Fan Xuan shook his head and forcibly drove away his thoughts about his beloved son.

Looking at Fan Ke, who was full of smiles on his face, but never opened his mind, patiently and carefully explained, "The people who smuggled grain to make a fortune outside the Saiwai are not only our eight families, we have basically given up the Mongolian trade route by relying on big gold over the years, but there are still many people who want to make money from the Mongolian Tatars, you say, if we let out the rumors that the Zhuolu Trading Company controlled the grain trade of the entire Sunit Ministry, but we don't talk about their backgrounds, what will be the consequences?" ”

Fan Xuan still wants to teach this cousin well, he can't do everything himself, not to mention letting Fan Ke develop the Fan family's industry, at least he must be able to keep it, otherwise if he leaves, in the case that Fan Yongdou can't find it, the Fan family may decline.

"What consequences?" Fan Ke lowered his head and thought for a while, and replied, "It should be the same as us, let's first inquire about the background of Zhuolu Trading Company." ”

"That's right." Fan Xuan said, "But the background of this Zhuolu Trading Company is not something that can be found out for a while, the adult in Liaodong is probably reluctant to publicize it, and I guessed it by chance, others may not be as smooth as me, if you can't find out the results for a long time, what do you think they will do?" ”

Fan Ke frowned, and replied while thinking, "If it were me, then I would definitely find out their foothold first, and then spend money to find some green-skinned bastards to come to the door and see their reactions, if they are weak and can be bullied, then there is nothing to say, just destroy it, if it is extremely tough, then..."

Speaking of this, Fan Ke was a little hesitant, like this, Fan Yongdou used to do it, he heard it at most, but he really didn't know it very well.

The other party is weak, which means that there is no reliance, which is easy to do, but if the other party is tough, will it not be possible to back down?

Seeing this, Fan Xuan sighed secretly, he used to control things very strictly, and these people in the family had less experience after all, so he had to let them out in the future.

"What you are embarrassed about is that the other party is tough, and you don't know whether to back down, or continue to try, right?" Fan Xuan asked.

Fan Ke nodded, "That's it, big brother, retreat, don't be reconciled, don't retreat, I'm afraid that the other party is really strong and provokes a strong enemy in vain." ”

"Holding back is not just a matter of unwillingness." Fan Xuan shook his head and said, "But I don't know if the other party is a fox and a fake tiger, if it is really in vain, if it is really in vain, wouldn't it make people laugh off their big teeth and look down on them, so not only can they not retreat, but they also continue to harass the other party, not only will they continue to harass them, but they will also find ways to destroy their business." ”

"But, in this way, won't you tear your face with the other party? If you provoke the other party's backer, wouldn't it be self-defeating? Fan Ke asked.

"You don't need to do it yourself, all the people you are looking for are irrelevant people, why do you tear your face? If the other party really has a backer, he will first say hello to your backer and kill himself? You think too much, Fan Ke, besides, if it weren't for such continuous harassment and entanglement, how would you know if the other party has a backer and how big it is? ”

"Understood, big brother." Fan Ke seemed to suddenly open his mind, "The purpose of doing this is to lure out the other party's backers and see how they look, right?" ”

Fan Xuan nodded, "I just said so much, it's all the way other people want to deal with Zhuolu Trading Company, and we just need to let out the rumors, we don't have to do anything else, just sit and wait for the results." ”

"If the Zhuolu Trading Company is a tiger, we should retreat, if it is a sheep, hehe, with the strength of our Fan family, how can we bite a piece of fat on it, right, big brother?" Fan Ke asked.

Fan Xuan nodded weakly, this cousin is not an elm head after all, and this mention was not in vain.

Seeing that Fan Xuan had spoken for a while, Fan Ke was obviously in good spirits, and he hurriedly stood up and prepared to leave.

"Bang! Bang! Bang! There was a sudden knock outside the door, "Master, there is a flying slave in Jinnan who has passed the book back!" ”

Although Fan Xuan had confessed that there was news of Jinnan that could be passed on without passing it on, he would look for him directly, but tonight the servants in Fan Xuan's study were all waiting outside, obviously different from usual, the little maid who raised the flying slave still made people shout outside the door.

"Oh!" Fan Xuan, who was half-bowing his head, raised his head suddenly, his eyes were shining, and he was like two people who were drooping just now, "Come in!" ”

"Big brother, I'm leaving, I'll arrange the affairs of Zhuolu Trading Company." Fan Ke took the opportunity to say.

Fan Yongdou's disappearance was known to the whole family, and Fan Xuan arranged for people to search for him in the southern part of Jinnan, and he didn't hide it from everyone, but Fan Ke felt that it was better for him not to mix this matter.

"It's all your own brothers, and Yongdou is also your nephew, so there's no need to avoid suspicion, just sit down and see what news is there." Fan Xuan stretched out his hand and motioned for Fan Ke to stay.

Although he didn't see Fan Yongdou's body, Fan Xuan still had a glimmer of hope emotionally, but intellectually, he knew that Fan Yongdou had probably suffered misfortune, and it was only then that he gradually began to cultivate the other clansmen of the Fan family, whether Fan Yongdou could find it or not, the situation and situation in Jinnan were necessary for Fan Ke to understand, which was also a necessary experience to become the helmsman of the Fan family in the future.

After leaving Fan Ke, Fan Xuan took the small volume of secret letters handed over by the servant and opened it to watch.

The candles in the study were bright, and there was no trace of smoke, Fan Xuan's eyes had always been good, but now that he looked at this secret letter, his eyes were getting closer and closer.

In the midsummer night, the cicadas outside the window were constantly chirping, the heat of the day had subsided, it was the time when it was cool and comfortable, Fan Xuan held the secret letter in one hand, and kept shaking, although the letter paper was small, but it was also made by him to "whoosh" directly, and the sweat on his head gradually oozed, gradually gathered together, gathered into a bucket of sweat beads, and then one by one flowed from the top of his head to his chin, dripping down "let's da, da, da".

"Dou'er, Dou'er!" Fan Xuan muttered in a low voice, and suddenly shouted again, "Impossible, Dou'er can't just disappear like this!" ”

After saying "snap", he slapped the secret letter in his hand on the table, stood up with a "swish", and stared at the little guy in front of him fiercely, his eyes were lustful.

"Master, the little one..."The little guy was trembling with fright, he was just responsible for feeding the flying slaves, where did he know the content of the secret letter, and he didn't understand why Fan Xuan had such an expression, as if he regarded him as a mortal enemy.

Fan Yongdou is gone? Fan Ke's eyebrows jumped, and his heart moved.

"Big brother, what's the matter?" Fan Ke also hurriedly stood up, walked to Fan Xuan's side gently, glanced at the little servant, and motioned for him to leave the study.

No matter what happened to Jinnan, it had nothing to do with this little guy who raised flying slaves, Fan Xuan was angry, and Fan Ke had to make a round for him.

The little guy got Fan Ke's reminder, bowed down and saluted, didn't dare to say a word, hurriedly retreated to the door, turned around and ran.