Fragrance on the Moon

Ji Bingyan came to Songjiang half a month later, and her intention was not to meet A Liu and Hu Tiehua, but just happened to have a business to discuss, and after the conversation, she heard that Chu Liuxiang had returned, so she ran to the old place where the boat stopped outside the city.

What he is doing now is the business of medicinal materials, and the main sources of goods are outside the customs. With the people Li Zhou entrusted to him, it happens to be able to form a complete delivery chain.

Moreover, the delivery efficiency of entrusting the old department of the Vulture Palace is far better than that of people. After the medicinal materials are delivered to the pass, it is extremely easy to negotiate cooperation with the various forces in the rivers and lakes.

He traveled from west to east in this way, and contacted all the forces worthy of cooperation in all the big cities along the way.

Songjiang Mansion was his last stop.

After seeing him and hearing what he had accomplished in just a few months, Ah Liu was stunned.

"So when we were still in Tianshan, you already thought about everything?" She asked Ji Bingyan.

"That's not true." Ji Bingyan shrugged. "I just used the whistle before entering the customs. I wanted to know how many people there are in various places and what they usually do for a living."

These old departments of the Vulture Palace do not have the habit of collective action on weekdays, except when they are called by the palace, they basically live by themselves.

As for the group near Tongguan, because of their geographical location, their favorite job is actually to work as bodyguards for various caravans in the customs.

After listening to it, Ji Bingyan casually asked what kind of caravans they are usually, and then learned that there are at least hundreds of caravans for medicinal materials in Tianshan and Kunlun Mountains that come here every year.

This made him move instantly, and after consulting some details, he made a decision on the spot and decided to do the medicinal material business.

These old departments of Vulture Palace also cooperated very well and completed the preparation work as quickly as possible.

It is Ji Bingyan's task to sell the medicinal materials after they are transported into customs.

"Excellent, old Ji." Hu Tiehua was dumbfounded, "Then how much money have you made now?"

"It's not a day's work to transport medicine, and it's not time to make money yet." Ji Bingyan admitted generously, "But after doing it this year, I can buy a few restaurants anyway."

"That's really profitable." A Liu couldn't help feeling, "It's really amazing."

Ji Bingyan was not very satisfied, saying that he should have earned more.

"What? Is there any cooperation that has not been negotiated?"

"Yeah." He frowned and nodded, "When I passed Qin, I wanted to discuss cooperation with the Huashan faction, but I didn't even enter the mountain gate."

The land of Qin regards the Huashan faction as the most respected, and if this arrogant sword faction cannot be discussed, other small sects are useless at all, and the cost of transporting medicinal materials is not small. If a place does not have a strong enough sect to continue ordering, then it is better for some small forces It's better to just give up this place if you stay.

Ji Bingyan failed to enter the mountain gate of Huashan School to negotiate a cooperation, so he naturally gave up other small schools and market medical clinics in Qindi, but this undoubtedly made him very upset, so much so that he couldn't help but frown when he mentioned it now.

"Huashan School..." Aliu vaguely remembered that this school seems to have something to do with Bat Island in the original work, "What did they say?"

"What else can I say? The head of the sect has a life, so please refuse foreigners." Ji Bingyan became more and more angry as she thought about it, she couldn't even lie down on the soft chair in the boat that he brought back from Persia, so she turned over and sat up, "Forget it. Now, don't mention these things, go drink, treat yourself."

Ah Liu originally wanted to say that she is poor now, but thinking that Ji Bingyan was still complaining just now, she agreed.

"Okay, please." She also got up, "Where are you going to drink?"

Ji Bingyan stared at her for a while, and said: "I know a place, the wine is not bad, do you want to try it?"

Ah Liu was about to nod his head, but Hu Tiehua had already stepped forward and said that your cunning mouth is not bad, so you must try it.

The three of them left the cabin.On the deck, Song Tian'er and the three were sitting together peeling lotus seeds. When they heard the movement, they looked up at them at the same time.

It was Su Rongrong who spoke first, she blinked curiously, and asked, "Brother Chu, are you going to get off the boat?"

"Yeah." A Liu nodded and confessed, "We don't have to cook for the three of us for a while, and Chaoying will tell him when he comes back."

"Where did he go?" Ji Bingyan remembered that he hadn't seen Lin Chaoying since arriving in Songjiang.

"Old Chu brought him a piece of black iron from the Western Regions." Hu Tiehua answered again, "He went to find the swordsmith he knew today."

"Xuan Tie?" Ji Bingyan raised her eyebrows, "It's a big deal."

I don't know why, but at this moment, A Liu, who has long been accustomed to being made fun of by people in the Jianghu, felt a little uncomfortable, subconsciously moved his eyes away, and said: "It was because of me that he lost the sword, it should have been Give him a hand."

Ji Bingyan laughed, and said that Xuantie is hard to find. Could it be that you asked the Ouyang girl from Baituo Mountain Villa to ask for it?

"That's right." A Liu supported his forehead, "Didn't you say drink? Are you still leaving?"

Speaking of this, Ji Bingyan gave up teasing her, flicked his long sleeves, and stepped off the boat.

Ah Liu quickly followed, but he didn't forget to wave goodbye to the three little girls on the deck.

Under the leadership of Ji Bingyan, the three of them walked along the river for almost two quarters of an hour, and they didn't stop until they reached a wine shop near Xuejiazhuang.

The wine was laid out by the river, the place was very small, there were no more than four tables in total, and when they arrived, there happened to be the last one left.

The lady proprietress of the wine shop was not very enthusiastic when she saw them go in and sit down. She even urged Hu Tiehua several times before she came over and asked them what wine they wanted to drink.

This attitude of being lazy to deal with the guests surprised Aliu, but what surprised her was not the attitude itself, but the attitude of the proprietress, Ji Bingyan actually endured it, and brought them together?

The wine here must be really good, Ah Liu couldn't help thinking.

The wine that she was looking forward to was soon brought up by the proprietress, and Aliu was the first to hold the wine glass and pour it for the three of them respectively.

When pouring it, she found that the wine was not even filtered, which was a bit too careless, and she was speechless for a moment, but she immediately drank half a glass with the thought that maybe the taste was very unusual, so she was so informal.

Then the next moment, the overly sour smell of wine rushed into her throat, almost choking her.

A Liu: "?!"

She couldn't help but look at Ji Bingyan, doubting with her eyes: Is this the good wine you mentioned?

Ji Bingyan coughed very calmly and said nothing.

At the same time, Hu Tiehua also raised his glass and took a sip.

Unlike Ah Liu, Hu Tiehua didn't care about the proprietress and just listened from the side. When he drank the bad wine, he immediately vomited it all out.

"What is this!" He not only vomited, but also scolded, "Old Ji, you are playing with me, horse urine tastes better than this wine!"

As soon as he finished speaking, someone from the table behind them slapped the table and said, "Did you talk like that?!"

A Liu followed the voice and looked over, and found that it was a tall girl in a ponytail in a strong suit, with bright eyes, a look of anger, and a sword in her hand.

The sword has never been out of its sheath, but just by looking at its shape, one can vaguely see something extraordinary.

But when Hu Tiehua got angry, he didn't care about it so much, he choked back immediately and said: "It's bad to drink!"

This time, as soon as he finished speaking, the other party directly drew out the sword.

Seeing this, Ah Liu hurriedly stepped forward to stop her, and separated the girl from Hu Tiehua by the way.

"Girl!" She knew where the crux of the conflict was. "It was indeed his fault that he spoke inappropriately just now. How about I apologize to the proprietress on his behalf?"

The girl holding the sword is not weak in martial arts, and her eyesight is not weak. Seeing that she firmly blocked her sword as soon as she raised her hand, she instantly understood that the person in front of her had better martial arts than her. In addition, her tone was sincere and she apologized. He also apologized to the proprietress, which showed his sincerity, so he stopped for a while.

Realizing that most of the force from his fingertips had been relieved, Aliu heaved a sigh of relief, and at the same time quickly picked up the wine glass on the table with his other hand, and drank the remaining half of the glass immediately.

"He's used to being outspoken." A Liu said, "I still hope that there are many young ladies, so don't argue with him."

I have to say that the effect of this apology and compensation for wine is really quite good.

And A Liu even hit the rails while it was hot: "What's more, if you do it here, won't you cause trouble for the proprietress?"

Hearing this, the girl finally put down the sword in her hand.

Ah Liu thought about it, the wine was not good anyway, so let's go when the conflict is resolved, so after putting down the money for the drink, he gave Hu Tiehua and Ji Bingyan winks to go away.

Hu Tiehua was actually quite annoyed, because he felt that he was right, but A Liu apologized for him, and he could do nothing but follow along silently.

As a result, within a few steps of leaving the wine shop, the girl swordsman with the ponytail chased them out and wanted to give them the money for the wine.

A Liu: "?"

"Actually, I know that the wine she brews is not good." The girl curled her lips and said, "But I don't want anyone to say that in front of her. You should be used to drinking good wine, so you just paid... the money for this wine." I'll come out."

Ah Liu was not in a hurry to pick it up, but only asked: "Young lady and the proprietress are..."

The girl seemed a little embarrassed, and said: "She is the mother of one of my junior sisters, and my junior sister entrusted me to take care of her elderly."

"Is it the kind of care that draws the sword directly when someone says that the wine is bad?" Hu Tiehua didn't hold back.

"you--"

"Girl, don't be angry." A Liu glared at Hu Tiehua, "He is really used to being outspoken. You don't have to give me the money for the wine just now. After all, I decided to buy the wine, so I should pay for it. "

When the girl heard this, she felt a little embarrassed, raised her hand and scratched her temple hair, and said, "Then...thank you for your understanding."

A Liu smiled: "It's okay..."

"By the way, I haven't asked you yet... What are your surnames?" She said again, "My name is Gao Yanan, and I am a disciple of the Huashan School."

Ah Liu: "..." Damn it, I said Ji Bingyan, who is so picky, would say that the wine here is delicious, so she was waiting here!

Combined with what they had just talked about before disembarking, she really understood everything in a flash.

Drinking a fart of wine, this guy probably found out that there is a Huashan disciple like Gao Yanan here, so he took her and Hu Tiehua here, just to get on line with someone logically, so that it is convenient to find out whether the Huashan faction still cooperates possible.

Because he knew that with Hu Tiehua's character, if he drank bad wine, he would definitely be disgusted, and he also knew that if there was any conflict, she would definitely stop it!

Once you come and go, don't you know each other?

A-Liu cursed secretly in her heart, and at the same time accepted the bamboo horse's painstaking arrangements resignedly, met the gaze of the young swordsman in front of her, and smiled slightly: "I'm Xia Chu Liuxiang."