Reborn as Murong Fu: This time I am the protagonist

Seeing Murong Fu going straight in, Jiumozhi felt embarrassed.

Seeing Jiumozhi's hesitant look combined with his previous look of being submissive to Child Elder, it's not hard to guess what happened.

Since the other party didn't say anything, Murong Fu didn't point it out either.

Jiumozhi said: "The martial arts of Mr. Murong's two masters and uncles are truly astonishing, which opened the eyes of this young monk."

Murong Fu smiled and said: "It's just the first time that I have met my two master uncles and my uncle. When my master was here, he was also very troubled by Murong Fu's mention of the two of them. It is a luck to be able to make them stop this time."

Jiumozhi probably fell into the child's life and death talisman and suffered a lot to be so obedient. He also saw that he and Tong Lao were from the same school, so he came to find relief from this misfortune.

Don't say you don't know how to do it, even if you know how to do it, you wouldn't be so kind as to help Jiumozhi get rid of this trouble.

He had not forgotten how much suffering the great monk in front of him had made him suffer.

When Jiumozhi heard this, a hint of disappointment flashed in his eyes, but then he realized that the other party was lowering his expectations and asking for an exorbitant price. He cursed Murong Fu in his heart for being treacherous and cunning, and said sternly: "Mr. Murong is too modest. .According to the young master’s martial arts, it is only a matter of time before these two people will obey the young master. By then Gusu Murong will definitely become famous in the martial arts world of the Central Plains.”

Murong Fu cursed: Don't wear this high hat on me.

Seeing Jiumozhi talking about it and not talking about business for a long time, Murong Fu simply pushed him: "Master came here late at night, maybe just to talk about martial arts with Murong Fu?"

Jiumozhi smiled awkwardly: "To be honest, this young monk does have something to ask of the young master tonight. I wonder if the young master has dabbled in hidden weapons and poisons in your sect?"

Murong Fu smiled and said: "Master, you want to tell me about the Talisman of Life and Death, right? This is indeed my uncle's specialty, but I don't know how Master knew about it?"

How do I know? I've been hit a few times myself, how do I know?

Jiumozhi had no temper at all towards Murong Fu, who was pretending to be stupid and dumbfounded. He knew that the other party was preparing to ask for a high price, but he could only keep talking.

Jiumozhi showed a bitter look on his face: "To be honest with Mr. Murong, this poor monk offended a noble sect not long ago and was planted with a few pieces of life and death talisman. During this period, it is really impossible to live or die. I still hope. The young master showed great mercy and relieved the suffering of the poor monk, and the poor monk will surely be rewarded in the future."

When he thought of the feeling as if thousands of ants were crawling deep in his bones, Jiumozhi felt a chill rising up. He just wanted to be able to get rid of this misfortune, and he didn't care about fame or wealth.

"Master is joking. Murong Fu is still young and doesn't know much about the affairs of our sect. How can he be able to remove my uncle's unique secret life and death talisman? Since the master has offended my uncle, I just want to beg her. She The old man is kind-hearted and should be able to save you from this misfortune."

Murong Fu laughed.

In his eyes, Jiumozhi now was like a golden pig head, and he would be sorry for himself if he didn't kill him with a knife.

How could Jiumozhi not understand the meaning of Murong Fu's words: This is because he thinks that he only makes thunder but does not rain.

So Jiumozhi gritted his teeth and said, "If you, Master, can help this poor monk get out of this situation, I will definitely serve as a guardian to the Lord of Tubo as the Tubo State Counselor, and the high-ranking officials will be generous and generous, and the Master will use it!"

Murong Fu said seriously: "Master is joking. As a Song Dynasty, how can Murong Fu be an official in Tubo? Don't mention this again!"

Just kidding, I thought I was a three-year-old kid, giving verbal checks one after another. What's more, how much real power can an official position that requires others recommend have?

Seeing that Murong Fu didn't speak, Jiumozhi smiled helplessly and finally said: "If you can save the poor monk from this misfortune, from today onwards, Tubo will send you 500 fine horses and 1,000 yaks every year." , Ten thousand stones of highland barley, I wonder what the young master wants?"

Murong Fu's heart skipped a beat, but he quickly concealed it: "Master is joking. It's not because Murong Fu doesn't want to help, but he is really lacking in talent and knowledge and is powerless!"

Jiumozhi gritted his teeth and said, "One thousand horses, two thousand yaks, and twenty thousand stones of highland barley!"

"Master, it's not that I don't help, it's true."

"One thousand horses, three thousand yaks, twenty thousand stones of highland barley, plus one thousand taels of gold! This is the limit. If you add more, the poor monk would rather kill himself!"

Jiumozhi's heart was bleeding.

"Oh, Master, you are serious. I am a kind-hearted person, and I hate the suffering of others. Oh, Master, don't look at me with that look!"

The Song Dynasty was short of horses, and this had been the case since the founding of the country. There were no horse farms, the horse administration was ineffective, and the combination of many factors resulted in the Song Dynasty never being able to raise a decent cavalry team. When the famous general Di Qing in the early Song Dynasty conquered Nong Zhigao in the south, there were only 500 cavalry among the tens of thousands of troops.

The shortage of horses caused the price of horses to rise in the Song Dynasty. The price of even a common bad horse in the market was more than 50 guan, which was equal to the income of a middle-class family for two years.

What's more, Tubo occupies a high mountainous terrain with crisscrossing mountains and valleys. There are many horse farms and excellent horses have been produced since ancient times. When Li and Tang were weak in the past, the Tubo cavalry caused a lot of losses to the Tang army.

What's more, most of the horse politics and trade were monopolized by the Song Dynasty officials, so it was not easy to get involved.

Seeing Jiumozhi's pained expression, Murong Fu stopped stimulating the other person's nerves: "Master has good intentions, and Murong Fu can't be too ignorant. In this case, every year from now on, the Murong family will pay half of the official salt in the Sichuan and Sichuan areas. How about providing three thousand rock salt to Tubo at a price of 3,000 yuan?”

When Jiumozhi heard this, his face instantly brightened: "Young Master, are you serious about what you said?"

"a man of his words!"

Jiumozhi was overjoyed: If such a batch of salt could be purchased at a low price, it would definitely be a good thing for Tibet.

There are many well salts in Sichuan and Sichuan, and Chengdu, a Shu county, is even famous for its well salts. In the past, when Zhuge Liang, the prime minister of the Han Dynasty, was in charge of Shu, he vigorously dug salt wells and stabilized the price of salt. The people in Shu relied on his salt wells and praised them to this day.

Nowadays, the various businesses of the Murong family include the business of transporting private salt from Sichuan to Dali and Tubo, making huge profits every year.

At least half of the big and small salt lords in Shu secretly accepted the Murong family's black flag. Including the Qingcheng sect, who had been defeated by Murong Fu before, they were apparently the largest sect in Shu, but in fact they were just a group of private salt dealers.

Half of the official salt seems to be a huge profit, but in fact there is still a lot of profit.

The reason why official salt is so expensive is, to put it bluntly, because there are too many taxes. It is a way for the government to scrape the land in different ways. The Song Dynasty has always been famous for its bloated bureaucracy. In order to feed such a group of people who had nothing to do, not to mention the heavy salt tax.

"Young master is very cheerful. In this case, if you have any needs in the future, I will do my best to help you!"

Jiumozhi promised.