Inside the Jiuzhou Express, the most impressive building in the Holy City, Murong Zhi was standing at the window upstairs, looking at the bustling streets outside.
Suddenly, a middle-aged man hurriedly rushed into the Jiuzhou Express. Soon, a respectful voice came from outside the door behind Murong Zhi: "Master, Ouyang Yuan wants to see you."
"Let him come in." Murong Zhi said calmly without turning around.
Immediately, Ouyang Yuan ran in from outside, and the guard at the door closed the door.
It was Ouyang Yuan who stood solemnly in front of Murong Zhi, bowed his head and said: "Sir, under the offensive of our Jiuzhou Tonghao, the banks and merchant houses of the Great Qin Dynasty have been suppressed on a large scale, and some merchants of their merchant houses have switched to
We are under the banner of Jiuzhou Express and Sitongge."
"The Sitong Pavilion is now cheap, what's the reaction from the court?" Murong Zhi showed a strange smile, looking a little evil.
"The imperial court knows that it was us who did it, and is now imposing additional taxes on us, just for our Jiuzhou Express." Ouyang Yuan said with bright eyes.
Murong Zhi's smile became even brighter and he sneered: "With this little trick, you still want to fight with me, Jiuzhou Tonghao."
Immediately afterwards, Murong Zhi turned around and said solemnly: "Comprehensively raise the prices of goods from outside, and strongly suppress the prices of goods within Daqin."
"Sir, this will definitely hit Da Qin's market, but will Sitong Pavilion reap the benefits?" Ouyang Yuan worried.
"Over at Sitong Pavilion, don't you also want to take over that place? Make an appointment with the person in charge of Sitong Pavilion." Murong Zhi said calmly.
"Yes, I will contact the people in Sitong Pavilion right away." Ouyang Yuan nodded immediately.
However, he did not leave. Instead, he continued to report and said with a solemn expression: "Sir, there is important news. Fang Hao has gone to Piling County."
The moment he heard the news, Murong Zhi's expression changed slightly: "When did it happen?"
"I just received the news, but Fang Hao went to Piling County yesterday. Could it be..." Ouyang Yuan asked worriedly.
Murong Zhi frowned: "At this time, when we go to Piling County, does it mean that the imperial court knows about the situation there?"
After saying that, Murong Zhi said seriously: "Go and contact Sitong Pavilion quickly."
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Piling County is a relatively deserted county in Da Qin. It has a small population and a vast territory with sparsely populated areas. The key is that the soil quality is not very good and it is difficult for crops to grow. Therefore, it lacks resources. In the vast territory of Da Qin, it is a relatively backward and poor county.
At this moment, Fang Hao, Wei Huang, and Qingmiao had arrived here a day ago.
It was also Fang Hao's first time coming to this county.
In the Red Shuang City of Piling County, Fang Hao led two people into the city lord's mansion.
City Lord Wu Gao was standing in front of Fang Hao at this moment, responding to Fang Hao's questions with great respect.
"I heard that Sitong Pavilion and Jiuzhou Tonghao came here successively and opened several branches, shops, and banks?" Fang Hao said calmly.
"Back to Your Majesty, yes, Sitong Pavilion has opened seven stores, and Jiuzhou Tonghao has opened six stores." Chinese tallow tree nodded.
"Point me to the map of their new store and I'll take a look!"
Fang Hao heard the news from Xiaoqi not long ago. Sitong Pavilion and Jiuzhou Tonghao had unusual movements and expansion in Piling County.
As for Qingmiao, who is in charge of business houses and imperial banks, he has recently been involved in a business war with Jiuzhou Tonghao, so he is naturally more concerned about it, and has also discovered that several Jiuzhou Tonghao branches have been strangely opened here.
Soon, Wu Gao took out a map of the entire Piling County.
Then some red dots and black dots were marked on it.
The black dot represents the Jiuzhou Express Number and the red dot represents the Sitong Pavilion.
The magical thing is that no matter whether the black dots or red dots are connected in series, they form a circle.
Fang Hao instantly pointed to the place in the circle and said with cold eyes: "Where is this place?"
The tallow tree took a look and said solemnly: "Your Majesty, this is a mountain range, the Diling Mountain Mountain Range. According to records, this mountain range has a radius of thousands of miles and is very huge. It's just that the soil is too thin, and even big trees can't grow up. They just grow a little lower."
Some of the short vegetation is enclosed in horse farms, and some is used to breed livestock."
"Diling Mountain?" Fang Hao frowned slightly and said to Xiao Qi, "I want detailed information about Diling Mountain."
"Your Majesty, I'll go check it out right now." Xiao Qi nodded and walked out.
Immediately afterwards, Fang Hao led some people, stood directly on the back of the fire phoenix, and flew straight to Diling Mountain.
Fang Hao wanted to investigate in detail. There should be something strange in this Diling Mountain. Maybe it was a huge mineral deposit discovered by Jiuzhou Tonghao and Sitong Pavilion.
There were three people standing on Huofeng's back. Besides Fang Hao, they were the two Qingmiao sisters.
Originally, I didn't plan to bring Youlan here, but when this little girl heard that they were going out, she insisted on pestering her sister to come with them.
Fang Hao didn't care, and Qingmiao didn't object, so an extra girl followed him.
Although Youlan looks like she is seventeen or eighteen years old now, it is not a small place despite its size, and it looks very fresh.
But Fang Hao was so numb when Youlan called her brother-in-law. What surprised Fang Hao was that the girl Qingmiao seemed to have given up and didn't even bother to stop Youlan from shouting.
Fang Hao didn't take Qingmiao seriously. How could he, a grown man, care?
In the air, Fang Hao glanced at Youlan, revealing a bit of suspicion: "Youlan's spirit is really strong, even stronger than my own. How did she form this?"
"It's natural, I can't explain it." Qingmiao shook his head.
Since the last time he knew that Youlan's spirit was powerful but her body was fragile and dangerous, Fang Hao also tried to find ways to cultivate Youlan's body.
He captured a large number of beasts, and naturally he had to let this little girl have a good taste of the primitive life of eating hair and drinking blood.
But this girl refused to eat, so in desperation, Fang Hao just taught Youlan the first body-refining magic formula. Although it was not a big deal, it could still improve this girl's physique.
In addition, give this girl some phoenix blood, which can save this girl's life at the critical moment.
In addition, Fang Hao directly gave Youlan a lot of body-tempering pills, because Youlan had no intention of practicing at all, so she could only rely on these external objects to sustain herself.
The soul is huge, and it is also a terrible burden for the fragile body. If it is not done well, it may explode and die.
The key is that Youlan's dead girl's soul is still growing. While Fang Hao is worried, he is also a little envious. He has tried his best to find some ways to cultivate his soul and condense his soul to be better than ordinary people.
The top master is strong.
But compared with Youlan's, it immediately fell out of place. It was like a child facing a strong man.
Fang Hao frowned and said, "It's not an option if Youlan continues like this. Sooner or later, there will be danger."
After finishing speaking, Fang Hao looked at Youlan who was playing with the beautiful feathers of the fire phoenix and said: "Youlan, when you go back this time, I will personally teach you how to practice the body-refining magic. Don't be lazy!" (To be continued)