webnovelfull Chapter 278 Strategic Preparation
Chapter 278 Strategic Preparation
Zhou Qinghe braked in a hurry, covering his face with one hand and holding the door frame with the other. The Fourth Prince, who had been following Zhou Qinghe closely, bumped into Zhou Qinghe's back with a thud. It was unknown which wound was touched, but the pain made Zhou Qinghe's face slightly distorted.
Zhou Qinghe stomped hard on the Fourth Prince's intact foot, completely ignored the Fourth Prince, and stopped Zhao Fangyu outside the door with his face covered.
"How did you come?"
The next moment, he realized that this question was wrong, and he slapped his lips in his heart, and asked again: "I heard that the seventh cousin is here? Is he still here? Can I go and accompany him?"
Zhao Fangyu kept silent and reached out to slowly cover the hand that Zhou Qinghe had covered his cheek with.
Zhou Qinghe's hands were bigger than Zhao Fangyu's. In the past, his hands had distinct joints, like slender and lustrous bamboo shoots. But now, due to practicing boxing with Master Wu, his hands were covered with many scars.
The joints were often broken, and occasionally a thin layer of flesh would be rubbed off because of the fists scraping against the ground. Zhao Fangyu felt uncomfortable. He went under Zhou Qinghe's armpit and greeted the Fourth Prince who was grimacing in pain: "Fourth brother is here too? Have you eaten? It's neither too early nor too late now, don't let him get hungry."
The Fourth Prince hurriedly said that he had eaten. Seeing that his attempt to stop him was futile, Zhou Qinghe simply put down his hand and followed him in. He pushed the Fourth Prince onto an armchair at the side and called Xuanbi to serve the dishes.
"What time are you here? Don't worry, your sister-in-law just won't beat me. I did it voluntarily."
Zhao Fangyu was richer than ordinary people could imagine, so much so that in the mind of the Fourth Prince, Zhao Fangyu had always been a beautiful and fierce woman who held their second brother's purse firmly in her hands.
The fourth prince lowered his head, feeling embarrassed and not knowing what to say.
Zhao Fangyu spoke in a gentle tone, and the Fourth Prince inexplicably felt a sense of guilt. In fact, the Fourth Prince's sister-in-law was not a shrew, it was just... she was too strict with his Second Brother.
Look, the second brother even said that men dress up to please themselves. Isn't this a threat?
Zhao Fangyu glanced at the slightly swollen red bump on Zhou Qinghe's face and poked it with his fingertips out of curiosity.
Zhou Qinghe subconsciously took a breath, but halfway through he thought of Zhao Fangyu staring at him, so he forced himself to hold it back.
Zhao Fangyu poked his Adam's apple, which was rolling up and down, with amusement. The light touch with his fingertips made people feel itchy.
The Fourth Prince felt more and more that this was not the place for him to be. He wished he could dig a place and bury himself in it. His mind was in a mess and he even closed his eyes.
He looked as if he wanted to poke his own eyes out and seal his own ears.
Zhao Fangyu stood up and placed the medicine he brought in front of Zhou Qinghe. The Fourth Prince seized the opportunity to say goodbye.
Zhao Fangyu stopped the man and said, "Your second brother doesn't have many friends. He was wrong to step on you just now."
"This year the farm sent quite a few lychees, you can take some back with you."
Zhao Fangyu was not a stingy person, so the Fourth Prince went back with a basket of lychees in a daze.
The fresh and plump lychees are round and the size of apricots, obviously of top quality.
For a moment, the Fourth Prince felt that his second brother was lucky. If his sister-in-law gave him some money, his second brother would be able to live a comfortable life. There was really no need to worry about anything, especially with the look he had just had, his second brother's sister-in-law might not necessarily be unfaithful to him.
Zhou Qinghe looked at Zhao Fangyu aggrievedly, pointing at the red and swollen area on his face: "My face is disfigured, does Yu Niang still like me?"
Zhou Qinghe stood under a tree. The sun was strong today. Zhao Fangyu stood on the porch for a while and couldn't help sweating. He hurried into the house.
Xingzhi came in with a plate of fresh lychees, washed his hands and peeled the lychees for Zhao Fangyu.
Zhao Fangyu didn't answer, but Zhou Qinghe didn't get discouraged. He followed them into the house and asked them to put an ice basin under the window, so that it wouldn't be too cold and could still help relieve the heat.
"You are feeling better now, but you still can't catch a cold."
Cui's uncle said that Zhao Fangyu still needs a year to recuperate. Now is the critical time, but by next summer, he will be back to normal.
Zhao Fangyu ate a few lychees and turned to ask Zhou Qinghe: "You guys are no longer needed in Qiangan's affairs?"
Zhou Qinghe's expression remained unchanged, but Zhao Fangyu clearly noticed a subtlety in his tone: "Old Five and Old Three are gone. Old Three will make amends for his crime and Old Five will be the military supervisor."
Zhao Fangyu snorted lightly, having long been accustomed to the old emperor's favoritism.
"I will hold a grand birthday party this autumn."
Zhao Fangyu's birthday is in autumn. There are too many things going on these days. The capital is in a state of panic because of the affairs of Qian-Gan State. Zhao Fangyu cannot make a big fuss and can only wait until autumn.
In autumn, Qian and Gan should also come to a conclusion.
Now that summer is approaching, the weather is changing significantly.
Zhao Fangyu was thinking about making friends with the Wang family during this summer, but Zhou Qinghe was thinking that Zhao Fangyu seemed to have lost weight again?
Zhao Fangyu had to take care of Zhao Fangyun's funeral and settle Bao Jie'er. He really had no time to rest. After he finally finished, he went on to settle Nanshao and the Li family.
"It's a good thing to practice martial arts and make progress, but you are not alone now."
By the time her business plan is complete, even the Third Prince will not be a match for her.
"We need to send more people to Nanshao. In addition, we need to re-establish a stronghold around Nanzhao."
Zhao Fangyu's plan was not only to establish a new stronghold to divert attention, but also to prepare for the future.
"I want to build a mausoleum underground in Jiangnan."
After the medicine on Zhou Qinghe's face had dried, he was applying the wound medicine that Zhao Fangyu had brought for him.
Hearing what Zhao Fangyu said, he couldn't help but cough.
There was a hint of hesitation in the boy's eyes, which then quickly turned into inexplicable pride.
Zhao Fangyu didn't know what Zhou Qinghe was so proud of, so he continued, "There are many waterways in Jiangnan. I want to build two underground palaces in Daliang to store food, cotton, and even these wound medicines."
The third prince would secretly look for iron ore to mine, and Zhao Fangyu was not honest enough to withstand the opponent's steel knives and iron swords with his bare hands and flesh and blood.
Most of the things she stockpiled were backup supplies.
Whether it is fighting with the third prince or there is a foreign invasion in the future, these are real and practical things.
There was one more thing Zhao Fangyu hadn't told you about, and that was some strong liquor.
She's going to stock up on liquor.
It is also true that Zhao Fangyu did not bring much medical knowledge from the 21st century.
Zhou Qinghe was surprised that Zhao Fangyu was so bold that he wanted to build an underground palace for hiding, or even two.
But he believed in Zhao Fangyu. Zhao Fangyu's business acumen and the money she had made in the past few years showed that she had her own plans. She said three points and did seven points, and the three points that were exposed already showed her plans and ambitions.
She is a girl who is extremely good at going with the flow. If one day the wind is not in her favor, she can still go against the wind as if it were flat ground.
Zhou Qinghe felt that Zhao Fangyu in front of him was like a sword that had been completely sharpened, shining coldly but also dazzlingly bright.
It's good that she is ambitious.
He had it too, but his ambition was too narrow to be known to outsiders, and was far less grand than hers.