All Heavens and Worlds Modified History System

Chapter 47 Wu Xiang did a great job!

At the foot of Huangjin Mountain, the spring scenery is picturesque.

Many soldiers lined up in the wilderness, holding the introductions they wrote in their hands, and looked anxiously towards the women's camp at the foot of the mountain.

"You wrote your own self-introduction?" Chen Ran asked with suspicion, "Did you pay someone to write it for you?"

"Marshal." Shang Kexi raised his hand and patted his chest, and responded loudly, "The Marshal has entrusted this matter to me. If anything goes wrong, I am willing to take military action."

"You said it yourself." Chen Ran looked at him. "If something goes wrong with this blind date, I will arrange for you to guard the island for the rest of your life."

Shang Kexi shuddered and said that there was absolutely no mistake.

Guarding an island is a tough job, and no one wants to spend their whole life on a barren island.

"Marshal, the soldiers who came to sign up for blind dates have all attended night school." Shang Kexi, who was frightened, explained in a lost tone, "They must have written their own self-introductions."

Chen Ran did not comment, and looked at the soldiers who were looking at the female camp. "Are you all single?"

"He's definitely single, at most a widower." Shang Kexi hurriedly came forward and said, "This is a blind date, if anyone dares to mess around, I'll crush them!"

"There's no need to be so violent." Chen Ran laughed, "Just hand it over to Eunuch Cao."

"Uh~~~"

"Go and have a look."

Last year, Chen Ran defeated the main force of the Jiannu, broke through their old camp, and rescued more than 10,000 abducted women.

In troubled times, the fate of these young women who lost their loved ones and homes is bound to be extremely tragic.

Chen Ran took them in and brought them all the way to Lushunbao. He also opened a tailor factory for them and arranged for them to work as cooks and other jobs.

There were no ready-made clothing stores in ancient times, and people had to make clothes by themselves. This is why the needlework skills of unmarried women were highly valued.

In addition to simply arranging jobs for them, we also try to arrange blind dates for them.

After all, we are so young and can’t be female workers for the rest of our lives.

This is how the blind date meeting came about.

"General, only single soldiers in the army are eligible to sign up. They need to write their own introduction and submit it to the camp. Women who are interested in getting married can look through these introductions at will. If they like any of them, they can call them into the camp to meet them."

"That's all for this arrangement." Chen Ran was still not satisfied. "We need to let the soldiers know that the General's Mansion is the maiden home of these women. They are not helpless! If anyone pawns or sells his wife, or hurts her, don't blame the Ming law for being ruthless!"

"I obey your orders~~~"

When we entered the camp, the first thing we saw was rows of curtains. The soldiers who had been called in were standing outside waiting.

If a woman falls in love with a soldier, she will look at his appearance and physique behind a curtain.

No matter what era it is, appearance is everything.

The face is too ugly and too fierce.

Too short and too thin.

I guess you'll be disliked here.

This is not all, the woman behind the curtain will ask some more questions.

Such as how old you are this year, how many people are there in your family, how much is your monthly salary, whether you have a house or land, etc.

Overall, it is not much different from blind dates in the modern world.

In the past, there was no choice. The matchmaker would introduce the marriage and the parents would arrange it, so the marriage would be a blind one.

Now that his parents are not around, the Marshal is acting as a matchmaker. For the sake of his own future, of course he has to make a careful choice.

"It's all consensual, right?" After looking at it for a while, Chen Ran showed a stern attitude, "No matter if it's a man or a woman, everyone must come here voluntarily. If there is any coercion, you don't have to guard the island anymore. Go guard the door for the emperor outside the imperial study."

Shang Kexi said he dared not.

After Chen Ran left, he raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead.

"They are just a bunch of girls. Why do you have to protect them so much, Marshal? I should not have taken this assignment if I had known."

After leaving the camp and coming in front of a group of soldiers who had volunteered to go on a blind date, Shang Kexi drew out his sword and waved it, shouting at them, "Who the hell dares to cause trouble? I recognize you, but I don't recognize the sword in my hand!"

"Sir." Chen Ran returned to the general's residence. Liu Youfu, who was guarding the door, ran over and led the horse. "Wu Xiang is here."

"Oh? This old guy is finally here." Chen Ran, feeling refreshed, immediately stepped into the mansion. "If he doesn't come again, I will think he has swallowed my goods! If anyone dares to swallow my goods in the Jianghu, I will definitely wipe out his entire family!"

In the main hall, Wu Xiang, who had been waiting for a long time, saw Chen Ran come in and immediately stood up and saluted, "I am Wu Xiang, your humble servant, and I pay my respects to you, Lord~~~"

Looking at his attire, if he hadn't introduced himself, it would have been hard to believe that this guy was a military general.

"Brother Lianghuan." Chen Ran added a little smile and said, "Sit down and talk."

They all took their seats and Xueqing served them tea.

However, when she left, she glanced at Chen Ran with her eyes wide open.

"What do you mean?" Chen Ran felt confused. She had cried last night and said that the happiest thing in her life was to follow the master.

How come you changed your face when you came back after going out today?

Could it be that the true feelings expressed when he reached the peak last night were all acted?

"Sir." Wu Xiang smiled warmly, "I have lived up to your trust. I have traveled to Jiangnan for several months and finally sold most of the goods."

Before this, Chen Ran had given the seized antique paintings and calligraphy, silks and satins, jewelry, valuable furniture, etc. to Wu Xiang to sell.

He did not hesitate and first went back to Liaozhen to meet Sun Chengzong, then asked for leave from Sun Chengzong and personally took the goods by boat to Jiangnan.

Judging from his rosy face, it seems that he has gained a lot this time.

Fortunately, after being baptized by the system's rewards, Chen Ran, who has seen big money, has a stable mentality.

He took a sip of the tea bowl and asked slowly, "Tell me, how much is the total?" Wu Xiang raised his hand and made the number eight with his fingers, "It's as much as 800,000 taels."

With 800,000 taels of silver, excluding the officials, one might be qualified to compete for the position of the richest man in the Ming Dynasty.

Undoubtedly a huge sum of money.

"Pah!" Chen Ran placed the tea bowl heavily on the table. He looked over with disdain and said, "Wu Xiang, you are so brave to eat my goods. I killed tens of thousands of Jian Nu. Are you more powerful than them? If you want to die, just say so. I will grant your wish now."

Before delivering the goods, Liu Youfu had the clerks and accountants carefully calculate and estimate the price, and the total value of the goods was basically around one million taels.

Chen Ran felt that swallowing up thirty or fifty thousand taels of silver would be considered as compensation for Wu Xiang's hard work in running errands.

But he just asked for two hundred thousand taels. Does he really think that he is not afraid of anyone just because he has the King of Pingxi in his family?

"General, you misunderstood." Wu Xiang really felt the murderous aura and stood up quickly, even dropping the tea bowl in his hand. "There are still some tricky goods that have not been sold, not just 800,000 taels."

Chen Ran narrowed his eyes and raised his eyebrows, "Hmm?"

"General, there are some valuable calligraphy and paintings, such as Tang Yin's "A Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix" and "Peach Blossom Fan". Furniture from the former Song Dynasty palace is too valuable. If you sell it in a hurry, it may affect the price."

"Stop talking nonsense and just tell me the numbers." Chen Ran only believed in the money he got and the pie in the sky that was painted. He had long been fed up with the modern world.

"The total amount should be 1.03 million taels." Wu Xiang, who did not dare to sit down and bowed respectfully, interrupted carefully, "I will pay the remaining 230,000 taels with my own money."

"Oh? That's quite reasonable."

"Brother Shuanghuan." Chen Ran immediately put on a smile and extended his hand to signal, "Sit down, sit down and talk."

Then he shouted to the outer gate, "Xueqing, serve tea to Lord Wu. Serve good tea~~~"

"If you don't have enough money, you're just saying you want to die, Wu Xiang. If you have enough money, you're just saying you want to have good tea, Shuanghuan. My name is Lianghuan!"

Wu Xiang, who was secretly complaining in his heart, smiled and said to Xue Qing who came in with a bowl of tea, "Thank you, Miss."

She dared to act like a spoiled child in front of the Marshal and she hasn't been punished yet. Needless to say, we all know that she must be the Marshal's favorite and she dare not offend him.

"General, according to your instructions, we have purchased 217,000 dan of grain from all over Jiangnan, mainly rice, supplemented by wheat, beans, bran and buckwheat."

"How much corn seeds did you harvest?"

"Uh" Wu Xiang was a little confused. Could it be that the rice was carved from jade?
"It's the rice."

"Oh." Wu Xiang suddenly realized and remembered that this was something the Marshal had specifically instructed him to do. "I collected all the seeds I could get on the market. There are roughly more than 500 stones of seeds."

The Age of Discovery began, and many animals and plants native to Europe and America came to the Ming Dynasty via large French ships.

The most famous among them are corn, sweet potatoes, peppers and tomatoes.

"It's better to have it than not to have it." Chen Ran changed the subject and said something else, "Did you see Johann Adam Schall von Bell?"

"Yes. According to the Marshal's instructions, I sent 60,000 taels of silver to Master Tang and his whatever association. I also arranged for someone to go with them to Xiangshan County."

After saying that, Wu Xiang hesitated a little, "General, these red-haired barbarians cannot be trusted."

Tens of thousands of taels of silver were handed over as a deposit. What if the foreigners boarded the ship and never returned? Where could we find them in the vast ocean?

"You are right, especially Kunlun slaves."

Chen Ran hesitated for a moment, then turned to look at Liu Youfu and said, "You should entertain Lord Wu and hand over the money, food and supplies carefully."

"Take orders."

He was too lazy to entertain Wu Xiang personally, so after seeing him off, he turned around and went to the backyard.

"Where's Xueqing?" He didn't see anyone in the backyard, and he didn't even have lunch prepared in the hall. "What's going on? Are you not going to have lunch?"

"Master." Xue Qing came in with a stern face and put the dishes on the table with a tray.

"Where is Qiu Niang? Isn't she going to eat lunch?"

"Master." Xue Qing hummed, obviously in a bad mood, "The young lady is settling the aunt."

Chen Ran, who had already sat down, stood up again and asked, "What aunt?"

"That Lord Wu has sent a concubine to your residence!"

Now I understand. No wonder Xueqing has always been so unhappy.

What Wu Xiang did was truly full of Ming Dynasty characteristics.

Chen Ran didn't want to eat anymore and simply walked out the door. "Where is it?"

"Right wing."

When I pushed the door open and walked in, I saw Qiu Niang talking to a little girl with picturesque eyebrows, bright eyes and white teeth.

"This was done by Wu Xiang, I had no knowledge of it."

Chen Ran explained first, then looked at the little girl and asked, "What's your name? Wu Xiang did this."

The girl stood up and saluted, "My name is Liu Rushi, I'm here to greet you, Marshal~~~"

The voice is as clear and pleasant as that of a yellow oriole, extremely elegant.

"Uh~~~" Chen Ran was going to say, 'There is no place for you in my house, go back to where you came from.'

But when I heard the name, I couldn't say anything.

Two lines of subtitles floated before his eyes.

'Historical records: Liu Rushi was sold to Zhou Daodeng's family as a concubine. After Zhou Daodeng's death, she was driven out of the house and became a prostitute. Later, she married Qian Qianyi. When the Ming Dynasty fell, she wanted to die with Qian Qianyi, but was rejected. This left behind the allusion of "the water is too cold". She did not have a good end.'

'You changed Liu Rushi's tragic fate and gained one historical deviation point.'

"Wu Xiang did a great job on this!"

(End of this chapter)