Li Qianqian turned around and looked for Liu Erlai, carefully asked about the geographical environment of Zhong Wucheng, and knew that there were mountains, rivers and plains, so he knew in his heart.

"This thirteen princes suddenly appeared, where did they all operate before they became known as maritime merchants?"

Liu Er and they have been digging his old bottom for a long time, but the results are not good, the thirteenth prince was just a businessman before, and his deeds are all over the Zhongzhou Continent, if he already knows his identity, then his industry will probably not use his own name when it is registered, Liu Er It is not so easy for them to check.

Besides, since the whereabouts of the Thirteen Princes are all over the countries of the Zhongzhou Continent, and each country has to send people to investigate, how much manpower and material resources will it take! The most important thing is that they don't have that much time.

"Who are the wives of the thirteen princes, how many wives and concubines are there, how many of the sons are born, how many are the concubines, how many are the concubines, how many are the concubines, who are the concubines, and what are their origins?

Li Qianqian threw out a series of questions, and Liu Eryi listened a little blindly, "Sect Master, you ......"

"The wife of the thirteenth prince is a match?"

Liu Er thought for a while and nodded yes, "Then send someone to find out her family background, who she is, and who else is in the family, and then the origin of the concubine who gave birth to the first concubine, and the rest are tired." ”

"What do you mean by this?" Liu Er promised, but couldn't help but ask.

"Since the thirteen princesses are the first match, it is likely that when they got married, her family knew the identity of the thirteen princes. "Maybe the thirteen princes can rise to the top and return to the royal family, and there is also a credit to her and her mother's family, some men use women, take advantage of the power and financial resources of the Yue family, and kill donkeys after they soar.

"If we can find out who she is, we may be able to find out where the Thirteen Princes' arsenal was built. ”

Liu Er nodded, "To build an arsenal, to have talents and manpower, to have iron mines, to be secret, but not to be completely isolated from the world......"

He thought of the fief of the eldest princess of Ruyang in Southern Chu, and the reason why Prince Ping cooperated with her was that in addition to the fact that the Marquis of Pingchuan was an outstanding military general who could train elite soldiers for him, there were iron mines near her fiefdom, as well as gold and silver mines.

There are mountains and forests around Zhongwu City, so I don't know if there is iron in them?

Otherwise, he really couldn't think of it, but the marriage of a concubine, even if he was favored, was it necessary for him to come in person with a prince? Unless, Zhong Wucheng had something he wanted, such as building an arsenal in the hidden mountains and forests.

But since all of his men have sleeved crossbows in their hands, does that mean that the old arsenal is a good one for its production, and it is necessary to build a new one?

Li Qianqian smiled and replied, "Do you think that an arsenal is enough to meet his needs? What if he not only wants to ascend to the throne, but also wants to use the capture of the cities of Southern Chu or Zhao to make meritorious contributions and increase his weight to become the next emperor?"

Then an arsenal is clearly insufficient. "Do you know how many soldiers the Thirteenth Prince has?"

Liu Er shook his head and smiled bitterly, "This is really hard to check." ”

Because the Eastern Qi Dynasty is near the sea, and the Thirteen Princes started as a maritime merchant, which means that he has sea ships, and how many islands there are in the sea off the Eastern Qi Dynasty, people do not know at the time, but they only know that there are other countries on the other side of the sea, and there are many countries with sea ships.

Many maritime merchants in the Eastern Qi Dynasty did not build bases in the territory, but built wharves on islands in the open sea, and they moored their ships on their own wharves to communicate with foreign merchant ships.

Therefore, the maritime merchants of the Eastern Qi Dynasty not only had money, but also owned the islands and respected themselves, and on their territory, they were kings and emperors.

"If the arsenal of the Thirteen Princes is built on an overseas island, then we want to find it, it's really ......"

"It's possible, but we have to see how big the island is overseas, which can produce iron ore and whether there are dense forests to fuel him. ”

If there is iron and no firewood, it has to be transported from somewhere else, and if there is firewood and no iron, it must also be transported, but she doesn't think that the arsenal of the Thirteen Princes will be built on an island in the open sea, because the danger index is too high, if it is discovered by foreigners, and then robbed it, and when it is transported back to the mainland, it will overturn the ship in the wind and waves, causing the ship to capsize, and all the weapons will fall into the sea, wouldn't all the hard work be in vain?

However, if the island of the Thirteen Princes is close to the mainland, in order to avoid people's eyes, maybe it will really be built on the island!

Liu Er understood, to do these things, without the help of the local head snake, it would not be able to hide from people, and if a random person said that he slipped his mouth and spread it, it would be a catastrophe!

The Thirteenth Prince was only a merchant's son at first, and if he didn't know his identity, he might not have thought too much about the wife he married, perhaps because of his beginnings, the daughter of the little squire could help him deal with the rivals or customers in the mall.

But he has to know his identity early on, and when he marries a wife, he may take into account the follow-up, the daughter of the little squire's family will definitely not be able to bear the burden of a princess, and he also needs the Yue family's help in the early days, whether it is money or connections.

"In short, let's find out the identity of the thirteen princesses first. ”

"What about the other favorite concubines?"

"Check it too, and then see who among them likes to go against the thirteen princesses the most, and who is close to the thirteen princesses. ”

Liu Er nodded, secretly relieved, during this time, the Great Sect Master was in a hurry, but they didn't get anything, they were really anxious, now that they have the direction of the investigation, when the Great Sect Master asks again, they will never hand in the blank paper again.

On the other hand, Feng Gongzi also learned from Meng Dasheng that this thirteen princes are very capable, long before he became famous as a maritime businessman, he was already the owner of a big business, but he rarely showed up, and those who came out to discuss business were several of his deputies, but Meng Dasheng said that he felt that among those deputies, there should be the sons of the thirteen princes.

Because the bearing is different from the other deputies, and the attitude of the people below them is also more respectful.

"What's the name of this business?" Li Shu asked after listening to him.

"Xudong firm. Feng Gongzi said, before the words fell, Li Shu, Lan Hai and Jin Yi were all stunned.

Seeing this, Feng Gongzi couldn't help but be suspicious, "What's wrong?"

"Xudong Firm! The original name of the Thirteenth Prince was Lu Xuchang, and then he opened a Xudong Firm, well, if he doesn't know his background at all, then the name of this Xudong Firm is really too coincidental. ”

Feng Gongzi touched his chin, "I heard earlier that the old owner of Xudong Firm is old and plans to pass on the family business to his sons, but the sons fought fiercely, and finally forced the old owner to split the family business into several parts and distribute it to the sons, just hoping to calm their disputes." ”

"It won't be after the Thirteenth Prince returns to the royal family, right?"

"Around that time, because there was news that the exiled prince had been recognized, the matter of the Xudong firm did not attract attention, and those who would pay attention to it were probably only those who had something to do with this firm. ”

After Feng Gongzi finished speaking, Jin Yi immediately nodded in agreement.

"What about the Xudong firm right now?"

"I have to send someone to check on this again. ”

They don't have the data of the Xudong firm on hand, so they can only check it now, but there may be records in the record building of Fengjiazhuang, but they have to send someone to read it, and it is not something that can be known immediately.

While waiting for others to check the news, Li Shu and the others had nothing to do, so they delved into the clues that Zhang Lao had discovered before.

"Great Sect Master, do you want to clean up the few remaining Dharma Protectors in Dongqi by the way?"

"That Li Ye, are they done making trouble?"

Jin shook his head, "Li Ye, they have already gone home, and in addition to the great damage to their vitality in this confrontation, their treasury has also lost a lot." ”

As soon as people come out, they have to spend money, Li Ye hates Geng Protector to death, and kills so many of his sons, even if there are many sons, but the loss of one is one! Not to mention that there is another one of them, which is extremely favored by him, so he died unexpectedly, and asked him to send a white-haired person to a black-haired person, can he not hate?

So he vowed to destroy the Geng family.

Geng Protector couldn't understand at all, what was this old man crazy about, and it wasn't his decision to stop supporting his uprising, but this old man seemed to be crazy, so he bit him to death, and really thought he was a vegetarian?

Thinking that he was kidnapped to Zhao Guo for no reason, Geng Protector couldn't let go of Li Ye as soon as he thought of this great humiliation.

It's just a pity that Li Ye was unintentional, and when Geng Protector was still suffering in Zhao State, he had already attacked the Geng family, and Geng Protector himself was injured by drugs and lost his roots, so he reluctantly returned to Dongqi, and when he confronted Li Ye, he gradually tended to have the upper hand, and he vomited blood and died not long after.

As soon as he died, the rest of the Geng family could still bear it, and it didn't take long for him to be cleaned up by Li Ye's people.

"Those books from the Geng Protector Family?"

"Li Ye thinks those things are cumbersome, although Li Shen strongly advocates that he should keep the treasures of the Geng family, but his uncles are not willing to spend effort to bring those things back, and ask someone to estimate them, if those things are sold, they are worth at least 100,000 taels of silver, but to bring them home, it will probably cost 10,000 or 20,000 to hire a boat or a car to transport them, and hire someone to accompany them to protect them. ”

"That's too low, isn't it?" Li Shu asked, raising an eyebrow.

Feng Gongzi smiled, "This price is just right! How can it be too low?" It was the people of Fengjiazhuang who went to the appraisal and bought it, Fengjiazhuang had a rudder in Dongqi, and one of the livelihoods was the auction house, so he could auction all the properties of the Geng family in one go.

"What about the books?"

"I'll let people sort it out first. Feng Gongzi promised him.

Li Shu smiled and bent his eyes, "How much money should I give you?"

"It's hard to say, but don't worry, our Fengjiazhuang is the most fair in business, and we won't make random offers. ”

"Uh-huh. ”

Zhang Lao knew that he had obtained the Geng family's collection of books, and he was so happy that he couldn't sleep, "I wonder if there are any clues in his books that can solve the mystery?"

I haven't seen the book yet, and no one can be sure.

After Meng Dasheng complained to Feng Gongzi, he was asked to help by a friend of Wulin.

When he left, Li Shu asked Feng Gongzi, "How did he know about Xudong Firm?"

"It seems that the shop manager left by his mother said it. ”

In the past, Meng Dasheng didn't care about things, and no one helped them when they encountered problems, but now although Meng Dasheng doesn't take care of things much, he has finally recovered his property, and he will no longer let those people in the Meng family dictate his mother's dowry.

Xudong Firm used to be one of the firms they cooperated with, but as their old boss became seriously ill, Xudong Firm split up and gradually declined.

The old housekeeper told Meng Dasheng about this because he hoped that he would not follow the path of the old owner of Xudong Firm and throw away his mother's dowry shop.

None of them expected that there was no old owner in Xudong Firm, there was only one owner, Lu Xuchang, the thirteenth prince at present, as for why Xudong Firm was suspected of declining, they had to wait for news.

The matter of the Xudong business has not been found out, and the Geng family's collection of books has been sent over first, and it has only been two days since the book pile has been buried in the pile, and the news that Li Qianqian asked people to send it has arrived.

After Li Shu and the others finished reading it, they asked people to send it to Li Jingshi.

Li Shaoxi's brothers came over soon, after the two brothers changed their appearance for a while, they pretended to be the first Xiucai, as soon as they received the news, they went out to greet each other, Li Mingxi put on a scribe's uniform as a Xiucai, and he was quite presentable, who said that a scholar can't be strong?

Li Shaoxi is very decent, he has a long figure and a jade tree in the wind, and his smile is elegant and elegant, which is not inferior to Li Shu and Feng Gongzi.

Seeing that the eyes of the girls who were guarding outside Li Shu's guest house were straight, Li Mingxi saw so many women gathered outside, and glared at them in a very bad mood, he had killed people on the battlefield, this stare made those women tremble, and they sent people to find out who this person was, why did it look so terrible?

So the nymphomaniac's eyes fell on the elegant Li Shaoxi.

Li Shaoxi looks much more amiable!

However, he looked very similar to Li Mingxi, and those girls couldn't help but guess.

Because Li Shu and Feng Gongzi are both from the rivers and lakes, they all went to the people in the rivers and lakes to guess, and no one thought that their brothers would be the generals of Southern Chu.

"Strange, why haven't you seen Feng Gongzi come out in the past few days?"

"That's right! That Li Da Sect Master hasn't seen anyone for a few days!"

"You say, these two brothers who came today are sacred?"

"We know this, oh, we are the daughters of the official family, how can you know about these people in the rivers and lakes. ”

"Come on, I still have to pay back the daughter of the official family! I'm just donating to the official, and I really think I'm the daughter of the official family! Your family donates the money from the official, and it's not for business? The mud on this foot hasn't dried yet! Are you anxious to look down on people?" The young lady who spoke was the daughter of a noble noble, and she thought that she was higher than the two of them.

As for Miss Yang Er, who was outside the restaurant box before, shouting to see Feng Gongzi, she shrank in the corner, and her maid came over with a tray very timidly.

"Miss, why don't you have a drink?"

"Get out. ”

"Miss, the slave really didn't forget it on purpose. ”

"Hmph!" Miss Yang Er ignored her, and tears of grievance kept falling.

The maid had no choice but to take the cooled brown sugar ginger mother tea.

When he came out, he met the daughter-in-law of the Yang family, "What's the matter? Second Miss is useless?"

"No, ignore me at all, you say, can you blame me for this? Obviously, she was greedy for cold, ate cold drinks, and had unbearable abdominal pain when she was a child, is it my fault?"

The housekeeper's daughter-in-law said in her heart, "You are a maid who is not good at waiting, and you dare to ask me when you are scolded?" ”

"It's useless, the young lady is bent on that Feng Gongzi, and if she wants her to be honest and obedient, she probably has to find that Feng Gongzi to persuade her. The maid said angrily.

The housekeeper's daughter-in-law smiled bitterly, if she is not a relative, she really wants to find Feng Gongzi to persuade Miss for this matter, that is a shame for the dead!

Their young lady has a good vision, but unfortunately she has no self-knowledge, even if Feng Gongzi is interested in her, the eldest of the family will not agree to marry her to a Jianghu person, not to mention that people don't even know who she is!