Chapter 133: The Black Market
Cheng Qixue smiled disdainfully, and took out two ingots of gold: "Oh, is it enough?" ”
Hu Hansan clapped his palms, took the two ingots of gold, and sighed sincerely: "Miss Cheng is generous and grateful." ”
"Okay, now there's one more important thing?" Mo Zhiyu suddenly said, "You really didn't buy breakfast?" ”
Cheng Qixue and Hu Hansan: "......"
Naturally, breakfast was still bought, Hu Hansan left the breakfast, got up and went out to find the way, around noon, and came back with lunch, and said, "It's done, just follow me in a while." ”
After lunch, Hu Hansan took Mo Zhiyu and Cheng Qixue into last night's warehouse and went down into the tunnel again.
Looking at this tunnel extending in all directions, Mo Zhiyu couldn't help asking: "Why is there such a big tunnel under this Linqi?" ”
"Ouch, you know again?" Hu Hansan laughed, "Then do you know who was the first to surrender when the middle road was unified two thousand years ago?" ”
Mo Zhiyu shook his head, of course.
Hu Hansan said: "It is the royal family of this Zhaoyan country, the Qin family." ”
"When you say that, do you mean they have no backbone?" Mo Zhi asked.
"It's not that it's spineless, it's that there's no way." Hu Hansan said, "More than 2,000 years ago, the Zhaoyan royal family was one of the major families at that time, the Huaxi Qin family. At that time, Yuanli was not as prosperous as it is now, and the Qin family occupied most of the territory west of the Eastern Continent, and also built the world's first fortress 'Qinjia Fort'.
Emperor Chentian's army couldn't attack here for a long time, and the losses were also very large, so there was no choice but to use the method of siege, and the siege lasted for half a year. Emperor Chentian has even destroyed several great families in the south, and this place has not yet been captured. ”
Mo Zhiyu asked again: "It's impossible that Qinjiabao has enough grain to eat for several years, right?" It's okay to talk about rice, but what about other vegetables, fruits and meats? ”
"Yes, how is it possible to store so much food in one place?" Hu Hansan continued, "That's because Qinjiabao is not only the first fortress in the world, but also the first tunnel in the world. With Qinjiabao as the center, the tunnels are intertwined and stretch for thousands of miles. The besieged is only above ground, and the underground supply can still be carried out in secret.
It is said that the ancestor of your family's Kangmo clan who was guarding here at that time was a famous general at that time, and he didn't expect this, and it took a long time before he caught a spy of the Qin family and tortured these things. Then, of course, it was to immediately find and block the exits of each tunnel, which forced the Qin family to surrender. Since then, the prestige of Emperor Chentian has spread far and wide, and many families have heard of it. ”
"That's how it came from." Mo Zhiyu nodded, understood, and then wondered, "Now we are walking through the tunnel of the past?" ”
"That was two thousand years ago, the Qin family was able to cultivate the tunnel at that time, and then they didn't cultivate?" Hu Hansan smiled and sighed, "The Qinjiabao of that year was the current Zhaoyan Palace, and then the entire Linqi City was expanded with the palace as the center, and at the same time, the tunnels of the year were expanded outward, and there were countless hidden warehouses.
If you come to the city now, even if all the tunnels are blocked, the city can hold out for at least ten years. ”
Mo Zhiyu also sighed: "The ancestral craft of the Qin family is really amazing. ”
"What's even worse is yet to come." Hu Hansan sold a pass. At the same time, he gave each of the two people a grimace mask and said, "Wear it, it's precious!" ”
Then the three of them walked all the way, after several left and right turns, the tunnel gradually widened, and they also saw people coming out of other passages, without exception, everyone wore grimace masks, and it seemed that grimace masks were passes to the black market. But these people are very tacit and don't talk to each other. There were so many people walking in the long underground passage, but there was only the sound of clattering footsteps.
It wasn't until some time had passed that there was a commotion ahead.
"Here we are." Hu Hansan laughed in a low voice and took the lead out of the tunnel, followed by Mo Zhiyu, and then saw a magnificent underground world.
The current location of the Mo Zhiyu people is still on a high ground, and there are many such high places around this underground world. Looking down from here, you can see half of the world, and the preliminary estimate is at least equivalent to a county town on the ground.
The top of the whole world is supported by several huge coiling dragon stone pillars, and the stone pillars and the top are inlaid with night pearls. But these are not the main light sources. Because the lights below are colorful, the lights are bright, like the day. There should also be a good ventilation and smoke extraction system to support such lights.
The world is extremely lively, people come and go, rubbing shoulders, and the shouting and selling along the street are constant. Even if it is a county town on the ground, it will only be so lively during the festival.
"Welcome to the black market." Hu Hansan raised his hand to Mo Zhiyu and Cheng Qixue, and then led the way in front.
"The Linqi black market has been famous for a long time, and what you see today is worthy of its name." Cheng Qixue admired.
Mo Zhiyu looked around, and also sighed: "The Linqi royal family actually allowed such an existence, and it was corrupted like this?" ”
"Old fox, you don't understand this, do you know how much profit this black market day can make for Zhaoyan Country?" Hu Hansan opened his fat palm, "Five thousand tons of gold!"
Among the four major feudal states of Donghua today, Shangyun Kingdom in the east has fertile land, developed humanities, and Yunmen, which can be called the first country in the Eastern Continent; The Yandi country in the North Continent has the Phantom Spirit Gate, which is separated from the East Continent by the North Sea, far away from the land of right and wrong; The southern kingdom of Nanzhi has a nine-ridge sect with a long heritage; As for the royal domain directly under the emperor, it is even more powerful and rich. Only this Zhaoyan country has a barren land and no famous sects, and it has relied on this until the establishment of the country. ”
"And you can't even think of it." Hu Hansan pointed up mysteriously, "Do you know where it is?" ”
Mo Zhiyu shook his head and let him continue.
"It's the Zhaoyan Palace, the original Qinjiabao." Hu Hansan said in one breath, "Now you know, right? The owner of this black market is the Zhaoyan royal family, and the biggest underworld boss in the entire Zhaoyan country is also the Zhaoyan royal family! ”
Mo Zhiyu looked at the noisy streets and alleys from the mountain road, and said, "It turns out that there is a lot of origin here. But hasn't the Xianhua League been chasing and killing the people of the Evil Sect and the Hongtian Sect all along? Here, can they tolerate it? ”
"Why can't it be tolerated?" Cheng Qixue, who was next to him, said with a smile, "If you talk about the annual offerings to the Xianhua League, the Cheng family ranks first, and Zhaoyan Country is second." One of the ancestral teachings of the Cheng family is: 'No one will get along with money. ’”