Sick Man Turns Out to be a General

1After a few hours of discussion, the imperial edict that Mu Chen had transferred to the Northwest to guard the border came out. The emperor had praised Mu Chen greatly on the imperial edict, promoting him as the Great General of the West, giving him a rank 1 official residence, and ordering him to travel to the Northwest within a month. The imperial edict had even specifically stated that he could bring his family along to the Northwest.    

    

Shen Jingli had heard before that all the emperors of the Great Yan Dynasty had sent big generals to guard the borders and without exception, to keep their closest relatives in the capital. In order to prevent people from starting a rebellion while the emperor was still far away, once this happened, the relatives in the capital would become hostages to stop the enemy.    

    

No matter how loyal they were, they couldn't be compared to the Emperor's suspicions. Those who sat on the throne would step over other people's corpses. They had experienced betrayal before, but they had also betrayed others.    

    

Once the order was given, Shen Jingli started to get busy. After all, the emperor had only given them a month's time, not only did they have to pack their luggage, and determine which servants would follow them northwest, those servants had to leave behind to take care of the County Prince's Mansion, they also had to take care of all the land and shops around the capital. They had to change to reliable stewards, and they also had to find a bold and loyal steward, who was responsible for managing all the shops and properties of the land.    

    

There didn't seem to be many things to deal with, but it was a complicated process.    

    

The first thing to do was to summon all the servants in the mansion and inform them of the decree, asking them of any people who were willing to follow them to the northwest. If they were willing, they could register, and if they were unwilling, they could continue to stay in the County Prince's Mansion.    

    

After settling the matters within the mansion, Shen Jingli summoned all of the stewards to look over the business situation for the past few years. After changing some of the stewards and informing them of the current situation, he gave them a new order for them to return.    

    

After that, Shen Jingli sent someone to invite Sister-in-law Chen's family into the city. He wanted them to help him manage all the shops and properties in the capital.    

    

"That's about it. I wonder if sister-in-law is willing?" Shen Jingli explained his thoughts to Chen Da and the Sister-in-law Chen in detail.    

    

Sister-in-law Chen opened her eyes wide in shock, the hand holding the teacup was also shaking, her head was in a mess as though she was dreaming, unable to digest what Shen Jingli had just said.    

    

Chen Da's reaction was better than Sister-in-law Chen's. Although he was shocked in his heart, he did not show it on the surface. "That's dozens of shops, I'm afraid we can't manage them."    

    

He and his wife were not suitable to do business, so when he came to the capital, he took the initiative to ask for help from the farm. They were farmers who grew up locally, and were very good at farming, and with the help of the Steward Wang, he had learned many things in the past few years. His family lived a good life, built a large brick house, and also had a lot of savings.    

    

Yes, Shen, believe us, we are very happy, but, we really cannot do it, your brother Chen and I have never studied, and we do not recognize any words. Although we have learnt a lot from the Steward Wang these few years, we do not know how to do anything. Sister-in-law Chen came back to reality as she grabbed Shen Jingli's hand and shook his head with all his might.    

    

She had clearly considered her abilities, the two of them definitely did not have the ability to manage dozens of shops well, but had agreed to help Shen Jingli, if it would harm his interests, that would not be good.    

    

Hearing Sister-in-law Chen's words, Shen Jingli felt nostalgic. Sister-in-law Chen was the first person to be good to him after he had transmigrated over, he taught him how to light a fire, brought him to gather wild vegetables, and told him a lot of common sense in life, just like his elder sister. The hardest thing was, even now that he had become the Nanping County Prince and Mu Chen had become a first class Great General, she still treated him as his own Da Ping Village.    

    

"Sister-in-law need not worry, I believe that Sister-in-law and Big Brother Chen can definitely manage the shop well, besides, Chen Jian has been doing business together for the past few years, and Manager Zhang said that he is very talented, and is already qualified to be a steward. Besides, having you manage the shop doesn't mean that I don't care about anything, you must also write a letter to me about the shop, and I also entrust Sir Xu to take care of you. If you encounter any trouble, you can go next door to Sir Xu, and he will help." Seeing that he had offered a lot of ideas to earn money, Xu Yanlin was sure that he would help.    

    

Even so, the Sister-in-law Chen couple did not dare agree. They were not as optimistic as Shen Jingli, and more importantly, they understood their own abilities very well, they were just country lackeys that came from the Da Ping Village, to have things like this, it was all thanks to the fortune of Shen Jingli's family. At most, they could only manage a manor and dozens of shops.    

    

"Will the Second Master follow us to the Northwest as well?" Chen Da thought for a while before suddenly asking.    

    

Shen's eyes suddenly lit up, that's right, the Mu Clan was the only one in charge of the northwest side of the Kingdom, and as his wife, she would definitely follow him, but as his younger brother, Mu Jin might not go with him, rather, under such circumstances, as his younger brother, he would definitely not go, unless he also wanted to enter the army camp.    

    

"Brother Jin?" Shen Jingli thought as he pinched his chin. Speaking of which, he didn't seem to have asked Mu Jin this question.    

    

"Shen, you should have asked the Second Master before right? What about Yue Er? You didn't ask, did you? " Sister-in-law Chen was a little surprised. In her opinion, Shen Jingli was a very powerful person, she knew everything, could read, had good culinary skills, knew how to do business, and knew how to do everything. Yet, he made such a low level mistake?    

    

Shen Jingli shook his head. He had been busy these few days dealing with the matters of the house and the shop, and had not thought of this matter. Furthermore, Mu Jin was living in the Academy, so he was seriously preparing for the Imperial Examinations.    

    

Sister-in-law Chen sighed. Shen was really slow in this area, was it possible that his mother never taught him before?    

    

"You still don't have any plans for Yue Er's marriage?" Shen Yue'er's parents were not in the capital, so there was no way they could help her. He could only have his brother help arrange it, and couldn't possibly let her, who was from a young lady's family, make the decision to marry himself.    

    

"I'll let her see for herself. If she sees someone, then tell me. I'll help her manage it."    

    

There was such an operation? Sister-in-law Chen was shocked by Shen Jingli's boldness, how could there be a young lady looking at her future husband? This is simply …    

    

"Shen, don't harm Yue'er. How can a young lady possibly look at her future husband with her own eyes? If others were to find out, it would damage Yue'er's reputation."    

    

"Sister-in-law, don't worry. Yue Er knows her limits and won't do anything out of line." If Shen Yue'er was the type of person who adhered to the old rules, he would not reveal himself to do business.    

    

Hearing Shen Jingli say that, the Sister-in-law Chen did not have to bother with it. After all, this was someone else's house, so they started talking about management of the shop.    

    

After an afternoon of discussion, the Sister-in-law Chen couple finally agreed to help Shen Jingli manage the store. After settling this issue, Shen Jingli heaved a sigh of relief and began to prepare his luggage.    

    

"..."    

    

A month later, Mu Chen and his family officially set out on a journey northwest. The servants who accompanied them were Nanny Jin, Lee Qi, Nian Hua, Da Ji Da Lee, Chang Zai, Cook Hu's family and Shen Yue'er.    

    

Because Jin Yu was engaged, and was going to get married soon, she chose to stay in the capital. On the other hand, Mu Jin said that she would take the exam alone, without Mu Chen's help, and enter the imperial court. So she stayed in the capital.    

    

"Are you really coming with us to the northwest?" Shen Jingli looked at Shen Yue'er who was sewing at the side. He never thought that Shen Yue'er would actually give up everything in the capital and go with them to the northwest.    

    

"Why would Fourth Brother say such a thing at a time like this?" Shen Yue'er raised the embroidered handkerchief in his hand and saw the pattern on it. He sighed dejectedly, she really did not have the talent for embroidery.    

    

Unable to calm down and continue embroidering, Shen Yue'er threw the damaged embroidered cloth back into the basket and took out a cloth doll to sew on. Since she couldn't sew on the cloth doll, sewing the doll shouldn't be a problem.    

    

"What about your roast duck restaurant?"    

    

"Let Ningxin take care of it." Shen Yue'er picked up the brewed tea and drank it, "I plan to open a grilled duck restaurant in the Northwest, there definitely won't be a dish like roast duck here in the Northwest, it might be easy to sell."    

    

Seeing that she was full of confidence in her plans for the future, Shen Jingli understood that she really wanted to follow them to the northwest, so he didn't say much.    

    

The corner of his mouth raised slightly. Shen Jingli opened the curtain and admired the scenery that was quickly passing by.    

    

"..."    

    

A month and a half later, they arrived at Yanmen Pass.    

    

"This is Yanmen Gate?" It was an incredulous and disdainful tone.    

    

"Yes, Pingsha City at Yanmen Pass." A look of incomparable pride.    

    

"It's so barren?"    

    

No way! This was a city. Why was it so quiet like a ruin?    

    

The gray stone walls were plastered with lime mixed with glutinous rice water, the stones were magnificent, and a few stones protruded from the walls. The indentations caused by the projectile projectiles of the catapult were patched with rough techniques, so that one could see the sordid patches at first glance.    

    

Didn't they say that war was easy to earn money from? Why was this city built like a refugee camp? Was it really poor, or was it stingy? He had saved up so much money. A decent set of clothes was the way to be a man, and the city walls were also the way to go. At least, it would make the passing merchants happy and think that there was still hope for the city.    

    

Ah, I don't think there are many business trips here. Just look at the road that they walked on for half a month and you'll know it's such a difficult road. Who's willing to come?    

    

If you want to make your way ahead of time, you need to make your way. Only then will you be able to attract far away merchants and bring prosperity to your business.    

    

Even though they had been facing war all year round, they had a passionate heart and an incomparable passion for life. However, there were too few people, and even if they had the spirit, they still wouldn't be able to liven up the entire city.    

    

"The people here are very enthusiastic, they are strong and strong."    

    

"That's right, yellow sand mixed rice. Your mouth is filled with sand after eating it. Your teeth are so good. You probably mastered it here, right?" Shen Jingli was full of disdain. He thought that he would be able to live a relaxed life here, but in the end, he might even be more tired than the capital.