Before the sun rises, the sound of busy footsteps has quietly spread inside and outside the inn.

Many of the broken bones have already begun to hit the road, continuing their unfinished journey. Business is particularly difficult in the year of famine, because most of the money has already flowed into the hands of grain merchants, and when the main purchasing power of the market is concentrated in the hands of a small number of people, they invisibly have some pricing power. Unless it's other daily necessities such as table salt, you have to adjust the price according to their faces.

Although Kangning is a merchant family, he has never been involved in any business activities before, so he has not yet gotten up. The same is true of his men.

Zhou Yin and Wang Fu managed real estate such as fields and residences for Wang Sen in their respective areas, and they did not have the habit of being a merchant on the table.

Only the guys at Corning, under the influence of the biological clock, got up early in the morning and began to hurriedly prepare their bags.

Years of experience in the field have allowed them to work with high efficiency. Although several merchants around them were secretly competing with them, they were still the first to clean up. However, because they didn't get out of bed for their wages, they just sat around and munched on pancakes as they watched the others leave the inn one after another.

"What a bunch of guys." The owner of a family couldn't help but praise, "It's a pity that the owner hasn't gotten up yet, otherwise this trip will definitely be very rewarding." ”

Two or three times in succession, all the travelers who had stayed here had already set off on their way.

When the sun crept up, Corning's eyes opened in a daze.

When he walked out of the room, he realized that the guys were ready to go. So he turned around and broke into the other people's rooms and kicked them all up, even Zhou Yin and Wang Fu didn't dodge.

However, they didn't complain, although they pretended to be dissatisfied, but it could be seen that Kang Ning was still very concerned about the things arranged by the sect leader. The purpose of their presence here was to monitor whether Kangning would do anything out of the ordinary and assess how central he was to the White Lotus Sect.

Judging from today's situation, Corning's performance is gratifying.

However, Sect Leader Wang Sen obviously didn't care about these details, they all knew that Sect Leader must have prepared a difficult test paper for Kang Ning.

However, none of the people who came here were proposition officials, and they couldn't accurately know what Wang Sen was thinking like Cod. All they have to do is play the role of an invigilator.

The group didn't eat breakfast, but just bought forty catties of pancakes, a specialty of Qilu, from the store, and then continued to Luanzhou.

The pancake is rumored to have been invented by Zhuge Liang, of course, this legend is not very credible. The earliest written record appeared in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, which was quite popular in the Ming Dynasty, and even found the words "pancake twenty-three catties" written on the division contract during the Wanli period.

It shows that this kind of processed products has become a widely used grain processing and storage method.

However, some people still can't get used to this dry stuff, and they need to roll something into it to eat.

What to roll up? Liu Luoguo in the TV series likes to roll green onions, while Yang Dayan is a typical meatless and unhappy.

Although everyone did not rush to Luanzhou day and night, the distance was not very long, so they soon arrived at Luanzhou Shifokou.

This is the first time that Kang Ning has entered the capital of the Eastern Mahayana Sect, a branch of the White Lotus Sect, where the central holy land is located.

The group was quickly assigned accommodation, and then informed that Wang Sen was ready to meet them the next day.

Corning was worried, as he was dealing with an old fox. Yang Dayan and others have no concerns in this regard. If something happens tomorrow, then they will protect Corning and kill it, and if they can't kill it, it will be excellent to be able to die in one place.

"It's a nice place." Yang Dayan pointed around and said, "Compared to the inn we stayed in along the way, this place is much stronger." ”

Shang Xin also bowed his head and said yes, only Kang Ning looked at the surroundings and said coldly: "You don't know, although Wang Sen is a demon sect leader, he is the best at gathering. ”

"I thought he organized a church in Nuoda for breakfast in the future, but he dared to love it for money, and he had no ambition." After Yang Dayan heard this, he immediately despised it.

Kang Ning shook his head and said, "You don't know, Wang Sen's White Lotus Sect has one or two million followers. Each person has to pay one or two hundred yuan in incense every year. He also used the money to buy a farm house, collect rent, issue usury, and extort interest. The silver and gold that he has accumulated are incalculable. These places are nothing, and when we go to see him to-morrow, we may see even more splendid mansions. ”

The next day, the group was taken to a large mansion, and Kangning only felt that such a large area was enough for a prefecture-level city to build a public place such as a people's park in the future.

Although the decoration is not gorgeous, there are many rare treasures in the furnishings. Corning sometimes thinks that if his golden finger is not reincarnated in the dirt, but smuggled in time and space, these things can be brought back to future generations and set new auction records.

Later, before they were brought into the back hall, Shang Xin and the others were blocked out, on the grounds that only those above the level of the head and head of the meeting could enter. Kangning, the chief of the three vehicles, was respectfully invited in.

When Corning entered, he found that it was full of people. When they saw Corning's new face, the expressions on their faces were naturally different.

When Kang Ning was taken to the front row and stood beside Du Fu and several other commanders, the leaders and passers behind him fell into whispers.

"Don't make any noise." Wang Sen couldn't stand it anymore, "This is the key person in the revival of my sect." You also know that Xu Hongru is desperately exposing our true means of collecting incense. We are now short of financial resources, so we have to cooperate with the Black Clothes Society. ”

Hearing the name of the Black-Coated Society, all the leaders and leaders began to whisper again. This time, Wang Sen didn't even need to speak, he just glared out, and the entire hall immediately returned to quiet.

"The Black Clothes Society is a group of maritime merchants. Xu Hongru's house rose rapidly because of the cooperation with this group of people. If you don't want to become a poor egg, you don't want to go back to the hard old days. In the future, I will have to make a good deal with this Kangning brother, because he is from a business family, and he is the person in charge of dealing with the Black Clothes Society. ”

Only then did everyone suddenly realize that they had stepped forward to greet Kangning. Kangning also returned the salute one by one, trying to remember their faces and positions as clearly as possible.

After everyone exchanged pleasantries, Wang Sen coughed twice, reminded everyone to return to their original positions, and then continued: "You also know that my son Wang Haoli also likes to do business. However, it is not as clever as Brother Kang's. Hey, the son is not the godfather's fault. ”

Both of Corning's eyes were about to pop out. Is it necessary for Wang Sen to raise his worth by belittling his son?

As he thought so, there was another whisper behind him. If this is a class in the future, then the teacher is probably about to blow up, why do a group of bear children talk so much?

However, this also proves from another side that there is far more than one person who doubts him like him.

Of course, they didn't know that Wang Sen was still recalling that when he contacted the Black Clothes Society that day, Kangning's performance made him more convinced of his own judgment.

Therefore, Wang Sen ignored the whispers below and continued: "So, I am going to let my son Wang Haoli assist Kang Ning and take charge of trade affairs with the Black Clothes Society. ”

"Why?" At this moment, someone finally couldn't stand it, Kang Ning looked over with the sound, and saw that this person had a sideways face, and his figure was very strong, and he was still standing in the first row like himself, and his status was not low, "I heard that this kid is just the sect leader who dug the corner of Xu Hongru, not long after he joined my sect, he became the head of the three vehicles, which has already made the brothers dissatisfied, and now he has to let him be in charge of such an important matter, and let the son assist him, why?" ”

"He saved my life and Haoxian's life!" Wang Sen patted the armrest of the chair and stood up suddenly.

When the man heard this, he was silent and returned to the train.

Seeing this, Wang Sen sighed, and said in a comforting tone: "Du Fu, you are also a good hand in the Jianchang camp, how can you not be broad-minded and tolerant of brothers, and you and I have been in love with master and apprentice for many years, I also know that it is not easy for you to sit in this position of the general commander of the three vehicles, but some things are just coincidences and fate." You and I can't help it. ”

Du Fu was even more silent, and the others slowly stopped discussing.

But Corning was even more uneasy in his heart. Wang Sen not only asked his son to assist him, but also almost fell out with the humerus minister for himself, which is also too abnormal, the so-called abnormality must have a demon, but I don't know where this demon is? I don't know if this demon can be cleaned up.

At this time, Wang Sen spoke again.

"A few days ago, Corning asked for a separate religion. I'm on it. ”

"What?" At this moment, more people began to object, "Sect Master, what a loss caused to us by Li Guoyong's rebellion back then!" ”

"This time it's different." Wang Sen interrupted them with only one sentence, "Kang Ning and Qingzhou Governor Chai Yinbin are very familiar. The sect he founded, although nominally opposed us, was actually a cover for us to preach. There's no way around it. Now the wind in Qingzhou is very tight, but we have to restore our strength there as soon as possible, otherwise we will be taken advantage of by Xu Hongru. How difficult is Xu Hongru to deal with? You should all know that. Someone mentioned apostasy just now, and you only dare to say Li Guoyong, but no one dares to say him, I know that you are still afraid in your hearts. ”

Everyone was silent, Xu Hongru was just the head of Yuncheng County back then, and now LCD controls most of Yanzhou Mansion, except for Zhou Yin's development speed that can be compared with him, no one else can look at it.

And Zhou Yin's financial connections are not the opponents of Xu Hongru, who cooperated with the Black Clothes Society.

"But you don't have to be afraid." Wang Sen said with a smile, "Because Kangning's task is to fight Xu Hongru in an all-round way." Xu Hongru is powerful, you don't dare to fight against it, so we can only treat others in the way of others. Whatever Xu Hongru does, we will support Corning to do. Use a Qingzhou Mansion to contain his Yanzhou Mansion. Then, other places can continue to develop as usual. In this way, sooner or later, one day, our strength can completely defeat Xu Hongru. ”

When everyone heard Wang Sen's calculations, they all praised in unison: "The sect leader is wise! ”

Only Corning seemed to have smelled the demonic aura.