Huzhou, Cai County.

Li Sen was leading Juan and Liu Yinyue to stand on the low city wall of Cai County, looking at the sea.

In the territory of the rich Wu State, Huzhou is also an economically developed state and county. Over the years, the wind and rain have been smooth, making the people rich and the grains abundant.

Only Cai County in Huzhou is very different from other states and counties.

There is only a barren plain here.

Due to the old facilities of the port embankment facilities in this area, it has fallen into disrepair. So there have been many floods in history.

The flood from the sea, even if it receded, still left a lot of sea salt, and under the exposure of the sun, the surface of many lands in Cai County was a shallow frost white.

The extremely high salt content made it impossible to grow crops on the land here, and farmers who relied on the land for food were forced to move to Cai County. And once a city has no peasants, it is like having no backbone, and commercial trade cannot be carried out, and all the merchants have also withdrawn from Cai County.

The people fled, and they were desolate.

Although it can't be said to be a thousand miles of red land, but for Li Sen at this moment, the scene that catches his eyes is really not as good as several mountain cities near Hengyue Mountain.

Leeson turned his gaze away from the plains to the ruined harbor by the sea.

There's still some smoke there.

Fortunately, agriculture is abandoned, but the fishing industry is barely able to support it. Huzhou relies on the East China Sea, which is rich in fishery resources. The peasants who rely on the land to eat can't stay in Cai County, and the fishermen who rely on the sea to eat are still living tenaciously here. Please enter the URL: Нёǐуапge.сОМ in lowercase letters to watch the latest and fastest chapters

Seeing this scene, Li Sen touched his chin, and there was a hint of thought in his eyes.

Juan on the side obviously noticed Li Sen's movements, and he asked with interest: "Li Daoyou, are you more interested in that port than this dilapidated small county town?"

When Li Sen heard this, he said with a faint expression: "Yes, although there is still some infrastructure in the county, the roads are quite smooth. But it's a pity that there is no popularity here at all, and if we want to develop the Juxing Branch, it is better to rely on the sea and land and set up in the port than to rely on the land route. In the future, if you engage in maritime trade, you may be able to acquire some special items from other continents. ”

When Liu Yinyue heard this, she was a little surprised and said, "You have already considered maritime trade?"

Li Sen nodded slightly: "Since it is trade, naturally the farther away it is a trade resource, the more valuable it is." The stone of its mountain can attack jade, even if it is an ordinary stone in the outer continent, it may be more valuable than the gold we have here. ”

When Juan heard this, he smiled and said, "This is true, for example, on Iwo Jima in the depths of the South China Sea, a piece of black flame stone can be seen everywhere in the karst cave, which is more valuable than our gold here." ”

"You can't say that. Liu Yinyue shook her head again and again, "Although the Black Flame Stone on Iwo Jima Island can be found everywhere, the fire demon beasts there are also everywhere. When ordinary monks were mining Black Flame Stone there, they all risked their lives. Therefore, the Black Flame Stone will naturally be much more valuable. Moreover, what the concubine wanted to say was that if we were to trade at sea, we had to have a ship, right? With a ship of this size, even our business alliance doesn't have many of them. ”

Li Sen glanced at Liu Yinyue and smiled slightly.

"Before I even scratched the question of establishing a sub-cabinet, I thought of the ships needed for maritime trade. Don't you think you're a little worried? In my opinion, it's better for us to find a place to set up a branch pavilion near that port. ”

As soon as these words came out, Liu Yinyue and Juan glanced at each other, and they both nodded and agreed without any opinion.

Li Sen's sleeve robe flickered, and a cyan sky disc came out of his sleeves, and then Li Sen's body jumped on it with a flash.

"Let's go!"

In an instant, Li Sen was already stepping on the Sky Plate and flying towards the port in the distance.

Juan and Liu Yinyue naturally followed closely behind Li Sen.

......

A fishing village at the port of Cai County, without a name. It's just an ordinary small village of fishermen who have gathered spontaneously, about 200 people.

The surrounding area is basically flat. Only next to a junction in the west, there is a small hill about 100 zhang high and 100 zhang in circumference.

After Juan and Liu Yinyue saw this hill, they both suggested that the Juxing Pavilion should be set up here.

Because the height of this place is very conspicuous, it is conducive to the future commercial publicity.

In this regard, Li Sen disagreed.

"Let's go to the fishing village first. Li Sen glanced at the fishing village, and said with a faint expression: "Although it is only a dilapidated port, it is difficult to protect it, will there be people from the Yuanling Business Alliance squatting here." ”

"Wouldn't it, the Yuan Ling Shang Alliance would even send people to garrison this place?" Liu Yinyue was a little surprised.

Juan also frowned and said, "Before we came, we asked Mei Xuesheng for control of Cai County. And Mei Xuesheng also said that this is a no-man's land that doesn't matter, and we can use the land here at will. How can there still be people from the Yuanling Business Alliance?"

"There is no need to rush to open a branch cabinet. On the contrary, we may have to stay here for quite some time in the future, so let's be cautious and investigate. After Li Sen explained a little, he walked directly towards the fishing village.

Juan and Liu Yinyue had no choice but to follow behind Li Sen.

Once in the fishing village, it is surrounded by small thatched and wooden houses, with occasional adobe rooms in between. There are no roads in the village, only potholes and dirt marks that have been trampled on by people's feet. Behind the doors of each house, there is often a small vegetable patch with edible vegetable leaves.

After Li Sen and the three entered the fishing village, the fishermen in the village showed suspicious eyes and looked back and forth at Li Sen and the others.

Most of these people are old and weak, women and children, and some of them just slammed the door shut and hid in the room.

It seems that these fishermen are very unwelcome to strangers like Li Sen who come out of nourishment.

Moreover, the sturdy male labor force in the village has already gone out to sea to fish. The rest are either the old and weak, or women and children, and their vigilance is naturally high.

Li Sen knew this, so he didn't care about the eyes of these fishermen, but continued to wander around the village with a calm expression.

After seeing that Li Sen was not passing by here, but was about to hang out here, the eyes of those fishermen slowly changed from suspicion to vigilance, and some people had begun to whisper to some fishermen with quick legs and feet to hurry up to the sea to call people back to those sturdy men.

Although the words of their orders lowered their voices, for a cultivator of Juan Liu Yinyue's level, it was almost like speaking directly in his ear.

Therefore, Li Sen was able to ignore the vigilant eyes of the villagers and take a leisurely walk in the village, but Juan and Liu Yinyue were embarrassed and uncomfortable.

"I said Li Daoyou, let's leave this village, right?" Liu Yinyue pursed her mouth slightly, "They are all poor fishermen, dilapidated grass houses, nothing to look at." ”

Although Juan didn't speak, he coughed lightly a few times and nodded, obviously agreeing with Liu Yinyue's words.

But after Li Sen heard this, he suddenly smiled slightly.

"You two, but you are both foundation building period cultivators who have cultivated a lot, how can you still care about the gaze of such a worldly mortal?"

Liu Yinyue was a little angry: "Li Daoyou, I don't understand, there is no trace of monks here, why did you just wander here?"

When Li Sen heard this, he turned around and looked at her with his eyes: "Are you sure there really isn't?"

"I'm sure ......" As soon as Liu Yinyue said three words, she immediately pursed her mouth and stopped talking.

In the face of Li Sen's questioning, to be honest, although she was unhappy, she really didn't have the confidence to really refute it.

It's just that although she didn't refute it, Liu Yinyue still showed her attitude.

She turned around: "If you want to turn around, I'll go and rest on that hill." ”

"Ahem, ahem!"

Juan coughed repeatedly: "Liu Daoyou, don't be angry." Li Daoyou naturally insisted on taking a stroll here, so he must have his deep meaning, let's be patient first. ”

Liu Yinyue snorted lightly and glanced at Li Sen with a pair of eyes.

When Li Sen saw Liu Yinyue staring at him with a pair of beautiful eyes, he couldn't help but smile at her.

"Hmm. Liu Yinyue saw Li Sen smiling at herself, and suddenly blushed a little.

She pursed her mouth and stopped talking, but obediently followed behind Li Sen.

But at this moment, there was a sudden change in the fishing village.

A crisp brass bell rang on the path north of the fishing village.

As soon as this crisp copper bell rang, the fishermen who were still full of vigilance and stared at Li Sen and the three of them intently suddenly showed a look of excitement and surprise on their faces as if they had been beaten with chicken blood.

"Boss Wang is here!"

"He's finally here, we've been waiting for him for a long time!"

"Yes, yes, he came, and our life for half a month has finally been settled. ”

......

For a while, those villagers no longer paid attention to Li Sen, but rushed towards the north of the fishing village.

After a while, the surroundings of Li Sen and the three of them became empty, and a slight cough could be transmitted ten zhang away.

Juan and Liu Yinyue were slightly stunned when they saw this scene.

"What is Boss Wang, why are these fishermen so welcoming to him?" said Juan with a puzzled face.

Liu Yinyue was also full of surprise.

Only Li Sen showed a look of surprise.

Li Sen said lightly: "It seems that we are lucky, how can we wait for the main master quickly." Didn't you wonder why I was hanging out here? You'll find out soon, come with me to get to know this Boss Wang!"

When Liu Yinyue and Juan heard this, they couldn't help but glance at each other, and then they followed behind Li Sen with some surprise and strode towards the north of the fishing village.