When he arrived in Dongshi, Liu Yuanfang felt the "liveliness" of Meiji, and walked all the way, with endless business travel and hawkers. The small East Market was crowded, but Liu Yuan also saw a vigorous development from it.

When they arrived in Dongshi, Long Wei and the others had completely surrounded Liu Yuan, their nerves were tense, and Dongshi was mixed with dragons and snakes, and they were really afraid that something would happen. It's just that Liu Yuan is on the rise, and they can only silently pray in their hearts that Liu Yuan will return to the palace as soon as possible.

After strolling around, Liu Yuan was attracted by an old man on the side of the road, leaning against a cart with a large number of black things on it. Liu Yuan recognized it at a glance, it was coal. In fact, Chinese folk have long begun to use coal as fuel, but the amount is not very much, and the more used has to be wood charcoal.

At this time, Liu Yuan suddenly realized that in addition to the rich iron ore resources in the Xia Kingdom, there were a lot of coal reserves, which had been ignored by him for so many years. Slowly stepping forward, Liu Yuan looked at the old man, his skin was rough and dull, he should be in his forties.

"Noble, look at it, this is definitely good charcoal!" When the old man saw Liu Yuan coming forward, he thought that he had come to business, and immediately pointed to the coal in the car in Chinese.

"The old man is Han?" Liu Yuan asked.

The old man was stunned when he heard this, and then shook his head: "No, no, the villain is a Xia person!" "He heard the chief of the township pavilion say that in the city, they can only call themselves Xia people, not to mention the beauty.

The old Han belonged to the Shangdang of the state, and in the past few years, he had no plan to live, and fled to the Xiongnu with his family, and was placed in a place more than 50 miles south of Meiji with a group of displaced people. Coincidentally, there is a large open-pit coal mine around the township, and after this autumn harvest, they and the young adults in the township specially pick up briquettes and transport them to Meiji to sell.

In Meiji, the selling price is much higher than that of the rest of the county. It has been like this for several years, and it has been going back and forth several times a year, and it has been very fruitful.

Liu Yuan grabbed a briquette, turned it upside down, thick and light as charcoal, and smiled slightly: "This is not charcoal, where did you find it?" ”

"This ......" Hearing Liu Yuan's question, the old man hesitated, and hesitated, and didn't seem to want to reveal the address of the coal mine.

Seeing this, Liu Yuan sighed a little in his heart, these fools, according to Baoshan, still want to be private? The other party is in front of him, not to mention Liu Yuan, just a person with a little power, if you want to know the news of the coal mine from his mouth, there is a way.

With cold eyes, staring at this old man, he couldn't stand it after a few breaths. glanced at the several guards behind Liu Yuan, looked at Liu Yuan worriedly, and replied in a trembling voice: "These charcoal are all produced near the villain's township, and they are everywhere. The villain and others watched that the cold winter was coming, so they were transported to Meiji to sell and ask for some money. ”

"Oh?" Liu Yuan's eyes were shining, and listening to what he said, it should be a big mine, or an open-pit mine. smiled: "You carlet ...... Well, I bought them all! ”

The old man's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he thanked him repeatedly. Liu Yuan turned around and instructed Zhang Rang: "Send someone to send this cart of charcoal and this person to the Ordnance Superintendent, and Yanluo can use it." ”

After saying that, he took the lead and left, and walked elsewhere. Sure enough, along the way, I saw that many people were selling coal balls, and the business was not bad, and they were all purchased by the servants of some large families. Under inquiry, it was no different from what the old man said, it seemed that there was really a hidden large mine south of Meiji.

After shopping for a whole hour, Liu Yuan had a rough idea of the appearance of Meiji City, although it was still a little chaotic, but overall, he was quite satisfied.

When you are tired, find a wine shop to rest. In this East City, over the years, many wine shops and restaurants have slowly opened, and of course, the "Qinglou" courtyard is indispensable.

The place Liu Yuan chose was a little quiet, not as noisy as the rest of the people he saw. The environment is good, there are a lot of flowers and plants planted in the wine shop, and the owner of the wine shop is obviously a wonderful person, and a white wall has been erected in the center of the lobby for scholars and scribes to compose poems.

In recent years, as Liu Yuan increased the appointment of Han people and the chaos of the Han Dynasty, many poor scholars who had no way out came to Meiji one after another. Liu Yuan also chose his good ones and used them, although he didn't see any great talents, but he also supplemented some vacancies in Xia Guo from the central government to local counties. Of course, not much, more than nothing.

There were already a few poems written on the wall, Liu Yuan stopped and looked at them for a while, they were all four-word sentences and five-word poems, and there were no subtle sentences to read. At least in Liu Yuan's opinion, there is no aura.

The owner of the wine shop saw Liu Yuan and his party and saw that they were dressed extraordinarily, especially Liu Yuan, who was dressed in a brocade robe with jade inlay. He had a good eye, and he had the heart to inquire, so he came up, but was stopped by the long.

Liu Yuan turned his head to look at him and waved his hand for Long Yuan to let him over. He bowed to Liu Yuan: "In Xiataiyuan, Wang Ying, the owner of this wine shop, this guest officer, I don't know what to order." Do you eat? Arrange a private room with you? ”

"Yes!" Liu Yuan replied lightly.

"Your side, please!" After speaking, Wang Ying personally led the way, he saw that Liu Yuan's identity was by no means simple, he should be a nobleman of the Xia Kingdom, not an ordinary nobleman. Otherwise, he wouldn't have behaved so diligently.

Walking to the second floor, I entered the most luxurious and clean private room of this wine shop, and at a glance, the layout was obviously carefully thought out, and it looked very comfortable. There are two windows on the side, and the window pages are propped up, and you can enjoy the street view from close to the window.

Taking a seat, Liu Yuan looked at Wang Ying: "The shopkeeper is from the Taiyuan Wang family?" For the Wang family, Liu Yuan always has an inexplicable sense of closeness in his heart, to say that he didn't have much sense of belonging when he was the son of the Wang family in the previous life, but only had the idea of using the power of the Wang family to achieve his own great cause.

On the contrary, now, the memory of the previous life is slowly blurred, but there are still some "feelings" for the Wang family, strange!

Wang Ying's eyes flickered slightly, don't bow her head, and said with a smile: "The branches and leaves of the Wang family are luxuriant, and the influence is all over Taiyuan, but not everyone surnamed Wang is a person from the Wang family. ”

"Yes!" Liu Yuan stared at him playfully for a while, seeing that Wang Ying was extremely uncomfortable, and thought to himself, this person's reaction must be from the Wang family. Suddenly, he said: "I heard that the Wang family of Qi County, whose head of the family is named Wang Kui, I don't know how old he is?" ”

That Wang Yingben was a little nervous, and subconsciously replied when he heard the words: "The guest official must have heard hearsay, Wang Kuigong has been dead for more than ten years!" You ......" suddenly stopped, and seeing the expression on the corner of Liu Yuan's mouth, his face was a little ugly.

"That's it!" Liu Yuan's face returned to seriousness: "I don't restrict the Great Han Shi clan from coming and going to Meiji, but since I arrive in my Xia Kingdom, I have to abide by the laws of my Xia Country and follow the rules of my Xia Kingdom!" ”

Unconsciously, Liu Yuan revealed the majesty of his Xia King again. Seeing that Wang Ying was obviously shocked, Liu Yuan waved his hand: "Give me a pot of warm wine, a plate of beef, and retreat!" ”

"Guest officer, wait a minute!" Wang Ying hurriedly got out of the house, this person must be an important minister of the Xia Kingdom, or the kind with great power, he thought in his heart. But even so, how did he know about the Wang family? Wang Kui, how did this ancient person know, Wang Ying had some doubts in his heart.

With the rise of the Xiongnu, the grasslands were unified and the Xia Kingdom was established. As a wealthy family rooted in the state, it is natural to feel the pressure and change. Especially the Xia Kingdom is getting stronger and stronger, and the aggressiveness is becoming more and more sufficient, and there are naturally some unambitious people in the Wang clan who have "expectations" for the Xia Kingdom.

And Wang Ying was quietly sent to Meiji to fight the front station.