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"I?"

Mrs. Xue Qi was stunned.

She didn't understand, she was talking about the Lu family's rumors before, how could her marriage be involved all of a sudden.

But Xue San didn't intend to talk to her more.

Whether it is a side branch or a direct branch, the marriages of young ladies in aristocratic families have always been family resources, and they can be of great use at critical moments.

For example, his elder sister Xue Yiwei, after the family sent her to Fengyi Palace, she became one of the first-class families. If she can give birth to another child, the family will definitely be raised to a higher level!

But Ah Yue is a side branch, so it was impossible to climb up the direct line of the Lu family.Now he holds the twin handles and the West Sea Trade Route in his hands, so he might give it a try.

If it can be done, it will also be included in the alliance between the Feng family and Nanjun.Everyone is a family, at least it is more comfortable than going to Shouping County King or Dongshan King.

Xue Huitang has been watching Tang Shu's expression from the sidelines, seeing his eyes flickering, feeling a little uneasy in his heart.

As a daughter of an aristocratic family, marrying into the Feng family who is not in the pedigree is already a humiliation to my sister. This time my cousin mentioned my sister's marriage again. Could it be that things will change again?

The siblings looked at each other, but Xue Huitang was the first to probe.

"Third uncle, we don't have to wait for news from the Feng family anymore?"

"Wait, give the Xue family another ten days."

Xue Yixiao leaned back on the couch, reached out for the tea soup and took a sip.

"Ten days later, we will set off to return to Hengshou. If the Feng family really has something to do with Nanjun, then there is no use waiting here. It's better to go home early and make plans."

Not mentioning the marriage in half a word, it is quite different from the previous attitude.

The siblings looked at each other, feeling a little uneasy.

The Feng family didn't keep Xue Yixiao waiting for too long.Three days later, Feng Kang took the initiative to visit and offered to buy a batch of knives from Longquan Jianfang.

"Recently, the war has been tight, and the imperial court's military pay and supplies have been delayed, and money and food at Yongxiguan are also very tight..."

Brother Feng vomited bitterness as soon as he came up.

Xue Yixiao listened with a smile at first, but gradually he heard something was wrong.The Feng family actually said that they were going to buy knives, but the quantity and price they bought were very different from what he had said before.

"Twelve Lang, this price...isn't right?"

Xue San frowned.

"It's less than half of it. The Longquanfang of our Xue family is not a small workshop. There has never been such a low price!"

"Hey, aren't you discussing this with Brother Xue?"

Xiaodi Feng scratched his head with a smile on his face, but he didn't relax in the slightest.

"Our family also knew that there was not enough money, so we didn't dare to ask for more, so we bought some for the frontier army to replace. Brother Xue and I have been friends for so many years, and I didn't even bargain for it, big or small. Anyway, we didn't buy much. , for brother's sake, I won't let you lose too much."

When he said this, Xue Yixiao almost fell backward in anger.

It's just because you bought less and bid lower, which makes people angry!

This batch of goods was originally a second-class product of Hengshou, but now they are selling at a high price in the name of Changzhou goods. I thought I would sell them all on the Feng family's side in exchange for a sum of money to maintain the operation of Hengshou Fang, but now the Feng family chopped them down. Not to mention the price, but also proposed that only one-fifth of the quantity is required. How can this embarrass Xue Sanqing who has come all the way to escort? !

He deliberately wanted to spit on Feng Shishilang, scolding him for being poor and poor, wishful thinking, wanting good things even without money.

Helpless, Hengshou is really short of money now, so short that he can't even burn the carbon to start the work, and the workshop that can't operate is just a gold-selling cave, and he swallows an unknown amount of silver every day!

These days he was in Ding'an City, although he was still eating and spending extravagantly, in fact, he had already included the profits he was about to make from the Feng family, so that he could maintain his glory.

The family has already urged him several times, but Xue San gritted his teeth and suppressed it, but if he returns empty-handed this time, his Hengshou Xue family will really be laughed out of his teeth by the big house.

There is no way, Changzhou guards the mine, the quality of the ore is much better than that of Hengshou, and it can produce refined iron with almost no smelting.

But Hengshou can't do it.Hengshou's mines are naturally not as good as those in Changzhou, and more manpower is needed for repeated forging to produce usable iron materials. However, the swords produced in the end are still different from those in Changzhou. You can understand it at a glance.

Hu Qi buckled the side, and the frontier army urgently needed to replace their weapons.The rest of the soldiers in charge are all aristocratic families, and they are all controlled by Changzhou Xue. Only Yongxiguan is a blank space, and Hengshoufang has a chance to reach out.

The Feng family didn't mention the marriage at all, but only said that they would buy a small amount of knives. This attitude is already obvious.

They had a better choice, but they didn't want to turn against the Xue family, so they pretended to deal with Xue Yixiao with a superficial gesture!

Anyone who is capable of taking away the fat of the Feng family, except for the one in Nanjun, doesn't want to do it.It's just that the Lu family's skills are superb, and several generations of people have not been in office, but secretly started a weapon business in private, and they kept it secret!

If Ah Yue hadn't seen the twins this time, who would have thought that the Qinggui clan far away in South County would have stretched out their hands to the grassland! ?

After thinking and thinking, I finally reluctantly agreed.

Xue San held this breath in his heart, thinking that when he returned to Hengshou Xue's house, he must report to his father about Lu's meddling in the border trade route.

The knife was not sold successfully, but getting such information is considered a big gain!

In the past, the aristocratic family who remained neutral on the surface, once they really entered the battle for the throne, the current three-legged situation would have to cast a lot of variables!

After the balance of money and goods was cleared, Feng Kang left happily.

As soon as he stepped out of the inn gate, the smile on Xiaodi Feng's face quickly disappeared. He turned his head and glanced at the Tianzihao room. The windows were closed there, and Xue Yixiao didn't even bother to see off the guests.

It doesn't matter, their family doesn't like the Xue family anyway.Although the two are separated now, neither Xue Yixiao nor Xue Yiluan is a good thing.

They are not in the same way as the Xue family, and the superficial peace in front of them may not last long.I heard that the three kings in the court have been fighting for a long time, and the aristocratic families in the Central Plains have their own positions. At present, they have already taken actions to prepare for the battle.

Last night, his father was still lamenting that this great industry dynasty has only been in existence for more than 100 years since its founding, and foreign invasions have hit the border city, yet the court and the central government are still busy with intrigue. This is not a good sign.

Dad didn't say what happened next, and he couldn't say it, but everyone knew it in their hearts.

Anyway, they closed their family and guarded the border, so they couldn't mess up here for a while.The most important thing now is to strengthen the army to store food and strengthen the city's defenses, at least to protect the people in the border towns in troubled times.

Thinking of this, Brother Feng wanted to brag about his brother Fei again!

He didn't catch up with Dad on the day when he tried Modao, and when he came back to hear his third cousin talk about the grand occasion of the martial arts field, he only regretted that he had no information that day, so he couldn't witness such a magnificent scene with his own eyes.

Later, he also begged his father to demonstrate again, but was scolded by Feng Dadu.

"What the hell do you think of your father? Are you playing a monkey?"

"Father, you're a prince of Fenghuo Opera."

Brother Feng felt aggrieved.

"I also want to see the Mo Dao formation..."

"I don't even want to see it! I'll put my ugly words in front of me today, and no one is allowed to mention Modao in the future! You can't do a single word, just treat it as if there is no such thing, do you hear me?!"

I hear you clearly, Dad, you spit on my face.

Unable to understand why father scares people like this, younger brother Feng couldn't help but ask elder brother.

Mo Dao is a good thing!I heard that it is a sharp weapon against cavalry, why didn't dad let me ask?

His elder brother glanced at him, the pity in his eyes was undisguised, as if saying that you can't figure this out, are you really my brother?

Brother Feng, who was used to being despised, wasn't hurt at all.What is this little insult?He, Shi Shilang, has experienced a lot since he was a child, and it is his instinct to survive in the cracks.

"Because Modao is very important."

Holding a volume of military books in his hand, Feng Kai said in a calm tone.

"You also know that Mo Dao is a sharp weapon against cavalry, but this sharp weapon should not appear in front of people too early."

He paused, and glanced casually out of the window. There was a northerly wind tonight, the moon was covered by thick clouds, and it was about to snow.

"The first emperor passed away on the third day of the fifth lunar month, and Hu Qi came to the city of Xinzhou on the eighteenth day of the sixth month. Don't you think the news spread a little too fast?"

Hearing what he said, Brother Feng's eyes instantly became serious.

His family's big beast seldom talked about the situation and military situation. Since he was able to open up this topic today, it showed that his elder brother intended to teach him something more.

After thinking about it for a while, Feng Xiaodi bravely expressed his opinion.

"From the third day of May to the eighteenth day of June, the interval is nearly one and a half months, which is not bad."

"It usually takes a month for the court to send us food and salaries, but those idiots from the household department have deliberately delayed it. If we go seriously, we can reach Ding'an City in half a month."

Feng Kai glanced at his younger brother, and tapped lightly on the table with his slender fingers.

"What you said is that from the capital to Ding'an City, you can go by water, and there are no checkpoints in between."

"However, the distance between the capital city and the Mobei grassland is much longer than that of Ding'an City. Moreover, the tribes in the grassland do not have fixed residences, so they can gather an army so quickly, prepare food and grass, and fight all the way to the city of Xinzhou. This is not news that can be delivered in a month and a half."

Hearing what he said, the hairs on Brother Feng's back were about to stand on end.

Indeed, the matter of Hu Qi buckling the side seemed to be a coincidence, but the elder brother pointed out a few time points, and even his brain could find it unusual!

June is a good time for the barbarians to graze when the pasture is full of grass. How can anyone come here for no reason to thresh grain and grass? !

Just fight, and unite the eighteen tribes!This is not a trivial matter, just to gather the number of people will take at least a month to prepare!

There is still time for the news to be delivered. The army set off from the Mobei Grassland to the city of Xinzhou. Taking into account the consumption of the intermediate journey, Hu Qi's action was earlier than the beginning of May!

And at that time, the first emperor was still in good health, wrestling with his ministers every morning and playing with his concubines at night, there was no sign of any decline at all!

In this way, someone knew that the first emperor would pass away at the beginning of May, and then spread the news to the grassland in advance, deliberately creating chaos when the throne was passed on, and fishing in troubled waters!

"Brother, what do you mean..."

"Shh-"

Young Master Feng made a silent gesture.

"I don't care."

"I'm just saying that the time between Hu Qikoubian and the death of the first emperor is a bit too close, and it will inevitably make people think a little bit more."

"The Central Plains and the grasslands have never had iron walls and iron walls, and the relationship between the aristocratic families is not as harmonious as it seems on the surface. The merchants who come and go in Ding'an City every year may be someone's eyeliner."

"So you should understand, why dad doesn't let you see Mo Dao, and doesn't let you carry Mo Dao."

"If the news of Mo Dao's birth, like the death of the first emperor, it would have spread to the grassland early. The results of the hard work of the army over there will be wiped out for nothing."