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Xiao Ming walked quickly into the living room, and sure enough, Su Cai'er was waiting for him with a few bookkeepers and the shopkeeper of the Beijing branch, and everyone's faces were very solemn. Su Cai'er saw Xiao Ming and said, "I need to rush back to Hangzhou immediately." ”

"Why is there such a hurry?" Xiao Ming asked.

Su Cai'er looked at everyone, and did not answer Xiao Ming, but instructed a few shopkeepers who followed him: "After I leave, you will temporarily obey the orders of Shopkeeper Xiao, he is now the Xuanhui envoy of the Northern Administration, I will have a large number of miscellaneous silks going north, not only to carry out trade with Liao, you are all capable people of Richanglong, I hope you can assist Xiao's shopkeeper!" ”

Everyone bowed and said, "Yes, the big treasurer."

Xiao Ming said: "How do you go?" ”

Su Caier said: "Tomorrow morning, the light car will be on the road."

Xiao Ming said loudly: "No! His voice made everyone tremble!

Looking at everyone's surprised eyes, Xiao Ming said: "You have to postpone your trip, if you go on the road now, it will be very dangerous!" ”

Su Cai'er said: "What danger will there be? What did you hear?"

Xiao Ming said: "Originally, I would accompany you back when the matter here is over, but now that the situation has changed, Pang Wanchun of the Demon Sect Duobaoguan will definitely attack us!" So we have to be fully prepared to hit the road."

"Why did Demon Sect Pang Wanchun attack me?" Su Cai'er asked.

Xiao Ming briefly told Su Cai'er the ins and outs of the matter, and finally told Su Cai'er that Pang Wanchun would definitely attack the people around Xiao Ming at present, the purpose was to threaten and exchange, and in the face of a large amount of gold treasure, Pang Wanchun would definitely jump off the wall in a hurry, so now, Su Cai'er will be very dangerous.

When Su Cai'er heard Xiao Ming say that he was an important person beside him, her face flushed slightly, and she asked, "Then what should I do?" ”

Xiao Ming said: "We don't know how many people Pang Wanchun will send this time, but if you go on the road alone, something will definitely happen, and at the moment I only have ten tiger guards on hand, and I must transfer some people from Xuzhou to the road."

Su Cai'er frowned slightly, shook her head and said: "No, I have to leave tomorrow, my father is already seriously ill, and Richanglong has a big problem in Hangzhou, I must rush back earlier."

Xiao Ming said: "You can use flying kites!" Just use the flying kite to notify the Xuzhou side immediately, and we can delay the departure in half a day."

Su Cai'er was moved in her heart, knowing that Xiao Ming would accompany her on the road no matter what, she smiled and said: "But there is no fixed-point direction sign in Xuzhou now, and flying kites can only fly at fixed points!" ”

Xiao Ming was very strange, stared at Jie Zhicong next to him and said, "Why is this, didn't you receive the news of flying kites in Xuzhou last time?" ”

Jie Zhicong stepped forward and replied: "The flying kite direction sign used by Richanglong can only be carried by the shopkeeper, and now I follow the big shopkeeper to the capital, naturally there is no beacon in Xuzhou Mansion!" ”

Xiao Ming sighed, and suddenly his eyes rolled and said: "What's so difficult about this, just let people notify you"

Jie Zhicong said: "This is at least a few hundred miles to Xuzhou, who can go to deliver the notice?" ”

Xiao Ming smiled and said, "You'll naturally know later, Little Liu!" Little Six come in"

Gu Xiaoliu stepped in, the sweat on his head had not yet been wiped off, he just ran back inside, bowed to Xiao Ming and said, "Mr. Xiao"

"Where's that Duan Jingzhu? Call him."

"Mr. Xiao, which one is Duan Jingzhu?"

"The one who came back with me on a red horse"

"Oh!" Gu Xiaoliu took the order and left.

After a while, Duan Jingzhu walked in, saw that everyone was stunned for a moment, and bowed to Xiao Ming and said, "Son, I don't know what's going on?" ”

Xiao Ming said: "Mr. Duan, don't hide it, you are a talent, what I value most is talent, you have such a good relationship with that Chi Yucong, you were bought by someone fiercely, and I feel very sad when I think about it, I want to hire you with a high salary, let you do things for me, and take care of Chi Yucong at the same time, what do you think?" ”

Duan Jingzhu said strangely: "Childe is willing to hire me?" Didn't you buy my horse? ”

"Buy, of course I have to buy, but I value you more than a horse, can I buy a thousand-mile horse? But you can't buy all the Maximas in the world? And as long as you are here, am I still worried about not having a good horse? ”

Duan Jingzhu was very moved, selling horses was his helpless move, he was dressed in the skills of horse taming, of course, he hoped that someone would appreciate it, the so-called soldier died for his confidant, now Xiao Ming can take a fancy to his talent, this is what he needs most, the man's husband has been reduced to selling horses on the street, he is indeed ashamed of his ancestors, and Xiao Ming's recognition of his talent is enough for him to die hard.

Duan Jingzhu knelt down for Xiao Ming as soon as he lifted the hem of his clothes and said: "Childe can appreciate the villain's cheap skills, Duan is grateful, from now on, the villain will be Childe's person, and only listen to Childe's orders before and after the saddle!" ”

Xiao Ming hurriedly helped him up, "Mr. Duan doesn't have to be like this, you and I are not masters and servants, and we will be friends in the future."

Duan Jingzhu is not a person who confesses indiscriminately, he just nodded heavily, he already recognized Xiao Ming as his lord in his heart, and Song Ren actually still has a very heavy chivalrous nature, just like the horse he raised, he will only recognize one master in his life.

Xiao Ming said: "Okay, Mr. Duan, you go to the account now to receive the silver taels, buy good feed for Chi Yucong, feed it, and then I have a letter that I need you to send to the Taiping Iron Factory in Xuzhou, this matter is urgent, you must leave immediately, is there any problem?" ”

Duan Jingzhu clenched his fists and said, "Yes, Childe" and then turned to leave.

The people in Richanglong looked at Xiao Ming and accepted Duan Jingzhu in a few words, and arranged for him to go to Xuzhou to deliver the letter, they were all in a daze, and said in their hearts, "This shopkeeper Xiao is really unexpected, and he is very eclectic."

Su Cai'er said: "Do you really want to go on the road with me?" But what about the affairs of the North Trade Bureau here? ”

Xiao Ming said with a smile: "Isn't there still Xue Bingchang, I don't have to worry about everything, he has already rushed to do it, and the Yaxing Gang is full of talents, so I don't have to worry about it."

In this case, Su Caier is not insisting, in fact, he is really happy, he can go on the road with Xiao Ming, he is exactly what he can't ask for, when everyone discusses, prepare to pack, and leave tomorrow later.

Xiao Ming wrote a letter to Duan Jingzhu, asking him to send it to the Huwei Camp of the Xuzhou Taiping Iron Factory, and asked them to send a team of 100 people to the north immediately, and it was best to receive Xiao Ming and their team on the way.

Then Xiao Ming went to find Xue Bingchang, Xue Bingchang is very leisurely now, not as busy as Xiao Ming thought, the Yaxing Gang is indeed full of talents, many things Xue Bingchang only needs to explain, someone will handle it, all he has to do is to take the direction, such as now he is drinking tea and looking at chrysanthemums.

Chrysanthemums are brought by him to give gifts, Xue Bingchang is well aware of his identity and social status, over the years in various official and unofficial transactions, as a philistine middleman, he has seen too many different faces, to be able to eat the benefits of both things, itself is enviable, this is indispensable to play up and down, gift-giving is almost commonplace, these pots of high-grade cosmos are used to dot the power of the dynasty Wang Huang.

Xiao Ming's eyes lit up when he saw the chrysanthemum, he knew the preciousness of this flower as soon as he saw the flower pot, this is a chrysanthemum packed with Ru kiln porcelain, although it has not bloomed, but the branches and leaves of the flower are like tiny insect claws, very slender, I think it must be a famous species cultivated by skilled craftsmen.

So he asked Xue Bingchang for it, Xue Bingchang was very generous, full of promises, Xiao Ming was very strange, and hurriedly asked if he was willing.

It turned out that the source of Xue Bingchang's chrysanthemums came from the flower garden, which was specially operated by a few Persian Hu people, which belonged to Xue Bingchang's private industry.

Xiao Ming gave Xue Bingchang a thumbs up, this person was really talented, so he told him that he would leave for Hangzhou in the near future, and all the affairs of the North Trade Bureau in the capital would depend on Xue Bingchang.

Xue Bingchang patted his chest and assured, rest assured, as long as Xiao Ming goes back to arrange for the goods to come, the rest of the things will be handled by him, and now the contact between Song and Liao has been basically completed, just wait for Xiao Ming to arrange the goods to go north.

Holding the chrysanthemum, Xiao Ming said goodbye to Xue Bingchang, Xiao Ming came to the Great Liao State Embassy again, and sent the pot of chrysanthemums to Xiao Zhonggong, I heard that Xiao Zhonggong would return to Liao in the near future, Xiao Ming asked him to go back and deal with the border trade between the two sides.

Xiao Zhonggong laughed, and also patted his chest to promise that Xiao Ming would let go of a hundred hearts.

"By the way, Brother Xian, this pot of chrysanthemums seems to be very precious, I don't know what variety it is, what is its name?"

Xiao Ming patted his head: "It's broken, I forgot to ask ......"

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Early in the morning of the third day, a team of people left the east gate of Bianliang, Tokyo, and headed for Xuzhou in the southeast, it was Xiao Ming and Su Caier and their team, according to Xiao Ming's estimate, Duan Jingzhu should be able to rush to Xuzhou Mansion in the afternoon of the same day, after all, Chi Yucong is a horse that travels thousands of miles a day, if the tiger guard of Xuzhou Taiping Iron Factory goes on the road immediately, it will not be until the day after tomorrow to reach Bianliang at the earliest, Su Caier is more anxious, so he decided to set off on the third day, expecting to meet the tiger guards on the road.

Xiao Ming made full preparations this time, Ri Changlong did not have many martial artists who followed Su Cai'er this time, and the safety guard work with the car had to be completely handed over to the ten tiger guards led by Xiao Ming, in order to hurry, Xiao Ming hired a carriage at a high price, if it was an ox cart, it was too slow.

Among the accompanying personnel were Ding Jianpeng, Jie Zhicong and others, and the remaining managers stayed in Bianliang to assist in handling the affairs of the North Trade Bureau.

In order to protect Ding Jianpeng, Xiao Ming asked Gu Xiaoliu to follow Ding Jianpeng closely, while Qian Baguang was arranged to follow Su Caier's carriage, and ten tiger guards were scattered around the team.

Even so, on the second day, something happened, and someone stopped a big tree on the official road at some point, and the big tree was lying alone in the middle of the official road, and the dense forests on both sides were loud.

Xiao Ming shouted badly, asked all the tiger guards to prepare for battle, gathered several carriages together according to the formation, all the tiger guards wound their crossbows, their knives were unsheathed, and they looked around nervously.

Suddenly, a rattling arrow flew out of the trees on both sides of the front! The sharp sound stimulated people's eardrums, and Qian Baguang suddenly laughed: "It turned out to be a peer!" As long as it is an arrow, it must be a robbery, and the green forest and horses in this area have a relationship with our Mangdang Mountain, see me go and send them"

As soon as he finished speaking, he grabbed the horse's belly, and the single horse rushed up, Xiao Ming instructed the tiger guards to get ready, and he also wound the marble, loaded the lead pellet wrapped in mud, and then came to Su Caier's carriage, Su Caier lifted the door curtain and said, "Who is it?" Is it really a robbery? ”

Xiao Ming shook his head and said, "The situation is unknown, it's better to be careful."

A group of people appeared in the dense forest, slowly gathering on the official road, and there were at least nearly a hundred people, all of whom were dressed in black and covered their faces.

Qian Baguang ran over first, shouting loudly, Xiao Ming didn't hear it clearly from a distance, but he always felt that something was wrong, it seemed that the other party's dress was very familiar, and he suddenly remembered that the encounter at Gao Shubao's house in Hangzhou, the masked killer of Mingjiao was dressed exactly like the bandit in front of him!

"It's broken! The other party is Pang Wanchun! Xiao Ming immediately shouted: "Be careful! ”

As soon as the words fell, he saw Qian Baguang in front of him screaming and fell off the horse, he had already fallen into the other party's plot......