Chapter 17 Delight

　　The steward of the merchant fleet was changed from the second son Chu Huo to the fourth son Chu Yan, which made the people of the Chu family a little surprised, but then the people were also relieved. 　　Who in the entire Chu family didn't know that the master's favorite was the fourth son, but the people within the merchant fleet felt a bit awkward. 　　Although Chu Huo had been in charge of the merchant fleet for a short period of time, Chu Huo actually had quite a lot of prestige within the merchant fleet. 　　Those stewards who wanted to fight against Chu Huo in the past had already been killed by Chu Huo, and the rest of the caravan's people, their thoughts were very simple, as long as the treatment was enough they would be satisfied. 　　Chu Huo gave them more rewards than before, and after Chu Huo didn't follow the caravan, he promoted a few more stewards, these people were also free, as long as they didn't engage in small actions in the dark, Chu Huo wouldn't make things difficult for them. 　　Now that there was suddenly a new person, it made them all a bit uncomfortable. 　　At this moment, in the courtyard where the people of the merchant team were resting collectively, an underling with a slightly pointed appearance came up to a man in short beats and asked, "Brother Liu, I heard that our merchant team will be under the control of the Fourth Duke in the future, what do you think about it?" 　　This Brother Liu's full name was Liu Youcheng, when Chu Huo was taking over the merchant fleet, this guy was the first to jump out against Chu Huo, but when he heard that the merchant fleet's treatment had increased, he was also the first to defect. 　　Although the person is three-faced some, but things are still quite clever, so also was Chu Huo promoted into the merchant team's steward. 　　He is also the old man of the merchant team, and the relationship with the crowd is also good, but also will not suddenly rise to the top of the villain. 　　Hearing that subordinate ask this question, Liu Youcheng shook his head and said: ''Don't ask what you shouldn't ask, are you still not clear about the matters of the several gentlemen? The second prince is good to us, but can we still go against the fourth prince? Work honestly, don't think about so many useless things." 　　Just as he had finished saying this, the door to the courtyard was pushed open, and Chu Wound walked in with a few attendants. 　　One person behind him was probably in his forties, wearing a blue samurai uniform, with a long sword hanging from his waist and a cold face. 　　He was the Chu Family's protégé, Lin Qian, whose status in the Chu Family was very high, and could even be said to be higher than some of the Chu Family's elders. 　　Although some of the Chu Family's elders were also in the Blood Condensation Realm, they had long since become old and unable to fight, it was only because they were Chu Zongguang's elders that they were able to sit in the position of elders. 　　But this Lin Qian is a blood condensation realm martial artist in his prime, it is said that he is also a small sect origin, in his early years he walked the rivers and lakes, then he was recruited by the Chu family and became a disciple, he has already stayed in the Chu family for a few years, even Chu injuries have to respectfully call out to him as Uncle Lin. 　　Watching Chu injury walk in, Liu Youcheng and the other two merchant stewards who were promoted by Chu Huo immediately walked over and saluted, "Greetings to the Fourth Prince." 　　Chu Wound nodded his head and said indifferently, "Everyone from the merchant fleet is here?" 　　Liu Youcheng nodded and said, "All of them are here." 　　"Good then, tell everyone to pack up and get ready to leave tomorrow." 　　Liu Youcheng immediately froze, "Fourth Prince, we only came back yesterday, according to the rules, we should rest for three days before leaving." 　　Chu Huan frowned and said, "Every time the merchant caravan comes back, they need to rest, the time spent resting for those few days can be enough to make another trip to Yan every month! Tell everyone to get ready now and set off tomorrow!" 　　Liu Youcheng laughed bitterly, "But Fourth Prince, people are not made of iron, the merchant road within the Mang Mountain in Gotham is difficult to travel, there are also all kinds of snakes, insects, rats and ants, without resting for a period of time, everyone really can't hold out ah, it's just because of this that the Second Prince allowed us to rest for three days in the first place." 　　Hearing Liu Youcheng mention Chu Huo, Chu Wound's face immediately changed, he coldly snorted and said, "Don't forget, the current steward of the merchant fleet is me!" 　　Chu Wound suddenly thought of something, he frowned and said, "All three of you are stewards?" 　　Liu Youcheng and the other three nodded their heads, feeling that something was not good. 　　Sure enough, Chu Wound then said, "From now on, you guys aren't." 　　Saying that, Chu Wound then directly let a few of his beloved ones take over the position of stewards, not caring if they had any experience in managing a merchant fleet. 　　Liu Youcheng and the others watched all of this dumbfounded, although they were dissatisfied in their hearts, they could only hold it in. 　　At this moment, Chu Huo returned to his own compound, and Gao Bei carefully followed by his side. 　　Although Chu Huo didn't say anything to him, the Chu family was this big, and those rumors had already spread. 　　Now that the second prince had lost the merchant fleet, he was probably already angry in his heart and wanted to kill someone, right? 　　At this time, Chu Huo suddenly said, "Are there any of his people within the inns and restaurants under Chu Wound?" 　　Gao Bei froze for a moment before saying, "Seems like there isn't, the inns and restaurants are all fine business, whoever is in charge of them is the same, so the inn and restaurant owners are all old men in my Chu family, the fourth prince is only responsible for collecting money, and doesn't meddle in the business." 　　Chu Huo nodded and said, "That's good, go and prepare, move out from within the family, I heard that the backyard of my Chu family's restaurant is big enough, so move there." 　　Gao Bei froze slightly, but he didn't care, he thought it was because Chu Huo disliked his mansion in the Chu Family for being too simple. 　　In fact this kind of thing was also very common, except for the youngest Chu injury, Chu Kai and Chu Sheng all had their own mansions outside, after all, they were also all adults, some things were inconvenient to do inside the mansion, but outside could be casual. 　　Waiting for the next day early in the morning, Chu family gate is very lively, one is Chu injury with the merchant team is ready to leave, there is another is Chu Huo let people move his things out of the Chu family, the two sides happen to meet. 　　Chu injury wearing a strong suit, waist wearing a long sword, riding a jujube red northland chasing the wind horse, not like the merchant team's steward, but like a male son who is always ready to break into the world. 　　He was looking at Chu Huo at this time there was also a hint of complacency in his eyes, but in fact behind this hint of complacency there was also a cynicism towards Chu Huo. 　　Before in the Chu family he was the youngest, although favored, but because his mother had no background, he could only keep a low profile. 　　But at least compared to him, there is a Chu Huo can be the back, which makes Chu injury also have some psychological comfort. 　　But who would have thought that since Chu Huo came back from the South Mountain Mining Area, he seemed to be a different person in general, quickly established prestige within the family, while he, Chu Huan, was still a transparent person in general, seemed to give everyone the impression that there was only one, that is, well-behaved and liked by the head of the family. 　　Now with a light sentence he had gotten his hands on the success that Chu Huo had worked so hard for this period of time, he was after all young, yesterday at Chu Zongguang's place he was still able to endure, but now without Chu Zongguang there, he couldn't help but to show off in front of Chu Huo. 　　"Second brother, you've also traveled this merchant road once, you're also considered experienced, can you have any experience to impart to my younger brother ah?" 　　Chu injury drove his horse to Chu Huo's body, condescending to him and asking with a teasing face. 　　Chu Huo faintly said, "Experience? I told you yesterday, the merchant road is rugged, be careful, the bandits don't care if you are a member of the Chu family, out of the Tongzhou Prefecture, the face of the Chu family can't be used well, walking the Gotham Mang Mountain, that's going to be a bloodbath!" 　　The last sentence was uttered, Chu Huo's eyes flashed through a reddish tyrannical killing machine, which immediately made Chu Hurts startled, but in an instant that killing machine had already disappeared, no one else noticed it, even Chu Hurts thought that he had misread it. 　　However, he didn't dare to provoke Chu Huo anymore, he just snorted coldly and urged the merchant team to set off. 　　There were a total of four inns, one restaurant, and one weapon store that Chu Huan had handed over to Chu Huo. 　　But the weapon store there Chu Huo is not much interest, Chu family sells some unusual blades only, at most a turn, in addition to the silver earned every month is still considered stable, not much effect. 　　After Chu Huo moved his residence to the backyard of the restaurant, Gao Bei also brought five slightly apprehensive shopkeepers to meet Chu Huo. 　　They were all just ordinary people, and they were even a bit ignorant about the internal affairs of the Chu Family, and now that they had suddenly changed their stewards, it made them all a bit uneasy. 　　Looking at those five shopkeepers, Chu Huo smiled and said, "Several people don't need to be nervous, professional things are done by professionals, in the future, how should the inn and restaurant be taken care of, how should it still be taken care of, everything doesn't need to change." 　　However, Chu Huo suddenly changed his tone and said, "However, I still have one more thing to give you guys to do." 　　Those several shopkeepers hurriedly said, "Second Prince's command is." 　　Chu Huo said in a deep voice, "My Tongzhou Prefecture is the closest state prefecture to Yan, so most of the merchants from the other states in Wei County traveling to and from Yan will rest their feet within my Tongzhou Prefecture. These people are also considered competitors of my Chu Family's merchant caravan, so you guys have your fellows be smart and record in detail when you hear news from their conversations, these are all useful intelligence that you have to hand over to me every day." 　　Previously Chu Huo had promised to give Han Bao the intelligence on these merchant fleets. 　　This month Chu Huo also did give Han Bao quite a lot of intelligence, but all of this intelligence was that Chu Huo let his men go to squat in front of the inns, and only then did they listen to it, which was a bit laborious, and now letting the people in the inns and restaurants take the initiative to hand these things over to themselves, would undoubtedly be much simpler. 　　Moreover, Chu Huo didn't need to worry about them leaking anything, the people within these restaurants and inns actually had nothing to do with the Chu family, normally they didn't even need to make contact with the Chu family, and they paid their silver on time every month, and that was enough. 　　These were just small things, so the several shopkeepers all agreed sharply, and after instructing them to say a few polite words, Chu Huo sent them away. 　　Turning around, Chu Huo said to Gao Bei, "Prepare yourself, tomorrow morning follow me on a trip to Gothic Mang Mountain." 　　As soon as he heard Chu Huo say that he wanted to go to Mt. Zhenmang, Gao Bei immediately shivered, he was really a bit afraid of those bandits. 　　But fear aside, he still nodded and didn't refuse. 　　Just like what Chu Huo had told him earlier in Yuanbao Town, life and death had their own destiny, and wealth and riches were in heaven. If you wanted to be rich and powerful, then you could only go and fight. 　　During this period of time he became Chu Huo's beloved, did not do as much as before, but got quite a lot of silver, and he even bought a small courtyard within the Tongzhou capital, and picked up his younger brother in the past. 　　And within the Chu family, because Chu Huo's status rose, his status also rose along with him, and those subordinates who used to look down on him were now also calling out with a single 'brother'. 　　Just like what Chu Huo said, there was no time for people to be contented, although Gao Bei was an honest person, he had already enjoyed all of this, and he certainly didn't want to go back. 　　For Chu Huo's order, even if he resisted it in his heart, he didn't dare to refuse it, or rather, he didn't want to refuse it.