Mother, I have returned to the throne.

Chapter 160 The Trouble with Being Too Rich

Early the next morning.

When Song Yuan and Situ Jing walked out of the room, the expressions on their faces immediately revealed their respective feelings.

Song Yuan felt refreshed, with a look of pride in his eyes.

On the other hand, Situ Jing gritted her teeth secretly and glared at Song Yuan from time to time.

He almost took action right then and there and strangled Song Yuan to death!

Who would have thought?

The two seemed calm last night, but when Situ Jing woke up, she found that they had hugged each other without realizing it!

At this moment, noticing Situ Jing's resentful look, Song Yuan raised his eyebrows in a mean manner.

"Let's be clear. You know exactly what you did this morning! I'm not being shameless to tease you. You were the one holding me like an octopus!"

"Stop talking!" Situ Jing's face flushed red as she stubbornly explained, "Only a fool would hug you! It's obviously you who's doing something!"

"What little tricks can I use to move you? I'm powerless, who would believe you?"

Song Yuan continued to tease, "I actually want to ask you, do you know how strong you are? You almost strangled me to death yesterday!"

"If I really strangled you to death, I would be happy!" Situ Jing gritted her teeth viciously.

He turned his back to Song Yuan and clenched his fists lightly.

No matter what the result is, I will never sleep with this guy again!

Men are traps. If you are not careful, you will end up ruined!

But when she heard Song Yuan's giggling laughter behind her, Situ Jing was so angry that her teeth were itching.

If a villain succeeds, don't let me take your place.

Otherwise, I will make you pay!

At that moment, the two of them washed up.

After breakfast, my aunt Ye Xuan came to me.

These two days, Song Yuan and Situ Jing were busy with martial arts performances, but it was my aunt who was reliable and took the initiative to step forward and take on the housework.

Now, after such a long time, my aunt came to me with the account book in hand.

As soon as he crossed the threshold, he got straight to the point and said, "This is the supplies I've sorted out. A large part of them are essential for our trip. Just in case, I've compiled a list. Your Highness, please take a look. If there's anything missing, I'll fill it in another day!"

Seeing his aunt being so attentive, Song Yuan praised her in his heart.

He took the account book immediately, but when his eyes swept over the detailed records, he couldn't help but frown slightly.

It was because according to Ye Xuan's statistics, there were too many things to carry.

From food, clothing, housing, transportation, to all kinds of daily life.

From mules to horses, there are all kinds of strange and exotic things.

Although replenishing it is just a matter of spending money, bringing so many things to the border is far from as simple as it seems on paper!

From the imperial city to the border, one has to go through four or five provinces and travel nearly 2,000 kilometers. Even if one rides at full speed, it will take nearly a week.

Adding the time lost in carrying supplies, this trip alone would probably take half a month!

In addition, the food and necessities for people and horses along the way must be taken into account. Just thinking about it makes people feel overwhelmed.

Just when Song Yuan was feeling depressed, Situ Jing beside him did not realize the point, but sighed instead.

"Aunt, you're really amazing! Just looking at this account book of yours, you're much more capable than me!"

"This kind of thing gives me a headache just by glancing at it. Thanks to you, otherwise, wouldn't this matter fall on my shoulders?"

When Situ Jing said this, she was filled with relief that her aunt was there to take care of things.

As the two of them communicated, Song Yuan had already made up his mind. After returning the account book, he patiently gave some instructions.

"Most of the supplies are fine, except for one thing. According to the records in this account book, the amount of food we need to carry along the way is too large. This part can be completely waived to avoid delaying our entry!"

"Are you crazy?" Song Yuan had just said this when Situ on the side questioned him immediately.

"We have a team of several thousand people. If we don't have food or water on the road, will we starve to death?"

Even Ye Xuan stared at Song Yuan with wide eyes, hoping that he could explain it to her.

Under such attention, Song Yuan rolled his eyes in annoyance.

"Are you two really stupid or are you just pretending to be? This food is dead, but people are alive. Everywhere we pass is part of the Great Qin territory. We can eat wherever we go, so why would we need to bring food with us?"

"If you're worried about not being fully prepared, just send someone along to make the arrangements. This vanguard will be a day ahead of us. As long as they have enough money, why would they be worried about going hungry?"

These two people definitely don’t know what a self-driving tour is!

My buddy had a car in his previous life. He could travel thousands of kilometers with just one step on the accelerator, and he could eat wherever he went, right?

Song Yuan knew clearly that he must not waste too much time on this journey, otherwise no one could guarantee whether there would be any unexpected changes.

When these words were spoken, the two women were stunned. After thinking about it carefully, they felt that what Song Yuan said made some sense.

However, the reactions of the two women formed a sharp contrast at this moment.

Situ Jing, as the representative of the tigress, even though she knew that Song Yuan was right, still gritted her teeth viciously and waved her fist at him.

Looking at my aunt again, she accepted the fact with a faint smile, and at the same time did not forget to praise Song Yuan: "You have a flexible mind. This way, you can save a lot of trouble!"

Faced with such different treatments, Song Yuan couldn't help but shook his head for a moment.

If these two women could have equalized their personalities, I wouldn't have been unable to eat last night just looking at them!

"Also, go back and review this list. If you can buy something at the border, there's no need to bring it with you!"

"As long as you have money, you won't have to worry about supplies wherever you go."

After feeling some inner emotion, Song Yuan continued to give instructions. Ye Xuan nodded obediently, but at the same time raised her eyebrows and suddenly changed her words.

"Oh, right, besides this list, there's also this account book. The expenses for food and drink in the palace these past few days, as well as the training of those corrupt soldiers in the abandoned mine, are all recorded in it!"

"You two are the true masters of the palace. I've worked so hard for you for so long, and I'm leaving soon. You should at least check with me to see if there's any discrepancy, right?"

"Aunt, look at what you said. We are all family. What's with you and me?" Situ Jing waved her hand immediately after hearing this.

Song Yuan beside him acted particularly serious: "It has to be right. I don't care about how much I spent, but at least I should know how much money is left in my pocket, right?"

"Okay, okay... If you want to bother me, go ahead and have fun. I won't be with you any longer!"

The reason why Situ Jing refused was due to her resistance to numbers. If you ask this girl to practice martial arts, even if she sweats all day long, she won't even complain of being tired.

But if you want to count, I'm sorry, we don't know each other!

At that moment, Situ Jing made up an excuse and fled immediately.

And this is exactly what Song Yuan wants!

It turned out that from the moment Ye Xuan opened her mouth, Song Yuan had already understood what the other party meant. The so-called reconciliation was simply an excuse.

He just wanted to get Situ Jing away so that they could discuss some private matters.

After all, Ye Xuan had long been loyal to Song Yuan and had never mentioned the matter of reconciliation from the beginning to the end.

Now that such a statement is suddenly made, even a fool can guess that there is a deeper meaning behind it.

"There's no one around now, so you should tell me what trouble you've run into, right?" Looking at the charming aunt in front of him, Song Yuan smiled and spoke directly.

Ye Xuan finally responded, "The reason I sent Jing'er away is mainly because I have a problem at hand. Song Yuan, we have too much silver. It might not be easy to leave the city with so much silver..."

As a notorious loser, it only took him a month or so to get rid of the reputation of being a loser.

But because of the series of major events, Song Yuan has made a lot of money during this period.

Even he himself did not expect that the harvest during this period, converted into silver, would be close to five million taels!

What is the concept of five million taels?

According to the regulations of the Qin Dynasty, sixteen taels equal one catty.

The weight of these five million taels of silver alone is as much as 310,000 kilograms.

Assuming that a group of mules and horses can carry one ton of weight, just to carry this weight, hundreds of mules and horses would be needed.

These beasts are secondary, but such a large-scale convoy would probably arouse suspicion as soon as it left the palace.

If it attracts attention at that time, peace may not be guaranteed along the way!

"Alas, I really overlooked one problem! If I had considered this earlier, I could have simply sent people ahead of time and brought silver notes to exchange along the way. There wouldn't be so much trouble."

At that moment, Song Yuan slapped his forehead and couldn't help but sigh.

If we had planned to exchange the silver for gold, the weight we carried would have been reduced a lot.

It’s just a pity that no matter how much we say now, it’s just hindsight.

Ye Xuan smiled and said comfortingly, "Alright, even if we exchange them along the way, who knows how much effort it would take. Let's just consider it as saving ourselves that trouble!"

"However, as the prince, you must find a proper way to take this silver away quietly. Otherwise, if it arouses the greed of others, our journey may not be peaceful!"

Faced with such a reminder, Song Yuan frowned and fell into deep thought. After several seconds, his brows relaxed and his eyes lit up.

"What? Have you thought of a solution?" The two of them had been together for a long time, and just by looking at Song Yuan's expression, Ye Xuan already understood what he was thinking.

He immediately asked.

"Come, come here!"

Song Yuan waved at Ye Xuan with a sly smile on his face. He watched his aunt come forward first, then leaned over and whispered his plan into her ear.

As Song Yuan was speaking, Ye Xuan's mouth twitched from time to time, and she was clearly ashamed of Song Yuan's method.