Mu Yan's words seemed like an ordinary greeting, but in fact, it was a code word that he and Yun Lou had long been on good terms.

As early as two days ago, when Yunlou came to him, the two had already decided:

If he can monitor the Zhuang Lord's Mansion at any time, and has the ability to support the Cloud Tower at any time, then when they are separated, he will say, "The little one will go down first!" ”

If he can't monitor the Zhuang Lord's Mansion at any time, but can support Yunlou in time, then he doesn't need to speak and bow his hand to Yunlou.

But if the two conditions can't be met, Mu Yan will say the sentence just now: "The shopkeeper, then Liu will go down first!" ”

…… Yun Lou had already understood what Mu Yan meant at this time, obviously this operation had fallen into a bad situation from the beginning, but he didn't worry too much, because this was not the worst situation, as long as it was not the worst situation, he and Mu Yan still had a way to deal with it.

The two parted here, one followed the servants to the main hall of the banquet, and the other walked to the small courtyard specially prepared for these servants and grooms in the Zhuang's mansion.

This is the rule of the owner's mansion, the banquet after the previous demon tide will entertain the host and the entourage separately, not to look down on anyone, but this era is like this, noble and lowly, not overstepping!

The Zhuang Lord's Mansion can arrange a place for these entourages to entertain them, which is already considered benevolent and righteous.

Time passed little by little, and soon, the banquet on the side of the main hall began, the light and lively sound of the pipa and the sound of the flute came from afar, and the laughter and conversation of the guests were mixed together, as if they could be heard from afar.

On the side of the small courtyard, Mu Yan looked up at the sky, listened carefully to the movement of the main hall, and then walked to the crowd not far away with a wine glass.

Different from the main hall, there are no musicians and dancers here in the small courtyard to help the fun, and the only thing that can be praised is the full meal and plenty of wine.

But that's enough, the people here are all guards and grooms from various chambers of commerce, and this is enough to make these people who have been floating outside all year round feel happy and satisfied.

Mu Yan held his wine glass and quickly blended into a small group of people and had a hot fight with everyone.

Since this time I came with the head of the house, most of the people in this small courtyard did not dare to let go of drinking, at most two or three cups of stomach to put down the cup, and instead called friends and companions to talk warmly.

One small circle after another divided the small courtyard into several pieces, and cheerful laughter came from inside, and the liveliness was not at all the main hall.

Most of these small circles are composed of acquaintances, these people either come out of a place, everyone has heard of each other, or follow their own shopkeeper to go north and south, and meet on the way, in short, they are all so named, and the communication is quite easy, just need to report the name first, and then a group of people will look up for a long time, then it is accepted.

Of course, Mu Yan and these people are not long-admiring, he only vaguely remembers that one or two of them have been healed by himself, and the other people have never even seen them, but even so, he is still very open in it, and many people are toasting to him when his name is reported!

This is not because Mu Yan's identity is famous, but because most of them are his "friends"!

To "friends", friends who have only known each other for the past two days, but for these people, they have known each other for several years!

Thanks to the help of these "friends", Mu Yan smoothly blended in, and no one noticed his incongruity.

In this way, in the midst of laughter, the sky darkened, and the red lanterns were hung on the eaves by the dutiful guards, and the lively atmosphere continued.

In the midst of laughter, Mu Yan swept his gaze over the orderly guards outside the small courtyard from time to time, slowly thinking about something in his heart.

After a moment, he reached into his pocket and counted gently.

He had done this action several times today, and the ten round beads in his pocket rolled back and forth without making a sound.

Although this distance was definitely more convenient for him to scan with mental power, since he was still unclear about the function of this shrouded Luo Jiazhuang formation, he still chose to count with his hands.

One, two, three...... Seven ...... Eight!

The numbers that haven't changed for a long time have finally changed,

A smile appeared on Mu Yan's face......

……

In the main hall, the dinner was already halfway through, the musicians and dancers were all withdrawn, and Luo Yongning, the current owner of Luojiazhuang, stood up.

This is a man in his thirties, his figure looks quite shapely, as if he has practiced some martial arts, but his appearance is really ordinary, if it weren't for the fact that he has been in the top position for a long time, his every move is full of majesty, and he may not be recognized by others when he is thrown into the crowd.

As in previous banquets, he expressed his welcome to everyone in two short sentences, and then the following time, he asked the servants behind him to step forward and read aloud some of the policies for temporary opening after the demon tide.

This is one of the things that the Zhuang's Mansion does every year, in order to make up for the large loss of population, they need to bring in a large number of people from outside, and the ones who help them do this are the chambers of commerce that travel to and from various countries.

They would bring the news that Locke's Cottage was expanding, lacking a large population, and full of opportunities to the surrounding countries, and even further afield, and would send more men on fixed routes and send more small caravans to and from Locke's Estate.

This is to increase the credibility of their words, to prove that the policy of Luojiazhuang is being relaxed, and they are all hurrying to export goods there.

The second is to provide a convenient way for those who live in their own country and have the intention to go to Luojiazhuang to develop after hearing the rumors, but they have no money, as long as they sign a contract with the major chambers of commerce, they can enjoy a one-stop service of food and accommodation, all the way to Luojiazhuang with the caravan, as for the silver taels, as long as they pay it back within the specified time.

Of course, what can stimulate these chambers of commerce the most and make them rush to invest a lot of financial and material resources in this matter every year is Locke's promise that it will not only eat all the goods they ship, but also help them reimburse part of the expenses on the road, and some medicinal materials and minerals that are not usually open will also be temporarily opened during this time! These things that have been accumulated for more than a year, as long as they have the ability (enough money), they can take as much as they can!

Everyone here knows what a huge business opportunity is contained in these three short promises, not to mention those goods that are destined to be exchanged for all silver, just to say that part of the reimbursement of the road expenses, there are big loopholes to be drilled, as long as they let each small caravan under their command bring enough people, and improve all aspects of treatment, the consumption on the way will not be low, so that the compensation of Luojiazhuang alone is a large amount of silver, and more importantly, those who are brought do not know these at all! Although there was a cut, they still had to pay back a large sum of money within the stipulated time.

P.S: Make up for yesterday.