The so-called Heavenly Punishment Pillar is to strip people naked and tie them to the pillar, and let them fend for themselves, if they are lucky, they will be sunburned to death, and if they are unlucky, they will be eaten alive by sand ants, pecked to death by vultures, and bitten to death by other things.

The man howled and was dragged down, Xue Congshan sighed in his heart, sure enough, in this desert, if you want to survive, you must have a ruthless heart.

After dealing with the traitor, Beiqiang took Xue Congshan to visit his Half Moon Continent.

I have to say that Beiqiang is really a talent, under his management, Banyuezhou is operated by iron barrels, almost all the residents here are soldiers, children can just run, they will be taught by their elders, and begin to practice scimitar skills.

Everywhere Beiqiang went, there was no one who didn't bow down, and it could be seen from everyone's eyes that everyone really really supported him.

But along the way, everyone's mood was a little heavy.

The palm trees in the oasis have turned yellow, the grass by the river is blackened as if it had been burned by fire, and a few trees have even decayed and fallen, which is definitely not normal.

Seeing the lookouts on the edge, Beiqiang's mood was a little better.

"Look, this is the Shenwu cannon we just bought. At an observation deck, Beiqiang proudly showed his secret weapon to Xue Congshan, "This Shenwu cannon is only available on the city wall of Shangjing, and it can knock down the cloud ships of the Yun Army from the sky with just one shot." I went to Beijing this time, and asked a master to help create a thousand miles bell magic weapon, within a thousand miles, as long as a cloud ship flies, it will immediately call the police, even if it is a bird, don't want to fly over the desert. ”

"Why?" Xue Congshan asked, "Why don't you let others pass over the desert?"

"You don't know. Beiqiang hated, "Those people outside used coarse salt and inferior cloth to exchange the sand gold we desperately bought, and they also desperately lowered the price of sand gold, and used our blood and sweat to make huge profits, and never cared about the lives of our people, of course I want to make them have a hard time!"

Xue Congshan shook his head speechlessly.

Although he is a Wandering Sect and not a Wandering Merchant Sect, he also knows the laws of commodities.

The preciousness of an item is completely determined by supply and demand, and if it can't be exchanged for it, what's the use of keeping it?

If you don't pay attention to the laws of the economy and blindly feel that you have suffered a loss, how can you have a future in such a desert?

Maybe Beiqiang is a good leader, but he can only make the sandmen more and more sad.

But Xue Congshan didn't know how to persuade him, so he could only sigh deeply.

This Mobei Prefecture is more troublesome than imagined, and I don't know how adults can turn around the current situation.

In the evening, the ear rat arrived.

Just like when the rabbit arrived, Beiqiang had no idea how the ear rat came from, which made Beiqiang, who had just bragged that a bird should not want to fly over.

Fortunately, Xue Congshan is a kind person, and he also pretended that nothing had happened, and just let the ear mouse detoxify.

"Well, okay. The ear rat stretched out a hand, paddled a few times in the water, and said.

"Okay?" Don't talk about Beiqiang, even Xue Congshan is a little unconvinced, that's okay?

"If you don't believe me, I'll just come and see it tomorrow morning. "The eared mouse doesn't care about the stalls, said.

Xue Congshan opened his mouth and didn't know what to say, and the eyes of Beiqiang and the others were even more suspicious.

"In any case, I thank you for the efforts you have made for us. After all, Beiqiang is a leader, and he still has to say something about the scene, "That's it, let's have a good drink tonight, and I'll be the east." ”

Xue Congshan thought that he still wanted to hear the news of the Treasure Country from the mouth of the sand people, so he agreed.

In the evening, although Banyuezhou was a little gloomy, under Beiqiang's order, he lit a bonfire and invited young boys and girls to sing and dance.

The desert girl held the top ant egg wine, which is brewed from the eggs of sand ants, and has a slightly sour taste, some like rice wine, which is very strange to drink.

After three rounds of drinking, everyone did not have the luck to drive away the smell of alcohol and enjoy this rare moment of peace and leisure.

The temperature at night in the desert is extremely low, and the temperature difference between day and night is very large, Xue Congshan helped the two of them cover with a thin blanket, returned to Beiqiang's side, and asked casually: "Brother Bei, you sand people have a legend of a treasure country, I don't know if it's true?"

As soon as Xue Congshan's words came out, he felt a stirring spirit in Beiqiang beside him, his eyes seemed to change instantly, he looked at Xue Congshan, and his eyes were no longer the kind of closeness before, but deep vigilance.

Xue Congshan sighed in his heart, it seemed that it was almost impossible to get more news from Beiqiang's mouth.

But he didn't need to ask more, it seemed that the legend was true.

"It's getting late, let's go back to bed. Beiqiang was silent for a moment, patted Xue Congshan on the shoulder, and turned to leave.

......

Time returned to the evening, and Zi Baifeng, who was slightly dressed as Qiao Zhuang, appeared in front of the government again.

The notice of recruiting talents has been sun-rolled, and they are hanging on the bulletin board weakly, and the passionate verbal fighters are tired and go back to rest, only the three or two kittens are still discussing fiercely, and it seems that they will not stop discussing until midnight.

Sha Qiliang moved the table to the shade to the west, and was listening listlessly to the mouth of a river.

When Zi Baifeng walked over, he had already made up his mind that he would definitely not be kicked out again this time.

"This son, have we seen it?" Sha Qiliang was still writing "fool" outside the door, and when he saw Zi Baifeng, he asked with some confusion.

Zi Baifeng shook his head with a smile and said, "Of course not." ”

At this time, Zibaifeng did not change much in appearance, but changed more in temperament and aura.

There are many people who look alike, but no one has the same aura.

"Then this son, what do you think?" finally sent the person in front of him away, Sha Qiliang asked.

He only saw Zi Baifeng for the first time, and felt that he seemed to have seen it somewhere, but when he looked closely, he didn't feel anything familiar at all, so he could only shake his head.

Zi Baifeng nodded secretly, the rabbit's charm technique is quite effective.

"My opinion is to support some of them, win over some of them, and suppress some of them. "Zibai wind channel.

"Oh?" Sha Qiliang's eyes lit up when he heard this, of course, it was just bright. There are quite a few people who have raised this point, but if they are asked to say more, it will not work.

"May I ask Childe, how to operate this support, co-optation, and suppression?" Sha Qiliang asked.

"You should be asking who is doing it, not how. Zi Baifeng smiled slightly, full of mystery.

At this moment, Sha Qiliang couldn't be calm.

"If Lord Ann really wants to recruit talents, then come to me. Zibai Feng said, "In addition, help me tell Lord An that I am willing to donate 20,000 jade stones to do my part to solve the rebellion of the sand people." ”

"May I ask the name of the childe?" Hearing that Zi Baifeng planned to donate 20,000 jade, Sha Qiliang was suddenly shocked, and he couldn't care about being reserved anymore, so he hurriedly stood up.

Zi Baifeng shook his head secretly in his heart, sure enough, what kind of tricks and tricks are not as effective as throwing them at the same time, look, no, a verbal promise smashed Sha Qiliang over.

An University recruits talents, and what is promised is only "ten thousand taels of gold". This "10,000 taels" is definitely just an imaginary number, and it is not known how much it can be taken out at that time.

In most places in the Celestial Empire, the hard currency traded in large amounts was jade, and in places like Mobei Prefecture, where spiritual energy was scarce and poor, real money and silver would be used.

In terms of value, jade is ten times that of gold, 20,000 jade, almost the top of the operating costs of the Beifu Mansion in the desert for half a year.

In fact, only Zi Baifeng himself knows that this money is not a loss at all, because in the future, Mobei Prefecture will become his fiefdom, and he will be responsible for the expenditure of the entire state, and he is just overdraft a little in advance now.

"My name is Wu Feng. Zi Baifeng smiled.

He took the surname of Zi Wu, his own name.

After speaking, Zi Baifeng nodded and turned around and left.

He believed that if Lord An really planned to see him, Mobei Mansion was just a small place, and he could be found no matter how he could be found.

Who would have thought that as soon as he walked out of the square, he heard Sha Qiliang panting and running over: "Childe, please stay!

The power of the throw is here!

Zi Baifeng laughed in his heart, although he spent 20,000 jade, he finally went into the mansion, didn't he?

Otherwise, on your own territory, you can't even enter a government office, how troublesome is that?

followed Sha Qiliang into the mansion, and Zi Baifeng saw the legendary Lord An.

An Daren is thin and has a vegetable face, and he doesn't look like a five-grade master, but more like a down-and-out scholar.

"Lord An, Wu Gongzi has been invited. Sha Qiliang said to An Dada.

"Wu Gongzi is invited. Master An smiled and said, "I heard Qiliang say that Wu Gongzi is willing to donate 20,000 jade to the palace?"

"Yes. Zi Baifeng smiled indifferently.

"Wu Gongzi also said that he would support some of them, win over some of them, and suppress some of them?"

"Yes. Zi Baifeng still smiled indifferently.

"May I ask how Gongzi Wu wants to operate?" Lord An finally couldn't help it and asked.

"As I said earlier, it's not how to operate, it's who will do it. ”

"Wu Gongzi is very confident. Lord An glanced at Zi Baifeng deeply and said.

"Confidence is natural and confident. Zibai said, "Actually, I'm not here to make suggestions, I'm here for business, I'm a businessman." ”

Master An was puzzled and said, "What about the merchants?"

"I'm from Linsha Prefecture. Zi Baifeng pointed to the west, "If I want to open up a trade route to the Heavenly Empire, and sell the jade from my Linsha Prefecture to the Heavenly Empire, I must pass through here." ”

"I heard that Linsha Prefecture is rich in jade, it is a rare and rich place, but the geographical location is not very good, if you want to connect with the Heavenly Empire, you really have to pass the desert......" Lord An accepted this statement, "So, you want to operate it yourself?"

"Exactly. Zibai Feng said, "Isn't it to solve the problem of the sand people?"

Lord Ann hesitated.