Outside the Jinyang Pass of the Chen State, the autumn wind swept through the long yellow sand. "Going out of Zhao and Chen in the west, it has been desolate and desolate for eternity." It refers to the desert that has no people for thousands of miles outside the Jinyang Pass in the northwest. That desert doesn't even have a name, because

The only thing that can be called a "desert" is the boundless golden streak in the west of Kyushu.

However, merchants from Chen State who had the courage to go west to do business outside Jinyang Pass knew that in fact, the desert did not stretch for thousands of miles, nor was it deserted for thousands of miles.

Zhao Qi loved wandering when he was young. He went out to Jinyang Pass once with the caravan of the Zhuge family, and he could no longer resist the charm of the desert. After that, he went there many, many times. He gradually formed his own caravan.

, brought the silks, long swords, spices, salt and grain from Chen State out of Jinyang Pass, and then brought the BMWs, scimitars, furs, and dried meat of the Rong barbarians at the end of the desert back to Chen State, and sold them on the black market in Fanjing

.

He was once the most arrogant trader in Fanjing's black market. Because he conquered the nameless desert many times, and he was able to conquer it every time.

When Zhao Qi turned forty, he did not want to go west to Jinyang Pass to do business. It was not because he felt that he was old and needed a stable life, but because he had already conquered the desert and felt that it was nothing more than that. He

When he was forty years old, he found another person he wanted to conquer, the female owner of Fanjing Linjiang Restaurant branch, Yan Niangzi.

He heard that Lady Yan was unmarried when she was over thirty, but he felt that she did not look like a woman who was already thirty years old. Besides, he himself was not married even when he was forty years old, and Lady Yan would not be married even when she was forty.

What's so strange about not marrying? Since she is not married and he is not married, he will wait for her.

After that, he left Jinyangguan in the west and did business for several years. He decided to make a lot of money again, so that he could have the confidence to marry Lady Yan, who was more arrogant than him. Every time he returned to Chen Guo

, he would bring many good things from the Rong tribe to Lady Yan, but Lady Yan never accepted his affection.

While he was at a loss, the little girl adopted by Mrs. Yan, who spent her days disguised as men and wandering around the black market, suddenly opened a cosmetics shop in Fanjing with her cousin. The business was booming and she became famous overnight.

Zhao Qi had an idea and realized that no one in Chen State was better than him in doing business. However, the foreign business he did was strictly prohibited in Chen State, so he had only been living in the black market for so many years. He came to the little girl

He recommended himself to the shop and told the little girl and her cousin that he could help them spread Biliang cosmetics all over Chen country, even outside the customs, without any problem. He felt that in this way, he would be able to

Every day she can dangle and tremble in front of the beautiful and beautiful Yan Lady. One day, she will find that he is her supporter and her destination.

But now that he is fifty years old, Biliang cosmetics shops have opened all over the Chen country, and he was really taken away by other traders outside the customs. And he is no longer a black market trader, but the most respected face in the Chen country.

The big boss of the Su family's industry and the Su family's industry could even occasionally go to the official office of the Ministry of Household Affairs of Chen State in well-dressed clothes. However, Lady Yan still refused to marry him.

However, after knowing each other for ten years, he has always been by her side. Rumors have long tied the two of them together. She can't run away or hide. He just spends time with her like this! Even though I'm older than you

, but I am old and so are you!

Zhao Qigang came out of the Ministry of Household Office, well dressed and energetic, so he went straight to the Linjiang Restaurant branch, just in time for lunch.

He sat in the restaurant and stared at Mrs. Yan who was busy with a smile. Yan Xiao occasionally turned around and glared at him. He felt that Mrs. Yan had never glared at others in the past ten years, only at him. She treated him much differently than others.

His eyes are also much harder than those of others, which is really very pleasant.

He devoured the braised pork cooked by Mrs. Yan herself, and for some reason, he suddenly thought of the roasted leg of lamb from the Rong people outside the Pass. It had been a long time since he tasted that kind of food, and he felt nostalgic for it.

At this time, an old man dressed as a Chu man walked up to Zhao Qi and saluted: "Excuse me, Master Zhao Qi. My surname is Mo, and my lord is the Zhuge family of Chu State. I came to Chen State this time to find Master Zhao Qi.

Let’s talk about a big deal.”

Zhao Qi heard that the visitor was from the Zhuge family, a great businessman in Chu State. He quickly swallowed the braised pork, stood up and returned the greeting: "My lord, Zhao Qi, I wonder what Mr. Mo wants to do with Zhao Qi?"

Mo Xinshi said: "There are so many people here, I wonder if there is a private room in the restaurant so that we can have a detailed discussion?"

Zhao Qi nodded and said: "There is a private room. Zhao Qi will take Mr. Mo there right now."

The two of them came to the most secluded private room in the restaurant. Yan Xiao served them some tea and food, then left and closed the door.

Mo Xinshi said: "I believe Mr. Zhao Qi has heard that your boss Yan married our young master Zhuge in the Yilan Palace in Zichuan, Shu Kingdom, with the King of Shu, the Lord of Wei Kingdom, and the Lord of Qi Kingdom acting as matchmakers."

Zhao Qi nodded and said with a smile: "I heard it, I heard it! I didn't expect that little girl to really know how to do business and plan her life's events very shrewdly!" Then he said "hum" again and said unhappily: "

But that little girl with white eyes, for such a big event as her wedding, invited all the heroes from the four countries, but she didn’t invite us! She didn’t even ask someone to send us a letter! She recognized the ruler of the country as her adoptive father, but she didn’t recognize him.

Are we poor relatives?"

Mo Xinshui explained: "Although the wedding banquet of the Young Master and the Young Madam was grand, it was actually very hasty. Those guests from the Four Kingdoms did not go specifically to attend the wedding banquet. They went to the Shu Palace to participate in the military alliance of the Four Kingdoms to select generals. By the way,

He stayed in the Shu Palace to attend the wedding banquet of the Young Master and the Young Madam. The Young Master and the Young Madam were busy with the restoration of Qi Wei and did not even send out a wedding invitation. Zhao Qiye watched the Young Madam grow up, so he naturally blessed the Young Madam from afar.

.The wedding banquet is just a banquet. In the future, when the young lady comes back to Chen Kingdom, she will just make up for it, so why bother?"

Zhao Qi waved his hand and said: "This white-eyed wolf girl who climbs the dragon and the phoenix, if she doesn't give birth to one or two fat sons, don't come back to see us!"

Mo Xinshi said: "Young Madam is already the left forward general of Qi State's Restoration Army. I'm afraid that in the past year and a half, I won't have time to give birth to a child or return to Chen State."

Zhao Qi smiled and said: "Whether she is for Qi or Chen, the Song people should fight anyway! If she goes to fight Song, I will be happy for Zhao Qi."

Mo Xinshui lowered his voice and said: "Master Zhao Qi, there are very few old people in Qi Wei. Although they are allies with Chen and Shu, the four allies are not united. In fact, Chen and Shu each have their own considerations.

If you care about it, you will not do your best to help Qi and Wei. As for the Song Dynasty, the Song army has been the most powerful army in Kyushu since the reign of King Wu of Song Dynasty. Otherwise, it would not be possible to break through the Qi and Wei countries in just a few years."

Zhao Qi asked: "Master Mo is saying that the four-nation military alliance may not necessarily be able to defeat the Song Dynasty?"

Mo Xinshui said sternly: "I will definitely not be able to defeat you."
Chapter completed!