After staying in the Tang Mansion for almost a day, after dinner, Yuanhang said goodbye and walked to Liqiu's restaurant. The Tang Mansion is close to this restaurant, and Yuanhang first went to pick up Liqiu, and then went to pick up Qinghe and return to the courtyard.

In the small courtyard, the three of them sat around the table, and Qinghe poured tea for the voyage.

"Today I am very good, and I have earned nearly thirty taels of silver." Qinghe sat down and asked Liqiu, "How is your side today?" ”

"It's okay, it's not too much without you, it's not too little, twenty-eight taels." Liqiu handed over the teacup and said, "You only know how to serve Brother Ye, pour me a cup too." ”

"Yes, miss. Now that we are the big shopkeeper in Qiu, I will pour you tea. Qinghe smiled lightly and amused Liqiu.

Yuanhang saw that the two of them were like sisters, and also interjected with a smile: "You are all big shopkeepers, you have worked hard during the day, and I will serve you at night." Yuanhang got up and poured them tea.

"Yuanhang, I'm coming, how can I let you fall." Qinghe hurriedly reached out to stop him.

"Oh, sister, if he is willing to fall, let him fall, he can still be tired." Liqiu has always been like this, and he is not polite to the voyage at all. After speaking, he stretched out his hand to stop Qinghe.

Yuanhang held the teapot and tilted his head to look at Liqiu, and Liqiu did not avoid it, but also tilted his head and looked at Yuanhang.

"You can do it, I'll pour you tea, you please drink tea." After pouring the tea, Yuanhang said to Liqiu in a serious voice: "Liqiu, you see that you have been away from home for so long, is it time to go back and have a look?" ”

"What are you going to do when you go home? This business is so busy, don't go back. Liqiu's head shook when he heard it.

"You have to go back and see, or your parents will miss you too much." Yuanhang smiled and leaned over to persuade.

"My father came to deliver fish every day, and my mother came to see me the day before yesterday." Liqiu stretched out his hand to block Yuanhang's face, not allowing him to approach.

There is no way to sail away, this girl's heart is too straight.

"Liqiu, I'll tell you the truth, you can't go back or not. The key is that you have to return Qinghe to me, it's been more than three months, and you're not scared anymore, let's change rooms and sleep today. Yuanhang pretended to be angry, so he had to say it directly, and a sentence made Qinghe on the side blush.

"Who says I'm not scared anymore?" Liqiu turned around and pointed to the door of his room, and said, "You see, I put it at the door every day just in case." ”

Yuanhang suddenly lowered his head, he knew that Liqiu would talk about flat dans again.

"Look at your urgency, when you marry your sister, I will naturally change rooms with you." After speaking, he raised his head and drank the tea and went directly into the house.

Yuanhang looked at Qinghe helplessly, and Qinghe covered her mouth and snickered.

The next morning, the voyage came to the Tang Mansion to meet Tang Yuanwai. Tang Yuanwai spread the map of the Great Liang Kingdom on the table.

"Yuanhang, this is the topographic map of the Great Liang Country, you can take a look."

Yuanhang stepped forward and saw that the map was drawn on a cowhide, which was not very clear, but the vague states and counties could be seen.

There are eight states and one government in the Liang State. Since the death of the first emperor, several princes have occupied the four states in the east and established the country. Therefore, now there are only four states and one government in Daliang State. Luzhou is in the southernmost part, Jiangzhou is on the west, Jingzhou is in the north, Jeonju is in the north, and Houtangfu is in the east. On the east side of the Houtang Mansion is Xiaoliang Kingdom. Originally, the Houtang Mansion was the center of the Liang Kingdom, so the imperial city was built in the Houtang Mansion. Now the east side of Houtang Mansion has become Xiaoliang State, but Houtang Mansion has become the border city of Daliang State.

Yuanhang looked at the map carefully, and kept pointing his fingers at it and said to Tang Yuanwai: "Look, sir, now there are four states and one capital in the Great Liang Kingdom, and Jingzhou is in the middle. Therefore, I think that if you want to expand your business outward, you should choose Jingzhou, and firstly, if Jingzhou is established, it can be expanded to all sides. Second, no matter where any other state capital goes, it must pass through Jingzhou, so the number of merchants coming and going in Jingzhou must be the most. Yuanhang paused for a moment and said: "It's just that Jingzhou is connected to Houtangfu, and in the event of a war, it may be implicated." ”

Tang Yuanwai listened carefully to Yuanhang's analysis and kept nodding.

"Then in your opinion, should we choose Jingzhou?" Tang Yuanwai asked.

"You can choose, after all, we have the foundation of Luzhou, and once there is any trouble, we can withdraw to Luzhou, not to mention that this is just my opinion, and it should be fine in a few years."

"Well, since that's the case, then you can go to Jingzhou with me after a while, it should be more than a month, and you can explain the restaurant business." Tang Yuanwai decided to go to Jingzhou to see it in person.

"Okay, I'll explain it when I go back, and if it's prosperous, I'll also go over to open a restaurant." Yuanhang also had the idea of opening another restaurant.

Tang Yuanwai was about to let Yuanhang accompany him to play a few games of chess, so he walked in politely to say goodbye.

Tang Yuanwai laughed, "Daughter, you have never come to greet me at this time, you are here to find a voyage, haha." ”

Wanyue blushed and said, "Father, my daughter is here to greet you." ”

"Alright, you guys go outside for a walk, I'll go read a book." Tang Yuanwai knew his daughter's thoughts and deliberately drove them away.

"Master pay more attention to your body, and the voyage will take your leave first." Yuanhang got up and saluted Tang Yuanwai and said.

"My daughter went back first." After making a blessing, he came out with the voyage.

The two walked along the path towards the pond. Yuanhang naturally took a graceful little hand. Ice skin and jade skin, soft and boneless.

"You're here for me, aren't you?" Yuanhang asked with his head sideways.

"No, I saw you go to your father's place for a long time and didn't come out, I just want to see what you're talking about." Wanyu's mouth curled, trying to hide it.

"And say no, then how do you know I've been in for a long time? You must have noticed me when I came. Yuanhang squeezed his graceful little hand hard.

"That's it, so what?" Seeing that she was recognized, Wanyu simply played the young lady's temper.

"Hehe, it's better to be polite, you care about me the most, come, kiss one." Yuanhang deliberately teased her and pouted and leaned over.

The two walked to the edge of the pond, stopped gracefully, and suddenly noticed an anomaly.

"Look, why are there so many fish in this pool?" Wanyu pointed to the water's edge curiously to show the voyage.

Sure enough, schools of fish gathered at the water's edge, constantly swimming back and forth, and many big fish jumped out of the water from time to time.

"It's a lack of oxygen in the water, and the fish feel like they can't breathe well, so they come to the pool." Yuanhang explained Wanyu with modern knowledge.

"Oxygen?" Wanyo shook her head and frowned: "Strange, this phenomenon has never happened for so many years. ”

"Hehe, this is your lack of knowledge, I will ...... in the future" Yuanhang was smiling and amusing Wanyu, suddenly stopped smiling and asked, "What did you say just now?" Have the fish in this pond never been like this? ”

"Yes, there were fish in this pond when there was one, never before." Wanyo nodded very seriously.

"Not good, isn't it...... To earthquake! Yuanhang suddenly felt covered in a cold sweat.

"What is an earthquake?" Wanyo asked puzzled.

"Don't ask so much, did you spot a fish like this yesterday?" Yuanhang asked urgently.

"No, we didn't see any fish when we came yesterday." Wanyu recalled it and said decisively.

"That's what started today, and if it's really a precursor to an earthquake, it's going to be dangerous these days." Yuanhang looked at the water and said to himself.

"Wanyu, let's go quickly and find the master." The voyage pulled up and ran back.

Running back to the house, Tang Yuanwai had just fallen asleep, and Yuanhang hurriedly pushed Tang Yuanwai to wake up.

"Master, there is a possibility of an earthquake in Luzhou." The voyage looked anxious.

"Earthquake?" Tang Yuan was sleeping outside, but he was confused but heard an earthquake. "What is an earthquake?"

"It's a very strong trembling, and once it happens, the houses will collapse, the ground will shake, the river will spread up, and many people will die." Yuanhang said with gestures and gestures.

"How do you know?" Tang Yuanwai asked puzzled.

"The fish in the pond all swim to the shore and jump, and they are all big fish. Big fish are in deep water, unless there is a lack of oxygen or crustal movement will have such an abnormality, Wanyu said that there has never been such a phenomenon before, it seems that this time I am afraid that there will really be an earthquake. Yuanhang explained to Tang Yuanwai.

Yuanhang saw that Tang Yuanwai and Wanyue were very confused, so he continued: "No matter what, now we have to prepare, it is best if there is no earthquake, in case it happens, we can deal with it in time." ”

"What are we going to prepare?" Wanyue saw that Yuanhang was not joking, and asked nervously, she believed in Yuanhang.

"We're going to get the wagon ready. Food, quilts, water, and other items were to be placed on the wagon. The carriages were to be stored in an open area outside the city in advance. Also pack your belongings and keep them within easy reach. Don't sleep in the pavilion at night, go to sleep in the bungalow in the front yard. When the subordinates take turns to sleep, there must be a sober person. Yuanhang thought for a while and continued: "Put all the silver away, and if you can't take too much, exchange it for a silver ticket." medicines, go buy medicines in advance. ”

After Yuanhang finished speaking in one breath, Tang Yuanwai was still skeptical. But Wanyu believed it.

"I'll tell my subordinates to do it right away." After Wanyue finished speaking, she ran out.

"Master, I want to go back to the restaurant immediately, please send someone to pay more attention to the pond." After saying that, he forgot to bow and turned around and ran out.

Yuanhang trotted all the way to Liqiu's restaurant, and told Liqiu to close the store immediately, put the guy on vacation, collect money and go to the courtyard. Without waiting for Li Qiu to ask, he said, "I don't have time to explain now, so I'll do it immediately." After Yuanhang finished speaking, he hurriedly ran to Qinghe's restaurant.

In the small courtyard, Qinghe and Liqiu rushed back. Yuanhang summoned them together and said: "Listen to me, there may be accidents in the city these days, you pack your belongings and keep them by your side, don't take off your clothes when you sleep, I'll go out to buy things now, you two just sit in the yard, don't go into the house." ”

"What happened? Brother Ye, I came back in a hurry, and the account book was still in the restaurant. Liqiu was a little scared.

"You don't need to take the account book, if you have nothing to do, you can take it again, if there is really something, the account book is useless." Yuanhang glanced at the two of them, turned around and was about to leave.

"Voyage, take care, come back early." Qinghe had never seen Yuanhang so nervous, and he couldn't help but worry.

"Well, I'll be back soon, take care of Liqiu, and don't go into the house." After saying that, he didn't look back and went out.

Yuanhang bought two wagons, food, medicine, and several wine sacs to hold water. I rushed back to the courtyard and got the quilt and put it on the carriage. Shouting Qinghe and Liqiu to get on the car, Yuanhang drove the carriage out of the south city gate.

After leaving the city gate, Yuanhang found an open area, stopped the carriage, opened the carriage and said to them: "You wait for me here first, and I will go to the Tang Mansion to pick them up." ”

Yuanhang ran all the way to Tang Mansion, and the people on the street hurriedly dodged the road. When he ran to the Tang Mansion, Yuanhang was too tired to speak.

"Wanyo, are you ready?" Yuanhang drank two glasses of water in a row before speaking.

"Well, almost. The wagons are all loaded. Wanyo looked tired, her face covered in sweat.

"I have parked the carriage outside the south gate, and I will sleep in the carriage tonight, I see you and the master also go out of the city to sleep overnight."

"Okay, you go first, and my father will go looking for you."

Yuanhang stepped forward and hugged Wanyue and said in her ear: "Come quickly, don't worry me." ”

"Well, take care. I went. Wan Yue turned around and walked to ask the master.

Yuanhang rushed all the way back to the outside of the city, and he was finally relieved to see the carriage. Looking back at Luzhou City, I hope that my judgment was wrong.