On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Xianyang is becoming more and more lively year by year, especially this year.

The floats pass through the streets, and the lights are brilliant, and the tourists are weaving.

After Chen Xu caught up with Shui Qingrou and others, with the mighty flow of people and floats came to the square in front of the court hall, the lantern riddle area around the square has been lit up like stars, converging into a brilliant sea of lights, more than 100,000 people gathered to laugh and play in the square to set off firecrackers and fireworks, and the emperor also took his concubines and children out of the palace early.

Everything was not much different from the previous two years, except that many of the arrangements became more colorful and organized, and the enthusiasm of the people to participate was also increasing, and the smell of fireworks familiar to later festivals floated in the air.

Light the blessing lanterns, guess the lantern riddles, watch the floats, eat moon cakes, and set off the thunder fireworks......

After a festival celebration, it was not until the end of the day that the lively Xianyang City finally stopped slowly.

And after Chen Xu came home late at night with a large family, after washing up, he waited for his wife and concubines and servants to sleep peacefully, and then sat in the study in his clothes and pondered the coping strategy, until the water came in with a blanket in his arms, and he realized that it was almost time.

"Husband has been worried today, could it be that something big happened?" Shui gently draped the blanket over Chen Xu's body and asked softly.

Chen Xu nodded and gently sat on his lap, wrapped the two of them together with a blanket and said: "I told you that Zhao Gao may not be dead, but disguised as a Miao doctor and sneaked into the palace, today Xu Fu suddenly told me that the emperor may have taken the Five Poisons Soul Water and has symptoms of poisoning, and I need to find a reliable killer to secretly kill Zhao Gao, lest he poison the emperor for a long time!" ”

"Husband must be careful, if you arrange someone to enter the palace and kill an imperial doctor, it will inevitably cause the palace to shake and investigate thoroughly, this matter still has to be considered in the long run, it is best to lure Zhao Gao out!" Shui said softly worriedly.

"The lady coincides with what I thought, I have arranged for Xu Fu to do the matter of luring Zhao Gao out of the palace, but at the moment I can't find a suitable killer to do this, whether it is near the palace or inside and outside Xianyang City, now they are all under the inspection and monitoring of the guards and lieutenants of the forbidden army, and Zhao Gao has been hidden in the palace for two years and basically does not leave the palace, it can be seen that he is cautious, so even if he leaves the palace, he will inevitably find a way to hide his identity, maybe he will make some careful arrangements, it is not easy to kill him, and once the killer cannot escape being capturedMaybe it will involve me......"

Chen Xu said his worries again, in the final analysis, it was because his foundation was too shallow, like the two top wealthy families of the Mengshi and the Wang family, there must be many dead people in the mansion, which are all connections accumulated by ancestors for several generations, even if it is an ordinary third-rate family like Ma Teng, even if the family is in the middle of the road, they can still find some loyal slaves, Chen Xu did not, most of the guards in the mansion were rewarded by the emperor at the beginning, and some were recruited, but without exception, these people have only followed Chen Xu for a few years, There is no problem with the protection of forgetting life and death on weekdays, but Chen Xu is still not at ease when performing this kind of secret mission.

There is no problem with the loyalty of a group of young men in the musket team, and they have also undergone some cooperation training, but they are not strong opponents of the forbidden army, and they are basically not much different from ordinary soldiers when they leave the muskets.

And Yu Wuya, who is the most suitable for doing this, is now with his sister-in-law...... Well, Xia Niangzi went to Japan to play, so when Chen Xu was really ready to do something exciting, he found that he didn't have anyone to take advantage of.

"Husband, if I don't let me do this, I will definitely kill Zhao Gao......"

"No way!" Before Shui Qing's words were finished, she was interrupted by Chen Xu, buried her head in her hair and sniffed the faint fragrance and said: "I am a dignified left-hand minister, how can I let my lady take risks, don't worry about this matter, I will arrange it properly!" ”

"Zhao Gao is just a lost dog ear, even if he hides in the palace, he can't be in fear all day long, and when he hurriedly stole the five poisons soul water in Dongting, the amount must not be too much, these two years have passed, and the gentle guess is almost used up, so the husband is useless and too anxious, as long as the emperor has not been poisoned, he will definitely show his feet if he drags on for some time!"

"What you said is similar to what we speculated at the beginning, but this matter cannot be delayed, it is still necessary to kill Zhao Gao in advance, once his potion runs out and he can't make a new potion, he will inevitably be forced by the emperor to speed up the production, Zhao Gao can't make it, maybe he will take a risk to reveal the matter of our development of the Five Poisons Soul Water!"

"Didn't the husband say that he had moved the place where the Five Poisons Soul Water was refined to the depths of the mountains in Qianzhong?"

"That doesn't work, if the emperor wants to find out, there must be loopholes everywhere, so no matter what the situation, I must eradicate Zhao Gao this time, but this matter does not need to be anxious for a day or two, Your Majesty is now in the peak of spring and autumn, not as old as Li Si, it is late at night, we will sleep peacefully for the time being, and make arrangements tomorrow!"

Chen Xu gently stood up and went to the bedroom with the water in his arms, and soon the lights and candles in the room went out, and the entire courtyard was instantly quiet.

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After the Mid-Autumn Festival, the Xianyang Autumn Market, which had been planned for half a year, officially kicked off.

Tens of thousands of businessmen from all over Daqin and the Liangxi Regions of the Liao Dynasty and even Lingnan all gathered on the south bank of the Wei River, with Keju Square as the center, along the riverside garden on the bank of the river to spread out a full ten miles long commodity trading area, tens of thousands of stalls opened on the same day, a dazzling array of commodities piled up, the people who came and went to help and visit were like carp crossing the river, the secret hemp was crowded, and the lively laughter resounded throughout the land of Guanzhong.

This is an unprecedented commercial event, here gathered all the merchants in the southeast and northwest of Daqin, including the surrounding areas, this is the largest market in the history of China, and the goods sold and traded are also innumerable, silk, tea, porcelain, glass, enamel, fine wine, pen, ink, paper, inkstone, Chinese clothes and fur, stories, hundreds of anthologies, poems and books, agricultural tools, knives, horse harnesses, carriages, machines, biscuits, candy, preserved fruits, animal skins, ivory, rhino horn, jade, jewelry, rouge, pepper, spices, medicinal herbs, etc., etc., As long as there are items in the Central Plains and Zhuhu, they can be found in this bazaar, and the quantity is enough to cause people to exclaim and commotion, and even the food factory has come to join in the fun, and has set up a stall to pull two carts of compressed military rations to sell.

In order to prepare for this autumn market fair, the imperial decrees of the three provinces and six ministries have already been circulated to the counties and counties of the country, and the Daqin Metropolis Daily has also repeatedly publicized it, and businessmen from all over the country have already made great efforts to come to take a share of this largest commodity fair in the history of mankind, not only to sell their own goods, but also to make their own reputation, make friends with colleagues all over the country, so as to open up a larger market.

Ordinary people may just watch the excitement and buy cheap, but for the business community, this is a once-in-a-lifetime exchange event, which can take this opportunity to learn about the quality and price of other similar goods, and of course, explore the opportunities for other industries to make money.

Therefore, as early as after the autumn, merchants from all over the country came to Xianyang with their caravans, and now Xianyang City is hard to find inside and outside, and it has long been overcrowded and cannot find a place to stay, most of the people can only stay in the farmhouse, and also let the ordinary family with a slightly more relaxed family make a lot of money in accommodation.

This year's spring market was held in a hurry, so the merchants who participated were only two or three thousand, almost all of them were merchants from Xianyang and the Western Regions at that time, but this autumn market was different, it brought together nearly 30,000 merchants from all over the country and the surrounding Zhuhu, the number has increased tenfold, and the goods are also deliberately prepared in advance. It is an incredible privilege to be able to participate in this unprecedented event.

All the merchants participating in the transaction must first report to the comprehensive office of the newly formed market management committee, the management committee will arrange the stall area and location according to the type of goods operated, when the stall number is obtained, you can start the official stall operation, the procedures are not complicated, and the officials will never have any difficult prevarication moves, according to the size and location of the stall, the rent is not the same, the cheapest is only 20 yuan a day, that is the remote location along the riverside garden, and the core of the Keju Square, The rent of each stall is at least 300 yuan a day, and the rent alone costs more than 4,000 yuan for half a month.

Of course, for expensive luxury goods, this little rent may be earned back for one or two goods, and for those wealthy merchants, the rent is just a sprinkle of water, and their purpose is to take this opportunity to make a splash of their brand and goods.

In fact, the arrangement and rental of the booth have actually been arranged for a long time.

Therefore, at the beginning of today's market, it is a busy and orderly state, the entire south bank of the Wei River is centered on Keju Square, hundreds of thousands of people gather here, and the lively and jubilant scene only makes people's blood boil.

Even the north bank of the Wei River is also crowded, a large number of civilian traders near Xianyang are also carrying burdens and carrying rattan frames to drive cattle, sheep, horses and home-bred chickens, ducks and eggs, fish, turtles, shrimps and crabs caught in the river, all kinds of game and medicinal materials collected in the mountains, densely along the riverside garden to sit on the ground and set up stalls, also attracting countless people to watch and buy.

On the tower of the east gate of Xianyang City, a large group of people wearing brocade robes and official uniforms and wearing jade crowns gather together, the stars hold the moon and generally gather around a slightly fat middle-aged man wearing a Xuanfu and wearing a crown to the sky, some people hold binoculars, some people cover their eyes with their hands, facing the sun rising in the east, watching the lively scene on both sides of the Wei River.

"Such a grand scene, never seen in eternity!"

These people kept admiring while watching, and this was the most sentence.

"Qinghe Hou always has wonderful ideas, when he first opened the spring market, the old man still felt that there was a little fuss, but now it seems that the old man is still too short-sighted!" Feng Qujian shook his head with emotion.

"The autumn market, and more than ten times larger than the spring market, yesterday the director of the market management committee came to report, to participate in the autumn market businessmen reached more than 32,000, the preparation of goods is countless, just the booth rental fee is close to 20 million yuan......

"Hiss~" Before the Finance Department finished speaking, a gasping sound sounded above the entire city tower.

"There are still more than ten days of trading time in the future, although the commercial tax will be halved this time, but according to the income of the spring market, the commercial tax will be close to eight million yuan this time!"

"It's such a terrible speed of making money, just this autumn market is equivalent to the annual income of the Inner History Mansion......"

"That's true, the combined income from the commercial tax and grain tax of the Shifu in the past year is only 20 million yuan!"

"This bazaar brings together merchants from almost all the counties and counties of my Daqin, plus many Hu merchants, each of them brings countless goods, such a large pattern and scale, it is reasonable to bring such a high income to the court, Ben Hou admires that so many people participate in the bazaar, today it looks like it is not chaotic at all, it looks much more orderly than the spring market, it is indeed amazing!" After it was completed, Zhao Hai was very emotional, lying on the railing and looking around.

"The completion of the Hou is reasonable, but this time it can be so orderly, I'm afraid the credit will still be due to Zuo Xiang!" Feng Qu smiled and turned his head to look at Chen Xu.

Everyone, including the emperor, turned their heads to look at Chen Xu.

Chen Xu's eyes looked in the direction of Keju Square, but his eyes were empty and seemed to be in a daze.