Rise of Nongmen

Anyone with a little bit of information knows that the Qing'an Hou Mansion has business dealings with the Xu Family Winery, but only a few people have guessed that Ye Chen is among them, and now the chief manager of the Qing'an Hou Mansion is coming to congratulate him personally. , surprised more than calm.

Regardless of Ye Chen's relationship with the Qing'an Hou Mansion, the arrival of Director Xiao undoubtedly made the guests look up to Ye Chen again, and the atmosphere of the banquet immediately became more enthusiastic.

"How do you feel?" Xu Yanqing asked in a low voice.

"Trouble." Ye Chen didn't hide the slightest bit, telling the truth.

"Is this annoying?" Xu Yanqing smiled like a fox, "When you get promoted a few more times, you will know that today's occasion is really nothing. In Jinmin County, everyone can eat and drink to their heart's content, talk freely, and don't Worried about messy things, when it comes to that kind of occasion, you have to be careful, and you must know that disasters come from your mouth. By the way, you don't have a wife yet, maybe Mei Jiao'e will take the initiative to find you."

"So you thought so, I'll tell my sister-in-law later." Ye Chen suddenly realized.

Xu Yanqing: "..."

While he was speechless, a servant came to look for Ye Chen: "Lieutenant Ye, some ladies want to see you, old lady please come over."

Xu Yanqing was just getting what he wanted, and immediately winked and said: "Go quickly, it seems that good things are coming soon."

Now it was Ye Chen's turn to smile far-fetchedly.

Things developed just as Xu Yanqing said in his crow's mouth. As soon as Ye Chen entered the back hall of Qingyuan Restaurant, several pairs of eyes turned towards him.

Ye Chen's forehead jumped up and down, and he stood a foot away from the wives: "Mother, are you looking for me?"

Bai said with a smile: "Madams want to meet young heroes, and I am ashamed to praise you."

"Thank you ladies for your compliments. This is the work of the whole team, not the next person."

It's okay if Ye Chen didn't say this, but the ladies were more satisfied when he said that, and their eyes seemed to shine when they looked at him.

It's no wonder that Ye Chen has a tall and straight figure and a handsome face. He doesn't have the petty air of a countryman, and he is also humble and has a bright future. How can such a young man not attract everyone's attention?

With so many good things, Ye Chen's flaw of disrespecting his elders in the past has long been forgotten by his wives.What is that "elder"?Everyone can see Ye Chen's attitude towards his real elder, Mrs. Bai, such a person of good looks and good looks, and he is still young, but if there is a girl of the same age in the family, who doesn't want to go to the house?

Bai Shi seemed to see the impatience in Ye Chen's eyes, and hurriedly said: "Chen'er, there are a lot of things ahead, I'm afraid it's not good to leave Mr. Xu alone, there is a mother here, you go quickly."

Ye Chen, as if he had received an amnesty, immediately retired with his wives.

Seeing Ye Chen's manners and manners, the eyes of the ladies grew more satisfied.

Seeing the slightly embarrassed Ye Chen, Xu Yanqing took advantage of the gap to greet people and teased him a few more words, but at the end he did not forget to remind: "A spoiled girl from a gentry and rich family can't bear hardships, if you marry, you have to Be prepared for the separation of husband and wife."

"You think too much." Ye Chen said coolly.

Xu Yanqing was startled, and asked very curiously: "No way, do you plan to spend the rest of your life with a country girl? Who has such great ability?"

Ye Chen didn't even bother to talk to him, so he walked away, leaving Xu Yanqing alone in the wind.After he reacted, he quickly followed, but his heart was scratching like a hundred claws, and he was extremely curious.This is neither, nor is that, what kind of girl can fall into Ye Chen's eyes?

It's a pity that no one can give him an answer to this question except the person concerned, so Xu Yanqing could only hold back when he heard that there was another guest, so he put away his wandering thoughts and continued with his duties today.

During the banquet, everyone in the Ye family cheered up, but after the banquet was over, everyone was so tired that they slumped on their chairs and refused to move. Not only were their bodies tired, but their hearts were even more tired.

Thinking that he might have to hold a banquet in his own house in the future, Bai's whole body trembled.If you are tired like this now, everything will be taken care of by them in the future, so it's okay?

After thinking about it, Ye Chen felt that the matter of his sexuality could not be postponed any longer, lest the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment. Two days after the promotion banquet, he had a private conversation with Mrs. Bai.

"Chen'er, you, what are you talking about?" Bai's complexion turned pale and he said tremblingly.

"Mother, I don't like girls." Ye Chen didn't look at Mrs. Bai, his eyes slightly lowered, but his tone was extremely firm.

"You, you..." Mrs. Bai covered her face, couldn't help it anymore, and sobbed, "Old man, I'm sorry for you, I'm sorry for the ancestors of the Ye family, our family is going to end, end..."

"Mother, our family will never end, and there are Xiaoyao and the others." Ye Chen explained inappropriately, and was stared at by Bai Shi.

Hearing the movement, Qiu slammed the door: "Sister and brother, what's the matter, open the door, open the door quickly."

Bai Shi turned a deaf ear, but lowered her voice subconsciously.

Ye Chen also didn't move, just shouted out: "It's okay, uncle, you can go back."

Qiu immediately realized that there might be something happening inside that she couldn't know, so she didn't ask any more questions. When she left, she drove all the other people who were curious to go out to see what happened, and she sat alone in the other room. Looking sideways at the wind, there is nothing on the surface, but my heart is full of agitation, I don't know what happened to my siblings, I need to avoid her.

It's not that Bai doesn't understand anything. When she was young, before the war broke out, it was not uncommon for poor couples in the countryside who could not afford to marry a wife to live together. Every village has them, but now there are fewer. The number of males has decreased sharply, but girls have become unsalable goods. Naturally, things have returned to normal, and everything is focused on reproduction.

However, this is up to Ye Chen and his age. In his generation, there are signs of this again, but the situation of Ye family is different. This little son doesn't like girls, but he likes tough men.

As if thinking of something, Bai's heart skipped a beat, her crying stopped, and she said worriedly: "Chen'er, you don't mean to find a husband to marry?" But don't be, she is raising a son, isn't she? girl!

Hearing this, Ye Chen couldn't laugh or cry: "Mother, what are you thinking, my son has never thought of getting married."

"That's good, that's good." Bai Shi became inexplicably relieved, and her crying stopped completely.

Ye Chen smiled, could it be that the lesser of two evils?Thinking of marrying him out, would Bai's accept him marrying a male daughter-in-law?

Seeing that Bai's mood was not high, Ye Chen left the room, leaving her room to think quietly.

Seeing Ye Chen go out, Qiu stretched out his hand and softly beckoned him to come forward, looked carefully for a while, saw that his expression was normal, and didn't find anything wrong, immediately asked with a foxy look: "Xiao Chen, are you all right?"

"fine."

"Okay, then you go and do your work." Qiu Shi waved away people, and stood alone there thinking hard, but in the end he couldn't think of anything.

As soon as he left the house, Ye Chen went straight to his newly opened fruit shop.Of course, the current variety is very single, only melons such as watermelon and muskmelon are sold, and nothing else is available.

Because it is aimed at small households and ordinary people, what the store sells are those that are not in good condition or small in size. The taste is slightly worse, but the difference is not too big. Needless to say, those with good quality are sold in the city. Big family.

Even so, the sales volume in the shop is not too big. The people are afraid of wars, and they just have some money in their pockets, so they dare not spend it recklessly. , more and more melons were piled up in the shop, and it seemed to fill up the warehouse in the backyard.

Naturally, Ye Chen couldn't see the melons grown in the desert being so spoiled, so he thought about how to solve the problem of excessive inventory.

Obviously, Ye Chen has two choices right now, one is to expand the scope of sales and sell the melons to nearby counties and towns, and the other is to re-process the melons to increase varieties.

After thinking about it again and again, Ye Chen decided to take a two-pronged approach.The development of new varieties starts with fruit juice, and the expansion of sales follows the same approach as later generations, adopting a dealer plan to first increase brand awareness, and then wait for melon merchants and hawkers to come to their door.

Tell Ye Wuyi, who plans to transfer back from the farm, that he will make arrangements immediately.Within a day, the news of Yejia Fruit Shop selling melons spread throughout the county and surrounding villages.

Watermelon and other melons are easier to store, and can be stored for a few weeks easily, unlike some fruits that cannot be stored.The loss is low, and the difference between the wholesale price and the retail price is naturally small.

In addition to the entire Jinmin County, the Ye family has the largest supply volume, accounting for more than half of the market share, and the quality is high. There is an endless stream of small vendors who are willing to come to pick up the goods. The number is far beyond Ye Chen's imagination. After casting, the fruit merchants in Linxian County have not been attracted, and the stock has been consumed.

Ye Wu had no choice but to stop quickly, otherwise his fruit shop would be out of stock.

"Shopkeeper Wu, just now two vendors came to pick up the goods." The waiter opened the door and reported.

"Go and find out where those peddlers sell their stuff." After being happy, Ye Wu thought that something was wrong, maybe something was wrong.

The store clerk took the order and left immediately. About half an hour later, he returned to the shop and reported: "Master Wu, many of those peddlers are second-rate peddlers. After they took the melon batches away, some of them were sold by themselves, and some were transferred to further peddlers at high prices. I heard that the melons in our shop are almost sold to Lin County."

Ye Chen frowned: "Isn't the price of the melons that those small vendors get at the back higher than the retail price in the shop?"

The waiter in the shop looked surprised: "The shopkeeper Wu's guess is really accurate, that's what I found out."

Ye Wu smiled, pointed to a knocked watermelon in the corner and said, "It's done well, take this."

The store clerk was so happy that he ran out holding the watermelon, making up his mind that he must do a good job for the owner in the future.

After returning home, Ye Wu reported the matter to Ye Chen.

Ye Chen was thoughtful.The melons planted this year are not too many, and the high-quality products and above all enter the major households in Jinmin County through Ye Chen’s network. Common people with two spare cash.

Originally, Ye Chen thought that ordinary people had little consumption power, and it was true, but he forgot one thing, their huge number can completely make up for this deficiency.

What Ye Chen didn't expect was that the unintentional act of setting a low batch size attracted a large number of hawkers with little capital to try to sell. He seemed to have inadvertently boosted the economy of Jinmin County and promoted business development. .

Well, this is good, continue later.

Ye Chen knew that business would be easy only when the market capacity was large.

Even so, the juice is still on the market as scheduled.

If watermelon is a sacred thing for relieving summer heat, it is suitable for both men, women and children, then the juice is more targeted, especially attracting women and children, and the latter is even worse. After drinking it once, you want to drink it again, even if it is suitable for ordinary people High-quality watermelon juice, repeat customers are far more than the same grade of watermelon, even if the juice price is higher.

"Chen'er, you want to give watermelons to those who work for our family?" Bai said in surprise.

"Well, according to performance and position, you can decide how many mothers you give."

Bai's face showed reluctance, and so did most of the others present.They have heard that rich families give rewards to their servants during festivals, but they have never heard of giving things to workers, and they are very puzzled.

Seeing this, Ye Chen had no choice but to explain: "Mother, you have to be careful in the future, don't be soft-hearted, those who cheat and play tricks will be fired, and those who work quickly will naturally be rewarded, rewards and punishments are clearly defined, and the people below will be dedicated. As for giving out watermelons this time , it should be regarded as the benefits due to working for our family. In this way, the cost of poaching people from other families will be much higher, which is conducive to stabilizing people's hearts."

Ye Ningren was the first to react, his eyes full of admiration.

Ye Chen's idea is good, as long as the news spreads, the Ye family will recruit workers in the future without much publicity, and the workers will flock to them.Even better, the cost of this matter is actually not high. The watermelon is produced by itself, so it doesn't cost a lot of money.In the future, the benefits will be distributed according to this, and all products produced by the Ye family will be distributed. If there are more products, they will distribute them. Other families just want to follow suit, and not everyone can do it. The competitiveness of the Ye family will increase immediately.

High, really high.

After thinking it over, Ye Ningren also joined the ranks of persuasion.

Although Bai and the others were still a little bit reluctant, they finally agreed, but when they figured out that even if each person divides one, they would have to share a lot, their heart aches until they bleed.

"This one is too big, change to a smaller one."

"This melon is good, put it in the store and sell it."

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Ye Chen couldn't help laughing as he watched the Bai family and the Qiu family leading a group of daughter-in-laws "choosing carefully" in the yard.He didn't say anything, let them go, giving too much is not necessarily a good thing, knowing that things are hard to come by, people who work for his family will cherish them more.

These days, the Bai family has deliberately released the news, and the workers have long been looking forward to it.

There were few people at the fruit shop, so Mrs. Bai didn't go, leaving it to Ye Wu to be in charge, but she was in charge of the tofu shop.Although the workers were a little entangled with the size of the watermelons they were given, none of them were unhappy, and they were more motivated to work the next day.

This situation lasted for a full half a month, and although the enthusiasm dropped significantly after that, overall, it was still higher than before the distribution of watermelons.

This is actually quite normal. With those who have received extra rewards as role models, it is difficult for workers to think about their lack of motivation. If they perform well, they want to continue to maintain it, and if they are not good enough, they will strive to be their turn next time.

Once the competition mechanism is properly activated, the workers will naturally no longer be dead, but full of vitality.

Seeing that spending a small amount of money in exchange for the enthusiasm of the employees, Mrs. Bai no longer feels sorry for those watermelons that were distributed.Don't underestimate the country women, the Bai family still has this plan.

Since Ye Chen didn't take care of the tofu shop, the Bai family and the Song family followed Ye Yao and others to learn bookkeeping. Everyone in the Ye family, including Ye Hanzhen's family, had to learn it.

Of course, Ye Yao and the others are also learning and selling now. They just learned the skills from shopkeeper Hong, and then they turned around and taught their family members.

The older ones are not very demanding, as long as they learn to read the books, the younger ones, regardless of gender, must at least read and write. This is a mandatory requirement of Ye Chen, and no one can escape it.

For this reason, sighs often came from the small courtyard of Osmanthus Lane for a while.

It is good to be able to read and write, but it is really embarrassing to miss the best time of childhood.

Ye Chen turned a blind eye to this, he didn't show affection at all, it's just literacy, it's not for them to learn to be rich, if they can't even endure this little hardship, then what's the use of them in the future, don't they just stay at home and become rich?

This is the enjoyment that only some family members can enjoy after they get rich, and it is obviously not suitable for the current Ye family.

Ye Chen once saw books in the Lucky Mall. They were both literary and reasonable, and even martial arts. Unfortunately, the price was too high. With his current wealth, he couldn't afford to buy a set, let alone buy them all.

Not only that, for several months in a row, Ye Chen has not been able to buy a single item, either because the price is too high, or because he doesn't need it for the time being, so he simply didn't use the only dollar jade in his hand, saving the money to participate in the auction for the jade mine mining license next year .

After the change of the Lucky Mall, Ye Chen didn't feel much at first. Even if the method of prolonging life and strengthening the body appeared that he wanted most, it was far from surprising him, because those effects on the body were very limited. .But when a small porcelain bottle of medicine floated in the product list, Ye Chen couldn't help but feel moved.

Those are not ordinary Chinese medicine pills, but elixirs. There are ten pills in a bottle, and each pill prolongs life by ten years.

Only based on the product introduction that comes with Lucky Mall, Ye Chen can't tell what kind of power system it comes from, but it is certain that it exceeds the existing power system.

Ye Chen doesn't think that Lucky Mall is doing useless work. Since there are Shouyuan Pills for sale, there must be a meaning for their appearance.Think about it, if Ye Chen bought it and ate ten pieces, he could easily live to be 60 or [-] years old. If he lived a long life, he could live to be [-] to [-] years old.

What is that concept?Duodu was regarded as an old monster.

Judging from Ye Chen's experience in the Lucky Mall, it is impossible for the Lucky Mall to make such a mistake.He remembered that the instruction manual of Shouyuan Pill clearly stated that one person can take up to 100 pills, although the effect will be lower as you go to the back, but it should not be too easy to prolong your life by this.

Based on this, Ye Chen deduced that the world may have changed, but the end of the world should not be ushered in. He didn't feel any violent factors lingering around him.

Ye Chen took a deep breath, the air was fresh, nothing unusual, but quite comfortable.

Even so, Ye Chen's desire for Yuan Yu went deeper.There is always nothing wrong with being prepared. Anyway, even if the world does not change as he speculated, it will still not waste a cent. At worst, the body will improve too much, and he will live in seclusion when he gets old.

From now until next year, Ye Chen does not plan to spend a lot of money, and he will focus all his energy on the construction of Beihuang Farm.

With the addition of a large number of strong laborers, the progress of the construction of the wooden house has been greatly accelerated, and the manor has been built in a decent manner, only the finishing work is left.

Seeing this, Ye Chen circled another piece of land behind the manor, which was specially used to build a workshop.

Fruit shops don't have much technical content, but tofu shops don't. Those secret recipes are in the hands of Mrs. Bai, and they can't be separated from others.

With the current scale of the tofu workshop, it is no longer suitable to put it at home. Besides, Ye Chen doesn't like the smell of food wafting around the house all day long. A home must have the appearance of a home, and it cannot be confused with a workshop.

Although Ye Chen didn't plan to move the tofu shop here after thinking about it for a while, it didn't mean that there was no need to build a tofu shop.

Zhuangzi is not only far away from the city, but the nearest villages are dozens of miles away. It is very inconvenient to buy things, so he can only rely on his own efforts.Since the family has the craft of making tofu, naturally it cannot be wasted, so it is necessary to build a small tofu workshop.

In addition, Ye Chen also wanted to build a mill, which was next to the tofu mill.He plans to use the mill as the center to build oil mills, tofu mills and other workshops that need mills around it, so as to maximize the use of mills.

Afterwards, carpentry workshops, blacksmith shops, embroidery houses, etc., should be built one by one if Zhuangzi needed them and he had the ability to do so. Well, the most important one was left out, the Academy must also be there.

Looking at the rough map of the manor in his hand, Ye Chen couldn't help laughing.According to his construction, when the manor is completed, it can be compared to a small town.

In other words, ancient artificial materials are worthless, and you can get anything you want from the mountains and forests, so Ye Chen's ideas can be realized. Otherwise, let alone a small town, even a small village, Ye Chen can't afford to build it with his family. .

Of course, the premise is that the manor houses are all made of wood.

But in this way, fire prevention becomes very important.

Ye Chen considered this from the beginning. The wooden houses are all single buildings, not connected to each other, and the distance between the two wooden houses is not small, more than ten feet. Even if there is an accident, it is difficult for the flames to reach the next door. It will not happen that most of the street is burned down.

This was not enough, Ye Chen sent people to the town to get a few large tanks, and set up one in each street to put out the fire.

While doing construction, he also had to take care of the crops. The manpower on the farm was always a little tight. Even so, Ye Chen temporarily stopped the construction of the house and called all the two carpenters to make waterwheels.

The mason was not idle either, Ye Chen went to the town and pulled a few carts of bluestone bricks to Zhuangzi, he wanted to build a water tower by the lake.

In Ye Chen's vision, the water tower is about two to three feet high, and it is constructed of stepped pools, and water is sent up layer by layer through waterwheels.The specific height of the building depends on the trial situation, but at least two pools should be built.

With the water tower, the tap water is not far away. Although it can't be called fully automatic, under the current conditions, Ye Chen has tried his best to do this, unless Lucky Mall has a tap water system.

"Xiaochen, the water tower has two floors, go and have a look." Ye You was excited. Ever since Ye Chen mentioned the purpose of the water tower, he went to the lake to look at it several times a day. When he found that the water tower met the minimum requirements, he went I can't wait to experiment to see if the effect is as Ye Chen said.

"It will be done so soon?" Ye Chen was a little surprised, it seems that the mason is also very concerned about this, otherwise it would not be so fast, "Wait a minute, I will go in a while."

Ye Chen checked the water pipe made of pottery pipes and made sure that there was no problem with the connection, so he set off for the lake.

Ye You was very curious, followed every step, and refused to leave Ye Chen one step at a time.

Ye Chen glanced at Ye You, who was like a tail behind him, and he didn't chase anyone away after all, he just sped up his pace slightly, and he arrived at the place in a while.

"Has the waterwheel been placed?"

"All right, sir."

"Then start now."

Following Ye Chen's order, the two Zhuang Ding who had been standing by the lake immediately began to tread water.

The water wheel rotates from slow to fast, and the lake water is continuously sent into the first pool. When the water storage reaches a certain level, the two people on the platform of the first pool also start to step on the water. After these two procedures, the second pool The water level rises slowly, and when the water is full, close the lid immediately.

After work was over, a large group of people were led by Ye Chen to the first house at the entrance of the village with excited faces.

Ye Chen didn't want to whet people's appetites, he gently twisted his hand on the custom-made faucet, and the water flowed out from it.

"The water is out, the water is really out!"

The crowd below was excited, many people yelled and danced, completely forgetting that the host was there, they should restrain themselves.

Ye Chen didn't blame him.

Not to mention Ye You, he is not much better than Zhuang Ding at the moment, and his whole mind is attracted by the water constantly flowing from the pottery pipe.He himself was so happy that he jumped up, so he didn't care about other things.

Ye Chen turned off the water and stepped aside.

Ye You's eyes lit up, he took a step forward, following Ye Chen's example, he carefully turned on the faucet.After that, he put his hands under the faucet, and the warm lake water fell into his palms.

Ye You picked it up and took a sip, it was as sweet as ever, and then he ignored the wetness of his hand and hammered Ye Chen's shoulder hard, but the result was naturally in vain.

Ye You didn't care at all, he smiled so much that he showed his white teeth, joy from the bottom of his heart, and looked at Ye Chen with admiration in his eyes.

The Zhuang Dings were also eager to try, but they didn't dare to go forward, restlessly wandering a few steps away from Ye Chen.

Ye Chen has a keen sense, and has long noticed the excitement of Zhuang Ding. He looked at the water pressure and felt that it was enough, so he lifted his foot and left. Before leaving, he didn't forget to call Ye You, and only gave one sentence : "Don't waste water."

The Zhuang Dingmen agreed, and when the figures of the two disappeared, they rushed up to test the water.

This is just a small scene. When the busy troops return to the village at dusk, it will be called a madness. The shouts of nearly a hundred strong men can almost knock down the roof.

Ye Ningren, who had just changed guards with Ye Wu, was so excited that he called God to bless him, and smoke rose from the Ye family's ancestral grave.When he calmed down a little, his gaze turned to Ye Chen unconsciously, his eyes sparkling brightly.

Ye Chen felt Ye Ningren's gaze, looked back, didn't say anything, just smiled at the corner of his mouth.

Everyone was very excited on this day, Ye Chen simply slaughtered a sheep to celebrate, how can there be no wine without meat, so he opened another jar of flame wine.

The Zhuang Ding were even more excited. This is mutton, a large piece of mutton, and each piece weighs three or four.That's all, mutton is not expensive, and I can't afford it at ordinary times, but I can always eat some during New Years and festivals. When they saw the small bowl of mellow flame wine in front of them, the Zhuang Ding's eyes glowed green, and they stared at each other. Holding the wine bowl, he couldn't bear to blink his eyes.

That is flame wine, the price is high, many people can only watch it, but now they can drink it, even if there is only a small bowl, it is enough for them to savor it for a long time.

The wine is very spicy, but the Zhuang Dings have mixed flavors while drinking it.

When did they have such enjoyment!

The unwillingness to sell herself as a slave has gradually faded in the past six months, and at this moment, it is so faded that it can hardly be traced.

With such a host family, even if it is a lifetime to stay in this place where no birds lay eggs, it is worth it.

Early the next morning, Ye Chen woke up on time, and after washing up, he blew the assembly call and took everyone out for exercise except Ye Ningren.

Yes, you read that right, it is exercise, which is the so-called drill.

There is a flat river in the northern wilderness, there is no one inhabited here, an oasis suddenly appears, with lush water and grass, fat cattle and horses, how can it be done without any means of self-protection?

Ye Chen has an official position, he can bring a knife into and out of the city, but he can't have private soldiers, but who cares about this, he plans to equip each person with a set of weapons, a total of two, a stick and a bow.Sticks are used for close quarters, while bows are used for long-distance killing.

There are horse bandits in Hongluo County, and there may be sand bandits here, so we must guard against this.

After training in the morning, having a morning meal and resting for a while, Ye Chen rode his horse into the mountains.He was running out of some medicines on hand and urgently needed to replenish them, otherwise he might not be able to protect the manor with only this manpower.

Zhenbeifu Shanyuguan.

The Dai Viet dynasty is newly established, and there is a great potential for rejuvenation. The border is relatively calm. Last year, there was a bumper harvest, and no one disturbed the border. At this time, it can be said that the weather is calm. capital.

Xiao Jinyan is one of them. Although the reason is different from others, the timing is just right.

Shanyuguan was guarded by the Marquis of Qing'an. As Xiao Jinyan's eldest son, the Marquis of Qing'an would not let him start as a soldier, but he did not give him much preferential treatment.

Therefore, although Xiao Jinyan has an official position, his grade does not match the position he holds. He only has three small teams at his disposal, which can only be regarded as better than nothing.

On this day, everything was as usual, and Xiao Jinyan took his subordinates out of the customs for patrol.

There is almost no human habitation outside the customs. If the time is turned back a few years, the situation will be very different.At that time, this was a battlefield, and I don't know how many soldiers' lives were buried.

Thousands of years have passed, and the piled up bones are enough to submerge this place.

I don't know if it's a psychological effect or something else, but the sun doesn't shine on people like it did a few days ago. Is autumn coming?

Xiao Jinyan thought so, but his face didn't show at all, he just kept looking around, taking in everything around him.

Suddenly, a flash of light passed away. Xiao Jinyan squinted his eyes and looked at it based on his feeling. He found nothing, and immediately sent a small group of soldiers to disperse to check.

Soon, everyone including the team leader returned.

"Report to the captain, there is no discovery."

Following the first notification, the situation was broken one after another until Jialiu turned back.

"Report to the captain, this thing is dazzling." Jialiu handed Xiao Jinyan a stone that looked like jade but gave people an unpleasant feeling.After the stone was handed over, he was relieved, and he didn't even understand why.

Xiao Jinyan felt the same way. When he got the stone, it didn't have the warmth of jade, and there was a chilly smell. He instinctively wanted to throw it away, but finally held back and put it in a bag on the side of the horse's belly and put it away.

"Yu—" Zhi Yan stomped all four hooves, seeing Xiao Jinyan ignoring him, he hissed in protest.

Xiao Jinyan frowned slightly, stretched out his hand to pat Chi Yan's head to comfort him, and thought to himself, "Even the horse has noticed something is wrong. It seems that there is something wrong with this stone. I'll ask someone to take a look when I get back."

Up to this point, the matter is not over yet, not only Jialiu found the different stone, but two other people got back three similar stones afterwards.

Xiao Jinyan took them and put them away as before.

Zhiyan's reaction became more intense, and he turned his head and snorted towards Xiao Jinyan.

If it wasn't for Xiao Jinyan sitting on the blazing back, he would have been sprayed right.

"Quiet, I'll take it away later." Xiao Jinyan made a promise, and the flame stopped making noise.

Zhi Yan is a famous horse, while Xiao Jinyan's soldiers ride ordinary war horses. The former reacts fiercely, while the latter is much weaker. It seems that there is a clear difference between a good horse and a good horse.

With this accidental discovery, Xiao Jinyan didn't delay any longer, and led his subordinates to complete the patrol task quickly, then went straight to the barracks, and packed those uncomfortable stones in a jade box.

It was night, after a day of practice, Xiao Jin took the jade box to find the Marquis of Qing'an.

"Where did you get these?" Marquis Qing'an immediately retracted his hand as soon as it touched the stone.

"The pass outside the pass is about seven or eight miles away from Shanyu Pass." Xiao Jinyan said truthfully.

"Are there many stones like this?" Marquis Qing'an re-covered the jade box, and the bad feeling disappeared immediately.

"There may be a jade mine over there."

The Marquis of Qing'an's expression became serious, and the routine patrols would happen every few days, and if there was an enemy situation, it would continue every day. The jade mine should have been discovered long ago, why wait until now?

The Marquis of Qing'an couldn't figure it out, pondered for a moment, and said: "You don't have a task tomorrow, take these and find someone to confirm whether this thing is jade, and then go to Fayan Temple to let Zen Master Qingyuan see what's wrong here."

Xiao Jinyan solemnly agreed.

Early the next morning, Xiao Jinyan stepped out of the barracks with the warrant given by the Marquis of Qing'an, and went to the city to ask the jade master to look at it. It was indeed jade, but because of its poor performance, no matter how good the quality of the jade was, no one would want it. .

Leaving the jade shop, Xiao Jinyan went straight to the Fayan Temple outside the city.

"Master Qingyuan, what's the trick here?" Seeing the other party staring at the jade he handed over for a long while speechless, with a dignified expression, Xiao Jinyan asked.

"This jade is polluted by Yin Qi and cannot be used."

"Yin Qi?" Xiao Jinyan looked puzzled.

"You can also understand it as corpse gas. Jade has been infiltrated in it for many years, and it is contaminated with a lot of filth. Not to mention wearing it, even touching it will feel uncomfortable. But ordinary people can't feel it, only five senses and some special people, such as Said that you are more sensitive to a soldier with a strong evil spirit." At this point, Zen Master Qingyuan paused for a while, and then continued, "This thing can't flow out, wear it for a long time, the Yin Qi entering the body will affect your health, and in serious cases, it will be contaminated with evil spirits. , pass it on to others, it’s best to deal with it as soon as possible.”

"Thank you, master." Xiao Jinyan bowed to thank her, leaving with heavy steps.

Shanyuguan has stood in the world for thousands of years, and countless battles, large and small, have been fought. Which large-scale war did not flow like a river of blood?

Xiao Jinyan had never heard of anything that would be affected by it, but it appeared in front of her eyes. It is still a jade that represents beauty in the eyes of the world.

Back at Shanyuguan, Xiao Jinyan reported the situation to the Marquis of Qing'an.

"Zen Master Qingyuan said that this jade is polluted, and keeping it is a disaster, and it needs to be disposed of as soon as possible?" Qing'an Hou asked in a deep voice.

"Ah."

"Then did he say how to deal with it?"

"I said, as long as the Yin Qi in the jade is eliminated."

When Xiao Jinyan said this, his eyebrows were furrowed, and Marquis Qing'an immediately noticed: "Is there a problem?"

"Zhan Master Qingyuan is not capable enough to purify. You have to invite a more capable monk or Taoist master than him to do it."

Qing'an Hou Moran.

Zen Master Qingyuan is already the most powerful outsider in Zhenbei Prefecture, if he can't do it, then he can only go to other prefectures to invite him.

Most of the Marquis of Qing'an's influence is in the Zhenbei Mansion, and when they leave here, the right to speak plummets, and only the name of the Hou Mansion can be used.Ordinary people are fine, it's enough to sacrifice the Qing'anhou Mansion, it's really hard to say whether people from outside the country, especially those with great abilities, will sell face or not.

After pondering for a while, Qing'an Hou said: "Leave this matter alone, I will handle it, go down."

Xiao Jinyan immediately resigned.

The appearance of the strange stone outside Shanyuguan was not rumored, and Xiao Jinyan issued a gag order early in the morning.Therefore, the military camp was calm and there was nothing unusual.

Half a month later, it was Xiao Yanjin's turn to lead the team out on patrol again, and this time he left with an extra mission.Before the trip, in addition to the standard equipment, everyone was also equipped with a jade box and a pair of gloves.

It is true that the jade box can block the breath, but it only treats the symptoms but not the root cause. What's worse, it will be polluted by the Yin Qi in the different stones.If this is not the case, things will be much simpler, just throw the jade that has been attacked by Yin Qi directly into it, and everything will be fine.

After leaving Shanyuguan, Xiao Jinyan and his party headed straight for their destination, but before they got close, that weird feeling came to their hearts again.The sun was shining brightly outside, and after stepping into the invisible boundary, it was like entering a deep mountain and old forest, and the temperature dropped several degrees suddenly.

If that was the case, everyone would not think too much about it, but there is still an indescribable gloomy smell in it, the more you go in, the more obvious this feeling is.

Xiao Jinyan and the others were protected by evil spirits, so short-term contact would not be a problem, but he still didn't want to take risks, so he decided to make a quick decision, and immediately ordered everyone to disperse and go straight to the target stone.