Maoling Pass, which guards the main road at the junction of Lingzhou and Maozhou, was also established in secret in a very short period of time. It wasn't until after the war that the officials of Maozhou discovered the existence of Maoling Pass, and the Brotherhood built a direct road to Rongzhou on the border of Maozhou. When the Brotherhood fought with the Southern Army, Maoling Pass blocked the trade route, and now the Maoling Pass has been cleared, and this trade route has resumed its former liveliness again, and there are several waves of caravans between Rongzhou and Lingzhou every day, including some merchants from Mozhou and Beiliang.

The people of the caravan also heard that the brotherhood would defeat the imperial army, and after passing through Maoling Pass, they would be curious to look at the black metal pipes at the head of the city, it is said that these pipes defeated the imperial army, called artillery, a cannon can hit out a few miles, the power is extraordinary, the imperial court is afraid of this kind of firearms, and does not dare to attack Maoling Pass again.

On this day, another caravan passed through Maoling Pass, from the appearance and clothing of the people in the caravan, it is easy to see that these people should be the caravan from Beiliang, just like many past caravans, the people in this caravan are also watching the artillery at the head of Maoling Pass, compared to the curiosity of ordinary people, a little more sneaky. However, the Shanyue soldiers guarding the pass were already accustomed to it, and even guessed that it might be a spy, so they didn't stop it, but just urged the caravan to go through the formalities of passing through the customs quickly, register their names, places of origin, etc., and then receive identity cards, which everyone has them, even the accompanying slaves.

The formalities are very fast, and through Maoling Pass, it is a wide avenue that goes directly to Lingzhou City.

"What can you see?"

After passing the customs, Xiao Tianyou asked a few people in the caravan in a low voice, he also looked around for a while just now, of course he didn't see anything, and looking at the expressions of those Shanyue soldiers, he didn't seem to care about the prying eyes of outsiders.

"It's a little like a fire dragon's roar, but I've heard that it can hit miles away, and it's still so powerful...... It's incomprehensible! One of them shook his head.

These people are some craftsmen and craftsmen in the Beiliang Military Workshop, and they are all experts in making ordnance and firearms. Xiao Tianyou was naturally disappointed, but it was not unexpected, originally he didn't expect to be able to see the doorway of this firearm just by looking at it from a distance, if it was really that simple, it would not become the support of the brotherhood.

Coming to Lingzhou this time, Xiao Tianyou was a little apprehensive, he listened to Jiang Yunhe's strategy earlier, and spread the news that Xiao Tianlei helped Beiliang fight, hoping to let the Great Xia court deal with Xiao Tianlei and force Xiao Tianlei to take refuge in Beiliang, but he didn't expect that the brotherhood would rebel directly, and successfully occupied Lingzhou, relying on the city and sharp weapons, blocking the imperial army, carefully analyzed, everyone knows that the brotherhood was premeditated. However, after all, Xiao Tianlei was designed, Xiao Tianlei looked a little stunned, Xiao Tianyou only knew after contacting him, this kid is a ghost and a ghost, I can't guess anything, and Xiao Tianlei's temperament is my own way, in case one is unhappy, then this trip to Lingzhou, I am afraid that there are some risks.

However, Xiao Tianyou was also prepared, first of all, he brought a lot of cold iron, Xuanbing iron and other strange gold, of course, it was not to apologize to Xiao Tianlei, but more as a meeting gift, to get closer to Xiao Tianlei and try to get artillery.

Riding on the horse, while thinking, Xiao Tianyou noticed that Lingzhou was different from other places, along the avenue, many roads on both sides were also built very smooth, and the villages were seen on both sides of the road, rows of new houses with some special styles, neatly arranged, many village houses were still under construction, people were busy, running fast, and none of them were idle.

There are also some wide four-wheeled carriages on the road, which can be called one or twenty people, and only need to pay one or two dollars to ride. I heard passers-by say that they are called buses, these four-wheeled carriages, go to and from a fixed route, and can sit all the way to Lingzhou City, but they need to change a few stops.

When he arrived in Lingzhou City, Xiao Tianyou did not rush to see Xiao Tianlei, but first found an inn to settle down, and walked around the street, Xiao Tianyou opened his eyes and saw a lot of new things, what left road, right road, health administrator, public toilet or something, Xiao Tianyou was fined for spitting, however, Lingzhou City is indeed cleaner and more orderly than many cities he has seen, the traffic is busy, people come and go along the prescribed road, I can't imagine at all, the imperial court has attacked Lingzhou before, The people here are as busy doing their own things as if they were all fine, and neither idlers nor beggars can see them.

There are many novel shops in Lingzhou City, and goods and food are sold from all over the world.

And there is no superior nobleman in Lingzhou, rich is the uncle, the brotherhood has many preferential treatment for businessmen, businessmen do not have to be as cautious as in the field, in various restaurants, businessmen get together to eat and drink and talk, one by one is extremely excited, hot discussion of gold leaf, dragon's blood wine, potpourri dew, glass mirror and other goods of some things.

"Dragon's blood wine, gold leaf, I also tasted it once, that taste, tsk, I will never forget it for the rest of my life!"

"I've heard people say that now the Emperor of Great Xia has to drink a glass of dragon blood wine and suck a pinch of golden leaves at every meal, that is really a day only for immortals!"

"What about the emperor, these goods are only delivered once a year, and the quantity is limited, there is no goods, and if you have money, you can only stare dryly, and those maritime merchants are about to arrive in Qionghai Sea Market this year, so they must have to fall into the hands of the Sea Shark Gang and the Brotherhood."

In the early years, the rare goods such as gold leaf, dragon's blood wine, potpourri dew, and glass treasure mirror were all sold in Yazhou Haishi, but later the pirates of the South China Sea and the East China Sea joined forces to establish a Canghai Alliance, which hindered the trade routes. Those overseas merchants had to come to Qionghai Sea Market to sell goods, and with this transaction alone, the Brotherhood and the Sea Shark Gang could eat enough every year, not to mention all kinds of goods from the small countries in the west, and those merchants in the east hated the pirates of the Canghai Alliance. ”

"If you want to say that this Sea Shark Gang is also powerful, and it can work against the Canghai Alliance, I heard that the Canghai Alliance has suffered a lot of losses in the hands of the Sea Shark Gang."

"Fortunately, Qionghai has a sea shark gang blocking the Canghai League, and the toll collected is not high, otherwise, if Qionghai is also occupied by the Canghai League, it will be difficult to do business at that time."

"Where did the Sea Sharks come from?"

"I don't know, like the Brotherhood, it's mysterious, Qionghai City was originally a partnership between the Brotherhood and the Sea Shark Gang."

"Partnering with the Brotherhood...... The origin is definitely not simple, it's just that now that the Brotherhood occupies Lingzhou, the Brotherhood can still tolerate the Sea Shark Gang? ”

"These two guys are not good at stubble, but if you want to talk about doing business and doing business, it is very reputable."

"I've heard that the Brotherhood and the Sea Sharks are secretly in the same group."

"It's possible."

"Don't worry about this kind of idleness, we still do our business, and everyone gets rich!"

"Yes, it's not so convenient for other states to do business, but I don't know how long Lingzhou can maintain this situation now?"

"......" a businessman is silent, Lingzhou's voice is easy to do, easy to make a fortune, for businessmen, the world can no longer find such a good place, but although the current situation in Lingzhou is good, but to say that Lingzhou can fight against Great Xia, no one really believes it.

At this moment, a man who looked like a man came upstairs and shouted: "Boss, it's here, it's here!" ”

"It's arrived!? Come on! Let's go! "A merchant didn't care about anything, and ran downstairs with incredible speed.

The other merchants were stunned, and they also reacted instantly, what else could make this businessman so excited except dragon blood wine, gold leaf, potpourri dew, glass treasure mirror and other things! glanced at each other, friends who were still eating, drinking and chatting together, but at this time, they all became competitors, and the next moment, they rushed downstairs, and even a few people were stuck in the corridor.

"Guest, your money!" The restaurant was anxiously shouting, but these merchants didn't care about giving money.

"Come back and give it to you!" A merchant shouted, rushed out, boarded the carriage and urged vigorously.

There were many similar scenes on the streets, and many merchants were running for fear of giving others a head start.

Xiao Tianyou saw the benefits of one-way streets at this time, once he got into the lane, he was not afraid of crashing at all, the road was smooth, and he was moving forward. When Xiao Tianyou came to Lingzhou, he originally wanted to buy some dragon blood wine, gold leaf, potpourri dew, glass treasure mirror and other things, which are also very valuable in Beiliang, especially the miraculous effect of dragon blood wine and gold leaf, which made many powerful people rush to it, but looking at the crazy posture of these businessmen, he estimated that he had no hope. However, he felt that if he went to find Xiao Tianlei, he should have a way to get some.

Xiao Tianyou didn't delay any longer, found someone to ask where the entrance of the brotherhood hall was, and went to Pudu Temple.

As a result, Xiao Tianyou hit a wall at the door, even if he said that he was Xiao Tianlei's brother, the guard just asked him to register, and then went back to wait, as for whether he could see it, it was not necessarily.

Xiao Tianyou said something bad, and stuffed money to the guard, and the guard said in a loud voice: "You are bribing me, and the money will be confiscated!" ”

"......" Xiao Tianyou was speechless, he couldn't please the money stuffed, and after thinking about it for a while, Xiao Tianyou said that he had brought a lot of Qijin as a gift this time and wanted to give it to Xiao Tianlei, and then, Xiao Tianyou soon met Xiao Tianlei.

Xiao Tianlei is working in Pudu Temple, and there have been many affairs recently, especially the trading of dragon's blood wine, tobacco, and perfume, although some people may speculate about the relationship between the Brotherhood and the Sea Shark Gang, and guess the origin of dragon's blood wine, tobacco, and perfume, he still plans to pretend to be overseas merchants as in previous years, and transport those goods to Qionghai City for sale, and then sell them to other merchants through the Brotherhood and the Sea Shark Gang, and the price basically remains the same as the original price.

Recently, there are often some inexplicable people who ask to meet, and they are not here to talk about business, Xiao Tianlei is naturally too lazy to see, Xiao Tianyou is here, Xiao Tianlei is a little unhappy, to say that the last time the things on the battlefield in Northern Xinjiang spread so fast, Bei Liang's suspicion is very great, I didn't want to see it, however, I heard that I brought a lot of Qijin as a meeting gift, and the benefits of sending it to the door, don't do it in vain, although I know that Xiao Tianyou must have some purpose, so I reluctantly listen.

"Brother clan, it's not easy to see you!" As soon as they met, Xiao Tianyou couldn't help but sigh, as soon as this clan brother heard that it was beneficial, he immediately appeared, should he say that he was straightforward or snobbish?

Saying hello, Xiao Tianlei didn't bother to tell Xiao Tianyou about those vain things, and asked, "Brother clan, what business are you doing in Lingzhou this time?" ”

Xiao Tianyou naturally did not reveal the true purpose and discernment, and said with a grateful face: "In the battle of Bailuyuan, the clan brother was of great help to my Beiliang, and the clan brother left in a hurry, and my aunt was very sorry, this time, I specially brought some gifts for my brother to show my gratitude." Also, when I heard about the Brotherhood uprising, I came to see if there was anything I could do to help my brother, and if so, just ask. ”

Xiao Tianlei naturally wouldn't believe that Xiao Tianyou was so kind, but the benefits still had to be accepted first, and said: "Since that's the case, then I'm not welcome, I'll accept the gift, as for helping or anything, there's no need to help, by the way, the clan brother will help me check, which bastard leaked my things in Northern Xinjiang, I will definitely want him to look good!" Xiao Tianlei looked dissatisfied, but in fact, he didn't care so much in his heart, that is, he made a gesture.

Xiao Tianyou's heart jumped, so he had to hurriedly say, "Eh...... Brother will do his best to investigate this matter! ”

"What else is going on, brother?" Xiao Tianlei asked, and he didn't want to go around in circles with Xiao Tianyou.

Xiao Tianyou no longer beat around the bush, and said directly: "I heard that the Brotherhood has a firearm in its hands, called artillery, which is extremely powerful, and the army of the imperial court was defeated by this firearm, I don't know if it is true?" ”

"Well, there is such a thing, but it is not so exaggerated to talk about the power of artillery." Xiao Tianlei didn't deny it.

Xiao Tianyou then asked, "Can the artillery be taken out?" ”

"Not for sale." Xiao Tianlei didn't think about it and flatly refused.

"If you can, you can open the conditions as you like." Xiao Tianyou patted his chest and promised.

"No need to talk." Xiao Tianlei refused again, how could the artillery be sold, don't even think about it, when the technology is passed out, let others fight themselves, although the technology of artillery has been quite advanced, Xiao Tianlei does not dare to underestimate people's creativity, the basic principle is not complicated, there are firearms such as fire dragon roar in the army, maybe after a while you can imitate artillery, but, as long as the key technology is in hand, if you want to reach the same level, there is still a long way to go, anyway, a little ahead is a little bit.

Xiao Tianyou didn't give up, and said, "Uh...... Brother, now that most of the soldiers and horses in Great Xia are in northern Xinjiang, there is no way to transfer troops to conquer Lingzhou, if Great Xia frees up his hands...... However, if my Bei Liang can suppress the army of Great Xia, they will not be able to take care of Lingzhou, which will also be good for your brotherhood! ”

"I know all of this, but artillery just can't be sold! It's useless to say anything. ”

Xiao Tianlei bit to death, Xiao Tianyou couldn't help it, and he didn't mention the matter of artillery anymore, thinking about another way, slowly trying to figure it out, and he couldn't spoil the relationship with Xiao Tianlei because of this, the rebellion of the Brotherhood Lingzhou was also a good thing for Beiliang, so that the rear of Daxia was unstable, even if he couldn't get artillery, he had to get closer.

Xiao Tianyou changed the topic and said, "Before leaving, my aunt specially asked me to visit my relatives in Lingzhou, brother, you can see ......."

"Oh...... Go ahead, I've got a bunch of things to attend to. Xiao Tianlei said, this kind of ushering and sending is a waste of time, and he will not participate.

"......" Xiao Tianyou thought that Xiao Tianlei would accompany him, but as a result, Xiao Tianlei didn't care about him, so he let him go by himself, looking at Xiao Tianlei's posture, he didn't plan to send it.

Xiao Tianyou really had no choice, so he had to take someone to go by himself, hoping to have a relationship with Xiao Tianlei's family, maybe things could take a turn for the better, and he was about to say goodbye to Xiao Tianlei, when a guard came in outside: "Report!" ”

"What's the matter?" Xiao Tianlei asked.

"There are guests from outside the door, saying that they are relatives of the leader, from Xiaoyi in Langya County, and two others say that they are your cousins." The guard reported.

"Hey, what day is it? Relatives have come in droves, delaying time. Xiao Tianlei complained, and he roughly knew who was coming, but there seemed to be no need to see him, so he still asked: "Did they bring good things?" ”

"......" Xiao Tianyou slandered on the side, and his feelings were able to meet Xiao Tianlei's side, completely because of the face of those Qijin, and this clan brother really didn't talk about it at all.

"No, we let them go, and the two cousins of the leader were very angry and made a noise at the door!"

Xiao Tianlei didn't think about it, so he said: "Dare to make noise at our door, follow the old rules, and clean up." ”

"Alas...... Brothers, they are all of the same clan, why bother, it's better to go out and have a look. Xiao Tianyou stood up to dissuade him.

Xiao Tianlei thought about it, Xiao Tianyou could still say that he didn't know if he wasn't there, but Xiao Tianyou was a witness, and said, "Then give the clan brother a face and go out and take a look." ”

"My face is really worthless...... Alas! Xiao Tianyou sighed in his heart. (To be continued.) )