When it rains heavily in the Meridian Mountains, the southwest of Daqin is also cloudy, the cold wind comes from the northwest, sweeping most of the plain, the whole Daqin is immersed in the atmosphere of winter is coming, the people are busy purchasing things needed for the winter, firewood, cotton clothes, grain, and even tea and salt, after all, once it snows heavily, the transportation will be more inconvenient, and many things will rise in price, it is better to take this opportunity to buy more, can be used until the spring of next year, carefully calculated, in fact, can save a lot of silver taels.

This season is the busiest time of all the chambers, and in addition to receiving mortals, the monks' business will also be booming.

Although many monks keep saying that cultivation and mortal are separate, there is always an inextricable relationship between monks and mortals, such as the low-level elixirs used by monks, many of which are picked by mortals on the mountain, and once the snow closes the mountain, the price of these elixirs will also rise, maybe the monks of the large sects do not care about this price change, but those small sects and casual cultivators lack financial resources, and every spirit stone must be carefully calculated, so it is also the habit of the little monks to buy elixir spiritual materials in autumn.

And in Daqin, there are about twenty or thirty chambers of commerce that have heads and faces, and half of the ten ordinary people can call out their names, including hundreds of industries and industries, their backgrounds are different, there are those supported by the Great Qin court, there are several major sects as backers, and there are also clean identities, purely relying on their own hard work, the stations of these chambers of commerce are scattered throughout Daqin, but there are also some characteristics.

For example, the chambers of commerce supported by several major sects, almost all of them are concentrated in several big cities in the southwest, Taihe, Jinyuan, and Shengxing, these three cities have also prospered, and they are the most lively places in the southwest of Daqin.

Taihe City.

The noisy crowd crowded the streets and alleys, they were not only locals, many of them came from nearby towns and villages, many people pushed wheelbarrows, piled with sacks, pots and pots and large and small packages, people's faces were beaming, it was past the autumn harvest season, the crops were sold, the people were the richest in their pockets, and winter shopping has always been a busy but interesting thing.

The city gate is open, and there are a lot more soldiers in Taihe City than in the past, and there are many people, and they are also prone to conflict, and there may also be some dangerous guys mixed in, so the soldiers are wide-eyed, staring at the passers-by, trying to find suspicious people, but most of them are low in strength, and it is okay to deal with mortals, and it is not so easy to identify monks.

In the place where they didn't pay attention, several monks turned into mortals, wearing light black linen clothes that the people of Great Qin liked, pushing a wheelbarrow, and entered the city without hurry, discussing what to buy, and the surprise and excitement in their eyes were also played perfectly, but after passing the city gate and avoiding the soldiers patrolling the street, they quickened their pace, casually bought some clothes and food in the nearby shops, and went around to the door of the largest chamber of commerce in the city.

They pushed the wheelbarrow into the yard, it was already crowded with people, this chamber of commerce is called Tingxuan Pavilion, it is said that there are Xuan Miao Sect and Kujian Mountain standing behind, so the backer is very hard, no one dares to make trouble here, the chamber of commerce occupies a huge area, the front yard is three high-rise buildings in the shape of a zigzag, selling a variety of things, and the middle yard is a warehouse, in addition to the goods, the silver money and spirit stones handed over by the shops in various places are also piled here, so this is the most tightly defended place in the entire chamber of commerce, there are monks guarding the door, and the guests in the front yard are forbidden to this place.

The backyard is the hospitality and resting place of the Chamber of Commerce, and they have opened a single door, and the big guests of the Chamber of Commerce or friends who come to visit are in and out from here, but there is also a small path leading to the front yard, and these monks who have turned into mortals park their wheelbarrows in the courtyard, look left and right, and get into this path while people are not paying attention, and show a token to the monks who are guarding, and they are quickly released.

The path was completely closed, without any portal in between, leading to a side building in the backyard, and several monks hurried through the path, where there were already two chamber of commerce directors waiting.

A bookshelf in the side building suddenly opened, and the two principals hurriedly got up and saluted respectfully, "I've seen the envoy." ”

"No need to be polite," the leading monk waved his hand, sat down on a chair, and glanced at the tightly closed door, "What about the head of the Xuan Miao Sect?"

"The Chamber of Commerce has a business to discuss in the capital, and the two of us excused ourselves and sent him. ”

"So this place is under the control of my Dry Sword Mountain?" These monks are the people of the Dry Sword Mountain, and the leader is the elder of the Dry Sword Mountain, named Yue Shen, he stared at a pot-bellied principal, "Chief Cai, how long will it take for you to control the entire Chamber of Commerce and kick out all the people of the Xuan Miao Sect?"

Director Cai was taken aback, thinking of today's rumors, his mouth suddenly became dry, and he suddenly understood why there was news from the mountains yesterday and ordered him to branch out of the head appointed by the Xuanmiao Sect on the second day.

The two principals glanced at each other, but it was still Principal Cai who spoke, and he asked cautiously, "Can someone die?"

"It's better not to. Yue Shen shook his head.

"That's at least ten days," Chief Cai said slowly, The Taihe Chamber of Commerce was jointly established by my Kujian Mountain and Xuan Miaozong, but at the beginning of its establishment, there was actually no agreement, but it was agreed to share the profits earned each year, and the two cases were used as backers, only to support the face, and rarely intervene in the specific operation of the Chamber of Commerce。 ”

"What extraordinary means?"

"Forged documents," Director Cai said, "According to the rules of the Chamber of Commerce, the appointment and dismissal of a branch shop director must have the permission of the three of us at the same time, and the head of the branch will never agree to this matter, so we can only forge a document, first seize the power of those branch owners, and control the branch shop." ”

Yue Shen pondered for a moment, "Ten days is too long, I can only give you three days at most." ”

"Three days?" Director Cai was taken aback, and shook his head again and again, "The time is too short, I can't take these sub-shops at all, Elder Yue, controlling a sub-shop, it is not enough to just change the principal, but also to control the flow of goods, large customers and account books and many other things, otherwise there will be problems in the business, for example, the sub-shop in Chang Yi City, there is a spirit stone mine under his hand, and he has to take the control of the spirit stone mine in his hands together, otherwise he will lose a lot of silver." ”

"Three days is the limit, how much can you do?" Yue Shen stared at Cai.

"This ......" Director Cai hesitated, he thought for a moment, suddenly got up, went to the bookshelf to take down a few account books, and discussed with the director next to him in a low voice for a while before replying in a low voice, "If there are only three days, the Chamber of Commerce will have to give up half of the transaction." ”

"One and a half, it's not much!" Yue Shen was a little surprised, before he came, the mountain elders had already prepared for a strong man to break his wrist, and even thought that he would lose at least half of his business.

Chief Cai licked the corners of his dry mouth and asked carefully, "Elder Yue, you shouldn't ask a question, the mountain is really going to break with the Xuan Miao Sect?"

Yue Shen glanced at him coldly, "Don't ask about things that shouldn't be taken care of!" But after a while, he suddenly changed his words, "However, there are some things that need to be prepared as soon as possible, how the Chamber of Commerce will operate in the future is still to be handed over to the two of you, and the lost business also has to be pondered and pondered where to make up for it, I think it is good to cooperate with Daqin, and you might as well discuss it with the city lord of Taihe City when you have time." ”

Speak and listen.

Director Cai understood in an instant, these chambers of commerce are all begging for food in Daqin, although the relationship with Daqin is quite passable, but after all, the relationship is far and near, several chambers of commerce with Daqin background are mixed, and those few chambers of commerce without a big background are also doing well, but these chambers of commerce supported by the southwest sect are not so easy, every year to go to the relationship, the money spent a lot on favors, and those oily and watery businesses in the Great Qin court, such as Caoyun, salt and iron, Spirit stone magic weapons and rune paper, they can't even get any of them.

If they can really do business with Daqin, let alone half of it, they may even make a lot more money when they listen to Xuan Ge.

Yue Shen explained a few words, then left in a hurry from the path behind the bookshelf, bought some cheap jewelry in the front yard, pushed a wheelbarrow, and continued to wander the street for half an hour before leaving the city.

They are so low-key, they are wearing makeup and covering up, so they naturally guard against the people of the Xuan Miao Sect.

And such things happened one after another in various parts of Daqin.

Northwest of Daqin, the Haobo Mountains.

This place is extremely desolate, there are not even many trees, the yellow-brown mountains are skinny, and there are stubborn stones everywhere, but in this mountain range, there are three large mines, one produces mortal iron, one produces spirit stones, and one produces rare phoenix blood gold, although it cannot be said to be priceless, but it is enough for most sects to be excited.

And here, it is the possession of the Xuan Miao Sect and the Dry Sword Mountain.

Because of the alliance between the two sects, it is difficult to say who this mine belongs to, the two families are in the same breath, and they have not paid much attention to this matter in the past thousand years, and the mines dug out are all divided equally, and in addition to the people in charge, the miners here are also ordinary people hired from nearby villages, although it is far from the prosperity, but it is also quite peaceful, there is Daqin staring, and the major sects dare not squeeze the people, so not only the wages are sufficient, but there is also a lot of daily rest, so the upper and lower have been quite harmonious.

But today it was different, the mining had stopped, and all the miners were staying in their dwellings in the nests, not knowing what was going on above, and they were gathering in twos and threes to discuss.

"What's going on? Why did you stop work today?"

"I heard that there was a quarrel between the principals. ”

"What's the trouble between the principals?

"That's not it, I heard that it seems that the head of the Dry Sword Mountain has locked up several of the heads of the Xuan Miao Sect. ”

"Really?"

"Of course it's true! My niece is the concubine of Chief Liu, can she be false? I heard that not only people have been arrested, but also power has been seized, and the mining of the mine, the account books, and the seal have all been controlled by the people of Kujian Mountain. ”

"What's the use of those? We don't even have a deed in this mine, so who doesn't belong to who has a big fist?"

"I don't know, right? My niece said, I heard that Daqin sent someone over overnight last night, and now he has made up a deed, and what is written on it is the name of Kujian Mountain!"

"What about the Xuan Miao Sect?"

"Of course I was kicked out!"

"This is going to be a big incident!" someone became excited, glanced out, suddenly stunned, and then stabbed the person next to him, "Look, there are people guarding outside!"

"It's a monk from Dry Sword Mountain!"

"Not only that, but also our Great Qin's soldiers!"

"What's the matter, don't let us out? It's going to be fine, right?"

"You're worried about this! No matter who is the master, you have to ask someone to come to the mine, right? These big people can't make it difficult for us people. ”

"That's right. ”

The miners were nervous, and although they couldn't tell how big it was, they were vaguely aware that something big was about to happen.

And in the mountains of the northern frontier of Great Qin, there were also a few monks who quietly entered the mountain, and their shadows were ghostly, taking advantage of the night, to hide their figures, and sneak into a small sect called Wanlei Sect.

These monks are naturally also people from Kujian Mountain, and this Wan Lei Sect is the descendant of Kujian Mountain, a thousand years ago, the ancestor of this sect is still a registered disciple of Kujian Mountain, and the relationship between the two families is not shallow, although Wan Lei Sect is not the spokesperson of Kujian Mountain in Northern Xinjiang, but it is the most trusted subordinate sect of Kujian Mountain.

"I've seen the Elders. ”

The Sect Master of the Ten Thousand Thunder Sect and several cronies saluted respectfully in the main hall.

"Fellow Daoists don't have to be polite. "The elders of Kujian Mountain were very tightly covered, wearing thick Taoist robes and hats, and the heavy rain in the northern frontier helped them a lot, allowing them to hide their identities well.

"Is there something important for the elder to come here secretly this time?" The Ten Thousand Thunder Sect Master actually faintly sensed something, but he didn't dare to point it out.

"It's three days later, right?"

"That's right, the sects of my Dry Sword Mountain are all ready to participate. ”

"You don't have to go. ”

The Sect Master of the Ten Thousand Thunder Sect was slightly startled, and said awe-inspiringly, "Please make it clear to the elder." ”

"Three days later, I went to participate in the Sword Gate Seminar. ”

One stone was like thunder, and the Ten Thousand Thunder Sect Master was silent for a long time, and asked, "The Mountain Lord has made up his mind?"

The Elder of the Withered Sword Mountain stared at his eyes, and nodded slightly after a while, "After thousands of lonely years, it is time for the sect to usher in a change. ”

"Okay, the Ten Thousand Thunder Sect will do so," the Ten Thousand Thunder Sect Master thought for a moment, "What about the others?"

He was referring to several other subordinate sects of the Withered Sword Mountain.

"I'll visit them one by one," Elder Dry Sword Mountain suddenly laughed, "Sect Master, you also know that this matter should be kept secret, right?"

"It's nature. ”

"Then please stretch out your hand, as do the elders. ”

The Elder of the Withered Sword Mountain smiled, and pressed the blood oath on the wrists of several people from the Ten Thousand Thunder Sect in turn, once they betrayed it, these people would die in an instant.

The various small actions of the Withered Sword Mountain are very hidden, deceiving the attention of most people in the Xuanmiao Sect, although a small number of people have noticed that something is wrong, but they have missed the best opportunity in their hesitation, with the help of Great Qin, the Withered Sword Mountain is kicking the Xuanmiao Sect out of the alliance.