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"This is unreasonable. Who deliberately stirred up trouble and plotted against my disciples?"
The old man wearing a golden mask was furious: "I am ordering this hall master to kill anyone who is suspicious!"
Shortly after the Master of the Palace of the Sun and Moon God gave the order, an elder in white robes returned to the spacecraft.
"Hall Master, according to the reports from the disciples, the disciples and elders who died in this palace were killed by masters who were proficient in the fire attribute!"
"Could the fire-attributed exercises be done by people from the Zoroastrian Cult?" Hall Master Yue asked.
"The situation is unclear now and needs to be verified!"
The two of them had not yet reached a conclusion through discussion, and they thought that the elder had returned, but this one looked very embarrassed, with a broken arm and a torn robe.
"Elder Ying, what are you doing?"
Hall Master Yue and another elder stepped forward to investigate. Suddenly, a flaming sword passed through their chests. The two were caught off guard and were cut in half on the spot, and were quickly reduced to ashes.
Soon, two bright lights flashed in the sky southwest of the town...
"Tian Xie, well done. Next, you will be responsible for guarding me. I want to retreat!"
After Zhao Feng gave the order, he immediately returned to Xuantian Fairyland and began to refine Qijue Dan.
The previous battle made him realize that his strength was not enough to protect himself. Before obtaining the Xiaoyao Order, he decided to use Qijue Dan to protect his own safety.
Near noon the next day, the heavy rain finally stopped. Tuka decided to set off early the next morning. After simple preparations, the caravan continued on the road the next day.
Originally, in the past, Zhao Feng would be out of the customs after refining elixirs for at most half a month, but this time, the caravan passed through Liangzhou and arrived in Lanzhou City before Zhao Feng came out of the customs.
The journey was relatively peaceful and nothing unusual happened.
"Tian Xie, after you pass Longzhou, Chang'an is not far away. Before that, you have to go and find out what's going on there in Longzhou!"
"Yes, my lord!"
Zhao Feng sent Huo Ling Tianxie to Longzhou, mainly because he was worried that there would be trouble ahead. The origins of the two children Li Qian and Li Wan were unknown, and he was afraid that he would not be able to send the two children to Chang'an.
The two little guys were at an active and playful age and did not want to stay in the car. Qiniang always looked for opportunities to take them on horseback rides, which worried Zhao Feng very much.
Fortunately, Huo Ling Tianxie sent away the bandits before arriving in Liangzhou, and he has not encountered any bandits recently.
"Mr. Zhao, Lanzhou is an important town on the Silk Road. Goods from the south to the north and goods from the east and west are traded here. Buying some goods here is much cheaper than Chang'an. Don't you want to go out for fun, sir?
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Hu Shang Tuka was here, he had a familiar customer, and another batch of goods was going to be sold here, so he invited Zhao Feng to go.
Zhao Feng knew Tuka's thoughts. Without the guards, the caravan could not find suitable manpower in a short period of time. Therefore, when encountering large transactions or passing through an important place, Zhao Feng would take action.
"Okay, go down and relax your muscles. I'll be there later!"
Tuka left, and Zhao Feng found Dianjun and others: "Dianjun, take them to change their clothes and go out to play!" Zhao Feng gave Dianjun two thousand taels of silver, and then went to Hu Shang Tuka's place. Dianjun
The others were very happy to receive permission. Ah Jiu, Qiniang, Sun Yufei, and the Zhao sisters disguised themselves as women and set out happily with their two children.
Hu Shang Tuka was naturally happy to be accompanied by Zhao Feng. The two rode horses and soon arrived at the West Market, which is mainly a place for trading jewelry and spices.
"Xu Langjun, long time no see!"
In a grand and grand shop, Tuka found a regular customer.
"It turns out to be Tuka. You must have brought a lot of good things when you came this time. As usual, 30% will be mine!"
"Of course, of course!"
Zhao Feng heard the conversation between the two and was very puzzled. As the two completed the delivery, Hu Shangtuka got a document.
"Tuka, what does this mean?" Zhao Feng was puzzled.
"Mr. Zhao, if foreign goods want to enter Chang'an, they must have relevant commercial certificates. Xu Langjun just now has the power to trade in Chang'an. Without the commercial certificates issued by him, no goods can enter the east and west markets of Chang'an!"
"That's it!" Zhao Feng didn't expect that in Chang'an of the Tang Dynasty, goods transactions required approval procedures.
"Then this person takes away 30% of your goods at once, won't you lose money?"
Tuka smiled with a mysterious look on his face: "With the trade certificate, my goods can be sold at several times the price when they arrive in Chang'an!"
Zhao Feng's eyes widened. He did not expect that the price of Tuka's goods would increase significantly. You must know that the price of these goods has more than doubled when they arrived in Suzhou, and the price would increase every time they arrived.
Of course, this is normal. Whether it is from west to east or from east to west, there are many countries and powers passing through. Each country and power will collect corresponding goods as tax.
Therefore, Tuka's goods, from Europe to the Tang Dynasty, would pass through many checkpoints and become luxury goods that only the nobles could afford.
In the same way, the exquisite silk produced in the Tang Dynasty would become an exorbitantly expensive commodity that only monarchs could wear when it arrived in Europe. In Europe, the price of silk was roughly the same as gold of equal weight, and sometimes even exceeded.
At this time, Zhao Feng still didn't know that the reason why Tuka entertained him so warmly was not just for safety.
Zhao Feng accompanied Tuka to complete the transaction, and the two of them began walking along the street.
"Sir, how about we go have a drink? Baihuafang here is very famous. It has beauties, fine wines, everything you want!"
"Tuka, you go first, Zhao is still here!"
"Okay, I'll take the first step!" Tuka left with a smile.
Zhao Feng was wandering around Lanzhou West Market alone. It was extremely lively, crowded with people and rich in goods.
This time, Zhao Feng planned to buy some common medicinal materials, so after walking around for a while, he went straight to the medicinal materials distribution center.
"Hey, why is there such a thing here?"
Zhao Feng accidentally glanced at a place where birds and animals were bought and sold. In one of the bamboo birdcages, there was a pair of birds with pink feathers and bright yellow beaks that looked like chickens.
The cages next to them are full of colorful parrots, but the little bird in this cage is the most special.
"I want these two little birds!"
Just as Zhao Feng spoke, a very rich middle-aged man came to the side: "These two are just baby birds. Do you really want them?"
Zhao Feng nodded, and the middle-aged man stretched out his hand and made a gesture: "One thousand yuan!"
Zhao Feng took out a small ingot of silver and got two unique birds. No one except him knew that these two birds were a pair of red birds, commonly known as fire phoenixes.
Carrying two fire phoenixes, Zhao Feng walked not far and met two women in white robes.
"It's true that we are enemies on a narrow road, don't find fault, otherwise I will make you look good!" Zhao Feng cursed in his heart.
"This gentleman, we have taken a liking to this thing and resold it to us!"
A woman stopped Zhao Feng. Zhao Feng was very unhappy and replied: "I won't sell it!"
As a warrior, Zhao Feng's divine light is restrained due to his practice of martial arts, and ordinary people cannot recognize his strength at all.
Two female disciples from the Sun and Moon Palace were ordered to search for rare treasures. One of the women discovered that the bird in Zhao Feng's hand had an extraordinary origin, so she planned to buy it.
"Do you know who we are?" another woman said.
"Is the Sun Moon Divine Palace amazing?" A ball of flames burst out from Zhao Feng's palm and instantly forced the two women back.
"Turns out we are from the same camp, sorry!"
The two women knew they were no match for Zhao Feng and refused to leave. Zhao Feng knew they were in trouble.
The place for selling medicinal materials occupies a large area on the west side of the West Market. Some drug dealers simply set up a shed filled with various medicinal materials.
"How much are you asking for the medicinal materials here? I want them all!"
As Zhao Feng walked, he bought medicinal materials again and again. He was very generous with his purchases. No matter what medicinal materials they were, he bought them all. For a while, it aroused the ideas of many pharmacists present.
"This husband is so generous, I don't know which noble family he is from!"
"Only those nobles from aristocratic families can have such generosity!"
In the medicinal materials market, people were talking a lot. While walking, Zhao Feng found a pharmacy selling tortoise shells.
"This is the shell of a turtle dragon. This item is extremely rare. I don't know how I got it!"
The turtle dragon is not an ordinary dragon, but a member of the high-level dragon clan. It is powerful, good at controlling water, and is famous for its strong defense. Its back armor can be used as a medicinal material or for refining armor, so it is not an easy material to obtain.
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"Shopkeeper, where did you get this thing? Such a large tortoise shell is very rare?"
The shopkeeper is an elderly man with a kind face and kind eyes. He really has a youthful face, which makes people very fond of him.
"Mr. Lang, this thing was picked up accidentally by the old man at the beach!"
"Found it at the beach?" Zhao Feng looked at the old man carefully. He didn't look like someone who lives by the sea.
The old man saw Zhao Feng's doubts and explained: "That year, I went to the beach to visit an old friend and accidentally got this thing. Because it was difficult to break, it has not been sold to this day!"
When Zhao Feng heard this, he said in his heart: "With your methods, it is amazing that you can destroy the back armor of the turtle dragon!"
He didn't say anything clearly, but carefully looked through the tortoise shell, which was the size of a square table: "It seems that this turtle dragon probably evolved into a flying dragon, so he gave up the back armor, and now Zhao got a big advantage!"
Zhao Feng still bought all the tortoise shells, one after another. Because he was generous and did not lower the price, the entire medicinal material market was in a sensation. Drug dealers came to his door one after another and offered to sell medicinal materials to him.
"Mr. Lang, I have good ginseng here!"
A drug dealer came to Zhao Feng with a brocade box. Zhao Feng opened it and was surprised.
"This is hundreds, even thousands of years old ginseng!"
The old ginseng in Zhao Feng's hand is two feet long including the ginseng. It has a human shape with distinct head, hands and feet, which is very rare.
"My husband, I will buy them all as much as I have in my hand!"
Zhao Feng's bid was much higher than that of other drug buyers. The drug dealer was naturally happy, but other buyers were not.
"Shopkeeper Xu, why don't we find someone..."
A pharmacist who came to purchase medicine made a gesture, and other pharmacists who came to purchase medicine agreed.
"Are you willing to die?" an old man suddenly said.
Chapter completed!