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"what's up?"

Su Qianqian looked at the third brother in front of her curiously.

"Actually, there's nothing else, I just want to..."

Su Zhenxi fidgeted with the folding fan in his hand embarrassedly, hesitating.

"Third brother, do you want me to get another batch of hand crossbows?"

Su Qianqian couldn't help but shook her head.

"Of course not! Those city guards are outsiders after all, and I don't trust the crossbows in their hands."

Su Zhenxi is still very clear about this. After all, the city guard army is not a direct lineage. There are dragons and snakes among them, and there may be people deployed by other forces. Hand crossbows are a top priority, so there must be no mistakes.

"Then third brother, what do you want to say when you come here?"

Su Qianqian breathed a sigh of relief. Firstly, she was very tired from assembling hand crossbows day and night during this period. Secondly, the materials that could be used to make hand crossbows in Peicheng were almost used up. Even if she wanted to continue making hand crossbows. There's nothing I can do about the crossbow. Fortunately, my third brother didn't come here for the crossbow this time.

"I just want to ask if you can give me more crossbow arrows."

Su Zhenxi looked at his little sister expectantly.

"Third brother, didn't we send fifty crossbows to each person before? Isn't that enough?"

Su Qianqian raised her eyebrows and looked at her third brother with a strange expression.

"Originally it was enough, but... later on, as I kept practicing, it wasn't enough anymore."

Su Zhenxi's old face turned red. In the past few days, he and the others had been training day and night. At first, fifty crossbow arrows per person were more than enough, but as they practiced, some of the crossbow arrows hit the rocks and broke, and some of the crossbow arrows did not fly. Where to go? In short, after a lot of trouble, everyone still has less than twenty sticks in hand.

There will be a battle with Xiqi in a few days. These crossbows are simply not enough, and he plans to continue to practice with everyone in the next few days.

"Third brother, you really don't know how expensive firewood, rice, oil and salt are. These crossbow arrows were not brought by the strong wind, but..."

Su Qianqian couldn't help but complain. Although the materials of the crossbow arrows were not as fine as those of hand crossbows, they could not hold up in large quantities, and they were not cheap at all.

"I know, I know, that's why I came to see you, little sister."

Su Zhenxi nodded repeatedly and took out one hundred thousand taels of silver from his pocket: "Third brother, I know you are working hard. Use this money to buy some good food, drink, nice clothes, rouge, gouache and so on."

"That's pretty much it."

Su Qianqian took the banknote and nodded with satisfaction: "In three days, Third Brother, please bring someone to get the crossbow."

"Okay! Thank you for your hard work, little sister."

Seeing that his little sister agreed, Su Zhenxi was so happy that she turned and left.

Su Qianqian put away the money, returned to the house, took out the money from under the bed that her third brother had given her, and the money she had brought out herself. She hid the money in her arms, changed her clothes, and left the Su family camp. Heading straight to Peicheng, Su Yi and his party, who had been waiting outside, hurriedly followed to protect them.

At the same time, several figures lurked in the darkness and followed them from a distance. One of them quickly left, heading straight to the hand crossbow camp, and finally entered Chu Yichen's tent.

"Master, Miss Su just went to Peicheng with a large sum of money."

The man knelt on the ground and reported to Chu Yichen.

"Understood, let's go down."

Chu Yichen opened his eyes and waved his hand to signal the man to leave.

"Master, why is Miss Su going to Peicheng with a large amount of money at this time? Is it to make a custom-made hand crossbow?"

Ah Qing couldn't help but guess.

"Right now, all the materials for making hand crossbows in Peicheng have been used up. It will take half a month at the fastest to dispatch them from other places. It is obviously impossible to go to Peicheng for hand crossbows at this time."

Chu Yichen slowly stroked Axiang's back in his arms and smiled slightly.

"Then Miss Su went to Peicheng with so much money..."

Ah Qing was confused. Apart from that, he couldn't think of anything else that would require spending so much money.

"Has Zhou Pu, the owner of the Lin'an City branch of the Jiuchong Tower, made any moves recently?"

Chu Yichen said coldly.

"Since the Lin'an City branch building was attacked, Zhou Pu has only been active in the building, and he has not shown up since yesterday."

Ah Qing replied truthfully, and then was stunned for a moment: "Master, what do you mean, is Miss Su going to see Na Zhou Pu?"

Chu Yichen stood up and looked in the direction of Peicheng: "The sub-building in Lin'an City was destroyed, with heavy casualties and only a few people left. The people above Zhou Pu were naturally very dissatisfied. In order to keep his position, Zhou Pu also wanted to keep his position. Naturally, I will try my best to save my own life, such as opening a new branch building!"

"Jiuchonglou is going to open a branch in Peicheng?"

Ah Qing looked at his master in shock.

"When the Marquis of Zhenyuan captures Xiqi, our Dali territory will be able to extend thousands of miles south. As a small border town, Peicheng's future importance can be imagined. Opening a branch here will definitely be beneficial without any harm. Its importance Sex is far above the ten or even hundreds of sub-buildings in Lin'an City."

Chu Yichen talked eloquently, his deep eyes revealed a light that had seen through everything.

"This……"

Ah Qing was stunned on the spot. Although he thought that Peicheng might be more important than Lin'an City in the future, he didn't expect it to be so important. Looking at Dali, it was probably second only to the capital.

On the other side, in an inconspicuous little inn in Peicheng, Su Qianqian brought her money to a guest room and knocked a few times as agreed. The door creaked open. Su Qianqian glanced around and then said Entering the house, Chen Sandao followed closely behind and entered the house together.

"Miss Su, we meet again."

Zhou Pu smiled slightly, made an invitation gesture, and invited Su Qianqian into the room.

"Master Zhou, there's no need for small talk. We'd better keep the conversation short."

Su Qianqian sat aside and took out all the banknotes from her arms: "As agreed, I have brought five hundred thousand taels of silver."

"Ha, haha, Miss Su is really young and promising. She casually took out these five hundred thousand taels of silver, which makes Lao Zhou really ashamed."

Zhou Pu glanced at the five hundred thousand taels of silver notes on the table, and there was a hint of passion and greed in his eyes. He had worked hard for most of his life, and his net worth was only three or four hundred thousand taels. In front of him was this little girl who was not even half his age. , but he took out five hundred thousand taels of silver in an understatement. If he robbed this silver, disappeared from sight, and found a place he was not familiar with, he could spend his life leisurely.

But this thought flashed past. Let alone whether he could escape Dali after grabbing the five hundred thousand taels of silver, or whether he could get out of the house. The guard behind Su Qianqian was always guarding him. Once If he makes the slightest move, he might take action.

Zhou Pu took a deep breath and suppressed the distracting thoughts in his mind: "Miss Su, don't worry, I, Old Zhou, keep my word, and I will naturally fulfill my agreement and build a nine-story building branch in Peicheng! But..."