The name of the red dust comes from this.

To this day, Dore still doesn't know what is really right and wrong in this world, but he has a ruler in his heart to measure what he thinks is wrong and right.

Jidu City is one of the most prosperous cities in Hezhou County, and it is also one of the few cities among the tens of thousands of cities under the rule of the Wudi Dynasty that do not have to pay the entry tax, which is a supreme honor and a symbol of prosperity. The importance of the city tax to the development of urban construction is self-evident, especially for cities such as Jidu City, which has a special geographical location and a great choke point for trade between the Eastern and Western Regions, which can be said to occupy a pivotal position.

The standard for collecting the entry tax is calculated according to the quantity of goods. If Jidu City starts to collect entry taxes, then just one year's income will be enough for some small and medium-sized cities to rise rapidly. But by then, I'm afraid Jidu City won't be as prosperous as it is now. After all, many large business trips come for this, and you can save a lot of money since then.

The non-collection of entry tax is a means of "attracting investment" to promote urban development, with both benefits and risks, unique and limited, and only for a very few special cities. First of all, these cities must have a unique geographical environment, such as the location and the convenience of transportation. Secondly, it is also necessary to have a profound foundation, such as a prosperous and strong economy, a good public security environment, etc. Otherwise, it will only backfire, drag down the economic lifeline, and make the city become a miasma of smoke and chaos.

At that time, the newly built Jidu City did not have this series of harsh conditions, although the geographical location was superior. However, most of the business travelers will not pass through this place, after all, there are two dangerous places around the Moro River and Guwu Mountain, once something happens. I'm afraid I'm going to lose all my money. However, the most important thing is that the transportation is not very convenient, and there are many poor mountains and rivers on all sides, wilderness and dense forests, which are not conducive to transportation.

And the "800 Emperor Road" project has completely changed all this. This is the longest time-consuming, most expensive, largest manpower, and the most magnificent project of the Emperor Wu Dynasty after hundreds of thousands of years. Twist them all into a strand and connect with each other, like a diagram of the meridians of the human body. The core location is Wude City, the imperial capital of the Wudi Dynasty, with a total of 800 main roads, all leading directly to the most prosperous Wude City.

This project was planned by Emperor Ren'en himself, and it had unimaginable benefits for the development of trade and commerce in the Wudi Dynasty. Since then, countless cities have risen. Jidu City is one of them.

Arguably. The reason why Jidu City has been able to develop to this extent is completely due to Emperor Ren'en. Looking at the road map around Jidu City, the world was surprised to find that Emperor Ren'en, whose lifetime achievements were not far behind that of Wujizong, the founding hero of the Wu Emperor Dynasty, seemed to be "favored" to Jidu City to some extent.

Perhaps, this is just a coincidence.

But if the eloquent Emperor Ren'en is "with ulterior motives", then, what is his purpose, this answer. So far it remains a mystery.

As early as the early days of the construction of the 800 Emperor Road, many discerning chamber of commerce giants foresaw a bright future and huge business opportunities in Jidu City. Have settled in it, in the city to establish a branch, "Shi Zhen Lou" is the first batch of giant chamber of commerce in Jidu City to take root and settle down, specializing in carving materials trading, mainly stone-based, it has the top mining team, day and night through many dangerous veins, in the history of the famous auction to the sky-high price of rare stone has a lot of from Shi Zhen Lou.

Dole came here precisely to trade "Xianyao Xuanyu" with Xia Qichu, the president of the "Shizhen Building" Jidu City Branch. Of course, whether the negotiation can be successful or not is another matter, this time there are many competitors, even if he bids high, he may not be able to buy Xianyao Xuanyu.

However, for Xianyao Xuanyu, Dole is bound to win.

Xianyao Xuanyu is an extremely rare jade, extremely precious, priceless, containing the vitality of immortals, the law of immortals and the laws of immortals, even if it is a fingernail-sized Xianyao Xuanyu, there is no more than a hundred thousand Lingzhen can not be taken. Moreover, such treasures are hard to come by, and they cannot be bought with money.

It is quite difficult to remove the impurities in the Xianyao Xuanyu, even if it is a divine craftsman, it is probably only thirty percent sure, but for Doer, it is not a difficult task.

Last time, when Dol came to Jidu City, he overheard passers-by say that a mining team under Shi Zhenlou seemed to have mined a piece of Xianyao Xuanyu in the depths of the "Ancient Underworld Vein" near Jidu City, the size of which is unknown for the time being.

After hearing the news, Dole's heart moved, and he asked the man about the location of Shizhen Tower, and rushed over.

Not surprisingly, this news is indeed true, and this piece of Xianyao Xuanyu is the size of a palm, which is exactly what Dol wants, but Xia Qichu, the president of the Shizhenlou Branch, said that because the mining of Xianyao Xuanyu is extremely difficult, it will take about a month, so he asked Dol to come again today.

Where would Dol believe it, he could conclude that Xianyao Xuanyu must be in the Shizhen Building. This is just a commercial means, called "warm-up", before those who seemed to be talking about Xianyao Xuanyu in the streets and alleys, in fact, they were hired by Shizhenlou to take care of, in order to make Xianyao Xuanyu "hot" first, to be known to more people, so as to choose the best buyer and sell it at a good price.

Not long after, Doer arrived at the "Linquan Street" where Shizhen Building is located, this street paved with sunken stone is very spacious, enough for dozens of carriages to run in parallel, located in the commercial center of Jidu City, the most prosperous and prosperous, the streets are full of people, all dressed brightly, either rich or expensive, ordinary martial artists can be seen everywhere here, and there are not a few strong people in the realm of martial arts.

A majestic high-rise building first comes into view, covering an extremely wide area, almost dozens of times that of those shops around, the building is tall and majestic, the atmosphere is magnificent, it is submerged in the clouds, it is not seen at the top, standing in this building complex has a kind of meaning of standing out from the crowd. In front of the magnificent high-rise building, sixteen guards with knives stood on the left and right sides, dressed in black suits, with cold eyes, scanning the passing crowd back and forth, and their bodies were very imposing. Cultivation is profound, and it is the pinnacle of martial arts.

This is Shizhen Building, which can build such a high-rise building on Linquan Street, where every inch of land is valuable. It also uses the martial artists at the peak of the martial arts as escorts, and its strength is strong, which can be seen.

When Dorr walked close to Shizhen Tower, one of the white-faced guards stretched out his hand to stop him, not showing contempt for Dor's cultivation being two realms worse than him, nor flattering him, but just fulfilling his duties. Neither humble nor arrogant: "Please show the member jade card." ”

As a business giant engaged in the trading of engraving materials, Shizhenlou naturally has a certain threshold, and ordinary people want to enter. It's impossible, at least you have to be a martial artist, or hold a member jade card, and be a VIP of Shizhen Tower.

It's noon. The last time Dole was here was at night. The guards of Shizhen Building are divided into two shifts, day shift and night shift, alternating in turn. So, naturally, these guards didn't know him.

Dol penetrated his divine sense into the Great Yan Divine Mirror in his arms, and instantly found the jade plate that Xia Qichu personally handed over to him, and with a move in his mind, a jade plate that seemed to be condensed from amethyst appeared in his hand, and three large characters with silver hook iron paintings were engraved on it, "Shizhen Building".

A group of guards present saw the aftermath. Knowing that this jade card was not fake, I gasped in my heart. His eyes were full of surprise, but he didn't expect that the young man with outstanding temperament in front of him was actually a purple-level VIP.

The VIPs of Shizhen Building are divided into seven kinds, divided into seven kinds of jade plates, red, orange, yellow, green, purple, white, black and gold.

"Your Excellency, please come in." The white-faced guard reacted quickly, but after a moment's stunned moment, he recovered, put down the hand that was standing in front of Dole, and said respectfully.

Dole nodded, his expression was flat, and slowly walked into the spacious and bright hall of Shizhen Building.

Soon after, one of the guards present seemed to remember something and muttered to himself, "This person can't be the rumored fierce man, right?" ”

"Brother Liu, are you talking about that person?" The guard who had stopped Dole earlier was surprised, and he already had a judgment in his mind.

"This person's appearance is similar to what Xiao Ba described, plus he is the peak cultivation of a martial artist, so it must be most likely." The man who spoke before was sure.

The expressions on the faces of the guards present were not only surprised, but also from the bottom of their hearts, in the land of the emperor, the strong will win absolute awe.

On that night more than a month ago, a young man in white came to Jidu City to suppress the thirty-six guards of Shizhen Tower with the cultivation of the True Great Perfection.

Xu Ruiqian, as one of the high-level leaders in the Shizhen Building of Jidu City, who is second only to President Xia Qichu and Vice President Liang Dengyang, is known for his mediocre and inconspicuous appearance, and he is known for his friendly smiling face, which seems to be very good-natured, humble and kind, but in fact it is not the case, otherwise where would he be the leader of the reception supervisor of Shizhen Building, and he won the title of "Smiling Tiger".

However, today, in the magnificent hall of Shizhen Building, when this smiling tiger, who was enthusiastically telling a young man in a blue shirt how the quality of the Haoxu stone placed in the crystal counter in front of him was, and how cheap the price was, he had already developed the habit of watching and listening to all directions, and he saw a young man in white slowly walking into the hall, and he was stunned for a while, and the signature smile on his face disappeared, and his endless words stopped abruptly.

The blue-shirted young man standing beside Xu Ruiqian was familiar with the temperament of this smiling tiger who didn't know how many people hated but most of them evaporated from the world, and knew that something big had happened, Xu Ruiqian would not be so out of shape, so he followed his gaze and saw a young man in white with handsome facial features, his steps were extremely strange, and he landed silently, although he was walking towards them slowly, but with a sense of fluctuation, he could not determine the real location, as if the person in front of him was illusory and did not exist.

The blue-shirted young man with extraordinary vision was shocked in his heart, this is an extremely profound footwork, which seems to be true and not real, seems to be illusory and unpredictable. He was sure that if the young man in white wanted to sneak attack him, let alone dodge, even if he reacted, he wouldn't be able to react.

After all, Xu Ruiqian is still a person who has gone through many winds and waves, and he recovered in an instant, and that trace of gaffe was also brought by him with a smile, and said to the blue-shirted young man: "Brother Zhang Xian, for my brother to be with me first, I will let Yulou take my place later." ”

"Hmm." The young man surnamed Zhang looked slightly sick, nodded, and his eyes showed a hint of vague admiration, which seemed to be a little hot.

This scene naturally couldn't escape the eyes of Xu Ruiqian, who was well versed in personnel, he smiled slightly, didn't say anything, and walked towards the young man in white.

As everyone knows, just as Xu Rui turned around, the heat in the eyes of the young man surnamed Zhang disappeared in an instant, and was replaced by cold numbness and ruthlessness, and a sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth.

"Li Daoyou is here, Xu has missed the distance, and I hope to forgive me." Xu Ruiqian, who greeted him, said something vulgar, but the more such words, the easier it is to win the favor of others, and clichés often endure for a long time.

This young man in white was none other than Doer, who was known as Li Hongchen, and he looked at Xu Ruiqian with a smile on his face, and said lukewarmly: "I'm afraid that Manager Xu doesn't want to see me at all." ”

"How so? Li Daoyou is my honored guest in Shizhen Building, and Xu wishes that Li Daoyou would come every day. Xu Ruiqian pretended to be surprised, there was still a trace of unnaturalness on his face, slightly embarrassed, the psychological activities were superficial, too metaphysical, and it was obvious at a glance that most ordinary people thought that this person was not only cheesy, but also had no scheming, and he didn't even pretend to be like it, but the more so, it seemed that Xu Ruiqian's city mansion was deeper and deeper, which made people incomprehensible.

"Is that really what Mr. Xu thinks?" Dole smiled.

"It's nature." Xu Ruiqian's face was sincere.

"Not annoying?"

"Never."

Dole stared at the middle-aged man in front of him who seemed to have crawled out of the big dye vat of the world, with a strong cheesy on his body, and said in a flat tone: "But I'll be annoyed, once I get tired of watching it one day, maybe I'll kill you." ”

More than a month ago, Dole forcibly broke into Shizhen Building, which greatly damaged Shizhenlou's face. Shi Zhenlou, who is famous in the emperor's great place, will naturally not let go of Duo Er easily, and how to deal with it afterwards is only known to a high-level like Xu Ruiqian.

When Xu Ruiqian saw Doer, in addition to being surprised, he also knew that Doer had come to Xingshi to ask for guilt, and he had already been mentally prepared. But he didn't expect Doll to say this, this is simply a kind of naked contempt, how can Xu Ruiqian, who has always been used to being saddled before and after being saddled, not be annoyed?

However, Xu Ruiqian really deserves the word "smiling tiger", and the city government is very deep, and he still said with a smile on his face: "Li Daoyou is really good at joking." ”

"Mr. Xu thinks I'm joking?" Dolyun was light and light, but he was aggressive, and an invisible slap slapped Xu Ruiqian's face again. Fortunately, today is the transaction date of Xianyao Xuanyu, Shi Zhenlou ordered that non-purple-level members should not enter, and closed business, so there was no one in the spacious hall except for Dol and Xu Ruiqian, and the blue-shirted young man before had already gone up to the second floor because he was extremely jealous of Dol, otherwise this matter would be heard by others and spread out, and Xu Ruiqian's face would be lost.

However, even so, Xu Ruiqian still didn't have a seizure on the spot, but the smile on his face was a little stiff, and he didn't smile and said: "The previous incident was indeed what my Shi Zhenlou did wrong, Xu apologized to Li Daoyou here, and I hope that Li Daoyou can give Xu a face, how about this matter?" ”

Doer glanced at Xu Ruiqian and said lightly, "Okay." But I'm giving Shi Zhenlou face, not for you. (To be continued.) )