The first favorite of rebirth

When Pei Jiqing woke up the next day, Jue Yun was no longer by his side. This child got up very early, and his movements became lighter and lighter, just like a legendary knight who came and went without a trace.

Suddenly there was a knock on the door outside, and a soldier said through the door: "Young Master Pei, Mr. Lang is calling you to go."

Pei Jiqing didn't know what was going on, and the soldier refused to say anything, so he had no choice but to put on his clothes and go out with him. Before the two of them reached the pasture, they heard the sound of horses galloping on the grass. Pei Jiqing looked up. A group of herdsmen were watching from the side of the pasture. Jue Yun's legs were clamped on the white horse's belly, his hands were off the reins, and he stood directly on the stirrup and pulled the bowstring. With a sound of "swish", the arrow was like a white shadow. flew out.

Jue Yun quickly drew the bow again, only then did Pei Jiqing realize that there were actually two arrows attached to Jue Yun's bow, the second arrow was much faster than the first, and the two arrows rushed towards the bull's-eye at the same time, connecting at the end nailed in one place.

The herdsmen couldn't help applauding, Jue Yun jumped off his horse and said, "Uncle Pei, I need your help with something."

"Wipe off your sweat first." Pei Jiqing wiped the sweat off Jue Yun's forehead with his cuff, and said, "You boy, how can you help me?"

"I told them my thoughts today!" Jue Yun raised his head excitedly, his eyes sparkling, "The market is about to open, and we are short of bookkeepers. You read a lot, so I need your help."

"Recording?" Pei Jiqing pondered for a moment, nodded and said: "Of course I would like to keep accounts, but this market cannot be opened casually. Everyone must register things first, and then unify how to change them and what to change. Both of us Only by being prepared can the market be opened."

Hearing Pei Jiqing's words, Jue Yun didn't feel that he was being thrown cold water, but started to do it with great interest. A few soldiers who could speak Khitan sat in front of them as translators, and wrote down all the things the herdsmen wanted to change.Most of the herdsmen still want firewood, rice, oil and salt, but some people are different and want some spices and porcelain instead, and Pei Jiqing has registered them one by one.

The herdsmen want a lot of things, and they are very generous. They don't seem to believe in Jue Yun, and they are afraid that the people from the Central Plains will not come over, so they are always a little timid in doing things. Something went up.

Jue Yun and Pei Jiqing memorized all these things for a day before they finished calculating. He held up the list and said, "Let's try it out today and help them organize it. We will hold a horse market tomorrow, but we can't Here they come."

Under the warm orange candlelight, Jue Yun looked at Pei Jiqing's thin and straight handwriting, and said, "What does this mean?"

"The horse market has existed for a long time, just because the war stopped. We open the market here to shake hands with the foreigners in Mobei. The Liao people will come, and so will the Mongols and Jurchen. They are not simple herdsmen. "Pei Jiqing paused for a moment, tapped the paper with his fingers, and said: "If they come to participate in the market, we should make good rules. What kind of livestock is exchanged for how much grain and how much silk is exchanged, and we have to collect taxes from them. You can't work for them in vain."

Jue Yun nodded, then frowned and said: "These herdsmen trust me very much, if I let them know, wouldn't it be chilling, after all, they don't know how to collect taxes..."

"They exchanged without rules like this, but they lost even more." Pei Jiqing handed him the note with the things written down, and said: "Before going to Jinzhou to notify the commercial company, go and tell General Xia that the market will open , There will definitely be people who have not registered, so you can buy back some of those medicinal materials and special products and choose better ones."

Jue Yun asked: "What are you buying these for? You've been in the grassland all day long, and you haven't seen enough of those special products?"

"Idiot." Looking at Jue Yun's curious eyes, Pei Jiqing stretched out his hand to find some money and said, "No matter how much we draw, we are still working for the public. If the business is big, the imperial court will send officials down, and we keep the goods ourselves. , Of course, it is for sale. These special products are rare in the vicinity, and Jiangnan and Beijing are not available, and they are shipped far away and sold, which is also a fortune."

"Oh..." Jue Yun nodded, picked up the list and put it near the official uniform, said: "Tomorrow I will go to Jinzhou, tell the merchants to open the horse market in a few days, and ask them to prepare things."

"Well, you can copy it again." Pei Jiqing rubbed his wrists, and fell on the bed tiredly, "I don't want to keep the handwriting, it won't look good to others."

"Why?" Jue Yun looked at him puzzled, "Now that Xiao Wansheng is standing with us, why are you afraid that someone will recognize you? You are too careful..."

Before Jue Yun finished speaking, Pei Jiqing had already fallen asleep leaning on the pillow. His eyelashes trembled, casting a shimmering wave of light. Jue Yun went over to take off his boots for him, and slowly eased off his coat. Pei Jiqing lay on the bed. In his arms, there were some calm and peaceful breathing sounds.

"I didn't fall asleep..." Pei Jiqing leaned against Jueyun dizzily, and said in a low voice: "Little master, copy it again, it's not that I don't believe you..."

"Okay." Jue Yun put him down, picked up a pen and copied the account, he slowly looked at Pei Jiqing's handwriting, and felt that those slender and strong strokes were very beautiful, so he hesitated for a long time, but still did not burn the note , but put in a box.

It was an exquisite wooden box, and it was also a proof that Jue Yun was still like a child. He put all the things he liked in it, but he didn't tell Pei Jiqing that there was his mother's suicide note in it. The salary, the article that Pei Jiqing corrected for him, and the late auspicious jade pendant.

In the early morning of the second day, the two came to Jinzhou in a hurry and told Xia Chengxi about the decision to open the horse market. He patted Jueyun on the shoulder and said: "We Han people are smart, and the Liao people have occupied Dingzhou for decades, but they turned a good strategic fortress into a pool." Still water."

Tang Wei was sitting at the table reading a book. He was fifteen years old this year, his face was still clean and soft, and his brows still showed youthful ambition, but his stature was compared by Jue Yun. Xia Chengxi glared at Tang Wei and said, "Look at you, what are you doing?" Is it not a climate at all?"

"What do I want, don't I study hard every day?" Tang Wei said dissatisfied, "If you hadn't kept me at home, I would have gone to play with Jueyun a long time ago."

"A few days ago someone said they saw a horse thief, so they didn't dare to ask you out." Xia Chengxi suddenly thought of something, and quickly said: "Jueyun, there is something I forgot to tell you, the second prince of Liao Kingdom withdrew his troops, do you know ?”

"I'm in Dingzhou, and I'm much closer to him than to you." Jue Yun nodded and said, "Didn't the Second Prince withdraw his troops long ago?"

"You probably have been farming for too long, and the news is not well-informed." Xia Chengxi said with a smile: "It's not all about withdrawing troops. The reason why the second prince withdrew was because the first prince raised troops. The king of Liao Kingdom is only a few days away, so the first prince simply raised troops. , to wipe out the second prince's team, Xiao Yi first led his troops to retreat in the desert, and even the second prince fled to nowhere."

Pei Jiqing frowned and said, "The eldest prince has ascended the throne?"

"Not yet, but it will be sooner or later." Xia Chengxi said: "If the eldest prince ascends the throne, the Liao Kingdom will also be unified. They have never given up competing in the Central Plains. I am afraid that if there is stability there, there will be another one here." A bad fight."

Looking at Jue Yun's worried expression, Xia Cheng added: "But don't be discouraged, the horse market is still open, the eldest prince is in charge, and Dingzhou City is in our hands, so he doesn't dare to fight us hard , Maybe the horse market is doing well, but it makes them dispel the idea of ​​fighting and killing."

At this time, the tailor in the general's mansion came to measure the winter clothes, and Tang Wei also called Jue Yun to go with him. Jue Yun buried a sharp-edged youthful face in the thick fur, and his expression was always unhappy.

"Jueyun, you rarely come to play with me, why are you always unhappy." Tang Wei looked at Jueyun's unhappy eyes, and flattened his mouth: "Is it because living in Dingzhou is too tiring, or you don't go back today, just Rest overnight in the general's mansion?"

"No." Jue Yun shook his head, held his clothes absent-mindedly, and said, "I heard General Xia say that Xiao Yi ran to the desert first, and the First Prince was about to ascend the throne. I don't know how Lin He is, and he doesn't even know his life or death." ..."

Although Tang Wei is squeamish and playful, he is not a cold-blooded and ruthless person. Hearing what Jue Yun said, his expression couldn't help becoming depressed. At this moment, someone came in to report that he had something to ask Jue Yun. Jue Yun rushed to the hall immediately, and the soldier in charge of contacting the merchant knelt down and said, "We have found a lot of grain and rice shops in Jinzhou City, and we have already collected all the goods, but there is a merchant who wants to bring some silk and silk to the market. Disagree."

"If he wants to come, there is no reason for me to disagree." Jue Yun immediately said: "You tell him to come to the horse market on time, maybe there will be people who have not registered."

"Yes." The soldier nodded and continued: "Master Lang, the merchant said the things were too heavy and asked us to help transport them there. Now everyone is ready to go. Do you want to go back together, Mr. Lang?"

"Alright." Jue Yun nodded, and said, "Young Lord, I will send the things back first, and I will play with you another day, or if you have time, you can also come to the horse market."

"But the winter clothes aren't ready yet." Tang Wei didn't want to leave decisively, so he said, "You ask Pei Qi to go back with them, and wait here by yourself. The tailor is coming soon."

"Alright." Just as Jue Yun was about to speak, Pei Jiqing hurriedly said: "Young Master is right, don't always be unhappy, have dinner with Young Master, I will accompany them there."

Pei Jiqing couldn't wait for Jue Yun to speak, so he went out with the soldiers. Jue Yun was in a bad mood, and it might be better to let him play with Tang Wei, but he made up his mind to start a business. It's a good time to learn from these businessmen and see how they operate.

Thinking this way, Pei Jiqing went out with the caravan. The previously arranged caravan had passed by, and only the merchant who wanted to transport silk and silk and some grain and rice were left. Although his cargo was heavy, But not many.

Pei Jiqing squinted and saw that this businessman was only in his early twenties, but he was wearing a sable fur coat, his hands were full of rings, his eyes were sharp and sharp, and he didn't seem like a Central Plains man. Very angry, as if he was a nouveau riche who made his fortune from fur goods.

The soldier pulled up the front reins of the chariot, and the businessman came over very rudely, saying: "It's getting dark, there are a lot of horse thieves these days, you just watch these few people, what if something happens along the way?"

The soldier said: "You are just some cloth, horse thieves will not block these things, and it will not be long before you go to Dingzhou, not to mention the few of us, even if you transport it yourself, no one will rob you."

Although the businessman was a little displeased, the carriage started to move on the vast grassland. It was dinner time, and the businessmen began to share some dry biscuits.Pei Jiqing stayed in the grassland for a long time, and also learned some simple Khitan dialect. He heard the businessman's accent and words, he didn't seem to be Han Chinese, so he asked suspiciously: "Listening to this boss, it seems that he is not from the Central Plains?"

"That's right." The businessman turned his head impatiently, seeing Pei Jiqing's snow-white and thin cheeks, he was stunned for a moment before he muttered and explained: "We bought the cloth and then went to exchange it for leather goods to earn a difference. "

"So that's how it is." Pei Jiqing nodded, and asked, "I don't know where the boss sells the fur goods. Recently, there have been wars and chaos, and the price of fur goods has also increased."

"Yes……"

The businessman didn't seem to want to say these things, he hesitated a bit, Pei Jiqing turned his back a little embarrassingly, thinking that this boss doesn't understand what it means to have money and everyone earns it, so it's really true to be able to manage the family business in such a conservative way not easy.

Suddenly, there was a neighing sound in the dark night sky. Pei Jiqing looked up, but the entire carriage had already tilted forward, and the things behind him rolled down together, hitting Pei Jiqing hard.

The grassland is flat, is there any obstacle to stop it, why did the carriage suddenly overturn?

Is it a tripping rope?Pei Jiqing suddenly thought that the horse thief that the businessman had mentioned would not be so unlucky, it really made him encounter a horse thief.

Louder noises began to appear. After Pei Jiqing's carriage, the cloth carriage also fell down, and things fell to the ground. Pei Jiqing got out from the small window of the carriage and stood there in the night. A big man with a weapon in his hand.

Pei Jiqing brought about fifteen soldiers, all of whom had been on the battlefield, and it would not be difficult for them to deal with a few robbers, so he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

The horse thief rushed over in the night, and the soldiers raised their weapons around the carriage. There were so many of them, they naturally gained the upper hand. Some horse thief fell to the ground bleeding, at this moment, there was a sound of weapons colliding, and Pei Jiqing turned his head suddenly, and saw the merchant just now jumped out of the car, stretched out his hand and pulled out the scimitar from the cloth, and joined the battle instantly.

It turned out that these people were not merchants at all, they were waiting here for the purpose of ambush!

"Don't do it!" Pei Jiqing yelled, and then said in a deep voice: "Everyone, you are also businessmen. It's not easy for everyone. How about taking things away and saving our lives."

"Did I say I would kill you?"

The businessman came suddenly just now, and slashed Pei Jiqing on the back of the neck with a hand knife, Pei Jiqing felt a dull pain, and his consciousness gradually became unclear.

Just when he was about to faint, he vaguely saw a silver inlaid mace hanging on the man's slightly open chest.