——Gods——

Nanzhan Buzhou.

"Since the Taiqing Saint has not yet decided on the candidate, why don't you follow me to see the monarch of the Shang Kingdom? At this time, he was about to go to the Xia capital, and he debated with the king of Xia about the sudden increase in taxes, and my junior brother and sister were secretly guarding him, as long as it was not an attack launched by demons and monsters, it would be left to him to deal with, so that he should be able to easily see his strength, right? ”

After the Xia King returned to the Xia capital after attempting to plunder the Min tribe, Zhao Gongming sent an invitation to Xuandu.

"Well, in fact, Shizun is slightly inclined to Kunwu, Wei, Gu and other Xia Dynasty Fang States, they have been affiliated with the alliance for many years, and if they are replaced, they should receive very little opposition." Xuandu thought about it and responded.

"Hehe, they may 'can', but not 'maybe', the reason is precisely that they have lived next to the Xia Dynasty for many years," Zhao Gongming shook his finger: "Do you think the emperors of the Xia Dynasty will not be wary of these Fang States that may 'take over' at any time?" Unprepared for their possible backlash? If I had to say, if the monarch of the country had made such a decision, it was likely that the decree would have been assassinated on the spot before it even went out. ”

“…… Truly. Xuandu looked at Zhao Gongming in a daze and thought for a long time, then nodded in agreement.

"Back to the Shang Kingdom, indeed, it has only one city, but also because there is only one city, the Xia Dynasty is completely unable to target it, as long as the merchants take the money, they can make a comeback wherever they go, and the developed transportation ensures that they are well-informed, run and, and run away, and its monarch in order to gain time to prepare, even took the initiative to go to the Xia capital as a hostage to dispel the suspicion of the Xia King, if it is not it that overthrows the Xia Dynasty in the end, it is strange." Zhao Gongming talked eloquently.

"Hmm...... He is worthy of being the 'God of Wealth', always speaking for the richest 'businessmen'. Xuandu responded.

"It's a matter of facts, that's what it is." Zhao Gongming does not deny this.

"So, where is this Shang monarch now?" Xuandu basically preliminarily accepted Zhao Gongming's statement, and this sentence meant that he had accepted the invitation.

Zhao Gongming was naturally very happy, and turned to look in the direction of Shangguo, "Although he and I set off at the same time, after all, he is the king of a country, and he still brought a lot of people and goods on this trip, so he walked a little slowly, and now he should go——"

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Pig Wei country.

When Zhao Gongming took Xuandu to find the convoy of the Shang prince, the team had just arrived at the "Fenwei Kingdom", one of the Fang states of the Xia Dynasty.

This Fang Guojun is also surnamed Xi, and his ancestors had been the king of Xia during a certain Xia Dynasty, so it is a strange "hateful relative" relationship with the Xia king at this time.

The tribes of the country specialize in raising large animals such as pigs, cattle and sheep, and produce meat, leather and wool, hence the name "shi wei", which means "pig (or cow) skin".

"We are merchants from the merchant country, let me see your goods."

"It's all here."

"You're kidding, the pork that has been left for three days, the skin that has failed to tanned and soaked in water, I don't think I made it clear, we are 'merchants of the Shang country', not the kind of fools who have no eyesight."

"Try it and it doesn't cost anything, so you can take a look at these."

"Well, there are a few overnight ones, but it's okay, I'll take them all—besides, do you accept silk, crockery, wine, and oil to pay the bill?"

"We are quite lacking, but the specific proportion depends on the quality."

Zilu was very skillful in trading among the various tribal villages within the Fenwei Kingdom, and it was impossible for anyone who had never seen him in the Shang King's Palace to think that this young merchant with excellent eyesight was the king of the Shang Kingdom.

"Hmm...... He brought a lot of gifts with him when he set out from Shangguo—I thought they were gifts," Zhao Gongming explained to Xuandu, who was looking at the Shang king curiously, in the nearby sky: "Unexpectedly, he sold most of them along the way, and after repurchasing the goods, he repeated this behavior in the next town and village, and the value of the goods in his convoy has increased by about ...... Thrice. ”

"Is he going to give King Xia a bunch of meat and leather?" Xuandu asked, looking at the full convoy.

"After arriving in the summer capital, presumably he will sell these local products again and buy gifts on the spot," Zhao Gongming pinched his fingers and calculated: "If nothing else, the value of the gifts he gives at that time will be about five times that of when he goes out to carry them." ”

"Obviously going to be a hostage?"

"I'm obviously going to be a hostage."

Next, Xuandu seemed to be really considering recommending Shang Guo to Taishang Laojun, and he had been carefully watching Prince Shang's every move, ignoring Zhao Gongming, so that Zhao Gongming, who originally wanted to take advantage of Taiyi's absence, secretly sighed and lifted a stone to shoot himself in the foot.

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"Hahaha! We smelled gold from ten miles away! Hand over all your gold! ”

Unsurprisingly, this caravan, with a serious disparity in wealth and force, attracted a group of robbers as it passed through the border between the Fenwei Kingdom and the Xia Dynasty, four times the number of Shang kings' subordinates.

"Oh-oh? Will the Exploding Immortal and the Golden Light Madonna make a move? Xuandu had obviously already discovered the two Sect Interception Golden Immortals who had turned into human forms, and asked with joy after seeing this situation.

"Hmm...... Basically, no," Zhao Gongming looked at the lowly bandits: "This is a dispute within the human race, those two junior brothers and sisters are only responsible for protecting the Shang King himself, and his property and retinue are not included - I guess he deliberately exchanged the goods for meat that is not of high value and difficult to carry in order to deal with this kind of thing." ”

"Oh? Do the Shang kings know about the fact that you are 'protecting only him'? Xuandu turned his head and looked at Zhao Gongming.

"I didn't say it explicitly, but as the monarch of the Shang Kingdom, it was normal for him to guess it, and now it only depends on how he responds," Zhao Gongming looked at the convoy that was slow to move because of the overload: "If he decisively drops the goods and escapes......

"There is no gold, there is a sword! You don't want anything from me! The Shang King directly drew his sword and greeted it: "If you say it wrong, you will get my sword, when I stick it in your chest!" ”

"......" Zhao Gongming was speechless for a while, is this still the Shang king who wants to be a hostage to fight for opportunities for the Shang country?

"What did you kid say!?" The bandit leader also looked completely incredulous.

"I said, I'm going to take your bowl - phew, I'm going to use your skull as a bowl!" Zi Xu changed his sentence, and the content was still very bad.

Zhao Gongming frowned and observed carefully, and then saw the Golden Light Holy Mother who was hiding aside and secretly teaching the Shang King to speak.

"Wow! Give me the little ones, kill this mouthy one first! The leader of the robbers shouted angrily.

As soon as he said this, he saw the Golden-winged Dapeng and the Golden Light Holy Mother, who had changed into ordinary guards, each rushing out with their big swords.

Zhao Gongming covered his face, why did he forget that Qi Qi was particularly keen on provoking a fight?

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