When smoke could be seen faintly rising from the kitchen ahead, A Lan took the initiative to get out of the car. Lu Hanjiang did not try to stop him, but just said when saying goodbye: "The swordsmanship in Hongchen is exquisite, and now you are the only successor left in the world..."
.Girl, please take care.”
Ah Lan jumped out of the car, picked up two swords and walked in the other direction. Halfway through, he suddenly turned back and said, "If I can come back alive, I will teach you this swordsmanship."
"Then just wait for the good news, girl."
The two sides parted ways, and A Lan disappeared into the distance, while Lu Hanjiang and his party continued along the mainland and arrived at the entrance to the Miao territory, Bishui City.
This city is the entrance to the Miao land and an important node connecting the Central Plains. The Miao people do not settle in the Central Plains, but various characteristic items from the Miao territory, such as medicinal materials and handicrafts, are quite popular in the Central Plains.
This also resulted in many Central Plains businessmen traveling thousands of miles to do business in the Miao lands. Since the Miao people live in their own tribes and rarely admit foreigners, a large number of Central Plains people doing business could only stay at the entrance to the Miao lands.
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Over hundreds of years, what was originally a small inn for exchanging goods slowly developed into the large town it is today. This is the history of Bishui City.
At the same time, this is the only city in the world where people from the Central Plains live together with the Miao people. The composition of this place is extremely complex. All Miao tribes have a place in the city, and the people from the Central Plains are led by the imperial court and Jianghu.
Countless forces below are intertwined.
On the surface, Bishui City has the official government office of the imperial court, but the person responsible for its jurisdiction is only an unknown official, and the number of Jinyi guards stationed here is only a hundred households.
Because the imperial court's attitude towards the Miao people was mainly to appease the Miao people, the Jinyiwei had not deployed many powerful manpower on the ground before, and the manpower in the government office was mostly for decoration. In Bishui City, reasoning is not as good as fists, so this also led to Bishui City's
The Jianghu forces are extremely powerful.
Entering the city, Shangluo was stunned by the dazzling sight in front of her. All kinds of rare objects from the Miao border that she had never seen before, as well as Central Plains gadgets from all over the world, were all gathered in one city. The dazzling array was breathtaking.
Dizzying.
"It's getting late. Let's go to our accommodation and rest first. You can go out for a walk tomorrow."
With that said, Lu Hanjiang patted Shangluo on the head to calm the girl down, which made her start to complain.
When you arrive in Bishui City, you don't have to bother looking for an inn. There are better places to stay here.
Zhou Yuanshan drove to a splendid store. A group of businessmen in rich and luxurious clothes lined up in two rows facing each other. After Lu Hanjiang opened the curtain, they all saluted: "I have seen the young master."
"Wow."
Shangluo's eyes shone with excitement. She followed Lu Hanjiang out of the car and said in surprise: "Xiao Lu, is this your store? It looks so big."
"That's right."
Lu Hanjiang led Shangluo inside. The passers-by couldn't help but stop and watch this rare scene. This Xiangyun company has been established for decades. It is powerful and domineering. No one in Bishui City dares to do so.
Provoked a huge monster.
However, the identity of Xiangyun's owner has always been a mystery. For decades, people have only seen the shopkeeper here, but never the person behind it. Now this young man, who is called the Young Master, has already made unknown people aware of his appearance as soon as he appeared.
How many people are interested in it.
It was a hard journey from Yunxi to Bishui. Lu Hanjiang waved away all the shopkeepers who came to greet him, and went back to his room to change his clothes.
When he came out again, his coat was replaced by a silver fox fur coat, his white jade plain crown was replaced by a gilded purple crown, and his big black riding boots that were convenient for traveling were replaced by blue satin court boots, which were also decorated with vivid gold lines and jade.
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This outfit almost blinded Shangluo. If Lu Hanjiang's previous outfit had some practical effect, then this outfit now seems to have no purpose other than looking more like a prodigal.
"Xiao Lu, it turns out your family is so rich."
Shangluo's eyes looked very resentful, and she still remembers how Lu Hanjiang argued with her for a long time over the seven taels of silver.
If Lu Hanjiang knew what this girl was thinking, he would definitely be very aggrieved. How could this be the same? He had worked hard to get those seven taels of silver with his own hands, and now all of them belong to the Xiangyun Company.
He patted the girl's head and reminded her softly: "Remember, you will be the second lady of Xiangyun in the next few days, so don't reveal your secret."
"Don't worry, aren't you worried about my girl's acting skills along the way?"
Lu Hanjiang did not comment on the girl's self-promotion. After all, the Xiangyun account had been established for decades, and the error tolerance rate was very high. Even if the girl made any mistakes, it would not affect the overall situation.
As mentioned before, the official power of the imperial court in Bishui City is only a little, but in such an important place, if Jin Yiwei does not arrange more manpower, how can Mr. Meng sleep peacefully?
Since we can't send more manpower from the official side, we can only do it secretly. This is how Xiangyun Company came to be.
Here, from the shopkeeper to the accountant, from the janitor to the horse servant, everyone is a registered guard. Compared with others, their focus is not on martial arts, but on business.
Because Bishui City was originally prosperous due to commerce, so in order to perfectly integrate into it, Jin Yiwei used it to hide his true identity as a businessman.
Most of the people Lu Hanjiang ordered to be transferred from the beginning were from Xiangyun Company. Although they may not necessarily use people from here, the Jin Yiwei transferred from other places must wear the layer of Xiangyun Company.
Skin.
The owner of this business is naturally Mr. Meng, so Lu Hanjiang is the natural young master.
Lu Hanjiang sent Shang Luo back to his room first. At this time, the shopkeepers came to visit him again, but this time they all used another title.
"I've met Mr. Lu in humble positions."
"Get up."
As soon as Lu Hanjiang sat down, someone immediately came forward to serve him tea. He held the cup and tasted the fragrance of the tea, but he didn't drink it in a hurry: "How did things go?"
One of them replied: "Your Majesty, the three Deputy Qianhu Masters each brought their own men to search outside. Two days ago, Master Liu sent a message and found traces of the Xuantian Sect."
"Yeah, well done."
Lu Hanjiang nodded: "In that case, let Deputy Liu Qianhu continue to investigate. Also, what's going on with the Beggar Gang?"
The man said: "The Beggar Gang has provoked some ruthless people recently. Many disciples in the gang have been killed. Yan Fengyun has sent two elders to deal with it."
"He won't go by himself?"
"Yan Fengyun seems to have discovered some important clues, and now he has led a few people deep in the seedling fields. The brothers are worried about disturbing the situation and do not dare to follow too closely."
"Um......"
After listening, Lu Hanjiang calmed down and thought about it. Snow Rakshasa was in his hands. Yan Fengyun couldn't find any useful clues at all, so he was most likely fighting Huangfu Yushu at the moment.
After pondering for a moment, he said: "You must handle this matter carefully and never let the news leak out. One more thing, do you recognize this thing?"
Lu Hanjiang took out the bracelet he got from Caiwei. The man took it and looked at it carefully, and said in surprise: "Sir, judging from its craftsmanship, it should be a Miao people thing. This is Mengying Jade, which is unique to Miao land."
As far as I know, only Miao people with high status are qualified to wear the treasures produced by this treasure."
"I see," Lu Hanjiang said with a flash of understanding in his eyes, "Please prepare some gifts for me. I will visit the Lingyue Clan tomorrow."