Chapter 211 Business Opportunities
Cui Ziyang continued:
“Yes, in the first three days, there were wild boars, hedgehogs, rabbits and so on, and we couldn’t get rid of them all. Dahei was so busy that he had no time to rest.”

“But the strange thing is that on the fourth day, these beasts suddenly disappeared and never appeared again. And Dahei also disappeared for a day.”

Gong Tianwu was somewhat puzzled and asked:

“Dahei was missing for a day? And then he came back on his own?”

Cui Ziyang nodded:

“Yeah, it came back on its own and I didn’t think much of it.”

“But later I heard from the villagers that someone saw a giant wolf roaming around nearby in the past few days. It pinned down a wild boar with one paw, and then let it go, as if it was just playing. This thing might be a demon, so everyone should be careful.”

“The more I think about it, the more I feel something is wrong. Now that I see these two puppies, I suspect… they may have wolf demon blood.”

Cui Xiaoyi widened his eyes, somewhat unable to believe it:
“The bloodline of the wolf demon? Third brother, are you saying that on the day Dahei disappeared, he took the wolf demon’s cub with him?”

Cui Ziyang said in a deep voice:

“I’m just guessing. But you see, they were starved for most of the day right after they were born, but nothing happened to them.”

“Look at how energetic they are now. Tsk tsk, no one would believe that they are just ordinary puppies.”

“what??”

Cui Xiaoyi suddenly said excitedly:
“Last year, I saw someone buying monster cubs at the market for a high price. The asking price was ten silver treasures!”

The look in her eyes when she looked at the two puppies at this moment had completely turned into the shape of Yin Bao.

However, Cui Xiaoyi was immediately met with his son’s angry glare. He could only smile awkwardly and continue cutting radishes.

At this time, the two puppies seemed to know who protected them the most. They came to Gong Tianwu’s feet and crowded together, making flattering whimpering sounds, obviously smelling the aroma of the beef bones and wanting to eat them.

Gong Tianwu thought about it, then scooped up a small half bowl of beef bones from the pot to cook out the oil foam, then grabbed two handfuls of rice bran and mixed it in, stirring it twice until it became a paste.

Cui Ziyang was at a loss whether to laugh or cry when he saw this.
“They are too small. They can’t eat such greasy food or they will have diarrhea.”

Gong Tianwu said:

“You said they have demon wolf blood. I won’t feed them all at once. I’ll try feeding them a little first to see if they can digest it.”

Then Gong Tianwu took the bran paste and rolled two peanut-sized balls and fed them directly to the two puppies. After they ate the oily food, their little tails immediately wagged like windmills.

After feeding it two pills, Gong Tianwu continued to feed it with rice soup.

Then the beef bones were cooked, and the newly dug, washed and chopped radishes were poured in and boiled, then a full pot was filled and served on the table.

At this time, you can see that in the middle of the simple dining table there is a large pot of boiled beef bones with radishes, the soup is steaming and milky white.

The tendons on the beef bones are stewed until they are tender and crispy, and the radish cubes have absorbed the soup, being soft and glutinous with a hint of sweetness. A few drops of golden oil float on the surface of the soup, sparkling with an attractive luster.

There is a dish of vinegar song next to the basin. The green leaves are drizzled with brown vinegar, which has a sour and fragrant smell and is refreshing and de-greasy.

A large piece of steamed egg cake was placed on the side close to Gong Tianwu. Its surface was as smooth as a mirror, its color was light yellow, and it exuded a faint egg fragrance.

A large bowl of locust leaf cold noodles was quietly placed on the corner of the table. The green cold noodles were wrapped in red oil, which looked appetizing.

The Lengtao is cool and smooth when you take a bite, and the fragrance of the locust leaves lingers in your mouth, like a cool breeze in summer, dispelling the heat on the dinner table.

The staple food is a stack of Hu pancakes, the surface of which is golden and crispy, sprinkled with a few sesame seeds, and exuding the aroma of wheat and burnt aroma.

When kneading the dough, the chef would mix it with chopped and fried mutton offal. When you take a bite of the baked Hu pancake, you can taste the flavor of meat.

The four dishes, vinegar song, egg cake, locust leaf cold noodles, and Hu pancake, were all bought for free by Gong Tianwu from the public kitchen with a food basket.

At that time, the common people’s home-cooked meals were very simple. They would tear steamed/baked bread into pieces and eat them with salt water and garlic juice. Some people would also eat them directly by making pulled noodles.

Those who are more particular will add an extra vegetarian dish, boiled wild vegetables or cabbage, and the seasoning is salt water and sour water from the kimchi jar.

Usually, Chen Cui could get Hu Bing and Cu Song from the public kitchen, but as for Huai Ye Leng Tao, it depended on luck. If you went too late, they would be gone.

Only the Seventh Young Master Gong Tianwu can enjoy the luxury of having as much egg cake and locust leaf cold noodles as he wants.

Of course, these are the usual meals. If Gong Tianwu encounters a coach for training in the Marquis’ Mansion, he will have extra meals such as roujiamo.

Since we were all family at this time, there was no need to observe any etiquette. We just started eating right away, threw away our chopsticks and started eating quickly. The whole family was full.

***
Ten days passed in the blink of an eye.
These two puppies eat one or two kilograms of rice bran mixed with oil every day, and they show no signs of indigestion.

It took them only three days to open their eyes, while a normal dog would take at least seven days to open its eyes. They are usually lively and have shiny fur.

Ten days later, they had even developed to the level of normal puppies at one month old.

Moreover, they are very intelligent and very close to the family members. Cui Xiaoyi was a little worried that they were unruly and might hurt people for no reason, but now he is completely relieved.

For Gong Tianwu, these ten days also allowed him to quickly integrate into this world. Even his biological mother Cui Xiaoyi did not find any flaws.

Even if there are some abnormalities, I automatically imagine that he was too shocked by Dahei’s death that day, so his personality changed a little.

During these ten days, Gong Tianwu showed certain progress in the private school and won praise from his teacher.

The time point when he intervened was unprecedentedly early. At that time, Yan Fenyi of Nanzheng had not yet been born.

However, at this point in time, the Void Eye Organization still exists, and the treasure, the Floating Life Map, is extremely special and can share recorded information from different planes.

In other words, all the relevant information recorded by Gong Tianwu in his previous two lives on the Floating Life Map will be shared even after his reincarnation, as long as the Floating Life Map exists in this world, most of his collected key information will be shared.

At the same time, he gained a new understanding of his new talent: the ability to judge people.

For example, my third uncle’s talent of “making money” may seem to be only a B-type, but it is already quite good.

What kind of place is a marquis’s mansion? It must be a gathering place of elites, but most of them only have C-type talents, such as amazing physical strength, agility, etc.

Liu Zhen, the steward in charge of purchasing for the Marquis’s residence, only has a D-type talent, which is “eloquent”.

However, one time when he was on the street, Gong Tianwu saw a man who looked like a businessman surrounded by a group of followers. He possessed a Type B talent: being very penny-wise and pound-foolish.

Later, after some inquiries, I learned that the man’s name was Tang Yan, and he was the third in command of the Shannan Gang, and was usually in charge of internal affairs operations.

The Shannan Gang is one of the top ten gangs in the entire Langshan Kingdom. Its main business is horse trading and helping to transport goods.
To put it in terms that are easy to understand in modern society, the third-in-command has considerable powers, equivalent to the operations/business director of BYD 4S store in SC Province + SF Express in SC Province + JD Express in SC Province.

To be able to do this job successfully for ten years is something that no teacher can teach you. You must have the corresponding talent to support it.

Therefore, Gong Tianwu held his chin and thought about it, and felt that his third uncle seemed to have some potential.

However, there have always been more talented horses than talented horse trainers in this world, and there are too many people with talent who die in depression or poverty.

Since Gong Tianwu has decided to follow the path of Emperor Tianyuan, it is obvious that his uncle’s ability cannot be buried. After Gong Tianwu finished school, he found that the situation in the mansion had become tense.

Especially before arriving at the main hall, he suddenly noticed that there were more than a dozen dejected strong men kneeling there, with naked upper bodies and fresh bloodstains and scars, and it was obvious that they had just been beaten with military sticks.

Gong Tianwu’s heart moved, and he walked inside. As the seventh young master of the Marquis’ Mansion and still a child, of course no one stopped him.

After walking about ten meters, Gong Tianwu heard Chen Yunsheng’s angry voice from the other side:

“It’s really abominable. Last October, due to the foot-and-mouth disease, my original plan to go out of the border was not carried out. As a result, that old man secretly plotted against me.”

Then, another rough voice came from the other side:

“Lord! If you give the order, I will immediately lead my men to chop that bastard Li Tao to death!”

After hearing this, Gong Tianwu immediately had an idea.

The Kingdom of Langshan is located in the northwest of the Great Wilderness. More than 10,000 miles to the west is the base of the Great Snow Mountain.

The situation in the entire Langshan country was still prosperous. The king, Wei Qu, was only 48 years old and had six sons.

The Chen family has been entrusted with important tasks since the founding of the country and has been stationed in the important town of Sansheng City. They have been operating here for seventy or eighty years. This city is the fourth largest city in Langshan Kingdom and has developed border trade, but the pressure is also huge.

After all, this place has to face the double pressure from the Naiman tribe on the grassland and the Kingdom of Khotan in the west.

Not only that, the entire Sansheng City was not monopolized by Chen Yunsheng, there was also a governor named Li Tao who shared the power.

Chen Yunsheng’s power was mainly in military affairs, while Li Tao was in charge of civil affairs.

At the same time, among the 27,000 troops in Sansheng City, Li Tao can directly control about 6,000 people, and the relationship between the two sides is also very delicate.

To put it bluntly, Li Tao’s purpose is to restrain and contain Chen Yunsheng, the Marquis of Zhenbei.

If he couldn’t do this, or even failed to make the king feel that he could do this, then it would be only a matter of time before he was kicked out.

Hearing what the two men said, Gong Tianwu immediately understood that it must be Li Tao who had put a stumbling block in the Marquis’ Mansion.

But then Chen Yunsheng shouted:

“Shut up! Can you just talk about this kind of thing casually?”

“Well, now the king has directly forwarded Li Tao’s memorial to me without making any instructions. I have to send troops.”

After hearing this, Gong Tianwu’s eyes suddenly brightened and he quickly trotted back home.

When I got home, my mother was feeding two puppies. When she saw Gong Tianwu, she immediately smiled and said,

“You’re back. I’ve boiled the water. I’m going to make you some pulled noodles today.”

Gong Tianwu shook his head and said:
“It’s too late. Come back and eat later. Mom, do you know what Uncle San is doing recently?”

Cui Xiaoyi was surprised and said:

“I seem to have heard that he was doing temporary accounting work for someone in Mulimatang.”

Gong Tianwu said:

“Okay, got it. I have something urgent to do and need to find him. Oh, and give me another thirty silver treasures.”

Cui Xiaoyi was shocked when he heard this:
“What do you want so much money for?”

Gong Tianwu said:

“There is an opportunity to make money. Do you expect your third uncle to provide the capital?”

Cui Xiaoyi said:

“What opportunity to make money?”

Gong Tianwu said impatiently:

“Oh, you don’t understand even if I tell you. Go get the money and don’t delay.”

In fact, Cui Xiaoyi’s temper was not so good.

But firstly, she is a mother who is honored by her son and she dotes on her son very much.

Secondly, Cui Xiaoyi felt deeply sorry for his son about the incident with Dahei last time, so he could only sigh, go in and count out thirty silver treasures, put them in a purse and give it to his son.

When Gong Tianwu walked more than ten meters away, he suddenly shouted:

“Hey, hey!!! You haven’t eaten yet, there’s a cooked chicken here, you can eat it while walking.”

***
After about an hour, Gong Tianwu finally ran to Mulimatang, panting.

This place is located two miles outside Sansheng City. It is the largest livestock market within a thousand miles. The Qizhi River flows from the north and suddenly turns here, forming a C shape.

Mulimatang is located on this wide peninsula.

The water flow in the river bend was gentle, the shore was piled with hay and animal dung, and the air was filled with a smell mixed with soil and livestock.

Gong Tianwu was almost knocked down by the smoke as soon as he arrived here.

About half of the people trading here are Hu people, who rush here from the grasslands, leading horses, cattle and sheep.

Their clothing was completely different from that of the people in the Central Plains. They wore thick leather coats, had short knives hanging from their waists, their faces bore traces of weathering, and their eyes revealed a sense of confusion.

Although these Hu people are physically strong, they seem to be at a disadvantage in transactions.

The language barrier was one thing, but more importantly, they didn’t know how to count or bargain. The method they were best at was barter, so they were often taken advantage of by shrewd merchants from the Central Plains.

In this situation, finding a trustworthy middleman to temporarily help with the transaction becomes their rigid need.

Gong Tianwu’s third uncle Cui Ziyang saw the business opportunity and thought it was no problem for him to make ends meet here, but it was just enough to make ends meet.

Today is the seventh day of the first lunar month, a big day for trade. Gong Tianwu stood there, looking at the bustling crowd in front of him, and was suddenly dumbfounded.

There are at least 100,000 livestock here, and at least 10,000 people trading. Finding a person here is like looking for a needle in a haystack.

At the same time, Gong Tianwu also noticed several malicious eyes falling on him.

A sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth, and his right hand had quietly touched the knife hidden at his waist. If there was really someone who was blind, he would make him suffer.

(End of this chapter)