After being reborn as a man, the woman improved her family's fortunes through education.

Chapter 503 The People on One Boat, the Qiu Family Father and Son

He only represented himself, not the entire Chiang family, because he didn't want to implicate his family.

Without a second thought, the Second Prince nodded in agreement as soon as Jiang Xiaoqi finished speaking.

The Empress shook her head. Her silly son, who had played the fool for so many years, had actually developed some childlike qualities.

Sigh~ I don't know if it's good or bad.

Forget it, I just need to be a support system; the rest is up to the young people to make their own way.

Jiang Xiaoqi didn't expect the Second Prince to agree without even thinking. Although the Jiang family wasn't a prominent clan, there were quite a few officials in the family now.

The Second Prince was willing to disregard the support of dozens of officials for his sake alone.

My great-uncle was, after all, a fourth-rank official, serving as the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Works, and his relative by marriage was Prime Minister Liu.

Do you really not care at all?

Jiang Xiaoqi felt relieved; perhaps he still didn't understand the real Second Prince.

However, since the other party is so agreeable, Jiang Xiaoqi will make sure they get their "ticket price" paid.

Not to mention the intelligence network that Master Lin has built over the years, and the many people hidden in the open and in the dark, the cash on hand he has can also be of great help.

Liuxiang Pavilion has already opened branches in all the major cities of the Zhou Dynasty, no, I mean all the major prefectures, and business is as good as ever.

The monthly summaries that Wenbin submitted made even Jiang Xiaoqi, who was not short of money, dizzy with envy.

However, the second prince was unaware of all this.

The second prince is unaware that he has found a "rich man" to rely on. With Jiang Xiaoqi by his side, he really doesn't need to care about family ties.

After all, Jiang Xiaoqi's strength is now basically enough to rival a moderately powerful aristocratic family.

At least in terms of wealth and news networks, they are neck and neck.

Another thing that cannot be mentioned is the existence of the system.

Although the system no longer interferes with Jiang Xiaoqi's development as time goes by, the good products from the system's store are still treasures that money can't buy in this era.

Not to mention the various health-preserving elixirs, there are also various weapons that are more advanced than those of this era.

However, he rarely took them out before, except for some antique-style weapons, such as the soft sword that he and his mother had the same style, and the cold weapons for his sisters.

Firearms are not unavailable, but the cost of redeeming them with points is too high, and more importantly, it goes against the natural order.

With such destructive power, it would have been a catastrophic disaster, especially considering the small population in ancient times.

Moreover, with current medical technology, severed hands and feet from explosions will most likely only lead to inflammation, fever, and death, with virtually no chance of recovery.

This is why Jiang Xiaoqi was so nervous when he discovered the shadow of gunpowder in the dilapidated temple outside the city.

The capital city has a large population, and it would take a truly depraved person to place large-scale weapons of mass destruction and explosive devices in such a densely populated area.

In the end, it is ordinary people who pay the price for these indiscriminate terrorist attacks.

The system's subordinates are really capable; the cat gang found the hiding place of the black powder so accurately.

I have to say, the Third Prince is quite ruthless.

They placed gunpowder in all four directions—east, west, south, and north—were they trying to raze the capital to the ground?

Perhaps, it's a way out for myself?

If he fails to seize the throne, will he perish with everyone else?

Why wasn't a sufficient amount released in the city center? Only a symbolic amount was released? Probably because they were afraid of dying and thought they could escape in the chaos when the fighting broke out.

Thinking of this, I had unknowingly been led by Chen Lin to the palace gate. Fortunately, I arrived just before the gate was locked.

After Jiang Xiaoqi successfully left the palace under the cover of night, the Second Prince also returned to his own palace.

When Chen Lin returned to report, he was immediately grabbed by the Second Prince.

"Brother Lin, Minister Jiang belongs to me!"

The second prince grinned, showing off his bright white teeth, and Chen Lin couldn't bear to look at him.

"Yes, Your Highness, Lord Jiang is now one of our men!"

Chen Lin was also very happy for the Second Prince, as this was someone the Second Prince had been longing for for a long time.

I've been thinking about the imperial examination ever since then, almost a year now!

Now that the Second Prince has finally achieved his wish, and will have a smart person to help him in the future, how could he not be happy for his prince?

"Brother Lin, you're right, we're all in the same boat! Today I truly feel that I'm better than the third and fifth brothers."

They must have extended offers to Jiang Qing before I did, but Jiang Qing didn't even consider them! Hahahaha!

"Alright, alright, Your Highness, what time is it? Go wash up and go to bed. Even if you fall asleep, Lord Jiang won't run away when you wake up~"

Chen Lin teased, but the Second Prince wasn't angry at all; he was still excited.

"Okay, I'll listen to Brother Lin. We still have to listen to Jiang Qing's lecture tomorrow. If we sleep too late, we won't have any energy tomorrow."

Hehe, we can't let her down so soon after we started dating, can we?

Cough cough, what kind of talk is that? We just got together!

If Jiang Xiaoqi heard this, he would be furious and want to crack open the Second Prince's head to see if the internal structure was normal.

However, Chen Lin still didn't react and thought the Second Prince was right.

Aren't people who are on the same boat just people who are together?

Speaking of a boat, Jiang Xiaoqi is now indirectly on the same boat as Qiu Xueshi.

Both were on the Second Prince's less crowded ship, and the two were colleagues... well, accomplices.

However, Scholar Qiu Cheng was unaware of this yet, as he was still worrying about how to help the Second Prince win over young officials.

The light in the study was still on, and Qiu Feng, as the eldest son, was also summoned to the study by Qiu Cheng.

Young people understand what other young people are thinking better; asking your son might yield a different answer.

“Father, have you ever considered that perhaps it’s not that you don’t understand young officials, but that your way of speaking is too tactful?”

Lord Jiang is very likely still completely confused and doesn't know who you serve, so how could he possibly agree to your so-called recruitment without understanding the situation?

Qiu Feng felt somewhat helpless; he still had to study.

My father is so insensible, dragging me into the middle of the night to come up with some so-called solutions.

He was quite familiar with Jiang Mingfei, that prodigy, a child prodigy, or rather, a prodigy now, a sixth-rank compiler.

That little brat was his classmate when he was a child. They used to sit on chairs in the school, their feet not even touching the ground.

I just glanced at it a few more times because I found it interesting, and the other person glared at me and said they had a bad temper.

He never expected that he would still fall behind. He had lost some confidence after failing the imperial examination last time.

But then I realized that I'm not even 40 yet, and I'm so much younger than those candidates who are over 40, and I realized that I'm really overthinking things.

Why compare yourself to those devilish geniuses? Just compare yourself to yourself.

"Sigh, what you said makes sense, but the problem is I can't be too explicit. You know, the one we're loyal to is different from others!"

Qiu Feng was also speechless. Did that person even consider whether his father could complete this task when assigning it to him?

Recruiting a smart court official without telling them who they will serve—only a fool would accept such a offer.

Sigh, no wonder my father has worked so hard all these years, and now the only scholar he can use is his own son.

However, he is not ambitious enough and has not yet obtained any official position. He can only work as a staff member for his father and the person in the palace.

I'm not going to say any more; it'll only bring tears to my eyes. It's more practical to use this time to read a few more books.