Chapter 57: Strange Arts

Tan Song was about to go out, but Zhen Yi stopped him:

"By the way, the last time you wrote to say that a new force has risen in Huiji County, what's going on?"

"Lord Hui, about three months ago, a bandit leader named Zhang Fan defeated the encirclement and suppression of Fang Yihai in Shanyin County, and then was recruited by Fang Yihai and turned into a general who begged for capture, and recently leveled all the cottages in Shanyin County in one fell swoop, and incorporated all the bandits, with a huge number of no less than 10,000 people. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 ļ½‰ļ½Žļ½†ļ½ā€

"Zhang Fan, what is his origin?"

"Master Hui, he is a descendant of the Zhang family, one of the four surnames of Jiangdong "Lu, Gu, Zhang, and Zhu". His uncle Zhang Mu once served as the Taishou of Shu County, and Zhang Fan once studied under Zheng Xuanmen, and it is said that the word Renfu was given to him by Zheng Gong. ā€

Zhen Mi heard drowsiness just now, and at this time she became interested, and couldn't help but interject:

"So he is also from a famous family and a well-educated person, how did he become the leader of the bandits?"

Tan Song replied: "Speaking of the deeds of this sail, it is really ups and downs, twists and turns, it is even more legendary than the storybook?" ā€

"Oh...... Are you sure? Zhen Mi was full of interest, "Let's talk about it, I like to listen to stories the most!" ā€

"Okay, Miss Four. It is said that this sail was accidentally caught up the mountain by the thieves of Huanglongzhai on the way back from a study tour, but I don't know what happened, and in just a few days, he won the trust of the owner of Huanglongzhai and made the fourth place in the cottage. Then Wei Yong, the owner of the three villages of Huanglongzhai, conspired to usurp the throne and killed Kong Jianxi, the owner of the two villages, Qi Wei, but was exposed by Zhang Fan. ā€

"This sail also knows martial arts?"

"Exactly, Zhang Fan can penetrate Yang in 100 steps, his archery skills are superb, and his flying knives are also very powerful." Tan Song paused for a moment and said:

"Not only that, Zhang Fan can also ...... magic"

Zhen Mi's eyes lit up, "Strange arts? Are you saying magic or something? ā€

Zhen Yi glared at her daughter, as a beautiful girl, she didn't like to learn piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and always liked to inquire about these ethereal things. Can't help but learn:

"Zi doesn't say that the strange power is chaotic, it's just some tricks, but those foolish villagers are just fine, Mi'er, don't be stupid......"

"Dad~" Zhen Mi screamed coquettishly, shaking Zhen Yi's right arm, Zhen Yi smiled helplessly:

"Okay, okay, don't take it as an example...... Well, you go ahead! ā€

Tan Song said solemnly: "Actually, I didn't believe it either. Because our route to transport goods passes through the territory of Huanglongzhai, we must deal with Kong Jianxi, and there is some friendship when we come and go, so Kong Jianxi has a birthday, and I also sent a team of people to the mountain to present ....... ā€

Zhen Yi nodded, "It's okay, we all have to make friends with people from three religions and nine streams in business, and it is inevitable that we will break the wealth and eliminate disasters......"

"When our people come back, they will tell me about the day."

Tan Song vividly told the scenes of Zhang Fan's defense of himself that day until he killed Wei Yong, especially the part of retrieving objects and conjuring spirits in the air, which is even more vivid and must be fully revealed. Hearing this, Zhen Mi's father and daughter were dumbfounded and speechless.

Needles could be heard in the room, and after a while, Zhen Yi asked solemnly:

"Are you sure...... Isn't it dazzling? ā€

Tan Song assured: "It is true, there is no exaggeration. Then his subordinates interrogated them separately and tortured them in every possible way to make sure that what they said was not necessary. And more than these few people saw it, at least more than 100 people saw it with their own eyes and heard it with their own ears, and it is said that two bandits were scared to death on the spot......"

Zhen Yi was silent, and Tan Song continued:

"Hearing such intimidating news, I sent some people to infiltrate Huanglongzhai to spy on Zhang Fan, and then I got something even more surprising."

"Talk about it, talk about it......" Zhen Mi was already completely excited.

"It is said that at that time, there were three piles of silver ore the size of our room, Zhang Fan recited a spell, and with a wave of his hand, all the ore disappeared and disappeared without a trace. Zhang Fan called himself this spell - Sleeve Trick. ā€

Zhen Yi's face was pale, and Nan Nan whispered: "This ...... Unbelievable, is there really a stranger in this world? ā€

"Could it be that he is an immortal?" Zhen Mi looked longing.

Tan Song sneered: "This ...... Zhang Fan mentioned that his master was a land golden immortal, as for himself...... Maybe it's just practicing Taoism. ā€

"Father, can I go to the meeting with Uncle Tan?" Zhen Mi suddenly had a flash of inspiration.

Zhen Yi scolded: "Nonsense! What did you say? How can there be a little bit of everyone's beautiful appearance? It's getting worse and worse! Now go back to my room right now! ā€

Glared at by her father's stern gaze, Zhen Mi stomped her feet and reluctantly left......

……

Although there were some setbacks, but in the end handmade soap, distilled spirits, glass was successfully developed, in order to avoid others from coveting the technology, Zhang Fan concealed his identity and Zhen secretly reached a supply agreement, after Zhen paid the first payment, the economic crisis was finally temporarily lifted.

However, Hou Sanbao was a little puzzled, "My lord, the Lu clan of Wujun, the Mi clan of the East China Sea, and the Cai clan of Xiangyang...... These are the families of giant businessmen who are not inferior to Zhen's, why do you go far and far? ā€

"All these things we do are huge profits, and driven by money, it is easy to have a situation that is not good for us. It is precisely because these families are close to Huiji County that they have greater control over the local area, and we are exposed to greater risks, while the Zhen clan's main sphere of influence is in the north, which is safer for us. ā€

"Your Excellency is wise!" Hou Sanbao suddenly realized, "But is Zhen reliable?" ā€

"Among these big clans, the reputation of the Zhen family is good." Zhang Fan recalled the information about Zhen passed on to him by his sailors:

The Yellow Turban Uprising, the world's wars, and famine, the people sold gold, silver and jewelry in exchange for food, and Zhen's family had a lot of food, so they exchanged it for a lot of jewelry. Zhen Mi was only ten years old at the time, and her mother said: "In this world, if you buy more treasures, your husband is not guilty, and she is guilty of being pregnant." and there is hunger on the left and right, it is better to use Gu Zhen to give relatives and neighbors and widely favor." Zhen Mi suggested that her mother distribute food to her neighbors for free, and the whole family was kind to her, that is, according to her words.

If the Zhen family was really rich and unkind, and the desire for profit was consumed, they would not have listened to their daughter's advice to distribute food to the common people. You must know that in the famine years, food is more expensive than gold!

Zhang Fan advised: "The most important thing at present is to increase production capacity, but we must also pay attention to confidentiality, and we must not leak the news." I plan to open up a special place in the back mountain to expand the scale of the workshop, and I will leave this matter to you. Remember, the housing of the workshop should be completely isolated, and everyone who has access to the workshop should be closely monitored, especially those who know the recipe, along with their families, and must not be careless, understand? ā€

The workshop can be said to be the economic lifeblood of the cottage, its importance is self-evident, Zhang Fan handed over this key part to Hou Sanbao, there is only one reason, Hou Sanbao is loyal enough, far more than the loyalty of others, in Zhang Fan's most difficult time, Hou Sanbao was cut off two toes and refused to come forward to testify against him, his loyalty is undoubtedly tested.

Hou Sanbao replied firmly: "Your Excellency, please rest assured, your subordinates know what to do." ā€