After Yang Suyan and Lai Yanbei left, King Qi did not talk to Su You about the auspicious matter, obviously he also knew that this matter could not be forced on a big scale, so the two smiled heartily and said goodbye.

Yang Guang didn't seem to know that his daughter had an unpleasant affair with the son of Qimin Khan, and after he sent him away, he immediately ordered someone to pack up, and when he left Yanmen on the second day, he actually brought Yanmen Taishouqiu and his side.

Compared with Qiu He, who is exquisite, Ma Yi is too rigid and wooden, and Yang Guang just dislikes this kind of temperament the most. That's it, but Yang Kuo didn't do things simply, so Yang Guangxun was not a single one, so he gave him his position of taishou at that time, and directly suspended him without pay, and ordered him to follow Qiu He to Boling to learn the way to be an official.

In order to show his broad mind rather than intentionally targeting, Yang Guang also made the decision to rest in Mayi for seven days.

In fact, since Emperor Wen, the Great Sui and the Turkic trade has been quite frequent, and the Great Sui has opened a special trade on the border, and there is a field in Mayi.

When the Turks came to Mayi, or the merchants of the Great Sui arrived at the Turkic internal transactions, as long as they paid a certain amount of money and had a way to go back and forth, they would generally be safe. The Turkic trade with the Great Sui was mainly based on horses or fur and clothing made by themselves, while the Great Sui could provide silk and various utensils for the Turks.

Merchants valued profits over parting, and they sold goods from the hinterland of the Central Plains to Mayi to trade with the Turks, earning huge profits; In order to pursue greater profits, many merchants banded together to form caravans to the outside of the country, and it often took them a month or two to make a trip, but the profits obtained were unimaginable to the farmers who farmed the fields.

Due to the huge interests of the merchants, the important ministers in the court finally reached out to the caravans on the border, and after many years of division and merger, now the merchants of Mayi have formed two large chambers of commerce, and these two chambers of commerce are in the hands of Yuwenshu and Li Hun respectively.

Li Hun of Shangzhu State, like Yuwenshu, is a high and powerful position.

Li Hun was born in the Li family of Longxi, and his father was Li Mu, one of the three heroes of the Li family in the previous dynasty, but he married Yuwenshu's sister as his wife; In fact, this may not be a big deal, Li Hun was originally a small role in the period of Emperor Wen, but he had a unique vision, in the process of Yang Guang and his brother competing for the crown, he and his wife and brother Yu Wenshu unswervingly stood by Yang Guang's side.

After Yang Guang ascended the throne, Yu Wenshu and Li Hun both became Yang Guang's confidants.

Even so, it was impossible for Li Hun to inherit his father's title smoothly, because he was not the eldest son in the family,—— he was even more unlucky than Yang Guang on the issue of inheritance, because Li Hun had nine brothers in front of him, and if he followed the Confucian rules of order, he would not be able to get his turn to inherit the title even if he died.

What to do?

Li Hun is obviously not a fool by Yang Guang's side, he learned from Yang Guang categorically the ruthlessness of "overcoming thorns and thorns", and Yuwenshu naturally became his accomplice, of course, this accomplice is not in vain, Li Hun made a heavy promise for this.

After the deed was completed, Li Hun broke his word and became fat, not only pushed his conspiracy with Yuwenshu to the ground, but gave Yuwenshu's sister a book to repair, Yuwenshu was so angry that the two families became enemies.

Yuwenshu swore that "this revenge will die and never forget", but Li Valve's current power is not something that Yuwenshu's power can shake, and the Li family holds the Danshu iron coupon in their hands, the invincible effect of this death-free gold medal can only lose its effectiveness if he commits the crime of rebellion, Yuwenshu weighed the strength of the two, and had to swallow the knocked out teeth silently into his stomach; However, although the two families can still tolerate it on the surface, they are fighting endlessly secretly.

The people of the Yuwen family and the Li family sell smuggled goods outside the Saiwai every month to earn profits, and by the way, they also lead some merchants who are willing to be vassals to expand the lineup and collect protection fees, and the merchants are also happy to be protected by them, after all, they rely on their fists to walk outside the Saiwai, and only the fists of the Yuwen family and the Li family are hard enough.

Horse thieves don't take pleasure in killing, but it's not uncommon for merchants to be looted in the past. After the establishment of the caravan of the Yuwen family and the Li family, the two families fought openly and secretly, and in order to strengthen themselves, they won over the small chamber of commerce and gave various preferential measures, so there were very few chambers of commerce that were freely combined by the people.

The Sui Dynasty was extremely strict in the management of the sale of illicit goods, and the sale of a stone of illicit salt was punishable by death.

However, following the official caravan is completely different, the official caravan is allowed to do business by the emperor's holy decree, that is, similar to the business license of later generations. Therefore, the official caravan is not just a simple familiarization with the route and the role of protection, with them, doing business is considered a legal business, and there is no fear of official accountability.

Of course, there are some private goods that are not allowed to be shipped even by official caravanserais, such as grain and iron tools.

When Su You arrived in Mayi, he heard that the Qi County Chamber of Commerce had vassalized the Li family, and Xia Ziwei's brother and sister were in Mayi at this time, and visited him that night.

"It's really a place in life where we don't meet, I never thought I would see your brothers and sisters here a month and a half ago." Su You patted Xia Ziteng's shoulder, and he was very happy to meet his old acquaintance in a foreign country, and Xia Ziwei had already gone to the side with Pei Yuanqing.

"Where do you not meet in life, Mr. Su's words have gone to my heart, I heard that you are going to stay in this Mayi for seven days, but we are about to leave." Xia Ziteng could naturally feel Su You's joy, but when it came to the future, he felt a little melancholy in his heart.

"Go back to the Eastern Capital? We're going back until the end of September, and it's not too late to get back together. Su You nodded, he still had some concern for the Xia brothers and sisters, but it would not be enough to say that they were sad because of their parting, after all, their values and worldview were all there, and it was impossible for them to become friends who cherished each other, let alone become year-old friends.

"That's not it, I'm afraid it's really what Ziwei said, we may have to arrive at the Turkic court earlier than you, because tomorrow we will go out with the caravan." Xia Ziteng shook his head, and when he said that outside the Saiwai, his eyes were already full of infinite yearning.

"I see, but you need to be more careful on the road." Su You didn't mention much about horse thieves, living in this era, fire prevention, theft and horse thieves are already basic common sense, he really doesn't need to talk nonsense about this, not to mention that Xia Ziwei's brothers and sisters are walking with the Li family's caravan, there should be no danger.

"Sir, there is no need to worry, even if it is as fierce as a mountain fly, it rarely hurts people's lives, unless it is the master who loves money like life. My brother and sister only went sightseeing alone, and besides, as long as we had the heart to escape, there should be no problem with our horsemanship. Xia Ziteng smiled slightly, not taking Su You's concern to heart.

The two were talking, but when they saw Yang Er's horse boy Li Si walking in, Su You saw Li Si's anxious appearance at a glance, and then he confessed to Xia Ziteng, and after walking to Li Si's side, he asked in a low voice, "Brother Xianyu, is His Highness recruiting each other?" ”

"Brother Hengbo, hurry up, 100,000 is urgent." Li Si nodded and hurriedly responded.

Su You didn't ask much, and after sending Li Si away, he hurriedly changed his clothes, and after handing over Xia Ziwei's brothers and sisters to Pei Yuanqing, he took Cheng Biting Jinhuo and hurried to King Qi's residence. Fortunately, the two of them lived not far away, and Su You and Cheng Yanjin only walked to Yang Er's temporary mansion after taking a cup of tea.

"Yokowave is coming? Sit. Yang Ying was pacing around in the flower hall, Liu Wu and Zhou Qiao Ling were sitting in the banquet, their eyes moving with Yang Er's figure, four or five people stayed in the hall, but it was surprisingly quiet, until Su You arrived, Yang Ying seemed to have just eased up and nodded to greet.

"Your Highness, what's the matter?" After Su You sat down, he asked straight to the point, and then looked at everyone in the seat with his eyes, but all he got was shaking his head, Cheng Yanjin stood behind Su You, but he could only be anxious.

"Yun Dingxing's old boy sent a secret letter to report that the Yuwen family's caravan was transporting weapons outside the fortress." Yang Er also sat down, and then spoke.

"What?" When Su You heard the news at first glance, the first thing that came to his mind was, did Yun Dingxing, the anti-bone boy, take refuge in Li Valve, and now report this false news to King Qi to attack the Yuwen family? When he thought of this, Su You felt that King Qi's attitude towards this seemed to be too casual, after all, Yun Dingxing was also a seventh-grade official in the court, and this matter was not suitable for spreading.

However, Yang Er seemed to have unintentionally spread this secret in this small area, while Liu Wu, Zhou Qiaoling, Chen Zhiwei, Li Xianyu and others were full of joy; Obviously, Yang Er's ability to share this secret with them proved their status in King Qi's heart, and they could also see that King Qi might already have his own ideas.

"This is a big crime of killing the head, and Your Highness needs to be cautious." Su You frowned, but still calmly reminded Yang Yudao.

"If you don't want to take any risks, you just need to forward this report letter to Your Majesty; But if I can bring down the Yuwen family in this way, I will definitely win the support of the ministers in the court. Yang Er raised his hand to stop Su You, he didn't call Su You here to let Su You oppose his decision.

It turns out that the King of Qi wants to use the Yuwen family to brush the favorability in the hearts of the ministers? Su You suddenly realized, but he still didn't know the purpose of King Qi calling him over, and then said, "Does Your Highness want to investigate or make a secret visit?" ”

"Of course, an unannounced visit is the safest, the problem is that the caravan of the Yuwen family has left Mayi yesterday; Want to see? And in what name? They've already gone outside the plug, but it's really unpleasant to see this big fish unhooked. Yang Er looked embarrassed, obviously, this was the reason why he summoned Su You and the others.

"It's only a matter of time before you want to catch up, it is known that Xiao Ming is walking north at a speed of sixty miles per day, and Xiao Wang is pursuing at a speed of one hundred and fifty miles a day two days later, according to this calculation, how long will it take for Xiao Wang to catch up with Xiao Ming?" Su You thought about this mathematical problem, but the problem in front of him was obviously not something that mathematics could solve.

"Why don't we pretend to be a horse thief?" Su You suddenly thought of a special life experience in his previous life, and then his eyes lit up and he put forward his own thoughts.

"What?" King Qi snorted, thinking that his ears were full of earwax, and everyone present was also staring at Su You in disbelief, they really didn't expect Su You to say such a bloody idea.