After time travel, he devoted himself to helping his father with his career.

Xie Boyuan and Xiao Qingshan discussed the next route. Xie Boyuan proposed to go in two ways. Dong took the children and three guards directly to Jincheng, while he and Xiao Qingshan took a detour to Ancheng with a guard.

Anseong started with wine. Both the previous dynasty and the present people like Anseong's wine. Compared with other wines, Anseong's wine is stronger and more mellow.

Inspired by Liancheng's exchange of medical books, Xie Boyuan really wanted to go to Ancheng and have a look, always having a premonition that he would gain something new. Of course, Li Hansheng also particularly likes Ancheng’s wine.

Xiao Qingshan was more worried about Mrs. Dong taking the child alone, even with Mrs. Shui and three guards. Being unfamiliar with the place, Dong's health is not good. Although she has been walking around, Dong's body is still a little overwhelmed.

After listening to her husband's words, Mrs. Dong was not worried about herself, but was worried about her husband. Liancheng was only a day and a half away from the capital and it was safer on the road. But once we go further northwest, it becomes increasingly unsafe, so Dong suggests going with the caravan.

Finally, we decided to split into two groups and find the caravan. In this way, Mr. Dong needs to wait in Jinju City with his children for about 10 days. They are waiting for Xiao Qingshan and others to come over from Ancheng and rest for a few days. They went straight to Chuanzhou.

After agreeing on a meeting place, Xiao Qingshan and Xie Boyuan took their simple luggage and a few books and headed to Ancheng. Mingjia looked at his father's back, thinking a little.

She really wanted to eat oranges... Well, it had the same effect as oranges, and she wanted to cry.

His father and mother agreed to leave separately and take such a big risk, largely because of her, although Anjo was not her plan in the first place.

Two days later, Dong and his party finally arrived at Jinzhou City, which is considered the most prosperous city in the four northwest states. There are no big cities further to the northwest. Find the largest inn, or rent the entire courtyard.

Xiao Qingshan was away, so Dong stayed in the yard with Mrs. Shui accompanying her. Xiaoliu followed Xiao Qingshan and Xie Boyuan to Ancheng. Thirty-three-four stood guard at the door of the courtyard, and Cheng Si accompanied Mingjun brother and sister to eat in the hall.

There was a storyteller in the hall, which was very lively, and Ming Jun listened with great interest. Mingjia ate and observed the people in the hall. There were many merchants in Jincheng, and there were almost no scholars dressed up.

After dinner, Cheng Si accompanied Ming Jun to continue listening and speaking, while Ming Jia went back to the courtyard by herself. While Xiao Qingshan was away, Mingjia didn't want her mother to worry about her, so she decided not to leave the inn until her father came back.

Mingjia spent an entire afternoon making two tables, recording the things she wanted to know, including the prices of various grains, the approximate yield per acre of local land, the types of grains, etc. She planned to ask Uncle Fourteen to help She went to inquire and record.

The other one was about some points about the embroidery shop and the cloth shop. She considered asking Granny Shui to help her ask. Granny Shui knew these things very well and no one could deceive her.

As for Mingjia herself, she plans to organize the things she has recorded and learn embroidery with her mother. She doesn't want to be a maverick in this era, so as a lady from an official family, she must know how to embroider.

A few days later, Mingjia discovered that she liked the feeling of commanding people. She only had to write down what she wanted to know or tell Fourteen, and someone would check it out for her. No wonder she liked being an official. It's not easy to learn well, but it's easy to learn bad things.

Mingjia was very happy, except that her embroidery always hurt her hands. Shi Shi was visibly haggard. Ming Jia felt guilty looking at Shi Shi. Was the task she assigned so exhausting?

Shi Shi didn't dare to tell the lady, so he discussed it with Cheng Si privately.

The information that the young lady wants to find out is very detailed. In the past, in other towns, wives would take their children and mothers around to ask about the prices of various grains in grain stores. When asking about the price of salt, the store owners would not suspect anything.

Shi Shi is a grown man, and he doesn’t look like someone buying rice or grain wherever he goes. Originally, Fourteen just thought that Mr. Xiao wanted to cultivate the young lady's interest in reading and asked the young lady to write travel notes, so he relaxed his vigilance about this task.

Then after asking three grain stores, Fourteen found that he was being targeted. During the war in the past, Fourteen often disguised himself to inquire for information, and he was also very vigilant.

When something goes wrong, there must be a monster. After Shi Shi got rid of the follower, he turned to covert investigation and found that three kinds of salt were actually sold here.

One is the official salt sold by the imperial court. One kind of salt looks on par with the official salt. The other kind of salt is a little bluish in color. At first glance, it looks like simply treated poisonous salt. If the people eat it for a long time, big trouble will happen.

The three types of Yanguan salt are the most expensive, more expensive than those bought in the capital. Green salt is the cheapest, but it is poisonous, although simple treatment can remove some of the toxic substances.

Cheng Si didn't know what to do. Master Xiao was not here and the military advisor was not here. The three of them were protecting four old, weak, women and children who had no ability to protect themselves, so they could not investigate further. It's not a big deal to scare the snake, but it's troublesome to put my wife and others in danger.

Thirteen was called, and the three of them discussed it for a long time and came to a conclusion and wrote a letter to the Duke.

Well, the Duke of Guo returned to the court from Phoenix Mountain and soon solved a major case, official salt smuggling.

Mingjia didn't know any of these things. When she has some free time recently, she will carefully review the plot of the novel. The only thing that comes to mind is that in the 15th year of Kaiyuan of Daliang, Emperor Liang promoted maritime trade and built a port in Xuzhou.

This was when the male protagonist Liang Shengrui was introduced later and became a wise king, recording various great achievements. She complained: What if I bought a house and land in advance!

It is now the 7th year of Kaiyuan. If the establishment of the port was announced in 15, then those who are well-informed may start buying land in 14. So in order not to compete with the big family, she can start in advance in 13.

She still has 6 years to make money. Chuanzhou is still just the county magistrate. It is estimated that if the entire Chuanzhou is sold, it may not be worth much.

As long as she seizes this opportunity, she will be able to live and eat well for the rest of her life. It is her only golden finger in the book.

Mingjia decided that from this day forward, she would go to the front hall to eat more often. There were many merchants in the inn, so she would see if there were any business opportunities. Mrs. Dong was worried about Ming Jia, and was afraid that Cheng Sishi would be careless, so she always asked Mrs. Shui to accompany her.

On this day, everyone in the hall seemed to be discussing one thing. Master Zhang in Jingcheng was demoted to Chuzhou for being corrupt.

The emperor saw that Mr. Zhang had the merit of following the dragon, so he only punished Mr. Zhang and allowed his wife and daughter to stay in Beijing. Lord Zhang's eldest son's official position will not be affected.

Mrs. Shui knew about Mr. Zhang. Last year, Mr. Zhang became very popular after Ya Shi's suggestion. She went to banquets with the eldest lady and met Mrs. Zhang several times, and she became a lot domineering.

Master Zhang's eldest son was also transferred back to the capital at that time.

Now, only half a year later, he was demoted to Chuzhou.

In Ancheng, Xie Boyuan took the small wine glass handed over by the shopkeeper, drank it in one sip and said, "Good wine." He invited Xiao Qingshan to taste a glass as well, and the shopkeeper also quickly brought out a glass.

Xiao Qingshan hurriedly stopped him and stopped drinking. Frankly speaking, I am not blessed to enjoy it. Xiao Qingshan didn't know what he looked like when he was drunk, but if Li Hansheng, a polite person, could directly say that the wine was bad, it must be really bad.

Xie Boyuan was even more surprised when he found "Beishan Wine Diary" and bought "Famous Wine Diary" in Ancheng. The bookstore actually had books related to wine and food. I also bought several undergraduate examination books, which can be said to be a fruitful harvest.

Xiao Qingshan was thinking about Mr. Dong and the children, so he left Ancheng and rushed to Jincheng without staying long.