There are shops in Bianliang City, Tokyo, restaurants are open, gongs and drums are noisy, and the joy is jubilant, but Chao Gai is hidden behind the scenes and laid out according to the plan.

The grocery store is not implicated on the surface, but secretly it is mainly in two places in the inner city, and the restaurant is the original Li family restaurant, and now the "Tianxiang Pavilion" is the head of the horse. Decide on the number of soldiers according to the size of the store, and turn into a convoy or a gangster. Inquire about the news, develop the offline line, and bury the dark chess ......

The importance of asking for a report made him come up with a flying fish suit and an embroidered spring knife. It is intended to set up a separate department dedicated to information or assassination.

It's just that it's all just getting started, and you can't be too eager!

In addition, Chao Gai has not been idle in the past few days, he has brought a lot of money from the village, and the store has opened a lot of profits, so he naturally throws a lot of money to buy materials. Go to several century-old shops in Bianliang City to buy all kinds of medicinal materials.

Before leaving, the divine doctor An Daoquan handed him a few medicine lists, recording the commonly used medicinal materials. Such as Poria cocos, Angelica, Panax notoginseng.... Precious medicinal herbs Ganoderma lucidum and ginseng are also available. Anyway, there are two or three hundred kinds, as long as there are any, buy them all.

This is a big customer, and the number of purchases is still from other places!

, but those stores are happy, thinking that they can make a lot of money a year ago. But looking at the back of the medicine list, the rows of fly-headed little seals all shook their heads and smiled bitterly. Just because it is the price fluctuation information of medicinal materials listed by Antaoquan.

Fellow travelers, don't play with that set of smoke cannon ghost blowing lanterns!

It is impossible to pit others at all, and you can only make small profits but quick turnover. However, Chao Gai looks rough and is a stupid big man, that is a character who is better than ghosts. From grinning to deflating your shoulders, how can you not guess one or two?

"My new owner is amazing!" Zhang San, a rat crossing the street, sighed from the bottom of his heart. After a few days by Chao Gai's side, I learned too many useful things. For example, how to sing and eat kickbacks, and how to bargain,

From several pharmacies, there were several more plants, wrapped in red cloth, and old ginseng. Several shops selling pig iron, cloth and other materials are losing money and making money.

Follow this boss and you will be of infinite use in your life! Lots of splashy feelings.

Of course, Chao Gai not only focused on procuring materials, but also deliberately asked Splashy to go around to find out where there were heroes who were good at martial arts. It's a pity that it's not three-legged cat kung fu, or it's a person who can't be won over in the army.

In the huge Bianliang City, only Zhang San and Li Si joined in a few days.

When passing by the streets of the northern part of the city once, seeing the figure of the blue-faced beast Yang Zhi running around, Chao Gai was afraid that both sides would be embarrassed, so he could only turn around and run.

A dignified seven-foot man, but he ended up groveling!

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The original Li Family Restaurant, two streets away from Fanlou, has been renovated after a few days of renovation. Outside the door, there are many long tables and chairs in the shed. On the roof of the building, there are three gilded big characters Tianxiang Pavilion, the light is flickering, and it is eye-catching.

There are sub-couplets on both sides of the gate, and the upper couplet is: delicious to attract foreign guests, the aroma of wine leads out of the fairy in the cave, horizontal batch, south to north, and feel at home.

In particular, a large wooden sign was erected at the door, on which a poem was engraved in red letters.

A cut plum rain hit the pear blossom deep closed door, on.

The rain hits the pear blossom and closes the door, lonely youth, false youth.

Who is happy to talk about? Ecstasy under the flowers, ecstasy under the moon.

Sorrowful gathering eyebrows, thousands of marks, 10,000 marks.

Xiao looks at the sky and looks at the clouds at dusk, and thinks about you when you walk, and thinks about you when you sit.

In the Tianxiang Pavilion, a strange and beautiful melody fluttered.

Some of the pedestrians coming and going on the street stopped to watch, and some came to the door of the restaurant, looking at the restaurant under renovation and whispering. It's about who bought the restaurant, it's weird and something like that.

The restaurant has not yet officially opened, and the news naturally spreads gradually. More and more passers-by looked, and literati and rioters also rushed to hear the news. Even the Fan Building not far away has many bustards visiting.

Especially when the melody of this kind of song is fluttering, alas, it is all gone. It is said that Li's mother from the Li family mansion came, but she didn't see the main owner.

Chao Gai was sitting upright in the private room on the second floor, with a guqin on the small table, playing and humming skillfully with both hands, but he didn't have the heart to see others.

He borrowed Tang Bohu's poems to advertise and promote his fame. The best and largest restaurant in the area should have a reputation and be easy to do. In the future, I counted on the dignitaries to come and find out useful information.

"The wind is strong tonight

Tonight is full of flowers

It's raining tonight

I can't forget the vows I made in the past

The honey and tenderness of the past

……”

The melody of a song called Old Dream, which was very popular in later generations, fluttered, causing the pedestrians gathered downstairs to talk about the tune changed again, and I don't know what the head of the line looks like.

If Chao Gai knew, he would definitely scold, your uncle. After a few months of hard training, he learned about various musical instruments. Although I don't say that I have become everyone, I don't fall into everything by playing and singing.

In this unfamiliar Bianliang City, you can only rely on yourself to promote momentum and make a name for yourself. As for the official government, he also asked people to go to Confucius Sun Ding of Kaifeng Mansion and spend money to get through the relationship in the official mansion.

This Sun Ding, known as Sun Foer, is an upright person and has a very good background. I don't know if I don't know if I don't have contact, but this contact Chao Gai is really shocked.

This old man still has something to do with the traitor Cai Jing. The daughter married the son of Cai Bian, the brother of Mrs. Cai, as a concubine, and this relationship has a deep background. No wonder he had the confidence to shout with Taiwei Gao Yu to rescue Lin Chong and others.

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The armor depot in Bianliang City is similar to the munitions depot and arsenal. Approaching the end of the year, it is getting busier and busier, and the top and bottom are busy making fireworks and selling firecrackers.

Bianliang City has a large population, and all kinds of fireworks and firecrackers are in short supply at this time of year. The headquarters of the armor library and those behind the scenes rely on this to make a lot of money.

As the saying goes, the desire for profit is consumed, and it does not hesitate to take risks!

In order to obtain greater benefits, the sulfur and flame nitrate, which are necessary for firecrackers, are shoddy. Blindly pursuing quantity, he has no regard for the safety of the people. In recent years, there have been many accidents in the city where firecrackers have been firecracked.

But who cares, yellow and white things are affordable!

Because Ling Zhen made a good cannon and was upright, he was promoted to deputy by the previous commander, responsible for handling various affairs, speaking of which is a deputy envoy, but he is idle, making fireworks and firecrackers for the palace for fun.

He has seen a lot of this kind of shoddy thing, and he gritted his teeth and endured it. Today, the raw materials used to make cannons for the Imperial Palace are of inferior quality and do not meet the standards. If there is an accident when it is sent to the palace, a hundred heads are not enough to cut off.

This time, Deputy Envoy Ling finally couldn't bear it anymore, and his angry roar spread far away: "Straight lady thief, the quality of this batch of sulfur is not up to par, and it can't be used to make cannons." The fireworks are ready and sent to the palace, who of you is responsible for what happened? Usually shoddy and deducted, you dare to ...... the risk of killing your head."

"The deputy envoy dissipates gas and dissipates gas, I don't know what's going on, this year's sulfur, flame nitrate and other raw materials are surprisingly small, and this is also something that can't be helped."

"My lord is right, I'm afraid that one in thousands of miles, I can't afford to wait for something to happen. The small one took people to a few old stores to see if there was any inventory. ”

"Lord Vice-Envoy, you're tired after a few days, so go back and rest for a few days. You can rest assured that we will buy the best raw materials. ”

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Ling Zhen is an honest man, where is the opponent of a group of oily old fritters. In addition, these birds are full of smiles, and their posture is very low, and it is difficult to say anything. In the end, he could only sigh and leave the armor warehouse physically and mentally exhausted.

He spent several days in the warehouse busy mixing gunpowder and making cannons, his eyes were bloodshot, he saw the clear blue sky again, the pedestrians coming and going on the street were a little different, and he remembered the depression accumulated over the years. I couldn't help but have a sour nose, and suddenly I felt like crying.

I think he is a seven-foot man, skilled in bows and horses, and good in martial arts. But he could only be reduced to the Jiazhan warehouse to make some fireworks for people. Although Yulu is not low, and there is no worry about food and clothing, the imperial court does not pay attention to artillery now. There are few opportunities to go to the battlefield, how can you win a wife?

What is known as the first gunner of the Great Song Dynasty, it's a joke!

Just as Ling Zhenhun was walking on the street in a daze, two big men came up to him, bowed down and asked tentatively, "May I ask if it's Deputy Envoy Ling?" ”

"Ah, who are you?" Ling Zhen came back to his senses and looked at it a few times with some doubts.

"My senior officials specially invited you to be a guest."

"I don't know you at all, may I ask the lord?"

"Ouch, my family officials have been waiting for a few days, and Deputy Envoy Ling will know when he goes." The two big men on the left and the other on the right, half-pulled and half-supported Ling Zhen and left.

Ling Zhen's first reaction was to think that he was being held hostage, but seeing that the two big men were very respectful and not like each other, with three points of curiosity and seven points of doubt, half pushed.

It's just that when I went to the direction of Fan Lou, I was a little confused, who was it?

"Brother, good news, finally waited for that person to come over?" Chao Gai, the private room on the second floor of Tianxiang Pavilion, was playing the piano and singing, and pushed the door in a hurry in a subtle way.

"What? Ling Zhen is here? The melodious sound of the piano stopped abruptly, Chao Gai got up and exclaimed, with some surprise on his face: "Talent is here, this is great!" ”

"The restaurant is still under renovation."

"Let's find a good place." Chao Gai waved his hand, took the brocade robe and strode outside. Han Shizhong, Guo Sheng, and Lu Fang followed.

Yes, the person who asked Han Shizhong to go to the north of the city a few days ago was Ling Zhen. It wasn't very famous in the original trajectory, and it didn't play its due role. But this is definitely a talent, a talent across the ages.

Chao Gai thinks this way, which is one of the main purposes of coming to Bianliang City. It's just that I have been visiting Han Shizhong many times in the past few days, but the New Year is approaching, and the other party is busy making fireworks and firecrackers in Jiazhan Warehouse, and he has not gone home to see people and can only wait, and now that there is news, he is naturally happy.

Ordinary people may not know it yet, but he knows better than anyone that he was a soldier. Gunpowder has appeared since the Tang Dynasty, developed in the Northern Song Dynasty, and flourished in the Southern Song Dynasty.

In the seventh year of Emperor Yuanfeng of the Song Dynasty (1084), the imperial court deployed defenses in Xizhou (Lintao) and Hezhou (southwest of Linxia) in the northwest, that is, a batch of weapons were transported from Bianjing, including equipment such as Shenji, bow, rockets, and artillery.

By the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, gunpowder, rockets, and artillery were generally equipped with the army, and their power was not as great as that of later generations. In addition, there are traitorous ministers in the court. It was not valued by the merry emperor Song Huizong, and most of them were used to set off fireworks for fun.

I have to say, it is the sadness of an era!