Chapter 166: The Essence of Competing for the Position of the Son of Heaven

"Dragon !!"

Master Liao looked at the bald dragon with a shocked expression, his whole body was weak, and the iron sword in his hand fell to the ground, and his heart was flustered.

Although he is a qi refiner, his cultivation is not high, only the cultivation of a first-grade baron, and he is obsessed with the art of forging soldiers, so he is even more neglectful of fighting.

Facing a divine dragon that changes in size freely, Master Liao knows that he is finished today.

Even shouting out to the caravan guards outside is useless, no matter how many people there are, they are no match for dragons.

And this is Xidu, their identity is not good, it is a spy, he was caught red-handed by the master, and everyone got the stolen goods, and his fate can be imagined.

Master Liao's teeth chattered a little, and he was terrified in his heart, but what he was most puzzled about at the moment was how he could be exposed, today was the first day he came to Xidu, and it stands to reason that it shouldn't be like this.

The bald dragon smiled playfully and asked, "Who sent you to inquire about the secrets of Xi Kingdom?"

Master Liao knew that the end would be miserable, but what he was most concerned about at the moment was how he was discovered, if he couldn't know it, he wouldn't be able to turn a blind eye.

"You... How did you find me?" Master Liao didn't answer, but asked the bald dragon rhetorically, his eyes full of doubt.

The bald dragon looked at Master Liao playfully and said with a smile: "My king has already seen through you. ”

"King Xi?" Master Liao looked incredulous: "Impossible, I haven't seen King Xi, how did he know about me." ”

"If you don't know, unless you do, do you remember the ghost in the house?" the bald dragon smirked.

When Master Liao heard this, he immediately recalled the ghost who hid in the stove to rest during the day, when he was looking at the iron pot and didn't pay attention to the ghost for a while.

It wasn't until later that he found out about the ghosts, and then he drove them away, and he didn't care about them at the time, after all, ghosts and humans are inherently opposed.

And even if the little ghost listened to him, there would be no problem, and he didn't say too many secrets at that time.

"The little ghost has told King Xi, it's impossible, how can a ghost tell the human race, is such an obedient ghost still a ghost?"

Master Liao was depressed in his heart, in his cognition, ghosts are full of anger, difficult to tame, difficult to be used, even if the ghosts are obedient, but the ghosts' knowledge is low after all, he thinks that he didn't reveal much to the little ghosts, and he doesn't know how the little ghosts guessed.

The bald dragon was actually very surprised at the time, and the little ghost detective didn't hear much information, but only said that a foreign caravan was very interested in ironware.

This kind of news is logically normal, even if the little ghosts are loyal to the prince, they generally don't think too much, let alone report it.

But the little ghost reported it!

This surprised the bald dragon, he never expected that the prince of the world was so thoughtful that he would order the ghosts to pay attention to the caravans in the field early on.

The bald dragon sneered: "The ghosts of Xidu are different from the ghosts of other places, and the king of my family is not comparable to other princes, you should obediently follow Benlong to see the king." ”

Master Liao did not resist, obediently tied his hands and was captured, and rushed to the Witch Temple with the bald dragon in the night.

In the Witch Temple, Yao Yun and Second Elder Wu Tong sat in the hall with heavy faces, and they didn't say a word for a long time.

This incident is not serious to say serious.

After all, it was just a businessman who became interested in the ironware of Xiguo, and this matter was inevitable to happen with the prosperity of Xidu's commerce, and it was a matter of time at most.

But to say something serious, it is also very serious, most of the big caravans are behind the nobles of the vassal states, and their actions reflect the motives of those nobles.

The Izumo caravan is suddenly interested in iron, so does it mean that Izumo Kunijun is eyeing iron?

I don't know how many times stronger Izumo Country is than Xi Kingdom, and being targeted by such a force, how can Yao Yun feel at ease in his heart.

Since the birth of ironware, Yao Yun has no intention of hiding it, this is a great force that promotes the times, and once it is born, it cannot hide its light.

Yao Yun didn't have the idea of cherishing himself all the time, but he didn't want to be exposed too soon.

For example, the situation in front of him was discovered when he was weak, and then the other party used power to snatch it, so it was not in his interests at all.

Yao Yun had a lot of thoughts in his heart, and he didn't come up with a foolproof plan for a long time, so he looked at the second elder Wu Tong on the side and asked:

"Second Elder, let's plan for the worst, if the iron weapon is exposed, what should we do? Well, Izumo Country is stronger than us, and we can't resist the army of Izumo Country. ”

The second elder Wu Tong looked kind, looked at his own king, calm as water, there was no sign of panic, he couldn't help but secretly praise in his heart, the king really has the style of a general, he is not panicked, calm and calm.

Wu Tong speculated in his heart that the king was calm on the surface, but he must have no clue in his heart, after all, he was still a child, and he was a little younger, so this time Wu Tong did not hide it and pretend to be confused, but said:

"Don't worry too much, even if things go the worst. ”

Yao Yun was stunned for a moment: "Why did the second elder say this? Our Xiguo is indeed not the opponent of Izumo Kingdom, they have more than a dozen cities, and the soldiers are strong and strong, so we have no chance of winning in a fight." ”

Wu Tong nodded in agreement: "That's right, we can't win at all, so we don't need to fight hard, since the secret of the iron weapon has been exposed, we can make the iron weapon public, and the Izumo country will naturally not send troops to attack us at that time." ”

Yao Yun was speechless, this statement sounds very reasonable, but it is actually nonsense, and it also makes people very aggrieved, if the situation does not deteriorate to the point of being uncontrollable, who will take this move.

It's true that Izumo Province won't come to attack you, but the secret that belongs to Hee Capital alone is gone, and the purpose of Izumo Kingdom has been achieved.

Yao Yun laughed dryly: "Second Elder, although after the birth of the iron tool, Gu had the idea of promoting it to the world and benefiting the people of Li, but now is not ripe after all, and it is too much of a loss to expose us too early." ”

The second elder Wu Tong looked at his own king with burning eyes, and said with a smile: "The king has a good mind and courage, but the old man is a little ashamed of himself." ”

Yao Yun became more and more puzzled: "Second Elder, you might as well say it bluntly, I really don't know, is it of great benefit to us to sacrifice the method of iron smelting?"

Wu Tong smiled and said: "The king thinks that it is no good to dedicate the method of iron-smelting to Zhuxia? In fact, if the king dedicates the method of iron-making to Zhuxiazi, then you will be awarded a knighthood for merit, maybe it will be directly the position of marquis, and the other princes all approve it, this is one of them." ”

"And the benefits?"

"Well, another benefit is even greater, dedicating the method of iron-making to the world, then the luck will be added to the king, and the prestige of the king will spread to the Quartet, so that you will have the first share of the next generation of summer sons, this benefit is incomparable to other benefits, the emperor lacked such an opportunity back then, otherwise..."

After Yao Yun listened, it suddenly dawned on him, he suddenly forgot that this was a world of mythology, a world with many great powers such as merit and luck in the dark, and many benefits could not be seen on the surface.