Liu Meng nodded solemnly, "Old Qi, don't worry, as long as I'm around, I won't let anything go wrong with the medicinal herbs."

"..."

The car drove into the pharmaceutical factory again, and as Qi Yun got off, he saw Cao Yufei with two factory employees cleaning up the ruins of two warehouses.

Upon seeing Qi Yun, Cao Yufei put down his work, came out, and said, "You've arrived. Let me change my clothes and we'll head out."

"Alright." Qi Yun responded, patting Liu Meng on the arm to introduce him, "This is my friend Liu Meng. I brought him here to help you for a couple of days."

Cao Yufei nodded, didn't think much of it, and squeezed out a brief smile, "Hello, Brother Liu Meng, just call me Old Cao."

Liu Meng nodded slightly in greeting.

After Cao Yufei tidied up over there, Qi Yun went along with him to the medicinal merchant to collect Tufuling.

They ran all day from morning till evening and finally collected over two million worth of goods. Qi Yun specifically requested the goods be delivered to the factory tonight.

When the two returned tiredly to the factory, the batch of Tufuling received yesterday was already neatly stacked in the room.

With the remaining herbs yet to be delivered, Qi Yun went to the street next door to buy some food, and the three gathered in Cao Yufei's dormitory to fill their stomachs.

After dinner, Cao Yufei went off to attend to other matters, leaving only Qi Yun and Liu Meng in the room.

Qi Yun exhaled a smoke ring and said slowly, "Once this deal is done, I'm planning to buy an iron mine. I want you to help manage it, would you be willing?"

"An iron mine?" Liu Meng quickly shook his head upon hearing this, "Old Qi, you know I'm just a simple man, not well-educated. I can't handle managing something as big as a mine."

Qi Yun smiled, flicked his cigarette ash, and said, "Don't rush to refuse. I don't need you to manage everything, just two things."

"Number one is keeping a close eye on safety."

"Secondly, handle the record keeping well. These two aspects are most important to me and must be entrusted to someone reliable."

"Don't worry, I'll find a professional to help you manage everything else. If there's something you don't understand, they can teach you. I just wanted to touch base with you today, think about it. It'll be a few days before it gets finalized."

Upon hearing this, Liu Meng frowned slightly, falling into brief contemplation.

After a while, he scratched his head, seeming a bit troubled, "Old Qi, I'm truly moved by your trust, but I'm worried I won't do a good job and end up causing trouble for you."

Qi Yun patted Liu Meng's shoulder with a determined look in his eyes, "Brother Meng, I know you well. You're someone who works steadily and responsibly."

"On safety, just keep a close eye, and as for the accounts, proceed carefully; gradually learning isn't difficult. I believe you'll do well, plus with professional assistance, nothing major will go wrong."

"There's no rush to answer me now, wait until the factory's business is concluded."

In the midst of their conversation, the sound of a car horn rang out from not far away at the gate—the delivery truck for the herbs had arrived.

It was still Cao Yufei driving the small forklift, unloading the cargo, but this time it needed to be moved inside the building.

The three of them, along with two factory workers, worked until past three in the morning before finally finishing moving all the herbs.

After completing the tasks there, Qi Yun drove back home.

He opened the door to a silent room, where Zhao Qing, utterly exhausted, was curled up asleep on the sofa.

Seeing her, warmth filled Qi Yun's heart as he quietly walked over to carry her to bed.

"You're back," Zhao Qing murmured, opening her sleepy eyes in his arms.

"Yes, I'm carrying you up to bed," Qi Yun replied softly.

Zhao Qing leaned in his arms and closed her eyes again.

...

The next day, Qi Yun slept until nearly noon.

After a quick freshening up, he ate breakfast while checking today's intelligence reports.

[Today's Report 1 (Red): Recently, the antique market has seen a batch of counterfeit bronze artifacts with such exquisite craftsmanship that even experts find it hard to tell them apart from genuine ones. They were made by a master craftsman who recently got out of prison, currently residing in Xialing Villagexxxx]

"I can't believe it, did he not have enough sewing machine time?"

Qi Yun paused for a moment, not paying much attention as he continued to the next report.

[Today's Report 2 (Red): Qiu Jiahao has successfully escaped from the park area and is currently hiding at a farmhouse near the border, while the park's personnel continue searching for him]

"Ah Hao, good luck to you..."

[Today's Report 3 (Blue): Tobruk Village in Tobruk Town, the Uighur old lady's courtyard where you searched for pigeons, the chicken feeding trough is actually a piece of Tang Dynasty Western Regions silverware, engraved on the bottom with the emblem of the Kingdom of Yutian]

"Another blue report!"

Qi Yun's eyes sharpened as he instantly became excited.

Although it's silverware, it's still from the Tang Dynasty, and it belongs to royalty, its value should be significant.

Thinking of this, he quickly finished his breakfast and drove straight to Tobruk Village in Tobruk Town.

Passing by the ATM, he especially withdrew 20,000 yuan in cash.

He then headed effortlessly to the small shop from last time, intending to find the young man for translation.

Instead, the shop only had a little girl around ten years old who couldn't speak Mandarin, and Qi Yun couldn't communicate with her despite gesturing for a long time.

Left with no choice, he sat on the earthen kang at the door waiting.

Over an hour later, a young man urged a donkey cart leisurely in his direction—it was the little translator from last time.

Qi Yun's eyes lit up and he immediately went to greet him.

"I've been waiting for you half the day. You're finally back."

The young man was surprised to see him again, asking suspiciously, "Are you here for me?"

Qi Yun nodded, "Yes, give me another round of translation help, I'll pay you two hundred yuan, will you do it?"

Upon hearing this, the young man's face beamed with joy and he quickly replied, "Okay, wait for me!"

With that, he hastily parked the donkey cart inside the yard and hurried back excitedly.

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