The caravan camped overnight in the wilderness, and arrived at Linwu City at noon on the second day.

From a distance, Linwu City is still a boxy city, and the old rammed earth city wall is difficult to resist the attacks of today's gunpowder artillery and tunnel siege methods, but the original construction of Linwu City was only to resist those rebellious local people, so it did not consider so much.

When approaching the city gate, the young staff officers quietly recorded the thickness of the city wall and the width of the city gate, and did not deliberately measure it.

Now that Wang Ziliangfu is in the martial arts, the investigation is a little stricter.

After entering the city, the caravan went directly to the inn here, because of the special location of Linwu City, it is a place for merchants to go from south to north, and the scale of the inn is also relatively large.

The person who opened the inn was also a person from Sishang, and at the beginning, the caravan of the Mo family often came and went, so he discussed with Lin Wujun about opening an inn here, and paying taxes normally every year, Lin Wujun did not object, but was happy.

After settling down, the leader of the caravan led three carriages full of arquebuses to the place where Lin Wujun worked in the city.

They were received by Lin Wujun's private subordinates, not doormen without formal official positions, but serious small treasurers with official positions.

After inspecting for several years, the grade was completed, and a part of the gold was taken, and the rest was to be paid for in copper and deerskins, which had been agreed beforehand.

Deerskin can be used to make leather armor, copper can be used to cast cannons, these are all military supplies, so they can no longer be traded openly, because this is illegal, the decree of the king of Chu does not allow the feudal monarch to trade leather and copper with the Mo family privately, but it is not prohibited at all.

Not long after, another doorman came, and after greeting the people of the caravan, he said: "The prince Liangfu patrols the border on behalf of the king, and Linwujun is accompanying him to hunt, so he can't come in person." There's something for me to convey on my behalf. ”

"Everyone in the world knows that Sishang has been reloaded with flint guns, can the price of these arquebuses drop further?"

"In addition, Linwu is located in the old land of Cangwu, and there are many rebels among the people, and it is difficult for Linwu Jun to defend the city, so I hope to buy some more copper cannons and flint guns. The price is negotiable, whether it is copper or gold, or deerskin or saltpeter. ”

"When the lord returns, please come again, you have your own discussion."

The caravan leader hurriedly said, "I can't call the shots in this matter. Whether to sell or not needs to be discussed by the shareholders, and the Ministry of Trade has the final veto power to prevent harm to the world and disadvantage to the world. I can only convey it on my behalf. ”

"In addition, I also have something to convey on my behalf that the next batch of muskets, the Chamber of Commerce hopes that in addition to a part of the gold, it is better to pay for it with rice. Once the Lechang Gorge is completed, this batch of rice can be transported to Yangyu, and the wind will be strong and the disaster will not be small, so a large amount of rice will be needed. ”

The leader of the caravan knew that the Chamber of Commerce generally did not trade in rice, because the profits were too low, and although there was a strong wind last year, the damage actually caused was not very large.

The doorman on the opposite side was very happy to hear this, although the Linwu area is mountainous, and there are also a few small gold mines, Linwu Jun is profitable to mine, but gold is valuable after all.

In addition to gold, there was nothing left to collect deer skins, herbs, etc. to pay for trade, and there was really nothing else to exchange.

There is a lot of rice, but the Nanhai Chamber of Commerce does not want it, because it is difficult to operate, and it does not make much profit, and it is far less light and valuable than deerskin and gold.

If rice can be traded, it will be good news.

The two sides talked a few more words, but they did not deliver written things, this kind of trade is considered to be disgraceful, even if the king of Chu knows that it is a blind eye, it is always difficult to come on the bright side.

It was agreed that tomorrow, the caravan would come again to interview Lin Wujun, leave the guns, take the gold, and leave.

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On the side of the mountain outside the city, Lin Wujun was shooting with Prince Liangfu.

Immediately following Wang Liangfu was a young man with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, who was the assistant of Wang Liangfu, and he didn't know what he said, which made Xiong Liangfu laugh, and he couldn't help but reach out and touch the young man's hand between words.

Lin Wujun watched this scene from behind, secretly happy in his heart.

As a young man, he bought it from elsewhere and trained for several years, just because the entire Chu country knew the prince's hobby.

Originally, in history, Xiong Liangfu became the king of Chu after his brother's death, and named the male pet as An Lingjun, and no one in Chu objected, they all felt that this was normal.

When the nobility was strong, many kings needed their male favorites as a counterweight to the nobility, and at this time, although the eunuchs existed, they did not have the power to compete with the nobility.

Yan Jiangong once hoped to rely on male pets and same-sex partners since childhood to seize power and depose the doctor and centralize power, but the nobles immediately raised troops to expel him.

As for whether the king really likes male pets, or whether he wants to borrow the power of male pets, it is difficult to say.

However, Lin Wujun is sure that at least Prince Liangfu really likes the same sex, and the position of Prince Zang is stable, the King of Chu opened up Dongting Cangwu, recaptured Chen Cai, and counterattacked Wei, and the royal power is gradually concentrating.

Although it is rumored that Prince Zang has a hidden disease and cannot have children, no one can say for sure, maybe the king of Chu will learn the lessons of his brother and brother and may cause political chaos, or maybe the king of Chu feels that Prince Zang is the best candidate to inherit his will and continue to centralize power and strengthen the state of Chu, but there is no certainty at this time.

Lin Wujun trained a male pet to get close to Prince Liangfu, he had his own plans, seeing that the effect was good, it could be seen that Prince Liangfu was far more interested in the young men around him than hunting, Lin Wujun drove closer, and asked Prince Liangfu to rest.

His retinue brought water to wash his hands, and a lot of snacks were put on the table, as well as a very expensive bottle of wine that Solu had brought back from the Far West a few years ago. Although he also brought back grape seeds, they were not yet planted on a large scale.

A delicate cup of Xuan Lin was set aside, shining, and a few retinues were using saltpeter to make ice to cool off the prince for a while.

Looking at the shiny and expensive Xuanlin cup, Xiong Liangfu suddenly sighed: "I have heard that the elephant chopsticks are terrible, thinking that if the elephant chopsticks are not in the soil, then they will be the cup of rhino jade, and the jade cup will not be filled with weed, then it will be the elephant leopard fetus, and the elephant leopard fetus will not be short brown and under the shermouth, it will be brocade clothes and nine high platforms and wide rooms." If you call this a thing, the world is not enough. The saint sees the subtlety to know the sprout, and sees the end to know the end, so he sees the elephant and is terrified, and he knows that there is no deficiency. ”

Lin Wujun chuckled in his heart, this is the story of Jizi seeing the king of the Xuan, it has been rumored for a long time, and now it is in line with that scene.

It is impossible to hold sour wine in the Xuanlin cup used, which is indeed a small sight.

Linwu Junzheng didn't know how to answer, and the next moment Xiong Liangfu smiled and said: "But when I watch Linwu today, the people are not hungry, they have food and clothing, and they are not insufficient, which is exactly why you are governing." ”

Lin Wujun also smiled: "What Jizi said is too terrifying. There are also people among the Chu people who believe that the prince and the people should work and eat together, but they don't know how to govern people by working hard. ”

"If the people are rich, they will complain; If the people are poor, they are good at fighting. There is a difference between respect and inferiority, and it is the right way. ”

"This Xulin cup is produced in Sishang, but the ink people have many people who use it sparingly, and they are only willing to use it sparingly? It is nothing more than that Mo Zhai short brown clogs did righteousness in the world, and as an ink person, he had to obey, and the so-called practice of the feet of the saint was also like Zizhang's cheap Confucianism. ”

Xiong Liangfu also laughed and said: "The Sishang Mo family is mostly hypocritical. If he does not produce such a cup of Xuanlin, how can we buy it with the so-called 'unearned money'? ”

While speaking, the young man who participated in the ride just now had already poured the brightly colored wine, stretched out his hand to send it, Xiong Liangfu smiled and said: "Fruit wine can't taste without ice, I like ice wine the most, do you taste ice enough?" ”

This is an extremely intimate move, and it is also a kind of seduction, knowing that Lin Wujun is doing what he likes, he also needs to express that he likes Lin Wujun very much.

After the young man tasted it, Xiong Liangfu took a sip, quite satisfied and praised a few words.

Lin Wujun saw that Xiong Liangfu was happy, and turned the topic to the hunting just now, and after saying a few more words, he finally got to the point.

"When it comes to hunting, I think of one thing. I used to feed a few hounds, but the servants who fed them always ate the food of the hounds, so that the hounds could not eat enough. Every time they hunt, these hounds will always bite their prey to death and eat it themselves. ”

"I thought the hounds were unfaithful, but I didn't know that it wasn't the hounds that were unfaithful, but because the hounds weren't fed. Fortunately, you can still eat some while hunting, if you can't hunt but you haven't been able to eat, I'm afraid that one day when I go to lead them, I'm afraid they will bite me. ”

There are words in this, but they are not too direct, it depends on how Xiong Liangfu answers.

If it's a joke, it's a joke.

However, Xiong Liangfu did not smile, and after listening to this story, he sighed: "If the dog is like this, it is just stealing prey or biting people." ”

"If the feudal minister is like this, I'm afraid it will bring turmoil to the society."

"In the past, Shen Gong Wu ministers, wasn't it because he didn't get what he wanted, so he defected to the Jin State and taught the Wu people to use chariots, so that Chu Xinjiang was in chaos every day?"

"In ordinary things, there are always some truths hidden, but I am afraid that these truths will not be detected by others, so that they will suffer disasters."

Lin Wujun was secretly happy in his heart, since Wang Ziliangfu gave the example of Shen Gong Wuchen, it was the same as the news that someone had come to him before.

Lin Wujun is talking about hunting dogs, in fact, he is talking about Fengjun, if Xiong Liangfu answers, then he is talking about Fengjun, if he doesn't answer the words, it is a hunting dog.

Xiong Liangfu could accept or not accept these words, but he not only answered, but also took the initiative to lead the topic to the defection of Shen Gong Wuchen.

Shen Gong Wuchen defected, and that was many years ago.

But now, there are still defections in the Chu State, and when it comes to defection at this juncture, it is inevitable to talk about Qu Yi, who defected because of the change.