The news of the arrival of the Jiang family's caravan was deliberately suppressed within a small range. In this caravan of forty or fifty people, there were not only the chief steward who was in charge of the operation of the entire chamber of commerce, but also the only daughter of the head of the chamber, but they were not very picky, and crowded into the inn like ordinary business travelers.

Bai Ye still didn't dare to go to Amber. It's really busy here, too. It took him a whole afternoon to calm the restless tenants.

The closure of the two countries without warning disrupted everyone's plans. In the past, if the merchants could not complete the transaction on time, it was certain that they would lose their credit.

Just talking about those few Huzhou merchants with small businesses, they have been delayed here for several days. The seasonal fresh goods in hand can't be delivered to Wenyang, and I see that even the cost of going home will be compensated.

The residents were furious, but they didn't dare to vent to the GIs. took advantage of the absence of the famous proprietress to bully Linglan, a little girl.

A group of merchants shouted, saying that the affairs handled by the inn were too slow, delaying the time for customs clearance, so they did not pass the city in time. Not only did he want to get the money back, but he also took advantage of the situation to coax the inn to compensate for the loss.

The inn was nominally built by Fangyi, but in fact it was funded by the Jiang family.

When the steward of the Jiang family heard that the proprietress was not there, he sent a shrewd and capable middle-aged man to come forward and replace Bai Ye and Linglan, who were dry-mouthed.

As soon as the guy came up, he rolled up his sleeves, revealing his thick arms covered in tattoos. Then announced that in the name of occupying the room, he paid three times the price of the guest, and even simply bought most of the fresh vegetables and meat temporarily stored in the couch room, which sealed everyone's mouths.

The merchants, whose attitudes immediately changed, began to smile and compliment the Jiang clan for saving people and fire, and they also patted their chests and swore that they would spread the Jiang family's reputation to the whole Eastern Continent.

Bai Ye smiled bitterly and squeezed out of the crowd and got into the back kitchen.

Linglan was pursing her mouth and chopping meat with a knife.

The kitchen knife slashed into the board, and Linglan had little strength and couldn't pull it out.

Bai Ye hurriedly took the handle of the knife from Linglan's hand, and with a quick mention of it, the kitchen knife continued to draw a light arc. In a few moments, the shredded meat of uniform thickness was piled up.

"Don't be angry. The lord came forward to send them, and our house money was not less. But this caravan must have forty or fifty people, and it will be full at once. Aunt Ci and aunts are not here, I will help you wash at night. ”

"You don't get wet. ”

Xiaolan picked up the leafy vegetables by herself, and didn't look at Bai Ye: "Hurry up and take care of the eldest lady of the Jiang family." Once settled, hurry home. Amber waits. You guys have a good drink of two. I didn't eat birthday noodles either. ”

Bai Ye put down the kitchen knife in a daze: "I forgot about it." Then I..."

He suddenly turned his head to stare at Linglan: "It's not to take care of Miss Jiang, it's to take care of the Jiang family!"

Linglan's face flushed. Bai Ye is also a little weak for no reason.

For a whole afternoon, he had been busy with the Jiang family's caravan. And the eldest lady was very curious about everything, and always pestered him to ask questions, which made him dizzy.

Bai Ye's eyes wandered to the side, "The accounts of the tea have just been sorted out, and the revenue of the inn has not yet been paid." The Jiang family is here this time, and they really have to deal with a lot of things. Besides, people's identities are so expensive, how can it be my turn to take care of them......"

"Then you really don't take care of me?" The door was suddenly pushed open, and Jiang Jinglan walked in, "Then no one else takes care of me?"

Kashiraya stood up suddenly, and his eyes darkened.

Jiang Jinglan had only met these two miscellaneous people in the inn for half a day, and just by a few words overheard outside the door, he started to play again.

After breaking into the kitchen, her narrow smiling eyes kept sweeping over Bai Ye and Linglan's bodies: "I said it." It turned out to be someone who took care of him. ”

Bai Ye opened his mouth and stammered, and Linglan also stood up, but she accidentally knocked over the vegetable washing basin. She didn't care, and jerked her head down to the outside of the kitchen.

Bai Ye hugged his fist: "This ...... It's my sister......"

"Yo, sister, doesn't she look like it?"

"Uh...... It's really my sister...... She, she's gone to clean your room. I, I, I'm going to get the ledger?"

"Didn't you take good care of me at noon?" Jiang Jinglan covered her mouth, but couldn't hide her smile, "If you hadn't shouted, I'm afraid I'd have been knocked unconscious." ”

"At that time, I really didn't know the identity of the young lady, and I was offended. ”

"Forget about the past, don't say nice things for those GIs. Jiang Jinglan seemed to forget that his relatives almost killed the person in front of him, but he generously forgave the other party.

She looked in the direction of the door, and then tilted her head to stare at Bai Ye, not knowing what was going on.

"Hey, you're very good to me, and you're also good-looking. What's her name?"

August 15, Fangyi Inn

At dinnertime, there was an old man with crane hair and a childish face in Jiang Jinglan's room. Tao Lao, the chief steward of the Jiang Chamber of Commerce, is the real head of this caravan.

The old man was stopped on the official road and trapped for a long time, and he didn't rest well in the afternoon, so he began to nap as soon as he sat down in the house.

Not long after, the caravan guys invited Cheng Buwu, the captain of the pro-military battalion, and Xue Jing, the inspector of the Supervision Division.

This Lord Xue got the news from nowhere. The Jiang family's caravan entered the village with the front foot, and they turned back on the back foot.

A few days ago, the caravan received a report from Fangyi, and it had already learned what this Lord Xue had done in Fangyi before.

The Jiang family even mastered his whereabouts in Whitewater City.

Baishui City is only 100 miles away from the front line and is an important commercial town in Jiangzhou. The Jiang Chamber of Commerce has been operating in this old city for decades, and any wind and grass will reach the ears of the old steward Tao as soon as possible.

The mansion that Xue Jing entered was hung in the name of a Zhishi official. But the Jiang family knew that it was just a façade.

Since hundreds of servants of all kinds entered the mansion in batches, the frequency of cars and horses entering and leaving in half a month has been counted in great detail by the Chamber of Commerce.

Coupled with the Chamber of Commerce's grasp of the whereabouts of all the important ministers of the imperial court, Old Steward Tao easily deduced the identity of the mastermind behind the scenes.

Since this headless fly-like Lord Xue was sent to the door again, the old steward Tao simply invited him to come and talk to him in person.

After the two civil and military officials of the Lan State entered the house, the eldest lady of the Jiang family immediately spread a stack of flying pigeon books on the table, and directly made it clear to the two that these were the news of the assembly of the Wei army that the Jiang family had in their possession.

Cheng Xue and the others looked at them one by one, and they couldn't hide their surprise at all.

Since two months ago, all the troop movements and marching processes carried out by the Ul State under the pretext of "Thunder Emperor Autumn Hunting" have been recorded in great detail, far beyond the former enemy's grasp of the situation in Guanbei.

Moreover, the numbering of these wax paper rolls is not continuous, and it is obvious that the Jiang family still has more confidential information.

After a long time, the old steward Tao opened his eyes and woke up from a nap.

The old man slowly stood up, moved for a moment, and asked someone to bring the brewed new tea. Xue Jing's thanks were thoughtful, but his face was cloudy and uncertain, staring at the golden tea soup without saying a word.

Tao Lao cleared his throat, and his voice was surprisingly rich: "The two of you know that since the ancestors, the Jiang family has shared the worries of the court for generations, and they have died without mercy. The Chamber of Commerce has always relied on the Dalan royal family to have what it is today. Of course, it also depends on the care of the adults of the three provinces and six departments, so that we can do our best to serve the well-being of the people of the Eastern Continent. ”

Xue Jing raised his head: "Eastern Continent Cangsheng, including the Wei Kingdom?"

Tao Lao didn't have any waves on his face: "Yes, including Wei Guo." ”

"The Paradise of the Eastern Continent is one, and all ethnic groups have different bloodlines, but they should be harmonious and mutually beneficial. However, the seven surnames in the north suddenly rose up with swords, and the people of the Eastern Continent Li were devastated in the past four hundred years. ”

"Until the battle of Ayutthaya twenty years ago, the commander resisted the Wei Kingdom, sealed the Ayutthaya, and completely cut off the passage of the barbarian invasion to the south. However, the north-south trade route was also blocked. ”

The old steward Tao took a sip of tea, and his expression became more and more impassioned: "The head of the family often says that the damage to the Chamber of Commerce is small, and the people's livelihood is sluggish. ”

"The Chamber of Commerce was entrusted by His Majesty to mediate the reopening of the Dacheng Trade Road, just for the mutual benefit and common prosperity of the people of the Eastern Continent. As for grasping the lifeblood of the Ul Kingdom industry and collecting spirit stones, this kind of thing that officials can't do publicly......" Tao Lao paused for a moment and raised the tea bowl into the air, "Let's do it." ”

Xue Jing understood, got up and saluted Jiang Jinglan and Tao Lao solemnly: "President Jiang is far-sighted, and Xue worships." ”

Xue Jing put away the smile that he always wore on his face on weekdays, and said seriously: "This time the military information is a serious matter. The prime minister of Lu has made a suggestion to His Majesty that it is the responsibility of all ministries to raise money, food, and supplies, but they still need to rely on the full support of the president. The Jiang family is loyal and courageous, and the Dalan Kingdom, from the royal family to the common people, is grateful. ”

"Lu Zhonglin's matter, you tell him. The eldest lady has other things on her mind, and she has been patiently listening to the conversation for a long time, and she is really a little irritable, "I have been accompanying Tao Lao to travel around the silver villages in various cities in Jiangzhou for a month. When the battle is over, I'll have to settle accounts with him. ”

Xue Jing's eyelids couldn't help jumping a few times.

Lu Xiang is a family, deeply rooted in broadcasting among all industries in the seven states of Languo, and the interests of major chambers of commerce are entangled. And all kinds of obscure things between officials and businessmen over the years, Quanzhou Jiang is the most clear.

This eldest lady picked it out at this time, what are you going to do?

He couldn't help but give Tao Lao an inquiring look. And Captain Cheng beside him also had a somewhat strange expression.

The marshal commanded 100,000 soldiers in the country, but he was restrained and balanced by the Lu Xiang faction all the year round, which is no secret in the country.

This time to meet the enemy, we cannot rely on the support of the Guannan camp alone. The commander is strategizing and is trying to coordinate the support of the six states. However, Lu Xiang put pressure on His Majesty to strip the power of logistics dispatch from the former enemy division, and there was a faint backlash in the army.

Listening to the Jiang family's words, these people even did a lot of dirty things after the front line in the name of preparing for war.

Although Cheng Buxian's official position is not high, his reputation is very loud in the army and even in the whole country. At this moment, the displeasure jumped on his face, and Xue Jing's forehead was also a little sweaty.

The faces of the two in front of them were not good, and Tao Lao looked carefully. He personally picked up the teapot from the stove and poured hot tea for the two of them.

"The most important thing at the moment is the big city that is close at hand. Under the Xiongguan, the arrow is already on the string. ”

"The strategy of the handsome, I dare not speculate. My young lady collected a batch of good wound medicine from various cities along the road. Personally sent to the front line for the deployment of the marshal. I would also like to be informed. ”

Jiang Jinglan stood up suddenly, and his bright eyes glared eagerly at Captain Cheng: "When can I go to the Guannan camp?" ”

Cheng Buxian's lips trembled: "Miss, I've said it several times." Dashuai is really not in the camp. ”

Xue Jing watched from the sidelines, and suddenly asked with interest: "Miss and Dashuai are old acquaintances?"

"No, it's not. Haven't seen it. I went all the way around just to see with my own eyes the demeanor of the Eastern Continent God of War. ”

"Miss! The big battle is imminent, and the military plane can't ask. The big camp could not enter. Tao Lao finally showed signs of collapse.

"The head of the family has sent several messages, and strictly ordered the young lady to return to Quanzhou immediately after the matter. I have arrived in Fangyi with you, and the medicine will be handed over to the two adults. If you don't turn around," the old man's hand slapped on the pile of secret letters, "I'm afraid the king of the seven surnames will break through soon!"

"You can rest assured. If the marshal is really not in the camp, he must have calculated that Wei Guo would not be able to break through immediately. I'll go to the camp and wait. ”

Jiang Jinglan raised her chin proudly, and there was a strange look in her bright eyes. "If he were there, you would hide it from me. ”

"Ten carts of wound medicine, I fed you both. ”