The streets of Xingyuan County are bustling with people and traffic.
This county town is located on an important commercial traffic thoroughfare. It is a gathering place for mountain products for hundreds of miles around. All kinds of mountain treasures, wild products, herbs, etc. are gathered here.
These things were purchased from the mountain people at very cheap prices and then transported to the eighteen provinces under the Jingren court.
The further the distance, the higher the price!
If it could be shipped to a place like the capital, it wouldn't be surprising at all if the price would increase twenty times.
Under the rule of Jingren's court, no matter how undeveloped commerce was, it was only relatively speaking.
For a huge country with a population of hundreds of millions, the huge market generated by domestic demand is still extremely amazing.
In the backyard of Shanxiang No. 1, the best street frontage in Xinyuan County, a man silently bowed to a statue of a god in a quiet room.
The statue was wearing a Taoist robe and holding a lamp in its hand. It was none other than the so-called Master Cihang!
At this moment, among the curls of cigarette smoke, the man knelt down devoutly and murmured to himself.
Between his eyebrows, there was a faint light that seemed to shine through.
When he looked inside, he seemed to get an indescribable heat flow from the red light flashing in the mud ball, flowing through his whole body, giving him an indescribable feeling of comfort.
Even this comfortable feeling far exceeds opiates!
At that time, Chen Hede was addicted to opiates and took too much. However, when he was only in his forties, his body had already collapsed.
He was almost terminally ill and about to die, but fortunately, he met Master Cihang, who not only saved him, but also restored him to full health.
And gave him a trace of divine fire!
Under the nourishment of this divine fire, Chen Hede could feel that his body was not only completely restored to health.
More importantly, he could even feel that his ears and eyesight were getting clearer and his mind was clearer, and his whole body seemed to be back to when he was in his teens or 20s.
This made Chen Hede's faith in Tao Xiaowu unshakable from then on, and even the entire family converted to Cihang.
At this time, after muttering a prayer, he closed his eyes and listened.
It seemed as if a murmur could be heard from the trace of divine fire beating between the eyebrows.
It seemed that Master Cihang was saying something to him, but it seemed that he didn't say anything at all.
But Chen Hede felt that he had heard the decree of Master Cihang.
He stood up contentedly and strode out of the door.
The huge Shanxiang Store is the largest store in Xinyuan County. Once you leave the inner courtyard, everything is noisy.
Guys were walking back and forth, going in and out, putting various goods into the warehouse or transporting them out.
A group of people are waiting here. They are the company's most experienced caravan masters and clerks.
At this moment, when they saw their boss finally coming out, they all saluted: "My boss, the caravan is ready and can set off at any time!"
"Then leave immediately, I will follow you!"
Chen Hede said categorically.
Everyone was surprised by this.
No one can imagine why Chen Hede, who has always been pampered and pampered, would make such a trip.
This trade route has never been run before, and no one knows how big the profit will be.
Moreover, the Chen family has a great cause, and the name Shanxiang is just one of them.
As the big boss, Chen Hede actually deigned to go there in person.
The leader of the caravan can be considered a middle-level member of the company. He vaguely knew that the matter must be related to the owner's secret belief, but he did not dare to go into details.
The other lower-level guys and guards didn't dare to ask any more questions.
Soon, the entire caravan set off in a mighty manner, and the number of hundreds of pack horses really surprised passers-by.
"The Shanxiang has made such a big noise this time. I don't know how much business it will do?"
"Huh, how big of a business is this? This time the Shanxiang is going to open up a new trade route and go to Wu'ao to buy mountain goods!"
"What is opening up a new trade route? How can it be so easy?
Wu'ao is the territory of the Xu family and the Wu family, and the Jialong Hao of the Wang family, the brother-in-law of the chief envoy's family, is also doing business there.
Why should they, Shanxiang, push through? Aren’t they afraid that these people will die inexplicably?”
"People have taken advantage of Yongjiao, what is there to be afraid of?
Who dares not to give Yongjiao face when trying to make a living in our southwest territory?"
The speaker is envious, jealous, and hateful.
Everyone who heard it couldn't help but take a breath of cold air.
Yongjiao!
That was a powerful force that took advantage of both black and white in the Southwest, monopolizing waterway transportation in several provinces.
Many times, even the government requires them to handle many things.
If the Shanxiang is able to hitch a ride on such a behemoth, I'm afraid it will be destroyed!
After all, although Shanxiang is the largest business house in Xinyuan, it is nothing compared to the behemoth Yongjiao.
After catching up with Yongjiao, let alone go to Wu'ao to do business and open up a new trade route.
Even the entire southwestern provinces can be said to have unobstructed traffic!
These people were almost green with envy for a moment, and hated themselves for not being so lucky to follow Yongjiao's path.
Little did they know that at this time, not only in Xinyuan County, but also in the entire southwest, many commercial networks were running at high speed, converging towards the vicinity of Wu'ao.
Under the operation of a huge business network that is smooth and efficient enough in this world, all kinds of mountain goods piled up in Wu'ao, whether by the Han people of the Anding religion or the mountain people and barbarians, were quickly sold.
Then they were replaced with many daily necessities, such as salt, ironware, cloth, etc.
The living standards of both the Han people of the Anding religion and the barbarians of the mountain people have been greatly improved and improved.
For a time, both the Anding sect and the Baili people came to their hearts one after another and willingly followed Tao Xiaowu's orders.
With the support of these indigenous forces, Tao Xiaowu quickly went on to conquer several miners of large mineral deposits.
Then the miners with the highest death rate, the most fearless of death, and the best at division of labor and cooperation were used to form an army.
In a short period of time, without the Jingren court and officials knowing anything, an army of tens of thousands had been formed and began to conduct various trainings.
In addition, the large quantities of firearms purchased by the Han family from overseas foreigners are being shipped to the mountains near Wu'ao as soon as possible.
The conditions for Tao Xiaowu to raise troops here are really good.
Before the army was launched, it had received the support and allegiance of a huge force, and there was no shortage of human and financial resources.
It has even conquered the forces of all nearby parties one step ahead.
In this way, they joined hands and sealed the news tightly like an iron barrel.
The local government officials did not even receive any news...