Fields of Gold

Princess Consort Jing didn’t forget to remind him, “Remember to ask for some skin care products for your father… also, aren’t you tired? Why are you still wearing the heavy armor? Why don’t you change first before leaving? It’s not going to take much time…”

Before she even managed to finish speaking, Zhu Junyang’s figure disappeared in the courtyard. Princess Consort Jing couldn’t help but smile, “That stinky little boy! Whenever it’s something concerning Xiaocao, he would panic and try to calculate his gains and losses. He is simply a mirror image of his father when his father was younger!” After she finished speaking, the corners of her mouth were curved upward into a joyous smile. Her gaze became unfocused like she had returned to the time when she was still a young girl...

Zhu Junyang listened to Princess Consort Jing’s words and returned to his courtyard. He took off his heavy armor and changed into a fresh black embroidered robe. He combed his hair until there wasn’t a strand that was out of place. He pondered for a few seconds before he went to wash his face and asked the servants to shave his beard. He peeked at his reflection in the mirror and saw a man with charming features but a tanned skin tone. He was still very handsome! However, his current appearance didn’t necessarily conform to the little lass’s taste!

When Zhu Junyang arrived at the Yu Estate, Xiaocao had just taken off her court robes. At this moment, she was reclining happily on a rocking chair that was located under the grapevines in the courtyard while tasting the sweet grapes!

The orchard planted on the mountain located at the back of the Imperial Plantation had expanded to more than three hundred mu of land in the past two years. With all of the various kinds of fruit trees added up, there were about five to six thousand fruit trees. This year, there was a bumper harvest on most of the fruit trees.

The rumors of the fruits from the Yu Family’s orchard had spread far and wide. She didn’t need to worry about not being able to sell all the fruits! Almost the entire northern capital would come to the Yu Family’s orchard to purchase fresh fruits from them, even if they lived thousands of miles away. However, some of the people lived far away from the capital, so it was inevitable for some of the fruits to turn bad from the long trip.

As a result, Yu Xiaocao established a transportation team that specialized in transporting fruits door to door. However, the price of the fruits would increase around ten to twenty percent based on the distance. But this meant that none of the fruits would turn bad. This way, people didn’t have to spend as much time and effort to buy fruits. It was much more cost-effective than personally going there to buy it themselves. Over time, except for those that lived in the nearby prefectural city, most people would rather pay a higher price to have the Yu’s deliver the goods to them.

The Yu transportation team now had more than eighty carriages and more than two hundred employees. These employees were recruited by Zhu Junyang’s former attendant, Dong Dali, who was now Commander Dong. He received a lot of injuries from the battlefields. Although he was wounded and sick, it never affected or delayed his work. His valiant temperament as a soldier was still there and he was not afraid of fighting against the enemies even if he was outnumbered three to one.

Many of the people that were part of the transportation team were formerly soldiers that worked under Royal Prince Yang, so they naturally respected his future wife. In addition to that, the people working in the transportation team received great benefits. The medicines that they needed were pricey and rare, but Xiaocao gave them bottles after bottles of the medicines they needed.

Before they joined the transportation team, their leader’s future wife even invited doctors from Tongren Medicine Hall over to treat their illnesses and injuries. Their old diseases and injuries that had hindered them for a while now were treated and they quickly recovered.