Jiang Lan handed over the immortal lock to Xu Aicai: "Brother Xu, today's junior brother is really an eye-opener. ”

"Brother Jiang, you really have two brushes! You have discovered this royal thing...... Hey, how did you figure it out? Xu Aicai said while fiddling with the gold chain, he wanted to fight according to Jiang Lan's method, but he couldn't spell it.

"Carving insect little skill! Brother Xu smiled when he saw it...... "Although Jiang Lan's heart was full of surprise, he still remembered the purpose of his coming. He suddenly changed his words: "Brother Xu, you also know that the younger brother came to Jingxiang to do some small business and chat to support his family. Brother Xu lives here and is one of the best tycoons in the local area, so he must know some lucrative business. I wonder if my brother can give me some advice and give my younger brother some advice? ”

Xu Aicai usually likes to listen to other people's praises the most, and when he heard Jiang Lande's words, he was full of beauty, and his heart immediately blossomed. He shook his fat head and smiled: "Brother, this is the right question!" If I want to talk about the understanding of this Jingxiang's business, I want to say that I am the second, and no one dares to say that he is the first! Besides, with the friendship between the two of us, don't say 'one or two', what's the harm in sharing the business in my hands with you? ”

He boasted to himself for a while, and finally got to the point: "If you want to say that this Jingxiang has a lot of money-making business, what silk cloth, specialty tea, jade jewelry...... You can make money selling these. But when it comes to the most profitable, it has to be those things that can't be put on the surface......" Saying this, a sly smile hung on the corner of Xu Aicai's mouth.

"Oh? What does Brother Xu mean by the 'things that can't be put on the surface'? Jiang Lan pretended not to know, but he was secretly happy in his heart - this Xu Aicai is too stupid! I just tried it, but I didn't expect the other party to put it together.

"Hehe, Brother Jiang is my own person, and I won't hide it from you...... The so-called can't be put on the surface, which is naturally a business that is expressly prohibited by some imperial courts. I don't tell my brother that the reason why I have grown bigger and bigger over the years is mainly because of two kinds of business: one is slaves and maids, and the other is ordnance. ”

Really! I really checked the right direction!

Jiang Lan pretended to be curious and asked, "Brother Tai, forgive the little brother for being stupid." The younger brother really can't think of any money to be made from these two transactions. ”

"You haven't done it, so you don't know the doorway. Let's take the labor business as an example, we have tens of millions of people in Jingxiang. There are many rich people, and there are many poor people. There are many poor families who have a lot of children, but they can afford to give birth and cannot afford to raise them. So I sent people around to the poor homes and bought their children over the age of 10 at very low prices.

The men were sold to the homes of the rich everywhere, and were used as domestic slave house laborers, or as laborers; The female is sold to the Qinglou or the rich and noble family to be a concubine...... Under the purchase low and high selling, there is a lot of money. ”

Listening to Xu Aicai's words, Jiang Lan had a 'so so' expression on his face, but he was very disgusted in his heart. Jiang Lan is not a fledgling bastard anymore, and he has not never seen such a person as an inappropriate person. But seeing that Xu Aicai actually bought and sold big people as goods, and he was complacent when he mentioned it, he was really a little suspicious: Isn't the life of the poor not life......

Seeing that Jiang Lan didn't speak, Xu Aicai only thought that he hadn't understood the doorway, so he continued: "This slave and maid trade is nothing, if Brother Jiang wants to do it, he can do the same when he returns to the northwest." But when it comes to the arms deal, Brother Jiang can't do it if he wants to. ”

"What do you mean by that?"

Xu Aicai shook off the folding fan and shook it, and said with a smug face: "There is no other reason, but you have to have a way to come from this ordnance, right?" Brothers are just ordinary people, where do they get the relationship to get ordnance? ”

"That's right...... It's just that I don't know where Brother Tai came from? Could it be Lord Lingzun......" Seeing that he was about to ask the key, Jiang Lan hurriedly asked tentatively.

That Xu Aicai didn't have any defense against Jiang Lan, and he said: "Yes, this matter does have something to do with my father." There was an old lieutenant in Xiangyang City before, and that old guy didn't look like a military attaché, but he was also quite good...... Not only did he cooperate with my father and them to collect taxes from the merchants, but he also secretly helped me get a lot of ordnance.

Every time he asked for ordnance to the ordnance division in the city, he would give me more, and then give me the extra secrets. I sold those ordnance to the underworld and green forest roads in various places at a high price, and I divided the money between the two of us. ”

"I really didn't expect that such a righteous old-timer would secretly be such a person...... Jiang Lan couldn't help but murmur in a low voice.

"Brother Jiang, what did you say?"

"Uh...... The younger brother said that he didn't expect there to be such a doorway here...... It would be nice if the younger brother had known Brother Xu earlier. ”

"Hehe, that's natural...... It's a pity that this business is not easy to do now. The new kid Du Wei really didn't know how to raise his face, and not only refused my father's sincere invitation, but also went against my father everywhere...... Luckily, my dad has found a new way to deal with it. ”

"Oh? I don't know what Lord Lingzun's method is? ”

Xu Aicai shook his head: "Then I don't know, my father has somehow refused to tell me anything recently." Only occasionally will someone send someone to deliver a batch of ordnance, and I have never seen anyone who sent it......"

……

Jiang Lan came out of Xu Aicai's manor.

He raised his head to look at the blue sky, and a smile hung on the corner of his mouth: "Xu Junshou, Xu Junshou, you old fox, sooner or later you will be destroyed by your stupid son." ”

He thought of the immortal lock again, and the smile on his face gradually froze: "That lock...... Master must find out all this......"

blurted out a whisper, floating in the air, and the young figure also stepped on the way back to the camp.

When Jiang Lan returned to the camp, Liu Yinan had already rested and was playing with Wen Yuer. Seeing that Jiang Lan was back, she hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "How is it?" Can you tell us any clues? ”

Jiang Lan nodded: "That Xu Aicai is indeed secretly doing the business of reselling weapons, and the origin of that weapon is also very likely to be related to the little white dragon." ”

Liu Yinan rolled his eyes when he heard this: "Hey, I thought you had found out some useful news!" Aren't all these things you said obvious, and you still have to spend so much effort to listen? ”

Jiang Lan looked at Liu Yinan with a mentally handicapped expression: "You eldest lady, the idea is simple. Now that we know that Xu Aicai is secretly doing the business of reselling weapons, can't we secretly follow him, and then find relevant evidence......

"Oh yes."

"By the way, there's one more thing. Yu Duwei, who was before the garrison battalion, seemed to have also participated in Xu Junshou's deeds. ”

"Really?" Liu Yinan asked in disbelief, "Uncle Yu is my father's old subordinate, how could he do such a thing?" ”

"Believe it or not......"

Seeing that Jiang Lan and the two were about to quarrel again, the curtain of the camp tent suddenly lifted, but it was Xiang Beichuan who walked in with a reckless man.

"Old Xiang, how are you checking over there?" As soon as he saw Xiang Beichuan, Jiang Lan hurriedly asked.

"I went to the cooking stove room to check, and today's food is uniformly rationed, and it is impossible for the people in the cooking stove room to do it alone...... There is a strange thing - a soldier who was originally in the same account as Brother Yan suddenly disappeared this afternoon, and I lined up in a group of people to look for it nearby in the afternoon, but only found the soldier's body......"

"This surname Xu is really ruthless! Actually killed again, it seems that this line is completely broken......" Jiang Lan slapped the table and said hatefully. Then, he raised his head and looked at Xiang Beichuan, "Old Xiang, don't worry, the young master has found some clues on another line...... You wait, Brother Yan won't die in vain. ”

Xiang Beichuan nodded. He has known Jiang Lan for a long time, and he knows Jiang Lan a little bit about how he is a person - although this kid usually doesn't look very reliable, he is quite trustworthy when he is serious.

"Thank you, Mr. Jiang...... Jiang Duwei ......"

"Whew!" Jiang Lan waved his hand, "In private, you can call it however you want!" If you are too polite to the master, the master is really not used to it. ”

"Hehe......" Xiang Beichuan scratched his head in embarrassment.

Liu Yinan, who was on the side, saw that she was left out in the cold, and she was also a little unhappy in her heart, she coughed lightly twice and said, "Ahem...... This military general must be the Lord Xiang Beichuan Xiang that Captain Jiang recommended to his father, right? As she spoke, she stepped forward to look at Xiang Beichuan.

Xiang Beichuan was stared at by her - Jiang Lan had told him before that this Longchuan Hou Liu Yinan was the "young master in white" they robbed in Yujialing. At that time, she was going to kill the other party with a knife, but now that she has become her own commander, can Xiang Beichuan feel hairy in his heart.

He felt kneeling on one knee and gave a military salute: "The last general didn't see the Marquis of Longchuan here...... If there is any rudeness, please also ask Haihan. He pretended to be calm and said, but there was a cold sweat on his sideburns.

"No need to be polite...... When Ben Hou looked at your physique, he knew that he was a general, but he was much stronger than the small body of Na Jiang Duwei. Liu Yinan said as he glanced at Jiang Lan.

"You girl, are you uncomfortable if you don't damage the master for a while?"

Liu Yinan ignored Jiang Lan's complaints, she continued to look at Xiang Beichuan and said, "Why does Ben Hou look at you so familiarly?" Where have we met? ”

"This ......" Xiang Beichuan didn't know how to answer, he glanced at Jiang Lan, but saw him shake his head, and secretly gave him a look.

"Whew! There are many people in the world who look alike, not to mention a reckless man like Lao Xiang, if you go to the barracks to look for it, you can casually find dozens of people who look similar to him...... However, the appearance of the jade tree in the wind like the master is not one in ten thousand. ”

"Shhhh Are you still in the wind? You stink. ”

Jiang Lan's shameless remarks successfully diverted Liu Yinan's attention. Xiang Beichuan was not stupid, and when he saw that Jiang Lan and the two were about to start bickering again, he hurriedly found an excuse to leave.