Chapter 13: Get Carried Away
The steward of the caravan was suddenly changed from the third prince Qin Shuai to the eldest prince Qin Zhan, which made the people of the Qin family a little surprised, but then everyone was relieved. Whoever is in charge of the affairs is their own family affairs. Let's just do our work, talk less and do more!
It's just that the people inside the caravan feel a little unaccustomed. Although Qin Shuai has been in charge of the caravan for a short time, Qin Shuai is actually quite prestigious in the caravan.
The stewards who wanted to oppose Qin Shuai in the past have all been killed by Qin Shuai, and the rest of the caravan people, their ideas are very simple, as long as the treatment is enough, they will be satisfied. Qin Shuai gave them more rewards than before, and after Qin Shuai didn't act with the caravan, he promoted a few more stewards, these people are also very free, as long as they don't make small moves in secret, Qin Shuai will not embarrass them.
Now all of a sudden, it's a different person, and it's a little uncomfortable for them. At this time, in the courtyard where the caravan was resting, a subordinate with a slightly pointed beak approached a man dressed in a short beat and asked, "Brother Li, I heard that our caravan will be under the control of the eldest prince in the future, what do you think?"
This Brother Li's full name is Li Youcheng, when Qin Shuai took over the caravan, this guy was the first to jump out against Qin Shuai, but when he heard that the caravan's treatment had increased, he was also the first to surrender. Although he is a bit two-faced, he is still quite clever, so he was promoted by Qin Shuai to be the steward of the caravan.
He is also an old man of the caravan, and he has a good relationship with everyone, but he will not suddenly become a villain. Hearing the next person ask, Li Youcheng shook his head and said, "Don't ask what you shouldn't ask, aren't you clear about the affairs of a few sons? The third prince is good to us, but can we still work against the eldest son? Work honestly, don't think so much useless." ”
As soon as he finished saying this, the gate of the courtyard was pushed open, and Qin Zhan walked in with a few entourage. Behind him was a man in his forties, dressed in a loose samurai suit, with a long sword hanging from his waist, and a cold face. He is Lin Dong, the disciple of the Qin family, and his status in the Qin family is very high, and it can even be said that he is higher than some elders of the Qin family.
Although some of the elders of the Qin family were also in the Demon Emperor realm, they were already too old to move, and it was only because they were Qin Zongguang's elders that they could sit in the position of elders. And this Lin Dong is in the realm of the Demon Emperor in his prime, it is said that he was still from a small sect, he walked the rivers and lakes in his early years, and was later recruited by the Qin family and became a doorman, and he has been in the Qin family for several years, and even Qin Zhan has to respectfully call him Uncle Lin.
Seeing Qin Zhan walk in, Li Youcheng and the other two caravan stewards who had been promoted by Qin Shuai immediately came over and saluted, "I've seen the eldest prince." ”
Qin Zhan nodded and said lightly, "All the people in the caravan are here?"
Li Youcheng nodded and said, "It's all here." ”
"Okay, tell everyone to pack up and get ready to leave tomorrow. ”
Li Youcheng was stunned for a moment: "Eldest son, we only came back yesterday, according to the rules, we should rest for three days before leaving." ”
Qin Zhanyi frowned and said, "Every time the caravan comes back, you have to rest, and you can go again every month during the rest of the few days!"
Li Youcheng smiled bitterly: "But the eldest prince, people are not beaten by iron, the business routes in Dangyang Mountain are difficult to walk, and there are all kinds of snakes, insects, rats and ants, if you don't take a break, everyone really can't hold on, because of this, the third prince let us rest for three days." ”
Hearing Li Youcheng mention Qin Shuai, Qin Zhan's complexion suddenly changed, and he snorted coldly: "Don't forget, I'm the steward of the caravan now!"
Qin Zhan suddenly thought of something, he frowned and said, "The three of you are all in charge?"
Li Youcheng and the other three nodded, feeling that something was wrong. Sure enough, Qin Zhan immediately said: "From now on, you are not." With that, Qin Zhan directly let several of his henchmen take over the position of steward, regardless of whether they had experience in managing caravans.
Li Youcheng and the others watched all this dumbfounded, although they were dissatisfied, they could only hold back.
At this time, Qin Shuai returned to his courtyard, and Li Chong followed him cautiously. Although Qin Shuai didn't tell him, the Qin family was so big, and those rumors had already spread. The third prince has lost the caravan now, and he probably wants to kill people in anger, right?
At this time, Qin Shuai suddenly said, "Is there any one of his people in the inn restaurant under Qin Zhan?"
Li Chong was stunned for a moment before he said: "It doesn't seem to be there, the inn and restaurant are all long-term business, and whoever takes care of it is the same, so the shopkeeper of the inn and the restaurant are all old people in my family, and the eldest son is only responsible for collecting money, and he does not interfere in the business." ”
Qin Shuai nodded and said, "That's good, go and prepare, move out of the family, I heard that the backyard of the restaurant is big enough, just move there." ”
Li Chong was stunned for a moment, but he didn't care, thinking that Qin Shuai disliked his mansion in the Qin family was too simple. In fact, this kind of thing is also very common, Qin Zhan and Qin Hai both have their own mansions outside, after all, they are also adults, some things are inconvenient to do in the mansion, and they are casual outside.
Waiting for the next morning, the gate of the Qin family was very lively, one was Qin Zhan with the caravan ready to set off, and the other was Qin Shuai asked people to move all his things out of the Qin family, and the two sides happened to meet.
Qin Zhan was wearing a strong suit, wearing a long sword at his waist, and riding a jujube red northern wind chasing horse, not like the steward of a caravan, but like a boy who was ready to roam the rivers and lakes at any time. He looked at Qin Shuai at this time, and there was also a hint of pride in his eyes, but in fact, there was also jealousy of Qin Shuai behind this smugness. The previous Qin Shuai was his own follower. But who would have thought that since he came back from the mining area, he seemed to be a different person, and quickly established prestige in the family, and he, Qin Zhan, was still a transparent person. Now with a fluttering sentence, he has won the success of Qin Shuai's hard work during this time.
may be carried away, he could still endure it yesterday with Qin Zongguang, but now that Qin Zongguang is there, he can't help but show off in front of Qin Shuai. "Third brother, you have also walked this trade route once, and you can be regarded as experienced, but what experience do you have to pass on to my eldest brother?" Qin Zhan drove his horse to Qin Shuai's side, and asked condescendingly, with a playful expression.
Qin Shuai said lightly: "Experience, I told you yesterday, the business road is rugged, be careful, the bandits don't care if you are from the Qin family or not, out of Aoki Town, the Qin family's face is not good, go to Dangyang Mountain, then you will see blood!"
When the last sentence was spoken, a red tyrannical killing machine flashed in Qin Shuai's eyes, which immediately startled Qin Zhan, but in an instant, the erasing killing machine had disappeared, and no one else noticed, and even Qin Zhan thought that he had seen it wrong. However, he didn't dare to provoke Qin Shuai anymore, he just snorted coldly and urged the caravan to set off.
Qin Zhan handed over a total of four inns and a restaurant to Qin Shuai, among which there was also an weapon shop, but Qin Shuai was not interested in the weapon shop, and the Qin family sold some ordinary blades, except for the silver earned every month, it was quite stable, and it didn't have much effect. After Qin Shuai moved his residence to the backyard of the restaurant, Li Chong also brought five slightly apprehensive shopkeepers to meet him.
They were all just ordinary people, and they didn't even know a little about the internal affairs of the Qin family, and now they suddenly changed their managers, which made them all a little uneasy.
Looking at the five shopkeepers, Qin Shuai smiled and said: "Don't be nervous, professional things are handled by professional people, how to take care of the inn restaurant in the future, how to take care of it, everything doesn't have to change." However, Qin Shuai's voice suddenly changed: "But I still have one more thing to do for you." ”
The shopkeepers hurriedly said, "The third prince commanded." ”
Qin Shuai said in a deep voice: "My Aoki Town is the closest city to the Malan Empire, so most of the other caravans coming and going to the Malan Empire will stop in our Aoki Town. These people can also be regarded as competitors of my Qin family's caravan, so you let the guys be smart, and record the news in detail when you hear the news in their conversation, these are all useful information, and you have to hand it over to me every day. ”
Qin Shuai had promised to give Zhu Gui information about these caravans before. In the past month, Qin Shuai has indeed given Zhu Gui a lot of information, but this information is all Qin Shuai asked his subordinates to go to the door of the inn to squat, which is a bit laborious, and now it will undoubtedly be much easier to let the people in the inn and restaurant take the initiative to hand over these things to themselves.
And Qin Shuai doesn't have to worry about what they leak, the people in these restaurants and inns actually have nothing to do with the Qin family, and they don't even have to contact the Qin family in normal times, and they pay the silver on time every month, which is enough.
These were just small things, so several shopkeepers agreed with Lisuo, and after ordering them a few polite words, Qin Shuai sent them away. Turning around, Li Chong said, "Get ready, come with me to Dangyang Mountain tomorrow morning." ”
As soon as he heard Qin Shuai say that he was going to Dangyang Mountain, Li Chong was suddenly frightened, he was really a little afraid of those bandits. But he was afraid, but he still nodded and did not refuse.
Just like Qin Shuai said before, life and death are fate, and wealth is in the sky. If you want to be rich, you can only fight. During this period of time, he has become Qin Shuai's confidant, and he has not done as much as before, but he has doubled the amount of silver, and he even bought a small courtyard in Aoki Town and took his younger brother over. And in the Qin family, because Qin Shuai's status has risen, his status has also risen, and those subordinates who looked down on him in the past are now also calling 'brother' one by one. I don't know how moisturizing the days are.
Just like Qin Shuai said, when people are not satisfied, although Li Chong is an honest man, he has already enjoyed all this, and of course he doesn't want to go back. For Qin Shuai's order, even if he resisted in his heart, he didn't dare to refuse, or he didn't want to refuse. "Greedy, not satisfied. "This is the truest reaction of human nature.