Hearing his joke, Ji Jin subconsciously wanted to suppress his smile.

In her consciousness, nothing should be done too openly, and laughter should not be wanton.

However, seeing Ning Wuxu's encouraging eyes, she overcame her inner habit. Not only did she not restrain her smile like she usually did when someone reminded her, but she instead moved away the palm that was half covering her mouth and nose, and pointed at Ning. He smiled happily.

"Thank you Mr. Ning for your compliment. I will definitely keep Mr. Ning's words in mind in the future. If ten or twenty years pass and I haven't seen my old age yet, and then others ask me about the art of rejuvenating my appearance, can I use Mr. Ning's words to describe my appearance?" Is the secret recipe released to the world?”

"Ah...this is okay."

Ning Wuyan was dazzled by Ji Jin's smile.

He wasn't used to Ji Jin's counter-joking, so he couldn't help but blush.

Shen Youchu, who was opposite him, pursed his lips when he saw this, tightened his grip on Ji Jin's arm, pulled him into her arms, and stood up with him.

"Jin'er, let's go quickly. Aren't you still busy informing the families of the girls who are enrolling?"

Yeah, yeah! This lady is jealous!

Shen Youchu seemed to be able to hang two wine bottles on his lips, feeling happy that Ji Jin could tell a joke in front of Mr. Ning.

At the same time, I also felt sad because of Mr. Ning’s reaction just now.

snort.

Just because you compliment other girls on how pretty they look when they smile, does that mean she looks ugly when she smiles?

Sure enough, she usually loves to smile and will not be taken seriously no matter how beautiful her smile is. From now on, she will also face Mr. Ning with a black face to let her understand how beautiful her smile is!

Ning Wuyang was still thinking about other things and did not notice Shen Youchu's emotional changes. After hearing her words, he tried to persuade her to stay.

"It's time to have lunch soon. Even though it's the end of the dog days, the heat is still unbearable at noon. Why don't we go after lunch and take a rest?"

"Mr. Ning, don't think that we are so squeamish. Besides, there is lunch at the village school, so we won't waste time with you."

Shen Youchu was the first to refuse, holding Ji Jin's arm with one hand and pouting with his other hand on his waist.

The huffing look finally made Ning Wushu feel that she was angry.

But why be angry?

Ning Wuyang couldn't understand.

She just thought that Shen Youchu might be in a bad mood due to other things. Since he couldn't ask the reason in front of Ji Jin, he simply chose to divert his attention.

"Since you are leaving, before leaving, I want to tell you a piece of news. The countries in the Western Regions are about to send people to challenge Daxing's cultural knowledge. In addition to talented people, there may also be talented women coming. And we in Daxing have always been about good men and women. Dou, Miss Ji, you must prepare in advance."

Cultural knowledge is not limited to poems and songs.

Music, chess, calligraphy, painting, and the Six Arts of the Gentleman are all part of it.

Ji Jin, who is truly the most talented woman in Jinling, and a master of painting like Shen Youchu, even if they do not go to the capital to participate in the challenge, they are likely to be targeted by the countries in the Western Regions at this time.

"You should be more careful when traveling these days, in case some people are no match for you and resort to evil deeds."

This is the key point of Ning Wuchang's statement.

He didn't care whether they would go to the capital with him to help Daxing restrain foreign enemies.

What he cares about is their safety.

Shen Youchu and Ji Jin were surprised when they heard the news.

Shen Youchu, in particular, said thoughtfully: "The countries in the Western Region are still planning this kind of thing. Why haven't I heard any news? Mr. Ning, where did you receive the news? Is it reliable?"

You must know that the Shen family's intelligence network is far more powerful than that of the royal family.

However, Shen Youchu has recently used Jiangnan Dao's intelligence organization to investigate matters in the business world, thinking of helping the Ning family in the business world. When she thought that her decision had caused her to miss such a major event, she was horrified and suddenly remembered A phenomenon that Juxiang mentioned during her investigation.

Without waiting for Ning Wuyan's explanation, she asked and answered: "No wonder the number of merchants on the commercial road leading to the Western Regions has doubled recently, and the number of merchants reselling grain and medicinal materials has increased day by day. I am still wondering, the day of the injured soldiers in Jinling Prefecture The daily increase shows that border friction is becoming increasingly serious. Those opportunistic merchants are rushing to buy food and medicinal materials, resulting in continuous price increases, and they will not stop.

You can't make much money by reselling like this, and you have to risk your life. When you say this, I understand. They are using the challenge to negotiate terms, and if they win, they will get it directly, while they are preparing to directly take it if the negotiation fails. Preparation for war."

And this thing?!

Ning Wuyan frowned slightly.

Xu Jidao did not discuss this issue with him, and I don't know if the officials knew about it.

"Ms. Shen, do you have detailed information sources for the merchants you mentioned?"

"Master Ning plans to give it to the government for them to investigate?"

Shen Youchu immediately guessed what he was thinking.

"Yes." Ning Wuchang had no intention of hiding it, and added: "I will inform Mr. Jiang, and if Miss Shen needs it, I will indicate that you discovered this matter."

Every man is responsible for the rise and fall of a country.

Furthermore.

He had finally given so many prescriptions to gain the respect of the old emperor, and there was no way he could just watch Daxing fall into the flames of war.

If it were a war, he would only consider how to reduce Daxing's casualties.

Shen Youchu tilted his head and thought for a moment, then nodded and replied: "Meixiang, go back to the small island in the middle of the lake and tell Juxiang to send you information about the merchants who frequently travel to and from outside the Western Region."

"Miss, where should I send you? To Zhangjiazhuang or to the Women's Village?"

Mei Xiangke still remembered that just now the young lady deliberately got angry and refused to stay for dinner.

She just asked a question specifically.

As a result, this question made the young lady roll her eyes.

"Master Ning has something serious to do with me. Do I have to leave here and go somewhere else?"

With that said, she let go of Ji Jin's arm and smiled sheepishly.

"Jin'er, I won't accompany you to the Women's Village to study. I will go to you after Mr. Ning and I have finished talking about the business. If I have time, I will go to you. Of course, if you are not in a hurry, you can also wait until we finish talking about the business. Let’s go again.”

She deliberately emphasized the word "business" and put one hand on her waist, feeling extremely proud.

Take a look.

She was finally able to get down to business with Mr. Ning.

Although it is not a business matter that she has been preparing for a long time, it is still a business matter, which shows that her influence on Mr. Ning is getting bigger and bigger, hum.

Ji Jin could see that Shen Youchu was deliberately showing off, but he felt a little uncomfortable when he thought that she was still planning to let him stay at this time.

"Miss Zhang is still waiting for my reply, so I won't stay. You and Mr. Ning will talk about business slowly at Youchu. I'll take the first step."

Ji Jin bowed to Ning Wuchangfu and wanted to leave.

Ning Wuyang quickly stretched out his hand to stop him.

"Miss Ji, wait!"

Such an action made Ji Jin's heart beat like a deer, and he couldn't help but think wildly.
Chapter completed!