Tao City, Zhao Zheng stayed here for half a month before he knew the name of this city. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Qi-Zheng junction, the former Qi-Song junction, Taocheng has always been a battleground for soldiers, and it will change hands once in a few years.

The head of the city changed the banner of the king, and the people were like lost dogs. The people here are not as decadent as the people in Gucheng at the beginning.

If they have to get by, they will eat and drink if they have money, and if they have no money, they will starve, and life will be torture for them. The Warring States period was also an era when there was no entertainment, so the population grew rapidly under this concept.

In addition, for more than 30 years since Qi Zheng striked the army, Zheng Guo's mercantilism prevailed, and Taocheng salted fish turned into a rich land, but unfortunately the hedonism of the people who got by was in the bones, and those who pursued it in the city must be outsiders.

Taocheng Government Office, the things that symbolize state power have been cleaned up, and tables and chairs have been set up, looking like an auditorium.

Zhao Zheng was not interested in this place, so he did not plan to stay here for a long time, and the two thousand soldiers quietly returned in batches, and several caravans carrying "goods" rushed towards Taocheng.

The envoys of the princes of each family were almost all there, but Zhao Zheng did not say which country to take refuge in, but handed an invitation to each family.

"Auctions? What kind of trick is this, Brother Ji Chang has to tell the truth. A gentleman with a face like a warm jade and a personable demeanor asked with a smile.

Zhao Jichang got up and saluted, and then saluted another son, and then said: "The auction is Zhao Zheng's new form of trading, in short, the one with the highest price wins." ”

In fact, he also pondered in his heart that Zhao Zheng suddenly attacked Zheng and occupied Taocheng, surrounded by Zheng Guo's army outside, and did not want to flee from Qi State, but instead held an auction, where would there be goods to sell.

"Brother Zhao Yong, your family is really a money fan, right now Zhou Zheng Dajun is hanging like a sword, and he is still thinking about doing business, which really makes Han Fei admire."

This white-clothed son is Han Fei, the son-in-law of the Han family, and this time he took the initiative to invite Ying to come to appease Zhao Zheng, because he studied in the small sage village of Songhai City in Qi State all the year round, so he was one step ahead of Zhao Yong.

"Since Brother Han Fei said it, and Zhao Yong doesn't hide it, can Zhao Zheng survive?"

The envoy of the Qi State was headed by the great Sima Tianbu, and the deputy envoy was the world-famous Confucian Yanlu; The Zhou Dynasty was represented by Ji Zhan, and now Xinzheng is mourning King Zheng, and it is Zhang Liang, the grandson of the Zhou Dynasty, who came to Taocheng.

Qi is the closest, and Tian Bu has a large army to help; The Zhou Dynasty was the most powerful, and Ji Zhan also stationed a large army, and Zhao Zheng was most likely to enter these two. And these two representatives of the family are actually Han Fei's brothers, so Zhao Yong has this question.

"The old lady relied on firearms to recover the Qi country, and now he is very interested in Zhao Zheng's firearms, and he heard that he recruited Zhao Zheng into Qi at any cost, and he had to buy a secret recipe for firearms at the worst time;

The prince was very good at military affairs, he loved Tang knives in his early years, and purchased hundreds of equipment for the army, and his interest in Zhao Zheng was also very strong this time. However, King Zheng died because of him, the Son of Heaven issued an edict to hang, and Zhao Zheng's life and death are still being said. ”

This is the reason why Zhao Zheng doesn't like the family, the family always only thinks about their own interests when they do things, and they don't think about the country at all, no matter how secret the news is, they can leak it to their relatives and friends every minute when they are happy, even if that person is an enemy country.

With the relationship between the two senior brothers, Han Fei was at least ahead of others in terms of news, but he also had to show a wry smile when talking about his relationship with Zhao Zheng.

In the backyard of the government office, in addition to ceremoniously entertaining Tianbu once, only one big fat man can come and go freely, and every time he comes, he brings a cart of ingredients, and he is quite satisfied when he leaves, but he is not a representative of any prince.

"It's a pity that Brother Wei is not the son of Wei Jun, otherwise at this time, he would help any of the princes to lobby Zhao Zheng, and Wei Guo would not be just a city."

Zhao Yong and Wei Dingshi are inextricably intertwined, and they are also envious but not jealous of this.

"Intentionally planting flowers does not bloom, and unintentionally planting willows and willows into shade. Time is also fate, perhaps it is precisely because of this open-mindedness that Brother Wei has a close friend in any family. It's a pity that I'm blessed, otherwise I can taste authentic home-like food. ”

Han Fei drank a cup of himself, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, not knowing if he cared about food or people.

The auction was prepared, the invitations had been distributed, and during this period, Zhao Zheng refused the invitations of more than a dozen dignitaries, all of whom were in authority.

But even so, there was still one person who insisted on asking to see him, and although he returned every time in vain, he still went happily.

Gong Duo had more thoughts on learning than political affairs, and if he couldn't get to see him, he asked someone to bring in the drawings he had made, which was the siege equipment he imagined after observing the battle of Xinzheng, including the manufacture of earth-shattering thunder.

The puppet medicine man was made by the Taoists as early as a hundred years ago, and it was only thought that this thing was very easy to ignite, so it was named gunpowder. It is generally used in sacrifices and pretending to be gods and ghosts, but after an accident, it is discovered that an excess of gunpowder will produce a loud noise, and gunpowder has a new mission.

The discoverer was buried in the scenery, and Zhou Tianzi locked it in the Haozang Palace, and only a very small number of organ masters had the opportunity to understand it. Gong Yi Duo was one of them, but he was very curious about the power of the earth-shaking thunder, and had done experiments, and that kind of power could not be generated.

"Please give the formula to Master Zhao for a look, meditate hard, and after some calculations, it is concluded that this proportion of gunpowder is the most powerful, and Master Zhao is invited to look at it."

Wei Huo was not surprised, he took it by himself, and there were already other people who gave the public Duo tea and pastries, and I don't know if he forgot to eat after painstaking learning, or deliberately rubbed the rice, every time he came, he rushed to eat, and once fainted to the ground.

Two fried dough sticks and a bowl of tofu brain, this is the standard food of the People's Army when it is garrisoned. Gong Duo squatted at the gate of the courtyard, followed by the guards next to him, tore up the fritters and threw them into the tofu brain, pulled them twice and drank them in a few sips, and then drank a bowl of smooth food.

"Hiccup~, today's tofu brain is salty, tell the cook to put less salt."

The firehead soldier on the side smiled: "Connoisseur, if you accidentally put an extra spoonful of salt on the fire while cooking, you can eat it." ”

Gong Duo was sarcastic about his rice, and said with a red face: "Guess, it just happened to be blind." After saying that, he got up and said goodbye, and slipped away.

It is embarrassing enough to spread the word out, it seems that it can't be rubbed tomorrow, otherwise it won't be salty to die.

After Gong Yiduo walked away, Wei Huo appeared and said to the firehead soldier just now: "Lord, this person can covet it, do you want to be a subordinate..."

The firehead soldier was Zhao Zheng in disguise, deliberately testing the intention of Gong Yi Duo, these days he and Gong Yi Duo are competing on paper, you come and I are fighting all the tricks.

The Gongyi family has been immersed in prostitution techniques for generations, and Zhao Zheng is naturally a half-hanger, but when gunpowder appears, Gongyi Duo became a schoolboy in the kindergarten, looking like he asked for your advice.

Gunpowder is not as simple as the ratio of nitrate, charcoal, and sulfur, and what is added to increase the power of gunpowder after synthesis is very important, and what utensils it is put in. Zhao Zheng naturally will not reveal all the secrets, for the sake of scientific progress, he wants to use gunpowder to make money from the head and lose other tricks.

"He'll come back to the auction tomorrow, this guy is kind of interesting." Others regard Zhao Zheng as a big golden goose and want to take it into their pockets, but Zhao Zheng also takes a fancy to Gong Yi Duo and wants to keep him as a technical consultant. After the carpenter left, Zhao Zheng had many ideas and had no room for operation, and it was very aggrieved to stay on the drawings.

The auction finally opened, and both those who should and shouldn't have come came, and the priest sat in surprise, looking around nervously.

"Huh"

The curtain opened, Zhao Zheng appeared in a strong suit, smiling and energetic, everyone looked at him with bated breath, how could he let the princes of the world recruit. Gong Duo also opened his mouth in surprise, and he didn't expect that the firehead soldier yesterday was Zhao Zheng.

"Everyone, I know everyone's intentions, and I can't wait to know my intentions. I'll stop talking nonsense, please come up with the first auction item of the day, Earthquake Thunder. ”

Everyone was shocked that this thing was actually going to be sold.