Fan Xuan raised his hand and pressed the temples on both sides of his head, and drank some wine in the evening, it was late at night, and he was old, and his body couldn't stand it after all.

"Sit, Fan Ke." Fan Xuan calmed down Fan Ke, who had just stood up to express his position, "Dou'er has suffered misfortune, you elders will not be able to be idle in the future." ”

This sentence has a faint intention of showing favor to Fan Ke, although the power of the Fan family is still firmly in the hands of Fan Xuan, but as soon as Fan Yongdou dies, Fan Xuan's other sons are mediocre, and his branch is bound to gradually decline with his death.

Judging from this trip to Liaodong and the conversation just now, Fan Ke can barely be regarded as the master of Shoucheng, and he is also relatively close to himself, Fan Xuan has the heart to help him take the position, and it is better to be a descendant than to let someone who is hostile to him take the helm of the Fan family.

"What the eldest brother said, as a child of the Fan family, working hard for the Fan family, that is what it should be." Fan Ke didn't seem to understand the deep meaning of Fan Xuan's words, and still replied in a decent manner, "It's getting late, since the eldest brother is unwell, why don't you rest earlier?" ”

Fan Xuan shook his head, "Do you think I can still sleep?" If you're fine, you and my brother might as well have a good chat. ”

"That being the case, Fan Ke is accompanying the eldest brother."

Regardless of whether Fan Ke's performance was faked, or whether he really didn't dare to make a mistake because of his years of accumulation, Fan Xuan was quite satisfied in his heart, and he had the heart to compare him, so he asked:

"Fan Ke, I just said that I would go all out to deal with the salt merchants of Jinnan, do you think that I want to avenge Dou'er and ignore the great cause of the Fan family for my own selfishness?"

Fan Ke lowered his head and groaned, before he raised his head and replied, "Forgive me, eldest brother, I have limited talent, and I did have this idea at first, but after thinking about it carefully just now, my eldest brother's move has another deep meaning.

I think I Zhangjiakou eight grain merchants, has long been with the southern salt merchants of Jinnan with the same water and fire, we hold the salt lead, but can not transport salt from the south of Jinnan, but to spend a high price from Jiaodong, the southeast coast of the purchase,

As for them, they have a lot of green salt for nothing, but because of the lack of salt leads, they can only pile up mold.

If we want to further develop and grow, if we cannot cooperate with each other, we can only have one side annexing the other.

Jin Nan has long regarded us as enemies, and cooperation is no longer possible, even so, the conflict is inevitable, and the eldest brother's move is not a personal vendetta. ”

Fan Xuan was a little impressed by this cousin, and he didn't know if he really lacked experience before, his reaction was a little slow, or he was deliberately clumsy, so he continued to take the test, "Then what do you think, who should we deal with first?" ”

"Naturally, it is the Zhou family, especially Zhou Chengyun, who can not only look at the overall situation, but also have flexibility and change, in the case that the green salt cannot be sold, he actually found another way to get out of the manganese, to be honest, if Jinnan didn't have him, I'm afraid it would have been swallowed by us a long time ago." Fan Ke replied quickly this time, obviously thinking about it just now.

"Yes, as long as Zhou Chengyun is removed, the rest is not to worry about." Fan Xuan agreed, "It's just that this kid is really hard to deal with." ”

Regardless of black and white, Zhou Chengyun is very slippery, Zhang and Wang are not looking at the current appearance, but as the descendants of Zhang Siwei and Wang Chonggu, they are still inextricably linked with the forces of the court, although the Zhou family is a rising star, but Zhou Chengyun used the Pu Xie Chamber of Commerce to firmly tie the political resources of the Zhang and Wang families to himself.

As for the underworld, in addition to the plug, there is also the line from Zhangjiakou to Jingshi, the Fan family can be proud of Zhou Chengyun, and the rest of the places are inferior, and Jinnan is even more monolithic, so that the Fan family's chamber of commerce there cannot be maintained.

"It seems that if it really doesn't work, we can only carry out the decapitation operation." Fan Xuan gestured with his hand on his neck, and his eyes flashed.

Fan Ke was taken aback by this, the competition in the shopping mall is certainly dangerous, but it is rare to see each other naked like this, they all go bankrupt first, and then find some gangsters to deal with, but thinking that Fan Yongdou died in Jinnan, the two sides are no longer a simple business competition, and they are immediately relieved.

Fan Xuan immediately sighed, "It's just that this kid is very cunning, and he hides in Jinnan most of the time, but we are helpless." ”

Fan Ke listened, thinking that Zhou Chengyun had left Puzhou a few years ago, and couldn't help but say, "Before Yanjia Village went to the water, he came out for a turn, and he didn't know what was going on. ”

Fan Xuan snorted, "I'm afraid it's just to cover people's eyes and ears, so that I can attack Yanjia Village." ”

Fan Ke's mind flashed with lightning, and thinking of the content of the secret letter, he felt that what Fan Xuan said was a little taken for granted.

"No, big brother, let's take a look." After that, Fan Ke picked up the secret letter on the table, looked at it carefully by the candlelight, and then handed it to Fan Xuan.

"Look at it, eldest brother, the letter said that Zhou Chengyun did leave Puzhou and went north, stayed outside for a long time, and only returned to Jinnan in April." I was in a hurry just now, and I didn't care about these details.

Fan Xuan finished reading it and put the secret letter on the table, "This kid, it is estimated that he wants to go to Jinmen first, and then take a boat to the Dongjiang River to find some salt, don't worry, the Dongjiang River has been a plate of loose sand since Mao Wenlong was beheaded by Yuan Chonghuan, it has been a plate of scattered sand......"

He was talking here, but Fan Ke thought that when Fan Xuan was about to go to Liaodong a few years ago, the information reported by Fan's eyeliner was combined, and Fan Ke felt in his heart that Zhou Chengyun's trip might not be so simple.

“...... The generals of each island are in charge of their own affairs, even if Zhou Chengyun can get some salt, the amount will not be too much, not to mention, it was the middle of winter a year ago, he was in Jinmen, and he may not be able to go out to sea..."Speaking of this, Fan Xuan also noticed that something was wrong.

Years ago? Wasn't it the time when Dajin Khan Huang Taiji was fortunate to come to Jinggi a year ago, Zhou Chengyun didn't say that he couldn't arrive at Jinmen, if he was not careful, it was hard to say whether he could save his life, according to common sense, he should have just arrived in western Hebei, and when he saw that the situation was not good, he immediately turned back to Jinnan, how could he stay outside for so long, you know, during that time, the entire Beijing and Hebei areas can be said to have no safety.

"There's a problem!" Fan Xuan and Fan Ke glanced at each other and said in unison.

Fan Xuan was keenly aware of the inappropriateness from the time, and Fan Ke was because of the message in the Fan family's eyeliner.

"I remember, eldest brother," without waiting for Fan Xuan to speak, Fan Ke said hurriedly, "When you were about to leave for Liaodong a few years ago, because you were too busy, let me temporarily take charge of the size of the Fan family's house. ”