"Princess, the matter has come to light, we should go back to Hezhong Mansion, right?" , Back at the inn where she lived, the maid Kehar spoke up. Because he was a white slave from Kievan Rus, in terms of skin color, Khar was fairer than the princess. And the hair is blonde, and the body is taller.

And because they grew up together, they have a good relationship with the princess.

It's just that he's a little arrogant. Relying on the princess's favor and letter, when facing others, some dogs look down on people. As a result, Li Chengji made them quite unhappy.

But there is no need to question faithfulness.

"Nope! Tuwugedi, you must come back to Hazhong with us. Princess Degunaba shook her head and said in a resolute tone. Although the truth has been obtained from Tuugdi's mouth, this alone is far from enough to testify against the second prince.

Therefore, the best way is to bring Tuugdi back to Hazhong Province. Let him tell the second prince about the murder in front of his father Khan.

Judging by the Tuugdi Assasin faction, this is a promising matter.

But what is more tricky at the moment is that Tuwugedi is not so easy to bring back to Hezhongfu. If they were evil, they would both die here. Because Tuwugedi is a killer, what he is best at is to kill people when they are unprepared. And there are many means, which makes it impossible to prevent it.

And it was quite dangerous to testify against the second prince in front of his father Khan. Whether you succeed or not, you are very likely to end up in a different place.

After all, assassinating the Huang clan is a matter of losing your head.

Such a result, as long as people with a little brain, will not agree. Therefore, bringing Tuwugedi back to Hezhong Province is not something that can be done by touching his mouth.

Thinking of this, Degunaba was a little distressed.

But Har also knew that this matter was not very feasible, so he comforted: "Princess! Let's go back to Hazhong Mansion as soon as possible. It's been so long, and I'm afraid the Khan King already knew that we had slipped out of the palace.

As for Tuwugedi, let's send someone to arrest him. With the two of us, we won't be able to catch him. ”。

"Don't worry about Father Khan's side! With the mother here, we will be fine. Degunaba is very confident in her mother! Because in the harem of her father Khan, no one can match her mother's favor.

It is for this reason that her younger brother has the possibility of ascending to the throne. The second prince bought murder like this, but he was just afraid.

In order for this to happen, she had to bring down the second prince. Before leaving, her mother also knew. For the sake of his son, he still allowed her to sneak out of the palace.

Because she was bullied by her father's other princes and princesses when she was a child, she deliberately learned the martial arts of her body. Although it is not an invincible opponent in the world, it can still be used to protect yourself. When she was in the palace, she often protected her younger brother.

Now that her brother has grown up, she doesn't need to protect her. But there are still a lot to worry about.

"But ---", but Har wanted to stop talking. Although he didn't say it explicitly, Degunaba understood. But Har thinks that Tuugdi is not easy to deal with.

"Go get me something to eat!" , I was annoyed, Degunaba wanted to be alone and quiet. So he told Kohar to go downstairs and get himself something to eat, so that he could send him out.

Hearing this, Khar obediently left.

In the camp of the cathar army in the northwest of the inn, Li Chengji was in the camp tent, listening to Li Dali's report.

When he heard that the woman who met that day was the seventh princess of the Western Karat Khanate, Degunaba, he was a little surprised. Because it is winter now, Amu City is not a prosperous place. Deguna is here, it's really intriguing.

And he was still so anxious to ask for a headband that day, as if there was something important.

"Where are they now?" , Li Chengji pondered for a while and said loudly.

"Lee's Firm."

As a firm vigorously operated by Li Chengji, Lee's firm is not just a firm that buys and sells, but also provides protection for business travel. Rather, it is a comprehensive commercial house that includes accommodation, entertainment, delivery of commercial goods, and trading information.

In the territory of Daliao, almost every commercial house in every city will have these functions. Among them, especially Puhua, Hezhongfu, Kuyu, Ma'er Yinang, Ke Umbrella, Bala Sagon, Ali Mali, Yangji Bali (Manas), Hezhou, Instigated Mi, Quxian (Kucha), Kashgar and other cities, are the most complete.

They were all important trading hubs along the Silk Road, so the Lee firm operated vigorously in these places. In addition, with the help of the prestige of Da Liao, and the personal relationship with local officials is very good. Let the development of Lee's firm snowball, bigger and bigger.

In the past, many merchants had to take care of their own goods. Now you only need to entrust it to the Li firm, and everything will be worry-free. This is somewhat similar to a dart game.

Of course, there is a commission charged. In addition, you can also pay a certain amount of insurance premiums.

This is a word coined by Lee Seung-ji!

Let the merchants pay a fee that is not very high, and when there is a major loss of commercial goods, the Li firm will come forward and give a certain amount of compensation. According to the level of the cost, it is divided into 30%, 50%, 70%, 90% and other different proportions.

As for why not ten percent!

That's because Lee Seung-ji is transporting commercial goods, which is already quite high. Therefore, it is regarded as the hard work fee given by the merchants to Li's firm.

Because only Li's Commercial Bank currently has the skills to do this, other merchants who are unwilling to travel long distances have no other choice. As a result, Li's firm has another way to make money.

If you want to stay, you can get it early in the morning. However, in order to reflect the difference from other places, the various accommodation supplies of the commercial bank are configured with extremely high requirements. However, considering the limited financial resources of the merchants, the guest rooms are also divided into three classes: upper, middle and lower.

Entertainment is the highlight of Lee's firm!

There are not only gambling and drinking, but also prostitutes, sketches, acrobatics and other performances. Among them, gambling is divided into gambling and lottery, and the two are different forms. The former has playing cards, dice, mahjong and other things, which are innovative ways for Lee to learn from the gaming industry in Macau and Las Vegas in later generations. The latter is a variety of fancy and varied lotteries, and after paying a certain amount of money, you can touch your luck.

There are also live creatures such as chickens, dogs, and crickets, which are also one of the forms of gambling.

Because Islam prohibits gambling, Lee's firm has certain restrictions on Muslim gambling. According to the seven-day routine of the Governor's Palace in Khorasan, all casinos can only be opened on Tuesdays and Fridays. In the case of a lottery, there is no limit.

Therefore, on Tuesdays and Fridays, Lee's Commercial Bank always has the largest number of customers. It is also the Governor's Office that strictly controls casinos, and it is difficult for others to get the approval of the Department of Commerce of the Ministry of Household Affairs even if they want to open casinos.

And the performance program, prostitution is in this era. Acrobatics, there are also a lot of them in this era. Li Chengji just borrowed some new ideas from later generations, and made the prostitution and acrobatics of the Li firm several times more wonderful than elsewhere.

There are only sketches, which are completely absent in this era. Li Chengji originally wanted to copy the opera, but the opera has extremely high requirements for the performers' skills. Therefore, he can only start with relatively simple sketches, so that people in this era can try their best to feel the charm of this form of artistic expression.

In the current situation, the effect is not bad. In Hezhou, Balasagon, Hezhongfu and other places, the royal family traveled and stayed at the Li family to be honored. Then bet on two more in it, draw some small prizes, find a prostitute, listen to a little song, watch a sketch, it's not comfortable.

It is not surprising that these seven princesses live in the Li family's trading house.