Stealing the Pen: Kirin's Primordial Lotus

An Liman finally couldn't resist Lao Hu's money offensive, and finally said, "Tomorrow they will come to confirm the supply situation before departure."

"As for whether you can get them to agree to join you, that's something you should consider."

"Don't worry about this. When the time comes, we just need to meet them and have a few words. We will take care of the rest."

"But you also need to help us prepare some supplies for entering the desert."

After Lao Hu offered a price of one thousand, Anliman finally agreed to let them meet, but he didn't know whether the other party would agree.

The next day, when Xiao Zhang and others came to Anliman's residence again, Lao Hu and others who had been waiting for a long time also came out.

"Is this the guest staying at your house?"

"Mr. An, are you planning to take two groups of people on the same trip?"

"Mr. Zhang misunderstood. It really was a misunderstanding!"

Seeing that the big customer was unhappy, Anliman immediately explained, "They came yesterday and wanted me to take them to the Black Desert, but I have already accepted your order, so I definitely can't accept other people's orders, right? So..."

Anliman touched his beard a little embarrassedly and smiled, "It's also because I couldn't resist the temptation. I just wanted to meet you and have a chat."

"Really? Then take my people to check the supply preparations first!"

The leader Xiao Zhang asked one of them to follow Anliman to check the supplies, while he stood there with his hands behind his back and his back facing them.

"Since you all want to talk to us, why don't you show up? Otherwise, if you keep hiding like this, I'm really worried about whether you really want to talk to us sincerely!"

When Lao Hu and others walked out of the room, they saw several people standing in the yard. All of them were over 1.8 meters tall and had their own unique looks. They fascinated the female college students who were traveling with them. Even Miss Yang, who had seen a lot of people, couldn't help but fantasize about them.

"Hu Bayi was born in 1950. He returned from the army in 1979 and made a living with his childhood friend."

"Wang Kaixuan, born in 1951, lives in Yanjing and makes a living by reselling records."

"Two years ago, because of Wang Kaixuan's family heirloom jade pendant, you got to know a man named Da Jin Ya from the Antique Street. Now you two should be staying at Da Jin Ya's house."

"Yang Xueli was born in 1957. She is a citizen of the United States. She is the last of the Mountain Moving Taoists. Her grandfather was once the leader of the Mountain Moving Taoists - Partridge Whistle. This time she returned to China to support the national archaeological team in order to find the whereabouts of her father."

"Professor Chen, a professor of archaeology at Longguo Qinghua University, is planning to come to the Taklamakan Desert with several of his graduate students to look for a place called the ancient kingdom of Jingjue."

"Everyone, am I right?"

The leader, Xiao Zhang, scanned all the people present one by one and slowly told them some basic information about the visitors.

Yang Xueli didn't expect that such a person who didn't look like he could talk would know so much, and she had never told anyone who her grandfather was.

Even when she met Uncle Chen, her father's former best friend, she refused to talk about her grandfather. She only told them some of her father's speculations. Then she offered to fund their archaeological research, but on the condition that they take her alone.

"I have not yet asked for your full name, sir? It will be convenient for us to address you, right?"

"My last name is Zhang, from the Zhang family, and my name is Haihua."

When Professor Chen heard this surname, his pupils dilated for a moment, while the other young people and the middle-aged man beside him were all confused and had no idea what this Zhang family was.

"So you are Mr. Zhang. We are disrespectful. Please don't blame us for this sudden visit, Mr. Zhang."

"You're welcome!"

"Since Mr. Zhang knows that we are going to the ancient country of Jingjue, could you please give us a ride?"

"We are here to accompany the clan leader and the young master, and we can't make up our minds! You just wait!"

Zhang Haihua originally wanted to reject their request directly, but then he remembered that their family had previously donated a sum of money to Longguo for archaeological research, in exchange for some archaeological work certificates.

Zhang Haihua pulled a person next to him and whispered something in his ear. The person nodded and climbed over the wall to leave Anliman's yard.

"Hua Zi, I checked and the supplies are OK, but fresh water is not easy to replenish. Once we enter the desert and lose fresh water, I'm afraid it will be difficult to get it in the first place."

"That's not a problem. There are many underground lakes in the desert. When the time comes, just find a place where there is a chance of a sea and dig a few shovels."

"Mr. An, since the supplies are almost ready, we will leave first! If there is any news, we will send someone to inform you."

"Okay, okay, Mr. Zhang, I'll take you there!"

Anliman sent Zhang Haihua and others away with a servile and fawning look on his face.

"Mr. Zhang, don't you know us?"

"If my clan leader and the young master agree, we will send someone to inform Anliman. Just wait!"

After Wang Kaixuan and others left, he couldn't help but spit.

"Who are they? Why are they so excessive?"

"Professor Chen, you seemed shocked when you heard about the Zhang family just now? Do you know this Zhang family?"

"The Zhang family has existed since before the Republic of China, and there is a force called Wan Chong Shan behind them. When we were first established, they invested a large amount of money to help us build, and they also contributed money and manpower when we were fighting against Jiao Ben Ji and the Skinheads."

"And during that decade, the two families also protected many intellectuals from persecution. They even transported food supplies and some equipment and weapons from various places during the external attacks."

"Professor Chen, it looks like their chief will agree to let us go to the desert together!"

“I think so!”

Professor Chen was not sure what those people were thinking. After all, they had never met the head of the Zhang family and Wan Chongshan's people. Only some senior executives or leaders had seen them. People like them who were immersed in research were not worthy of a personal visit.