Huang Weicai looked at this place that did not exist on the map, if he hadn't known in advance, no one would have thought that there was such an oasis hidden in the long yellow sand.

This is indeed a very hidden place, the flowing desert has erased all traces, there is no path to here, if it were not for the guide sent by Childe, he may not be able to find it even with a map in hand.

But seclusion also means remoteness, the desert blocks the convoys, and can only rely on the transport of mules, horses, and camels, and the cargo throughput here cannot be very large, and it is enough as a smuggling bazaar, but it is difficult to continue to grow.

"Master Xiucai, are we really going to settle down here in the future?" Behind Huang Weicai, an eighteen or nineteen-year-old young man had a bitter face, "Can I return the thirty taels of silver and go home?"

In the imperial examination system of Dayin, the township examination is for children, the government examination is for Xiucai, the provincial examination is for lifting, and the palace examination is for Jinshi. Fifteen years ago, Huang Weicai passed the test in the state government, was exempted from forced labor, and did not kneel when he saw officials, so he was called Xiucaiye.

Huang Weicai glanced at the man, "Let's go, you have followed me to learn to count for half a year, and you can't figure out how many catties and thirty taels of silver you have, that is the money to buy your life, how can there be any reason to return it." If you want to go, you can go, this village is not blocked by walls, the desert is long, you can go wherever you like. ”

No one leads alone into the desert, unless they think they will live long. The young man's face became even more bitter, but he said no more.

His name is Guan Ping'an, he was an apprentice in Yongfeng pawnshop for half a year, and then he was dismissed for an inexplicable reason, and he was idle at home for a year.

Guan Ping'an's parents are bitter haha, at today's market price, thirty taels of silver is enough to buy a few acres of fertile land and build two green tile houses, so they naturally agreed repeatedly, and now this money is afraid that it has been exchanged for a land deed, and it will not be returned if you want to.

Not only him, but Huang Weicai was followed by seven or eight young people in their twenties, most of whom were deceived in this way. At this time, everyone was like earth, and they were secretly regretting it.

Huang Weicai looked at everyone's expressions, but he didn't care, they only thought that they were being sold as tickets, but soon they would find that they would face a situation that was more bizarre and unimaginable than being sold.

Just like five years ago, when he was in trouble and failed the provincial examination, the Liao shopkeeper of Yongfeng Pawnshop handed him a pill, and on the second day, he was like a god in the examination room, and he couldn't grasp the simple vernacular of the village hooligans.

But he threw his pen away and never looked back.

Many people can't understand that he doesn't do a good job of being a guest in Taiwan, and he goes to a small Yongfeng to do a tent. Only he understood how reasonable this choice was.

On that day, more than 20 years of hard work in the cold window turned into a joke under that elixir. He immediately understood that there was a power in this world that could turn everything he saw in his daily life into nothing, and under that power, wealth and glory or going out and going in and out were just a dream, and only the elixir and everything that the elixir represented were the only reality.

What is the price of paying a little compared to getting close to that reality?

......

Mo Fei saw a man about thirty years old, dressed as a scholar, his eyes were calm, and he did not panic at all when he was in the bandit's den, looking around, as if he was examining or assessing something.

Where Mo Fei passed, the crowd avoided and knelt on the ground to salute, Huang Weicai immediately saw him, first surprised, he didn't expect that the master of the Daoist Dao who was in the mouth of the Daoist was such a young boy, and then Yixi, with a subordinate like the Shidao man, this son, maybe even in that world is an extremely great character, follow him, he will definitely be able to go further towards the truth.

He took two quick steps, knelt down two feet away, and held a small jade talisman in both hands, "Subordinate Huang Weicai, I have seen the son." ”

Mo Fei motioned to the maid behind him to bring the jade talisman, and glanced at it, it was indeed a token agreed between him and the Shi Dao people, so he stepped forward and said: "Get up, my request to the Shi Dao chief is to be a person who can understand writing, understand economics, and can do practical things, what have you done in the past?"

"Yu Gongzi, his subordinates are not talented, he has been admitted to show talent, and he knows a little about civil governance. I have been an accountant for five years in Yongfeng, and I know a little about economic matters. ”

Mo Fei's eyes lit up, this was indeed much better than he expected, he originally wanted to let the Shidao people get a big measure for himself, as long as he was not particularly pedantic, it was enough, but he didn't expect this person to really have some talent.

"What about them?"

"Four of them were former students, and the other three also had their own strengths, and they should be able to use them for a few years. ”

Murphy laughed, "Okay, Huang Xiucai, please come with me." ”

took Huang Weicai to the council room, the maid poured tea and left, Mo Fei said: "Do you know what I asked you to do?"

Huang Weicai sat next to each other with half of his buttocks, got up when he heard the words, and said, "My subordinates don't know." Shi Xianshi only said that he would let his subordinates assist Gongzi. ”

Murphy smiled, "Then do you know what this place is?"

"Lequan, the nest of the Black Wind Thieves, the private goods market outside the gate. ”

"Yes, since you have access to culture, then let me ask you, if I want to whitewash the Black Wind Thieves and transform this place into a treaty port, what do you suggest?"

"This ......" Huang Wei hesitated for a moment before saying, "I'm afraid it's a little difficult." It is not difficult for the Black Wind Thieves to launder their whitewashing, and their robberies have become less and less in recent years, and there are a few private goods businesses to support, and they can soon be turned into a caravan. However, with all due respect, Lequan is too remote to travel in the convoy, and if it were not for the shady smuggling business, this place would never have become a bazaar, and it is unlikely that it will expand further. ”

"Oh, where do you think it's possible?"

"Outside the border, only Pengjialou can. Not to mention land transportation, it has an irreplaceable advantage that has a water vein that can directly lead to the Lanjiang River. But does Childe want to ......"

Mo Fei waved his hand, "The Peng family is the Marquis of Zhenxi Mansion appointed by Taizu and hereditary, how could I think like this." But just a word. Okay, I won't sell it anymore, I want you to come, it's for you to be the boss of this black wind thief. ”

Seeing that Huang Wei was puzzled, he said, "I have other affairs, and I can't stay here for a long time." The Black Wind Thieves are a force that I took down easily, although it is small, but it is also interesting, and I urgently need someone to govern this place. Leaving the treaty port aside, within two years I need a black and white black wind thief. But that's just cover. Since you have been in Yongfeng for five years, you should have an understanding of their details, what I want you to do is to build a bigger network than Yongfengdang, I want information, more information, the more the better, whether it is the mundane or the cultivation realm, whether it is the past or the present, whether it is the court or the countryside, whether you think it is useful or useless, collect it for me. ”