After Spring and Autumn

Chapter 71
"Young Master Tian is joking. The Tian family is a big family in the Qi State. They can't solve any enemies. They still need a small caravan like me."

"It's inconvenient for Mrs. Tian to come forward."

"Oh, can't the Tian clan also afford to offend?" Meng Di said playfully, "Could it be the Guo and Gao families?"

"Of course not." Tian Chang smiled awkwardly, "Brother Han, don't worry, they are just a bunch of thieves without a foundation."

"Mr. Tian, ​​please go back. We are here to do business, not thugs." Meng Di stood up to see off the guests.Tian Chang's words are not always true, and it may involve the conflict of interests of several big families, Meng Di doesn't want to go into this muddy water.

"Thousand acres of salt fields."

This is not a small amount of wealth, enough to support a small family.Meng Di thought for a while, then shook his head.

"Two thousand acres."

Meng Di still shook his head and walked out the door.

"Slow down, add another business route to the country of Yan." Tian Changmeng shouted.

Meng Di paused, turned around and looked at Tian Chang coldly, and said word by word: "What else does Mr. Tian know?" His right hand was already on the hilt of his sword.

Tian Chang was secretly lucky. When Meng Di first arrived in Linzi, he asked the innkeeper about the news of Yan Guo.

Sensing Mengdi's murderous intentions, Tian Chang was a little puzzled. He wanted to go to Yan to do business. There was nothing to hide. In recent years, Yan and Qi have been at odds, and the border has long been closed. Only a few big families have their own secret passages. available.

The more blocked, the greater the profit. Many powerful caravans tried their best to explore these trade routes. Tian Chang thought that Meng Di was also a person with such a huge appetite.

Seeing that Meng Di didn't seem to be joking, Tian Chang hastily explained.

It turned out that Meng Di knew that he had overreacted.

This condition could not be refused. After coming to Qi State, Meng Di realized that it was not easy to go to Yan State to sell horses.When the relationship between the two countries is easing, there is no hindrance to communication. Once hostility arises, let alone transporting horses, it is a problem to return safely.

"Is this the meaning of Mr. Tian, ​​or the meaning of the Patriarch of the Tian family?" Meng Di's eyes were piercing. Such a high price is definitely not something that a mere son-in-law can be the master of.

"This is my private matter and has nothing to do with Tian." Tian Chang insisted.

It's strange to believe you, Meng Di snorted softly, and realized that this matter must be very involved, so he can only ask himself, a person who has nothing to do with the power of Qi State, to handle it in Tian Chang's personal name.

"Okay, where are those people now, and when will they do it?"

"This...it's not clear yet." Seeing that Meng Di was showing signs of running away again, Tian Chang hastily continued: "It should be in the Langya area, and someone will come to tell Brother Han the details."

Langya?Isn't that the beach?There are still hundreds of miles away from Linzi.

Don't care about so much anymore, for this business route, Meng Di is ready to gamble, even if it is a trap, he thinks he is sure to get out.

"When are you leaving?"

"Tomorrow morning, a guide will accompany you."

The next day, at dawn, Tian Chang watched the caravan leave on the city wall.

"This caravan is not simple, and the advances and retreats are well-founded. If you guess correctly, it should be disguised by the army." At some point, a middle-aged man came behind him and said slowly.

"Father, if they succeed, are they really going to hand over the trade route?"

"Whether you succeed or not, the business route must be handed over to them."

"And why?" Tian Chang turned around in surprise.

"Because the trade road is where they were buried."

"It's just why the father wanted to attack Young Master Guo?" Tian Chang was still puzzled.

"Because of the Sima Law."

""Sima Fa"?" Tian Chang's heart moved, "Could it be written by Da Sima Tian Rangju?"

"Exactly, I have hidden clues in the state mansion. When I learned that Guoxia hurried back to Linzi, I got the news of this book. As a minister, Guoxia should not move lightly. He must send his son there."

"No wonder my father knew there was a fraud when he heard that Guoyuan was going to Langya to inspect the salt fields."

"Hmph, Guo Xia thinks that everyone in the world is an idiot, and the dignified son of the Guo family went to the seaside to inspect the salt fields. It's lucky that he can find such an excuse." Tian Qi sneered.

Su'er looked at the city wall from a distance, not without worry. When her father was alive, he had always been extremely indifferent to his family, and once said that he could not be trusted.

Husband is a man of temperament, if he loves the house and loves Wu, and trusts Tian Chang too much, if he suffers a big loss, it will be his own fault.

Mengdi saw what was in Su'er's mind, and held Rouyi lightly, expressing his reassurance that his five hundred elites would not be a problem unless the Qi State dispatched a large army to encircle and suppress some private soldiers of the family.

"Su'er, I always feel that this incident has something to do with your father."

Su'er looked at Meng Di suspiciously.

"Didn't you say that my father-in-law lived in seclusion in Langya before he became an official?" In fact, Mengdi had other thoughts in his mind. Tian Rangju was famous for the military book "Sima Law" handed down to later generations. In the past, Su'er did not know the whereabouts of this book, but only vaguely remembered it. After his father was dismissed from office, he kept writing books behind closed doors, and the monarch even bestowed him with excellent bamboo slips and wooden slips, but he disappeared after his death.

At that time, Su'er was young and had undergone great changes suddenly, and she had no intention of looking for it, so Mengdi estimated that it would most likely fall into the hands of the Tian family who took care of the funeral.

But this time Tian's behavior is secretive, and it is related to the place where Tian Rangju lived in seclusion, which made him think a little bit, but this matter is related to the secret of his own rebirth, but it is difficult to explain it to Su'er.

"At least, we can visit the former site where our father-in-law lived in seclusion, so we can pay our respects."

Su'er's eyes flowed, and she responded in a low voice.

Guoyuan had arrived in Langya at this time.

Although Langya is not a small city, it is not as good as Linzi, looking at the low city walls and the faint stench in the wind, Guoyuan couldn't help wrinkling his nose.

Because there are many salt fields here, and the forces are also intertwined and complicated. The city guard is a distant branch of the Tian family. Hearing that the eldest son of the Guo family is coming, he hurried out of the city to greet him.

Knowing that Guoyuan was here to inspect the Yantian, the city guard praised him, but he wondered in his heart, could it be that he lost power in the family and was sent to a remote place.

No matter whether they get power or not, they are not provoked by themselves. The city guards are very courteous, and these high-ranking young masters still have to take good care of them, so as not to go back and sue when they are unhappy, and I will definitely not be able to bear it.

"Tian Chengshou." Guoyuan looked at the vulgar fans in the hall, not interested, interrupted the Chengshou's endless compliments, and said bluntly: "I have to go to see Yantian tomorrow morning, let's rest early .”

"Do you really want...to see Yantian?" The city guard stammered, what's wrong with this prince, what's so interesting about Yantian, isn't it just a show, he really takes it seriously.

Guoyuan felt impatient, stood up and left.

The city lord was left standing there in a daze, neither crying nor laughing.

"City Lord, my family sent someone to deliver a message." The confidant came to report.

"What about people?"

"It's just outside the hall."

"Drive away." The city lord looked impatient.

"Go away?"

The owner of the city stared, and shouted imposingly: "This owner is a worthless person. He only knows how to please the Guo and Gao clans, but he bullies the subordinates all day long. Listen to him, I might as well serve the young master of the Guo family by myself."

"But if the Patriarch blames it."

"What is the blame? From now on, the main family is the main family, and the side branches are side branches. If anyone comes again, they will all be expelled from Langya!"

Seemingly satisfied with his arrogance, he coughed and ordered: "Serve the wine and the food, and the prince of the city guards the country to enjoy it."

(End of this chapter)