In Tianmen Pass, the night always comes very fast, often giving people a feeling of unfinished, and when the carriage that stopped at the gate of the Bei'an Wangfu slowly started, the last ray of sunlight in the western sky completely disappeared under the 100,000 mountains at the end of the sky.

The Great Day Returns to the Mountain, and the darkness accompanied by the blizzard completely takes over this northernmost city in Great Xia, but everyone in the entire Tianmen Pass is not surprised by this, because the lights that are lit up almost at the same time in every household completely illuminate the Tianmen Pass, especially the already extremely prosperous Tianmen Pass South City, which is even brighter, like day.

Nancheng Central Avenue, because of the snowstorm, coupled with the holding of tomorrow's national funeral, made the wide streets, bustling crowds a lot less, and the hunters who originally pulled a cart of snow beasts to trade with the Chamber of Commerce gathered in the restaurant at this time to remember the old Bei'an King.

In the middle of some empty avenues, outside the four-story buildings that stand out from the crowd, the banners with the four big characters of the Nanke Chamber of Commerce are flying back and forth in the snow, and at the same time, people are constantly coming and going under the banners, which seems to be quite busy.

Since the Nanke Chamber of Commerce took the line of the imperial court's household department, and completed it extremely beautifully, its development momentum has exploded, coupled with the fact that the Fang shopkeeper of the Chamber of Commerce and his men fought in Liuli City some time ago, and returned safely, the reputation of the Nanke Chamber of Commerce was unmatched in the entire Tianmen Pass.

For all the chambers of commerce in the vast land of China, the importance of word-of-mouth is self-evident, and it directly represents the degree of trust in the transaction, so even in the case of sparse population in the entire southern city, the hall on the second floor of the Nanke Chamber of Commerce is still extremely lively.

In the study on the top floor of the South Guest Chamber of Commerce, under the bright light, Mrs. Fang, who was looking down to check the accounts, slowly raised her head, then rubbed her eyebrows, and asked softly to the old housekeeper who stepped in from the outside:

"The sun is about to set, and the lord and Pearl are still asleep?

"Since the father and daughter returned from the Arctic Snow Field, in addition to eating and sleeping every day, they have completely become the shopkeeper, originally I was expecting the master to come back and I could relax a little, but I didn't expect things to increase instead of decreasing. ”

Although Mrs. Fang behind the desk, the words coming out of her mouth were slightly complaining, but her ordinary face was full of smiles, and if you look closely, you will find that the corners of her eyes when she laughs have many wrinkles, and the white hair on her head has also grown a lot.

After Mrs. Fang's voice fell, the old butler, who was also smiling, arched his hand forward, and then the old voice came out:

"Madam, the lord and the young lady have just returned from the northern snowfield, they are physically and mentally exhausted, and it is the time to take a good rest, and I have given a rich reward to those men who followed the lord to the north of the snowfield, and at the same time they have taken a long vacation to recuperate. ”

"That's very good. ”

After finishing speaking, Mrs. Fang nodded, raised her hand and picked up the teacup beside her and took a sip, then slowly got up, and at the same time, her voice continued to sound in the small study:

"Tomorrow is the funeral of the old king of Bei'an, I will do my part to repay the old prince for taking care of the lord and the pearl on the snowfield, you go with me to the lobby downstairs to see how things are prepared. ”

"Yes, ma'am, there is still a trace of Orion and Merchants negotiating in the lobby at this time, but the oil candles and other things to be sent to the North City are already being prepared. ”

The old butler stroked the white beard on his chest, followed Mrs. Fang and walked down the stairs, and his voice continued to say:

"The number of national memorial rites is cumbersome, the scale is huge, this time according to His Majesty's requirements, the funeral of the old prince is placed in the north city of Tianmen Pass, and our Tianmen Pass itself is mainly based on fur trade, many things are extremely scarce, the officials of the Imperial Court Rites Department also came to a special trip earlier, and set some things, fortunately, those things are in stock in our Chamber of Commerce. ”

"We did everything we could to meet the requirements. ”

Mrs. Fang's voice was resolute, and then she slowly walked down the stairs to the extremely spacious second-floor lobby and walked inside.

Compared with the first floor of the purchase of fur and animal meat and other materials, the second floor of the Chamber of Commerce, which is mainly used for the sale of goods, is undoubtedly much quieter, with a large number of various items placed in a row, most of which are some necessities for living in Tianmen Pass for warmth and lighting, and some are from the Central Plains, expensive and in-demand goods, such as rouge gouache and other rare items in the north.

Suddenly, a young and calm voice came from not far away into the ears of Mrs. Fang, who had just stepped into the lobby on the second floor:

"The scale of this Nanke Chamber of Commerce even exceeds most of the shops in Shenjing City, which is not easy. ”

Hearing the three words Shenjing City, Mrs. Fang's eyebrows subconsciously raised, and then she turned her head to look, and her complexion changed slightly again, because what came into her eyes was a burly figure.

Mrs. Fang, who lives in Tianmen Pass, has not seen the snow people who are known as the little giants of the snow field, but those snow people are still a little smaller than the figures in front of them, and beside the burly figure, there are two young and tall figures standing, all three of them are wearing animal skin felt hats, and the faces under the hats look extremely young.

Then, under the gaze of Mrs. Fang, the three young people who were wandering on the second floor stopped in front of the cabinet selling oil lamps and candles, and then the young man in the middle raised his hand and picked up a milky yellow candle core, and after staring at it with ebony black eyes for a few breaths, he slowly spoke:

"This candle heart is milky yellow, could it be that the fat of the snow beasts in the 100,000 mountains is refined?"

The young man's voice was neither light nor heavy, but in the midst of stability, there was a majesty that people couldn't help but bow and worship, and then he put the lamp oil in his hand close to his nose and sniffed, and his calm voice continued to sound:

"It's not that our Daxia Ministry of Industry has never thought of using snow beast grease to make lamp oil, but it is said that although there is a lot of snow beast grease, it has an unpleasant fishy smell, and the craftsmen of the Ministry of Industry have tried countless methods to get rid of this drawback, so it is finally stopped. ”

After the young man's words fell, Mrs. Fang, who was not far away, showed a smile, slowly approached and said:

"This boy is really good eyesight, this is indeed a lamp and candle made of snow beast oil, and under the unique refining skills of my Nanke Chamber of Commerce, not only does it burn longer than the rest of the candles, but it also has no fishy smell, but has a faint fragrance, and the price is also very cheap. ”

After Mrs. Fang finished speaking, a smile appeared on her face again, looking at the handsome face of the young man in front of her, and continued to speak apologetically:

"Childe is not an ordinary person at first glance, but if you want to purchase a large number of snow beast oil candles recently, I am afraid that it will be a little difficult, because our inventory will be shipped to Beicheng, but you can say the number, and when the new batch of oil candles is made, the Nanke Chamber of Commerce can give you a discount to apologize. ”