In the stands of the Cuju field, which was already boiling, Zigong was thinking secretly in his heart.

"Judging from today's situation, in a normal game, there will be more than a thousand spectators at least, and when the surrounding stands are completely set up, there can even be as many as two or three thousand people, which is much more lively than the ordinary city. Just the entrance ticket that the gentleman said is a lot of income."

According to Zhao Wuxi's idea, the scholar-bureaucrats of the state of Cao and the wealthy businessmen can also invite them to organize a Cuju team to participate in the competition. When the industry gradually expands and the number of people increases, leagues can even be held. There will be a lot of running accounts for gambling, and then it will be the real daily income.

After the Cuju was over, the common people left in batches under the guidance of Cao Guo's soldiers, and there was no stampede incident that Zhao Wuxi was worried about. After leaving the school grounds, everyone found that there were some small cockfighting fields and corners nearby. They rushed over with great interest, but were told that this time they had to deliver a Qi knife coin circulating in the Tao market. Row.

Some people scolded and left, but most of them still lined up to pay and go in to watch, and there was a burst of lively applause and gambling fights.

They didn't end the day's fun until the sunset and the western frontier. They were hungry and complained that the surrounding area was too desolate, so that these venues seemed to stand out from the crowd. Okay!

"There will be. In a month's time, there will be many markets around this area, and you are welcome to open stores here!" Zigong said confidently when he sent the merchants away.

From the very beginning, Zhao Wuxi and Zigong made up their minds to build a comprehensive entertainment venue by bringing together the popular entertainment items of this era with Cuju and Chizu as the core. Let everyone find their own fun.

In this way, these "extravagance industries" can attract popularity like a whirlpool. Taoyi is the most lively and prosperous in the world. The city with the most floating population gathers countless popular people. There is absolutely no shortage of money and silk here, what is lacking is a place where people can spend a lot of money!

This "luxury place" is a big tempting cake, but while Zhao Wuxi and Zigong swallowed most of it, they were not shy about sharing the leftovers with others in order to seek cooperation and win-win results. As a newcomer, as an exiled gentleman without foundation, even with Cao Bo's full support, Zhao Wuxi didn't want to become the target of public criticism again.

From the current point of view. Zigong's business should not only not create competition with other merchants who practice hoarding and reselling, but also provide a place for recreation during their stay in Taoyi. Therefore, under Zigong Runwu's silent wooing, the merchants also changed from vigilance and wait-and-see to willingness to cooperate actively.

On the contrary, Chen Pingzhong, Xian Bofu, and Yu Xin, who are the most powerful among the merchants, are extremely interested in these industries and want to join in to ask about the way of cooperation, but they cannot be cleared up because of their previous conflicts with Zhao Wuxi and Zigong. Face, also can not represent the elders to call the shots.

After they looked at each other, they said goodbye and left, and hurried back to the building to tell their parents what they had seen today.

As for Zhao Wuxi and Zigong. There is no permanent enemy in the shopping mall, not to mention Zhao Wuxi's current power, which is impossible for Nai He Qi and Zheng Jujia. That's why he asked Zigong to behave as usual. To confuse them by proclaiming that "peace is the most precious and the ability to make money" in front of them.

But he also gave Zigong a promise.

"At least one year, as many as three years. When I have a foothold, Zigong can also lay a foundation in Taoyi and become the leader of all merchants. Then we will make his generation pay the price!"

Now, they can only use soft knives to cut the meat, so that the three sons and merchants will pour the money and silk earned in Taoyi into the extravagant entertainment like flowing water. But if you want to cause substantial suppression and victory, you still have to rely on the trade war of bulk goods.

Like salt, like copper and tin, like gold, like corn…

There is no expansive territory. This prosperous and extravagant industry is like a castle in the air. It will collapse with a slight gust of wind.

After waiting for the people to go to the ground, Zhao Wuxi looked at the coming night and said to Zigong: "I will give Zigong full authority to manage the Cao State and Tao City. There are those merchants who were recruited from the Song State. And with the help of local Cao people headed by Tao Gu, plus Zigong's talent in farming and eloquence, he will definitely be able to do his next career here."

He, on the other hand, was preparing to go north in early June.

...

Xianbofu and Yuxin are cousins, so they went back together, and they told the galloping, cuju, and Zigong's suggestion of "businessmen and goods, and can make money" word for word.

The hostile attitude of the two major merchants in Zheng State towards Zhao Wuxi's forces was due to the innate sensitivity of merchants. Judging from what happened in Jiangshi and Shangqiu, they believed that once the two entered Taoyi, they would become difficult competitors.

Coupled with the current hostility between Jin and Zheng, the existence of the Xian family is to serve the interests of the country of Zheng; and Zhao Ci, who is popular in the Central Plains, has also caused a certain impact on the luxury goods operated by the Yu family, and they will study it again for a while. It is not clear how this thing is made so beautifully, so the two families will join hands in Taoyi to stumble on Zigong.

However, just a few days after Zhao Wuxi arrived in Cao, the situation had undergone a huge reversal. Not only were they not imprisoned, but they also persuaded Cao Bo to encourage extravagant careers and protect them from the public office. This is almost the same as the treatment Zheng Shang received in Zheng Guo, and they fell into a passive state for a while.

Fighting snakes is not afraid of snake bites, but the disciples who went to inquire returned the news that Zhao's gentleman and Wei Shang Duanmuci were willing to reconcile, or even cooperate.

It is not uncommon for merchants to compete with each other today, but to do business together tomorrow, so Xian and Yu also went down the **** and decided not to embarrass Zigong for the time being.

"Why don't we set up an extravagant business in Taoyi? As long as we follow the various entertainments mentioned by the second son today, we can still attract money and silk."

An elder of the Yu family brightened his eyes and proposed this proposal, but it was quickly rejected.

"How smart people of the Zhao clan and Duanmuci are, how could they be unprepared? They have already persuaded Uncle Cao that if a new extravagant business is established in Taoyi, they will charge twice the tax, which seems to be called the extravagant tax? When we make a profit, we have to pay double the heavy tax to Master Chu of the State of Cao. How can we compete with him? Not to mention the cockfighters, horners, and even maikos who advocate excellent female Luli in Tao Shili. They have already sent people to recruit them all. went!"

Everyone was dumbfounded for a while, and finally Yu Xin suggested that it would be better to observe it for a while. When this extravagant business is indeed profitable, it will not be too late for them to go back to Zheng Kingdom to follow the example.

Chen Pingzhong is in a similar situation. But he was more determined.

"Uncles, in Tao City, you must not be enemies with Zigong!" This was the thought that came to him in a short period of time today.

Zigong is elegant, knowledgeable and eloquent. Many merchants in the stands take this young junior as the center! Even Chen Pingzhong couldn't help but admire him after talking with him.

The elders looked at each other and smiled bitterly.

"Ping Zhong, it's not that we want to embarrass them, but the prince of Gaotang Dazong asked us to pay attention to every move of Zhao Wuxi and his henchmen..."

Chen Pingzhong was stunned when he heard the words. Gao Tang Chen? Chen Heng, the strategist and ambitious prince, who has never met the gentleman of the Zhao family, why is there a festival?

But in this way, the attitude of the Qi merchants has been determined, and they will continue to adopt a hostile, competitive and monitoring attitude towards Zhao Shang, who is newly emerging in Tao City.

What makes them nervous is that there has been news recently that the three nobles of Jin are attacking and defending, and the army led by Zhao Yang, the central army officer, has approached the river. It is possible to cross the river and besiege Puyang at any time!

At this sensitive moment, Zhao Wuxi brought a large number of soldiers from Song State to Taoyi not far from Wei State. Could it be a coincidence?

only. Zhao Wuxi announced to the outside world that he would stay here forever and take a good rest. There are also rumors that he had asked Uncle Cao to seal a small town on the edge of Lei Ze to be a doctor of the state of Cao.

Qi Shang did not dare to be careless. The eyeliners they sent often circled around Waiguo District, where Zhao Bing was stationed. However, there were only sounds of chasing and cuju in the barracks all day, but they did not come out to practice. That's why Qi Shang was relieved. From the businessman's point of view, they vaguely guessed that the gentleman of the Zhao family wanted to train all his soldiers into racers, horse racers and cuju players.

So the Qi merchants gradually relaxed their vigilance in this regard. But I was worried about what would happen if Zhao Shang took root in Taoyi and established himself...

The time entered the beginning of June, and the eyeliner who went to Taoyi Wai Guo early in the morning found that Zhao Ying was silent today. Only the smoke from the kitchen wafted quietly, and some sparrows even fell into the camp.

Eyeliner is not good. After crawling and crawling back to report, when Qi Shang asked Chen Pingzhong to personally bring people into the Zhao camp, the people inside had already gone to the camp. Weapons, armor, chariots and horses were all evacuated, and Zigong just brought someone here to clean up and prepare to withdraw from the camp.

"Zigong, where's the gentleman of the Zhao family?" Chen Pingzhong was a little stunned, wasn't it very lively a few days ago? How to say it is gone.

Zigong is wearing dark clothes and wide sleeves today, wearing a Confucian crown on his head. After leaving without a shirt, he is the leader of this exiled force in the state of Cao, so today's dress is quite a celebrity style.

He turned his head and smiled at Chen Zhongping elegantly: "Of course he left."

"Where did you go?" Chen Zhongping asked in a hoarse voice, but then he understood how the other party could possibly tell him. Now, I can only go back quickly and tell my uncles. It seems that Zhao Wuxi and others only left last night, and it is still too late to send a car to Gao Tang to report to the prince!

However, he did not know that the battles in the Zhao camp for the past half a decade were indeed caused by the soldiers of the Zhao clan. But three days ago, Zhao Wuzu left quietly in the dark~lightnovelpub.net~ The sound of the next few days was actually a play by the people who stayed here from the Zigong faction, a plan to escape from the golden cicada.

In this way, it would be good if the trucks sent by Qi Shang were not blocked. How could they still report in time?

Zigong remembered that before Zhao Wuxi left, he sincerely cupped his hands and said: "What a gentleman is going to do, you know in your heart. But after all, Wei is the mother country of the gift, born in Si and raised in Si, I hope the gentleman can do his best. Abide by the military etiquette and kill less! If you can do this, it will be a blessing for the guards!"

Zhao Wuxi lifted him up and replied, "King Zhuang of Chu once said that there are seven virtues in martial arts, such as forbidding violence, arranging soldiers, safeguarding the great, securing merit, reassuring the people, harmonizing the public, and prospering wealth, so I named them Zhao Wu. Soldier, this is what I hope for. Zigong, please rest assured, I am here to defend the country, not to kill and loot, but to save the people of the country from the war between Jin and Qi."

Zigong listened to the frogs croaking on the banks of the Jishui River, and thought to himself: "Gentlemen and military pawns, now they have reached the Pushui River in the Wei Kingdom..." (To be continued)

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