The war against the Tiger tribe was launched at the end of February, the climate around Nambu in twenty years ago, it should be a warm spring, but more than twenty years the climate has gradually become colder, now although it is already in the spring, the climate is still dominated by the cold. Chu Chao Hui led the army to cross the river, wearing winter clothes, half a month when the end of the war with the escort back, the weather is warming up, the body has been changed into a single shirt, the willow branches on the shore of the pier in Nambu has been green.
From the north bank of the Yangtze River by boat across to the south bank, the big wooden boat as long as forty bells, small wooden boat with the wind time difference, against the wind is more than an hour. Although the two sides of the ferry spending time is not long, Chu Chao Hui did not leave the general headquarters located in the Eagle Tribe village to return to the South Port Councilor House to visit Zheng Yuming, ferry to the south bank of the army is Chu Chao Hui hands of all the elite, is his and Zheng Yuming dependence on the world, he does not personally stare can not be at ease.
During the combat period, Zheng Yuming crossed the boat to the Eagle Tribe to visit twice, each time the stay was very short, because Zheng Yuming also had to hold down the valley and south port side when the valley and south port military strength was empty, he had to ensure that the rear was stable. Every time the two met, surrounded by eagle tribal chiefs and elders, want to say some private words have no opportunity, intimate behavior is not even think about it.
When the army retreated to the valley, Chu Chao Hui did not follow back, he let Wei Qing and the battalion commander of the third battalion lead the soldiers back to the valley to rest first, he himself rode in a large wooden boat, carrying some victories to Nambu, Chu Chao Hui wanted to see Zheng Yuming earlier, half a month can not be intimate, so that he was lost.
Nambu wharf is now three times larger than it was two years ago, the wharf side was rebuilt with whole blocks of mountain stone, the residential houses on the shore close to the wharf were demolished and moved elsewhere, making a wide place convenient for merchants to load and unload goods and carriages to walk on, and tall houses were built as warehouses to the north of the open space, which were rented to the merchants who dealt in business to store their goods.
In addition to the storage houses facing the port, there are several stores and two small restaurants. The stores are owned by several merchants who used to sell goods at the port, and the one who did the best business was the Wei merchant who used to sell gold hairpins to Takao's father and daughter.
When he traded hairpins with Tuohsiung's father and daughter, it was the first time for Wei to do business in Nangbu wharf, he was unfamiliar with the people of Nangbu, and of course did not know Tuohsiung, when he saw the indigenous father and daughter dressed in jacquard fabric, he mistook them for rich Qin nobles, and did not treat them coldly like other carriers, instead, he was quite enthusiastic in selling the goods, and succeeded in letting Tuohsiung set up a deal to buy the gold hairpins.
Wei cargo Lang enthusiastic service attitude won the top of the chief's favor, the Eagle Tribe digging iron ore fortune, tribal purchases from Wei cargo Lang here to buy, Wei cargo Lang thus earned a bowl, last year, with the money earned in the port next to buy a store, the end of picking up the burden of the East and West to run to the side of the sale of goods.
Wei cargo Lang in the gold hairpin deal soon after the real identity of the Tuo Sheik, by then he had been Tuo Xiong's large orders smashed dizzy, deeply grateful that he did not belittle the natives (in fact, to judge people by their appearance), from the deal with the Eagle Tribe Chief summed up the truth of doing business to be peace and harmony, opened a store, although the Eagle Tribe's regular big customers, to other guests at the door, but also to the smile, which makes him business more and more Red hot, now the store has hired three fellows to help.
When Chu Chao Hui came ashore, Wei Cargo was gathering customers in front of his store. Chu Chao Hui spends most of his time in the valley, seldom stays in Nanbu, Nanbu has a lot of people who only know his name, but do not know him, Wei Cargo is one of the people who do not know him.
"Have you come to shop in Nambu?"
Chu Chao Hui looked down at Wei Cargo Lang, who greeted him with a smile on his face, and waved his hand to stop the guards around him from going up to drive him away. Wei Cargo was only about 1 meter 6 in height.
"What fresh goods does the proprietor have?"
"There are all kinds of food, all kinds of jewelry, Nambu brocade cloth, leather boots, home supplies, this store has the most complete variety of goods, if you don't believe me, you can go into the small store to take a look."
Wei cargo Lang is not afraid of Chu Chao Hui behind the six guards, Nambu village security bureau of the members of the village patrol from time to time, if someone trouble, as long as the blowing of the bamboo whistle, the security team members will immediately rushed over to help each other, shopkeepers doing business in the Nambu neck are hung with the call of the bamboo whistle.
As to why the members of the Security Bureau would help the traders, according to the explanation given by the officials of the Government House, it is because the traders who open their doors for business have paid taxes to the Government House, and the Government House is obliged to protect the safety of their traders after collecting the taxes, and the Security Bureau is tasked with the heavy burden of protecting the traders.
Chu Chao Hui raised his eyebrows, feeling that this merchant who is not afraid of him is very interesting, Chu Chao Hui 1 meter 83 meters tall, stout body, just standing on people have a kind of intimidation, in front of this merchant obviously in front of the profit, overcoming the fear caused by the height inequality.
"Yeah, just check out the proprietor's store."
"Please come in!" Wei cargo Lang attentively lead the way in front, Chu Chao Hui in civilian clothes, clothing style workmanship are very good, Wei cargo Lang feel that they have found another big customer.
Weilang store in the goods placed in a well-organized, very much a little after the small supermarket format, just containers are placed along the walls, the center is empty position.
Chu Chao Hui looked around at the surrounding goods and realized that Wei Cargo Lang had many varieties of goods, half of which were produced in Nambu, and this type of goods were mainly sold to outsiders, and the other half were the goods of the surrounding vassal states, which were not available in Nambu, and were mainly sold to the locals. These two types of goods were placed separately.
Chu Chao Hui had no interest in the local goods, he stood in front of the foreign goods and surveyed them.
"Guests, here are the animal skins that the high mountain natives have hunted, and because the weather is heating up, they are now all placed here cheaply to sell on their behalf." Wei Cargo Lang was trying his best to sell his goods. "There are also snake repellent medicines here, they are also put here by the alpine natives for the even family to sell on their behalf, now that the weather is heating up, the snakes and insects are starting to come out, so the guest herder can buy some to go back for spare time."
"Snake Repellent Pill?" Chu Chao Hui's nose sniffed as he smelled a familiar odor, an odor that made his heart beat faster.
"Yes, with this medicine placed in the home, snakes and insects will not enter the home yard, this snake medicine, only the high mountain natives there configure, Nambu, no, around Dacheng only Wei Ji store has this goods." Wei goods Lang see Chu Zhaohui interested, squat down to open the lid of a pottery altar, let Chu Zhaohui inspect the goods.
The potter's jar lifted, the pungent smell intensified, and the color of the chunks of pottery was egg-yellow.
Chu Chao Hui covered his nose and stared at the yellow lumpy solid for a long time.
"This stuff just needs to be wrapped in a small piece of cloth and thrown in the corner, snakes and insects will avoid it if they smell it." Wei Cargo Lang put the lid on the pottery altar, the smell was pungent, it was hard to smell too much.
"How many of these snake repellent pills are there?" The corners of Chu Chao Hui's mouth curled up slightly, and a light flashed in his eyes.
"Two jars." The weather had only just turned warm, not many people were buying snake repellents, and the snake repellents that Wei Cargo had entered hadn't opened yet.
"I'll take it all."
"Okay! Two jars totaling three gold, do you want me to send it to the truck?" Wei was happy to do business.
"No need." Chu Chao Hui shook his head, and the two guards behind him stepped forward to carry away the pottery altar, and one guard pulled out three gold to pay Wei Cargo.
Chu Chao Hui wandered around the store for a while longer, and after not finding what he wanted anymore, he walked out with his guards. As soon as he arrived outside the store, Chu Chao Hui arranged for one of his guards to keep an eye on the place, he desperately wanted to find the alpine natives who had placed the snake repellent medicine for sale on behalf of Wei Cargo Man.
Chu Chao Hui to establish their own military forces, has always wanted to make hot weapons, guns because smelting technology can not, no lathe and other tools, technology is limited can not be manufactured, but the gunpowder production is feasible, as long as the preparation of three kinds of raw materials on the line.
Manufacture of gunpowder three must be potassium nitrate, sulfur, charcoal, charcoal to obtain the most simple, potassium nitrate is generally extracted from saltpeter, no saltpeter, Chu Chao Hui can also use other earth methods to obtain, only sulfur, Chu Chao Hui has been looking for, today inadvertently found that repellent snake medicine is actually sulfur, is exactly Chu Chao Hui has been wanting to look for the goods.
Chu Chao Hui, who has made a significant gain, rushed to the council house in a hurry and wanted to tell Zheng Yuming the good news, but the Ulsan royal vehicles lined up in front of the council house made Chu Chao Hui lose his appetite.
After returning to Dacheng from Nambu last year, the Azure Mountain Monarch recuperated for a period of time and wanted to inspect Nambu after his body recovered.Wei Shen knew that Gong Ziguang was mindful of Zheng Yuming and went to Nambu just to spend more time with Zheng Yuming.Originally, Wei Shen held an indifferent attitude towards Gong Ziguang's desire to favor a man.After all, Gong Ziguang was not destined to be the position of the state's lord, and as long as he could give birth to an heir, it wouldn't be harmless for him to spend time with a man for the rest of his life. But now he and Zheng Chu both conspired to make a plan, Gong Ziguang is likely to inherit the position of the state of Wu, as a king of a country, is not openly and honestly with a man companion, because the Great Qin etiquette does not agree with the monarch male male companion, this is from the perspective of reproduction of offspring. Besides, Wei Shen had already seen the intimacy between the two Zheng Chu.
Wei Shen, on the one hand, has already cooperated with Zheng Chu, on the other hand, does not want Gong Ziguang to fall into too deep, always intends to block Gong Ziguang to the south port patrol, on the pretext that Ripple Ji is still in the heart of him, have to pay attention to assassins as a reason to stop Gong Ziguang to the south port to meet with Zheng Yuming.
Wei Shen can be cold and hard-hearted to anyone, but only to Gong Ziguang, always hard-hearted can not afford to see Gong Ziguang in the Ulsan government moping, like the chess does not play, tea and rice does not smell, the cool love of the Konghou music do not listen to the original favorite artist Xin two months did not call, people began to lose weight, Wei Shen compromised.
Gong Ziguang after the Spring Festival has been the third time to visit the Nambu Councilor's House, each time he feels that time passes too quickly, this is not, Gong Ziguang in the morning in more than a hundred Huben escort to the Nambu, in the Councilor's House to eat a lunch, eyes blinking, it is in the evening.
"Zhengqing, how about Kou moving the Ulsan-kunfu to Nambu?" Gong Zi Guang looked at the sun outside the house, hoping that the direction there was not west but east.
"Gongzi is joking, Nambu doesn't even have a protective wall, how can a place like this protect Gongzi's safety, Gongzi's status is honored and at an extraordinary moment, you have to be extremely careful." Zheng Yuming's head hurts, every time Gong Ziguang sails in, he has to put down his hands to accompany him, and when Gong Ziguang leaves, he has to add a night shift in order to finish dealing with the delayed matters.
Valley soldiers won the battle north of the Chang River, the booty sent to Nambu has not yet been distributed, to open up the refugee group leaders are waiting with bated breath at Wu Da. Zheng Yuming was also anxious in his heart, and he also looked at the sun frequently, hoping that the sun would set quickly.
"Could it be that just because Guang's body is valuable, Qing's body is not?" Gong Zi Guang was a bit saddened that Zheng Yu Ming's words divided the two.
"Eh, Your Excellency is more honorable than the minister, Dacheng can have less Yuming, but not less Your Excellency." Zheng Yuming stepped back slightly, lowering his head and insisting on his opinion.
Gong Zi Guang was very sad, after returning from the harvest festival, Zheng Yu Ming was excessively courteous with him and seemed much more rusty. "In Guang's heart, Qing is the most valuable, more valuable than anyone else."
Zheng Yuming's head got lower and lower as he once again took a step back and bowed towards Gongzi Guang, "Please be careful with your words, Your Excellency!"
The conversation between the two was heard by Chu Chao Hui who was waiting outside the house to be informed by the waiter, Chu Chao Hui only felt that his two eyes were on fire, his teeth were sour, his hands and feet were itchy, and he wanted too much to drag that young nobleman who coveted Zheng Yuming to the courtyard to beat him up violently.