"When I arrived in Chang'an, there were many more opportunities. I sold the furs in the village and earned my first pot of gold. I bought saws, axes, shovels and hoes, cattle and horses, vehicles, meat and vegetables, etc. to go back and further develop the resources of Montenegro.
Such as trees, gems, ivory, etc.”
"Ivory is a good thing. There are many 'fossils' of extinct woolly mammoths buried in the tundra of Montenegro. Because the ivory has been buried in the soil for a long time and is soaked with minerals, the surface will show colorful colors. The surface of the ivory
Factors such as size, color type, depth, texture, etc. will all affect the specific price.
I led a team to dig out the blue ivory decoration that stood in the hall of Pei Su's home, Zuopu She, the Minister of the State of Yu, and sold it to Chang'an. I made thirty thousand guan from a single transaction."
Lu Yunan's tone gradually became more relaxed, "However, just like the world we came from, there are many powerful people in Chang'an who are good at plundering.
Relying on my ability to predict, I know who can be trusted and who cannot be trusted, which temple to seek help from when encountering problems, and which pier to worship at.
Shopkeeper Jin Wusuan Jin is indeed a good person. He helped me several times when my career was just starting out. With his help, I met Li Nanlei, the princess of Le'an, who is the daughter of King Zhao. I became the daughter of King Zhao.
White gloves.
With the protection of Prince Zhao's Mansion, I had the courage to continue to expand my business. I used my knowledge from my previous life to make wooden hot water kettles from the black wood in the north and sold them to Chang'an.
This thing sold very well as soon as it was launched, with an annual output value of millions.
My business only gets a small part of this amount of money, but this little money is enough for everyone in the tribe to make a lot of money.
Build roads, build bridges, and open up farmland in the mountains. You no longer have to worry about food.
By the way, take some money to bribe the Turkic nobles to let them open up their net.
By the way, I heard that Shopkeeper Jin was diagnosed with cancer by you? What a pity."
Lu Yunan shook her head with emotion. She relied on her ability to predict and secretly accumulate wealth that was no less than that of the powerful people in Chang'an. She was especially well-informed about the dark side of Chang'an.
"You ask Jiao Cheng? Haha, there are rumors in the market that Jiao Cheng can only survive by relying on that book that records the dark history of officials, big and small. This is obviously wrong.
If Jiao Cheng really had no background, he would have been assassinated by wealthy monks who were unhappy with him.
His superior is Xue San, the chief steward of Xue Mansion."
"Xue Mansion?"
Li Ang was surprised and said, "It can't be."
"That's right, it's Zhongshu Ling Xue Ji."
Lu Yunan curled her lips and said: "In a sense, Jin Wusuan and I, Jiao Cheng, are both the same kind of people.
Jin Wusuan and I are white gloves, responsible for collecting and managing money for the people above us.
What Jiao Cheng did was the dirty work.
According to my estimation, Xue Ji used Jiao Cheng to secretly control the court officials, no, the word control is a bit too strong, I should say calculation."
Li Ang scratched his cheek when he heard this. He did not expect that the person above Jiao Cheng would be Zhongshu Ling Xue Ji, "With Xue Ji's official position, he does not need to use such risky methods to consolidate his position.
"
Lu Yunan smiled slightly, "Yes, Xue Ji doesn't need it himself, but others do.
For example, Queen Xue, for example, the Prince.
The official blackmail collected by Jiao Cheng can be released through the censor when necessary to stir up the situation in the court, thereby secretly protecting the prince.
The prince doesn’t even need to know about the whole process.”
After turning around, Jiao Cheng turned out to be the queen's pawn.
Li Ang couldn't laugh or cry in his heart, and he had a new understanding of the situation at that time.
The reason why Jiao Cheng wanted to explore the tomb of the Sword Immortal in the first place was probably because he was instructed by the people above him to search for the treasures in the tomb in order to strengthen the prince's power.
Of course, it is also possible that Jiao Cheng himself did not understand the situation and did not know the identity of his prince's chess piece, and tried to use the treasure in the tomb of the Sword Immortal to escape the fate of abandoning his chess piece.
"Jin Wusuan and Jiao Cheng are both pawns of the Queen, while I am attached to Prince Zhao's Mansion."
Lu Yunan said: "There is something you may not know. When you came to Chang'an to take the entrance exam for the Academy,
Academy Secretary Xi Yangyu publicly said that you have no spiritual talent and asked you to give up the exam.
It’s the instruction from Li Nanlei, the princess of Le’an County.”
"Um?"
Li Ang was stunned for a moment, he really didn't know about this.
He recalled this name that he had not heard for a long time, "Why? Is it because I took one more look at her at Chang'an Station?"
"It's possible. Although she is kind to me, I have to say that she is indeed a very standard kind of domineering young lady."
Lu Yunan curled her lips and said, "Of course there is another possibility. Your recommender is Cheng Juxiu. Cheng Juxiu and He Siping are very close, and He Siping is the prince's son. And she likes the King of Light Li Shan.
Therefore, you are regarded as a threat to Li Shan."
Li Ang was stunned, "Ha? What kind of unreasonable disaster is this?"
"Your current status can already affect the future throne. Facts have proved that she was right."
Lu Yunan said: "Well, she is my benefactor. I explain this matter in the hope that you can take my face into account and not pursue her in the future."
"It doesn't matter."
Li Ang said: "In a sense, if she hadn't instructed Xi Yangyu to tell me in advance that I couldn't practice, I might have walked into the final exam room without knowing anything and wouldn't have been able to pass the exam."
Misfortunes are where blessings depend, and blessings are where misfortunes lie.
Li Nanlei's love for King of Light Li Shan led her to instruct Xi Yangyu to pronounce the hexagram of the Sword Severing the Skull, which decreed that she could not practice.
While he was thinking about countermeasures at home, he was kidnapped by Jiao Cheng, who was the queen's chess piece. He went to the Sword Immortal Tomb, obtained Mo Si, and finally passed the final exam of the academy.
Now that Li Shan has become his friend, and Li Leling has also given each other sachets, he can only lament the weirdness of fate.
From talking about the past life to this life, before we knew it, the rain outside the tent stopped quietly, and Lu Yunan also yawned and gradually fell asleep.
When she woke up and took over the night watch duties, Li Ang also slept peacefully.
Facing the same loneliness, the girl who probably understood him the most in the world, Li Ang took off his previous disguise, put down his vigilance and defense, and fell into a deep sleep.
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Opening his eyes again, what Li Ang saw was not the familiar tent and Lu Yunan.
He was in a vast and desolate wilderness, with sparse grass and swaying in the wind. There was a figure standing in front of him, all with their backs to him, and they were all staring at the deep and dark sky in the distance.
"The sky is falling."
A tall figure wearing a monk's cassock spoke slowly in Sanskrit, his voice containing unparalleled compassion and sorrow.
"The sky is falling."
A figure in green clothes, holding a long sword in his hand, stroked his beard and spoke in a calm and indifferent voice.
"The sky is falling!"
A figure wearing Taihao Mountain's luxurious clothing, with a particularly excited voice, knelt down and kowtowed.
The figures in front said the same sentence one after another, with different tones.
Li Ang felt horrified and unconsciously wanted to shrink back and withdraw from the crowd.
Snapped!
An iron-like palm grasped Li Ang firmly,
He turned around suddenly and saw that it was the mountain chief.
"The sky is falling."
The mountain chief looked expressionless and looked straight at Li Ang, with two lines of blood and tears flowing from his eyes.
This chapter has been completed!