Chapter 111 Looks a bit like
Yan Liuchen suddenly felt that the meal was no longer delicious.
I finally got the stingy Yan Fengxiao to treat me to a good meal, but he ended up doing something like this!
Yan Liuchen secretly glanced at Qin Mingzhu out of the corner of his eye.
This woman has a stunning appearance. She looks like a gentle and virtuous lady from a noble family. Her temperament is as elegant as orchid, and her manners show that she is very well-educated. She is definitely a role model among the ladies of the capital.
I didn't expect that Yan Fengxiao actually likes this type of woman.
Of course, if Yan Liuchen had heard about the incident where Qin Mingzhu kicked Miss Zhao outside the Qin family’s door, he would not have thought so.
"Brother Yan, don't worry. If my sister-in-law has any problems, just send someone to find me. I, the prince, will definitely help you!"
Yan Liuchen patted his chest and promised.
After all, it was obvious that this woman never left the house, so how could she be in any trouble? It was only right for her to repay the favor she had done her before while Yan Fengxiao was about to leave.
Qin Mingzhu suddenly spoke: "Then I won't be polite."
Yan Liuchen smiled and said, "Brother Yan and I have a life-long friendship. From now on, sister-in-law, you don't have to be polite to me."
Qin Mingzhu nodded and suddenly took out a list from her arms.
The list was none other than the arms trading book that Qin Mingzhu had found from the secret passage of the Yan family's treasury.
She had discussed this with Yan Fengxiao before and felt that it would be safer to leave this thing in the hands of Prince Yan Liuchen.
When Yan Liuchen first took the gift, he was still smiling: "Sister-in-law, you are so polite. You even gave me a gift when you came..."
As soon as he finished speaking, the smile on Yan Liuchen's face suddenly disappeared.
"Second Prince, please find all the people on the list. I want to see them alive or dead."
Qin Mingzhu smiled with her eyes curved. Pulling a prince onto the boat was indeed much better than fighting alone.
Yan Fengxiao has already shown this list to the emperor, and the emperor asked Yan Fengxiao to produce solid evidence before he can make a decision.
It's not that easy to overthrow the eldest prince's faction with empty words.
But Qin Mingzhu got the list too late. The truly valuable clues had already been buried with the death of Lord Yan, and much of the remaining evidence had been destroyed...
Most of the people on the list were dead, and the whereabouts of the remaining few were unknown... Even Yan Fengxiao couldn't find everyone in such a short time, so she decided to ask the Second Prince's intelligence network for help.
The Second Prince's expression was obviously stiff. After taking a look at it, he asked, "Where did you get this list, sister-in-law?"
"Yan family."
Qin Mingzhu did not hide it.
Yan Liuchen obviously knew something, and his fingers holding the list tensed up a little.
"This matter may be related to the Queen Mother, Prince Lian, and the Prime Minister's Mansion... And as far as I know, the arms trade was stopped five years ago. Even if someone were to investigate, there wouldn't be anything left."
Yan Fengxiao took a sip of tea and said calmly, "Are you scared?"
Yan Liuchen was stunned: "I'm afraid? What is there for this prince to be afraid of? It's just..."
Yan Fengxiao commented bluntly: "If you look ahead and behind, you will never achieve great things."
Yan Liuchen said with an extremely depressed expression, "My father has been on the throne for so many years, but he hasn't done anything to Uncle Lian. Plus, he has the Empress Dowager and the Prime Minister secretly supporting him. What happened in the past is over. Even my father turned a blind eye and didn't investigate further. I'm just a prince..."
"If you don't fight, you know you can't do anything. The Lian Palace is clearly on the side of the eldest prince. Since Prince Lian has his own troops, he should think about eliminating the threat as soon as possible instead of retreating."
Yan Liuchen was speechless for a moment.
Because he felt that what Yan Fengxiao said was right...
Qin Mingzhu broadened her horizons by listening to the two people talking about the secrets here.
These were all games played between the bigwigs, and Lord Yan and her father were just innocent bystanders who were affected by the disaster back then...
She hid the coldness in her heart and said gently, "Then please, Your Highness, do me another favor."
"Sister-in-law, tell me about it."
"Help me become the...Royal Merchant of Southern Yan."
When the word "imperial merchant" came out, Prince Yan Liuchen was stunned.
"Imperial Merchant?"
"Yes." Qin Mingzhu smiled, her expression still as gentle as water.
There was obvious hesitation on Yan Liuchen's face.
Being an imperial merchant isn't easy. I don't know where this sister-in-law got the confidence to boast so much...
Qin Mingzhu's sudden request really gave the Second Prince Yan Liuchen a headache. He was about to refuse when he heard...
"My Qin family has nothing but a lot of property. Back then, my grandfather was the richest man in Huaiyang City. I'm sure Your Highness the Second Prince has heard of his name, Xu Wanguan."
Her grandfather's name is very distinctive.
Take from the family fortune.
Therefore, Mr. Xu really left a huge fortune to his descendants in this life.
Yan Liuchen's eyes widened. He had not investigated the Qin family much, so of course he didn't know that the Qin family had such a background.
Moreover, in the past few years, Mrs. Xu has been very low-key. Many of her industries in the capital have been abandoned and turned into secrets, and have not been taken care of.
Even in such a situation, the Qin family still has a strong foundation, and many shops that are losing money have not closed down, which shows how rich the family fortune left by Mr. Xu was.
Qin Mingzhu decided to let her mother stay at home and enjoy a peaceful life, and help her take care of the children.
She decided to take all the responsibilities and carry both the Qin family and the Xu family on her shoulders.
Yan Fengxiao was going to the border to fight. As a woman, she couldn't accompany him to the military camp or the battlefield, but she could assist him in other ways...
Yan Liuchen heard about the person who was famous all over the world many years ago, and even his father wanted to meet him.
It’s a pity that this person had died of illness and was unable to come to the capital. Later, my father looked for his descendants, but he only heard that he had only one daughter and there was no news from him since then.
He is now in charge of the Ministry of Revenue and controls financial power.
If Qin Mingzhu, the descendant of Xu Wanguan, could help, Yan Liuchen could even imagine that the road ahead would definitely be smooth.
"I didn't expect my sister-in-law to have such a background. In this case, it can't be considered as me helping, but rather...cooperating."
Yan Fengxiao didn't know anything about making money. He usually robbed people during house searches, so he just sat quietly by the side and listened to Qin Mingzhu and Yan Liuchen discussing the Qin family becoming an imperial merchant.
As long as they become the imperial merchant, the Qin family will be able to naturally intervene in the salt and grain industry. Qin Mingzhu's purpose is very clear, which is to gradually control the economic lifeline of the entire Southern Yan Kingdom.
Also, while Yan Fengxiao was leading his troops to fight on the front line, she was following behind to prepare food and supplies. Even if the sky collapsed in the rear, she would never cut off food and pay for the troops on the front line.
Before I knew it, it was already bright.
Today is the day when Yan Fengxiao, the new commander-in-chief of the three armies of Southern Yan State, will send troops to the northern border.
Outside the gate of the Southern Yan Imperial City, tens of thousands of troops gathered into a military formation, arranged in neat rows, and the crowd was like the sea.
The leader was riding a warhorse, wearing a special armor with a black background and silver patterns, with a long sword hanging on the horse's back. He was leading the 100,000 troops that had gathered from the surrounding cities in the past few days to prepare for the march.
At the city gate, all the officials came to see them off respectfully. Even the Emperor of Southern Yan came here on horseback with several princes, looking at the army ahead with deep eyes.
Yan Xuanjing, also on horseback, followed beside him with a grim expression. He glanced at Yan Fengxiao, then at his father, and suddenly, he felt strangely that the two men's expressions and auras were remarkably similar...
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