Taming beasts starts with understanding bird language

After reading the secret letter, Wei Xing immediately took out a fire starter and blew it up to burn it.

Xue Lihua asked worriedly, "What instructions does Little Boss have?"

"He is now forced into a situation where he can't take a single step. Last night, he had to sever his ties with the Wan family and temporarily save the Wan family. Now he is begging on the street." Wei Xing said with a serious expression.

"How can he be a beggar? These bastards are too much! He is a hero of the border war!" Xue Lihua said angrily.

It was Gu Chan who led them to defeat the army of the Diyue Kingdom at the border, which led to the peace of Tiancang Kingdom today.

But this group of people in Jiangnan don't care about these things at all. They force Gu Chan to death for their own selfish interests. Who wouldn't be angry?

Wei Xing smiled bitterly and said, "Human nature is evil. This is the way the world works. If you affect other people's interests, they will deal with you. It's as simple as that."

"No, I have to go and pick him up." Xue Lihua said.

Then she prepared to get up and leave, going to East Street to pick up Gu Chan.

Wei Xing quickly reached out his hand to hold her back, and said, "Sit down, the little boss is not stupid. If he really didn't want to be a beggar, he could have left the city last night and settled on the Great Huaxia on the Jiangnan River. Now that he has chosen to be a beggar, it means he has his own goals. Don't go and cause trouble for him."

"But……"

"Okay, stop talking nonsense and sit down quickly. The boss has other instructions." Wei Xing interrupted.

Xue Lihua had no choice but to suppress her anger and sat down patiently.

Wei Xing waited until she calmed down before saying, "Little Boss is worried that the people in Jiangnan City will attack the Great China, so he asked me to secretly send someone to protect it. I think you and Ren Nanshan should go there with the four-legged snake Sogou tonight. Too many people will make it easier to be exposed, so the two of you and the spirit beast will be just right."

"Okay, I can't do anything else, but protecting merchant ships secretly is no problem for me." Xue Lihua nodded in agreement.

"As for us, after you leave, let Cheng Yu replace you, and you can hand over all the things in your hands to her." Wei Xing made arrangements in an orderly manner.

Xue Lihua didn't say much, she immediately agreed and left.

After a while, she found Ren Nanshan and Snake Sougou and told them everything in detail. After the man and the beast learned that this was Gu Chan's order, they packed up their things without hesitation and left with Xue Lihua.

Cheng Yu naturally followed Xue Lihua's instructions and took over the matters that she and Ren Nanshan were managing.

In the afternoon, Xue Lihua and Ren Nanshan dressed up and brought the lizard Sogou to a pier on the Jiangnan River. They spent money to buy a small flower boat, and then the two of them and the spirit beast got on the boat and quietly went to the vicinity of the Great China to protect it secretly.

At this time, Gu Chan had already gone to the dilapidated temple where the nine-fingered old beggar lived with peace of mind.

It has been almost a month since the last time they met.

Sitting face to face again, the nine-fingered old beggar looked at her and said, "Why do you look so worried? Have you encountered something that you can't solve?"

"Hey! Old boss, you know my situation. I'm almost suffocating because of those bastards in Jiangnan City." Gu Chan sighed.

"Hahaha……"

The nine-fingered old beggar raised his head and laughed out loud.

Gu Chan, however, couldn't laugh at all and just sat there with a bitter face.

After laughing for a while, he stopped laughing and said, "Okay, don't be so sad. I'll give you a tip. I guarantee you'll catch them off guard."

"Then tell me quickly!" Gu Chan said with shining eyes.

"I recently got news that all the medicinal material merchants in Jiangnan City, under the instructions of the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce, have been hoarding large quantities of herbs and manipulating their prices. They will also pay high prices to buy the herbs they have collected from ordinary people in order to suppress you." The nine-fingered old beggar said with a faint smile.

Gu Chan stroked her forehead with her hand and said bitterly, "I know this. In order to make money, many common people will still sell the herbs they collect to them. If this continues, it will be even more difficult for my merchant ships to collect herbs."

"So! How to get the herbs hoarded by the herbal medicine merchants onto your merchant ships? This is a big deal." The nine-fingered old beggar said shrewdly.

Gu Chan shook her head and said, "I've actually thought of this idea, but it's not very realistic. The amount of herbs hoarded by the herbal medicine merchants is too large. I can't eat them all by myself. That's one thing. Secondly, at this critical moment, if something goes wrong with their herbs, I'll be the first person they suspect, and they'll definitely punish me! Wouldn't that make the situation even worse?"

"You have never lived in the Jiangnan area, so you don't know the specific situation here. Let me tell you! No matter how the herbal medicine merchants here hoard herbs, they must get rid of them all before May, otherwise there will be big problems." said the nine-fingered old beggar.

"Is there such a thing? Why?" Gu Chan asked puzzledly.

She was indeed a little confused. Medicinal herbs are not like other commodities. They will expire if stored for a long time. Moreover, the older the medicinal herbs are, the better. Medicinal herbs that have been stored for a long time often have better efficacy. This is the same as wine.

Therefore, the medicinal herb dealers here would not be in a hurry to sell them so quickly.

Besides, she has been here for more than two months, and winter is almost over. Spring will come soon. After the New Year, it will be February or March in a while. If they want to sell the medicinal materials, they are not in a hurry to do so before May!

The nine-fingered old beggar was in no hurry to explain. Instead, he took out his pipe and slowly filled it with tobacco. Then he took out a lighter and blew it to light it. He lit the cigarette and took a puff and said, "The weather in the south of the Yangtze River is different from that in the north. After the beginning of spring, in April and May, it will slowly start to become humid!"

"Oh! I understand. This is the so-called return of the south wind, right?" Gu Chan said with sudden enlightenment.

"Yes, medicinal materials are not afraid of being stored for a long time, but they are afraid of being stored in a damp place! As long as the Jiangnan area becomes humid, even if you store them in a cellar, they will not escape the fate of dampness and corruption. Therefore, after storing medicinal materials in Jiangnan every year, the medicinal material merchants basically have to sell them off before May of the following year, or ship them to various parts of Tiancang Kingdom and sell them at a low price." The nine-fingered old beggar explained.

Gu Chan nodded repeatedly after listening.

The nine-fingered old beggar said, "Think about it. If you can find a way to make their stockpiled herbs have some problems before the New Year, then they will be in a hurry to clear out the herbs before May."

"But this is due to the weather! No matter how powerful I am, I can't control the weather and make the return of the south wind come earlier!" Gu Chan spread her hands and said with embarrassment.

She admitted that the Nine-Fingered Old Beggar had a good idea, but the key was that she didn't have that much ability!