"The name of the target we are going to meet this time is Celius, the host of [China-Taiwan Discussion]. Although the work done is slightly different, in terms of status, it is almost the chief assistant of the interior affairs, comparable to Heyue. Xiaobai was Regarding the matter of confinement, we must not ask the lord of Xiqin, and the only person other than the lord who can know the inside story is Celius."
While looking at the "West Qin Fengwuzhi" in his hand, Li De said to Alaya:
"Although it's not difficult to meet him if you reveal your identity, but considering that we are just a small businessman from Yunyang, and the small follower of the small businessman, it is impossible to see him immediately. We have to make a detour , come to a curve to save the country."
The two of them had successfully arrived in West Qin, but they didn't go to Yuanyang City, the main city of West Qin, but stayed in a small place called Bieyun Town near Yuanyang City. Bieyun Town is still half a day away from Yuanyang City, and merchants from all over the world who come to Yuanyang City usually choose to rest here for a night, and get up early the next day to go to Yuanyang City to sell things.
Yuanyang City is the main city, so staying there for one night is not cheap.
If the caravan arrives at Bieyun Town at noon or in the afternoon, they will enter Yuanyang City if they continue on their way. However, there is no time to go on the streets that day, so they can only find an inn in Yuanyang City to sleep. But if you rest in Bieyun Town for one night, get up early the next day and set off, you can have a whole day to sell goods in Yuanyang City, and if it is fast, it can even be sold out in the evening, and you don’t need to stay in Yuanyang City at all. Can save a lot of money.
Of course, Lide chose this place not to save money, but out of other considerations.
The flow of people and goods here is very large, which means that there will be a large amount of information. Although there is a lot of information in Yuanyang City, there are also many Anbu's eyeliners over there. A businessman who arrives in Yuanyang City and collects all kinds of information instead of selling things may be directly exposed by Anbu.
So Lide plans to stay here for one night, which is equivalent to making a final level before fighting the boss.
"Do you have any plans, Master?"
Alaya asked as always.
Whatever Lidd plans to do, she will support it unconditionally.
Of course, if there is a place where she can be used, that would be even better.
Lid tapped the table lightly with his fingers and said:
"With our current status, we naturally can't do anything big. From a businessman's point of view, the biggest official position we can see should be Xiqin's [Tax Director]. If we can persuade him to recommend us, see Seliu It shouldn't be a difficult task. But the problem is that we don't even know the name of that old man now, and we don't have access to it."
Alaya listened quietly, she knew that the young master could always find a way.
Sure enough, not long after, Lide put down the book and said to her:
"It's not a big problem. I've already thought of a few countermeasures. I'll talk about it tomorrow when I'm in the city. Today, I'm going to focus on gathering intelligence. We'll find a place to eat later... Ah, wait a minute, you're loose. "
Considering that the cross-dressing needs to be more thorough, Lid specially gave Alaya a new hairstyle. He braided Alayah's pale blonde hair into a King Arthur crown and tied it with a hair tie. Now that the hair tie showed signs of loosening, Lide immediately helped her tie it up again, and properly touched up her makeup.
The maids of ordinary merchants naturally can't be too good-looking, so Li De specially turned Alaya into a mediocre direction, and helped her get a few freckles, but generally speaking, because Alaya's foundation is too good, she is very good-looking. It's hard to draw really ugly, you can only change from good-looking to generally good-looking.
The first time he came to Xiqin, Li De naturally found a signature restaurant here, and ordered a fat lamb stew, two oil-rolled noodles, and a highland barley wine. The spiciness of the fried noodles is outrageous, even a person like Alaya who doesn't pick anything, her face turns red when she drinks the soup, even though she didn't know that this soup is usually not eaten until she drank half of it.
Lide poured her half a glass of wine, and then sat on a chair to eavesdrop on the chatting of other brothers.
The folk customs of the Western Qin Dynasty are rough and heavy, and everyone chats almost without shy away from anything. As long as the topic is not particularly confidential, they will shout loudly. The two elder brothers at the table next to Lide were discussing how much money they had earned from selling seafood, and the two had a great time discussing how to distribute the money.
Lide deliberately ignored these useless information. After listening for a while, he heard two businessmen, one old and one young, talking about topics of interest to him in the distance. The boy was dressed in a brocade robe, obviously from a big family, but he was respectful to the old man, it seems that the old man was probably the elder of the clan. The discussion between the two started with a teenager:
"Uncle Ming, do you think the people in Yuanyang City are weird?"
Uncle Ming picked up a chopstick of golden soup cabbage, and while eating, dealt with it absent-mindedly:
"Strange? What's strange? Didn't our goods sell as usual?"
The boy stared at the mutton on the plate in a daze, and then muttered for a long time:
"I don't know what's strange... But I always feel that something is wrong with them... Maybe it's because my high fever hasn't gone away a while ago?"
Apparently he wasn't too sure himself.
An old man who was drunk next to him poked his head over and said drunkenly:
"Hey, little brother, do you think so too? Boss, come, let's have a drink!"
As he spoke, he was about to pour wine. A boy from a famous family obviously couldn't deal with this kind of person, and he didn't know what to say for a while. Uncle Ming immediately glared at the drunk man, thinking that he was just drunk and answered everything he heard. Uncle Ming stood up, stretched out his hand to test the boy's forehead, and said:
"It's indeed still a bit hot. You have been running around with me these days, and you haven't stopped to rest. Drink the mutton soup while it's hot, and wait until I take you back to the inn and wrap yourself in a quilt to sweat."
The boy obeyed obediently, picked up the bowl and sipped the hot soup.
The drunk man blew on the bottle, probably too drunk, and he didn't care whether the boy toasted him or not, he just said:
"Wrong eyes. Hey, wrong eyes!"
The boy's hand shook, and the soup in the bowl instantly spilled a lot on his expensive clothes.
Uncle Ming slapped the table and cursed at the drunk man:
"Drinking your wine, why are you so talkative, asking for a fight?"
The drunk also stood up, staggered and said:
"You know what a fart, if you don't accept it, let's do it, practice..."
Before he could finish his sentence, his legs went limp, and he sat back on the chair again. It was obvious that he was too drunk to even stand upright. The shop waiter next to him came to persuade him a few words, the drunk man was bored with begging, threw a handful of money to settle the bill, and left with a half jug of unfinished wine.
Uncle Ming took out a handkerchief, wiped the boy's clothes, and said:
"There are garbage people like this everywhere, don't be as knowledgeable as him."
The boy nodded, but there was obviously a bit of fear in his eyes.
Lide had a panoramic view of all this, he looked in the direction where the drunk disappeared, and then looked at Alaya. Alaya lightly pressed her hand on the hilt of her sword, and asked Lid silently with her eyes. Lied shook his head, continued to eat noodles with his head down, and began to chat with Alaya about steel-related topics from time to time.
When the rich young master and Uncle Ming checked out and left, Li De took a look out of the corner of his eye.
The direction they were going was probably the inn where Lid and Alaya were staying.