Although it was a covert operation, Li Er still gave them some useful information after all.

Since Zhang Yi and the others are now businessmen, Li Er naturally also gave them all kinds of business information that Datang officials have.

This includes all kinds of business channels!

Li Yan, a native of Hanzhong, has been in business for several generations, and has always had close economic contacts with Tubo, especially he has a very good relationship with a big nobleman in Qingtang, so Zhang Yi and they took him as the key to open the door of Qingtang.

However, during this time, the Tubo people were a little frustrated, just like Li Yan, a Tang merchant who was closely related to the Qingtang aristocracy, they did not let go, and they encountered the same looting.

After suffering from the plunder, Li Yan suffered heavy losses, his vitality was greatly damaged, and his mental state was not very good, and he is now recuperating at home.

Zhang Yi and the others didn't say a word, they ran directly to Li Yan's house, and Zhang Yi also brought some tonic to calm the mind when he went with him, and he also brought a little with him.

"Virtuous nephew, do you think this Li Yan will help us? Also, do you think she can be trusted? ”

On the way to Li Yan's house, Xu Jingzong asked Zhang Yi that when people get older, they are more cautious and a little suspicious, and Xu Jingzong is like this now.

However, his suspicions are not unreasonable, the Li Yan family has been in contact with the Tubo people for so many years, they must have their way of survival, and it is also possible for them to join forces with the Tubo people to eat themselves.

Zhang Yi said with a smile: "Uncle, please rest assured, we have already investigated Li Yan's background information clearly, besides, didn't we study this issue before we set off, this Li Yan will not sell us." ”

Zhang Yi is very confident in Li Yan!

Seeing that Xu Jingzong was still thinking, Zhang Yi continued: "Uncle has forgotten, this Li Yan, but he was robbed by the Tubo people just now, at this time he will definitely not have a heart to the Tubo people, because he himself knows that people don't trust him at all, if he dares to unite with the Tubo people to eat us, if it is not good, the Tubo people will eat him by the way, this risk is too great, and it is not proportional to the benefits, he will not do it." ”

Although Xu Jingzong didn't know what the proportional thing was, he felt that Zhang Yi's words were very reasonable.

After convincing Xu Jingzong, Zhang Yi also urged the team to speed up and rush to Li Yan's house.

He knew that it was the most suitable choice to find Li Yan now, although Li Yan had just been plundered by the Tubo people, and he must have feared the Tubo people in his heart.

But don't forget, this time Li Yan was robbed by the Tibetans, Li Yan can be said to have suffered heavy losses, and even this robbery directly affected his family's financial strength and prestige, so he had to find a way to find a new way to restore his Li family's wealth and status.

At this time, if you find him by yourself, and hint a little more vaguely at the huge power and financial resources behind you, then Li Yan will definitely obey his words.

In any case, if he can be on the list, not only can he re-consolidate his family's prestige and status, but he will even make his status rise because of his strength.

Even Li Yan was able to use his own strength to turn it into a bargaining chip for him and the Tibetan side.

In an hour's time, Zhang Yi and the others came to the small city where Li Yan was.

In a small town near the border, it is difficult to see a large number of people coming and going, except for a few passing merchants, of course, during the war years, the army and refugees, it was all in batches.

And Zhang Yi and his entourage have dozens of horses, although they only brought a small number of people and horses over, but the people are strong and strong, and it is difficult not to attract people.

Entering the small city, Zhang Yi and the others asked Li Yan where he lived, and then drove his horse directly.

Dozens of horsemen rushed to the door of Li Yan's mansion, and then stopped solemnly.

Because Li Yan is recuperating and is now in a period of turmoil, the door of the mansion is closed.

When Zhang Yi and the others got off the horse, they felt some movement in Li Yan's mansion, Zhang Yi and Yue Shiyi just looked at each other and smiled, but they didn't care, and still asked Wang Wu to knock on the door.

In times of turmoil, it is human nature to be prepared at home, not to mention that a stranger like Zhang Yi who has never met stopped at the door of Li Yan's house with such a person, if it were Zhang Yi, Zhang Yi would also be prepared.

Wang Wu tapped the door a few times, and the door of Li Yan's mansion opened a crack, and a housekeeper-like person poked his head out to ask Zhang Yi and the others about their intentions.

Zhang Yi smiled and said to the housekeeper: "You go back and tell your master that we are from Chang'an, and you can discuss with him if you have something important." ”

The housekeeper glanced suspiciously at the eleventh month behind Zhang Yi and the others, and after being sure that it was indeed the appearance of a man in Guanzhong, he tied the door again and went in to report.

It didn't take long for the old housekeeper to run out again, but this time he was obviously not as careful as just now, but directly opened the door completely and invited Zhang Yi and the others in.

Since there were a lot of people who followed, Zhang Yi asked them to wait in the courtyard, and he took Yue 11, Xu Jingzong and a guard, a total of four people walked towards the main hall of Li Yan's mansion.

Li Yan's family has been in business for several generations, and their family background is also quite rich, and this set of courtyards alone is comparable to some ordinary noble families in Chang'an City.

In the main hall, a middle-aged man in his thirties sat on the top, and from his haggard face, Zhang Yi guessed that Li Yan must have had a very unpleasant time during this time.

"Boy Zhang Yi, a native of Chang'an, took the liberty to come to disturb him, and invited his eldest brother Haihan."

Knowing that the person in front of him was Li Yan, Zhang Yi hurriedly went up to salute, but when introducing himself, he also kept an eye on it and directly changed his name to Zhang Yi.

The words are different, but the call is the same, so that he doesn't have to worry about revealing the stuff when someone calls him by name.

Judging from the butler's report just now, Li Yan knew that there were a lot of people opposite him, so he didn't dare to hold it up, and he had already taken the lead in coming over before Xu Jingzong saluted.

"If you are there, Brother Zhang Yi can come to me Li, that is my honor."

According to the usual practice, Li Yan first touted that these methods could be used to deal with the other party before he knew his true intentions.

"I don't know Brother Zhang, why did you come to Hehuang to find me Li this time?"

Going around and around, you will eventually come back to the topic.

Zhang Yi smiled, looked back at Xu Jingzong, and then turned sideways to let Xu Jingzong take a step forward.

Just now, he was polite with Li Yan, leaving Xu Jingzong behind, and now it is time for Xu Jingzong to come forward, otherwise Li Yan will look at Xu Jingzong in the future.

Xu Jingzong took a step forward and said: "We came all the way from Chang'an, naturally we didn't come to drink tea in Guibaodi, of course, we came for business." ”