Anning Temple, there are many pilgrims. After Lu Yue finished the incense, he turned around and left. As a businessman in Chen Kingdom, he spent the Double Ninth Festival in a foreign country. He could not reunite with his relatives, but could only go to the temple to burn incense and make wishes, praying to the Buddha to bless himself and his family with peace. Tian『Lai Novel

Since early summer, Lu Yue has been in Xiyang for several months, but when he can go home is still far away.

There are many business opportunities in Huangzhou. If merchants everywhere want to make a fortune, they have to settle in Xiyang to purchase goods at any time. After all, some goods are very in short supply, and it is very likely that they will not be able to rob others if they are half a beat slower.

Not to mention anything else, just the "A Preliminary Exploration on the Authentic Book of Ancient Literature" published by the Xuexiu Society not long ago, if Lu Yue had not read the book and knew what this meant, he would not be able to seize the opportunity for wealth.

He bought two hundred books of "A Preliminary Exploration on the Authentic Book of Ancient Literature" in the School Society, and then immediately transported it to Jiankang. According to the news he received a few days ago, the emperor also obtained the book. The ministers were circulated at the court meeting. After the court dispersed, the nobles sent people to buy books. The two hundred books he bought were sold out instantly, and the profit was more than ten times the purchase price.

He was not the only one Chen Guo merchant who purchased goods in Xiyang, and he was not the only one selling books back and selling them. Everyone made quick money by relying on "A Preliminary Exploration on the Authentic Vajra Book of Ancient Literature".

Even books in Xiyang can be made into best-selling goods. Lu Yue admires it very much. For example, the famous scholars of the classics of Xiyang, "Er Liu" are all in Xiyang, which means that best-selling books will appear at all times.

But not everyone can seize the opportunity. First, you have to know literacy. Second, you have to be able to roughly estimate the best-selling level of books. This is not something that ordinary people can do.

When selling goods, you don’t have to recognize too many words, because you don’t have to make a contract when doing business, especially when doing business with old relationships. Human relationships are much more reliable than contracts, but when doing books, it is a bit special, so Lu Yue can only do it himself.

He took the risk of doing business in the enemy country. After years of hard work, he had already gained connections in Xiyang and was able to get various goods quickly. There was no one in the home family to replace him for the time being, so Lu Yue had to "settle" in Xiyang.

Every year when I settled in Xiyang, I had already lived in Chen State. Except for a period of time around the New Year, Lu Yue and his family reunite less and less, and they were getting busier and busier in Xiyang.

Some colleagues are in similar situations to him, and some even brought their families to Xiyang for temporary residence, but he couldn't do so and could only raise an outdoor room in Xiyang for time.

It’s not that Lu Yue doesn’t miss his wife and children, but that it’s too dangerous if the whole family is in Xiyang, because he also has another responsibility, which is to spy on military information for Chen State.

In other words, he was made by Chen Guo's careful work, and if he is not careful, he will be taken away by the slaughter, so Lu Yue did not dare to let his wife and children take risks with him.

The chief supervisor of the Huangzhou State of Zhou State and the King of Xiyang, Yuwen Wen of Xiyang, acted differently from others and dared to do business with the enemy country in half publicly, but the court of Zhou State did not know.

But this person doesn't have no bottom line in order to make money. He just holds money in one hand and a knife in the other. Who dares to be honest and do things other than doing business? Yuwen Wen really dares to take the blame.

Lu Yue did not dare to take it lightly at all, because Chen Guoxi, who used business as a cover, had more than one person, and now many people have been arrested by the Zhou government.

Perhaps there are people who hide better, but Lu Yue never tried to find a "companion". The person who sent him to do a detailed job was the boss. He didn't know whether the court sent someone to him.

Will the court send people? No, the emperor probably won’t care about the situation in Huangzhou, and only his own boss will worry so much about the country and the people.

The boss was kind to him, so he had to take the risk of spying on Zhou** in Xiyang. He had to be very cautious in everything, because the eyes and eyes of King Yuwen of Xiyang were everywhere in the city.

"Customer, you ordered all the dishes."

"Add two more dishes of vegetarian fish."

"Yes, please wait."

In a private room in a vegetarian restaurant, Lu Yue looked at the vegetarian restaurant but did not move his chopsticks. After a moment, he knocked on the door and said that his entourage led a middle-aged man to come.

"Brother Lu, long time no see!"

"Brother Luo, long time no see!"

The guest of honors and guests in the room were sitting opposite each other and eating famous vegetarian meals in Xiyang, but they were talking about not business stories, but various current gossips.

"Brother Lu, there is a new situation. The pig farm in Huangzhou has begun to kill pigs on a large scale. I asked about it and didn't see any wealthy merchants entering ham on a large scale."

Lu Yue pondered: "Massive pig slaughtering... It takes time to marinate pork ham, and it can be stored for a long time after marinating. Perhaps it is a large amount of production at one time, waiting for the end of the year to sell it?"

"But there are too many pigs killed. Some pigs have just grown for a year and are not big. If the merchants had not received any news, how dare they prepare for killing pigs in advance?"

"You mean...the Zhou State is very likely to launch troops to invade the south by the end of the year?"

"It's very likely!" The middle-aged man said this and lowered his voice: "After the Double Ninth Festival, there seemed to be a lot more incoming people to and from Xiyang."

"It's understandable that there are many things at the end of the year, but Zhou State has been using troops for many years and has pacified Shu before the beginning of the year. It's going to be too much? Do they need to be so anxious?"

"Who knows? Perhaps the one-legged bronze man has itchy hands, and it may not be necessary to go to Jiangzhou to steal."

Lu Yue put down his chopsticks and thought about the news brought by his companions. Chen State has now lost Yingzhou, Jiangnan, but has recovered Huainan Prefectures and County. If Zhou State wants to launch troops, it will probably be a military invasion of Huainan.

The General Administration of Huangzhou of Zhou State is located on the west side of Huainan Prefecture of Chen State. Maybe it will send troops to attack sideways as a restraining force. So in this way, the one-legged bronze man Yuwen Wen might be really preparing for the war.

"Brother Lu, when the Zhou army in Shannan attacked the Sui Kingdom the previous year, it placed a large order in advance, asking Huangzhou to kill pigs and chickens to prepare military rations. Now, large-scale pig slaughtering in Huangzhou's pig farms seems to be a precursor to the other party's large-scale preparations for war."

"But I have observed the Hulin Army, but there is nothing wrong with it." Lu Yue and his companions shared the news, "I have sent someone to inquire, but the military family did not mention that their husbands were preparing to go to war."

When soldiers are about to go on a war, their relatives will naturally know that when chatting with others on weekdays, they will inadvertently disclose relevant information, such as buying more delicious food when buying groceries, or doing something in advance.

Many soldiers frequently go to the counter to deposit and withdraw money within a few days, which is an obvious sign.

The business of the cabin shop in Xiyang City is booming now, and many people go to the cabin shop to save money and earn interest. The soldiers are a large customer group of the cabin shop. After observing for a long time, Lu Yue summarized a rule:

If suddenly, many soldiers frequently go to the counter to deposit and withdraw money in a short period of time, it is like arranging funerals, which means they will go to the battlefield to have their lives.

However, this month he did not have this situation.

The middle-aged man pondered: "I think even if I want to move troops, it will not be so fast. Those who join the army will probably explain their funerals before going to war."

"So my opinion, maybe the one-legged bronze man came up with something new to make the pork delicious?"

If it is elsewhere, this idea is ridiculous, but it is not certain in Xiyang. Many people know that the one-legged bronze man Yuwen Wen has many ideas and often has good ideas to make money in a variety of ways, so the middle-aged man did not refute Lu Yue's idea.

"Brother Lu, I... I'm not good to say. We are here to venture into military information, but even if we pass the military information to our boss, and the boss will report it to the court, will the court care?"

Lu Yue was stunned when he heard this. He didn't dare to think about this question, but in fact the answer was obvious. His boss was concerned about state affairs and sent people to Zhou to explore military information. But would the noble emperor care about it?

If the emperor really worked hard for state affairs, how could he drink and have fun all day long!

Look, look at the one-legged bronze man, farming and training soldiers all day long, sharpening his knife and rushing to pigs and sheep. If the emperor could have the one-legged bronze man working hard to govern, would Chen State still be in a dangerous situation now?

"Do your best to do your best to do your best to do your best. After all, the boss has done us well, right?"

Drinking the tea in the cup, the fragrant tea that used to drink was fragrant, but now Lu Yue only feels bitter. As a businessman, he wants to serve the country both public and private. In the past, there was a businessman from Zheng State, Xian Gao, who retired from Qin Shin Gao, and now...

What can you do, what can you do!

Thinking of this, the two were depressed and said to each other after eating. They left the vegetarian restaurant one after another. In the box next door, Wu Ming ate the vegetarian fish and signaled his subordinates to approach.

"Continue to keep monitoring and don't touch them for the time being."

"Boss, why keep these two fine works?"

"I'll ask you, Lao Wang next door has bad intentions towards your wife, what will you do?"

"Boss, are you okay? I don't have a wife yet."

"I'm giving an example! Tell me, what should you do?"

"Kill him!"

"What then? What should I do if another old king is moved?"

"Ah? Then... I'll kill him again!"

"How can you just chop people? Old Wang next door can't kill them. So, if the old Wang next door is a eunuch, then there is no need to chop them. Let him occupy the next door and not move the nest, and the new old Wang will not be able to live in."

"Boss, I don't understand what you said."
Chapter completed!