Zong Zhengshen has been quite distracted these days.

If not for anything else, it’s because of the book "The Art of Confused Mind". I read the first volume more than five times, and I gained new insights every time.

In the past, he also knew a little about the way of observing words and expressions. After all, he lived under the eyes of the queen in the palace. Without these skills, he would have "died of illness" long ago.

But after reading this wonderful book, he was like a martial arts practitioner whose meridians were opened overnight, eager to have a steady stream of true energy flowing into his body.

But Ran Shaotang, this little girl, abruptly cut off the vitality that he relied on to maintain. You think he can't be anxious. If this happened to someone else and dared to interest him like this, he would have tried every means to force him to submit.

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As for Ran Shaotang, it wasn't that he didn't want to make a move, but that Zhong Jiuchou was surrounded like flies all the time, so he couldn't make a move. It was really not good to have someone watching even when he met.

Now, Ran Shaotang offered to write the next volume, and he obliged.

The candlelight was brightly lit in the elegant room, and a copy of "The Art of Confused Mind. Volume 2" was placed on the table in the middle. Under the candlelight, the old bamboo slips shone in Zong Zhengshen's eyes.

He impatiently pressed the bamboo slip under his palm, turned his head and glared at Ran Shaotang, his eyes suspicious: "What kind of trick are you playing?"

Ran Shaotang quickly handed over the things, which made him feel that there was something fishy about the matter.

Under the candlelight, Ran Shaotang's face was rosy and she was very cute. If someone who didn't know her well saw her, they would think she was a pushover.

Zong Zhengshen was fooled by this, and he is not so easy to deceive now.

Ran Shaotang smiled slightly, showing a hint of shyness: "The Third Highness is really a studious person, and he can read the mind so clearly that I can no longer deceive you."

After flattering her and taking the medicine, she changed her tone of prayer and asked, "I do have a request for Your Highness, but I'm sorry to say that you saw it right away."

Zong Zhengshen was even more suspicious. Now she wants money and people, and she can walk around in Qianmen Town. What can trouble her? Do you want to beg for yourself?

He coughed dryly and uttered one word hesitantly: "Say---"

Ran Shaotang chuckled twice: "It's not a big deal. I'm just planning to go to Jiancheng for a tour in a few days. I thought it was your territory after all. Do you have the prince's token or something? Give it to me.

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Zong Zhengshen: Why don’t you go to heaven? You still want the prince’s token? Why don’t you let the prince do it for you?

"No." He refused simply.

"Sanqi, see the guests off." Ran Shaotang's style has never been sloppy. If you can't reach an agreement, then just leave.

Before Zong Zhengshen could react, he was already pushed out the door.

He looked at the door of the elegant room slamming shut, not understanding what was going on at all.

Aren't we talking? Shouldn't you and I go back and forth a few times before deciding who wins and who loses?

Meng De stood behind him and called "Your Highness" at a loss.

It's dark outside, we should have gone home long ago.

"Huh?" Zong Zhengshen, who was also at a loss, clenched the bamboo slip in his hand and nodded, "Let's go back home." Fortunately, the bamboo slip was there.

Ran Shaotang stood by the window on the second floor, looking at the two horses galloping past in the market, with the corners of his mouth raised slightly.

Zong Zhengshen, see you in Jiancheng.

You must prepare enough money.

"Sanqi, prepare the carriage."

Ran Shaotang was worried that things would change if things were too late.

After Zong Zhengshen gets the second volume that he has been thinking about for a long time, he will definitely read it at night by candlelight. When the time comes, he will definitely find that there is a middle volume between the first volume and the second volume of the deception. At that time, I am afraid that he will come and kill him overnight.

She wouldn't stand up to an angry person.

This kind of person is irrational and there is no way to reason with him.

Ran Shaotang asked Xie Yingren to take her back to Jingshan overnight. After resting for the night, she took Qin Xiaoyue and drove Wang Fulai, who volunteered, to take the shortest distance from Guifang to Jiancheng.

Sitting on the gorgeous and spacious carriage, Qin Xiaoyue asked Ran Shaotang curiously: "Sir, what are we doing in Zhourao?"

Ran Shaotang opened a corner of the curtain, looked at the scenery passing by, and said casually: "Eat, drink, play, and have fun."

Jiancheng, like Qianmen Town, is located in the desert.

However, across the oasis Guifang, the climate in Jiancheng is drier than that in Qianmen Town. Therefore, food is scarce and they can only rely on buying food at high prices from the rich lands of Zhou Rao Kingdom.

In the past, the people in Jiancheng were often in a state of hunger. Since then, it has become the fiefdom of the third prince Zong Zhengshen. He communicated several times with several major grain merchants doing business in Zhou Rao, and wrote to Emperor Zhou Rao to describe the sufferings of the people at the border.

Taking historical allusions as an example, it is pointed out that if the people at the border cannot live in peace, it will inevitably cause national security risks.

I don't know whether Emperor Zhou Rao took pity on his son, or whether it was the emperor who was moved by the historical allusions. He gave a special reward of a lot of money and silk, and at the same time exempted him from taxes for three years.

For a while, this move caused the queen and the eldest prince to look covetously at Zong Zhengshen, and they always sent people to keep a close eye on him.

Fortunately, in the past few years, Zong Zhengshen had done nothing special except taking out some money to help the victims from time to time, so he gradually felt relieved.

Under the governance of Zong Zhengshen, although Jiancheng could not be said to be a prosperous place, there was a scene of another border desert that was about to rise.

Ran Shaotang stayed here for three days, and his biggest feeling was that it was profitable.

There has been a truce between Gao Xi and Zhou Rao for five years, and it has only been two years since the two countries signed a good-neighborly and friendly agreement. Border trade has not yet been officially allowed, but privately the people have begun to benefit from each other.

The generals and officials of the two countries turned a blind eye and did not obstruct it.

Ran Shaotang thinks this is the best time to make money.

In the past few days, she took Qin Xiaoyue to walk through the streets and alleys, getting to know the local customs, eating, drinking and having fun, and at the same time, she got a general idea of ​​Zhou Rao's national conditions.

On this day, she was sitting in the teahouse listening to music, thinking about the trade business between Gao Xi and Zhou Rao.

The Gaoxi Kingdom is rich in grain and salt, and the Zhourao Kingdom is rich in iron ore resources. Both salt and iron are in the hands of the court, and the only way to make money is to smuggle them.

The risk of smuggling is too high, so only food can be used to make some fuss.

She was writing and calculating on the table with her bamboo chopsticks dipped in tea, when she suddenly heard someone coming downstairs to the second floor, cursing.

The waiter seemed unable to stop me and kept saying nice things.

"Mr. Yan, the second floor has been booked. Look, there is still a window seat on the third floor. How about you..." Before the waiter could finish his words, he was punched in the face.

Go up, and roll down the stairs with a squeaking sound.

Qin Xiaoyue stood up warily and stood in front of Ran Shaotang.

"Sir, the commotion outside is directed at us. Do you think you should call Wang Fu up?"

Although Wang Fu's three-legged cat kung fu may not necessarily defeat the opponent, it is still better than two children.

Ran Shaotang smiled softly, wiped the writing on the table with his white and tender hands, and said calmly: "What are you afraid of? Maybe they are rushing to help us get valuable money?"

As soon as she finished speaking, the door of the room was kicked open by someone from the outside, and a tall man with a beard and round eyes rushed in. Qin Xiaoyue raised her head and looked at the mountain at the door, and sighed: "Oh my God,
Chapter completed!