Chapter 345 Heavy Rain and Candlelight

The sky has darkened and the rain continues.

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

There was a knock on the door, and Ning Fan and Dian Wei returned to the Cai Mansion in the rain. All three of them were soaked in the rain, and were trembling with their arms crossed under the caress of a cold wind.

The door of Cai Mansion was slowly opened. Qin Yuan looked at Ning Fan, the leader, and was stunned for a moment.

"Uncle Qin."

"Mr. Zhao, what are you..."

"Haha, I went out to travel for two days. I didn't expect to encounter heavy rain suddenly. I was quite embarrassed and made Uncle Qin laugh."

"Sir, hurry up. I'll ask the maid to prepare clean clothes. You go and change first."

"No need, Uncle Qin, please send them both to the wing."

"good!"

Ning Fan threw the two strong men to Uncle Qin and quietly returned to Cai Yan's attic.

The night was quiet, except for the sparse sound of rain, there was no noise at all. It seemed that Cai Yan had already fallen asleep.

"Master!"

As soon as I walked into the small courtyard, I saw a figure standing in the pavilion. I don't know how long it had been standing there.

"Long'er."

Seeing Xiao Longnu, Ning Fan showed a smile on his face and said softly: "Is Zhaoji asleep?"

"Um."

"Sit down and talk."

Regardless of the wet clothes on his body, Ning Fan strode forward and sat down in the pavilion. Xiao Longnu walked quietly behind him, and a soft inner force instantly enveloped his body.

Under this injection of internal energy, Ning Fan felt as if he had entered a steam room, and white smoke began to rise from his whole body.

"sharp!"

"As expected of a master, he is so arrogant!"

Ning Fan expressed his real-name envy. Now that he has the internal power to force out alcohol, it is a bit too much to use his internal power to dry clothes.

"Sir, there is news from the capital."

"The talks between Dayu and Donghuai collapsed. General Yue continued to push his army eastward. Now he has advanced Yu's eastern territory by nearly a hundred miles."

"No agreement?"

Ning Fan frowned slightly. It stands to reason that if Donghuai intends to negotiate peace, he should be able to accept Dayu's conditions. After all, Dayu does not have the strength to destroy a country in one fell swoop, and Donghuai does not have the strength to repel Dayu. .

Rather than continuing the stalemate, it is better to shake hands and make peace temporarily.

But why didn't we reach an agreement?

"Have you ever found out the reason?"

"Returning to the Young Master seems to be the intention of the court..."

Ning Fan said nothing more, but changed the subject and said, "Is there any news from the Dali battlefield?"

"Um!"

"Mr. Zhuge made a clever plan and forced Da Yan back dozens of miles. Now he has recovered all the lost ground and can return to the court today!"

"good!"

After Ning Fan pondered for a moment, he ordered: "Tell Kong Ming to beware of the Li Kingdom."

"Sir, does Li country dare?"

"Whether they dare or not, I don't dare to bet. Kong Ming is a national scholar."

"If Dali was sensible, he would never break up with us right now, but he is afraid that someone..."

Ning Fan did not continue, but Xiao Longnu nodded and said softly: "I will send the message tomorrow."

"Now that Wumei Mountain has been leveled, tomorrow, Zaixing will lead everyone from Wumei Mountain to vote!"

“It’s time for Fengxiao and Gongtai to settle in Lingzhou.”

"Send someone to go there. The road is not peaceful."

"yes!"

Today, Xiao Longnu has become Ning Fan's right-hand man. In just half a year, she has transformed from an iceberg beauty into a sophisticated and strategic female Zhuge.

After Xiao Longnu went down, Ning Fan walked into the attic, hesitated for a moment, and finally stepped up the steps to the second floor.

Several candlelights swayed in the wind, and Ning Fan's figure stretched very long under the illumination of the candlelight. Looking from a distance, it actually gave people a very penetrating feeling.

"who?"

The beauty on the bed was awakened by the soft footsteps. She stood up suddenly and opened the bed curtain.

"Well!"

"kinky……"

Ning Fan blocked his mouth before he could say "whore and thief". Cai Yan's eyes widened, looking at the familiar face, he gradually gave up resistance, but his face turned red and his eyes averted.

"Yan'er."

"Mr. Zhao, you..."

As soon as Cai Yan said a few words, Ning Fan blocked her mouth again. The heavy rain continued outside, the candlelight flickered in the attic, and people were rustling on the bed.

…

"System, sign in!"

Ning Fan woke up leisurely and noticed that his arms were numb. A smile appeared on his face and he silently opened the system.

"Congratulations, master, for getting a copy of The Analects of Confucius!"

"The Analects of Confucius..."

A wry smile appeared on Ning Fan's face. Has Confucianism begun to invade other worlds?

However, this also gave him a reminder.

Nowadays, Guo Jia and Chen Gong have issued recruitment orders and are recruiting talents vigorously. However, in the current national conditions of Dayu, books are almost completely monopolized by aristocratic families. Ordinary people want to read and write, which is like an idiot's dream!

In this era, most books are manuscripts and are secrets that are not passed down.

Therefore, most of the talents recruited come from aristocratic families, and if Ning Fan wants to weaken the influence of aristocratic families in this era, he must attack the root causes.

If one could establish an orthodoxy for the schools of thought, Confucianism would undoubtedly be the first choice.

However, what he wants to promote is by no means just pure Confucianism, let alone Confucianism after deposing hundreds of schools of thought!

"you're awake."

Cai Yan gave Ning Fan a complicated look, and immediately put his head into Ning Fan's arms. For some reason, he seemed to be in love with him ever since he saw him.

Now, they are husband and wife in reality, even though they are not married in name. For this era, this is a taboo.

If it gets out, not only will Cai Yan's name be infamous, but the Cai family will also be humiliated.

"Well, did you sleep well last night?"

"You still say!"

Cai Yan punched him with her pink fist and said softly, "Sir, I will help you dress and eat."

"Okay!"

Ning Fan smiled and nodded, and put on his clothes under Cai Yan's clothes.

After a simple meal, the two talked about business.

"Is fine salt on the market?"

"Yes!"

"How are the sales?"

"It's a big hit in the city!"

Cai Yan's face was full of brilliance, and she said softly: "In just one day yesterday, 10,000 stones of salt were sold. Not only the people of Lingzhou City, but also the merchants passing by, and even the peddlers, all participated in the market."

"Smugglers?"

"Yes!"

"Our fine salt only sells for 60 coins per bucket. If they ship it out, they can sell it for 100 coins per bucket and it will be enough to meet the demand!"

"If it can be sold farther, it will be even more in short supply!"

"Many people in the city have started to resell fine salt."

"Haha!"

Ning Fan smiled and said softly: "I didn't expect that they would bring up a group of second-hand dealers, but it doesn't matter. If they can make some money to supplement their family expenses, it will be their good fortune."

"However, the chessboard has been set, and I'm afraid this chess game will be played soon."

"I just don't know how many people are willing to play."

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