"We haven't even started yet. Let's go to Yunzhou to sign. Don't worry, I've got you covered."
Duan Yunchi was stunned and shrank back, "Hold on to my thigh!"
Gu Xinran spoke too quickly, "Haha, dialect, what I mean is that I want you as my backer."
Duan Yunchi breathed a sigh of relief.
At this time, the servant brought the jar. Gu Xinran asked Duan Yunchi to wait for a moment and took the jar back to his room.
He flashed into the space, filled a jar with tiger bone wine, and also fished out two tiger bones and put them in it, which was far more than ten pounds.
We should treat future partners preferentially. Think about how good he is to our company, so we should give him a bottle of premium ginseng and antler pills.
After a while, Gu Xinran returned to the main hall. Duan Yunchi hurriedly took the jar of wine from her hand and held it in his arms with great care.
He said jokingly, "Ran Ran is so generous! This is at least 15 pounds. If I had known earlier, I would have gotten a bigger jar."
Gu Xinran squinted at him and said, "That's a nice thought. That's all I can say. But I have something even better for you."
Duan Yunchi became curious and carefully placed the wine jar in the middle of the table. He moved closer to Gu Xinran and looked at her with sparkling eyes, expecting a gift to appear.
"Let me see, is there anything better than this wine? Is it the Spirit Gathering Water? That is for Ming Zhan's life extension, I can't have it."
Gu Xinran took out an exquisite little jade bottle from her sleeve pocket and held it in front of him with both hands.
"This is a miracle medicine that's even better than the Spirit Gathering Water. It's a top-grade ginseng and antler pill. Although it can't bring a person back to life, it can keep a person alive as long as they're still breathing. I'm keeping it for you to save your life.
I'll tell you a secret: the Emperor and the Crown Prince's illnesses were stabilized thanks to this."
When Duan Yunchi heard that it was better than the Spirit Gathering Water, he became excited. When he heard that its efficacy was so incredible, he was numb and didn't know where to put his hands holding the jade bottle.
Wait, the prince’s illness also got better thanks to Ranran?
He put the jade bottle close to his body, stood up and bowed deeply to Gu Xinran, "Thank you for saving Brother Mingjia's life. The Crown Prince and our Zhennan Palace will prosper together and suffer together.
There is only one girl in our family, Crown Princess Duan Yunqian, and my cousin's happiness concerns the whole family."
Gu Xinran quickly stood up and returned the greeting, then said awkwardly, "I don't have such a great ability. It was Brother Xiao who saved me."
"If I use your medicine, I have to accept your kindness."
It was rare to see Duan Yunchi so serious, so Gu Xinran agreed with him, "Okay, remember this well, and protect us more when we get to Yunzhou."
Duan Yunchi was very happy that he could be useful and his playful smile returned.
"Needless to say? From now on, you are my biological sister. No, closer than my biological sister. You can walk around Yunzhou with me as your own."
Gu Xinran laughed at what he said, "Well, I'll go to Yunzhou and be a crab in the future."
"Seriously, let's get down to business. The magic medicine is priceless, so I'll shamelessly accept it. I still have to pay for the wine. The winery business starts now."
Gu Xinran thought about it and felt that what he said was right. From this moment on, she was the owner of the winery. It felt good. So, how should she set the price?
Tiger bones are hard to come by, and with the blessing of spiritual spring water, it’s not an exaggeration to set a high price, right?
"How about ten taels per pound? Hundred-year-old Ganoderma lucidum and tiger bones are hard to come by, and brewing them is even more complicated, so the production is limited."
Duan Yunchi thought for a moment and said, "It's too low. Fifty taels per catty, it's worth the price. We only care about the effect, not the money."
But we need to prepare some better wine jars and the packaging needs to keep up."
Gu Xinran admired his broad vision. She thought that in the future, he would just need to sell wine and collect money without doing anything. This partner was excellent.
"Okay, you're responsible for selling it and you set the price."
Duan Yunchi took out a thousand taels of silver from his purse and handed it to Gu Xinran, "For the wine."
Gu Xinran took out four 100-liang silver notes and returned them to him, looking at him dissatisfiedly, "Fifteen catties, 20% off, six hundred liang, Second Boss, do you know how to do the math?"
Duan Yunchi wasn't angry either. "Of course I'll let it go. I just remembered I drank a lot of free drinks before, so I'm going to make up for it."
"Then I have to pay you back for the mule cart?"
Duan Yunchi touched his nose and took the banknote she handed back, "Okay, sister, you helped me save four hundred taels."
Gu Xinran smiled and nodded, "This is the only good sister I have. Okay, it's okay. I'm going back to my room to sleep. I'm really tired!"
Duan Yunchi hurriedly asked her to go and rest.
The next morning, before leaving, Duan Yunchi gave Gu Xinran a token with the word "Xiang" engraved on it, and instructed:
"Once you enter Yunzhou and encounter difficulties, you can use the token to seek help from any Xiangyuan merchant. The government will also be able to show some favor to you."
Gu Xinran was happy as she had one more trump card. She gladly took it and thanked him.
When he learned that she was going to the county town to help the villagers sell Gastrodia elata, he specially asked Lai Fu to accompany them into the city.
Seeing that Gu Jiaguang had livestock but no carriages, he asked his servants to drag over a few carriages and carts, and Li Daru also sent one.
Gu Xinran originally wanted to steal the carriages and carts from the space, but she couldn't find an excuse for the time being, so now she doesn't have to worry about it.
After making all preparations and saying goodbye, they met up with the two teams that had rested well, and set off again towards Wu'an County.
It is still a few days' journey to Shangyunqi Mountain, and Hongzhi Academy and Qingshan villagers can share the same road.
Gu Xinran asked Village Chief Li to collect the dried Gastrodia elata that everyone wanted to sell and keep a good account of it. He then sent three people to go to the pharmacy with the brothers and sisters to sell them. He also made a list of the daily necessities needed and bought them together before dividing them.
It was agreed that after the main force left the city, they would wait for them outside the city gate.
The academy team did not have much Gastrodia elata, so they kept it all for their own consumption or as gifts. However, they also sent two strong men to replenish some daily necessities in the city.
With Lai Fu leading the way, it is no problem to leave a few people in the city to buy and sell things.
After walking for more than half an hour, they arrived at the gate of Wu'an County. It was bustling with activity and everything was normal. A small group of refugees were waiting in the refugee gathering area specially set aside at the gate.
The arrival of their two teams attracted a crowd of onlookers.
Hundreds of people dressed relatively neatly and cleanly, and dozens of animals laden with supplies, did not look like a group fleeing famine.
Lai Fu exchanged pleasantries with a familiar captain of the city gate and secretly slipped him a silver ingot.
The team leader gave a few instructions to the guards next to him, led Gu Xinran and others, and drove several carriages into the city smoothly.
With the addition of these two groups, the refugee gathering area became overcrowded, and yamen runners and soldiers began to escort them through the county town.
When you enter the city and walk along the main street, you will see prosperity.
There were shops everywhere, shouts and bargaining sounds were heard everywhere, and there was no trace of the tense atmosphere of impending rebellion.
Perhaps the people did not know that the city had been closed, and they had no way of knowing the news that the third prince had fled to Jinzhou.
Speaking of which, Jinzhou Prefecture is more than 200 miles away from here. I hope the rebellion can be quelled quickly and without disrupting the peace of Wu'an County.
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