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Shortly after hunting in the paddock at the end of spring, Mu Chen was summoned into the palace by the emperor for several hours. Then, the imperial edict that Mu Chen was transferred to the northwest and guard the border came down. The emperor greatly praised Mu Chen in the imperial edict, promoted him to be a senior general in Zhenxi, and ordered him to go to the northwest within a month. There was a special note in the decree that he could take his family members.

This can be regarded as trust in Mu Chen. Shen Jingli has heard before that emperors of the Dayan Dynasty sent generals to guard the border. Without exception, they would leave their closest relatives in the capital. In order to prevent the situation that some people take advantage of the emperor's distance to wage a rebellion, once this happens, the relatives who stay in the capital will become hostages and be used to contain each other.

No matter how loyal people are, they can't resist the emperor's suspicion. Those who sit on the throne come here stepping on other people's bodies. They have experienced betrayal and betrayed others. Their brothers still kill each other, not to mention kings and ministers? After the edict came down, Shen Jingli also began to be busy. After all, the emperor only gave him a month's work. They not only had to pack up their bags and determine which servants were going to follow them to the northwest. Those servants left to take care of the prefectures' mansion, but also dealt with all the farmland and shops around the capital. They also had to find a bold and loyal steward to manage all the shops and shops land.

Things don't seem to be many, but they are complicated to deal with.

The first thing is to summon all the servants in the mansion, tell them about the imperial edict, and ask who is willing to follow them to the northwest. If they want to go, they can register. If they don't want to go, they can continue to stay in the prefectural palace. Those who want to redeem themselves and leave will be asked to redeem themselves and leave.

After settling the affairs of the government, Shen Jingli summoned all the supervisors, checked the business situation of the past few years, replaced several supervisors, informed them of the current situation, and issued a new order to them, so that they could go back.

After that, Shen Jingli sent for his sister-in-law's family to come to the city and gather in the mansion, hoping that his family could help him manage all the shops and farmland in the capital city.

"That's about it. I don't know if my sister-in-law would like it or not?" Shen Jingli explained his ideas to Chen Da and his sister-in-law in detail.

Sister Chen's eyes widened in shock. Her hand holding the tea cup was shaking. Her head was in a daze. She could not digest what Shen Jingli said.

Chen Da's reaction was better than that of sister-in-law Chen. Although she was shocked, she didn't show up on the surface. "That's dozens of shops. I'm afraid we can't manage it."

He and his daughter-in-law are not business materials, so when they come to the capital, they will take the initiative to ask for help in the farm. They are all native farmers, and they are very good at farm work. In addition, the Grange has the help of steward Wang. He has learned a lot over the years. They have a very good life. They have built a big brick house, have a lot of money, and their eldest son is married Tian Mei, the daughter of a family selling cakes in Nancheng, is engaged to Wang's second son, and her life is booming.

"Yes, Xiaoshen, you believe us. We are very happy, but we really can't do it. Brother Chen and I have never read a book and don't recognize a few words. Although we have learned a lot from Wang Guanshi in recent years, we still can't do anything." Sister in law Chen came back to her senses, grabbed Shen Jingli's hand and shook her head desperately.

She thought it over very clearly that they were not able to manage dozens of shops well. They just promised Shen Jingli that it would be bad if they hurt Shen Jingli's interests.

After hearing sister-in-law Chen's words, Shen Jingli felt that she missed her very much. She was the first one to show him how to make a fire, took him to pick wild vegetables, and told him a lot of common sense of life. Just like his elder sister, the most difficult thing is that even now, he has become the prince of Nanping, and Mu Chen has become a general. She still regards him as Daping village Shen Jingli.

"Don't worry, sister-in-law. I believe that sister-in-law and elder brother Chen can manage the shop well. Besides, Chen Jian has been doing business with him in recent years. Steward Zhang said that he is very talented and can already be competent as a steward. Besides, letting you manage the shop doesn't mean that I don't care about everything. You should also write to report the situation of the shop to me, and I will also ask you to do it Mr. Xu will take care of you. If you are in any trouble, you can go to the next door to find Mr. Xu. He will help you

Seeing that he has provided a lot of money making ideas, Xu Yanlin will certainly help.

Even so, sister-in-law Chen and his wife still dare not agree. They are not as optimistic as Shen Jingli. The most important thing is that they know their abilities very well. They are the mud legs who came out of Daping village. They can have today's scene. Thanks to the blessing of Shen Jingli's family, they have managed at most one Chuang Tzu and let them manage dozens of shops at once. They are really I can't take it.

"Are you going to the Northwest with me?" Chen Da thought for a long time and suddenly asked.

Sister Chen's eyes suddenly brightened. Yes, the only one who was ordered to guard the northwest was mu. Xiao Shen was his wife, and she must follow him. Mu Jin, as a younger brother, would not follow him. In general, his younger brother would not follow him, unless he wanted to enter the military camp.

"Brother Jin?" Shen Jingli clenched his chin and thought. Speaking of it, he didn't seem to have asked Mu Jin this question?"Xiao Shen, did you ask the Lord? What about the moon? Did you not and did not ask? " Mrs. Chen is a little surprised. In her opinion, Shen Jingli is a very powerful person. He knows everything, knows how to read, how to cook well, and how to do business. He can't do anything. How could he make such a low-level mistake?

Shen Jingli shakes his head. He has been busy dealing with the affairs of the government and the shops these days. He has never thought of it. Moreover, Mu Jin lives in the academy and is seriously preparing for the imperial examination. They have not met for a long time.

Sister Chen sighs that Xiao Shen is really slow in this respect. Has his mother never taught him?

"Moon's marriage, you have no plan yet?" In this era, parents' orders and matchmaker's words are paid attention to. Shen Yueer's parents are not in the capital, so they can't make decisions for her. Shen Jingli, the elder brother, can only help her. She can't be allowed to make her own decisions and marry herself.

"I'll let her look at each other and tell me who I like. I'll help her with it."

And this kind of operation? Sister in law Chen is frightened by Shen Jingli's boldness. How can a girl's family see her husband in the future? It's just

"Xiao Shen, don't hurt yue'er. There is no girl's family who looks at her husband in the future. If she is known by others, she may damage Yueer's reputation." don't worry. Yue'er has her own discretion and won't do anything out of the ordinary.

”If Shen yue'er is the kind of person who sticks to the conventions, she will not go out to do business in public. "

hearing Shen Jingli say that, sister-in-law Chen is not easy to be multi-disciplinary. After all, it is a household affair of other people's family, so she talks about the management of shops.

After an afternoon of discussion, sister-in-law Chen and his wife finally agreed to manage the shop for Shen Jingli and settled the matter. Shen Jingli was relieved and began to prepare his luggage.

A month later, the Mu Chen family officially set out for the northwest. The servants who followed them were mammy Jin, Li Qi, Nian Hua, Da Ji Da Li, Chang Lai, the Hu family, and Shen yue'er.

Jin Yu chose to stay in the capital because of her engagement to get married soon, while Mu Jin said that she wanted to attend the imperial examination without the help of Mu Chen, so she could enter the imperial examination hall and stay in the capital.

"Are you really going to the Northwest with us?" Shen Jingli looked at Shen yue'er, who was sitting on the side doing needlework. He didn't expect that Shen Yuer would give up everything in the capital and go to the Northwest with them.

"It's time for you to say that, fourth brother?" Shen yue'er raises her embroidered handkerchief and sighs with dismay when she sees the irregular patterns on it. She really does not have the talent for embroidery. Such a beautiful pattern has become so ugly after being embroidered by her hand.

Unable to calm down and continue to embroider, Shen yue'er throws the embroidered cloth back into the basket and takes out a puppet to sew. She can't do embroidery, and sewing the puppet is not a problem.

"What about your duck shop?"

"Let Ning Xin take care of it." Shen yue'er came to drink the tea with good bubbles. "I plan to open a roast duck shop in Northwest China. There is certainly no roast duck in Northwest China. Maybe it will sell well."

Shen Jingli saw that she planned the future confidently, and understood that she really wanted to go to the Northwest with them, but he didn't say much. However, it was quite unexpected for him to come here often. He thought With his mouth slightly raised, Shen Jingli lifted the curtain to enjoy the fast passing scenery outside.

A month and a half later, they arrived at Yanmen pass.

"This is Yanmen pass?" The tone of disbelief and disgust.

"Yes, Pingsha city in Yanmen pass." A look of great pride.

"So barren?" It can't be true! This is a city. How can it be as quiet as a ruin? The gray stone walls are plastered with lime mixed with glutinous rice water. The building blocks are very spectacular. There are also several stones protruding from the wall. The cavities hit by the stones thrown by the stone throwing stones can be repaired with rough methods. You can see that your nose is sour when you look at it.

Isn't it good to make money in war? Why is this city built like a refugee camp? Is it really poor or miserly? To save money and money to this extent, a decent dress is the face of a man, so is the city wall. At least, it should be made more beautiful, so that the business travelers in the past can see the city happily. They think that the city still has hope and is not decadent.

Ah, I don't think there is any business travel here. If you look at the road that has not been completed for most of the month, we can see that there is such a difficult road. Who would like to come? If you want to be rich, you should build roads first, and the roads are easy to walk. Only in this way can we attract business from afar and bring commercial prosperity.

However, unexpectedly, the city inside is much more lively than this one. It is clear that in the face of war all the year round, he has a warm heart and incomparable passion for life, but there are too few people. Even if there is spirit, there is no way to make the whole city lively.

"The people here are very enthusiastic, there are thousands of miles of yellow sand majestic."

"Yes, the yellow sand bibimbap is full of sand in your mouth. Your mouth is so good. It is estimated that it was practiced here?" Shen Jingli was full of disdain,

he thought he could live a relaxed life here, but as a result, he might be even more tired than the capital. My God, is he born to work hard?