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Everyone entering and leaving the airport, except for children, regardless of gender, can't help but take a second look at them, and men are especially stunned.

However, they were destined to be disappointed. As soon as Liu Xiaobao walked out of the airport, Hu Ruoling, who had been standing quietly in place, immediately ran over and threw herself into Liu Xiaobao's arms, leaving the hearts of the men around them broken.

Liu Xiaobao had always enjoyed the envious glances from other men, but at this moment he had no mind to care about anything else. He kissed Hu Ruoling on the forehead and immediately pulled her into the car.

After getting on the bus, Hu Ruoling asked with concern, "Xiao Bao, why are you alone? Where's Su Jie?"

Liu Xiaobao briefly explained the situation and then got straight to the point: "Su Jie has other things to do, and I also have an urgent matter to attend to in the capital. We won't go back for now. Take me to a place in the capital where I can buy good medicinal herbs. I need to purchase a batch of medicinal herbs."

Hu Ruoling didn't ask Liu Xiaobao why he wanted to buy medicinal herbs. After listening to Liu Xiaobao's words, she immediately instructed Long Jiu to drive to Tongrentang.

There are no real medicinal herb trading markets in the capital. If you want to buy the best medicinal herbs, you can only go to those famous Chinese medicine shops.

On the way, Liu Xiaobao inquired briefly about the situation in the capital.

According to Hu Ruoling, the courtyard house that Liu Xiaobao bought in Beijing has been renovated, and Hu Ruoling moved in three days ago.

The Tianbao Security Company, which Liu Xiaobao had asked her to set up, has been established and now employs 5,000 retired soldiers, and is still recruiting.

However, Hu Ruoling has not yet assigned them jobs because they have been away from the military for a long time, so Hu Ruoling has temporarily allowed them to resume their military training.

Of course, there was another purpose: Liu Xiaobao had requested a group of elite soldiers, and Hu Ruoling would only arrange jobs for those retired soldiers after the elite soldiers were selected.

As for job positions, there's absolutely no need to worry. Not to mention 5,000 people, even if there were 50,000, Tianbao Group could arrange security jobs for them. This is why the security company is still confident in recruiting.

It must be said that Liu Xiaobao was absolutely right to entrust this matter to Hu Ruoling. In just ten days, Hu Ruoling recruited five thousand retired soldiers, which shows how powerful her influence was in handling this matter.

Then there's the renovation of Tianbao Group, which is now halfway complete. In about half a month, Tianbao Group in Beijing will be able to open to the public.

However, this does not affect the projects that Tianbao Group is cooperating with the state. Even though Tianbao Group in Beijing has not yet opened, Hu Ruoling is already in charge of those projects.

After listening to Hu Ruoling's story, Liu Xiaobao nodded in satisfaction.

“Very good. It seems that the old leader was right. Wife, you do have a great talent for business management. You can manage so many things. I can now completely entrust Tianbao Group in Beijing to you. Go ahead and do it. I will support any decision you make.”

Hearing Liu Xiaobao's praise and support, Hu Ruoling was very happy: "Thank you, husband. I will definitely do my best to manage Tianbao Group in Beijing."

Liu Xiaobao didn't say anything more. He held Hu Ruoling's hand, smiled slightly, and conveyed his feelings and words through his hand.

Not long after, Long Jiu parked his car in front of Tongrentang.

As they got out of the car, Hu Ruoling introduced to Liu Xiaobao, "Honey, this is the headquarters of Tongrentang. You can buy any medicinal herb that Tongrentang has here."

Liu Xiaobao nodded, and then, with a mix of anticipation and nervousness, he and Hu Ruoling walked into Tongrentang.

Liu Xiaobao didn't wander around aimlessly or waste any time. He went straight to the counter and handed over his list of medicinal herbs: "Could you please check if you have any of the herbs listed here?"

The shopkeeper behind the counter first looked at the list of medicinal herbs, then curiously glanced at Liu Xiaobao, and then shook his head.

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"Sir, we do have all the medicinal herbs on your list, but none of them are the ones you requested. The best we have at Tongrentang are only 100 years old."

Upon hearing this, Liu Xiaobao was quite disappointed, but he did not give up. Instead, he humbly asked, "Then do you know where I can buy medicinal herbs that are over a thousand years old?"

The shopkeeper pursed his lips and shook his head, saying, "Hundred-year-old medicinal herbs can still be bought in the medicinal herb market, but thousand-year-old medicinal herbs are extremely rare. As far as I know, these thousand-year-old medicinal herbs can usually only be bought at auctions, and even then, it depends on luck. Not every auction has thousand-year-old medicinal herbs."

After hearing the shopkeeper's words, Liu Xiaobao was even more disappointed, but he did not despair. He thanked the shopkeeper and then Liu Xiaobao and Hu Ruoling turned and left Tongrentang.

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Following that, accompanied by Hu Ruoling, Liu Xiaobao visited almost all the famous pharmacies in Beijing, including Yong'an Hall, Henian Hall, Changchun Hall, Lerentang, Qianzhi Hall, and Deshou Hall.

But the result was very disheartening for Liu Xiaobao. These herbal medicine shops, like Tongrentang, only had herbs that were a hundred years old, and none that were a thousand years old, not even a single one.

After nightfall, at Hu Ruoling's suggestion, Liu Xiaobao followed her back to her home in Beijing.

At this moment, Liu Xiaobao was not in the mood to tour his newly renovated courtyard house. While Hu Ruoling went to instruct the kitchen to prepare dinner, Liu Xiaobao sat silently in the courtyard, gazing at the sky and sighing.

Previously, Liu Xiaobao had only heard Su Jie mention the difficulty of this matter, and at that time he did not think that acquiring medicinal herbs was very difficult. But now he finally truly understood how difficult it was to collect these medicinal herbs.

Even though he had hundreds of billions of dollars on him and was not short of money, he still couldn't buy the medicinal herbs on the list, because there were no thousand-year-old medicinal herbs on the market!

At that moment, Liu Xiaobao truly understood the saying, "Money really isn't everything."

Looking up at the night sky, Liu Xiaobao couldn't help but sigh.

"Sigh! After today, there are only nine days left. I never imagined that collecting these medicinal herbs would be so difficult. Do I really have no chance to become a martial arts master?" Tu.

Chapter 211 The National Treasury? Finally, it's settled! (Please subscribe)

Just after Liu Xiaobao finished sighing at the sky, Hu Ruoling returned to his side.

"Honey, you seem unhappy. Is it because you couldn't find the medicinal herbs you wanted?"

Liu Xiaobao nodded dejectedly: "Yes, this batch of medicinal herbs is very important to me, but I didn't expect it to be so hard to buy. Even with money, there's nowhere to buy them."

Hu Ruoling then agreed, "Yes, after accompanying you on this round trip today, we haven't found a single medicinal herb you're looking for. I reckon it's very difficult to find the medicinal herb you're looking for in the common people; it's probably only available in the national treasury!"

Hu Ruoling's casual remark struck Liu Xiaobao like a thunderbolt.

"That's right, how come I didn't think of that? The best things have always been in the national treasury! Honey, quickly ask your father if the national treasury has the batch of medicinal herbs I want?"

Hu Ruoling naturally wouldn't refuse Liu Xiaobao's request. She immediately took the list of medicinal herbs from Liu Xiaobao and went back to her room to make a phone call.

After Liu Xiaobao waited anxiously in the yard for ten minutes, Hu Ruoling came running back.

"Honey, the national treasury has all the medicinal herbs you requested!"

Liu Xiaobao was overjoyed upon hearing this: "Really? They have them all?"

Hu Ruoling nodded: "Yes, we have them all, but... these thousand-year-old medicinal herbs are too precious. My father doesn't have the authority to take too many; he can only take one portion."

Liu Xiaobao calmed down and asked, "Then who has the right to access it?"

"Only leaders can use it!"

Liu Xiaobao had met the current leader, but he didn't think he had that kind of relationship with him. However, he quickly thought of the old man: "Could the old leader use this?"

Hu Ruoling nodded and said, "Grandpa Deng can certainly use it!"

Liu Xiaobao understood: "Alright, then I won't trouble my father-in-law. I'll go find my old boss now."

Since Hu's father could only take one portion, Liu Xiaobao decided not to let him use that authority and instead asked the old man to get all twenty portions of the medicinal herbs for him.

As long as the old man has the authority, Liu Xiaobao is confident that he will help him.

However, just as Liu Xiaobao got up to go to the Xishan Villa to find the old man, Hu Ruoling stopped him.

"Honey, don't you look at the time? Grandpa Deng has already gone to bed."

Upon hearing this, Liu Xiaobao glanced at his watch and realized it was already 10 p.m. The old man was indeed asleep at this time, so he could only sit down again: "Alright, I'll go again tomorrow morning!"

"Okay, I'll go with you tomorrow morning to save you the trouble of going back and forth with the notifications. Let's eat first, I'm starving since I haven't had dinner."

"I'm sorry, honey. I was so focused on buying medicinal herbs this afternoon that I didn't even think about you. Come on, let's go eat!"

Hu Ruoling smiled slightly: "Let's wait a little longer. The kitchen is still cooking, it will probably take another ten minutes or so."

With the medicinal herbs secured, Liu Xiaobao's mood improved: "Oh, I see. Now that I have some time, I'll take a look at how our house has been decorated. Honey, come with me!"

Hu Ruoling nodded and accompanied Liu Xiaobao on a stroll through the courtyard.

The current courtyard house is a combination of two adjacent courtyard houses with four entrances each, which has now been transformed into an eight-entrance courtyard house with eight smaller courtyards.

Each courtyard has three rooms: a main house facing south, an east wing, and a west wing. Except for the first courtyard, which is a dining room for entertaining guests, the other seven courtyards are divided into seven residential courtyards.

This makes the layout of the entire courtyard house resemble the six palaces in an imperial palace.

At this time, not only had all the rooms in the courtyard been renovated, with the addition of toilets and bathrooms, but also all the furniture and daily necessities. Even each courtyard had been furnished with many potted plants, stone tables and benches, rockeries and streams, giving it a distinct garden style.

After touring the new home, Liu Xiaobao really liked everything Hu Ruoling had done.

"Honey, you have such great taste! I love how you decorated this home. Thank you so much!"

Receiving recognition and praise from Liu Xiaobao, the head of the family, Hu Ruoling immediately felt that her hard work these past few days had not been in vain: "It's no trouble at all. This will be my home from now on, so it's only right that I decorate it!"

Just then, Long Jiu came to announce that dinner was ready. Liu Xiaobao and Hu Ruoling didn't say anything more, and walked hand in hand towards the dining room.

During the meal, Liu Xiaobao found the food delicious and, out of curiosity, asked about it. He then learned that his family's cook was actually a retired imperial chef who had been hired by Hu Ruoling to cook for them. This greatly surprised Liu Xiaobao.

However, this wasn't the first time Liu Xiaobao had considered using "imperial cuisine," so he wasn't too shocked. He simply praised Hu Ruoling for handling the matter well before continuing to eat.

Because he had hope of finding the medicinal herbs he was looking for, Liu Xiaobao was in a better mood and rewarded Hu Ruoling by treating her to a feast several times that night.

It wasn't until Hu Ruoling reminded him that he needed to visit the old man at Xishan Villa early the next morning that Liu Xiaobao stopped fighting and, embracing his 'princess' Hu Ruoling, drifted off to sleep.

The next day, early in the morning.

Liu Xiaobao, preoccupied with the medicinal herbs, rushed to Xishan Villa with Hu Ruoling without even having breakfast.

When Liu Xiaobao arrived at Xishan Villa, the old man had already finished breakfast and was reading various official documents in his study.

Although the old man has officially stepped down from that position, the current leaders still respect this great man. Some important documents concerning people's livelihood are only issued and implemented after the old man has reviewed them and confirmed that there are no problems.

Upon learning that Liu Xiaobao and Hu Ruoling had arrived, the old man temporarily set aside his official duties and met with them.

As soon as Liu Xiaobao and Hu Ruoling entered the study, the old man laughed heartily and teased the couple.

"The young couple looks radiant with happiness. It seems your married life is very fulfilling. I, the old man who played matchmaker, can finally rest easy."

Upon hearing the phrase "radiant with joy," Liu Xiaobao and Hu Ruoling couldn't help but think of their wild night.

Hu Ruoling blushed and playfully scolded the old man, "Grandpa Deng, you're always making fun of people!"

Liu Xiaobao didn't care much. In his opinion, the young couple had just gotten married, so it was normal for things to go a little too far.