After reading the bamboo slips were thrown into the brazier, I saw that the fire in the basin suddenly a string, rising a few feet high, burning "crackling" sound, but after a while, the flame faded down, only to hear a soft female voice said: "The old body of the book has already read it, since Mr. was recommended by the red pine nut immortal, dare to ask Mr. Honorable name." ”

At this time, Gao Yuan had already put on himself as a thirty-five or sixteen-year-old man, his face had been dyed with the special potion given to him by red pine nuts, turned into a bronzer, and he also put on a bearded beard, which looked a little like a bearded man, and said, "In the next week." ”

The person who asked the plateau was a middle-aged woman between forty and forty-five years old, this woman was wearing a Luo robe, her hair was tied to a bun, and her appearance was quite delicate, although her age was not young, but she was full of mature femininity, and at this time she was half-reclining on a low couch about three meters away in front of the plateau, although her demeanor was slightly lazy, her eyes were clear and firm, and the bridge of her nose was high, which made her a person with a very sense of independence. In front of her is placed a mahogany low table, the table is covered with a flat green jade, the light can be seen, behind her is a large screen of wood carving inlaid with jade, the workmanship is fine, the inlaid jade is luster and warm, at first glance it is made of high-quality materials, and it is very valuable.

And a little behind her left side, there was a young woman about eighteen or nineteen years old sitting upright, wearing a pale blue Luo Yi gown, with an elegant posture, but her head was slightly drooping, and her eyes did not squint, and it was not clear that she could not see her face clearly, and she could only see the long orbital hair under the two slender and charming eyebrows that were oblique to the temples, but it was also conceivable that the complexion of this girl would never be worse there.

The middle-aged woman nodded and said, "It turned out to be Zhou Shengxian." When the old body was young, he was greatly favored by the red pine nut immortal master, otherwise he would not have the wealth of the old body today, so the red pine nut immortal master really has the grace of reinvention of the old body, and the princess and the edge of the jade have always been friends, when she was in Xianyang, she was also taken care of by the princess, even if the two of them entrusted the old body, the old body even if it is broken bones, so please rest assured that the old body will definitely send Mr. to Handan. ”

Gao Yuan also breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Thank you, Mrs. Qing." ”

This middle-aged woman is a famous businessman in this era, the rich widow Qing of Bashu, her surname is beyond consideration, and according to the habits of this era, she takes the land as her surname, so she is also called Baqing. It turned out that Hehua arranged for the plateau to leave Xianyang, and it was a caravan through Guò Baqing, which took the plateau out of Xianyang and sent it all the way to Handan.

Last year, Ba Qing donated 3,000 Yi gold to Qin, which greatly alleviated Qin's financial difficulties, so this time Yan sent an envoy to Qin to pay tribute, and Qin Wangzheng also invited Ba Qing to Xianyang to watch the ceremony, and built a Huaiqing platform for her, as Ba Qing's residence in Xianyang.

In fact, Ba Qing gave gold to the Qin State, the purpose was to obtain the Qin State Hangu Pass east of the business qualifications, Qin State implemented a policy of prohibiting business, although it did not mean to completely abolish commerce, completely prohibit the activities of merchants, but made a lot of restrictions on the business behavior of merchants. Baqing's business started from Bashu, and after decades of operation, it has developed to the Xianyang area, and has maintained a very good relationship with the Qin government.

However, now that Qin has annexed the three kingdoms of Han, Zhao, and Wei, the territory has greatly expanded, and these three countries are also relatively commercially developed regions, so the merchants of Qin also hope to obtain the business power of Han, Zhao, and Wei. Therefore, after Ba Qing came to Xianyang, she was also actively active, because she was personally invited to Xianyang by Qin Wangzheng, other officials of Qin did not dare to embarrass her too much, and although Qin Wangzheng would not be interested in this kind of thing, he did not make up his mind to stop it, but laughed it off, plus some other factors, as a result, by this time, all aspects of the joints were also opened.

At this time, Jing Ke's assassination of Qin was not successful, Qin Wangzheng decided to send troops to attack Yan, and the army was dispatched, naturally the supply of grain and grass materials was indispensable, and now Qin was the time when the national strength was weak and the materials were lacking, so Ba Qing saw a business opportunity from it, so he proposed to Qin Wangzheng that his caravan could help the Qin army use grain and grass materials to the front line in Handan, as long as the Qin court paid a transportation fund, or the funds for the purchase of grain and grass materials. Of course, Ba Qing will not help the Qin army to transport supplies in vain, once the Qin court will pay the necessary expenses, which is profitable; Second, you can also take advantage of the opportunity to expand your business contacts in Zhaodi, and businessmen will not do things in vain.

The ministers of the Qin State are a good deal, due to the lack of materials in the Qin State now, they need to buy a batch of food and materials from the people, and they also have to collect civilian servants and transport them to the front line, if there is a caravan willing to help with the transportation, of course it is good, although this money always has to be paid, but it can save a lot of trouble for the imperial court. Of course, the ministers of the Qin State also knew that Ba Qing would definitely bring some private goods for his business operations, but this did not cause any loss to the Qin State, so after reporting to the Qin Wangzheng, she agreed to Ba Qing's request to buy some grain and grass materials from Ba Qing, and sent them to Handan by her caravan.

He Hua knew about this from the beginning, but he didn't pay much attention to it at the beginning, he just admired Ba Qing's vision and scheming, and he was able to become a famous giant businessman in the world at the end of the Warring States Period, and he was also recorded by Sima Qian in the [Historical Records] special, and he really lived up to his reputation. But later, to help Gao Yuan return to Daijun, Hehua immediately thought of Baqing.

Because of the need to transport grain and grass materials, it is natural to have a large number of accompanying escort personnel, and the plateau is mixed in it, so it will not be eye-catching, and although the social status of merchants in the Qin State is not high, but a giant businessman like Ba Qing who is rich and rivals the country, ordinary Qin officials do not dare to make things difficult for them. What's more, this time, the caravan was transported by the army on the front line, so it could travel unimpeded.

Although it is said that the destination of the caravan this time is only Handan, as long as the plateau is sent to Handan, there will be basically no trouble in returning to Daijun, because Handan is one of the most familiar cities in this era on the plateau, and it is not far from Daijun, and now Qin's control over Zhao is far less strict than that of Qin's inherent land, plus in the past few years, Daijun's Jinyi Wei has planted a large number of spies in Zhaodi, which can help cover the plateau, so as long as it arrives in Handan safely, The rest is up to Takahara to figure out on his own.

Gao Yuan didn't know how much friendship Chi Song, Hehua and Ba Qing had, but Chi Songxiao reassured Gao Yuan that as soon as he obeyed Ba Qing's arrangement, he could reach Handan safely. And Gao Yuan, out of trust in Akamatsu and Hehua, didn't ask much.

At this time, Ba Qing nodded and said, "The caravan will leave tomorrow, so please prepare for Mr. today." ”

Gao Yuan smiled: "There is nothing to replace in Xia, and you can set off on the road at any time." ”

Ba Qing glanced at the girl who was kneeling on the left, and said: "Her name is Xue Yuan, she is the niece of the old body, and she is also the person who can be trusted by the old body, this time the caravan set off for Handan, and she personally led the team, so the detailed affairs will be arranged by her for the husband." ”

Only then did Xue Yuan raise his head and nod slightly to the plateau.

Gao Yuan saw Xue Yuan's face clearly, and he was really born with a beautiful and intellectual temperament, even if he was compared with Li Yinghong and Yun Yao around Gao Yuan, he was not inferior at all, but Gao Yuan was also a person who was used to beautiful women, so he was just a little surprised at first, so he immediately looked as usual, and said: "Miss Xue Yuan, how do you plan to arrange it." ”

Xue Yuan then said: "The number of people in the caravan to Handan this trip will be as many as 2,000 people, and Mr. Zhou is mixed in it, so it should be no big problem, but most of these ** are old people who have followed my aunt for many years, and they are very familiar with each other, but Mr. Zhou is a living person, and it is inevitable that he will attract attention in our team." Moreover, we are entrusted by the Akamatsu Immortal and the Princess of Jade, and we can't let Mr. have the slightest deviation, so it's best to think of a foolproof strategy. ”

Gao Yuan also nodded, Xue Yuan said it is indeed very reasonable, because among a large number of acquaintances, it is difficult for a stranger to suddenly insert in, and it is difficult not to attract attention, but even if Xue Yuan said this, it means that she must have a solution, so she is silent and listens to Xue Yuan.

Sure enough, Xue Yuan then said: "But this time the caravan travels, Guan Ito is heavy, so we will also recruit a group of swordsmen to enrich the protection of the convoy, I heard the red pine nut immortal master say, Mr. Zhou is proficient in swordsmanship, according to Xue Yuan, you might as well start from this aspect, Mr. Zhou will join our caravan as a swordsman we recruited, and enter Handan, I don't know what Mr. wants?" ”

Gao Yuan thought in his heart that this was a good way, so he said: "According to Miss Xueyuan's proposal, there is no opinion below." ”

Xue Yuan said again: "But Xue Yuan is still a little difficult to decide, if Mr. Zhou joins the caravan as a swordsman, it is naturally indispensable to compete with other swordsmen, if Mr. can show that he is excellent, Xue Yuan can use this as an excuse to let Mr. serve as Xue Yuan's guard, which is also easy for Mr. to hide his identity, but in this way, Mr. will inevitably be in the limelight, and if Mr. is injured because of this, wouldn't it be a negative trust of the Red Song Immortal and Princess Rongyu, and Xue Yuan is also a little embarrassed." ”

Gao Yuan smiled and said: "This young lady can rest assured, she can do some spare hands in the competition, win just right, or make people feel lucky to win, and even deliberately suffer a little injury, so that it will not be too noticeable." ”

Xue Yuan's embroidered eyebrows raised slightly, obviously thinking that Gao Yuan's tone seemed to be a little bigger, because he hadn't seen any other swordsmen, he dared to say that he would intentionally keep his hand, which seemed to be a little arrogant. However, she has seen a lot of big scenes, so she didn't move, just nodded, and said: "If Mr. Zhou can really do this, it will naturally be better, and I will let someone arrange for Mr. to rest in a while, and I will arrange a sword competition tonight, so that Mr. and others can compete in swords, please be careful." ”