Huaicheng is easy to defend but difficult to attack. The Eastern Route Army failed to capture the first battle, but instead lost two pioneers and had to suspend the truce. The rebels were in great momentum.

At the same time, news came from the border that there was something strange about the Beidi.

Emperor Mingde urgently summoned Duke Anguo and his son to meet.

Ji Wan had already begun to instruct the servants to pack their luggage. There was a mansion in Yancheng, so it was enough to bring daily clothes and garbage.

As for the business in the capital, she is not worried. She now has three backers, including the Zhou family, the Xiao family and the Lu family. There is basically no one who comes to cause trouble for her when she is full.

"You're leaving Beijing just after the store on South Street was sold out. Wouldn't it be a year or two?"

Lu Feiyan asked while helping her clean up.

"No need." Ji Wan said: "That store is bigger than the hot pot restaurant in the inner city. It will take at least half a year for decoration and renovation. Besides, I am not here, aren't you still there? Anyway, if you have invested in this store, I will leave you with connections, and the rest will be handed over to you."

"I?"

Lu Feiyan was a little confused, "Sister-in-law, I have never done business before. Are you afraid that I will destroy your signature?"

Ji Wan chuckled, "Where did you want to go to you? You are a girl who is about to marry now. You can't even leave the door, so how can you show up to do business? Don't worry, I have already arranged the managers in the store. They have their own way to train their employees. Hotpot bases are my secret recipes, and I also contributed them to the emperor. No one dares to steal them. What you have to do is to read the account book and let people around you go over and inspect occasionally. Isn't my mother teaching you how to manage the housekeeper? It just happens to learn and use it now and let you exercise. I believe my mother will also enjoy it."

Lu Feiyan nodded, "That's right."

"The most important thing for catering is taste and hygiene." Ji Wan said again: "When I was in Dengxian, someone imitated me to open a hot pot restaurant. In order to reduce costs, he repeatedly used the bottom of the pot and failed to preserve it well, which caused diners to have diarrhea and Gao Shangguanfu, so he directly sealed the store. The signature of Ji's hot pot has been made out. The more famous the more refined the more it is, otherwise it will be difficult to guarantee that the people below will be negligent. If there is an accident, it will affect the whole body. So, you'd better send someone to inspect every few days. Once you find someone who is passive and lazy, you will get it right. All the ingredients in the store, vegetables, fruits, chickens, ducks, fish and meat are provided by several merchants under my name. You don't have to spend money to purchase, so you don't worry about someone greedy for it. But the merchant has to send someone to patrol. I've been away for a year or two, and the people below have disappeared, so it's hard to guarantee that I won't have any thoughts."

Speaking of this, she sighed.

"Actually, the piece of land that the Jia family circled and built a different courtyard was good for planting fruit forests. Unfortunately, the place was banned and could not be used."

"Don't say this outside."

Lu Feiyan whispered: "The second prince made private weapons and rebelled, and even the people who lived in that land were expelled and moved by the government. That was a taboo. The emperor probably would not be able to untie this knot in his life. Even if that land is a treasure, the emperor would rather abandon it."

That's why I feel sorry.

There is no way, the feudal dynasty is the greatest emperor.

...

"You want to join the army?"

Old Mrs. Xiao looked at Changsun standing in front of her in surprise.

Xiao Rui nodded.

"Yes." He said: "Bei Di is coming, and the border war is about to begin. I want to go to the northern border with my brother-in-law to practice."

"Nothing!"

Mrs. Xiao scolded, "Can anyone get on the battlefield? How old are you? Let's talk about it when you reach the age of eighteen."

Xiao Ruize said: "Brother-in-law has joined the army at the age of thirteen, and I am fourteen this year."

"That's not OK!"

"grandmother…"

"Stop talking, I don't agree with this."

Mrs. Xiao firmly opposed it.

Xiao Rui silently said, "Grandmother, the Xiao family has a thin descendant. I am the eldest son of the official family. God is about to give a great responsibility, so he must first suffer his mind and ambition, exhaust his muscles and bones, starve his body, and be empty and useless. He acts to disturb his actions. Therefore, he has been moved and endured, which has made him unable to do anything. You and my father have cultivated me since childhood, so that I want me to inherit the legacy of my ancestors in the future and promote the Xiao family? Since that is the case, why stop me from making achievements and enhancing the Xiao family?"

He said seriously: "I know you feel sorry for me and are worried that I will suffer. But I have been practicing martial arts and military books since I was a child and I am destined to take this path. You can't bear to give up now, but you still can't bear to the future. You don't want me to become a wine bag that can only rely on my ancestors to cover my shade, right?"

Mrs. Xiao was speechless after being blocked.

Xiao Rui continued: "Just let me go. I am young and not qualified to join the war. I just trained with the army, and my father has agreed."

The eldest grandson was determined, and Mrs. Xiao just sighed after all.

"Forget it, when you grow up, you always have to fly out of this house. Go. The men in our Xiao family are all good men who stand tall and upright."

"Um."

Xiao Rui said solemnly: "Don't worry, grandmother, grandson will definitely not embarrass the Xiao family."

...

"Ari is going to the front line?"

Ji Wan looked at Lu Feili in surprise.

The imperial edict has been issued, and Duke An Guo and his son will go to the north from now on. But what Ji Wan did not expect was that Xiao Rui would also follow him to the military camp at a young age.

"Did my grandmother agree?"

How could Mrs. Xiao be so precious and grandson so easily let go?

"Your brother, you are very eloquent."

Lu Feili glanced at her and thought casually.

"I think you will be able to make a fortune in this."

Ji Wan tilted her head and looked at him, "Are you praising me or belittle me?"

Lu Feili smiled and changed the topic, saying, "Do you have your luggage packed when you set off tomorrow? You don't need to bring too many maids with you. In addition to Bai Yun and Bai Feng, you can just bring Zeng Ting and Xiang Fan who usually serve you personally. There are housekeepers there to take care of you, and there are many servants, enough."

"Know."

Ji Wan suddenly remembered something, "Have Bai Yun and Bai Feng always trained according to the standards of female guards? Will he do anything else?"

"They are secret guards trained by the Lu family."

The implication is very obvious.

Ji Wan was a little surprised, "No wonder..."

"You want to mention them as personal service?"

"I originally had this plan." Ji Wan paused and said, "That's right. Zeng Ting and Xiang Fan were both brought from the north. They are from the northern region. They have been with me for a few years and are not young anymore. I want to find a good family for them to marry. They are not slaves, and it is not suitable to have children from their families. If marriage is the best, it will be the best for me. In this way, there will be no one around me. If Bai Yun and Bai Feng replace their positions, they will be the best of both worlds. Now..." She sighed lowly, "I'd better let Madam Gu choose two smart people from the second-class maids."

Lu Feili said thoughtfully: "There are old people in the army who have not been married yet. If you don't dislike me, I can help them become a matchmaker."

Forehead.

Ji Wan was stunned, "How can the soldiers in the military camp respect maids and servants?"

"Why don't you look down on me?" Lu Feili said: "I'm not talking about generals with official titles, such as centurion, thousand commanders or small team leaders. Many of them are from civilians and have no family concepts. Besides, you don't seem to recognize your identity. First of all, you are the second-rank county lord personally appointed by the emperor, and your identity is higher than that of ordinary noble ladies of aristocratic families. The first-class maid of a destiny is not considered a good match for marrying a small official. Don't sigh that you are the wife of the prince's mansion now, and the maid around you is even more greedy. But you are now in the capital and are full of powerful people, and only then do you feel that the maid has no status. When you leave this place, you take your maids with your maids. I dare to guarantee that officials of the seventh rank and the extreme must be polite when they see them."

"This is called, one person has attained enlightenment, and the chicken and dog have ascended to heaven?"

Ji Wan smiled.

"So that's it." Lu Feili chuckled, "You two maids are pretty pretty. Most of the military camps are rough people. Can you marry a beautiful and decent wife? Isn't it a big shot?"

Ji Wan thought for a while, "Okay, wait until the north. Choose two suitable ones for me. If they don't object, it's good to stay there. But I have a requirement, you must have a good character and will love others. At least they will have a fight with me, and I always have to find a good marriage for them."

"You master, you are so worried." Lu Feili shook his head, "Okay, Madam is destined, I dare not refuse to obey. For my husband, I will definitely choose carefully to ensure that Madam is satisfied."
Chapter completed!