Chapter 27 (1/2)
Chapter 27: Seeking A Path
Evening Qiu Xing and Dong Chen were pacing back and forth A well rested Ye Yin was inspecting a map on a table ”What have you two discovered?”
Dong Chen responded, ”Young master's conjecture was correct In a few days, Xihua county's road inspections will become very severe, especially to outsiders Unless they have a special identity, such as aasked around inquiring for ways to Yue city without passing through Xihua county If we are to h Yun h in two days is practically ie numbers of troops stationed there, approxiuarded carefully Whether it be day or night, no one can pass Even the nearby hunters are not allowed to go on the h the Scarlet Sand ravine that enters Xili and circumvents Yunand we don't have enough time Furthermore, there are massive numbers of soldiers on either side, so we are coh”
After Dong Chen finished, Qiu Xing spoke ”Young master, what do we do now? There are still other ways, but they are all too long There is no way to arrive on the sixth day of the sixth h Xihua county, but it is sealed shut”
”Who said it is sealed shut?”
Qiu Xing and Dong Chen shared a glance Ye Yin laughed ”Since the two detours are dead ends, then we'll just enter the county and pass right through”
”Pass through? But young ation To outsiders with dialects…” Suddenly, Qiu Xing stopped ”Young master, are you able to speak in the local dialect?”
Ye Yin rolled his eyes ”I grew up in Dongling, how can I speak in the West Zhi dialect? And I've only been in West Zhi for less than a month How could I learn to speak the local dialect in such a short ties”
Qiu Xing pouted ”Then young h? Even if we enter, we cannot leave!”
”Who says? Dong Chen already said that those with special identities can enter”
Dong Chen frowned ”Young h, and not just s master, you…”
Ye Yin smiled ”Am I not a merchant?”
”Ah! Right, young ”, of course are you a ht of so master, why did you not decide to use your identity at the start? Otherouldn't have had to travel such a hurry”
Fusheng was briefly mentioned in
”What, are you angry?” Ye Yin took a sip frolanced at her heedlessly
Qiu Xing paused, then bit her lip and said in a low voice, ”No, I only felt sy master You have been too tired these past few days”
Sighing, Ye Yin set the tea onto the table ”If possible, I did not want to Fusheng has been established for seven years It has only been successful due to brother Du and brother Jianli's assistance Of course, it is understandable to use this power to help brother Jianli, but I did not want to reveal this card so early”
”Why? Young master, what are you worried about?”
Although faced with Dong Chen's question, Ye Yin did not respond The idioer” was one he understood well He ell ahat happened to those who accoreat merits and threatened the emperor's throne Perhaps Wen Yuanbo would be a wise ruler, but people's hearts are the hardest the fatho abandoned after helping the nation reunite was a possibility, so he had to leave a tru his years in Wen Yuanbo's hare's main power!
Ye Yin did not to say and Dong Chen and Qiu Xing did not dare to press They knew if the young , they would not be able to wheedle it out of him
”Young ate outsiders so seriously, but treat raciously?”
”It is not just the West Zhi eents treat raciously Merchants are the force behind the econo in If a country's econorave situation”
”Right, youngher ranks If you use his identity, can't you travel freely? Young master, if you don't want to expose your identity as , why don't you use your brother's identity? This way, the West Zhi emperor would not dare to offend you!”
”If I use sixth brother's identity, it will clearly expose that I am alive and in West Zhi Once he knows, he will definitely coirl, you ly ”Once he co for me, you can meet him too, hmm?”
Qiu Xing's face reddened She stomped her foot e Chen spoke instead ”Young ood relationshi+p with the sixth youngto tell him you're alive?”
Ye Yin paused for a ht now If I tell hi for me I cannot allow him to become involved”
Hearing how serious Ye Yin was, Dong Chen rethe past few days fro?”
S Chen, do you knohas in total?”
Dong Chen shared a glance with Qiu Xing, then shook her head ”No Fusheng has always been Chun Ri's responsibility”
”Haven't you two been curious how I knew Zhu Ziliang could be advised to surrender?” Ye Yin started to explain ”I was able to deduce he would through Fusheng intel Fusheng has sixty-six branches across the continent, thirty four in Dongling, practically one for each major city, thirteen in East Zhi for each of the five cities and eight counties, nine in West Zhi for each of the three cities and seven counties except for Wutian, five branches in Xili, three branches in Beiqi, and two branches in Nanrong”
Seeing Dong Chen and Xiu Qing's shocked eyes, Ye Yin laughed and continued, ”Doing business is not actually difficult As long as you are diligent, you will not suffer losses I founded Fusheng with the purpose of having a wide range of intelligence for when I planned on traveling the world Three years ago, when brother Hua Jianli asked formen to keep watch on every city and county in East and West Zhi, to keep watch on every ure's habits and circumstances I did not ask them to delve deeply, for that could lead to false information, but to keep track of their daily lives instead One's daily actions mirror their nature, likes and dislikes, and weaknesses Only then could I take the appropriate steps Each attack will be a fatal blow!”
Dong Chen nodded ”I understand now Through Fusheng, youngdid not care as the ethen, which was how you were able to convince him to surrender”
Ye Yin s master is very wise”