Chapter 86 God’s Mercy
byAfter Yan Xi finished taking care of the affairs in the yard, he set off for the Yue Xi military camp without delay.
At the beginning of July, the western region was slightly cool, and the dryness on Yan Xi's body had dropped significantly recently, and she was galloping against the wind while holding the moon and piercing the clouds. The wind blew away the boredom of several days.
Yan Xi was very happy, he rode first and arrived at the Yue Xi military camp in less than half a day.
Yan Xi reined in his horse and stopped ten miles away from the barracks.
Zi Yuan stopped the horse and narrowed her eyes slightly in the direction Yan Xi was looking at.
Wei Chifeng went around to Yan Xi's side and asked, "Master, do you have other arrangements?"
"Going forward, the sentry post in the military camp will be able to see us, and Master will definitely come out of the camp to meet us." Yan Xi said, "Go to Yue Xi Mutual Market first."
Wei Chifeng said: "Master, there are many people in the exchange market, and there are also many spies from Mo Di and Mangrong. If something good or bad happens..."
"If you startle up and down, you won't be able to see the original situation." Yan Xi raised his horsewhip and said, "The exchange market is my Da Jing's territory. I want to see what good or bad can happen."
Zi Yuan raised her eyebrows and looked at Wei Chifeng and said, "Why, does Wei Tong know if he wants to go?"
"Ouch." Wei Chifeng begged for mercy, "My sister, with you here, I have nothing to be afraid of."
"Brother Tongzhi is so kind," Zi Yuan said, "I appreciate it very much. Whether adults go or not is a matter for adults, and whether it is safe or not is our business. Brother Tongzhi, remember!"
She flattered her horse and went to explore the way.
Yan Xi looked at Zi Yuan's back and smiled slightly. He found that Zi Yuan was much happier after leaving Jingdu.Originally in Jingdu, Ziyuan was cautious in everything, either putting on airs so that people could not figure out her identity, or she refused to say a word, but after arriving in the western region, there were obviously more laughter and laughter.
Fang Xun and Du Yue are also more energetic than Zai Jing. Sometimes they dare to laugh and call out to your lord when they see him.
In the past, these people were very careful when they saw him, for fear that they would make him unhappy again.
Jingdu is like a cage, the vortex of power and human feelings cruelly sweeps the people inside, in order to protect themselves, people have to suppress their nature, to be the fish in the pond and the caged bird, doing hypocrisy and submissive things.
Yan Xi found that Song Beiming and the people under his command were very similar in this point. They seemed to be born with more freedom. They were born to like to fly. Once they left Jingdu, they seemed to have regained their wings. They are birds and fierce horses..
And this kind of wantonness has infected the people around Yan Xi, Wei Chifeng has obviously become bolder, and he has become more willing to get close to others. A while ago, he saw Wei Chifeng sitting with Fang Xun and DuyueDrink on the eaves.
Yan Xi thought, the situation is really stronger than people, and before he knew it, he and Song Beiming's subordinates got along with each other as a matter of course, and they were already called brothers and sisters.
In a sense, he and Song Beiming carried the expectations of these people for the future of the Western Region.
Here, everyone naturally thought that he and Song Beiming should be together, that His Royal Highness and King Beiyuan coexisted like stars and moons, and complemented each other.
The Yue Xi exchange market is one of the two major exchanges in the Western Region, second only to the Pingchuan exchange market.Merchants from Da Jing sell salt, cloth, tea, porcelain and grain here, Mo Di sells horses, cattle and sheep here, and people from Mang Rong will also come here.
Due to the large volume of goods sold in the mutual market, considerable profits, and the interests of both countries, Da Jing once stipulated that all aspects of the mutual market should be run by the trading authorities.The original intention is to control the materials sold by Dajing, so that other countries cannot be cheap.
But the official camp eventually turned to layers of exploitation. The low-level tea, salt, cloth and other craftsmen and merchants fled and disappeared.
This incident later came to Emperor Tianxi. At that time, Emperor Tianxi forcibly removed the official shops in the exchange market, which affected the interests of the four surnames, and the four surnames counterattacked.After that, for many years, Emperor Tianxi's order could not leave Jingdu, but Emperor Tianxi still insisted, lifted the ban on mutual market restrictions on private businesses, and started the mutual market again.
When Yan Xi arrived, it was the busiest time for restaurants and restaurants.
The dark guard and Jin Yiwei hid in the crowd first, and Yan Xi was only followed by Zi Yuan and Wei Chifeng.
Yan Xi wore a curtain before entering the exchange market, but just with that posture and demeanor, it also made people feel extravagant, like a fairy descended into the world.
The two attendants beside him, one is charming and the other is heroic, they can tell at a glance that he is a master with family background and money.
When they arrived at the south end of the exchange market, businessmen came to greet them in Hornet's nest.
Wei Chifeng stood in front of Yan Xi, and responded with a good voice, when those people saw Wei Chifeng's hand holding the saber, they knew it was not easy to mess with, so they could only shout from a distance.
One of them was clever, and when a group of people were shouting to sell things, he called out ingeniously: "Guest officer, do you want to eat? There is also a good private room in our restaurant. Our proprietress is the most beautiful woman in the market!"
Zi Yuan was about to refuse, but Yan Xi said softly, "Please lead the way."
Zi Yuan went to look at Wei Chifeng, Wei Chifeng nodded to her, Zi Yuan felt confident.
In addition to the tea, cloth, salt and grain that are mainly sold in the mutual market, some daily gadgets are also sold, and the scale has surpassed that of the mobile market.Looking back along the street, there are still a few rows of roofs, which are in the style of folk houses, and it seems that there are already permanent residents.
Yue Xi Mutual Market is far more prosperous than what is said in Jingdu.
I thought that the shop that Xiaoer mentioned was about at the south end of the market, so didn't need to walk a few steps.Unexpectedly, it was the largest restaurant in the middle of the market.
Two rows of large lanterns hung at the entrance of the tavern, held by iron wires, swayed steadily in the border wind.
Walking into the tavern, the interior decoration is magnificent, and if you look carefully, there are no expensive materials, but it makes people feel stylish and very comfortable.
The waiter greeted him warmly and thoughtfully, and led him upstairs respectfully all the way.
Yan Xi entered the private room, and the door was quietly closed behind her.There was already someone waiting inside, and when that person saw Yan Xi, he immediately bowed and saluted: "Yuqin has seen the master."
Yan Xi took off the curtain fence, Wei Chifeng took it quickly, Yan Xi sat on the main seat and said: "The restaurant is well built, and the location is well chosen."
Han Yuqin followed her to wait on her, poured tea for Yan Xi decently, stood aside and said in a soft voice: "This restaurant was bought by shopkeeper Shen according to your wishes a few months ago. He changed it on the original basis.Decorating, adding manpower, I have been here for a short time, and I have not contributed much. This store has a good foundation, and now it is not only a wine and food business, but also a hotel. Now it is the largest tavern in the market. Some regular customers come moreI can trust the store, and they also ask the store to help introduce sales on weekdays, so I am the master, and I have also done some business introductions. These days, there are a lot of news coming and going in the store."
Han Yuqin's words were ingenious, not only taking good care of the scene, but also showing merit.
For the business done in the dark, a secret report is submitted to Yanxi every five days. Yanxi knows that this tavern did not do introduction business before.And border intelligence is a great achievement.
Yan Xi nodded and said, "Both you and Shen Qian will be rewarded."
As Yan Xi's close guard, Wei Chifeng is in charge of Jinyiwei, so he knows that Han Yuqin is here, and also knows a lot of Yan Xi's business.
But seeing is believing, when he saw this restaurant, he was still taken aback, he didn't expect that the business that Yan Xi secretly planned would be so big in the mutual market.
After Yan Xi drank the tea, his throat, which was dry by the wind, felt much better. Standing in the shadow of the window, he saw that most of the stalls on the street outside were already clearing up their things.
Han Yuqin said: "The transaction in the exchange market is only half a day, and the merchants have to rush back after finishing the business. After lunch, most of the merchants packed up their things and prepared to leave. Only the designated shops and residents in the exchange market live here. In the afternoon,The mutual market is only half lively. Our shops here are the best in money piles, food stores and taverns."
Han Yuqin paused at this point, and heard footsteps approaching hurriedly outside.
Yan Xi didn't call Han Yuqin and continued, he was sipping his teacup, and heard the person outside the door calling flatteringly: "Master."
Yan Xi didn't respond, and none of the people present dared to answer.
The people outside shouted again: "Master."
Yan Xi closed the lid of the tea.
Wei Chifeng understood what Yan Xi meant, went to open the door, saw Shen Qian was sweating outside and dared not enter.
Wei Chifeng saw this kind of scene a lot in Jinyiwei, and sighed, "It's already here, come in quickly."
Shen Qian came in hesitantly, and closed the door by himself.
In fact, he regretted it after knocking on the door, and now he felt anxious and didn't dare to look at Yan Xi at all.Those present were all Yanxi's closest subordinates, and those who took this position were all smart people, seeing Shen Qian rushing over like this, they knew what it meant.
Shen Qian knelt on the ground with a plop, and shouted again: "Master."
He originally wanted to find something else to say, but then he thought about it, he had already taken a wrong step, and it would be really ugly if he went around and refused to tell the truth.
He swallowed, biting his lips black with regret.
Shouldn't have come.
Han Yuqin has lowered her head ever since Shen Qian came in. Seeing that Shen Qian's eyes were red, she backed away silently.
Yan Xi's eyes swept over Shen Qian and Han Yuqin.
Sunlight came in from the window, Yan Xi sat in the light, with his face turned away from the light, his expression looked very calm, he said: "Say anything."
Wei Chifeng and Zi Yuan looked at each other, but they kept silent.
Shen Qian had always been in awe of Yan Xi, but now hearing Yan Xi's tone, he couldn't stop his heart palpitations, he kowtowed abruptly, not daring to look at Yan Xi, and murmured: "Master, the little one...is the little oneThinking too much, the fault is the small one, the small one has nothing to say, and is willing to accept the punishment."
For the sake of confidentiality, Yan Xi only notified Han Yuqin of this trip.But as soon as he entered the tavern of the Korean piano pipe, he only drank a cup of tea, and Shen Qian arrived.
Obviously, Shen Qian asked people to keep an eye on the tavern, as long as there was a slight change in the tavern, Shen Qian would be able to come over in a cup of tea.
Shen Qian understands the inside story, and can see the clues from Yan Xi's Qingche Jiancong's travels, which may not be as good as others.But Shen Qian's peeping behavior can be carried out quietly under the nose of Han Yuqin, which shows that others can do the same.
This is a very dangerous signal.
Wei Chifeng poked his head out towards the window when Shen Qian came in. The Jinyiwei and the dark guard outside saw it and immediately became vigilant.
This is an exchange market, people are mixed, once something goes wrong, if it is handled carelessly, it may lead to disaster.
Not to mention that Yan Xi's identity is sensitive, and if people with ulterior motives know about it, don't know what will happen.
Yan Xi didn't speak. Those who followed him knew that when Yan Xi was dissatisfied, he would not scold his subordinates, but his indifferent silence was even more frightening.
Because no one knows how much patience Yan Xi will be willing to give them, maybe Yan Xi will give up on them the next moment.
Shen Qian couldn't wait for Yan Xi's reply, the cold sweat dripping from his forehead fell on the wooden floor.
In this silence, Han Yuqin also knelt down in panic.
At this moment, Shen Qian strongly realized that although Yan Xi let him do it freely, he was actually in control of everything.
These days, Shen Qian has become a little smug in being the big shopkeeper of Haiyan and Heqing, thinking that these two companies are all his credit.
Only when he was in front of Yan Xi did he truly realize that whether it was the Haiyan or the Heqing, the capital, blueprints, government relations, and even the planning and planning all belonged to Yanxi.
Even if Yan Xi is far away in Jingdu, he can decide the life or death of the two companies with a flick of a finger.
Shen Qian's subordinates are now in charge of thousands of people, and they look like a great person from the outside, but apart from Yan Xi, he is nothing.
In fact, Shen Qian has always been sober in his heart, and it is precisely because of his sobriety that he has recently developed a strong sense of crisis.
Because Yanxi not only called Han Yuqin, but also arranged for many newcomers, he suspected that there were even people from Jin Yiwei.These people can pass him and report to Yan Xi through the guard. Yan Xi can see places that even he can't see clearly through these eyes.
Shen Qian can foresee that he will gradually become less important, and even one day, anyone can replace him.
What made him even more uneasy was that Han Yuqin's husband, Wen Yan, was also Yan Xi's mentor. As long as Han Yuqin and his wife work together, they can easily embarrass him in front of Yan Xi.
This feeling of being gradually emptied made Shen Qian very uncomfortable, so that he tried his best to prove his irreplaceability these days.
Finding someone to monitor Han Yuqin's movements is a last resort for him, he must always know what Han Yuqin is doing, and then try to do better than Han Yuqin; and he is jealous that Han Yuqin has more to seeYan Xi's opportunity, just to guess what Han Yuqin got the master's words, made him scratch his head and couldn't sleep.
With these thoughts, before seeing Yan Xi, it was natural for Shen Qian to be able to comfort himself, but now that Yan Xi was sitting in front of him, and Yan Xi glanced at him, his thoughts were completely exposed, looking so dirty.
He knew that Yan Xi was a person who could not tolerate sand in his eyes, and his behavior of being jealous and inquiring about Yan Xi's whereabouts for no reason had violated his master's taboo.
Shen Qian is a very smart person, he figured out these joints in an instant, cold sweat dripped all over his body, and he broke down in tears with remorse: "Damn the small one, you shouldn't judge the belly of a gentleman with a villain, and you shouldn't take credit for it."Self-confidence, even the life of the little one belongs to the master, so it is fine for the master to punish the little one, I just hope that the master will not dislike the little one, and don't drive the little one away. The little one doesn't want to leave the master."
Yan Xi picked up the tea again. He gently stirred the tea, watching the tea leaves in it sink and float. In this poor frontier, it is not easy to drink tea of this quality. Han Yuqin put his heart into it..The bank that Shen Qian operates in the mutual market, all the accounts handed over are done carefully and with heart.
Yan Xi was impatient with those scheming thoughts, but she also knew in her heart that these two were doing things sincerely.
On the one hand, he rationally told himself that these people had no choice but to be loyal to him in the current situation; on the other hand, in this suppressed silence, he thought of those subordinates of Song Beiming.
Fang Xun, Du Yue, Zi Yuan, and even those bodyguards and dark guards who Yan Xi couldn't name, those people can follow Song Beiming in Jingdu for five years, or they can follow Song Beiming to the battlefield and fight with their lives.Even Song Beiming used those subordinates who were overqualified and used them as close guards by his side, and the subordinates had no complaints or regrets. Many of them even almost died trying to save him.
Song Beiming was a natural leader, and he was able to control both his subordinates and the army, which made his subordinates instinctively want to rely on him and rely on him.
At this moment, Yan Xi sensed some kind of strange feeling of pity in herself.
He actually tried to think, if Song Beiming encountered such a situation, how would he be kind and compassionate, and how would he be considerate to his subordinates?
Inadvertently, Yan Xi had a soft heart for the people in this book who had no emotional ties to him. His eyes stopped on Zi Yuan, who was inexplicably looked at by him.
Yan Xi looked back at the two kneeling in front of him and said: "I don't want to see you for the second time. Since you are all here today, let's make a clear distinction between the matters at hand." Haiyan"I don't sell food any more, and I will focus on the business of 'Heqinghao' in the future. The most important money bank and grain store at the moment are very important to the Western Region.For Zipu, the government’s suppression alone is far from enough, and He Qing’s bank must play a greater role, making serious lending business big enough, so that those who lend money will have no way out.”
Yan Xi paused for a moment, then continued: "The food industry is now tied to the safety of the western region, and every grain of rice is useful, and if it is used well, it will not only benefit the people, but also serve the country; if it is used incorrectly, I don't need to say more, you guysI can’t sleep well at night. The two of you go down and discuss among yourself, who will do what, how to take care of each other, write a clear charter, and come see me again.”
Shen Qian and Han Yuqin had seen how Yan Xi beat Zhou Xu and Jia Zongru, and they knew that Yanxi's methods were ruthless and he was extremely clever at manipulating people's hearts.
They were the witnesses present that day, and they were also the targets of being beaten by Yan Xi.
During the days when they followed Yanxi, from Yanxi's meticulous planning, Yanxi had already been enshrined in a position that ordinary people could not reach.Yan Xi is really too tall, so tall that they can't even reach Yan Xi from the corner of their eyes.In their cognition, Yan Xi is like a god, who can see through all their small movements and thoughts.
But because Yan Xi was the only god they could rely on, they would want the god to look at them more.
This was not possible before.
However, just now, the god seemed to lower his eyes in compassion to listen to their voices.
With tears on his face, Shen Qian went to look at Han Yuqin in disbelief, and Han Yuqin looked back in astonishment.
These two people were overwhelmed by their master's unexpected sympathy, and when they went to see Yan Xi at the same time, tears were streaming down their faces.
Yan Xi watched them quietly.
Yan Xi's gaze seemed warmer than before, and the turbulent waves in Shen Qian and Han Yuqin's hearts were slowly calmed down. Under Yan Xi's comfort, they pulled out the thorns all over their bodies that had been erected to compete for supremacy, and settled their suspicions..
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