Su Ningxin didn't care that the sword was blocked. She pulled the sword with her wrist and staggered away from Ji Chu's branches, heading towards his chest again.
Ji Chu easily stepped back half a step to avoid the sword edge, and took the opportunity to stab the branch into Su Ningxin's armpit. Su Ningxin stepped back lightly with her toes, and at the same time swung the sword in front of Ji Chu's face, and Ji Chu turned his head to hide. While driving, he suddenly moved forward and slashed at Ji Chu's waist with his sword.
The two of them fought back and forth like this, from the open space to the tree aside, and from the tree to the wall. They fought for half an hour without a winner.
It wasn't until Lian Sheng, who woke up and found that his master was missing, came to find him that he stopped. The two exchanged blows and quickly separated. Su Ningxin held the sword in a flower and put it behind her back, praising, "Brother Ji is so skilled."
"Brother Shen is not bad." Chu Jihan said as he took out a handkerchief to wipe his sweat, thinking that as soon as this man picked up the sword, he was so focused that he couldn't even hear the slander.
In the middle of wiping it, Chu Jihan suddenly remembered that it seemed to be the eldest daughter of the Su family's hairpin wedding ceremony that day. It fell into his hand accidentally. He didn't find the opportunity to return it. He probably didn't pay attention when he went out. .
Taking the girl's handkerchief for use would be troublesome if someone saw it, so Chu Jihan hurriedly put it away.
After putting it away, Chu Jihan looked around with some guilt. Fortunately, Shen Qing also took the handkerchief from his servant and was wiping his sweat, so he didn't pay attention here.
Being watched by Chu Jihan, it was difficult for Su Ning to ignore it, so she turned to look at him and said, "I used a sword, and Brother Ji just used a branch. If we can still draw a tie, it's natural for Ji to fight." Brother is better."
[It’s just a discussion. The business bragging is not over yet. How long do you want me to brag about?]
Hearing Shen Qing's voice, Chu Jihan was so angry that he almost vomited blood. Did I ask you to brag? As if I like to hear flattery.
Although thinking this way, Chu Jihan still replied, "Brother Shen's usual weapon is probably not a sword. Judging from Brother Shen's movements, he should use two-handed weapons. From this, it seems that I am not at a disadvantage if I use branches."
In order to prevent Shen Qing from continuing to flatter him but putting the blame on himself, Chu Jihan walked to Shen Qing's side after speaking, "I came out in a hurry and didn't bring a sweat towel with me. Brother Shen, please lend it to me."
Before Su Ningxin could refuse, Chu Jihan reached out and took the handkerchief away.
Su Ning thought for a while and didn't say anything. She had already taken it and it wouldn't be good to snatch it back. He didn't know she was a woman. Maybe this is how men use each other's handkerchiefs.
Su Ningxin didn't pay much attention to Ji Chu's use of her own handkerchief. She wasn't really an ancient person, so she didn't think there was anything wrong with using a handkerchief.
I usually pay attention to this aspect to take into account the opinions of others. Now that Yanzi is a man, he shouldn't have to worry about it.
Shuangbai, who was standing nearby, wanted to say something, but seeing the girl's disinterest, she wisely closed her mouth.
"Brother Ji hasn't had breakfast yet, has he? Shuangbai went out to buy some and sent it to Uncle Qin just now. Why don't Brother Ji go and have breakfast too?"
[Don’t you want to know about private tea? Go ahead and ask, it will save you trouble if you ask early, don't keep pestering me.]
Chu Jihan's hand wiping sweat paused. He seemed to be disliked. At the same time, Chu Jihan was also a little worried.
After being with Shen Qing for a long time, my ability to listen to people's voice-overs is probably almost useless. The feeling of getting something for nothing... is so comfortable.
"Then I'm not welcome. Brother Shen, do you want to come with us?"
"I have other things to do. I'll eat later. Brother Ji, go ahead and don't wait for me." Su Ningxin replied seriously, but in her heart,
[After sweating all over with you, don’t you want me to take a shower? Go ahead and ask, I don't want to get involved.]
"Well... then Brother Shen, go and do your own business." Chu Jihan said, if he didn't let him go, he might be scolding himself.
"I'll take my leave first, Yu." Su Ningxin clasped her fists and saluted before leaving.
After the other party disappeared, Chu Jihan remembered that the borrowed handkerchief had not been returned. He thought that the head of a large chamber of commerce in the other party also had a handkerchief, so he stuffed it into his sleeve and waited for a chance to return it.
After Su Ningxin left, Chu Jihan went to the front hall to have dinner with Uncle Qin, and then chatted for a while. Uncle Qin followed Su Ningxin's instructions and did not hide anything. He told him all the news he had obtained during this period. Chu Jihan.
After that, Chu Jihan returned to his study, took out a piece of paper and wrote down the information he got. This was one of his habits. He listed the useful information in an orderly manner so that he could find out the connections.
The Xueshe Chamber of Commerce has only been established for three or four years, but it has developed very rapidly. It has a great influence in Xingyuan Prefecture, the first state capitals where it was established. Uncle Qin has also received a lot of information about the things that he has personally watched.
According to Uncle Qin, the appearance of these teas on the market gradually started to appear a month ago. At first, some businessmen noticed that there was a lot of tea on the market this year, which caused the tea price to drop by several percent.
Uncle Qin was worried that someone in the chamber of commerce had brought too much private tea, so he held a meeting. However, those businessmen said that they did not bring it here. Even because there was very little tea in Jiangnan this year and the price of tea was high, they did not bring much back. .
This situation attracted Uncle Qin's attention, so he paid attention to the origin of the tea, and was shocked to find that it came from the hands of the officers and soldiers transporting tea in the Tea Transportation Department.
At this time, Uncle Qin realized that the problem might not be simple. After all, official tea was used to store horses for border trade. That is, Daqi used tea to exchange war horses with the Xixia people, who were rich in horses. This was a major event that shook the foundation of the country. How dare those officers and soldiers Take it out and sell it privately.
Da Qi has always been strict about the management of tea transportation. If private tea is sold in a certain amount, it will lose its head, let alone official tea.
At this point, Uncle Qin did not dare to investigate further. After all, he was just a businessman and had no reason to offend the official family. However, there were some rumors in the Qin family that the official tea was well kept in the warehouse and the quantity would never be small.
Chu Jihan held the pen in his hand and looked at the messages he had listed. He put down the pen as he looked at it, picked up another ink pen, and wrote "Xingyuanfu tea price is low", "Jiangnan has no tea, The words "Tea price is high", "Officers and soldiers" and "There is no shortage of official tea" are circled in red.
After finishing the circle, Chu Jihan looked gloomy. He stood up and raised his hand and threw the pen out with a crisp sound.
What’s not clear about this? Someone in Jiangnan collected all the tea from the tea farmers. As a result, there was no tea in Jiangnan after the tea season, and the price of tea was higher than usual. Xingyuan Prefecture, which does not produce tea, was unable to transport tea from Jiangnan because of the lack of tea. When we got here, the price of tea dropped.
Such a large amount of tea cannot be transported by the escort agency, so the tea is mixed with official tea and sent to the border by the Tea Transport Department.
(End of chapter)