While the people with the Heaven's Seed were busy with the spring plowing, a large group of people came out of Pengzhou Pass. The horses that pulled the carriages were slightly weaker than the military horses. The people in the group all puffed out their chests and raised their heads. The people sitting in the carriages pulled up the curtains and talked to each other.
From time to time, there would be carefree laughter coming out from the group. If someone who had just arrived at Pengzhou Pass saw this, they would be very curious. Looking at the clothes of the people in the group, they knew that they were from Great Tang. After entering the territory of Tubo, only a small portion of people had weapons on them. The others did not seem to be vigilant at all.
The most appropriate description was that the people of Great Tang came out to travel. Perhaps they could even find wild beasts to hunt. This was because there were women singing and music coming out from the carriages. If one listened carefully, there was a desolate Huqin and a whimpering Hujia.
After leaving Pengzhou, the group continued to move forward. When it was almost night time, they set up camp near the carriages. Bonfires were lit and everyone gathered around the bonfires to eat, drink, sing, and dance.
The commotion was not small. Suddenly, some Great Tang riders were attracted by the noise. They used the light of the bonfires to look at the flag in the group that was deliberately raised. They turned their horses around and did not stop at all. On the flag, there was a rice seedling that was pulling the carriage forward. It looked very interesting and funny.
But it was this flag that, as long as someone raised it, they would be able to safely move along the road to the desert on the east side of the Ruoshui River. Even if many Tubo soldiers wanted to bully the people of their own country, they would not dare to have any ideas about this group. It was easy to kill this group of merchants, but they would not be able to face the anger of the people behind the flag.
The merchants around the bonfires did not care about the Tubo riders that passed by. They sang and danced as they wished without any fear.
Listening to Hu Qin's voice and watching the dancers' skirts fluttering in the wind, there were two people sitting next to each other, eating meat and drinking wine while talking about their own topics.
"Little Worm, help me analyze why there are people buying eggs in large quantities recently, causing the price of eggs to increase by 20%. Luckily, there are people selling meat at a low price. Otherwise, it would be difficult for ordinary people to eat good food."
One person drank half of the wine in his bowl and casually wiped his mouth with his sleeve as he asked the other person.
"I don't know. The price of salt did not change, but the price of grain increased slightly. The price of oil also increased by less than 5%. I think there is no problem. It is still the same in this season. Zhong Gang, you should drink less. If you drink too much, it will be troublesome."
Little Worm's alcohol tolerance was not high, so he only took a sip.
"Could it be an economic war? Someone else has come over with designs on Jiannan Circuit, and they're secretly setting up a trap. Now that you've entered the game, you've become smarter. Think about it carefully. " Zhong Gang asked again. He imitated the way Little Worm drank and took a sip. This time, he finished half of the remaining wine in the bowl.
A modest smile appeared on Xiao Chong's face as he said, "I've told you many times, don't mention top-level games anymore. I'm far from it. That day, you were right beside me when I played against the young master of the Zhang family. You also saw how badly I lost. I really couldn't even last two hours. Every quarter of an hour represented five days, and I couldn't even last one and a half months. I lost the same 1,000 strings of coins and only had a little more than 100 strings of coins left.
"I saw it, but that's because you haven't competed at such a fast speed before, so you're not used to it. If you were to compete with the young master of the Zhang family again, you'd definitely be able to last for two hours, or even up to three. You're much better than before."
Zhong Gang consoled and encouraged Little Worm, but his thoughts couldn't help but wander back to the time when Little Worm and the young master of the Zhang family were playing games.
The two of them were in separate rooms, unable to see each other, and each of them played a thousand strings of coins. The terrain Little Worm had chosen was none other than Pengzhou, a place he was most familiar with.
In the first half of an hour, Little Worm's arrangements were very smooth, and the other party didn't seem to have made a move. However, after another quarter of an hour, Little Worm began to sweat incessantly, and it became more and more difficult for him to deal with the other party.
From then on, Little Worm was no longer as smooth as before. He struggled with all his might, retreating step by step in the face of the other party's storm-like attacks. Only in the middle did he manage to organize two counterattacks, but each time, he lost more and more money at a faster pace.
Seventy-five minutes, he only managed to last for seven minutes. He didn't reach the six hours the young master of the Zhang family had said, nor did he reach the two hours Official Bi and the others had said. However, what made him happy was that in the end, Little Worm was still allowed to enter the ranks of the top-level games.
There was only one reason for this, and that was that in the end, Little Worm clearly could have deceived the common people once more to raise money for himself, but he didn't. It was because of this that the young master of the Zhang family had Little Worm's name recorded in the top-level games.
He still remembered what the young master of the Zhang family had said to Little Worm that day: 'You're not bad, you remember what happened today. Businessmen also have integrity, and you should do the same in the future. When the time comes, there will be another kind of rule, and that is, if you really can't do it, you can tell the common people about it. The common people will support you. Only people with roots are invincible.'
From that moment on, he no longer doubted that the young master of the Zhang family had led the army to victory in the economic war started by the Tibetans in Jiannan Province. He no longer doubted that the young lady Cuckoo had personally led the army to cause a storm of blood in Tubo.
He really wanted to tell everyone he knew that the most powerful person in Great Tang wasn't the top ten on the top-level games, but rather the young master of the Zhang family who had never shown his name on the games. Unfortunately, he had been given a gag order, so he could only discuss this with Little Worm in secret and not tell anyone else.
In fact, even if he told this to others, they wouldn't believe him, unless they saw the young master of the Zhang family defeating the top ten rankers with their own eyes.
The crackling of the bonfire woke Zhong Gang up from his reminiscing. When he looked at Little Worm again, he said, "Are you really going to explore other places in the coming days? You don't care about the business here anymore? "
"Yes, I'm going to explore more. Every place is different, so I'll learn as I go. I'll leave the business to you. I'll take a portion of the money and leave. I can do business anywhere."
For the sake of his dreams, Little Worm was prepared to explore the outside world and learn more skills. When the time came, if anyone dared to lay their hands on Great Tang, he would learn from the young master of the Zhang family and deal with them.
"I'll go with you too. Where are you going?" Zhong Gang couldn't bear to leave the little worm he had played with since he was young, so he wanted to leave as well.
"Go to the capital. I still want to meet the young master of the Zhang family and Demonfiend Cuckoo. Cuckoo's revenge against the Tibetans was truly satisfying. It was as if they had never suffered a loss before. As long as others made the first move, they would definitely retaliate, and their methods would be even more ruthless."
Little Worm had already chosen a place for himself. The capital was bustling, so he might be able to see more and learn more there.
Zhong Gang asked doubtfully, "Then why didn't the young master of the Zhang family retaliate? Why did he only fight a defensive battle?"
"That's right, why didn't he retaliate? This doesn't seem like their personalities. Retaliate? Eggs going up in price? Meat going down in price, grains and other aspects are all stable. I know, Zhong Gang, I know, the young master of the Zhang family is going to make a move. Yes, that must be it. "
Little Worm heard Zhong Gang's words and was just about to continue speaking when he suddenly thought of a certain situation and said to Zhong Gang in shock.
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