Zhao Er naturally couldn't blame his sister, so he asked some more details. Although he blamed his sister for not making a timely move, he knew what the strength of his sister plus Sun Meng and Wang Lin was, but such a combination was injured by the opponent and two people, which shows that the opponent is also extraordinary. But just like these two strong martial arts, treacherous and cunning schemers, almost all of them died at the hands of Zhang Yuanzhi, of course, it shows that Zhang Yuanzhi's martial arts and resourcefulness are even more extraordinary, and he can't help but be very optimistic about this young man who looks like a crepe, and immediately said to Wang Lin: "Okay, you go and recuperate first." In his heart, he was secretly worried about this sister, but thinking that Zhang Yuanzhi and Kong Rui were still there, he was a lot more relieved. Kong Rui followed Xiao Lin all the way to the edge of a large compound on the eastern edge of the town, and after a while, he saw six people coming out of the courtyard.

After carefully sensing the other party's cultivation, Kong Rui found that the person who took the lead was actually a demon cultivator, but it seemed that his cultivation was not high, that is, the initial appearance, but he was afraid of other situations in the house, and did not release his divine sense to investigate carefully;

When he arrived at the door of the inn, Xiao Lin saw the mark left by Gu Yong at a glance, so he said to the demon cultivator: "Deputy stationmaster, they are out of town. ”

The demon cultivator nodded and said, "Okay, you lead the way." Kong Rui heard that this demon cultivator was only a deputy stationmaster, and it seemed that the stationmaster had someone else, and he didn't know what his cultivation was, but now that he knew their location, it would be convenient to act in the future.

Xiao Lin and the others walked out of the town according to the instructions of the mark, but found that the mark was pointing to the road to the south, and these schemers did not suspect it, so they followed the mark all the way down; Kong Rui naturally knew that these marks were manipulated by Zhang Yuanzhi, and also guessed that Zhao Xiuying and they should have gone west to a secluded place in the mountains, so he himself followed these schemers all the way to the south.

After walking for a while, the demon cultivator saw that there was no trace of him, so he began to be suspicious, and asked Xiao Lin, "Did you read the mark wrong? Why did you walk so far and not see a trace of them?"

Kobayashi said: "Back to the deputy stationmaster, there shouldn't be anything wrong with this." I made an appointment with Chief Gu Yong, and the mark I saw just now was in this direction, and I didn't see any sign pointing in other directions, maybe they went farther. The rest of the people may still be very recognized by Gu Yong's ability to do things, and they have no objections, so they continue to chase forward.

After walking a short distance, the demon cultivator suddenly waved his hand and said in a low voice, "Stop, there seems to be someone coming in front." Kong Rui followed them from a distance, and also heard the sound of horses' hooves in the distance, it seemed that several people were riding in this direction, and he was also curious at the moment, so he hid his figure and observed carefully.

The successive dynasties of the Great Yan Kingdom have implemented the salt and iron monopoly system, so there have always been some officials and businessmen, who rely on good relations with the court officials to act as agents for the imperial court's salt and iron business, although they have to hand over a lot of money to the imperial court, and they also have to spend a lot of money to bribe those officials, but because the salt and iron business is very profitable, these officials and businessmen have long made a lot of money, and they are rich and rich. Fan Dingtao was the largest salt and iron merchant under the rule of Prince Gen.

Under the protection of Prince Gen, on the one hand, he relied on his relations with the local government, and on the other hand, he also worked hard to manage it, and he already had a huge family property; and he was not satisfied with the salt and iron business, but also involved in many other industries, and he was also a pivotal figure in the business circles of the four counties of the six states in the north.

But since the fall of the prefecture and county under the rule of Prince Gen into the hands of the people, Fan Dingtao has lost the backer of the government, and he has been relatively low-key, but fortunately, he is very shrewd, and he is also good at dancing, and he can adapt to the changes in the current situation in time, but he is honestly doing business.

In the early days, some of the old people in the Fan family were still very loyal to the Great Yan Country, and they were very disgusted with the Qi people, and they helped many resistance organizations in private, and they also had some contacts with the armed forces of Heihu Mountain, but with the passage of time that the Qi people occupied this area, those resistance organizations were slowly killed by the Yan people, and many resistance organizations directly degenerated into bandits; , just guarding the bottom line they set for themselves, just doing business and making money by themselves.

After the Qiqian people had just occupied these territories, although they knew some things about Fan Dingtao's past, in order to maintain the normal order of life in the occupied areas, they did not directly and blatantly suppress him, but instead needed to rely on his position in the business circle of the forty-eight counties of the six states in the north to maintain the local business order.

Later, Fan Dingtao also knew that he was just a businessman at the moment, and he could not control current affairs, so he went with the flow; he and his people gradually lost their previous loyalty to the Great Yan Kingdom, and the Qijiao people did not have too much wariness of him, so the Fan Dingtao family still did not encounter any special crises in the ten years after the occupation of the Qiyan people.

However, as many trading companies entered the lucrative business of salt and pig iron, and these trading companies were backed by the occupation army, the business of the Fan Dingtao family slowly declined, and they only relied on some other businesses to maintain the operation of the entire family.

Seeing that his business was slowly declining, Fan Dingtao also knew the reason, and he was naturally very dissatisfied in his heart, but he was helpless against the crowding of the squirrel, so he had to find another way out.

After carefully analyzing the current situation, Fan Dingtao knew that if it was head-to-head competition, he would not be able to compete with the trading companies of the Monkey People, but he knew very well that some gray area businesses could only be done by them, the businessmen of the original Great Yan Country, after all, many people in those gray areas were still very disgusted with the Evil People, and ordinary Wild Merchants would not go to those places to do business.

Therefore, Fan Dingtao tried to do business in those remote areas, and those remote areas may be controlled by people who resist the forces;

Recently, Fan Dingtao also heard that the towns near the mining valley have liberalized a lot of regulations, and he may be able to do iron ore and pig iron business, he naturally does not want to let go of this opportunity to make money, but he also has many years of experience under the control of the Gui people, of course, he will not send people from his own business to contact, but is ready to let the peripheral businesses under his control actually operate this business.

In order to carefully assess the risks of this kind of business, he still decided to send his second son Fan Yongjie and an old steward Fan Fu to Qingshui Town for a closer inspection.

The old steward Fan Fu is very steady, and has followed Fan Dingtao to do business for many years, and has won the trust of Fan Dingtao, and is also familiar with the business, so he accompanied Fan Yongjie to Qingshui Town, which can be regarded as a teaching and guidance process for Fan Yongjie; the two of them took four bodyguards, and they also went straight to Qingshui Town after dressing up.

Fan Yongjie and Fan Fu both knew that because they were far away in Suidu, they were already much late when they knew the news, and they were also worried that they might lose this opportunity if they went late, so they were also very nervous about the arrangement of the itinerary.