The Heavenly Demon Merchants were all thrown into the river, and the merchant ships of the Heavenly Demon Clan were also driven out of the ferry and floated on the river.

Liuyunwei brought a chair, Xu Maosheng respectfully invited Ye Xuan to sit down, and said with a bitter face: "City Lord, you beat the merchants of the Heavenly Demon Clan, and your subordinates are also very relieved, but one-fifth of Liuyundu's trade comes from the Heavenly Demon Clan. If you refuse to allow the Heavenly Demon Merchant Ship to dock, there are too many interests involved, I'm afraid it will ......"

"Are you stupid? Now that the ships of the Heavenly Demon Clan have sailed here, can they still drive back? Let the chamber of commerce in the city buy the whole shipload of goods, and the price will be reduced to the lowest and blow them up. Ye Xuan rolled his eyes and said.

Xu Maosheng's cheeks twitched, thinking that the master in front of him was ruthless enough, and then said: "If that's the case, I'm afraid these Heavenly Demon Merchants won't agree." What if they sailed north, entered Lushui, and traded in other cities? There are at least a dozen big cities on the Lushui River. If this is the case, our river transportation revenue in Liuyun City will be lost in vain. ”

Xu Maosheng is the city guard of Liuyun City, and there are many things to consider.

Now that the river transportation revenue is the backbone of Liuyun City, it has been reduced by one-fifth, and this loss is difficult to erase.

Ye Xuan glanced at him and said, "The three dams I built on the canal were built for nothing? ”

Xu Maosheng's cheeks continued to twitch, wiping his sweat with his sleeve, and said, "City Lord, if you do this, it will cause condemnation from the merchants of the Heavenly Demon Clan. ”

"This is called a monopoly, I opened the canal, and if you want to cross it from here, you have to pay for the road. As for the denunciation of the merchants of the Heavenly Demon Clan, Longyuan Prefecture is still fighting, and Lao Tzu is very kind if he doesn't kill them. "Ye Xuan is so horizontal.

"Isn't this too domineering......" Xu Maosheng continued to wipe his sweat.

"I'm just so domineering, what's the matter? If those Heavenly Demon Merchants are not happy, they can continue to take the Southern Wasteland Trade Road, and no one forces them to take the canal. ”

Xu Maosheng thought about it for a while, and finally understood the horror of this canal.

With Ye Xuan's domineering approach now, are the Heavenly Demon Merchants willing to give up the canal and continue to take the trade route of Southern Wasteland?

Xu Maosheng's answer is: No!

Walking in the southern wilderness, the short is one month, the long is two months, although the road is flat, but there is a danger of being attacked by monsters and strongmen.

The canal is different, from Longze Lake all the way to Liuyun City, if there are birds and spirit beasts pulling boats, it will take two days.

If you take a trip to Nanhuangzhou, you can go back and forth on the canal more than a dozen times, and the gap between them is simply not on one level.

Therefore, no matter how domineering Liuyun City was, the Heavenly Demon Merchants could only take the canal.

Now, Ye Xuan directly did not allow the Heavenly Demon Clan's merchant ships to dock, and the canal dam did not allow the Heavenly Demon Merchant Ships to pass through.

Then the goods on these ships will either be transferred to the Chamber of Commerce in Liuyun City at a low price, or they will rot in the river.

Holding the canal in his hand, he is so domineering.

Of course, if a city treats an ancient country so domineeringly and continues, it is likely to attract the conquest of this ancient country.

Therefore, ordinary cities would not dare to treat the Heavenly Demon Clan like this.

Ye Xuan didn't care, he had to be on guard against the pressure of the Heavenly Demon Ancient Kingdom at any time, even if he didn't have a demon clan merchant all day long, the Heavenly Demon Ancient Kingdom wanted to rush up and attack Liuyun City.

In this case, if you don't do it, you won't stop it, and you will earn the spirit stone first.

......

After dealing with the Heavenly Demon Clan's merchant ship, Ye Xuan called the little girl in front of him again and asked, "Where is your father?"

"Daddy is working. The little girl stretched out her hand and pointed in the direction of the guide's ferry.

The porter who recognized the little girl next to him helped to answer: "City Lord, her father, like us rough men, is to make some hard-earned money by moving goods for people, and I saw him in the morning, as if he was going to the inner city to deliver goods to people." Her mother was cooking a big pot of rice at the ferry, and it was time to eat soon, and it was the time when she was busy, and the child didn't know that she was being bullied here. ”

Ye Xuan glanced at Xu Maosheng next to him and ordered, "Send someone to call her father and mother over." ”

Xu Maosheng sent someone to look for it, and it didn't take long for a couple to run over in a hurry, and when they arrived in front of Ye Xuan, they knelt down and said, "City Lord, did my girl do something wrong? ”

"Get up first, I have a few words to ask. Ye Xuan's voice was calm, and he couldn't tell whether he was happy or angry.

The couple glanced at each other, did not dare to get up, and hurriedly kowtowed and pleaded.

Xu Maosheng saw it, stepped forward and said, "Your girl didn't commit a crime, the city lord won't punish you, get up and talk back." ”

The couple stood up in disbelief, bowed their heads, and did not dare to move.

Ye Xuan didn't start asking immediately, but looked at the situation in Liuyundu Square, and saw many children selling things with baskets, this family was not a special case.

"There are a lot of kids selling alcohol here. ”

This sentence was not an inquiry, but Xu Maosheng still answered: "Yes, most of the people who came down from the merchant ship were big businessmen, and most of the people who had been on the trade route for a long time were addicted to alcohol, and the wine was easy to sell." ”

"I'm talking about children. Ye Xuan emphasized.

Xu Maosheng was stunned for a moment, glanced at the couple next to him, and threw the question to them: "What does the city lord ask you for?" ”

The man was stunned, and asked with some puzzlement: "City Lord, let the child sell wine at the dock, can it be subsidized for the family, is there any problem?"

Ye Xuan knew that in this world, the children of ordinary families had to work in the fields at a very young age, and this kind of thing was a normal thing in this world, but he just felt uncomfortable looking at it.

"How much money can a child make selling wine at the dock?" Ye Xuan asked.

This time, it was the little girl's mother who took the initiative to answer: "Erya is very capable, and sometimes the money from selling wine is more than what I earn from cooking and laundry." ”

"Have you ever thought about letting your children study and practice martial arts?" Ye Xuan asked again.

"A girl's family, what kind of books to read, what kind of martial arts to practice. When the man heard this, he waved his hand.

"I heard you call her Erya, is there a big one in the family?" Ye Xuan asked again.

"Yes, there is also an eldest son, today twelve, imaginary years old, in the city as an apprentice to the shopkeeper of the wine shop, can learn to settle accounts, can also recognize a few words, and will have a future interest. The man immediately said happily.

Ye Xuan thought for a while and asked, "If there is a school in the city that allows your children to study and practice martial arts, are you willing to send your children there?"

The couple glanced at each other, and the man replied with serious thoughts: "If the money I earn can support it, of course I am willing, but it is just ......"

"I don't charge money. Ye Xuan corrected.

"Don't want money?" the man was a little confused.

"Yes, no money. ”

"Of course it's good to have such a school, I will definitely let my stinky boy quit his apprenticeship and go to the school to study, so that I can carry a few more boxes of goods every day. The man replied immediately.

Ye Xuan frowned and said, "I mean let your sons and daughters go to the academy to study and practice martial arts." ”

The man was stunned again, and said, "How can the girl go to the school to study and practice martial arts?"

Ye Xuan's face was a little unhappy, not for this man, but for their deep-rooted thoughts.

Xu Maosheng was a little unhappy when he saw this master, and hurriedly scolded the man: "When the city lord asks you, you answer truthfully, do you have the right to question?"

"Yes, yes......" The man immediately knelt down and said, "Let my eldest son go to the academy to study and practice martial arts, naturally I am willing." But there has to be someone to support the family, where can I afford two children to study? ”

The little girl listened to it for so long, her eyes were red, and she pulled the corner of her clothes and whispered, "I can come to the ferry to sell wine after school......

(End of chapter)