Raising the Demon

Chapter 720
The so-called Tianxingzhu is to strip people naked and tie them to the pillars, and let them fend for themselves. If they are lucky, they will be sunburned to death alive. If they are unlucky, they will be eaten alive by sand ants, pecked to death by vultures, and It is possible to kill anything else.

The man howled and was dragged down. Xue Congshan sighed in his heart. Sure enough, in this desert, if you want to survive, you must have a cruel heart.

After dealing with the traitor, Bei Qiang took Xue Congshan to visit his Ban Yuezhou.

I have to say that Bei Qiang is really a talent. Under his management, Ban Yuezhou is like an iron bucket. Almost all the residents here are soldiers. As soon as the children can run, they will start to practice under the guidance of their elders. Machete skills.

Wherever Bei Qiang went, there was no one who didn't bow and salute. From everyone's eyes, it could be seen that everyone really supported him.

But along the way, everyone felt a little heavy.

The palm trees in the oasis have turned yellow, and the grass by the river is blackened as if it had been burned by fire. Some trees even rotted and fell down. This is definitely not a normal phenomenon.

Seeing the watchtowers on the edge, Bei Qiang felt better.

"Look, this is the Shenwu Cannon we just bought." On an observation deck, Bei Qiang proudly showed Xue Congshan his secret weapon, "This Shenwu Cannon is only found on the city walls of Shangjing. Just one shot can knock down the cloud warships of the cloud army from the sky. When I went to Shangjing this time, I asked an expert to help me build a thousand-mile bell magic weapon. Within a thousand miles, as long as there is a cloud warship flying over, it will immediately call the police. , even if it’s a bird, don’t even think about flying over the desert.”

"Why?" Xue Congshan asked, "Why don't you let others pass over the desert?"

"You don't know." Bei Qiang said angrily, "Those people outside used coarse salt and inferior cloth to exchange the alluvial gold we worked so hard to scour for, and they also desperately lowered the price of alluvial gold to make huge profits with our blood and sweat. I have never worried about the lives of our people, of course I want to make it difficult for them!"

Xue Congshan shook his head speechlessly.

Although he belongs to the Tanyou sect and not the Youshang sect, he also knows the laws of commodities.

The preciousness of an item is entirely determined by the relationship between supply and demand. Alluvial gold cannot be eaten or drunk. If it cannot be exchanged, what is the use of alluvial gold?

If you don't pay attention to economic laws and just feel that you have suffered a disadvantage, how can such a desert have a future?
Maybe Bei Qiang is a good leader, but he can only make Shamin more and more sad.

But Xue Congshan didn't know how to persuade him, so he could only sigh deeply.

This Mobei State is more troublesome than imagined. I don't know how the adults can reverse the current situation.

In the evening, the ear-mouse arrived.

Just like when the rabbit arrived, Bei Qiang had no idea how the ear mouse got here, which made Bei Qiang who had just boasted that a bird would never even think about flying over it blushed.

Fortunately, Xue Congshan is a kind person, so he pretended nothing happened and just let the ear mouse detoxify.

"Well, it's done." Earmouse stretched out a hand, stroked the water a few times, and said.

"Okay?" Not to mention Bei Qiang, even Xue Congshan didn't believe it, is this all right?

"If you don't believe me, just come and see it tomorrow morning." Ear Mouse spread his hands indifferently and said.

Xue Congshan was tongue-tied and didn't know what to say, and the eyes of Bei Qiang and others were full of suspicion.

"No matter what, I thank you all for your hard work for us." Bei Qiang is a leader after all, so he still needs to say something on the scene, "Well, let's have a good drink tonight, and I'll be the host."

Xue Congshan thought that he still wanted to hear news about the Kingdom of Treasures from Shamin, so he agreed.

At night, although Ban Yuezhou was a bit gloomy, under Bei Qiang's order, a bonfire was lit, and boys and girls were invited to sing and dance.

The girl in the desert held the top-ranked ant egg wine, which was brewed from the eggs of sand ants. It tasted slightly sour, somewhat like rice wine, and it was very strange to drink.

After drinking for three rounds, everyone did not work hard to get rid of the alcohol, enjoying this rare moment of peace and tranquility.

Both the rabbit and the ear mouse couldn't drink enough, and they both curled up and fell asleep. The night temperature in the desert was extremely low, and the temperature difference between day and night was huge. Casually asked: "Brother Bei, you Sand people have a legend about a land of treasures, I wonder if it's true?"

As soon as Xue Congshan spoke, he felt Bei Qiang beside him tremble, and his eyes seemed to change instantly. When he looked at Xue Congshan, his eyes were no longer the closeness as before, but deeply vigilant.

Xue Congshan sighed in his heart, it seemed that it was almost impossible to get more news from Bei Qiang.

But he didn't need to ask any more, it seemed that the legend was true.

"It's getting late, go back to sleep." Bei Qiang was silent for a moment, patted Xue Congshan on the shoulder, turned and left.

……

Back in the evening, Zi Baifeng, who was slightly dressed as Qiao Zhuang, appeared in front of the government office again.

The notice of recruiting talented people has been posted, and it hangs weakly on the bulletin board. The passionate verbal fighters are all tired and go back to rest. Only three or two kittens are still discussing fiercely. It seems that there is no discussion Don't stop until midnight.

Sha Qiliang moved the table to the shady place in the west, and was listlessly listening to a mouthful of people.

When Zi Baifeng walked over, he had already made up his mind that he would definitely not be kicked out again this time.

"Young master, have we met?" Sha Qiliang was still writing "fool" outside the door, and when he saw Zi Baifeng, he asked with some doubts.

Zi Baifeng smiled and shook his head, "Of course not."

At this time, Zi Baifeng didn't change much in appearance, but changed more in temperament and aura.

There are many people who look similar, but no one is exactly the same in Reiki.

"Then, young master, what's your opinion?" Sha Qiliang asked after finally dismissing the man in front.

He just saw Zi Baifeng for the first time, and felt that he had seen it somewhere before, but when he took a closer look at it, he didn't feel anything familiar at all, so he could only shake his head.

Zi Baifeng nodded secretly, the rabbit's charm technique is quite effective.

"My opinion is to support some, win over some, and suppress some." Zi Baifeng said.

"Oh?" Sha Qiliang's eyes lit up when he heard the words, but of course, they only lit up.Quite a few people have raised this point, but it would be useless to ask them to say more.

"Excuse me, my lord, how do you support some, win some over, and suppress some?" Sha Qiliang asked.

"You should ask who will operate it, not how to operate it." Zi Baifeng smiled slightly, showing mystery.

Now Sha Qiliang couldn't calm down anymore.

"If Mr. An really wants to recruit talented people, then come to me." Zi Baifeng said, "In addition, tell Mr. An that I am willing to donate [-] jade to solve the problem of sand people. Do your best."

"May I ask your son's name?" Sha Qiliang was shocked when he heard that Zi Baifeng planned to donate [-] jade, and stood up hastily, no longer caring about his reserve.

Zi Baifeng shook his head secretly in his heart, sure enough, any clever plan is not as effective as a throw of the universe, look, no, a verbal promise smashed Sha Qiliang to the ground.

Mr. An recruits talented people, and what he promises is nothing more than "golden ten thousand taels".This "ten thousand taels" is definitely just an imaginary number, and it is not known how much it will be available at that time.

In most places in the Kingdom of Heaven, jade is the hard currency for large-scale transactions. Real gold and silver are only used in poor places like Mobei Prefecture where aura is scarce and poor.

In terms of value, jade is ten times that of gold, and [-] jade can almost cover half a year's operating expenses of the Shangmobei government office.

In fact, only Zi Baifeng knows that the money paid is not a loss at all, because Mobei Prefecture will become his fiefdom in the future, and he will be responsible for the expenditure of the entire state. Now he is just overdrafting a little in advance.

"My name is Wu Feng." Zi Baifeng smiled.

He took Zi Wu's surname and his own name.

After finishing speaking, Zi Baifeng nodded, turned around and left.

He believes that if Mr. An really intends to see him, Mobei Mansion is just a small place, and he can be found no matter what.

Who would have thought that just as he walked out of the square, he heard Sha Qiliang running over panting: "My lord, please stay! Sir An please!"

The power of the universe is coming!

Zi Baifeng laughed in his heart, although he spent [-] jade, he finally entered the government office, didn't he?
Otherwise, how troublesome would it be if you couldn't even enter a government office on your own territory?

Following Sha Qiliang into the government office, Zi Baifeng saw the legendary Mr. An.

Mr. An is thin and has a sallow face. He doesn't look like a fifth-rank official, but more like a down-and-out scholar.

"Master An, Mr. Wu has already invited you here." Sha Qiliang said to Mr. An humanely.

"Young Master Wu invited you." Lord An smiled, "I heard from Qi Liang that Young Master Wu is willing to donate [-] jade stones to the government office?"

"Yes." Zi Baifeng smiled indifferently.

"Mr. Wu also said to support some, win over some, and suppress some?"

"Yes." Zi Baifeng still smiled lightly.

"May I ask Mr. Wu how to operate?" Mr. An finally couldn't bear it anymore and asked.

"As I said just now, it's not how to operate, but who will operate."

"Mr. Wu is very confident." Mr. An said after taking a deep look at Zi Baifeng.

"It's natural to be confident." Zi Baifeng said, "Actually, I didn't come here to offer advice. I came here for business. I'm a businessman."

Mr. An was puzzled, and said: "What about the businessman?"

"I'm from Linsha Prefecture." Zi Baifeng pointed to the west, "I want to open up a business route to the Kingdom of Heaven, and sell my jade from Linsha Prefecture to the Kingdom of Heaven, so I have to go through this place."

"I heard that Linsha Prefecture is rich in jade and is a rare and rich place, but the geographical location is not very good. If you want to connect with the kingdom of heaven, you must go through the desert..." Mr. An accepted this statement, "So Say, you want to do it yourself?"

"That's right." Zi Baifeng said, "Master An recruited talented people, isn't it to solve the problem of the sand people? I have a way to solve the problem of the sand people. If Lord An believes it, why don't you let me try it? "

Master An hesitated.

(End of this chapter)