105. Banks
After Li Hao heard this, he secretly said in his heart: "It turns out that Martin's family opened a 'bank'. But he shook his head again, he couldn't open such a money bank like their family, first of all, he didn't have this strength, and he couldn't help but be overshadowed.
After a while, Li Hao asked Martini again: "In addition to this, does your family have any costs, and there will be such a thing as making a lot of money?" ”
When Martintini heard this, he despised him a little and said, "I really can't think of what you asked for except to rob it." ”
Li Hao was stunned, and he was also amused by what he had just said, there is really only a robber to buy and sell without cost.
When he came to a relatively less crowded street, he saw the name of a shop called "Wind Freight", and this store looked very dilapidated from a distance.
"This Feng family is quite efficient." Li Hao looked at the name of the store, and thought that some time ago, he wrote a letter to the people of the Feng family, asking them to set up a point in Ping'an City, and all future information should be brought here.
Li Hao took Martintini into this 'popular freight', and when they walked in, Jin saw that the decoration was so luxurious, and the miserable appearance of the store did not seem to be a house at all.
"Giggles" Just a moment after he walked into the store, a very seductive laughter rang in his ears.
Li Hao followed the sound and suddenly saw a woman in green standing on the railing on the second floor, holding the wall pillar with one hand, touching the back of her head with the other, and holding a pair of huge V breasts.
"Gongzi Zhou, I haven't seen you for a long time, do you miss me?" Woman on the second floor
Li Hao said secretly to the woman on the second floor: "Feng Danjing." ”
Feng Danjing slowly walked down from the top of the guardrail of the staircase, smiling at Li Hao with every step. And every time Li Hao looked at her and smiled, his back would suddenly feel cold. After a moment, he turned his head to the side and simply didn't look at it.
After a while, Li Hao's nose smelled a strong fragrance of flowers, and he knew that it was Feng Danjing, a woman who was already standing next to him.
Li Hao is not easy to avoid, after all, he still has a cooperative relationship with her. He took a long breath. Plainly asked her, "Why are you here?" ”
"Giggles" Feng Danjing covered her mouth with her hand, and after chuckling a few times, she replied, "I didn't miss you anymore, so I came." I'll be living here in the future. Then he put his mouth to Li Hao's ear and said softly: "My room is in the innermost room on the second floor, remember to come to me at night." Whew...... "I also blew a breath of hot air at the end."
"......" Li Hao's body trembled, and he immediately moved to Martintini's side, as if he used Martini to block Feng Danjing's teasing.
At this time, Feng Danjing also set his eyes on Martini on the side. In the past, although she had some popularity among the nobles of Ream, Martini did not often attend the drinking parties of some nobles, so she did not know Martini.
Feng Danjing first glanced at Martini as a whole, and her first impression of Martini was that this woman was a 'strong enemy', and said to her in a hateful tone: "Hehe, the little girl from there, the hair under her has not grown, so she came out to seduce the man." ”
Martintini had just been silent, because he saw the woman's frivolous movements and disdained her. Talking to her, I feel insulted by my identity, but now that I haven't spoken, I have provoked her, and I have insulted myself, if I don't fight back, she will not be Martini.
"The v woman from there, not selling in her room, what are you doing running out? If you want to find a man, go to the street and pull one at random. "Martintini still has a set of swearing.
When Feng Danjing heard this, her brows furrowed. Glaring at Martintini on the other side, a woman's natural ability to 'shrew and scold the street' began to burn her whole body. And Martintini was also ready to scold her, only to stare at each other, and the corners of his mouth were small and closed. The momentum does not lose to the other party at all.
Just as the storm was about to start, the main entrance of the store opened, and several men entered from the outside. Li Hao looked at it and was stunned, he still knew these people, and he was still very familiar with them.
Qiu Li, Jialan, dialects.
And those few people saw that Li Hao was also here. was taken aback, and immediately turned his head and went out, but was stopped by Li Hao. "What are you guys doing here? Do you want to ship something somewhere else? ”
After the three of them heard this, there was a chill behind them. Qiu Li reacted the fastest, and immediately replied, "Boss, I'm going to send something back to my mother back home." The tone was very reluctant.
"yes, yes." The other two, Jia Lan and Fang Yan, picked up quickly, and immediately nodded to indicate that they were also sending things to their families.
But at this moment, after Feng Danjing saw the three of them, she was about to need help to deal with Martintini, so she said to the three of them coquettishly: "Oh, you three come and help me, I was bullied by this woman." ”
As soon as the three of them heard Feng Danjing's foot-breathing tone, their bodies moved, but it was not very obvious, and they quickly recovered.
Li Hao smiled at the corner of his mouth, knowing that these people were not here to send things at all, but to find Feng Danjing. walked up to the three of them and jokingly asked, "The three of you have a good relationship with the proprietress here?" ”
After the three of them heard this, a trace of cold sweat broke out on their foreheads from time to time.
Qiu Li wiped his hand and immediately explained: "Boss, didn't I want to protect this boss lady more when I saw that she was alone in this chaotic city?" Like last time, a few people from the original Mercenary Guild came here to make trouble, if it weren't for our brothers, the proprietress here might be ruined by them. ”
Li Hao was stunned, thinking to himself, there was such a thing happening here, listening to what they said, he also remembered that this was originally the territory of the Mercenary Guild, and they had always been used to being domineering in this city. It seems that we must first manage the security here, otherwise how can we make money, and the main source of money in the future will be taxes.
Li Hao is thinking about his own affairs here, and the contradiction between Martintini and Feng Danjing is still sublimating. Feng Danjing saw that the three people who had just come in seemed to be very afraid of Li Hao, and stood there and didn't dare to move. He also gave up the three of them to help him deal with Martini, turned around, and glared at Martintini again, and his fighting spirit burned again.
Just as the two of them opened their mouths at the same time, and the curse words were pre-emptive, the door of the store opened again, and this time the person who came in was an old man with a very different expression.
After Li Hao swept the old man, he immediately walked up and said with a smile: "Haha." It turned out that the old man Feng was also here. ”
After Feng Danjing saw it, he immediately put away the mood of scolding Martini and walked over, becoming a good girl. said: "Grandpa, why are you here?" ”
Feng Peide knocked his forehead at him Feng Danjing, and said angrily: "If you don't run away without permission, how can I come." ”
Feng Danjing stuck out her tongue, indicating that she was wrong.
Martintini also walked behind Li Hao at this time. When she saw Feng Danjing, the elder of the woman's family, coming, she knew that her quarrel with her was no longer over.
Feng Peide walked in front of Li Hao, and after smiling deeply at him, he naturally said: "Haha, I haven't seen you for many days, you are already the lord of a city now." ”
Li Hao shook his head and said, "When you came in my city, what you saw was very poor, and even the road was muddy. ”
"But I also saw the progress of the work everywhere at the city gates. And it is no less than the construction of a great city. ”
After Li Hao heard this, he smiled silently, did not deny it, and said, "By the way, is there something wrong with Feng Lao coming here?" ”
A hint of loss flashed faintly on Feng Peide's face, and he sighed, as if he had something unspeakable, and said, "I am going to move the Feng family here in the future." ”
Li Hao was stunned for a moment, thinking that although the Feng family was not a big family in Ruim, it was also a wealthy family in the city. It is several times better than the current Ping'an City, why would Feng Peide make such a decision? Li Hao felt that there must be a reason for it.
"Old man Feng, I think it's better to find a quieter place, let's have a good talk." Li Hao proposed.
Feng Peide happened to have such a meaning, and said, "Okay." Go to the room on the second floor. ”
With that, the two of them walked up to the second floor side by side and entered a certain room. Martintini and Feng Danjing did not follow, but chose a place on the first floor and waited for them to come down. It's just that they don't like each other, and the atmosphere around them has dropped to the bottom.
On the second floor. As soon as Li Hao walked into the room, he couldn't wait to ask, "Old Feng, is there something wrong with your Feng family?" ”
After hearing this, Feng Peide shook his head, and the expression on his face instantly became very deep and complaining, and said: "Our Feng family offended a family before, and the strength of that family was not very strong at that time, so we didn't pay attention to him, but just after the war that just ended, due to the family's achievements in the war, the strength of the Hou family as a whole has been improved, and some time ago, we have confirmed through the liaison offices in various places that the family has now taken refuge in the Martin family. ”
When Li Hao heard this, he understood that Feng Peide knew that the strength of their Feng family could no longer compete with that family, so before they took the initiative to find him to take revenge, he left first, and finally chose me here.
"Welcome, welcome, your Feng family can bring the entire family to me, I raise my hands to welcome." Of course Li Hao will not refuse, now there are many fewer people with family backgrounds in his city. If hundreds of families like the Feng family could come in, then this city would soon become the main city of this area.
After Feng Peide saw Li Hao's reaction, he immediately threw out a question: "I don't know if the little brother has any thoughts on the development of this city in the future?" ”
When Li Hao heard him say such a sentence, he was stunned for a moment, and then immediately guessed that he must have some good advice, otherwise he would not have said such a sentence for no reason, and immediately replied modestly: "Old Feng, I won't hide it from you, this is also a headache for me during this time, this Ping'an City is too poor." ”
At this time, Feng Peide stood up, took out a map from the back, put it on the table in the middle, stretched out a finger, and said: "This is the form of the ground around Ping'an City, let me take a look here, this is Ping'an City, and its left and right sides are the treacherous Wande Forest and Nibir Valley." It is because of these two places that there is no trade here. ”
After pointing to the two locations on the map, he pointed to the blank space on the side, and said: "There is a basin here, there is no name, but I know that this place is very large, and a caravan passed by here before, and found that the land here is very fertile and suitable for planting." ”
When he said this, Li Hao subconsciously said: "I know, what you mean is to let me open up the wasteland here and grow food." ”
Feng Peide nodded. Said: "Yes, that's what I meant, it's too wasteful not to plant such a good place." ”
"But I don't have anyone to open up the wasteland? There were tens of thousands of people in the city, and they all went to open up the wasteland. My city will be empty. Li Hao said questioningly.
Feng Peide seemed to have thought of a way a long time ago, and replied confidently: "Now Mick is at war everywhere, and many of them are refugees, as long as you give him some benefits, they will do things for you." I propose. It is to spread the word among the refugees from all over the country that if they arrive at Heian City, they will get a fertile land, and I think many people will come. ”
"Okay, that's a good idea, I'm in favor of it." Li Hao was so excited that he immediately agreed, so that he could not only supplement the food problem on his side, but also increase the population, and he didn't spend a penny, what a good thing, if you don't do it, you will be an idiot.
Feng Peide looked at him with an excited expression. He smiled in response, and then his mouth moved, and he still had something to say.
"This is just the first step in my vision."
"First step?" Li Hao was stunned, is there a second step? Immediately quieted down and listened carefully to what he said about this second step.
"Actually, another reason why Heian City is so poor is that it has no business contacts with neighboring countries. You see, Ping'an City used to be that basin, and after the basin passed, it was the Donglan Kingdom, and this Sealand Kingdom was the closest road connecting the east and middle of the Sigu Continent. Because Donglan and Mick have a deep animosity. Therefore, both sides issued orders at the border not to communicate with each other. ”
Li Hao suddenly said: "No wonder there are no caravans in this Ping'an City, it turns out that there is no trade with the nearest Donglan Kingdom." ”
Feng Peide nodded.
Li Hao asked again: "Is there any way to reopen the trade line with Donglan Kingdom." ”
Feng Peide's eyes narrowed and he smiled: "Haha, I think it's better to do the first step first." Thinking about the second step, who would want to do business with a 'beggar'? ”
Li Hao suddenly said: "I'm too anxious, that is, take the first step well, take the first step well, and only then can I have some capital to talk about 'business' with them." ”
The time to come. Li Hao discussed the specific steps of the next step with Feng Peide in detail.
At this time, in the hall on the first floor, Martini and Feng Danjing were sitting on chairs and looking at each other, and there was a faint 'murderous aura' between their eyebrows.
When Li Hao walked down, seeing that the two of them were still sulking at each other, he didn't make a sound, and cast a look at Martini and motioned for her to leave with him.
Martintini had long wanted to leave here, so he immediately stood up and followed behind Li Hao.
Feng Danjing immediately stood in front of them, and asked Li Hao gently, "Who is she?" Pointing to Martintini.
Li Hao glanced at Martin Tini and thought that if he told him that she was Martin's family, maybe the people of the Feng family would be suspicious of him. After a quick deep thought, he said, "He's my cousin, Wu Tini. ”
Martintini was taken aback, and was very puzzled by Li Hao's sudden introduction of himself, but he didn't want to report his true identity in his heart, so after Li Hao finished speaking, she didn't say anything, it was a tacit acquiescence.
"Cousin?" Feng Dan said quietly, and then his mood changed greatly, and he took the initiative to take Martin Tini's hand, and said with a smile on his face: "It turned out to be Tiny's sister, how much was it just now, please forgive me." ”
Martini was completely confused by her, he had seen a flip, but he had never seen one turn so fast. Hesitantly, he withdrew his hand and took a step back, keeping a certain distance from her.
The next moment, Li Hao left here with Martintini. And when he came out, he went straight back, because he was going back in a hurry to issue some decrees.
After lunch, Li Hao took Hongyin, Qiu Li and some people out from the west gate of Ping'an City and walked towards the basin that Feng Peide said.
Two hours later, they came to the edge of a cliff, and when they stood on the edge and looked ahead, they saw a grove of trees in front of them with no end in sight.
"This should be the basin we're looking for." Li Hao exhaled and said. Then he instructed Hongyin and Qiu Li: "The three of us will take a few people to check in three ways, and we must meet here before dark." ”
"Yes." Hongyin and Qiu Li answered at the same time.
The next moment, Li Hao took Martintini and a few of his subordinates and walked in one direction.
When Li Hao and his party walked on this forest, they felt extremely difficult, because there was no road here at all, and they had to throw away the branches in front of them without taking a step.
"Oh, what kind of road is this, it's so hard to walk, my clothes have several holes in them." Martintini complained.
Li Hao has heard her say such things more than once. After listening to it too much, he was a little annoyed, and said angrily: "If you complain again, I will let you go in the front." ”
When Martintini heard this, he immediately shut up and did not dare to speak. Because she saw that Li Hao, who was walking in the front, had more holes in his clothes than her, and they were bigger.
Seeing that she was no longer complaining, Li Hao felt much more comfortable in his heart, turned around and continued to take the lead and walked forward.
After a while, the branches on the ground suddenly decreased. And the further you go, the fewer the branches. Such a change certainly attracted Li Hao's attention. I saw him squatting on the ground, throwing away the leaves on the ground, and seeing that the ground was full of branches, from the analysis of the place where they were broken, it was judged that these branches were broken a few days ago.
Li Hao stood up, glanced around carefully, and reminded the people behind him: "Pay attention to the surroundings, I found that there are not human creatures moving around. ”
The people around him were stunned, especially Martintini after hearing such a sentence. I felt a little scared in my heart, but my face was very calm.
"What is it? Can you guess it in block letters? Martintini asked.
Li Hao looked around again, and replied uncertainly: "It should be a crawling demonic beast, such as a big snake." ”
"Snakes?" Martini has always been afraid of all kinds of reptilian monsters, especially snakes, which have always made her sick.
Martintini unconsciously leaned towards Li Hao's side, if there were other magical beasts, she could still pick up the magic wand to fight back, if it was really a snake, she looked at it from afar and there was fear in her heart.
"Keep going." Li Hao said to them. Li Hao couldn't have backed down for this unknown thing.
After a while, Li Hao and the others found a trace about sixty centimeters wide on the ground. And all the way forward. Li Hao squatted next to the trace and touched the ground with his hand, expecting that this was caused just now.
Li Hao began to be a little worried about this unknown creature, judging from the traces of this crawl. The volume should not be small, I think this place is relatively close to the Wande Forest, and it is very likely that it came from there.
"All follow me." Again, remind the people in the back.
Keep moving.
After walking some distance, I came to a rock, and found that the trace was gone when it reached here, but from the place where it disappeared. It was supposed to be that thing that climbed onto the rock. But now the stone was empty.
Li Hao touched the stone with his hand, and a hint of coolness came from his hand. I looked up into the sky, but I didn't find anything.
"Did you find anything?" Martintini asked with a sigh of relief, but the panic in her heart was not small.
"No, maybe it's gone far." Li Hao judged.
"Oh, that's it, since there's nothing, let's go back, it's not too late for you to see the sky." Martintini suggested.
"Uh" Li Hao was a little surprised, feeling that today's Martini was a little different from her usual.
"Are you scared?" Li Hao tried to ask.
"I'm scared, haha, I'm going to be scared?" Martintini reacted a little unusually and felt reluctant.
Li Hao shrugged his shoulders, and didn't have much doubt, so he turned his head to look at the sky, and then said: "Take a look around the neighborhood again, if there is nothing abnormal, go back, and send more people tomorrow to find out everything around." ”
Two hours later, a red glow appeared at the end of the day, and after a while, the whole day would be dark. Li Hao also returned to the place where he had just been separated from Hongyin and Qiu Li. But at this time, neither of them had come back, which made Li Hao feel a little anxious.
After waiting in place for a while, there was still no sign of the two of them, and the sky was getting darker and darker, and I wanted to disappear when I saw the last light in the sky.
"You guys wait here, I'll go over there and take a look." Li Hao decided to check it out for himself, and he was anxious to wait for it.
After a while, Li Hao ran in the direction where Hongyin was walking. At this time, the sky was already completely dark, and Li Hao groped his way forward, because he was now alone, so he increased his speed and jumped forward on the tree. Just when he had advanced for more than half an hour, Li Hao finally found the footprints of some people, and judging from the number of footprints, he concluded that it was Hongyin and his group. Then, immediately follow the footprints. (To be continued.) )