Seeing his "son" looking over, Zhao Song said without changing his expression: "There are too many things that need to be dealt with recently, and I really can't care about Xi'er's feelings..."
At this point, he ignored the scrutinizing gaze cast by his wife and only picked up his daughter apologetically until he made her smile. Then he turned to Zhao Chen again and warned:
"Tomorrow you will set off to Yumen County. You have to take care of yourself when you are alone... If you don't understand anything, please ask your master for advice. Mr. Huang is an old man. Even if he doesn't know much about merchants, he still knows how to deal with business affairs. In other aspects, he is experienced...
"In addition, I sent Shopkeeper Lin and your Uncle Zhan to assist you and jointly operate the trade route to Dunhuang that we cooperated with your master.
"Well, Shopkeeper Lin is already in Yumen at this time, helping you to 'take the front line'... Your Uncle Zhan will accompany you with a team of firecrackers to protect your safety, and will also be responsible for escorting the first batch of tests. Water ice spring wine.
"This batch of wine is also your initial capital. How much you earn depends on your ability... If you get wine from Bingquan later, you have to follow the normal process."
Shopkeeper Lin, named Lin Ruxiang, was a confidant hired by the original owner’s biological mother to manage the dowry. Although she was a woman, she was a good hand in business;
The so-called Uncle Zhan is Zhao Zhan, the distant cousin of the original owner's father Zhao Song. The two have a very good relationship and a deep kindness, and they are no less generous than their biological brothers.
In the past few nights, Zhao Chen had obtained most of the original owner's memories, so the basic information about the two people immediately flashed through his mind, and he thought:
The dowry of the original owner's mother was transferred by Zhao Song to the eldest brother who was studying in Zhangye, the prefecture. The original owner's eldest brother had people he trusted to take care of these properties, so shopkeeper Lin was actually "unemployed" and was transferred to me. It's reasonable.
Uncle Zhan's words... Did my father transfer such an important subordinate and a whole team of fire rifles to me to squeeze out the master and monopolize that trade route in the future?
Or does he have other plans?
Tsk, the original owner's eldest brother, me, and Zhao Song's dead brother Zhao Zhan were all arranged to leave the ice spring one after another. Those who don't know the inside story may really think that the Li family who gave birth to their son is playing tricks, right?
Of course, this cannot be ruled out... However, based on my observations these days... it doesn't look like it!
Well, I'll ask Senior Brother Chen to pay more attention to what's going on in the Zhao family... Unfortunately, I don't have anyone I can trust in the Zhao family.
As his thoughts were spinning, Zhao Chenli replied thoughtfully: "Please give me more trouble, father. The child will understand."
"Forget it, I won't nag you too much. When I was as old as you, I had already started to travel in the world. The conditions you have now are much better than mine." After Zhao Song sighed with emotion, he said to his wife beside him A look.
Li Xiuling understood immediately, took out a tips bag from his pocket and handed it to Zhao Chen, saying with a pleasant look:
"There is a 100-guan silver note here, as well as 'Zhibai' and 'Dangqian' loose coins with a total value of 100 guan... You should keep them and use them as expenses on the road."
Two hundred strings? Zhao Chen was a little surprised when he heard this. You must know that this is not a small amount. Zhao Song did business for one year last year, and his apparent net profit was only 500 yuan!
Of course, only on the surface, he didn't know the secret business... Anyway, it would take several teams of firecrackers to maintain the business, and the profits would probably be huge.
Therefore, Zhao Chen did not show politeness to the cheap parents and directly took the tips bag and put it away.
Afterwards, the family ate, drank, talked and laughed happily on the surface, enjoying the songs and dances arranged by the guard. It was not until the banquet was over that Zhao Chen said goodbye to his parents and followed his master Huang Xianjun back to the martial arts hall.
Zhao Song and his wife also did not go home and chose to stay one night at the guard's residence.
Only the young man Fengqu returned to Zhao's house and helped his young master pack the clothes and belongings that needed to be taken to Yumen.
Early the next morning, Zhao Chen held the seemingly ordinary "wind-cutting sword" and practiced the only true skill recorded in the "Secret Records of the Twelve Gates of Jinlou and Jade Room" in the courtyard paved with white sand. Qi martial arts, "Taiyi Xuanmen Sword" comes.
I can only see that his hands separate yin and yang, his body hides the Eight Diagrams, and he steps on the nine palaces. He combines his energy inside and his shape outside. His sword light is both fast and slow, hard and soft. It is obvious that he has mastered this swordsmanship in less than a day. When the form and Qi are combined, we have already begun to see the way.
This is because his soul is strong and he has meticulous control over his body and Qi, so he can quickly learn swordsmanship.
But it has stopped here for the time being. If you want to go deeper, it cannot be achieved in one or two days.
"Okay!" As soon as Zhao Chen finished his work and stood still, cheers came from behind him. When he turned around, he saw Senior Brother Feng and Master Huang Xianjun walking out of the main hall, looking at him with a smile.
And that "Okay" just now was exactly what Feng Cang shouted.
"Junior brother, how many days have you been practicing martial arts? You have already mastered the essence of the 'Taiyi Xuanmen Sword'... Even the senior brother who was also a cultivator at the time was not so fast." Feng Cang looked at sheathing the sword. Zhao Chen, who was standing there, couldn't help but sigh.
He ranks third among Huang Xianjun's disciples, and there are two senior brothers above him, but they are currently not with Master Huang.
As for those two senior brothers, Zhao Chen had also heard about it in the past few days, so he smiled and said: "Elder brother practices the 'Yuwang Sect' secret skill, and the true energy he has developed is the same as the 'Taiyi Xuanmen Sword' If we don’t cooperate well, it’s natural that I won’t be as convenient as my junior brother.”
"Even so, it's beyond my reach, senior brother..." Feng Cang sighed and frequently looked at Master Huang beside him.
Huang Xianjun naturally understood his little thoughts and scolded: "You bastard, if you want to catch up with your junior brother's progress, just visualize hard and strengthen your soul power on your own. What do you want me to do?"
"Isn't this because I'm wondering if you still have that kind of... that kind of medicine that can assist your cultivation..." Senior Brother Feng said with a shy face and a flattering smile, "As my strength has improved, I can try my best to share your worries, Master, right? ?”
"Improve the power of the soul? There is a way! You can just find an evil spirit and pay homage to it. Maybe it will be in a good mood and reward you." After a few angry words, Master Huang cursed again, "I don't want to work hard, I always want to take shortcuts. , is this the mentality a practitioner should have?
"And if you don't lay a solid foundation for the external objects you rely on to 'enter tranquility', it may be difficult to open your eyes in the future!"
After training Brother Feng for a long time, Huang Xianjun nodded with satisfaction after seeing him finally bowing his head to accept the instruction, and then asked Zhao Chen to quickly go back and pack his things, and they were about to set off.
Zhao Chen clasped his fists and accepted the order. After returning to his room, he put away only the two magic weapons "Toad Light Ribbon" and "Wind-Zhanying Sword", as well as the "Que Ling" pistol and banknotes, and went out again.
As for the rest of the things, Fengqu naturally helped to carry them - as Zhao Chen's servant, he naturally had to follow him to Yumen.
Arriving at the gate of the martial arts hall, Zhao Chen happened to see Senior Brother Feng climbing up the lintel with a ladder, carefully taking off the plaque of the martial arts hall, and wrapping it in cloth.
Master Huang Xianjun watched his apprentice's movements. After a long time, he took a deep breath and said to the dozen or so men in disguise behind him: "Let's go!"
"Yes!" The dozen or so men in strong disguises responded in unison, following Huang Xianjun, Feng Cang and his disciples towards the city gate.
Although Zhao Chen was a little curious as to why they were not riding horses, considering that the master was a veteran, and the original owner's biological father should have made arrangements, he did not ask any more questions, and just followed his senior brother and greeted the former martial arts disciples who came to see him off. .
Soon, a group of people arrived at the gate of the city, where a group of men carrying long fireguns were gathering here, surrounding a dozen large carts filled with goods.
This is obviously the fire gun team and ice spring wine that Zhao Song assigned to Zhao Chen.
Zhao Chen stepped out from the crowd, saluted a man with a scar on his face who was the leader of the Fire Gun Team, and said, "Uncle Zhan."
The scarred man, Zhao Zhan, the uncle of the original owner, nodded slightly, with a terrifying smile on his face that could stop a child from crying at night, and said: "Xiaochen, from now on, you will be the leader of our team, directly Give the order."
Zhao Chen glanced at this uniformed, seemingly well-disciplined fire gun team, and murmured in his heart, but on the surface, he pulled out his long sword, pointed in the direction of the master, and followed the team of Hall Master Huang. .
Following his order, the twelve-man team immediately took action.
They were divided into groups of three, with one group leading the way, two groups protecting the flanks, and one group rearing. The division of labor was clear, and orders and prohibitions were enforced.
Tsk, this kind of fire gun team... seems to be stronger than the soldiers of the town guard that I saw a few days ago... Is the original owner's cheap father really an ordinary wealthy businessman in the countryside?
Zhao Chen became more and more confused and prepared to find out more about Uncle Zhan next to him.
However, Huang Xianjun didn't pay too much attention after seeing the state of this group of soldiers. He seemed to have known that this would happen for a long time. He even nodded with satisfaction and praised:
"Such an elite, ordinary nine-aperture masters would not dare to ignore its edge."
After all, the leader of the Sand Snake Gang, Ye Liwang, left Bingquan Town a few days ago. Huang Xianjun was not sure whether the other party would ambush his group on the road. Although he still had some tricks up his sleeve, he needed to be desperate...
But now that there is such an elite fire gun team accompanying them, safety is naturally guaranteed.
Before leaving the city, Zhao Chen suddenly felt something in his heart. When he looked back, he saw Zhao Xi, the original owner's sister, who was being held in the arms of her stepmother Li on the top floor of a restaurant near the entrance of the town, waving hard to him.
Seeing this, Zhao Chen, even though he didn't regard them as family, softened a little and waved to his stepmother and sister as a farewell.
In this way, after the two groups joined together, they walked about two miles before stopping in front of a dock next to the "Ligong River".
A wooden-hulled steamship about 20 meters long is docked on the water next to the pier.
Only then did Zhao Chen suddenly realize that the master was going to Yumen by water. No wonder he didn't prepare horses.
…
At the same time, in a hidden basement in Bingquan Town.
The "Fox" covered in black robe asked the tall figure at the top for instructions: "Master Tiger, Huang Xianjun has left Bingquan, when should we take action?"
"Just tonight!"
