Kunlun one millet

Chapter 196

I saw the woman holding the double swords dancing nimbly and vigorously. The two swords suddenly dropped from her hands and flew up and down. The hilts were wrapped with ribbons, like two koi circling around her body.

Following the woman's dancing posture, the two swords moved far and near, and the tip of the sword swept in front of the guests on the left and right.Only Wang Zhongding was full of curiosity, and even moved a little closer, as if to try whether it was an illusion or a real thing.

After a dance, the two swords returned, the woman crossed her sword and bowed her knees, bowed slightly, the light and shadow disappeared, and only a trace of sword intent echoed in the heart of the stage, which made people have a long aftertaste and felt thrilling afterward.

"Good! Good good!" Wang Zhongding praised loudly, and took a look at the Qibao Tiangong Ball: "It really is a good thing! It's much more interesting than the pile of broken mirrors in the Chongxuan Pavilion!"

Qian Shaobai added with a smile: "The Tiangong ball can take pictures of people's appearance, retain sound, light and shadow, and the book at the bottom of the box has the method of using the Tiangong ball."

Wang Zhongding picked up the book and glanced at it, and then tapped the Tiangong ball a few times, so that the woman with the swords reappeared, her eyes were full of desire, as if she had forgotten that there was a Miaoyin slave in her arms, and pointed at her and asked: "Where is this girl?" Who is the person?"

Qian Shaobai replied: "She is a disciple of Xihe Jiange, Sheng Qiuyan."

"Xihe Jiange? Is there a sect from the Xiong Kingdom?" Wang Zhongding immediately responded: "Are you a businessman from the Xiong Kingdom?"

Qian Shaobai quickly bowed his head and said: "More than a month ago, the villain sent me a letter. I have been waiting for a long time, and today I am finally honored to meet the prince."

Wang Zhongding nodded casually, and then looked at Sheng Qiuyan who was dancing with his sword, feeling restless in his heart.Seeing this, Miao Yinnu raised her hand lightly, and complained: "Prince Wang, the beautiful woman is in your arms, but you are staring at others?"

Wang Zhongding held the catkin, sniffed Miaoyinnu's fragrant snow skin, then raised his eyes to Qian Shaobai, his eyes were a little more alert: "Although Xihe Jiange is far inferior to Shangjingzong, there are rumors in the world that there is Princess Xiongguo today. Also studying at the Jiange, which doubled the reputation of the Xihe Jiange. The sword dance of his disciples is not something that a mere merchant can enjoy casually."

Qian Shaobai faked a smile on his face, but immediately put away his contempt in his heart, and said to himself: "The outside world says that Wang Zhongding is an ignorant dude, now it seems that it is absurd!"

"As for the Qianji Pavilion, it is because the emperor at the end of Tianxia preferred all kinds of crafts and ingenuity in the past, and recruited all kinds of craftsmen to build him a city of Henglu that can fly to the sky, escape from the earth, and swim in the river." Wang Zhongding held up the Tiangong ball , although she rests on nephrite jade and holds a warm fragrance in her arms, she reveals the bearing of wisdom pearls in her hands:
"Then the last emperor set himself on fire. In order to protect themselves, these craftsmen forcibly started the unfinished Henglu City and fled to the deep mountains and valleys. It's not like the sect of cultivating immortals, but relying on making ingenious instruments for all parties in troubled times to ensure their livelihood.

Later, Taizu Xiong broke into Dunjia Valley alone with a bow in hand, conquered Henglu City in one fell swoop, and established Qianji Pavilion, allowing these craftsmen to cook for Youxiong.All kinds of ingenuity produced by Qianji Pavilion are extremely expensive.This Tiangong ball also combines the method of refining equipment, which is beyond ordinary gold and silver. It can be measured as a gift, and the owner of the money is so generous! "

Qian Shaobai smiled and said: "The villain is just doing things for others, such a rare treasure, how can the villain take it out?"

Wang Zhongding looked at Qian Shaobai, he was skeptical at first, and then he showed a little smile: "Take it as if you are telling the truth. But I'm curious, what kind of business do you plan to do if you want a business letter?"

"It depends on what is lacking in Huaxu Kingdom." Qian Shaobai said: "The villain has traveled all the way and found that the silk brocades in the east are exquisite, but they are not as warm as fox fur and mink fur in winter. But the prince's building is as warm as spring. There is no need for such a cheap thing."

"What about the Xiong Kingdom?" Wang Zhongding asked back: "Gold, silver, pearls and jade are inedible for hunger and clothing for cold, but they are only used as currency in the world. It is impossible for you to sell fox fur and mink fur just to accumulate a pile of gold cakes." Silver cakes?"

Qian Shaobai thought to himself that this prince had a deep scheming mind. He came here as a businessman this time, not only to spy on Huaxu's military and government affairs, but also to open up a business route of exchanging rice and millet for silk.

It's just that in order to do this kind of business under the current situation, firstly, you need to obtain business correspondence from Huaxu country, and secondly, if you want to buy large quantities of silk cloth, you must deal with the aristocratic families in Huaxu country.

So Qian Shaobai approached the young master of Chiyang's royal family, but this Wang Zhongding was not as easy to deceive as expected.

"Don't hide it from the prince." Qian Shaobai said: "The Three Treasures Club is actually funded by several nobles from the Xiong Kingdom in order to purchase the high-quality brocades from the Huaxu Kingdom. The prince may know that in the past, the Middle Kingdom has experienced wars for a long time, and all kinds of industries It is barren, and the number of brocade craftsmen has been greatly reduced. A few years ago, a fire broke out in the treasury of the palace, which caused the emperor of Xiong Kingdom to sacrifice to the ancestral temple, and he didn’t even have extra clothes. It’s really embarrassing!”

"A bear is considered a great country, how could it end up like this?" Wang Zhongding asked with a smile.

"What kind of big country? It's just empty territory." Qian Shaobai shook his head: "It has been more than ten years since Shouyang was eliminated, but there is Xiongguo, but there are severe droughts and floods every year. Even the emperor can barely see it. Less than ten miles away from the capital city, you can immediately see starving people lying on the ground. Which one of the living people is not pale? When I came to Huaxu country, I didn't know what the paradise of peace is, and I don't want to go back!"

Wang Zhongding said: "Then Mr. Qian might as well stay? I can give you a foothold."

Qian Shaobai bowed deeply to thank him: "Your Majesty's kindness, the villain's heart appreciates it. It's just that parents, wife and children are all in Xiong Country. If the villain stays here forever, I'm afraid the whole family will not be safe."

"Since that's the case, then I won't force it." Wang Zhongding signaled to a guest next to him: "You can deal with the business correspondence."

The guest stood up, Wang Zhongding waved his hand impatiently, Qian Shaobai thanked him repeatedly.

After leaving the watchtower, Qian Shaobai went up and down again, and didn't leave the Wang's Manor until night, holding the business letter and customs clearance document in his hand, and hurried back to the post house.

"It seems that Wang Zhongding is not easy to fool."

In the post house, the sword-holding warrior carefully inspected the inside and outside of the room, and said after confirming that there was nothing unusual.

Qian Shaobai silently recited the mantra to suppress the spread of his voice, and said with a sigh of relief: "Wang Zhongding is indeed a dude, and he is also tyrannical, but the knowledge of the aristocratic family is not lacking at all, and I can't guarantee that I can hide it from him."

"But didn't you still get the business letter?" asked the sword-holding warrior.

"I hope I'm worrying too much." Qian Shaobai fiddled with his hair.

The warrior holding the sword was a little puzzled: "But I don't understand why, compared to spying on the military situation, Qian Shijun seems to attach more importance to commercial purchases?"

Qian Shaobai pondered for a moment, motioned for the other party to approach, and the two sat opposite each other on the same bed, before he said: "I didn't know about it before I set off, so I asked the Prime Minister on the left. He told me that Xiong Guo was facing enemies all around. It has the largest territory and the largest number of households, but the situation is the most severe and dangerous, and a little carelessness will be a disaster of destruction from all directions.

Right now, just maintaining the garrison of soldiers and horses from all directions will consume a lot of manpower and material resources. Even if the soldiers in Shouyang have been eliminated for more than ten years, the situation will not be very good.Therefore, it is not advisable to make great use of swords and conquer the Quartet, but to find a way to subdue others without fighting.Prime Minister Zuo sent spies in all directions, planning for many years, just to prescribe the right medicine. "

"Prescribe the right medicine?" The warrior holding the sword was puzzled.

Qian Shaobai moved the cups and cups on the case table, placed the five directions in the east, west, northwest, and middle directions, and pointed out one by one:
"The Xuanming Kingdom in the north has been the greatest threat to the Middle Earth since the end of Tianxia's rule. After many years of fierce fighting, all the emperors finally killed the dragon. The three kingdoms joined forces to kill the evil dragon and Xuanju, and wiped out the [-] army of Beidi. He died and chased the north, and later even burned the northern reeds to white ground in one fell swoop, severely hurting his vitality.

Without a hero like Xuanju, Xuanming Kingdom has now returned to the days when the tribes in the northern border were not united and the chieftains competed with each other.However, the various ministries moved their livestock and migrated, and traveled to chase water and grass. Once they encountered wind, snow, locusts and drought, their livelihoods would be difficult to survive, and they could only go south to plunder.It is not enough for us to build fortifications to prevent death. It is best to divide the various ministries of Beidi. "

"I know." The warrior holding the sword said dissatisfiedly: "Every year, the leader Xiao Wang brings his tribe's intention to join, and the court allocates a lot of food and clothing to support them every year. I just can't understand this!"

Qian Shaobai had no choice but to say: "Now it's not the Tianxia Dynasty. How can Xiongguo have the manpower and material resources to do such a feat that the army penetrates thousands of miles and sweeps across the northern border?"

"The imperial court is raising white-eyed wolves!" said the sword-holding warrior, knocking on the table.

Qian Shaobai hurriedly persuaded the other party: "Okay, okay, let's pretend that what you said is right, but now we are not dealing with the affairs of the northern border counties...Following what I just said, the southern Jiuli Kingdom just fought with the Huaxu Kingdom last year. Big defeat and loss, it seems that it will be very difficult to attack with troops in the next three to five years.

It's just that I've heard that the high priest of the Holy Valley has also tried to organize households and people in the tribes under his jurisdiction in recent years, and imitated the system of the Huaxu Kingdom, intending to focus on cultivating witches, hoping to serve as officials in the bureaucracy.

If he is really put on the right track, coupled with the defeat of the Fengju Ten Witches and the Nantu Demon God, there will be fewer stubborn obstacles, even if the Jiuli Kingdom cannot expand its territory in a large scale in the future, it will not be a problem to separate the Nantu. "

"These southern barbarians can't make a fortune." The warrior holding the sword shook his head again and again.

"Don't talk so badly." Qian Shaobai knocked on the teacup on the desk: "As for the Yaochi Kingdom in the west, the King Baixiang controls the state affairs, and his cultivation is as high as the sky, and he is also expected to be one of the peaks in Kunlun. But in order to suppress The local tyrants and kings of Baixiang wantonly appointed the Rong people, which caused more and more Rong people in the country, and the common people were deeply burdened by it.

One of my senior brothers was arranged by the left minister to go to the Yaochi country, trying to contact the local people, assisting them to form powerful knights, hide soldiers among the people, raise troops in various parts of the country, and frequently confront the Rong people, making Yaochi country Busy with internal friction, unable to peek eastward. "

The warrior holding the sword has a delicate expression: "The left minister's strategy is really insidious. In order to drag other countries down, he let go and provoke civil strife. Why do you Shangjingzong do what he said?"

Qian Shaobai coughed softly: "Master Zuo is flexible and flexible, and there is no sign of conspiracy. As for our Shangjingzong... that is because he also practiced Taoism in Tiancheng Mountain for several years, but unfortunately he had no chance with the immortal way, and finally went down the mountain to become an official."

"What about Huaxu Kingdom? Could it be that the Chiyun City in Cangwu Ridge was also provoked by the leftist?" the sword-holding warrior asked.

"No, no." Qian Shaobai shook his head: "It's not that everything is related to the left. When the envoys of the Five Kingdoms were about to eliminate troops at Shouyang Mountain and demarcate the border, the first emperor secretly ordered the expulsion of Chiyundu. , and forced them to go to Huaxu country.

However, the current Lord Huaxu is also a ruthless person. He probably sensed the intentions of the former emperor and directly slaughtered Chi Yun. Poor mountains and bad waters can't afford big storms. "

"So Prime Minister Zuo has his eye on the Chiyang Wang family?" asked the warrior holding the sword.

"Not necessarily." Qian Shaobai said: "Actually, I am not the only one who came to Huaxu Country to ask for a letter of communication. The purpose of Prime Minister Zuo is to do everything possible to buy silk fabrics from Huaxu Country."

"The silk in the Huaxu Kingdom is good, but it's not enough to spend all the country's resources on buying it, right?" The warrior holding the sword asked, "If you buy so much, who will wear it?"

"The princes and nobles can wear them, and they can keep them if they don't wear them. The silk can also be used to reward meritorious soldiers." Qian Shaobai explained: "We buy silk and silk in large quantities. It will let the weavers of the manor try their best to produce.

If Wang Zhongding has no doubts, I will visit again later to strive for a large purchase and swallow all the silk of their Chiyang Wang family for the next three years in one go.

In this way, in order to make a profit as soon as possible, the Chiyang Wang family will change the rice fields in various manors to plant mulberry seedlings.I chose autumn and winter to visit Wang Zhongding, because I planned to give them enough time to change rice into mulberry. "

The warrior holding the sword didn't understand: "What's the use of asking them to change rice into mulberry?"

"The country of Huaxu is small and densely populated. We have traveled all the way, and we have seen a lot of luxurious manors. If the large paddy fields are replanted with mulberry seedlings, and the food production is insufficient, it will immediately stir up civil uprisings." Qian Shaobai said.

The warrior holding the sword frowned and thought: "The Hua Xu Congress is so obediently caught in the trick? Don't they leave enough fields to cultivate food?"

"That's why I'm looking for the Wang family of Chiyang!" Qian Shaobai slapped his thigh: "Only the blood of the immortal family in Chongxuan Hall can make the Lord Huaxu hesitate and dare not attack easily. Sericulture and silk weaving are very profitable, and they often increase silk production regardless of the cost.

Moreover, Huaxu's domestically-produced grain is less, and the price of grain is rising. The rich and powerful can make more money by hoarding grain!What's more, taking advantage of the soaring food prices, lending money to ordinary farmers for profit, taking the opportunity to annex fields, for these wealthy and powerful households, it is a sure-fire business! "

The sword-holding warrior opened his eyes and didn't know what to say for a while.

Qian Shaobai continued: "Actually, Prime Minister Zuo also expected that Hua Xu would be on guard, so he ordered me to facilitate the exchange of rice and millet for silk. The rich and powerful have more grain in their hands, and it is naturally more unscrupulous to change rice into mulberry.

And as long as the rich and powerful households in Huaxu get used to exchanging rice and millet for silk, and vigorously annex the people's fields, we will have Xiongguo cut off trade during the lean season and force the price of food in Huaxu to rise.In this way, in less than two or three years, the people in Huaxu's country will continue to change. No matter how powerful the mana of the Liang Guoshi is, he will be devastated.

Prime Minister Zuo asked me to find the immortal family in Chongxuan Pavilion, in order to make the conflict between Lord Huaxu and Chongxuan Pavilion a step further.For the survival of the country, Lord Huaxu cannot tolerate the group of moths and rats in Chongxuan Pavilion.Let them fight each other, fighting to the death, is the best result! "

(End of this chapter)