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On the banks of the Qinjiang River, Feng Ang shook his head and refused to go back.

The atmosphere was deadlocked, and Feng Ang stepped off the front hooves of the war horse and kept plowing the ground.

"Feng An, are you going to resist the order?"

Feng An's eyes were calm.

Now that you've reached this point, there's no going back.

"There will be no turning back, don't get in my way, otherwise!"

Feng Ang said as he drew his sword.

Behind him, Feng Ang and a group of more than 30 horsemen also picked up their bows and drew their swords.

"Let's go!" Feng Ang shouted, turned the horse's head, and rushed into the dark night.

The people behind him did not chase after him.

It wasn't until Feng Ang and his party disappeared into the night that Gao Kan snorted coldly, "It's really heaven that there is a way for you not to go, and there is no door for hell for you to break into." Feng An, Feng An, you are nothing more than this, everything has already been expected by King Yue. Let's go! ”

Gao Kan led his subordinates not to chase Feng An, but turned back to the city.

A few moments later, several flying pigeons flew up and disappeared into the night.

Qinzhou.

During the Mid-Autumn Festival, Li Chao set up a banquet in the mansion, and he didn't invite too many people, the prince Chengqian, and the three Xuanfu envoys Wang Qi, Cui Renshi, Yang Shidao, as well as several of Li Chao's protégés, as well as Li Junxian and Wu Heimin. In addition, Ning Xuan Ning Chun's father and son, Chen Zhiluo, Chen Longshu's uncle and nephew, and Zhang Zhenzhou.

Early in the morning, Li Chao was busy with Pingyang.

Even Chengqian was caught by Li Chao and taken to the kitchen to help pick vegetables.

The three Xuanfu envoys who arrived from Guangzhou, Yongzhou, and Jiaozhou found that the prince Chengqian was wearing an apron around his waist and was killing fish there with a kitchen knife, and his eyes were about to fall out.

Look again, the eldest princess of Pingyang is also wearing an apron around her waist and is peeling garlic there.

And Li Chao, the dignified king of Yue, was frying red oil there, and Zhang Zhongjian, the Vietnamese marquis, was sitting there chopping lamb chops.

The one wearing an eye patch is also an acquaintance, the father of King Yue, the old iron gun, is also a dignified prince of the country, cutting green onions there.

"Why are you stunned, wash your hands and come over to help." Li Chao said to the three Xuanfu envoys very unceremoniously.

He doesn't care if the three of them are the same feudal officials, when they get here, they have to help.

At this Mid-Autumn Festival banquet, Li Chao invited not many people, but he planned to cook the dishes together.

In Li Chao's view, this can be regarded as a unique way to get closer to each other, cooking a meal together, and then drinking, eating and chatting, it is definitely easier to get closer to the relationship than that kind of politeness.

Wang Qi, the Xuanfu envoy of Guangdong Province and the assassin of Guangzhou, sat on a small horse and met with the other two Xuanfu envoys.

"King Yue, I heard that Feng Ang ran away?"

"I can't get out of the palm of my hand, don't worry." Li Chao said with a smile, he was holding a big spoon in his hand and was standing on the edge of the stove frying red oil.

With a little oil in the pan, add the dried chili peppers and stir-fry.

The slight heat fried the dried chili peppers to a crispy crisp, exuding a burst of spicy taste, and several people in the room choked lightly.

Li Chao saw that the heat was almost up, so he shoveled up the chili peppers.

"General Li, General Wu, bother the two, mash this chili pepper."

Li Junxian and Wu Heimin looked at the big basket of fried dried chili peppers, and they couldn't help but look at each other, this is simply a torture.

"Wouldn't it be nice to just crush the dried chili peppers and fry them? Why bother going through this first and then crushing and frying it? ”

Li Chao said with a smile, "Heat can stimulate the aroma of chili peppers, but direct frying is much worse, this is the detail of high-quality red oil." ”

The best red oil requires not only chili peppers, but also ginger, green onions, and a variety of spices.

Li Chao prepared a lot of materials, and Qinzhou Port could buy all kinds of spices, most of which came from Vietnam. The Zhang Zhongjian family controlled the spice trade, which can be said to be a lot of money, and after the Zhang family joined the Nanyang Company, the Nanyang Company of the spice trade was also doing it, and the Zhang family became the supplier of spices, and the Nanyang Company was the trader.

Nanyang Company's trading capacity was stronger, and the interests of the Zhang family increased instead of decreasing, and they made a lot of money.

In fact, there are a lot of spices in Lingnan, but now they are not as large-scale as those made by the Zhang family.

With just one pepper, I don't know how much to earn in a year. Spices are especially prized in the Central Plains, popular and expensive. Even if it can be used as a hard currency and shipped to the Persian Gulf, it is also very sought-after there, even more popular than in the Central Plains.

In fact, it is not difficult to plant spices, and it is easy to increase the yield. If Zhang Zhongjian is a competitor, Li Chao has many ways to bring him down, grow his own spices, expand production, engage in dumping, and fight a price war. It's easy to bring down the huge profits of the spice trade.

In the Age of Discovery, the Dutch, British, and Portuguese once broke their heads. Later, the Dutch once monopolized the spice trade, and once they found that the supply of spices in the market was greater than the demand, they would burn the spices in the warehouses, and even let the slaves on the islands of the South Seas shovel the spice trees, and artificially force the price of spices to be maintained.

The application of spices is still relatively wide, making incense, processing into sesame oil, perfume, and food seasonings. Europeans also used spices to marinate and preserve meat, but the price of spices remained high, and they were always a luxury item for the aristocratic and wealthy, and ordinary people could not afford to use them.

Ning Xuan, Ning Chun, Chen Longshu, and Chen Zhiluo were summoned to come, and they were still a little nervous in their hearts.

They also knew that the Xian family had raised troops, and they also knew that Feng Ang had left Qinzhou.

The Ning and Chen families, as the century-old leaders of Lingnan, also paid close attention to the actions of the Feng and Xian families. If these two succeed this time, then there will be some benefits for them.

The so-called lips are dead and the teeth are cold, but they don't have the courage of the Feng family.

Hezhou.

Hepu Riverside.

After galloping for a day and a night, driving hundreds of miles, the Feng family and his party were exhausted.

"Take a break, the horses are going to die."

People can hold on a little longer, but horses can't do it anymore.

Feng Ang had to ask everyone to stop and rest.

The sound of horses' hooves came like thunder.

Feng Ang was shocked, but in the blink of an eye, a large force of cavalry had arrived.

"Feng An, the court treats you well, but you conspire to rebel and kill yourself!"

Feng Ang recognized the person, it was Li Chao's disciple Niu Jianhu.

Looking at the hundreds of riders behind him, Feng Ang shook his head helplessly.

The appearance of these people here shows that everything is in Li Chao's plan, which was originally a trap, but unfortunately he still stepped in with one foot.

Niu saw the tiger and waved his hand. "Take them down, those who dare to resist, kill them on the spot!"

Feng Ang drew his sword, and then he threw it under the horse.

"It was just a misunderstanding!"

The rest of the Feng family was unwilling, and finally put down their weapons.

They laid down their arms and dismounted.

Niu saw the tiger and waved his hand, and a group of soldiers went over and arrested them.

"I want to see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and King Yue." Feng Ang dissatisfiedly pushed away the two soldiers with cowhide ropes.

Seeing the tiger, the ox dismounted, and strode over with his hand pressed the horizontal knife.

He stood still in front of Feng An.

His eyes looked at the king of Nanyue from top to bottom, but there was only disdain and disdain in his eyes.

It's still so naïve.

"Feng An, since you dare to disobey the military order, then you should know that from that moment on, you are no longer the Geng Guogong of the Tang Dynasty, nor the assassin of Qinzhou, nor the envoy of Gaozhou, from that moment on, you are just a thief of the Tang Dynasty!"

"If you are a thief, you will be a thief."

"I want to see the prince!" Feng Ang shouted.

Niu Jianhu shook his head.

"King Yue's military order, let us bring the head of the traitor back to see him, but he didn't say that he would bring the living back." After speaking, Niu saw that the tiger drew his knife and swung it over.

The light of the knife is like snow and electricity.

Feng An's eyes widened, his face was incredulous, he reached out to cover his throat, but the blood kept spurting out, and he couldn't stop it at all.

"You... You guys..."

Behind Niu Jianhu, the soldiers took out their knives one after another.

There were more than 30 members of the Feng family, and they all fell to the ground and died immediately.

Niu Jianhu wiped the bloody horizontal knife on Feng An's fine silk clothes, "Feng An, the road you have chosen, even if it is Huangquan Road, you have to go down!" ”

Feng Ang was unwilling and did not blink an eye.

"Cut off their heads and go back to Qinzhou!"

One by one, their heads were cut off, and their eyes were still wide open, and they could not bat at death.

Niu Jian Da snorted coldly, "Stupid! ”

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Qinzhou.

On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the full moon is bright.

Li Chao and Pingyang had a banquet in the house, and a long table was set up in the back garden, everyone enjoyed the moon while drinking, and exquisite moon cakes were hung on the table.

drank to the height of interest, Li Chao even chanted a song on the spot.

"When is the bright moon? Ask the sky for wine. I don't know what year it is in the heavenly palace? ”

As soon as Li Chao exited, Wang Qi, Cui Shiren, and Yang Shidao couldn't help but admire.

"Good words, at the beginning, you know that the atmosphere is extraordinary!"

"I want to go back by the wind, but I am afraid that Qionglou Yuyu will be cold in the heights. Dancing to figure out the shadow, how does it seem to be in the world? ”

"King Yue!"

Poetry and these things, for these people here, are just a small path of entertainment, even so, but Li Chao's lyrics are still very good, and they can see the power at a glance.

"I hope that people will last a long time, and they will be together for thousands of miles."

After the word was recited, everyone praised it.

"King Yue's talent is still so amazing!"

Ning Xuan and Chen Longshu were complimented and a little absent-minded.

Admire the moon and chant poetry, drink wine and eat moon cakes.

It didn't disperse until late in the day.

Early the next morning, Ning Xuan was still sleeping when he was woken up by his son.

"Father, King Yue summoned me and others."

"What's going on early in the morning? Did you tell me to wait and peel the garlic and chop the onions for him? Ning Xuan said with some annoyance. Li Chao drove them from Hepu to the barbarian land with a word, and summoned them again in a word.

came hard, but let them peel garlic and chop onions, and sing with wine, what is it?

He is a little envious of Feng Ang now, and he is against his mother.

"Father, Li Chao's protégé Niu Jinda arrived in Qinzhou by speedboat this morning."

Feng Xuan sat up and rubbed his sleep to wake up.

"So what?"

Ning Chun's face was not very good-looking, "Niu Jianhu came back with the heads of Feng Ang's father and son, and the more than thirty Feng family members that Feng Ang brought with him when he left Qinzhou, many of them all came back, but they came back with their heads. ”

Ning Xuan sat up in horror, and he didn't feel sleepy!