Chapter 7: System Tasks

Early the next morning, Yan Ning slept until she woke up naturally; it was already ten o'clock in the morning.

The two bailiffs also woke up in a daze at this time.

Li Shun frowned: "How did we sleep for so long?"

Yan Ning then said: "Yesterday, someone used sleeping powder to knock you all out."

Li Shun breathed a sigh of relief; it was fortunate that no one was harmed, otherwise his entire family would surely have suffered a great disaster.

At this moment, Zhuo Heng asked Yan Ning, "Miss, why didn't we take advantage of the chaos to escape?"

What a great opportunity.

Yan Ning said to him: "There is no need to run away; I originally wanted to go to Lingnan."

The reason Yan Ning did not run was because she had guessed the thoughts of the Gou Huangdi.

If they ran, that would be defying the Imperial Edict, and if caught and brought back, their whole family could be directly beheaded; if they did not go back, then these few garrison soldiers would be left to Yan Ze, ensuring the safety of their family.

They had a wealth of riches and technology, but it was not easy to tinker with things on the road of exile, so they might as well wait until they reached Lingnan to let go and get to work.

Besides, Lingnan is a good place.

Coconuts, mangoes, lychees, dragon fruits, and also sea cucumbers, abalones, squid, and all kinds of seafood.

Traveling through the mountains and waters along the way like this is not bad at all.

However, after encountering danger yesterday, Yan Ning realized the importance of these garrison soldiers.

She took out several silver ingots, fifty taels each, and Yan Ning gave one to each of the guards, letting them buy the things they needed within the city.

Everyone received fifty taels, which was enough for their monthly pay from the previous year.

Only Wang Liu reminded them again: "Why do we still need to buy things? We were delayed so long yesterday, we must leave earlier today."

Yan Ning shot him a look: "Are you sure?"

Wang Liu got goosebumps again, "Miss, you go buy your things first, we will wait right here."

Only then did Yan Ning take her parents to go shopping together.

They had quite a lot of money in their hands, having emptied the national treasury and the Crown Prince's private treasury; Yan Ning did not know how many gold and silver ingots were inside, only that these gold and silver treasures were piled into several mountains.

Then they swept through Xiangcheng.

They bought a lot of food, such as roast duck, beggar's chicken, candied fruit...

Of course, the most important thing was to buy some medicine, sachets that could repel insects, medicine to clear snake venom, and also Golden Sore Medicine.

They also bought some sleeping powder, just in case of need.

Yan Ning bought a pile and placed it in a corner specifically cleared out in the System Space, making it easy to find next time.

Their family also went to a clothing store to buy a few sets of clothes; their own clothes were too magnificent and not convenient to wash, so they simply bought some cotton clothes, which were comfortable and low-key.

As Yan Ning passed by a blacksmith shop, the system, which had been silent for a long time, suddenly said:

【System: Primary system task, purchase five hundred catties of iron to put into the space, and you can upgrade to unlock Warehouse No. 3.】

Yan Ning immediately couldn't move her feet.

Yan Ze asked: "What's wrong, do we still need to buy iron?"

Yan Ning lowered her voice: "It's a system task; our two warehouses are full, and buying 500 catties of iron will allow us to upgrade to Warehouse No. 3."

This was a bit tricky.

Iron is a controlled item, and it is very difficult to buy five hundred catties, for fear that someone might buy the iron to make weapons.

Moreover, they could not carry too many things on them, or they would be suspected; they could only secretly find a place to store it in; the system showed that the iron acquired by the three of them was nearly three hundred catties.

They would deal with the remaining two hundred catties when they reached another city.

Besides these, Yan Ning also went to buy a very large bag of white sugar, as well as coarse cloth and hemp rope, preparing to follow video tutorials to make Explosive Packages.

Returning to the carriage, Yan Ze wore Bluetooth earphones to learn how to make Explosive Packages from the video tutorials, while Yan Ning went into the System Space to organize things.

Fortunately, she did not need to exert effort to move things in the System Space; she could control them with her mind.

She piled all the gold and silver ingots together; because there were so many, the two-hundred-square-meter space was actually more than half full, and the remaining gold, silver, jewelry, ornaments, and top-quality jade materials were all piled in a corner on the other side of Warehouse No. 2.

Three whole small mountains!

These mountains were piled higher than her father.

In the gaps, she also placed some small Gold Melon Seeds and Silver Melon Seeds; the imperial concubines in the palace liked to use these things to reward servants.

Yan Ning looked at the room full of treasures, and the corners of her mouth could not stop rising.

This is truly wealth that could rival a nation.

Warehouse No. 2 was full, and the remaining boxes were all labeled and placed in the corners, while valuable items like jade ornaments, calligraphy, paintings, and medicinal herbs were placed on shelves.

She didn't know until she checked; many of the brocade boxes contained priceless treasures, and there was even a set of tableware made of pink jade.

After Yan Ning finished tidying up the space, she immediately returned.

Without realizing it, she had been storing things for over an hour; when she came back to her senses, her father had actually finished making several Explosive Packages!

Yan Ning held an Explosive Package in her hand to play with and asked: "Dad, is what you made reliable? Will it be useless or explode before it's thrown out?"

Yan Ze was full of confidence: "It will definitely work!"

Just as the family was pondering the gunpowder, Wang Liu made an excuse that his stomach hurt, went to relieve himself first, and would catch up on horseback in a while.

Seeing that the person had walked far away, Wang Liu wrote a note and tied it to the leg of a pigeon; watching the pigeon fly in the direction of the Capital, he finally felt at ease.

He had never seen such a troublesome exile.

In the past, those who were exiled would all fawn over him, but Yan Ning's family was the opposite, using him like an ox or a horse, and they didn't cooperate on the road of exile; the guards they brought would draw their swords at the slightest disagreement—who could stand that?

He had to hurry and let the Crown Prince's people take care of these ten guards.

After writing the letter and returning, no one noticed anything unusual.

Yan Ning said to the two bailiffs leading the team outside: "Let's speed up; in a while, we will go to Linfen City to rest for the night and buy some supplies by the way; these roast chickens, roast ducks, and snacks are all eaten up."

Wang Liu, with his back to Yan Ning, rolled his eyes heavily.

However, he did not dare to reprimand these few people, only secretly causing trouble along the way.

Walking to a fork in the road, Wang Liu headed directly to the left, and Li Shun tactfully mentioned, "Could we have taken the wrong road?"

Wang Liu said with dissatisfaction, "Are you more familiar with this or am I? It is this road; I would absolutely not choose the wrong one."

Li Shun's seniority was not as high as Wang Liu's, so he could only follow him.

Until the sky was nearly dark, they had not seen a shadow of Linfen City, so Yan Ning frowned and asked Li Shun, "What is going on? We are all riding horses; logically, we should have arrived at Linfen City this afternoon."

Li Shun said weakly, "I said it wasn't this road..."

Yan Ning looked toward Wang Liu, "You did this on purpose, didn't you?"

Wang Liu stiffened his neck, "What on purpose or not? The road for exile wouldn't have passed through Linfen City to begin with."

Yan Ning's gaze stared tightly at him, and Wang Liu inexplicably broke out in a cold sweat on his back; offending this ancestor, he feared there would be no good end.

Wang Liu immediately knelt down, "It is this lowly one's fault for leading us the wrong way. Miss, please do not lower yourself to my level; I will never dare to do it again."

Yan Ning gave an "en" sound, "From now on, Li Shun will lead the way."

After speaking, she closed the curtain.

Yan Ning also said to the guard leader behind her, Zhuo Heng, "I always feel that he is acting strange; you must have someone keep a close watch on him."