Continents have been born for tens of millions of years, and the human world has long become the ruling world of mankind. In the long night, the world went from war to stability, from stability to prosperity, and then to the decline of the last dynasty.

Now, the entire human continent has been stable for hundreds of years, so how long can it be stable and prosperous?

The world says that Jiangnan is good, the spring is green, and the summer is red. With such a beautiful scenery in the south of the Yangtze River, it must have given birth to a lot of scenery and talented women.

One of the big families surnamed Feng is one of the four major mansions in the south of the Yangtze River, and the Fengjia Mansion is rich and rich, and it is a well-known pharmaceutical merchant in the south of the Yangtze River. The reason why it is the most famous medicine merchant in Jiangnan is that Fengfu is in charge of the purchase and sale of medicinal materials in the entire Jiangnan region.

In Jiangnan, along with the pharmaceutical merchant Fengfu, there is also Zhang Xiangfu, which is the largest salt merchant in Jiangnan. The other two major mansions are the tea merchant palace and the auctioneer Qingfu.

The sun was scorching in early autumn, and even if it was already mid-afternoon, a man walking in the bustling crowd could not stand the heat. The beads of sweat on his forehead kept rolling down, and the man wiped it with the long sleeves of the green cloth, and his face was tanned black and yellow, but it still couldn't stop the man's powerful steps.

Walking down a street against the sun, turning right and turning left, the forty-year-old man finally walked out of the bustling street.

"I'm finally here!"

In front of the man, a tall mansion sits in the sun, like a quiet lion, and there are only two men with weapons at the entrance of the mansion, where occasionally a few swift carriages pass by, full of goods along the bluestone avenue at the entrance of the mansion to the west. Of course, there will occasionally be a group of naughty children on this bluestone avenue, chasing each other with windmills, and they will not be afraid of being hit by the sudden passing carriage.

The man in his forties paused, continued to wipe his sweat, and walked briskly to the door.

"You two open the door. ”

The man commanded the two guards as usual.

"Yes, Second Mansion Master!"

The two guards saw that it was Zhang Yong's cousin, the second head of the Zhang family, and immediately opened the door of the mansion.

The man entered Zhang's mansion, and the door of the mansion was closed again.

This Zhang Mansion is not simple, it is the mansion of Zhang Yong, the prime minister appointed by the emperor of the current imperial court, and is in charge of the salt seller in the entire Jiangnan region, and is the most famous salt merchant in Jiangnan.

However, Zhang Yong is now over half a hundred years old, and he is no longer in the last dynasty to listen to politics. He only has three sons under his knees, no daughter, although there are many regrets, but the Zhang family has been a noble family for generations, Zhang Yong's three sons are all talented and strong in martial arts, and good at business and ancient history, he is his right-hand man in managing salt merchants, Zhang Yong has been very nourishing over the years.

"Cousin, I'm back. ”

Sixty-year-old Zhang Yong was accompanying the young concubine in the pond to enjoy the fish at the moment, and suddenly saw his cousin behind him, and even greeted him.

"Zhang Yuan, you're back, cousin is waiting for you in a hurry. Come on, let's talk slowly. ”

Zhang Yong held Zhang Yuan's arm tightly, looking at Zhang Yuan, who was dressed in plain clothes, not only was his face gray, but his skin was also tanned, and he felt grateful.

The two entered the tea pavilion on the side, and after Zhang Yong asked the concubine and a few servants to leave, he asked Zhang Yuan with a serious face.

"Brother, you can get the medicine. ”

"Well, I got a little bit, but I still lack a hundred-year-old Ganoderma lucidum, and the Feng family refuses to sell it to us. ”

"Thank you, I let you wear this rag for a few days, and finally you were recognized. But it doesn't matter, since you have obtained the hundred-year-old sea cucumber and ginseng, then the hundred-year-old Lingzhi will be much easier, and the second-grade Xuantu Pill we prepared for Yan'er will be fine. ”

Zhang Yong showed a comfortable smile, the stone in his heart finally fell, and at the same time, there were some people who hated Fengfu who were against him like this.

"However, the West Lake Longjing tea that my brother wanted, there are no fresh goods in the palace, and the price is really outrageous at this time, so I didn't buy it for you, cousin. ”

"It's okay not to buy it, it's just some leisure pastime, and it's not too late to drink it after a while. ”

Zhang Yong waved his hand at Zhang Yuan and said lightly, at this time, he had long lost the mind to drink tea.

"However, Qingfu can inquire, what are the items in the next auction?"

Zhang Yuan took a sip of the tea that his cousin had just poured for him, and slowly froze.

"This cousin didn't run in vain, I found out. Qingfu's next auction location is still in the Chengbei West Building Jianbao Building, and the time is five days later, and this auction item is one more than usual. I heard the housekeeper of Qingfu say that the most important thing here is the hundred-year-old Ganoderma lucidum, and then there are five catties of pure Xuantie, one golden poisonous cub, ten five-grade Xuanling Pills, and the finale of the previous generation of Northern Emperor with a sword and a first-grade Yuhan sword. ”

After speaking, Zhang Yuan's face flashed with a trace of greedy desire.

"Yes, we must go to the auction of Qingfu this time. We must get the hundred-year-old Ganoderma lucidum, as for the golden poisonous cubs, although they are precious, they are not easy to feed. But those ten fifth-grade Xuanling pills and jade cold swords also made me very excited. ”

Zhang Yong's greed at this time was no less than Zhang Yuan's, and they all knew how precious these items in the Qingfu auction were this time, and I am afraid that most of them were hard to find.

"But what you said is only five items, didn't you just say that Qingfu added an auction item this time?

Zhang Yong calmed down and asked again.

"This cousin really doesn't know, even if he spends a thousand gold and the housekeeper of the Qingfu doesn't want to tell me. It's just that in the end, I'm afraid we can't afford this auction item. ”

"Can't afford it? It's ridiculous, I'm not the richest in the whole Jiangnan, we can't afford it, so who else can buy it?

Zhang Yong sneered.

"It's okay brother, what do you care about the auction of Qingfu! Only brother you want, brother, I will take it for you. ”

Zhang Yuan patted his chest and promised.

"You, okay! I'll leave this matter to you, and I'll go with you to the Treasure Tower in five days. ”

It was getting dark, and the two continued to plan.

The night shrouded the land of the autumn night, a bright moon hung high in the sky, and two ragged pedestrians fled for their lives in a carriage on the vast wilderness. Less than 100 meters behind the carriage, shining eyes chased after each other, and in the quiet night there was not only the neighing of horses, but also the wild roar of wolves, which frightened pedestrians.

The sound of the carriage faded away, the roar of the wolf faded away with the wind, and the cool silence of the field was restored.

"Drive, drive!"

In the early morning, in the mist, a carriage was faintly seen.

The carriage was no longer fast, but staggered through the mist, and the wooden wheels splashed and clattered over the stones and dirt.

Suddenly, the carriage stopped.

"The wind is less, we have all escaped all night, and this horse is tired, so let's rest here for a while!"

In the mist, the old man who drove the car said to the owner of the car.

"According to Feng Bo's words, let's just rest for a while! It just so happens that I'm also tired, and the wolves last night were stupid, haha!"

A gray-clothed boy poked out of the carriage, remembering that he laughed unconsciously last night.

"Why are you laughing at the wind, if we had fled slower last night, we wouldn't have had a chance to see the sun today. ”

The old man was a little angry and said.

"Hey, Feng Bo, you're serious. Although the wolves are fierce and numerous, I am not afraid of them. Anyway, I'm ...... too."

"Stop!"

The old man stopped the boy.

"As far as you are concerned, you look too much at the wild wolves on the West Wind Ridge, if you are given a real battle, you will definitely die according to your efforts. ”

As he spoke, the old man stopped the carriage, shook his head and got out of the carriage, leisurely pulled out a handful of grain and grass from a sack in front of the carriage, and fed it to the two horses pulling the carriage.

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