"Hey, it's true that the prince has to run himself to pieces once he opens his mouth."
"What's there to be afraid of when running errands? As long as there's silver to be had," Spy B said. "By the way, speaking of silver, how much do we have left?"
"More than 30 taels, it should be enough for a round trip to Southern Xinjiang."
"That's good. Let's finish this trip quickly. When we get back, each of us will get ten taels of silver."
The waiter brought the food and wine, and the group divided into three tables and started to show off their food.
These spies were not wearing armor like the previous group, but dressed like ordinary people in the martial arts world. Their main purpose was to contact the first group or to directly find the whereabouts of the young lady of the Yuchi family.
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The General's Mansion in the Capital City.
It has been more than half a month since I last wrote to Jiang Xiuyuan.
Yuchi Zhong returned home today and sat in the lobby.
"I guess Brother Jiang should have received the letter. I wonder how Ling'er is doing now."
"Don't worry too much, Master. We should have arrived in Binhai County by now. Ling'er will be fine." Su Hui said.
"I also heard that Yang Zhe sent people to chase him, and I'm a little worried. It would be bad if he caused trouble for the Jiang family again."
Yuchi Zhong was helpless. He worked diligently for the Yang family court, but the Yang family had caused such a thing, which made him feel very aggrieved. Some time ago, he wanted to talk to the emperor about this matter, but the emperor didn't take it seriously and sent him away with a few words.
"Madam, I have to return to the barracks tomorrow. If you have any news from Southern Xinjiang during this period, please send someone to the barracks to report it immediately."
"Yes, sir."
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A few days later. Jiang Mansion.
"What? The betrothal gift cannot exceed 100 taels? You are crazy! Who made the rule?" Jiang Hai was very surprised and angry.
Siqin was helpless. Jiang Xiuyuan's official rank was too low. At the same time, the imperial court was cracking down on prostitution, prohibiting the sale of daughters as commodities and setting a maximum amount for betrothal gifts at each level.
Jiang Hai has a pressing problem: the people have money but are afraid to spend it, or are unable to spend it. Yes, that's what the experts in the past said.
"Jiang Hai, it's okay, don't worry too much about it." Yuchi Ziling pulled him and said.
"No, no, no, absolutely not. Who am I embarrassing myself with? If I tell anyone about this, I'll be laughed at by those street urchins in Xincheng for the rest of my life."
Jiang Hai scratched his head, thinking about how to spend the money.
After a while, I suddenly had an inspiration.
"Hurry, hurry, get someone ready. Replace the betrothal box and other items with pure gold. Besides the stipulated 100 taels, replace everything else that can be exchanged."
"Okay, young master." Liuzi was waiting nearby. He immediately agreed and prepared to do it quickly.
The domineering Young Master Jiang is so reliable and law-abiding in his work, and never breaks any rules.
Cai'er was stunned as she listened to this. Her son-in-law's family must be so rich. If all the gift boxes were replaced with pure gold, how much would that cost?
Just when Cai'er was still surprised, Jiang Hai spoke again.
"Hey Liuzi, don't you have a pair of wild geese? Make them out of gold too. Don't be stingy, make them bigger."
This time, not only Cai'er was stunned, but even Yuchi Ziling was shocked. Others who didn't have money to buy them made a small pair of them out of wood, but he wanted to make them out of gold and bigger.
"My dear, is this okay? Wouldn't it make me owe you too much? I really feel bad. This damn court loves to mess around and even impose quotas."
"I don't owe you anything, I don't owe you anything..." Yuchi Ziling was almost unable to speak clearly.
At this time, Liuzi turned around and asked again,
"Master, where is the shoulder pole? Do you want to exchange it for gold?"
"Change it, and then let Qin Bai pick some stronger ones to pick out the betrothal gifts."
"Okay, Master. If there's nothing else, I'll do it right away."
"Go, go, hurry up, we have to go out in the next two days."
Liuzi received the order and left Jiang's house to find someone to confirm the matter.
Cai Er finally couldn't help herself and sighed to Jiang Hai,
"Uncle, you are so rich."
"Cai'er, what's the point of talking about money? It's just a number. The most important thing is that you can't treat your daughter unfairly, don't you think?"
"Son-in-law, you are so amazing. You really treat money like dirt. Cai'er admires you so much."
"Very good, Cai'er's awareness is getting higher and higher, she deserves a reward."
After Jiang Hai finished speaking, he took out a few hundred-liang silver notes and gave them to Cai'er.
Cai'er accepted the banknote with great joy. It seemed she had found a way to get rich. Well, if she flattered her brother-in-law more, she would become extremely wealthy.
The next day.
Jiang Hai took Yuchi Ziling to the New City Legion's horse farm.
"Why did you bring me to the horse farm?" Yuchi Ziling asked him puzzledly.
"I'll pick out a good horse for you. Aren't we going back to the capital? Maybe it'll be useful on the way. It's tiring to sit in a carriage all the time."
"No need, Cai'er and I and our horses are still in the mansion."
"That's different. We have good horses here." Jiang Hai pointed to a horse stable in the farm.
Yuchi Ziling followed and went forward to look at the horse.
“These horses are beautiful.”
"Not only is it beautiful, it also has excellent endurance. This is a foreign horse, the best currently available from the Western Regions. We have been collecting it for a long time."
Jiang Hai wanted to tell her it was an Arabian horse, but she probably wouldn't understand.
Yuchi Ziling hadn't originally thought about changing horses, but these horses were so beautiful that she finally chose one that was completely snow-white and slightly reflective.
Jiang Hai was not sure whether this was the ancient Zhao Yebai, but it was very likely.
"Give it a name."
"Hmm..." Yuchi Ziling thought for a moment, "Is Bai Xue okay?"
"Sure, as long as you like it."
So the two of them led the horses out of the ranch and went to the research institute to pick up Yuchi Ziling's new gun.
Jiang Hai has his own horse, which is similar to this one, also a white horse.
Jiang Hai originally wanted to call it Prince, but then thought better of it. A young man riding a white horse might be cool, but it was still a bit perverted. In the end, he just called it White Horse.
Two days later.
Jiang Hai stood outside the lobby, holding a sword in his arms, looking deeply at the west, the place closest to heaven, the dream of so many people in their previous lives.
At this moment, he was filled with excitement, as he was about to go on a long journey for the first time. He didn't know whether he was excited or nervous.
"What are you doing?" Yuchi Ziling was very surprised to see him standing there motionless.
"Oh, my wife is here," Jiang Hai came back to his senses and said, "I'm brewing a background music."
"What music? Do you know music?" Yuchi Ziling was very curious.
Jiang Hai looked into the distance calmly and said,
"My dear, there was once a divine song. As soon as the prelude sounded, it could arouse countless people's yearning for poetry and distant places. Many people quit their jobs and rushed to distant places just because they heard the prelude."
"Wow, there is such a magical song. It must be very touching."
Jiang Hai nodded.
"When I thought about leaving for the capital, my heart was filled with restlessness, and the song began to surge within me. I can't play it, though, as there's no suitable instrument here. But I remember the lyrics."
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