Artisan workshops are generally opened earlier than people think.

However, just now, the flames of the blacksmith's furnace were lit one after another, and the sound of skillful forging with sledgehammers in the workshop was one after another, "ping pong", and the crisp sound was also quite pleasant.

Di Ying wielded a sledgehammer in the innermost workshop, almost ignoring the people around him.

Cheng went to his side first, and waited for a long time before he noticed himself.

Di Ying didn't raise his head, and said while smashing the hammer, "What do adults want?" ”

With a bang, the sledgehammer smashed into the red-hot workpiece in the furnace.

"Take a look at this for me." Cheng Fu first handed something to Di Ying.

Di Ying looked up at this time, and saw that it was a piece of lead, took it and pinched it first, it was very tough, and then put it in the fire to bake red, and after taking it out, the temperature dropped, and the silver wire turned black, and it couldn't smell in front of the nose.

"It's steel." Di Ying gave a judgment, and then put the silver wire on the table in front of him, took out a plier and pulled it to the side, but it didn't break.

"It's military steel." After Di Ying finished speaking, he put the silver thread aside and ignored it again.

"Military steel," this is not far from what Cheng Quxian guessed, "Who can get military steel?" ”

"Soldiers." Di Ying Dao.

"Except for the military?" Cheng went to stare at Di Ying first, "For example, you are here." ”

"Are you suspicious of me?" Di Ying put down the hammer and wiped her hands with a towel beside her.

"I'm just asking."

"To ask is to have doubts." Di Ying gave the other party one last look and said, "I can assure you that no one has ever asked me for similar items here recently, and I have never sold anything related to the army. ”

"That's enough." Cheng Fu nodded first, turned around and left here.

Looking at the other party's departing figure, Di Ying's eyes narrowed.

Sometimes a person is telling the truth, but not necessarily the truth.

Just like Di Ying said, he really didn't sell military steel to others.

But he didn't say that he didn't do anything else for the other party.

He didn't lie, but he didn't tell the truth either.

"Shopkeeper." One of the men who was working suddenly came over and said, "The boss said that today's workpiece doesn't need to be delivered." ”

"Don't send it?" Di Ying was puzzled, could it be that Shengongmen would not be doing business today?

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The breakfast stalls on East Street, because there are merchants nearby, sell them more expensive than other places, but fortunately, the goods are genuine.

The high-quality Jiangnan rice, with the scoop to grind carefully, pick out the white rice grains without a little impurities, first steam with the cage drawer, and then stew with mountain spring water in the pot, boil until eight minutes through, go down to the inside on the dried osmanthus, white fungus, is a bowl of high-quality "silver dragon porridge", the fragrant fragrance can blow the street all over the street.

Qiu Shaohu was sitting on a seat on the side of the street at this time, drinking a bowl of silver porridge with dried radish. A bowl of porridge with five copper plates and free tea is a rare pastime.

What satisfied Qiu Shaohu was that this porridge could not only satisfy his need for food without taste, but also make his stomach feel happy with its mellow taste.

Eating without taste is his own requirement, but the nature of liking delicious food is inevitable for people.

Across the street from the stall is the gate of the Roche Chamber of Commerce. Seeing the traffic coming and going, the people parked at the gate are all people with thousands of dollars in their pockets.

The Luo clan originated in the three towns of Tangtai, with the flourishing of water and land docks, since ancient times, the family has gradually opened its business to the southeast, not only Chaomen, but also Kangjing City has their power.

At this time, just after two o'clock, the door of the Chamber of Commerce had just opened, and many merchants who had come here immediately parked their carriages and walked briskly inside. The empty hall of the Chamber of Commerce was full of people in an instant.

Qiu Shaohu also stood up from the stall and walked inside.

A very magnificent "carriage" suddenly passed by him. It is not accurate to say that it is a carriage, because the cart in front of it is actually a fake horse. A series of complex transmissions and bearings, connected to the wheels of the car by artificial horseshoe, only need the driver to gently pull the mechanism, the car will move quickly, the speed is not inferior to the good family green horse.

The carriage was marked with the sign of the Shengong Gate, and when the carriage reached the door, a young man with a lofty posture got out of the carriage and walked in with his entourage.

After he walked in, the people from the Chamber of Commerce immediately said loudly to the people outside: "I'm sorry everyone, the shopkeeper of Sun Congtian Sun of Jinbao Commercial Bank wants to talk about a big business with my Luo Merchant today, the Chamber of Commerce is temporarily closed today, and other guest officials are in need, please come back tomorrow." ”

As he spoke, many people inside began to walk out, and the people of the Chamber of Commerce began to seal the door with the door panel, which was ready to close.

There was a lot of talk around them, but they still left together.

In Chaomen City, everyone knows that Sun Congtian is the only son of the old shopkeeper of Jinbao Commercial Bank, and as the largest partner of Shengongmen in Chaomen City, half of the Shengong equipment is sold by Jinbao Commercial Bank.

For example, the carriage was given to Jinbao by Shengongmen, and the relationship between the two parties can be seen.

Qiu Shaohu frowned slightly, and returned to the stall across the street to sit, wanting to wait and see what would happen next.

I waited from early morning to noon, the sun was getting higher overhead, and the heat was slowly rising from the surface.

Qiu Shaohu didn't wait any longer, he walked straight to the door of the merchant, and kept knocking on the door panel of the closed door.

After knocking for a long time, the door panel was removed to reveal a small slit, and a guy poked his head out and said vigilantly, "Who?" ”

"Overseas exchanges, people from the East China Sea Chamber of Commerce, come to pay respects." Qiu Shaohu said as he handed a name slip in.

He borrowed the identity of a businessman from Chaomen this meeting, so naturally all the proofs were ready. At this time, it is naturally most appropriate to call the door in the name of an overseas businessman.

"Today...... No more business. The guy had concerns and subconsciously looked back.

"Hey," Qiu Shaohu blocked his hand to close the door, looked at the other party suddenly nervous, and continued: "Just come to pay a visit, if it is convenient for Your Excellency, you will receive my post and give it to your master, I can wait for the news, and come back to visit you next day." ”

"Okay." Hearing Qiu Shaohu say this, the guy finally took the post, and then immediately closed the door panel.

Qiu Shaohu saw that the door was closed again, and he was not in a hurry, he took two steps back and walked to the side of the steps, sat down directly, and continued to wait.

waited until the sun set in the west, the lights were dim at night, and the long letter lights on the roadside were lit one after another, and Qiu Shaohu got up again and turned into an inconspicuous alley next to him.

When he came out this time, he was well prepared and brought everything with him. Fish scale armor and wolf skin were worn on his body, the lock helmet was worn on his head to hide his face, and a goose feather knife was taken out of the machine box, and the flying claws on the box catapulted, and the steel wire led him up from the back eaves of the Chamber of Commerce.

Stepping on the tiles on the roof, Qiu Shaohu tested the different touches, and then noticed that several tiles had been loosened, carefully lifted them, gently put them aside to avoid making a sound, and then left a hole just enough for one person to pass through, and Qiu Shaohu drilled directly into it from here.

Inside is a compartment on the beams, and the ceiling is made of thin wood, which is extremely fragile, and if you step on it, you will fall straight down.

Qiu Shaohu was trying to move forward on the beam, and suddenly noticed that in the corner of the beam, there was a black shadow.

The man lay there, wary of someone coming. Suddenly, someone pressed him from behind, and his mouth was blocked and he couldn't make a sound.

Qiu Shaohu strangled the other party's head, suddenly exerted force, and twisted the other party's neck. This will prevent the bleeding from being discovered. Feeling that the other party had lost his voice, Qiu Shaohu saw that he was wearing the clothes of the Luo Chamber of Commerce, which were exactly the same as the mark he found near the cottage.

And Qiu Shaohu reached into the other party's sleeve and groped, feeling the smooth touch, and suddenly tore off the corners of his clothes.

A piece of deerskin, no different from the sleeve of the man who had been torn off in the study earlier.

"Sure enough." Qiu Shaohu had a vague guess in his heart, and continued to walk along the beam, when he suddenly heard a rush of footsteps below.

Someone passed by and walked in a panic.

Qiu Shaohu unloaded the box from behind, pulled out the flying lock and hooked it on the beam, hung the box silently down the wire, and then turned over and fell.

In the dark, the man's attention was completely behind him when he walked, and a person suddenly appeared in front of him, and he subconsciously thought of shouting.

Qiu Shaohu Yan flicked his knife, and the blade happened to bite between the other party's teeth, making the movement he originally wanted to shout back again.

"Don't make a sound!" Qiu Shaohu said in a low voice, and then the other party immediately nodded wildly. Seeing that the other party was dressed in Cheng Ziyi and a jade pendant with a belt, he was completely dressed as a businessman.

At the same time, looking at the other party's face, Qiu Shaohu also felt a little familiar.

"You are Zhou Fuyun, not a villain, I have a relationship with you." Qiu Shaohu remembered the rich boy who took a boat back to Chaomen together.

Zhou Fuyun just kept nodding, but because the knife was in his mouth, he only dared to nod slightly, and how could he dare to use force. However, he couldn't remember where he had seen this young man's face himself, especially since the other party still had yellow-brown wolf-like eyes.

"I ask, you answer, don't make a sound, nod your head, blink if you agree." Qiu Shaohu said in a deep voice.

Zhou Fuyun blinked frantically, for fear that the other party would cut himself in anger if he didn't see it because of the dim light.

"You've met robbers in this chamber of commerce, right?" Qiu Shaohu said: "They kidnapped all of you as hostages and controlled the entire Chamber of Commerce to prevent people from entering or leaving. ”

As soon as the words fell, Qiu Shaohu only felt a strong wind blowing in his face, like a poisonous snake hiding in the dark, suddenly revealing its fangs.