"Brother Lin, it's Tianshui City ahead, right?"

Lu Changfeng was dressed in a royal blue brocade robe, which was particularly eye-catching in the gray land of Yongzhou, but he was followed by a team of heavily armed armor soldiers, so that no one dared to fight the idea of this son, so he only watched from afar, muttering a few words with envy and jealousy.

Lin Chen stopped his horse, looked around, and looked at Lu Changfeng, "It should be here, the road surface in Yongzhou is rarely as smooth as Tianshui." You see that this radius is more than ten miles, there are no two soil bags, and there is no end in sight, it should be Tianshui. ”

Lu Changfeng looked excited when he heard this, "Great, Brother Lin, we're finally here."

Tianshui to Jincheng is only a hundred and ten miles, and it can be reached in one day, but Lu Changfeng and Lin Chen are not familiar with the road conditions, so they take some detours, set off in the morning, and arrive at Tianshui City in the evening.

"If Ding Yi knows that we have only arrived at this time, I'm afraid he will laugh at me for a whole year."

Lin Chen laughed at himself.

"Brother Lin, didn't my sister say, you may encounter any situation when you go out, we finally arrived in Tianshui today, I thought we were going to sleep in the wilderness!"

Lu Changfeng is thinking about it here.

Lin Chen smiled bitterly, "Okay, let's hurry into the city and settle down, drive!" ”

"Okay, Brother Lin!"

Lu Changfeng's young man's clear voice was mixed with excitement.

This is still the first thing he has done independently since he was a child, and he Lu Changfeng is independent, starting from Tianshui City in front of him.

Looking at the mountain and running horses, Lin Chen and Lu Changfeng rode fast for about a quarter of an hour, and finally entered Tianshui City before closing the city gate.

"Brother Lin, this place seems to be bigger than Jincheng."

Lu Changfeng led the horse and walked on the streets of Tianshui.

Lin Chen followed Lu Changfeng's side, "Jincheng is a state capital set up because of the dangerous terrain and danger to defend, so it is only a small city according to local conditions, but although Jincheng is small, it is impregnable. Tianshui is not the case here, it is close to the land of Hanzhong, the land is vast and sparsely populated, fortunately, the land route is unimpeded, and there is a waterway to pass through, so the city of Tianshui is built on a certain scale. ”

Although Lin Chen has never been to Tianshui, he has also read the map and knows the advantages of the terrain here.

"Let's stay first, rest early today, and we're going to start a big fight tomorrow!"

Lin Chen was talking to Lu Changfeng as he said that he walked directly into the city from the city gate to the main road to the city.

An ordinary city, the best inns are only on the main road. They are not short of money, and there is no need to go to some corners to find some corners to make trouble for themselves.

Came to the largest Yuelai Inn in the city and opened the room, Lin Chen settled the soldiers who followed, and then went back to the room with Changfeng to rest, they have to do business tomorrow.

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"Brother Lin!"

Early in the morning, Lu Changfeng didn't need his housekeeper father to come over to urge him to get up from school, he got up early, washed up and came to Lin Chen's room next door and knocked on the door.

The door opened, and it turned out that Lin Chen also got up early, "Let's go, let's go downstairs for breakfast." Hope your approach works here. ”

Lin Chen teased Lu Changfengdao.

What he said was what Changfeng used, and after arriving in a place, he inquired about the news in tea stalls and restaurants. The inn is also a gathering place for merchants, and I believe they should have something to gain.

"Hey, have you heard? There seems to be a team of horse thieves in Hanzhong, who are elusive, some time ago to Hanzhong's tea mountain god disappeared unconsciously, if it weren't for the tea merchant who left Hanzhong to send a letter to his family, he said that he would not have disappeared for ten days and half a month and no one knew. ”

As soon as Lu Changfeng and Lin Chen sat down in the lobby of the inn, they heard this exciting news, and their ears instantly became stunned.

"When you say this, there is something vaguely wrong, Lao Cao will come back in the winter in the past years, and there is no shadow in the wax moon this year, a few days ago I also said that Lao Cao was afraid that he would get rich and delay the time, now I hear you say this, I'm afraid there will be more than one luck!"

The two merchants lowered their voices to speak, but it was quiet on the street and in the lobby early in the morning, so the sound of the two talking also reached the ears of everyone in the lobby, and those who had doubts at the moment echoed it.

"I'll just say that this year's situation is not right, and I can't say what's strange, listen to you, it turns out that some of the familiar faces that were common in Tianshui here in previous years are less this year, if you say so, I'm afraid it's not a good omen!"

"That's it, a few days ago, the luan jujube tree in my backyard suddenly turned green, and I said it was a good thing, but it turned out to be a bad omen."

"Oh yo, I panicked when I heard it, don't say it, don't say it, it's a good year, let's stop something, what's not better? Anyway, I decided not to go out before the New Year this year, and I will leave after the New Year in Tianshui. ”

This person's words were echoed by several merchants, but some people sighed, "Hey, a few of you are here in Tianshui, it's a big deal to go back to your hometown to avoid it, but we want to go back to Hanzhong." ”

"That's it, Lao Yang, you can't help but be righteous, let's get together, there are many people, I don't believe that the horse thieves are intercepting us with emotion!"

"That's it, Lao Cao, don't be afraid, the end of the year is the time to make money. Anyway, all the money I earned this year is pressed on this batch of goods, just waiting for the next few days to go out of the city to Hanzhong to ship and make money! No matter what you have, you have to go to Hanzhong with me, the more of us the better. ”

Lao Cao seemed to hesitate, "I'm also holding on to the goods, but I'm not sure in my heart, man, let's wait for a large number of people to go out after the year?" At that point, the horse thieves did not dare to come out. ”

The man became excited, "Lao Cao, you have to be kind, all you buy is cloth and satin, and you will still sell it during the New Year, but I am a dried fruit snack, if I don't sell it at the end of the year, I will have to be dragged bankrupt next year." Besides, there is news of the horse thief every year, and if we traders are afraid of this, then don't go out. ”

"That is, the wealth is in danger, the big deal is that this year's goods are out, and I won't do it for the New Year, go home and farm! Don't be afraid of this anymore. ”

Someone said it indignantly, but no one agreed.

They are all old businessmen who have accumulated for many years, and to be honest, they all make money by tossing some goods at the end of the year. So although there is news of horse thieves every year, they are frightened every year, but they also break through every year.

Those who can't break through leave their lives on the business road, and those who are lucky with their wives and children at home leave a few money at the bottom of the box, and those who are unfortunate have to raise money everywhere to repay the payment.

The neighbors all saw that they were making money, but how many merchants were abandoned in the wilderness on the road, and they couldn't enter the ancestral grave even if they died?

The atmosphere in the lobby of the inn was sluggish for a while, and Lu Changfeng and Lin Chen looked at each other. When they came out this time, the lady gave them 50,000 taels of silver to toss, and if they said that they were insufficient, they remembered the letter, where could they understand the helplessness of putting life and death in the lobby for a few taels of silver.

"Why do you talk so much? What should I do after eating for a while, who can really drop down the goods and go home? ”

With a low shout, everyone stopped talking, but the atmosphere became heavier.

Lu Changfeng and Lin Chen silently ate breakfast and then returned to the room to talk, in the atmosphere of the lobby, their compassion made it impossible for them to discuss things as if no one else was around.

"Let's still follow the plan, on the first day, we will find out all the places in Tianshui City, and then on the second and third days, we will observe the towns around Tianshui City, and by the way, we will release people and horses, collect information, this time I brought out the armor, there are a few scouts, whether it is official or civilian, no news can escape their eyes, and when we find out the humanistic terrain of Tianshui, we will go back to the city to meet and make plans."

Lin Chen took out his and Lu Changfeng's plan for the morning, Lu Changfeng listened, smiled, got up and prepared to go out with Brother Lin.

"Brother Cao, it's still you righteous, don't worry, I paid two taels of silver to hire a carriage this time, let's go and go back quickly, don't delay on the road." Let's start at this time, if it goes well, we can go to Hanzhong early tomorrow morning, my goods have found a good buyer, the day after tomorrow, we will ship, and we don't need a carriage, just ride a horse, if it goes well, the evening after tomorrow, we can take the silver back to each house. ”

Lu Changfeng and Lin Chen didn't expect that as soon as they left the room, they ran into the two businessmen who were talking in the lobby just now, and seeing their hurried steps, they were afraid that they were about to leave far away.

Although the merchant surnamed Cao was complimented by his companions with kind words, his face was not colorful, but his face was heavy, passing by the door of Lin Chen and Lu Changfeng's room, he saw the two of them assembling swords, followed by the majestic armor, his eyes were full of envy, but he knew that he couldn't afford to buy a long sword with all his wealth, or rather, he didn't have the capital to do business again after buying a sword.

(End of chapter)