After Spring and Autumn

Chapter 73 Young Master Guo was kidnapped!
"City Lord Tian is so majestic!" Kunihara said coldly.

"Master Guo?!" The city lord was in shock, and someone came up to inform him of the situation.

After a brief explanation, the city lord understood that his clan brother wanted to get some money, but ended up kicking on the iron board.

This person has Tian's lead the way, and he also met the Guo family's son, he is not an ordinary businessman, this loss is for nothing.He knew in his heart that the Tian family had just turned against the family a few days ago, and the Guo family must never offend him again.

Glaring fiercely at his clan brother, he hurriedly got out of the car and ran to Guo Yuan, and said with a flattering smile, "Master Guo, I misunderstood, I misunderstood."

"Misunderstanding? Why do I look like I want to rob Brother Han's caravan?"

"Don't dare!" The city lord waved his hands again and again. This crime is not a small one. Seeing Guoyuan's noncommittal look, he suddenly came to his senses, turned around and cupped his hands to Mengdi, saying, "Brother Han, forgive me. As long as you expose this matter, Tian will be at his own risk." Thank you very much.”

Meng Di didn't reach the point of bullying others, so he nodded calmly and said: "Since it's a misunderstanding, let's let it go."

The city lord saw Mengdi being so upbeat, he praised him again and again, and invited the two of them into the city with a very low posture, chatting and laughing all the way, like old friends, Mengdi secretly sighed, this city lord is also a talent, the skill of being able to use both sides is really extraordinary .

Guoyuan met Mengdi by accident, and was very happy, so he no longer refused the banquet of the city lord, and the guests and hosts gathered together happily.

"Unexpectedly, brother Han is also in the salt business." During the meeting, Kunihara asked curiously. Generally, caravans mostly purchase in Linzi, and rarely come directly to the seaside.

"Han has never seen Yantian, and he is quite curious, so he came to see the magnificence." Meng Di smiled.

"There's nothing spectacular to say about it. What I've seen in the past few days are all the salt people struggling to survive." Guoyuan seemed to be a little emotional.

The city lord nodded again and again, loudly complimenting Guo Yuan for caring about the sufferings of the people and caring for the common people, of course he didn't take it seriously in his heart, without these untouchables working hard day and night, how could your Guo clan enjoy wealth?
"It turns out that the son of the country came here in a hurry to observe the people's sentiments." Meng Di said playfully, shaking the wine bottle.

"That's not true." Kunihara hesitated, "Actually, I'm here to find something."

"My lord!" the confidant sent by his father hurriedly interrupted.

"Cough cough." Guoyuan found a slip of the tongue, coughed to cover it up, and enthusiastically invited Meng Di to go to the beach together tomorrow.

Since Guoyuan refused to go into details, naturally no one continued to inquire about it. How come there are no secrets in such a large family as the Guoshi.

As for Mengdi's statement that he came here out of curiosity, no one believed it, thinking it was an excuse.Merchants seek profit, mostly because they think it will be cheaper to purchase directly from Yantian, so they can earn more.

madness!The city lord was secretly amused. The salt fields in Langya belonged to each family, and it was agreed long ago that they could only be transported to Linzi for sale. After a few days when they hit a wall, they would know what was wrong.

In the middle of the night, when the banquet was over, Meng Di stood at the window and stared at the bright moon.

"Husband, why is it such a coincidence that the prince of the country is also in Langya?" Su'er walked into the room with hangover soup.

"Yeah, I'm afraid it's not a coincidence." Judging from the information obtained during the banquet and Tian Chang's secretive situation, the one to deal with is likely to be Guoyuan.

"Su'er, inquiring about the old place where my father-in-law lived in seclusion has to be postponed for a while."

"Everything is up to the husband." Su'er leaned over gently, and the two hugged each other, looking out the window quietly.

Early the next morning, Guoyuan came to invite him, and the group went to the seaside.

Meng Di was a human being and had never seen the sea. Looking at the vast sea, the water and the sky were all in one color, and he was amazed.

"This is Yantian." The city owner volunteered to be the guide.

Looking up, there are countless large and small stone troughs on the beach, and ragged salt workers are busy around.

Salt is the most important resource of Qi State. In fact, the production of salt among the princes is not unique to Qi State. Wu, Yue, Yan and other countries are close to the sea. Needless to say, Qin State and Jin State also have salt wells and salt lakes to mine salt.

But the strange thing is that only the seawater of Qi State produces high-yield and good-quality salt, which has always been a popular item in all countries.

"The most troublesome part of collecting salt is boiling it," the city lord introduced.

After explaining, Meng Di realized that the so-called boiled salt did not boil directly with sea water.

Salt workers first dug trenches and introduced seawater into the salt fields. After being exposed to the wind and the sun, brine would seep out of the salt fields. They would collect a place along the trench at the bottom, pour it into a stone trough and cook it to obtain table salt. up.

"It's simple to say, but in fact, the yield of salt fields is extremely low, and it takes countless efforts to obtain every grain of salt." Kunihara was deeply moved.

"My lord, what the lord ordered has not been completed yet." Guo Xia's confidant couldn't help but stepped forward to remind him.

This... Guoyuan smiled apologetically at Mengdi, asked the city lord to continue to take the tour, and the group left along the beach.

This trip lasted for several days, and Meng Di became impatient in staying in Langya. The city lord appeared to be polite, but in fact he was quite distant. After Tian's guide was released, Xingye rushed back to Linzi. Since someone came to contact me, it seems that I can't wait.

The matter of Tian Rangju was quite unclear, Meng Di didn't dare to inquire in the city rashly, since he had nothing to do, he thought that he might as well go to the countryside to search, maybe he could find some clues.

At this time, the guard reported that there was an old man visiting.

old friend?Who will be here?
A well-covered man walked in and lifted his bamboo hat, who is it not Tian Chang?
"Brother Han, I'm really sorry, something went wrong."

"Mr. Tian, ​​this joke is not a small one. If you don't come again, do you really want me to learn how to cook salt here?"

"Sigh," Tian Chang sighed, "The city lord here is a side branch of the Tian family. For some reason, he suddenly rebelled against the family. He was originally entrusted to take care of Brother Han, but now it's self-defeating."

"This is your Tian's family matter, and has nothing to do with me. Since Mr. Tian came here in person, can the previously agreed matters be carried out?"

"There was a commotion at the gate of the city, and the momentum was too great, so we had to let this matter go."

"Forget it? Mr. Tian said it lightly, but what about the trade route?" Meng Di was startled.

"Brother Han, don't worry, you can't go back on what you promised, I'll take Brother Han there right away."

"Mr. Tian is so generous?" Meng Di stared at Tian Chang suspiciously, he knew the value of the trade route.

"No matter what, Brother Han has traveled hundreds of miles. This is what he deserves." Tian Chang vowed, patting his chest.

That's it, Meng Di thought for a while, it is said that the business route has been obtained, there is no point in staying here, but this matter seems to involve Su'er's father, if he leaves, he will inevitably feel uneasy.

While hesitating, there was a commotion at the door, and the city lord shouted in a thick voice: "Brother Han, is Brother Han here?"

Walking out the door, I saw the city lord running into the yard panting, shouting as he ran, "Brother Han, something has happened, the prince has been taken away!"

(End of this chapter)