After lunch, in the afternoon, Chen Meng came to the Tang Mansion to find Li Yan, but the two had already made an appointment last night, and they had important matters to discuss today.

Sitting in a quiet courtyard, there is a stack of pastries and two cups of tea in front of him.

Li Yan glanced at it slightly, stretched out his hand and hooked it, and motioned for Chen Meng to give something.

When Chen Meng saw Li Yan's action, he looked incomprehensible, looked at Li Yan and asked, "What do you mean?" "I don't know if Chen Meng really doesn't know, or if he doesn't know.

Li Yan didn't get angry when he saw Chen Meng looking unaware, and continued to stretch out his hand. When Chen Meng saw Li Yan like this, he still looked at Li Yan with a look of incomprehension.

When Li Yan saw this, he had to give him a hint and said, "Did you bring something?"

When Chen Meng heard Li Yan's words, he also didn't understand and asked, "What did you let me bring?" ”

Li Yan was speechless when he was asked by Chen Meng, he asked Chen Meng, why did he ask me in turn? So Li Yan rolled his eyes speechlessly, looked at Chen Meng and said expressionlessly:

"What do you say? When you left last night, I told you to bring a Hidden Arrow. Do you really not know, or do you not know? Or don't you bring it? ”

"Uh." Chen Meng was said by Li Yan like this, and his old face couldn't help but blush, and he was a little embarrassed.

In fact, he still remembered this matter, but Li Yan didn't say it explicitly, and he didn't want to give it. After all, he brought a total of three pairs of hidden arrows, in order to prevent them, and some of them broke down in the enemy, and if they wanted to use them in the future, they didn't change them.

In addition to this, there is also the problem of cost, this pair of sleeve arrows, but not according to a pair, but by piece, the cost of each piece, the price is still a bit high.

Although he said that he knew what Li Yan meant, after Li Yan made it clear, he was also slightly embarrassed, but Chen Meng also had the face of being in the rivers and lakes for many years, and the embarrassment was only in an instant.

So I replied to my expression, looked at Li Yan as it was, I understood, and said, "Oh, Childe is referring to this, bring it, bring it." ”

After speaking, Chen Meng took out a sleeve arrow that was exactly the same as yesterday for Li Yan, and also brought twenty-four arrows. After Chen Meng took it out, he handed the thing to Li Yan with a painful face, and said with little interest:

"Childe, the cost of this sleeve arrow is very expensive, one piece costs ten taels of silver, and the production method is complicated. And this thing is not something that ordinary people can make, in the capital, there are only two people who can make this thing. ”

"So Childe must protect it, if it is damaged, in this county, or in the surrounding states and counties, but no one will do it. If you want to do it, you can only go to the capital, so Childe should cherish it. ”

Li Yan didn't care when he saw Chen Meng's painful expression. He took the Hidden Arrow and handed it to himself, looked at it twice, and put it aside. Hearing what Chen Meng said, his brows furrowed, and then he relaxed. Li Yan also understood the meaning of Chen Meng's words, that is, it was difficult to make this thing.

However, Li Yan doesn't believe that this thing can be difficult, and he makes six pieces a month, and I believe that it is still more than enough to rub it. And this thing is just a few taels of fine iron to make a piece, how can it cost ten taels of silver? And a pound of ordinary iron, but only nearly two or three hundred copper plates, not a tael of silver.

A pound of ordinary iron can be forged into seven or eight taels of fine iron, and a pound of fine iron is only one or two taels of silver. Therefore, if you count left and right, a sleeve arrow, plus some columns such as processing fees, is at most five taels of silver. If it is less, it is three or four taels of silver.

So Li Yan found out, I don't know if this Chen Meng was deceived, or was he lying to him?

Hehe, this is mainly because Li Yan didn't understand, another meaning in Chen Meng's words. Chen Meng said that only two people in the real capital can do it, and in the rest of the places, no one will do it, of course, this has to be except for Jiangnan.

So in a radius of thousands of miles in the capital, the people who can do it are those two people, and if you want to do it, you can pay this price. And if you think it's too expensive, then you can choose not to do it. So this Chen Meng just entered the pit, otherwise how could he need ten taels of silver.

Although Li Yan didn't understand the meaning, he took out a silver ticket worth fifty taels of silver, handed it to Chen Meng and said, "Since it's so expensive, I can't let you break the bank, and the rest of the money will help me customize a few pairs." ”

Chen Meng originally still had a painful expression, but after Li Yan took out the silver ticket, when he heard what Li Yan said, he immediately smiled, took the silver ticket from Li Yan with a smile, and said with a smile on his face: "No problem, wait for a while, you can give it to the son." ”

But Chen Meng originally had a happy expression, but when he heard Li Yan's next sentence, he almost choked to death without a mouthful of water.

"Give me what you have left, and the money will be deducted from it." Li Yan saw Chen Meng's expression and said lightly.

When Li Yan said this, he didn't really want to, but mainly because he responded to Chen Meng. Who made him laugh so happy just now.

However, after Li Yan finished saying this, he didn't give Chen Meng time to react, and continued: "Okay, let's cut to the chase, let's talk about it, what did you find in the secret passage last night?" ”

When Chen Meng heard Li Yan's question, he also got serious, looked at Li Yan and said seriously: "There are two entrances in the dark passage, but I don't know which exit this Gao Qiang is coming from, so I will find out if I check this." ”

"And last night I estimated the distance in it, and with the help of its secret passage, I can roughly estimate the exit and the locations in this city."

"Oh, yes, okay, I know it's here." Li Yan nodded and said: "Don't be busy with these two first, after we go to Gaofu tonight, you can see if you can go out through the exit, if you can, go out and see if you can find something." ”

"And then we're taking action based on this, after surveying the distribution of high-strength industries with those people. However, before the action, I think we have to ask this Gaibei about this matter, and see what Gaibei knows about this high-strength industry. ”

"As long as it can be right, we are not in a hurry to check it first, but to check what is not right. This is mainly to check what kind of people and identities the Turks who met with Gao Qiang. If we can know how many people they have come, this is the best, so that we can make arrangements, otherwise there will be too many people on the other side, and we will be the ones who suffer. ”

"Good. Just do what Childe says. When Chen Meng heard what Li Yan said, he nodded without an opinion.

After agreeing with Li Yan yesterday, Chen Meng sent a letter to the capital, asking the capital to increase manpower here, the purpose of which was to prevent a shortage of manpower. And the people who arranged to go outside the city to investigate were also not very manpowered.

In the following time, after Li Yan and Chen Meng agreed on some matters, Chen Meng just said goodbye and left. And Li Yan began to have nothing to do, with two sleeve arrows and short swords, so he had to wander back to the house to see Zhang Xin, as well as the parents of Wen Jing and Wen Monkey, Wen Tao and Qing Ai. There are also Wang Yan's parents, Wang Yi and Zhao Li and several others.

Wen Tao and Qing Ai and his wife, as well as Wang Yi and Zhao Li and his wife, have found good jobs in the county town. The work they are looking for in the county town is also relatively easy, and the salary is not good, and the monthly salary is two or three taels of silver.

Therefore, whether it is Wen Tao and Qing Ai, or Wang Yi and Zhao Li, in this county, the income of two people a year will reach fifty or sixty taels of silver, and this income is relatively wealthy in the county.

So no matter which side it is, no matter which one it is, everybody is overjoyed, because they never thought that one day their income would reach such a level. It would take at least four or five years for an income like theirs to reach this standard in the previous place.

So they are very grateful to Li Yan, and even more grateful to Tang Liwen and Li Yushi, because this job is all what Li Yushi found for them. If it weren't for Li Yan, they would still be in that village now, if it weren't for Tang Liwen and Li Yushi, their annual income would only be one or twenty taels of silver.

However, the two couples worked outside, and Zhang Xin enjoyed it at home. After all, Zhang Xinnian has a high career and is half a hundred, how could he be asked to do something outside?

Even if Zhang Xin wanted to go out and do something, Li Yan would not agree. So in addition to when there is nothing to do, it is to take care of the flowers, fruits and vegetables planted in the house, and it is not appropriate to live a good life.

However, when Li Yan hummed a little song along the way and walked in the direction of the house, what he didn't know was that he was also being targeted.

Li Yan came to the door of the house, knocked on the door slightly, and someone opened the door. The one who opened the door was a child who was only a teenager, who was hired by Li Yan to be in charge of guarding the door, called Little Peach.

Li Yanzhao's people are not only Xiao Taozi, but also two maids, two housekeepers, and a cook. The two maids take care of Wen Jing and Wang Yannu, and the two housekeepers are responsible for the daily life in the house, and the cooks don't need everyone to know.

Xiao Taozi opened the door, saw that it was Li Yan, and saluted and said, "Childe, you're back." ”

Li Yan nodded slightly and asked, "My grandfather is inside, right?" ”

Little Peach said, "Yes." ”

When Li Yan heard that someone was there, he nodded slightly and said, "You continue to be on duty." After Li Yan finished speaking, he entered the door directly.

When Little Peach heard Li Yan's words, she nodded politely. After Li Yan entered the house, he closed the door directly.