Chapter 4: The Return (2-in-1 Chapter)
The Wren Empire, the imperial capital of Baizhe.
This bustling city ushered in the first rain of late summer and early autumn, and the dark clouds were gloomy, and the rain drops continued, and there was still a lingering summer
The heat is unbearable, and there is the difficulty of the coming of autumn, which makes people unable to do anything.
However, even so, from early in the morning, the streets and alleys of the city began to flow with pedestrians, cars and horses as before
It is as if the blood rushing in the veins of the human body will not stop until the day of death.
In the Bright House in the Lotta district, in an exclusive maid's room, Winnie is just like the rest of the people who are busy with their day's work early to make ends meet
Get up from time to time.
She stretched, got out of bed slowly, tidied up the quilt, and then walked to the dressing mirror with a yawn
All add an acupuncture point to the head, and those two can't be typed) to take off their pajamas, revealing a young and delicate body in great development.
Fourteen Fanghua is the time when the buds first bloom.
"It seems to be a little bigger、、、 "Before putting on her underwear, Winnie noticed a pair of buds in the mirror, which seemed to be plump
A point of profit.
I heard from the older maid sisters that the plump this part grows, the more men like it、、、 Winnie's face is red, right
The mirror was stunned for a while, and finally rejected the idea of finding a ruler to measure himself.
Ordinary people, women can get married. As she grew older and her face opened, Winnie noticed that she was young and different
Sexuality's gaze at herself became more and more intense, containing some meaning that made her panic.
Thankfully, however, none of the valets dared to step forward and put into action what she feared.
Especially after the chief steward of Bright's house gave her the privilege of living alone in an exclusive servant's room, her body was like that
An invisible boundary between the opposite sex was set, and no man in the house came within a meter of her except her father.
Winnie looked at herself in the mirror and became more and more hydrated, her face was slightly red for a long time, and then she shook her head and forcibly expanded her brain
Zhang's distracting thoughts shook off and patted his little face, suggesting that he cheered himself up and started his day's work!
、、、、、、
Dressed in a black and white maid suit, walking down the corridor with dignified steps, Winnie casually glanced at the black oppressive sky outside the window,
Thinking of the empty study that was about to be cleaned, Fang Xin habitually felt a little lonely.
It has been a year and a half since the departure of the master to participate in the summit of the Three Kingdoms.
At the beginning, the craze of the Imperial Contest and the Three Kingdoms Conference has long since disappeared with the passage of time. Among the people of the imperial capital, there is almost no one anymore
When it comes to related topics, even if they are mentioned occasionally, there will only be doubts and speculations, as well as unbelievable hearsay.
The vast majority of the people in Bright House are the same, busy with their own work every day, and rarely mention that the one has been gone for too long
of the Viscount.
Winnie can't blame them for their numbness, but as the only maid in the house who has always cared about the safety of her master, she is silent every day
Pray for the safe return of adults.
Before she knew it, she was walking down the familiar corridor to her study, and Vinnie was shocked to find an empty room that should have been shrouded in gloomy darkness
In the room, there is actually some bright light!
She froze in place, then suddenly came to her senses, pushing open the door almost as if she were rushing in.
"The host 、、、"
Winnie called out in her heart, and suddenly saw that at the end of the field of vision, behind the large desk, which had been empty for more than a year, there was a desk
A black-haired young man reading a paper.
Fang's heart suddenly tightened, her breathing involuntarily stagnated, and the incomparable excitement turned into a scorching warm current that filled her chest
, rushing to the face, surging eyes.
She pounced, but halfway through, she saw the face of the young man who looked up on the other side, and the tears in her eyes turned into disappointment
of the cold.
"Winnie?" The black-haired young man, Luo Yang, the head of the Bright Mansion, was disappointed when he saw the little maid's stiff and happy expression
's eyes, crystal pure tears, suddenly understood what the other party had misunderstood.
"I'm sorry、、、 it's not that Chongyang is back、、、 it's just that I suddenly want to come and sit here. Luo Yang sighed,
Closing the magic book on the table, he stood up, walked around the desk and walked to the girl who was bowing her head and weeping.
"No、、、 sir、、、 I don't have to apologize、、、 I 、、、 made a mistake、、、" Winnie choked up
He wiped his tears with a handkerchief, but he couldn't stop wiping them.
Luo Yang looked at her quietly.
Winnie's sadness and loneliness are not his loneliness. The younger brother never returned, and I thought it wouldn't take long for the Three Kingdoms
The conference has dragged on for more than a year without any news.
"Chongyang, what happened to you, why hasn't there been news for so long, and how are you doing now?"
The same question will ring in his heart every day.
His whereabouts are unknown, and his life and death are unknown、、、、、、
Doubts about the process of the conference, and the ensuing rumors were the most serious during the period, Luo Yang was simply in torment
Spend. He went to great lengths to find credible information about the conference, but what he got was either rumors or unknown, unknown,
Unknown, or unknown!
It's as if the entire conference was interrupted out of thin air, and then all the elites of the three countries who participated in the conference evaporated from the world
, leaving no traces.
For many nights, Luo Yang couldn't sleep because of the turmoil in his heart. Again and again, expectations are disappointed again and again, so that in helplessness
Gloomy numbness.
The worst guess is that the conference has long been secretly over, and Chongyang has not returned、、、
Luo Yang couldn't believe it, and forced himself not to pay attention to this terrifying possibility. But many times, he learned from his brother
Wake up from a nightmare of tragic death in a dark and remote corner.
Last night, he had a similar dream again, seeing Chongyang lying on the ground covered in blood, reaching out to the sky before he died, while he himself was there
The heavens desperately reached out to grab it, but they couldn't touch it.
Finally, the moment Chongyang closed his eyes in despair, he woke up in shock and found himself holding his hands out towards the void.
After being silent in the dark night for a long time, Luo Yang's mind was still difficult to calm down, so he got out of bed and dressed in a daze, wandering around the house like a ghost
Finally, I came to this study.
Reading the magic book, he can't understand it at all, he is just turning the pages aimlessly, sorry for the esoteric theories and cumbersomeness in the book
The spell faints until Winnie bursts in.
"Don't cry, Chongyang 、、、 will come back one day. ”
Seeing the little maid crying for a long time, Luo Yang sighed in his heart and tried to soothe.
"Hmm、、、" Winnie finally recovered, her eyes red and her little nose twitching.
Luo Yang comforted her for a while, then left the study, prepared breakfast, and then dealt with the affairs of the new day.
Due to a rare locust plague this summer, the harvest at Spades was so poor that it was beyond its means. Fortunately, Luoyang expanded early
The scale of his own business was large, and he established a Lieyang trading house as an agent to buy and sell foreign specialties, and earned a lot of income to make up for it
Supplement, insurance to maintain the use of manors and mansions, so as not to fall into the dilemma of usury.
Seeing that a new round of autumn sowing is about to begin, the investment required by the manor has increased significantly, and Luo Yang must earn enough crystal coins
to ensure the operation of the estate, otherwise what the farmers will eat in the coming year will be a problem.
Expanding the business bank, raising supplies, opening new shops, looking for customers、、、 everything needs to be taken care of by Luoyang. And the more you want to enter
step, the more he felt that the foundation of the Bright family in the imperial capital was too thin, and it was difficult to speak anywhere, and the rival was even more one
One after the other.
Today, Luo Yang mainly met with several caravan leaders to discuss the purchase of special products.
These guys are all veterans of this industry, and it is difficult to open the market because they have nothing to do with the imperial capital, and it is Luo Yang who takes a fancy to them
The market potential of their goods was boldly introduced and vigorously promoted, so as to obtain a rich profit.
However, after making more money and the reputation of the goods, these leaders combined and actually united to force the palace to Luoyang.
Ask for an increase in the purchase price.
"Lord Luoyang, our four brothers are all doing small businesses, until we meet you, thanks to your blessing, we will make the business bigger
Some, we're all grateful for that. ”
A caravan leader wearing a felt hat, with a slender face and a chin bent towards him, said with a seemingly kind smile.
"But、、、 we are all businessmen, and saying gratitude can't let you take advantage of your whole life. Lord Luoyang has earned it until now
, I have made a lot of money, why can't we raise the price of goods a little bit and share more of the profits with our brothers?"
As soon as his words came out, the other three leaders echoed him.
"That's it, Lord Luoyang, you have made a lot of money, you have to give us brothers who come and go in the wind and rain all day long to have a little more sweetness!
”
"The original price was too low and unreasonable!"
"Luo is the most important person, you have bought a lot of goods, and we have to use more manpower, if you don't raise the price of goods a little, it will be difficult for us to pay our wages!"
Luo Yang sat in the soft chair, one hand supporting his cheek, and the other hand tapping his knuckles on the arm of the chair, shouting bitterly to these poor
The old slippery head looked coldly.
"Where's the less, Jim, don't think I don't know what you pay at the point of origin!
The price we set for the goods is very generous, and we also pay a deposit of 20% in advance! I ask myself if I don't treat you badly under such good conditions, besides
All the risks of finding customers, opening the market, and promoting goods are all borne by my firm!"
He said coldly, every word was extremely sharp.
"You are doing the same things as before, but the risk is lower than before, and the income is higher than before, thinking that this is all heaven
Don't be stupid, it was me and the people in my firm who worked hard to make it!"
"Before you met me, how many years did you do this business, ten years, twenty years?
It's just that no one looks up to you, and no one wants to buy your things!"
"You should know how hard it is to sell your goods, because that's something you haven't done for decades
But I did it, and the people in my business firm did it! You think it's easy, and you still want to share the profits? Why don't you want to think about yourself
Fool of the past!"
After a scolding of the head and face, the leader of the caravan led by Jim was scolded.
Jim didn't think that this shrewd business owner would speak so directly and mercilessly, and the smirk on his face was completely stiff.
There was a dead silence in the living room.
"It is impossible to increase the price of goods before the expiration of the contract, and the most I can do is increase your deposit. Luo Yang pressed his head hard
After the leader's momentum, he glanced at the audience and said lightly.
Jim came back to his senses and slowly retracted his smile, a grim glint in his little eyes.
"What's the use of increasing the deposit? Lord Luoyang, you don't know, the conditions given to us by several other trading houses are forty percent
More than a deposit!"
Luo Yang frowned, thinking about whether the other party was bluffing.
"I didn't want to say it to death, but Lord Luo Yang's attitude is so tough, I have to speak a little more ruthlessly on behalf of Brother Shi
。 If Lord Luoyang refuses to raise the price of goods by 30%, we will all transfer to other firms and no longer go out to Lieyang Firm
Goods. ”
Luo Yang's brows furrowed, and there was a hint of anger in his eyes.
"Why don't you go and be robbers!?"
In the face of Luo Yang's angry rebuke, Jim and Jiao sneered.
"We are serious businessmen, how can we compare to robbers?Lord Luoyang, I don't care about your rudeness, and thank you
The efforts to promote the goods, but now is no longer the time, there are more commercial houses waiting for our goods, as long as we are willing to switch
They were even willing to help us with the full amount of the liquidated damages!"
Luo Yang clenched his fists.
"Isn't it the Hodriser Chamber of Commerce?"
Jim smiled without saying a word, but his eyes showed a hint of arrogance.
Luo Yang sighed deeply in his heart.
I made a mistake, but I didn't expect the other party to come into contact with the specialty franchise of the nobles of the family. Obviously, this is just an emerging commodity, and it should be
It's not enough to be noticed by that level of chamber of commerce、、、 but this damn family aristocratic chamber of commerce is sensitive to the market
, beyond expectations!
Luo Yang weighed urgently, although there was anger at Jim and others for the snobbery in his heart, and helplessness at the big chamber of commerce to bully and grab goods, but Lieyang
The merchant houses needed supplies, the estates needed funds to sustain them, and it took too much effort and time to find new caravans or promote new specialties
、、、
"Bear with it, no matter what, you have to maintain the manor and the mansion, and wait for Chongyang to return. ”
Luo Yang swallowed the bitterness in his heart, with his temperament, he really didn't want to bow his head to such a guy who forgot his righteousness, but he wanted to let him not
The younger brother who knows when he will be able to come back, when he returns, he sees not an embarrassing home, and he can endure anything. "Okay、、、 Jim, you win, I'm 、、、、"
"Lord Luoyang!"
There was an eager roar from the living room, and then the door was slammed open, and a middle-aged servant burst in with excitement on his face
。
"Vika?" Luo Yang looked at the servant foreman, who was Winnie's father, in surprise, "What's wrong、、、
"He'、、、 him、、、 sir, he's 、、、" Vika looked extremely excited, ignoring the four Jim present, to Luo
In front of Yang, he gasped and said, "He's back! Lord Viscount, he'、、、 master, he's back!!"
"Viscount、、、 Chongyang!?" Luo Yang was shocked, and grabbed Vika's arm violently, his hands were trembling, and his eyes were flowing
He looked shocked and delighted.
Vika's arm was clawed with pain, but he could understand the Grand Steward's mood and nodded his head constantly.
"Right in the study、、、"
Before the words fell, Luo Yang's figure suddenly flashed, like a leopard that suddenly pounced out, and rushed out fiercely.
"Chongyang 、、、 Third Brother 、、、"
With tears in his eyes, Luo Yang ran down the corridor at a speed of 100 meters sprint, and saw many servants along the way, heading from all directions
The study is concentrated.
"The master is back!"
"I'm really back!
"I was escorted back by the Royal Knights!
"Royal Knights、、、 which Royal Knights are they!"
"The whole empire is just a royal order, fool! I know that badge, I am absolutely not mistaken!"
"Can be escorted by the Royal Knights、、、 can the master win?
"Oh my God, let's go see 、、、"
Bright's house went crazy, and one by one the servants put down their work and converged in one direction to witness the legend
Return.
"Get out of the way, don't get in my way!" Luo Yang shouted wildly, violently pushing away the people around him in the corridor in front of the study.
"It's Lord Luoyang、、、 quickly make way for adults!" The servants dodged one after another, giving Luo Yang a way to the study
。
"Chongyang—"
Luo Yang shouted and rushed into the study, and when he saw the scene in front of him, he was stunned.
This picture is so gorgeous and pure, that Luo Yang thinks he is dreaming.
If it's a dream, never wake up、、、、
"Big brother. ”
The black-haired young man turned his head slightly, and a warm smile appeared on his face wearing a black eye patch.
"I'm back. ”
Seeing his younger brother's face and hearing this sentence of expectation day and night, Luo Yang felt that his whole person was filled with sunlight and his vision changed
It's a blur.
You're back、、、 he wanted to say that, but he felt that if he opened his mouth now, he might be like Chongyang hugging Veniyi
They cried out in a frustration. Therefore, Luo Yang just stepped forward slowly, raised his right hand, and slapped his younger brother's shoulder heavily,
Gritted his teeth and said nothing.
The brotherhood of blood dissolved in water pulls each other's hearts through big hands, shoulders, and chains.
The servants who crowded outside the door to watch were also sighing one by one.
Not long ago, Chongyang and Her Royal Highness the Princess returned to the imperial capital through the teleportation array, and first went to the palace to stay for a while, and then
Leave the palace and return to the residence where you have been absent for a long time.
Hearing that Luo Yang was meeting with the guests, he ordered the servant to report it, and then returned to his study and saw that he was fighting
Winnie sweeping the room、、、
When a loved one meets, a few simple greetings are worth a thousand words. Subsequently, Luo Yang dispersed the servants who were watching and went with Chongyang
Go to the living room and prepare the two brothers to talk about what happened since they separated.
It wasn't until he entered the hall that Luo Yang remembered that there were still a few people here.
"They're they?" Chongyang asked. He also thought that Luo Yang came to see him after talking to the guests, but he didn't expect the guests to return
At.
Luo Yang was thinking about how to introduce them, or simply send these nasty guys away, when he saw Jim, who was the leader, greeted him with a flattering face
Come.
"Lord Luoyang、、、 hehe, and this one, is the legendary magical fire mage, Chongyang @Lord Bright?" Jim nodded with a flattering smile on his face, and there was a hint of shock and horror in his eyes.
Who is the Magical Fire Mage? As long as he was in the Imperial Capital last year, no one would ask such a stupid question! Jim certainly listened
said Chongyang @ Bright, but when he dealt with Luo Yang, he never thought that this new business bank owner was actually famous
The big brother of Chongyang @ Bright in the imperial capital!
You can't blame him for being sluggish, a little person who runs a business normally, where would he casually talk to legendary celebrities about the people he meets
Besides, at that time, the craze for the Empire Race had also faded a lot, and the people turned to talking about new things
Note this topic, Jim and these people are the same, so I didn't think about it in time.
But ignoring it for a while does not mean completely forgetting that after Luo Yang heard the news and suddenly ran away, he broke into the living room to inform the servant Vika
After explaining the situation to them, Jim and the others were shocked.
The magical fire mage who went to participate in the Three Kingdoms Conference was Luo Yang's younger brother! And now he is back, and even more, he was escorted back by the Royal Knights, the strongest legion of the empire high above!
As long as you are not a person whose brain has been eaten by dogs, you should understand how high the level of a figure who is carefully protected by the elite legion directly under the royal family is.
The servants of the Bright Mansion could guess that the master should have won the victory of the Three Kingdoms Conference, so why couldn't Jim and the others think that these caravan leaders were really repentant at this time.
If Luo Yang sued his younger brother 、、、, then the magical fire mage became angry, and a magic shot out、、、 there was no corpse!
Killing a small person like them, who are valued by the royal family, is almost like crushing an ant.
Thinking of this, Jim was so frightened and frightened that he wanted to kneel down immediately and make amends to Luo Yang by pumping his mouth.
Looking at Jim's flattering and even frightened look at him, Chongyang was confused, responded to the other party's words lightly, and then looked at Luo Yang.
Luo Yang understood why he was like this, and the corners of his mouth floated with a cold arc.
"This is my brother, you already know him, so you don't need me to introduce him again、、、 get out, you know what to do about what you just talked about?"
"I know, I know!" Jim nodded like a chicken pecking rice, as long as Luo Yang can not hold a grudge and let him get out of here alive, he is willing to ask him for free shipping!
The four caravan leaders rushed to the hall door as if they had been granted amnesty, but they were stopped by Luo Yang at the moment when they were about to go out.
"Wait, there's one more thing!"
Jim's legs went limp, could he not escape after all?
"You tell the Hodriser Chamber of Commerce that I'll come and talk to them 'in person' another day. Luo Yang propped up Chongyang's majestic tiger skin and said coaxingly.
Jim and the others felt like they were escaping death, and they fled through the door.
"Big brother 、、、" Chongyang probably realized something, and looked a little speechless.
"Hahaha-cool!" Luo Yang couldn't maintain a serious expression anymore, and suddenly burst out laughing, and shook his younger brother's shoulder very happily.
No matter how long he leaves, Chongyang is the fundamental backbone of this family. Chongyang is not here, Luo Yang is struggling, and now that Chongyang is back, Luo Yang will raise his eyebrows and kill the Quartet!