Chapter 11 - Knowing the Land (Part II)

In fact, the main reason why the two siblings Feng Yuchong and Feng Shanshan chased after each other was because of this feeling of meeting each other in a foreign country that made the two siblings feel a different kind of emotion. But in fact, Feng Yuchong and Feng Shanshan, the two siblings, didn't know the relationship, and they didn't know where the four businessmen in front of them and the old man who looked to be over half a hundred years old were Chen Chen, they just thought that these five people were from their Qi country.

However, when Feng Yuchong and Feng Shanshan, the two siblings, quietly followed the four businessmen in front of them and an old man wearing plain white robes who looked quite dignified, they found that these five Qi people were originally here to discuss a series of important things about buying war horses. The two siblings, Feng Yuchong and Feng Shanshan, had also heard about this relationship, and when they entered the Spirit City, they had already heard such a sound from the surrounding area.

So, in this way, the two brothers and sisters, Feng Yuchong and Feng Shanshan, felt a deeper understanding and understanding of these five Qi people who came here. Perhaps, these five merchants from the Qi Kingdom who came here are a kind of opportunity they are looking for now.

The biggest feature of the Lingcheng Bazaar is that there are not many of these daily necessities, such daily necessities, food, tea, salt and iron as sold in it. But the biggest feature of the Lingcheng Bazaar is that it has nearly half of the livestock products. Dried milk made from cow and goat milk, goat's milk wine made from fresh milk from young ewes, and fresh beef and mutton are hung one by one by the door of the shop. This is also the biggest advantage of the Lingcheng Bazaar, here, you may not be able to buy other necessities, but here, you are absolutely impossible to buy anything related to cattle and sheep. Even elsewhere, perhaps more distantly, cow shearling and cow and goat's milk are extremely luxurious. But at least the people in the Spirit City don't feel that this kind of thing will make them feel luxurious. Every person who goes out of the Spirit City will proudly tell everyone that the most in the Spirit City is beef and mutton, beef wool and other things, which seem to others to be very luxurious and rare.

The early summer market, which was recently opened due to the late spring, was not originally on such a large scale. Originally, it was only about one-third of the current size, and now it is mainly to receive the five distinguished guests who came here from the Qi Kingdom. Of course, as the main point, it is still necessary to show the strength of being such a host in front of the people of Qi, and it is also to increase the persuasiveness of future trade. Of course, this is also one of the unique rights granted to Gongsun Yu by the Holy Emperor.

At this moment, up to now, Feng Yuchong and Feng Shanshan, the two siblings, still don't know what kind of origin these five Qi businessmen in front of them are. But out of curiosity and confidence, the two siblings, Feng Yuchong and Feng Shanshan, pretended to be in the shop on the other side, choosing a soft shirt made of calf fur that suited them, while observing what was happening on the other side.

Originally, this kind of clothes made of cowhide were also something that the two brothers and sisters couldn't afford, but when they were in Lingcheng, it was different from ordinary times. The prices of such products in Lingcheng are very cheap, and the two brothers and sisters themselves are not here to buy these products at this time. Their main gaze was still firmly fixed on the five Qi people who walked into a relatively wide and flat shop not far away. More than anything else, these five Qi merchants made the two siblings even more curious about it.

So, at the moment when the five businessmen temporarily disappeared from their sight, Feng Yuchong, who was still there not far behind him, was still pretending to be a pair of cowhide shirts and choosing a cowhide shirt, and immediately gently pulled the palm of his sister Feng Shanshan, who was already a little immersed behind him, and quietly drew a quiet trace on his sister's palm. How could Feng Shanshan not understand such a hint? So, the two siblings, Feng Yuchong and Feng Shanshan, immediately threw down what they were holding in their hands and followed the direction of the backs of the five Qi merchants in front of them.

Under the leadership of the four Qi merchants in the early morning, this is the fourth day that they are searching for the existence of the people in the Lingcheng who can help them and help them, but the benefits are still not very obvious, mainly because most of the people in the Lingcheng rely on grazing cattle and sheep for a living, and belong to the existence of herdsmen. The identity of herdsmen is mainly due to the fact that one side of the water and soil supports the other side. Recently, Gongsun Yu threatened the people with the way of life that the people of Lingcheng relied on to survive, so that no matter how high the price of the merchants of Qi State was, they would never be able to accept the price of the merchants of Qi State without his permission. All these things still need to be mastered after all kinds of things, and these Qi businessmen do not hesitate to pay such a high price, whether they have other intentions. Gongsun Yu's orders forbade and sent soldiers to patrol the bazaar, ostensibly to protect the visiting envoys of the Qi State, but in fact to spy on them to see if they had entered into some kind of trade with certain merchants.

Ling Chen and the other four businessmen naturally understood the meaning behind Gongsun Yu's actions, but they didn't care very much. Before they came to the feudal country this time, Prime Minister Li Dan told them many times that their main action this time was not to achieve trade with the feudal kingdom in one fell swoop. Their goal is mainly to see how sincere the feudal state is to complete the trade between the two sides.

After two or three days of visiting the market, Ling Chen and the other four merchants had basically figured out some of the situation. They know that in fact, ordinary people are still very tempted by their high prices. But in fact, the ones who really control the war horses in Lingcheng are Gongsun Yu and the guards under his command. They had a large number of war horses in their possession, and after obtaining the consent of the Holy Emperor, they were sold everywhere by merchants they trusted, so that they could easily make huge profits. And the biggest beneficiary is Gongsun Yu, the governor of Lingcheng. Through such actions, he and his henchmen have exploded in the last two or three months.

Of course, as the henchman of the Holy Emperor, although Gongsun Yu would make huge profits from this, he also knew very well that the main reason why the Holy Emperor did not come to settle accounts with him was that what he did did did not touch the bottom line of the Holy Emperor. In addition, what he originally did was relatively effective, and the Holy Emperor turned a blind eye. Besides, Gongsun Yu is very clear about the loyalty of the Holy Emperor, as long as he does not go too far, the Holy Emperor can forgive.

It was precisely because of this that Gongsun Yu had a clear insight in his heart that the huge horse business that was going to be completed by the merchants of Qi in the past two days was valued by the Holy Emperor, and he couldn't be careless at all. If one is not handled well, he may not only not be able to keep his position, but even his own life. Therefore, although Gongsun Yu strictly forbade the people to sell war horses to the Qi State privately. In fact, this is just a deterrent, and the main thing is to take this opportunity to establish their prestige again, so that the merchants of Qi have no other choice and way to trade with themselves, the de facto status of the trade leader, the war horse stockpile. In this way, the things that the Holy Emperor explained to himself could be completed.

For this reason, Gongsun Yu did not hesitate to dispatch hundreds of guards to garrison this bazaar again, not only to monitor these four merchants, but also to monitor these ordinary people and merchants. But the recent return seems that the merchants of Qi State did not want to discuss the purchase of war horses with the people anymore, but turned to visit every day and did not discuss other things. This point made Gongsun Yu not think much.

After thinking about it, Gongsun Yu still decided to personally meet these businessmen from Qi State. After all, no matter how you say that everyone else is a guest, it is not a good thing to not receive them as a host, and send someone to spy on them. Anyway, he didn't have anything to do recently, so Gongsun Yu simply changed into a clean and tidy black butterfly-patterned robe, held a folding fan, pretended to be a rich son, and took his two most trusted henchmen to the market in the spiritual city.

In the bazaar, the two siblings, Feng Yuchong and Feng Shanshan, had already turned into the shop where the five Qi merchants were today. To their surprise, the owner of this shop seemed to be no stranger to the five Qi merchants in front of them, and even very familiar with them. This couldn't help but make Feng Yuchong and Feng Shanshan, the two siblings, secretly surprised, they pretended to be watching those cowhide scabbards on the side, but secretly eavesdropping on their conversation.

After a period of observation, Feng Yuchong and Feng Shanshan, two siblings, found that it was mainly an older man in the center, dressed in a plain white robe, with a few clearly visible wrinkles on his face, who was the main person to talk to. The other four merchants, who looked a little younger, were more focused on other things, not on whispering to the shopkeeper about something else.

Since Feng Yuchong and Feng Shanshan, two siblings, are cultivators of the instrument soul, they have not only cultivated their personal soul ability since they were young, but also cultivated their own five senses ability. This kind of cultivation since childhood has made them have a better sensitivity to this kind of sound that others think they can't hear from a distance, and at this moment, the two brothers and sisters are standing at the door of this shop, but they can hear the whispered words inside.

The two brothers and sisters, who didn't know the situation very well, heard the old man in front of them say the second sentence, and their faces suddenly showed a look of great surprise, and this look of surprise immediately turned into rare joy in an instant. Since entering the Qingming Mountain Range, the two siblings have never been so happy.