Splendid peasant girl busy farming

Chapter 5474 Qixi, Qiku

The meeting room of the Ji family.

Ji Lianqi, who was originally calm, became a bit gloomy after receiving a letter from outside.

"Jiang Shao, something happened."

Ji Lianqi put the letter in front of Ziyan's table.

"An accident? What's going on with Ji's family now that you can't handle?" Zi Yan asked in surprise.

"Ji's family caravan was robbed in Yinshan in the west, hundreds of people were all killed by horse thieves." Ji Lianqi's hands clenched tightly, and the veins on the back of his hands burst out.

"Western Yinshan... that's the territory of the Daxia people. They and us Daqi people have always been in harmony with each other. At least there has been no war for more than 20 years. How could there be such a big horse thief?" Zi Yan also asked. I got a little doubtful.

"This time, Ji's caravan is transporting Daqi tea and porcelain to Daxia. Dozens of countries in the Western Regions have all booked in advance. This trip not only lost the caravan and a lot of property, but also The most important thing is that he has also lost faith in the countries of the Western Regions and the people of Great Xia..."

"If it can't be solved, at least half of the Ji family will collapse." Ji Lianqi likes to fight, but it doesn't mean he doesn't know what the biggest business of the Ji family is.

If there is no business and trade with the countries in the Western Regions, the Ji family is nothing more than a local rich man.

Daqi has great restrictions on the purchase of land by businessmen. There is a limit, and no more than a certain amount is allowed. Therefore, the commercial house must continue to operate, and it is not possible to reduce risks by hoarding land.

"How far is it from Yinshan to Four Elephant City?" Zi Yan asked.

"Our Ji family has a map, and the drawn map is in the owner's special room inside."

Ji Lianqi stood up and whispered something to Ji Hongbao, asking him to take the others away first. This meeting will end here, and the others will follow the previous discussion. As for the news just now, it will be blocked It can't be announced to the public for the time being, so as not to cause panic in Ji's family.

The house of the Patriarch of the Ji family is located inside. After entering the inside, Ji Lianqi pulled the pull off the wall to reveal a map inside.

From Zi Yan's perspective, the map is a little rough.

In Zhongyonghou's Mansion in Beijing, Zi Yan had seen the map drawn by Yang Ruoqing. There were scales and detailed legends in it, so it was called a map, and this kind of map, which only drew outlines, could not be called a map.

"Look, Young Master Jiang, Yinshan is here. In the legend of the Daxia people, there was once a god who was enshrined by the Daxia people. In order to repay the piety of the Daxia people's ancestors, he turned the local mountains into silver and rivers into milk. Later, the ancestors of the Daxia people were too greedy and wanted to pursue the immortality of the gods. In order to punish the ancestors of the Daxia people, the gods withdrew their supernatural powers and changed the silver mountains and rivers back to their original state, but the original name of the silver mountains was lost. Everyone around here calls it Yinshan." Ji Lianqi briefly told some stories about Yinshan.

Of course, no matter how absurd those stories are, it can be seen from the stories that for the Great Xia people in the Western Regions, this Silver Mountain is an extremely important mountain and enjoys a lofty status among them.

"Jiang Shao, this matter is very strange. It stands to reason that the nearby Daxia tribes are friendly with our Ji family. It is unlikely that they will let horse thieves run rampant, otherwise the Ji family will not only use such a little strength to protect them." Ji Lianqi His face was very serious.

If this route is not perfect, why would the Ji family send a caravan to pass there? It has been going for many years without any accident.

"These days, it happens that a new round of snow season near Yinshan will come, so our caravan of Ji's family will take this opportunity to transport it for the last time...then they will stay in the Great Xia Tribe in the spring of the coming year. Melt and come back." Ji Lianqi said.

"Who is in charge of the caravan?" Ziyan put her finger on the map and moved from Sixiang City to near Yinshan.

The vicinity of Yinshan is painted with silver powder, and the word "silver" is written in a special font on it.

"It should be Miss Situ Feiyu... She is a business genius of our Ji family." Ji Lianqi thought for a while.

"Where is she now?"

"In Qianji City near Yinshan, the Ji family's caravan against the Western Regions has been stationed there for a long time." Ji Lianqi said.

"Send a message to Situ Feiyu, tell her to stand still, shrink her manpower, and secretly search for the traces of horse thieves. I will come to find a way when spring comes." Ziyan stared at the location of Yinshan, dazed.

"Jiang Shao, what are you thinking?"

"I was thinking, is there any silver in this silver mountain? Besides silver, is there any gold, silver, copper and iron ore..."

Those who left Zhongyonghou's mansion to deal with the outside world all had a secret mission, which was to find suitable ore veins.

Ever since Yang Ruoqing's Science and Technology Park transformed the furnace for smelting steel, the speed of forging steel has been greatly increased, and the demand for steel has also increased a lot.

"That's not clear, Young Master Jiang can go to Situ Feiyu and ask."

"Wait until the things in Sixiang City are finished before going, there is no rush."

"What's the arrangement of the Zen Retreat and Taoist Retreat now?" Zi Yan asked.

"I have ordered people to arrange it. It is in the name of the Ji family. The Buddhist and Taoist families in Sixiang City will give a little bit of light. The first thing is to hold a meditation meeting. It has just been arranged and has not received a response yet. "Ji Lianqi said.

"Well, I'll be staying in the VIP building of Ji's family these few days, and Piaoxiang will receive me." Ziyan said.

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"Amitabha, it's snowing!"

The monk Qiku, who was wearing a thin cassock, stood under the eaves of the yard with his hands clasped together, frowning as he watched the snowflakes falling from the sky outside.

"Master, Master, I'm hungry!"

A young monk came out of the house, only about seven or eight years old, skinny, with round eyes. He touched his belly and groaned feebly.

"Qixi, master can't do anything about it. It's been a month since there were no pilgrims coming. How can we get food in this temple without incense? If it weren't for a batch of food stored a few years ago, we would have to go to see the Tathagata Buddha in advance. It's gone." Qi Ku drooped his face, a bit bitter.

There is no way, the location of their Yunxia Temple is too remote, there are not many people nearby, let alone any pilgrims.

Occasionally, three or two people from the nearby villages would come to pay homage to the gods and Buddhas with some rice noodles, but this kind of situation is rare.

Most of the time, it was Qiku who brought Qixi down the mountain to seek alms.

But it's such a cold day, and it's freezing outside, how can it be possible?

Qixi only drank a bowl of porridge in the morning, and before noon, she was already so hungry that her stomach was growling.

"Master, let's go down the mountain for alms. You are profound in Buddhism, so it will definitely be possible." Qi Xi blinked her eyes and said.

(End of this chapter)