Of course, this alone is not enough to make the 'real big businessmen' from other places risk coming here.

What attracts them more here is actually the price that the Black Army has offered them that they can't refuse at all. Yes, Zhang Shihua is indeed quite rich now. With the recent attack on Zhongxing Road and other vast territories, through various means, Zhang Shihua naturally stored a large amount of money in the public treasury at once.

Some of this money was obtained from the public treasury of the government, and some was obtained from the homes of corrupt officials and some wealthy families who had been inherited for a hundred years. Although the process of getting this money cannot be considered pure, without a little dirty.

But, money is money. Even if silver is stained with blood, it is not silver.

Therefore, in order to let this huge wealth of millions of taels play its role, Zhang Shihua couldn't help but start a huge trade and purchase with the outside world like a fortune boy.

After all, for Zhang Shihua and the black-clothed army, materials such as grain, cloth, medicinal materials, salt, wine and other materials are simply a big hole that will never be filled.

Therefore, when Zhang Shihua opened a price that was far more than three times the market price, attracted by hundreds of times the profit, some powerful businessmen, who would care whether Zhang Shihua was now a rebellious revolutionary army, and would care about the bullshit ban of the Yuanmeng court.

After all, Zhang Shihua offered a price three times higher than the market price. And this means that these businessmen can make at least 300 percent profits by transporting grain, cloth, and medicinal materials to Zhang Shihua here.

Three hundred percent profit, what a concept is that.

You know, Marx once said: if capital has 50% profit, it will take risks; If there is a 100% profit, it dares to trample on all the laws of the world; If there is a profit of three hundred percent, it dares to commit any crime, and even the danger of being hanged.

Yes, a profit of 300 percent is an irresistible temptation for businessmen of any place and in any era.

For its sake, the merchants would not blink an eye when they killed people and set fires, let alone violated the frivolous ban of the Yuanmeng court.

If you look at the Ming Dynasty in later generations, you will know that the biggest trading objects of maritime merchants are pirates and Westerners; The largest trading objects of the Jin merchants were the steppe people and the Manchu Eight Banners. Among them, which one is not forbidden by the imperial court. But, there's a fart.

Money can make ghosts grind, as long as the interests are sufficient, even the officials who supervise this matter can't help but go along with it. You have a fluttering ban, who can you forbid?

Therefore, after Zhang Shihua returned to Xiangyang from Zhongxing Road, there was a big chaos that broke the sky. The ferry port on this side of Xiangyang City is still very busy, and the boats on the Hanshui River are still coming and going. So much so that under the catalysis of this abnormal prosperity, Fancheng, which had disappeared from the war, couldn't help but begin to recover again.

However, Zhang Shihua was not so happy about this, but there was an indescribable depression in his heart.

Because the more prosperous this trade is, the greater Zhang Shihua's losses will be. And when the silver in the black-clothed military treasury is spent, such prosperity will naturally not exist.

Therefore, in addition to allowing Zhang Shihua to accumulate more war materials in the short term, for the people at the bottom under Zhang Shihua's rule, what they can gain is not much.

However, Zhang Shihua did not have a good way to deal with this. As a liberal arts class, he doesn't know anything about soap and glass, which are the big killers of traversers. Plate armor, god arm crossbows, these things can be thrown outside, and they can be sold for sky-high prices.

Especially the plate armor, with the successive victories of the black-clothed army, the plate armor, a unique weapon of the black-clothed army, has naturally become a treasure in the hands of other rebels or officers and soldiers.

So much so that the plate armor, which cost only four or five taels of silver, was fired out at a high price of fifteen or twenty times higher in the outside world.

However, Zhang Shihua himself lacks a sharp weapon like plate armor, let alone takeaway.

When Liu Futong appointed him as Pingzhang two days ago, he wanted to trade two thousand pairs of plate armor from him.

However, in the end, Zhang Shihua only gave him 500 pairs. Although these 500 pairs of plate armor allowed Zhang Shihua to exchange 20,000 stone of grain plus 10,000 taels of silver. But Zhang Shihua is still not ready to use this to trade with the outside world. After all, for a revolutionary army like him, which has just developed, to raise money by selling ordnance is completely asking for money and not dying.

Walking on the wide streets of Xiangyang City, Zhang Shihua thought about these things in his heart. Then when he walked to a storyteller, he couldn't help but stop with a smile on his face.

"Hehe, it seems that Sijiu has done a good job, I just mentioned it to him, and he really did it."

Outside the dense crowd, seeing the storyteller there talking in a low tone and happily talking about the newly adapted jokes such as the Battle of Xiangyang and the black-clothed king's descent to Jiangling, Zhang Shihua couldn't help but stop with interest.

"Lord...... Childe, there are a lot of people here, you can't hear clearly, if you want to, it's better to go to the front. Seeing that Zhang Shihua seemed to be interested in listening to books, Li Wu couldn't help but greet him intimately and made such a suggestion to Zhang Shihua.

"Okay, then let's go listen and see what this storyteller can say about this." Agreed, with interest. The tall guards who had been following Zhang Shihua couldn't help but separate the dense crowd for Zhang Shihua at the first time, and let Zhang Shihua walk to the front row.

The storyteller behind the table of "this ......" saw Zhang Shihua, who had a heroic face, a tall figure, and was not dressed and behaved like an ordinary person, walking towards him. The storyteller, who was so depressed that he could only set up a teahouse on the side of the road and couldn't get in, couldn't help but stand up from his seat and bowed to Zhang Shihua cautiously.

"Haha, this gentleman doesn't need to be restrained, I'm also here to listen to books, you can say whatever you want, don't care about me." Seeing that the storyteller bent down to him with a restrained face, Zhang Shihua didn't wait for him to ask, so he couldn't help but explain to this person.

"Well, since this son has spoken, the little old man will continue to speak." Although I wondered in my heart that a young man like Zhang Shihua, who was richly dressed and didn't want ordinary people at first glance, why didn't he go to the teahouse to sit and drink tea and listen to books, but came to patronize his business.

But in business, the visitor is the guest. Since everyone said that they were here to listen to the book, after the down-and-out storyteller hugged Zhang Shihua again, he couldn't help but sit down, clear his throat, slapped the small board on the table that seemed to be shocking, and continued to tell the story that Fang had just finished.

Fang Caishu said: Our Lord Pingzhang, with tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, set off from our Xiangyang, went south down the river, and fought like a bamboo outside the Jingmen Governor Lin City. In the end, he couldn't help but bite the Tartar pseudo-Pingzhang, and blocked the road with more than 100,000 soldiers and horses. ”

"Good fellow, more than 100,000 soldiers, think about what it looks like. That guy, more than 100,000 people lined up on the ground, that's really whining and can't see the end at a glance. These hundreds of thousands of people, that is really one person grabbed a handful of soil and threw it into this Han water, then we can block our Han water. ”

"Such a big pomp and circumstance, when it comes out, if it is an ordinary person, it is really a loss of soul at a glance. Not to mention that this Tartar bites, there are not only many people under his hands, but this person is also proficient in the art of war. Outside Changlin City, there was also a large array of more than 100,000 people, called the Eight Gates Golden Lock Array. ”

"Do you know what the Eight Gates Golden Lock Array is?" Speaking of which, the storyteller smiled and touched his beard, and couldn't help but ask the people around him who were listening to the book.

The common people of this era are generally illiterate, and they don't know a few characters, so how can they have heard of such a thing as 'Eight Gates Golden Lock Array'.

So when the storyteller asked, the people around him naturally shook their heads again and again.

When the storyteller saw this, he laughed, slapped the small board in his hand, and couldn't help but explain aloud: "This Eight Golden Lock Array is said to be a formation created by a great sage in ancient times after understanding the mystery of the Five Elements Bagua. ”

"It is said that as long as this formation is laid out, 10,000 horses, it can block his attack of 100,000 people. If 100,000 people put up this big array, and you don't come up with a million troops, you won't be able to break this formation at all. ”

"What the hell, army of millions. Then didn't our Pingzhang bring tens of thousands of people, then our Pingzhang is the formation we broke through? "Not to mention, there are really people who praise it at this time.

So after the storyteller laughed, he couldn't help but brag for Zhang Shihua.

What Zhang Shihua is a god descending to earth; What has met an old Tao since he was a child, and he has obtained all the true transmission of the old way. In short, after these words came out, Rao is Zhang Shihua was well-informed, and he couldn't help but blush a little.

But don't say it, at this time, the common people still eat this set.

In the past few years, if you tell the people about the war and don't tell them about Qimen Dunjia, Tai Chi gossip, fairy yaksha, etc., they think you are lying to them.

Therefore, the words spoken by the storyteller, although they sounded to Zhang Shihua, were such nonsense. But the people around them listened to it with relish one by one, so much so that after listening to it, they didn't forget to sigh twice, "Ah, our Lord Pingzhang is really amazing".

And for this, Zhang Shihua, who was faintly about to be worshiped as a god by the people under his rule, shook his head with a wry smile, and couldn't help but signal Li Wu to reward the storyteller with some scattered silver.

There is not much silver, just a few dollars, but even so, this down-and-out storyteller still bows to Zhang Shihua.

After all, in the Yuan Dynasty, the purchasing power of one tael of silver in later generations was equivalent to 1,500 RMB. So even if it's a few dollars of silver, it's definitely a lot of money for this down-and-out storyteller.

Therefore, after suddenly getting such an income, the storyteller is naturally very grateful to Zhang Shihua who rewarded him.

"Haha, the gentleman is right, these are what the gentleman deserves. However, I do have two questions for my husband, and I hope he can answer my questions. ”

"Childe, please speak, if the little old man knows, he must know and speak, and he will say everything." Seeing Zhang Shihua's generous moves, he felt more and more that Zhang Shihua was not an ordinary person, and this smart storyteller naturally knew what to say at this time.

"Haha, that's right. I listened to this book today, and it was indeed very novel. But I wanted to ask Mr., how did I get this? In addition, there are many storytellers like you, sir, in Xiangyang City? ”

"Hehe, I really don't hide it from my son. The book that the little old man said was sent from above. Saying this, the depressed speaker couldn't help but point to the sky cautiously. Obviously, the above refers to the black-clad military regime that governs this place.

So in this regard, Zhang Shihua also nodded with a smile. Signal yourself to understand.

Seeing Zhang Shihua like this, after the storyteller smiled, he couldn't help but continue to answer: "As for the storytellers in Xiangyang City who talk about this new script like Xiao Lao'er, there are more." There were not a hundred but eighty in the whole city. ”

"Moreover, this official family is very good to us. According to the instructions of the Zhou Governor's own mouth, as long as our storyteller tells such a book, he can reward us with 30 yuan. So now Xiangyang City, there are people talking about this kind of script everywhere. ”

"Oh, I see." Hearing what the storyteller said, Zhang Shihua couldn't help but pretend to be suddenly enlightened and nodded.

Seeing Zhang Shihua's appearance, the storyteller smiled again, looked at Zhang Shihua and couldn't help but say: "Listen to the accent, the son shouldn't be from our Xiangyang, right?" ”

"Yes, that's right. I came to Yingzhou, Ruyang Prefecture to run business, and I am still a fellow countryman from Pingzhang in Xiangyang. ”

"Oh, Yingzhou? Isn't it childe, you still know Lord Pingzhang! ”

"Haha, this...... Anyway, it's an acquaintance. Zhang Shihua didn't want to reveal his identity, but he just said something perfunctory.

But even so, the storyteller was suddenly shocked by Zhang Shihua. "Oh, no wonder, no wonder. As soon as I looked at Childe, I felt that Childe was not an ordinary person, but I didn't expect Childe to be acquainted with our Lord Pingzhang, which is really unusual, really unusual! ”

Saying this, looking at Zhang Shihua, the storyteller's face couldn't help but look with admiration.

Seeing this, Zhang Shihua smiled bitterly again and shook his head, but he didn't know what to say.

But now there is no need for Zhang Shihua to say, this storyteller is quite familiar with it by then, seeing Zhang Shihua admit that he is not a local, he can't help but point to Zhang Shihua Diagonally opposite a teahouse and say: "Son, since you are from other places, then you might as well go to the Hanqing teahouse to have a look." ”

"There's a troupe in there. The performances in it are all plays that can't be seen elsewhere, and there is a fight with the new words spoken by the little old man, if you are okay, you can go over and have a look, and pass the time. ”