The running children began to sweat and begin to wheez, and their speed did not slow, and even the weakest children gritted their teeth to keep up, desperately letting out hoarse roars.

In this way, they prove that they are strong people.

The long run ended quickly. According to the previously arranged formation, the children were divided into two parts, male and female, and were led by the team officers to different areas. The boy walked into the square, and the girl walked around the towering tower to the open space between the parapet and the building on the north side. Buckets of clean water were prepared here in advance, and they took off their clothes one after another, naked (harmony) and naked (harmony), and under the supervision of adult officers, they picked up the biting ice water in the bucket and poured it on their bodies, washing away the mud in a wild and shocking way.

It is a tradition of the northern barbarians, and the little ones must prove their strength by bathing in ice water every winter. Those who shivered with cold were directly eliminated and killed on the spot, and only those who survived could get food.

Tianhao improved the practices of the barbarians, but he did not completely deny them. He needs a healthy following, not a bunch of helpless waste. Sometimes I think about the pseudo-(harmonious) mother who can't help but be weak in the era of civilization, he himself thinks it's funny, why is that era so tolerant, even this kind of garbage can be accommodated, and there are countless fools chasing frantically?

This year's grain harvest is abundant, but not a single grain can be used to feed the waste.

The children who had completed the winter bathing ritual returned to the square, where they changed into dry thick clothes. Testing physical fitness is important, but it should not be wasted.

Countless adoring eyes converged on Tianhao, and he raised his right fist high, swinging it with indescribable wildness.

"Next year, we will be better off than we are now!"

This works more than any encouragement.

The meaning is not difficult to understand.

A five-year tax holiday, with next year being the last year.

It is unknown who first shouted "Long live the lord", and at first it was sporadic and soon converged into a sound wave that was as violent as a tsunami and a storm.

This force was so powerful that even the sun seemed to be awakened from its slumber, and it tore through the thick clouds with its rays, revealing the golden yellow of the sun.

……

The business of "Shengxinglong" is getting bigger and bigger, especially in this winter that has just fallen, Zumu was pleasantly surprised to find that about half of the population, whether it is the lion or the tiger tribe, has used peat.

To be precise, it should be honeycomb coal made on a peat basis.

Huge ox carts constantly ply and fro from the trading houses set up in the various parts of Rock City. Zumu chose the main cities on the border between the tribes and the Niu as the transshipment centers, and all the peat was sent to various places on this basis. In fact, this is also the limit of what the peat business of the "Shengxinglong" trading house can sustain———— because of the constraints of road conditions and transportation capacity, it is difficult to expand to the current level.

Zumu was already very satisfied.

The trade with the Tiger Clan was very profitable, and a large number of horses were transported to Rock City. Calculated to be more than 1,000 horses. The Tiger people have not been aware of the sordid affair between the groom and Zumu, at least the mares who have been injected with sperm (harmony) cannot be judged by their appearances at this stage. The Ministry of Intelligence was in close contact with Zumu, and he knew that the young lord was satisfied with his work, and gave him a verbal commendation, and the substantive reward had to wait until he returned to the Rock Realm, until then Zumu could live the rest of his happy life with the pride and satisfaction of a successful man.

The main trade item of the Leon Clan is still food. Zu Mu carefully observed, in fact, the food supply within the lion clan is also very poor, especially in the border and remote areas, there is still a big food gap. However, the Lion King kept his promise and first met the food supply of the army on the side of Suolong Pass. Thanks to the strong environmental adaptability of corn and potatoes, in general, the lives of the leon civilians are much better than those of other tribes.

According to the order passed on by intelligence officers, Zumu made changes to this year's peat sales policy.

On the premise of not rejecting the currency transaction of the lion clan, the merchant who buys bulk goods is required to pay with part of pure gold and pure silver.

Zumu carefully controls the payout ratio, which is about five percent. Depending on the situation, a lower percentage is acceptable. In short, on the premise that the majority of the profits (lion currency) can be used to buy food and other supplies, try to collect as much gold and silver as possible.

"I like gold, hehe, look at my tooth, it's made of gold, isn't it beautiful?"

"I like silver, and I see that my ring is made of silver, and the bowls and chopsticks I use for eating at home are all silver."

The large gold chain was heavy around his neck, and Zumu often felt like his head was being dropped to the ground. He used this special hobby as a cover-up, and collected a batch of gold and silver.

To simply and brutally reject the leo currency is to seek death. Doing business on the lion clan and refusing to use their own currency is either a suspicion of life or simply a bore of life.

Habits are a form of self-hypnosis in humans that is difficult to change. Zumu resolutely carried out Tianhao's orders and imported large quantities of peat from other tribes at a low price. To this day, at least tens of millions of barbarians, including the Tiger and Lion tribes, have abandoned firewood in favor of cooking with this long-lasting burning thing.

In fact, human thinking is so simple, cheap and convenient is a good thing, not to mention that Zumu really didn't make much money on the peat project.

When an industry becomes prosperous and sees the shiny silver coins piled into other people's pockets, the merchants are naturally red-eyed, and they abandon their previous attitude of ridiculing bystanders, and take the initiative to find Zumu, wanting a piece of the pie.

"Brother, although I am a lion clan, we were all the same ancestors thousands of years ago. Your peat business is booming, otherwise how about I be your distributor? ”

"Money can never be earned, and multiple friends will have many paths. I said Brother Zumu, my firm is mainly engaged in the business in the south of the lion clan, or let's discuss it, I won't mix it in the north, let it be given to you, you talk to the side of Rock City, I will bring people to pull the goods myself, so that everyone can make money. ”

"Yes, think about it, your caravan can only pull so much peat at a time, and other tribes also need it, but you can't supply that much, it's really a loss! Now we will help you make up for this part, which can be regarded as killing two birds with one stone, and everyone will get rich together. ”

The gods testified that these people came to the door on their own, and Zu Mu did not agitate privately at all. He was convinced of what the young lord had said———— as long as there was more than thirty percent of the profits, the merchants would burst out with unprecedented consciousness and promote the popularization of peat in an all-round way.

Zu Mu knew very well that a large part of these people who came to the door were nobles, the Tiger Clan, the Lion Clan, and even the Eagle Clan and the Deer Clan. In fact, the lion king does not need to rack his brains to implement the monetary system, with the progress of society and social development, currency will inevitably have a close connection with the barbarians, and no one can do without anyone.

"Shengxinglong" has purchased more types of goods than before, especially animal furs, which have replaced grain and become the largest item of trade so far.

It is not a good thing to be divided by others after all, but Zu Mu can't refuse. Some guys come from a big background, such as the younger brother of His Majesty the Lion King's brother-in-law, second aunt, fourth aunt, daughter, nephew, cousin of His Majesty the Tiger King's wife, sister, cousin, and spokesperson for various city lords, commanders, and high-level wizards...... They are all amazing big people, who can make the ground shake three times with a stomp of their feet, and decide the life and death of a civilian with a single spit.

Zumu was in a quandary, at least on the surface.

There must be a process of fierce ideological struggle, and he secretly complains a lot, nothing more than complaining that there are too many people vying for interests, and he cannot offend any of them. On several occasions, in public and in private, Zumu got drunk, spitting on the smell of alcohol, and yelling at the sky like a madman.

"It's too much of a deception."

"Is it easy for me to bring peat from Rock City all the way away?"

"All the money-making businesses have been robbed by them, how can I live?"

It's just a few scoldings, and when the wine sobers up, what should I do?

These people didn't dare to persecute too much, they knew very well that Zu Mu was the spokesperson of Rock City. Although there were occasional wars between the Niu and other tribes, and the Pig tribe was wiped out last year, business is business, and no one will be at a loss for money.

Whether it is to force Zumu to death or to take away, or even to use power to seize "Shengxinglong", it is a stupid act that does not outweigh the losses.

From another point of view, if there is no ancestral wood in the middle, no one will want to get a piece of peat from Rock City.

In the face of common interests, even the toughest people must soften. The greedy men soon formed an alliance, and they formed a loose business alliance, with Zumu as president, and agreed to share the peat sales with the power of each family, in which Zumu's "prosperity and prosperity" could occupy thirty percent, and the merchants involved in the tribes worked together to ensure that he would always enjoy this part of the profits. In return, Zumu must help the young Rock Lord get the agreed share of peat sales.

The formation of any interest group requires a process. No one realized that Zumu was acting, they only saw the money that should have been in his pocket on the surface fell out, but they didn't think that this was a game from the beginning.

Zu Mu's autographed business introduction letter is very valuable, at least five hundred taels of gold.

As long as you have this piece of paper full of words, you can buy an agreed share of peat from Rock City at cost price.

Zu Mu was very resolute this time———— according to the amount of peat that each person needed, 500 to 1,000 taels of gold would never be discounted, and it must be pure gold that had been tested, and could not be deducted from the currency or other goods in circulation of the lion clan.

The previous cowardice, helplessness, crying, and scolding were all disguises, and looking at the businessmen who had no choice but to exchange real money for a letter of introduction, Zu Mu's heart blossomed.

The peat productivity in Rock City is staggeringly high, and the stupid and coarse pigs are hard to do technical work, and they enjoy the sheer exertion of peat extraction. Everyone has a dream of making a fortune, and everyone wants to get a new house of their own in Rock City. The reward system developed by Tianhao seemed fair and impeccable to them, and no one thought that this was an evil and damn exploitation, and no guy with a cramp of his brain jumped out to accuse the young lord of being a vampire lying on the working people. They worked hard for their happiness every day, and the harvest was staggering, and the accumulated peat was piled up in dozens of open-air temporary yards.

Sheng Xinglong's own capacity alone simply cannot solve so much peat. Too many things will only cause a backlog of goods, and Tianhao urgently needs to exchange them for grain, cloth, furs, gold and silver......

In this era, there is no so-called "investment promotion", taking the initiative to give benefits to others will only cause suspicion, and reluctant concessions can make business competitors feel happy, they think that they get profits through their own wisdom, but they never think about the existence of a certain kind of cattiness.

Actually, you don't need a letter of introduction, it's worth nothing.

Only what money can be exchanged for is cherished, even if it is a piece of paper that is too hard to wipe the butt and can scratch the skin at any time and cause hemorrhoids.

When the first heavy snow fell this year, the directors of a total of eleven comptoirs from six tribes came to Rock City.

Tian Hao stood on the wide balcony of the City Lord's Mansion, holding on to the railing with both hands, supporting his upper body that was slightly tilted outward, looking down like an eagle on the merchants gathered in the open space downstairs.

Celestial Madness and Broken Tooth stood behind him on the left and right, both of them were of the same burly and sturdy physique, and both liked to use heavy long-handled battle axes as weapons, if you ignore the differences in the appearance of the two people, and only look at the backs, there is every reason to think that they are twins.

Broken Tooth is very correct about his identity, after all, Tianmad is the lord's brother, and on the occasion of him, unless the lord orders it, it will not be his turn to speak, but the politeness on his face must be there, he turned his head and smiled at Tianmad, the latter understood his behavior, and also greeted with a smile, and then took two steps forward, stood next to Tianhao, and made a voice in an admiring tone: "The third child, you have all said it, these guys have taken the initiative to send us money." ”

Tianhao's smile was very faint, and at the same time he had a look of indifference and expectation, he gathered the leather robe on his body, looked at the people below with a scrutinizing gaze, and said something that made Broken Tooth and Tianmad feel inexplicable.

"They're leeks."

The two five-year-old and three-thick men immediately thought of green plants with slender stems. This thing is very common, especially in the summer, when it grows vigorously and is eaten a lot by savages.

"I don't like leeks." Broken Tooth muttered and shook his head, "I don't like the smell." ”

"The leek stuffed bun is good." Tianmad's brain circuit is similar to that of Broken Tooth, staying in the food stage, but he at least thinks a little more than Broken Tooth: "Third child, don't you want to chop these merchants to make leek buns?" ”