Chapter 105: Hundred Grass Hall

For Zhang Heng, Bai Jiu is still quite optimistic, since joining the Holy Fire Sect, he has relied on his third-rate peak strength to win the position of the Central and Southern Patrol Envoy of the Eight Directions. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

In the past few months, he has been diligent and diligent, to the point that he has a rather Zhang Wunian style, and he is temporarily responsible for collecting information about the rivers and lakes on the boundary of Qingyang Prefecture, while the other seven patrol envoys are also scattered in various provinces in southern Xinjiang.

"Excuse me, you have something to report when you go back to the altar this time. ”

After Bai Jiu asked him to get up, he immediately looked at Zhang Heng with a calm expression and asked.

"Muslim Master, five days ago, my subordinates received news in the Qingyang Mansion City, the boundary of Qingyang City, that the owner of Baicaotang was beheaded. ‘’

''The subordinates went to investigate in person, and found that the news was indeed true, and at this time, Baicaotang itself was in chaos. ”

When Bai Jiu heard this, his brows furrowed slightly, and then he said, "If what this record is correct, the various medicinal materials produced by my West Wind City every year are traded with this Hundred Herb Hall." ”

"Muslim Master, it's true, my West Wind City has a special geographical location, and there is not much land suitable for growing food, and the annual output of food is simply not enough for the consumption of my West Wind 100,000 people. ”

"Therefore, all kinds of herbs produced in Ziwuling are the main source of income. ‘’

"And Baicaotang is the largest herbal medicine trading house in Qingyang Prefecture, so all kinds of medicinal materials produced by my West Wind City have been traded with each other for many years. ”

Bai Jiu listened to Zhang Heng's words, his heart was quite heavy, he didn't come before to pay attention to these things, but now that the incident of Baicaotang happened, Bai Jiu suddenly found that his pattern was still a little small.

Previously, his own Holy Fire Sect was only a force in West Wind City, and all the daily expenses of the Holy Fire Sect only needed silver, and there would naturally be other forces transported from the outside world.

But now that he has unified the Zephyr Realm, these burdens have fallen on the Holy Fire Cult.

Not to mention anything else, the Holy Fire Sect alone has become more than 10,000 people, and there are even 70,000 or 80,000 ordinary people in the city, how can if this matter is not resolved, I am afraid that there will be a famine in the territory of Zephyr City.

Abandon tens of thousands of people and leave them to fend for themselves?What are you kidding, not to mention that Bai Jiu is not the kind of cold-blooded person, don't forget that the entire West Wind City is now the territory of the Holy Fire Sect.

What's more, in the territory of West Wind City, tens of thousands of people are the main force to collect medicinal materials in the Meridian Ridge, and if there are no medicinal materials, there will be no source of income, so it is impossible for Bai Jiu to take the people of the Holy Fire Sect to go up the mountain to collect medicine.

In Bai Jiu's opinion, there are actually only two ways to solve this matter.

The first is that Bai Jiu will open up trade between Zephyr City and the outside world, allowing foreign merchants to trade locally.

However, this article also has shortcomings, opening up foreign merchants to trade with local people, although it solves the problems of the common people, but the Holy Fire Cult has no source of income.

Of course, the Holy Fire Sect can also charge a certain fee from it, but don't forget that Bai Jiu now has tens of thousands of sect members under his command.

If you only rely on taxes, you can't keep up with the speed of the Holy Fire Sect's spending.

Although it is said that the major forces have joined the Holy Fire Sect before, they have also handed over a lot of silver, the amount is several million taels, but the consumption of tens of thousands of people is so fast, you can't sit back and eat nothing. ”

Therefore, it is absolutely not advisable for the people to trade with the merchants on their own, but there is actually the most important point.

Zephyr City is located behind the main altar of the Holy Fire Cult, and if someone pretends to be a merchant to make trouble, it will be a lot of fun.

Bai Jiu thought about it, and there was only one way to go, which was to continue the original model, buy medicinal materials from the people, transport them to other places by himself, and bring back food and daily necessities by himself.

But Baicaotang, which has been trading with West Wind City for many years, has a problem at this moment, and this is not a one-way disaster.

Looking for a new firm? Bai Jiu only thought about it for a moment and then rejected this idea.

If you want to establish a long-term trade, it is not easy to do it, in the territory of Qingyang Mansion, except for Baicaotang, there is no second force that can eat the medicinal materials of West Wind City at one time.

After thinking about it carefully, Bai Jiu regained his composure and asked softly.

"Have you ever found out who killed the owner of Baicaotang? ”

When Zhang Heng saw Bai Jiu asking, he immediately looked straight, and bowed back with his fists.

"Muslim master, there are no clues for the time being, but the owner of Baicaotang has always been quite righteous, not only in Qingyang Mansion but also in Southern Xinjiang. ‘’

So this time, Baicaotang has invited many famous and decent families in the rivers and lakes, famous hotels in the rivers and lakes, and the government to find the murderer together. ”

"Oh! the government also intervened," Bai Jiu asked suspiciously.

"Yes, although the official government of the southern Xinjiang territory is weak, it is orthodox after all, so the prefect of Qingyang Prefecture has sent Leng Wuruthless, the first head catcher of the Qingyang territory, to be in charge of this case. ”

Hearing this, Bai Jiu looked up after pondering for a moment and asked, "How long is there until the next transaction?" ”

Zhang Heng, as the son of the head of the Lingnan faction, can be said to know more about these than Bai Jiu, seeing Bai Jiu asking about the current color path.

"Muslim Master, generally we trade with Baicaotang twice a year, and once in the spring, it is mainly rhizome-based medicinal herbs. ‘’

''Then in the autumn, all kinds of medicinal herbs are available, and there are still twenty days before the spring trading time of each year, but if we are in a hurry with the goods, it will take twelve days on the way, so we are only left with eight days. ”

"Okay! I know, you did a good job this time, and I did a good job of accounting for you. ”

Seeing this, Bai Jiu encouraged Zhang Heng with a gentle expression.

Zhang Heng didn't dare to connect it, and then retreated very interestingly.

Seeing that Zhang Heng had retreated, Bai Jiu said to Zhang Hu in a deep voice: "Send someone to inform the two envoys on the left and right, the two Dharma Kings and the Five Elements Banner Lord are here to discuss matters." ”

Zhang Hu didn't dare to slack off when he heard this, and hurriedly left to inform the Holy Fire Sect Master.

The Holy Fire Temple was Bai Jiuyi's residence and meeting place, but the other high-level officials all lived in Echo Valley.

With the foot strength of Zhang Hu's third-rate realm, he notified Du and the others one by one, and when everyone arrived, a pillar of incense had already passed.

Bai Jiu was not in a hurry in his heart, and only after everyone arrived did he look at everyone: Everyone take a seat. ”

Zhang Wunian, Gao Shun and the others, who came in a hurry, also knew that Bai Jiu had never had many rules for the people close to him, and he was not polite to sit down one by one at the moment.

After everyone took their seats, Bai Jiu told everyone the news he had just gotten from Zhang Heng

"Venerable Wu Nian, you have dealt with Baicaotang again in the West Wind for many years, how do you think this matter should be handled. ”

After Bai Jiu finished speaking, he asked directly to Zhang Wunian, who was sitting in the position of Du's hand.

Seeing Bai Jiu asking himself, Zhang Wunian got up and saluted Bai Jiu, and then said in a deep voice.

"The matter of Baicaotang is very important, and it happened to happen at this juncture, so it is better for the subordinates to ask their subordinates to take people to Qingyang Mansion City in person. ”

"His Holiness and this seat have the same idea, but this time I didn't need His Holiness to go out, so I decided to go there myself. ”