An ordinary question, to Qiu Mingbo's ears, was the most beautiful voice in the world, which made him burst into tears and nodded desperately.

Seeing that the other party nodded, Xin Feiyu hurriedly asked the guards and "Dark Feather" agents to untie him, and took out the rags stuffed in his mouth. Qiu Mingbo, who was relieved, was afraid that the other party would suddenly disappear, so he grabbed Xin Feiyu's arm, with tears in his eyes, and said excitedly: "Brother Yu, brother, I finally found you." After speaking, he hugged Xin Feiyu tightly.

Although he met again with his companions who had been separated for more than ten years, Xin Feiyu had a lot to say and many questions to ask. But considering that this is the gate of "Qingyuan City", his own honor guard is blocked here, which hinders others from entering and exiting, and there will be a lot of inappropriate content in the conversation between the two people, so after Qiu Ming's friendship calmed down a little and confirmed that this long-lost brotherhood would ride a horse, he asked an accompanying guard to let out the mount, and the two walked side by side towards Xin Feiyu's residence in the city.

Seeing that the guy who was thought to be unfavorable to "Qingyuan City" and had bad intentions really knew his own General Xin, and the two of them were talking quite enthusiastically while walking, the squad leader Liu who reported the news, the guards who arrested the people and the "Dark Feather" agents looked at each other, and they all sighed in their hearts, "It's not that I don't understand, it's really that the world is changing fast!" ”

Although I wanted to know the situation since the separation, seeing that Qiu Mingbo was disheveled and his hair was unkempt, and now that the brothers had met, he was not in a hurry at this time, Xin Feiyu first asked Qiu Mingbo to lead him to freshen up and change clothes, and the two brothers would talk about it later.

Although he has been in the northwest for many years, thanks to his passing physique, the years have not left any traces on his face. Second, Qiu Mingbo was originally handsome and vigorous. Therefore, after the general grooming and changing into a new clothes, I sat there and looked radiant, and there was no more wolf bèi when we first met.

Seeing that he hadn't seen him for more than ten years, this brother who had crossed and gone through hardships with him was still as handsome and chic as he was at the beginning, sitting there and talking to himself, Xin Feiyu couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion in his heart. Although Qiu Mingbo and several other companions said goodbye at the beginning, it made him feel very uncomfortable, but after all, everyone had spent the most difficult and difficult time together, and for Xin Feiyu, that hardship would not be affected by the unpleasantness between each other, nor would it be slightly reduced by the passage of time. Therefore, the guests and hosts had a good conversation.

When they reunite after a long absence, the topic of conversation between the two parties will naturally be based on their experiences and current situation after they have been separated. Although Xin Feiyu was very excited and excited to see his companions who had been separated for more than ten years, his mind was still there, and his mind always maintained a clear mind. As a member of the crossing team, he still has to abide by the relevant regulations and regulations of the team. Therefore, when talking about his experience over the years, Xin Feiyu only talked about his experience in the army in Shouzhou, his encounter with Xu Shaoan after the city was broken and he joined the crossing team, some of the situations in the past few years with the army, and his current position and rank in the Later Zhou court, etc., did not mention the internal structure, organizational form, development goals and other confidential information involving the team within the team.

Although for the sake of his own future, Qiu Mingbo would like to know some information about the internal situation of the "Qingyuan" brothers, especially their true strength, and whether they have any plans to replace Zhou in the future. But Xin Feiyu avoided talking about these here, and he didn't want to be too urgent. He believes that this time he will definitely have the opportunity to meet Wang Kunjun, Zhang Weixin and other leaders of the "Qingyuan" brothers, as long as he can show his ability at that time, win the appreciation of Wang, Zhang and others, and be accepted by the "Qingyuan" brothers, the other party will naturally tell him about the relevant news, but he is not in a hurry at this time. Therefore, Qiu Mingbo put down his mind and concentrated on talking about separation and experience with Xin Feiyu.

Speaking of which, the reason why Chen Baoqiang, Zhao Zilu, Wang Han and others left the town near Shouzhou is that Qiu Mingbo played a considerable role in it. In fact, at the beginning of Xin Feiyu's surrender to Shouzhou City, Chen Baoqiang and others did not mean to move away from this town that they were already familiar with and had just been able to gain a firm foothold. What made Qiu Mingbo want to leave was a chance encounter in the county town not far from the town about a year after Xin Feiyu joined the army.

In the middle of the second year of Xiande, Chen Baoqiang, Qiu Mingbo and others relied on their skills in iron smelting and mechanical processing, and after a period of hard work and frugality, they accumulated a sum of money, and took a blacksmith shop from others as the basis for the four of them to make a living. In the early autumn of that year, Qiu Boming took a batch of kitchen knives, hoes and other ironware made by his own blacksmith shop to the county near the town to sell. As a result, he met a neighbor in the town who served in the Shouzhou Army and was on business in the county seat at the moment, and learned from the other party that Xin Feiyu not only joined the Southern Tang Army, but also because of his good body, flexible mind, especially reading and writing, he was appreciated by his boss, but he was promoted from a big soldier to the head of the capital in one year, and he was in charge of more than 100 people. According to the neighbor's statement, with Xin Dutou's ability and skill, as well as the importance of his superiors, he was afraid that his official position would have to rise. It is estimated that it will not take a year and a half to be promoted to a battalion commander or even a higher position, and the future is absolutely limitless. At the same time, the neighbor also said that although he and Xin Dutou were not in the same battalion, they were in the same army and could often meet in peacetime. I had heard Xin Dutou mention it before, and he missed several of his companions in the town very much, and he must find an opportunity to ask the military commander for leave to return to the town to visit after a while.

Although he expressed his gratitude to his neighbors for bringing him the news, Qiu Mingbo felt very uncomfortable and had a sense of crisis. First, because he didn't want the person with the best body and the strongest force among the five to leave, he was the most fierce and resolute one among the few people who opposed Xin Feiyu's defection to the army, and because of a moment of annoyance, he asserted that the other party's desire to get ahead with military merits was wishful thinking. Even if you can enlist in the army, you will be a big soldier for a lifetime, and you will not be able to get ahead. Now Xin Feiyu has become the head of the capital in less than a year, and the future is bright. The other party has achieved such results, once he returns it, won't he slap himself in the face and make his face dull. Second, and more importantly, since Xin Feiyu left the army, he took advantage of the situation to pursue Wang Han, who was quite aggrieved, lost, sad, and annoyed because his boyfriend insisted on joining the army despite his opposition. After a period of "onslaught", it finally achieved results at the beginning of the year, and now the two parties have reached the stage of talking about marriage and the best time is waiting. At this time, if Xin Feiyu comes back, not only will he have to face the hat of "snatching his friend's wife" without shame, but Wang Han will also be emotionally shaken, which will make the marriage of the two variable. If this is the case, he, Qiu Mingbo, will no longer be able to gain a foothold in the town, and I am afraid that he will have no choice but to leave the country alone.

There are only two ways to avoid this happening. One way is to prevent Xin Feiyu from returning to the town - this is obviously impossible with the current status of both sides. Another way is to persuade everyone, at least Wang Han, to leave the town with him and go to live in a place where Xin Feiyu can't find it. In this way, there will be no loss of face, and there will be no risk of losing Wang Han, which can be described as killing multiple birds with one stone and once and for all.

It's just that the idea is good, but the real implementation is not something that can be done overnight. After all, everyone has only just established themselves in the town and run a blacksmith shop where they can make a living, and it is not easy to convince others to give up this stable life and work hard again with themselves to make a living. Therefore, after returning to the town from the county seat, Qiu Mingbo concealed the news about Xin Feiyu while knocking on the side from time to time to test the attitude of the other three people to leave the town and work hard in a broader world; While keeping an eye on every move in the town, he is looking for a way out if his plan does not succeed.

Perhaps God took pity on him, or maybe it was good luck, or maybe it was just a simple coincidence, just half a month after Qiu Mingbo returned to the town from the county seat, a caravan from Yangzhou to Kaifeng, Luoyang and Jingzhaofu passed through the town and rested here for a while. Originally, a long-distance caravan would not have any intersection with a small blacksmith shop, but because the caravan steward was wandering around the town, he happened to pass by the "brother blacksmith shop" opened by Chen Baoqiang and Qiu Mingbo, and saw Chen Baoqiang's itchy hands for a while, imitating a Tang knife style and hanging at the door of the blacksmith shop as a signboard.

On the one hand, the owners of this caravan operated many other industries in addition to the caravan, such as iron smelting, steelmaking, and weapon building. On the other hand, the caravan steward surnamed Zhang had worked as a steward in the smelting workshop of the proprietor Li family for a period of time before taking up his current position, and he had some knowledge of smelting and weapon building. Therefore, when he accidentally saw the horizontal knife with simple decoration but exuding a cold and sharp sharp body, he couldn't help but be surprised in his heart, not believing that such a sophisticated weapon could come from a small town blacksmith, and was driven by curiosity into the "Brother Blacksmith's Shop".

As a result, after talking with Chen Baoqiang and Qiu Mingbo, especially after confirming that the horizontal knife hanging at the door was indeed made by the black-faced man in front of him, the big steward Zhang knew that he had picked up a treasure. First, the two people in the blacksmith shop, one is well versed in the way of smelting, and some of the methods of iron smelting and steel smelting he said are unheard of; A man who is proficient in the art of strange tricks, and some of his own gadgets for working iron are unseen in his own right. Second, when he tentatively offered to the other party to buy the horizontal knife, the other party not only did not hesitate to agree, but also the price was far lower than his expectations, obviously this thing was just an ordinary thing for them, and it was neither troublesome nor complicated to build, but it was easy to catch - otherwise, the other party would not have hung the knife in front of the blacksmith shop and used it as a storefront.

In addition, as the chief steward of the caravan, Steward Zhang also knows the mind of his proprietor very well. Considering that the world is not peaceful today, long-distance trafficking is both beneficial and risky. Smelting, especially the manufacture of weapons, but due to the frequent wars and the market is broad, there is a lot to do, and the proprietor of his own family has long intended to get the errand of the manufacture of weapons of the imperial court garrison in the northwest through the relationship between the DPRK and China, so as to open up a new road for the consolidation and development of his own industry. Therefore, after confirming that the two of them did have some unique talents in the blacksmith's shop, and witnessing that the blacksmith surnamed Chen had smelted a piece of steel in a much shorter time than the other blacksmiths, he decided to recruit them for the proprietor. However, out of prudence, Steward Zhang did not immediately show his intention to solicit, but first paid for the horizontal knife hanging at the door of the store, and after returning to his place of residence, he secretly sent someone to the "brother blacksmith shop", Chen and Qiu and their families to conduct an investigation, and confirmed that these four people were descendants of Han people who had returned from overseas, and had no relatives or roots in the local area, so they did not need to worry about their nostalgia for their homeland and their relatives and friends were unwilling to leave. And promised high salaries and high profits.