Through Time Chapter 118

Looking at the two lost in thought, Wei Yi gave a smile and said that

“Gongzi Xie, according to the covenant between us, you are to provide our Lord, with craftsmen.”

“You are already a great power here, so this matter is up to you.”

When he heard this, Zhao Xie’s face changed slightly, taking his gaze away from Princess Yushu’s face.

Wei Yi asked.

“Does the Duke have any more requests? There is no harm in saying so. ”

Zhao Xie squeezed out a smile and said that

“No, it’s just that haven’t we already sent over nearly a hundred craftsmen? Why does the Lord want more craftsmen? ”

“Your Excellency does not know.”

Wei Yi said at once that

“In the land of Goguryeo, the natives are stupid and difficult to educate, and the local craftsmen are extremely difficult to train.”

“Although the Tyrant Qin has not moved recently, you and I both know that with the character of the Tyrant, how will he let us go?”

“Therefore, the lord of the kingdom has been using to fortify the city and to build defences, requiring a large number of craftsmen.”

Zhao Xie nodded his head in deep agreement, too

“The tyrant is insatiable and refuses to let go of the land of Baiyue, so how will he let Goguryeo depend on it.”

“I’m afraid that after Zhao Tuo has pacified Bai Yue, they will go after Goguryeo.”

Wei Yi said.

“Exactly.”

“And siphoning off the artisans here will also slow down the Tyrant Qin’s construction of the Great Wall, and with the Xiongnu Hu on one side, the Tyrant Qin will not dare to push us too far.”

Although Zhao Xie was a little surprised that Wei Yi had such an opinion, he still nodded his head to that

“In that case, I will step up the collection of artisans from this place and send them to the lord of the country.”

Wei Yi was immediately overjoyed.

“Great kindness!”

Several people talked and laughed, and when the banquet was over, after Wei Yi had left with Princess Yushu.

Zhao Xie glanced at Zhao Jie who was next to him and coldly said that

“The people have already left.”

Only then did Zhao Jie come back to his senses and looked at Zhao Xie and said.

“Big brother, you give me this Princess Yushu!”

A chill flashed across Zhao Xie’s eyes and he said.

“This is a marriage between the two Zhao and Yan families, do you think it’s child’s play!”

“If you still don’t know the importance of the matter this time, and spoil the matter as you did last time! I will ask for the family law!”

At the mention of the last time, Zhao Jie’s face turned red and he said that

“Big brother, don’t you already know all about it? I was drugged last time!”

Zhao Jie said coldly, and

“If I didn’t know you were drugged, would I still have you here?”

“In the future, if you ever look at your sister-in-law like that again, don’t blame me for being ungracious.”

Zhao Jie returned with a disgruntled look on his face.

“I know.”

Zhao Xie frowned and said that

“The two Scar brothers were killed and the slaves were all saved by the female flying thief, what will we do to explain to the other side?”

“Did you find out who it was?”

Zhao Jie bristled and said

“I’m with you all the time, how would I know.”

Zhao Xie frowned and said.

“Did you mess with someone again?”

Zhao Jie lowered his head and did not say anything, but his face showed a few moments of ruthlessness.

Zhao Xie still wanted to reprimand the other party, when a guard walked in and reported to

“Duke Xie, yesterday my subordinates had already approached the other teams that captured the slaves yesterday and asked for clarification.”

“Speak quickly!”

“The person who came claimed to be Zhao Lang of Xianyang.”

“Xianyang Zhao Lang?”

Zhao Xie froze straight away.

Of course he remembered Zhao Lang, the owner of that wealthy farmhouse who had also been accepted as an initiation disciple by the head of the Confucian family.

But how could he appear here?

“Have you found out the identity of the other party, the location? And what about the female flying thief?””

Zhao Xie said, frowning.

“Zhao Lang’s information didn’t turn up, the other party left very dry after killing someone.”

The guard returned and

“There has been some news about the female flying thief, it should be someone from the farming family, and recently among the farmers, there are rumours about the White Lotus Sage.”

“The farming family?”

Zhao Xie froze for a moment.

On the side, Zhao Jie gritted his teeth at this time and said

“Isn’t it just that I took 10,000 taels of gold from them, I’ll get that stinking b*tch killed sooner or later!”

“Shut up!”

Zhao Xie scolded directly to

“Do you want to make a deadly feud with the Nong family? Get out of my sight!”

Zhao Jie left in a rage, Zhao Xie was so angry that he covered his forehead, and then said to the guards that

“Go and find another slave trader to work with, get a few more this time, we need to capture more artisans.”

“And go and find a way to communicate with the female flying thief, say that I want to talk to the other side face to face and everything will be fine.”

The guard immediately led the order and went

When everyone had gone, Zhao Xie sighed wearily.

It was too difficult for the entire Zhao family to rely on him alone to support them.

“The Zhao-Yan alliance can’t go wrong, the deal with the Hu people can’t stop, and I don’t know how the salt farm thing is going.”

Just at that moment, a servant came to report that

“My lord, the official of the salt farm requests an audience.”

Zhao Xie’s spirits were lifted and he spoke to

“Please come in!”

Soon, the junior official who had handed over to Zhao Lang during the day appeared in front of Zhao Xie.

“My lord, a young merchant has been sent from above, and I have already spoken to the other party.”

“If you can’t turn in a thousand catties of crude salt this month, this salt farm will be handed over to someone else.”

The young official said with a smile.

“Then, thank you very much, after the matter is completed, you will certainly not be treated badly.”

Zhao Xie smiled to, a thousand catties of coarse salt was not much, but naturally he would not let the other party produce it, the

“Uncle Shou, take the official to rest.”

Hearing this address, the little official nodded in satisfaction and handed a paper to Zhao Xie, saying that

“This is the merchant’s paperwork, so take a look at it and return it to me tomorrow.”

Then he followed Shou Bo, who was outside the door, and left.

As he watched the junior official leave, a trace of grimness flashed in Zhao Xie’s eyes; all these corrupt officials who cooperated with him, he would definitely have to deal with them in the end.

When he opened the paperwork and looked at the name on it, Zhao Xie froze straight away.

“Zhao Lang?”

This was the second time today that he had heard this name.

Zhao Xie narrowed his eyes slightly and

“Whether you’re him or not, there’s only one way to die if you stand in my way!”

In fact, deep down, he even had some hope that the other party was that Zhao Lang.

“If you die, I might still have a point of chance with that old codger, right?”

With his mind made up, Zhao Xie shouted that

“Come, men!”

A guard then appeared at the door.

“First thing tomorrow morning, send an urgent letter telling the men on the beach to let them do it if the salt farm starts making salt!”

The guard took his orders and went away.

Early the next morning.

Inside the saltworks, there were busy figures of slaves, clearing the grounds and preparing to start work.

Zhao Lang watched from an elevated area, having decided that when the site was cleared, he would use a division of labour and an assembly line approach to start making salt.

This would be efficient and would not give away his salt-making methods.

The task of one thousand catties of crude salt would soon be completed.

Once this was done, he could go back to the farm, bury his head in the potatoes, gather his men and build up his strength for what was to come!

“This task seems a bit easy.”

Zhao Lang thought silently.

He didn’t notice that the two stewards of the salt farm had both silently hid in the ramshackle house.

The slaves on the site, too, could not stop looking in the direction of the sea, as if someone would appear there at any moment.