Hidden Yang City hasn't been so lively for a long time.

It was when Zhao Lanjiang was the city lord that although the people of Yinyang admired it, they still had a question mark in their hearts about the city lord's ability to govern the city.

In the past six months, the new policies of Yinyang City and the construction of Stone City have revitalized this city, and even the other eighteen cities have benefited a lot. The prosperity of Yinyang City was restored, and the people really embraced this foreign city lord.

The hidden yang of Li Xiancheng's era is completely different from today's hidden yang. The people are still those people, Chai Gongwang's staff office, Li Xianzhong's white horse Yicong, but the atmosphere and vitality of the whole city are completely different.

Zhao Lanjiang also knows that if you want to develop Yinyang, under the premise of stability, population is the top priority, whether it is a new population or a foreign population, people can be left behind. It is better not to make money, than not to collect taxes, and only by leaving people behind and making these people profitable, can this city have the vitality of sustainable development. Half a year's efforts have not been in vain, and the population of Hidden Yang City has now reached 150,000, an increase of one-third in half a year.

With an increase in population, the next step is job creation. Whether it is a godsend or Zhao Tianci's banquet, it will lead some merchants from Jianghu sects, Jiangnan and Shanxi to Yinyang, and it is through their trade that they will drive the employment of these new population.

Qinglongfang, on the long street in front of the city lord's mansion, is very lively. From beginning to end, it stretches for three or four miles, and there are benches and long tables on both sides of the road, feasting people who come to congratulate them. Next to it is a wooden frame iron pot, and the twenty cities of Yinyang send pigs, cows, and sheep, or burn or roast or stew, and the aroma is overflowing.

On the road to the long street, there are goods from the Central Plains, the Western Regions, the Western Chu, and the Northern Zhou Dynasty, the price is so low that it makes people drool, and the willpower is slightly weak, I am afraid that if you don't wait for the city lord's mansion, the money bag has been spent.

The matter of the celebration banquet, Chai Gongwang is familiar with the road, but this kind of specifications and practices, he is also the first time to see, Zhao Lanjiang handed over the matter to him, he is also dedicated, although there are some flaws, but there is a white horse to maintain order, and there is no chaos.

The sky was dark, and a large number of people had gathered here, and a couplet more than ten zhang high was seen from a distance, hanging on the mast temporarily erected outside the gate of the city lord's mansion.

Heavenly officials bless, millions of gold, and noble guests from all over the world.

Vientiane is renewed, twenty cities, welcoming guests from all over the world.

This banquet, the whole city celebrates, reluctant to give up the VIP seats, whether it is the twenty city lords of Yinyang, the elders of the famous families of the rivers and lakes, the thieves of the green forest, or the ordinary people, they are all on the long table and bench on this long street to celebrate the arrival of the little master in the world.

It was almost noon, Chai Gongwang was sitting at the gate of the city lord's mansion, and there were constantly good news, and the turnover of goods on several other streets had reached 50,000 taels, 100,000 taels, and so on. As the guests gradually moved into the seats, the scene became lively.

Zhao Lanjiang took Xiao Jinyan and Li Chengcheng to the market early in the morning, and he was more concerned about the trade situation here than the noon banquet.

Although Zhao Lanjiang's martial arts are high, he has recently risen, and he has no teacher to inherit the sect, so he can only be regarded as half of the people in the rivers and lakes, and many people in the rivers and lakes only hear his name and have not seen him, but fortunately, Li Chengcheng and Xiao Jinyan know many people, and the people in the rivers and lakes they met along the way are also recommended one by one.

One of the four elders of Shaolin, Xuan Miao, and Wudang Deputy Sect Master Wu Quantum came together, followed by a group of disciples, and collided with the three of them.

Xiao Jinyan shouted: "Master Xuanmiao, no quantum senior!"

When the two heard this, they came over to say hello, and after introducing each other, Zhao Lanjiang hugged his fists, "I've seen Master Xuanmiao, no quantum senior!"

Master Xuan Miao said, "I have long heard the deeds of the city lord of Zhao, and when I see it today, it is a hero who is a young man!"

Wu Quantum also said, "Yes, as the so-called back waves of the Yangtze River push the front waves, and one generation is more than one generation of waves." In a few years, I'm afraid no one on the rivers and lakes will remember us!

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Xiao Jinyan said with a smile, "How could it be, when you drank in Huashan, the naked sword dance after you got drunk is still a beautiful talk in the rivers and lakes!"

As soon as these words came out, the faces of the accompanying Wudang disciples turned red and were full of shame. At the Huashan martial arts party that year, Xiao Jinyan drunk Wu Quan, instigated him to take off his clothes, and came to a sword dance, which spread all over the rivers and lakes, Wu Quantum himself was a contemptuous and dissolute person, he felt nothing, but the Wudang disciples couldn't raise their heads on the rivers and lakes for a while. Today, Xiao Jinyan brought up the old matter again, which made these disciples very angry.

Wu Quantum laughed, "I didn't have a lot of fun that day, and I invented a few more sword moves with two swords, and you and I will get drunk again in a moment!"

All the disciples shouted "No!" Wu Quantum ignored them, patted Zhao Lanjiang on the shoulder, and secretly carried his true qi. He had heard of Zhao Lanjiang's name for a long time, and he couldn't help but test it.

Zhao Lanjiang remained silent, and with his domineering power, he drew his true qi to rebound, and Wu Quantum suddenly withdrew his hand, and said, "Accept!"

Zhao Lanjiang smiled slightly, "Pass the prize!"

"I'll have to beg for a glass of wine in a while!"

"As long as there is a sword dance to help the fun, I will carry you a vat of wine!"

The two laughed.

Xuan Miao saw that Wu Quan's hand behind him couldn't help trembling, he was secretly shocked in his heart, Wu Quantum was also one of the top five masters in Wudang, and he secretly competed with Zhao Lanjiang, but he didn't take any advantage, this kind of skill, killing Li Xiancheng and Tuoba Niuren should not be opportunistic.

Seeing that the luncheon was approaching, everyone walked together to the City Lord's Mansion. Zhao Lanjiang has a lot of people to meet today, and he took this opportunity to get straight to the point and talk about cooperation with Shaolin and Wudang.

Shaolin and Wudang are famous sects, the world's martial arts are the leader, the two major sect industries, all have lay disciples in the outer courtyard to take care of, especially the two major sects have a long history, the imperial court and government reward a lot of fields, and Yinyang City can not be self-sufficient in grain, he wants to take this opportunity to cooperate with Shaolin and Wudang to establish a granary in Yinyang and open a grain shop.

The conditions given by Zhao Lanjiang are also quite generous, the price is 30% higher than the price of grain in the Central Plains, and special funds and land are given, and the only condition is that in addition to the person in charge, the rest of the people must be local people in Yinyang.

There are several main sources of income for Shaolin and Wudang.

The first is the reward of the government, the two factions have a long history, thousands of years of ancient temples, and the imperial court will allocate silver two to maintain the basic expenses every year; the second is the disciple disciple feedback, after the disciples of the sect are out of the school, some of the achievements will be donated; the third is the believer's incense offerings, although these silver taels are expensive, but mainly used for repair; the fourth is to regulate the disputes in the rivers and lakes, the gift money of each faction, these are barely sustaining expenses.

The center of gravity of the real economic income is the industry under the sect, of which the government has sealed thousands of hectares of land, and there is no need to pay taxes, so the grain produced every year is mostly sold at a price lower than the market.

Even if the grain is not profitable, if they can open up trade routes, when they return, they can purchase foreign goods such as furs, agate, and spices from Yinyang City, and they can also generate income when they return. Zhao Lanjiang's conditions far exceeded their expectations, so it didn't take long for all the negotiations to be completed.

Xiao Jinyan sighed and said, "Both of them are monks and cultivators, and they used to only care about drinking, but I didn't expect both of them to be such economic people." ”

"Shaolin Wudang, there are many disciples, counting the outer disciples and industries, there are more than 10,000 people, and there are less than 200 people who really practice martial arts, even if you want to practice, you can't practice hungry, right?"

Zhao Lanjiang was in a happy mood, and said with a smile, "Since the two masters are so happy, I, Zhao Lanjiang, am not a stingy person, friends who are traveling with me, I, Zhao Lanjiang, in my private name, will give you a discount of one hundred taels per person."

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The coupon can be used on all four streets. After the banquet, you can buy as many as you like!"

Everyone thanked one after another, but no one noticed a line written in the corner with a line of "400 Wen minus 50 Wen, each pen is limited to one".

As soon as I entered the long street, I heard someone arguing not far away. Li Bufan was arguing with an elderly man, his face was red and his emotions were quite excited.

The old man saw that Xuan Miao and Wu Quantum said, "Master Xuan Miao, Brother Wu Quan, you two will judge the theory!"

Wu Quantum frowned and asked, "Are you?"

The elder said, "I'm Li Wutong, the leader of the Willow Leaf Gang in Qingzhou Mansion, and I gave you a glass of wine at the last Huashan gathering!"

Wu Quantum touched his head, "I don't have a good memory. No wonder!"

Zhao Lanjiang went over, "What's going on?"

Li Wutong said, "You are?"

"In Xia Zhao barrage. ”

Li Wutong said, "It turns out that you are the lord of Yinyang City, I didn't expect that you are young, your shelf is not small, and you are the lord of a city ......."

Zhao Lanjiang interrupted, "Let's talk about things directly." ”

Li Wutong was robbed of white, his face showed displeasure, and said, "I'm here to ask for guilt, as the lord of Yinyang City, your hospitality is a little biased, but fortunately, the Willow Leaf Gang is also a famous and decent family in the rivers and lakes, and it can't be compared with Shaolin Wudang, and we can't always let us sit at the bottom of the wind and drink with these unpopular sects." Qingzhou Mansion is bigger than Yinyang, right? I went to Qingzhou Mansion to do business, and the Qingzhou Governor also had to be condescended and noble, and accompanied me throughout the whole process. ”

Zhao Lanjiang glanced at Li Bufan, and said in his heart that Li Bufan was still young, if Chai Gong wanted to be here, he would definitely be able to handle this kind of thing properly, but at this moment Li Bufan was blamed, he was half a disciple of his own, if he couldn't find it back, it would be difficult to be a man in the future.

Zhao Lanjiang said, "Today's luncheon, there is no dignity, no guest of honor, sit casually, eat and drink casually, not only the brothers on the rivers and lakes, but also the other city lords of Yinyang are also seated casually." ”

Li Wutong is quite arrogant, he came all the way here, even if he can't compare to Shaolin Wudang, at least he will go to the house to drink bars, who expected this arrangement, he couldn't help but tease, "It's really a thousand miles of errands, it's better to drink cold water at home, I knew it was so, it was better to buy a donkey meat in the Central Plains to burn." ”

Zhao Lanjiang said, "Then please take care of yourself." ”

Li Wutong saw that Zhao Lanjiang ignored him, and couldn't help but get angry, and said to the rest of the rivers and lakes, "Friends on the rivers and lakes, this Zhao Lanjiang ignores our people in the rivers and lakes and treats them differently, in my opinion, let's not eat this meal, go back to our own homes, and find our own mothers!"

Those words just now made everyone already complain about Li Wutong, and as soon as he instigated it at this moment, he immediately became humane, "We are all not in the sect, come to say hello to the Zhao City Lord, and ask for a cup of Yinyang Chishui wine to drink, so we won't have fun with the Li Gang Master." ”

Li Wutong was squeezed, and his face was very embarrassed.

Zhao Lanjiang said, "We have a VIP banquet, if you want to go to the mansion to eat, it is not impossible, but there is a condition." ”

"On what terms?"

Zhao Lanjiang pulled Li Bufan in front of him and said loudly, "This is my apprentice, you either apologize to him, or beat him in a martial arts competition, otherwise, where you come from, you will go back." You're not welcome in Hidden Sun City. ”

Li Wutong saw that Li Bufan was less than twenty years old, with a knife on his waist, and despised it in his heart, even if you practiced knives in your mother's womb, what level can you practice, he has been immersed in the knife for forty years, and now he has a small success, I heard that Zhao Bajiang knife method is known as the first, he is already unhappy, and now he meets Li Bufan, just to teach a lesson, beat the apprentice, how can the master not come forward?

Thinking of this, Li Wutong said, "Okay, I'll let you make three moves!"

PS: Make up for yesterday, and there is a change in the evening.

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