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After visiting the lantern festival all night, everyone carried two or three lanterns in their hands.

From time to time, there are vendors selling food, such as chicken feet and duck heads soaked in hot brine, small bowls of hot yuanxiao, candied haws on straw sticks, or soft sweet-scented osmanthus cake.

In terms of taste, it is actually mediocre and cannot be compared with the skills of the chefs in the palace. However, eating such snacks has a sense of fun.

Jiang Shaohua was holding food in his left and right hands, and Cui Du volunteered to carry the lantern for the princess.

As for Chen Sheren's lanterns, it was natural that Masheren would hold them on his behalf.

Yin Zhu also guessed lantern riddles twice tonight and won a white rabbit lantern. Meng Sanbao stepped forward to show his courtesy: "Sister Yinzhu, I'm holding the lamp for you. Is there anything you want to eat? I'll buy it for you."

Yin Zhu was not polite and pointed: "I want to eat braised meat."

Meng Sanbao immediately stepped forward to buy a pack and stuffed it into Yin Zhu's hand.

Qin Hu saw it and was so sore that his teeth almost fell out.

In fact, the two brothers, Sun Guangbai and Sun Zelan, returned to the palace a few years ago. I just returned to the military camp after the fifth day of the Lunar New Year. He met Miss Sun twice, but Miss Sun had a cold attitude and ignored him at all.

Qin Hu's heart, which was as hot as coal, was poured with cold water again and again.

Even his own father, Qin Zhan, couldn't help but advise him privately: "Miss Sun has lofty ambitions and wants to be a famous doctor in Daliang. I see that she really doesn't care about you. You'd better stop worrying as soon as possible. I'll ask your mother to do it for you. Find another marriage. There are many good girls of the right age among the family members of the Guards..."

He said back in one sentence: "Whether others are good or not has nothing to do with me. I just like Miss Sun."

Qin Zhan was so angry that he slapped him: "Of course I know Miss Sun is good. She has a good background, good looks, and better character. But people don't look down on you, so what else can you do!"

"Nothing to do. Anyway, I like her. I'm waiting for the day when she wants to get married."

Qin Zhan snorted: "Miss Sun stayed in the military camp all day, treating the illnesses and injuries of a bunch of soldiers. She looked at the men's bodies one after another, and had to touch them here and there during the treatment. You have to touch your conscience, you can really bear it. Can you live there?"

Of course he was very sore. Thinking about Miss Sun's indifference to him, this was also the reason.

If you want to marry your sweetheart, you must change your petty nature. The premise is that Miss Sun must give him this opportunity!

Qin Hu couldn't help but be fascinated when he thought of his sweetheart.

With this dazzling moment, Sun An, a soldier, came over excitedly and reported: "To inform the princess, Commander Song is back."

Jiang Shaohua's eyes suddenly lit up and he ordered without thinking: "Go back to the palace immediately."

……

Less than half an hour later.

Jiang Shaohua quickly entered the main hall of the palace.

The tall, dusty man couldn't hide his excitement. He raised his hands and saluted: "I have finally met the princess."

Jiang Shaohua directly stretched out his hand to help Song Yuan up: "We haven't seen each other for a few months. Uncle has been working hard. Stop saluting and sit down and talk."

He turned around and ordered: "It's already midnight, Chen Changshi and Feng Changshi must have rested. Just don't disturb them..."

As soon as he finished speaking, a familiar voice sounded at the door: "General Song is finally back."

"We have been waiting for a long time." Chen Zhuo and Feng Wenming had indeed rested. When they heard that Song Yuan had returned home, he immediately got up and came over.

Jiang Shaohua was filled with joy and said with a smile: "Since we are all here, let's sit down and talk together."

Chen Jinyu, Ma Yaozong and Cui Du also shamelessly sat down.

Jiang Shaohua looked at Song Yuan carefully and sighed: "I've been working hard these days, uncle."

Song Yuan has been running on the road for several months. His face has become darker and he has lost some weight. He is in good spirits. Hearing this, he smiled and said, "I think this trip has been eye-opening and I have gained a lot."

"Tell me about it." Jiang Shaohua answered with interest.

Song Yuan smiled and said: "The general led more than a hundred elite soldiers on the road, and the thieves had to go around us. The journey was quite smooth. After arriving at Nanhai County, the general went straight to the dock."

"The general saw the sea for the first time in his life. It is really vast and vast. The ships going out to sea are all very big. There are ships coming and going at the dock. There are many people who specialize in maritime business and are waiting in the market outside the dock."

"The last general specially divided the people into twenty teams, with six people in each team, and kept an eye on the ships that came to the seaside every day. As long as they were grains brought by the ships, they would buy them all, regardless of type."

"It took me more than a month to wait until I got the corn and sweet potatoes that Cui Du said."

"The corn and sweet potatoes on that ship were all bought by the general. The merchant was also very cunning. Seeing my eagerness to buy grain seeds, he deliberately raised the price five times. The general did not say anything at the time, and all the information was Gave it."

"The last general bought grain, loaded it on the carriage, and had people escort him on the road back to Nanyang County. The last general stayed behind with twenty people and kept a close eye on the merchant's whereabouts. The merchant was quite shrewd and kept all the money. After checking the ticket number, he collected the banknotes personally. After five or six days, the merchant relaxed his vigilance and went to a brothel to drink wine. On the way back, he encountered a group of 'robbers' and several of his guards were arrested. Beaten to the ground,"

"The ticket number at the pier recognizes both the banknote and the person. We just grabbed the banknote to no avail, and forced him to go to the ticket number with a knife. He didn't dare not go, and when he got to the ticket number, he came up with something. I stabbed my left arm with a knife, and I didn’t dare to say anything at that time.”

Everyone laughed when they heard this.

"You took away all the merchant's money?" Jiang Shaohua asked with a smile.

Song Yuan smiled and said, "That's not true. The general took four times the extra silver and left the rest untouched. The sea merchant knew that he was in trouble and didn't even dare to let go. The general took the silver and left. When he was there, he also stuffed a jade sign into the general's hand. He said that if he went to Nanhai County Wharf to buy goods in the future, he would contact him, and he promised not to charge any more money."

Everyone laughed again.

Song Yuan took out the jade plaque and presented it to Jiang Shaohua.

Jiang Shaohua took a quick look and saw that the jade plate had complicated patterns, and it was unknown which family's secret sign it was. There was also a square "Dai" character on it.

Chen Zhuo thought for a while and said: "There are several sea merchants in Daliang, and one of them is named Dai. This sea merchant should be a descendant of the Dai family."

"Now that we have this good relationship, maybe it can come in handy in the future."

When Jiang Shaohua heard the word "good fate", he smiled and said, "Chen Changshi's words make sense. My uncle should keep this jade tablet!"

Song Yuan responded with a smile and put the jade token away. Then he said seriously: "I have bought all the corn, sweet potato and grain seeds. Next, it depends on you Cui Du."

Everyone looked at Cui Du together.

Cui Du looked calm: "Don't worry, uncle, and please don't worry, Princess, as long as there are grain seeds, I can grow them."

"Where the grain is, I will go and see it now." (End of Chapter)