There are at least nearly 30 sects in the capital that have a residence in the world, all of which are sects with considerable strength, not to mention 500 disciples. The number of private rooms is insufficient, and bidding can only be done at auction houses, which has led to increased competition, and at first some people hesitated, and some people waited and watched, thinking that the price of buying a private room for 1 million taels was too high? But the more I found out, the more wrong it became, and more and more people were bidding, and the competition became more and more fierce. Liu Taoren did not let the poor person deliberately raise the price as the trust of the auction house in line with the principle of credibility, but some of these sects are hostile to each other, which has the possibility of raising the price of each other, and the final result is that one party fails to compete and can only squeeze the position, and the other party buys the private room at a high price, and the heart seems to be there

Dripping blood.

"Twenty-eight million taels of silver, the bills are all here, our auction house generally charges five percent of the handling fee, and you have such a big deal, three percent. What do you think?" When the bill was placed in front of Zhou Zhe, he almost couldn't believe it, a gladiatorial arena, but it cost five million taels, and the silver in the private room sold before and after had doubled, Zhou Zhe's heart trembled a little, do you want to build some houses and copy real estate? Liu Taoren was also hot-eyed, but he knew that he couldn't do this, because he was an imperial businessman representing the emperor, and it was not beautiful to do it, and it was the most suitable joint venture between Lingxiao Pavilion and King Qi.

"Deputy Commander Zhou?" Liu Taoren shouted again.

"Well, yes, your auction house has a really high fee! I'm just afraid of trouble. Three percent is 840,000 taels. Why don't you lower it? We've all worked together on so many projects. ”

"One yard is one yard, that's how we do business, and we are also operating on a small budget. ”

Zhou Zhe scolded in his heart, where is the small book, you are a white wolf with empty gloves, but you also have to obey, the reputation of the emperor is famous all over the world, and everyone is willing to do business with him.

"Then that's it! I have the materials I want to prepare, and I will receive as much as those spirit grass ashes, can you control the price?" Zhou Zhe wants so much spirit grass ash is naturally useful, Star City is still under construction, and the mixed materials made of spirit grass ash cannot depict the spirit field foundation, although Longquan Pass has food every year and can have some surplus, but it is actually poor.

"If there is a large quantity, the price may go up. Liu Taoren reminded.

"It doesn't matter, the current market price is one tael of silver to buy ten catties of grass ash from which the spiritual liquid has been extracted. You also know that I am from Longquan Pass, and now there is a city to be built, and a large amount of spiritual grass ash is required. I can trust your reputation, help me collect grass ashes, as long as it is one or two silver and eight catties or less, I want it, the money is not enough, you come to me, we will cooperate for a long time. Zhou Zhe smiled and patted Liu Taoren's shoulder, very sunny and sincere, but his heart was like an abyss.

"Since Deputy Commander Zhou can trust the credibility of Zaixia, he will definitely help Deputy Commander Zhou to handle this matter, and he will draw up a contract when he turns around. ”

"It's easy to say, it's easy to say. Zhou Zhe leaned back on the chair, picked up the teacup and slowly poured a sip of tea. Originally, his goal was to collect the spiritual liquid and raise the price of the spiritual liquid, but now that the north is building Star City, it happens to need a large number of various materials and spiritual grass ash, so he took advantage of the situation, this is a big gamble, the bet won, at least let the major sects slow down for a few years, the gamble is lost, but it is a loss of silver, tens of millions of taels of silver, plus the investment of Xin chasing a few spirit stones, it is worth a gamble.

"Deputy Commander Zhou. ”

"Brother Taoren, we have been working together for so long, there is no need to be like this, it's okay to call me Zhou Zhe or call me Brother Zhou, why be so polite, there are more points in plainness. There is something to say, but it doesn't hurt to say it. ”

"Brother Zhou, you have been hoarding food, and now you have bought so much spirit grass ash, I don't know what your Excellency wants to do?"

"I don't want to hide it from you, and I don't want to hide it from the person above. If Brother Taoren also wants to do something for this world, he will hoard a lot of food! Zhou Zhe can only say this, after all, such a big stroke can't hide from the emperor's eyes, so it is better to suggest that this person do it with him.

"Are you so sure that food prices will go up?"

"I don't know, maybe! Actually, I hope the price of food doesn't go up. Zhou Zhe sighed, he had to do it, even if he killed a thousand enemies, he would lose eight hundred. To raise the soup to stop boiling, it is better to draw salary from the bottom of the kettle. Although Liu Taoren has been on the battlefield for a long time, he has not figured out what Zhou Zhe will do, according to his usual experience, he will not listen to and believe partially, but the young man in front of him has brought him too much shock. He almost watched Zhou Zhe use unbelievable means to cut off pieces of meat from various sects, including the 28 million silver in his hand.

"I don't believe that food will rise, but I believe you. Liu Taoren didn't put his doubts on his face, he still had this point in the city. This is an out-and-out sentence, but it sounds extremely comfortable.

"Haha! Brother Momoren carries love. If you lose at that time, don't scold me, I will definitely lose worse than you!"

"If we don't make any money, let's make wine and get drunk. ”

"Okay!

The two high-fived happily, and the deal was settled. At this moment, Zhou Zhe finished drinking the tea in the cup, but he seemed to have drunk the spirits. Zhou Zhe has a five-fold grasp that grain prices will rise, but he needs to turn this speculation into reality through various means, and what will be the result of the sharp rise in grain prices? He can imagine that there will be countless wives and families who will be separated and their families will die, and he has bought warehouses in various places under the pretense of Xin Chai's hand, and has prepared enough grain just to reduce the number of deaths. Will the emperor object to him doing this? Will Qu Hui agree with him doing this? This layout is so deep, and the time span is so long, will anyone notice it and profit from it or destroy it? He has anxiety and worries in his heart, but if he does it, he will have a chance, and if he does not do it, he may only watch the blood of the people slowly drain.

Will those people who have broken up their wives and ruined their families blame Zhou Zhe? Will those people in the government and the opposition say that Zhou Zhe is a demon who sucks the people up? Grain and grain prices have always been the most sensitive topic, and as long as someone blames Zhou Zhe for hoarding grain as the cause of the sharp rise in grain prices, he will certainly bear all the blame and the hatred of the people. Zhou Zhe sent Liu Taoren away, and then sat alone under the eaves of the porch thinking about the gains and losses, he thought that Chen Yuanhou could be by his side at this moment, guiding him, that was the beacon of his life. Unfortunately not. Only Chen Zui came over and took away the tea set.

"Senior sister, if there is one thing, if you do it, it may make many people hate you, but if it is the right thing, do it or not?" Zhou Zhe asked inexplicably, and he didn't put down the cup in his hand. Chen gave him a drunken glance and took the cup from his hand.

"You've already decided it's right, isn't it superfluous to ask if you want to do it or not?"

Zhou Zhe was stunned by Chen Zui's words, he was really a fan of the authorities. Yes, it's often so redundant, it's like taking the choice of what to do and not to do with a coin toss, and when you toss, you know what you want to do.

On November 10, the long-awaited day of spiritual cultivation finally arrived. The capital is almost empty, and the nobles naturally don't need to buy tickets to participate in the opening ceremony, and the king of Qi has done a good job at this point, directly dividing a special area for the nobles to watch, and directly sending tickets similar to invitations, so that the nobles gather together and are surrounded by acquaintances, and it is safe. It's not like a private room, but it's much better than a noisy seating area.

Tickets for the opening ceremony were sold out as soon as they went on sale, and no one said that a ticket was expensive for five taels of silver, because if you couldn't grab it, you could only buy tickets at a higher price from the resellers. And at Zhou Zhe's suggestion, the tickets were broken up and sold. Because the total ticket price is only worth 250,000 taels of silver, if someone sincerely makes trouble, it is not impossible to have an embarrassing scene where the tickets are sold out but no one watches. King Qi is very busy, the sect can't buy tickets will look for him, and the relatives will also look for him if they want to resell tickets to make a fortune, although his subordinates have done most of the things, but he still has to do the things of receiving spiritual cultivators and Xun Qi himself.

The ticket is only one part of the preparation, as well as the maintenance of order, the maintenance of the venue defense array, and the service staff in the private room are taken over by Pan Yifeng's manpower and Zhou Zhe's person who gave it to the princess for training, and of course, Yang Jue's internal guards are among them, which is almost a matter on the surface. The various sects also know that for example, those stalls on the street in the east of the city can't sell a few things every day, but they just stare at you there, and nothing will make you uncomfortable.

Zhou Zhe took Xin Chai and Xiaomeng to make an appointment with Li Jiuyang, and of course followed the two brothers Yuan Fang, Sun Guozhu naturally did not come, and Chen Zui was not interested in these. Yang Jue needed to sit in the Jingshi, so he could only send people to escort Li Jiuyang into the gladiatorial arena in advance.

The gladiatorial arena outside the south of the city is not far away, and it can be reached in half an hour from the city gate. When Zhou Zhe and his entourage arrived at the place, it was only seven or eight o'clock in the morning. Even if it was not yet time, there were already many people from the sect talking to each other in the exclusive passage of the box, or looking around, and seeing a lot of acquaintances, Yan Han, still wearing monk's clothes, with his Qiankun Bazi, and a few deacons of the Qiankun sect, saw Li Jiuyang and his party did not make a face, but bowed very elegantly, which made Zhou Zhe a little surprised. I can't help but sigh in my heart, people are like this, if you suffer a few more losses, you will naturally know how to converge.

Since Yan Han appeared, how could there be no other people, Zhou Zhe entered the passage with his front foot, and Bai Shanshui came with the Four Swordsmen and the deacons under his door on the back foot.

"Lao Bai, I didn't expect you to be interested in such a competition?" Zhou Zhe thought to himself, what is there to see about you martial idiot in the top fifty of the fifth order. As a result, Bai Shanshui was pushed back in a word

"I've said it all, if you meet someone with good qualifications, take it back to cultivate and train, and see if you can play with me. Then he walked to his box, and nodded when he passed by Lin Xiaoer, Lin Xiaoer also responded with a smile, which made Zhou Zhe a little surprised, it seems that Lin Xiaoer's strength has been recognized by Bai Shanshui. Then one of the four swordsmen who was as beautiful as a flower gave Zhou Zhe a charming white eye, leaving a back of his head and the aftertaste of soap.

Zhou Zhe was unhappy in his heart, and took my soap and returned this look, he was really a white-eyed wolf.

"Bell! Bell!" The sound of a few gongs immediately diverted Zhou Zhe's thoughts, and there was a big battle of people, and many people and horses slowly came over around a carriage, who was the lord not Li An'an? Zhou Zhe took a closer look, who was not Ye Tianyi next to the carriage? Not only Ye Tianyi, but Ye Ziyu was also on the horse on one side, followed by Sangui, and Ye Zhi, the deacon. How could Zhou Zhe not understand, this is his own business, how can Ling Xiao Pavilion not pay attention to it?

Such a big pomp is not only Zhou Zhe, but also the deacons of many sects are attracted, and they greet them with spiritual power.

A certain sect and a certain school, congratulations on the opening of a prosperous or something. Some even gave plaques, gifts and other things, which were not lively for a while.

Zhou Zhe was not in a hurry to go up to talk, so he knocked melon seeds on a corner of the passage, drank the tea offered by the female envoy, and after a long time, Li Anan entered the passage like a star surrounded by everyone. Today's Li An'an is much more solemn than the polo field that day, black Phnom Penh palace dress, with a half-pound county lord phoenix crown on his head, this thing Xin Chai also has one, Zhou Zhe doesn't let him bring, Xin Chai doesn't like it, Zhou Zhe's idea is that his neck is shortened and ugly, and Xin Chai doesn't look good. Ye Tianyi was on Li An'an's side, the white monk's uniform was matched with the crown that only Hou Ye had, Zhou Zhe didn't know that this thing was actually a wait. Think about it, it's really more popular than the dead, he worked hard to earn such a loyal and brave marquis, as long as people inherit it, when he becomes the head that day, he will be the prince of the eight classics, of course, the heads of the four major factions are all hereditary princes in name.

Li Anan walked by himself, Zhou Zhe nodded in greeting, then grabbed Ye Tianyi with his hand, and then motioned for the others to go first.

"Alas, alas, don't go, brother asks you something. ”

Ye Tianyi was a little inexplicable when he was pulled by Zhou Zhe, and thought that he wanted to ask him about the gladiatorial arena,

"What?"

"You're close to that one?"

As soon as he asked these words, Ye Tianyi actually blushed a little shyly, where did he look like a person with top combat power in the world.

"That's it, that's it!"

"Tell me, whether it will be successful or not, and if it doesn't work, let's introduce you to a county lord or something? The business has been done together, and the marriage should be put on the agenda. ”

"Don't, don't!" A sword Ling Tian Ye Tianyi? At this moment, how can Ye Tianyi have a sword in his hand and look at the world when he is ready to attack, more like a young man in love.

"That's it!" Zhou Zhe looked indifferent, but he was actually very happy that these two could do it. This is actually half of helping Li Jiuyang ask, after all, although the matter between her and Yang Jue has been decided, the marriage date has not yet been determined, and the matter between Ye Tianyi and Li An'an has been settled, so they can handle it easily, of course, Zhou Zhe is just by the way at this time

Ask, he's been waiting here for a long time, and it's not just for that. "I ask you something, I only found out that His Royal Highness King Qi sent someone to send me a letter a few days ago, Qiankun Sect, Sword Sect and Hanging Mountain may have sent some disciples to participate in the competition, did you Lingxiao Pavilion participate?"

Ye Tianyi, who was still blushing and shy just now, almost seemed to be a different person at this time.

"Gang secrets, why am I telling you?"

"If the disciples of your sect and which family fight on the field, don't blame me for not reminding me. Zhou Zhe leaned against the wall, still knocking on melon seeds, as if chatting about common things.

"I can warn you, don't lose the lives of your disciples for those colorful heads. This is Zhou Zhe repeatedly reminded Ye Tianyi, if he is still stubborn, then Zhou Zhe has no choice but to arrange, after all, this first gladiatorial competition, the emperor has invested in it as a lottery, if it is won by the people of various sects, it will be a loss to the lady and a soldier. Zhou Zhe can understand the intention of the four families to do this, the gladiatorial competition does not limit who participates in the competition, even if the top strength of each family can be, if you take the ranking and win the lottery, you can increase the prestige of the door, and you can take the benefits, you can see the signs in the previous qualifiers, although it is well hidden, but how can you escape the eyes of the internal guard masters who maintain the game on the spot.

"How can you be sure that they will lose?" Ye Tianyi replied in disguise, Ling Xiao Pavilion had disciples involved.

"There are countless peerless sects in this world, let me ask you, do the major sects have places where they are restrained at different levels? such as Qiankun Gate?" Zhou Zhe smiled, very sincerely.

"Qiankun Gate is most afraid of close combat. Ye Tianyi knew the opponent too well, and almost subconsciously answered Zhou Zhe's question, at this time he understood that as long as you can control the pairing of the game, no matter which one you are, you will be eliminated after the final competition with each other. When the time comes, everyone will see that Ling Xiao's sword qi is not indestructible.

Attack everything, and this kind of restraint Ling Xiao Pavilion's style of play will be passed on to ten, ten, and hundred, and when the time comes, it will really be troublesome.

"What about your disciples, if it's a fourth-order," Zhou Zhe tilted his head and pointed at Lin Xiaoer, "How many chances do you have with my brother on the field?" Zhou Zhe is laying out the facts for Ye Tianyi, if it is really Lin Xiaoer who went to the fourth-order field, the top ten, there is absolutely no pressure, because even if it is consumed, the opponent can be consumed alive.

"Brother Xie Shi, after this fight, I'll think about it again!" Ye Tianyi clasped his hands into fists and thanked him very seriously, he accepted Zhou Zhe's kindness. As for whether they can abandon the game in the end, it's up to them. Zhou Zhe patted him on the shoulder.

"Let's go, let's go to the private room, don't keep the county lord waiting. He gave him a look you know, and then walked straight to Cheng Luoluo's private room.