The following day at noon.

Zhao Cheng continued north with Wu Sisi.

At the same time, Zhao Cheng had already written to Yan Chuan to ask Shi Minghua to come to Qingdong City.

Meeting in Yanchuan City would be too far for Wu Sisi, so they decided to meet in Qingdong City instead. After the meeting was settled, Wu Sisi would head south to Jiangcheng, while Zhao Cheng and Shi Minghua would return to Yanchuan together.

The reason for summoning Shi Minghua and Wu Sisi to Qingdong City to find Xiao Luomu was naturally related to the matter of penicillin.

Zhao Cheng had figured it out: rather than being chased by people for penicillin and subjected to all sorts of suspicions, it was better to listen to Yuan Zhang and let penicillin enter the market directly.

But penicillin is a very sensitive substance, so we have to plan carefully.

After much deliberation, Zhao Cheng decided that only Shi Minghua, Xu An, Xiao Luomu, and Wu Sisi should participate in this matter.

The stopover in Hannan City was just a formality for the inspection work. Once the penicillin matter was settled in Qingdong City, Zhao Cheng could go home with peace of mind.

Indeed, Han Nancheng was fine. With the help of the three brothers Liu, Guan, and Zhang, Wang Mazi and Zhu Lao Er encountered no trouble at all, and the winery and warehouse operated normally.

With this in mind, Zhao Cheng also looked at a piece of land nearby and decided to build another winery in Hannan City.

After all, once the Southern Weekly market opens, the demand for goods will increase exponentially.

The sooner it's built, the better.

A few days later, the scorching sky suddenly turned overcast.

Zhao Cheng and his party arrived in Qingdong City.

Unlike previous visits to Qingdong City, there was no one to greet them at the city gate.

Although Zhao Cheng didn't like being too high-profile, this contrast struck him as odd.

He had written to Xiao Luomu before he came, explaining that he would bring Wu Sisi along as well, as there were important matters to discuss.

Logically speaking, given Xiao Luomu's personality, he would definitely send someone to greet him.

Xu An and Wu Sisi were clearly surprised and exchanged a glance.

Xu An raised his fist and hissed, "That Xiao Luomu! He thinks he's all that now that he's the chairman of the Chamber of Commerce? What if he becomes the head of the Xiao family? Will he even respect us anymore?"

"Old Xu, why are you talking so much?" Zhao Cheng glanced at Xu An and said, "Brother Xiao knows I don't like to be ostentatious, and we know the way!"

Xu An curled her lip and said, "What are you pretending for? I know you too well. You're not happy either!"

Zhao Cheng glanced behind him and saw Zhao Yan, Zhao Wu, Heng Wenhao, Gan Lang, Yuan Fei, Yu Jin, Xia Qi, Xiu'er, and several guards invited by Xu An following closely behind. He couldn't help but feel a little emotional.

Half a year has passed in the blink of an eye.

Thankfully, everyone is still here.

"Let's go into town!"

The group walked into the city for a while, but Xiao Luomu's men did not appear. Instead, Huang Zhen arrived with his men.

"Young Prime Minister!"

"Lord Huang, what brings you here?"

Huang Zhen clasped his hands in greeting to Zhao Cheng and said with a smile, "Some of the soldiers on the city wall recognized you and ran over to inform me as soon as they saw you arrive, so I rushed over here."

"It is too much trouble for the Prefect to come and greet us. There is no need for such a grand procession."

"Of course, of course. Where is Huang Hua?"

Huang Zhen looked behind Zhao Cheng but didn't see Huang Hua. He immediately became flustered.

"Huang Hua... hiccup!" Zhao Cheng suddenly hiccuped because he had eaten too much for breakfast.

"What happened to Huang Hua? Did he kick the bucket??"

Huang Zhen became even more panicked and looked at Zhao Wu and the others.

"Huang Hua, he..." Zhao Wu thought Zhao Cheng was doing it on purpose, and he also imitated him, hesitating to speak.

Xu An glanced at Zhao Cheng and Zhao Wu, and said, "Huang Hua... he..."

Huang Zhen's blood pressure immediately spiked. He grabbed Zhao Cheng's arm and shouted, "Young Prime Minister, what's wrong with my son?!"

"What are you all making a fuss about? Are you trying to get yourself killed!" Zhao Cheng glared at Zhao Wu and Xu An, then turned to Huang Zhen and explained with a smile, "I choked a little and didn't finish my sentence. Huang Hua is fine. I've built an industrial park in Yun Jing County and left him there to supervise the construction."

Huang Zhen looked incredulous and said, "Young Prime Minister, Huang Hua truly wants to follow you. He has already put the past grievances behind him!"

Zhao Cheng: "..."

Zhao Cheng kicked Zhao Wu and Xu An once each, angrily shouting, "You two caused this mess, you two explain yourselves!!"

Xu An chuckled and said, "Prefect Huang, Hua Zi is really alright! We've gotten along very well along the way. The young prime minister trusts him, which is why he entrusted the affairs of Yun Jing County to him."

Zhao Wu nodded in agreement.

Zhao Yan also said, "Prefect Huang, my elder brother didn't lie to you. On the way south, Brother Hua was our strategist. Whether it was business or anything else, Brother Hua came up with a lot of ideas."

Xu An added, "It's true, the young prime minister has entrusted Hua Zi with a very important task! You know Cai Yilu, right? Even Cai Qiong, the son of Lord Cai, can only be Hua Zi's assistant!"

Huang Zhen was somewhat bewildered, muttering, "A strategist? Someone who comes up with ideas? Someone who entrusts someone with an important task?"

Are you talking about my son?

Zhao Cheng couldn't stand it anymore and asked, "Didn't Huang Hua write to you?"

"He wrote nothing!" Huang Zhen roared, his anger rising. "He hasn't written a single letter home since he left with you! I thought he'd turned to ashes long ago!"

"Damn it, he's deliberately trying to annoy me!"

"Does he think he can anger me? His younger brother may be small, but he's still a boy. Does he think I'll be childless?"

Zhao Cheng: "..."

Xu An: "..."

Zhao Yan: "..."

“Prefect Huang, Brother Hua and I are about the same age, and we talk a lot in private.” Zhao Yan comforted him, “He said that he doesn’t want to contact you before he has made something of himself, for fear that you will look down on him.”

"So... he's not angry with you, nor does he not care about you; he's just holding his breath and wants to prove himself."

Huang Zhen said, "So he's really still alive?"

Zhao Cheng shouted, "If you still don't believe me, I'll go too far!"

"Haha, that's right. How could the young prime minister and the young marquis lie to me about something like this?" Huang Zhen immediately grabbed Zhao Cheng and Xu An's hands and laughed, "Come on, come on, let's have a welcome feast for you!"

Zhao Cheng thought for a moment and said, "Let's go to the Xiao family first!"

Huang Zhen stopped and asked doubtfully, "Looking for Xiao Luomu?"

Zhao Cheng nodded and said, "Or we could call Xiao Luomu out and have a meal together."

Huang Zhen glanced at Zhao Cheng and his group in surprise and said, "You... don't you know that something happened to the Xiao family?"

Everyone was taken aback.

Zhao Cheng asked, "What happened?"

Huang Zhen continued, "Xiao Luomu's father, Xiao Tian, ​​the head of the Xiao family, has been dead for two days."

"What?!" Everyone was shocked.