Although Wei Shuo has been busy with recruit training, he has not forgotten to pay attention to Laoshan, and now he has been away from Laoshan for more than a month, although he can't go back for the time being, but every time a Pengcheng businessman goes to Laoshan, he has to ask the other party to bring some things and letters back.

Fortunately, everything is on the right track in Laoshan, with Zhang Dalang, Yang Heizi, Zhu Wen, Second Uncle Yang, and Uncle Zhang, Wei Shuo is not too worried about what will happen. After receiving a reply from Zhu Wen the day before yesterday, Wei Shuo learned that the population of Laoshan has now reached 20,000, and even the escort team has expanded to 2,000 people.

In just over a month, Laoshan has expanded so rapidly, which greatly surprised Wei Shuo's expectations. But all of this is basically thanks to this trip to Xuzhou, and in the last month, a large number of local merchants in Xuzhou have been fooled to Laoshan by Wei Shuo.

These businessmen went to Laoshan and brought a large amount of urgently needed materials to Laoshan, which greatly relieved the pressure on Laoshan. Fortunately, Wei Shuo had people clean up Qingdao Port in advance and built a simple wharf, otherwise there would really be no place to accept so many ships.

Nowadays, Laoshan has long been different from what it used to be, and the port, boiling salt, salt pans, training, trade and other matters are progressing steadily in an orderly manner, and everyone can see how prosperous the prospects of Laoshan are.

Although Wei Shuo couldn't wait to put on his wings and fly to Laoshan, he couldn't let go of everything in Xuzhou. The situation in Xuzhou is not as stable as Qingzhou, and Qingzhou has Cao Wei, the history of Qingzhou of the Xiongnu Han State, and the Xiongnu Han State will not take the initiative to attack Qingzhou for a while. But Xuzhou is different, nominally Xuzhou is controlled by Sima Rui, the king of Langya, and it is still a veritable territory of the Great Jin Dynasty.

Although Wei Shuo could not leave Xuzhou, as the training of the new army was progressing smoothly, he decided to let Zhang Erlang return to Laoshan for a trip.

"Brother Wei, are you going to let me go back to Laoshan?" Zhang Erlang looked surprised and couldn't believe it was true, saying that Zhang Erlang really missed Laoshan's family a little, and it was the first time he had left home for so long when he was so big.

"Well, in fact, I also want to go back to Laoshan to see Uncle Zhang and them, but you also know that the current training of recruits is inseparable from me, so I can only let you leave alone. This time, you will accompany several businessmen back to Laoshan, one of whom is a well-known shipbuilder in Xuzhou, and you will inspect the shipbuilding industry in Xuzhou along the way, and if possible, recruit more shipbuilders to Laoshan. ”

"And after you go back, you must tell Ziwen and them to strengthen their vigilance, I am afraid that the Wang family will make it bad. A long time has passed, and the time we agreed with Wang Dongjia is getting closer and closer. Although Laoshan's strength has been greatly improved now, and he is not afraid of the Wang family's retaliation, he can't guard against the other party's secret evil. ”

"As the saying goes, 'It's easy to dodge with an open gun, but it's hard to defend against a hidden arrow,' so it's always right to be careful. By the way, there are also pirates on Xu Fu Island, if the other party does business safely, it's fine, if the other party dares to show his teeth, you tell Ziwen not to endure it anymore, and directly let the escort team destroy them. ”

Zhang Erlang nodded and agreed: "Got it, Brother Wei, I will tell Mr. Zhu and my eldest brother them word for word." Brother Wei doesn't have to worry about pirates, the last time I went back, I saw their people doing business with us. I heard that the big boss has been living a good life recently. ”

"And when do I leave? Now? ”

"What's the hurry, wait until you go to the market in Pengcheng to buy some gifts for Uncle Zhang, Second Uncle Yang, Niuniu, and Goudan, and you can help me bring them back." Although I can't go back to see them just yet, these gifts represent my heart. ”

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This was Wei Shuo's first visit to Pengcheng, walking on the streets of the east and west cities, and he found that some places were connected in ancient and modern times. As far as this market is concerned, the ancient people also knew how to centralize the management of the market, and the market is also divided into high and low. Some shops only cater to the aristocracy and the wealthy, and it seems that the ancient people also understood the division of the market.

Wei Shuo took Zhang Erlang and the others to a silk shop, he looked at the front and said, "Let's go, let's go to this store and have a look, buy some fabrics for Uncle Zhang and them, and ask Sister-in-law Zhang to make some new clothes for everyone when we go back." ”

The two were about to step in, but unexpectedly a group of people came up to them, and several of the servants who opened the way arrogantly squeezed the others to the side. A faint fragrance suddenly came to his nose, and Wei Shuo looked up to find a girl with a white veil and a group of maids and servants appearing in front of him.

"Ah, how do you walk? Don't have eyes? What a crime should you be guilty of colliding with a nobleman! A servant was furious when he saw that his master was blocked in his way.

What Wei Shuo hates most in his life is this kind of villain who loves to bully people, he was about to apologize, but he was teased by the other party, and suddenly sneered: "Yo? We don't have long eyes? Oh, you don't seem to have much in your eyes! ”

"You ......" The servant was still arguing, but he didn't expect the girl behind to speak, "Forget it, it was originally us who was wrong, let's go, don't delay people doing business." ”

"Yes, little lady." The servant glared at Wei Shuo viciously and turned to leave.

Hearing this voice like the first cry of a yellow bird, crisp and tactful, Wei Shuo couldn't help but feel good, and said secretly: The voice is very good, if it is in modern times, you can go to participate in a talent show like The Voice, maybe you will become a big singer in the future.

When he looked up, he was stunned and saw a woman wearing a goose yellow silk dress. On the left side of his waist is a piece of fine gold and jade. Draped in a white silk gauze coat, the breeze blew lightly, suddenly revealing the girl's graceful neck and clearly visible collarbone, and a string of natural pearls hung on the neck, shining with a sparkling luster, and the girl's skin was white and snowy.

Although Wei Shuo couldn't see the girl's true appearance, he could vaguely see the girl's narrow phoenix eyes and smart eyes, and he could probably peek into the peerless elegance under the girl's veil.

The woman may not be in a good mood, her eyebrows frowned slightly, her teeth bit her lower lip lightly, her eyelashes drooped slightly like a feather fan, and she didn't even look at Wei Shuo, but she was worried and wanted to leave quickly.

After all, Wei Shuo has seen a lot of post-PS beauties on the Internet in later generations, so although he was a little surprised by the girl's beauty, he didn't lose his temper much. It is estimated that the little lady of the family took the servant out to buy things, because he really didn't want to be involved with the family too much, and planned to take the initiative to get out of the way.

Unexpectedly, the shopkeeper suddenly appeared at this time, and as soon as he saw Wei Shuo, he shouted happily: "Oh, isn't this the guard Lord Cao Wei!" How did you come to the small store today, it's really a disappointment! ”

It turned out that this shopkeeper had met Wei Shuo at a party and knew that his other identity was the president of Laoshan Trading Company, and he had a large amount of refined salt in his hands. There are many businessmen in Xuzhou who want to get in touch with him, and this shopkeeper is one of them.

"It turns out that this is Zhang Dong's shop, disrespectful and disrespectful!" Wei Shuo saw that it was an old acquaintance, and he was immediately happy. It is said that after he came to Xuzhou, although he did not make any friends with famous families, he knew a lot of Xuzhou businessmen.

"Guard Cao? Isn't that Wei Shuo? The girl, who was already about to leave, suddenly stopped after listening to the shopkeeper's words, and muttered to herself.

It turned out that this girl was Pei Ying'er, the daughter of Pei Dun, the only daughter of the Assassin Shi, she had already heard of Wei Shuo's name. Knowing that he had exposed Sima Ao's conspiracy and saved her father from a catastrophe. didn't expect Wei Shuo himself to be so young.

Therefore, she deliberately stopped leaving, and then leaned over to whisper a few words to her personal maid, only to see the little maid jump in front of Wei Shuo step by step, and said with a smile: "Wei Langjun, my little lady asked the slave to say thank you to you!" ”

"Thank you?" Wei Shuo was stunned when he heard this, "Are you mistaken, this girl, I don't seem to know your little lady." ”

Unexpectedly, the little maid smiled and turned around and left, Wei Shuo looked at the carriage that was gradually moving away, and suddenly had some realization.

On the same day, Wei Shuo and Zhang Erlang bought a lot of things and loaded two large carriages. Because he was acting with many businessmen, Wei Shuo was not worried about Zhang Erlang's safety. Coupled with the signboard of the Thorn Mansion, it is estimated that no one in the entire Xuzhou will dare to find trouble. When you get to the beach, you can take a boat directly, which saves a lot of trouble.

The next day, after Zhang Erlang left with the large army, Wei Shuo returned to the barracks again, but unexpectedly received an unexpected invitation.