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While Shen Dongsu was recuperating at the inn, the unexpected joy was that she received a letter from Mrs. Jiang.

Mrs. Jiang's letter had already been brought by someone, and she was waiting in the city for Princess Ling to pass by before delivering it. Delivering letters is such a troublesome thing these days.

Ms. Jiang first talked about the business in Chang'an. The auction house's business is still very good. Surprisingly, due to the city's lockdown, the door-to-door delivery business has been preserved.

And the business is even better than that of the store. Jiang now updates the goods list every half month and hires a painter to draw colorful portraits.

It is very popular among ladies and they line up to book it every time.

Then there are the houses built in the West District. The first batch has begun to be sold. As expected by the princess, they are extremely popular with wealthy businessmen from other places.

There were people who were willing to pay half the price to reserve the house before it was built, but Ms. Jiang did not accept it. She would only sell the house after it was built and ready to be sold.

If Mrs. Jiang knew that the house in later generations was just a piece of land and started selling it for money, I wonder how surprised she would be?

As for the overseas business, I couldn't explain it clearly in a few words. I only told her how much the dividends would be.

The main reason for Mrs. Jiang's letter was to ask her whether the dividend should be sent to Youzhou as money, or should it be converted into materials?

It seems that Mrs. Jiang also knows that Youzhou is lacking in everything!

Another incident was that it was the Queen Mother's birthday, and Nanny Ji went to Mrs. Jiang to discuss buying birthday gifts. Mrs. Jiang’s suggestion to Nanny Ji was to give her a longevity picture, which she asked the embroiderer to embroider...

This is the benefit of having people in Changan! If there was no reliable person in Chang'an, she and Ling Moxiao would probably have to wait until the Queen Mother's birthday.

Every year, one month before the birthday of the Queen Mother and the Emperor, luxury goods in Chang'an are most in demand.

There are still several months left before the emperor's birthday, but if he is to be sent from Youzhou to Chang'an, it is time to prepare.

Shen Dongsu decided to reply to Jiang's letter after arriving in Youzhou. Now she was not sure whether she wanted supplies or money.

After learning that he could reach Youzhou in half a month, Shen Dongsu couldn't wait to travel day and night.

That's what traveling is like. When the destination is far, far away, the journey takes one day at a time.

When the distance to the destination is clear and the distance and date have been calculated, you can’t wait to fly there and end the journey as soon as possible.

The princess's eagerness seemed to Jia Si and the others to mean that the princess missed the prince too much...

Jia Si even wrote this point of view in the letter. Eyes Ling Mo Xiao said, the princess asked three times a day, how many miles have you walked? How long does it take to get to Youzhou?

In addition, the weather in April was sunny and windy, neither hot nor cold, and the scenery was beautiful, which made the journey even more enjoyable.

Shen Dongsu and Yue Jian's riding time changed from one hour to two hours, and the time spent riding in the car was greatly reduced.

Not only to see the scenery, but also to hone horse skills. It is said that in Youzhou, horses are often required.

Also, Shen Dongsu heard that there were three guards in Youzhou every year. The Tatars in northern Xinjiang often make sneak attacks, and this is not possible if their horse skills are not good.

When running, she couldn't hold back.

She was in a good mood, and the atmosphere in the entire team also improved, just like an outing.

Just thinking that when the princess arrives in Youzhou, the imperial army will return to Chang'an. I was looking forward to returning to Chang'an before, but now I feel a little reluctant to leave.

It would be quite nice to be able to follow Princess Ling on errands all the time.

Running around like this is much more interesting than living in Chang'an for a long time without moving.

The weather has been fine for ten consecutive days.

The further north you go, the fields are mostly planted with wheat and millet, and the wind blows the waves of wheat, which is refreshing.

But it is obvious that the further north you go, the more desolate you go. It is deserted for dozens of miles, and even the official roads are extremely rugged.

The common people I occasionally saw were not as bold as the people in the Central Plains. When they saw the soldiers, they all ran home quickly.

Even though they knew this was Princess Ling's team, no one came out.

It is obvious that the people in the north are more vigilant. Obviously, they were beaten away by the enemy.

In his hometown of Gwangju, the old man has never left the county in his life. It seems that he has never seen the world, but this is not a blessing!

It is said that the people close to the border were robbed by foreigners just like leeks.

As soon as they encountered an enemy, they would take their families and flee southward. Once the war in the north was over, they would move back. Their ancestors have been wandering and turbulent for generations.

The condition of the post station here is also very poor. The clothes of the postmen are all dusty and patched. It is a musty and rainy day in April, and the room smells musty.

Yue Jian took people to clean and decorate the room Shen Dongsu wanted to live in from the inside out before he dared to let her move in.

Shen Dongsu quietly asked Jia Si: "Is the situation in Youzhou also like this?"

Jia Si shook his head. She relaxed and listened to Jia Si:

"The situation is worse than here! There are not many people in Youzhou, so they can't escape, so they stay here."

Well, Shen Dongsu's hanging heart was finally over.

She has seen the prosperity of Chang'an, the wealth of Jiangnan, and grew up in the Central Plains. Now she wants to see the desolation of Mobei Border Pass.

When the eldest brother cooked the noodle soup for her, after he put the soup in the bowl, the postman hurriedly brought water from the well to wash the pot.

The eldest brother left the pot for the postman to wash. When he returned to the kitchen after a while, he found that the postman had poured half of the pot of water and rinsed the lump soup on the edge of the pot.

A group of postmen gathered around the pot to grab food. As they scrambled, they said, "This is white noodles! There is also fishy egg in it!"

Shen Linzhong stood at the door for a moment and did not go in for fear of scaring them.

Wu Dongsu said this. When he was making dinner, he invited the postman to have a meal.

Then Dong Su saw these postmen, wiping tears while eating radish stewed pork belly with steamed buns.

After asking, I found out that the last time they ate big meat was during the Chinese New Year.

After all, the postmen were regarded as officials of the imperial court, and they were paid monthly. In the eyes of ordinary people, they were considered to be public servants.

Life is like this, let alone ordinary people! Meat can only be eaten during the Chinese New Year, and it is even normal to not be able to eat meat during the Chinese New Year.

Due to the lack of protein, the common people are all rickets. The children have big heads, big bellies, thin limbs, night blindness, and uneven nails.

Jiasi said that this is not bad. Mobei is short of water for half of the year. In some places, people have to walk far to fetch drinking water.

Shen Dongsu once again felt that the twenty carts of goods prepared by Butler Liu were too little. When she arrived in Youzhou, she would first lead people to build roads and seaports, and then ask Butler Liu and Mrs. Jiang to send more supplies!

When Shen Dongsu and his party were only three days away from Youzhou, unexpectedly, Youzhou City received an enemy sneak attack.

Since King Ling defeated the Tatar army last winter, which severely dampened his morale, the Tatars have not made any large-scale sneak attacks.

Only a small team went to the border towns to rob. Their horses were fast and they left quickly as they came. King Ling could only send more people to patrol.

And in spring and summer, Tatars rarely make sneak attacks, because it is when their cattle and sheep are fat. Generally, only in autumn and winter when there is a lack of food, they will go to the border of Daxia to plunder.

This time the enemy's sneak attack was extremely fast. King Ling was still in his palace in the city when he suddenly received reports from soldiers that the Tatar army was pressing on the border.

Ling Moxiao hurriedly led the army to fight in person, and then strangely, this Tatar army came with a fierce force, as if it was going to defeat Youzhou Cheng in one fell swoop.

The result was just harassment. They did not attack outside the city. They clamored for two days and then suddenly withdrew their troops.

Ling Moxiao, Mr. Pang and other staff members deliberated for a long time, but they still couldn't guess what the purpose of the Tatar's raid was?

Do you just want to see how the current defense of Youzhou City is?

For some reason, it was expected that Dong Suming would arrive in Youzhou the day after tomorrow, but at this juncture, such a weird sneak attack by the Tatars was really unsettling.

If it hadn't been for this sneak attack, Ling Moxiao would have personally led people to pick up Dong Su.

He has already arranged the city defense and is ready to take people to greet him outside the city.

But now, Mr. Pang said that in case he fell into the enemy's plan to divert the tiger away from the mountain, maybe this time it was a test. It turned out that the prince was in the city, so he retreated in a hurry.

Mr. Pang comforted him, saying that Princess Ling would arrive in Youzhou soon with the Imperial Guard escorting her and sending personal guards to greet her.

At this time, none of them thought about what the real purpose of Beijiang was.

Because no normal person would think of it.

This is the obsession of the queen who is paranoid to the point of madness, and that is to kill Shen Dongsu.

This woman fell into Shen Dongsu's hands many times, but neither hurt Shen Dongsu nor forced out the big family behind her.

This made the queen very frustrated, even more frustrated than herself being locked up in the cold palace.

Women can be so stubborn. Unlike when a couple quarrels, in the end, what the woman cares about is no longer the reason for the quarrel.

But: "You actually yelled at me!"

What's so stubborn about the Queen now is that she doesn't believe she can't be killed by a little village girl!

She didn't care that Chen Yin had reached half of her power, and she didn't care that the Lu family was implicated by her and wiped out from the gentry class.

She didn't care that the power of the princelings was greatly reduced because of her, she didn't care that she was deposed and sent to the cold palace, and she didn't even scold the emperor for being unkind and unjust.

I decided that the culprit of all this was Shen Dongsu!

Because Ling Moxiao had never let her be so frustrated! She was very successful in harming Ling Moxiao, causing him to lose his military power and become a useless person.

But why is it so difficult to harm Shen Dongsu? That damn girl is obviously so petite and a little bit bigger, but she looks like a copper bean.

It won’t be cooked, smashed, or stewed, and you’ll lose big teeth when you eat it...

The queen just doesn’t believe in evil! If Shen Dongsu can't be killed with the help of the Chen family, her brother will have to break up with her.

Then don’t borrow the help of the Chen family! Do you think that after being a queen for so many years, this is all I have?

In addition to Miao Jiang's poisonous poison technique and Mo Sect's technique, I have many methods that you don't know about!

Just like now, Youzhou started preparations immediately after receiving the queen's secret message.

They surrounded but did not attack, and the main reason why they attracted the main army of Youzhou was to allow a small team to sneak into Youzhou.

Lying in ambush on the road that Princess Ling must pass.

Interestingly enough, the Tatar general originally received the news that he had killed Princess Ling.

But after asking around, he learned that Prince Ling and Princess Ling had a very deep relationship.

What's the point of killing a woman? What if Prince Ling goes crazy because his wife is dead?

In the eyes of the Tatars, women are property just like cattle and sheep. If you rob me, I will rob you.

He would never go crazy and want to die with the enemy because of the death of a woman.

But it seems that the Han people like it very much and regard their wives as bigger than the sky. Just because they are slept with by another man, their eyes turn red with hatred and they want to die together with the other man.

Therefore, the Tatar general thought that instead of killing Princess Ling, it would be better to snatch her away and threaten Ling Moxiao.

Haha, he took Princess Ling to the front of the battle, with the knife across her neck, and asked Ling Mo Xiao if he wanted a wife or to withdraw his troops?

Will that kid Ling Moxiao go crazy on the battlefield?

If he chooses to have a wife, he will lose his military morale.

If he chooses military spirit, then we will not kill Princess Ling, but humiliate her in public, and give Ling Mo Xiao a cuckold in front of both armies.

How will he behave in the future?

Things went smoothly. When he led his army to surround Youzhou City, a team of a hundred people quietly crossed Youzhou City from the mountains and forests and ambush in a valley beside the official road.

It's just that Princess Ling's team was slower than they expected. They expected to pass at noon, but they didn't hear any movement until late at night.

The team held torches and traveled all night, at an extremely slow speed.

Midnight is when people and horses are tired. The Tatar team is very excited and will definitely successfully kidnap Princess Ling!

Besides, the reason why Shen Dongsu's team was a step behind was like a butterfly effect, because the Tatars made a surprise attack on the city, and many people heard the news and fled.

Yesterday, the team happened to encounter a group of fleeing people. There were only a few dozen people, all skinny and skinny, carrying children in baskets and walking hard.

They were startled when they saw the imperial army, and they all fled in a hurry. They stopped when they heard that it was Princess Ling's team.

After asking, I found out that Youzhou was being surrounded by a large army. They were afraid that the city would be broken and massacred, so they hurriedly fled into the mountains and forests.

Shen Dongsu asked them why they didn't just flee to the south?

The people sighed: "The summer grain is about to be harvested."

Yes, for the people, life is important, and food is even more important! Because without food, one will die.

There are two harvests in the summer and autumn of the year. Even if the enemy comes to kill you, you have to find a way to steal the food and then escape.

So they could only choose to flee into the mountains and forests, wait for the news, and be ready to go back to the village to collect food at any time.

Shen Dongsu didn't know the situation in Youzhou, and he couldn't persuade them not to flee back to the village, nor could he help them escape.

They were only given a little food and medicine and allowed to go into the mountains and forests.

But also because they knew the situation in Youzhou City, Commander Jiasi and Commander Shan suggested not to leave any further and first send people to Youzhou to inquire about the preparations.

Regarding safety issues, Shen Dongsu is very obedient.

She was not in love, so she cried: "I don't want it, I don't want it, I want to find the prince, I want to be with the prince..."

If you can't help me, it will only add to the chaos.

In my previous life, when I read novels or TV shows, every time I saw a heroine who was holding her back like this, Shen Dongsu wanted to jump in and beat her awake.

She didn't want to be woken up by Commander Jia Si or Commander Shan. Well, they definitely wouldn't really hit her, but they would definitely scold her in their hearts.

Therefore, she cooperated with the arrangements of Jiasi and sent a small team to Youzhou to inquire about the news. The remaining people set up camp to protect the princess and were ready to retreat at any time.

Fortunately, the team sent out came back quickly and brought back a bodyguard.

The prince sent him to pick up the princess. The Tatars surrounding Youzhou City have withdrawn their troops. Youzhou City is safe.

Commander Shan asked: "Is this common?"

The guard nodded: "Spring and summer are better. In autumn and winter, the Tatars come to attack every few days."

Commander Shan said to Shen Dongsu sincerely: "Princess, why don't you go back to Chang'an!"