Chapter 62 I feel miserable

There was a flash of disappointment in her watery eyes. Her skin was white as snow and her neck was slender. Even when she was angry, she could not hide her allure. She snorted coldly, twisted her waist slightly, and walked to the side, leaving Xu Luo with a lonely and proud back.

In her opinion, Xu Luo's move clearly showed that he had made up his mind to leave with the Tibetans.

Xu Luo reorganized the money in the box while shaking his head mockingly, with a hint of smile on his face, "I don't know what evil got into this girl yesterday! Ha, Brother Wen, you haven't told me yet, after you went back yesterday, what did your husband think about marriage?"

He glanced at Liu Quan beside him, and Xia Zhi's figure suddenly flashed through his mind, but he completely forgot about Xia Zhi because of Liu Quan's matter.

Just as he was about to speak, he saw Liu Lanshu's eyes turned red, and crystal tears were rolling in his eye sockets, as if they were about to roll down at any time.

She sobbed, her chest heaving, and she looked pitiful.

"Brother Xu, I...I feel so miserable..."

Before Liu Quan finished speaking, tears had already fallen like pearls from a broken string.

Seeing this, Xu Luo felt helpless and wondered what happened today, why everyone was crying.

"Brother Liu, don't be anxious. Tell me slowly what happened?" he tried to comfort him.

Just as Liu Quan was about to tell the secret in his heart, suddenly a horse-drawn carriage came galloping and stopped in front of Xu Luo's stall. The door of the carriage opened and Li Shimin jumped out of the carriage, interrupting the embarrassing scene.

"Mr. Xu!" Xu Luo turned around when he heard the voice, only to see Li Shimin standing there, exhausted.

At this moment, Liu Lanshu gently wiped away her tears, an indescribable temptation revealed in her eyes, her lips trembled slightly, and her nose flared lightly, looking so heart-warming.

Her neck was slender, her skin was as white as mutton-fat jade, and her chest trembled slightly with her sobs, making people want to hold her in their arms and comfort her.

However, all this was interrupted by Li Shimin's sudden arrival.

Li Shimin was nervous, and he took two steps at a time and grabbed Xu Luo's shoulders. He looked more serious than grabbing a life-saving straw: "Xu Luo, listen to me, you can't leave, no matter what!"

Xu Luo was confused, staring at Li Shimin with wide eyes, as if he saw an alien, "Hey, Lao Li, are you drunk in the middle of the day?"

He touched his nose, full of confusion.

"You're leaving? Where are you going?" Xu Luo looked Li Shimin up and down with a sly smile on his lips.

Li Shimin was stunned, his eyes wandering between Xu Luo and Princess Changle beside him, and finally fixed on the three wooden boxes behind him.

"Xu Luo, what's in these boxes?" Li Shimin couldn't help asking.

After hearing this, Xu Luo suddenly burst out laughing, "You two, father and daughter, are amazing!"

He shook his head, with a teasing look on his face, "Just because of these three boxes, do you think I'm going to run away? Or, Lao Li, do you also think I'll disappear with those Tibetans?"

Li Shimin frowned slightly, a blush appeared on his face, and he was speechless after being asked this question.

At this moment, he suddenly realized that it was too arbitrary to conclude that Xu Luo was going to leave just because of three boxes.

They have known each other for a long time. Although Li Shimin does not know Xu Luo well, he still knows his character. Although Xu Luo loves money, it does not mean that he will leave easily.

Li Shimin knew that Xu Luo was a money-grubber, but he had principles.

Just think about it, if he was willing to pack up and send himself to Tubo just for three boxes of gold and silver things, then he, Xu Luo, would not be the Xu Luo of today.

Humph, otherwise why would I, Li Shimin, always want to bring him under my command?
As soon as I heard that he was leaving, I ran here without even having time to put on my shoes.

"Alright, alright, Old Li, don't be so anxious. Come here, come here, let's sit down, and I will slowly tell you the secret of these three boxes." Xu Luo said as he pulled Li Shimin to sit in front of the fortune-telling stall.

Xu Luo began to tell in detail how he sold sweet potatoes and refined salt to the Tubo envoys at a good price.

When Li Shimin heard this, his eyes lit up. He thought that Xu Luo was indeed quite capable and had made a fortune from just one deal.

But after thinking about it, he couldn't help but frowned and said worriedly: "Mr. Xu, if you sell it to Tubo at such a high price, aren't you afraid that they will learn the technology of growing sweet potatoes and making salt?"

Xu Luo burst into laughter. "Haha, Lao Li, if you were a businessman, you would have to learn this business philosophy. But if you are not a businessman, you are much smarter than those so-called businessmen!"

He paused and continued, "Although sweet potatoes are easy to grow, planting them and making salt is not that simple."

"Haha, that's not just a casual remark!" Xu Luo touched his chin with a proud look on his face, as if there was supreme wisdom hidden there.

"The altitude in Tubo is so high that even birds have to gasp for air when flying over it. How can you grow sweet potatoes? You are simply dreaming!"

"As for refined salt," he raised his eyebrows, a sly look flashing in his eyes, "I tell you, in the Tang Dynasty, this craft is unique. Even if the Tibetans take the technical book, they can only copy it, and it will be in vain."

Before Xu Luo finished speaking, Li Shimin could not help but interrupt: "Then why did you sell sweet potatoes and refined salt to the Tubo envoy at a sky-high price? Aren't you afraid that he will come back to trouble you?"

"Looking for trouble?" Xu Luo smiled contemptuously, as if he had heard a huge joke. "Look, in the Tang Dynasty, besides me, who else can grow sweet potatoes? Who can turn coarse salt into something magical?"

He paused and looked at Li Shimin with firm eyes.

Li Shimin thought for a moment, then nodded, "Except you, sir, there is no one else."

"That's right!" Xu Luo nodded with satisfaction, and then raised a wicked smile, "Besides, the things I sell are worth the money. The Tibetan envoy has seen the world and tasted delicious food, so he naturally knows how to cherish it. As for revenge, he needs to have the ability to do it."

When Li Shimin watched this scene, all the doubts in his heart finally disappeared, and he was full of admiration for Xu Luo's wisdom.

Xu Luo raised his eyebrows at Lao Li with a smug look on his face and said teasingly, "Lao Li, you are also a businessman who travels all over the country. You should understand the trick of having a price but no demand, right?"

As he spoke, he gestured with the sweet potatoes and refined salt in his hands, "I'm the only one in the world that has this stuff in stock! As for the price, I have the final say."

He paused, a sly smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, "How did that saying go? Oh, yes, Jiang Taigong fishes, and those who are willing will take the bait! Haha!"

Upon hearing this, Li Shimin couldn't help but laugh out loud, and his originally frowned brows relaxed, "Hahaha, what a willing bait!"

With the laughter, the previous worries disappeared without a trace like dark clouds blown away by the wind.

(End of this chapter)