If he had not joined the sect's activities, Zhang Jingxu would actually have wanted to be more reserved.
"Then it's better to be respectful than to obey orders. But brother Zhang, in fact, these three good brothers of mine also have good talents. However, due to various reasons, they are temporarily unable to leave Heshan County to join the sect, so...
"
Before Zhang Jingxu finished speaking, he was interrupted by Zhang Ran, "Little brother, don't forget that our Zhang family only accepts people with the surname Zhang, so do your good brothers also have the surname Zhang?"
Zhang Jingxu didn't intend to lie, so he shook his head and said: "No, none of them are named Zhang. It's just that I want you to see if there is a chance to introduce them to other sects. After all, this Boyang City can be regarded as a hundred
It is the largest city within the city. I remember that there are several sects in this city. Plus the ones outside the city, there must be more than twenty sects in total, right? Now is the time to recruit new people, so if possible,
I want to take these brothers with me to Boyang City."
"I didn't expect you to be so loyal, little brother! Okay, we will rent a carriage in Heshan County later, and you and your friends will ride together in Boyang City to find us."
Zhang Yu said with a smile: "We came to Heshan County this time to purchase some special supplies, so we have to return to Boyang City immediately after purchasing them, otherwise these things may go bad."
As soon as Zhang Yu said this, Yin En immediately said: "You are talking about celestial jade, right? My family runs a tailor shop, so I heard that someone mined a batch of celestial jade, and I have been looking for a buyer for the past two days!
Because before the sapphire was excavated that day, if it could be processed into azure powder within ten days, it would have turned into an ordinary stone."
"Oh, I think that big brother is quite knowledgeable. I'm wrong. You came here to buy celestial jade because the Tianzhu businessman Apala you mentioned later was very good at collecting porcelain, and that day
Azure powder processed from sapphire is one of the best materials for making azure porcelain today! So the celadon was priceless that day."
Yin En shook his head and said: "Unfortunately, the production process of azure porcelain is too simple, and the requirements for temperature control are very low. Therefore, even if it is the most powerful porcelain craftsman in Boyang City or even the entire Silver Dragon Empire, it is too much to make azure porcelain.
The success rate is about 10%! So you plan to buy a little less celestial jade that time. As long as you can produce one piece of celestial porcelain, it will be considered a loss, and you can give away the less."
When Zhang Ran heard what I said, he immediately nodded and said: "Yes, you also heard that celadon was very rare that day! You know, your Heshan County usually makes a lot of money by serving as a place for merchants from all over the world to come and go.
It’s a lot of money, but have you ever seen a piece of azure porcelain? So you heard that the azure jade unearthed that time has been targeted by several small families in Heshan County. It’s because of us.
How can we slow down now? After all, if the sapphire could be sold within ten days, it would be a valuable thing, so we chose to lower the price very tacitly and planned to wait until a few days before selling."
"As expected, you also heard from a friend that they had found azure jade. If she thought about it, the news should be released by the person who dug out the azure jade. After all, if someone comes from nowhere,
If I buy them, the sapphires on my watch will have to be discounted by half at most."
Liu Xing smiled, looked at Zhang Ran and said: "So, brother, does he know this person who sells azure jade? Although your Zhangjiamen is also a small sect, it can be regarded as a powerful sect after all.
Do you think these small families in Heshan County are at loggerheads with you over a little bit of sapphire?"
What Liu Xing did not expect was that Zhang Ran shook his head very seriously and said: "This is certain. Brother Zhang may know that the families in Heshan County actually like each other! In the Luo family back then,
Before the incident happened, those families all wanted to take the opportunity to replace them, so they caused so much trouble to each other, so now they are all at peace with each other! And now it is said that no two families in Heshan County can compete with each other.
But in reality, there were seven families fighting secretly; so that time we were able to unite and lower the price together, but each of us rushed to buy the celestial jade at a low price. In reality, it was just to give it to the city lord of Far West City together.
A set of celestial porcelain.”
"The lord of Far West City is Zhang Jingxu, right? You remember my interest in porcelain, right? And since it's a gift, why did the families in Heshan County buy the sky sapphire they don't have alone?
The price of sapphire will be a little more expensive, but it will still be a pain in the ass. As long as a set of sky celadon can be produced by then, it will definitely be able to pay for itself." Liu Xing asked with explanation.
"Yes, it seems that way, but the problem is that the set of celestial porcelain was not so much given to Zhang Jingxu in Far West City, but rather to Zhang Jingxu's eldest daughter-in-law; the information you know about that is not
Young Master, I just heard that Zhang Jingxu’s eldest daughter-in-law hates all kinds of porcelain very much, and now she is short of a set of eye-catching sky blue porcelain, so you families in Heshan County also know that it might be okay if you send it in your own name.
It seemed appropriate, so I planned to give it to Zhang Jingxu in the name of Heshan County."
Zhang Ran thought for a while and continued: "Brother Zhang and the others also know that although your Heshan County has always claimed to be a county, it is actually just a smaller market, so some things have always been
Yes or no; that's fine in normal times, but recently has there been some good news coming from inside?"
Speaking of that, Zhang Ran hesitated to speak.
However, Yin En finally understood what Zhang Ran meant, "Did he mean that Your Majesty has not been to court for a month? So no one is saying that His Majesty has fallen into a coma, so there is no news.
There are so many unintentional people who are trying to make a move for her. For example, the four princes in the west are already gathering hands, and even united the Fire Wheel Kingdom and the Qishi Tribe... And you also heard that the other princes are also constantly being transferred.
We have the troops on hand, so you Boyang City sent a thousand people to set up camp by the Xinjiang River in the next two days."
"So Heshan County is planning to give itself a formal identity, right? In order to avoid being in an embarrassing situation. After all, as a market, there is really no room for maneuver when things happen."
Liu Xing sighed and said without any melancholy: "If Your Majesty still appears during the recent period, something might really happen... After all, Your Majesty has been sitting in this position for decades.
Time, my sons have gone from many years to old age, so that time is unlikely to be our only chance to become emperor! Therefore, it is no wonder that these families in Heshan County want to seek refuge in Far West City
Ah, if we do that again, there is no way this will become history."
"If that's the case, you might be in trouble if you want to buy these sapphires."
Zhang Xin, who had always been speechless, finally couldn't bear it at that time, "If these families in Heshan County are determined to get that batch of azure jade, you will definitely be able to buy what you want.
quantity."
"There is a way. After all, you are really just here to give gifts, and Heshan County is trying to leave a way forward for yourself."
Lin Yong sighed and could only say with a wry smile: "You should give it a try. If it works, go back to Boyang City directly. After that, you will still rent a carriage for everyone. When the time comes,
They just need to go directly to the car dealer to report your name."
After hearing that, Zhang Yu suddenly realized that Heshan County was not as good as he had imagined, because Heshan County is now a small market organized by several families.
That wouldn't be a problem in a special year, because there are quite a few markets like that in the Xinlong Empire. After all, most of the places where money can be made belong to people, so markets will naturally form one after another!
For example, the Stone Town that Zhang Yu saw outside the profile of a certain chess piece was, after all, a small market similar to Heshan County. The Stone Town attracted a small number of miners because of the discovery of many mines.
, thus attracting some big vendors to sell various large commodities, and over time a market serving the mining area appeared, which later evolved into today's Stone Town.
However, compared to Stone Town, the situation in Heshan County is very embarrassing, because the importance of Stone Town is self-evident, and the ores produced will be important strategic resources! So wait until it is a long time ago.
In the event of minor chaos, Stone Town will definitely be conditionally restored as soon as possible.
But Heshan County is the same, because it is a low-speed service area in the final analysis, so the impact is small! But the most important thing is that the low-speed service area is quite moneyless, so the situation is bound to be chaotic.
Attract the attention of unintentional people!
Therefore, there are only eight roads ahead of Heshan County - the first is that if there is a small chaos in the sky, the small families will simply go their separate ways, and Heshan County will become history from now on; the seventh is that
It was these families who took the lead in transforming the market in Heshan County into a fortress, or it could be said that they turned a grassroots into a bandit. In short, they were seeking to protect themselves in troubled times while waiting for an opportunity to recruit security.
Let’s talk about the two roads first. What does Zhang Yu think of them? Because the latter requires the courage of a strong man to cut off his wrist. After all, Heshan County is located in a good place. That’s why “Liu Peng”’s family deliberately walked through Zhenger Si Jing from next door.
I moved to a county in Heshan County to practice medicine, and indeed I got less income! Therefore, if everyone outside Heshan County goes their separate ways now, it will definitely be unreasonable... not to mention that it will take a long time to spend
A lot of manpower and material resources are needed to build roads and bridges.
So it's really worth giving up...but if you leave, you may lose less.
So what about the seventh way?
One word - gambling.
If you win the bet, you can make a lot of money, but if you lose, you will lose everything.
Zhang Yu has read a lot of historical stories, so he also knows that during some war periods in history, many people would build cities and fortresses in the mountains and fields to protect themselves. The most famous one is probably Dong Zhuo.
The Meiwu built at that time was said to be called "Great Chang'an". This shows that the defensive power of the fort was very impressive. Therefore, if Dong Zhuo had been killed by his own good boy, then I would
It is impossible to hide in Meiwu.
Therefore, if Heshan County can transform itself into a qualified walled city or fortress, it should be able to find a glimmer of hope in those troubled times, but it will definitely be involved in a sword fight, and the most embarrassing thing is that in
The war started before her. If someone from below sent someone to recruit her, this situation would not be a bit troublesome.
Therefore, in Zhang Yu's opinion, it is best for Heshan County to take the eighth road, which is the way out that Heshan County wants to find for itself - to transform from the current market into a real county town.
As long as it can become a real county town, Heshan County will be considered stable. At most, there will be no need to worry that no one will come down one day.
However, there is no small problem in taking the eighth road now. This is because Heshan Market has existed for so long. As a result, it has never thought about becoming a real county seat. What is the reason for this?
?Or do you want to be left alone? After all, the market and the county seat are two different concepts.
Therefore, although in the usual Heshan Market, people pay when they should pay, it can make Boyang City and Far West City turn a blind eye, but now it is difficult to make a temporary decision, because anyone with a discerning eye can do it.
I can see what they are thinking in Heshan Market.
"With such a set of Qingyun Porcelain, it is very possible for Heshan County to become a real county. After all, Lin Yongfen's eldest son is also very favored, so it will be better than your Boyang City."
Lin Yong took out some dry food from the package on the side, "Your city lord of Boyang City is also old, so in the past two years, he has been preparing to replace his successor. However, he never thought that the current situation would change so slowly.
So she just dared to think about resting. After all, if a fight really broke out, Boyang City would not be able to turn into a war zone immediately. After all, there was another prince on the other side of her Xinjiang River.
territory; so what if they want to eat something with you? You saw that they left very slowly that time, and they didn’t seem to have brought any dry food with them."
Ge Qianqiu nodded awkwardly and said: "Yes, if there had been rain, you would have arrived at your destination by now, so you would have to worry about eating and drinking. But I really didn't expect that the light rain would come just like that.
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"Let's have something to eat and drink together. It's far away from Heshan County anyway."