"Brother, you lost again! Hurry up, I want to ride a horse..." Meier's cheerful laughter came from the room.
"This... can you change it to another one?" Jiang Xingchen's voice was helpless.
The day before yesterday, he made a set of backgammon and taught Meier how to play it. Soon, the little girl fell in love with this game. At the beginning, he played the black chess first and won almost every game, but after a while, the little girl fell in love with the game.
The girl discovered something strange and snatched the black chess piece into her hand.
In backgammon, the advantage of being the first player is too great. If you figure out the right way, you will win. The little girl got started very quickly, and then she didn't let Jiang Xingchen start playing.
Seeing that there was no hope at all, Jiang Xingchen revealed the restrictions on black. Three or three moves were forbidden, long consecutive moves were forbidden, and four or four moves were forbidden. There was only one way to win: four and three.
Of course the little girl would not agree at first, but when she saw Jiang Xingchen asking for the black chess to be exchanged, she rolled her eyes and agreed to the restrictions on the black chess, but added a condition. If my brother loses, he will ride on me as a horse.
One circle.
Starting over, the two sides still had a win or loss at first, but as Meier became more and more familiar with the chess moves, Jiang Xingchen was in trouble. Even if there were many forbidden moves, Black still had a huge advantage. There were still three moves that could be exchanged, and five moves.
The limit of two dozen, but Jiang Xingchen, a dabbler, had only heard of it and didn't understand it at all.
In the next two days, Meier pulled Jiang Xingchen along with her five sons whenever she had nothing to do, and naturally Jiang Xingchen was the one who always acted as the horse.
Repeating the same action for two days in a row, he almost became numb. He lay helplessly on the bed and let Meier sit on his back. Jiang Xingchen wailed in his heart: "You are so stupid... Why should I play this game for her when I have nothing to do?"
Why don’t you find your own fault?”
Mei'er giggled non-stop and was having fun when a voice came from outside the door: "Master Jiang, Master Zhao Danqing is here!"
"Oh!" Jiang Xingchen quickly took advantage of the situation and stood up, stretched his back, and finally escaped from the sea of suffering!
"Brother is going out again?" Meier's laughter subsided and she bit her lips, feeling very reluctant to leave. She has been playing alone for so many years, and this is the first time that her brother has accompanied her, so she is very attached to this kind of thing.
It feels like I have been pestering Jiang Xingchen for the past two days.
"The matter of Zhao Family Pharmaceuticals is just for today. My brother will be back in the evening!" Jiang Xingchen smiled softly and ruffled the little girl's hair.
"Well! Brother, go ahead, don't worry about me!" Mei'er is very sensible. She has taken charge of the family early, so she naturally knows the priorities of things. Even if she is reluctant to give up, it will not affect her brother to do business.
"I've prepared the meal. Just call Qian Feng and Zhou Xiong when you're hungry!" Qian Feng and Zhou Xiong are the two gangsters arranged by Sun Sanqiang. They have been guarding here for the past two days.
"Brother, I will take care of myself!" Meier said. After three days of taking the medicine, her condition was much better.
"Yeah!" Jiang Xingchen nodded, walked to the closet, took out a package of things, walked back and handed it to Mei'er.
"What is this?" Mei'er looked at the bag of shredded animal skins in her hand and asked doubtfully.
"This is called a jigsaw puzzle! Divide the whole picture into 300 small pieces. See if you can put it back together today!" Jiang Xingchen said, and handed Meier a piece of white silk: "This is
Original picture!”
"A new game?" Meier's eyes gradually brightened, she reached out and took the white silk, opened it and watched.
"Uh!" The moment she saw the white silk, Mei'er was stunned: "What is this?" On the white silk, there was a strange man painted with a mask on his head and two round horns on his head.
Her eyes are inverted, her upper body is wearing a vest, and her lower body is actually a triangular trousers.
"Haha, this is called Dynamic Superman!" Jiang Xingchen laughed. He never thought that his dexterous hands could actually be used for drawing. When he made this puzzle, he could easily do it with ease.
"Okay! Don't get too involved in playing, remember to eat and drink!" Jiang Xingchen smiled, patted Mei'er's head, took three professional sewing needles, large, medium and small, turned around and walked out of the door...
In the center of Hongyuan City, outside a large house next to the municipal official residence, hundreds of soldiers in light armor were guarding the door. A murderous aura caused everyone who passed by to stay away.
In the hall of the mansion, dozens of people were divided into four groups and sat on both sides. They were obviously different groups. Among the people from Zhao Family Pharmaceuticals, Jiang Xingchen sat behind Zhao Zixiang and secretly looked at the other three groups of people.
"The two companies on the opposite side are Huanghetang and Yaoxianju! The one on the side of us is Hengtong Trading Company, not a local merchant in Hongyuan City. This time they cooperate directly with Lingcao Hall and are our biggest competitors..." Zhao
Dan Qing was on the side, explaining the current situation to Jiang Xingchen in a low voice.
At this time, two people stood up at Hengtong Trading Company. One was a young man wearing white silk, and the other was an old man with three strands of long beard. The two walked directly in front of Zhao Zixiang.
"Master Zhao!" The young man smiled and did not lower his head. He just lowered his eyelids and said in a condescending manner: "I heard that your Zhao family pharmaceutical company is facing financial difficulties. I wonder if there is any chance for us to cooperate?"
"Mu Shaodong!" Zhao Zixiang stood up with a calm expression and said calmly: "I don't know how you want to cooperate?"
"Six hundred thousand yellow crystal coins, Zhao Family Pharmaceuticals will be merged into our Hengtong Trading Company... Don't refuse it yet!" The young man waved his hand and continued: "Think about it carefully. If this competition fails, you may be in debt.
You can’t even afford it!”
As soon as this person spoke, the entire hall fell silent, and the people in Huanghetang and Yaoxianju opposite had expressions of watching the show.
"Haha, this time Zhao Family Pharmaceuticals is finished! It was completely praised by Hengtong Trading Company, and the accumulation of decades was wiped out in one go!"
"They have occupied the supply of the Seventh Army for twenty years, and it is time to give up this position!"
"Zhao Zixiang is known as the number one doctor. I wonder if the Marquis will value him as much as before after this time..."
The discussion was very quiet, but the hall was unusually quiet, so these words still seemed clear and harsh.
Zhao Danqing's face was gloomy and his breathing became heavy.
Jiang Xingchen watched all this silently, and moved the fingers of his right hand gently, as flexibly as water ripples swaying.
Zhao Zixiang still looked indifferent and said: "There is no need to think about it. Mu Shaodong please come back!"
The half-hundred-year-old man next to the young man suddenly interjected: "Zhao Zixiang, do you still think you can get the supply from the Seventh Army? How good are you at the effect and price of the hemostatic medicine?"
Zhao Zixiang glanced at the half-hundred-year-old man and said: "Doctor Cui, let me tell you, just rely on the excellent reputation of Zhao Family Pharmaceuticals and the Seventh Army for 20 years!"
"Credibility!" Dr. Cui wanted to say more, but Mu Shaodong raised his hand to stop him and said with a smile: "Since the Zhao family master doesn't want it, we can't force it, so go back!"
The two of them walked back, but Jiang Xingchen looked at the half-century old man and thought to himself: "So this is Dr. Cui from Lingcao Hall..."
"Ta-ta-ta..." A sound of footsteps reached their ears. Everyone turned their heads and saw several figures walking into the hall.
The person at the front was about forty years old, wearing a tight-fitting animal skin outfit. He was taller and more powerful than Zhao Danqing. As soon as he entered, he brought with him a powerful aura that made everyone in the hall breathe.
.
Then there were three young men, one was elegant, one had a fierce look on his face, and the third one was smiling.
After these five people, they were followed by seven or eight people, one of whom was the quartermaster who had been to Zhao Family Pharmaceutical Company the day before yesterday.
When a group of people walked by, the quartermaster glanced at Mu Shaodong and nodded slightly.
The first person walked to the center seat and sat down, and asked: "Quartermaster, what's the result?" The voice was like a bell, extremely loud.
The quartermaster hurriedly stepped forward and said loudly: "Tell the commander of the army that we have looked at four hemostatic medicines. The effects of Huanghetang and Yaoxianju are average, the ones from Zhao Family Pharmaceuticals are slightly better, and the one with the best effect is Hengtong Trading Company!"
"Oh!" The legion commander frowned and asked, "Isn't the effect of Zhao Family Pharmaceutical the best?"
"Yes! After rigorous testing by my subordinates, it is true that Hengtong Pharmaceutical has the best hemostasis effect!" the quartermaster replied.
"Yes!" The regiment commander nodded. Although the cooperation with Zhao Family Pharmaceuticals has been good in the past, when it comes to the lives of soldiers, there is no room for any personal emotions.
"What about the price, which one is suitable?" the legion commander asked again.
At this time, another person came forward and said: "The lowest price is from Huanghetang, followed by Yaoxianju, and the price given by Hengtong Trading Company and Zhaojia Pharmaceutical is the same."
When the legion commander heard this, he glanced at Hengtong Trading Company and Zhaojia Pharmaceutical Company with lightning eyes. Of course he understood the reason for this. Hengtong Trading Company must be competing maliciously. But in such a situation, he could not take care of Zhaojia Trading Company.
, even if it is good and cheap, he will be criticized by others. If he is labeled as deliberately weakening the empire's combat effectiveness, it will be difficult for him to explain to Emperor Qiankun.
Later, the legion commander found someone to personally verify that the hemostatic medicine from Hengtong Trading Company was indeed better than that from Zhao Family Pharmaceuticals.
Seeing that it was confirmed, the legion commander decided that Hengtong Trading Company would be responsible for the supply of hemostatic medicine to the seventh legion.
But just when he was about to speak, Zhao Zixiang suddenly stood up and said loudly: "Legion Commander, the price of our hemostatic drugs can be reduced by another 30%!"
"What?" Zhao Zixiang said this, and everyone in the room was shocked.
"Zhao Zixiang must have been driven crazy. Another 30% reduction. This is not a one-time deal. There will be continuous supply in the future. You can't afford to lose even if you sell the Zhao family!"
After the shock, Mu Shaodong and Dr. Cui looked at each other with disdainful smiles.
The legion commander frowned and asked in a deep voice: "Zhao Zixiang, do you know what this sentence means?"
Zhao Zixiang smiled and said: "Of course I know! Not only is our drug reduced by 30% in price, but it is also guaranteed to be three times more effective than the original one!"
"More than three times!" Hengtong Trading Company, Huang Hetang, and Yao Xianju sneered: "Zhao Zixiang is talking nonsense! More than three times, you are dreaming!"
The expressions of those officers suddenly changed. Did Zhao Zixiang think that the Seventh Army was a fool? The quartermaster even yelled at them loudly.
Everyone in the Zhao Family Pharmaceutical Company, except Jiang Xingchen and Zhao Danqing, turned pale with fright. If they deceived the imperial army, it would be a disaster.
The legion commander twitched the muscles on his face twice and laughed angrily: "Zhao Zixiang, you were impulsive! Forget it, I don't care!" He waved his hand.
However, Zhao Zixiang did not retreat, but stood up, took out a short knife with his backhand, and slashed his arm.