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That's all he could do to comfort himself.

After clearing up her mood, Lin Xiu strolled out of the house and saw the old beggar still leaning against the corner, but the peddler's business changed, he no longer sold pancakes, but sold tea instead.

There is no technical content in selling tea. There is a small charcoal-burning stove with a copper pot on it. There is hot water in the pot. When guests come, grab a handful of tea, and the hot water will finish the job...

If he had sold tea from the very beginning, Lin Xiu would not necessarily doubt him.

Lin Xiu already knew the strength of these two people.

This old beggar is a different magician, his strength is not weaker than Lingyin's, but it will not exceed the Xuan rank. Lingyin's strength is at the upper level of Xuan rank. This old beggar should be similar to her.

As for this salesman, he gave Lin Xiu the feeling that he was far weaker than Sun Jiaoxi and the owner of the Juying Pavilion, and he should also be at the top of the mysterious rank.

Whether it is a different magician, a warrior, or even a strange beast, the ground level is a big watershed. Those above the ground level are called high-level different magicians, high-level warriors, and high-level strange beasts. All are low-level.

Considering that the old man's ability is a golden body, which belongs to the category that can carry and fight, and the combat power of a warrior cannot be said in general terms. With these two people around him, even if he meets a strong man of the earth level, It can also help Lin Xiu deal with it for a while.

Judging from the configuration of these two secret agents, His Majesty the Emperor is still very concerned about his safety. After all, if something happened to Lin Xiu, he would also have a very headache.

During today's trip to the Zhao Mansion, Lin Xiu realized the importance of strength even more.

The reason why Zhao Lingjun is so valued is because she has stepped into the lower ranks at her age. This kind of talent is unique in the capital, and even in the entire Great Xia.

If Lin Xiu had awakened five times instead of the second time, even if there was a marriage contract, Emperor Daxia would not agree to this marriage.

What he needs is balance, not a strong alliance.

Even so, Lin Xiu has to work hard to improve her strength.

The current him is still too weak, so weak that he can't decide his own life, so weak that even the important matters of marriage must be carried out according to other people's wishes.

One day, he will have the power to surpass everything, and at that time, no one has the right to dictate his life.

Qin Wangfu.

A carriage came slowly, Lin Xiu jumped out of the carriage, and said to the servants at the door: "Please inform His Highness King Qin that Lin Xiu has something to look for him."

Because His Royal Highness King Qin has no friends, there are not many guests in the palace on weekdays, but seeing the extraordinary appearance of this young gentleman, the concierge still bowed respectfully and said: "Please wait a moment, I will report right away."

Not long after the concierge of Prince Qin's Mansion entered, Li Baizhang came out quickly, and said unexpectedly, "Brother Lin, why are you here?"

Seeing that he didn't seem to invite him in, Lin Xiu looked around and asked, "Of course I have something important to see you, do you want to talk about it here?"

Li Baizhang hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Come in, go to my study and talk."

Qin Wang's mansion is more magnificent than all the mansions that Lin Xiu has seen. In this Dongcheng where every inch of land is expensive, it occupies a huge area and its value is immeasurable.

Of course, this is because of his status, the prince's residence, and the imperial court all have certain regulations.

Just from the entrance of the mansion to Li Baizhang's study, Lin Xiu had already passed through five doors, and it seemed that there were still a few more to go. The servants of the palace also saw dozens of them. The footsteps stopped.

There seems to be a small situation ahead.

A servant girl was lying on the ground, and two servants held torture sticks and hit her on the back one after another. The servant girl clenched her teeth tightly, sweat rolled down her forehead, and she didn't dare to cry out.

A young woman dressed luxuriously and with a dignified demeanor stood in front, with an angry look on her face: "You maidservant, do you know that it is my favorite glazed cup, even if I sold you, it wasn't enough to buy one, and it was broken by you accidentally?" , Give Ben Gong a hard hit!"

The woman was very beautiful, and exuded a kind of nobility from the inside out, but because the angry expression was too ferocious at the moment, this nobility was a little bit more hostile.

Li Baizhang's face sank like water, and the veins on his forehead were bulging, but he still restrained his emotions and said in a low voice: "Enough!"

When the woman saw Li Baizhang, the anger on her face immediately turned into a smile. She stepped forward and said, "Your Highness, this lowly servant girl broke the concubine's favorite glazed cup, which is why the concubine was punished. She did something wrong." If something happens, you should be punished..."

Li Baizhang's face was calm, and he said lightly: "Tell them to stop, I have important discussions with my friends, don't disturb us."

The woman glanced indifferently at the maidservant on the ground, and said coldly: "This time your Highness begged for you, I will forgive you once, if you commit the crime again next time, I will definitely not forgive you lightly."

Li Baizhang took a deep breath and said, "Let's go."

Lin Xiu followed Li Bozhang into the innermost courtyard of the palace. As the inner courtyard of the palace, there were actually four guards at the gate, and I don't know who they were guarding.

Lin Xiu glanced at Li Baizhang and asked, "Who was that just now..."

A trace of deep fatigue appeared in Li Baizhang's eyes, and he said in a low voice, "Princess Qin."

Lin Xiu asked Li Bozhang before if he was married, and Li Bozhang said no. Now it seems that what he said at that time was naturally a lie.

Lin Xiu didn't ask him why, because he knew the reason.

He and Li Baizhang have a common cognition, that is, for a woman, the most important thing is the soul. No matter how beautiful a woman is, no matter how good her figure is, no matter how outstanding her temperament is, if her soul is filthy, it is not worth it. Have a look.

The woman just now is obviously a woman with only appearance.

The beauty of her appearance cannot conceal the viciousness in her heart.

Lin Xiu would not like such a woman, and of course Li Bozhang would not. Lin Xiu finally understood where the melancholy in Li Bozhang's eyes came from when he was sitting on the shore of the lake and looking at the loving couples.

It is often said that men are afraid of entering the wrong profession and women are afraid of marrying the wrong man. In fact, the harm of unsatisfactory marriage does not distinguish between men and women, but men are often easily ignored.

Lin Xiu patted Li Baizhang's shoulder lightly, but said nothing, it was a tacit understanding between men.

Li Baizhang smiled and said, "It's okay, I'm used to it."

He breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Stop talking about this, what do you want from me?"

Lin Xiu asked, "Do you still remember the fine wine you drank last time?"

Speaking of this, Li Baizhang's eyes lit up, and he asked, "Do you still have that wine?"

Lin Xiudao: "Although I don't have it now, I have developed a method to brew that kind of wine. As long as we are willing, we can have as much of that kind of wine as we want."

Li Baizhang said: "Then you brew it quickly, since I drank your wine last time, I don't taste any wine now..."

Lin Xiudao: "I didn't come to you to invite you to drink, but to recruit you to do business. Since this wine is so good, we might as well open a few wine shops by ourselves, focusing on selling this wine. It will definitely make a lot of money..."

Li Baizhang was stunned for a moment, and immediately said: "Yes, once this wine comes out, there is no wine on the market that can compare with it, and the profit must be huge, but why don't you go to the Zhao family for this kind of business that must be profitable, but Find me……"

Lin Xiu had his reasons for finding Li Baizhang instead of the Zhao family.

For one thing, this business has huge profits and needs a reliable tree. Although the Zhao family is also powerful, it is definitely not as big as the Qin Palace.

The second reason, and the most important reason, was that although the Lin family and the Zhao family were in-laws, the relationship between the two families was actually awkward, and Lin Xiu didn't want to get more involved with them in business.

Of course, it is impossible to tell Li Baizhang these words. Lin Xiu looked at him and suddenly said: "Yes, I thought that you said you were poor last time, and you couldn't even get 1000 taels of silver. You are one of the few friends I have. , I want to make a fortune with you, and now I thought, why didn't I go to my father-in-law's house for such a good thing, thank you brother Li for reminding me, I'll go right away, goodbye..."

As soon as he turned around, his wrist was tightly grasped.

Li Baizhang stopped in front of him, and quickly said: "Brother Lin, stay on, stay on, you don't know, there is one biggest taboo in doing business, that is, you can't cooperate with people who are too close. Unhappy, wouldn't it hurt your feelings?"

Lin Xiu smiled and asked: "Brother Li, don't you worry that you and I will also hurt our relationship because of the money?"

Li Baizhang just smiled and said: "For people like you and me, money is just something outside of the body. If there is such a day, I will withdraw myself."

Lin Xiu believed this, because what the two of them were after was not money, as long as there was enough money to spend, it was just a number.

Obviously, Lin Xiu's money is not enough at present.

But what he didn't expect was that, as a prince, Li Baizhang would also be short of money.

He looked at Li Baizhang and asked, "You are a prince, with such a large fiefdom and countless places to eat, how can you be short of money?"

Li Baizhang sighed, and said: "You are right, the Qin Palace is not short of money, but I have never cared about these things, and the affairs of the palace are all under the control of the princess."

Lin Xiu understood that the financial power of the palace was actually not in his hands.

Hearing this, he couldn't help feeling a little sympathetic to Li Baizhang. As a prince with such a noble status, his marriage couldn't go as he wanted. He married a woman he didn't like, and even the financial power was controlled by others...

Lin Xiu suddenly felt that compared with Li Baizhang, he seemed not so miserable.

He is also a fallen person in the world, as long as someone is more miserable than him, he will feel better.

It's really worth it for this friend.

But he soon realized a problem, looked at Li Baizhang again, and asked solemnly: "How much do you know about Zhao Lingjun?"

Li Bozhang shook his head and said, "She used to practice outside and rarely returned to the capital. I only met her a few times, so I don't know her very well. Why are you asking this?"

Lin Xiu said worriedly: "I'm worried that she's as perverse and violent as Princess Qin, and has a strong desire to control. If I want to live with such a woman for the rest of my life, I might as well die..."

Li Baizhang covered his mouth with his hand, gritted his teeth and said, "Don't say it, don't say it..."

……

At the gate of Prince Qin's Mansion, Li Baizhang personally sent Lin Xiu out.

In fact, before today, the friendship between the two was not that deep, it was nothing more than the sympathy between two like-minded playboys.

They have the same hobbies, the same aesthetics.

But after today, the two have one more thing in common.

Sympathy.

Two people who longed for a whole forest in their hearts hanged themselves on the same tree.

Li Baizhang's marriage was unhappy, and Lin Xiu had no expectations for his future family. The two people who were sick and sympathetic to each other soon established a deep revolutionary friendship.

Although Li Bozhang is the king of Qin, the financial power of the palace is controlled by the princess. Therefore, when Lin Xiu proposed to recruit him into the gang, he almost begged to join.

The two have reached a preliminary consensus on this cooperation.

Lin Xiu contributed technology, and Li Bozhang contributed manpower and material resources. Lin Xiu originally wanted to share the profits [-]-[-], but Li Baizhang insisted that Lin Xiu do six and the other four, and Lin Xiu just let him.

What he needs is only 10 taels from the early stage, which is used to buy Yuanjing and raise his strength to the mysterious level as soon as possible.

What Li Baizhang wants is financial independence, and [-]% of the income is enough for him to spend.

Back in the Lin Mansion, Lin Xiu found Zhao Lingyin waiting for him in the yard.

Seeing him come back, Zhao Lingyin frowned and asked, "Where did you go again? What if you meet an assassin?"

Although her tone was a bit fierce, she showed her concern for herself. Lin Xiu knew better than anyone else that it was a good thing if someone cared about her, but it was sad if no one cared about her.

He stepped forward and explained: "Don't worry, I haven't walked very far, and there are two spies following me, so nothing will happen."

Zhao Lingyin's expression softened, and she said, "Come on, follow me to practice."

On the way the two of them went to the Abnormal Arts Academy, Zhao Lingyin remained silent until they came to the cold room in the Tianziyuan, and said: "It's all right now, no matter whether you really wanted to divorce the marriage or fake it, you can't do it. It's..."

Lin Xiu comforted herself and said, "If you can't withdraw, you can't. I won't be at a disadvantage in this kind of thing anyway."

Although this is true, Zhao Lingyin was still a little speechless after hearing what Lin Xiu said. She glanced at Lin Xiu, pointed to the mysterious ice bed, and said, "Go up."

Lin Xiu was stunned for a moment, and asked, "Aren't I practicing beside me?"

Zhao Lingyin said: "Your ability has been awakened for the second time, and you can practice here for a short time. After you go up, try to introduce this cold air into your body."

In terms of practice, Lin Xiu trusted Lingyin unconditionally. He took off his shoes and socks, and sat cross-legged on the ice bed. The cold air rose from under his buttocks and penetrated into his bones, making him shiver uncontrollably.

He guessed right, this bed really freezes buttocks!

Lin Xiu only persisted for a quarter of an hour before getting off the bed. Her cultivation speed was very fast. Although it was not as good as directly absorbing Yuanjing, it was much faster than her own cultivation. No wonder Lingyin's ability was already awakened at such a young age Four times, it should also have a lot of credit for this mysterious ice bed.

However, Lin Xiu couldn't walk her way.

After all, her ability was awakened when she was very young, and she has only awakened four times until now. If she practiced normally, it would take at least ten years for Lin Xiu to reach her current level.

For him now, krypton gold is the last word.

Chapter 78 Persistence

Lin Xiu's guess was right. After Lingyin returned to the capital, he lived a life of being exhausted every day. Apart from practicing, he was sleeping, let alone going to Lihuayuan to listen to music, or to cultivate a relationship with Xue Ning'er.

But it's useless to develop a relationship with her now, after all, the amount of Lin Xiu's ability to copy has reached the upper limit, and everything has to wait for him to break through again, that is, when he saves enough 10 taels of silver.

Half a month later, Li Baizhang came to the Lin Mansion.

In Lin Xiu's study, he put a small altar of wine in front of Lin Xiu, and said, "The thing you made is really miraculous. In just one day, those bad wines that taste as light as water will become Great tasting wine..."

Lin Xiu asked, "How much inventory do we have now?"

Since he talked about this with Li Bozhang last time, Li Bozhang has set aside a manor outside his city and specially built a winemaking workshop. Now, there are already some stocks.

Li Baizhang said: "It will take some time for us to brew our own wine, but I have bought two small workshops and can use ready-made wine. After the craftsmen are busy these days, there should be about [-] altars."

Alcohol is a very common drink in this world, and [-] jars of wine are not enough to sell, but the two of them planned to take the high-end route from the beginning. In this case, these [-] jars of wine are enough for the store to open.

Lin Xiu asked again worriedly, "Your people are all reliable, if the secret recipe is leaked out, we won't be able to make any money."

Ordinary distillation equipment does not have much technical content at all. If the technology leaks out, this business will be lost.

Li Baizhang said: "Don't worry, the craftsmen in the workshop are all my confidantes and they are absolutely trustworthy. I have already chosen the address of the shop. It is on the street at the gate of the palace. It is the only way to go, and it will open in a few days, I came to you this time to discuss the price of wine with you."

He looked at Lin Xiu and said, "I thought about it, even the broken wine like Zayuelou can be sold for a few taels of silver, but our wine is only sold for ten taels, which is still a bit of a loss, should we increase the price... ..."

Regarding the price of wine, Lin Xiu and Li Baizhang discussed for a long time, and finally decided on a plan.