Wow, this rough-around-the-edges pregnant wife is something else, she's incredibly ruthless!

The five looked at Sheng Xiu with doubt in their eyes. After scanning the group, the man continued, "Zhou Yan's father, Zhou Duo, also known as the former Prince Zhou, you should all have heard of his deeds."

“Hmm,” Cheng Mian replied. “I heard my father mention him before. He is a rare military talent in the Great Wei Kingdom. In his youth, he recovered the northern border occupied by the Northern Liao people with his passion and courage.”

"but……"

Cheng Mian stopped halfway through his sentence, and Sheng Zhuzhu curiously pushed the man's chest, "Continue! Don't just say half of what you mean, it's more painful than having your poop cut off in the middle."

"Cough... Don't use foul language."

Awkwardly touching his nose, Cheng Mian rubbed Sheng Zhuzhu's head and continued, "But later I heard that he was secretly executed for treason."

"Huh? How is that possible! A soldier should be the most patriotic person."

Sheng Zhuzhu sighed deeply, but the others sensed something different.

This is probably the conspiracy theory of the Wei emperor.

As she chewed on the roasted chicken, Meng Tong's dark eyes reflected a fiery light, and no one knew what she was thinking.

Regarding Zhou Yan's matter, everyone just treated it as a topic of conversation without going into too much depth.

After resting in the mountains for a night, the six of them arrived at a flat valley about 50 kilometers away from Fucheng. They took out the 50,000 jin of sweet potatoes and potatoes that they had promised to sell to Zhou Yan from their spatial storage. Meng Tong also packed 60,000 jin of rice and flour into sacks.

Because of their superior quality, the rice and flour could be considered high-quality rice. After discussing with Zhou Yan, the price was 23 wen per jin for rice and 20 wen per jin for flour.

With 60,000 catties of rice and 30,000 catties of flour, the rice would yield 690 taels of profit, and the flour 600 taels of profit.

Adding to the previous 1,250 taels, the total is 2,540 taels.

Meng Tong was already very satisfied with this amount.

……

Three days later, Sheng Yu went to Fucheng a day in advance to inform Zhou Yan of the delivery address. Early in the morning, before dawn, the man rode a tall horse and led more than twenty carriages toward the destination.

Fifty kilometers is neither far nor near. It took almost two hours for Zhou Fu, who was leading the way, to finally see Sheng Yu waiting in the middle of the official road.

"Your Majesty, we are here."

"Yes, dismount!"

"Yes."

With a swift movement, Zhou Fu dismounted and trotted over to take the reins of Zhou Yan's horse. The man then helped Zhou Fu down from the horse by supporting his shoulder.

He was still wearing a reddish-brown cloak today, his face was still pale, and his lips were even white and bloodless because he had been riding for almost two hours.

Having witnessed this scene, Sheng Yu bowed respectfully to Zhou Yan and then said, "Your Highness, please follow me."

"Please lead the way, Young Master Sheng."

Following Sheng Yu, we walked down a side path. A row of carriages followed behind, each with a guard on either side. Several bundles of sacks were placed on the carriages, as requested by Meng Tong.

After walking for less than fifteen minutes, Zhou Yan saw Meng Tong and the others resting under a big tree, with a lot of grain piled up on the open ground next to them.

At first glance, they look like small mountains.

"Would Your Highness like to inspect the goods?"

As she approached the man, Meng Tong spoke with a smile.

Zhou Yan shook his head. Although they were quite far apart, he had a good eye and these things were worth the price he was asking for. Besides, no one dared to cheat him.

After all, the consequences would be quite significant.

He raised his hand to Zhou Fu, who was standing behind him, and the man respectfully stepped forward and handed him a box.

Upon opening it, one finds a neat stack of silver notes worth one hundred taels each, along with several silver ingots.

"Yesterday, Young Master Sheng told me that you can only provide a maximum of 60,000 catties of rice and flour. According to our previous prices, this totals 2,540 taels. Would you like to count it, Madam?"

Handing over the opened box, Meng Tong smiled and took it, saying, "I've never seen so much money before. We're just doing business for our master, so please don't take offense, Your Highness."

Zhou Yan generously took out the money and counted it one bill at a time, his eyes smiling but saying nothing.

Two thousand five hundred and forty taels, not a penny more or less. The woman put the silver notes back into the box untouched and then handed them to Lu Chuan standing behind her.

Meng Tong pulled out a few folded pieces of paper from his sleeve and handed them to Zhou Yan, saying, "These are other ways to cook sweet potatoes and potatoes. Your Highness can try them if you don't mind."

"Thank you."

"You're welcome. After all, Your Highness is the first person to buy our fresh produce. If you like it, we'll contact you as soon as we have more in stock."

Meng Tong worked diligently to be a qualified businessman, and in the end, he received a jade pendant made of white jade from Zhou Yan.

It has the character "周" (Zhou) engraved on it, so it's obviously not an ordinary item.

It is said that as long as you take this item to any Sun family pawnshop in the Great Wei, you can contact him.

Although there are many contradictions and doubts, you can't get to the bottom of things when it comes to business.

After accepting the jade pendant and exchanging a few pleasantries, Meng Tong and the other six, along with Zhou Yan, took their leave.

……

Returning to the place where they had rested a few days earlier, Meng Tong took out a lot of fresh vegetables and meat from her spatial storage.

Lu Chuan set up a fire pit next to the previous bonfire, and cooked a meal today.

"Wife, where should we sell next? Or should we just go home?"

"Of course I'm not going back. This is nothing! We haven't even sold a tenth of them yet! Besides, I promised He'er and Yan'er that I would bring them gifts, so I have to go to a more bustling place at least once."

The two were cutting meat and washing vegetables, and their conversation was overheard by Sheng Xiu and the others who were returning from gathering firewood.

As he neatly stacked the firewood of varying lengths beside the hearth, Sheng Xiu chuckled and said, "I do have a recommendation for a more bustling place."

"where?"

"Capital."

"That's too far," Sheng Zhuzhu said with a bitter expression.

But then she remembered what Meng Tong possessed, and at this speed, it didn't seem that far.

"Several cities must be passed between Fucheng and the capital."

Meng Tong turned her head and asked Sheng Xiu. The man thought for a moment and then asked Sheng Yu, "How many are there in total? I only know about Yucheng, which is close to the capital. I heard that it is famous for its jade."

Sheng Yu glanced at Sheng Xiu indifferently, his deep eyes carrying a hint of provocation. He remained silent for a few moments before speaking, "There are four. The first city we pass through when heading north from Fucheng is Liaocheng, which is similar to Fucheng and doesn't have any particularly outstanding features."

"Then there is Youcheng. This city is a bit strange. The people in it all believe in a religion. Not many people farm. They basically live off the incense money from passing merchants. The population is also small."

“Youcheng? It is the fiefdom of the current Crown Prince Wei Lian.”

Cheng Mian suddenly spoke up.

The moment this name was mentioned, all six of them changed their expressions, though each had a different thought in mind.

Sheng Zhuzhu looked furious, her face turning bright red.

She still can't forget that handsome but vicious man.

If it weren't for him...