Lord: Start with a book of Water Margin

Chapter 613 Trade
The next day, Wu Yong and Le He went to the Eight Immortals Tower to talk to Li Zu as they had agreed yesterday.

After thinking all night, Li Zhu still couldn't come up with any idea to convince Liangshan to form an alliance. When he met the two today, Li Zhu said with expectation: "Military Advisor, has the husband replied?"

Wu Yong shook his head and said, "The timing is not right for the alliance, and you will definitely not agree to it."

Seeing that Li Zhu was somewhat disappointed, Wu Yong continued, "Although you don't want to start a war, you have long been dissatisfied with the court. But now you are injured, I am afraid it is God's will. After discussing with us, you came up with a way that may help the King of Chu."

After hearing this, Assistant Li quickly asked, "Mr. Wu, please speak."

"Trade." Wu Yong said.

"trading?"

"That's right. Although the King of Chu has lost Wanzhou and Xijing, he still occupies Nanfeng, Jingnan, Shannan, Yun'an, Ande, and Dongchuan. The territory is vast and the resources are extremely abundant. If the local products are transported to Liangshan, we can eat them all. This will also open up a way for the King of Chu to make money. In addition to gold and silver, I can also trade weapons, armor, sea salt, etc. I believe the King of Chu needs them." Wu Yong said.

Assistant Li was shocked when he heard this and said happily, "If that's the case, it would be great. But it's not easy to deliver the goods."

Wu Yong shook his head and said, "How can this matter trouble the King of Chu? The military states occupied by the King of Chu cannot be blocked by the imperial court. It's just a detour."

"Besides, if it's just a normal exchange of what we have, it's fine. But in the trade of weapons and armor, you are also responsible for a lot. Although it's not an alliance, it's no different from an alliance. If Mr. Li is interested, please ask the King of Chu to make a decision quickly so that I can prepare early."

Li Zhu listened and thought to himself: That's true. He immediately said: "Sir, you are indeed a man of honor. I don't need to report this to the King of Chu. When I came here, the King of Chu had already given me full authority to make the decision."

"It is not difficult to transport goods from Chu, but the imperial court has strict bans on military equipment and sea salt. I don't know how many prefectures and counties we have to go through along the way. I'm afraid it will be very difficult."

Wu Yong smiled and said, "This is indeed a risky matter. We have a solution here."

As he spoke, Wu Yong took out a letter and showed it to Li Zhu.

Li Zhu pointed at the seal on top and said, "Military Advisor, are you going to forge official documents to get through customs?"

Wu Yong nodded and said, "Yes, with the official document from the Privy Council, we can pretend to be the government troops and say that we are transferring weapons to Song Jiang's army. Who dares to check? However, this method cannot be used too often. If it is used too often, there will be mistakes and people will see through it."

After a moment's hesitation, he said to Wu Yong, "I will return to Chu today to collect goods. For this first trade, the limit is 300,000 strings of cash. Half of it will be exchanged for swords, spears, armor, bows, crossbows, arrows, etc., and the other half will be exchanged for sea salt."

After that, the two men agreed on prices for various types of military equipment.

Wu Yong said: "The salt warehouse has been prepared long ago. Even if the weapons are insufficient, we can temporarily transfer some from the army. As long as Mr. Li's goods are delivered, I can trade them here. Forged official seals, military uniforms and flags are also prepared by me."

After hearing this, Li Zhu naturally expressed his gratitude.

Then he said to Wu Yong, "Sir, your loyalty is not inferior to that of the King of Chu. When I came, the King of Chu also gave me gifts. Yesterday, in a hurry, I only asked the military advisor to look at the [Ox-headed Bronze Square Tripod with Animal Face Pattern]. There are also three items, the Jade Lamp, the Firefly Ganoderma, and the Magic Axe."

After saying this, he invited Wu Yong and Le He into the inner room and presented the four treasures to them.

Then, he said to Wu Yong: "Here are the treasures of the King of Chu. I will return to Chu right away. Please prepare your armor and weapons as soon as possible."

After Li Zhu left, Wu Yong and Le He sent all four treasures to Baishi Manor. After Zhao Zhen looked at them, he said to the people around him: "This Li Zhu has a lot of thoughts."

Wu Yong laughed and said, "This fellow is really not easy to deal with. If we hadn't sent out our troops to trade with him, I'm afraid he wouldn't have been willing to give the three treasures to you, sir."

"This guy really chose the gifts carefully. The tripod, axe, lamp, and zhi all have their own meanings."

Le He said, "That's true. But this guy always mentions Chu and the King of Chu. It seems that the celestial phenomena in Liangshan have made Wang Qing inexplicably confident."

Wu Yong said, "Wang Qing is not the only one who has such ideas. I'm afraid this group of people from Jiangnan are even more so. Not only did they move into the Honglu Pavilion, but they also had to submit letters from the empire. If these people were not smart, they would not show up in public after moving in, but would have asked people to urge the prime minister to meet them, and the court spies would have known about it long ago."

Zhao Zhen nodded and said, "We need you two brothers to receive this group of people."

After hearing this, Wu Yong and Le He agreed and went to the Honglu Pavilion to meet the person from Jiangnan.

world log
Bronze Square Ding with Ox-Head and Beast-Face Pattern: (Three-tier ritual vessel, square lip, folded rim, upright ears, deep belly, steep walls, flat bottom, with the inscription "牛". Height 3 feet 2 inches, the mouth of the tripod is 2 feet 8 inches long and 1 foot 6 inches wide.)
Effect 1: A heavy tool, the tripod has four pillars, a symbol of power, it can suppress and condense luck, and increase luck by ten points every year.

Effect 2: A vessel for worship, sacrifice, and storage of cattle and animals.

Green Jade Lamp: (Fourth level, Emperor Gaozu of Han entered the Xianyang Palace. The most unique treasure among the treasures was the Green Jade Lamp. The candlestick was seven feet and five inches high, with a coiled dragon at the bottom, holding the lamp in its mouth. When the lamp was lit, the scales and armor moved, shining like stars.)
Effect 3: Show wealth, wealth +.

Effect 1: Tiger-shaped dragon appearance, majesty +.

Firefly Ganoderma: (Level 5, there is Firefly Ganoderma in Liangchang Mountain, its leaves are like grass, its fruits are as big as beans, its flowers are purple, and it glows at night.)
Effect 1: Night vision. Eat one and your mind will be clear. Eat seven and your mind will be clear and you can write at night.

Blood-drinking Axe: (Level 4, Li Shigu was in the mountain pavilion and dug up something that looked like an iron axe.)
Effect 1: Drink blood, bite a human or an animal, and stop after drinking three buckets of blood.

After Zhao Zhen had read them, he ordered Buddha's Hand to send the four items to various places.

The [Square Bronze Tripod with Ox-Head and Beast-Face Pattern] was naturally sent to the Pagoda Temple on the mountain, the Jade Lamp was left in the hall, and the Blood-Drinking Axe was sent to Zhao Zhen's weapon treasury.

Among the four treasures, the one that Zhao Zhen valued the most was the box of [Firefly Ganoderma]. After counting, there were exactly 100 pieces. Zhao Zhen ate seven on the spot, and was shocked. When Zhao Zhen looked at himself again, he really had the ability of night vision.

Zhao Zhen thought about the remaining ones, called Chen Liqing, took out seven pills, and asked her to take them as well.

He also sent a copy to each of the four generals with the best archery skills: Hua Rong, Pang Wanchun, Lei Jiong, and Ji Ji. Seeing in the dark is a powerful skill for archers.

As for Shi Wengong, Yang Zhi, Yan Qing, Sun Li, Xuan Zan, Hao Siwen, Han Tao, Zhou Jin and others, they were not in a hurry to bestow it. Although these people were also good at archery, they were accustomed to close combat in daily battles.

The rest were also sent to the treasury.

Zhao Zhen now controls most of Shandong, and has collected hundreds of high-grade medicinal materials, especially ginseng, Polygonum multiflorum, and various kinds of Ganoderma lucidum.

(End of this chapter)