"I really don't understand. You knew this was a trap, so why did you insist on jumping in? Even if you didn't have these things, if you honestly entered the academy to study, even if you weren't outstanding with your ability, you wouldn't be outstanding.

It’s mediocre, isn’t it?” The second elder of the Liu family said with hatred, “Although you have a lot of autonomy here, almost as if you were a king on the spot, what can you do?

So what? This is indeed located in the lower reaches of the Xuan River. All ships going to Xuancheng will pass here, but what's the use? Is there anything in your dock and the surrounding villages that can attract merchant ships to dock? The answer is no.

Whatever you have here is also available in Xuancheng, and the price is lower and the quality is better. Except for the fact that the flight here is slightly closer, the others are not competitive at all."

"Second Grandpa, don't worry for now. Since I am willing to come here, I naturally have my own plans." Liu Dan said, "I don't want to just hang around in the academy. I also want to do something for the Liu family."

"Well, you can take care of yourself. During this period, I will raise some funds for you and help you build a dock." The second elder sighed.

"You don't have to worry about the funds." Zhou Yutian suddenly opened the door and walked into the house, interjecting, "If the second elder is interested, then help us block the news of Xuancheng and give us enough time to build.

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"Who are you?" The second elder and Liu Dan immediately became vigilant, and the guards they brought immediately surrounded Zhou Kutian.

"I met Mr. Liu next week, and I think Mr. Liu should remember it." Zhou Wutian didn't react at all. He just turned around and closed the door, then let them surround him.

"Is it you? But -" Liu Dan carefully observed Zhou Yutian's face. It turned out that when he was in Xuancheng, Zhou Yutian disguised himself in order to avoid people's eyes and ears, but now the purpose has been basically achieved, so he can see people with his true face, and Liu Dan

Dan has never seen Zhou Yutian's true face.

"But why does he look different, right?" Zhou Yutian said with a smile, "When you go out, you will inevitably need to disguise yourself to avoid danger, so it is right that Mr. Liu can't recognize him."

"Then you don't look so embarrassed now, are you in no danger?" the second elder said, staring at Zhou Kutian closely.

"Danger does not exist for me. I disguise myself just to avoid trouble." Zhou Yutian said, "Now that Mr. Liu is here, I think I am not in trouble, right?" Zhou Yutian looked at Liu Dan as he said that.

"Remove." Liu Dan waved his hand and asked his two guards to withdraw. The second elder's guards only withdrew after the second elder nodded.

"Is it you who tricked Dan'er into jumping into the pit and ending up in this hellish place?" asked the second elder.

"A trap? Not necessarily? This is located downstream of Xuancheng, a place where merchant ships must pass. It is a once-in-a-lifetime good place. Why is it not a big opportunity?" Zhou Yutian said.

"Young kid with a yellow mouth, I don't know what to say." The second elder snorted coldly, "Geographical location is important, but what ability do you have to attract uploaders? Just with your mouth?"

"Have you ever heard of Sanguan City?" Zhou Yutian said, "Going south from here, you can reach Sanguan City directly, and this is the trading port of Sanguan City, 'Dan City'."

"Hahaha, I really don't know what to say." The second elder couldn't help but laugh, "Sanguan City is just a cover. It's okay to deceive others, but I'm afraid it's not that easy to deceive me. Not to mention whether there is such a city, this is it.

I'm afraid even the mountain city won't agree to your construction of the road, who are you trying to fool?"

"Our power is beyond your imagination, just like the second elder's scarred face, which he has been searching for for many years without success, has now fallen into our hands." Zhou Yutian said, "We also know the second elder's romantic affair."

"It's ridiculous. I don't know what the Scarface you mentioned has to do with me, but I know that Scarface has been the king of the mountain for a long time and is very cunning. He has been surrounded and suppressed many times in Xuancheng and all of them let him escape.

It's impossible for you to catch him," the second elder said.

"It's not that he is cunning, but it depends on whether Xuancheng is really willing to catch him." Zhou Yutian said with a smile, "I'm afraid there is not much deviation from what the second elder thought about many things. If I have the opportunity in the future, I will listen to the opinions of the parties involved and make a decision.

Xuancheng’s future development.”

As soon as Zhou Kutian said these words, the second elders stared closely at him, hoping to see some traces of lying on Zhou Kutian's face, but he couldn't.

In fact, Zhou Yutian did not lie. In order to solve the problem of insufficient manpower in Sanguan City in the past two days, especially the problem of insufficient hard labor, Zhou Yutian personally led the troops on Qianshan Mountain to surround and suppress the bandits who occupied the mountains as kings. Although those three

It's hard to trace the five groups of people who block roads and rob people, but those who often come into the village to kill and rob have a lot of blood debt.

Tired bandits can easily get clues from the villagers. Some villagers are even willing to lead the way in person, which saves Zhou Yutian a lot of trouble. Moreover, the bigger the reputation, the more thieves there are, and the stronger the fortress is, the more arrogant it is, so it seems.

When someone comes to attack the stronghold, the first reaction is not to run away immediately, but to call in people to resist, or even attempt to go out of the stronghold to kill and plunder the intruders.

Relying on the mountainous terrain, ordinary teams would probably fall here. However, facing Zhou Wutian's team was a wrong choice. First, Zhou Wutian forcibly broke open the mountain gate in the first wave, and then the five Yuheng masters in the second wave.

One person led ten Kaiyang experts to directly cover each other and rush in. They surrendered obediently.

, the ignorant ones were dealt with on the spot, and finally Yaoguang-level cultivators would follow up to clean the battlefield, escort the prisoners, and then go to the next cottage. As for the cottage, the strongest cottage was only a cultivator in the middle stage of Kaiyang.

Those who should surrender in the second wave basically surrendered, and those who did not surrender were buried on the spot.

The entire operation employed 200 cultivators. It took four days and more than a thousand strong laborers were captured from the surrounding bandit villages. They all devoted themselves to road construction work, which accelerated the construction speed of the road from Sanguan City to the dock.

Several times, it is expected that a road for two carriages to run parallel to each other will be opened in three days. After that, it will continue to be widened and stone slabs will be laid for reinforcement.

"I'll take what you said to be true." The second elder didn't see anything in Zhou Kutian's eyes, so there was nothing he could do.

"If there is any use for me, just ask." The second elder suddenly changed the subject, "But if you are disadvantageous to Dan'er, you have to think about it."

"Second Elder, don't worry. I'm not in the mood to get involved in your Liu family's affairs." Zhou Yutian said, "But since the Second Elder has said it, I really have something to ask of you."

"What's the matter? It's okay to say it." the second elder asked.

"It's still a short distance from Sanguan City to here, but we are very short of livestock power now. If possible, I hope the second elder can help us purchase some horses, cattle, donkeys and other livestock." Zhou Yutian said.

"Well, I have a friend in a neighboring county who specializes in selling livestock. I will send a message to him and ask him to come to you first and sell you a few animals when he comes to Xuancheng to sell livestock."

The elder said.

"Then there is Elder Lao Er." Zhou Kutian said.

"Dan'er, if this person has any disadvantages to you, please send someone to inform me as soon as possible. I will deal with it personally then." The second elder said to Liu Dan, but he looked at Zhou Yutian with a warning.

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"Second Grandpa, what was that thing you just talked about?" Liu Dan asked. He felt that it seemed to be related to him, but he really couldn't think of what it was that was related to him.

The second elder was stunned. Although he had thought that Liu Dan would ask about this matter, he had not thought of how to answer.

"Of course it's the romantic past of the second elder. Who didn't make some mistakes when they were young? You should save some face for the old man and don't ask any more questions." Zhou Yutian explained first.

"But why does it sound like -" Liu Dan still wanted to ask reluctantly, but Zhou Yutian interrupted first, "Does it sound like it has something to do with you? That's because you may have broken into you when you were a child.

Second Grandpa's good deeds." Zhou Yutian said.

"Stop talking, there is nothing at all." The second elder made Zhou Yutian really startled and worried, for fear that Zhou Yutian would tell those things, "Let's go, just send someone to see me if you have anything to do in the future.

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"Second Elder, walk slowly and take care." Zhou Kutian immediately changed the subject.

"What on earth is going on? Second Grandpa has already left, just tell me." Liu Dan was still reluctant.

"When Dan City develops, you will naturally know these things. Now you have no power and can't do anything." Zhou Yutian said, "I'm afraid you have guessed that this matter is related to you, so I won't hide it.

You, this matter is indeed related to you, but you can't know it now. When the time is right, you can check it out yourself."

"Forget it if you don't tell me." Liu Dan said, "But how do you plan to develop this place in the future? I don't have the money or the people."

"Although you don't have money, you do have people," Zhou Kutian said.

"Where is anyone? It's just my two guards, myself, and three workers on the dock. There's not much business at the dock, and there's not much manpower."

"I have an offending question, are your two guards reliable?" Zhou Yutian asked, and the two guards suddenly became angry. After all, they had followed Liu Dan for many years and resisted many temptations. They were always steadfast, but they were

Anyone who has such doubts will feel uncomfortable.

"Of course, they have followed me for many years and are absolutely reliable." Liu Dan said without hesitation, and the two guards felt warm in their hearts.

"Since I have followed you for many years and am out of love, let them go back to Xuancheng. This will be considered as fulfilling your duty of love." Zhou Yutian said.

"What do you mean? It's not your turn as an outsider to interfere with our loyalty." One of the guards couldn't help but said.

"Brother Zhou, if you want to talk like this, don't blame me for falling out." Liu Dan's anger also rose, and Zhou Yutian was somewhat dissatisfied with what he said.

"Okay, what I said is fair, but Liu Dan didn't misjudge the person." Zhou Yutian said.

"Brother Zhou, this kind of joke is not funny, and this kind of test should not happen." Liu Dan's mood was very complicated. In terms of this matter, it challenged their tacit understanding, so Liu Dan was very angry, but on the other hand

Zhou Yutian was doing it for his own good and it was hard to say anything.

"I'm not joking. I suggest you let them return to the city. This will be good for you and them." Zhou Yutian said, "After all, their families are all in your eldest brother's hands. To be honest, your eldest brother is doing something good."

You are so attentive, even if you are like this, you still refuse to take it lightly, it is really amazing."

"Brother Zhou, don't talk nonsense." Liu Dan frowned. He knew that Zhou Yutian wouldn't joke about this kind of thing. Since he said it, it was probably true, but he couldn't directly reprimand the two of them because it would hurt them.

The peace of the past.

"It must have been a while." Zhou Yutian said, "I will not interfere with the past, but since you want to work together with me to achieve a great cause, then the danger must be eliminated, otherwise it is very likely to be catastrophic."

"That's enough, Brother Zhou, stop talking. I believe the two of them will not do that kind of thing." Liu Dan said angrily, "Don't mention it again at this time."

"Young Master, we can't help you." Before Liu Dan could finish speaking, the two guards instantly knelt down on the ground, "What Young Master Zhou said is true. My family members are indeed controlled by the First Young Master."

"You guys -" Liu Dan didn't expect the two of them to be like this suddenly, and he had no way to deal with it for a moment, so he could only sigh helplessly.

Mr. Liu is unwilling to expel you because of old friendship, so you don’t want to embarrass Mr. Liu and leave on your own." Zhou Yutian said, "Just pretend everything has never happened. Let bygones be bygones and there will be no chance of future fate."

"Alas -" Liu Dan turned his back, just sighed and said nothing.

"Take care, young master. We'll see you again in the future." The two guards knew they couldn't say anything more, so they stood up and left.

"No one should mention what happened today. After all, our methods are no better than the eldest son of the Liu family." When the two of them left, Zhou Yutian warned the two of them in a cold voice. The two of them were stunned for a moment, and without saying anything else, they just left.

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"I am really alone now. I didn't expect it. I didn't expect it." Liu Dan raised his head and sighed, "Shouldn't I have survived at that time?"

"Many things are not what you imagine, and you will slowly discover them in the future." Zhou Yutian advised.

"Brother Zhou, I think I have figured it out now." Liu Dan sighed lightly and continued, "My mother and I have always been unpopular with the Liu family. I know all this. After all, the Liu family has a great business.

The branches are all gathered together, and it is normal for the mutual feelings to fade away. My grandparents, uncle
To be continued...