Upon hearing this, everyone turned to look at Xu Jinhuan.

Xu Jinhuan said with a smile, "The masks are almost finished, and I think they should be completely completed by noon tomorrow. Also, I estimate that the rain will stop around tomorrow."

Li Yichang immediately said, "Boss, then we'll go down the mountain tomorrow to buy horse-drawn carriages and oxcarts!"

Ma Wencai immediately nodded in agreement, "Sure, let's calculate how many horse-drawn carriages and oxcarts we'll need in a bit."

Xu Jinhuan shook his head. "You don't need to rush. Although the rain has stopped, the floodwaters haven't receded yet. We need to wait until the weather clears up and the water dries out before we can leave."

Xu Jinhuan then added, "So we need to take this opportunity to prepare more supplies for the journey."

Upon hearing this, Liu Dani immediately smiled and said, "Brother Xu, then I'll take some people to prepare food. I'm very good at making noodles. The flatbreads I make won't spoil for ten days or half a month!"

Xu Jinhuan nodded, "Okay, you can do it with the rest of the women."

When Ma Wencai saw Liu Dani take the lead in doing the work, he couldn't help but feel anxious. However, he didn't know what else he could do, and for a moment he was scratching his head like a monkey.

Xie Datou spoke up, "Boss, I'll take advantage of the rain to train those men. The patrols have made them a bit bolder these days, but they're still not good at real fighting."

Su Sanxi also said with a smile, "Then I'll make a few more disguise masks. I have a feeling that we'll definitely need disguise masks in the future."

Everyone in the room actively offered suggestions and talked about what they could do, creating a lively atmosphere. Even Ao Wu chimed in with a few wolf-like howls that no one could understand.

Xu Jinhuan was very satisfied with everyone's enthusiasm. She smiled and said, "Okay, let's do it your way for now. I'll go ahead and go to the capital to catch an imperial physician."

After saying that, Xu Jinhuan left the house and used his lightness skill to head down the mountain.

"The eldest sister is truly a woman of lightning speed, coming and going so quickly," Li Yichang remarked.

Ma Wencai nodded in agreement, "Boss, your lightness skill is really impressive! When can I learn to be as good as you?"

Xie Datou said with a serious face, "We all have to learn from the boss and learn his domineering style. He said he was going to the capital to catch the imperial physician, and then he disappeared in a flash."

Xu Jinhuan had no idea how much her underlings admired her; at this moment, she had already arrived in the capital city via a teleportation array.

"Tsk, the drainage system in the capital is terrible. How come half of it is flooded?" Xu Jinhuan looked helplessly at the capital, which resembled a water city.

Xu Jinhuan only managed to avoid getting her clothes wet thanks to her superb lightness skills.

"Let's go check out my little shop first."

Although it can be operated on the system, since I'm already in Beijing, I have to see it for myself.

Xu Jinhuan took out the disguise mask she had worn before from her spatial storage, put it on, changed her hairstyle, and then walked towards the grain shop.

Xu Jinhuan's grain shop was very lucky; it was on the borderline between being flooded and being unaffected, and it almost went bankrupt.

When Xu Jinhuan arrived at the grain shop, he found that it was already dark, and there was still a long queue in front of the shop, with people eagerly waiting to buy grain.

"Thank you, thank you! I've traveled all over the capital, and finally I've found grain that hasn't gone up in price!"

The man was soaking wet, with strands of hair sticking to his face, but his smile was dazzling.

Similar scenes were playing out in front of the grain store, and every person who bought grain was extremely grateful to the store's clerk.

However, not everyone wants to see this harmonious and friendly scene.

"Make way, everyone make way for me!"

Suddenly, an arrogant and domineering voice rang out from all around.

Xu Jinhuan turned his head and saw a young fat man who was 1.6 meters tall and weighed 160 pounds walking with a crab-like gait in red and green clothes to the front of the grain shop.

Behind him followed several burly servants, brandishing sticks at the onlookers in a show of bravado, appearing to be acting like bullies.

"So your grain store isn't raising prices along with us?" The young, chubby man, sticking out his belly which rivaled that of a pregnant woman, loudly questioned the shop assistant.

The four shop assistants were taken aback by his appearance. In the few days since they opened the shop, they had only encountered good-natured people, and had never met anyone so fierce and menacing. He looked like someone looking for trouble.

Before anyone else could react, the quick-witted fellow smiled and said to the young fat man.

"Our shop owner is a very kind person, so he doesn't allow the shop to raise the price of grain. Do you have any questions?"

The young, chubby man frowned upon hearing this. "How dare you speak to me like that? Don't you know who I am?"

Upon hearing this, the quick-witted waiter scratched his head and smiled sheepishly, "I've only been in the capital for a short time and didn't know your identity. Please forgive me."

The young fat man nodded in satisfaction, then said rather arrogantly, "No wonder you don't know who I am, Gou Tui. Tell this lowly commoner who I am."

The lackey standing to the side—no, I mean, Gou Tui—immediately stepped forward, bowing low, and introduced the situation in a very obsequious manner.

"Our young master is a direct descendant of a collateral branch of the Wu family. He is Wu Dapeng, the eldest son of Master Wu, the president of the Beijing Chamber of Commerce. Why don't you kneel down and pay your respects!"

After hearing the lackey's introduction, the young fat man proudly puffed out his chest again, but unfortunately, what was still eye-catching was his huge belly that looked like he was ten months pregnant.

Although the man had only recently arrived in the capital, he knew how powerful the Wu family was. However, he did not kneel down as the lackey had instructed, but instead smiled and said...

“Young Master Wu, our grain shop is just a small business, why should you personally come here?”

Wu Dapeng sneered, "You call yourselves small businesses? You managed to make all the grain stores in the Beijing Chamber of Commerce go out of business with just your own strength. You're really something."

I, Wu Dapeng, am making this clear today: if you obediently raise grain prices and give me 80% of the profits, I'll leave with my men; otherwise…”

Although Wu Dapeng didn't mention the consequences, the men, seeing the eager servants behind him, knew that this matter was unlikely to end well.

The quick-witted waiter's eyes darted around, and he said with a genuine smile, "Young Master Wu, we are just shop assistants; we can't make decisions on such important matters."

Why don't you wait until our boss arrives, and then we can discuss this in more detail?

Wu Dapeng snorted coldly, "You're not trying to stall for time to call for reinforcements, are you? In this vast capital city, ask anyone who dares to ruin the Wu family's plans!"