Nowadays, Wu Yue still uses boiling to make salt, because the cost is too high, the price cannot be pressed down at all, so Wu Yue's salt cannot be sold at all, and many salt farmers have returned to their old business and started fishing for a living. But after losing the most important source of income, Qian Liang, the king of Zhongxun, was also helpless, unless he got Zong Xin's method of conjuring salt from the sea, Wu Yue would not be able to hold on sooner or later.

The most important reason why Li Jing did not attack Wu Yue was...... There is no need for this. Wu Yue is too poor, fighting is to fight for money, if this battle is fought and you have to lose money, then there is no need to fight. After all, Datang's treasury is not very rich, and Li Jing can't afford this kind of loss.

Originally, Li Jing didn't want to lend troops to Murong Yanchao, but this time the opportunity was too rare, if Guo Wei could be destroyed, then the strength of the Tang Dynasty would definitely increase greatly, and when the time came, it would be just around the corner to destroy the Southern Han Dynasty, swallow Wu Yue, and dominate the world. The abdomen and back are tabooed by the enemy's soldiers, no matter who looks at it, this time Guo Wei is indeed unable to escape death. If it weren't for that, Li Jing would really be unwilling to contribute money and strength to fight for others.

After Zong Xin came to Yandao, it was already a long time, because they were not in a hurry, so they had a good time, during this time, Zhao Kuangyin and his party had already done all the things that Zong Xin had ordered, and there was no need for him to make a special trip, everyone was waiting for Zong Xin on Yandao.

Zongxin's visit to Salt Island was an eye-opener, it was completely different from when he left, from a very dilapidated village to a big city that was not inferior to Luoyang and Kaifeng, and every family seemed to be very wealthy. And along the way, the originally vast and sparsely populated Southern Han Dynasty was full of small villages, and the newly opened fields also grew a lot of grain, which were the reasons why the refugees of the Chu State settled here.

Everyone could see that Zong Xin had done a great thing invisibly, at least for the people of the Southern Han Dynasty, this matter was too good, and the Southern Han became wealthy because of it, and even the former residents of the Chu State thought that the Southern Han was much better than the Chu State.

It was named Shinshu because of the newly established city of Shioshima in Soshin. Even Liu Sheng has come to Xinzhou many times to appreciate the prosperity here, which makes Liu Sheng a little depressed...... It is more prosperous than the Southern Han Dynasty Kyoto Xingwang Mansion.

The salt merchants were originally wealthy, when they came to Salt Island to buy salt, they would not stay only for a day, and even some people would stay here for a while, the most important thing is that the flow of people is too large, not only the salt merchants but also the buddies they brought, everyone is a strong consumption power, so this place is prosperous for a while, and the night is singing.

The business will not be so single, in addition to selling salt, other merchants also know that there is great spending power here, and also started other transactions, for a time Xinzhou almost became the most prosperous city in the entire Central Plains, all kinds of valuables are traded and exchanged here. Because there is no silver banknote in contemporary times, real money is needed when buying salt, and even some people directly use gems and jade, which are more valuable and easy to carry and conceal, because of these reasons, other local industries are also very developed.

The entire Xinzhou City is prosperous, Zong Xin is dumbfounded here, he really didn't expect that Xinzhou City has a prosperous scene at this time, and this prosperity will continue, even if Zong Xin discloses the secret recipe of the salt drying method, at most the price of salt will drop slightly, and at least half of the people present will buy salt here for a long time.

Wuyue is more eastward, except for northerners, most of the southern and western salt merchants will still choose this road, because the trade route has been opened, and it is more convenient and safer to come and go, but the output and price will indeed be greatly affected, but at least Xinzhou City will continue to prosper.

There is still some distance between Xinzhou City and Yandao, because between Xinzhou City and Yandao, there is an independent territory, which is controlled by Lei Tianxin, he is afraid that Zongxin's salt drying method will be exposed, so he will never allow outsiders to step into this place for half a step, and those who trespass on the forbidden land will be killed.

However, Lei Tianxin often goes to Xinzhou City to consume, and now Lei Tianxin is also one of the richest people today, and the commissions he gets from salt merchants from all over the world make Lei Tianxin make a windfall. When you have money, of course, you have to go out to spend, and you can always take a team of masters around you to protect your safety.

When Zongxin and his party came to Xinzhou City, it was getting late, and they were going to rest here for one night and go to Yandao tomorrow. Because the salt merchants are relatively wealthy, there are a lot of high-end restaurants and inns here, and Zongxin and his party also chose the best inn to stay in and asked for three empty rooms.

Zong Xin and his party have become accustomed to three empty rooms, one for Zong Xin, one for Tianya, and the other for women who are physically inconvenient, and women who are physically convenient sleep with Zong Xin.

Zongxin didn't want to be too conspicuous, so he ate downstairs at the inn. The high-end inns are naturally different, and the food in the inns is generally not as good as the restaurants, but the inns here are definitely no worse than any restaurants, because the people who can afford to live in this kind of inns are rich businessmen, and their tastes are of course picky.

Zongxin and his entourage ordered a large table of seafood, accompanied by some local fruit wine. The seafood is fresh, because it is located on the coast, and the seafood here tastes absolutely top-notch, and it is already delicious without any seasonings.

The crabs and shrimp here are much larger than those in the river, and they taste completely different, and although it is laborious to peel the shells, the group is very happy to eat.

It's one thing to be happy, but it also makes a few people have something to worry about. Zong Xin and his entourage sat by the window, you can see the scenery on the street, there is a green building on the street, a large number of scantily clad girls are soliciting customers at the door, and there are people on the second floor who have chartered a private room, and a person is playing with four or five girls in it, the sound is quite loud, and the screams and laughter of girls are very uncomfortable.

At present, Zongxin is not affected. But the three women were afraid that Zongxin would learn these bad things, and Tianya's age was also young, so they didn't want him to learn bad too early, so they wanted to close the window. But Zong Xin and Tianya peeled the crabs very carefully, and they didn't look back at them at all, which also made the three women embarrassed to take the initiative to close the window.

"Master, let's go to the opposite side to relax later, the master has been busy and hard in the past few days, and this silver is only called money when it is spent, what is it for being busy all day long?"

Not far away, a young butler lured the master to take him to spend time and drink, as a housekeeper around a rich merchant, he couldn't afford it. If you just have to take care of the master, you won't have a chance. If he wants to go himself, he has to take the master with him.

The rich merchant squinted for a moment, and then said, "Forget about the other side, let's go somewhere else." We can't afford to mess with that guy. ”

"Okay, you can go anywhere. The butler immediately poured wine for the master, and was happy to learn that he was going to relax tonight.

These words reached the ears of others, but the accents of the two men were strange. Although everyone understood what they said, it always felt a little awkward, and it felt like they were both like big tongues, and they couldn't speak clearly at all.

At this moment, suddenly an old man in white walked up to the two of them with a sword, and then said coldly: "Ju Jiangqin." ”

Everyone heard it, this is the dialect of the two regions of Wu Yue and Guangdong, and they can't understand it at all, this is almost a foreign language. On the side of Wu Yueguo, this dialect is only spoken in coastal areas, and it is indeed difficult for ordinary people to communicate with them.

"Boiled melon you west. The two of them turned their heads to stare at the old man in white at the same time, and they were suddenly frightened.

The old man in white suddenly glared at the rich merchant and the people around him with his sword, and the two of them instantly stiffened all over their bodies, clutching the table with both hands, and their expressions were painful.

Soon, the old man in white turned his head and sat down at an empty table, and then said, "Xiao Er, two bowls of seafood noodles, and a pot of wine." ”

"Okay~Okay~" Xiao Er was also scared silly, this old man in white didn't do anything at all, even if he went to the government, he couldn't care about it. But the rich merchant and his subordinates remained where they were, as if they had seen some terrible vision, and they did not dare to move at all, and were so anxious that they were sweating profusely.

I don't know what happened, did these three people know each other before? If so, why did they do this? The old man in white didn't do anything, but the two people were already scared stupid, is this old man in white very high?

"It's so powerful...... Zong Xin admired while peeling shrimp: "This old guy's skills are not low, just by sword intent traction can make two people hallucinate, he didn't do it, he didn't even use a trace of true qi, but those two people suffered internal injuries." It is estimated that I will not be able to go to the Qinglou in the past few days. But the old guy is already merciful, if he made a move, these two people would have been stabbed into a hornet's nest long ago. ”

Tianya squatted on the chair, looked at the old man in white with a depressed face, and then said depressedly: "His martial arts are so high, but his life is quite poor, and he even uses seafood noodles to drink...... It seems that he is a martial arts master with no money. Would you like to help him?"

"You don't know that. Zong Xin said: "Regardless of whether he has money or not, anyway, at his age, half of his body is lying in the coffin, even if he is given delicacies from the mountains and seas, he may not feel delicious, because people's sense of taste will deteriorate after they get older, and they feel uncomfortable eating other things, so they like to eat pasta." ”

"Really?" Tianya said, "I'm not old yet, so I don't know." ”

"I'm not old, I'm all common sense. So, just wave while you're young, and when you're old, you won't have a chance to wave. Zong Xin said: "Look, what is the use of a master like this kind of gold if you give him 10,000 taels of gold? Does he dare to go to the Qinglou? It is estimated that he will not be able to get out of bed after going to the Qinglou, and will die directly in bed." Delicious things don't taste good, how much is two bowls of seafood noodles worth? So this kind of old master has no need to help at all, he has no pursuit of life. ”

Tianya was curious: "Why can't you get out of bed when you go to the Qinglou?" just sleep with a woman, you sleep every day, why are you okay?"

"You're still young, and you'll understand this kind of thing when you grow up. ”