When Jing Yao and Wen Qun came back, they saw that Wen's father was also there, talking to that extraordinary man, with the martial artist beside him. He knew that his brother-in-law was not telling the truth.

Just looking at the familiarity between the father-in-law and the man, it is clear that they are more than just friends. Why would he place the person in his house? It is probably because the Wen family has female relatives, so the two of them were temporarily arranged to stay in Jing Yao's house, and Jing Yao didn't mind taking this person in, so the matter was decided.

In the next few days, Xuanyuan Ting quietly recovered from his injuries at Jing Yao's house. Jing Yao and Wen Qun were busy with their own things and didn't pay much attention to him. But Jing Yao knew that his subordinate had been shuttling around in the village, asking for information. But since he didn't do anything that would harm the village, nor did he find out any secrets, Jing Yao turned a blind eye.

Salaries will be paid at the end of the month soon, and this is a very important matter. Jing Yao and Wen Qun are checking the workers' wages calculated by the finance department. After Wen Qun has made the calculations, he will start paying the wages tomorrow.

"Master, I have inquired about it. This Master Jing was originally a hunter in the village. Later, for some reason, he worked hard and stopped hunting. He started doing business and built a factory to produce canned food."

"You mean the canned food that is very popular in Shangjing is produced by them." Xuanyuan Ting raised his eyebrows.

"Yes, not only canned food, but also bacon and sausage. All the foreign vegetables grown in the village were found by him."

"These foreign crops have been introduced here for several years, but no one has the ability to grow them successfully. How can he grow them successfully?" Xuanyuan Ting was puzzled. The Minister of Agriculture of the court had already grown those plants, but most of them could not be grown, or the planting conditions were harsh and the yields were not high. He never mentioned the matter again.

"I don't know. I only know that he bought the seeds. Other villagers don't know either." An Yi shook his head.

"Forget it, he is Qinglan's brother-in-law, so he is naturally ours. Don't do anything unnecessary to disgust him. We are still staying in his house!" Xuanyuan Ting touched the wound and felt much better after applying the medicine. The medicine was indeed very effective and the wound recovery time was shortened a lot.

An Yi took the order and went out to check in the following days to see if anyone was following him or to try to contact other secret guards. He no longer inquired about the affairs of the village.

After taking the medicine provided by Jing Yao for a few days, Xuanyuan Ting's health had improved a lot and he could get out of bed and walk around by himself. He didn't need anyone to help him. He held on to the wall and slowly walked out of the house to the yard. After observing the surrounding environment, he saw Wen Qun picking flowers in the yard.

Feeling someone was looking at him, Wen Qun looked up and saw a tall figure leaning against the door. Wen Qun was surprised, "Why are you up? My brother said you were seriously injured."

Xuanyuan Ting smiled and said, "I'm much better now. The medicine you gave me is very good. You must be my second brother Wen Qun, right? Qinglan mentioned you before."

Wen Qun was not afraid of this person. He knew that Qinglan was his brother's pen name. Usually, people who call by a pen name are trusted teachers or close friends. However, since the other party's identity is not ordinary, it is better for them to have less contact with him.

Seeing that he didn't speak, Xuanyuan Ting spoke again, "Excuse me, do you know where my subordinates went?"

Hearing this, Wen Qun said a little embarrassedly, "Ayao has something to do and needs his help."

Xuanyuan Ting didn’t know what was going on, so he nodded and said nothing more.

Wen Qun felt that the other person was a guest after all, and it would be inappropriate to neglect him, so he asked, "Would you like some tea? I'll pour it for you."

Xuanyuan Ting had already slowly sat down at the table in the yard. Seeing him take the initiative to speak, he smiled and said, "Sorry for the trouble!"

Wen Qun nodded and walked into the house, took out the tea leaves from home, made a pot of tea with the boiling water on the stove, and took the cup out.

After pouring him a cup and placing it on the table, Wen Qun warned him, "Be careful of the heat."

Xuanyuan Ting took it and thanked him, then slowly began to drink the tea. Wen Qun said nothing more and left.

At first Xuanyuan Ting thought it was just a simple farm tea and didn't take it seriously. But after taking a sip, he found that the tea had a pleasant aroma and rich tea flavor. It left a fragrant taste in his mouth and was very memorable. It turned out to be a rare good tea.

Just as he was savoring the flavor of his tea, he heard voices coming from outside the door. After a while, the door was opened and two people walked in. The person in front kept scolding the person behind him as he walked, "Look at you, you have lived in Beijing for more than ten years. You don't know where to go for fun, what to eat, and where the princes, nobles, ladies and young ladies like to go. You are not doing a good job in intelligence work. Don't you know anything when your master asks you questions? It will be difficult for you to get promoted and make money. Maybe you won't even be able to marry in the future. You are so miserable. Brother, let me tell you from experience that if you don't have money and can't talk, it will be difficult to find a wife."

"If the master doesn't ask us these questions, I won't marry a husband." An Yi replied calmly.

Jing Yao sighed sympathetically, "Look at you, what's the point of doing a job like this? You might as well switch to working for me. You can't even find a husband. You're really pitiful."

When Jing Yao opened the door, he saw that the boss of the person he wanted to poach was drinking tea in the yard. He looked at them as soon as they came in, obviously having heard what he said.

He is becoming more and more shameless now, but he doesn't care. Instead, he walks over, pours himself a glass of water and starts drinking. He has said too much, but the person he is talking to is a blockhead and rarely responds. This reminds him of Wen Li.

Thinking back to when he said this in front of him, he was dismissive at the time, but now he is really attracted to it, isn't he? This person still needs to listen to others' advice in order to have a full meal.

An Yi did not feel embarrassed and walked straight to stand behind Xuanyuan Ting.

"Mr. Jing wants to know about the situation in Shangjing. I can tell you. I should know more than Anyi." Xuanyuan Ting took the initiative to say.

After hearing what he said, Jing Yao said bluntly, "Then tell me about the rich people in the capital, especially the rich people who cannot be offended."

Xuanyuan Ting thought for a moment and said, "In addition to the people in the palace, there are six princes in Shangjing. Three of them have left the palace to build their own palaces, and there are two princes. These are the royal nobles who must not be offended. There are also the four major families, namely the Zhou family, which is mainly engaged in shipping, the Han family, the mother's family of the imperial concubine, the Shen family, the world's salt merchants, and the Wang family, the world's granary. These four families are closely related. If you offend one, you will offend all four. The others are the princesses, marquises, officials, and generals. There are so many powerful people in Shangjing that it would take three days and three nights to talk about them in detail."

Jing Yao was silent. With so many twists and turns and so many powerful and noble families around, it seemed that it would not be easy for him to break into a force and gain a foothold.

All things are difficult at the beginning, so I should go and find out the truth first and wait for my brother-in-law to take me flying in the future.

"Thanks, I think I understand. I'll contact you if I need anything." Jing Yao got up and left.

After he left, An Yi told him the whole story.

"You mean he wants to form a caravan to go to Beijing and ask you about the situation." Xuanyuan Ting raised his eyebrows.

An nodded, "It's just that I haven't left the palace many times, so I don't know much about the situation in Shangjing."

Xuanyuan Ting thought about what Jing Yao said. He realized that he had too few spies. It seemed that the secret guards couldn't just stay on the beams every day. He had to let them go out and play their role.

Now that he was safe for the time being, Xuanyuan Ting had no plan to look for his men. He didn't know who had betrayed him. He wanted to rest here and heal his wounds before making any decision.

I thought this place was a place of poverty, but I didn't expect that the locals here would grow new species, open factories that I had never heard of, and sell the products to other places.

Looking at the people who are full of hope and have no worries about food and clothing, and comparing them with those in the north who were forced to become refugees because of the disaster, he understands what they want. This is what Li Anguo wants him to see.

Xuanyuan Ting wanted to see how Jing Yao did all this so that such actions could be promoted and more people would follow suit in their pursuit of food and clothing.

After seeing off the caravan, Jing Yao began to prepare for the opening of the Treasure Pavilion. Originally, Jing Yao was only planning to open a supermarket. Fortunately, there was a place at the dock where he could sell vegetables, fruits and the things produced in his factory. He didn't expect his father-in-law to give it such an expensive name, which sounded so high-end. It seemed a bit unworthy of him to use it to sell vegetables, so he had to put some things worthy of the name on the upper floor to keep the place together.

Manager Gao was finally freed from his duties as warehouse manager and accountant, and went back to his old business. He also took in a young man who was studying under him as his apprentice.

"Okay, then call all the people you have selected over, give them some training first, and then have them all take up their posts once everything is ready." Jing Yao nodded in agreement. After all, they were all just doing the work and it would be the same wherever they were.

"Okay, I'll go right away." Manager Gao left happily, and it seemed like he was walking with the wind.

Jing Yao developed some basic training, mainly receiving guests, introducing products, and taking guests to check out. Unlike the current guys, he was trained in the sales direction.

The clothes in the store are different from those in the factory. They are more exquisite and beautiful, but no longer like factory work clothes. Instead, they are traditional clothes of this era. They were designed by Wen Qun, who knows how to make clothes. He got the inspiration after referring to the clothing design book that Jing Yao brought out.

"Ayao, are you done with your work here?" Wen Qun asked at the door.

Jing Yao put away the things in his hand and said, "It's ready, Qun Qun, why are you here?"

Seeing that he had finished his work, Wen Qun also walked over to help him clean up, "My brother brought his friends to visit the factory, and I came with them."

Jing Yao was puzzled, "Why is he here again?"

Wen Qun shook his head, "I don't know."

During this period, Xuanyuan Ting's health had improved a lot under the treatment of medicine. Wen Yu did not go to the academy anymore. Instead, he stayed at home with him to wander around the village. He was curious about everything and wanted to see everything. He had visited the factory several times and never got tired of it. Jing Yao did not want to care about them. Let them watch if they wanted. They could not learn from them even if they watched.

"Brother wants you to give them that big pot again. That young master wants to see it." Wen Qun said.

Jing Yao was helpless. It was just a big boiler. What was there to see? "Qun Qun, let's go to the laboratory! Don't bother with Big Brother and the others."

Wen Qun smiled and nodded, so the two people who were waiting outside realized that a long time had passed and the person had not come down yet. When they went to look for him, they found that the place was empty.

"Qinglan, your brother-in-law is really interesting." Xuanyuan Ting said with a smile.

Wen Yu was helpless, "Forget it, Maoguan, you go back first, I'll go find someone."

Xuanyuan Ting nodded, and An Yi came up and helped him leave.

Wen Yu looked around but didn't find anyone, so he went to the back of the factory and saw a worker in factory clothes squatting in the corner of the backyard.

"Brother, have you seen Mr. Jing?" Wen Yu asked.

The person squatting in the corner shuddered when he heard the sound, and then replied in a muffled voice, "I didn't see it."

Wen Yu felt that his voice was very strange, so he walked over and squatted beside him and said, "Brother, what's wrong with you? Are you feeling unwell?"

When the man heard the question, he looked up and his fair face was covered with sweat. He held his stomach with his hands and trembled constantly.

"What's wrong with you? You're not feeling well. I'll take you to see a doctor." Wen Yu wanted to pull someone over, but was avoided by someone.

Wen Yu was not annoyed when being avoided, but explained carefully, "Brother, don't be afraid, I'm not a bad person, I'm Wen Qun's elder brother, I came to the factory to look for them, if you feel uncomfortable, go back and have a good rest, don't be stubborn. If you are worried about me, I will go to the front to help you call people, don't worry."

"Li Qiu, Li Qiu."

Wen Yu didn't hear clearly, so he moved closer to listen. The man also moved closer and the two of them bumped into each other. The man quickly stepped back and leaned against the tree trunk.

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