I was a prince in ancient times

Because they agreed to Lu Chengjie, the two of them got busy in the backyard early in the morning the next day.

It took half a day to even choose the yard, let alone tidy up the yard.

That little jumpy energy seemed to drag all the good things in the palace to the small courtyard.

Fortunately, the two of them were not overwhelmed by joy. The things that adorn the yard were all ordinary things, and neither of them touched anything that did not conform to the regulations.

The more they were like this, the more Xie Anlan became curious about what kind of person this elder was.

Taking advantage of Lu Chengjiao's inattention, Xie Anlan called Lu Chuyi over and asked, "Who is that elder of your young master?"

If Xie Anlan remembered correctly, there shouldn't be any relatives left in Lu Chengjia's family.

"Back to the lord, Uncle Zhong was the former housekeeper of the Lu family. Before the old master went out to fight, he entrusted the young master to him. The young master has always treated him as a relative. Over the years, Uncle Zhong has been helping the young master with his business affairs. That’s why the young master is so happy.” After Lu Chuyi finished speaking, they hadn’t seen each other for almost two or three years since Uncle Zhong took people to the Grassland Department, not to mention the young master, even He kind of misses him.

"That's it." After Xie Anlan figured it out, she inexplicably put down a big stone in her heart. Seeing that Lu Chuyi was looking at him carefully, he looked like he was afraid that he would reject him because Uncle Zhong was a servant. It's like giving them a courtyard to live in.

I couldn't help laughing, "I'm not that stingy, it's just two yards, the palace is so big, you can do whatever you want."

"Thank you, my lord. My lord is the best lord of Dayong." Lu Chuyi got the promise, narrowed his eyes with a smile, and spit out good words as if he didn't want money.

Xie Anlan shook her head helplessly, she really didn't think he was a good person.

Isn't the point that the more trouble they have, the less the cost of repairing the palace will be.

Sure enough, he was taken advantage of or something, the cutest.

After Xie Anlan learned the truth, she didn't pay attention to Lu Chengke's side, but took the list that Lu Chengke had written to him, and started preparing for the expedition.

In winter, the imperial capital is so cold that people don't want to go out, let alone a place as cold as the northwest, the first thing to prepare is of course something to keep out the cold.

But when Xie Anlan entered the leather goods store with money, he stepped in with his front foot when he stepped out with his back foot.

too expensive……

Although his emperor's elder brother sent him a lot of gold, silver and jewelry, the total estimated value is only between 9000/1 taels and [-] taels, and it is not too much to buy a few hundred taels of fur.

But the problem is, Xie Anlan doesn't think it's worth it.

If it weren't for the fact that there is no cotton in this world, why would he choose furs? Cotton is obviously more warm and economical.

cotton……

Xie Anlan had a flash of inspiration.

There is no cotton in this world, but he has it.

I found a place where no one was around, turned on the system, and searched for cotton.

Sure enough, I saw all kinds of cotton, including cotton seeds, cotton quilts, and cotton clothes.

After learning the lesson from last time, Xie Anlan learned to be smart this time, and planned to compare prices one by one, and then choose a cost-effective one.

As a result, Xie Anlan excitedly looked through more than a dozen brands, and the prices he saw all started at [-].

What's even more frightening is that the system didn't calculate the money that Xie Cangming rewarded him at all, so his system's account is still a lonely one hundred.

Not even a single cotton seed can be bought.

Unable to buy cotton, Xie Anlan had no choice but to shut down the system, and get all the other things on the list first.

Fortunately, other things are not as expensive as clothes, and you can buy a lot of them for a few taels of silver.

After shopping for the last thing, Xie Anlan suddenly remembered the carriage at home when the shopkeeper was calling for the waiter to load the cart and send it to Prince Chen's mansion.

It was the first time he rode in a carriage, because the carriage was not equipped with an anti-shock system, he sat in the carriage for less than an hour, and it made him feel uncomfortable.

This time, it will take ten days and a half months to go out, and these ten days and a half months will have to live in a carriage, such a bumpy road, it is very likely that people will be lost.

Thinking of this, Xie Anlan turned on the system again and searched for the shockproof system of the carriage.

The best shockproof carriage is to use a spring to make a spring shock absorber and install it on the carriage.

Unfortunately, even if he bought the production method of this shock absorber, he couldn't make it with Dayong's industrial backwardness.

I vaguely remember that ordinary steel cannot produce springs, and it needs to be alloyed and specially treated to have high elasticity.

As for the Yong Dynasty, at present, they don't even have the most basic steel...

Xie Anlan silently slid away rows of eye-catching spring shock absorbers on the system board.

If it wasn't for the rows of zeros at the back that made Xie Anlan look away, he would probably buy one without hesitation.

Facts have proved that the loopholes in the system are not easy to take advantage of. It does not belong to this era, and its price is more than ten times and a hundred times more expensive than the price of the thing itself.

Of course, if Xie Anlan can gradually figure out the price by himself, it will give the price as appropriate, such as gun|powder. In the case that Xie Anlan knew the specific formula, this broken system brazenly charged him 20 taels, which can be seen in the world. Profiteers are generally black.

If he had known that he would time travel, he shouldn't have studied finance in the first place...

Xie Anlan sifted through the anti-vibration system of the carriage boredly, and finally asked him to find the simplest anti-vibration device when he did not know how many pages to turn.

It is to change the axle supporting the entire body into a U-shape. It is so simple, but no one can think of it.

This idea cost nothing, because Xie Anlan understood it just by looking at the picture.

After successfully exploiting a loophole in the system, Xie Anlan immediately went to the Ministry of Industry to ask Liu Guangyan to borrow a craftsman.

While Xie Anlan was leading the craftsmen to make an anti-vibration system for the carriage, Lu Chengjie finally received the caravan that came back from the northwest.

Several large carriages were pulled towards the gate of the palace to celebrate the wedding, attracting the eyes of the surrounding people.

But when he saw the tall and mighty men standing on both sides of the carriage, he timidly moved his eyes away.

Lu Chengjie and Lu Chuyi absent-mindedly received the congratulatory gifts, and couldn't stop looking towards the end of the convoy.

Until the last cart of congratulatory gifts entered the palace, Lu Chengke finally couldn't help but asked the man at the top, "Where's Uncle Zhong?"

"Uncle Zhong...he didn't come back." The man opened his mouth, and finally whispered.

"Impossible, Uncle Zhong loves the young master the most. The young master's marriage is such a big deal, can he come back and take a look at it when he receives the news?" Lu Chuyi widened his eyes, with a look of disbelief, thinking that the big man must be here joke.

Lu Chengjie felt something in his heart, his eyes turned red, and he said hoarsely in disbelief, "Uncle Zhong..."

"Young Master, I'm sorry." The big man knelt on the ground with a thump, his face trembling with tears.

"Uncle Zhong...he...he stayed in the grassland forever. On the night before we left the grassland department, Weiyuan Hou defeated Yanhe, and the entire grassland department went crazy. They wantonly killed Dayong's businessmen. , robbing the merchants of their goods, Uncle Zhong took the initiative to lure them away for us..."

The big man couldn't continue talking, crying and kowtowed to Lu Chengjiao, "I'm sorry, young master, we watched Uncle Zhong die under the knife of the prairie people but there was nothing we could do, even... even his The body was never brought back."

Tears swirled abruptly in his eyes, and in the end Lu Chengjiao held back abruptly, and said calmly and methodically, "No...I don't blame you, you are exhausted after driving all the way, you are also tired, go down have a rest."

The man in front of him opened his mouth and said something, while Lu Chuyi covered his mouth and cried out of breath, Lu Chengjiao couldn't hear him at all.

There was silence in my ears, I just felt top-heavy, "I'm tired, so I'll go back to my room first, the first day of junior high school, you can arrange the rest."

After Lu Chengjie finished speaking, he walked back to his room without looking back, plugged in the lock and never came out again.

Xie Anlan came back in a carriage with a simple anti-vibration device installed, and found something was wrong in the mansion.

Lu Chuyi, whose eyes were already swollen from crying, saw him as if he saw a savior.

"What's the matter?" He was fine before he went out, why did he become like this when he came back.

Lu Chuyi didn't dare to hide anything, and told the whole story.

Xie Anlan was dumbfounded, even he could see how important this loyal uncle's return was to Lu Chengjie.

The joy overflowing from the bottom of my heart cannot be deceived.

Suddenly receiving such bad news, no one would be able to accept it.

"Where's your young master?"

"Master, he locked himself in the room and wouldn't open the door if anyone called." Lu Chuyi said worriedly.

"If he doesn't open the door, you don't know how to kick the door?" Xie Anlan was not as good-tempered as before, left a sentence, went to Lu Chengjia's room, and kicked the door without hesitation.

Fortunately, the palace has been in disrepair for a long time. Although the door has been repaired briefly, it can only barely shelter from the wind and rain, but it cannot withstand Xie Anlan's kick.

As soon as the door opened, Xie Anlan looked at the beams in the house, seeing that there were no ropes or people hanging on the beams, she felt relieved.

I went to the bed, the table and other places to sweep around, but I didn't see anyone.

After walking two steps inside, I saw a thin figure squatting in the corner, with his arms around his knees, his eyes were empty and weeping, he didn't even hear Xie Anlan kicking the door so loudly, He just looked at the ground quietly and absent-mindedly, motionless.

There was no sound of crying.

If it weren't for the tears still dripping from his eyes, he would look the same as a sculpture.

Xie Anlan's heart shrank suddenly, and she stepped forward to hug him in distress, patted him on the back lightly, and coaxed him softly in a tone that she had never coaxed before, "Don't be afraid, think about it." Just cry, I'll be with you."

Xie Anlan originally thought that Lu Chengjia would have to compete with him for a while, but he didn't expect that as soon as he finished speaking, he heard Lu Chengjia's soft crying.

At the beginning, it was quiet and suppressed, but later on, it was completely released.

"I... I... don't have a home anymore."

Lu Chengjiao leaned on Xie Anlan's shoulder, tears couldn't stop flowing, self-blame, annoyance, and guilt welled up in his heart, like a dense net, bound him so hard to breathe.

If it wasn't for him, maybe... maybe Uncle Zhong wouldn't be where he is today.

"The Prince Chen's Mansion will be your home from now on." Xie Anlan comforted Lu Chengjiao, fearing that he would cry out.

"It's different." Lu Chengjia shook his head.

"What's different?"

Lu Chengjie choked up and stopped talking.

In fact, Xie Anlan understood Lu Chengjiao's feelings.

Lu Chengjiao was brought up by Uncle Zhong, so in a sense, he is already a father and son.

Where there is a father, there is a home. Now that the father is gone, there will be no relatives and no home left in this world.

He understands this feeling, because he has also experienced it, but now he is numb.

Looking at Lu Chengjiu's weeping jade face, Xie Anlan didn't know why, and wiped away his tears by mistake, then leaned over and kissed his lips that were extremely gorgeous due to lack of oxygen.

"In the future, where there is me, there will be a home, okay?"

Lu Chengjie's eyes widened, his mind went blank, only his tear-stained eyelashes couldn't bear the weight, and a crystal teardrop fell down.

Before Lu Chengjiao could react, Xie Anlan stuffed another thing into his hand.

"A token of love."