Tianliangyuan

Chapter 205 is destined to be a sacrifice.

Other herbal medicine merchants would transport the herbs back to Daxing and usually sell them directly to pharmacies.

But if Xu Zhaozhao and Princess Leyang join forces, the situation will be different.

Xu Zhaozhao has the prescription, and Princess Leyang has the doctors and channels. In this way, they can make medicine powder or pills, and then transport them to Nanzhao to sell. That would be a huge profit!

Moreover, the King of Qi did have a fiefdom, but he didn't need to go there; to put it bluntly, he only enjoyed the fiefdom.

Fortunately, the fiefdom was not too far from Nanzhao; it would only take three days at most to reach by carriage.

This saved them a lot of money.

Some of the medicine was made directly there, while others were transported back to the capital and distributed to other places after being arranged by Xu Zhaozhao and Princess Leyang.

In short, as long as there is a continuous supply of medicinal herbs, they can have a continuous stream of profits.

Moreover, Xu Zhaozhao and Princess Leyang discussed it and decided to contribute another batch of hemostatic powder and anti-inflammatory powder to the imperial court, so that they could take them directly to the border when the army set off.

After the two men made up their minds, the Prince of Qi brought up the matter with the Emperor.

Princess Leyang was Emperor Yong'an's niece and also his favorite junior. He was extremely proud of her for being so sensible and knowing how to provide medicine to the imperial army.

Because Xu Zhaozhao had gotten close to Princess Leyang, her other plans could naturally proceed.

For example: tea!

The current trend of drinking tea is something Xu Zhaozhao finds hard to accept, so she always drinks plain tea, which means she doesn't add anything and just brews it.

For this reason, she even had artisans make several different tea sets for her.

Actually, Xu Zhaozhao doesn't know much about tea. In her previous life, she could only tell whether it was black tea or white tea by recognizing the words on the packaging or by tasting the tea leaves.

In my lifetime, it seems that tea has never come in so many varieties.

Moreover, Xu Zhaozhao likes to drink flower tea, such as jasmine tea or osmanthus black tea.

Once the tea arrives in the capital, everything can begin to move forward.

Xu Zhaozhao thought, how could anyone in this world not love drinking sweet milk tea?

Moreover, the milk tea business may seem inconspicuous, but it's highly profitable.

No one would have imagined that this milk tea business could be so lucrative.

Xu Zhaozhao's true purpose was not to make money, but to make important officials like Gu Dongyang realize that fighting a war is not something that can only be fought by the blood and flesh of soldiers.

The best outcome is to win without bloodshed.

Before the twelfth lunar month, the envoy delegation from the Nanzhao Kingdom had already arrived in the capital.

This time, they brought not only their abundant and precious medicinal herbs and tea, but also some beautiful silver ornaments.

Several tribes in the Nanzhao Kingdom were extremely fond of silver ornaments, and both men and women loved to wear them. Therefore, this time, they also brought some silver ornaments unique to the Nanzhao Kingdom to the capital as tribute.

At the same time, the Nanzhao Kingdom also brought their king's decree, wanting to ask Daxing for a princess in marriage.

Princess?

Princesses of Daxing are extremely precious, especially for the current Emperor Yong'an. He has only a handful of princesses who have reached adulthood, and some of them are already married. Even if they are not yet married, His Majesty would not be willing to let them marry far away.

At this moment, the presence of Princess Qingping becomes particularly apparent.

She was the emperor's niece, a fact that no one could refute.

But she was only a concubine's daughter of the King of Qi.

So what if she's a concubine's daughter?

She should have been prepared to dedicate herself to the Great Xing Dynasty as early as when she was granted the title of Princess.

As a person, you can't have it all!

Princess Qingping enjoyed undeserved privileges, so she should pay the corresponding price for those privileges; that's fair.

No one felt sorry for Princess Qingping, after all, none of the other concubine daughters in the royal mansions were as noble as her.

Princess Qingping's mother was a lowly woman, and her maternal family was not powerful; otherwise, the King of Qi would not have chosen her as a sacrifice for the dynasty.

Xu Zhaozhao felt somewhat conflicted about Princess Qingping's marriage to a distant place.

She felt no sympathy for Princess Qingping; she simply felt that in this era full of constraints, women seemed to bear more and heavier shackles.

Escape is impossible!

A woman without power, status, or money can only be bullied.

How similar this is to the apocalyptic world I once lived in?

Ultimately, it's still a food chain where the strong prey on the weak.

Was Princess Qingping pitiful?

As a weak woman, she was forced to marry far away to Nanzhao. There, she had no relatives or friends to rely on, so she was naturally pitiful.

But she was a noble princess of the Great Xing Dynasty, enjoying so many privileges that ordinary people had never heard of. Now that she was being sacrificed by the court, it seemed that there was nothing wrong with it.

Xu Zhaozhao still felt that the world was too unfair to women.

Why is it that when a relationship becomes unstable, people often resort to marrying off their daughters to alleviate the problem?

This applies to relations between nations, and also to relations between prominent families.

So, are women destined to be sacrificed from birth?

Xu Zhaozhao was in a bad mood because of this incident, so she rarely went out.

She didn't even bother to pay her respects to the old lady and the madam.

Wang Ruolan had many things to do, and it was only after being reminded by someone that she realized she hadn't seen her beloved daughter for three or four days. She had someone pack her things and hurriedly came to Ziyuan with many nice things.

Xu Zhaozhao was sitting in front of her fireplace, rocking slowly. This rocking chair, now also called a relaxation chair, was selling like hotcakes throughout Daxing.

Xu Zhaozhao acted the fastest, but she only made a high profit in the first two rounds. Later, because the difficulty was not high, many carpenters knew how to make it after seeing it once, so now this thing can no longer be sold at a high price.

However, if the material is unusual, the price will naturally be very high.

"Zhaozhao, you haven't been looking well these past few days. Are you feeling unwell?"

Xu Zhaozhao shook her head, got up and went to the soft couch next to her. The mother and daughter simply sat there and talked.

The room was warm. After taking off her cloak, Wang Ruolan sat for a while and then removed her outer garment.

"Your room is so warm."

"Mother, what are you saying? Don't you have a fireplace in your room too?"

The old nanny who came with the lady smiled and said, "The lady has been handling some household affairs at the front these past few days, so she can't be as carefree as the young lady."

Upon hearing this, Xu Zhaozhao realized that it was almost the twelfth lunar month and there were many things to prepare.

For example, gifts needed for visiting relatives and friends, and outfits needed for attending banquets in the palace, etc.

Indeed, there are always things to deal with, everywhere and at all times.

"Zhaozhao, these were all sent by your uncles. Take a look and see if there's anything you like."

"Anything my uncle sends must be good. Let's show it to my sister-in-law and second sister-in-law first."

"No need, you choose first. Your uncle prepared them all according to your preferences. After you've chosen, I'll distribute them to them."