Chapter 293 Northern Han Palace

Cross-border transactions have always been full of obstacles, especially in feudal societies.

Businessmen, local governments, and the central government all want to get a share of the huge profits from cross-border transactions. The longer any commodity is operated, the more people will participate in it, and the profits will become thinner until the market is saturated or changes again.

Iron ore has always been the trump card of the Northern Han Dynasty. Hearing that Cheng Jinzhou wanted it, Zhuo Huanji felt relaxed and said with a smile: "Trade is friendly. Mr. Cheng likes trade, and we welcome it. If it is gold-plated, it depends on the quantity and the price." The price is up.”

As a priest of the temple, Master Zhuo Huan does not speak and act like other warriors in the Northern Han Dynasty, but more like a businessman in Xia Jing.

But he was happy too early. Cheng Jinzhou said without a trace of a smile on his face: "10 kilograms of gilt gold, plus 5,000 tons of iron ore, and a population of 50,000 households. We turned around and left. As for the price of the iron ore transaction in the future, let the people below discuss it. .”

He wants to plant pearl rice, so he wants to grab some ores to use for farming. As for gilding, it is one of the materials used to make Ys's body. It is an iron compound. Without instruments, Cheng Jinzhou could not analyze its specific composition and what kind of metal it was combined with. But since the Star Warlocks and Ys are interested in it, it has value.

There are gilded samples in the Star Warlock Association, and the price per kilogram is at least 10,000 to 20,000 silver. If the transportation cost of the iron ore is added, Cheng Jinzhou will have to strip away at least a million taels of silver from the Northern Han Dynasty, plus an additional hundreds of thousands. population.

The latter is obviously more valuable.

The smile on Zhuo Huan's face froze and he said coldly: "Master Jinzhou, why should you be so arrogant? As neighbors, we will always meet each other in the future."

The structure of the Temple is much more unified than that of the Astromancer Association, and the high-level Astromancers in it have a certain degree of mobility. For example, Zhuo Huan himself was not from the Northern Han Dynasty, so his words were half threatening, not casual. With his level of four and three stars, it would also be a headache to find someone in trouble the next day.

Cheng Jinzhou didn't care. His power is stronger in one year than in the previous year. Cooperating with Lu Xu, he can't defeat the fourth-level star warlock. There is always a chance to escape. Therefore, he was not afraid of Zhuo Huan's threat, flew back to the airship, stood in front of the door, turned his back to Zhuo Huan and said decisively: "Ultimate order, one hour later, Luoshanguan will be a role model."

Taiyu and others were on the airship, watching Cheng Jinzhou's conversation with the opponent's fourth-level star warlock, and heard the content clearly. When they were about to board the ship in Jinzhou, Taiyu clapped his hands and said with a smile: "You lend us a group of old men a trip, and you will make a lot of money from just 10 kilograms of gilt gold."

"You are all young. Why, do you want me to share the spoils?" Cheng Jinzhou joked.

10 kilograms of gilt gold was a lot of money to him, but to a wealthy fourth-level star warlock, it was nothing. The materials they receive from the Star Warlock Association every month alone are more than this.

Unexpectedly, Hui Minren said with disapproval on his face: "You are openly robbing, and you are using our name."

Compared to Taiyu and Kong Wei, he has a tougher temper. Some people couldn't stand it and said: "The nobles of the aristocratic families are always getting worse year by year. Has Shengya also fallen? Those who practice gain profits through threats; they rely on plundering people to increase their income. Instead of seriously training their star power, what are they trying to do? The United Star Formation may be a new development of Sacred Cliff, but if you want to increase the power of Star Warlocks by lowering the threshold of Star Warlocks, then Holy Cliff is wrong. It is on the opposite path. Star Warlocks have always been scarce. Yes, a few, they win by improving their own strength, not by having more people. Think about the power of the fifth-level star warlocks, think about the legendary sixth-level star warlocks, no matter how much control they have over the star power, The fourth-level star warlock is just a pointless resistance..."

"That's a legend. There are no sixth-level star warlocks, and it's enough." Kong Wei interrupted Hui Minren. He couldn't stop the same-level star warlock from expressing his views, but he couldn't let him go on.

Cheng Jinzhou was a little confused, but also a little understanding. He looked at Hui Minren, finally shrugged and said: "It's up to you, I will do what I should do. In addition, I am not robbing people, I am taking the robbed people home. Before coming, I I think you will understand. And you also agreed to come to Hanking together."

"I didn't expect you to benefit from this." Hui Minren looked at Cheng Jinzhou with cold eyes, not knowing where he touched his nerves.

"Everyone benefits, Minren." Taiyu stopped him and stopped him from talking any more.

Cheng Jinzhou waved his hand to Taiyu and said with the same righteousness: "The benefits I obtained have nothing to do with robbing people. What I did was beneficial to these former residents of Daxia. When they return to De'an, they will Being a tenant means that although you are not a free citizen, you can still live the life of an ordinary person. It will not be like in the Northern Han Dynasty, where the weather is freezing, you have no food and clothing, and you have the status of a slave."

Hui Minren couldn't argue with him anymore and turned away and stopped talking. What he reported to Shengya was reverence and a perfect mentality, so he simply could not accept Cheng Jinzhou's approach. For a moment, in addition to his disillusionment, he also had a trace of doubt.

Taiyu sighed, hugged Cheng Jinzhou and said with a smile: "Don't worry, Minren has this temper. He pursues perfection in everything, and always ends up making everyone unhappy. Are we here to wait for Beihan's reaction?"

"Yes." Cheng Jinzhou replied lazily. In his mind, he still regarded himself as a leader in liberating the serfs, but unexpectedly he was regarded as a greedy man, even though he was indeed short of money.

"What do you want to do with gold? I remember I saved some." Taiyu turned the topic to the other side.

"It's still for experiments, about those machines that can operate automatically. 10 kilograms of gilt gold is enough." Cheng Jinzhou lay on the chair in a daze,

Silence fell on the airship, and the Northern Han palace below was also in deathly silence.

Stone architecture is a characteristic of the Northern Han Dynasty. Their palace was built with stones weighing several tons. The good design ensured a certain amount of lighting, and the stones on the ground were polished to a bright luster.

In the past Northern Han Dynasty gatherings, gentlemen who advocated natural forms would turn the roof upside down, but today, all you can hear is the sound of heavy breathing. Like the gasp of a huge creature about to die.

There are two fourth-level star warlocks in Hanking, one is Zhuohuan Priest and the other is Mokan Star Warlock, both of whom belong to the Holy Church. In normal years, the intimidating power of the two of them would be enough to offset the influence of Daxia's high-level star warlocks, but now, they would never go to war.

An Xiaofeng, the current head of the An family, clasped his hands together, pinched his finger bones until they cracked, and said for a long time: "Zhuo Huanxing Warlock? Is there no chance of winning?"

Although Zhuo Huan didn't like Cheng Jinzhou, he wouldn't risk his life against a star warlock of the same level. He said as an excuse: "Cheng Jinzhou is a priest of the morning light. In the order of the temple, he is higher than me."

An Xiaofeng didn't care what the excuse was. He sighed silently and said decisively: "Count the number of Xia people south of the Han River and send them there. Any noble who is willing to release a Xia slave family will be free of 10 acres of land for three years." Tax, or each Xia slave will be exempted from the poll tax for three years."

"Really?" The ministers of the Northern Han Dynasty were excited. They don't have a solution, but they don't want to solve it like this.

Everyone hopes to get the best of both worlds, but most of the time, people end up seeing the lesser of both worlds.

An Xiaofeng looked at the 12-year-old Emperor, bowed and said: "My Emperor, in this time of national crisis, please grant me full power."

The child sitting on the dragon chair twisted his body and said in a still immature voice: "Quick performance."

A bachelor immediately drafted an imperial edict and submitted it to His Majesty the Emperor.

Someone suggested: "We can divide one Xia slave household into two or three households..."

"The plan to destroy the country!" Before he could finish speaking, An Xiaofeng suddenly became furious and said, "How long do you want Cheng Jinzhou to stay at the border? There are five fourth-level star warlocks on the list, and Luoshan Pass has been destroyed. After wasting time on inspection, do we have to wait for Daxia to send troops before we hand over the population to him?"

The Northern Han Dynasty has always been based on the will of Anjia. A few nobles did not dare to speak, and the others stopped talking.

An Xiaofeng pointed the two people out, then waved his sleeves and said, "My emperor, I will take my leave."

"My dear, please." The little emperor stood up and watched An Xiaofeng leave.

A low-level star warlock took off and headed towards the Dawn-class airship. Surrendering without a fight and paying additional compensation is not a good thing, so everyone naturally gave in. If it weren't for the fact that a star warlock was required to fly, they might have chosen a seventh-grade officer.

The low-level astromancer sent the 5-page document to the deck of the airship, then stopped and allowed the first-level astromancer on the boat to take the document.

Cheng Jinzhou and others were naturally reading on the deck.

Just like An Xiaofeng's decision, there was no hiding or fraud in the documents of the Northern Han Dynasty - An Xiaofeng was a pure Northern Han man and believed in the law of the grassland where wolves eat sheep. When he was a wolf, he did not hesitate to eat the sheep; when he was a sheep, he did not hesitate to give his son to the wolf to eat.

Now, Cheng Jinzhou, with five star warlocks and a Dawn-class airship, is the wolf.

Hui Minren looked at the smiling Cheng Jinzhou with dissatisfaction, and whispered to the others: "I don't believe he is the Star Warlock of Shengya, and he has never made a public commitment."

Taiyu didn't want Cheng Jinzhou to hear anything, so while he was on the deck, he whispered: "Miansuguo, except Shengya, who has Miansuguo?"

"The cardinal of the church gave the committee the authority to use the stored cotton fruit."

"That's just a few." Taiyu said, his tone less firm.

Kong Wei also seemed to be influenced by Hui Minren, and couldn't help but say: "He has indeed never admitted his identity as a Holy Cliff practitioner..."

Taiyu laughed and said: "No experienced person would admit it."

"We can test him, we helped him a lot, we have the qualifications." Kong Wei said seriously.

At this moment, Cheng Jinzhou turned around, and Taiyu patted the two of them on the shoulders and said, "Let's try it when we have a chance, not now."

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