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Chapter 548 Wuyue Swordsman
Nowadays, Wuyue still uses the boiling method to make salt. Because the cost is too high, the price cannot be lowered at all. Therefore, Wuyue's salt cannot be sold at all, which has also led many salt residents to return to their old business and start fishing for a living.But after losing the most important source of income, King Zhongxun Qian Zhu was helpless. Unless he got Zong Xin's method to change salt from sea water, Wu Yue would not be able to survive sooner or later.

The most important reason why Li Jing didn't attack Wu Yue was...it wasn't necessary.Wu Yue is too poor, and fighting is fighting for money. If this battle is fought and you have to lose money, then there is no need to continue fighting.After all, Datang's treasury is not very rich, and Li Jing can no longer afford this kind of loss.

Originally, Li Jing didn't want to lend troops to Murong Yanchao, but this opportunity is too rare. If Guo Wei can be eliminated, then Datang's strength will definitely increase greatly. By then, the Southern Han Dynasty will be destroyed, Wuyue will be swallowed up, and the world will be unified just around the corner.The enemy's military strategists were taboo on his front and back. No matter who looked at it, Guo Wei could not escape death this time.If not, Li Jing is really unwilling to spend money and effort to fight for others.

It's been a long time since Zong Xin came to Yandao, because they don't need to rush, so they live a carefree life. During this time, Zhao Kuangyin and his party have already done all the things that Zong Xin ordered. There was no need for him to make a special trip, everyone was waiting for Zong Xin in Yandao.

It was an eye-opener for Zong Xin to come outside of Yandao. This place is completely different from when he left. It has changed from a dilapidated village to a big city that is not inferior to Luoyang and Kaifeng. very rich.And along the way, the originally sparsely populated Southern Han Dynasty was full of small villages, and the newly opened fields also grew a lot of food. These are the reasons why the Chu refugees settled here.

Everyone can see that Zong Xin has done a great thing invisibly, at least for the people of the Southern Han Dynasty, this thing is very good, and the Southern Han Dynasty has become rich because of this, even before the state of Chu The residents of the country all think that the Southern Han Dynasty is much better than the Chu State.

This place is named Xinzhou because of the newly established city of Zongxin's Salt Island.Even Liu Sheng has come to Xinzhou many times to appreciate the prosperity here. What makes Liu Sheng a little depressed is... this place is more prosperous than the Jingdu Xingwang Mansion in the Southern Han Dynasty.

All the salt merchants were originally wealthy. When they came to Salt Island to buy salt, they would not only stay for a day, and some would even stay here for a short period of time. The most important thing was that the flow of people was too large. With the guys and shopkeepers they brought, everyone has a strong spending power, so this place is bustling and singing every night.

The business will not be so simple. In addition to selling salt, other merchants also know that this is a huge consumption power, and they have also started other transactions. For a time, Xinzhou has almost become the most prosperous city in the entire Central Plains. All exchanged in this transaction.Because there are no silver bills and banknotes in modern times, real gold and silver are needed when buying salt. Some people even use gems and jade directly. These things are more valuable and easy to carry and hide. Because of these reasons, other local industries are also very developed.

The entire Xinzhou City is bustling, and Zong Xin was dumbfounded when he arrived here. He really didn't expect that Xinzhou City would have such a prosperous scene at this time, and this bustling scene will continue. At most, the price of salt has dropped slightly, and at least half of the people present will continue to buy salt here for a long time.

Wuyue is to the east. Except for the northerners, most salt merchants in the south and west will still choose this road, because the trade road has been opened, and it is more convenient and safer to travel, but the output and price will indeed be greatly affected. , but at least Xinzhou City will continue to prosper.

There is still some distance between Xinzhou City and Yandao, because there is an independent site between Xinzhou City and Yandao, which is controlled by Lei Tianxin. He is afraid that Zongxin's method of drying salt will be exposed, so he will never allow it. Outsiders stepping here half a step, trespassers will be killed without mercy.

However, Lei Tianxin often went to Xinzhou City for consumption, and now Lei Tianxin is also one of the richest people in the world, and the commissions he got from salt merchants all over the world made Lei Tianxin a windfall.If you have money, of course you have to go out to spend, and always have a team of experts around you to protect your safety.

It was already late when Zong Xin and his party arrived in Xinzhou City, and they planned to rest here for one night before going to Yandao tomorrow.Because the salt merchants are relatively wealthy, there are a lot of high-end restaurants and inns here. Zong Xin and his party also chose the best inn to stay and asked for three vacant rooms.

Zong Xin and his party are already used to having three empty rooms, one for Zong Xin, one for Tian Ya, and the other for women with disabilities. Women with disabilities will sleep with Zong Xin.

Zong Xin didn't want to attract too much attention, so he ate downstairs in the inn.High-end inns are naturally different. The food in inns is generally no worse than restaurants, but the inns here are definitely no worse than any restaurants, because the people who can afford this kind of inns are wealthy businessmen, and their tastes are of course picky.

Zong Xin and his team ordered a large table of seafood, and paired it with some local fruit wine.Seafood is a must-have, because it's right on the coast, and the seafood here tastes absolutely first-class. It doesn't even need any seasoning to taste delicious.

The crabs and shrimps here are much bigger than those in the river, and the taste is completely different. Although it takes a lot of work to shell them, the whole group enjoyed their meal.

It's one thing to be happy, but it also makes a few people have some troubles.Sitting by the window, Zong Xin and his group could see the scenery on the street. Facing the street was a brothel, a lot of scantily clad girls were soliciting customers at the door, and someone booked a private room on the second floor. Four or five girls were playing, and the sound was quite loud, especially the screaming and laughing of the girls, which made people very uncomfortable.

Currently, Zongxin is not affected by food.But the three women are afraid that Zong Xin will learn these bad habits, and Tian Ya is also young, so they don't want him to learn bad habits too early, so they want to close the window.But Zong Xin and Tian Ya peeled the crab very carefully, and they didn't even look back, which also made the three women feel embarrassed to close the window on their own initiative.

"Master, let's go to the opposite side to relax later. The master has been busy and hard these days, and the money is only called money when it is spent. What is the purpose of being busy all day?"

Not far away, a young butler lured the master to take him to spend time and drink. As a butler next to a wealthy businessman, he could not afford to spend.If you just want to take care of the master, there is no chance.If he wanted to go by himself, he had to take the master with him.

The rich businessman glanced sideways, and then said: "Forget about the opposite side, let's go to other places. We can't afford to mess with that guy."

"Okay, you can go anywhere." The butler immediately poured wine for the master, and he was also happy when he learned that he was going to relax tonight.

These words were passed into the ears of others, but the accents of these two people were a bit strange.Although everyone understood what they said, it always felt a little awkward, and it felt like they both had big tongues, and they couldn't speak clearly at all.

At this moment, an old man in white suddenly walked up to the two of them with a sword in hand, and then said coldly, "Ju Jiangqin."

Everyone can tell that this is the dialect of Wuyue Kingdom, Guangdong and Guangxi, and they can't understand it at all. This is almost a foreign language.In Wuyue Kingdom, this dialect is only used in the coastal areas, and it is really difficult for ordinary people to communicate with them.

"Cooking melons is what you want." The two turned their heads to stare at the old man in white at the same time, and they were scared out of their wits.

The old man in white suddenly glared at the wealthy businessman and the servants around him with his sword eyes. The two of them froze instantly, their hands tightly clutching the table, with painful expressions on their faces.

Soon, the old man in white turned his head and sat down at an empty table, and then said, "Xiaoer, two bowls of seafood noodles and a jug of wine."

"Okay~ okay~" Xiaoer was also frightened stupid, the old man in white didn't do anything at all, even if he went to the government, he couldn't control it.But the rich businessman and his servants still stayed where they were, as if they had seen some terrifying phantom, they didn't dare to move at all, sweating profusely from anxiety.

I don't know what happened, did these three people know each other before?If so, why are they doing this?The white-clothed old man didn't make a move, but those two people were already scared to death. Does this white-clothed old man have a high status?
"It's amazing..." Zong Xin admired him while peeling the shrimp: "This old guy's skill is not low, and he can make two people have illusions just by drawing with his sword intent. But the two of them suffered internal injuries. It is estimated that they will not be able to go to the brothel for a few days. But the old guy is already merciful, if he took action, these two people would have been stabbed into a hornet's nest."

Tian Ya squatted on the chair, looked at the white-clothed old man with a depressed face, and then said depressedly: "He has such high martial arts skills, but his life is quite poor, and he even serves wine with seafood noodles... It seems that he is a martial artist with no money. Master. Do you want to give him a hand?"

"You don't know about it." Zong said: "No matter whether he has money or not, anyway, at his age, half of his body is lying in a coffin, even if he is given delicacies, he may not feel delicious, because he is a man. After years, my sense of taste will degenerate, and I don’t feel comfortable eating other things, so I like to eat pasta.”

"Really?" Tian Ya said, "I haven't aged yet, so I don't know."

"I've never been old, I have common sense. So, let's have fun while you're young. When you get old, you won't have the chance to do so." Zong Xin said: "Look, for a master like this, you can give him What's the use of ten thousand taels of gold? Does he dare to go to a brothel? He probably won't be able to get out of bed even if he goes to a brothel, and he will just die in bed. Delicious food is tasteless, how much is two bowls of seafood noodles worth? So for such an old man There is no need for a master to help, as he has no pursuit of life anymore.”

Tian Ya asked curiously: "Why can't you get out of bed when you go to the brothel? You just sleep with a woman, you sleep every day, why are you okay?"

"You're still young, you'll understand this kind of thing when you grow up."

(End of this chapter)