Cang Wushuang and Liu Zhiqing looked at each other, and then Liu Zhiqing nodded and said, "What my husband said is very much, and this matter cannot be forced! After all, our Iron Blood Sect cannot control them by this! But one thing is that since they are blessed and taken in by my Iron Blood Sect, they must abide by the rules of my Iron Blood Sect."

Zhao Yuan nodded and said, "This is necessary, but there is no speechless news yet, and I don't know if he has reached a conclusion with them!"

Cang Wushuang said: "We cannot force this if we have reached an agreement! By the way, Miss Wu has come now, you can't leave everyone else's agreement there, right?"

Liu Zhiqing said: "Since it's Lord Lu who is a matchmaker, you agree, and we have no possibility of rejecting it! In addition, her father Wu Shan was a court official before. As old as him, most of them are arrogant and arrogant. He usually looks down on us figures in the martial arts world."

Cang Wushuang pursed his lips and said, "It's okay to say the military officer. If it were a civil servant, it would be even more difficult for a scholar with a polite and polite mind to deal with it."

Liu Zhiqing said: "But what I worry about the most is actually another thing."

Cang Wushuang said in confusion: "Which point?"

Liu Zhiqing said: "My husband has married us both, so in his eyes, Miss Wu is a concubine. She is a dignified lady. If she becomes a concubine after marriage, it will be a great loss to his former court official. How could he be willing? Even if his husband treats everyone equally, this is still a hurdle that is difficult to overcome!"

Cang Wushuang pursed and said, "What can that happen? Could she be happy if she asked us to call her sister?"

Liu Zhiqing said: "This is not the case. I just hope that Miss Wu has her own opinion, so don't instigate her father, otherwise, life will be difficult in the future!"

As he said that, he looked at Zhao Yuan and said, "Mr., what do you think?"

Zhao Yuan thought for a while and said, "If you marry me, she will be my wife too. I will try my best to treat you three as much as possible, but I am not a saint after all. If there is anything wrong, please tell me the two ladies, but don't keep it in your heart!"

Cang Wushuang said, "Don't worry about this, so I won't keep it in my heart."

Liu Zhiqing smiled sweetly and said, "Honey, don't worry too much. Today I met this Miss Wu, and it's a reasonable person. Well, why not do this? Take them to visit first. In addition, as for Miss Wu's father, these two old people can only be placed on this Xishan Island, so that they can get familiar with it first. We are trying to do our own things better now. As for what others think, we can't know. Anyway, as long as we enter this family, they are all from this family, and we can't treat them differently!"

Zhao Yuan nodded and said, "That's true, then, this matter is settled. By the way, I don't know what the situation around me has been going on recently? There are also major sects."

Liu Zhiqing said: "This is exactly what I want to tell my husband."

Cang Wushuang said: "I don't know these things, and I don't need to ask them. You may not have seen each other for a long time. I will take the opportunity to have a good chat. I will see how my little girls are practicing now. I haven't come back for a long time. Have they all relaxed? In addition..."

Cang Wushuang paused for a moment, looked at Zhao Yuan, and said, "I am pregnant now, so if you go to your sister's place at night!"

Liu Zhiqing's pretty face turned red and she said, "Sister, what you said!"

Cang Wushuang said, "I'm right, I'm all a family, what's more to be shy about? I'm leaving, you guys chat!"

After saying that, he left alone. Liu Zhiqing looked at Zhao Yuan, with a hint of shyness on her face and said, "Then go to the study first. I will tell my husband about the past few months. There are a few things that I have to make up for."

Zhao Yuan nodded and came to the study with Liu Zhiqing. Liu Zhiqing told Zhao Yuan in detail about the Iron Blood Sect over the past few months.

Zhao Yuan listened next to him, and I have to say that Liu Zhiqing's arrangement was very appropriate. The entire Iron Blood Sect is now like a perfect machine, and all places are operating very well. For this reason, Zhao Yuan couldn't help but hug Liu Zhiqing's slender waist and sighed: "I don't think I did anything good in my previous life, so I can only marry such a good wife in this life."

Liu Zhiqing said: "Then you must have been a great good person in your previous life, right? Oh, by the way, did you see Zhiqing when you go to Taizhou this time?"

Zhao Yuan said in confusion: "Wu Shuang didn't give it to you?"

Liu Zhiqing said: "What are you saying?"

Zhao Yuan said: "It seems that she should have forgotten that your sister has agreed to Brother Tang. Now it is estimated that the bride price for the Tang family to go to the Liu family to propose marriage is on the way."

Liu Zhiqing turned around, stared at Zhao Yuan with beautiful eyes, and said in surprise: "Really?"

Zhao Yuan smiled and said, "Is this matter still fake? I am a witness."

Liu Zhiqing's pretty face at this moment was only half a foot away from Zhao Yuan, and her nose was filled with the faint fragrance of Liu Zhiqing. As a woman, Liu Zhiqing had a more mature charm than when she was a girl.

It is said that a small separation is better than a newlywed. The two have not seen each other for several months. Facing their beautiful wife, the string in Zhao Yuan's heart seemed to have been teased suddenly.

Liu Zhiqing also noticed Zhao Yuan’s strangeness, hugged Zhao Yuan, lowered her voice and said, “Tonight, let me serve my husband.”

It means that it is in broad daylight, so you still have to pay attention.

Upon hearing this, Zhao Yuan could only hold back the throbbing in his heart, gently kissed Liu Zhiqing on the face, and said, "You have to keep your word!"

Liu Zhiqing let go of her hand and said, "Don't you be sure of this, my husband. I didn't do what I said that time. Well, by the way, there are a few things here, and you have to make the decision."

As he said that, he got up, took out a map and placed it on the table, and said, "There are Tiaoxi River upstream of Taihu Lake. The two major water systems of Jingxi River converge into the lake. The Tiaoxi River water system originates from the Tianmu Mountains in Zhejiang Province. To the east, the West Tiaoxi River is the largest. The Jingxi River water system originates from the Yili Mountains and the eastern foot of Maoshan Mountain. It can be divided into the Nanxi River water system, Taohu Water system, and Jiangnan Canal Water system, which flows into Taihu Lake eastward. The main rivers of the Nanxi River water system are Xuxi River, Xuxi River, and Nanxi River. Xuhe West is connected

Gucheng Lake connects the Taihu water system and the Shuiyang River water system. The imperial court built an East Dam, which blocked it. The Xia Dam passed through Dingbu and the Wangjiadu in Hexin Township, and entered Liyang County and connected to the Nanhe River. It was 60 miles long. The river entry channel in the lower reaches of Taihu Lake was opened in the east of Fanjiabang in Shanghai County in the first year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty, connecting to the Huangpu River and connecting to the Yangtze River. Now the Huangpu River has become a deep and vast river, becoming the main way for drainage in the lower reaches of Taihu Lake. The Wusong River is silted into a tributary of the Huangpu River."

Zhao Yuan looked at the map in front of him, drew it in great detail, and said, "Is there something wrong with this?"

Cang Wushuang said: "Now we have firmly controlled the entire Taihu Lake area, but some tributaries are not under our control, such as the Tiaoxi and Jingxi upstream! These two routes are also the best routes for water transportation. Then through Taihu Lake, freight can be transported directly to the Yangtze River and then heading north from the Yangtze River. However, these two very critical routes are not under our control now!"

Zhao Yuan looked at the map in front of him and said, "If it is not under our control, don't they plan to transport it with water?"

You should know that Suzhou is originally a developed waterway. Compared with land transportation, the cost of waterways is lower and the speed is not slow. It is not as good as transportation, but it is the best way to do it.

Liu Zhiqing said: "This is the key to the problem."

As he said that, he pointed his hand and said, "There is a sect in this area called the Underworld Gate! They firmly control these two rivers, and then set up checkpoints on the rivers and do not allow ships to enter Taihu Lake from this river. In this way, many areas such as Suzhou, Changzhou and other areas may only be transported through very slow carriages. In this way, the costs of merchants will be greatly increased, causing the prices of many goods to rise or there is no goods at all. The feeling is as if we directly stuck our necks."

The two rivers of Tiaoxi and Jingxi are two very related rivers that are injected into the upper reaches of Taihu Lake. They are also a very important channel for transporting goods. Now the Underworld Gate has set up levels on the river. It is not allowed to ships down, which invisibly increases the burden on merchants. If merchants want to transport goods down, the best way is to raise prices. The people who pay for the price increase in the end are the people. On the other hand, they set up levels and without ships down, the Iron Blood Sect will naturally lose income. Although this income does not have much impact on the Iron Blood Sect now, the key is that this is a very bad example. This will make the surrounding gangs feel that your Iron Blood Sect is powerful. This is not enough to deal with you. It is equivalent to a great provocation to the Iron Blood Sect.

Zhao Yuan asked, "Then have we sent someone to negotiate?"

Liu Zhiqing said: "Of course I sent someone to go. I just came back two days ago. They gave two choices. First, they set up checkpoints at the place where Tiaoxi and Jingxi enter the lake, and increase the protection fee for each ship passing through these two rivers. The cost of this protection fee includes the cost of passing Tiaoxi and Jingxi and the cost of passing Taihu Lake. Then they have to take 70% of the protection fee. Second, that is, there is no need to talk about it."

Zhao Yuan said: "Now the ship is sailing in Taihu Lake, the protection fee we charge is just like the meaning, not much at all! What is the significance of the protection fee he wants to travel with Taihu Lake?"

Liu Zhiqing said: "Yes, given that the protection fee we charge is so good, they simply asked us to go from Tiaoxi and Jingxi to pay ten times the protection fee for ships coming out of Jingxi."

Zhao Yuan smiled coldly and said, "Ten times more, they mean that there is no need to talk about it, but since there is no need to talk, then I will not talk about it and immediately send someone to find out the underworld gate. No matter whether it is the underworld or the Hall of Hell, I will make it clear for him! If a underworld gate is stuck in our throat and makes us helpless, then will no sect take us seriously in the future?"

Liu Zhiqing said: "Please rest assured that my husband has already asked me to send someone to come. It is estimated that in a few days, the underworld gate will be checked clearly."

Zhao Yuan said: "Very good, so what other tricky things besides this?"

Liu Zhiqing hesitated for a moment and said, "There is also the eldest brother. Last time you asked someone to send the news back, I sent someone to investigate. It turned out that the eldest brother and sister-in-law did not return to the capital, but stayed in Suzhou City, and then started a business in Suzhou City. However, unlike the small businesses they did in the capital before, and they directly sat up the second dealer. I originally thought that it doesn't matter if they were a second dealer. As long as it was fair and reasonable, it would be fine. As for him to borrow your name and say that he was your eldest brother, this is also true. Borrowing this to start a business is OK, after all, they are all serious, and he is also

Your elder brother, but I was angrily told you that your elder brother and sister-in-law are not at ease, so I arranged for someone to watch it. But for more than ten days, I received news. They seemed to think that the way of doing business was very slow to make money, so in the later few businesses, they simply lacked weight, used inferior products as good ones, and forced to buy and sell. Because the merchants were taboo on the name of my Iron Blood Sect, they could only swallow their teeth into their stomachs. In private, they complained about my Iron Blood Sect, and they were also smearing your face. Thinking that you might be coming back soon, I didn't come forward to deal with this time. I don't know what your husband is going to do?"'

Zhao Yuan couldn't help but slapped his forehead and said, "My brother hasn't forgotten to find something for me at any time!"

Liu Zhiqing nodded and said, "Yes, it's not easy for the Iron Blood Sect to stand firm in this area, and all businesses have certainly improved. Although it has no impact on us for the time being, the merchants have started to discuss it privately. If this continues, I feel that I have lost my reputation and cannot be recovered in a year or two."

How could Zhao Yuan not know about this? There is a saying that good things don’t go out, bad things spread thousands of miles away. His brother used his own banner to do business. He was originally a fair and fair person, and he did not bully the market. Anyway, he was a family, so whoever made money was not profitable.

But as Liu Zhiqing said, things were not that simple. This was not only a mess of his own signature, but also a slander for the Iron Blood Sect.

Thinking of this, Zhao Yuan thought for a moment and said, "First, send someone to investigate and see who it was, and then find them, and they must be compensated. Second, send someone to block the eldest brother's store."

Cang Wushuang said in surprise: "Closing the store? Is this a little too much? If the old man knows, will he blame you for not thinking about brotherhood?"
Chapter completed!