"The medicinal materials that your customers need, our Zhao family can provide them to you. And it's at a price that hasn't increased the price, is that okay?"

"If your Zhao family doesn't buy medicinal materials, what will you give us?" Many people didn't believe Zhao Zhenduo's words at all.

"Our Zhao family is a golden signboard, and if we say there is, there must be it. If you believe me, you will believe it, and if you don't believe me, you can't help it. Those who believe in me please stay, and those who don't believe please leave. ”

Zhao Zhenduo's face began to change, and he became very serious.

"You asked me to find a way, and I came up with a solution, and you don't believe it, what else can I do?"

When everyone heard Zhao Zhenduo say this, they all glanced at each other.

"We believe, and we all listen to you. ”

No one left, and in the end they all chose to believe Zhao Zhenduo.

"Well, since you believe me, do as I say. First, give your old sellers a subsidy of one gold coin a month, so that they can have food. ”

"Second, close the medicinal herb shop in Qinghuang Town and trade in another place. ”

"Third, keep it a secret and don't pay taxes again. We have to force the guards away and let Duan Wuxian compromise. There are no taxes, and I see how he can be greedy. ”

After Zhao Zhenduo finished speaking, he looked at everyone and waited for them to speak.

"Okay, as long as you can deliver on what you say, we will all listen to you. "There was no opinion.

The next day, there were one-third fewer people picking herbs in Qinghuang Mountain.

On the third day, there were another one-third fewer herb pickers.

On the fourth day, there was not even a fifth of the people who came to collect the medicine.

On the fifth day, almost all the big medicinal herb shops in Qinghuang Town were closed, and even the Zhao family stopped buying.

Those small shops, as well as those who didn't deal with the Zhao family, took the opportunity to lower the purchase price, and they felt that their opportunity to make a fortune had arrived.

As a result, two days later, Qinghuangshan can no longer see the medicine pickers going up the mountain, who will do it if they don't make money and take risks?

Qinghuang Town, which is usually very lively, suddenly became deserted. Except for those who stayed behind, the rest of the people left Qinghuang Town.

Some people gloat, others have a sad face.

Lin Xuejiao had already taken everyone to Qinghuang Town, and after handing over the people to Zhao Zhenduo, she went to Flame City, and she worked with Zhao Yuer every day to refine and cultivate.

At first, Duan Wuxian didn't care, but after half a month, he began to panic.

Because for more than half a month, Qinghuang Town actually confiscated a gold coin.

Now 50% of his taxes come from Qinghuang Town, and now that Qinghuang Town has no taxes, it is equivalent to cutting off his financial route.

And the taxes in Flame City are also declining every day, so his financial route will be completely cut off. If his financial route is broken, he can wait, how can he explain to Master Wen?

The Zhao family and the Xu family have a huge influence in the entire Fireworks City, unlike before, they could just find an excuse to clean them up.

It's not what it used to be, and you have to have a good reason to move them. If the reason is not sufficient, it could lead to a riot in the City of Fire.

Duan Wuxian personally went to Qinghuang Town, but now it is deserted, and the prosperity of the past is no longer there, which makes Duan Wuxian very disappointed.

A month later, some of the shops here began to depreciate. Some people sell their shops because they can't stand it, and the price is less than half of the original price.

Most of these people are those small operators, and some are those who don't deal with the Zhao family.

When they sold the store, Xu Baichuan arranged for people to buy it all. He knew in his heart that sooner or later, one day, the prosperity of Qinghuang Town would come back.

Duan Wuxian still gave Wen Taishi this month, offering 200,000 gold coins. Almost all of them are out of their own pockets, and if they continue like this, the little money they embezzled will be exhausted.

All this was seen by Qi Dahai and Huang Xingchen, and neither of them spoke. These people have been cultivating since they came over, and they didn't ask anything at all.

Now that Duan Wuxian was in trouble, they knew it was time to make a move.

"Brother Duan, first of all, do you find out if all the medicinal materials have stopped trading, what do these people rely on if they don't collect medicines? Do those retreating merchants continue to sell medicinal materials? Clarify these issues first, and then make plans. ”

Qi Dahai's words reminded Duan Wuxian, and he immediately arranged for someone to investigate.

Zhao Ming led everyone to collect medicine in the mountains for almost two months, and now the amount of medicine collected every day is very large. Ten people couldn't even transport a third, and there were many medicinal materials stockpiled in the mountains.

After Wu Qiming and Jinhua's mother-in-law communicated, they arranged for ten more people to come over, and although the daily delivery volume was not enough to sell outside, it was not much worse.

Zhao Zhenduo commanded in the center, and the shopkeepers of hundreds of medicinal herb shops were all helping. Instead of losing their customers, they made a lot of money each.

These people are now dead set on the Zhao family, and everyone is very grateful to the Zhao family.

In the face of interests, they chose interests. In terms of feelings, they chose to trust the Zhao family.

They all secretly swore in their hearts that they would follow the Zhao family in the future and would not do treacherous things.

But there are no impermeable walls, and there are too many people involved in this.

It was impossible to keep this secret, Duan Wuxian soon knew that it was the Zhao family's ghost, and they had been selling medicinal herbs all along.

Duan Wuxian was not only not angry when he found out, but was very happy. This time, I finally grabbed the handle of the Zhao family, and the next thing is how to deal with the Zhao family.

This requires a detailed and thorough plan, this time to solve the Zhao family in one go.

As long as the Zhao family is solved, Flame City will still have the final say in the future, so that the wealth will roll in.

"First of all, we must find out where their medicinal materials come from and cut off their source. Second, we need to catch the evidence of their private dealings red-handed, so that we can get them all to jail. ”

Qi Dahai drank tea while giving Duan Wuxian an idea.

"The medicinal herbs must be found in the mountains, and they can only be found in the mountains. As long as you can find the source, just cut it off and see what else they can trade. ”

Duan Wuxian was not stupid, he immediately thought of the point of the problem.

"The Zhao family took a group of people to the mountains for trial, it should be the medicine collected by this group of people. Their realm is not high, they must not go deep, and it is not difficult to find them. Brother Huang and I will go to the mountains to have a look, and everything will be decided when I come back. ”

"Then it's hard for you two, I'm waiting for your good news. ”

Qi Dahai and Huang Xingchen hurried at night, they were both in the Refining God Realm, and they flew to Qinghuang Town at night.

As soon as the morning dawned, they entered Qinghuang Mountain to look for the group of medicine pickers.

Zhao Ming took them deep not far, only more than 300 miles.

For a master of the God Refining Realm like Qi Dahai, it was not difficult to find them, and they found Zhao Ming and his party before dark.

"They are really cunning, they actually brought so many people here to collect medicine, how did they transport the medicinal herbs out?"

Qi Dahai didn't alarm them, he still needed to figure out an important link now.

They hid in the mountains and forests, carefully observing the transportation process.

When they saw nearly twenty Earth Refining Realm masters, they were taken aback.

Where did so many Earth Refining Realm masters come from?

They are all masters of the eighth order and ninth order of the earth refining realm.

After discovering them, Qi Dahai and the others did not dare to move. Although the other party is lower than them in the realm, the number of people is really large.

If you start with them, you will definitely be killed by everyone.

There is a more important question, where do these people come from, and do they still have masters ambushing around?

They didn't believe that a small Zhao family could invite so many masters of the Refining Realm to transport medicinal materials to them.

Neither of them would believe it.

Qi Dahai felt that this matter was not simple, but now that he knew the truth, he felt that it was even more tricky, and all this must be investigated before he could do it.

They lurked in the mountains for three days, trying to catch one or two people to inquire about it, but unfortunately they could not find such an opportunity.

The medicine collection is basically a group of thirty people, close together, and it is impossible to get one person away without knowing it.

They are all at least the eighth order of the Qi Refining Realm, and thirty people are not terrible, they have the ability to kill them all, but they can't do it at all if they don't want to alarm the others.

And those who transported the medicinal herbs, they didn't have to think about it at all, and the twenty people were divided into two groups.

Not to mention arresting one or two people, if they find out, it's hard to say whether they can escape or not.

In the end, Qi Dahai and Huang Xingchen had no choice but to follow them and find the place of the transaction.

They returned to the City Lord's Mansion and sat down to discuss countermeasures.

"Twenty Refining Realm Eighth-Order, Nineth-Order powerhouses, it's not very difficult to deal with them, the five of us should be able to sweep them away. The key is to figure out where they came from and understand their background. ”

After Qi Dahai finished speaking, he looked at them and waited for everyone's opinions.

"Don't care about that now, now that you've figured out the rules, let's do it at the trading place. I sent troops to capture them all while they were away. After all, they violated the laws of our empire and encircled the Zhao family at the same time, and this time we have the initiative in our hands. Whoever dares to resist is against the emperor. ”

Duan Wuxian made up his mind that this time he must eradicate the Zhao family.

"Brother Duan is right, we have always wanted to do it secretly, in fact, it is more beneficial for us to do it openly, tell me about your detailed plan. ”

"I will bring 10,000 elite soldiers, and the three of Yihexuan will go with me, and I will hunt them all down at the trading place. Arrange another 10,000 elite soldiers to surround the Zhao family, with the cooperation of Brother Lao Qi and Brother Huang, and don't let anyone in the Zhao family escape. ”

"Well, I think this arrangement is very good, whoever dares to resist will be convicted of rebellion and kill them directly. ”

After the few of them discussed it, they began to make preparations.

After two days of preparation and scheduling, they were well prepared.

Then the soldiers divided into two routes, all the way to surround the trading place, and all the way to surround the Zhao family's mansion.

Before dawn, the Zhao family's compound was surrounded by water, and it was not easy for even a bird to fly away.

The news of the Zhao family's siege immediately spread throughout the city, and everyone rushed to tell each other, and soon many people were watching the Zhao family's mansion.

This time it was an official act, and they didn't know what royal law the Zhao family had committed.

Looking at this posture, they are going to arrest all the Zhao family.

The leading general ordered to knock on the door of the Zhao family, and he was only surrounding the Zhao family now, and he had to wait for the news to come from there before he could arrest people.

Zhao Wuwei opened the gate and saw that he was surrounded by officers and soldiers outside, but he did not panic.

"Our Zhao family violated that royal law, and actually alarmed so many officials and soldiers to come to round up?"

"I am General Li Sanchang, no one in your Zhao family is allowed to enter and leave at will, waiting for the order of the city lord. ”

Li Sanchang sat on the horse and sneered.