The next day, Shopkeeper Cao invited Long Fei Ye and Han Yunxi to a banquet, and Xie Yujun personally delivered the invitation.
Long Feiye glanced at the words "Manager Cao" and asked a few questions before getting the truth out of Xie Yujun's mouth. Shopkeeper Cao was the Head Shopkeeper recommended by the three Great Clans of Jiangnan, and he was the person in charge of the Changning Saltpans. Even the Young Masters of the three great clans had to go through him for some small transactions.
Shopkeeper Cao didn't interfere with small deals, and he only dealt with large ones. Long Fei Ye was investigating large deals, and he found out that there was a large batch of salt that was going to be sent to Wintercrow Kingdom.
All he needed was a big deal, and it would be enough for him to gather all the evidence and punish these people for their crimes! Even if the three Great Clans pushed all the blame onto Shopkeeper Cao, he could still use the excuse of improper management to implicate the three Great Clans and take back the saltpans.
The reason why Long Fei Ye had appeared as the Young Master of the East Emergence Palace was because this identity was quite useful and could reduce Shopkeeper Cao's suspicions. Moreover, the route from the Changning Saltpans to Wintercrow Kingdom was the same as the route to the Three-Way Black Market. He could find out a lot of information about Wintercrow Kingdom.
That very afternoon, Long Feiye and Han Yunxi arrived at the shores of Lake Tianming as promised. Manager Cao had booked a restaurant named Boat Restaurant, which cruised the waters of Lake Tianming all year round without ever docking. When Shopkeeper Cao talked about large deals, he would usually book the entire ship. However, this time, not only did Shopkeeper Cao book the entire ship, but he also cleared out the entire Tianming Lake and didn't allow any other ships to sail on it.
Han Yunxi stood on the shore and waited for a small boat to dock. She sighed and said, "Long Fei Ye, that place is not only good for talking about business, but it's also good for talking about love!"
If one talked about business in the middle of the lake, the walls wouldn't be able to hear. If one kept a mistress in the middle of the lake, it would be extremely difficult to find out. Han Yunxi suddenly had the idea of doing business. She wanted to form a fleet of ships to take over all of Great Qin's lakes and set up a chain of hotels.
Long Fei Ye was anxious for her to give birth to a daughter, but she always had all kinds of business experience. She wanted to be free for one or two years before having a second baby. If it weren't for Xu Donglin and a bunch of Shadow Guard taking Rui Bao out to play, she probably wouldn't have been able to come out with Long Fei Ye and would have had to stay in the hotel with Rui Bao.
She didn't know if Long Fei Ye knew what Han Yunxi was thinking. He looked back and said seriously, "Empress, if you help me take down the Chang Ning salt pans, I will give you a lake and a boat."
Han Yunxi was just about to happily express her thanks when she suddenly understood Long Fei Ye's special intentions. Recalling the events of last night on the ship, she immediately glared fiercely at him. "No!"
Soon, a small boat arrived to pick them up. The person who came to pick them up was actually Shopkeeper Cao himself. Thanks to Long Fei Ye's prank yesterday, Han Yunxi, who was disguised as a man, had no choice but to pretend to be clingy to Long Fei Ye.
After some introductions and greetings, Han Yunxi and Long Fei Ye boarded the small boat, and the small boat sailed towards the large ship. On the way, Long Fei Ye hugged Han Yunxi's waist. Shopkeeper Cao secretly glanced at Han Yunxi a few times and felt very lucky. Yesterday, after he decided to invite this Young Master Ye, he immediately rushed to Genben Prefecture and found two male pets to accompany him. Of the two male pets, one was gentle and beautiful, and was very good at music, especially the flute. Although the other one wasn't very good-looking, he had a good figure, tall and strong, and was full of masculinity.
Shopkeeper Cao wanted to make friends with Sir Ye, so of course, he had to cater to Sir Ye's preferences.
When they boarded the ship, Han Yunxi and Long Fei Ye saw two men walking towards them. From their appearance, dress, eyesight, and posture, Han Yunxi and Long Fei Ye could immediately tell that they were male pets.
Han Yunxi almost laughed out loud. Long Fei Ye finally burned himself playing with fire for once! Shopkeeper Cao must have heard about yesterday's incident from Xie Yujun, so he specially prepared these two male pets. It was one thing for him to prepare a weak little gentleman for Long Feiye, but he'd even prepared one for her!
Han Yunxi let go of Long Fei Ye's hand. She was very happy to see Long Fei Ye being entangled by men. However, when Long Fei Ye stared at the tall and strong male pet, his face looked like it had been frozen for three thousand years. It was terrifyingly cold.
He was about to flip out, but who knew that Shopkeeper Cao would walk forward and take one of the male pets in each hand. It was very intimate and ambiguous.
This …
Han Yunxi was very surprised, but Long Fei Ye was also very surprised. They thought that these male pets were prepared for them, but who knew that Shopkeeper Cao also had a preference for men? Moreover, his preference was very unique. He liked both types!
Long Fei Ye originally wanted to throw these two male pets into the lake, but when he saw that they were Shopkeeper Cao's men, he endured it and was too lazy to care. His complexion also improved a lot.
Shopkeeper Cao didn't explain much to the two male pets. He smiled and led Long Fei Ye and Han Yunxi to sit upstairs.
Shopkeeper Cao didn't notice Long Fei Ye's unhappiness just now. His so-called "catering to Young Master Ye's preferences" was a little better than Xie Yujun and the others. He didn't directly give the male pets to Young Master Ye, but pretended that he was the same kind of person. He hoped to leave a good impression on Young Master Ye and make it easier to get close to him.
Long Fei Ye and Han Yunxi sat on one side. Shopkeeper Cao sat opposite them. The two male pets sat on the left and right sides of Shopkeeper Cao. Xie Yujun and the others sat on the side.
Long Fei Ye and Shopkeeper Cao talked about the price quite seriously. Shopkeeper Cao was in charge of the illegal salt business of Chang Ning Saltworks. Naturally, he wouldn't be easy to deal with. Long Fei Ye's every word was very careful and careful. He was secretly probing.
Han Yunxi was tormented by Long Fei Ye last night. She was still very tired and wanted to sleep for three days and three nights. She didn't have much energy to discuss with Shopkeeper Cao, so she obediently shut up and listened and waited.
Who knew that she would soon discover that the two male pets of Shopkeeper Cao were actually using their eyes to seduce Long Fei Ye and her. They were constantly sending flirtatious glances. As soon as she met the eyes of the tall and powerful male pets, Han Yunxi immediately avoided them. She was so scared that she had goosebumps all over her body. However, she was secretly happy and couldn't stop laughing. She was sure that Shopkeeper Cao didn't have homosexual fetishes. These two male pets were prepared for her and Long Fei Ye!
She looked at Long Fei Ye. Long Fei Ye's attention was focused on Shopkeeper Cao's identity. He didn't even notice the two male pets. Actually, with Long Fei Ye's personality, even if he wasn't focused on negotiating with Shopkeeper Cao, he still wouldn't look at the two male pets. People that he didn't like, people that he didn't need, he would just ignore them like air.
The more Han Yunxi looked at Long Fei Ye's serious appearance, the bigger the smile in her eyes became. She was looking forward to his reaction when he found out the truth. It would definitely be wonderful!
In his life, he had been infatuated with countless women, including her. But in his life, he had never been infatuated with a man like this. He had never been thrown a flirtatious glance!
At this time, Long Fei Ye was discussing with Shopkeeper Cao about the smuggling route. Shopkeeper Cao was quite cautious and didn't take the initiative to mention which route. Even if Long Fei Ye asked, he would just beat around the bush and talk about other things.
"Young master Ye, you can rest assured about the transportation. As long as you give me a suitable deadline, I guarantee that I can deliver it to the Three-Way Black Market on time." Shopkeeper Cao seriously said.
"It's not the Three-Way Black Market." Long Fei Ye's words stopped here.
A complicated look flashed through Shopkeeper Cao's eyes, "If it's not the Three-Way Black Market, where does young master Ye plan to store it?"
The transportation of such a large batch of goods would be investigated. It was also very dangerous to store it. If it was discovered, it would definitely be suspected.
Long Fei Ye looked at Shopkeeper Cao and didn't say anything. Shopkeeper Cao was quite patient and didn't pursue the matter. However, someone on the side couldn't help but ask, "Young master Ye, could it be that you're not storing the goods and are going out directly?"
Many smugglers would store their goods in the Three-Way Black Market and sell them when the price was high. Young master Ye wanted a total of 500 carts. If he wasn't storing the goods, where was he going to send them? Even if Wintercrow couldn't digest so much salt in a short time.
Long Fei Ye's lips curled into a cold smile, but he still didn't say anything. Since he didn't say anything, Shopkeeper Cao couldn't help but try to guess his thoughts.
If it was purely storing the goods, then there was no need to buy the illegal salt. If he wanted to buy the illegal salt, then he would have to sell it outside the Great Qin Empire. Right now, Wintercrow was the only place outside the Great Qin Empire.
Shopkeeper Cao had always thought that young master Ye wanted to store the goods in the Three-Way Black Market and then sell them in batches to Wintercrow. Looking at the current situation, he couldn't figure out what young master Ye was thinking.
He probed, "Young master Ye, what you want isn't a large amount. Wintercrow definitely won't be able to handle such a large batch of goods in a year or so!"
Long Fei Ye raised his brows and looked over, but didn't say anything again.
The more he didn't say anything, the more uncertain Shopkeeper Cao felt. Based on his goal of befriending him for a long time, Shopkeeper Cao hesitated for a moment, then stood up and went over to express his goodwill. He whispered into Long Fei Ye's ear, "Young master Ye, I won't hide it from you. These past few days, someone has also requested a large batch of goods for Wintercrow. If young master Ye is also interested in Wintercrow, then this one will refuse that person. "
"Heh heh, who would be so bold as to steal business from my East Origin Hall?" Long Fei Ye asked in a low voice.
Shopkeeper Cao didn't mention that person's name, but instead said, "Young master Ye, if we succeed in this transaction, then this one won't give you any business with Wintercrow in the future. How about it?"
Long Fei Ye only snorted coldly and didn't answer.
Shopkeeper Cao knew that he was displeased, so he lowered his voice even further, "Young master Ye, that person is Ning …"
Before he could say the name, Long Fei Ye inadvertently looked up and saw the male pet across from him. At this moment, the male pet was staring at him in a daze. His eyes were as gentle as water, gentle and ambiguous.
In that instant, Long Fei Ye's expression darkened. He shifted his gaze and saw the other male pet continuously throwing flirtatious glances at Han Yunxi.
'Bang!'
With a heavy slap on the table, Long Fei Ye stood up. He didn't even want to ask for the smuggler's name.
Shopkeeper Cao, who was halfway through his sentence, was shocked. His face was blank, and he had no idea what was going on. He hadn't even said that person's name yet. Why was young master Ye so angry?
Han Yunxi was also very surprised. She was close to Long Fei Ye, so she could hear Shopkeeper Cao's words. She had long since ignored the two male pets and was anxiously waiting for the smuggler's name. When she heard the word 'Ning', she became even more nervous.
Who knew that Long Fei Ye would be so impulsive at this critical juncture!
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