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

Most of the people in Lijiazhai knew Fang Bucun, because it hadn't been long since the refugees attacked the village, so they still remembered this leader of the Zoroastrian religion.

Li Zhen: "Everyone, stop looking. There is no Zoroastrianism now, only the refugees I just recruited. Disperse quickly."

In Lijiazhai, Li Zhen's words carried more weight than an imperial edict; the people immediately dispersed and went about their business.

Fang Bucun said with some guilt, "Chief Li, I'm sorry to have troubled you."

"Hahaha... Brother Fang, now that you're here, it's like you're home. You should rest first, and I'll arrange some things for you to do later."

Putting aside whether Fang Bucun's whereabouts have been exposed, even if they have, it is the soldiers of Li Family Village who are maintaining order in Tangyin City. Who do you think would come here?

After a long time apart, Zhao Yingluo rushed into Li Zhen's arms and whispered about how much she had missed him these past few days. They say that absence makes the heart grow fonder, so Li Zhen's room was naturally anything but peaceful that night.

Since Wang Changdao and Yue Ying were maintaining order in Tangyin City, Yue Peng was in charge of all affairs in the stronghold. The next day, Li Zhen told Yue Peng that he was going on a long trip soon and that he could handle anything that came up.

After packing the items he needed to take back, Li Zhen began his journey through time with Zhao Yingluo. The familiar procedure followed: he took out a small knife, cut his palm, soaked the entire jade pendant in the liquid, and then a white light appeared...

On the sofa in his modern house, Li Zhen took out a cigarette and lit it. The familiar aroma quickly filled his lungs.

Zhao Yingluo, dressed in professional attire, exuded the charm of a mature woman. However, the high heels weren't comfortable, so she had to wear flat leather shoes. Nevertheless, at 1.68 meters tall, Zhao Yingluo was considered quite tall.

“叮铃铃......”

"Hey."

"Old classmate, you finally answered my call! What have you been up to? I've called you at least a hundred times. When are you coming over? I have something urgent to discuss, and it's not convenient to talk about it over the phone."

Li Zhen glanced at the time and said to Fang Zhen on the other end of the phone, "Wait a moment, I'll be right there."

Since he hadn't been staying at home for a while, Li Zhen asked Zhao Yingluo to tidy up the house, while he drove to the company address that he had asked Fang Zhen to rent.

Because it was Li Zhen's first time here, he was stopped by the gatekeeper at the main entrance.

"What?"

Fang Zhen remembered telling him that the gatekeeper was Fang Zhen's second uncle.

"Sir, I'm here to see Fang Zhen. Please open the door and let me in."

The gatekeeper said, "Are you looking for Fang Zhen? Do you have an appointment? You need to call him, otherwise you won't be able to get in."

Left with no other option, Li Zhen turned off the car and called Fang Zhen in front of the gatekeeper: "Hey, Fang Zhen, come down here right now, your second uncle won't let me in."

In less than three minutes, Fang Zhen arrived at the guardhouse, panting heavily.

"Second, Second Uncle, this is our boss, Li Zhen. Remember this well, you can't do this again next time."

Upon hearing his nephew's words, the gatekeeper immediately stood at attention.

"Welcome, Mr. Li, to our company for an inspection."

Li Zhen smiled and handed a cigarette to the gatekeeper, Uncle Er, saying, "Uncle Er, don't stop me next time."

As the sliding door opened, Li Zhen parked his car in the parking lot. Fang Zhen opened the car door solicitously and introduced the company's operations to Li Zhen.

The company is small, a three-story building. The bottom few rooms, plus several large warehouses in the yard, can store things. The second and third floors are office and rest areas. At present, the entire company consists of Li Zhen, Fang Zhen, the gatekeeper, and Fang Zhen's cousin.

Fang Zhen had already spoken to Li Zhen about this beforehand, since it's better to use someone from your own circle than an outsider, especially since the company hardly gets involved in anything other than buying and selling. Fang Zhen's cousin works in finance and has previously worked for several other companies, so she's very familiar with tax matters.

Upon entering the office, Li Zhen sat on his large sofa. Fang Zhen cautiously closed the door before beginning to discuss matters.

"Didn't you ask me to contact an arms dealer in the south a while ago? I finally found one after going through a lot of complicated connections, and the price is reasonable. However, they said they can only transport the supplies across the border at most, and we'll have to figure out how to get them to the interior ourselves."

Li Zhen: "What's in this batch of weapons?"

Fang Zhen took out a list and gently handed it to Li Zhen. The list detailed thirty pistols, ten semi-automatic rifles, three automatic rifles, and a certain amount of ammunition. It also included military supplies such as hand grenades and explosives, and most importantly, a mortar and ten boxes of accompanying shells.

These military supplies came from Myanmar in the south. The description indicated that most of the firearms were 70-80% new. The other party asked for two million for these weapons, which is not cheap according to the current market price.

Li Zhen put down the list and said to Fang Zhen, "Let's reply to them. We'll go to Yunnan and Guizhou provinces tomorrow and exchange money and goods in person. We won't need them to ship it to China."

Fang Zhen was worried: "Can the two of us manage on our own? I've heard that the border police there are very strict. If they find out we're transporting these things, we'll both be shot."

Li Zhen fabricated a pretext: "The fighting in the north is intense, and these weapons are simply not enough. But this is our first time cooperating with them, so we must show our sincerity."

Indeed, Russia's forces were already at their breaking point, and the majority of those fighting Russia in the north were European troops. Russia had also found allies, with tens of thousands of Kim soldiers joining the war, making the entire world situation extremely tense.

After leaving the company, Li Zhen called Cao Hua from his car: "Are you at the company, old classmate? I have some gold I'd like to sell. I wonder if it's convenient for you?"

"Convenient, so convenient! As long as it's not cash, I can take whatever you offer."

Since taking on Li Zhen's gold order, Cao Hua has basically lost interest in his usual smaller orders, much to his second uncle's dismay. He hadn't seen Li Zhen for a month or so, and unexpectedly, he received a huge surprise before even meeting him.

Li Zhen thought for a moment and said, "I'm afraid we'll need some cash this time, around three million should be enough, and the rest can be transferred by bank."

"Hmm... three million is a bit much, but I'll think of a way. If not, I can transfer some from other companies. That should be fine."

Soon, Li Zhen arrived at Cao Hua's company and easily found his way to Cao Hua's office. As soon as he entered, he saw a young and beautiful secretary pouring tea for Cao Hua, occasionally giving him flirtatious glances.

Upon seeing Li Zhen enter, Cao Hua smiled and stood up to greet him.