In the Yunjia Inn on Chengzhong Street in Luzhou, Li Shiyi has been living in with a few brothers for three days, and they pretend to be merchants from Lin'an, and they have made bold moves, and it didn't take long for them to become "distinguished guests" in the eyes of the shopkeeper. The location of this inn is located at the top of the middle street, and the T-junction in front of it is where the Luzhou state capital is located, and with the eight-fold telescope in your hand, you can clearly see the door from the window of the second-floor house.

Although Huaixi was already the frontier of the Great Song Dynasty, when the war was at its most intense, merchants from all over the world could also do their own business in every detail, seeking wealth and danger, which was not an empty word. In the inn where Li Shiyi and the others stayed, as far as Guangnan, as far as Shuzhong, and even from various provinces of the enemy country, it was not surprising that as long as they entered this Luzhou City, they could be carefully protected.

In ancient times, merchants were often inextricably linked to the government, and then they could also play other roles, such as emissaries, such as spies, and so on. There are in Luzhou City, Lin'an City, and the capital city of Tatars, as long as there are merchants, these are unavoidable, of course, Li Shiyi has no leisure to care about these now, he is staring at other things.

It was already dark, but there were red lanterns hanging in front of the state mansion, which illuminated the front of the door, so there was no need to use night vision devices, and Li Shiyi could clearly see what everyone who came in and out of here looked like. He came from Huangzhou, and according to Liu Yu's instructions, only Hei Niu and the other two brothers were left there, keeping an eye on the development of the war, and the other ten people followed him and scattered into the city, in order not to attract attention, they were divided into several groups and lived in different places.

In addition to the state capital, that is, Xia Gui's marshal's mansion, the monitoring team here has arranged personnel in Xia Gui's mansion, garrison barracks and other places in the city, and the results will be summarized here every day, and then the key points will be analyzed. It's just that they don't have the kind of high-definition cameras that later generations have, and they can only rely on words to describe the appearance of the target person.

"Dutou, this man sent people out of the city again, and the brothers followed him to the gate of the city, and when they saw what he had done, they were opened and let go, and they didn't dare to step forward too much, for fear of being seen by others, and it was probably a token or something." One of his men walked up to him with a piece of paper and pointed out a name to him.

Li Shiyi retracted his gaze, handed the telescope to another subordinate, and took the piece of paper, the name on it he knew, it was currently their key monitoring target, there was a special person responsible for tracking, and everything would be recorded in detail, in Liu Yu's words, "I want to know how many sets of clothes he has changed and what he has eaten in a day,"

"It's still the same sentence, don't alarm him, even if it's lost, it doesn't matter, you have to wait until Taishou arrives to make a decision." Li Shiyi returned the paper to him, this person can basically be sure that he was sent by the Tartars, when he came, what he was going to do, with their roots, he couldn't find out the details, but he was able to enter and leave the state capital lightly and leave the city at night with an order, which shows that the origin is not small.

After some tracking, the whereabouts of this person have been roughly grasped, and he ostensibly runs a trading house, which is the kind of structure that has a front store and a back house. There are no female dependents in the family, Jinghu accent, and I didn't find the obvious Northic language sandwiched in it, but unfortunately I can't get too close and can't see more things.

The fleet escorting Wang Lixin's coffin back north has not yet arrived in Luzhou City, and there are still 200 people sent by Taishou there. It's just that there are so many fresh faces suddenly in Luzhou City, whether it will arouse the vigilance of people with a heart, is what Li Shiyi needs to worry about.

Luzhou City is relatively small compared to the metropolis of Jiankang Mansion and Lin'an Mansion, and there are only three or four main streets in the city, dividing the city into several large blocks.

The south of the city is such a lively place, Ma Lao Liu is in front of the door of a big mansion, leaning on a crooked neck tree to pick his teeth, his eyes casually skimming the people in and out, just like looking at a fat sheep. He is a stout Huaixi man, who fled from his hometown on the border, relying on brute force and desperate strength, he laid down this country, of course, it is not without a price, a scar on his face is more than a foot long, extending from the eyebrow bone to the corner of the mouth, hideously making people dare not look at each other.

The name of "Nancheng Liulang" is very loud in this area, not only these Qinglou gambling stalls, but his biggest profit comes from several wharves on the Jindou River that runs through the city.

The fighting in the nearby state capital did not seem to have had much impact on the city, and the wharves were still "full of department stores, thousands of rows", and the two sides of the strait were "full of goods and merchants". Countless merchant ships sailed from the Huai River above and the big river below, and converged in this transit place known as "Huai's right throat and Jiangnan's lips and teeth".

Now he is no longer satisfied with the low-level business model of tax and oil choke, there are too many brothers under his command, and it is not enough to deal with those mouths for eating, so he simply started his own private goods, anyway, there are ready-made docks, get some boats, open up several city gates of guards, and a smuggling channel flowing with gold water has been established, and the main goods he does are the world-famous "Huai Yan".

Huai salt is produced in Huaidong, the spring and autumn coastal began to boil the sea for salt, the Han Dynasty ~ began the government to recruit people to fry salt, mow grass for frying, burn hot iron, boil the sea for salt, day and night can produce 1,000 catties. Tang Dynasty ~ ditching to divert the tide, laying pavilions, drying ash and brine, skimming frying pan boiling, and began to set up a special field for salt production. By the time of the Great Song Dynasty, the process of boiling the sea for salt was very mature.

Of course, the chain of interests on this road is very wide, and the state capital alone involves as many as seven or eight roads, but even so, the benefits obtained are still exciting. Ma Lao Liu looked at the direction of the street, it stands to reason that the first batch of salt ships this month is almost about to arrive, and the dark and windy wind is high this month, so don't go wrong.

A series of footsteps came from the other side of the street, Ma Lao Liu was still picking his teeth unhurriedly, the short blade in his hand flashed with cold light, and the tip of the blade flexibly drilled between his teeth, but it did not hurt the flesh and skin in the slightest. A few splashes beside him gathered over, staring at the human figure that appeared in the night, Ma Lao Liu glanced at it and keenly felt that the number of people was wrong, and there seemed to be a few more.

"Liulang, the boat has been parked, the goods have been counted, there is no difference, the brothers are moving there, we are going straight in from the Jindou Gate, and the king who guards the door is not embarrassed, but he just knocked on Lao Tzu fifty gold, damn it, it's too black-hearted." Ma Lao Liu didn't look at him, and after a "hmm", he threw himself behind the people who came, and those people covered their heads and faces with sackcloth, only revealing a pair of eyes, and the leader looked at him, with a familiar feeling.

"Sixth brother, I haven't seen you for a few years, don't you recognize so-and-so?" The man laughed, unveiled his head, revealing a thick bearded square face, Ma Lao Liu was stunned suddenly, and then remembered, put away the short blade and stepped forward, the two approached each other, each raised his fist and smashed it on the other's shoulder, and then laughed.

"Chen Xiaoyi, you shit, which gust of wind blew you here?" A terrifying smile bloomed on Ma Lao Liu's face, which made everyone who saw it for the first time tremble, but Chen Xiaoyi was unmoved, after all, after all these years, how many elements of those previous friendships are there, it is hard to say now, so I can only take my time.

"I smell the smell of meat, the sixth brother's craftsmanship, I have been hungry for many years, and now I don't know if it is still like in the past?" Chen Xiaoyi smiled and played with him, Ma Lao Liu smiled unabated, hugged him over, and walked towards a small courtyard next to the casino.

"Xiao Yi, I know that you are so fresh in Jiankang Mansion, you can't look down on our rural place, you are a brother, you don't get drunk today, you don't return, when you get to this realm, you can talk about big things while eating." Ma Lao Liu greeted him indifferently, and the few subordinates brought by Chen Xiaoyi naturally had his brothers pick them up.

Chen Xiaoyi's heart sank for a moment, the sixth brother didn't answer immediately, it seems that he is not fooled as he imagined, no wonder, the bowl of rice he eats, he pins his head to his waist every day, that is, he is a person who has no heart, after mixing it for a long time, he can open up how many tricks, otherwise he doesn't know how to die, he quietly reached out and hugged back, and the two walked into the house like brothers.

At this moment, in the Shuai Si Mansion, which was monitored day and night by Li Shiyi with binoculars, the old handsome Xia Gui was sitting in the hall with his eyes open, and several young maids were gently knocking his legs and rubbing his shoulders.

No wonder he is in a hurry, in addition to being a woman, he hopes to plant seeds in those young bodies, and he can see the birth of his son again in his lifetime. Just as he was thinking about it, a staff member with a rat whisker walked in from outside the door.

"The surname Yi is gone? No one saw it. Xia Gui still asked half-closed, seemingly casually, the staff looked at the maids, and didn't speak for a long time, Xia Gui opened his eyes and waved his hand to let them retreat to the inner room.

"Went out from the back door, a certain person personally sent to the street, the handsome don't worry, this Luzhou City is the place where we are waiting, up and down the iron bucket, who dares to say half a word." The staff leaned closer and said softly.

"The Tartar is also urging his life, he has to make a decision early in the morning,, how comfortable Lao Tzu is here, what can I do when I go to them? Look at the fate of the Lu family, I don't want to follow behind, if you come again, you can deal with it for me, there is no big deal to worry about again. Xia Gui waved his hand impatiently.

"Having said that, after all, the Yuan people are powerful, and it is not good to offend them lightly." The staff's words made Xia Gui's head big for a while, and he simply got up and prepared to go home, but after taking a few steps, he thought of something again and turned around.

"What did the people who came say that the family of Mrs. Wang was going to cross the border, do you think there would be other intentions?" Listening to Xia Gui's words, the staff thoughtfully touched the few broken beards.

"Don't be unguarded, a certain meeting will explain to a few city guards, let them take strict precautions, as long as the accompanying sergeants are not allowed to enter the city, there will be no big problem." The staff said what he thought, and Xia Gui patted his thin shoulder when he heard this, and with a "hmm" sound, he raised his feet and walked out.