Dressed as the best old lady in the famine years, I suddenly became rich

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"But once you successfully enter Chen County, it is not difficult to march straight in and seize the city." Zhuang Tiannan shook his head, "It's just that two mines have been opened in Chen County in recent years. The prince of Shu is probably eyeing Chen County's mines. Attack Chen County first."

"The prince of Shu is determined to fight, but there are some things that cannot be bought with money alone. If you want to fight, you must have weapons. Shu County has everything else, but there is no mine."

"It's hard to get things like mines in peace and prosperity, let alone in today's turbulent times. Who has a mine and would sell this thing?"

Ke Muqing thought for a while and then asked, "The King of Shu and King Chen have a close relationship. King Chen is not an unreasonable person. It's not that Shu County has no money. If he communicates with King Chen in private, King Chen may not be able to control the mine." Sell ​​it to him. After all, the people in Chen County are starving to death now, and King Chen is not an ambitious person. For the sake of the friendship between the two families, he should also support the prince of Shu. "

"The friendship between King Chen and King Shu belongs to their two elders. If King Shu were still alive, King Shu would never let the prince of Shu act like this. He should have a good discussion with King Chen in private as the aunt said. ”

"But the King of Shu has gone. The Crown Prince of Shu and King Chen don't have the same friendship as the previous generation. They are deeply separated from each other. What's more, the Crown Prince of Shu is a suspicious person by nature, and he is also an arrogant person.
For the prince of Shu, it is definitely better to grab something without spending money. After all, no matter how rich the Shu prince's palace is and raises so many soldiers, there will be more places to spend money. "

Ke Muqing nodded, as soon as he thought about it.

"Mr. Zhuang, you said that the Crown Prince of Shu is interested in the mines in Chen County and wants to refine weapons? Is it to make gunpowder?" Ke Muqing asked.

Zhuang Tiannan laughed directly when he heard this and shook his head, "The recipe for gunpowder is only available in the capital fire engine camp. It is impossible to spread this thing to outsiders. And I also heard that gunpowder is difficult to refine. The weapons that the prince of Shu wants are naturally guns, swords, and shields." Wait, it’s impossible to fight with bare hands with weapons like this.”

Ke Muqing understood. When the book boy brought out the paintings, Ke Muqing wanted them all. She asked Zhuang Tiannan for a list of the missing items and then left.

After they left, Ke Muqing directly sold all Zhuang Tiannan's paintings. There was new credit in his account, and he felt better.

It is indeed true that money can cure all unhappiness.

Ke Muqing went home and drove an ox cart out. When he got to a deserted place, he put a lot of things on the ox cart.

The servants of the palace were familiar with Ke Muqing. As soon as they saw Ke Muqing driving the bullock cart, they ran down the steps to greet him. When they heard that Ke Muqing wanted to see the housekeeper, they immediately ran to inform him.

Ke Muqing drove the ox cart into the palace through the side door. When the housekeeper ran over, Ke Muqing was asking the servants of the palace to unload the things from the ox cart.

"Old lady, what are you doing?" the housekeeper asked.

Ke Muqing took the housekeeper to a deserted place to talk.

"I specially asked my old friend for the things on the oxcart." Ke Muqing pointed to the big wooden box and whispered, "There are forty firewood in this box. You immediately send someone to chase you. Your Majesty, give this to him, hoping it will help him.”

The housekeeper was stunned. "Auntie, what do you think this is? Fire... fire stick?"

The butler was so surprised that he stuttered, "Is it the Huo Zhu I thought about?"

"Yes!" Ke Muqing nodded and confirmed the butler's words, "It's the fire stick that explodes with a bang when you light it on fire and throw it out."

The housekeeper's feet trembled, "This thing..."

"Don't worry about where my good friend came from. Where has he not been to when he was young? What kind of friends has he not made? It's not impossible to get some of this."

"There aren't many. He knew I needed them urgently, so he sent them all to me, just these forty."

"Enough! Enough!" the steward responded immediately, "Don't say there are forty, even ten are enough to help my heir apparent! I will send someone to deliver it to my heir apparent immediately!"

"The rest of these are some medicines for treating trauma. They can be taken internally or externally. It's written on the bottles and jars. They are also sent to your prince. There will inevitably be casualties in the battle between the two armies. These medicines may come in handy. "The number of soldiers in Chen County is small to begin with, and one less person will die each time."

"Thank you, old lady! I would like to express my gratitude to the prince and the prince for the kindness the old lady has shown to the prince! If the prince and the prince can return safely..."

Ke Muqing interrupted the housekeeper, "Don't talk about kindness or not. I also hope that Prince Chen and the Crown Prince can save the day. I don't know if I can help. Please hurry up and arrange for someone to send them there. It will be better if it doesn't take a minute." of."

After saying that, Ke Muqing left first, and after all the things were moved, she drove the ox cart back.

A quarter of an hour later, twenty guards left the palace on fast horses.

Ke Muqing felt temporarily relieved after returning to the house.

This is all she can do for Chenjun.

Huo Zhu is a good thing, but if you give it too much, it will be unclear and it will easily arouse suspicion.

Even if King Chen and the others don't go into details, it will arouse the suspicion of Prince Shu.

The quantity was small, so it was King Chen's good luck that the Crown Prince of Shu could get it from merchants who came from afar in his early years.

If the number is large, the prince of Shu will guess that King Chen has a way to get the fire, and the prince of Shu will cling to Chenjun.

As soon as the afternoon of the next day arrived, the eldest husband of the Huang family and Cai Die went to the house and personally invited Ke Muqing and his party to visit.

"My girl was afraid that you, aunt, would not be able to find the Huang family, so she specially asked Da Langjun to pick you up and take you to the Huang family." After returning to the Huang family, Cai Die became much livelier than before.

The Huang family's house was not close to Ke Muqing's house, and it took two cups of tea to arrive in a carriage.

Miss Huang was already able to get off the ground. When Ke Muqing and the others entered, Miss Huang was helped out by her strong mother-in-law.

"My complexion has indeed improved a lot." Ke Muqing looked at Miss Huang up and down and said with a smile, "When I go home and take care of her, she will soon be a girl like a flower."

While they were talking, the Huang family's housekeeper suddenly came over and said, "Da Langjun, miss, the Wang family is here."

"Which Wang family?" Huang Dalangjun asked.

Butler Huang glanced at his girl and whispered, "It's the Wang family of Liang County."

Huang Dalangjun laughed angrily when he heard this, "If my Huang family doesn't go to the Wang family to settle accounts, the Wang family has the nerve to come to our Huang family?"

"Da Langjun misunderstood. The Wang family is not here to cause trouble, nor are they here to raise an army to question the perpetrators." Butler Huang hurriedly explained.

Ke Muqing immediately answered, "I know! The Wang family is here to fight against the autumn wind!"

Butler Huang couldn't hold it back and burst out laughing, "The old lady is right! It seems that the young Wang family from Liang County is here to beat the autumn wind!"

Miss Huang sneered, "When I left Liang County, the Wang family said they were coming to Chen County to join their relatives. The Wang family told me how powerful their relatives in Chen County were. In other words, they looked down on me, Huang." Family, I didn’t expect that this family would come to my door again?”

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