The people of the eldest prince and the second prince listened to the title of Su Jingshan, the king of the imperial north, and their faces were all happy. They have the strong support of the two princes behind them, and money is obviously not a problem. Therefore, they all happily took the jade pendant and went back to prepare.

Shi Tianci thought for a while and said to the third prince: "I need manpower, and I hope that the king of Yubei can help." ”

Su Jingshan said: "That's not a problem, you just need to say how many people are needed?"

Shi Tianci smiled and said, "It depends on how much the jade pendant of the King of the Northern Empire wants to sell, the more people there are, the more expensive this jade pendant will sell." ”

When Su Jingshan heard this, he became interested, he turned to the soldiers and horses and said, "This matter will be handed over to you, how many people he needs, no matter how many people you provide." ”

With the three princes nodding, the soldiers and horses naturally complied.

The people of the eldest prince and the second prince immediately sent someone to report quickly, and explained the topic of the third prince to the two princes. The second prince thought about it, and it should be enough to double the price, so he sent someone to Jiafeng City with two million taels of silver to buy jade pendants to support his people.

The eldest prince lived in Xinyang City, Kyoto, and had a lot of money, so he sent people with three million taels of silver to the border to support. In his opinion, three million taels of silver is really worth the money to install a cronie who seeks government next to the third child.

Speaking of money, although Shi Tianci didn't have much, he had a lot of spirit stones on his body, which was enough to overwhelm the three million of the eldest prince and the two million of the second prince. However, using spirit stones to take advantage of tricks will inevitably lead to victory, and he will also have to take his own things, so how can a professional liar do this kind of loss-making business? He has another way.

Shi Tianci ordered the soldiers and horses to send people to post notices in Jiafeng and other ten cities in the northeastern province, saying that the king of Yubei was happy with the people, and he wanted to carry out a million silver to pass the customs and seize the treasure.

In order to make the people believe, Shi Tianci also ordered people to take the jade pendant and tour it in the ten cities. This jade pendant will be hung at the city gate after the tour, and whoever can finally pass the five levels and win, the jade pendant will belong to whomever it is, regardless of whether it is rich or poor.

When the people of the ten cities heard this, their eyes turned green, one million taels of silver, how many people could not earn so much in a few lifetimes, who was not greedy? For a while, everyone was gearing up, and they were eager to try, and when the topic of breaking through came out, they had to fight desperately!

After the tour, Shi Tianci personally hung the jade pendant at the city gate, and anyone who wanted to break through could go to the designated place to buy the title of the pass, and the price was a copper coin. A copper coin is not worth anything at all, and few people are willing to pick it up when it falls on the ground, so people naturally pay for it out of their pockets.

What they bought was a puzzle. Only if you answer the puzzle correctly can you move on to the next question the next day. Of course, if you get it wrong, you can buy a new puzzle and answer it again.

Most of the questions bought by different people are different, but they are all "There is a single-plank bridge on the river, and only one person can walk across it." Now an old man and a child came from the bridge, and the old man came from the south, and the child went north. Think about it, who should give way to whom?".

This question is not difficult, and everyone goes to the second level the next day. The second level of the puzzle sells for 10 copper coins. The difficulty of the question has also been increased, and it has been changed to something like, "There is a pot that can bake two sides of the cake at a time, and it takes half an hour for each side to be cooked." How can I bake three cakes the fastest?".

However, this kind of problem is not a big problem for everyone to ponder carefully. By the third level, the puzzle price has become 100 copper coins, and the difficulty of the puzzle has increased even more.

Not to mention the common people, even the dignitaries and nobles, and even the King of the North himself are interested in these puzzles and have bought them to do it.

On the fifth day, the final questions finally came out, and the price of the puzzles had risen to two taels of silver, with the following questions:

Big Dog and Second Dog are brothers, and they work for a wealthy family to cut down trees. The trees in the east and west are equal. Two people are responsible for one side each.

The next day, the big dog came to the east to cut down the trees, and when he had finished cutting down the fifth tree, the second dog came. He said to the big dog, "You are in charge of the west, how did you come to the east?"

The big dog had no choice but to go to the west to work. Ergou cut down all the trees in the east, and remembered that his brother had just cut down five trees for him, so he went to the west to help. When Ergou finished looking at the tenth tree on the west side, the trees on the west side were also cut down.

The question is: how many more trees did the second dog cut than the big one?

Those who wrote the answer as five were defeated. But even if they bought the question again, they still didn't understand why the answer to the five trees was wrong.

In the end, this puzzle was solved by a slave girl, and the answer to cut down ten more trees won her a million silver! (See Note 1) In front of tens of thousands of people, Shi Tianci personally presented the award to the slave girl. This slave girl looked very strange, her skin was tattooed with all kinds of strange runes everywhere, and there was hardly a place on her hands, arms, neck, face, and even ears that were not tattooed. Even Shi Tianci had never seen these runes, so he didn't know what the content of the Dao was and what it was for.

The slave girl was very excited, and was about to reach out to take the jade pendant, when her master suddenly stood up and said, "This jade pendant is mine!"

Shi Tianci was stunned for a moment, and when he looked back, it turned out to be Pan Changqing, counselor of the Left Army. Shi Tianci said curiously: "I have already said that no matter how high or low this jade pendant is, whoever can pass the test will belong to whom, what does it mean, counselor?"

Pan Changqing smiled and said, "However, this slave girl is mine, no matter what she gets, it will naturally be mine!"

Su Jingshan, the king of the Imperial North, turned pale on the side, this Pan Changqing's intentions were very vicious. Shi Tianci engaged in this million-dollar silver treasure hunting activity, so that he, the third prince, was well-known in the northeastern province, not only did what he said, but also enjoyed with the people.

However, being so troubled by this Pan Changqing, the common people will naturally suspect that this jade pendant has long been determined, the fat water does not flow into the fields of outsiders, and the millions of silver are still high-ranking officials and nobles, and the common people are just making up the numbers, and the whole treasure hunting activity is completely deceiving people to collect money! It seems that this Pan Changqing's fortune is fake, the reputation is true, and he ruined it, but the reputation of the three princes!

Shi Tianci thought for a while and said indifferently: "Well, since Counselor Pan didn't say so, this jade pendant had to belong to you." ”

After speaking, he threw the jade pendant to Pan Changqing. Pan Changqing was so proud, with a wicked smile on his face, and the villain's ambition was beyond words.

Shi Tianci looked at the slave girl who was almost in tears, turned around and asked the third prince slowly: "This slave girl was born poor, but she was able to pass all the way, I think, in addition to the jade pendant, what should be rewarded." I don't know what the king of the north wants?"

Su Jingshan thought to himself, isn't it all Pan Changqing's dog thing to reward anything, however, he didn't mean to disobey Shi Tianci, he just nodded and said, "It's up to you to decide." ”

When Pan Changqing heard this, there was a reward, and he was even more excited. Shi Tianci turned back to the slave girl and said, "What reward do you want, say it and I'll listen, as long as I can do it, I will definitely satisfy you." ”

The slave girl was disheartened and was about to excuse herself, but when she saw Shi Tianci glaring at her, she kept aiming at the guard's baton. She was able to solve the final question, naturally she was not stupid, she suddenly understood, and hurriedly said to Shi Tianci: "I am a subordinate, I dare not ask for anything valuable, if the adult has to be rewarded, please reward me with a hundred sticks!"

Shi Tianci was overjoyed in his heart, this woman can be taught, and Avanti's Taoism can be mastered at all! Everyone was puzzled, this female slave was so crazy that she wanted to be beaten herself? Shi Tianci said: "According to you, I will reward you with a hundred military sticks, and besides, I will reward you heavily!"

After speaking, Shi Tianci waved his hand, ordered the soldiers to come up with military sticks, pointed at Pan Changqing and said, "Press him down and beat me to death! If the blow is not heavy, I will ask the king of Yubei to cut off your heads!"

Pan Changqing's face changed suddenly, after beating a hundred military sticks, he could still live, and he was also a waste. He hurriedly struggled, "Why are you beating me?"

Shi Tianci said: "Isn't it what you just said, no matter what this slave girl gets, it's all yours? Congratulations, you have received a hundred military sticks!"

Suddenly, up and down, from the king of Yubei to the common people, all laughed loudly, this Pan Changqing can really be described as a cocoon. Pan Changqing was so frightened that his face was pale, and he hurriedly said: "I don't want it, I don't want it, I don't want anything, the king of Yubei spares his life, I'll give this slut freedom, she's not my slave girl anymore, this military stick can't beat me!"

As soon as Shi Tianci stretched out his hand, Pan Changqing obediently handed over the jade pendant. Shi Tianci ordered someone to get a pen and paper, and Pan Changqing wrote down the paperwork on the spot, lifted the deed of sale of the slave girl, and turned around and walked away. He is really ruined now, but it is his own reputation that has been ruined.

As soon as the one-month deadline arrived, after the most inventory, three jade pendants, one sold for two million, and one sold for three million. Shi Tianci was the most astonishing, and the income reached 10 million! Although he gave Yu Peibai to a female slave, there were millions of people in the ten cities, and the financial resources spent to buy puzzles through the five levels were naturally not a small number.

As a result, not only the people of the eldest prince and the second prince were dumbfounded, but even the king of Yubei never expected it. After this battle, the two guys completely lost their temper, and they no longer dared to shout, they left Jiafeng City in a gloomy manner, not only failed to gain a firm foothold, but also lost a lot of silver to the eldest prince and the second prince, and after going back, the result can be imagined.

The third prince rewarded Shi Tianci heavily, and he felt very happy, not only did he get the five million from the eldest prince and the second prince, but also got the ten million that Shi Tianci helped him earn, and squeezed out the people of the eldest prince and the second prince, everything was simply smooth! The only fly in the ointment was that Pan Changqing. This dog thing has the support of the great prince, and he wants to destroy his reputation in front of the public!

The King of Yubei summoned Shi Tianci and asked secretly: "You kid has a lot of ideas, can you think of a way to trick this Pan Changqing ruthlessly? The more ruthless, the better! But I can't let him know the truth, it's my idea, otherwise, I can't explain it to the eldest brother." ”

Shi Tianci smiled and said, "You really found the right person for this matter, I am the most professional in cheating money and destroying people!"

Note 1:

Question 1: The south and the north are in the same direction.

Question 2: Bake the first side of the first and second cakes in the first half hour, bake the second side of the first cake and the first side of the third cake in half an hour, and bake the second side of the second and third cakes in the second half hour, so that you can bake three cakes in one and a half hours at the earliest.

Question 5: Five trees is the second dog to do more work than he should normally cut down the trees, he cut five more, which means that the big dog cut five less, of course, ten trees.

For example, if there are 20 trees in each of the east and west, at the beginning, the big dog cut down 5 more trees, normally, he should cut 25 trees, and the second dog cut 15 trees. Later, the second dog cut down ten more trees, and it became that the second dog actually cut down twenty-five trees, and the big dog cut fifteen trees. Calculate the difference, it is ten.