When Jiang Zhinian thought about making money, he became particularly serious and motivated.

"Miss, I'll stay and help you!"

Lian Qiao felt very distressed when she saw the young lady busy with sweat all over her face.

Jiang Zhinian smiled and said, "It's okay, this is a simple matter, just help keep an eye on the fruit and vegetable store and make sure nothing goes wrong."

Jiang Zhinian trained the maids around him as managers, and after such a long period of instruction, each of them could stand on their own.

Jiang Zhinian was very happy about this.

Lian Qiao nodded, loaded the car with watermelons and went back to the store to get busy.

Jiang Zhinian continued to make ice.

It was not until mid-afternoon that Jiang Zhinian finally made the ice.

Seeing the ice he had made with his own eyes, Jiang Zhinian slowly breathed a sigh of relief.

“You can actually make ice cubes in the summer.”

This is what she learned after her death in her previous life.

After making the ice, Jiang Zhinian used the watermelon to make a large bowl of watermelon juice cold drink.

Pour the watermelon juice into a bamboo cup and add ice cubes. After drinking a glass of it, you will feel refreshed all over.

"Ice cubes are really good things."

Paired with watermelon juice, it is sweet and refreshing.

"But I can't drink it with a spoon. If I drink it from a bamboo cup, it's not elegant to use a spoon. I have to find something convenient to drink these cold drinks."

Jiang Zhinian asked Lin Dayong and others from the village to cut these bamboo tubes in the back mountain.

There are plenty of bamboos on the mountain, so you don’t have to worry about not having enough bamboo cups.

After felling, these bamboo tubes are all cleaned and dried for easy use.

Almost all of her yard was filled with bamboo tube cups drying in the sun, and many families in the village also helped to dry the bamboo tube cups.

Make preparations in advance so that you won’t run out of bamboo tubes when business is good.

Just when Jiang Zhinian was thinking about what to use, Xia He ran over excitedly.

"Miss, your letter, the letter from the northern border."

Upon hearing her letter, Jiang Zhinian's expression changed, "Someone from the Northland?"

"It was sent by the escort agency."

Jiang Zhinian knew what was going on. "It should be that my grandfather and his men asked the escort agency to deliver the letter."

Jiang Zhinian would also look to see if there were any caravans or escort agencies going to the north, and she would spend money to have people help deliver letters and other things.

She rarely uses the post station because she feels uneasy about it.

I was worried that someone would steal the letters.

She was on guard against the Fourth Prince.

Jiang Zhinian put down what he was doing and said, "Xia He, scoop yourself a glass of watermelon juice, put some ice in it, and drink it yourself."

"Yes!"

Jiang Zhinian went to the study to read letters.

The content of the letter was disorganized, and Jiang Zhinian was able to translate it all after deciphering it.

This is the special decryption method she used to communicate with her grandfather's family.

Although it is a bit troublesome, it ensures that no one will know the contents of the letter.

The same was true when she wrote letters to her grandfather and others.

There were people in the court who didn't want my grandfather and his family to live, and even more so didn't want them to return to the capital smoothly.

So they are watching closely in secret.

She has to be extra careful.

Fortunately, some secret guards were arranged to protect my grandfather's family at the border.

At the beginning, her grandfather asked her some questions with concern before talking about their affairs.

"...I planted the watermelon and grape seeds you gave me according to your instructions. Now that it's summer, the watermelons are big and sweet. Many people are buying them, and our business is booming..."

"But the conditions at the border are not as good as those in the capital, so the watermelons and grapes are priced much cheaper. There are also many merchants coming to buy watermelons and grapes in large quantities. With these, we have made a lot of money. You don't have to send us silver notes. You have many places in the capital where you need silver notes. Grandfather can't help you now, so you must take care of yourself."

"General Wu is here to guard the place, and General Wu, when he's free, will come to our house to sit down and take a look. They take good care of us, so you don't have to worry about us..."

"I heard from General Wu that the capital is not peaceful right now. On your birthday last year, Grandfather gave you that book. You read the contents according to Grandfather's instructions. There is a list of names hidden inside. They are all my reliable disciples. Grandfather thought that you should be able to use it."

When Jiang Zhinian saw this, he was shocked.

list?

The Fourth Prince often deliberately created chance encounters some time ago and acted very affectionate, just for the connections behind her.

I especially want the support of my grandfather’s students.

She could see all of this.

So she now stays in the farm and doesn't go out unless there is something to do.

I let my subordinates take care of everything outside.

Thinking of this list, Jiang Zhinian's heart beat faster.

My grandfather also wrote in a letter that there are many cattle and sheep on the border, and they raise a lot of cattle and sheep. They usually drink goat's milk and cow's milk, which is really good for the body.

But the weather there is dry and tea is scarce.

My grandfather knew that she wanted to build a caravan that could travel from the border to the capital.

It is really not easy to build such a caravan.

I told her some of the things I had seen and heard at the border, and what was scarce there.

It will be convenient for her to understand the situation over there.

No matter what she did, her grandfather never refuted her but always supported her, but would tell her some things that needed attention.

Grandfather talked about some daily things again.

They said they couldn't get used to the goat's milk and cow's milk there at first, but later they followed local customs and used almonds and some osmanthus to remove the fishy smell, which really did work and made the drink taste much better.

You can also add tea leaves to remove the fishy smell.

However, tea is expensive, so few people use it to remove fishy smell.

However, Jiang Zhinian always asked people to send a lot of high-quality tea to my grandfather and his family, so tea was not scarce for them.

Seeing this, Jiang Zhinian's expression changed slightly.

She had thought about making summer cold drinks before. She knew that she could make herbal tea and juice and add ice cubes to them.

It is popular to drink sour plum soup in Beijing in summer, but Jiang Zhinian does not plan to make sour plum soup to seize the market of ordinary people.

Many ordinary people carried sour plum soup on their shoulder poles to sell it in order to earn a few coins to supplement their family income.

She couldn't grab these.

She also thought about using cow's milk or goat's milk, but these have a fishy smell when heated and many people are not used to them.

If you drink it cold, it will taste even more fishy.

Her grandfather said she could give this method a try.

If it really can remove the fishy smell and tastes really good, you can try selling cow's milk drinks and goat's milk drinks.

Jiang Zhinian continued to read.

"Your brothers are very happy about the books you sent them. They work during the day, and their favorite thing to do at night is to read books..."

My grandfather and his comrades were exiled. When they got there, they had to go to the quarry to mine stones, and some had to build city walls. These jobs were very tiring.

So from the beginning Jiang Zhinian arranged secret guards, used money to bribe people, bought places, and didn't have to do the hardest work.

My grandfather couldn't sit still, so he was arranged to teach in a private school. Because he was a good teacher and had good knowledge, some local noble families were very polite to him.

In addition, everyone saw that General Wu was very caring towards this family. He was a smart person and would not cause trouble for my grandfather and others.

Even if someone got the arrangement from above, they would have no chance to find trouble because the secret guards were watching them.

Anyone who wanted to assassinate him would have been killed secretly by the secret guards.

Therefore, Jiang Zhinian is not worried about the safety of his grandfather and others for the time being.

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