The frequent dispatch of various soldiers and military funds in Taiwan is difficult to conceal the public. Even though Shi Liu is not aware of the inside story, he can clearly feel the strong murderous atmosphere.

But even with the influence of this atmosphere, this year's Chinese worship banquet has not been greatly affected, which is one of the manifestations of strict military discipline in Taiwan. Even though the war mobilization is in full swing, it has not infringed on all kinds of civil affairs, and it is orderly and has no interference with each other.

Compared with the eve of the Central Plains mobilization in previous years, the situation where the Xuanhu commercial business in Runan was in a depressed state.

This progress is not just the progress of the military discipline of the Wangshi, but also the increased confidence in Luoyang Xingtai. In the early years, the victory and defeat of the Central Plains War was really unpredictable. Merchants seek profit and avoid harm, and they inevitably avoid retreating. However, now the Wangshi is powerful, and no matter where the troops are used, the chances of victory are certain, so the merchants walking here can naturally be at ease.

In addition to various commercial transactions this year, the Institute of Engineering also showed outstanding performances. In the subsequent closed-door gathering, many improvements in mulberry farming and garden grafting techniques were announced, and several rice seed cultivation techniques were introduced, which could greatly increase the grain production per unit area.

However, the response caused by these agronomic techniques is not too great. These merchants have become accustomed to the rapid profitability of goods and goods. From the Jiangdong land cutoff to the release of households in the Central Plains, the large-scale release of arable land resources and the common people, there is little more of the phenomenon of large-scale operation of large-scale farmlands.

The Academy of Engineering demonstrated these techniques mainly to demonstrate the foundation of Xingtai in agriculture, in other words, it reflects the goods production capacity and deep material foundation of Xingtai.

Another important thing is that the most eye-catching product of this Huaxi Banquet is tea. Although the tea products that were open to the Huaxi Banquet were only 6,000 kilograms, through various other channels, in just ten months, the total amount of tea transactions has actually reached 50,000 kilograms.

Xue Tao's main purpose in Luoyang this time was to buy tea, but the channels he had were really limited and there was no way to obtain them through the next route. In the end, he could only bid 600 kilograms of tea at the Huaping Banquet bidding meeting.

In order to obtain this batch of tea, he paid more than a thousand cattle, horses and animals. If it were discounted, the price per kilogram of tea would be as high as thousands or even tens of thousands of dollars!

In fact, in this small meeting, Western merchants called out a high price of tens of thousands of dollars per kilogram, but Xue Tao used the method of payment to win the bid.

Xue Tao couldn't explain whether such a price was high or low, because there was no transaction record of bulk tea on the market for reference before. At present, tea is a goods urgently needed by all parties, especially Hu Zhong, and the only way to obtain bulk is Heluo.

Of course, in addition to Heluo, as long as Xue Tao knows, Shuzhong is also a place of origin of tea. The Xue family moved from Shuzhong to Hedong, and some elderly people in the clan still remember this.

However, Shuzhong is now closed and isolated, especially Hanzhong and other places, and there is no clear road at all. Even if there is one, the high price to pay for the long journey is far more than buying in Heluo.

The real value of tea is vague, but for Xue Tao, the heartache is real. Even if his family still retains a large pastoral area in Fenyin, these livestock account for a considerable proportion of all the current ones.

In addition to a small part of the reserve, most of this batch of tea must be used to deal with Shi Sheng's intensive care. This is to solve the military disaster in Hedong, so the payment for the goods cannot be paid by the Xue family. If the Xue family can bear half of it, it is considered to be full of feelings. The rest will also be shared by other clans in the village.

But this is not just a temporary transaction. It is conceivable that if Shi Sheng's request is met, there will definitely be such demands in the future. Therefore, the transaction of tea has become a stable burden on Hedong Xiangzong. Unless Shi Sheng can be completely defeated in military terms and prevent him from being embarrassed again, this is also a difficult task.

Although the transaction has been finalized, it has not been finalized. The Xue family needs to transport this batch of livestock to Tongguan for customs orders to Luoyang before Xue Tao can finally complete the transaction by picking up the goods.

So during this period, Xue Tao stayed in Luoyang. He was not idle in Luoyang. The villagers of Fang treated him well. In addition to leading him to visit various academic institutions such as Xinshi Pavilion, they also introduced some Shiliu families to him and deeply appreciate the human feelings between Heluo.

Another thing lingers in my heart, that is, paying homage to General Shen. However, everything has been busy recently. Although Xue Tao asked someone to submit a letter of worship, he was not summoned immediately.

While waiting for the summoning, Xue Tao was also considering what attitude he should face General Shen. His attitude was not only about his family, but also affected the changes in the situation in Hedong. He had no choice but to be careless.

During this period, Xue Tao experienced the power of Luoyang Xingtai from all aspects through personal experience. It is actually difficult to maintain his original self-restraint state just in a corner of Hedong. Although the Hedong Township is not small, a mere Shi Sheng has already made them breathless. Shi Sheng was also ineffective in front of the King's Army for a long time, and eventually had to escape in panic.

The strengths of each other are very different, and Xingtai is the king's order. Whether it is strong interference or restraint in Hedong, the people in Hedong do not have much ability to resist.

But even so, Xue Tao did not feel that he should devote himself to Xingtai without reservation. If that were the case, Hedong Xiangsheng would not receive enough respect. Xingtai would most likely destroy Hedong Xiangyi without restraint and create a new order of his own, which would inevitably infringe on the interests of Hedong Xiangyi.

After weighing the trade-offs for a period of time, Xue Tao's final decision was to first obey the king's orders, at least on the surface, and at the same time, he had to face General Shen with Chen Hedong's unique homesickness. He hoped that General Shen would understand that the various measures against Hedong should not be too impatient to make people unable to buffer.

One day at the end of September, Xue Tao, who was staying in Fangwang Mansion in the south of the city, finally received an invitation from Xingtai, saying that General Shen would receive him at the mansion.

After receiving the news, Xue Tao was also nervous while being excited. As for Fang Wang and his son, they seemed particularly excited. If Xue Tao could be treated by General Shen, it means that the Hedong Township Sects finally had a representative figure of the powerful in Luoyang Xingtai, and their situation would definitely improve to a certain extent.

On this day, Fang Wang personally accompanied Xue Tao to the General's Mansion early to wait for the summons. The entire General's Mansion was crowded with people, most of them were like Xue Tao, waiting for General Shen's summoning and inquiry. Someone was summoned and then left, and a new Shiliu joined in without hesitation.

It was not until afternoon that Xue Tao was finally summoned. He stood up and moved his limbs, and then looked at Fang Wang beside him with an excited look. It is no wonder that Fang Wang was not very envious. All the people who lived in Heluo were influenced by General Shen's legendary deeds and were eager to see him.

Xingtai and the General's Mansion were originally one in Xuanren's small town. The officials leading the way led Xue Tao and the others through many pavilions and corridors. After walking for half a quarter of an hour, they finally arrived at the meeting place, outside the attic located on the side of the Xingtai Conference Hall.

The small building is exquisitely shaped and peach willow trees are planted around it. Although it no longer has the vitality of midsummer, it still has a bit of secluded interest.

At this time, there seemed to be guests in the small building that had not left. After waiting for so many days, Xue Tao was not in a hurry to see him immediately. He took this opportunity to stand outside the attic and sorted out the content of the later preparation of Chen Ci.

He stood under the attic corridor, and the words and laughter in the stairs came into his ears from time to time. After listening for a moment, Xue Tao discovered that there was a guest in the attic, which was Liu Cheng in the village who had seen before outside the city. Another sound sounded like the sound of flowing water in the clear spring. During the Q&A, it was confirmed that it was General Shen.

As for the content of their conversation, Xue Tao listened for a long time before he was able to confirm that it was "The Reign of Chongyou" written by Pei Fu, who was also a predecessor in Hedong Township. Xue Tao naturally had no idea about such a profound topic of philosophy, so he was inevitably interested.

But even during this unavoidable listening process, Xue Tao found that every time General Shen made a turn to speak, his arguments were simple and simple, and even he could understand the meaning. As for other people's arguments, it seemed too difficult for him to understand the meaning in his eyes.

Although he was only half aware, after listening for a long time, Xue Tao found that General Shen gradually gained the upper hand in the debate, because General Shen's words became more and more during the conversation, and the pace of Liu Cheng and the others discovered it was getting slower and slower. It seemed that he had to ponder for a long time before he could only say a few words, and then the words of General Shen were knocked out by the casual words.

Although he had not seen him yet, he only heard his voice. Xue Tao gradually became admirable to General Shen. Their inheritance of the Xue family Wuzong has always lacked the etiquette of Yi family, so he was often despised by old hopes such as Liu family in the village. He also knew that General Shen was also from the Nanxiang Wuzong, but he had such high attainments in academic prowess, even a village sage like Liu Cheng was far inferior to that of the elders.

Xue Tao waited outside for about half an hour, and the debate finally ended. Liu Cheng and others all spoke out to praise General Shen for his excellent academic knowledge and benefited them a lot.

As he spoke, the footsteps were getting closer and closer to the door. Xue Tao hurriedly avoided the road and stood in the corridor. When Liu Cheng and others appeared at the door, they bowed to see him.

There were five people walking out of the room, and in addition to Liu Cheng, there were several middle-aged and old men of varying ages. However, when Xue Tao looked at him, the first thing he noticed was a young man walking at the end.

When the young man was wearing a cloak and a jade belt, he looked so outstanding that he was so bright that he made Xue Tao feel that he was as bright as a pearl, and he was so bright that he could see it.

"Your Excellency is Mr. Xue from Hedong? I have been with you for a long time. I finally met you today, and I have fulfilled my wish."

The young man stood on the steps and waited until Liu Cheng and his friends said goodbye, then turned to Xue Tao who was standing on the side and said with a smile.
Chapter completed!