Travel through space and help the prince’s husband in construction

Xiao Yunyan found various books, and the three sisters studied the customs and geographical environment of the provincial capital together, hoping that Miss Yu and Miss Wen could better integrate into local life.

From that day on, Miss Yu also tried hard to learn the man's words and deeds to avoid revealing her flaws. She followed Teng Hui and imitated his movements. The interaction between the "brother and sister" became more and more natural.

On the third day, they set out on their journey to the provincial capital.

Although they encountered small groups of bandits along the way, they were not very powerful and were easily dealt with by Xiao Yunyan.

Along the way, Miss Wen and Miss Yu saw scenery they had never seen before, saw the lives of ordinary people they had never understood before, and experienced firsthand the sadness and helplessness of the lower-class people.

When they stay in hotels or go shopping, they often encounter beggars.

Miss Yu and Miss Wen were afraid that their spotless clothes would be grabbed by their dirty hands. They felt sorry for the beggars who pestered them and begged them for food and money, but they also wanted to help them.

Every time this happened, the guards around him would hold up their unsheathed swords and attack the beggars who surrounded them.

Because some kidnappers would also disguise themselves as beggars, specifically picking on kind-hearted ladies, and swarm around them. When the crowd dispersed, the ladies and their maids had already been abducted.

Therefore, young women who are kind but unable to protect themselves should not do good deeds easily.

When Miss Wen and Miss Yu were shopping under the protection of the guards, Xiao Yunyan would go to check on the various stores under her name.

Sometimes I would check the account books, and usually I would take the opportunity to restock their stocks.

Every time Xiao Yunyan and Li Mohan passed by their family's shop, they would replenish them with some goods that were difficult to transport.

Therefore, Xiao Yunyan was not idle along the way.

On this day, Xiao Yunyan came to her own shop selling luxury stationery items. The shopkeeper did not notice Xiao Yunyan wearing a veil.

Xiao Yunyan was looking at the various goods in the shop casually.

At this time, two young men dressed as college students entered the store together.

The shopkeeper immediately greeted them with a smile and said, "Hey, Master Yuan and Master Liu are here. What would you like to buy today?"

The tall and thin Master Yuan said somewhat unhappily, "The two black-fat inkstones and two top-quality white jade wolf-hair brushes we ordered half a month ago, have they arrived yet?"

Shopkeeper Qian smiled and comforted the two young masters: "Don't worry, young masters. The delivery team will arrive in about five days.

Please wait a little longer. There are other excellent products in the store. Please take a look. If they are in stock, you can take them away immediately.

Both the black-fat inkstone and the white-jade wolf-hair brush are extremely popular goods, and you two are extremely lucky to be able to order them.

There are also many young scholars who come to place orders, but we dare not accept them. After all, it is still uncertain when the goods will arrive and how many inkstones and pens we will get.

The goods in our shop are all shipped from the Lanyu Dynasty. There are too many shops, and each shop can't get 50 inkstones and 50 pens a month.

Besides, there were too many bandits along the way, and the safe transportation of these things really depended on the right time, place and people.

Please forgive me and wait patiently for a while."

Young Master Liu, who was thin and small, said anxiously, "Manager Qian, we have come here several times. You kept saying that the delivery team was about to arrive, but it kept delaying.

Today we are here to ask when will the goods arrive?

We are not the kind of people who don't know etiquette. Rather, we buy inkstones and brushes to give as gifts to others.

We purchased the goods a month in advance, but now half a month has passed.

If I can’t deliver this gift before the end of the month and miss my elder’s birthday, then won’t this inkstone and brush lose their meaning?”

The shopkeeper also felt helpless, because the two items they chose were the most popular and most in-demand goods in the store.

Xiao Yunyan waited for the two young masters to leave, and revealed her true identity. Shopkeeper Qian immediately knelt down to salute his master.

Xiao Yunyan told him not to be polite, and then, under the guidance of the shopkeeper, went upstairs.

Xiao Yunyan asked: "Shopkeeper Qian, which products in the store are out of stock and are being restocked slowly?"

It was rare for Shopkeeper Qian to see Xiao Yunyan, so he immediately brought the catalog of goods to Xiao Yunyan and showed her that several of the goods were out of stock due to transportation and production issues.

Even if we place reservations in advance, we dare not accept too many orders, for fear that the goods will not be delivered for a long time and cause dissatisfaction among customers.

Among them, Wuzhi inkstone has always been in short supply due to production issues.

Xiao Yunyan also knew that because the black-fat inkstone required a special quality of stone, even now, the masked bird often took the pterosaur and other birds to different places to look for this kind of stone mountain, which was really a very rare mineral deposit.

However, the patterns carved on this black inkstone were all made using a space machine.

If we ask a master craftsman to make an inkstone, not only will the process be too slow, but it will also be difficult to hire so many skilled masters.

Therefore, there are too many goods being processed in the space, and the black fat inkstone can only be regarded as a niche product.

Scholars particularly like black inkstones, and they often give each other gifts. The price is not too expensive, but it is hard to find an inkstone.

And the jade pen with wolf hair is made of different colored jade materials, and is equipped with a high-quality wolf hair brush head. It is not only very easy to use, but also a symbol of status. Moreover, the high-end pens purchased from Xiao Yunyan's shop can have their pens replaced.

Therefore, the best jade wolf hair pens are the most popular. Especially the white jade wolf hair pens with white body and white tip are sought after by many literati and poets who claim to have high moral character. It means that the pen is like the person.

The warm and smooth white jade wolf hair brush is paired with the delicate black inkstone, which is clean and delicate in black and bright and transparent in white.

Just like the dark ink words written on the white rice paper, people also need to distinguish right from wrong, black and white.

Therefore, in many places, the hard-to-find white jade wolf-hair brush and black-fat inkstone have become the best gifts for scholars and students to give to their elders.

The total price of the two items is only one thousand five hundred taels, but they can receive more appreciation than the famous inkstones and writing brushes worth four or five thousand taels of silver.

There has always been such a saying among scholars: if other merchants were to sell the black-fat inkstone and the jade-hair brush, they would probably be sold for more than ten thousand taels.

However, because it was a shop owned by Prince Duanjing and his wife, they had always strictly controlled prices and were unwilling to make huge profits from literati. So although the prices were not high, the quality of the black-fat inkstone and jade-hair brush was impeccable.

Xiao Yunyan looked at the catalog of inventory items and replenished the black fat inkstone and the finest white jade wolf hair brushes, as well as some other popular items.

Xiao Yunyan also wants to talk to the masked bird to see if he can take the birds in the space to travel to other time and space. Perhaps there are a large number of this black stone mines there.

As far as Xiao Yunyan knew, in the time and space where she was now, almost all the continents had been searched twice by the Mengmeng Bird and its followers, and it should be impossible to find other larger mines.

This Wushi Mine has no other use except for making inkstones. Moreover, the Wushi Mine is very strange, with a smooth surface like a mirror and no grass growing on it. Therefore, it is the most useless mine for the local people.

In the spirit of waste utilization, Xiao Yunyan found these black stone mines, threw them into space, and processed them into inkstones using space machines, benefiting literati and poets.

After Xiao Yunyan left the stationery shop, she saw Miss Wen and Miss Yu as soon as she came to the street. They were surrounded by a group of beggars who were asking for food and copper coins.

Xiao Yunyan did not intervene at first. She wanted to see if these beggars really wanted to beg, or if they had other purposes.

Although beggars are pitiful, he will not forgive them if they are beggars in disguise but are actually kidnappers with evil intentions.

The guards following them felt that the group of beggars was growing in number and becoming more and more outrageous. Their swords, which had not been unsheathed, were already half-unsheathed.

Miss Wen and Miss Yu also sensed that something was wrong with the atmosphere.

Just now they saw too many beggars and thought they were really hungry, so they walked to a shop that made steamed buns and pancakes.

They paid to buy all the buns and pancakes and distributed them to the beggars.

Although many beggars got steamed buns and pancakes, they still came to him while chewing the food in their hands.

The beggars reached out to tear at their clothes, asking for money, and pushed him further and further away from the center of the street.

Several leading beggars shouted, "Please help us, kind lady. Although a meal of steamed buns can fill our stomachs, we will still be hungry for the next meal."

Please be kind, both of you, and give us some copper coins so that we can have more meals."

"Please give me a few copper coins!"

"Please give me a few pieces of silver, my dear lady. I am old and weak, and I will starve to death if I don't have food..."

The beggars spoke very miserable words, begging Miss Wen and Miss Yu for help, but their behavior was a little strange.

They surrounded the two young ladies and the guards who were protecting them. As they continued to crowd, they pushed them to the end of the street, where there were fewer people.

Miss Yu and Miss Wen have already discovered that these beggars have bad intentions. They should attack them in a place with few people.

They shouted at the beggars, asking them not to come over. The guards around them also drew their blades, ready to fight to the death with the beggars.

These beggars put on a frivolous smile and acted pitiful, while constantly pushing themselves to places with fewer people.

Xiao Yunyan was about to rescue them. Just as she was about to do so, one of the guards took out a drug and tried to sprinkle it on the beggars to knock them unconscious.

The ones who took action before them were Master Liu and Master Yuan, whom Xiao Yunyan had just met, and three other scholars around them.

They hurried over here, shouting as they ran: "You fake beggars, get out of here quickly.

If you dare to rob decent women in the street again, the police will come and arrest you and put you in jail.

We have already reported it to the police. If you don't want to be arrested, leave now."

The leading beggars exchanged glances with each other, and one of them immediately tried to grab the swords of the guards.

Some beggars aimed to catch the two ladies, while other beggars on the periphery wanted to stop the five scholars.

They didn't dare to arrest scholars in the street, as these scholars were the sons of local officials and wealthy merchants. If they dared to touch these people, they would not be able to survive here.

The beggar leader sent several beggars to stand side by side with their smelly bodies and black claws to block the five nosy scholars.

The situation became tense in an instant. The guards fought hard and engaged in a fierce fight with the beggars.

Miss Wen and Miss Yu were in trouble and kept screaming.

Seeing this, Master Liu and Master Yuan shouted angrily, "Shameless bastard! How dare you be so presumptuous in broad daylight!"

Although they were scholars, they were well-versed in rites, music, archery, charioteering, calligraphy and mathematics.

The sons of wealthy families had all learned some martial arts, and they also tried to break through the beggars' defenses and rescue the two trapped people.

However, there were so many beggars that it was difficult to break through at once.

Just then, a gong sounded in the distance, and the officials finally arrived.

"The police are coming, run away!" Upon hearing the sound, the beggars fled in all directions.