Seeing that Cai Mao, Ma Xuan and other people in the family were gradually appointed by Liu Qi, I felt very uncomfortable.

Logically speaking, there is no doubt that the one among the prominent families in Nanjun who had the best relationship with Liu Qi was Kuai Yue.

Kuai Yue now felt very regretful. If he had stood firmly on Liu Qi's side last year and had never turned around to help Cai Mao check and balance him, would the result now be different?

Perhaps now he has led the Kuai family out of Jingzhou and has begun to move towards the threshold of the world's prominent family.

But now...

The more Kuai Yue thought about it, the more uncomfortable he felt. Finally, he decided to take a gamble and ask Liu Qi to find out.

That's why Kuai Yue asked Kuai Qi to kneel down to Liu Qi in the carriage.

Liu Qi looked at the sad and sad look of the uncle and nephew of Kuai in front of him, but his expression was not turbulent.

He leaned forward slightly and reached out to help Kuai Qi, but saw Kuai Qi turn his head and look at Kuai Yue, then lowered his head, and no matter how Liu Qi pulled him, he just refused to get up.

Liu Qi frowned and looked up at Kuai Yue and said, "What are you doing? Are you using a bitter trick with me? Are you trying to threaten Liu?"

Kuai Yue hurriedly bowed and said, "How dare Kuai threaten the Duke? But in recent days, he first asked Cai Degui to send someone to Jingzhou, and then Ma Bochang was the staff officer of the military, but he refused to use it to me, Kuai's family... Kuai just wanted to come and ask the Duke clearly why the Duke treats us so poorly? Even if the Kuai family dies, they will die clearly."

After saying that, Kuai Yue looked down at Kuai Qi who was kneeling on the carriage and said, "This child is also a handsome figure among my Kuai family. Today I brought to Cai's Mansion, just to recommend it to the Duke, hoping that he could do his best to the Duke's great cause. But the Duke did not treat the child directly today, but instead praised Yu Bochang repeatedly... Why do I feel at ease with my uncle?"

When he said this, Kuai Yue reached out and wiped a tear on his eyes.

Liu Qi looked at him with a smile and said, "You are so embarrassed to cry in front of me... A different person, today I don't care about you, Kuai, and others don't know the reason. Don't you know it yourself?"

Kuai Yue's face turned pale, and he was silent for a while before he slowly said: "The Lord of the Fu treats me like this to the Kuai family. I think it's just because of Kuai. I blame me for standing up for supporting Degui and opposing the Lord of the Fu... But then Ma Bochang was also a supporter of Degui in the past. Why did the Lord of the Fu favor one and the other?"

Liu Qi raised his head and said, "Because Ma Bochang has always been on Cai Degui's side from the beginning! And you are the one I rely on and trust the most since I arrived in Jingzhou! I regard you as my confidant planner and treat you sincerely, but you actually ran to Degui's side and stabbed me in the back at a critical moment!"

Kuai Yue's expression turned pale after Liu Qi's words.

Even Kuai Qi, who was kneeling in the car, couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed when he heard this.

It seems that my uncle did not do human things.

But Liu Qi raised his hand and then fell heavily to the car board next to him, making a crisp sound.

He said coldly: "Everyone who is always young and twilight in the morning and Chu, no matter how talented I am, how can I trust your Kuai family in the future? Am I waiting for you to stab you in my heart and not stab you a second time!"

Speaking of this, Liu Qi suddenly looked down at Kuai Qi and said angrily: "What are you? You are still licking your face and kneeling here! If you want to kneel, your uncle will kneel! Even if you kneel here for the rest of your life, what's the use? Stand up!"

Kuai Qi was shocked when he heard this. He subconsciously stood upright, stopped kneeling, and quickly sat on the car board beside Kuai Yue.

Kuai Yue took a deep breath, then suddenly shook his front collar and actually knelt in front of Liu Qi.

"Uncle!" Kuai Qi exclaimed from the side.

As the second largest figure in the Kuai family, Kuai Qi has never seen his uncle kneel down to anyone.

Especially Kuai Yue’s background!

"Don't say too much," Kuai Yue said lightly.

Then, Kuai Yue raised his hands above his head and clasped his fists and said to Liu Qi: "Kuai knows that what he did in the past is not worthy of the Duke. Today, he sincerely apologizes to the Duke. He only asks the Duke to remember the relationship between the past and only deal with Kuai Yue, and not to implicate other handsome talents in the Kuai family. If this is possible, Kuai will be grateful!"

Liu Qi frowned and looked at Kuai Yue quietly for a long time, and suddenly said, "Yi Du, you and I met in Xiangyang for the first time. Although they were a chance friend, they admired each other. I originally hoped to be able to work together with you in this world, but I never thought of it..."

Speaking of this, Liu Qi shook his head and sighed: "You really disappoint me. I thought you were different from other clans, but in the end it was still the same."

Unconsciously, a misty fog of tears flashed out from Kuai Yue's eyes.

"Kuai Yue is ashamed of the new job of the Fujun, and feels that he has no face to stand between heaven and earth... Alas, it is also true that the Fujun no longer trusts Kuai, and I shouldn't have made extravagant requests."

At this moment, Shi Zhi's carriage stopped slowly, and Jing Wu's pony under the carriage lifted the curtain of the carriage, and Liu Qi on the opposite side said, "Mr. Kuai Zhonglang's mansion has arrived."

Kuai Yue stretched out his hand, and Kuai Qi hurried over to help him up.

Kuai Yue wiped his tears and whispered: "Kuai felt ashamed and dared not bother the Lord of the Mansion anymore, so he said goodbye."

After saying that, he bowed to Liu Qi and led Kuai Qi to turn around and get out of the car.

The two of them had just got out of Liu Qi's car, but suddenly they heard Liu Qi's voice slowly coming: "Tomorrow, let your nephew come to my house to report and receive the order."

Kuai Yue, who had just gotten out of the car, couldn't help but tremble all over.

He looked at the car in surprise and caught up with him, but heard Liu Qi say lightly: "This time I go to Hanzhong, let Brother Kuai go to war with me, but I can only be a disciple and have no substantial military position."

When Kuai Yue heard this, he was overjoyed and bowed to Liu Qi, and then hurriedly urged Kuai Qi, "Isn't thankful to Liu Fujun yet."

Kuai Qi was very troubled by Kuai Yue on this journey. He hurriedly bowed and thanked Liu Qi.

Liu Qi waved his hand casually, greeted Kuai's uncle and nephew, and then urged Jing Wuzhang to drive away.

The moment the curtain of the car was put down, Liu Qi smiled at the corner of his mouth. He looked at the direction where Kuai Yue was behind the curtain and muttered slowly: Old fox.

Under Shi Zhui's car, as Liu Qi's car drove away, the smile on Kuai Yue's face gradually disappeared.

When he was young, he saw him sighing and said helplessly: "It's getting more and more powerful. Compared to when he met him two years ago, it's really different."

Kuai Qi seemed to have a little understanding of Kuai Yue's meaning and said strangely: "Uncle, is what you just said just now? Is it Liu Fujun?"

"Who else can you besides him... Oh, when you come to his command, be more cautious. This kid is a little more powerful than him."

Kuai Qi nodded in a vague way and said, "It's just uncle, I don't understand. Liu Fujun was in the car just now. The implications of the words are all for blaming you for betraying him and not wanting to use my Kuai family. Why did you still use it in the end?"

Kuai Yue stroked his beard and said with a smile: "The most important thing for a fool, the master of the people is to master a balance technique. For the forces of all the families and sects under his command, we must know how to balance. In order to balance Cai Mao into Nanyang County, we will balance the Nanyang clan and let Ma Xuan follow the army as a counselor, and to win over the Ma family to differentiate and respond to the Cai family's gentry power in Nanyang County. To truly curb the development of Cai's family in Nanyang County, we must use the Kuai family."

Kuai Qi nodded with no idea: "Since Liu Fujun insists on using my Kuai family, why did he deliberately treat his uncle coldly in the car?"

"That's just to remind me and to show me the shock to me, and to let me not betray again in the future, and to stand firmly on his side. After all, I am a superior. If I accept my betrayal so easily, if all the clans of Jingchu follow me in the future, how should Liu Fujun control everyone?"

When Kuai Qi heard this, he suddenly realized it.

"In a short period of time, I am afraid that I will not be valued by Liu. After all, I have had bad records. Even if I kill the chicken and warn the monkey, I will be cool for a while. However, if he asked you to follow the army today, he would give me some shame. If you go there this time, you will not seek to make great contributions, but you will seek to be fine without any mistakes. Do you know?"

Kuai Qi said respectfully: "No!"

...

The next day, Kuai Qi followed Liu Qi's instructions and came to Liu Qi's residence to report. Liu Qi was very polite to him and asked him to go to Hanzhong with the army.

At the same time, Cai Shi from the Cai family also came to meet Liu Qi, saying that he was ordered to represent Cai Mao and settle in Nanyang County.

For Cai Mao, although Nanyang County is a piece of fat, it is still its own base camp after all. Cai Mao naturally cannot leave easily, so he sent his clan brother Cai Xun to represent him.

Before Cai Xun settled in Nanyang County, he must first ask Liu Qi for advice.

"I didn't expect that Bo Gui actually sent Brother Cai to Nanyang County. When he went north to protect the king, Liu once realized that Brother Cai was a humble and polite person. Now that Brother Cai represents the Cai family to Nanyang County, he will definitely help me." Liu Qi said to Cai Xun with kindness.

Cai Xun once represented the Cai family and went north to protect the king with Liu Qi. Since he was not from the official family and belonged to the concubine's son, he developed a humble temper on weekdays, which was very different from Cai Mao's arrogance and domineering nature.

During his trip to the north, Cai Xun was quite appreciated by Liu Qi.

"Xun is ordered by his brother to settle in Nanyang County to help the Lord of the Palace. If there is any inappropriate behavior, please forgive me."

Liu Qi waved his hand and said, "You and I are a family, why should we be so dissatisfied? Besides, there are no outsiders at the moment, what is the name of the Duke? You should call me sister."

Cai Xun seemed to hesitate when he heard this, but finally called out: "Sister..."

"That's right." Liu Qi nodded with satisfaction and said, "I am about to go north to Hanzhong. Now I can't go to Nanyang County with you. After you turn around and bring the Gu tribe to Nanyang County, you will go to Xinye to meet your sister and ask her to help mediate in the center to see how your Cai family can gain a foothold in Nanyang County?"

Cai Xun hurriedly said, "Thank you for your concern... I dare to ask my sister, what should I do to gain a foothold in Nanyang County this time?"

Liu Qi said seriously: "At present, half of Nanyang County is in the hands of the Xiliang Army. The Xiliang Army searches prisons every day and often robs them. All the tribes of Nanyang County suffer a lot. When you arrive in Nanyang County, remember not to build a fort or annex the land, otherwise you may have made wedding dresses for the Xiliang Army."

Cai Xun thought about it carefully and said, "Why would I ask my sister, what should I do when I arrive in Nanyang County?"

"Business Road!" Liu Qi said to Cai Xun seriously: "You Cai family is in Nanjun, and you have great business. Even in Jiangxia County and Yangzhou, you also have trade and trade. Nanyang County is located in the middle of the world and is a place where goods are distributed in four directions. You can only lay a foundation in Nanyang County by doing business and take over the transportation of goods from all directions. You can get a place in Nanyang County first. Besides, you do not need a foundation for business, you only need to set up a few shops. Even if you are robbed by the Xiliang army in the future, the losses will not be serious."

Cai Xun nodded as if he had some understanding, but then he smiled bitterly and said, "It's easy to talk about setting up a shop, but Xun is not good at this. Even my second sister rarely gets into this on weekdays, but if I ask me to look for someone in the clan...ah, it's a bit inconvenient."

Liu Qi naturally understood in his heart where the inconvenience Cai Xun mentioned was.

He is the illegitimate son of his family, so it is impossible for him to use resources from his family at will to support his actions in Nanyang County, even if he can mobilize him, he cannot act easily, after all, it will easily arouse the suspicion of the patriarch Cai Mao.

Liu Qi smiled and said, "It's good. I know a woman who is doing business in Xiangyang. She is quite familiar with business paths. If she cooperates with the Cai family, it can help you gain a foothold in Nanyang County. At that time, I will order the Nanyang County Magistrate to relax the business paths of the Cai family in Nanyang County. I believe that within half a year, the Cai family will be among the top tribes of Nanyang County through business paths."

Cai Xun was overjoyed when he heard this and hurriedly said, "I would like to thank the Duke for taking care of you."

...

After Cai Xun left, Liu Qi set off from his mansion and headed to the Fan shop that he had just set up last year in Xiangyang City.

There is no doubt that the Fan family shop was established by Liu Qi, who assisted Fan Wei in Xiangyang City.

Last year, Fan Wei was favored by Liu Qi and lived in Xiangyang City. He secretly received support from Liu Qi and began to operate various businesses in Jingzhou.

The Fan family's business channels used to come from Jingnan, and now Jingzhou is under the control of the Liu family's father and son. Returning these channels to Fan Wei is not a difficult task for Liu Qi.

As for integrating Fan Wei's channels in Jingnan and Jingbei's channels and supporting them into industries, others may not be able to do it, but as Liu Qi, who currently has the ability to be less than one person in Jingzhou, this is not a difficult task.

During this period, Liu Qi always sent people to mention what business Fan Wei should do in Jingbei, and opened the door to convenience for her through her own political stance.

In less than a year, Fan's shops had already laid their feet in Nanjun, gathering rich wealth, and becoming a shining new star in the Xiangyang business world.

Fan Wei, a female businessman who came from Lingling County, also became the target of many identifiable men in Xiangyang City, and for a time, those who asked someone to ask for relatives came to their door.

After all, there are not many female bosses who look extremely beautiful these days and have a big business and a big wallet.

But what they didn't know was that behind the female boss, there was a male boss.

That person is Liu Qi.
Chapter completed!