Traveling back to the Northern Song Dynasty: Picking up a princess as my wife

The refugees were temporarily separated from the people from the surrounding villages who came to seek refuge, but Li Zhen kept his promise and sent people to supply them with food, and also prevented them from cutting down trees and building foundations.

At this moment, the entire Li Family Village resembled a giant construction site, with the entire front mountain covered in walls and foundations being built. In order to ensure the construction was sturdy in one go, Li Zhen was running low on his supplies and decided to return to the modern world once more.

This time, he planned to try taking Zhao Yingluo with him to see if she could travel through time with him.

So he found Zhao Yingluo and said to her with a serious expression, "Yingluo, I'm going to take you somewhere, um, the place I came from."

Zhao Yingluo asked with a delighted expression, "Is it the celestial realm? Recently, people in the village have been saying that you are a deity who came to the mortal world from the celestial realm to undergo tribulation."

Li Zhen said with a helpless expression, "I guess so. There's no war there, and people don't have to worry about not having enough to eat. You'll see when you get there. Close your eyes for a moment, and I'll tell you when to open them."

After everything was ready, Li Zhen looked at the healed wound on his palm, silently took out a small knife, and made a cut in another spot. Blood quickly flowed down the wound, and Li Zhen hurriedly stained the jade pendant red. Then he gripped the jade pendant tightly, while holding Zhao Yingluo tightly with his other hand, thinking about the scene of his modern home.

At that moment, a white light flashed around him, growing brighter and brighter until Li Zhen had no choice but to close his eyes.

When he opened his eyes again, he found himself in his modern home with Zhao Yingluo. It seemed he could bring people back to the modern world. Next time, he planned to try bringing modern people back to the Northern Song Dynasty. If he succeeded, he could bring a few helpers with him.

Li Zhen told Zhao Yingluo to open her eyes, and then he went to the bedroom to change into modern clothes. If he were to wear these clothes on the street, he would attract a lot of attention, and if he was mistaken for a mental patient and arrested, it would be troublesome.

Li Zhen: "Yingluo, there aren't any clothes for you at home right now. I'll go shopping and buy you a few later. You can stay home and watch TV for a while."

After saying that, he turned on the TV. A very popular Qing Dynasty drama was playing on it. Zhao Yingluo was immediately frightened by the scene. She couldn't understand how this person got in there. Was this some kind of magic?

Li Zhen opened drinks and snacks for Zhao Yingluo, then picked up his phone and car keys and went out.

On the way, he called Fang Zhen: "Hey, old classmate, how's the preparation of the supplies I asked you to buy going?"

Fang Zhen's voice came from the other end: "I've been prepared for a long time. I've been trying to call you for the past few days but I couldn't get through. What have you been doing?"

Li Zhen pondered to himself: Wasn't time stopped the last time he traveled through time? Why is it different this time?

He explained to Fang Zhen that he had been away for a while and there was no cell phone signal there, so he couldn't contact him. Then he asked Fang Zhen for his location and drove straight to him.

When Li Zhen arrived at Fang Zhen's used car shop, he saw his old classmate right at the door.

Li Zhen: "I came to see you as soon as I got back. This is the list of items needed for this purchase, and also..."

Li Zhen then pulled him to a secluded spot and whispered, "Knowing you have connections, see if you can get some explosives or something?"

Upon hearing this, Fang Zhen trembled: "Old classmate, I've already told you, I wouldn't dare to do anything illegal."

Li Zhen: "What are you thinking? I found a large piece of jade, but unfortunately it's buried underground. It can only be extracted with explosives. I know it's illegal, but I can offer a higher price. Can you think of a way to get it out?"

Fang Zhen was silent for a while, then gritted his teeth and said, "I have a cousin who used to work in a stone quarry. I'll go find him; I should be able to get some back."

After leaving Fang Zhen, Li Zhen drove to Cao Hua's company, intending to sell the gold and other valuables to see how much he could get for them.

Li Zhen's BMW X5 was parked in front of a building that was more than ten meters tall. A prominent sign at the entrance read "Far East Jewelry Trading Co., Ltd."

Li Zhen tried to walk straight in, but was stopped by the security guard at the door: "What are you doing here?"

Li Zhen smiled and said, "I've come to see Cao Hua from your Gold Department. I'm his classmate."

The young security guard looked Li Zhen up and down and said calmly, "Do you have an appointment? It would be best if your classmate came down. We have a rule here that outsiders cannot just come in."

Li Zhen expressed his understanding of this, because the larger the company, the more rules and regulations it has, as if only in this way can the authority of a large company be demonstrated.

Less than five minutes after the call, Cao Hua, covered in sweat, ran down the stairs and said to the security guard, "Remember him. His name is Li Zhen. He's not only my classmate, but also a major client of our company. Tell your captain that from now on, he can't be stopped when he comes here. He must be treated with utmost respect."

Upon hearing this, the security guard immediately expressed his apologies: "Director Cao, don't worry, I'll tell our boss right away that Mr. Li is sorry."

Li Zhen smiled and said, "It's alright, it's just your duty. We'll get to know each other better in the future."

After saying that, he followed Cao Hua into the elevator: "Cao Hua, why did you run down the stairs just now? Why didn't you take the elevator?"

Cao Hua wiped the sweat from his face with the tissue Li Zhen handed him, panting as he said, "I was just worried you'd be getting impatient. The elevator just stopped at the top floor, and I figured it would be faster to take the stairs."

The two men arrived at Cao Hua's office, chatting and laughing. Since helping Li Zhen sell that batch of gold, Cao Hua had been promoted to department head, while his uncle had been promoted to branch manager. All of this was thanks to Li Zhen, so Cao Hua valued his relationship with Li Zhen highly; to Cao Hua, Li Zhen was practically a god of wealth.

Li Zhen explained his purpose and opened the box he was carrying. Inside, it was neatly filled with gold, which made Cao Hua feel like he couldn't open his eyes.

Cao Hua exclaimed in surprise, "Damn! You didn't actually dig up your family's ancestral graves, did you? It seems like there are even more graves this time than last time."

Li Zhen didn't respond, but instead took out the string of white jade and agate prayer beads and the painting by Emperor Huizong of Song.

Li Zhen: "Do you think your company will accept these two items?"

After looking at it, Cao Hua said, "No problem, but we need to get people from other departments to come over. Please wait a moment, I'll call my uncle over right away."

Within minutes, Cao Hua's uncle led two older men in; they were probably the people from the other departments Cao Hua had mentioned.

Cao Hua showed the gold that Li Zhen had brought to his uncle. The uncle was so happy when he saw it that all the wrinkles on his face relaxed. With these two shipments of gold, their company could complete its gold acquisition task ahead of schedule.