No one could answer Flowing Fire's question, and until Flowing Fire came to the vast front line, he was still confused and couldn't figure it out. And the little boy named Feng Lingkong is like an imprint in his heart, and he can't forget it.

At this time, the camp of Cangmang Mountain had already known the information that the fire was coming, Shi Meng and Hou Wen had already arranged the personnel to respond two days in advance, and now they were looking at the northern mountain pass from the city tower.

The current vast camp is not what it used to be, the Shi family knows the difficulty of supply, and has no choice but to decide to build a city in the vast mountain to settle the people, in the past ten years, countless displaced people have been relocated here, anyway, now the Chu country is not stable everywhere, and there are people who want to be exiled.

The vast camp was re-planned, the city walls were newly repaired, the tents and wooden houses in the city were gradually replaced, and the planning like the city followed, with the commercial area, residential area, and military area all being permanent buildings. Now the name of this place is the Vast City.

This is the territory of the Shi family, and of course there are shares of the Hou family in it. These are all on the surface, but in fact, there are still a lot of hot industries here.

There's no way, ten years in Hedong, ten years in Hexi. When the Hou family's Shi family was short of money, it was the Liuhuo that became more and more prosperous, and they had not funded the two of them over the years, not to mention, the Liuhuo also secretly sold them a batch of black iron soldier equipment, which was a good thing that could not be bought with money.

In the past ten years, it has been a decade of fierce soldiers and horses by all forces, and each family is about to dry up their families, and it has also squeezed the beacon fire of the Chu State everywhere. But just like that, the money is still not enough.

Especially on the vast front line, on the one hand, it is necessary to deal with the counterattack of the orcs at any time, and on the other hand, it is necessary to open up wasteland and repair the city. And these affairs are not problems that can be solved by magic weapons at all, everything needs gold.

They don't have the same way to make money as Driftfire, so they have to be cheeky to borrow money from Driftfire.

This thing sounds like a joke, but it's a naked reality. For a hundred years, the Creation Gate has been like a squirrel that has stored too much grain and grass, scavenging all kinds of magic weapons and materials all over the world, but he doesn't care about very ordinary money.

Jokes, how can the dignified awakened be interested in the gold that mortals care about?

But their jokes hadn't been told for a few years, and no one wanted to mention them anymore. The reason is very simple, the money cabinets of each family have bottomed out. In the past 10 years, the major families have recruited troops, reclaimed famine, built cities, and increased their intelligence networks, all of which cannot be solved by magic weapons, and require a large amount of money.

And money is always the most neglected resource of the awakened, and now it's too late to think about it temporarily.

It is in this context that the flowing water is becoming more and more dazzling, and all kinds of envy, jealousy and hatred.

However, Shi Meng and Hou Wen only had envy and gratitude in their hearts. There's no way, over the years, their family owes more than one million gold coins, and it is estimated that they have two million now.

Although Liuhuo didn't open his mouth to ask for debts, they always felt a little guilty in their hearts, and even when Liuhuo came to Cangcang City today, they were worried about whether they came to ask for debts.

If Liuhuo asks for debts, I'm really embarrassed to pay for it.

It wasn't until the figure of the Flowing Fire appeared from the mountain pass to the north that the two men stopped thinking and urged their horses forward to meet them.

"Good brother, I have invited you so many times and you have not come, this time you didn't say hello, and you came by yourself..."

Hou Wen also came over, "Since you are here, let's play for a few more days, there is a lot of wild game in the vast mountains, many of which are rare birds and beasts that are not available in the Chu State, you can be regarded as a blessing when you come..."

Surrounded by the two, Liuhuo didn't even have time to speak, and was hugged into the city.

In the evening of the same day, in the inner city of the vast city, a simple and chic dinner party was held. Three old friends, together, did not set any tables, in the small back garden by the pond, lit a bonfire, roasted a tender yellow sheep, surrounded by a large wine jar, and some dry goods to drink.

All the subordinates and maids all went to the side, and the three of them were together, barbecuing and drinking by themselves. It's a lot of fun.

After three bowls of wine, Shi Meng was not polite to Liuhuo, stuffed him with half a leg of mutton, and said with a big grin.

"Brother came just in time today, brother just happened to have something to ask you. I'll send someone to see you again when you're here... As you saw today, although the city is almost completed, there are still many castles on the outskirts that have not yet been built. Now I'm a little short of money, brother, you can borrow another 200,000 gold coins from my brother..."

As soon as Shi Meng finished speaking, Hou Wenhao took a sip of wine and squirted out. Oh, Brother Meng is amazing, this trick of retreating is really easy.

Regardless of the meaning of the flowing fire, let's cry poor first, and then ask you to borrow money. It doesn't matter if you borrow or not, anyway, as long as you refuse the 200,000 yuan, you will be a little unbearable in your heart, and you won't be tough when the time comes.

Okay, take the lead and file its sharpness, Brother Meng is definitely a master of the art of war.

But it's a pity that Liuhuo's answer made the two of them blush.

"What is 200,000 yuan enough for? I looked carefully during the day, the progress of your reclamation is too slow, and the fields near the vast city are still guaranteed, and many other farmlands are unprotected. If you don't build a few more forts, you won't be able to control such a large area..."

"Let me think about it, in a few months it will be Peishui's summer tax period, and the funds are still moving there, I will give you 600,000 first, so that you can build at least 6 fortresses, make it simpler first, and then repair it carefully when you have money..."

"Six fortresses are enough to protect thousands of acres of fertile land, so that your food pressure will be even less. When the food problem is solved, you can gradually move your smelter here, and then gradually move some livelihood industries... Of course, the conscription of displaced people cannot be stopped, so that in four or five years..."

......

The Drift Fire Pipe Civil Affairs really has a set, and it seems that daydreams have taught him a lot. Just a few bowls of wine helped Cangmancheng solve a big problem.

Shi Meng was now ashamed to slap his mouth, and Hou Wen also lowered his head and drank and didn't dare to interject. Both of them realized that the people who came to collect debts this time were not here to collect debts at all, and the two of us were purely self-inflicted.

Shi Meng couldn't hold back for a while, interrupted the words of the flowing fire, and said, "Brother's affection, brother is grateful... I'm ashamed to say that my two families now owe my brother no less than 2 million gold coins, but I didn't expect my brother to break his fortune again today... Hey, my brother is really panicked..."

Hou Wen didn't speak after listening, just nodded vigorously.

Liuhuo looked at their performance, thought back to what they had just said, and suddenly understood. Damn, these guys think I'm here to ask for a debt today?

Liuhuo's heart is half angry, half proud.

Angry is that his kindness has misunderstood others. And the half of his pride was that he remembered the situation when he first arrived at the Creation Gate more than ten years ago.

At that time, he was a poor boy at all, and he had nothing left. How many times did I need the relief of these two brothers to get through it. And now, in just ten years, he has become a person with such a big influence.

The poor boy of the year actually became a creditor today, just thinking about it is an incredible thing.

"2 million gold coins, what 2 million gold coins? How did you two calculate the account, it's obviously 1 million? Why did it turn over in your mouth?"

If the fire flowed, the brothers were stunned, and they didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in the fire gourd. But later, the two of them were even more grateful.

"Although I have provided you two with a lot of gold coins, you have also given me a lot of materials? Not to mention anything else, aren't the two high-quality iron ores in the Snow Mountain that you mined for nothing? The ores I have mined over the years have been accounted for, and a lot of arrears have been offset..."

"Also, the trade route from Cangmanshan to Peishui is now controlled by our merchants from Peishui, and you two have never confiscated taxes. You two don't want it, but I can't help it, it's already been registered in the account a long time ago, which also offsets a lot..."

"And, Fog Harbor. Your two shops have helped me with my sea vessels, and these are also counted as wages, and of course they have to be accounted for..."

"In addition, these rare products in the vast mountains, you have also entrusted me to deal with them, and the profits in them also have to be accounted for....In addition, there are some miscellaneous things, which have already offset your millions, and there are still 200 gold coins there..."

The calculation of the flow of fire in such a way made the two of them completely dumbfounded. Since elementary school, they have all kinds of spells and the method of leading troops to fight, and as for the daily economy, they are simply idiots.

In the end, Hou Wen was stunned and said, "It turns out that the accounts can be calculated so meticulously, I have been so confused all these years..."

What he said made Shi Meng feel the same way.

Actually, I don't blame them, after all, they have never received this kind of education, and the awakened don't need this kind of education. If Liuhuo didn't deal with half two gold, he wouldn't have understood how complicated business operations really were.

Half a tael of gold is worthy of being the uncrowned king in the secular world, and the huge capital reserves and terrifying resource allocation ability are not at all imagined by those old antiques in the Creation Gate.

Everyone says that Peishui is prosperous, but in fact, everyone only sees the appearance of a thing. You can see the intensively cultivated farmland, you can see the dazzling goods, and you can see the merchants from all over the world. But how much more can you not see?

The current Dawangcheng has gradually controlled the grain price of Chu, and Peishui itself is a high-yield area of grain, and Liuhuo attaches great importance to the grain reserve work, after ten years of operation, now Peishui's grain reserves are the highest in the entire Chu State.

Moreover, Banliang Jin and Liuhuo also secretly reached an agreement, and in recent years, they have specially begun to integrate the grain merchants of the whole Chu State. The business operation ability of the half-tael gold terror has been attacking everywhere like crazy in the past few years. First, send people to secretly establish contact with the big grain in various states, select a group of obedient key supporters, and focus on cracking down on those who dissident.

Where is the grain harvest? I'm sorry, Peishui's low-priced grain will pour over like a tide, and it won't be over unless the floor price is smashed out of a hellish price.

It would be even more embarrassing if the grain harvest failed there. Merchants with a lot of money will buy all the last rations of the people.

Flowing Fire knew that this was cruel, and he knew that this strategy would hurt many people, but in order to build his own food empire, this short-term pain could not be cared for.

It hasn't even been 3 years, and there is not a single grain merchant in the whole Chu country who is not controlled by half a tael of gold. Now in Dawang City, a hidden grain trading market is running every day.

In a word, what price does Lord Flowing Fire want to make food, that is the Holy Decree. The will of the God of Light, who dares to disobey.