Nine secrets to cover the sky

Chapter 2 Fang Yuan Mountain Goes North

Five generations of poor peasants in the Fang family's ancestors lived tepidly in a remote mountain village for many years, until Fang Jie's father's generation finally walked out of the mountains.

Fang Yuanshan entered the imperial city alone when he was still a boy.Relying on the nature of the Dashan children who are willing to endure hardships and stand hard work, and their smooth manners, after 20 years of struggle, they slowly rose to become the richest man in the Jin country. Now the business is in every corner of the Jin country. With an army of at least 10,000+, even the emperor attached great importance to it. Five years ago, he personally ordered a reward and bestowed the title of Earl Marquis who has no military or political power.

There are four classes of nobles in the Jin Dynasty, namely Zihou, Zhonghou, Bohou, and Wanggong.In general, the commander of a thousand commanders in the army will be named Zihou at most, the generals with military exploits will be named Zhonghou, and only the core members of the royal family will be named princes.Therefore, the title of the Fang family, second only to princes and nobles, is by no means low.

But because Fang Yuanshan was born as a poor farmer, his wife Liu Shi is not a high-ranking official. She is now a noble person, but she has always been diligent and thrifty in managing the family.This mansion was purchased ten years ago when Yuan Shan earned his first pot of gold.Big, but not luxurious.I haven't planned to change it until now.And the servants in the family are not excessively employed because there are only three people in the Fang family. The entire Fang family includes the old ladies who wash, cook, and clean, and the maids who serve the master. There are only a dozen or so people.There are also more than a dozen skilled housekeepers and guards.Can be regarded as the most shabby one among the dignitaries of the Earl and Marquis.

"Father, mother." After Fang Jie sat down, he couldn't help but glance at his father Fang Yuanshan a few more times.

Fang Yuanshan is a fat man, he is stuck in the chair rather than sitting in the chair now.However, few people know that this wealthy businessman was also a handsome young man with a handsome appearance when he was young.As for why it became what it is now, according to Liu, it was because after being rich, in order to make up for the psychological shadow of being hungry when he was young, he slowly ate into this appearance. Every time he thinks of Fang Jie, he wants to laugh.

"Fang Jie, your mother told me that you have to practice martial arts seriously...En? What are you laughing at?" Fang Yuanshan looked at Fang Jie strangely, paused, and continued: "In this regard, Both your mother and I support you. But your teacher, Zhan Xiong, seemed to be trying to make things difficult for you. Before he left, he told you to challenge a classmate so that you could stay in the academy. What are you going to do?"

Fang Jie picked up the chopsticks, looked at the dishes that were not considered rich, and said indifferently: "Let's fight."

The parents looked at each other, and the father said, "What are you doing?" The mother said, "You only have half a month."

"Don't worry, I can't lose." Fang Jie is now facing martial arts, just like facing business in his previous life, he has amazing confidence.

Father Fang Yuanshan didn't seem to be optimistic. When he was about to say something, Liu stopped him with his eyes. Finally, he sighed and changed the subject casually: "Fang Jie, I'm going to Jianchuan Road in the north to do business. It may take a month." You can take good care of your mother during this time, you know?"

"Jianchuan Road?" Hearing these three words, Fang Jie was stunned.

In my memory, my father, Fang Yuanshan, who didn’t go out often, traveled to Jianchuan Road only once, and that was to compete for a big business—the right to mine concentrated minerals.

On the mainland, "essence" is a very precious thing. According to different attributes, pharmacists use "essence" to refine medicine, and masters use "essence" to make utensils.

The "beast spirit" of the spirit beast crystal nucleus, the "concentrate" buried in mountains and rivers, and the most rare "spiritual spirit", the three are collectively referred to as "essence".What Fang Yuanshan wants to fight for this time is a newly discovered concentrated ore in Jianchuan Road in the north, which has a mining capacity of tens of thousands of tons.

Originally, this matter could be resolved by Fang Jie's arrangement on Jianchuan Road, but because of the appearance of a competitor, Fang Yuanshan had to be called in.

The other party is "Li Mang", who has risen from the business of beast spirits in the north. Although his family strength is not as powerful as the Fang family, the richest man in the Jin Kingdom, it is better than the geographical advantage - Li Mang developed in the north , In Jianchuan Road, it is equivalent to a ground snake.No matter how powerful Fang Yuanshan is, he is actually an outsider no matter what.

In my memory, the battle for the mining of concentrates did not last long. In the end, Fang Yuanshan, the dragon crossing the river, managed to overwhelm Li Mang, the local snake, by some means.

Fang Jie is not worried about this.

But something far-reaching happened during this trip——Fang Yuanshan got sick for a second time when he was in the north.It was delayed for a few days because I didn't get timely treatment.Although there was no serious problem afterwards, Fang Yuanshan gradually became weak and sick. In the next few years, he suffered from minor illnesses. This was also an important reason why Fang Jie took over the family business in advance.

"Take Xia Chaochen, the pharmacist at home." Fang Jie's biggest wish in his life is for his parents to have a healthy body.Now that you know what's going to happen, it's natural to avoid it.And Xia Chaochen is the pharmacist in the family. He has good strength and is also good at refining medicine. If Fang Yuanshan gets sick, he can get effective treatment, and he will not suffer from hidden diseases, which will cause his health to deteriorate in the future.

After all, Fang Yuanshan didn't know his son's good intentions, so he asked puzzledly, "What are you doing with Xia Chaochen?"

"He can protect you, and he can cure you if you have a minor ailment." Fang Jie could only answer like this.

Fang Yuanshan wanted to say something, but Liu Shi complained to him, "My son is so filial, why do you still ask questions, just take it with you."

The old lady had spoken, Fang Yuanshan, who was always afraid of guilt, couldn't say more, smiled wryly and glared at Fang Jie who was gloating, then nodded and continued to eat.

After the meal, Fang Yuanshan was ready to leave, and the whole family went out to see them off.

"Uncle Xia, please take good care of my father." Fang Jie stood beside Liu Shi, and said to Xia Chaochen who was on the opposite side of Fang Yuanshan.

Xia Chaochen nodded immediately.In addition to him, there are several guards from Fang Mansion who are accompanying him this time.There were already people arranged in the north, and the teleportation array was used to teleport directly from the imperial city to the north, so there was no need to mobilize so many people when traveling.

"You also take good care of your mother, you know?" Fang Yuanshan warned, and then said: "I'm leaving if I have nothing to do, and I'll be back in a month."

"Be careful." Liu looked at Fang Yuan who walked out of the gate and said.

After they could no longer see them, the group turned around and returned to the mansion. After Mrs. Liu was sent back to the room, Fang Jie and a strong man walked to the backyard.

"Fang Jie, do you want to practice martial arts?" This strong man is named Megatron, and he is another master of the Fang family with the same strength as Xia Chaochen.

Fang node nodded, "If necessary in the future, please give me more pointers. If you remember correctly, you are also a 'soldier' ​​fate, right?"

"En." Megatron nodded, stopped and patted Fang Jie's shoulder, and said solemnly: "The journey of martial arts is hard, now that you have decided, you must be able to bear it, don't give up easily, you know?"

Fang Jie said: "Understood."

(End of this chapter)