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In these three years, the northwest side had undergone a drastic change. Originally, the vast wasteland had been planted with cotton, melon and rice, there was an inland river in the northwest, if not especially dry weather, the water here would never run out, thus, Shen Jingli planted all the fields close to the river into rice, with each harvest of each year being sufficient for the people in the northwest side to cope with the high taxes, and all the other suitable places were planted with cotton and melon fruits. The average sunshine here was long, the melon and fruits were of high quality and sweetness, and after production, Shen Jingli specially sent people to the capital and Jiangnan to sell them.
The northwest of this place was different from the northwest of Shen Jingli's previous life, and the climate here was also weirder than what he had seen in his previous life, but there were ways to adapt to any environment. With the money he had earned in the capital, Shen Jingli bought a lot of land, cotton, rice, and fruits while the northwest was still developing, and also built a warm house, growing a batch of fragrant medicine. This place was very close to a tribe called Da Jing Tribe.
Many merchants had come here in admiration of their reputation. They had seen the customs of the Northwest, had eaten the roast sheep here, had drunk the goat's milk here, and had developed unique feelings for the Northwest. From then on, there were many who settled down in their homes.
Every year, there were countless merchants who came from the Central Plains to order cotton, melon, furs, medicinal herbs, as well as merchants who came from far away from other countries to bring their own unique crops and commodities to trade in the markets of the Northwest and then taking away their country's scarce commodities from the Northwest. These merchants had spurred the development of the Northwest Economy.
In these three years, Xun Er had grown even taller, his originally baby fat face had become even thinner, and one could faintly see the shadow of Mu Chen's younger self. He had started to practice martial arts with Mu Chen since last year, and now, he dared to bring Da Hui and Er Hui out of the city to hunt in the grasslands.
The smile on his face was like the spring breeze, very kind to everyone, just that he did not like to talk. He loved to read, since he was three years old, and had already become familiar with the four books and five scriptures, becoming extremely peaceful and peaceful as well as restless. He could not sit still, did not like to read, and did not like to train in martial arts.
"Mama, Mama, save me …"
Shen Jingli held onto the account book in his hands, and just as he entered the main hall, a red figure ran over and hugged him, pretending to cry as she complained, "Mama, Daddy wants to hit me, Daddy is a bad person."
"Hit you?" He must have gotten himself into trouble again, poking his nose into Mu Shisi's eyes. This kid was getting bolder and bolder, to the point where he even dared to trick his own father.
An'an lifted his head, forcing out two drops of tears. "Mama, Father is a bad man. An An, who was four years old, was a ghost. He knew that his father only listened to Mama's advice, and after every trouble, he would report it to Shen Jingli first.
Mu Chen, who followed in, reached out and picked him up, patting him on his bottom a few times. This time, the tears that squeezed out turned into a vast ocean, and as he tightly hugged Shen Jingli's arm, he cried out, not forgetting to touch his own father's darkness, "Mama, father murdered his own son, I'm definitely not his biological father. Father bullied me …"
As he cried, he continued to rub himself against Shen Jingli's body. This was a tactic that he used often after making trouble, even though Shen Jingli was well aware of it, every time he heard Shen Jingli's heart-wrenching cries, he could not bear to do it.
"Hahaha, fourteenth, I didn't expect you to have such a day." He was completely eaten by his wife and son.
The three of them turned around and saw a handsome man laughing with a funny expression. His voice was so loud that it annoyed the people around him.
"Wen Rui, why have all of you come?" Seeing Zhao Wenrui, Shen Jingli was truly happy from the bottom of his heart. He immediately abandoned Mu Chen and walked over while carrying his son.
"Long time no see, I wanted to come visit you." He was holding a little boy in his arms, looking at Shen Jingli with his big eyes, he started chuckling.
"This must be Brother Heng, right?" Two years ago, Zhao Wenrui gave birth to his second son.
"That's right, Brother Heng, quickly call for someone, this is your Uncle Shen." Zhao Wenrui said to his son as he pointed at Shen Jingli.
Xu Ling Heng raised his head and looked at Zhao Wenrui, and then looked at Shen Jingli, and then called out with his childish voice: "Hello, Uncle Shen."
"Good boy." What an adorable child, too bad it wasn't a double, if not, Zhao Wenrui would probably mention it again.
Obedient is obedient, but it's a pity that it's not a pair. Otherwise, we could have become your family." As expected, this matter was brought up immediately. Zhao Wenrui had a face full of regret, and then he saw An Xin in Shen Jingli's embrace, "Is this a ball or a block? If only I am Shuang'er, you could be our Daughter-in-law.
After saying that, he remembered his eldest son at the side, and quickly grabbed his son out. "Lingyun, quickly come and see, this is your fiancée, isn't she very handsome?"
Xu Lingyun was a few months older than An An, and was a very sensible child. When he was at home, he would occasionally hear the Mama say that he had a fiancee whom he was betrothed to, believing it to be true.
Shen Jingli felt a headache if he heard Zhao Wenrui actually say this in front of the two children. What if the two children believed it to be true and took each other to be his wife? However, he was truly thinking too much. The two children might believe in each other, but they wouldn't treat each other as a wife. After all, when they first met each other, they felt that they were at odds with each other.
Although he was only four years old, he already understood the meaning of a fiancee. Hearing Zhao Wenrui say that Xu Lingyun was his fiancé, he could not help but size her up, and seeing that Xu Lingyun was tall and thin, obediently following by Zhao Wenrui's side, he could not help but get angry, wanting to make a fool of him.
However, he had just been taught a lesson by Mu Chen and the pain in his butt had yet to be resolved, so he did not dare to do any more evil deeds in front of his father.
"Jinglee, can you provide a batch more medicinal ingredients this year?" All these years, he had worked together with Shen Jingli to transport the cotton, scented medicine and medicinal herbs from the northwest to the capital and Jiangnan.
"Sure, do you want to bring some fur?" There were plenty of rich people in the capital, and many of them were foolish enough to have money. They spent their money like water, and they did not feel bad about it at all. If they didn't earn any more, they would feel sorry for them.
"Yes, and I also need good wool blankets and a horned comb. Right, do you have any more unique bone carvings?" The lives of rich and powerful weren't just about having fun and eating. People with good taste all liked to collect books and books. Painting, calligraphy, jewelry, carvings, etc. As long as they were interested, money wasn't a problem.
"No, but there are some pretty good jade stones in the northwest, and they are still raw and unpolished. I will draw some pictures and you can ship them back to the capital for people to build according to the map. Sell them at a high price, don't sell them cheaply or the market will go bad."
Hearing him say that, Xu Yanlin's eyes lit up in excitement. Shen Jingli's pattern was always unique and unique, it was hard to obtain even a gold in the capital.
"You found the mine?" He was so happy that his eyes seemed to have been hit by money.
Indeed, there were many good things in the northwest, and he had to slowly excavate them. It was by accident that he found the vein of jade and allowed others to excavate it. It was actually jadeite and a little white jade.
In his previous life, he had heard that there were many mines in the Northwest. Gold mines, silver mines, coal mines, oil mines … He believed that this would also be the case. As long as he had the heart, he would definitely be able to find it. However, he didn't need to send people to investigate it every day.
"Jinglee, don't forget about me. Whether or not I can be as rich as a nation in the future will depend on you." He placed his arm on Shen Jingli's shoulder as he looked at Shen Jingli with a sharp gaze, and almost stabbed him into a hornet's nest.
Shen Jingli rolled his eyes, whether or not he could be as rich as a nation, what did it have to do with him? He's not the financial adviser he hired.
Laying it on his shoulder, he pushed away the arm that was obstructing him. Mu Chen stepped in between the two and protected Shen Jingli behind him, "Your arm is too long, I can help you break it."
"Fourteen, we are brothers." Fourteen was actually a berserker who protected his wife.
"F * ck off." Brother can't touch his wife.
"I'll take you to the backyard. Take a look and see which yard you want to live in. I'll get the servants to pack it up." The two childish men couldn't be bothered to take another glance.
"Alright."
Zhao Wenrui told Shen Jingli about the current situation of the capital. The Marquis of Zhenyuan had risen to an official, Mu Yu had returned to the capital, and had also married his wife, who gave him a legitimate son last year, while Mu Ke had gotten married and moved away from Marquis Zhen Yuan Mansion. The two of them lived a very comfortable life, and Mu Jin had scored third in the imperial examinations, but he did not become an official.
Hearing this, Shen Jingli only felt that it was funny, but he did not care about it.