the government office, the county magistrate looked at the several Persians below, whose faces were bruised and swollen from being beaten, with a worried expression.

He glanced at Shen Cao beside him, and his head throbbed even more.

Before leaving, Shen Chen wrote a letter to himself, telling him to take good care of his family and that he would never forget Shen Chen's kindness.

Who is Shen Chen? He was the top scorer in the provincial examination and a student of the esteemed Grand Tutor Zhou. He might just be the next top scholar.

A person with a bright future, who says he will never forget the kindness shown to him, then I must take good care of his family.

However, these Persians are not easy to deal with.

The advisor called Shen Cao aside and explained the current situation of the Great Xia Kingdom to her.

She knew it! The reason why the Persians dared to be so arrogant in the Great Xia Kingdom was because of the drought a few years ago, which caused many people in the Great Xia Kingdom to starve to death. At that time, there were many refugees and peasants rebelling in the Great Xia Kingdom.

Even the current emperor of the Great Xia Kingdom was forced to flee the capital.

Back then, neighboring countries also began to issue declarations of war against the Great Xia Kingdom.

In order to avoid being destroyed, the Great Xia Kingdom signed many unequal treaties.

Although the Great Xia Kingdom has gradually recovered over the years, many neighboring countries are still eyeing it covetously.

In particular, Persia had always been the dominant trading partner between Bactria and Persia.

That's why they are so arrogant towards the people of the Great Xia Kingdom.

Shen Cao sneered. Sure enough, a weak nation has no diplomacy.

Even if you are in the right, there's nothing you can do about it.

"The magistrate's idea is to let this matter drop, and the losses of Shen Family Restaurant and the compensation for these Persians will be borne by the government."

"Shen Family Restaurant will have to give up this time."

Shen Cao looked in the direction of the county magistrate and slowly nodded.

In fact, given what has happened today, and adhering to the idea that harmony brings wealth, she decided to let it go.

For some reason, she felt very angry, a feeling similar to the anger that old China felt towards Japan in her past life.

She couldn't help but feel a surge of national righteousness.

She had always thought that the Great Xia Kingdom was peaceful and prosperous, and that she could live a stable life there for the rest of her life.

But seeing the arrogant attitude of those people, she always felt that the Great Xia Kingdom was not so peaceful after all.

When I got back, my mother had already cleaned the house.

Apart from some broken items, everything else looked as if nothing had happened.

"How is it?" Shen's mother asked.

"What else can we do? We can only accept our bad luck."

"The county magistrate dared not offend the Persians."

Mr. Shen began to recount the events that had occurred at the county government office in detail.

Mrs. Shen sighed. It's good that everyone is alright.

As for the rest, well, that's not something ordinary people like them can concern themselves with.

"Bang!" Shen Cao slammed her fist on the table.

"Is the Great Xia Kingdom really that weak? They're being bullied on their own territory, and they don't even dare to say a word."

"One day, our Great Xia Kingdom will beat them so badly they won't dare utter a sound."

"If war breaks out one day, I will be the first to donate money to the front lines."

"Slap!" Another sound. "I don't want to think about it anymore. I'm going to make money and become the richest person in the world."

"They specifically target and profit from the Persian Empire."

"Ha ha……"

Shen Cao was startled by the sudden laughter.

She hadn't expected Ji Lingfeng to still be there.

"Miss Shen is indeed a heroine among women. If the Great Xia Kingdom were full of people with such lofty ambitions as you, then Persia would be destroyed in no time."

...Shen Cao panicked a little.

She never said she wanted to destroy the Persian Empire.

"That's right. One day, the Great Xia Kingdom will become the number one country in the world, leaving the surrounding countries far behind."

With a serious expression, He Yu expressed his lofty ambitions.

That was why he went to the army at such a young age, and everyone in the Ji family army thought the same way.