"Woo~ It's so lively, although Jinyang is also very lively, but I feel that there seems to be a completely different kind of excitement here."

As soon as I entered the city of Mayi, a feeling completely different from that of Jinyang rushed to my face.

Jinyang as the ruling center of the state army, but also the location of various core administrative and academic institutions of the state army, but also in the vicinity of the captivity of tens of thousands of Huns, it can be said that at this time Jinyang is like Luoyang, as long as it is a capable family, are to build a mansion here or around, put some fields, but also here is also the center of logistics, and all kinds of materials and treasures under the rule of the state army are also gathered in Jinyang, so all kinds of businesses will also set up the general number or important semicolon in Jinyang, This gave Jinyang a majestic atmosphere like Chang'an Luoyang in a short period of time.

Even with the improvement of education, the bookish atmosphere in the Jinyang area has become a little stronger, so that under the rule of the Bingzhou Army, in addition to having a political center and a military center, Jinyang also has two more titles: cultural center and economic center.

But Ma Yi is completely different from Jinyang.

Although it is also very prosperous, it does not have the feeling of wealth and grace of Jinyang, but there is a heroic smell - not only can you often see travelers and merchants wearing swords, but also the way of buying and selling goods is also very bold.

Of course, you can also call it primitive.

I don't know if it's because of the influence of the northern grasslands, or for some other reason, if it's just that the people go to buy some daily goods, they can probably still use copper coins, which are the smallest currency in Han currency. For larger transactions, such as buying a few stones of rice, you may also use silk, and then that's it.

The rest of the trade, whether it was the purchase of grain or war horses, or the purchase of goods from the south, was basically bartering—cattle and horses for grain or luxury goods, spun wool for animal skins, and spirits for materials from the north that could only be produced in the grasslands...... There may be a dispute over the price, or even a scuffle. But if the two sides are evenly matched. Deals are often easy to close. And if one side shows weakness, there is a possibility of losing money on the price.

"This way of trading is really distinctive." Li Shushi is really very emotional.

It is said that it was the rule set by Wen Yuan at the beginning. At that time, Wen Yuan also said that "businessmen are heavy on profits, if they trade in this way, even if it is just for the benefit of baht." The merchants will fight to the death. In time. Even the most cowardly businessman will become fierce'. Although I don't know why he has such insight at such a young age. But it seems to make a lot of sense. ”

"But in this way, it will be very troublesome for the government to manage."

"I've heard that it was true at first. However, with the help of the Zhang family and other local heroes, everyone has been accustomed to this rule for a long time, so it is now. On the contrary, I think this kind of rule is very much in line with the appetite of the Northland boys, and if anyone plans to abolish this rule, it will probably be boycotted by everyone. Even if you are honest, I am afraid you will not be able to reverse this custom. ”

"If there is a dispute, then it is easy to add fists and kicks, won't there be a character who bullies and dominates the market?"

"Fights are all heads-up, and group fights are not allowed. You can't use weapons and hidden weapons, including fist gloves and iron tiger fingers, and you can only fight the enemy with your bare hands. And it is not allowed to force buying and selling, if you feel that the other party's bid is not suitable, at most you will be beaten, if you find that someone is forced to buy and sell, the government will not sit idly by, and all kinds of businessmen in the city will also jointly launch a boycott. ”

"If there are detailed regulations and can be strictly enforced, then the prosperity of Changji in Mayi can be expected."

"The book is really good. Most of the credit for Mayi's current prosperity should belong to most of the people who consciously maintain it, but if it were not for us and the state army to protect the security here, it would not have been possible to develop to this level. In any case, not everyone can stand the crazy atmosphere on the side of Heijo, the benefits are great, but the risks are also extremely high. ”

When he arrived at Mayi, Zhang Xiu would not stay, although he still hoped to serve his master and take care of his little junior brother by the way, but he was directly driven away by Tong Yuan, although the current Tong Yuan definitely couldn't beat Zhang Xiu, but seeing Zhang Xiu in front of the angry Tong Yuan was completely like a mouse meeting a cat, Li Shushi had an illusion of extra joy.

Of course, it can also be seen from this that this "one day as a teacher and a father for life" is really not a casual nonsense.

"Shushi, do you say that we live in Wenyuan's manor, or find an inn or inn at random. However, if we choose the latter, our team of more than 1,000 people is afraid that none of them will be able to eat them all, and if we are separated, we are afraid of ......"

"Don't be so troublesome, leave the necessary number of people, and the others will let Wen Yuan's brother named Zhang Pan arrange a place, anyway, it won't stay here for long, but it's only three or five days, don't be so troublesome, just have a place to be satisfied, I haven't seen you frown when you set up a tent in the wilderness before, how did you enter the city but become delicate, this is not good, this is not good."

Although Li Shushi's "vacation trip" this time cannot be said to be a big fanfare, he did not deliberately hide his whereabouts, and he also brought several generals' personal soldiers with him, plus his core personal guard troops, adding up to more than 2,000 people, no matter how you look at it, this number is really a lot.

It is important to know that caravans that are accustomed to traveling to and from the northern steppes naturally carry a different number of guards, but even the largest caravans rarely have more than 300 guards. This is not because the merchants are not able to hire so many people, but because they are trying to avoid suspicion - 500 people is enough to be considered a subversive force for some small and remote counties, so such a large team will not only make the local people uneasy, but all kinds of surveillance, distrust and even searches will also cost the business travelers far more than they think.

The second reason for this is that with the character of a merchant, the number of guards recruited must be directly related to the number of goods carried, and if it is escorted by an entourage of more than 1,000 people, you can imagine how big a caravan will be. How many supplies will be carried.

Master Ma once accurately defined the characteristics of a merchant - if there is a triple profit, the merchant dares to trample on the laws of the world, and those Hu people on the grassland may not be as cunning as the merchant, but they are not bad at cost accounting, but they give up a lot of long-term interests because they focus too much on immediate interests, but because of this, their behavior is more direct and barbaric. As long as they believe that robbery can be gained, as long as they don't get hurt because of it, they won't care even if the sacrifice is great.

The super caravan that went deep into the steppe was obviously enough to conform to such a law. Attracted the attention of even the Xianbei royal court.

That's why. There are many shops in Mayi that entertain merchants and merchants, but none of them have the ability to eat Li Shushi's troops, so Li Shushi will send most of them to live in Zhang's house in Mayi temporarily, and he will leave a few elites to accompany him. It can be regarded as a good "fun with the people". Maybe you can also try the "bargaining tour" that is characteristic of Mayi?

All right. Su Xiaololi beside her couldn't help but roll up her sleeves, looking eager to try.

I hope those merchants will not be cut to suicide by Su Xiaololi - although Su Xiaololi will not bully people or anything, but she can accurately control the proportions of price negotiations. It can definitely be pressed directly to the other party's psychological bottom line.

In the past, such bargaining was achieved entirely on the lips, but now there is an opportunity to use force...... Amen.

Such a prayer is naturally given to those businessmen, because Li Shushi is very skeptical that Su Xiaololi will take this opportunity to find a few sandbags to vent her anger or something, because he has heard that Su Xiaololi is discussing with Zhen Xiaololi next to her how to find the locals to ask the locals which boss in Mayi City is the most arrogant and unpopular in business, although it seems that he intends to eliminate harm for the people, but with Li Shushi's understanding of Su Xiaololi, this is definitely the prelude to the murderous Loli planning to let go of play.

Of course, because Su Xiaololi is very measured, and more importantly, with the backing of the state army, Su Xiaololi can play casually, anyway, as long as she doesn't play across the line, Li Shushi can completely teach those guys who have their brains in water how to be people again.

Thinking about it like this, Li Shushi felt that his mature and calm heart suddenly sprouted a youthful power mouth!

But before that, you should take someone to Zhang's house to sit down, and say hello to the head snake here, after all, Zhang Wenyuan is also a general under his command, but the relationship between the two sides cannot be said to be very close, and even because of the thorn of Ding Yuan, Zhang Liao has always been a little cautious in the Bingzhou army, even if Li Shushi promoted him to the position of general of Liangzhou, this general who could shock the grassland when he was young in this plane did not do anything earth-shattering.

Second, I hope to learn about the situation in the north through guò Zhang Fan's channel. Maybe Zhang Fan's intelligence gathering ability cannot be compared with Jia Wenhe and Guo Fengxiao, but after all, it is an old family rooted in Mayi for dozens of generations, and has been operating the trade route to the north, so naturally there are some unique ways of intelligence sources, and these intelligence resources, even Jia Wenhe can't fully grasp them, because it takes time to gradually establish trust between them.

Li Shushi didn't have the luxury of expecting that his words would allow the other party to obediently hand over his treasure channel, but if he got some important and unimportant information in an equivalent exchange, Zhang Fan should not be stupid enough to brush his face under such conditions, and now the whole state should know that Li Shushi has just suffered a small loss because of the north, and he is in a rage.

Of course, Li Shushi's worries are obviously unnecessary.

When Li Shushi said that he would not ask for the other party's source and was willing to pay a certain price, Zhang Fan, a man who had been going back and forth between Yanmen and the northern grasslands since he was young, and then stood behind his younger brother who was more and more dazzling, also showed the boldness of the Mayi Business Travel, and provided Li Shushi with enough news to surprise him, but if he analyzed it carefully, he could not find out the news channel of the Zhang family from these news, which was really powerful.

It is precisely because of the introduction of the Zhang family, combined with the information provided by Jia Xu, that Li Shushi has a more detailed understanding of the affairs in the north of this matter, and according to this information, Li Shushi also found some very interesting things.

For example, now that Qianman's subordinates have become three-legged, those "mysterious people" seem to be constantly provoking Qianman to consolidate his position by going south. Completely overpowering the leader, and Yuwen Tuo was fully opposed to this matter, believing that the current situation in the grassland was not conducive to the Xianbei army's southern expedition, and the losses caused by such an approach would definitely be unbearable for the Xianbei people.

Yuwen Tuo thought that instead of going south, it would be better to go west again, not only to cut off the threat of his flank, but also to cut off one of the arms of the Bingzhou army, and more importantly, to obtain all kinds of materials and craftsmen needed by Xianbei from Anxi and Guishan through the Western Regions.

Micah seems to be a centrist, but the "feat" of "Mystery Man" before seems to have stimulated him from some kind of achievement, so he puts more energy into opposing Yuwentaku's decision. It's just that because he didn't say anything to support the "mystery man", people feel that he is not fully united with the "mystery man".

If such news is concerned, it can be regarded as secret. But if it is not absolutely impossible to get, then the Zhang family was able to get the relevant news of "the two members of the 'mysterious man' will be killed, and the murderer is suspected of being Yuwentuo", instead of just repeating the rumors that everyone on the grassland knows. had to impress Li Shushi. After all, even Li Shushi and Jia Xu thought that this matter might just be a message. But when Zhang Fansu and Li Shushi did disappear for a few days, and when they reappeared a few days later, they obviously felt that their expressions seemed a little sluggish, but their strength seemed to be much stronger.

This one message alone. Li Shushi felt that his trip was really not in vain, not to mention that he had obtained news from other aspects, so that Li Shushi was moved by the desire to take these news channels into his pocket at a moment.

Of course, such an impulse is only for a moment, Li Shushi at least still knows the truth that "snakes have snake paths, rats have rat paths", if this line is put in the hands of the Bingzhou Army, not to mention whether anything will go wrong, and if you pay attention to Cheng Dù, it will not be comparable to the Zhang family, after all, for this channel that can only occasionally get a little important news, will the Bingzhou Army be as attentive to management as the Zhang family, and will it be willing to pay a price that seems to be obviously more at a loss just to maintain a channel that seems to lack a rate of return?

It cannot be said that there are no such channels and state armies, but it is destined to be impossible to maintain too much, after all, there are also many places where the state needs money.

Had an afternoon meal at Zhang's house -- I have to say that although Li Shushi implemented the three-meal system in the Bingzhou Prefecture according to his own habits, this habit of work and rest does not seem to have been popularized because of this, and most families are still accustomed to adopting a two-meal system when the farm is slack, and a three-meal system when the farm is busy -- returning to the post house that has been prepared for a long time, and then it is free time.

Of course, it can also be considered that the time has come for a certain Lori to show her skills.

And this time, the head snake Zhang family helped endorse it, and Li Shushi didn't have to care about the mood of those small merchants.

It's just a pity that Li Shushi feels sorry that this time he can't follow Su Xiaololi to enjoy the wonderful performance of his own Lori - the journey for days and the "cultivation" that must be carried out every day squeezed out almost all of his body and energy, and then just now he had a long secret conversation with Zhang Fan, and now that he is full of wine and food, he is naturally sleepy and tired, and he is really unwilling to move more.

But I don't know whether it should be sad or gratifying, although Li Shushi is tired like a dead dog, it seems that Old Man Tong, the most seriously injured guy among the four, can now go out like a normal person accompanied by Zilongchan and his personal guards, Tai Shi Ci even walked out a little abnormally in a state where a certain slut who was in love intimately held her arm and made people want to burn them - it wasn't that Tai Shi Ci had something wrong with her body, in fact, if it wasn't for the toxin, Tai Shi Ci is actually the one who has suffered the least injury, including Zhang Xiu, but it is the first time to "enjoy" this kind of treatment, which is just a little uncomfortable, after all, when he was in Jinyang, he was bored at home all day long, at most he took a walk in the backyard or something, and there was an old lady by his side, the young man took care of the old lady's tutor, and the girl took into account the other party's mother's perception, so naturally it was impossible to show affection and let off flash grenades indiscriminately.

Xu Huang didn't have anyone to accompany him, but he and his group of friends, ah no, they were not alone with the guards.

All in all, it didn't take long for the inn to calm down from the noise, although it was indeed a good environment to sleep in a pig's head, but why did I suddenly have a feeling of sadness in my heart? I guess it's an illusion.

Whoever has a big dream is the first to know, I know it in my life. The post house sleeps in autumn. Outside the window, the day is late......

I slept very well this night, at least Li Shushi felt refreshed when he woke up, and all the fatigue was swept away.

I remember watching a movie about the country of hope when I was a child, about a little boy who just fell into the pit once (no fog) and time flies, and when he wakes up from the pit, it seems that thirty years have passed.

Well, in fact, the real reason seems to be that the child fell into a pit and fainted (?). After passing over, he was rescued by aliens (?) up.

Of course, according to conspiracy theorists and tragedians, or the silver-folk masses brainwashed by the warriors of love, the truth of the matter is obviously that this child was taken by aliens to study human specimens, and those poor animals were eaten alive with the mad scientists. Oh no. It's like vivisection, the real little boy has already become a head specimen, a torso specimen, a limb specimen, and even a heart specimen, a specimen of the five viscera, a specimen of the six intestines, or something, and the little boy who reappears in front of people is just a holographic image made by aliens relying on their powerful technology - alien technology, that's how [beep~]!

Don't believe it yet. Compared to having super powerful technology, being able to travel through tens of thousands of light-years of space and come to the earth is just to study the ecology of the earth. Why can't the reason why using super powerful technology to create a holographic image to observe the living conditions and ways of people on the earth is not at all a pain?

If you protest. Then please give the "Three-Body Problem" series to those aliens who have sore eggs, so that they can learn what "cosmic sociology" is and understand the importance of the "law of the black forest".

Of course. Any result caused by this has nothing to do with Li Shushi's brain, and he refuses to bear joint and several legal liability, and hereby declares.

Looking up at the window, it seemed to be pitch black, but I could still hear a few noises that were not very clear, and it looked like it wasn't curfew yet, so it could be said that this sleep time was not too long.

Or rather......

"Bo Ren, how long has it been, not more than a day." For this loyal leader of the guard, Li Shucheng felt more and more admiration and habit, so he would definitely not treat others like a certain black-skinned dwarf.

Well? Does that sound ambiguous?

Don't care about such trivial things.

"About an hour and a half, do you need me to call a few people for you?"

"No need, it's so late, I don't want to go out, just walk around the yard."

Although it's a pity in my heart that I can't see Su Xiaololi's cute appearance of killing all directions, especially Lori smiling at herself after every victory, it looks like a puppy who has done something that he thinks can please his owner is asking for credit and reward.

Of course, with Su Xiaololi's IQ, it must not be the kind of stupid-looking puppy, at least at the level of a little fox, well, it's a fox, because this expression is often accompanied by a snickering as if stealing a little hen.

There is no one left in the post house, although Jinyang is very prosperous, but Ma Yi looks very interesting, maybe you can find something good in some inconspicuous alley - those who have such thoughts are definitely taken by Li Shushi, oh no, it should be said that they are poisoned by all kinds of strange books that flood Jinyang, such as "I Am a Great Immortal", "Fire Dance Story", "Slightly Sweet Academy A, B and C", "Righteousness from the World", "Birds and Beasts State Pastoral" and so on.

By the way, the last book has been severely seized by Li Shushi, but its author seems to have a spirit of perseverance, and it didn't take long for the "Beasts and Beasts" series to be launched.

is really a persevering author, so that Li Shushi, who was moved by his perseverance, did not continue to be banned.

Of course, Li Shushi said that how could a person like himself who has three views of greatness and righteousness put that kind of book into his home, and it is also used for reading, collecting and preaching, and it is in triplicate. Absolutely nothing!

Because it's so important, I'm going to say it a third time! Absolutely absolutely nothing! (To be continued......)