Careerist in Qin Dynasty

Chapter 111: Thief’s Fantasy Dream
On the second day after the New Year, Lu Shan entered Luqiu Pavilion with two strange men, and happened to meet the hall master who came downstairs.

"Who are these two?"

Lu Wei knew that Ah Shan usually put on a high profile in front of his subordinates and outsiders. The person who could be led into Lu Qiu Pavilion by him must have at least some status.

Under Tian Guang's guidance, Hall Master Lu has now changed his bad habit of always using his inner strength to probe others, and only observed these two people from their appearance:
The man on the left has a mustache, a full head, and fair skin, which proves that he has never suffered hardship since he was a child and his family is wealthy.His bright eyes were filled with a philistine spirit, and he was initially determined to be a businessman with a family heritage.

The figure of the man on the right is more eye-catching. He is about two meters tall and can be called a 'giant' in any era.His arms were bare, and the muscles in his upper arms were estimated to be as thick as the thin waists of the two snow girls. His bronze skin looked more like it was burnt by fire, and his finger joints were thick and powerful. From this, we could easily tell that this strong man was a blacksmith.

"Boss, these two are heirs of the Ji Ran family and the Zhu family in Jicheng. They have business dealings with us. We learned that most of the Luqiu Pavilion was planning to leave the Yan Kingdom, so we came here to discuss matters."

"Ji Ran's Cai Hu" and "Zhu's Iron Pattern"

"Meet Hall Master Lu!"

The two people behind Ah Shan saw the attitude of the deputy pavilion master Lu Shan, and immediately understood the identity of the young man in front of them who came downstairs, and hurriedly clasped their fists and saluted.

"Ji Ran's family? Zhu's family?"

Lu Wei's mind turned around and he remembered the explanation of the two terms. He smiled and stepped forward to support the two of them:
"It turns out that we are colleagues from hundreds of schools of thought, so we don't need to be so polite."

"What are you two here to discuss?"

Since it was the New Year, all the disciples who had stayed behind in Lu Qiu Pavilion had returned to celebrate the New Year. There was no one idle in the pavilion, so Lu Wei simply led the two of them to sit down in the corner of the hall on the first floor.

Ah Shan sensiblely made the tea with his own hands. In fact, according to him, the two small sects did not need the boss to receive them personally, but the boss wanted to give these two people face, so of course he would do what the boss wanted.

"Both of us are from small sects and we dare not compare ourselves with farmers."

Cai Hu was flattered and stood up, bent down, and took the tea from the plate brought by the deputy pavilion master with both hands. Tie Wen followed suit and followed the example.

The Ji Ran family came from Ji Ran, a nobleman of the Song Dynasty during the Spring and Autumn Period, whose real name was Xin Lin. He once accepted Fan Li as a disciple and awarded Fan Li seven strategies. Fan Li only used five of them to assist the Yue King Gou Jian to destroy the Wu Kingdom, which was the end of the Seven Kingdoms. A wise man known to all.

The Ji Ran family inherited the economic knowledge of Ji Ran and Fan Li and advocated that the country develop commerce and use commercial circulation to drive agricultural progress, thereby achieving the final prosperity of the country.

Belongs to the school of economics of this era.

However, because Ji Ran, the founder, despised fame and fortune, and his successor Fan Li also retreated quickly, the sect actually had no systematic factions and could not be compared with the Nine Streams and Ten Sects.

Up to now, there are the Ji Ran family in Jicheng, the Ji Ran family in Daliang, and the Ji Ran family in Xianyang. Most of the Ji Ran family are businessmen from various countries without imperial power.

For example, Xu Qiu, whose family was exterminated by Lu Wei, could call himself Ji Ran's family, but if there was a farmer's family name available, Xu Qiu would of course use a farmer's family with a bigger name.

This small sect has no consistent inheritance at all. It can only be said that as long as you have read the books of Ji Ran and Fan Li, you can claim to be the heir of this family.

As for the other casting family, it can be seen from the name that it is one of the hundreds of schools that inherit the art of casting. Compared with the Ji Ran family, there is nothing to introduce.

But for Lu Wei, the main reason why he wanted to treat the two of them with courtesy was for the heir of the casting family.

The craftsmen in all private forging shops and some government-run forging shops in Jicheng are nominally disciples of the casting family.

Forging metal is a combination of physical strength and technical skills. Without the guidance of a traditional teacher, not everyone can be a good craftsman.

But despite this, the status of disciples of the Zhu family is still low.As craftsmen, except for the fact that the iron awls in their hands will change, there is no way for them to improve their status.

After the description of the two families, Lu Wei knew the reason why the two came to Luqiu Pavilion.

Ji Ran's family and Zhu's family are partners in this Jicheng.As a noble merchant for several generations, Cai Hu had always had a close relationship with the powerful people in Jicheng: he would take over the customization business of large and small metal objects from these powerful people, and then transfer it to Tiewen to coordinate the production in major forging shops. .

According to Cai Hu, this business is not big, but it can still support his family.

However, after the Lu brothers took over Lu Qiu Pavilion a few years ago, farmers had a huge demand for craftsmen, and the prices were reasonable. In order to maintain a stable supply, a large number of forging shops began to work exclusively for Lu Qiu Pavilion.

After Cai Hu learned about it, he did not dare to think that the farmer had robbed his business. Instead, he seized the opportunity and led the Ji Ran family in Jicheng to become the suppliers and receivers of the Luqiuge caravan in the city. Make a lot of money.

It can be said that over the past few years, these two companies have essentially become non-staff subsidiaries of the farmer. Once the main business of Luqiuge is withdrawn next year, the business of the two companies will plummet. It will not be possible in the short term to restore it to its original form. It can be done.

For the sake of his own interests and the sake of his subordinates, Cai Hu took the initiative to find Tie Wen, whom he had not had much contact with for several years. Together, the two decided to join the farm directly with those who were willing from the Ji Ran family and Zhu family.

Among them, there are 59 members of Ji Ran's family and 390 servants.

The old craftsmen of the Zhu family lead apprentices, a total of 80 people. Some of the craftsmen of the Zhu family did not want to stay away from their hometown and chose to stay, and the iron patterns were not forced.

Such a request is simply a New Year's gift to the hall master.After Amu moved the machine workshop to Daze Mountain, there was a serious shortage of blacksmiths, and later he had to borrow people from Shennong Hall and Siyue Hall.

With the eighty craftsmen from the Jicheng Casting Family joining Gonggongtang, and allowing the experienced ones to lead a few apprentices, the number of blacksmiths in Bailuyan will soon reach several hundred.

There is no obstacle for the machine workshop to expand its production capacity!
As for businessmen like the Ji Ran family, they are naturally useful.

In Lu Wei's eyes, as long as a person's hands and feet are not completely broken, he can always play some role for himself in the right position.

Most of the Luqiuge disciples in Jicheng are about to withdraw anyway. Those vacant positions can be withdrawn immediately without any rush and replaced by Ji Ran family disciples.If you do some things as a farmer, it is easy to attract attention because the farmer is too big, but the Ji Ran family doesn't have this trouble and can just do it~
After listening to the words of Cai Hu and Tie Wen without being impatient, Lu Wei immediately made plans in his mind to use these two companies.But the performance should not be too eager, and their psychological expectations must be suppressed first, so that when the actual treatment exceeds their expectations in the end, the disciples of the two families will feel grateful to the master~
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Robber Zhi's brain is confused now.

On New Year's Eve, there are many disciples of the Mohist family in Yan State, and even His Royal Highness, the Crown Prince of Yan State, is a disciple of the Mohist family. Therefore, the stronghold of the Mohist family in Jicheng is very lively. The Mo heroes gather together and treat each other as family members, so they do not wander around. The loneliness of being outside.

He, the King of Thieves, as one of the leaders of the Mohist family, was barely in the top ten in the Mohist family. The giant was not around. In order to have fun for his disciples, he came to the heavily guarded Prince's Mansion and prepared to steal a inventory. I would like to go back and give it to the Mo brothers to try.

Although he just walked in dignifiedly, with Prince Dan greeting him in advance, he would have no problem if he wanted not only a plate of snacks, but also a table of banquets!
But how can I show my ability as the king of thieves~
Playing a prank on New Year's Eve is what he is like!

Yan Dan was not in the prince's residence. He went to the palace to attend a banquet. The defense was much looser, which made it easier for Bandit Zhi.

He didn't even need to use the Lightning God's walking skills, just relying on ordinary body skills, he slipped into the hall, wrapped the plate of snacks on the table in a cloth bag prepared in advance, stuffed it into his arms, and done it!

"Yes, I already stole the target, so what's going on now?"

Thinking back to this, Thief Zhi shook his head violently, making his consciousness clearer and seeing his situation clearly:
First of all, there was no one around, and the environment seemed to be that of a dark room. Everything in front of him was hanging upside down from the ceiling, which meant that he was hanging upside down.

The body was tied to death with cloth strips, and the arms and legs could not be stretched out. Moreover, the whole body was even aching and swollen. The murderer was really cruel!

"But just relying on these to restrict me, the King of Thieves, would be too much to underestimate me!"

Robber Zhi rolled his eyes, took out a very small iron piece from the knuckle guard of his left hand, easily cut open the cloth strips on his body, rotated 180 degrees, and landed smoothly on the ground.

Next, he only needs to leave this uninhabited hut to escape!

That’s it?How did I get caught?

A memory flashed through Thief Zhi's brain again in an instant:

After putting the snacks in his arms, Thief Zhi immediately evacuated. Just as he passed two burnt houses, Ben sighed with regret at the scene. Suddenly he found a woman standing in the ruins, which made him curious. stand up.

"Hey, girl, looking at your clothes, it seems you are not from the Prince's Mansion~"

Raising his eyebrows, he immediately moved closer to get a better look. There weren't many female thieves in his group, but he actually met one tonight~
Then, his memory was fragmented
"Why did you forget it at the critical moment!" Taizhi hit his head, his eyes widened: "That woman should be the Yin Yang family master that the master said!"

"This woman is very dangerous. If you don't pay attention, I am not even her enemy. You must tell the giant immediately!"

Thief Zhi had heard a little bit about the affairs between Yan Dan and Yin Yang Family Dongjun, but Ju Zi did not elaborate. He only told him that Prince Dan was in danger now and that he was trying to resolve the hatred.

Looking at it now, Juzi's resolution undoubtedly failed, and due to bad luck, he was captured as a hostage.

"You actually just used that simple method to trap me instead of killing me. Why do you think that the master of the Yin Yang family may still have old feelings for Prince Dan?"

Thinking in his mind, he carefully came to stand behind the door and put his ear against the door. He heard no movement, not even breathing. Safe!

After opening the door as quietly as possible, he only stretched out half of his head. When he saw the scene behind the door, Tao Zhi's pupils trembled violently:
In a dark cabin, there was a person hanging upside down from the beams, and that person's face was clearly his own!

"How is this going"

He hurriedly raised his hand and touched his face: The person hanging is the 'thief', so who is 'me'?
He felt his head swell and hurt, and he lost consciousness again.
"Humph!"

In the real world, Concubine Yan's face was cold, and her palm touched an inch of the unconscious man's forehead. This man was none other than Robber Zhi. His expression was ferocious and he looked very painful.

The blue Yin and Yang technique was slowly spit out from the palm of Yan Fei's hand and penetrated into Thief Zhi's consciousness:
"Do I still have old feelings for Yan Dan? Yes, I have too many 'old feelings' for him!"

"Take some, give back a little!"

"Giant!"

In the early morning of the second day after the New Year's banquet in the palace, Yan Dan waited in the main hall for the arrival of the six-fingered black man.

He already knew the news about Thief Zhi's disappearance last night. Heixia also guessed that Thief Zhi was most likely taken away by the Lord of the Yin Yang Family, so he went directly to the Prince's Mansion.

"A plate of snacks is missing from the house. Brother Piozhi has indeed been here."

Yan Dan frowned, but the Six-fingered Black Man did not blame him. Instead, he said in a deep voice: "Dong Jun's goal is still His Highness, and His Highness still needs to strengthen his defenses."

"I can detect the aura of Onmyoji here. She left it deliberately. Thief Zhi will be fine at the moment."

"So, mobilizing soldiers to search the whole city will put Brother Zhizhi in danger. What do you think we should do?"

Yan Dan squeezed her palms until they turned pale: Fei Yan didn't know that he was going to the palace on New Year's Eve, and it was her intention to capture Tao Zhi.
"Your Highness, don't worry too much. I am a great master of the Mohist family, so I will take responsibility for every Mohist disciple."

Heixia secretly sensed the information in this residual Yin Yang technique, turned around, and said calmly: "Your Highness is the crown prince of a country, and I hope you can spend more time on the people of Yan State."

"Dongjun will not take action against His Highness himself, but this is not good news!"

After that, Heixia walked out of the Prince's Mansion directly, leaving only Yan Dan watching his back with deep eyes.
(End of this chapter)