Dynasty Summons: Low-key Hegemony

Chapter 188 Road Encounters
In the following two days, Li Yuan and Li Sibing talked at night, and the two talked very happily.

It was mainly Li Yuan who was listening. Based on the findings during this period, Li Si put forward some key suggestions for the Chu Palace to control Lingzhou and even the future states.

Now Lingzhou is just in the stage of integration, and various policies are easy to implement. Li Yuan immediately decided to let Li Si start from Lingyun Mansion and Linglie Mansion, and let Xun Yu and Jia Xu cooperate and coordinate in each mansion.

A few days later, Li Yuan took Ah Qing and Xiao Zi Zi to walk leisurely all the way in the passing towns after dealing with the various affairs that Xun Yu and Jia Xu reported.

Since Li Yuan came to this world, apart from the days in the palace, it was the first time he had such a leisurely time to enjoy the scenery of the Dayu Dynasty.

In the past, when I was on the road, I was always worried, my power was weak, my strength was not strong, and I couldn’t control my life. Every time I was on the road, I was forced to walk, always thinking about what I was about to face, and what was my next plan?Even every time you have to calculate the result of the final fiasco, and then how to remedy it.

Now I have Li Si, Xun Yu, Jia Xu, Yu Wencheng, Zhong Limei, Ma Chao, Xu Chu and many other civil servants under my command. With them, Lingzhou is basically at ease.

He didn't point fingers, but relied on modern knowledge to put forward some suggestions to discuss with them, and implement them in line with the conditions of this world.

"Your Highness, Jingze City is ahead, shall we go in?"

Fan Jianqiang held the carriage, turned around and asked Li Yuan in the carriage.

Inside the carriage, the carriage is very stable, and the tea will not be spilled even if it is placed on the table. Xiao Ye Zi is sitting in front of the small table, making tea in a smooth manner, and glances at the giant panda in the corner from time to time, showing a very moving look.

Furry and chubby!
So cute, I really want to touch it!

It's a pity that when he looked at Ah Qing's cold face, he quickly dismissed his thoughts.

This woman is capable of beheading the Venerable with a single sword, so she should give up her request to touch the giant panda.

Xiao Ye Zi stayed in the palace for a long time, and she was very cautious in her actions and actions. She knew how to restrain herself best in the palace.

People who can't restrain themselves in the palace will die miserably.

Ah Qing looked at the little leaf who respectfully handed her tea, her eyes moved slightly, and a clear voice sounded:

"Little Yezi, if there is a bamboo forest in front of you, please take Big Fatty to find some fresh bamboo shoots later."

Xiao Yezi's eyes lit up, "Okay."

Ah Qing maintains a certain amount of kindness towards those who like giant pandas, she has always been very generous.

Li Yuan ignored the interaction between Ah Qing and Xiao Yezi, but looked at Jingze City in the distance in a daze.

This is Jingze City.

That was where he first got start-up funding.

He had a deep memory of the Jingze City Lord and the heads of the various families in the city. They spoke nicely here, were good at singing and dancing, and were generous in their moves.

He loves it so much.

"No need, next time!"

Li Yuan shook his head, now he is still secretly returning to the capital, and his identity is not easy to reveal.

"it is good!"

The speed of the carriage quickly crossed Jingze City, left the border of Lingzhou, and came to the border of Lianzhou.

Five days later, on the avenue in Yinghui County, the largest of the eight prefectures in Liancang, Li Yuan's carriage was driving slowly.

Li Yuan looked quietly at most of the people on the official road through the curtain of the car, walking on the road with sallow and emaciated eyes.

The common people on the road stared at this luxurious carriage, shrunk their bodies, and showed awe in their eyes, and some even had a trace of hatred.

They don't know who is inside, but they must be those dignitaries, or those hateful gang leaders.

Li Yuan's heart is very heavy. He thought that Lianzhou would be much better without the war, but he didn't expect it to be more chaotic here. The officials and officials protect each other, and the various forces are mixed with each other. Taking advantage of the troubled times, they wantonly amass wealth and carelessly. The people are in dire straits.

Gangs and bandits are rampant in various cities, collecting treasures and robbing people.

"Oh, this damn troubled world!"

A group of convoys gradually ran parallel to Li Yuan's carriage. The speaker was a merchant owner with a round face and a pot belly, but there was a look of sorrow on his brows. Sitting on a carriage pulling goods, the surrounding people also looked sad. .

"The entrance price has increased again! It has been increased twice this month!"

"Well, business is hard to do, and there are so many robbers passing by. If we continue to do this, it will really be a loss-making business."

"Hey, who's to say no, there are more bandits now, if you can communicate with each other, you will be lucky, at worst, you will lose some money by paying tolls.

I'm afraid that if we meet that kind of desperate thugs, they will steal money and even kill people, and we will spend a lot of money to hire warriors. Another merchant sighed.

"Hey, let's go quickly, I hope we can reach the county seat safely." One person looked at the road ahead, showing a trace of fear, as if there was a tiger blocking the way.

"Ma Dan, after this trip, I will quit."

"Ugh!"

This convoy is very large, with thirty or forty carriages pulling goods, guarded by hundreds of strong men, and several Houtian realm warriors walk in the front.

It seems that several peddlers and merchants cooperated to walk together.

Suddenly, the potbellied at the beginning, and the round-faced merchant noticed that Li Yuan on the carriage in front of him was looking at the pedestrians on the side of the road in a trance, his expression paused, and his eyes quickly looked at this gorgeous-looking carriage.

Li Yuan put down the car curtain, and said to Fan Jianqiang outside:
"Be strong and drive faster."

"Yes, son!"

When Fan Jianqiang heard Li Yuan's words, he immediately accelerated the speed of the carriage.

"drive!"

The carriage quickly overtook the caravan.

"Drive!" The carriage drove in a hurry, and Fan Qiangqiang was speeding up.

"Wait a moment!"

"The carriage in front, wait a minute!"

Behind, a hurried voice sounded.

Fan Jianqiang is now at the peak of the master's cultivation base, and he could clearly hear the voice behind him, his face moved, and he stopped the whip in his hand, but he did not stop immediately.

"Stop."

Inside the carriage, Li Yuan's voice sounded.

"Yes!"

The speed of the carriage dropped and stopped after traveling tens of meters.

The fat merchant at the back saw the carriage stop, heaved a sigh of relief, jumped out of the truck, and trotted over. The merchant bosses around looked at each other, wondering what he was going to do.

"Young master, please excuse me."

The fat merchant came to the carriage panting, and said to Li Yuan in the carriage.

"Why did you intercept us?" Fan Jianqiang looked at him coldly.

"My surname is Zhou. I'm a merchant in Yinghui County. Everyone calls me Lao Zhou. But are you going to Yinghui County?"

The old Zhou didn't wait for Fan Jianqiang to open his mouth, stretched out his greasy and fat finger to point to the road ahead, and continued:
"There is only this road to the county town, and it is hundreds of miles away. Now this road is very dangerous. There are several bandits entrenched on this road and often rob caravan passengers. Why don't you go with us, my son, our caravan has a large number of people. , there are hundreds of masters, several acquired warriors, and one innate master sitting in the guard, those bandits don't dare to act rashly when they see us, and they will take care of us when we walk together."

Li Yuan opened the car curtain and looked at the modest and smiling old Zhou, frowning and asked:

"Are there so many bandits now? When I walked here last year, it was still a safe journey. Does the county and town care about these?"

When Lao Zhou heard Li Yuan's words, he smiled wryly and said:

"Take care? What do you do? The officials and lords in the county city don't care about our life or death. Now as long as the city is stable, this road is densely forested and steep, and the bandits will run into the mountains after intercepting them. None, officers and soldiers are not willing to come out and work hard to catch bandits."

Hearing this, Li Yuan retaliated against Lao Zhou.

"Then disturb everyone."

"Don't bother, don't bother." Old Zhou said with a smile.

While they were talking, the caravan had already walked beside them.

Under Lao Zhou's arrangement, Li Yuan's carriage merged into the middle of the caravan.

At the front of the caravan, several merchants who partnered with Lao Zhou frowned when they saw Lao Zhou let a carriage merge into the caravan.

"Old Zhou, who is in the carriage?"

"Old Zhou, in this situation, how can you easily let others into the caravan? What if he and the bandits in front of you are together?"

"Yeah, we don't even know anything about him."

"It looks like that groom is not an ordinary person."

Lao Zhou smiled and said: "There should be a young master from a certain family in the carriage. He is away from home. Please help me."

"Hey, you, the person who told you to look after that son, don't cause any trouble because of him."

"No problem, when we get to the county seat, I'll be the host!"

Following Lao Zhou's promise, several merchants no longer struggled with this issue. Thanks to Lao Zhou's eloquence, everyone changed the topic again.

It seemed that they were tired of talking and returned to their respective carriages.

Lao Zhou also quickly came to a large carriage in the middle.

"Daddy!"

When Lao Zhou entered, a crisp voice sounded.

In the carriage, there was also a beautiful woman with a handsome face, watching Lao Zhou come back, smiling, with twinkling eyes, she looked a little shrewd.

Lao Zhou looked at his favorite jewel, and sighed:

"Xiuyu, I told you that I told you to stay at home, but you insisted on following. See how many bandits we encountered along the way. Now you regret it."

The woman named Xiuyu, seeing Lao Zhou sighing, gently caressed his chest, showing a sly smile:

"Daddy, am I worried about you? Besides, I have never been in business before. Didn't you say that you will put the burden on me in the future, and always come out to see and see."

"That was before, what time is it now, look at how many bandits there are now, how dare I let you out."

"Daddy, you're so powerful, didn't you solve all the bandits you encountered?" Xiuyu praised Lao Zhou when she saw that she was angry.

"Those are ordinary bandits, but can the bandits in front be the same? These are the bandits that are closer to the county town. The closer the bandits are to the county town, the more powerful they are. The bandits here are either too strong, or they are behind..."

When Lao Zhou said this, his face darkened and he kept sighing.

"Okay, daddy, I know your good intentions. How come you suddenly let an unknown carriage enter the caravan? It's not like you." Xiuyu knew Lao Zhou very well, seeing his frowning expression Change the subject immediately.

Sure enough, upon hearing this, Lao Zhou regained his energy for a while, carefully opened the curtain, looked at the carriage that had just joined behind him, sighed, but smiled, put down the curtain, and said to Xiuyu:

"It's not because of you."

"Because of me?" Xiuyu's cheeks flushed suddenly. She just heard Lao Zhou say that there was a son in the carriage, and she said hastily:
"Daddy, why are you like this again, do you think your daughter is so worried about getting married?

If I want to find a husband-in-law openly, believe it or not, the people who want to marry me can line up from the west of the city to the east of the city. "

"What are you thinking?" Old Zhou looked at Xiuyu's angry look, and tapped her head:
"I want you to marry him, but you may not be worthy of him."

Lao Zhou moved closer to Xiuyu, his voice lowered three degrees.

"Let me tell you, that son is not ordinary. I have seen that the son of the sheriff of Yinghui County does not have his temperament."

"Ah, then why do you still let him come to our caravan? Someone like this must be guarded by a strong person, and he doesn't need our help." Xiuyu opened her eyes wide. In her opinion, the son of the sheriff of Yinghui County is already He is a top son, and there is actually someone stronger than him.

"He doesn't need it, we need it!"

Seeing Xiuyu's surprised expression, Lao Zhou showed a smug smile:

"It's not because of you, otherwise, father, why would I be so shameless to beg that son.

I think that groom is not an ordinary person, he is more magnanimous than the two innate masters we invited, he must be a powerful guard, with him, we can be considered as a little bit safe when we encounter bandits.

You remember, if our caravan is robbed by bandits and it is difficult to resist, you will run to that carriage. "

"Daddy!" Seeing Lao Zhou's smug eyes, Xiuyu's eyes turned red and her nose sore.

She knew that her father was thinking about her own safety. If she hadn't sneaked out before, her father might not have to worry so much.

"But Daddy, if we get attached to such a top big shot, it will be difficult to get rid of. If he knows that we are using him, we may die if Wei Wei makes a move."

"Okay, okay, don't worry, I'll take a closer look at that young master. He has a handsome face and a dignified aura. He's easy to get along with at first glance. We'll be fine."

Lao Zhou comforted in a soft voice, his face was full of confidence, but the trace of worry in the depths of his eyes betrayed him.

He can only hope that Li Yuan is a good person, otherwise it will be over if he is that kind of man with a beastly face.

If Lao Zhou lifts the curtain of the car now, he will find that Fan Qiangqiang has been staring at his carriage, his eyes are very cold, and he said that these merchants are only motivated by profit, how could they help others for no reason? them.

In the carriage, Li Yuan calmly sipped the fragrant tea made by Little Leaf.

"Aren't you angry?"

Ah Qing looked at Li Yuan curiously.

They could clearly hear the conversation between the father and daughter in the carriage in the distance.

A majestic king of Chu was tricked by a merchant. If his opponent knew about it, he would laugh out loud.

It's just a disgrace.

"Why are you angry?"

Li Yuan put down the teacup lightly, with a faint smile on his face:

"Seizing opportunities is applicable to everyone. He has this look and courage. We just have nothing to do, so why not do it smoothly."

"You knew what he was thinking from the beginning?" Ah Qing's clear and bright eyes flickered, very pretty.

"Is this important? Everyone has cleverness." Li Yuan played with the teacup, his eyes indifferent.

"He's right. A carriage like ours is like a big fat sheep driving on the road robbed by bandits. There are many bandits who don't know what to do. With the caravan, we may have less trouble .”

(End of this chapter)