Although Tie Suxin has always been worried about gains and losses, bathing and changing clothes shouldn't take too long, right
Almost half an hour later, Kong Ming had already changed into Yanju's regular clothes, feeling refreshed, and was sitting casually in the bedroom, chatting with Mo Yue and Tie Suxin.
From the mouths of the two girls, Kong Ming learned about everyone's changes in recent times, as well as some things that happened in the imperial capital.
One thing Kong Ming didn't expect was that after Tie Suxin became his, he would bring an extremely powerful business partner to the Kong family!
You must know that the young master of "Changlong" has a grand family, but he is the "victim" of Tie Suxin's "Ecstasy Eye", a star! Moreover, Ji Honggao had seen Tie Suxin's true face. Even without the effect of the "Ecstasy Eye", he would probably be fascinated by Tie Suxin and completely unable to control himself.
According to common sense, Ji Honggao colluded with the mysterious forces from Shazhou, which was a crime of treason to the Cangnan Empire. However, the Kong family used their influence within the empire to save Ji Honggao. . The reason is that the existence of "Changlong" has a great role in promoting the economy of the Cangnan Empire, and it is worthy of being exempted.
Out of gratitude, "Changlong" naturally leaned towards the Kong family in terms of business. Coupled with Tie Suxin's existence, as long as she casually sent a message, Ji Honggao would do his best to help her regardless of profit or loss! The reason why the influence of the Kong family penetrated into the wild forest so smoothly was because Ji Honggao also put a lot of effort into it!
The credit for being able to manage successfully in the wild forest naturally belongs to Kong Jun and Kong Zhao. From this point of view, Tie Suxin can be regarded as having made a great contribution!
After Kong Ming heard the news, he laughed loudly, touched Tie Suxin's head very affectionately, and praised Tie Suxin a few words, saying that her reputation as a "female think tank" was indeed well-deserved!
According to common sense, Tie Suxin is almost ten years older than Kong Ming. She usually behaves like a wise man, so she should be very disgusted with such childish actions. But for some reason, after Kong Ming made such an intimate gesture, Tie Suxin felt very happy, as if her relationship with Kong Ming had become closer.
In this way, Tie Suxin no longer had anything to hide in front of Kong Ming. Instead, she revealed all the news she knew and her own analysis to Kong Ming, and communicated with Kong Ming. Discuss it.
Although Lei Ming moved into the inner courtyard of the Kong family with Kong Ming, the intelligence network he developed outside was not cut off. Based on Lei Ming's previous experience in the mercenary world, he is very good at dealing with various figures from all walks of life. This also allows him to source information from a wide range of channels, and he can often obtain some extremely special information!
For example, business travelers coming from Shazhou recently brought bad news, saying that there was great unrest in Shazhou and that business had become very difficult.
Under normal circumstances, although the sand bandit forces in Shazhou do all kinds of evil, they will still be lenient to the caravans of some large merchants. After all, Shazhou also needs these large merchants to promote Shazhou's economy. Otherwise, since Shazhou does not have a unified political power, the ruling parties in other states are not very willing to deal with Shazhou. They can only rely on these big merchants to open up channels for commodity transactions!
But the situation has changed recently. It seems that several powerful forces of sand thieves in Shazhou have made changes. Even some large merchants across several states dared to provoke them and forcibly withheld a huge amount of supplies from these large merchants! As a result, small and medium-sized businesses no longer dare to take risks in Shazhou. Without the contacts of these businesses, Shazhou has almost become a closed world, with very few latest news coming from there.
According to Tie Suxin's analysis, there may be some big move in Shazhou, and the seizure of supplies from large merchants without reason is probably to reserve war supplies!
The sand bandit forces in Shazhou do not engage in production themselves. If they want to prepare war supplies, they can only rely on robbery. This is already the norm. And this time, if those sand pirates want to fight against the big merchants, it is enough to show that a war of unprecedented scale is likely to break out this time!
I wonder if the reason for this is related to the night of turmoil in the imperial capital a year and a half ago? It is very likely that because Shazhou's forces lurking in the imperial capital were wiped out, the other party was very unwilling and simply integrated the army and prepared to forcibly invade the Cangnan Empire!
Kong Ming very much agrees with Tie Suxin's analysis, and the Hu royal family should have been prepared, otherwise the second prince Hu Xiong would not have served as the general marshal of the Izumo County army!
Among the five counties of the Cangnan Empire, Izumo County has the largest population and is also very developed in cultural and educational undertakings. Branches of the Confucian family are widely distributed in Izumo County. The number of Confucian academies built in various places is also among the five counties of Cangnan. First of all, his influence among scholars is profound. If war breaks out in Izumo County, the foundation of the Kong family's power will be shaken. Therefore, as early as a month ago, the head of the family, Kong Fanshu, sent the elder Kong Yingcai to Izumo County to take charge of affairs there.
With Kong Yingcai, the God of Wealth, taking action, even if the war breaks out in Izumo County, the losses of the Kong family can be minimized. Therefore, Kong Ming does not have to worry about what adverse effects a real war will have on the Kong family.
Apart from this, there is nothing else that deserves special attention from Kong Ming.
After discussing various matters, Kong Ming confessed to his two daughters that his sixteenth-year-old coming-of-age ceremony would be held soon. Although the Kong family did not want to make a big deal, they still wanted to have a good celebration within the family. Saying this to the two girls now also reminds them to prepare early.
Kong Ming is going to hold a coming-of-age ceremony? ! !
For Mo Yue and Tie Suxin, this is really something worth celebrating! Because after holding the coming-of-age ceremony, it means that Kong Ming has officially grown up and can make his own decisions in everything. He is no longer a child in everyone's eyes. Of course, judging from Kong Ming's past mature performance, no one would treat him as a child, and Kong Ming has already made his own decisions in everything he does.
In fact, the most important thing after the coming-of-age ceremony is that it means that Kong Ming has finally reached the age to get married!
Although it is rare for cultivators to get married too early, it is not uncommon for them to marry and have children after they are a hundred years old. It is estimated that for a talented person like Kong Ming, his marriage will not be held too early. After all, the most important thing for Kong Ming at present is to focus on cultivation!
But even so, from the perspective of Mo Yue and Tie Suxin, they can also look forward to it. If Kong Ming really marries a wife, who will the bride be
The two women didn't say anything, but they couldn't help but fantasize in their hearts: If they could become Kong Ming's bride, what a shameful situation it would be
At this time, in Mo Yue's heart, she only regretted that she was too young. Even if Kong Ming could get married, she would be far out of reach at this time!
As for Tie Suxin, she lamented, why is your surname Kong and my concubine's surname Cao? The hostile relationship between the families makes it possible for him to only fantasize about it, with almost no possibility of real success!
Fortunately, Tie Suxin didn't know that there would be a love tragedy called "Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai" on earth in future generations. Otherwise, she would have thought that she was the heroine in this love tragedy!
In any case, Kong Ming's coming-of-age ceremony is a top priority for the two girls. Since there is only more than a month left, it is natural to make good preparations. As for Kong Ming, he can be a hands-off shopkeeper and leave everything to his two daughters.
For the next period of time, Kong Ming had some leisure time. He had just come out of seclusion and it was naturally impossible for him to go into seclusion again. So when he had nothing to do, he could only walk around, visit Kong Qingyi, Kong Qingyun and other friends, and talk to them about the path of cultivation. Discuss the matter.
With Kong Ming's current strength, it was said that he was discussing, but in fact he was giving guidance to Kong Qingyi and Kong Qingyun. Especially Kong Qingyun, since he was promoted to the Yuan Jiang realm, it can be said that he has come into contact with a completely different world, and there are too many things to understand. Moreover, Kong Qingyun lacks actual combat experience. Without Kong Ming's guidance and relying solely on his own cultivation and exploration, the speed of improving his cultivation will inevitably be slower.
As for Kong Qingyi, although his real strength is far inferior to Kong Ming, he has been with the ancestor of the Kong family for more than ten years. In addition, he has the cultivation of a high-level Yuan general, so he can really discuss it with Kong Ming. Otherwise, Kong Qingyi's cultivation experience has nothing to learn from Kong Ming. In fact, the cultivation methods of any cultivator in the world are of no reference to Kong Ming, because Kong Ming followed a completely different path from his predecessors!
Even figures like the third ancestor of the Kong family never gave Kong Ming instructions on what to do in specific cultivation. At most, they only taught Kong Ming the skills to control Yuanli and some insights into his state of mind. This can be regarded as teaching according to talents, because the three ancestors of the Kong family can see that Kong Ming's ultimate achievements will definitely surpass his own, so naturally he cannot copy all his own tricks on Kong Ming, otherwise it will only Restrict Kong Ming's development.
When several young people are discussing with each other, and when they talk about being happy, they can't help but discuss things with each other. Even if Kong Ming has some remaining strength, Kong Qingyi and Kong Qingyun are no match for Kong Ming. The two of them are very envious of Kong Ming's "Rainbow Strikes Thousand Miles" trick. However, due to their physical limitations, they cannot learn this trick. But come.
Seeing the envious looks of Kong Qingyi and Kong Qingyun, Kong Ming started thinking and felt that the "Rainbow Strikes Thousand Miles" trick could be simplified for Kong Qingyi and others to perform!
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