Zhou Di nodded and said in a deep voice: "That should be the case. This also explains why Yan Qingguan and Ning Gong ignored Chengcheng. They don't care at all whether these martial arts secrets can be sold at a good price? They really care.
Yes, it’s our background.”
When everyone in the room heard this, the atmosphere instantly became a little heavy, which was somewhat different from their previous plan.
Lin Lei frowned and murmured to himself: "Tell me, why were we all struggling with these martial arts secret books before, and even Ji Rentu gave gifts and secret books like this?"
Zhong Lingxi was leaning on a chair, with a pair of slender legs folded over the edge of the table, making the originally slender girl look even more graceful. When the beautiful girl heard Lin Lei's question, she pondered for a moment and replied.
:
"This matter is not an open secret. As early as half a year ago, there was news in the trading house that Yan Mingbo from Chunfeng Town is a real martial arts fanatic. As long as it is a good martial arts secret book, he loves it like a treasure and spends a lot of money to buy it.
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Zhong Lingxi briefly explained the ins and outs of this matter. In general, in the past half year or so, people from all walks of life have come to offer their reports. Without exception, Chunfeng Town bought good things at high prices, and the bids were higher than those in ordinary auctions.
There are more venues.
This has led to many people seeing business opportunities and seeing martial arts secrets being auctioned in auction houses. Regardless of whether they are good or bad, useful or not, they will quickly snap them up. These people will go there with the secrets.
Exclusively sold in Chunfeng Town, the auction house's exercise secrets have become the most popular commodity in the past six months.
Of course, where there are fakes, there are real ones. The tight business opportunities have led many people with crooked ideas to think of ways to make money. Just like Yi Xifeng saw vendors selling fake secrets in the auction house’s trading square that day, these vendors and scammers are also like this
It only started in half a year.
But even so, Chunfeng Town's desire for martial arts secrets has not diminished. Of course, this desire is only for the real thing. If you use some fake martial arts secrets to fool things, if you don't get your legs broken, it will be considered a Feng Shui helper.
.
After going back and forth like this, all the forces in Luoye County now know that the head of Chunfeng Town is a martial arts fanatic who likes to collect martial arts secrets. This is why Ji Rentu chose to bribe Yan Mingbo with the secrets of martial arts to get him to agree to the alliance.
In the view of Ji Rentu or Ji Shenfu, Chunfeng Town is too close to Luoye City, and it will be annexed by Luoye City forces sooner or later. The reason why he has not taken action before is because Ji Shenfu is afraid that if there is any possibility of annexation
This action will trigger a joint resistance from the six forces, which is not allowed for the Lord Commander who is already in a dominant position.
This is why when Yinren Village and Tiexin Village were just confronting each other, Ji Rentu led his troops to the border between the two sides, and the order he received was to reap the benefits. This was because Yinren Village was too well prepared, and Zhao Yuntian’s grandson
Working together internally and externally, the speed at which they captured Tiexin Village was so astonishing that Ji Rentu was left scrambling.
In fact, from the beginning to the end, Luoye City never thought about which force they would destroy or annex with these two thousand cavalry. Otherwise, they would not have brought any siege weapons with them when they set out on the expedition.
Some magic-breaking crossbows set off.
However, the situation in Luoye County has changed more than half a year ago. Yinren Village annexed Tiexin Village in one fell swoop and became Yinren Town. The original six parties have also become five parties, and the previous balance has also been broken. As Luoye City
The left and right wings, Chunfeng Town and Tianhe Town, became the first forces that Luoye City paid attention to.
Among them, Tianhe Town, as an old and powerful force, has always been the strongest among the six forces in terms of population and military strength. Even if Yinren Village annexed all the territory of Tiexin Village, its population and military strength are only equivalent to Tianhe Town.
In this way, Chunfeng Town, which has always been prosperous and has strived to develop water transportation and fishery, has become the vanguard of Luoye City's expansion of its own power.
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After hearing Zhong Lingxi's analysis, everyone finally understood why Ji Rentu had been committed to using martial arts secrets to facilitate this matter.
"Martial Chi? That's awesome. In that case, it is indeed more suitable for him to agree to join forces with Luoye City. After all, he doesn't have to worry about it anymore."
"Luoyecheng's move is so good! You can capture such a big piece of fat without losing any blood!"
"It has to be said that Ji Rentu and the others have spent a lot of money. Whether it is the previous investigation, following their favorites, or spending a lot of money to buy secret books... these measures also show that Luoye City is determined to win." Qi Cheng
Cheng clicked his tongue.
Lin Lei on the side frowned, listening to the conversation between Zhong Lingxi and everyone, but did not answer. Until the funny boy muttered that sentence, a flash of inspiration suddenly flashed through the boy's mind, and he interrupted everyone.
discussion.
"Wait! Chengcheng, what did you just say?" Lin Lei asked seriously.
Qi Chengcheng was stunned and said uncertainly: "Uh... Luoye City is determined to be won?"
"Not the previous sentence!"
"Ji Ren slaughtered the blood?"
"No, not that far forward!"
"Well... well, just do what you like and spend a lot of money..."
"Pah!" Lin Lei slapped the funny boy hard and shouted excitedly: "You are a talent! Chengcheng!"
Qi Chengcheng rubbed the painful shoulder and said angrily: "Damn! You still need to talk about this kind of thing?!"
Zhou Di understands Lin Lei's character. This young man is usually taciturn, very competitive, and extremely proud. Although his strength and cultivation are not outstanding among the twelve masters, when placed in an ordinary guard iron suit, he is definitely capable.
Become a captain-level talent.
What's more valuable, Lin Lei has a strategic vision that others his age do not possess. His battlefield strategies and decisions are definitely among the best among the seven people his age.
"Lin Lei, what do you mean?" Zhou Di, holding the square halberd, asked with a frown.
Lin Lei looked at everyone and said excitedly: "No! No! Did you find it?"
"What's wrong?" The funny boy rubbed his shoulders for a while and asked doubtfully.
"Follow him! Does this Yan Mingbo really like martial arts secret books? Is he really a martial arts fanatic?" Lin Lei raised his own question.
Zhou Di thought about it for a while, confirmed the young man's speculation, and said in a deep voice: "Before today, I would not have been able to make this conclusion, but judging from the reaction of the Feng Shui Gang today, is Yan Mingbo a martial arts idiot? Hi?
Don’t like these cheats? It’s really debatable.”
After the young man's explanation, the seven people present understood.
Wang Bodang touched his chin and found that a lot of wrinkles had been rubbed away. He rubbed his fingers and asked: "Then what should we do in the afternoon?"
Zhong Lingxi thought for a while and suggested: "In the afternoon, Chengcheng and I will go to find out some information, mainly why the Feng Shui Gang has increased its acquisition of martial arts secrets in the past six months and what exactly happened during this time?"
The young man holding the halberd put away the square halberd in his hand, stood up and said in a deep voice: "Just as Lingxi said, Xiaoxiao, I, Fenghuo, Linlei and Bodang, the five of us will continue to the Fengshui Gang's dock in the afternoon
, follow the previous plan, continue negotiating and continue buying, as if you don’t know anything.”
Fifth Xiaoxiao, who was wearing a ponytail, asked softly: "Then if Yan Qingguan asks about the whereabouts of Lingxi and Chengcheng, how will we answer?"
Lin Fenghuo answered from the side: "Isn't that simple? Let's just say that these two little brats ran out to play. Such boring transactions in one morning are their limit."
The fifth Xiaoxiao rolled her eyes at the dark-skinned boy and did not answer the conversation.
It's a coincidence that since that day in the martial arts competition, Lin Fenghuo defeated Wu Xiaoxiao in one fell swoop. Such bickering between the two people has happened from time to time. Sometimes Wu Xiaoxiao deliberately snatched the swarthy boy, and sometimes Wu Xiaoxiao deliberately snatched the swarthy boy.
At that time, Lin Fenghuo deliberately caused trouble to embarrass the girl.
However, when the two were fighting, their cooperation was more tacit than before.
In the words of Yi Xifeng:
"Tsk, Heizi, you have changed!"
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Chunfeng Town, Fenghe Pier.
Chunfeng Town has a developed fishery and water transport industry. Whether it is Yinren Town downstream, or Hongyan Town and Longxi Town upstream, the water transport upstream and downstream of the Chunfeng River is inseparable from Chunfeng Town's giant river rafts and full warehouse ships.
Jiangpai is the characteristic raft of Chunfeng Town. It is made of Longxi wood, a specialty of Longxi Town. This huge raft is one of the most important means of transporting goods on the Chunfeng River.
The Mancang Ship is also a characteristic ship of Chunfeng Town. Because of its peculiar shape, it looks like a fully loaded granary from a distance, so it was named Mancang Ship. It is mainly used to transport people and some fish and live animals.
If you have a ship, you must have a wharf. Chunfeng Town is built along the river. This was the plan when the village was first established. Therefore, Chunfeng Town is basically a wharf, but among them three wharves are the largest and the most important cargo.
Throughput port.
One is called Buffalo Wharf. It was the wharf where Zhong Lingxi and Qi Chengcheng went to investigate the information yesterday. It was there that the beautiful Zhong Lingxi learned about "Ji Rentu giving gifts" from Dou Xiaowu.
intelligence.
The second one is called the Shipyard Pier. This is where the Feng Shui Gang mainly builds ships and is also an important trading port. This morning they pretended to be the Zhong family caravan and met Yan Qingguan here.
Third, it is called Fenghe Pier. Just by looking at the name, you can tell that the person who named it wanted to have a sunny and windy time every time he sailed. Although the name of this pier has a great meaning and is full of warmth, this place
There is only one real purpose of the dock! The military dock in Chunfeng Town.
The so-called military dock means that all the materials and personnel here are in the order of battle of Chunfeng Town.
Next to the pier, this huge ship was docked. Judging from its shape, it was different from an ordinary ship with a full warehouse, and more like a huge battleship. And in a certain room of this battleship, an indifferent man was looking at
Briefing paper in hand.
At this time, a man wearing a sailor's sweatshirt came in. He stood at the door and asked in a low voice: "Gang leader, this is a letter from the third hall leader!"
The majestic man sitting in the middle of the room raised his eyes and glanced at the visitor, frowned and said in confusion: "Qingguan? Well, bring it!"
Yan Mingbo quickly finished reading the letter in his hand, pondered for a moment, and couldn't help but grin, but soon returned to his previous indifference.
He glanced at the sailor man who was standing at the door and ordered: "Go down and draft a letter and tell the third hall master that you can collect all Ji Rentu's secret books and sell them to Yinren at a low price."
Caravan. You don’t have to care about the price, but you have to remember one thing. Let that hateful bald man know that the secret book he gave you in the first hand was turned into silver by me in the second hand!"
Having said this, the burly Yan Mingbo grinned and said, "Silver is a good thing! It can do many things."
If it wasn't enough, he then ordered: "Let the main hall master and the second hall master come here. I have something to tell them."
Soon, the man wearing a sailor's sweatshirt came out of the room.
After about a while, two more people arrived on the battleship.
One of them is wearing a green short shirt. He is not tall, but he is extremely powerful! His skin is dark, as if he has been living on the water all year round. However, his bright eyes can be seen when he looks around, which shows the strength of this person.
Definitely extraordinary.
The other person is wearing a white robe with a long beard under his chin, giving him a scholarly look. He even holds a folding fan in his hand, but judging from the way this person holds the fan, it doesn't look like it.
He is holding a sword.
The two people who came were none other than two powerful people in Dingding, Chunfeng Town.
The powerful man in green shirt is named Hao Tianhu. His cultivation is already at the peak of the chivalrous realm and he is currently the leader of Feng Shui Gang and Tianzi Hall.
The scholar in the white robe is named Zhang Yaoyao. His cultivation is also in the realm of chivalrous warriors. He is currently the leader of the Feng Shui Gang and the Dizi Hall.
The two came to the largest room on the battleship. This was a large hall. They looked at the tables and chairs in the room. It was enough for dozens of people to discuss important matters. A ship could be modified into this kind of room.
The huge building complex clearly shows the advanced shipbuilding technology of Chunfeng Town.
Hao Tianhu looked at the classically decorated wooden battleship, and the more he looked at it, the more he liked it. He turned sideways and whispered to the white-robed scholar beside him: "Second brother, second brother! Look at the layout of this ship! Is it grand? Don't say it's small.
On the small Chunfeng River, even if we go to the Yunxiao Sea in the east, there will definitely be no problem with our boat."
Hao Tianhu, who is wearing a green shirt, is mainly responsible for the transportation of ships and personnel movements in Chunfeng Town. In other words, this lobby master is in charge of the navigation and safety of all ships, and his influence is second only to Yan Mingbo.
of real power figures.
Zhang Yaoyao squinted his eyes and glanced at the place, curled his lips and said: "It must be good-looking, and the style is indeed magnificent! But you have to know, how much did it cost to build this thing?! If we really build such a few ships, you don't need to
He said, we have to use the boat to become water pirates!"
Zhang Yaoyao is dressed like a scholar and is in charge of all entry and exit expenses and trade transactions in Chunfeng Town. To put it simply, the main hall is in charge of power, and the second hall is in charge of money.
"Tch! You're so picky! How about you being petty and not able to break through in cultivation? I mean, second brother, you've been stuck in the high-level home invasion realm for so many years. When will you reach the peak?"
As soon as Hao Tianhu complained to the other party, he immediately brought up the issue of cultivation. However, the two of them didn't chat for long before Yan Mingbo walked in from outside.