Free Web NovelZiyang Prefecture, Happy Sheep Hot Pot Restaurant.
Not long ago, the Qianlong Ranking was released again, and two Prodigies from a prefecture-level Sect caused a sensation throughout Ziyang Prefecture, becoming a topic of conversation in the streets and alleys after meals. fɾēewebnσveℓ.com
“Have you heard? Our Qingyuan Sect in Ziyang Prefecture has produced two... ”
“Speaking of which, who in Ziyang Prefecture doesn’t know Wang Qi Dou Hun and Han Xianzi?”
“Among the most notable Dragon of Hidden Potential recently, who can be more in the limelight than these two?”
“Tsk tsk, at the third realm, he slayed demons in Nanguan (Southern Pass) and returned unscathed. How dashing and peerless! No, this calls for a drink.”
“Stuttering girl, bring the wine!”
Listening to the customers’ discussions.
The ‘waiter’, wearing ill-fitting, oversized clothes and with a cloth covering his eyes, came running over with the wine, also bringing a plate of peanuts.
“Stuttering girl, we also ordered wine, why didn’t you bring peanuts?” one customer asked curiously.
“You... you just said... Li Shaoxia’s... nickname isn’t nice,” Jiang Chulong whispered, holding a tray in her arms.
Only those who spoke well of Li Dage would get peanuts.
The customer, being treated differently, was a bit displeased, but his companions quickly pressed him down and told him to look upstairs. A woman in palace attire was sitting there, straddling the seat, narrowing her eyes at the mouth of the wine gourd in her hand. She tilted it twice, and not a single drop was left, causing her beautiful face to show some annoyance.
The customer shivered and quickly sat up straight, like a well-behaved child on his first day of private schooling.
“Sister Shang, wine.”
“Why isn’t Baby Disciple back from Nanguan (Southern Pass) yet?”
Shang Wu sighed, took the wine Jiang Chulong handed her, and smacked her lips. She had long been spoiled by her Baby Disciple; this Qingluo wine was almost unpalatable.
“I... I also... miss Li Dage,” Jiang Chulong pursed her lips. She glanced at the private room where Aunt Mei and the Elders of Qingyuan Sect were inside, then quietly asked:
“Sister Shang, is it... did Li Dage... send a message back?”
Shang Wu shook her head, not to deny, but because she didn’t know.
So Jiang Chulong secretly crept to the door and listened.
It was Aunt Mei’s voice:
“Those two little ones in Nanguan (Southern Pass) are probably not just showing off; you all know the situation. Now that the Hanging Temple is no longer suppressing Nanguan (Southern Pass), chaos might be brewing.”
Qian Bufan, Xue Jing, Han He, and all the other Peak Master Elders, all frowned in silence.
Every Elder in charge of a peak understood the core secrets of the Qingyuan Sect; their Sect was originally descended from the guardians of the imperial mausoleum.
And behind the Disaster Beasts were the Great Shang Remnants.
“Why haven’t Li Mo and Ying Bing returned yet?” Qian Bufan pondered.
“What if there’s a possibility?”
Xue Jing thought of that child’s personality and couldn’t help but say:
“He wants to help defend the city in Nanguan (Southern Pass)?”
At these words, the private room fell silent.
Only the gurgling of the hot pot remained, and the smacking sound Qian Bufan made while thinking.
This possibility was indeed the most reliable one.
“Everyone, make plans early. After all, the imperial court has also given up on Nanguan (Southern Pass). Some things are just a matter of time. I also plan to take Chu Long and leave...”
Mei Yun hadn’t finished speaking when the door was pushed open, and Jiang Chulong stood there timidly.
Her small face was delicate, yet within her timidity, a hint of resilience was settled, like a small white flower pushing through a stone slab.
“Aunt Mei... Chu Long... Chu Long doesn’t want to leave.”
Mei Yun was stunned for a moment. She had never seen Jiang Chulong with such an expression, so her face darkened:
“Are you reluctant to leave this place? We can find another place and open an identical one.”
“It won’t be the same... This place... is the home Li Dage gave me...”
Jiang Chulong’s face turned slightly pale, and her voice trembled softly.
She didn’t know the general situation of the world, nor did she know what was happening in Nanguan (Southern Pass).
She had to wait here for Li Dage to return.
At this moment, Zuoqiu Yang, a former assassin from Rain Listening Pavilion, rushed in with a list:
“Big news, big news!”
“What big news?”
“All the beef and mutton in Fu City have been bought out by one person, not even half a catty left. How are we supposed to do business? Is this malicious competition from other hot pot restaurants, damn it?”
“Get out!”
“??? ”
.........
Yunzhou.
Now the entire Hengtong Merchant House is bustling, with employees like dense ants constantly moving in and out of the warehouse.
“Not enough manpower? What do I feed you for?”
“If it’s not enough, go to the docks and find temporary workers. Pay double... no, triple the price.”
Sun Gui shook his fat body; as a dignified Head Manager, he was personally jumping up and down here.
Just kidding.
This order was given by the God of Wealth. If it succeeded, he might not be in the Yunzhou branch anymore; a transfer to the Dijin headquarters would be just around the corner.
“My goodness, what exactly is Li Shaoxia trying to do?”
“So much grain, it’s enough to recruit soldiers and horses and rally a call...”
Sun Gui wiped the sweat from his forehead and muttered to himself.
“How is it?”
Suddenly, a voice sounded behind him. Sun Gui turned his head and saw Li Mo standing at the warehouse entrance, holding a bottle of Three Light Treasure Liquid, a rare treasure that replenishes Yi Soul.
Li Shaoxia took two quick gulps, making Sun Gui’s liver tremble.
Drinking like this, what Guan Shen Realm Yi Soul could withstand it?
And when did he arrive? His dignified Inner Scenery couldn’t even detect what kind of method it was...
A method to rush from Nanguan (Southern Pass) in an instant, he had never even heard of it.
“The first batch is almost complete: meat, fodder, lamp oil...”
Sun Gui took out the list and handed it over, then asked:
“Li Shaoxia, please forgive my bluntness, but the grain prices in Yunzhou City have risen by 20% now. If we don’t want to affect the local populace, the next batch will have to be brought in from other regions, and the cost will be much higher.”
“Go ahead and arrange it.”
Li Mo nodded and used the World Seed to store the materials from the warehouses one by one.
This made Sun Gui gasp in astonishment again.
Such a large sumaru object, he had also never heard of.
It was another day where Yunzhou’s richest man’s imagination was limited by poverty.
.....
Nanguan (Southern Pass), Qingmu City.
The entire city had now entered a state of readiness for war, with every rustle of wind causing alarm.
There were already foreign flying Disaster Beasts, acting as scouts, circling menacingly around Qingmu City.
Before the army moved, provisions had to go first. Now, the granary of Qingmu Camp was naturally the most heavily guarded place.
Currently guarding this place were Qu Sheng’s personal soldiers.
Flickering firelight, the Qingmu Commander stood with his hands behind his back in front of the granary.
The cold wind blew into the empty granary behind him, making a mournful, wailing sound.
“Li Shaoxia said he wants the Qingmu Camp granary to be overflowing?”
“That’s what he said, and then he left.”
Huang Donglai nodded not far from him.
“.....”
Qu Sheng frowned, his expression complex.
Reason told him that this was not a realistic thing.
Firstly, 80,000 people consume at least hundreds of thousands of catties of grain daily. How terrifyingly exaggerated is the amount of food consumed in a war? Even the Dijin imperial court would have to think deeply, fearing it would be a crippling blow.
Not to mention whether it could be supplied.
Even if it was procured, how could it be delivered in time?
For one person to supply grain to a large army from thousands of miles away in a short period, it sounded utterly fantastical.
If anyone else had said this, he wouldn’t have possibly mobilized so many people to wait here.
Time passed.
Qu Sheng gradually began to wonder if Li Shaoxia had already decided to leave, but couldn’t bear to lose face before going, and thus made such a grand statement?
In his understanding, that young hero was not such a person, but people’s hearts are hidden, let alone in matters of life and death...
Suddenly.
Qu Sheng’s expression froze.
The desolate wind ◈ Nоvеlіgһт ◈ (Continue reading) stopped at some point, as if blocked by something.
He turned his head.
It was a young figure that seemed to have grown a bit taller. He casually swiped, and an unknown sumaru object opened up space.
Vaguely, mountains of supplies could be seen within.
“Sorry to keep you waiting, Commander Qu.”
It was him, it was him, it was still him.
“...You really... came back?”
Qu Sheng looked dazed, realizing it belatedly.
Yes.
How could he possibly leave alone?
Han Xianzi was still in the city.
