Gu Chengqian's body leaning on crutches looked a little hunched again, and his old eyes were a little more cloudy. He just turned around and said to Wan Baochang, "Let's go."

He still went out.

Lu Jinxi stood in the back, watching the old man who had assisted three generations of emperors, step by step, staggered onto the sedan chair, and then watched the sedan chair slowly leave the gate of the mansion, and then sighed slightly.

She turned her head and instructed: "Let the kitchen prepare the hot soup to ward off the cold first, and serve it immediately when the boss comes back later."

"Yes." The wind chimes blinked and answered obediently, and then reminded, "Yesterday, there was news from Shenglongchang that I had an appointment with you, and I will see you at the store at noon. There is only half an hour left, are you still going? ?"

Nowadays, it is prosperous and prosperous, and there are many more semicolons.

As the first-class metropolis in Daxia today, people and goods in the capital come and go, the news is the most well-informed, and there are many powerful people in Beijing, rich families everywhere, it is the best place for commodity dumping.

Sheng Xuan built a semicolon in Beijing as early as last year.

In the current year, he spends five months in Shaanxi, two months at the border, three months in Jiangnan, and two months in Beijing.

Looking at the new year, it is time to calculate the dividend.

Of course Lu Jinxi was going this time.

She just nodded and said nothing, then went back to the house and wrapped herself in thick clothes and a ferret-fur vest before getting into the carriage and leaving the door.

At this time, Gu Juefei was still busy in the palace and should not come back.

Therefore, Lu Jinxi said slowly, only holding the stove in his arms, and looked out through the slightly opened window.

Although it was the middle of the winter and the twelfth lunar month, after all, it was near the end of the new year, and the streets all over the capital were quite lively. Sellers of New Year's goods, jugglers, candy kneaders, crowded.

Most are children.

Not afraid of the cold at all, either holding firecrackers or holding a candy man, running around the streets.

It snowed only last night, but the snow in the middle of the street had been swept away, and the sound of the wheels rolling up was a little clear.

The houses far and near were all covered up.

Lu Jinxi looked at it, but suddenly remembered that it was time to go to Shenglongchang to settle the bill, and it was time to buy something for the children.

"Madam, look, it's the Xiongnu caravan you saw last time. They have stayed here until this time. Are they staying in our big summer to celebrate the New Year?"

The wind chimes also looked outside with her, and when his eyes passed, he suddenly pointed.

Lu Jinxi also saw it.

The group of merchants were all holding high-headed horses from the Xiongnu. They were very mighty, with thickly wrapped robes and a thick mink hat.

Dressing like this always reminds her of someone.

She hugged the stove, changed her position to make herself more comfortable, closed her eyes and smiled lightly: "The Huns don't have any New Year's sayings, it's the same for them wherever they go. The weather is good in summer now, but this There aren’t many goods to bring in the season, so they have to stay here until the spring of next year, waiting to bring the things from the big summer back to the Xiongnu to sell. When the weather is good, they will return to the capital.”

"Ah, so..."

The wind chimes nodded ignorantly, and their curious eyes still fell on those people, until the car turned the corner, and then withdrew their eyes a little reluctantly.

Although Lu Jinxi didn't open her eyes, she could guess what kind of mood she was in. The smile on her face deepened, and she only asked, "You have been with me for more than three years, and I heard Second Master Sheng last time. I praise you for your finesse, smartness, and planning skills. It is a business material. If you are really interested in these things, it is better for me to send you to Shenglongchang to study. In the future, never doing business is the second thing. Something to eat."

The wind chimes suddenly widened their eyes in surprise, and their small mouths didn't even fit together: "Husband, madam, this..."

"You think about it first."

Lu Jinxi was just casually mentioning it, and did not force her to make a choice. For her, this is something that is absolutely necessary and not on her mind.

The Taishi Mansion is in the inner city, and Sheng Longchang is in the outer city.

Although there is a city gate in the middle, the journey is not very far. After Lu Jinxi's carriage slowly passed the city gate, it had already arrived at the place.

Someone was already waiting, put a footstool on it, and welcomed her down.

The newly built Shenglongchang Capital Branch has a brand new feeling, and everything looks bright.

Sheng Xuan, who hadn't seen her for a few months, learned of her coming and greeted her from the door.

A robe with a thick cloud and brocade face embroidered with Wanfu pattern on it, when I saw her, I cupped my hands happily: "Hello, Madam, I can say goodbye to you in the early years."

"You're welcome."

Lu Jinxi came up, nodded slightly, and returned the gift, and walked with him to the account room behind the firm.

It was lively inside, and the abacus sounded.

"I listened to the sound of the plan, as if I heard the sound of money being put into the pocket." As soon as she came in, she couldn't help but sigh, "If I remember correctly, this year was also a good year. It's a good year."

"No, it's also thanks to you."

Thinking about it now, Sheng Xuan is also glad that he chose to cooperate with Lu Jinxi at the beginning. Not only did he earn back Sheng Longchang's family business, but now he has become the leading business firm in Daxia.

The smile on his face couldn't be hidden.

In the back room, a heated Kang was installed, and the guys had already brought hot tea, Lu Jinxi sat on the left, and Sheng Xuan sat on the right.

The calculated accounts are presented one by one from the side.

Show the first one to Sheng Xuan, and then pass it to Lu Jinxi for verification.

As Gu Juefei once said at the beginning, Sheng Xuan has no great ambitions, and his business acumen is not particularly good, but he is better than integrity.

There have been no errors in the accounts for the past three years.

So now Lu Jinxi is just taking a look at it and taking a form.

She leaned back lazily on the back of the chair, swiped her fingers over the 13,000 taels of income, but asked, "This year's money has already fallen into the bag, I don't know if Second Master Sheng will be here next year. What plan, how are you preparing?"

"With the foundation of business cooperation in previous years, next year's affairs are almost fixed. It's just..." He hesitated for a while, Sheng Xuan looked at her complexion before continuing, "It's just that I heard recently that the Xiongnu side It doesn't seem very peaceful."

The fingers that were slowly scratching suddenly paused.

The fingertips stopped on the word "two" and pressed it firmly.

Lu Jinxi raised her brows slightly, and her brows twitched slightly, but she raised her head and asked him with a smile, "Where did you hear this news, Second Master Sheng?"

Hearing her rhetorical question, Sheng Xuan guessed that the news was probably true.

He didn't hide anything from Lu Jinxi, his face became vaguely solemn, and said, "When I went to the Xiongnu last time, one of my cargo escorts heard from a man who worked as a clerk in the Xiongnu royal court. So I am old, but after all, people are still alive, so the infighting in the royal court has been serious these years, and the situation is still stable. But a few months ago, there were rumors that Lao Danyu was going to die..."

Infighting in the Xiongnu royal court was serious, and Lu Jinxi knew it.

She even knew that it was all about Gu Juefei.

Everything stemmed from the meeting in the Golden Palace three and a half years ago, when Gu Juefei came up with a poisonous plan—

Extending the power of Daxia and infiltrating the Xiongnu royal court, on the one hand, he showed his favor to the most favorite Princess Lanqu, and on the other hand, he secretly supported the third prince Yixian, so that the internal battle of the Xiongnu royal court was always in conflict.

As a result, the Huns were always at war with each other, each with its own political agenda, and each with its own scheming.

They can't even unify their own strength. Even after two years of negotiation and recuperation, they can't concentrate their forces, and they will never be able to cause war again.