Chapter 86: You Must Have a Way to Win

Duan Wang Mansion.

Duan Wang Yan Chuan frowned, "Say that again, how did this wine come about?"

Mu Tian weighed his words: "This wine was brewed by the First Prince. When I said I wanted to invite them to the Capital, they all assumed you had ascended the throne."

Yan Chuan:...

So, he only had these few jars of wine, no more.

Yan Chuan was somewhat dissatisfied: "Why didn't you bring more? If they wouldn't give it, didn't you know to buy it?"

Mu Tian hurriedly said: "His Highness and the others were prepared to give more, but the journey to the Capital is long, and they were worried about them breaking, so they only brought eighteen jars back."

These eighteen jars were also super small jars; they would be gone after two sips.

Seeing Yan Chuan was somewhat displeased, Mu Tian said: "Prince, this time we also brought a new product, Pineapple Wine, which hasn't been sold in the Capital yet."

Yan Chuan indeed noticed those few yellow wine jars and immediately opened one and took a sip.

After finishing it, he began to sigh: "You say, everything was fine, why did His Majesty insist on exiling them? My status makes it inconvenient for me to leave the Capital to find him, sigh."

Duan Wang kept muttering:

"Yan Ze is such a good child, he sends gifts during every festival, and they are always food made with special care. Now that he has been exiled, I always feel like everything I eat lacks flavor."

Thinking of the delicacies and fruits of Lingnan, Mu Tian couldn't help but ask: "Then after this is finished, shall your subordinate go to Lingnan to buy more?"

Duan Wang waved his hand, "No need."

That would be too embarrassing. People already mocked him for doing anything for a bite to eat; if he let his guards run all the way to Lingnan, he would probably be laughed to death.

But not buying it made him feel uncomfortable.

Forget it, Duan Wang took a few Silver Notes and had Mu Tian take people to deliver them to Lingnan.

Yan Chuan: "Tell them to find more people to brew wine; if the money isn't enough, I will give it to him."

Mu Tian looked at these Silver Notes.

Good heavens, they were all five-thousand-tael Silver Notes.

Mu Tian thought to himself, this wasn't giving money to help Yan Ze make the wine business bigger and better; this was clearly trying to find a way to send money to Yan Ze's family.

The Prince was always neutral; he probably wanted to give money long ago but felt it wasn't appropriate.

On the other side, Yan Ning took the wine jars and Spicy Rabbit Cubes to the Nanyang Wang's place, along with various kinds of Seeds.

Arriving at the Nanyang Wang Mansion, the gatekeeper saw it was them and immediately led them to the mansion's garden.

The gifts brought in the carriage were carried in by a string of maidservants behind them.

Upon seeing Yan Ning, Xiao Huaijin's eyes lit up.

Seeing that Yan Ning was still wearing the Jade Pendant he had given her, he was even happier.

Yan Ze rubbed the heads of the two children: "You've both grown taller."

The Princess also came out smiling, "I was just saying I'd go find you in a few days. I heard you've produced quite a few treasures over there?"

Yan Ning was full of question marks: "What treasures? How come I don't know?"

Xiao Chengtian said: "It's that Corn, that Bean stuff..."

Yan Ning revealed a smile: "So it's those. These are Seeds my father traded with the Huoshang. They have high yields and taste good. I even specially brought some for you."

As she spoke, Yan Ning pointed to a basket on the back of a servant, "These can be taken to the farm to be planted. This basket should be enough to plant a lot of land, right?"

There was also dried Corn, which could be taken directly to be planted.

Yan Ning and the others also brought the wine over.

Xiao Chengtian's eyes immediately lit up: "This is Green Plum Wine!"

Seeing the three of them react indifferently, Xiao Chengtian asked in disbelief: "This, did you guys concoct this yourselves?"

Yan Ze pushed Yan Ning, "It was my daughter's idea."

Yan Ning said with a smile: "It was a coincidence. At the time, I couldn't find suitable wine, and there was only one jar of Bamboo Leaf Green left. As it turned out, the result was even better than the wine from the Yangzhou Drunken Immortal Tower."

"Uncle Xiao, we brought you quite a lot."

Xiao Chengtian was stunned for a moment, then also revealed a smile, "You guys really don't have it easy."

Yan Ning stayed at the Wangfu for two days and then wanted to return.

Xiao Chengtian tried hard to persuade her to stay: "Sigh, anyway, there's nothing major back there, why not stay here and play for a few more days."

It was inconvenient for Yan Ze to go, so he said: "There really is an urgent matter, otherwise we would definitely stay and play for a while longer."

Xiao Chengtian asked: "What matter is so important?"

Yan Ze didn't hide it and said directly: "Preparing to go to Japan to wipe out the Japanese pirates."

Xiao Chengtian was stunned.

What, go to wipe out Woguo?

"With just those one hundred guards of yours?"

Xiao Chengtian couldn't believe it at all; he was going to Woguo with only a hundred or so people.

Yan Ning said with a smile: "Not at all, there are also General Wu's two thousand troops."

Xiao Chengtian frowned: "That's still not enough. Unless you can fight one against a hundred, you are absolutely no match for that many people."

Yan Ning's expression was earnest and serious: "We can do it."

Xiao Chengtian felt a bit restless; he guessed that Yan Ze must have something in his hands that could wipe out the Japanese pirates, and he also wanted to go along.

Xiao Chengtian decided to take five hundred guards and go together.

Yan Ze did not object to this.

The Nanyang Wang's family then went to Lingnan with Yan Ning.

After returning, Yan Ning had them prepare thicker clothes, as Woguo would be colder, and then she also prepared several Telescopes and three Compasses.

This Compass was given by her father's first trading partner; it had been stuffed in a corner, and she had almost failed to find it.

Given one day of preparation time, at the crack of dawn the next day, two thousand men boarded five ships together to head to Chaoyang Village.

By the time they arrived, it was already two in the afternoon; their family had prepared lunch, all hearty dishes, and had even specifically gone to nearby villages to find a few chefs with good culinary skills to come and cook.

The soldiers smelled the fragrant food, and their eyes lit up.

They had never eaten such delicious food in the Garrison, and one by one, they wolfed it down.

Yan Ning had already eaten, so while they were eating, she went to find Ji Lan.

"Mother, I still have another important matter to discuss with you."

Recently, Yan Ning had been feeling that she should provide herself with a way out.

For instance, finding an island nearby with a large enough area to grow crops.

Maritime transport in the Daxia dynasty was not well-developed; if the worst were to happen and they fled to a small island, it would be like looking for a needle in a haystack for the imperial court to find them.

Finally, Yan Ning said: "Mother, I don't think our family will necessarily reach that point, but just in case, Father and I were lucky enough to be bound to two Golden Fingers; what if the Second Prince or the Third Prince also have such opportunities?"

Ji Lan's expression was serious as she said: "I will find Zhuo Heng and the others to take me with them to look for one."

Yan Ning stuffed a Compass and two Silver Notes of five thousand taels each into her hand: "Mother, there is still silver in my room, a whole crate kept for backup."

After making arrangements for Ji Lan, Yan Ning boarded the ship with them.

Based on her memory, Yan Ning had the ships sail in a northeasterly direction.

Seeing that Yan Ning had also come, the Prince of Nanyang asked with some surprise: "Why did you bring Ningning along?"

Yan Ze: "Bringing the child along to see the world."

After all, wiping out Woguo was the dream of every Huaxia person; if it weren't for the fact that she couldn't leave home, Ji Lan would have followed along too.

The Prince of Nanyang did not believe his words at all; what decent family would take their daughter to a battlefield to see the world?

Xiao Chengtian said with a firm tone: "You must have a way to ensure victory."