My younger brother Lü Fengxian

Chapter 128 New Blood
"The road is wide open, we can go our separate ways. Are you even going to control which road my Lu's caravan takes?"

"Your Zhongshan Chamber of Commerce is a little too overbearing!"

Lu Yi sneered, not afraid of Wang Fu's threat at all.

He now has a stronghold, a fortress built, and abundant food and fodder.

Building high walls, storing up food supplies, and slowly declaring oneself king have already achieved the second goal.

They are just a group of smugglers. What is there to be afraid of even if they are rich?
As soon as the Yellow Turbans rise up, the rules of the world will change immediately.

The strong are respected and the winner is king!
"You...you...you..." Wang Fu was choked by Lu Yi and couldn't breathe for a long time. He wanted to rely on the Zhongshan Chamber of Commerce to bully others, but the tragic death of his servant left a deep impression on him.

He stuttered for a long time, but still didn't dare to say the threatening words.

"If we don't agree, there's no point in talking. Since Lord Wang Fu is quite dissatisfied with me, you'd better leave quickly. If you and your servants are still within the Jiuyuan Pavilion after dark, don't blame me, Lu, for being ruthless!"

Now that the relationship had been exposed, Lu Yi dropped his disguise and issued an ultimatum to Wang Fu directly.

Lu Yi was ashamed to be inferior to others and had a great desire for power.

There is no possibility of reconciliation between him and the Zhongshan smuggling group.

Even if Zhongshan Group doesn't come to cause trouble for him, he will go to cause trouble for Su Shuang and others.

There can only be one owner of the smuggled horses in Bingzhou.

Wang Fu saw that Lu Yi was unwilling to surrender just as Su Shuang and others had guessed, so he was so horrified that he didn't even bother to say anything harsh. He didn't dare to stay and went directly to Zhongshan overnight to inform Su Shuang and others.

Lu Yi ignored him and concentrated on managing the grain harvest.

By the end of August, the actual harvest was as good as Lu Yi had expected.

After more than ten days of harvesting, Lu Yi harvested more than 40,000 shi of grain.

With so much grain entering Luwu's granary, he immediately felt more confident.

Near the end of August, Zhen's payment for goods, construction materials, and the 60,000 shi of grain agreed upon with Lu Yi arrived one after another.

One hundred thousand shi of grain directly filled half of the twenty granaries built by Lu Yi!
With nearly 10 million in payment for goods and building materials, Luwu began to build with all its strength.

The first phase is expected to be completed by the end of September.

The second stage is to fully develop the houses in Luwu, but this matter cannot be rushed and can only be considered after the beginning of next spring.

In early September, Lu Yi led Gao Shun and others and Jia Tong to Mayi again and met the caravan led by Cheng Lian unexpectedly.

The caravan once again returned with a full load of 800 horses, of which Lu Yi alone took 500.

This is another 10 million in revenue.

And this is just the Mayi Great Wall area. If other states and counties are included, I am afraid that the profits from horse smuggling in the entire Han Dynasty will be calculated in billions!
With such an endless source of income, how could Lu Yi voluntarily give it up in order to join the Zhongshan smuggling group?

After arranging Gao Shun and Jia Tong to take over the caravan and set off again, Lu Yi understood that this would be the penultimate trading trip of the year.

Once in late autumn in September and once in early winter in October.

Snow starts to fall on the grassland in November, and the roads are closed and the rivers are frozen, making it impossible to travel.

At this time, the Hu people would start to plunder southwards due to the increasing consumption of supplies such as cattle and sheep. If the caravan forced to take the risk to trade, it would only be a waste of life.

But that's enough.

The remaining two business opportunities are enough for Lu Yi to accumulate a considerable fortune before the heavy snow and ice.

After arranging the affairs of the caravan, Lu Yi was eager to go to see Zhang Wan'er and Qiqige. Zhang Wan'er's belly was slightly bulging, and she looked a little pregnant.

Qiqige has always been serving Zhang Wan'er with all her heart and soul.

The relationship between the two became closer.

"Seeing that both of you are safe and sound, I feel relieved." Lu Yi hugged his two wives one by one and breathed a sigh of relief.

Before he got married, he just had a vague idea of ​​building a career.

However, as his power expanded rapidly step by step, and after he married Zhang Wan'er and Qiqige successively, his ambitions began to take shape.

Especially after Zhang Wan'er became pregnant, Lu Yi had offspring. This ambition not only did not die out, but was fully nurtured.

He wants to give the best to his wife and children.

This is an instinct deeply rooted in the male blood.

"After the construction of the Patriarch's Mansion in Luwu is completed next month, our family of four will be able to reunite in Jiuyuan and no longer have to travel back and forth every month!"

Lu Yi smiled.

The family of four he mentioned naturally included the fetus in Zhang Wan'er's belly.

However, Zhang Wan'er corrected him with a smile: "Husband, you are wrong. Now we should be a family of five."

"A family of five..." Lu Yi was stunned when he heard this.

But when he saw Qiqige's blushing face, he finally understood what Zhang Wan'er said.

"Qiqige, are you pregnant?" Lu Yi exclaimed.

"Yes, husband. I started having morning sickness a few days ago. After the midwife checked me, it was confirmed that I was pregnant!"

After more than a month, Qiqige's Chinese level has improved dramatically and she can now have normal conversations. At this moment, she is gently nestled in Lu Yi's arms, her face full of happiness.

"What's wrong? Husband, aren't you happy that Qiqige is pregnant?" Zhang Wan'er asked curiously when she saw that Lu Yi looked a little depressed.

"Happy!" Lu Yi's face was a little stiff, and he forced a smile, "The Lu family is going to lick the new guy again, so of course I am happy."

But he felt extremely depressed in his heart.

"Is my shooting skill so accurate? Every shot hits the target!"

"It's just that now both my wives are pregnant, who can I tell all these secrets I have in my heart..."

Just when Lu Yi was feeling sad for little Lu Yi.

The atmosphere inside the Su Mansion in Zhongshan was even more gloomy.

"This Lu Yi really has the intention of being independent. He never thought about joining our Zhongshan Chamber of Commerce from the beginning. His original false surrender and the three-month agreement were just a delaying tactic!"

Zhang Shiping was furious, and did not have the calm demeanor of a deputy leader as usual.

"This bastard actually dared to play tricks on our Zhongshan Chamber of Commerce. If we let him go unharmed, our Zhongshan Chamber of Commerce will become the laughing stock of the entire Hebei Province!"

Losing the Mayi trade route was not a big problem, but if Su Shuang and Zhang Shiping did not get their revenge after being cleansed by Lu Yi, I am afraid that their prestige would be greatly damaged.

The Zhongshan smuggling group that they had worked so hard to assemble would leave them in disappointment when they saw that their two leaders were bullied by others but were still timid and did not dare to retaliate.

This is the main reason why Zhang Shiping was so angry!
(End of this chapter)