Mr. Yan himself picked two clever soldiers as his followers. He only took some silver, salt cubes and dry food and set off.
Qi Zihao directly asked the bandit leader to lead the way, and took the rest of the people to stay temporarily in the bandit's stronghold, waiting to meet Mr. Yan.
Yan Sanye and his party continued to move towards Juzhou. The closer they got to Juzhou, the more people they encountered, but not many refugees.
After some inquiries, the surrounding people said that Juzhou City was relatively stable for the time being. Although the Ghost Lord led people to occupy Juzhou City, he did not do anything significant.
"It seems that the refugees are more peripheral people, and they ran away in a hurry because they didn't know the situation." Mr. Yan stood on the hillside, looking in the direction of Juzhou City, thinking about how to sneak into the city.
It was still too risky to rush into the city. After careful consideration, Mr. Yan paid a local man to go to the city to deliver the message.
He has been responsible for the intelligence in Juzhou all year round. Although he has seldom acted in person in recent years, he still had some connections back then.
But now that the Ghost Lord has occupied Juzhou City, I wonder if his contacts from back then can still be used.
The day after the letter was delivered to the city, someone arrived at the agreed place.
Mr. Yan carefully identified the person in the woods and confirmed that it was indeed someone he knew. He motioned to his two followers to stay put and walked out of the woods.
The visitor was startled by Mr. Yan, and he suddenly put on a defensive posture. After seeing the visitor clearly, he put away his sword and laughed heartily: "Boss Yan is still so unconventional!"
"Yan Yupa, I almost didn't recognize you with your current appearance." Mr. Yan patted Yuan Yupa on the shoulder and said, "Looking at you coming from a distance, I thought you were a bandit!"
"Haha!" Yan Yanpa said, stroking his beard, "The last time we met was five years ago. Now I am not the young man I was back then. I look more stable with a beard."
"That's right, he looks more stable than me." Mr. Yan said, "It seems that he has been promoted?"
When Mr. Yan rescued Yan Yupa from the bandits, he was just a young man in charge of purchasing in Juzhou City. He could only help pull the strings, and did not even have the right to decide what to buy.
But now it seems that he has grown a beard and his clothes are much more refined than before, so he must be doing well.
"It's not bad, I'm a little boss now." Yan Yupa said with a smile, "Why hasn't Boss Yan come here for several years? The things I bought from you in the past are now in good use at our house!"
"Don't mention it anymore. My father fell ill after I returned five years ago and passed away within a year. I stayed at home to observe mourning for three years."
"That's really a pity." Yan Yanpa immediately stopped his smile and put on a heavy expression."
"Although something happened at home, we still have to live a good life, so as soon as the filial piety period came out, I organized the caravan again.
"Who would have known that as soon as I arrived in Huguang, I heard that something happened in Juzhou. Everyone advised me not to come here and take risks. But I was unwilling to do so. I wanted to come over first to see the situation and be a front-line stand."
"Actually, after the ghost master entered the city, he only detained the Xie family. Although the rest of the people were a little frightened, they had to live their lives as usual." Yan Yupa said, "And we haven't even seen the ghost master. He explains to us every day.
The person responsible for the incident is a Han man wearing Wuman clothes. I don’t know where he comes from, but he is now quite trusted by the ghost master."
"Yan Yupa, we have been friends for many years. You and I can tell you exactly whether it is possible to go to the city to do business now? If it is not possible, I will take a detour instead of Juzhou and go straight to Dali."
"What did you bring this time?" Yan Yanpa asked.
Although there was no one around, Mr. Yan still deliberately looked around, then took out a small cloth bag from his arms, took out a piece of mineral salt from it, stuffed it to Yan Yupa and said: "Just because there are good things, I
I’m not willing to just bypass Juzhou like this.”
Yan Yanpa took the mineral salt and looked around, squeezed it, and shook it in his hand. He was confused and said: "Boss Yan, are you kidding me? There is no shortage of stones in Juzhou."
Mr. Yan laughed loudly when he heard this and said: "This is not an ordinary stone. If you don't believe it, you can try it."
"Taste it? Are you asking me to eat the stone?" Although he said so, Yan Yupa still licked the stone in his hand tentatively.
After licking it, his eyes widened instantly and he said in shock: "It's salty! Is this salt? Salt that looks like a stone?"
"Yes, this is a salt mine I discovered in a remote village in Daqi." Yan Sanye said, "As long as you boil this in water, filter out the impurities and boil it again, you can get something like snow.
The same white salt."
"Seriously?" Yan Yupa's eyes were as wide as bells at this time.
"And do you know what other benefits this mineral salt has?"
"What's the benefit?" Hengpa thought to himself, the fact that it's salt is already the biggest benefit. Is there anything better than a stone that can turn into salt?"
"Because it looks like a stone, I brought them from Daqi this time without even being questioned by Daqi soldiers. They all thought I was a fool for carrying a bag of stones with me."
Hearing this, Yan Yupa laughed loudly: "Boss Yan, if you are really yours, they are the fools. They never dreamed that the rocks they put there were actually salt!"
"Exactly!" Yan Sanye said, "Now you should understand why I don't want to go around Juzhou, right? If this business can be successful, I can find a way to transport a large amount of mineral salt in the future. This is not a big deal.
The hammer has been bought and sold, but it is a big and steady business!"
Yan Yupa was overjoyed and felt that he was one step closer to being promoted.
This is salt! Lots of salt!
The reason why the Xie family has been able to control Juzhou for so many years is because they can buy salt from Daqi.
Not to mention snow-white salt, even coarse salt full of impurities is a rare commodity in Juzhou that is hard to find even with money.
"How much goods do you have now?" Yan Yanpa asked eagerly.
Mr. Yan stretched out his hand and gestured: "
"I came here to test the waters this time. I only brought ten sacks in total. If you want, I can give you five sacks here in Juzhou."
"What, are you afraid that we can't afford it?" Yan Yupa was a little anxious. Now that Juzhou City has changed its owner, although he is temporarily left in his original position, he will inevitably have worries in his heart. Now he urgently needs something to do.
He stood firm in front of his new boss and said, "Boss Yan, no matter you are a Uman or someone else, you still need salt, and we will give you a satisfactory price."
However, Mr. Yan still shook his head and said: "You have to know that what I discovered is a salt mine, like a copper mine and an iron mine. As long as the people over there keep mining, there will be a steady stream of salt shipped over, enough to
Let your children and grandchildren eat salt."
Yan Yanpa's eyes started to spin. He could no longer figure out how much salt there was, but it didn't stop him from understanding that this should be his chance to make a great contribution.
He said without hesitation: "Boss Yan, follow me into the city!"