The king said: "That's right, the widow knows that he can't buy two hundred spirit beast mounts in one go in the dog and horse market in Poyun City, so he needs to find a few traders who hold merchant Jia Ling in their hands to find them in various countries on the mainland for the widow, what's wrong with this?"

Yuan Ruili had no choice but to say: "Your Majesty...... It's good if you're happy. ”

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On the Long River Continent, there weren't many places where you could buy things related to cultivation.

In the imperial capital of Poyun City, the highest specification is the four-hour set, but it is only opened once in each season, and it is only open for half a month each time;

In normal times, there are also three government-run markets that are open all year round, namely the East and West Cities, and the Southwest Inuma Market, which are collectively referred to as the "Upper Three Cities".

The eastern and western markets sell all kinds of common medicinal herbs, pills, talisman papers, magic weapons, ordinary secret books, etc., while the Inuma Market sells ordinary spirit pets and spirit animal mounts raised by the government, as well as various items needed to raise spirit animals.

In addition to the four o'clock market and the upper three markets, only in the royal cities of the vassal states, can there be an official-run Xiuzhen bazaar, which is also divided into two forms: open all year round and seasonal rush, but the level is limited and cannot be higher than the four o'clock market.

In addition, it is up to the merchants to buy and sell all kinds of things they need.

Since the kings and prominent ministers of the countries on the mainland cannot casually set foot on the borders of other countries, if they do, the nature of them will become a visit or an envoy, which will be very embarrassing.

The king of the country he visited was greeted with a state salute, and if there was enmity between the two countries, it would lead to war.

For example, if the king and the general of Yuan want to go to Fenglou to buy spirit animals, the king of Fenglou will be greeted by the state gift; if the king wants to go to the country of Tu to buy talismans, he will definitely be besieged by the king of Tu (just assuming), which will bring too much unnecessary trouble.

As the kings and ministers of the vassal states, they were also very pitiful, and they could only buy things within their own borders, or fly to the imperial capital to catch the market, and they could not easily go shopping in other countries.

Therefore, trade between countries can only be carried out by merchants, who can freely travel to and from various countries and sell all kinds of goods in various countries with merchant orders and annual taxes.

A good merchant can enter and leave the palace and the mansion of the prime minister of various countries, and he can also attach himself to a certain family with property and sell things for the master's family.

In short, although the status of the merchant is very low, the merchant is very important.

Especially in the past thousand years of the Holy Emperor's reign, the status of merchants is even more special.

Many merchants are on the fringes of cultivation, and they are not qualified to cultivate, but they are qualified to contact and sell all kinds of pills and magic weapons.

Therefore, if the king wants to buy two hundred spirit beast mounts in one go, entrusting a merchant is the most convenient and worry-free way.

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The king said: "These two hundred mounts, the widow plans to take one hundred of them to the generals of the Yue Kingdom, and leave the surplus in the palace to raise, and the other hundred can be given as gifts to the Gu Luan Kingdom, Yuan Aiqing, what do you think of this idea?"

Yuan Ruili barely squeezed out a sentence from between his teeth: "This idea is very good. ”

The king glanced at Yuan Ruili: "What, why are you sucking your teeth, cold, toothache, or flesh?"

"No, no, your lord's idea is excellent. ”

The king nodded with satisfaction, and said to the horse dealer: "Well, do you five understand, help the widow to go to various countries and places to buy spirit beast mounts, no matter how many, they will all be collected, and if they receive a dozen or dozens of them, they will be sent first, and you don't have to wait until you have gathered two hundred to come, then you can't afford to raise them on the road and can't take care of them." ”

"Yes, yes. "The horse dealers were stupid, and they just nodded their heads in agreement.

"From now on, whatever the widow wants to buy, you will do it. As he spoke, he took out a box containing spirit stones, and said, "There are five million spirit stones in it, you take them first, try to pick up the good mounts, and then pick a few high-quality ones for the widows, and ask for the best, and then settle the account after you sell a batch back." ”

As if in a dream, the five horse dealers took over the spirit stone box given to them by the king.

Then the king said, "You have a good ride for the widow traffickers this time, and in the future, it will be more beneficial to you." ”

The five horse dealers thanked the king and retired happily.

Waiting for the horse dealer to retreat, the king turned his head with a smile and said to Lord Zheng: "Hahaha, let a few adults laugh, this king suddenly wants to buy some spirit beast mounts, in the past, this king did not like to fight, and the country of Yue was also poor, so he didn't pay attention to these, now, this king thinks, since it is a pro-conquest, it is inevitable to always ride an ordinary horse is too cold, so I want to buy a spirit beast to ride, since I want to buy it, I will buy one for each of the large and small generals in the country, haha, everyone has a share." ”

The corners of Lord Zheng's mouth twitched twice, but he didn't speak, so the other adults didn't say anything.

The two generals, Fang Jinkai and Fang Chojin, wanted to be polite, but the king said that it was a gift to Gu Luanguo, and the two of them could not make their own decisions, so they refused this matter on behalf of their monarch Hongwang, so they didn't speak.

According to the king's usual style, when he saw that everyone no longer said anything, he waved his big hand again, ordered someone to give an order, and held a banquet.

Lord Zheng said, "O king, I remember that you seem to have said before that you will no longer hold a big banquet in the future. ”

The king was stunned for a moment, and said, "Has this king ever said such a thing? It seems that he hasn't said it? Uh, this king seems to have said that he must work hard to make the country prosperous, and he can no longer indulge in wine, dance and music, but he can not watch songs and dances, and he can not listen to songs, but he still has to eat, and if he has good wine, he can drink a few glasses, so that life can be happy, right?"

Lord Zheng silently didn't say anything, anyway, as long as he was with the king of Xu, he had to eat and drink endlessly every day, he was very happy at first, but after a long time, he felt quite tired.

During the banquet, Fang Jingong got up and raised his glass, and said to King Yu and Feng Yiluan: "I have a set of exercises in the country of Guluan, so I don't want to teach Princess Luan here." ”

Feng Yiluan's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he sat up straight and looked at Fang Jinyan.

Fang Jingong continued: "The name of this set of exercises, called "Stacked Mountains and Returning to the Yuan", is handed down in ancient times, just listen to the name to know that it is a basic practice of force cultivation, after practicing this set of exercises, you can control the strength in the body more delicately, and can use the strength more skillfully in martial arts, if you fight with people in close quarters, it is impossible for ordinary monks of the same level to take over the three moves. ”

Feng Yiluan exclaimed: "Sounds very harmful!"

At the same time, she thought in her heart, this "Returning to the Origin of the Stacked Mountains" seems to be quite similar to the name of "The Return of the Hidden Mountains" that she practiced?

I remember that Mrs. Yan said that "Returning to the Gully of the Hidden Mountain" is a practice handed down from ancient times, and it was bought by the former king of Yueqi with a lot of money.

And General Fang also said that this "Stacked Mountains and Returning to the Yuan" is a practice handed down from ancient times, so is it possible that these two exercises are from the same origin? For example, from the same sect in ancient times?