"Are you ready?" Duan Tianya asked with a solemn expression, looking at the middle-aged man below.

From the clothing, it can be known that this man is one of the many big shopkeepers of the 'Hundred Treasure Pavilion', and he belongs to the real high-level. White-faced and beardless, wide and fat, he looks like a shrewd businessman. However, at this time, he did not have the sleek and delicate expressions of those big shopkeepers, and his face was only solemn and resolute!

"Have you ever thought about why you were chosen?" Duan Tianya sighed, looked at the other party and asked.

"Nope. The man suddenly laughed, shook his head and said, "You have to choose someone, since you choose me, it's me!"

"Don't be resentful?!" Duan Tianya asked, staring into the other party's eyes.

"No!" the other party shook his head without hesitation and said, "It's all about serving the Lord, I, a waste person, have nothing to worry about, and I'm the best candidate!"

"......." Duan Tianya was silent, and he didn't know what to say for a while.

"The pavilion master doesn't need to be like this, this is Zhengxing willingly!" The man's voice was a little shrill and thin, and a fine light flashed in his eyes that was almost crushed by the flesh on his face, "I only wish that the Lord would complete the grand distance!"

"Go ahead. Duan Tianya sighed and waved his hand.

"Zhengxing, thank you for the Pavilion Master's care over the years, and it will be a forever secret after this time! Zhengxing has no regrets, I only wish to be able to make a small profit for the Lord's Hongyuan!" The man knelt in front of Duan Tianya with his legs, leaned over and made a big salute, "Zhengxing is also going!"

"......" Seeing that the other party got up and left without hesitation, Duan Tianya's eyes flickered, and he didn't know what to think.

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In the middle of the night, in the wilderness, a fat man was panting and walking quickly, and behind him, more than a dozen masked warriors were in hot pursuit.

The man already had a lot of scars on his body, and it was obvious that more than a dozen masked warriors behind him were trying to take his name!

Finally, the man who was powerless to follow was still stopped by the masked warrior, and his eyes flashed with despair.

"Situ Zhengxing, see where you are going?!" After the masked warriors surrounded the man, one of the leaders stood up and said, "How can the 'Hundred Treasure Pavilion' things be so easy to take?"

"Hehehehe......" Situ Zhengxing sat on the ground, looked around at everyone, and laughed coldly, "It's worthy of 'Tsing Yi Lou', or was caught up by you!"

"Hand over the things, you can die quickly!" the masked man at the head shouted coldly.

"Hey, since it's death, what's the relationship between slow death and quick death?!" Situ Zhengxing sneered, gasped and said, "Does the person surnamed Duan think it's over if you kill me!?

The man led by "......" was silent for a while, and then said, "It has nothing to do with my 'Tsing Yi Building'! Our task is to put you to death first, and then to recover the secret method!"

"It seems that the surname Duan also knows, can't keep it?!" Situ Zhengxing sneered, "At the beginning, the 'Hundred Treasure Pavilion' used its power to suppress people, causing my family to be ruined! If I hadn't endured the humiliation and burden, I would have been a pile of dry bones a long time ago! Now that I have made the secret recipe public, he 'Hundred Treasure Pavilion' will scrape a piece of meat if he doesn't die! Hahahaha! Happy!

"Die!" the man in the lead was furious, and the long sword in his hand stabbed straight into the opponent's chest.

What he didn't expect was that this Situ Zhengxing didn't have any obstruction at all, but instead took advantage of the momentum, and the long sword went straight through his left chest.

"Hey!" Situ Zhengxing said with blood in his mouth, looking at the masked man in Tsing Yi with a cruel smile, "My goal has been accomplished, and I will die if I die!" It's just that 'Hundred Treasure Pavilion'...... Hey, hey, hey!"

Without waiting for the masked man in Tsing Yi to say anything, Situ Zhengxing was no longer alive.

"Bastard!" the masked man in green threw Situ Zhengxing's body to the ground, and then said to his subordinates, "Search for me!"

"Yes!" The masked man next to him walked out and carefully searched Situ Zhengxing's body.

"Commander, I didn't find it!" After about a quarter of an hour, the two people who had carefully examined Situ Zhengxing's body stood up and walked up to the masked man at the head and said.

"Hmph!" the man at the head snorted coldly, and then sighed helplessly, "Send the news back, the task is only half completed, and the secret method may have been spread!"

"Yes!" all the other masked warriors in Tsing Yi bowed their hands and turned to leave.

"......" looked at the backs of his subordinates leaving, and the masked man in Tsing Yi led by him flashed a few fine lights in his eyes.

walked in front of Situ Zhengxing, stared at the other party for a while, and finally cut off Situ Zhengxing's head with a wave of the knife, and left without looking back.

Less than half an hour later, a team of warriors who were also masked came to the scene.

The leader was a woman who didn't look very old, and I saw him looking at the headless corpse in front of him with sadness in his eyes, and in the end, he didn't slip his hand, just waved his hand.

Then the rest of the warriors used it, wrapped the body in a white cloth, and disappeared into the night.

That night, the 'Hundred Treasure Pavilion' underwent a great change, and a big shopkeeper stole the 'Hundred Treasure Pavilion' method of making spirits and fled. Although he was found and killed by the 'Tsing Yi Building' who later received the task, the handkerchief that recorded the secret method could not be found!

Subsequently, a lot of silk scarves or paper recorded the method of brewing spirits appeared all over the entire Zijin Empire, and for a while, the method of brewing spirits that had been kept strictly secret by the 'Hundred Treasure Pavilion' for many years became known to everyone!

You must know that since the appearance of spirits in the Purple Gold Continent, they are no longer just a drink! Especially under the guidance of the 'Hundred Treasure Pavilion', intentionally or unintentionally, spirits have gradually become drugs (high-concentration alcohol disinfection) and strategic materials (making attack fire pots), and are sought after by many forces!

It's just that all along, 'Baibaoge' has strict control over the spirits produced. It has made spirits a luxury with a very high price, not to mention those small forces, even big forces like the 'Hidden Dragon Society' do not exist much, use a little less!

But now, the method of making spirits has been announced, how can you not make everyone happy?!

In particular, in the secret method that has been circulated, it is stated that spirits are mainly made from grain, which is even more exciting for many forces!

You know, before the advent of spirits. The liquor consumed in the Purple Gold Continent is mainly fruit wine, which has a light and fragrant taste, but it is not as sweet and spicy as spirits, and it is useless except for drinks that serve as pleasure!

After the advent of spirits, many forces secretly studied how spirits were made. Especially the spicy taste, everyone thought it was caused by some kind of fruit that everyone didn't know about, and it was impossible to do it!

Now that I know that it is not caused by a strange fruit at all, not to mention, the raw material for brewing is actually the most unappreciated ordinary grain in the Purple Gold Empire, so naturally everyone is very happy!

As mentioned earlier, the products of the Purple Gold Continent are too abundant, and food has never been a matter that people attach importance to, and it seems that it is inexhaustible!

After all, food is abundant and cheap, and it doesn't cost much to try the effect!

The result is naturally self-evident, many forces have refined spirits! For a while, there was a frenzy of brewing spirits in all parts of the entire Zijin Empire! After all, they needed to reserve more of these 'strategic resources' for the future!

As for the 'Hundred Treasure Pavilion', except for the initial attack against some small forces, when the brewing method of the spirits was confirmed, there was no more action!

That's right!'Hundred Treasure Pavilion' is a powerful and powerful man, and it can only acquiesce to the fact after all!

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In the north, somewhere in a city controlled by the Shangguan clan. At night, the 'Fireworks Building' is still noisy, and many people are drinking and having fun inside.

In the private room, Shangguan Yuancheng, a member of the Shangguan clan, sat and drank with his friend and confidant's subordinate Su Cheng, chatting about various private and official matters. Beside them, each had two women accompanying the drink, as well as several luthiers playing music beside them.

"Ah Cheng, have you noticed that the grain in stock has been drastically decreasing during this time?" Shangguan Yuancheng asked with a frown as he drank his wine.

"I know. Su Cheng smiled and said, "It's that everyone is starting to brew spirits, and they have borrowed a lot of grain from the warehouse!

"Really?!" Shangguan Yuancheng frowned and did not reply directly.

Although the two were talking in the private room, there were still some women from the 'Fireworks Building' who accompanied the wine. But I don't know when it began, people gradually ignored that these women also leaked their conversations, especially those they didn't think were secret, and they didn't care about the women who heard them.

"I'm a little worried. Shangguan Yuancheng looked at Su Cheng and said in a deep voice, "What if I can't make up for it after the harvest?"

"Where did Young Master Yuancheng say that?" At this time, the woman who helped Shangguan Yuancheng pick up the vegetables interjected with a smile, "When was the grain not a bumper harvest? In the past, Young Master Yuancheng was worried that there was too much grain, and the warehouse couldn't fit it? How can you worry about running out of food?!"

"Huh?" Shangguan Yuancheng frowned and glanced at her, but he didn't blame anything, but looked at Su Cheng and said, "Although food has never been something we are worried about, it is just that the consumption of food was not so great in the past......!

"The Commander is worried about this?" Su Cheng was not very worried, he smiled and said, "All kinds of food are cheap if there is more, and expensive if there is less! Nowadays, everyone makes spirits, but the price of spirits was high before, and everyone wants to share the profits! Once a large number of spirits are flooded, I am afraid that spirits will soon become commonplace! By that time, there will naturally not be many people who make them!"

"I'm just worried that there will be a shortage of food in a short period of time, and once something happens, I'm afraid there will be a food crisis!" Shangguan Yuancheng shook his head and said in a deep voice, "You and I both know that the King of the Southwest used the grain trade to control the orc empire at the beginning! Because of the food crisis, the orc empire is passive everywhere! I have to guard against it!"

"The commander is too worried!" Su Cheng smiled and said indifferently, "The most important reason why the King of the Southwest took control of the Orc Empire at the beginning was that the Orc Empire's original grain production capacity was extremely poor, and over the years, the King of the Southwest has subtly changed their habit of storing grain, and then cut off its supply, which led to the later food crisis!"

"And we are different! The land where the Terrans live is full of high-yielding lands! The strategy of the King of the Southwest, not to mention dealing with the forces of the Terrans, even the barbarian races may not have much effect!"

"Besides, the head of the family and the elders are not fools, they naturally know the importance of food, and when it is really necessary, they will take action!"

"I'm just afraid that the head of the family and the elders don't know the truth!" Shangguan Yuancheng shook his head and said with some emotion, "Now everyone is in a frenzy of brewing spirits! For the sake of immediate interests, everyone has forgotten the danger!"

"I accidentally checked the inventory that day, and only then did I find out that most of the grain in the warehouse has been borrowed.......!

"It's just me, if it's like this everywhere!

"In this way, it is really an important matter!" Su Cheng's face became solemn, and he personally picked up the wine jug and poured a glass of wine for Shangguan Yuancheng, "Early tomorrow morning, I will carefully check with the commander to find out what the truth is! If it really endangers the Shangguan clan, you must report it immediately!"

"That's right!" Shangguan Yuancheng looked worried, and didn't notice that Su Cheng clicked his wine glass unusually when he poured wine for himself.

After three rounds of drinking, Shangguan Yuancheng and Su Cheng left the 'Fireworks Building' and went to their own residences.

Shangguan Yuancheng, who looked worried, didn't drink much, just walked through the alleys in the city with a slight drunkenness, and walked towards his mansion.

When I was halfway there, I suddenly found that there was a person standing in front of me, and through the moonlight, it was Sioux City that had been separated before.

"Su Cheng, why are you here?!" Shangguan Yuancheng asked as he looked at him suspiciously, shaking his body and walking in front of the other party.

"The commander's words made Su Cheng unforgettable for a long time, and it was really difficult to sleep!" Su Cheng had a smile on his face, completely lacking the appearance of being drunk and staggering before.

"Huh?!" Instinctively, Shangguan Yuancheng felt that Su Cheng's smiling face was a little weird, but he didn't know what the reason was.

"Some things, if you are too smart, you will only die quickly!" Su Cheng looked at the other party's face and said indifferently, "The commander is not a member of the Shangguan clan, so why should he meddle with things?"

"You ......" Shangguan Yuancheng was about to say something, but suddenly felt a pain in his vest, and when he looked down, a knife tip appeared on his chest, and blood flowed.

"Farewell!" Su Cheng didn't plan to say anything more at all, and with a wave of the long knife in his hand, he directly cut off Shangguan Yuancheng's head.

"Can you handle the rest of the matter?" At this time, the masked woman who was standing behind Shangguan Yuancheng and directly stabbed the long knife into Shangguan Yuancheng's back looked at Su Cheng and asked.

"No problem!" Su Cheng put away his previous smile and said solemnly.

"Okay!" The masked woman didn't say much, and left quickly with Shangguan Yuancheng's head in her hand.