That turned out to be a full box of silver, probably about one hundred kilograms.

Chang Duan is really practical. Besides the letters, he gave silver.

Oh, there’s also a small bag of gold, which he specifically designated for Chang Cui, instructing Chang Zhan to have some jewelry made for her.

“Cui Cui is still so young, why should she wear jewelry?” Chang Zhan said.

Children wearing gold and silver are easily targeted by bad people.

Not long ago, there was a child in their county who had his silver bracelet snatched away. It was said that the person pulling the bracelet used a lot of force, injuring the child’s hand.

Chang Zhan felt it would be safer for Chang Cui not to wear jewelry.

“Let’s wait until Cui Cui grows up before giving her jewelry,” Li Qingzhi smiled and began to read Chang Duan’s letter.

Chang Duan mentioned the situation in the capital in the letter, mentioning that Lu Qingxi had been targeting King Jin, weakening his power considerably. He also mentioned that King Yanjun had recently emerged, and some officials who originally followed King Jin had now become King Yanjun’s men.

Worried that Li Qingzhi might not be familiar with King Yanjun, Chang Duan also introduced King Yanjun to Li Qingzhi.

“King Yanjun…” Li Qingzhi had heard of King Yanjun before, but didn’t know much about him. Now, after reading Chang Duan’s letter, he understood the situation.

What he did had indeed brought King Yanjun many benefits.

But the situation in the capital was a bit distant for him. Now… Li Qingzhi planned to write a new book and get some royalties from the head of the Shen family.

While Li Qingzhi was thinking about the head of the Shen family, the head of the Shen family had just returned to the provincial capital.

When their fleet arrived in the provincial capital, it was already dark, but the docks of the provincial capital were brightly lit.

The head of the Shen family stopped the boat, stepped onto the land with his wife, and felt relieved.

He’s finally back!

When he went to the capital, he was actually a bit worried, afraid that Lu Qingxi wouldn’t like the “Escape from the Famine” written by Dusan. Now, things were different. He only felt delighted in his heart!

He gave those books to Lu Qingxi for free, and Lu Qingxi returned the favor by allowing him to sell salt in Jiang’an Province.

This was a guaranteed profit! Those salt merchants were all rich!

Especially now that the cost of salt production had decreased, the price of salt had been falling…

If the price of salt fell, the salt merchants could actually earn more money.

Shen Zhilan was in a very good mood, and Qian Fugui got off the boat, feeling as if he had just regained his life.

Sitting on the boat for a long time… he felt a bit uncomfortable.

But, they had arrived in Jiangnan…

Qian Fugui had never been to Jiang’an Province before, this was his first time, and he was amazed by the bustling provincial capital.

The people here seemed to be living very well.

Shen Zhilan got along quite well with Qian Fugui on the way, even discussing some business deals. Now, she smiled and asked someone to take Qian Fugui to the Shen family’s inn.

As for himself, he wanted to go home and take a good bath!

Shen Zhilan left, but Qian Fugui went to the inn.

It was already dark, and he thought there would be no one in the inn, but there were many guests downstairs chatting.

These guests were not from the provincial capital and were planning to go home. They were chatting about some recent events in the provincial capital: “Have you heard about the fight between two juren?”

“I heard about it. They started arguing and then even came to blows because they had different opinions about the ‘Qiongdu Collection.'”

“How long has the ‘Qiongdu Collection’ been out? How come people are still fighting over this book?”

“Isn’t it because of the ‘Escape from the Famine’? The fame of Dusan is getting bigger and bigger!”

“I don’t really like his books, they’re too tragic.”

“Encountering disasters and famines, the common people are already tragic.”

…

Qian Fugui originally wanted to go to sleep, but when he heard these people talking about Dusan, he wasn’t sleepy at all and joined in the conversation.

Whether it was “Injustice Records,” “Escape from the Famine,” or the “Qiongdu Collection,” Qian Fugui had read them all repeatedly.

He really liked Dusan.

Because this person portrayed his brother-in-law extremely well, he even wanted to visit him immediately.

Unfortunately, Shen Zhilan refused to reveal any information about Dusan, or… Shen Zhilan didn’t even know about Dusan’s situation.

When Qian Fugui asked about Dusan, everyone chimed in, saying, “Everyone says that Dusan is actually Governor Zhang.”

“I heard that the Shen family used to have frequent contacts with Governor Zhang, and the head of the Shen family even sent several boxes to Governor Zhang’s mansion.”

“I also think Dusan might be Governor Zhang.”

…

Qian Fugui pondered over it and wanted to visit Governor Zhang.

But someone like Governor Zhang wasn’t someone he, a mere merchant, could meet casually. He was afraid he would have to rely on Shen Zhilan to see him.

In addition to this… he wanted to ask around to see if his niece, Li Zhu, was in Jiang’an Province.

She’s just a girl, and he didn’t know how she had been these past few years.

He hoped she was still alive.