Duke Qi was also a decisive person. He acted immediately, taking stock of all the stolen goods overnight. After resting for a while the next day, he informed Gu Yuzhi that they could set off.
Gu Yuzhi blinked, glanced at the dossier in his hand, then at Chief Secretary Xie: "Chief Secretary Xie, may we leave now?"
Chief Secretary Xie glanced at Prince Qi and nodded, saying, "Of course it's possible."
Jiangnan is not the young prince's fiefdom, and even if it were, the young prince could not interfere too much in local affairs.
Therefore, since they entered Jiangzhou, they have only picked out the problematic files and set them aside, without dealing with them.
After Xie Changshi finished speaking, Gu Yuzhi closed the file and did some simple eye exercises as taught by Teacher Shu.
When I opened my eyes, the whole room seemed much clearer.
When he got back, he would talk to Judge Qin about this and encourage the students who had been spending so much time with books to practice more.
Gu Yuzhi smiled and glanced at Judge Qin, then jumped off his chair and said, "In that case, let's pack our things and head back to the Northern Desert!"
His tone was cheerful, clearly indicating that he was extremely happy about returning to the northern desert.
He strode forward, grabbed Qi Shizi's hand, and looked at him with a smile: "Qi Shizi, you'll have to work hard from now on."
When Prince Qi looked down, he saw the little prince's big, round eyes, and in his hand was a soft little hand. His childish voice was full of concern, and he felt all his fatigue disappear.
He gently squeezed Gu Yuzhi's hand, in a very good mood: "I am not tired, this is all my duty."
He crouched down and looked at Gu Yuzhi: "Your Highness, please be careful on the road. There's no rush to get back; Your Highness can ride a horse occasionally."
He remembered that when His Highness first arrived in Huizhou, he had calluses on his inner thighs.
Gu Yuzhi nodded his little head: "Then it definitely won't be fast."
With so much gold and silver, he couldn't possibly move it quickly even if he wanted to!
Looking into the young prince's bright, round eyes, Prince Qi felt a pang of unease.
I've been so busy lately and haven't had a chance to spend much time with His Highness. And now, suddenly His Highness is leaving...
Prince Qi said softly, "How about this, I will send someone to Huizhou to invite the head chef of Baoyuezhai to come here. Your Highness can have another meal at Baoyuezhai this evening, and then set off again tomorrow?"
Upon hearing that there was something delicious to eat, Gu Yuzhi's eyes lit up instantly, and he clapped his hands, saying, "Great! Great!"
Anyway, they still had a lot of things to pack, so they couldn't just leave whenever they wanted.
Upon hearing this, Prince Qi nodded hurriedly and went out to make arrangements, completely unaware of the slightly resentful look in his father's eyes.
Duke Qi snorted coldly, thinking to himself that Qi Chengjun was always strict with his children. Not to mention arranging food like this, he rarely spoke kindly to them, for fear that if he were to be too gentle, his children would become good-for-nothing spoiled brats like others.
He muttered to himself, "This brat doesn't even bother to talk to me."
Gu Yuzhi had no idea what the Duke of Qi was thinking. He was happily saying, "Chief Secretary Xie, hurry up, let's go to the street to buy some things..."
As he spoke, he counted on his fingers, saying, "I need to bring some specialties from Jiangnan for Consort Chen, Consort Liu, and Granny Xu."
"And there's Guard Qi, General Lu, and Brother Tian Shu."
Upon hearing Gu Yuzhi mention Tian Shu, Mr. Huo finally smiled slightly: "Your Highness doesn't need to specially bring Tian Shu. He's tough and thick-skinned, and he spends most of his time in the military camp..."
Mr. Huo was interrupted by Gu Yuzhi before he could finish speaking.
He waved his hands repeatedly, saying, "No, no! We can't leave it behind!"
Xu Mama and Sister Cailian can buy some jewelry, fabrics and the like, and Chen Dianyi can bring books and paintings. But what should Qi Shiwei and the others bring?
Gu Yuzhi scratched his head, feeling a bit of a headache.
Upon hearing the words "local specialty," Guard Zhang stepped forward abruptly, his eyes brightening. "Your Highness," he said, "I do have a good idea, but..."
He chuckled and said, "I, too, would like a local specialty."
Gu Yuzhi waved his small hand with remarkable authority: "Chief Secretary Xie, Guard Zhang, Mr. Huo, and Judge Qin, each of you will have fifty taels of silver to purchase as you see fit..."
He smiled and looked at Jiang Kangming: "As for the other guards and the elite soldiers led by Guard Jiang, each of them will receive thirty taels of silver."
When they left, Granny Xu was worried that he wouldn't have enough money on the way, so she specially put a lot of silver notes in the hidden compartment of the carriage.
They traveled at high speed, and aside from normal purchases, they only spent some money on medicine. If he remembered correctly, those ten thousand-tael silver notes were still untouched, which was definitely enough for these people to buy things.
Upon hearing this, Xie Changshi and the others bowed deeply in gratitude.
Fifty taels of silver—that's more than an average family earns in a year.
As Chief Secretary Xie and Imperial Physician Qin were discussing what to buy, Guard Zhang took the opportunity to approach Gu Yuzhi and whispered, "Your Highness, may I borrow some silver from you? Fifty taels of silver might not be enough to buy what I need."
He came here to fight, and he left in a hurry, so he didn't think about buying some local specialties from Jiangnan to take back after the war ended. Therefore, he didn't bring much money with him at all.
Gu Yuzhi blinked, then lowered his voice to a whisper, mimicking Gu Yuzhi's manner: "What do you want to buy? Fifty taels isn't enough?"
Guard Zhang scratched his head and said, "You mentioned Jiangnan specialties, and I just remembered that Tianquan Manor is famous for its forging, especially the swords they forge with fine iron, which can almost cut through iron like mud."
Gu Yuzhi exclaimed in surprise, "Cutting iron like mud?"
That's amazing?
If the guards of the northern desert could all use swords forged from such fine iron, wouldn't they be invincible, cutting down the northern barbarians as easily as cutting down melons?
He rolled his big eyes, tugged at Guard Zhang's hand, and muttered, "Guard Zhang, is there not much of this refined iron?"
Gu Yufan could certainly think of the same things he could think of, but the weapons of the Jiangnan navy were not much better than those of the imperial court.
Guard Zhang nodded and said, "I don't know the specifics, but it is said that the forging of these refined irons is very time-consuming and requires a lot of pig iron, so the swords forged by Tianquan Manor are few in number and expensive."
Upon hearing the price was expensive, Gu Yuzhi pouted in dissatisfaction: "Expensive? How expensive is it?"
Should he talk to his elder brother about moving Tianquan Manor to the northern desert?
Even if it takes time, you can still make a few swords a month. Over time, you can accumulate quite a few.
Gu Yuzhi was happily calculating when he heard Guard Zhang say, "Their manor's best sword reportedly sold for a thousand taels of silver..."
One thousand taels?
Gu Yuzhi exclaimed softly, "So expensive!"
Guard Zhang continued, "Gold..."
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