In a tavern in Daliang, Wen Shaobo and Jie Ziyu, who had returned to the royal capital of Daliang after half a month, were happily sitting in the corner of the tavern eating wine.

Because elated? Because they've just found a way to accumulate money quickly.

i.e. the caravans of those noble merchants.

In recent months, because King Su Hongrun ordered Chenggao Pass to restrict the caravans of noble merchants in Wei State, so that those caravans with dozens or hundreds of carriages could not go to Sanchuan through Chenggao Pass, so those noble merchants could only take the caravan to Xingyang City, which was not far from Chenggao Pass, where they temporarily settled down, while secretly scolding King Su Hongrun for cutting off their financial routes, while waiting for the good news from the imperial court to open Sanchuan.

However, there were also nimble minds among the noble merchants, who thought to themselves: Although we cannot pass through Chenggao Pass, we can buy the goods of Sanchuan from those ordinary merchants.

As a result, the first confrontation between aristocratic merchants and commoner merchants began: forced buying and selling.

Due to the same interests, those noble merchants quickly united, set up obstacles on the official road about ten miles east of Chenggao Kanto, and forced those ordinary merchants who had just returned from Sanchuan to sell them the specialties of Sanchuan on the car.

As for the price, of course, it is close to the cost price.

However, the Cheng Gao army seemed to have expected it, so that when the first victims appeared, the cavalry team of the Cheng Gao army quickly dispatched and destroyed this illegal checkpoint in almost a moment, arresting all the people involved.

According to reliable sources, those who set up private checkpoints will build a city wall in Chenggao Pass for ten years, and this punishment is not insignificant.

During this period, those who resisted, Cheng Gaojun also showed no mercy and killed them on the spot on the charge of rebellion.

As a result, the first confrontation between the aristocratic merchants and the commoner merchants was defeated due to the intervention of the Chenggao army, and the path of the commoner merchants to and from Sanchuan and Daliang was guaranteed.

As the so-called wealth is moving, seeing those ordinary businessmen coming and going, those aristocratic businessmen gradually became a little red.

Of course, because of the lessons of the past, they no longer dared to forcibly buy the specialties of the civilian merchants, so they changed their ways: selling the goods on their cars to these civilian merchants at a price higher than the purchase price.

Those aristocratic merchants think: Your Chenggao army does not allow us to buy and sell, but if those civilians buy and sell voluntarily, you can't interfere anymore, right?

Not to mention, this time the Cheng Gao army really didn't interfere.

As a result, the hearts of those aristocratic businessmen who had been silent for a long time suddenly became hot again.

After all, they can't pass through Sanchuan, and the goods are piled up, so why not sell them to those civilian merchants? God knows when the imperial court will open Sanchuan to them?

Anyway, they have the purchase channel in their hands, and they can replenish the supply at any time.

And the common merchants, they thought to themselves, we buy goods from our hometown, hard work to go back and forth to Sanchuan, now those noble merchants are willing to provide us with supplies, although the price is higher, but it greatly saves time, why not?

As a result, the aristocratic merchants and the commoner merchants launched a short-term cooperation, and the cooperation between the two sides made Xingyang City prosperous all of a sudden, but it is a pity that this prosperity is false and short-lived, because once the imperial court announced that Sanchuan was open to the aristocratic merchants, those aristocratic merchants would not hesitate to leave the partners of the commoner merchants, and even tilt the latter's living space in turn.

But in any case, at the moment, the aristocratic merchants and the commoner merchants have started a brief cooperation.

This kind of cooperation makes both sides profitable, and the loss is only the household department of the imperial court.

Of course, judging from the trading volume between the Imperial Court and Sanchuan, they probably wouldn't care about this loss.

And Wen Shaobo and Jie Zilu also took this opportunity to rapidly expand their power, and there were more and more loading carriages and slaves under their hands.

Today, Wen Shaobo has more than 20 carriages and more than 30 slaves under his hands.

And today, it is the third time that he and Jie Ziyu have come to the royal capital of Daliang.

After coming to the royal capital, Wen Shaobo bought a cart of wine in a tavern in the city, and asked the slaves to pull them back to the inn where they rested in a carriage, which was regarded as a reward for the hard work of these slaves.

As for Wen Shaobo and Jie Ziyu, they were not in a hurry to return to the inn, but sat down in the tavern and ordered a few pots of wine and a few dishes, which could be regarded as a reward for themselves.

They are going to rest for a day in the inn of Daliang today, and tomorrow they will drive the twenty or so empty cars to Xingyang City to buy goods from those noble merchants, after all, among the goods on the side of Daliang, those things that are easier to sell in Sanchuan are almost all snapped up by them, ordinary merchants, unless they are willing to spend more time going to other counties, otherwise, buying goods from those noble merchants temporarily stationed in Xingyang City is the fastest and most convenient way to purchase goods at present.

However, just as the two brothers were drinking and eating with great interest, they suddenly heard two men next to them whispering to each other.

A drunkard with his drinking buddies.

"Hey, have you heard? King Su was arrested. The drunkard said to his drinking friend.

The drinking friend was stunned when he heard this, and subconsciously asked, "Huh? King Su? Which Su King? ”

The drunkard rolled his eyes and said angrily, "How many Su Kings does my Great Wei have?" Naturally, it is His Royal Highness King Su Hongrun! ”

Without hearing this, his drinking friend looked at him as if he was a fool, and sneered, "Are you joking, brother? His Royal Highness King Su is wise and martial, and he is clean and self-conscious, who will arrest him. ”

"It's true!" The drunkard said anxiously: "I was really caught!" ”

"You're going to trick me again." The drinking friend shook his head with a smile and said, "I won't believe you anymore." ”

Seeing this, the drunkard hurriedly swore an oath: "I swear by my ancestors, this matter is true. ”

In the customs of the Wei people, the gods of heaven and earth are the largest, followed by the ancestors, and no one will laugh at the ancestors.

Therefore, after hearing these words, the smile on the face of the drinking friend gradually retracted, but before he could open his mouth to ask, he suddenly heard a voice from the next seat.

"Who caught you? Your Majesty? ”

The owner of this voice is none other than Wen Shaobo.

The drunkard glanced back at Young Uncle Wen, and saw that his face was full of concern about this matter, and the gossip in his heart was suddenly satisfied, and he lowered his voice and said mysteriously: "It's Zongfu!" ”

Wen Shaobo was stunned when he heard this.

Think about it, although Anling is also a big county in Yingshui County, compared with Daliang, it is just a rural place.

Therefore, a middle-class family from a rural place like Wen Shaobo, who had never heard of any sect, subconsciously asked, "Who is Zongfu?" What is the origin of the surname Zong, who actually dares to arrest His Royal Highness King Su? ”

The drunkard and the drunkard rolled their eyes, glanced at Wen Shaobo with some disdain, and said in their hearts: Where did this ignorant boy come from?

And at this moment, Jie Ziyu beckoned to the shop guy, pointed to the table of the drunkard and his drinking friend, and said lightly: "Man, the accounts of these two guests will be counted on our heads later." ”

This is more effective than anything else, no, the drunkard shouted to the shopkeeper who was nodding and was about to leave, and quietly asked for four pots of wine, while patiently explaining to Wen Shaobo: "Zongfu is not a person's name, but the name of a mansion...... Ji surnamed Zhao royal family Dazong Zhengyuan, is the royal family to restrain the children of the clan, similar to the criminal department, it has the right to arrest any criminal family of the royal family, the children of the public family, even if His Royal Highness King Su is the royal family lineage, can also be arrested by the clan for questioning. ”

As he spoke, he nodded at the meson.

Jie Zilu was too lazy to care about the fact that the drunkard had ordered four more pots of wine just now, and when he heard this, he asked, "What did King Su do?" ”

"What happened?" When the drunkard heard this, he mocked, and then lowered his voice and said, "I have committed the great sin of 'being a descendant of the royal family, but I am unwilling to be in the same stream with those nobles who bully others and buy and sell by force'......"

"Sure enough!"

Jie Ziyu frowned when he heard this, he had long predicted that once King Su Hongrun returned to Daliang, he would inevitably be oppressed by the domestic royal family, the princes, and the nobles, and what he heard today can be said to confirm his judgment.

"King Su...... Still locked up in the Zongfu? Jie Ziyu frowned and asked.

"Not yet." The drunkard lifted a jug from the four jugs of wine that had been newly served, poured a glass for himself and the drinking friends sitting opposite, and said in a low voice, "It is said that it is because King Su refuses to bow his head. ”

"Could it be that King Su intends to use this stalemate until June? That's a lot of money......

Jie Ziyu frowned deeply, and asked again: "No one intercedes or helps King Su?" ”

The drunkard smiled and said, "That's the Zongfu, although King Yong and King Su have a good relationship, they don't dare to offend the Zongfu......"

Jie Ziyu frowned again, and suddenly, his eyes moved slightly, and he asked in a low voice, "Who came out of this news?" ”

"This ......" The drunkard was stunned, shook his head and said: "The government and the opposition are all spreading, and I don't know who it is." ”

Jie Zilu touched his chin thoughtfully.

"The source of the news was deliberately hidden...... Are you afraid of being hated by the clan? Wrong. According to this person, the authority of the Zongfu is very great, if you are afraid of being hated by the Zongfu, you should protect yourself wisely, anyway, King Su will not have to worry about his life, so that no one will risk being hated by the Zongfu to help King Su, otherwise once the news leaks in the future, it will be tantamount to setting himself on fire. In other words, the people who spread the news probably didn't care about the revenge of the Zongfu...... Don't you care? Wait, don't care? Could it be...... King Wei?'

A hint of discoloration flashed in the eyes of the meson owl.

Hastily settled the money for the wine and food, and Wen Shaobo and Jie Ziyu returned to the inn where they were temporarily staying.

When he returned to the room, Jie Ziyu asked the store for pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, and picked up a pen and book on the paper.

After finishing writing, Jie Ziyu blew the ink on the paper and said to Wen Shaobo: "Young uncle, get ready, when I come back, we will leave the city immediately." ”

"Huh?" Wen Shaobo was stunned, and was about to ask questions with a puzzled face, but he was surprised to find that Jie Ziyu had already walked out of the house.

After leaving the inn, Jie Ziyu came to the vicinity of the smelting bureau by asking passers-by, but he did not approach, but found a young boy playing in the street, took out the letter, and a large amount of money.

"Little one, send this letter to that mansion, and this big dollar is yours."

The boy nodded happily.

After a stick of incense, the letter was sent to the hands of Cheng Wangfu, who was worried about "King Su is trapped in the Zongfu".

"Does it work?"

Wang Fu muttered, then gritted his teeth, summoned a scribe, and instructed: "There is news that our Smelting Bureau will stop all work from tomorrow." ”

The scribe obviously also heard about King Su Hongrun, and said in shock: "Lord Jucheng, persecuting the court in this way will not only not help His Royal Highness King Su, but will also harm His Royal Highness!" ”

"What? His Royal Highness the King of Su? Wang Fu snorted and said treacherously: "Who said it was for King Su? It's just that our smelting bureau has no money. ”

"Huh? …… Wonderful! (To be continued.) )