Moonlight and wind

Everyone else stayed in the inn to rest, but Shan Zimo couldn't stay idle. "We haven't explored the new map yet. Let's go, Bai Yu, and take a look at the town!"

This time, Shan Boyu didn't say much. He followed Shan Zimo out of the inn and strolled through the streets and alleys of Fengcang Town.

Although Fengcang Town is not big, it can be seen that it is very prosperous! The people on the street are dressed very elegantly, and the shops along the street are doing a booming business with people coming and going.

"This Fengcang Town is quite rich!" Shan Zimo looked at everything around him with a smile.

"Young Master, you don't know this!" Shan Boyu said proudly, "The reason why this town is called Fengcang Town is because it is the location of the largest granary in Wu State!"

"Why didn't I see it?" Shan Zimo stretched his neck and looked around.

"This granary is usually in the government office. Why are we running to the government office when we have nothing to do?" Shan Boyu rolled his eyes. "Are we afraid that others don't know that we are still involved in a murder case?"

"Since this town is so prosperous, the local official must be a good person."

"That may not be the case!" Shan Boyu leaned towards Shan Zimo and whispered softly, "The reason why Fengcang Town can become the largest granary in Wu State is mainly because of its unique location. When we leave Fengcang Town and continue to go east, you will be able to see the ten thousand acres of grain fields!"

"Strange," Shan Zimo frowned, "In such a prosperous town, why didn't Yu Wenlin open a tea shop?"

It has been a few days since they parted in Yunlan City. According to Yuwen Lin's speed and route, he should have arrived in Fengcang Town earlier. Now there is no news from him, and Shan Zimo can't help but feel worried.

"Young Master, don't worry. Young Master Yuwen has Jianyun to protect him. Besides, none of his tea masters are freeloaders. They all have special skills." Shan Boyu smacked his lips. "Young Master, you should worry more about yourself. You are a big shot, so it's better to be safe than sorry!"

Shan Zimo listened to Shan Boyu's chatter and immediately walked a few steps faster, not wanting to listen to his muttering. Because he walked too fast, he almost bumped into someone who turned out of the alley.

"Hey, don't you look at the road when you walk?" The man raised his head, glared at Shan Zimo and was about to curse him, but when he caught a glimpse of Shan Boyu, who had a ferocious look on his face, behind Shan Zimo, he closed his mouth, turned sideways, and walked past Shan Zimo.

"You said I didn't look at the road, but did he look at the road?" Shan Zimo turned around and looked at the back of the man who was slipping away. There was a special pattern on the man's clothes that caught Shan Zimo's attention.

There was a red badge on the collar of the man's neck, but Dan Zimo couldn't see it clearly because it was far away. "What is that?" Dan Zimo pointed at the badge.

Shan Boyu was quick to act and grabbed the person who was walking towards him.

"What are you going to do?" The man looked at Shan Boyu and Shan Zimo with horror.

"Brother, don't get me wrong. I'm new here and I'm very interested in the badge on your collar." Shan Zimo said with a smile on his face.

"This," the man reached out and touched the emblem on the back of his collar, "This is the emblem of the Fengcang Town Chamber of Commerce. Only merchants who join the Chamber of Commerce are qualified to open a shop in Fengcang Town, and this is a symbol of status."

"Where is the Chamber of Commerce?" Shan Zimo asked with a smile.

"It's at the end of this alley. I just came out of there," the man said with some displeasure. "I was busy enough in the shop, and I was called to denounce foreign merchants. I almost bumped into someone. What bad luck!"

"Foreign businessmen? Do you know what they do for a living?" Shan Zimo became a little uneasy.

"I run a tea shop!" the man answered readily.

"Then why would opening a tea shop be condemned?" Shan Zimo asked in confusion.

"Young master, you may not know that the wife of the governor of Fengcang Town owns a big tea shop in this town, and it is the only one that dominates the town! These foreign merchants are here to steal the governor's wife's business!" The man put his hands in his sleeves and started chatting with Shan Zimo with the look of an old acquaintance.

"Is this directed only at this tea merchant or at foreign merchants?" Shan Zimo tilted his head and imitated him, putting his hands into his sleeves. The two of them shrank their necks and squatted at the wall to chat.

"There are many foreign merchants doing business in our Fengcang Town! I think that young master is a pampered person. He will not give up until he gets what he wants, and he even started a quarrel in the Chamber of Commerce!" The man spread out his hands, feeling helpless.

"What's there to argue about?" Shan Zimo felt more and more puzzled.

"We heard it too, don't tell anyone else!" the man leaned close to Shan Zimo and whispered.

"Brother, you say, I keep my mouth shut!" The two of them shrank back again, just like two old men basking in the sun against the wall on a winter day!

"The tea shop opened by this foreign businessman is not an ordinary tea shop. It is said that the Snow Shadow Hall, the first sect in Wu Country, is behind him!" The man pursed his lips, with a face like a village intelligence organization, "I also heard that his tea shop branch opened all the way from the North Country to here! How can you do this without some strength?"

"Just because there's Xueyingtang behind the tea shop, and it's in the same business as the pacification envoy's wife's family, we can't open a tea shop here?" Shan Boyu also squatted down, and the three of them put their heads together.

"My dear brother, the teahouse of the wife of the governor is not the focus!" The man was even more anxious, "The focus is the Snow Shadow Hall!"

"The Xueying Hall is a famous and upright sect, how come it's not good?" Shan Zimo chuckled with a crooked mouth.

"Or you can say you are from outside. Outside Fengcang Town, to the east is Hailan City in the East China Sea. That is the territory of Yunyin Sword Sect, one of the four major sects! They are protecting us here too!" The man shook his head proudly. "If that teahouse is opened here, it means that the spies of Xueyingtang have infiltrated our East China Sea!"

"Wow! Who came up with this?" Shan Zimo almost couldn't hold back his laughter.

"Don't worry about who came up with it. I don't think it's impossible!" The man stood up and flicked the dust off his robe. "Not to mention that the foreign businessman can't open a tea shop, it's hard for him to leave the Chamber of Commerce now!" After saying that, he left with his hands behind his back.

"What kind of thing is this?" Shan Zimo smiled helplessly, "Yu Wenlin and I's Wu Kingdom business empire ended just after we left the North Kingdom?"

"What business territory? Young master, isn't the most important thing we should consider now how to contact Master Yuwen?" Shan Boyu crossed his hands in front of his chest, speechless.

"How else can we contact him?" Shan Zimo straightened his robe and pointed to the back of the alley. "Of course, we can go directly to the Chamber of Commerce to find him!"

"Would it be too abrupt?"

"Not visiting the Chamber of Commerce at night is the safest option!"