Guo Yang began to retreat, and with him he was in retreat and cultivating, as well as Anu and Yanzi.

As for Ah Jiu, Ah Tu and others, after being taught the first layer of the "Nine Keys to Nirvana", they went their separate ways and went to get busy. The caravans in Liaodong need to continue to operate, and the business in Luoyi City also needs a large number of people to take care of it.

And the busiest may be Ah Jiu, Nan Yanguo has just undergone a big change, and all government affairs need to be taken care of by a thoughtful person temporarily. Originally, Guo Yang planned to give Yanzi a country, but Yanzi resolutely opposed it, and she didn't want anything except Guo Yang.

The entire hall was thoroughly cleaned, and with a slight transformation, it became the place where Guo Yangming taught the cultivation of the true exercises. Guo Yang, Anu and Yanzi entered the cave and began to retreat.

Anu carefully sorted out the words engraved on animal skins and bone armor, and revised some of the vague words, which surprised Guo Yang: "Anu, you have been silent, it turns out that you know ancient characters." ”

Anu just smiled innocently and didn't say anything.

In the first layer of the Nine Techniques of Nirvana, Anu and Yanzi's cultivation was miserable, not to mention that there was no progress, but it was indeed extremely slow progress. But for Guo Yang, there are almost no obstacles, and he has reached the top level in one go, which makes Guo Yang a little puzzled.

According to the description of the exercises, the cultivation stage of this ignorant secret should be similar to the qi refining period of the Xuanmen exercises, and it is also necessary to condense qi and cleanse the marrow, and then completely change the physique and step into the ranks of cultivators. However, it is completely different from other Xuanmen cultivation techniques, not only to condense a demonic qi, but also to cooperate with an extremely complex set of body refining movements to cultivate.

It's just that this set of body refining actions is too difficult and incredible, and even Guo Yang is a little suspicious, this exercise doesn't seem to be something that the human race can cultivate at all, but it is more suitable for those dragons, snakes, birds and beasts to cultivate.

……

There is no sun and moon in the cave, and the years of penance are short, and two years have passed in the blink of an eye.

In the past two years, a lot of things have happened in the world outside, and for Guo Yang, it has been two years of rapid development and growth.

After several years of painstaking operation, the Liaodong caravan has completely opened up a trade route of its own, and the scale of the caravan has also expanded several times. Wang Huzi followed Yin Song's advice and not only established close commercial ties with the tribes in the depths of Liaodong, but also opened up the trade routes between Beirong and Jizi Korea, which not only increased the profits of Guo Yang's caravan several times, but also ensured the safety of the caravan.

In particular, the trade activities with the Beirong Ghost Fang greatly facilitated the wolves who roamed the grassland all year round, allowing them to obtain a large amount of salt and a small amount of grain without having to travel long distances and work desperately, and they could also use the cattle and sheep all over the grassland to easily exchange for some bronze, pottery, cloth and other luxury goods.

Because of the frequent activities of Guo Yang's caravans, the situation of the conquest in Liaodong finally improved, although local wars were never inevitable, but large-scale conflicts were much less.

"If they need salt, we will sell it, if they need cloth, we will sell it, and if they need food, we will sell it, so who wants to come out of the comfort of their tent and go to war on a long journey? Those who don't eat the fat meat in their mouths, but go over the mountains and mountains to gnaw on the sand, are not wolves, but stupid pigs! ”

The old fox Yin Song made it clear in a letter to Guo Yang that he just couldn't get used to the kingly methods that the Zhou people claimed.

"It is necessary to establish a set of order, but the first thing that needs to be solved is the problem of the mouth and the stomach, and then everyone can sit down calmly and discuss the matters that are noble and low. In the world of merchants, there is no exchange, and the methods of my merchant ancestors are the most effective. Yin Song concluded at the end of the letter.

Later, Guo Yang went out of the customs, read Yin Song's letter, and praised the festival: "This old fox is simply a roundworm in my stomach!" ”

……

In the area of Luoyi City, the efforts of the Attus also began to bear fruit, and a secret caravan began to be formed. However, under the noses of the Zhou people, everything was done very secretly, and even a bit of the nature of a gang, and many commercial activities needed to be completed through secret channels, which greatly hindered the development and growth of the caravan.

From the very beginning, the Zhou people strictly restricted the activities of merchants, not only imposing heavy taxes on them, but also restricting the movement of the descendants of merchants by using a whole set of cumbersome merchant registration systems. This has caused a lot of trouble for them.

However, Ah Tu has a brain, and he has formed alliances with more than a dozen surrounding vassal states through various channels and means, and has obtained the strong support of those vassal states in the form of cooperation with high profit sharing, and uses their banners to do business, which greatly improves the situation of the caravan.

Now, Ah Tu has been able to let his caravan swagger into Luoyi City, although he can't live in the pavilion like the envoys of those vassal states, but at least there is no trouble of checking and leviing taxes layer by layer.

One of his more important initiatives was to constantly find ways to make friends, merchant friends, friends of vassal states, friends of distant tribes.

And the most important thing is the friends of the Zhou people.

This is Guo Yang's meaning, according to the meaning of Ah Jiu and Ah Tu, the Zhou people are everyone's enemies, and it is enjoyable to find a chance to kill a few more. But Guo Yang doesn't think so, he thinks that it is better to kill a few more people, it is better to make a few more useful friends, and then earn a lot of profits through these friends, and then do something bigger and more meaningful.

Ah Tu listened to Guo Yang's words and quickly opened up the situation.

Other friends are very good to make friends, do what they like, spend some knife coins, and everything will be solved. The most troublesome thing is those proud Zhou people, one by one, who are high and high, and they also pretend to be sanctimonious, rejecting people thousands of miles away.

Ah Tu tried many methods, but it was difficult to work. Later, he went to Fengcheng and had a long talk with the city lord Ziyu all night, and finally found some ideas.

Guo Yang is right, to deal with the Zhou people, you need to grasp their human weaknesses, and then find a way to find his flaws, and hit them with one blow.

If you like fame, I will promote fame to you, if you like knife coins, I will give you knife coins, and if you like to proudly ride a tall horse in Luoyi City to show off your might, I will let people greet you.

However, these are all small tricks, and they can be used to win over those small nobles, and to deal with the big nobles, Ah Tu has his own set of methods.

Ah Tu has two magic weapons, a knife and a roll of cloth.

The vast majority of the proud Zhou nobles were dragged into the same place as the rat hole by Atu's people, and after a month or two of continuous torture, they were basically like dogs.

There are also some Zhou nobles who are too face-saving, and they are afraid that their dirty things will be leaked out, especially if they are afraid that their king will know, so they will do everything possible to conceal them. To deal with this kind of person, Atu's method is simpler, send someone to send a cloth full of words, and he will be cowardly in an instant.

Of course, there are great hidden dangers in this kind of rough and effective method, and once those Zhou nobles react and give Ah Tu and them a joint blow, it will not be good.

Therefore, the first thing Guo Yang did after leaving the customs was to withdraw the core forces of Luoyi City from that city and arrange a secret stronghold.

"The knife hanging above your head is the real knife." Guo Yang told Ah Tu that in troubled times, the bigger the business, the farther away it must be, and safety is the most important thing.