The people of the entire city of Jinling, and indeed the entire kingdom of Chen, were overjoyed by this poetry conference of the General Merchants, which awarded huge prizes, and everyone was in high spirits, and those who did not have the opportunity to participate would gather to discuss information about this poetry conference!

So, as Xiao Yao expected, this poetry conference, which would take away a thousand taels of silver if he won, instantly ignited the enthusiasm of the people, and immediately occupied the first place on the Jinling topic list: some people say that this is because Xiao Yao was dismissed by the emperor and wanted to gain the emperor's attention and reuse again and adopted a strategy to attract the public's attention, after all, there is a prize of 1,000 taels, and now not only the common people, but even the children of those high-ranking officials have signed up for the competition!

Some people also say that this is a good play directed and acted by Xiao Yao, because Xiao Yao himself is a talented genius who turns poetry into poetry, and even Master Baoliang was once dumbfounded by him, so in the end, he must have won this championship by himself, after all, a thousand taels of silver is absolutely impossible to give to others in vain!

There are even people who say that these general firms are broken and broken, and the practice of demonstrating to the emperor, because the general firms have been dedicated to the imperial court by Zu Yuan, although the operation is still in charge of Zu Yuan, but the emperor Chen Xu has also sent special people to the general firms to take over all the accounts of the general firms, that is, even if Zu Yuan and Xiao Yao want to take out the money at will in the profits earned by the general firm, it is impossible to squander them at will! In addition, now Xiao Yao was suddenly dismissed and removed from office by the emperor, so Xiao Yao, who was disgruntled, came up with the idea of holding such a poetry conference, spending a lot of money that he had worked hard to earn back but did not belong to him, because the people sent by the emperor could not interfere with Zu Yuan's operation, so by doing so, he could vent his dissatisfaction and disgust the court!

There are different rumors about Xiao Yao and the poetry conference in Jinling City, but Xiao Yao and General Firms completely ignore it, and are still actively preparing for this poetry conference, because now almost every day a large group of people come to the designated examination room to line up to sign up for the competition, and then after a few days of written examination, the number of people who passed the written test is enough, Zu Yuan announced that the preliminaries of the first poetry conference will be staged in the general casino, so the registration is temporarily suspended! Don't be discouraged if you haven't had time to register yet, because after the first heat, the registration will start again, and then the second heat!

Just when the eyes of the people of the entire Chen Kingdom were attracted by this poetry conference, and everyone's daily topics were inseparable from this poetry conference, a caravan from the General Merchant Bank had also arrived in Yecheng in the Qi Kingdom!

The long convoy loaded with a large number of white sugar, perfume, refined salt and other most sought-after commodities in Qi entered Yecheng under the escort of the army sent by Qi State, which shows the importance of the Qi court to this batch of goods.

The leader of this caravan is still Steward Li, and the one who led the army out of the city to greet and escort was still Mu Tiva, the most trusted confidant of Emperor Gao Wei of Qi State!

Since last year, the Empress Dowager Hu of Qi was discovered by his son Gao Wei that he actually hid the monk in the harem and messed around with himself, which violated morality and human ethics, Gao Wei was angry, and put his own mother Empress Dowager Hu under house arrest, so the power of the entire harem fell into the hands of Lu Lingxuan, the mother of Mu Tipo!

With the trust of Emperor Gao Wei, Mu Tipo was in charge of the palace forbidden army, and Lu Lingxuan took control of the harem.

"Steward Li, I haven't seen him for more than a year, but I really want to kill General Ben!" Mu Tiva looked at the cartload of goods behind him and smiled greedily. 315 Chinese Network

"Haha, General Mu shouldn't miss Zaixia, but miss these goods from our general trading house, right? Rest assured, General Mu personally greeted our caravan outside the city, and we must be very excited to attach so much importance to it, and we have prepared a lot of gifts for General Mu to thank General Mu for his consistent support to our General Firm! Steward Li also replied with a laugh.

Being guessed by others to understand his careful thoughts, Mu Tipo smiled a little embarrassedly and said: "Then the general is here to thank Steward Li and your general firm!" There is no way, since Xiao Yao, the young owner of your general firm, was defeated by Gao Changgong, the king of Lanling, your general firm has stopped trading with our Qi country, you must know that these white sugar, perfume, refined salt and other goods are all sought-after goods in our Qi country! Without these goods, during the Chinese New Year this year, our entire Yecheng is simply the same as chewing wax, light and tasteless! Because there is no seasoning like white sugar, you can't make your majesty's favorite sugar water pastry, which causes your majesty to be furious, but all of us who are courtiers have bitterness and can't say it! ”

"Alas, when it comes to this, we part-time workers can't do anything, who calls this Xiao Shilang the young owner of our general firm! And he is facing your Qi Kingdom God of War Gao Changgong, how can he not be defeated? It's just that this Lanling King of yours is not moral, the two armies are fighting on the battlefield, the swords and guns have no eyes, even if our young owner dies in battle, our general trading house has nothing to say! It's just that this time, your Lanling King has already completely defeated our Shaodong's army, but he still has to send tens of thousands of troops to chase him down, which is a bit too much! In the past, when our two countries were at war and captured the generals they dealt with, they were all treated with courtesy, and they even sent them back to China with courtesy! But this time he Gao Changgong was so ruthless to our young owner, tens of thousands of troops chased and killed a person, and did not give our young owner a way to live at all, I heard that the entire Luoyang City was surrounded into an iron bucket at that time, if it weren't for our young owner's incomparable intelligence and the ability to fly to the sky, he would definitely die in the hands of Gao Changgong! Therefore, our ancestor boss was angry and stopped trading with your Qi country! If it weren't for the fact that our Shao Dong family has returned to Chen State safely, and our general trading house also pays attention to the trade relationship with your Qi country, this is why I will personally escort this batch of goods to your Yecheng to resume trade exchanges! Steward Li also complained indignantly.

"Alas, for this Xiao Shilang, although we are each our own masters, but this general does admire him very much, alone, he escaped the pursuit of tens of thousands of people from the King of Lanling, and successfully escaped into the Zhou State, and turned into a monk named Sanzang, with the power of one person, the Chang'an City of the Zhou State was full of storms, and even their powerful minister Yu Wenhu died under his scheme, and finally returned to your Chen State unharmed, this incomparable talent Xiao Shilang can fly into the sky with a big cloth bag and a bamboo basket, Escape from the besieged city of Luoyang! Possessing the method of seizing heaven and earth, and the unpredictable technique of ghosts and gods, it is indeed necessary for people to be afraid, so it is no wonder that King Lanling is so desperate to chase him and kill him quickly! Mutiva said with a sigh.

However, seeing Steward Li's displeasure, he hurriedly changed his words and said: "But when it comes to this King of Lanling, if he doesn't hide it from Steward Li, General Ben also hates him very much, relying on himself to be a relative of the emperor, and now he has made great contributions on the battlefield, so he pointed fingers at us colleagues who worked for His Majesty together in the court, and even was very disrespectful to His Majesty, and even asked His Majesty to authorize him to let him gather craftsmen and blacksmiths from all over the country for his use, which is simply wishful thinking!" ”

"Alas, but your Qi State God of War is really powerful, even such a genius as our young owner was defeated in his hands, your Qi State has such a fierce general, no wonder it is the strongest country in the Three Kingdoms of Chen Qizhou! Don't talk about these unhappy things, anyway, now our young owner has come back safely, and our general trading firm has also resumed trade with you, and now our young owner has been dismissed and removed by His Majesty, even if the two countries continue to fight in the future, our young owner will no longer be able to go to the battlefield, so there should be no more such interruption of trade! Steward Li smiled.

"Yes! You Emperor Chen really don't know how to make good use of people, and even dismissed Xiao Shilang as a general, I feel a little worthless for Xiao Shilang! Haha, Steward Li is right, now we continue to trade again, it is a happy thing, in the evening, General Ben held a banquet to wash the dust for Steward Li! Mutipa laughed and said.

"Then thank you General Mu for your hospitality! However, there is one more thing I want to ask General Mu for help, and I hope that General Mu can help him because he has such a close relationship with our general firm! Steward Li said with a sincere face.

"Where is Steward Li, with our relationship, if there is any problem with Steward Li, I will do my best to help! I don't know what Steward Li wants Mu to do? Mutiva said proudly.

"Actually, it's not a big deal, General Mu knows that our General Firm just wants to do business in a down-to-earth manner, and we businessmen want to be exquisite and make friends everywhere, so this time we General Firm want to ask General Mu for a recommendation, so that Li can visit the pillar of your country, Xiangguo Hu Luguang!" Steward Li showed a panicked look on his face to show his awe of Hu Luguang!