Dressed as cannon fodder to raise cubs for the villain prince [Transmigration Book]

Shen Chu ignored the awkward reaction between the two, and asked softly, "Did you find anything?"

Li Di turned over, blew on a torch, took out a handful of salt grains from his night clothes, and said, "I found it in the cabin."

Shen Chu caught a glimpse of the obvious blush on his face, quickly shifted his attention, rubbed some grains of salt with his finger, tasted it, spit out a few mouthfuls, looked at him and said, "It's sea salt."

Li Di nodded, "I've tasted it too, it's true."

The two looked at each other, Li Di: "When we arrive at Yingtian Mansion the day after tomorrow, we have to get off the boat to have a look, and we will also send people to investigate in Chenliu."

Shen Chu couldn't help but feel a little depressed, and said suspiciously, "I don't know if the sale of sea salt to the mainland is just one of the Tongsu trading companies, or all the trading companies are involved."

Li Di clicked his tongue, "Everyone wants to get involved in this kind of profitable business, but it's just that they get involved more or less, depending on their ability."

"But having said that, the price of salt in the northwest is low, and the price of salt in the southeast is cheap. It may not be reasonable for the imperial court to prohibit the sale of sea salt from the southeast to the northwest."

Shen Chu was quite surprised, thinking that Li Di's awareness is quite high. The Yunmeng Dynasty has always emphasized agriculture over business, and the emperor was only worried that his treasury did not have enough money, so how could he think of ways to enrich the treasury, but Li Di could see take longer.

Li Di patted him on the back, "It's very late, go to bed early."

When Shen Chu woke up the next day, the sky was already bright.He was the only one left on the bed, and he couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed when there were voices coming from outside the window, as if he was a bed-ridden little daughter-in-law, but someone else found out.

Shocked by his own thoughts, he quickly got up, folded the quilt, and quickly finished washing.Qingzhu said outside the door, "Ma'am, the breakfast is still hot on the table, and the master is talking to Master Li from the business outside."

Shen Chu was puzzled, Master Li of Tongqu Trading Company, could it be the owner that Mr. Duan said?Knowing that Qingzhu was reminding him, she replied, "Understood."

After sitting at the table and eating the porridge, he put on a gauze hat and went out.He was also very curious about Master Li of this firm.

When I went out and saw this person, my jaw dropped in shock.He originally thought that the master of the firm would either have a goatee and a shrewd look, just like Mr. Duan, or he would be rich and wealthy at first glance.But it never occurred to me that this, this Master Li actually looked so young and so good-looking.

He went forward to give a blessing, found a seat beside Li Di and sat down, Zai Zai happily ran over and threw himself into his arms, called "Mother" softly, and buried his head in his arms After acting coquettishly a few times, he ran to the table again, picked up the dried durian on the plate with his little hands and ate happily.

Seeing his son's unceremonious appearance, Shen Chu really wanted to bring him back.Holding his breath, he squeezed his throat and said, "Zai Zai, did you thank Mr. Li?"

Zai Zai raised his little hands holding dried durian together, and said seriously, "Thank you, Mr. Li!" Then he slurred, "Master Li, can you send more of this delicious fruit to Zai Zai? "

Shen Chu staggered and almost fell off his chair. He was really ashamed to see others. Fortunately, he was wearing a gauze hat.He didn't understand, he had never shorted the little guy's food and drink, so why this little guy is a snack.

He said embarrassedly, "Master Li, Zai Zai is ignorant and rude."

I only heard the man laughing, "Hahaha, this little guy is really angry with me. This fruit grows in the area south of Baiyue, and it is replaced by durian. It grows on a giant tree. The fruit is as big as an embrace. The local people are quite fond of it." I like to eat this."

"However, in the Central Plains, there are very few people who are used to eating this food, and they all say that the stench is unpleasant."

"Hmph, I think it's just a group of stupid people. Such a sweet thing is said to be a stench, and it's not as good as a cub."

"It's a pity that this thing can't be preserved for a long time. It can only be made into dried fruits. After all, it still loses its flavor. But I still have a lot here, so I can give some more."

Zai Zai didn't understand anything else, only understood that this good-looking Master Li was going to give him a lot of delicious fruits, and immediately made another bow to this Master Li happily.

Shen Chu hurriedly wanted to decline, but the man said casually, "Last night, a thief appeared on the boat. It disturbed the two of you. These trivial things are regarded as an apology. I hope you don't dislike them."

Shen Chu remembered his performance yesterday, and immediately put on a look of shame and indignation, entangled and entangled, and finally said to Li Dijiao, "I'd better resign first." Zai Zai also followed behind his father, da da da back to the room.

Li Di smiled and said, "My wife is embarrassed, I made Master Li laugh."

There were a few more pleasantries, neither of them was a warm person, and they already had their own thoughts, but now they tested each other, and they didn't want to entangle each other, so they separated.

Shen Chu sat by the bed, saw Li Di coming in after a while, and asked, "Why did Master Li come out to chat with us today? Is he trying to trick us?"

Li Di: "This man claims to be Li Qulai, but I don't think that may be his real name. He may see that we are not real husband and wife."

Shen Chu was dumbfounded, thinking that he had acted so hard, how could he still be seen.

Li Di knew what he was thinking when he looked at him, pinched his forehead and said, "It's still too obvious, think about it, if it's an ordinary woman, if someone broke the incident last night, she would still dare to go out today Can you still chat with the outsider like no one else?"

Shen Chu was stunned, and said in a daze, "I thought I had disguised myself well, but I didn't expect to be spotted so easily."

"Then will it be against us if Li goes back? Should we leave the Golden Eagle?"

Li Di pondered for a while, then shook his head, "It's safer on board the Golden Eagle, if something goes wrong with us, it will have a greater impact on the reputation of Tongqu Trading Company, and even though Li Qulai thinks that we don't behave well Generally normal couples, but there is no substantive evidence, and they will not act rashly."

Shen Chu nodded and said, "And I think this Li Qulai is not like an ordinary businessman. His words and deeds are quite unrestrained. Such a person should not secretly plot against us."

Li Di said with an uneasy face, "Don't look at him because he can't tell his age, in fact he should be older than Uncle Nine Emperors."

Shen Chu stuck out his tongue in secret, thinking that this person's jealous jar is too easy to turn over.

In the next few days, Li Di and Shen Chu were more cautious on the boat, and did not show any more flaws.

In the early morning of the next day, the Golden Eagle stopped at Yingtianfu.Completely different from Chenliu Town, many white-clothed scholars come and go on the wharf, either buying books on the wharf or selling their own calligraphy and paintings.

It is a bit similar to the book gallery in the Xiangguo Temple Market, but the scale is much larger. There are boat merchants who specialize in collecting calligraphy and paintings, and they hardly look at the calligraphy and paintings of scholars. There are hundreds or thousands of pieces, and the price of one piece is at least one or two silver, which is not cheap.

Shen Chu was dumbfounded when he saw it, and Li Di explained to him, "Yingtian Mansion has the largest academy in Yunmeng, and the literary atmosphere is very popular, so ship merchants will bring all kinds of books here to sell, and then sell the calligraphy and paintings of the scholars. The best ones are sold all over the country, and the second-best ones are sold overseas.”

"Many barbarian and barbarian nobles don't know much about the calligraphy and painting of the Central Plains, but they still like it very much, so they like to spend a lot of money to buy it."

The two took Zai Zai for a stroll around the city, and then sent guards to secretly inquire at the salt shop. Like Chen Liuzhen, there was no sign of selling sea salt.

A few people got a taste of Ying Tian Mansion's atmosphere.Yingtianfu, as the Nanjing of the Yunmeng Dynasty, has many shops on both sides of the canal, teahouses and restaurants, Liyuan songfang is not uncommon, and juggling performers on the streets are very lively, and its prosperity is comparable to that of Bianjing.But comparatively speaking, it is more full of a free atmosphere. Many scholars talk loudly in teahouses and restaurants, and they are more bold than Bianjing.

Shen Chu found that there were even some scholars in the restaurant talking about his poems, and the answers to the essays in the palace examination. Many people regarded him as a role model, and they had a great feeling of yearning for him even though he was invisible.Li Di looked at him teasingly, which made him quite embarrassed.

In a blink of an eye, it was getting late, and the guard who came back from inquiring about the news reported the situation.After having dinner at the most famous restaurant in Yingtianfu, the group returned to the boat.

The rest of the day passed quickly, and only Suzhou and Sizhou would stop on the way. These two places are not as prosperous as Yingtianfu, but they are more like a large distribution terminal, and they are quite lively.

Every time they arrive at a stop, Li Di and Shenchu ​​will go to investigate in person, and then arrange people to secretly search for any suspicious clues.

Shen Chu couldn't help thinking, this inspection is really impossible for ordinary people, they are not familiar with the place, and the time is short, how can ordinary people have so many people under their hands, so they can only look at the flowers on horseback, pulling out a few corrupt officials is considered a great achievement One piece.

Half a month later, the group arrived in Yangzhou.

Shen Chu was standing on the bow of the boat with his cub in his arms. The wind from the river occasionally lifted his veil. He had a panoramic view of the gentleness of Jiangnan and the prosperity of Yangzhou, and he couldn't help feeling a little excited.

There was a group of people standing in the distance, the leader was a young man, who happened to see his face behind the veil, which was faintly visible, like a cloud, and suddenly seemed to lose his soul.Seeing Zai Zai in his arms and Li Di beside him in a blink of an eye, he couldn't help feeling very depressed.

Of course, Shen Chu didn't know anything about it, and after they got off the boat, they boarded the carriage that had been arranged in advance, and went to the official post in Yangzhou Prefecture to stay with their degrees.After resting for a while, Shen Chu also changed his attire, and then sent someone to notify Zhou Shuo who had arrived first.

Zhou Shuo had only arrived a day or two early and stayed at the magistrate's mansion in Yangzhou.

Soon, Zhou Shuo and Wang Yi, the prefect of Yangzhou, who received the news, came to see them.

The two knelt down with Li Di and greeted Shen Chu.

Wang Zhifu respectfully said, "Your Highness and Mr. Shen came from afar, and I have specially prepared a reception banquet. I hope that your Highness and Mr. Shen will not be disgusted."

Li Di and Shen Chu looked at each other and nodded.