On the first day after the New Year, Qin Yue, led by Xiao Qimei, went to Cangshan Hall of the Brotherhood to report. All subsequent procedures were no different from those of ordinary members and did not have any special treatment.

First of all, Qin Yue had to spend a morning studying some regulations of the Brotherhood, and then receive a set of toiletries and bathing supplies. The Brotherhood had strict hygiene regulations for members, even if Qin Yue went home every day. She had dinner in the canteen of Cangshan Hall at noon, and then, under the leadership of an old member, she became familiar with the various parts of Cangshan Hall.

Qin Yue had known that her job at the Brotherhood was to boil water, so she didn't think so, so she just boiled water, put the water in a pot and put it on the stove, and waited for the water to boil. Although she had never done it, she had seen it many times. However, when she actually arrived at the water room of Cangshan Hall, she found that the facts were different from what she had thought before.

The Brotherhood Cangshan Hall Water Room is a large room dedicated to boiling water. There are more than ten people in the water room who are responsible for the various water use of Cangshan Hall. Although there are divisions of labor, as a member of the Brotherhood, he is generally not old, mostly boys and girls, and has little strength, and many things need cooperation. The stove for boiling water is ten meters long and two meters wide. The charcoal fire in the eyes of the two rows of fires is red, the flames sway, and the large iron kettle on it is rumbling and water vapor is everywhere.

There is also a large pot like a large iron box on one side of the room, connecting several tubes, which are hot water for bathing.

"There are many small insects in the water that cannot be seen in the eyes... I will get sick after drinking unclean water... The water must be boiled, and it cannot be burned for too long... I must be especially careful of water vapor, which is easy to burn... My eyes must be kept in prison and you cannot let outsiders touch it. If you put medicine in our water, everyone will be in trouble..."

The little leader in charge of the water room is also a woman. Her name is water and she specializes in the water room. She is usually called Sister Shui. Sister Shui led Qin Yue to teach her some precautions and explained them one by one, as if boiling water is a very important thing. Qin Yue also found that it is indeed complicated to boil water for brothers. After taking water from the well, they have to go through some strange containers for first-level filtration, second-level filtration, and third-level filtration. Finally, the water quality becomes clear and transparent before it is used.

It turns out that boiling water is so complicated? Qin Yue can't help but doubt her previous cognition.

As a newcomer and a girl, Qin Yue was assigned to provide water to various places in Cangshan Hall.

As the core organization of the Brotherhood, Cangshantang handles a large number of affairs and has a large number of people. A row of iron kettles wrapped in cotton wool are placed in several conspicuous locations. The water in them is available to people at any time. The water in each kettle is different, including salt and sugar water, tea water, brown sugar water, mixing juice, and various medicinal teas. The mixing ratio of each is stipulated.

"Xiao Yue, how about the errand?" When she returned home in the evening, Xiao Qimei was already waiting, of course, her purpose was to ask Qin Yue about her work.

"It's okay." Qin Yue could only answer like this, and she couldn't say she couldn't even burn some water!

As usual, Xiao Qimei pulled Qin Su and pulled a lot of them. When Xiao Qimei left, Qin Su suddenly said, "Isn't it easy to do it?"

Qin Yue replied irresponsible: "My mother, brothers will be so strange!"

“What’s strange?”

"It's strange everywhere. They will make a lot of tricks after burning water..." Without outsiders, Qin Yue said everything she saw and heard in one breath.

Qin Su did not interrupt, just listened quietly to the story. After Qin Yue finished speaking for a while, she said, "It seems that the Brotherhood is really a trick. Yue'er works hard first. If you find anything, tell her."

"Yeah." Qin Yue nodded, then entered the room, changed into the clothes, took out two swords, walked to the backyard, and started practicing martial arts as usual.

The next day, Qin Yue officially started to do things. As he said, it seemed quite easy. Qin Yue was learning formulas, dispensing water and transporting them. The water level of those tinned kettles must be paid attention to and must be replenished in time. Sister Shui urged her all the time, but Qin Yue didn't have time to take a break. She ran with Sister Shui all day and felt that this was more tiring than practicing martial arts.

After working for a few days, Qin Yue became familiar with her errands. She was not as busy and at a loss as she was at the beginning. She also adapted to the environment of Cangshan Hall. When she went to distribute water, she could still go around and see what others did when she was free. What Qin Yue was most concerned about was of course a large shack in the backyard of the Brotherhood. It is said that the terrifying white-haired monster was among them. Many people in Cangshan Hall were very curious, but they didn't dare to get close.

On this day, Qin Yue saw Xiao Tianlei carrying a big basket, walking into the big shack, and following him.

"Cousin Lei!" Qin Yue called out from afar.

"Oh... Xiao Yue's cousin, is there something wrong?" Xiao Tianlei heard Qin Yue's shout as soon as he opened the fence, and turned around and asked.

"It's okay. I heard that there is a big monster here. When I saw Cousin Lei coming, I wanted to come and have a look. Is that OK?"

"Can."

Xiao Tianlei just came to feed Xue Yuan Nunu, and there was nothing to be seen. After the snow Yuan Nunu's shack was established, there were always some guys who were lying around. Xiao Tianlei and others could see it, but they couldn't see anything anyway.

As a strange beast, Snow Ape Nunu consumes a lot of food, but he doesn’t have to feed food every day. This guy likes to sleep, have a full meal, and can sleep for a few days.

Xiao Tianlei and Qin Yue entered the shed, and the snow ape rolled into a ball of rolled up immediately noticed it, his ears trembled and wrote down, his nose twitched, and he smelled the food. He sat up slowly, stretched his arms, yawned, patted his chest and stomach, grabbed the fruit in the basket with one hand and chewed it heavily, picked up a wine jar with the other hand, bit the jar, and poured it into his mouth, and didn't care about the extra person.

During the New Year, Xiao Tianbao was on a whim and gave Xue Yuan Nunu a glass of wine. Unexpectedly, it would have a good time from now on. It would have to drink a jar every meal, otherwise it would scream and not mention the extra expense. Xiao Tianlei was afraid that this guy would get drunk and get drunk. Fortunately, after drinking, it would doze off honestly.

"Xiao Yue's cousin, how about it? You're still used to it." Xiao Tianlei asked.

"I'm still used to it." Qin Yue replied.

"You can look around and think there is a job that suits you. You can tell me and see if I can arrange it for you."

Qin Yue's eyes lit up. He really wanted to change his errands, but she also went around Cangshan Hall these days. Most of the things that others did were not understood. She felt like she was like a fool, as if she could only boil water here. However, when Sister Shui said that if she wanted to do the work, she had to go to the training class and learn a lot. During the holiday, she could go and listen. Qin Yue decided to wait until she was on holiday.

Qin Yue just nodded slightly and stared at the snow ape Nunu who was eating and drinking without anyone else. After a while, he suddenly made a request: "Cousin Lei, can I touch it?"

"Well, okay, touch it, it's okay." Xiao Tianlei looked like you were casually.

Qin Yue hesitated, but she slowly moved forward. Her face was mixed with excitement and fear. A foot away, Qin Yue carefully stretched out her hand, closed her eyes and touched the fur on the snow ape Nunu's legs. Then Qin Yue opened her eyes and took a long breath. She felt the coldness from her fingertips and the beating of blood. Her heart and liver almost jumped out, showing a completely excited smile, and gasping for breath.

This girl was quite brave. Xiao Tianlei thought to himself that Qin Yue's quietness was probably disguised, and she should be a lively girl inside.

Qin Yue felt the texture of the snow ape Nunu fur and suddenly asked, "Cousin Lei, why did you make this big guy obedient?"

"This is a secret." Xiao Tianlei certainly didn't know how to say it, and he was too lazy to make up lies.

"Oh..." Qin Yue was a little disappointed and asked again: "What's this big guy's name?"

"Snow Ape Nunu, called Snow Ape Nunu, or called Nunu."

"Snow Ape...Nunu, what a strange name." Qin Yue was muttering, and Xue Ape Nunu burped and squirted out a scent of alcohol mixed with food. Qin Yue was sprayed and waved her hand and took a few steps back.

“Is it drinking wine?”

"Yeah, it's wine."

"oh!"

Qin Yue looked at Xue Yuan Nunu again. At this time, she felt that there was nothing scary, just bigger, ugly, and her tone was smelly.

After the snow ape Nunu finished eating, she started dozing off again. Xiao Tianlei cleaned up and left the shack with Qin Yue, chatting a few words apart.

After a brief contact and dialogue, Xiao Tianlei felt that Qin Yue seemed to be here to inquire about the information, and he didn't care too much. There was no secret in the Brotherhood. Even if Qin Yue had any purpose, the Brotherhood was a complete institution. Who could do it casually?

Xiao Tianlei didn't have much time to pay attention to Qin Yue. In the new year, with the power of the snow ape Nunu, the sphere of influence of the brotherhood has been successfully expanded to various parts of Lingzhou. Those small gangs have fallen in hopes, and Xiao Tianlei couldn't make any money with them.

The reputation of the Brotherhood has spread with the circulation of goods. Some merchants from some faraway states also come to do business. Some merchants from other states make friends, eat, drink, and have fun in brothels. The business is settled. Brotherhood is not a good deal. Merchants cannot bring a bunch of children to brothels. They must do business according to the rules of the Brotherhood. Some old customers have become accustomed to this way of doing business. Those newcomers are not used to it and can only adapt to it.

A system has been formed for general affairs, and Xiao Tianlei basically does not need to be asked about it. He only needs to check it occasionally and look at the report. However, Xiao Tianlei will personally receive some special businessmen, such as visitors from Rongzhou in the north.

Rongzhou is located in the north of Lingzhou, and there is also a Maozhou in the middle. Rongzhou has a vast mountain grassland, rich in cattle, sheep and mounts. Many Rong tribes of all sizes live there. Although the Rong people were conquered by Daxia by force, they are not strong in dominance like Lingzhou. Each tribe is more like a vassal of Daxia. Conflicts often break out between tribes, competing for cattle, sheep, women, etc.

There is a smuggling passage between Lingzhou and Rongzhou. Smuggling merchants transported salt, tea and other daily necessities to Rongzhou, and then exchanged them for some mounts, cattle and sheep. However, this road is very difficult to walk and there are various dangers. The products of the Brotherhood were also transported to Rongzhou through this passage. Some Rong merchants there came to the door and asked to trade directly.

Xiao Tianlei is of course happy to do this. Those middlemen can make at least several times the profit. It is better to make money by themselves than to eat money from both ends. Rongzhou happens to have some things that Xiao Tianlei values, and some specialty medicinal materials, etc. In addition to milk, the first thing is milk.

Brotherhood milk candy, there are more and more types of milk products, and the demand for cow milk and goat milk has increased greatly. Lingzhou cannot meet the demand anymore. Rongzhou is still rich in milk sources. However, for such a long distance, it is actually not difficult to solve the problem of milk transportation. It can be studied to make milk into milk powder for easy transportation and preservation. The specific production process requires experimentation. In addition, other problems must be solved. For example, there is a lack of fuel on the grassland. If it is large-scale production, it is definitely not enough to rely on cow dung alone. We can only see if we can find alternatives. If coal is the best, whether there is coal in Rongzhou, we have to ask those Rong people.

There is also beef and mutton. Under the guidance of the Brotherhood, many people have better living conditions and many people practice martial arts. They need a lot of meat. Lingzhou cannot meet the needs for the time being. On the contrary, every winter, Rongzhou will freeze a large number of cattle and sheep to death. It is just that the cattle and sheep from Rongzhou will be driven to Lingzhou. The road is long and the road is difficult to walk. It is too inefficient to rush slowly as before. The solution is, first, to build roads and crack mountains and rocks; second, to walk on water and go downstream. However, those rivers are turbulent, and the waters must be explored, digging out some narrow waterways, clearing a large number of reefs, and building some suitable ships. Both are not something that can be solved in a short while. Of course, there is martial arts in this world, and some difficult problems can also be made simple. Xiao Tianlei just mentioned it and asked the following to try it first.

Rongzhou's mounts are good, but Lingzhou has little demand for mounts, and it mainly requires some livestock to make livestock. You may also try buying wool to make some wool products. The current cloth is really poor in warmth. Rongzhou also has wool products - felt, but that is just rough processing of wool, which is quite stubborn and has a smell of odor.

When they have the chance, Xiao Tianlei will go to Rongzhou to inspect it. To the north of Rongzhou, there is a business road connecting the extreme west. Some merchants from western countries travel through the vast Gobi desert and come to trade. Xiao Tianlei also wants to see if there are any new things and listen to the things in the extreme west.

In addition to the Brotherhood, Xiao Tianlei also had to take into account some affairs of Wild Boar Ridge and Conch Port. In addition, before the New Year Festival, the staff of Conch Bay also found a large island suitable for bases on Qionghai.

Xiao Tianlei has always wanted to find an island on Qionghai as a base. It is said that there are three holes in the cunning rabbit. Just in case, it is always good to have more bases. There are many islands on Qionghai. However, it is not easy to find a satisfactory one. At the end of last year, I finally found an island with a large area, easy to defend but difficult to attack, good luck in ships to shelter from the wind, and excellent harbor.

Originally, Xiao Tianlei planned to go to the island to explore and make some plans after finishing the fraternity. He did not expect a group of pirates to occupy the island.

Xiao Tianlei asked someone to investigate, but as a result, news came from some maritime merchants. Just after the New Year, pirates in the South China Sea became rampant again. A group of pirates led by Hailong Island retaliated against the ships traveling through the South China Sea. Moreover, it is said that several pirate forces in the East China Sea and the South China Sea formed an alliance, known as the Canghai Alliance, and merged into a super-large maritime force with great momentum.

Originally, this matter had little to do with the Brotherhood. However, due to the development of various industries of the Brotherhood, sea trade in Lingzhou became more and more prosperous. Many merchants transported the Brotherhood's goods to other states by sea and transported some supplies from other states. The pirates from Canghai Alliance learned that there was oil and water to catch in Qionghai, and the pirate power was almost vacuum, so they naturally extended their hands to Qionghai. Now they have been robbed of several merchant ships.
Chapter completed!