Chapter 177: Opponent
Chapter 177: Opponent
Two days later, the ship docked at a pier in the northern city of Qingzhou. The group got off the boat and got into the carriage that the Xie family had prepared.
A convoy with more than a dozen carriages and dozens of escorts meandered along the official road north.
Qin Tian and Zhuang Xinyan sat in one of the Zhulun canopy carriages, behind them were the shopkeeper Xu, the horse steward and Fan Tian's green silk black-roofed carriage, and the maid sat in the last carriage. This was followed by three open-top carriages carrying the luggage of several people. On the Xie family's side, Xie Wanjun's car, Xie Wenjun's car, and three trucks. Nicholas Tse and his entourage were on horseback.
Qin Tian and Zhuang Xinyan huddled affectionately in a car window and looked at the scenery outside.
Outside the window is an endless field of 'jade' rice fields. Now is the harvest season, the branches and leaves are yellow, and the fruits are abundant. Zhuang Xinyan had never seen a 'jade' rice crop, so he was very curious.
"My eldest young master, that's 'jade' rice, don't you like it very much?" Qin Tian looked back at him and smiled, gentle and playful, hearty and clear. The warm autumn sun shines on her face through the car window, reflecting her face white and red, delicate and pink, as beautiful and bright as a peach 'flower'.
Zhuang Xinyan, who was sitting next to her, looked moved, couldn't help but lower his head and kiss her on the face, and hugged her tighter. Qin Tian's heart was as sweet as honey, and he turned around and snuggled into his arms, wrapped his arms around his waist, and listened to his heartbeat. He 'touched' her face and lifted her chin so that she was facing him.
Qin Tian raised his hand and stroked his beautiful 'jade' handsome face, the slender jet-black eyebrows, the high 'straight' nose bridge, the deep eyes, and the pale pink 'color' lips, he just looked at her, the glass-like eyes were bright and rippling, rippling with strong affection.
He raised his eyebrows and smiled, and the affection spread across his face like ripples, and he lowered his head and took her lips in his mouth.
Qin Tian was drunk.
It turns out that this is the feeling of love, just like birds can't do without the sky, and fish can't do without water, so interdependent. Since she was a child, she has longed to have her own home and to have such a heart-to-heart person. This wish was not fulfilled in that metropolis, but it was fulfilled in this other world.
Is this a dream? If it was a dream, she would never wake up.
At this time, Nicholas Tse's voice came from outside the car: "Zhuang Gongzi, Zhuang Gongzi?" ”
Hearing Nicholas Tse's voice, Qin Tian hurriedly pushed Zhuang Xinyan away, pointed out the car, and said the words "Nicholas Tse" silently. Then, she tidied up her hair and clothes, then lifted the curtain of the car and poked her head out, and said to Nicholas Tse, who was sitting on the big black horse outside, "Gongzi Xie, is there something wrong?" ”
Nicholas Tse grabbed the reins of the horse, bent her head slightly, and saw that her face was red, her eyes were like autumn water, and her lips were still a little red and swollen, and he immediately understood what was going on. He looked at her, and the hand that grabbed the reins of the horse clenched violently, and it took a long time to suppress the jealousy in his heart.
His face was as usual, and he smiled: "What about Zhuang Gongzi?" ”
Next to him, Zhuang Xinyan was unhappy when he saw Nicholas Xie and his wife so close, so he hurriedly changed places with Qin Tian, and he wrote on the paper: "What happened to Gongzi Xie?" ”
Looking at Zhuang Xinyan's handsome face, Nicholas Tse's heart was full of disdain, and he relied on his face to seduce the 'woman' with his little white face!
But when he thought that both Qin Tian and his sister were dead set on him, he was extremely depressed and resentful.
But he didn't show it at all: "I wonder if Zhuang Gongzi can ride a horse?" When you go to the vast grassland of Mobei, if you are still sitting in a carriage, it will be a big disaster! Saying that, Nicholas Tse 'stiffened' his body and deliberately showed his superb horse skills in front of Zhuang Xinyan.
On the ship, he had a way to keep them out of the same room, and on land, he couldn't let them stay in the same car.
There is already a kind of competition between men, not to mention in front of Nicholas Tse, a man who has some kind of thoughts about his wife. No matter what, Zhuang Xinyan didn't want to lose to him in front of Qin Tian. The reason why he practiced martial arts so hard also had a lot to do with the incident where Nicholas Tse saved Qin Tian before, his 'female' person, he had to protect himself!
"Naturally, you have to gallop on the prairie, Gongzi Xie can rest assured, although the horse skills under him are not as good as Gongzi Xie, they can still deal with it." Zhuang Xinyan wrote.
"Oh?" Nicholas Tse seemed very interested, "It turns out that Zhuang Gongzi can also ride horses, since this is the case, why don't you come down and join us men?" ”
"Thank you so much for your kindness, but Uchiko is still a little unwell, and I still want to take care of her by her side. It is also a man's responsibility to take care of his wife! Zhuang Xinyan looked at him and smiled.
Nicholas Xie clenched the reins of the horse, gritted his teeth and said, "Qin is really a blessing. ”
Hearing this, Qin Tian immediately poked his head out, looked at him and smiled: "Gongzi Xie really said what was in my heart!" "The little dimples were 'swinging' happily.
Seeing that Nicholas Tse was depressed for a while, he reluctantly laughed twice, clamped his 'legs' on the horse's belly, turned around and left.
After leaving, Qin Tian came to Zhuang Xinyan, his eyes were shining: "It turns out that you can still ride a horse, when you get to the prairie, will you take me on a horse?" I won't be able to ride a horse! ”
Zhuang Xinyan rolled his eyes, blinked again, and nodded very calmly. A look of trivial things.
But there was a drum in his heart: it seems that he has to quietly learn to ride a horse with Haifu in the past few days before he arrives in Mobei......
Qin Tian plunged into his arms and rubbed happily, looking as cute as a coquettish kitten. Zhuang Xinyan's heart was sweet and hugged her tightly. He kissed her the face a few more times, eager to 'rub' her into his own body.
Here, Nicholas Tse rushed to Lin Yong's side with a stomach full of anger, lowered his voice and ordered, "You hurry up and whip to the front town." There is only one inn in Yonghe Town in front, you only leave four rooms, and the rest are booked for me! ”
With so many people, the four rooms are bound to be squeezed, and Zhuang Xinyan and Qin Tian, the husband and wife, would not be embarrassed to occupy one of them. Nicholas Tse thought hatefully, as soon as he remembered the passionate scene of the two that night, he couldn't help but get angry, and he didn't want to see them alone together again no matter what.
Lin Yong has been with Nicholas Tse for so long, how could he not understand the master's thoughts. Looking at the master's 'gloomy' face, at this time, this face had lost its usual calmness, and he whispered: "Master, they have been married for more than half a year......
Isn't it too late to defend now? What is the need? Can't the master even see this?
"You just do what I say, what nonsense!" Nicholas Tse said sharply.
Seeing that the master's face was not good, Lin Yong didn't dare to say anything anymore, and 'pumped' the horse's buttocks a few times in a row, and quickly rushed forward.
Looking at Lin Yong's rapidly disappearing figure, Nicholas Tse snorted coldly.
How did he not know this? It's just that it's not in front of him, so every day, how can he let them be like glue in front of him?
I can't help but recall the same dream that I would have for the past two days,
In the dream, Qin Tian clinged to his neck with both hands, her delicate body was close to him, she raised her head, her cheeks were 'wet' red, her eyes were slightly closed, and the green silk came down, and she called his name one by one
"Thunder Monarch...... Thunder Jun ......"
The lower abdomen suddenly tightened, he glanced back at Zhuang Xinyan and their carriage, shook the horsewhip fiercely, and sprinkled all the resentment in his heart on the horsewhip.
I ate some casually at noon, and when the sun set and the sky gradually darkened, the convoy arrived at Yonghe Town.
Stop in front of the big 'gate' of the only inn in Yonghe Town, Yuelai Inn. Nicholas Tse saw that there were already a lot of carriages parked in front of the inn's 'door', and when he was suspicious, Lin Yong, who had already arrived, greeted him and whispered in his ear: "That's the carriage and horse of Changxingxing." No need to book with a son, the inn is already full, but fortunately, the small one came well, and he grabbed four upper rooms! ”
"Changxingxing?" Nicholas Tse's eyes flashed, turned around and walked to Xie Wenjun, who got off the carriage, and told him about the situation.
"It's a narrow road!" Xie Wenjun smiled.
Over there, Qin Tianzhuang Xinyan and Xie Wanjun and Xu got down from the carriage in turn. Seeing that Nicholas Tse's uncle and nephew looked solemn, Zhuang Xinyan and Qin Tian walked up to them and asked.
Nicholas Tse said to them: "Inside is the person of Changxingxing!" ”
When he was on the ship, after Qin Tian was in good health, he would ask Xie Wenjun about the business situation in Mobei.
Xie Wenjun told her that the land of Mobei is a vast desert and boundless highland grassland, called Jiang, and it is a nomadic people with strong folk customs. As early as more than twenty years ago, the three major tribes of Jiang submitted to the imperial court. In the past 20 years, many people have come to Jiang to do business. By now it has grown to a certain scale.
There are only two ways to do business with the Jiang people, one is the merchant, every 'spring' season, the merchant will load the goods needed by the Jiang people on ox carts or camelbacks, and put up accounts near the palace or temple, attract the local Jiang people to buy goods, and transport the livestock and animal products obtained from the 'trade' to the border or inland for sale. The first is to sit on merchants, that is, some merchants have begun to open fixed commercial outlets in various parts of Jiangdi with the increase of trade volume.
Among them, the three largest and most influential firms, one is Xie Shengkui of the Xie family, the other is Yuan Yide of the Wang family, and then there is the Changxingxing of the Sima family they just said!
It is worth mentioning that although the business in Mobei has formed a scale, in the area of tea, it has been monopolized by officials and businessmen because of the previous tea and horse regulations. Now that the tea and horse system has been abolished, all major businesses have set their sights on the tea business in an attempt to occupy the largest market. And the Sima family, who is the largest tea merchant in the north, is their biggest opponent this time.
Although the Xie family is divided into different rooms, but Nicholas Tse's house occupies forty percent of the shares in Xie Shengkui, this time Nicholas Tse joined the Shengshi, but also wants to continue the name of the prosperous world and win the battle of Mobei tea merchants! They didn't publicize the fact that they had formed an alliance with Shengshi, they just wanted to quietly go deep into Mobei, get on good terms with the upper echelons of the Jiang people as soon as possible, and attack the opponent by surprise!
But I didn't expect to meet an opponent here. If they knew that Xie Shengkui had formed an alliance with Shengshi, the largest tea merchant in the south, wouldn't it make them take precautions? In terms of strength, the other party is not weaker than them at all, and this trip to Mobei may not be as smooth as imagined!
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