Chapter Two Hundred and Five: The Way of Gold
The Hall of All Souls, with seven salted fish lying on the ground.
Hearing that Yue Lao didn't plan to accept them as disciples, the spider spirits came to Sun Wukong with tears in their eyes.
They asked Sun Wukong to come forward to change Yue Lao's mind, but he was unmoved.
So they began to roll on the ground again.
"We're so good, why don't you take us. ”
"Yes, yes!"
"We also want to continue to play redline. ”
After tossing and turning for a long time, they got tired of playing, so they lay down on the ground and fell asleep.
The Hall of All Souls finally quieted down, and Sun Wukong saw that they didn't want to leave, so he made a decision.
"Tie them up and carry them back to Shanhai City. ”
He instructed the Quiet Division.
As Quiet Tsuji was about to make a move, Daji walked into the Hall of All Souls.
"The King. ”
She saluted Sun Wukong: "I'll take these children back." ”
Sun Wukong looked at her: "You are their teacher?"
"Yes. ”
Daji nodded, she was the head of these spider spirits.
To be precise, these spider spirits learn to make clothes, that is, to make clothes for her.
"What's wrong with them again?"
Daji looked at the spider spirits, and was well aware of their mischievous abilities.
"They're not happy, so enlighten them. ”
Sun Wukong told Daji about the cause and effect.
Daji wakes up the spider spirits and comforts them while telling them an inspirational story, hoping to show them that there is no shortcut to the sky.
"Do you know what this story is about?"
Daji asked.
The spider spirits nodded.
"The guy in this story is boring. ”
"He studied so hard, he definitely didn't have a kite to play. ”
"It's just like my sister. ”
"Senior sister is also very boring!"
The spider spirits clearly didn't appreciate the essence of the story.
"Lingyun is much better than you. ”
Daji listened to this pile of crooked reasoning, and said slightly angrily: "You always push her homework, and now she makes clothes that are more beautiful than yours!"
"Originally, we didn't want to learn that. ”
The spider spirits were confident: "It's my sister, you fancy that we can spin silk, who said that if you can spin silk, you have to make clothes?"
"We'll build a net, maybe it's better to build a spirit net!"
"That's right. ”
At this time, Zhenyuan Daxian also walked in.
"In that case, you can go with me to build an enchantment!"
"Enchantment?"
"Really?"
The spider spirits looked at Zhenyuan Daxian with glowing eyes.
"Brother Xian. ”
Zhenyuan Daxian didn't care about them, and said to Sun Wukong: "Give me these seven spider spirits." ”
When he heard that these spider spirits wanted to be the old apprentices, he immediately came over.
Sun Wukong agreed.
Zhenyuan Daxian then turned his attention to the spider spirits: "Would you like to be my disciple?"
"Yes, yes!"
The spider spirits perked up.
"Your senior brothers are all cowards, and they can't even deal with a golden cicada. ”
Zhenyuan Daxian stroked his long beard and said with a smile: "You are still bold and promising!"
The disciple he is looking for has to be this kind of child who dares to fly a kite.
The spider spirits were happy: "Daxian, you are much more interesting than that month!"
"That's it. ”
Zhenyuan Daxian fluttered: "How can Yue Lao compare with me?"
Sun Wukong couldn't help but shake his head and sigh, he didn't know what earth-shattering things would happen in the future when these big seven small ones got together.
In this way, Yue Lao accepted Lady White Bone as an apprentice, and the seven little ones followed Zhenyuan Daxian.
During the Spring Festival of this year, Wanling City conducted an annual summary according to the usual practice.
Since the solution to the population problem, the Kingdom of All Souls has been able to achieve its goal every year, with the exception of trade.
The trade routes between All Souls City and the outside world have long been opened, but the pace of development has been unexpectedly slow.
Sun Wukong's golden way of high hopes is not much progress every year.
And in this year, the volume of trade in the Golden Way has decreased unprecedentedly.
"Ao Luan, what's going on?"
Sun Wukong listened to the report and finally couldn't help but ask.
He is full of trust in Ao Luan, who is in charge of trade, and has been letting her take care of it all these years, but today he has to ask clearly.
Before Ao Luan could answer, Shui Dexingjun helped her explain the reason.
"Great Sage, don't blame the fairy. ”
Shui De Xingjun arched his hand and said: "The population of Wanling City increases dramatically every year, and the goods we produce are mainly supplied to the domestic market, and not much can be used for foreign transactions. ”
"Is that so?"
Sun Wukong looked at Ao Luan with a hint of interrogation in his eyes.
"Although there are reasons for this......"
Ao Luan sighed lightly, knowing that he couldn't hide it from Sun Wukong.
She reported: "The Way of Gold is in some trouble. ”
When the Golden Way first opened, everything went well.
But later, the countries along the Golden Road strengthened the caravans that passed by, and they had to pay a lot of money when they passed through a country, and the merchants lost their interests, so the development of trade gradually came to a standstill.
In recent years, countries have collected more and more money for the goods of the Kingdom of All Souls, and there have been fewer and fewer caravans taking the road of gold.
"Why didn't you tell me sooner?"
Sun Wukong asked.
"It's the little things. ”
Ao Luan replied, "I don't want to bother my brother. ”
This incident did not have much impact on the Kingdom of All Souls.
The number of monsters in Xiniu Hezhou is more than originally expected, and there has been a steady stream of demons sent over, and the number of humans who have come to the Ten Thousand Spirits Country through the Golden Road is not important.
At the same time, the demand for foreign trade in the Kingdom of All Souls is not high at this stage, and Ao Luan feels that he can deal with this matter slowly.
But she didn't expect that her momentary negligence would make the situation more serious.
This year, in particular, the volume of trade has actually decreased.
"Why are human nations like this?"
Sun Wukong frowned and asked, "Didn't you say that prosperous trade can give them more benefits?"
"I said it. ”
Ao Luan nodded, also a little strange: "Over the years, I have sent people to negotiate with various countries, but they are like eating scales, and they only care about those small money. ”
"Because of the constraints of heaven, we can't put enough pressure on them to change their policies. ”
Ao Luan mentioned the biggest problem that constrained them.
Sun Wukong feels that this matter is probably not simple.
He is the Heavenly Venerable of Xiniu Hezhou, even if it is selfish desires, the actions of various countries are a little strange.
"Will it be ......?"
A trace of doubt welled up in Sun Wukong's heart.
But the object of his suspicion cannot interfere with humanity, how can they change the attitude of countries?
After the banquet, he called Ao Luan to the room alone.
"When you send people to consult with the nations again, I will go with you. ”
Sun Wukong said.
"Brother wants to go over in person?"
Ao Luan was a little surprised.
"I'll change identities. ”
Sun Wukong replied.
He was going to investigate it himself.
If those two sides had done so, the situation would have certainly deteriorated further.
The way of gold must be completely opened.