royal robes

Chapter 273 Good Guys and Bad Guys
Duan Sicong said: "Clan king, we bought these salts from Shuchuan with our own money, and we also sent a lot of Dali guards to escort them personally. You killed all of them, and now you are asking us for money. The Duan family of Dali treats you Miao people But bear with it, you promised never to rob the merchants guarded by Dali officers and soldiers, so what kind of a hero is you if you go back on your word?"

Miao Wang smiled and said, "I'm not a hero. Can't you see that I'm a woman? What's wrong with me? So much salt, not only can be eaten, but can also be sold. Why should I give it for nothing? Or buy it with money. , or get out of here.”

"Clan King, there were several salt wells in your territory. We know how to refine refined salt. You can sell salt for a living. The Dali Duan family can buy well salt from you. Isn't this good for everyone?" Duan Sicong said: " Why not take this opportunity to let the people of the two ethnic groups cooperate to refine well salt together."

"We Miao people are different from you Han people. We only take what we need and never ask for more." Miao Wang said: "We do have well salt, but it's not that we don't know how to refine it. We only refine salt when we need it, not like your Han people. , asking endlessly from this land, which will only lead to revenge from the land. This is the reason why we Miao people hate Han people, and you still let us learn from you?"

"King of the clan, you must know that it is not you Miao people who need salt, but we Han people also need salt. You occupy the salt well and do not refine it, but come to snatch our salt. What does this mean?"

"What do you mean? I just want to ask you Han people what you mean?" King Miao said angrily, "Don't think that I haven't seen your Han people's salt refinery. In order to burn the fire to refine salt, all the trees on the surrounding mountains have been cut down. Jing, you are still chopping. Do you know how many years it takes for a mountain to grow so many trees? We Miao people often drink brine directly as salt, and only when we are curing ham Burn the fire and boil the salt, you Han people are going against the sky, and one day there will be retribution."

Duan Sicong really didn't know how to refute what he said. King Miao was right. In order to refine enough salt for the people of Dali, he cut down a lot of trees.But there is no way to do it. Salt production is like this everywhere in the world. Because the population is too large, it is necessary to cut down trees and burn fires, and boil water to refine salt.

I heard that there is a Master Zongxin in the world. This master can extract refined salt from sea water without burning fire.Because there are only three salt wells in Dali, if we want to meet the needs of everyone in Dali, we have to do our best to cut down trees and burn fire, boil water to refine salt, but even this is not enough...

The Duan family in Dali respected Buddhism and understood its principles. King Miao was right.But we can’t make people in Dali stop eating salt just because we cherish a few trees. If we don’t eat salt for three days, we will feel weak all over.Although the main reason is that the population is too large, it is absolutely impossible to kill people in order to save salt and deliberately reduce the population.

"As expected..." Duan Sicong said: "Miao Wang, why don't you make a price."

"Well~~ There are 24 carts in total, each with three thousand catties of salt, a total of 100 catties. Each catty of salt will be calculated as 500 Wen for you, and if it is [-] taels cheaper, I will give you [-] taels of silver."

Duan Sicong was so angry that he gritted his teeth. He bought 800 Wen per liter of well salt from Shuchuan, and a liter of salt weighed about 4 catties.These salts cost a total of 4000 taels of silver to buy.The Miao people robbed on the road, not only killing all the escorting officers and soldiers, but even trying to sell the salt back to Dali, and even offered a high price of 500 taels.

Compared with the value of these salt skills, 500 taels is indeed cheap, but these salts have clearly been paid enough, and it is really distressing to be knocked out again.

"Too expensive~!" Duan Sicong gritted his teeth and said, "I can only give you 2000 taels of silver."

“That’s okay, we’ll pay you in one hand and deliver the goods in the same hand.”

Duan Sicong waved his hand, and several people behind him brought out two boxes, which were full of silver.King Miao nodded, and immediately a strong man stepped forward to carry away the two boxes of silver.

"Prince Duan, do you have enough people? If you don't have enough people, it's okay for me to order people to send the salt outside Dali City. You can stay and have a light meal. Our ham is the best in the world." King Miao made another fortune and was very happy.

Duan Sicong didn't bring many people, and if he brought too many, he was afraid that the Miao people would become hostile. Besides, although Duan Sicong was sure that King Miao would not dare to kill himself, he couldn't guarantee whether he would take out the salt.So it's useless to bring too many people, so I only brought my daughter and a few followers.

Duan Sicong cupped his hands and said, "Then thank you King Miao for your hospitality."

Dali's Duan's money to buy salt from Xishu was originally a business that lost money, but now he has to pay an extra 2000 taels of silver. Duan Sicong is really depressed, but there is nothing he can do.Miao people's temper is too stubborn, and it is difficult to change after they recognize a dead truth, so it doesn't make sense to reason with them.

Now the Dali Duan family's strategy is to appease them slowly, repaying grievances with kindness. After a long time, these Miao people will naturally know that not all Han people are bad guys.Mutual respect, mutual understanding, and common development are the only feasible ways.If the Miao people continue like this, they will die in their own hands sooner or later. If they sail against the current, they will retreat if they do not advance. The Miao people will understand this truth one day.

Duan Sicong took his daughter Duan Suonian to the guest room to rest. King Miao looked at Duan Sicong on his simple throne and felt uncomfortable.In the eyes of Miao Wang, Duan Sicong has never been a tempered person. Every time the Miao people take a step forward, he takes a step back. The Miao people are getting more and more excessive, and Duan Sicong is becoming more and more tolerant. Duan's prince...

"The Duan family in Dali will die in the hands of such a temperless man one day. Did you see Ji'an Sanglin? This is a man, a useless man. I robbed him of his things, and he even paid for them The Duan clan in Dali has a strong army, but they dare not send troops to encircle and suppress our Miao people, which shows that our Miao people are still very strong."

The daughter next to her nodded immediately. What the mother said made sense. All men are useless.After being bullied like this, this man named Duan Sicong didn't even dare to take a breath. What use is this kind of man?Don't throw it in the slop bucket yet.If he wasn't the prince, he might even have difficulty eating.

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Zong Xin suddenly opened his eyes, and then said, "Are you all okay?"

Everyone surrounded Zong Xin, regardless of the smell on his body, just looking at him felt distressed.Yaoyao's eyes were red from crying, she had never seen Zong Xin in such pain, and even passed out twice, the golden silkworm poison was really powerful.

"Don't cry, tell me if you are okay? If they dare to touch you, I will kill them all."

"It's okay, we're okay." Dugu Xingyue said: "It's just that you...have six golden silkworm Gu poisoning in your body, even one golden silkworm Gu can make you miserable, let alone so many six." Dugu Xingyue I really regret letting Zong Xin go this trip, finally having a stable life, Zong Xin just can't stay.Now that six golden silkworm poisons have been planted in his body, he can only listen to King Miao's words in the future, and there is no freedom anymore.

Zong Dao: "I did it on purpose... Don't think I'm afraid of those Miao people, it's just that my true energy hasn't flowed, otherwise I'll go out and kill them immediately. Yaoyao, you are a person who uses poison. We have been hit by it!" What kind of poison, the dantian is empty, without the support of internal energy, the true qi cannot function at all."

"I really don't know, I have checked carefully before eating, and there is no poison in the few dishes we ate. Damn it, if I tried to find out that there was poison in those meals, Xianggong wouldn't suffer so much It is." Yaoyao is also very wronged, she is a person who uses poison, but she has no feeling after being poisoned, this is a business mistake, this mistake directly led to everyone being captured, and Zongxin was planted by King Miao. Only golden silkworm Gu, this mistake is simply unforgivable.

Zong Dao: "I have heard that several completely non-toxic things can become poisonous if eaten at the same time. So this has nothing to do with you. There should be many such formulas, and it is hard to guard against. Yaoyao, you know Did they use something to trap my internal energy? Without the support of internal energy, the true energy cannot function, and now I must let the true energy function."

"I don't know, there are many poisons that can temporarily disappear one's internal energy."

"Guess." Zong Xin had no other hope, only Yaoyao knew the poison best, so he had to let Yaoyao guess.

Yaoyao shook his head and said: "What's the use of this? Even if we know what the poison is, we don't have an antidote."

"I'll let you guess. Based on our current situation, what kind of poison is most likely to be poisoned, and what effect this poison has, quickly guess."

"We are extremely tired, but we still have strength in our bodies, but the internal energy is completely lost. I guess it is Wangyoucao." Yaoyao said: "The Wangyoucao has this effect, it just makes people drowsy, and the internal energy is unconscious disappears, the effect of the medicine will last for three or two days, and the internal force will slowly recover after the effect of the medicine is over. But the shape of the forget-sorrow grass is strange, and it has a very pungent smell, so it is generally not eaten by mistake. It should be used several times first. The non-toxic drugs are fused together to make us unconscious, and then we are given Nessence Grass to make us lose all power."

Zong Xin nodded and said, "Will the poison of Wangshoucao be more toxic when people forcefully exercise their qigong? Will it be dangerous if they forcefully exercise their qigong?"

"Now that we have lost all our internal energy, how can we forcefully exercise our energy?" Yaoyao said, "However, if the poisoning is still shallow, we can use advanced internal energy to force the poison out of the body, and we can forcibly exercise our energy."

"That's what I want to know." Zong Xin said: "King Miao must not have calculated that the 'Nine Seal Changing Veins Technique' that I, Zong Xin, practiced does not require internal force to restore the true energy, but... I have to form seals. That’s fine. Even though your hands are together, it’s useless to form seals behind your back, you have to think of a way.”

Zong Xin and his group were all like this, their whole body was tied up, their hands were tied together behind their backs, and they could barely move.But this rope is getting tighter the more you move it, and it is thinner than ordinary ropes. If you use a little force, it will penetrate into the flesh, and breaking free may cut muscles and skin.

Zong Xin lay on the ground and endured the severe pain, but he bent his feet upwards. His hands behind his back went around his feet and came to the front of his body.What was difficult was not this movement, but the fact that the rope on Zong Xin's body kept tightening, cutting his skin and leaving blood marks all over his body.

The three girls looked distressed, but they couldn't stop them. They could only hold back their tears and force themselves not to cry.The same was true for Zong Xin, the rope had cut through his skin and penetrated into his flesh, blood had already stained his clothes red, he had to bite his own lip so as not to cry out, because he was afraid that people outside would hear the movement.

(End of this chapter)