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At the border, the army under the jurisdiction of General Zhuang is stationed.To the north of Daqi is a desolate desert.

A young centurion sharpens his knife.The knife that has been with him for a long time has been sharpened by him, reflecting a dangerous edge.

He looked about 20 years old, with sharp eyes and eyebrows.He has completely lost the innocence of a young man, and more of the stability of a young man.

This centurion originally had an extremely handsome face, if he was a scholar, he must be one of those extremely handsome scholars.It's a pity that a scar on his forehead destroyed this clearness and added a bit of murderous aura to him.

"Brother Jiang, how about we make gestures?"

A young general in armor walked towards the centurion, and the surrounding soldiers were not surprised.

"Young General Zhuang came to look for our Chief Baifu Jiang again?"

"Isn't that right? Everyone in the army doesn't know that General Zhuang refuses to accept anyone, so he obeys Captain Jiang."

The new soldier didn't know the situation in the army, so he wondered: "Young General Zhuang has such a high status, why would he value Commander Jiang? Centurion Jiang is indeed brave, but there is no one in the army who is braver than him, right?"

The veteran laughed loudly, and slapped the recruit on the shoulder, making him stagger: "You don't know that, do you? General Zhuang accidentally fell into the enemy's way two years ago, thanks to Jiang Baifu Chang Zai rescued the major general. Mr. Jiang Baifu is brave and resourceful, and he has the grace to save our major general!"

The new recruit scratched his head: "Are you so powerful? When I was first assigned, I saw how young our centurion was, so I thought..."

"Your boy is under the command of Centurion Jiang? Then you are really blessed!" The veteran looked envious: "Century Jiang is fair, treats his soldiers well, and can formulate training plans for them according to the situation of each soldier. Are you here? As long as Captain Jiang’s subordinates listen to him and train well, within two months, you will definitely undergo a radical change.”

The recruit Danzi listened, and couldn't help looking forward to the life ahead.

On the martial arts arena, Chief Jiang Baifu and General Zhuang Shao have already gesticulated for dozens of rounds.

The two held long spears, and their speed was incredible. The red tassels on the tip of the spears swayed continuously with their movements. From a distance, they could only see bursts of silver light flashing by.

During a confrontation, Chief Jiang temporarily changed his attacking route. With a flick of his wrist, he stabbed in front of General Zhuang. Young General Zhuang reacted very quickly, and hurriedly raised his head to block, and firmly blocked Chief Jiang's spear in his chest. forward.The strength of the two was stalemate in mid-air, and for a while, neither could do anything to the other.

All of a sudden, Chief Jiang Baifu used skillful force to fly the long spear in General Zhuang Shao's hand, but Young Master Zhuang moved sideways to dodge it, and there was a "clang" sound, and the long spears in the hands of the two collided again.

It seems that it is difficult to tell the winner today.

The two looked at each other, then tacitly withdrew their strength, and both retreated.

"I haven't seen you for a few days, Brother Jiang's martial arts has improved again." General Zhuang Shao said in admiration.

"It's the same for you. You followed General Zhuang to suppress the bandits a few times. You are good at strategy. If you were in the past, you would definitely not be able to withstand my last blow."

General Zhuang Shao smiled wryly: "You will gain wisdom by learning from a pit, and know your own shortcomings. If you don't think about improving, I will suffer for nothing." He put the spear in his hand on the weapon rack: "Go, Go get together at my place, we two brothers haven't had a good conversation for a long time."

As General Zhuang's son, General Zhuang's tent has a higher level of security than Captain Jiang Baifu. Ordinary people dare not wander around General Zhuang's tent at will. In the camp, the two can talk privately.

"Why haven't you seen the maid named Liu Yun next to you come to bring you medicinal materials in the past few days? Did you send her away?"

"Yes, Liu Yun knows martial arts, is good at collecting information, and has a very keen intuition for crises. I sent her back to the capital to be with my sister." Mentioning his sister, a trace of worry flashed in Mr. Jiang's eyes: "I'm at the border, and the power of the Liu family is far beyond my reach. These years, I'm pretty comfortable. My sister is staying under their noses. I really don't feel at ease..."

"Don't worry, Princess Zhaohua is smart, and nothing will happen. But your maid... I don't believe it, you can't see her thoughts on you." General Zhuang gave Jiang Baifu an elbow: "You are really cruel, Your Highness."

"I don't have any intentions for her, so why give her hope? It's better to send her away. After a long time, all thoughts will fade away."

"Okay, let's not talk about that girl. What are you thinking now? When the late emperor learned that you were still alive before he died, he was afraid that the Empress Dowager Liu would poison you, so he quietly entrusted you to my father. But my father You know that person, he is full of thoughts of loyalty and patriotism, and he doesn't know how to adapt. With him, he will naturally keep you safe, but if you have any thoughts about that position, he will definitely try to suppress you. It is impossible to count on him , if you have any ideas, you have to count on your brother and me."

General Zhuang and General Zhuang Shao have different positions, so they naturally think about problems from different angles.

For General Zhuang, his allegiance is only to the current emperor.But for General Zhuang Shao, the little emperor who is sitting on the throne and has never even met him is naturally not as important as his brother who grew up with him and saved his life.

Chief Jiang Baifu is the eldest son of the crown prince, the eldest grandson of the emperor, and he is the most legitimate heir to the throne.It's a pity that such an accident occurred in the last years of the first emperor, and the successor became the youngest son of the first emperor, who is now the little emperor, and the identity of Chief Jiang Baifu suddenly became embarrassing.

If the little emperor is in power and he is a generous person, perhaps Baifu Jiang can restore his status and become an idle clan.But in the eyes of General Zhuang Shao, his brother is a man of great talent. Will he really have to live on others in the future?General Zhuang didn't know whether his brother would be willing or not, anyway he was unwilling.

Chief Baifu Jiang naturally understood what General Zhuang was thinking. He pondered for a moment and said, "Now is not the time to worry about this. Let's just guard the frontier."

The little emperor and Empress Dowager Liu are still fighting, and it's hard to say how the outcome will be.

"Success, if you need me to do something, just tell me. Even if it means asking the old man to abdicate and make way for the virtuous, I will listen to you."

Young General Zhuang didn't understand what Captain Jiang was thinking, but he had always respected his brother.In his heart, his brother is much smarter than him, so he just obeys what the brother says.

Chief Jiang looked at Young General Zhuang, with a hint of warmth on his face: "If you want General Zhuang to abdicate, at least you have to make enough contributions and have a prestige comparable to General Zhuang in the army."

Yes, it is really too early to do something now, the time is not ripe, and their own strength is not enough.

……

When Jiang Yuanwan's elder brother was working hard in the frontier, Jiang Yuanwan received dividends from several pharmacies.

The original pharmacy of Qingyin's family, and the branch they opened later with the money they saved, made quite good profits. These two stores are managed by Qingyin's father.Because their shop wants to seek asylum from Jiang Yuanwan, after negotiating with Jiang Yuanwan, [-]% will be given to Jiang Yuanwan every quarter; Qingyin used Jiang Yuanwan's money to open two branches, and this part of the money, after deducting the cost and the monthly money of the guys , Jiang Yuanwan gets [-]%, Qingyin gets [-]%, and the Tang family gets [-]%.

I have to say that Qingyin is really a talent, at least in terms of business, she is a first-class expert. Although the branch she manages has not been open for a long time, the profit is close to that of the main store, and Jiang Yuanwan has made a lot of money.

The money was kept, and Jiang Yuanwan saw that Fangzhi and Fangpei had made great progress in the past few months, so she planned to set up a rouge shop for them to practice.There were quite a few shops like this in the dowry of the Crown Princess. When the Crown Princess was free, she took Jiang Yuanwan around a few times. Jiang Yuanwan could still remember how the Crown Princess managed the shop.

After hearing Jiang Yuanwan's words, Fangzhi and Fangpei were quite frightened: "Miss, why don't we leave this matter to Qingyin, we have only studied for a short time, I'm afraid we won't be able to take it..."

Jiang Yuanwan interrupted them: "Qingyin is busy enough managing the pharmacy, if she is asked to manage another store, she may be out of skills. Besides, she is familiar with the pharmacy, not the rouge store , if you really let her take care of it, it may not be better than you."

"I know that you are afraid of losing money. But since there are profitable businesses, there are also those who lose money. This is normal. Losing money at the beginning is nothing, as long as you can learn experience. Doing business requires practice. If you don't get started Operation, no matter how long you learn it, it’s useless.”

"Fang Zhi is clever, Fang Pei is meticulous, and they just complement each other. As long as you work together, I believe that this shop will always open, and you will do your best. Even if it really can't open, it can only mean that I don't have this kind of luck. , I admit it."

Jiang Yuanwan's words made Fangzhi and Fangpei completely relieved of worries: "Since the lady is not afraid, we naturally have no reason to be timid before fighting. Don't worry, lady, we will manage the new shop well and will not let you down." Miss’s expectation of us.”

So, after Qingyin, Fangzhi and Fangpei also got busy, and now they are not seen in seven or eight out of ten days in the mansion.

As a clever person, Liu Yun naturally would not miss any chance.The shops of Fangzhi and Fangpei had just opened over there, and she killed them here, so it didn't take long for her to have another intelligence point under her hands.

Although Liu Yun herself is not good at doing business, she also learned a lot of tricks from Qingyin's side.After she shared these tips with Fang Zhi and Fang Pei, the two became more comfortable in handling things, and at the same time, the harmonious cooperation also narrowed the distance between them.

Everything is slowly stepping into the right track.