Chapter 148: Withdrawal
In fact, it is the relevant knowledge of foreign trade. Feeling that the profits plundered by foreign merchants were too much, they set high tariffs for him, and the taxes levied were used to support local merchants.
The supporting policies are further refined, and the situation is not so pessimistic. In the end, the northern snowfield is the territory of the Blue Wolf Country, and the free trade zone in the Land of Wild Sand may not be completely occupied by the merchants of the Chen Kingdom.
If the private businessmen are not strong, the court of the blue wolf country can occupy the corresponding share and organize the operation.
Lieyang does not want to add further contradictions in trade, the two countries have a long-standing grudge, if there is no proper policy, I am afraid that it will provoke a new war before the two peoples merge!
So he informed Qing Cang of the relevant knowledge he knew, and said: "The terms of trade between the two countries must be determined one by one, you must set up observation stations all over the Chen country, and timely count the sales prices of various commodities in the Chen country - the preparation for the construction of a trade zone is not a matter of a while, and the blue wolf country can send an embassy to the Chen country for exchange and study." ”
These are all routine operations, Lieyang woke up the dreamer with a word, Lu Yu and Qingcang wanted to understand the truth, and they were all optimistic.
After the idle business and business are finished, all that remains is to eat and drink. The top delicacy of the northern snowfield made Lieyang eat it to his heart's content, wiped his mouth with a napkin, and exhaled with satisfaction.
He drank a few glasses of wine, but his face was not red, and he looked at Qing Cang and said, "The matter of me taking away the Wind Spirit Beast is currently known only to the Northern Wolf Rider, and this matter must be kept secret." ”
Qing Cang knew what was wrong, nodded and said: "You are facing Emperor Chen's pursuit, you should change your identity so that it is convenient to travel the rivers and lakes." ”
Most people are looking forward to the journey that is about to begin, but the three apprentices of Yueyang Tower are a little at a loss: where will Gongzi go after leaving the robbery town?
Although this trip to the valley robbery was very exciting, and he learned a lot of ways to fight with spirit beasts, everything in Yueyang Tower had just begun.
Is it about to end?
But he heard Qing Cang's tentative words: "Recently, many top powerhouses have come to the Valley of Robbery, and they want to move the Desolate Snow Giant Ape in the near future-"
He set his eyes on Bang Cheng, the first generation of Silver Wing War Cavalry was destroyed at the hands of the Wild Snow Giant Ape, at this time, the Blue Wolf Army knew that Bang Cheng had a great hatred for the Wild Snow Giant Ape, and would never give the opportunity to kill the Wild Snow Giant Ape to others!
Sure enough, when Bang Cheng heard the news, he raised his eyebrows and asked, "When?"
Qing Cang said very solemnly: "According to accurate information, it should be within three days! The six major forces of the rivers and lakes have all sent the top powerhouses of the Cave Heaven Domain, and many of them are at the top of the Cave Heaven Realm—in addition, the Chen Kingdom Imperial Court heard that there was a god-level beast king here, and sent people to negotiate with His Majesty, trying to unite forces to divide the benefits of killing the god-level beast king. ”
The Divine Spirit Core is a treasure that is extremely coveted by the great cultivators of the Upper Realm of the Cave Heaven Domain, if it falls into the forces of the rivers and lakes, it will not be long before a top-level powerhouse will appear!
This is not a good thing for the imperial power.
General Bang Cheng frowned, the current situation is full of powerhouses, even if he has the spirit of starlight, but the cultivation level of the Cave Heaven Realm, in the upcoming battle, he can't get any bargains.
If he appears on the battlefield, he will probably be the weakest side!
"Who did Chen Guo send?" Lieyang was more concerned about this.
"Hussar General, Gu Cheng!" Qing Cang said, "The Wild Wave Army officially entered the northern frontier seven days ago, south of the Chen Bing Hetao Plain. Gu Cheng personally led his four fierce generals in the Cave Heaven Domain, and most of them were determined to win the Wild Snow Giant Ape. ”
"......" Lieyang pursed his lips, and his heart woke up, the wild army actually took the south bank of the Chen Bingyan River, facing each other across the bank of the Flame Defense Zone!
The nineteenth Emperor Chen is so happy, this is to serve the Wild Snow Giant Ape and the Flame Defense Zone!
How to solve the current situation?
There was a brief silence in the big tent, and it was not the time to show up. But the battle to attack and kill the god-level Wild Snow Giant Ape is something that no cultivator wants to miss.
With so many Cave Heaven Domain powerhouses participating in the battle, if you can observe it up close, it will definitely be of great help to your cultivation path.
But—
"Rest for one night tonight, and leave the Valley of Tribulation immediately tomorrow morning!" Lie Yang didn't mean to discuss, and directly made a decision, "Taking advantage of the attraction of the god-level desolate snow giant ape to all forces, we will have room for activities!"
Wouldn't the head iron go to the core area of the valley to give away people's heads?
Gu Cheng got the holy order to kill the Burning Sun, if he found that the Burning Sun was here, I am afraid that he would directly abandon the Wild Snow Giant Ape and take four Cave Heaven Domain powerhouses to kill the Burning Sun!
There is no chance to be left to chance.
Yu Fei, Leng Qianshuang and the three apprentices must have listened to Lieyang, curiosity killed the cat, and no one wanted to die so easily.
As for Lu Yu and Bang Cheng......
Lie Yang observed Lu Yu's expression, and guessed that she was also communicating with Bang Cheng - the death of the desolate snow giant ape in anyone's hands was nothing more than the attraction of the divine core.
If you put aside the interests, as long as the Wild Snow Giant Ape is killed, it can be regarded as avenging the Silver Wing Warhorse.
The speed of communication was much faster than speaking, and after two breaths, Lu Yu made a decision: "This is very good, with our strength, it is not enough to compete in the valley, it is better to hide the rivers and lakes, Xu Tu will plan later!"
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In mid-February, the town was robbed.
The popularity of the bluestone square in the north of the town is several times that of before, and countless cultivators and businessmen gather here to buy all kinds of resources produced. The red drum gong in the Luogu Pavilion sounded from time to time, and it was nothing more than a team of soul slaying troops entering and leaving the fortress in the north of the town.
Three extremely young men passed through the huge gate of the fortress and returned to the pure yang square, their backpacks bulging, and they looked like they had gained a lot.
Many cultivators were envious when they saw this, and it was really like the legend on the rivers and lakes: In the valley of tribulation, one person can make a fortune! No, the three young men who have not cultivated in their bodies, but they can beat a few large bags of prey, isn't it a great fortune?
Old General Cheng Yu happened to be patrolling the fortress today, and when he saw these three people coming back, he hurriedly got off the fortress and caught up with them to stop: "Xu Yan, Tang Yu, Liu Jianlong?"
The three people who came back were the three apprentices of the Yueyang Tower's Spirit Slaying Team.
Xu Yan and the others hurriedly saluted, and Cheng Yu asked worriedly, "Where is your son-in-law?"
"Childe has other plans, and he won't return to the town for the time being. Xu Yan's expression was sad, very listless, "Let our three brothers take over Yueyang Tower—hmm, what's going on with Brother Yue's retreat?"
Liu Jianlong inevitably asked more: "Is Miss Gu okay?"
Cheng Yu replied truthfully: "Yue Zheng went out of the customs the day before yesterday and returned to Yueyang Tower with Gu Xue——"
As he was talking, Cheng Yu's sharp eyes discerned a delicate figure, and said with a smile: "Well, Gu Xue will come to Zhenbei Square every day to guard, looking forward to your return." ”
The three of them looked back, and sure enough, they saw Gu Xue carrying a vegetable basket and sitting on the edge of the Luogu Pavilion.
Gu Xue also saw them, and immediately had joy in her eyes, but she searched carefully, but found no trace of Gongzi, and a little disappointment and worry flashed in her pretty eyes.
But he still stepped forward very happily, and said with a smile: "Wow, you three, you have brought back so many things!"
Liu Jianlong knew that the separation was imminent, so he seized the opportunity to talk to her: "Yes, it is all the son's guidance that can we get these goods." The level is mostly at the young spirit level, which makes Miss Gu smile. ”
Gu Xue didn't like the level, and hurriedly beckoned everyone to go back: "It's best to come back safely, I'm about to go grocery shopping—where are the others, come back for dinner?"
She asked carefully, for fear of getting any bad news from the apprentice.
"Oh, dinner......" Liu Jianlong's face froze, "It should ...... We'll eat together, right?"
Lu Yu only heard "eat together", and immediately smiled and squinted, and walked very happily: "You still want to go to the Spirit Slaying Guild to sell the goods, right? Then I'll prepare wine and food to celebrate everyone's safe home!"
Xu Yan is indeed ready to sell the goods, but-
He said calmly: "Miss Gu, there is no need to prepare today's dinner." ”
"Hmm?" Gu Xue asked with a blank face, puzzled, "Yes...... Is that what Childe meant, are you going out to eat?"
Xu Yan smiled slightly: "Well, it was Gongzi who said it, there is no need to prepare dinner today." ”
"Well, okay. Gu Xue listened to Gongzi's order, so she no longer insisted, but still asked, "Did Gongzi say where to go for dinner?" Zhendong has opened a new Miao Township small hot pot, I went with Brother Yue once, the food is good and affordable, we can try it!"
Xu Yan nodded, among the three apprentices, his personality was more stable, and he said to Gu Xue: "Wait until you see Gongzi, it's just past noon, don't worry." ”
Gu Xue was thinking of Gongzi in her heart, and she was very happy for a while, and was about to go back and wait for the hot sun, but was stopped by Liu Jianlong.
"Miss Gu, I ......" Liu Jianlong not only had something in his heart, but also had something on his face.
Gu Xue's eyes flickered: "What's wrong?"
Liu Jianlong's tongue was knotted, he couldn't speak for a while, and the anxiety in his heart was like a fried oil pot, burning to the extreme. It wasn't until Xu Yan patted him on the shoulder from behind that he sighed lightly: "It's nothing, I just think that Gongzi must be very happy to have Miss Gu to take care of him." ”
Gu Xue's little face turned red: "You, you just read too many books, and you think crankily all day long!"
"Yes...... Liu Jianlong smiled self-deprecatingly, "I'm probably stupid at reading." ”
"Then I'll go first? You have sold the goods, come back quickly. Gu Xuewan'er, her mind was on Gongzi, and she was worried that Gongzi would go back to Yueyang Tower first but not see her.
Where is the tea at home, the son probably doesn't know!
Liu Jianlong nodded "um", looked at Gu Xue a few times, and seemed to want to remember this face forever, until Gu Xue turned around first.
He retracted his gaze, the corners of his eyes trembled in pain, but he still couldn't help but raise his head and stare at her pretty back: "Miss Gu, I'm really sorry for what happened last time!"
Naturally, it was Mrs. Gu who was killed, if he hadn't been courteous to bring Mrs. Gu here, I'm afraid it wouldn't be so coincidental and be targeted by resentful spirits.
Gu Xue was stunned and half turned back.
Thinking of her mother's tragic death, her heart was like a knife, but no matter how sad she was, she couldn't come back.
Gu Xue endured the sourness in her heart, and forced a relieved smile, as pure as clear snow, like a holy angel.
Liu Jianlong was also stunned when he saw her smile.
It seems that all the wounds have been healed by Gu Xue's smile, and that heartfelt warmth is the spiritual harbor that anyone dreams of.
It's just that it's short-lived.
Gu Xue nodded at Liu Jianlong with a smile, then turned around and left, Liu Jianlong carried the heavy goods on his back, staring blankly until Gu Xue's figure disappeared from view.
Under the bright spring sun, a few clear tears dripped on the bluestone slab of the square.