She married a dying prince and she won three babies.

Chapter 191 The next step, the entire Wei

"Husband, who is following us?" Yu Yuanzheng asked in surprise.

“I don’t know, he has been following us since we left Beijing.

I guess they are spies from Canglan Country. But those two people don't look like Canglan people.

It seems quite a few people in our Great Wei have become traitors, working for the enemy nation," Shangguan Ziqi analyzed.

After hearing this, Yu Yuanzheng understood in her heart that they were watching what they came out for, whether they were going to look for the iron box. If they were going to look for something, they might encounter various obstacles. The Canglan Kingdom really spent a lot of money to steal the iron box.

But she is a little woman and has no martial arts skills, so she just needs to follow the man and let the man do his thing.

The workshop is still going on.

Shopkeeper He had indeed found a man he liked, a man well-suited to become shopkeeper. He was a educated student named Zhao Chongwen, in his twenties. Due to a family tragedy, he had been forced to sell himself to raise money.

He was a filial son. When his father was seriously ill and needed ginseng, he sold himself to a human trafficker. However, before his father was cured, his son also fell ill and needed money, so his wife also sold herself.

The couple sold their son to a human trafficker. The money they earned helped cure their son's condition, but the father still died.

There are three people in the family, and only the son is still free. However, he is only eight years old and has no ability to live on his own.

When the couple was crying in each other's arms, they happened to meet Manager He who was going to buy someone.

When the human trafficker heard that Manager He wanted to buy someone who could read and write, he recommended this family and explained their situation.

Their only request was that the couple be sold together and that they be allowed to take their children with them, who could help with chores but would not sign a contract to sell themselves. They would only allow the children to leave when they were able to live independently.

Manager He tested Zhao Chongwen and felt that he was a promising talent.

Because his family had no money to support his studies, he just passed the examination and became a student but stopped studying. Instead, he found a job as an accountant to support his family.

But Manager He didn't find a suitable maid, so he didn't buy her.

He looked around and felt that those little girls were too stupid and not smart enough.

"Madam, it's not too late to buy a maid in a larger city. Gu'an County is relatively small and has a small population, so there are not many trained maids."

"Okay. I just thought that my two maids will be busy teaching the people in the workshop how to make pills, so I wanted to prepare two in advance so that they can have an easier time."

Then, with the addition of Zhao Chongwen, the workshop quickly took off. A local himself, he was well-versed in the local life and took care of everything from recruiting staff to signing contracts.

Manager He bought a few clever servants to perform the key steps.

Zhao Chongwen was temporarily appointed as the manager of the workshop.

In less than ten days, the workshop was up and running.

Then he rented a shop in Gu'an County and started his business.

Zi Yue and Jiang Hua are busy every day training the workers in the workshop to make pills.

Twenty days had passed when everything was back on track.

This workshop can supply goods to cities within a radius of 500 miles.

That day, Shangguan Ziqi called He Yuan and Liu Deming to discuss the next arrangements.

"Manager He, we have opened ten shops and a workshop in the past two months.

Next, I want to go alone with my wife, so you can continue to the next city in the same way we have been doing recently.

I hope that by the time we meet in the capital, you will have already opened our pharmacies in all 42 states of the Wei Dynasty.

My requirement is to have at least two shops in each state. You don't have to be too anxious. After all, it requires a lot of capital turnover. You can wait until the previous shop makes money before opening the next one.

We are renting a shop, not buying one, so it shouldn't cost too much. I'll leave you the 100,000 taels of silver I have. If it's not enough, you can transfer more from the capital.

I hope that in a year, our Shiritang will be spread all over the Great Wei, and then to the Southern Shu Kingdom. And then to the Canglan Kingdom."

Shangguan Ziqi's words made the two of them excited.

"As you command." Shopkeeper He accepted the order with a smile.

"If you think Zhao Chongwen is capable of great service, then feel free to hire him. You'll also be less tired. If he does a good job, you can give him more monthly wages so he can send his children to school. In due time, you can give their family a chance to redeem themselves."

Shangguan Ziqi gives people hope and encourages them to work harder.

"Yes, young master." After hearing the conditions offered by the young master, he wanted to redeem himself, but after thinking about it, he gave up the idea. He was able to reach his current position because he was the most respected person by the young master. Once he redeemed himself, he would have nothing.

His family had been servants of the palace since their ancestors, so he was considered a family child. The opportunities he had today were all given by the palace, and he had to cherish them.

Everything is arranged for December 15th.

They were preparing to leave Gu'an County and continue heading north.

Yu Yuanzheng left the two maids to the shopkeeper He and asked them to follow him to the next place to open a workshop and become masters to teach people how to make pills.

The two maids were reluctant to leave their master. They had never been separated from her since they followed her.

"Miss, when can we meet?" Jiang Hua asked with red eyes.

"It won't take long, maybe half a year at most. We will definitely return to Beijing, and by then you should have almost finished teaching."

"But Miss, we are so reluctant to leave you. Without us to serve you, you can't even comb your hair." Zi Yue was exposing her master's shortcomings.

"Can't you say something nice? You make me sound like an idiot in life. Can't I just wear my hair in a ponytail and still get by?" Yu Yuanzheng rolled her eyes.

"Don't worry, she doesn't know how to comb her hair, so I will do it for her." Shangguan Ziqi assured with a smile.

"Hehe, then we can rest assured." Zi Yue smiled and stuck out her tongue.

The carriage started slowly.

"Husband, do you have any news about our father?" As soon as she got in the carriage, Yu Yuanzheng began to ask about the prince.

"I've been in touch with him."

"How did you get in touch?"

"Of course, through the post stations. There are post stations all over the Great Wei. And my father is the only prince of a different surname in the Great Wei. Any letter with his seal will be highly valued by the post stations. And I will also report to my father wherever I go, so we can communicate in a timely manner."

"Oh, I see." Yu Yuanzheng understood the post station as the postal service in the future.

Of course, they did not serve the people, but only the court.

When they were about fifty miles away from Gu'an City, they arrived at a forest and stopped to rest.

Prepare to make a fire and cook lunch before leaving.

Where there are trees, there are prey.

Zhuiyun and Zhuyue were assigned to hunt some wild game.

At this time, Chunlei came back from a distance, walked to Shangguan Ziqi and whispered a few words.

"Okay, let's do it. It's best to keep them alive if we can."

"Yes."

Then the spring thunder brought the summer rain, autumn wind, and winter ling into the woods from the right side of the forest, and disappeared in a short while.