vrcanaries Chapter 394 Must go to the capital
Chapter 394 Must go to the capital
Early the next morning, Lin Xiaofan went to visit Zhao Shan, only to find that the latter had left.
Degao Town has now stabilized, and the capital needs manpower again, so Zhao Shan is transferred back.
Everything in Degao Town, including the Zhao family's manpower, was handed over to Zhao Zihan.
At the same time, Zhao Shan also left her a letter asking him to go to the capital when he had time in the future.
Now that the Queen Mother's birthday party is only two months away, he plans to set off again in a month.
Now is the harvest season, and people in Degao County are filled with smiles.
Over the past year, working for Lin Xiaofan and the money and food brought by the bumper harvest were enough for them to survive the famine for two or three years.
Lin Xiaofan was completely free, wandering around Degao Town during the day, or going to Zuixian Tower to eat and drink, and go home to play poker in the evening.
He also further expanded the blacksmith shop. Now there are 300 blacksmiths and thousands of helpers, who can produce hundreds of armors and weapons made of refined iron in a day.
As the scale grew, Lin Xiaofan became known as a government-run company in order to prevent accidents. Only the number of armors left to equip the city guards, and the rest were sent to the Qingzhou Army regularly to avoid leaving any traces of gossip.
At the same time, in these days, the relationship between Daliang and Daqian has eased, and they have begun to trade with each other. Lin Xiaofan sold the extra hemostatic medicine to Daliang in exchange for food.
However, this trade only lasted for half a month, and the merchants of Daliang State stopped and even began to sell hemostatic medicine at low prices.
It seems that they discovered that the four grasses can stop the blood medicine, so this thing instantly became worthless.
One morning, Lin Xiaofan was walking on the street when he met a familiar figure.
"Nine-nine!"
Lin Xiaofan said hello. These days, he was worried about not having a good caravan to cooperate with, but he came at nine o'clock in the morning.
"Counselor Lin, I was just going to find you."
Chaojiu got out of the car with a bit of joy on his face.
"You've come all this way and haven't eaten yet, right?"
Lin Xiaofan smiled, and then took Chaojiu to Zuixian Tower and opened a private room on the second floor.
Before the food was served, Chaojiu said seriously:
"Counsel Lin, the Great Jade Chamber of Commerce is likely to take action against you, and this time, it will be more difficult than imagined."
"I know that you have a lot of people in Degao County, and no matter how hard the Jade Chamber of Commerce tries, it can't deal with you. But outside of Degao County and Qingzhou County, the Da Jade Chamber of Commerce will have a way to deal with you."
"As far as I know, almost all the people they can use have been mobilized to collude with the Chen family in the capital, and also have contact with the Zhang family, Shen family, and Qing family in the capital."
"Counsellor Lin, think about it. They have so many powerful clans uniting to plan something big. And if you want to plan something big, you must eradicate the Jian family, the Zhao family, and you, all the hostile forces."
"So I speculate that they are going to take action against you. I also want to remind you that during this period, try not to leave Degao County."
Hearing this, Lin Xiaofan frowned and fell into thought.
If Chaojiu's information is correct, then things are serious this time.
Although the Zhao family and the Jian family are powerful, behind the Great Jade Chamber of Commerce is the entire Great Jade Kingdom.
In terms of national strength, Dayu Kingdom is only slightly worse than Daqian. When it comes to military strength, Dayu Kingdom is even stronger than Daqian.
Coupled with the four major families, Zhang family, Chen family, Qing family, and Shen family, their power has far exceeded that of Zhao family and Jian family.
But what does the Dayu Chamber of Commerce want to do by uniting these families?
Is it just to deal with the Jian family and Zhao family?
He always felt that this matter was more complicated than he thought.
But you have to go to the capital to understand all of this.
"In short, Counselor Lin, you must be careful in your actions recently."
Chaojiu spoke again.
"Chaojiu, I want to hire some people to protect me. Is there any way?"
After a long time, Lin Xiaofan asked.
You must go to the capital, but you must be fully prepared.
Hearing this, Chaojiu was slightly startled, thought for a moment and then said:
"Counselor Lin, I do know of a killer organization. The people in it are all powerful and get paid to do things. If you want, I can arrange a few."
"So best."
Lin Xiaofan nodded slightly, he just wanted people like this.
If you want to get from Qingzhou to Beijing, you need to pass through Luonan.
Qingzhou is the territory of the Zhao family, and no one will foolishly attack him here. The capital city has many forces and is complicated, so it is not a good place to take action.
So Luonan is their best opportunity to take action.
"Zihan, if we want to go to the capital, which counties in Luonan need to pass through?"
Lin Xiaofan asked.
Zhao Zihan remembered the Daqian map relatively clearly, and after thinking for a moment he said:
"Zhenyang County, Ying County, and Dong County. Zhenyang County is a large county in Luonan County, and the county magistrate is a member of the Zhang family in the capital."
Hearing this, Lin Xiaofan nodded slightly. If you think about it from another person's perspective, the other party has the highest probability of taking action in Luonan County.
"What if it's a detour?"
Lin Xiaofan then asked.
"If we take a detour, it will be a long journey, at least five counties will be passed through. No matter which way, there will be people from the Zhang family."
Zhao Zihan said.
"If this is the case, we will fight them in Luonan and take advantage of this opportunity to eat some of their men."
Lin Xiaofan said.
Since he had to go to the capital and taking a detour would not work, it was better to be fully prepared and face the enemy.
If the Zhang family wants to attack him, firstly, it can pass the government inspection, so they must not bring weapons like the crossbow.
The second is to send people to assassinate, first transfer the city guards away, and then send dozens of good soldiers to make a sneak attack at night. With the help of the Dayu Chamber of Commerce, the other party may have a lot of manpower, so be prepared.
Therefore, Lin Xiaofan had to be prepared and find enough people first. In order to prevent being investigated, these people could not act with him.
"Brother Chaojiu, I want those killers to wait in Luonan County. When we arrive, they will follow us secretly until we leave Luonan County. How much will it cost?"
Lin Xiaofan asked.
"If you just escort her secretly, it will cost about a hundred taels of silver per person."
Open your mouth to Jiu.
Hearing this price, even the wealthy Lin Xiaofan couldn't help but take a breath.
In this era, it only takes one tael of silver to buy a woman, and only thirty taels of silver to buy a craftsman. And each of these killers would cost a hundred taels of printing.
But no matter what, this killer must be used.
"I know the leader of the killer organization. Those killers are absolutely reliable. They are all powerful and will never retreat after a fight."
Chaojiu opened his mouth to explain, then thought for a moment and said:
"I know some of the other killer organizations in the world. The prices are much cheaper, but the reputation is not as good."
"Forget it, let's take the killer organization you mentioned. I'll hire a hundred people."
Lin Xiaofan said directly.
Even he felt a little sick at the thought of such a huge expense.
However, it would not be a loss if we could kill some masters from the Jade Chamber of Commerce and the Zhang family.
He now sells refined salt at home and abroad, and can earn nearly ten thousand taels of silver a month.
"Okay, I'll get in touch."
Chaojiu nodded. Lin Xiaofan insisted on going to the capital, which indeed required the protection of many experts.
Even if Lin Xiaofan didn't want it himself, he would send someone to follow him secretly.