When Xiao Rui heard this, he was very interested, and couldn't help asking, "Oh, I don't know what the Seventh Master is worried about?" ”

Qin Kang hurriedly and humbly said, "You can't deserve to be the seventh master of Your Highness." Please call His Highness by name. What I find strange is this. One of the Eight Great Families is the Shui Family located in Coldwater City. The people of their Yin Snake Clan have always been fierce people, and they are a little unreasonable. In the Eight Great Worlds, the reputation is very stinky. ”

"In addition to their bad character, love to fight bravely, there is also a point that the people of the Yin Snake Clan are basically not good at business, they occupy the cold water city, it is said that the water and grass are abundant, there are a lot of mountains, forests, basins, but they are not good at farming, nomadism is okay, but, just a nomadic herd, so that they are not full, not warm, the poorest is them. Because of poverty, when they are hungry, they will rob them. ”

"Not only are the people of the Yin Snake Clan like this, but also the nobles of the Yin Snake Clan, and even more so are the Shui family, and the people of the Eight Great Families are all very annoying to the people of the Shui family. Although there are some special specialties in the Shui family area, everyone needs to interact with them, but basically there are few families who are willing to marry the Shui family. Therefore, there are very few girls from the Eight Great Families who marry the Shui family, and even fewer are willing to marry the Shui family. The Shui family doesn't seem to be willing to marry other families. In this way, the people of their family seem even more eccentric. Even the young master of the Shui family in Dujiang City, Shui Miao, is also very eccentric. ”

Qin Mingyue couldn't help but recall that the appearance of the young master of the Shui family she saw was indeed a middle-aged man with a dark face and a somewhat grim expression. He seemed to be out of place with everyone.

Xiao Rui said: "Well, yes, yesterday, we drank with the people of the Eight Great Families, and it was the Shui Miao of this Shui family who was the most unsociable. That's probably why they've always been weird, right? ”

Qin Kang said: "I felt the same way at first, and I didn't care about this matter. However, I drank a lot with these young masters, and when I listened to their gossip, I talked a lot about the Shui family, and then I realized that the Shui family was different from other families. The eight great families in Ba Province basically also believe in Taoism, and they also worship great witches. Such a dual faith is common among the hundreds of ethnic groups in Ba Province. However, the Shui family is different, they are the only family that does not believe in Taoism. Not only does the Shui family not believe in Taoism, but the entire Yin Snake Clan does not believe in Taoism, they believe in Wumen. There are many great witches in the clan. ”

Qin Mingyue nodded and said, "This phenomenon has existed for many years, and our Daomen have always known about it. ”

Qin Kang said: "For this reason, I deliberately paid attention to the affairs of the Shui family. I guided everyone to tell me more interesting stories about the water family. The young masters thought that I was happy to see the hunt and were curious about these things, so they also talked a little more. I found something very strange. The first is that there are actually many places in Ba province that have been affected this year. There are droughts in some places, and small rivers overflow in others. However, this year, there is nothing going on around the Shui family's Coldwater City. It's weird. It seems that in history, they have to do some kind of wind disaster, snow disaster and other things there every year, but this year there is nothing. ”

"The second is that the Shui family has suddenly become rich this year, not to mention anything else, the Shui family has traded more with other families this year. These young masters were puzzled. Although the cold water city of the Shui family has not been affected by the disaster for a few years, and the harvest is better, it is not so rich? Can you take out so much gold and silver to buy a lot of iron? Also bought a lot of grain? ”

This remark made Qin Kang and Qin Mingyue serious. Buying ironware is a big deal. Iron was controlled by the imperial court, and it was a monopoly like salt. Private buying and selling is not allowed. However, the situation in Babya is a bit special. It was originally a semi-autonomous place, and Ba Province itself was rich in iron ore. Many mines were originally held in the hands of the hundred peoples. Therefore, the people of the hundred tribes traded iron tools among themselves, and the court could not control it.

However, fortunately, the hundred tribes are rich in iron, but the forging process is not good, and they can't forge hard iron weapons, so they can only make an ordinary waist knife, or get some simple and inferior farm tools. The imperial court also felt that it was not necessary to control the trade of these daily necessities, so there was no governance. On the contrary, because of the large iron production in Ba Province, the imperial court often purchased iron materials from Ba Province and transported them to the Central Plains to forge iron tools.

Now, hearing that the Shui family bought a large amount of iron materials, Xiao Rui and Qin Mingyue's hearts were sudden, and both of them had a bad premonition in their hearts.

Qin Kang continued: "There is a third point. The Shui family, who has never married with many families, didn't know what was going on this year, and suddenly got a lot of young and beautiful girls from the clan land, all of whom were in good shape, with big eyes, high noses, and good looks. It is said that she is the daughter of their water family and wants to marry with various families. I have already talked to several families, not only is the girl good-looking, but the marriage is also very rich. ”

Qin Mingyue couldn't help but ask, "It's normal for them to suddenly want to marry, why does Uncle Seven feel suspicious?" ”

Qin Kang said: "This is what those young masters discussed in private. They said that in the past, they would not marry the Shui family if they were killed. In addition to the eccentricity and poverty of the Shui family, there is also the fact that most of the Shui family members are not good-looking. This point, you have seen the young master of the Shui family, Shui Miao, you should know it. However, this group of clan girls from the Shui family did not have the unique black skin of the Shui family, but all of them had smooth skin, ruddy cheeks, and a very beautiful appearance. ”

Xiao Rui didn't feel it yet, but Qin Mingyue's eyes widened: "Seventh Uncle, what did you say?" You say these girls have rosy cheeks? Have you seen any of these girls? ”

Qin Kang said: "I haven't seen it. ”

Qin Guoliang, who had been silent all along, suddenly spoke: "Mingyue, I've seen it." Once, I was drinking with a cousin of a side branch of the young master of the Bai family. He told me that he liked the girls of the Shui family very much, and even took me to a garden to pretend to enjoy the flowers and take a few looks. The girls were all big-eyed, high-nosed, and their skin was fair, but they were rough, and their cheeks were flushed. Such a posture, in fact, is not conspicuous in Ba Province. If it's in the Central Plains, it's even more nothing. However, the Bai family told me that such a girl is the most beautiful girl of the Shui family over the years. ”

Qin Mingyue's eyes flashed coldly when she heard this.