Faced with the olive branch handed by the Yingchuan Shi clan, Shang Ji fell into hesitation.

Undecided, the merchant decides to find someone to consult, but this negotiable candidate needs to be carefully considered.

First of all, Xun Yu was the first to be excluded. Up to now, Xun Yu has not officially recognized the master, although the favorability has exceeded ninety points, but he just does not recognize the master, which makes Shang Ji very helpless. However, for the sake of Xun Yu's dedication to Pingzhou, Shang Ji could only endure it for the time being.

In addition, even if Xun Yu recognized the master, Shang Ji did not dare to discuss this matter with him.

As mentioned before, loyalty is only a general reference, and it does not mean that a high level of loyalty will necessarily make a decision in favor of the lord.

Many things have two sides, such as the establishment of a separate courtyard in Pingzhou by the Yingchuan Shi clan. Some people think he's a good thing, some think he's a bad thing.

Both parties will give completely different answers from the perspective of thinking about the development of business and Pingzhou!

The only guarantee of loyalty is the execution of the subordinates after the merchant has made a clear decision! If Shang Ji rejected the Yingchuan clan's surrender, then his loyal subordinates would resolutely carry out this order even if they thought it was not conducive to the future development of Pingzhou.

Of course, the pre-implementation advice must be indispensable. Just like the attitude of Tian Feng and Fu Zhu towards Yuan Shao in real history, although the lord didn't listen to me, I will definitely not betray the lord.

Back to the question just now, Xun Yu was born in the Xun family after all. From childhood to adulthood, under the influence of the Xun family, the matter involved the Xun family and the major families in Yingchuan, and it was difficult for Xun Yu to ensure objective justice.

In the same way, Xi Zhicai was also excluded.

Because of the previous encounter, Xi Zhicai was extremely dissatisfied with the family, which made it difficult for Xi Zhicai to give a fair advice.

After all the calculations, in the end, only Liu Yi and Deng Yan were left who were suitable for discussing with Shang Ji.

After receiving the news from Shang Ji, the two quickly came to the City Lord's Mansion and quietly listened to Shang Ji's briefing on the situation, and the two also fell silent.

It's really hard to decide!

With their wisdom, the pros and cons of accepting the Yingchuan clan can be seen at a glance, and the only problem is just a trade-off! Even the Yingchuan clan themselves clearly know what the problem is, but they are engaged in yang conspiracy, the temptation is here, and the hidden danger is also here, it depends on how you decide.

The three of them were silent for about a quarter of an hour, and Deng Yan slowly and suddenly spoke: "Brother, there are a few things here for my foolish brother, I want to ask my brother to take a look." ”

Although it was a little strange, Shang Ji still waved his hand and made a gesture of please.

Seeing Shang Ji nodding, Deng Yan stood up and came to a table next to him, with a wave of his hand, the ring on his hand flashed a faint light, and then he saw a bunch of items appear on the table.

Shang Ji and Liu Yi also got up, and when they got closer, they found that there were three jars of wine on the table, a set of full-body rattan armor, a knife, a pot of arrows, nine books, three tokens, and several ultra-miniature city-guarding equipment.

Deng Yan took a step back, pointed to the items on the table and said, "Two brothers, let's take a look, this is a congratulatory gift from the princes of the world for this god ceremony. ”

Shang Ji and Liu Yi stepped forward at the same time and looked at them one by one.

First of all, there are three jars of wine, and the name of the wine is called Tianyoude, which is normal and the name is not enough to add a barley wine, and the full name is Tianyoude barley wine.

The three jars of wine are of the same type, but they are divided into three different grades.

The highest-grade attributes of the Heavenly Blessed King are:

[Tianyou Deqing Barley King]: The best liquor with a delicious and mellow taste, containing unique spiritual power, which can quickly replenish the consumption of internal force, enter a fearless state within an hour after drinking, greatly reduce the effect of intimidation, weakness and other types of skills, and increase individual strength by 10%. Reduces the impact of non-lethal damage on individual combat power.

Long-term drinking can improve personal strength, increase physical strength, and increase cultivation speed. There is a very small chance to activate the trait [Drunkard].

"This is a congratulatory gift sent by Dong Zhuo, and the three kinds of wine were sent to 5,000, 1,000, and 100 jars respectively. It is said to be a congratulatory gift, but in fact, it is a commodity traded with us, and the three kinds of wine are priced at one gold, ten gold, and one hundred gold respectively. It's expensive, but it tastes really good, so the two brothers might as well try it. ”

Deng Yan introduced it on the side, and opened the altar of barley king.

A unique aroma of wine suddenly spread, Shang Ji took the wine jar, took a sip directly, the wine went down, a warm current surged from the lower abdomen, Zhenyuan was a little active, and his mental state was slightly improved.

With Shang Ji's strength, it is already very good that a sip of wine can have this effect, barely comparable to Lingmi.

"The other two effects are not as good as the barley king, but they are also outstanding for ordinary soldiers, especially for morale improvement, which can have an immediate effect, and large-scale purchases can be considered as reserves in the army."

Deng Yan continued to introduce on the side.

Shang Ji's brows furrowed slightly, and he handed the remaining half jar of wine to Liu Yi.

Liu Yi didn't dislike it, he drank it all in one go, felt the effect of the wine, and also frowned slightly.

"This set of rattan armor is a congratulatory gift from Yan Huang, a thousand sets. I have ordered someone to do a test, except for the weakness of fear of fire, the other performance is very good, the defense can be comparable to ordinary Jinmang-level defensive equipment, and compared to normal equipment of the same level, the weight is very light. However, the price that Yan Huang offered us was only seventy percent of the normal Jinmang-level equipment. ”

After a pause, Deng Yan added: "Seventy percent of the cost of our own blacksmith workshop!" ”

Shang Ji and Liu Yi were silent, and Deng Yan didn't care about their reactions, picked up the knife on the table and continued: "Changsha is too congratulatory to Sun Jian, and the mountain is a thousand long knives. The quality is all Jinmang, light weight, extremely sharp, the only drawback is because of the excessive pursuit of sharpness, resulting in a slightly fragile blade, which may be a loss when fighting blunt objects. It can also be traded on a large scale, and we currently do not have the same type of product in Pingzhou. ”

"Burst Flying Feather Arrow, the congratulatory gift of Runan Yuan Shu, there are only five hundred pots, a total of 10,000. The body of the arrow is a kind of light bamboo unique to Runan, the arrow feather is a feather called a flamingo, and the arrow cluster is a unique secret technique of Yuan Shu. Not only does the arrow have a range of about half as far as a normal arrow, but it also has an explosive effect. When the target is fired, the cluster of arrows will automatically explode, dealing secondary damage to the enemy. I've already ordered someone to test the explosion effect, and it's roughly equivalent to a fifth-order soldier's full blow. ”

After speaking, Deng Yan glanced up at Liu Yi and continued: "All the Xingyao strong bows are replaced with this kind of arrows, and it is not a problem to double the combat effectiveness by one or two, provided that our finances are not bankrupt!" ”

"Yuan Shu, a black-hearted one, gave a price of hardware!"

Liu Yi's just ignited hope was shattered in an instant, and even the merchant next to him was secretly speechless.

With the combat efficiency of the Xingyao Strongbow, a school of 50,000 people can shoot two or three hundred thousand arrows in a few breaths, which is converted into gold coins to start at one million, and this kind of combat consumption is absolutely unaffordable.

"These nine cheats are congratulatory gift samples provided by Bohai Yuan Shao, which are one for each of the three different types of advanced internal martial arts, and one for each of the sword, gun, and bow advanced martial arts cheats.

The "First Aid Chapter" suitable for the enlightenment and learning of scribes, and the advanced "Book of Filial Piety" and "Poems". There are 100 cheats for each of these nine cheats, plus a total of 100 cheats of various colors, for a total of 1,000 cheats. Again, these are tradable, Yuan Shao said that as long as we give money, there is no limit to sales! At the same time, there are also a large number of high-level martial arts cheats such as human-level and prefecture-level for sale. ”

Shang Ji took a deep breath, pointed to the remaining tokens and ultra-micro devices on the table and asked, "Whose are these?" ”

"The token was sent by Cao Cao, the name of the token is the law of the law, divided into three levels, junior high and high, corresponding to three kinds of small, medium and large cities, after use, it can greatly reduce the crime rate in the city in the next month, stabilize the order, improve administrative efficiency, enhance the people's will, and use the city just conquered with excellent results. Ten were given for beginners, five for intermediates, and only one for seniors. Of course, if we give money, Cao Cao is also open to supply! ”

"As for this ......" Deng Yan checked a few ultra-miniature city-guarding equipment, and introduced to Shang Ji: "The congratulatory gifts from Liu Bei and Liu Xuande are all models because they are inconvenient to display. However, Mr. Gong's face was gloomy after seeing the real thing, and he hadn't come out of the research field for several days! ”

After Deng Yan finished his introduction, he was silent, and the hall fell silent again.

"Hehe, so most of the rumors are true?"

After a long time, I heard Shang Ji chuckle and asked in a back.

"Eight or nine are not far from ten, and now it can be determined that Liu Bei has been recognized by the Mo family, Cao Cao has been favored by the Legalists, and Yuan Shao has fully accepted the family. Dong Zhuo also seems to have reached an alliance with the mysterious Yin-Yang family. ”

"Hahaha, these hidden schools can't help but show their heads? It's getting more and more interesting in this world! ”

"Dong Zhuo sent barley wine, Yan Huang sent vine armor, Sun Jian sent Shanyue long knife, it seems that everyone else was not idle when we conquered Goguryeo!"

The main producing areas of highland barley are under the control of the Qiang people, and Dong Zhuo dares to say that he can supply highland barley wine in unlimited quantities, which means that he has completely stabilized the rear, and Dong Zhuo has taken care of both the east and the west.

Shanyue is spread throughout the southeastern region, and it is impossible for Sun Jian to pacify Shanyue with his current ability, but Shanyue near Changsha has obviously surrendered to this Jiangdong tiger.

As for the rattan armor, it is the classic equipment of the Nanban, coupled with the Wutu bone of Yanhuang's top combat power that has been unveiled before, the result of the war between Yanhuang and Nanban is self-evident.

And Liu Caoyuan and others, who have no alien races on their side to expand, are not idle.

The Mo family is not only good at the manufacture of defensive equipment, but the Mo family, which was once beaten by Confucianism and other schools, is not only a lip service. Mozi used to make a mess of it in the field that the public losing class was best at. In fact, the Mo family can single-handedly challenge the Confucianism, Law and Taoism Alliance.

Even if it seems that the home of the weakest chicken exudes a different style in the beacon fire, Yuan Shao dares to say that he sells cheats in unlimited quantities, relying on the support of the family behind him.

What's more, these are all sold by them, and they know that the real good things must be kept for themselves!

After a few months of hard work, Pingzhou's strength has improved greatly, and while the other princes have obviously not stood still. Even in some places, the promotion is faster than that of Shang Ji, and Yuan Shao, Dong Zhuo and others have too great an innate advantage. The control areas are all the essence of Huaxia District, far from being comparable to the barren mountains and mountains like Pingzhou.