Anning Temple, pilgrims are like a tide, Lu Yue turned around and left after the incense, he as a businessman of Chen State, spent the Double Ninth Festival in a foreign country, can not reunite with relatives can only go to the temple to burn incense and make wishes, praying for the Buddha to bless himself and his family to be safe. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Since the beginning of summer, Lu Yue has been in Xiyang for several months, and when he will be able to return home is still far away.

There are many business opportunities in Huangzhou, and if businessmen everywhere want to make a fortune, they have to settle in Xiyang to facilitate the purchase of goods at all times, after all, some goods are in short supply, and they are likely to be unable to grab others if they are slow for half a beat.

Not to mention anything else, just the "Preliminary Study on the Authenticity of Ancient Texts and Books" published by the Qiuxue Society not long ago, if it weren't for Lu Yue reading the book and knowing what it meant, he wouldn't have been able to seize the opportunity to make a fortune.

He bought two hundred copies of "A Preliminary Study of the Authenticity of Ancient Texts and Books" in the study club, and then immediately transported it to Jiankang, according to the news received a few days ago, the Son of Heaven also got this book, and let the ministers circulate it at the court meeting, and after the dispersal of the dynasty, the nobles sent people to buy books, and the two hundred books he entered were sold out instantly, and the profit was more than ten times the purchase price.

He is not the only Chen merchant who buys goods in Xiyang, and he is not the only one who sells books back to sell.

Xiyang's bookstore can even make books into best-selling goods, Lu Yue admires it very much, such as today's famous scholar 'Er Liu' is in Xiyang, then it means that there will be bestsellers all the time.

But not everyone can seize the opportunity, first of all, you have to be literate, and second, you have to be able to roughly estimate how well the book is selling, which is not something that ordinary people can do.

You don't have to know too many words to sell goods, because you don't have to make a contract to do business, especially if you buy and sell with an old relationship, human favor is much more reliable than a contract, but there is something special about buying and selling books, so you can only go out by Lu Yue himself.

He took the risk of doing business in an enemy country, and after several years of hard work, he had contacts in Xiyang, and he was able to get all kinds of goods quickly, and there was no one in the east to replace him for the time being, so Lu Yue had to 'settle' in Xiyang.

The time spent settling in Xiyang every year has exceeded the time spent living in Chen, except for a period of time before and after the Yuan Day, the days for Lu Yue and his family to reunite are getting fewer and fewer, and he is getting busier and busier in Xiyang.

Some of his peers are in a similar situation to him, and some have even brought their families to Xiyang to 'live temporarily', but he can't do this, so he can only pass the time in Xiyang's outer room.

It's not that Lu Yue doesn't miss his wife and children, it's just that it's too dangerous if the whole family is in Xiyang, because he also has another duty, that is, spying on the military intelligence for Chen Guo.

In other words, he is Chen Guo's meticulous work, and if he is not careful, he will be served in a pot, so Lu Yue does not dare to let his wife and children take risks with him here.

Yuwen Wenwen, the governor of Huangzhou Prefecture of Zhou and Wang Yuwen of Xiyang, acted differently from others, and dared to do business with the enemy country semi-openly, but the court of Zhou State did not know.

But this person will not have a bottom line in order to make money, he is holding money in one hand and a knife in the other, who dares to be dishonest and do things other than business, Yuwenwen really dares to poison him.

Lu Yue didn't dare to take it lightly, because Chen Guoxi was not the only one who used business as a cover, and now, many people have been arrested by the Zhou State government.

There may be someone who hides it better, but Lu Yue has never tried to find a 'companion', and the person who sent him as a meticulous worker is the owner, and he doesn't know if the imperial court has sent someone to come.

Will the court send someone? No, the Son of Heaven probably won't care about the situation in Huangzhou, and only his own owner will be so worried about the country and the people.

The owner was kind to him, so he could only take the risk of spying on the military situation of the Zhou State in Xiyang, and he had to be cautious in everything, because the ears, eyes and eyes of Xiyang Wang Yuwenwen in the city were everywhere.

"Guest officer, the dishes you ordered are ready."

"Two more plates of vegetarian fish."

"Yes, please wait."

In the box of a vegetarian restaurant, Lu Yue looked at the case full of vegetarian food but did not move his chopsticks, and after a while, there was a knock on the door, and it was the entourage who led a middle-aged man to arrive.

"Brother Lu, long time no see!"

"Brother Luo, long time no see!"

The two guests of honor were left in the room to sit opposite each other for dinner, eating the famous vegetarian meal in Xiyang, but talking about not business experience, but various current gossip.

"Brother Lu, there is a new situation, the pig farms in Huangzhou have begun to kill pigs on a large scale, I inquired, and I haven't seen any wealthy businessmen enter ham on a large scale."

Lu Yue groaned: "Large-scale pig killing... It takes time for pork to marinate ham, and it can be left for a long time after marinating, perhaps it is made in large quantities at one time, waiting for the end of the year to be sold for the holidays? ”

"But there are too many pigs killed, some pigs have just grown for a year, and the size is not enough, if the business does not receive any rumors, how dare to kill pigs in advance to prepare?"

"You mean... It is very likely that Zhou will invade the south at the end of the year? ”

"Quite possibly!" When the middle-aged man said this, he lowered his voice: "After the Double Ninth Festival, it seems that there are many more envoys from Anlu to Xiyang. ”

"There are a lot of things at the end of the year, and it is understandable, but the Zhou State has used troops for many years, and it was only at the beginning of the year that Shu was pacified, and it will be too much to use troops at the end of the year? Is it necessary for them to be in such a hurry? ”

"Who knows? Maybe it's because the one-legged copper man's hands are itchy, and it is not necessary to go to Jiangzhou to steal chickens and touch dogs. ”

Lu Yue put down his chopsticks and thought about the news brought by his companions, Chen Guo has now lost Yingzhou in the south of the Yangtze River, but has recovered Huainan Prefecture, if Zhou Guo wants to move troops, it will probably be a soldier in Huainan.

The Huangzhou Governor's Mansion of Zhou State is located on the west side of Nanzhou County of Chen Guohuai, and it is not clear that he will send troops to attack as a containment at that time, so it seems that the one-legged bronze man Yuwenwen may really be preparing for war.

"Brother Lu, when the Shannan Zhou army attacked the Sui State the year before last, it placed a large order in advance, allowing Huangzhou to kill pigs and chickens to prepare military rations, and now the large-scale pig killing in Huangzhou's pig farms seems to be the precursor of the other party's large-scale preparations."

"But I've observed the Tiger Forest Army, and I haven't found anything abnormal." Lu Yue shared the news with his companions, "I sent someone to inquire, but those military families did not mention that their husbands and children were preparing to go on the expedition. ”

When a soldier is going to go on an expedition, his relatives will naturally know about it, so when chatting with people on weekdays, they will inadvertently disclose relevant information, such as buying more delicious food when buying groceries, or doing something in advance.

The fact that many soldiers frequently went to the cabinet to withdraw money within a few days was a clear sign.

The cabinet shop in Xiyang City is now doing prosperous business, many people go to the cabinet shop to save money and eat interest, and the military is a big customer group of the cabinet shop, Lu Yue observed for a long time and summed up a rule:

If, suddenly, in a short period of time, many soldiers frequently go to the cabinet to deposit and withdraw money, it is like arranging the aftermath, which means that they are going to go to the battlefield to play with their lives.

However, he didn't notice that this was happening this month.

The middle-aged man muttered: "I think that even if I want to move the army, it is not so fast, and the soldier will probably explain the future before the battle." ”

"So my opinion, maybe the one-legged bronze man has come up with some new trick to make pork delicious?"

If it is elsewhere, this kind of thinking is ridiculous, but it is not necessarily in Xiyang, many people know that the one-legged bronze man Yu Wenwen has a lot of ideas, and often has good ideas to make money by changing tricks, so the middle-aged man did not refute Lu Yue's idea.

"Brother Lu, I... I said something unpleasant, we are here to risk spying on the military situation, but even if the military information is passed on to the owner, and the owner reports it to the imperial court, will the imperial court care? ”

Lu Yue was dumbfounded when he heard this, he didn't dare to think about this question, but in fact, the answer was obvious, his owner cared about state affairs, and he paid out of his own pocket to send people to Zhou to spy on the military situation, but the Son of Heaven who was high in heaven would care?

If the Son of Heaven really cares about state affairs, how can he drink and have fun all day long!

Take a look, look at the one-legged bronze man, farming and training all day long, sharpening knives and huo to pigs and sheep, if the Son of Heaven can have such a one-legged bronze man, will Chen Guo still have the situation that he is in danger of eggs?

"Do your best... Let's do our best, but the owner is kind to us, isn't it? ”

Drink the tea in the cup, the fragrant tea that used to be drunk, now Lu Yue only feels bitter, as a businessman, he wants to serve the country in both public and private, in the past, there was a Zheng businessman who retired from the Qin Division, and now there is...

What a thing, what a thing!

Thinking of this, the two were depressed, and after hastily eating the meal, they cherished each other, and left the vegetarian restaurant one after the other, and in the box next door, Wu Ming ate a mouthful of vegetarian fish and motioned for his subordinates to come closer.

"Keep an eye on them and don't touch them for now."

"Boss, why do you keep these two fine works?"

"Let me ask you, the old king next door has bad intentions towards your daughter-in-law, what should you do?"

"Boss, are you okay, I don't have a daughter-in-law yet."

"I'm giving you an example! Tell me, what should you do? ”

"Hack him!"

"And then? What should I do if I move in another old king? ”

"Huh? That... Then I'll hack him to death again! ”

"How can you just cut people, the old king next door can't kill endlessly, so what, if the old king next door is a heavenly eunuch, then you don't need to cut it, let him occupy the next door and not move the nest, and the new old king can't live in."

"Boss, I don't understand what you're saying."

"Don't understand? These two are meticulous, but we all know their whereabouts, and they are all wretched, as long as the boss does not give orders, then keep them, otherwise if they are caught, a few cunning meticulous works will be sent on the other side, don't you think this is very tiring? ”