When Chu Xisheng led a group of people out of the Victory Building, there was someone behind him who frowned and looked slightly uneasy: "Master, these two are relatives of the inspector and the county magistrate. You are like this
Is it too disrespectful to do it?"
Chu Xisheng glanced at the man and found that he was the leader of the dealers left by Zuo Qingyun.
The so-called croupier, also known as the banker, is responsible for shuffling the cards, dealing the cards, rolling the dice, and making compensation in the casino.
However, Chu Xisheng has changed his business methods. The dealer no longer plays the role of dealer in the winning and losing building. The croupiers in the building mainly provide services and help the guests to monitor whether anyone is cheating.
Chu Xi thought that she should give an answer so that these people could work with peace of mind.
In the eyes of these ordinary people, the dignified Dongzhou Inspector is heaven.
But just before he spoke, Lu Pingyuan said with a cold expression: "Asshole! Is this what you should ask? Also, you should call me Young Flag Master!"
Lu Pingyuan is now responsible for managing the affairs of Nanjie Temple Market.
So the croupier leader is considered his subordinate.
This person spoke without authorization, which made Lu Pingyuan quite displeased. He raised his fist towards Chu Xisheng and said, "If you ask me, Young Flag Master's treatment today was too lenient. That Yuanding should have his hands and feet broken directly. Now Shao Qi
Behind the master, there is not only Xishan Hall, but also the entire Iron Banner Gang! Today, the Young Banner Master has given in. How can Xishan Hall and the Iron Banner Gang save their face? Moreover, these two people do not know how to measure their own sense of proportion, and their desires are hard to satisfy. The Young Banner Master has given in once.
, there will definitely be a second time.
If we don't give it, we will still be offended. If we continue to tolerate it, the Iron Banner Gang's face will be trampled into the dirt by them! From now on, everyone will have to reach out to us. The Dongzhou Inspector is indeed majestic, but not majestic.
Come to the head of my Xishan Hall. I have 10,000 sets of bows and knives in Xishan, 500 large ships of the Iron Banner Gang, and more than 50,000 brothers. They are not just for show."
Chu Xisheng was quite surprised when he heard this and glanced at Lu Pingyuan in surprise.
He did not expect that the words of the Lu Tan Master would be so radical. The dignified "Dongzhou Inspector" seemed to mean nothing in his language.
However, Chu Xisheng was quite satisfied. He was a smart man, but unfortunately he was a little timid, and his timidity still showed in his words.
The leader of the croupier was stunned when he heard this, and realized that he had said something wrong. He saluted with a panicked expression: "It's my misunderstanding, young flag master. Please don't take offense."
"It doesn't matter." Chu Xisheng raised his hand magnanimously: "Altar Master Lu also said it very well. The power of the iron flag cannot be underestimated. Then I will leave it to you to punish Xia Houshen and Yuan Ding. Remember
Beat me hard!"
Lu Pingyuan's face suddenly darkened, and he wanted to swallow back what he just said.
Chu Xisheng asked the leader of the dealers with a warm look: "I remember that you are the head dealer of the winning and losing building, and you are also the third shopkeeper, right? How is the income of the dealers in the building now? Are they still stable?"
The income of these croupiers mainly depends on the rake on the gaming table. In the past, the more winnings the casino won, the more they rake.
Now that he has stopped the winning house, it may cause the croupier's income to drop significantly.
“The income is only 10% or 20% less than before!”
A smile appeared on the face of the head croupier: "After the winning and losing floor stopped being the dealer, the number of gamblers increased a lot. Many people think that my winning floor is fair and famous, and the number of customers in the building has doubled than before.
Not only are we pumping more water now, but our guests are getting more silver rewards. The young flag master also allows us and the maid to take a commission from the wine and food sold, so the income has not dropped much and everyone is very happy. In the past, the income when we were in charge of the village was high
, but customers often beat and scold me, so it’s not as good as now to make money and feel comfortable.”
Chu Xisheng looked clear.
His business method in Shenglianlou is the same as those in modern nightclubs and bars, where he makes money with sky-high prices for drinks.
These punters are in the mood and don't care how expensive the drinks they order are.
Lu Pingyuan also held up his hands with a look of great admiration: "Young Banner Master is indeed good at running a business! Our reputation of Shenglian Building has not spread yet, otherwise the customer flow could double or triple. However, the tables in the building are no longer enough.
Now, I want to add one hundred and fifty tables and recruit some maids."
The Shenglian Building occupies a huge area, and there are actually many places that are vacant. It is more than enough to place another 150 tables.
However, Chu Xisheng immediately felt two sharp gazes coming from behind.
Those were Lu Luanli and Chu Yunyun——
"Hmm, we can recruit maids, but we at Shenglianlou will never do any business."
Chu Xisheng sensed that the two gazes had softened slightly, but he still had a cold expression and a strong tone: "Also, the gambling table must be fair, and the reputation must not be ruined. You must keep an eye on me, everyone in the building should
People, who dares to collude with outsiders to cheat and deceive others, help the rules and serve."
He then pondered for a moment: "Also, the arena in the Victory Building should not be left empty at ordinary times. Invite some dancers to come over, what about the colorful feather dress dance, the seven-pan dance, the long-sleeved dance, the Bayu dance, and the Jinghong dance?
, Hu Xuan Dance, Bodhisattva Barbarian Dance, several performances are arranged every night."
Chu Xisheng guessed that those gamblers didn't want to watch it, but it could be used as an adjustment to improve the style of the winning and losing building.
This is what the big casinos in modern times do, just copy it yourself.
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Chu Xisheng thought that it would take a day or two for the county magistrate and the inspector to respond.
As a result, only half a day later, when he boarded the Tieqi Gang's ferry and was about to return to the west bank of the Shenxiu River, the new county magistrate hurried over, dragging Tie Xiaosheng along.
This county magistrate is of the same clan as the inspector envoy of Dongzhou, and his surname is also Xiahou, and his name is Xiahoudong.
After Xia Houdong arrived, his attitude was extremely low.
He first asked people to bring him a lot of gifts to apologize, then apologized gently, and repeatedly promised to strictly discipline and discipline his sister-in-law and nephew.
Soon after, a steward from the Dongzhou Inspectorate also hurried over.
This person brought a handwritten letter from Dongzhou's Inspector. Not only did the Inspector sincerely apologize in the letter, but he also asked Chu Xisheng to teach his dandy son a lesson on his behalf, so as to prevent Xia Houshen from harming his Qing Dynasty.
The name is cloudy.
In addition, the butler also brought a generous gift, which together cost as much as 20,000 taels of magic silver.
At this point, Chu Xisheng had no choice but to be selfless and hand over Yuanding and Xiahou Shen to the new county magistrate to take them away.
However, his face was still full of smiles one moment; but in the next moment, when the new county chief Xia Houdong and others left the boat, it became gloomy.
Tie Xiaoxiao also had serious eyes, but he smiled and joked: "Why is your face so ugly? You didn't suffer any loss. You made tens of thousands of taels for nothing."
Chu Xisheng, however, narrowed his eyes and stroked the knife on his waist with a murderous intent: "These tens of thousands taels may be life-saving money. I'm just worried that if I kill the snake, I will leave consequences. I can't do it myself. What I'm afraid of is
It will bring big trouble to the Iron Banner Gang."
A person with such a high position and authority as the Dongzhou Inspector must either not offend him or offend him to death!
It is safest to get rid of it completely.
The lower the posture of Xia Houdong, the county magistrate, and the inspector kept, the more they made him wary.
Tie Xiaoxiao thought that his sixth brother was right, Xiao Chu was a hero with deep loyalty, but he also had some heroic skills.
If Xiao Chu intends to stay in the Iron Flag Gang, he is the perfect candidate to inherit the Iron Flag Gang.
Tie Xiaoxiao sighed secretly, and said with a smile on his face: "It's contrary to what I said. Your troubles today are all caused by the flag master and my Iron Banner Gang. I know it very well."
He then stood up and said: "This inspector is not on the right track with us, so if you offend him, you will be offended. You don't have to worry about this person, we will have to deal with it. As long as the flag master is successfully promoted to the fourth rank, his combat power will be comparable to that of the leader."
Then all the gangsters in Dongzhou will have to bow to my Iron Banner Gang. Even the inspector will have to be polite to us!"
Chu Xisheng frowned when he heard this.
Placing all his hopes on Tie Kuangren alone made him very uneasy.
But after Tie Xiaosheng said this, he hurriedly left on the river.
He is a very busy man now, too busy to keep his feet off the ground.
Recently, the Iron Flag Gang has been expanding rapidly, and Tie Kuangren is focusing on perfecting the "Iron Armor Hunyuan Kung".
Most of the burden of being the helmsman of the Iron Flag Gang falls on Tie Xiaosheng.
Today he was invited by the county magistrate to intercede for Yuanding, Xia Houshen and others. He had been delayed for a full half day and missed many things.
At this time, Chu Xisheng waved his hand and called Lu Pingyuan to his eyes.
"How's the question?"
Before the county magistrate arrived, he ordered Lu Pingyuan to interrogate Yuan Ding and Xia Houshen about why they came to Nanjie Temple Market to cause trouble today.
Lu Pingyuan replied with a solemn expression: "Young Banner Master, they are both of the same caliber, and they all said they thought of it themselves. They thought that my Iron Banner Gang was fighting fiercely with many aristocratic families in Xiushui County, and they had deeply offended the prefect of this county.
Now that the banner master is about to be promoted, young banner master, you will never dare to cause trouble at this time and offend the Dongzhou inspector again. So they want to give it a try. The business they can get from the Nanjie Temple Market is the best, but they can’t get it.
We can extort a sum of magic silver from us. But this is unreasonable——"
He squinted his eyes and said: "Young Flag Master is now famous all over the world and powerful in Xiushui. Just a few days ago, he just severely damaged Longheng. No matter how ignorant and ignorant these two people are, they should know that Young Flag Master is not easy to mess with. You will never
Will be at their mercy.
Also, if they want to extort money, they should not make the matter a big deal and make it known throughout the ancient market, leaving the young flag master with no room for concession."
Chu Xi nodded slightly and looked at Lu Luanli again.
Lu Luanli held his chin in his hand and fell into deep thought: "I looked at the two of them carefully, and there seems to be some traces of mental illusion. However, the other party's technique is very clever, and my cultivation level is still low, so I can't do it without hurting their soul."
I can confirm this under certain circumstances. But today’s incident is indeed weird from the inside out!”
Chu Xisheng's hand holding the knife couldn't help but tighten slightly.
Lu Luanli's words are enough.
Chu Yunyun's feeling was correct. The current situation was indeed stormy and undercurrent.
"I will entrust Wu Meiniang to find out who is behind this matter. Pingyuan, you can also try it yourself."
Chu Yunyun asked Lu Pingyuan to supervise the Nanjie Temple Market, not only because of this person, but also because he was the only talent in Xishan Hall who knew how to handle general affairs.
Moreover, because the Shenglian Tower itself is home to wealthy merchants from all over the world, Lu Pingyuan's people can easily obtain a large amount of information from their conversations.
Chu Xisheng then turned his head and looked at Ji Qianqian: "Qianqian, when will your cultivation reach its peak? Have you purchased all the sixth-grade secret medicine? If you buy it now, how much money is expected to cost?"
"Me?" Ji Qianqian looked a little surprised: "I still have about half a year to reach the peak of the seventh level."
She actually wanted to 'improve' her cultivation level.
Her current seventh-level cultivation level seems to be a bit weak.
However, when she created the character Ji Qianqian before, this was the arrangement. Compared with Li Shenshan, his cultivation level was slightly worse.
"As for the secret medicine——"
Ji Qianqian wanted to say that he had nothing, but then he somehow got confused and said: "Actually, I have found the main ingredients for the sixth-grade secret medicine, and the quality is pretty good. Now I only need some auxiliary ingredients, maybe
It’s more than seven thousand taels.”
"Very good!" Chu Xisheng's eyes lit up: "I will give you this money, collect all the secret medicine as soon as possible."
At this time, two girls on the ferry frowned.
Lu Luanli thought to himself that Chu Xisheng actually called Ji Qianqian's name "Qianqian". Isn't it too intimate?
Chu Yunyun wondered why Chu Xisheng trusted Ji Qianqian so much. Is it too much?
Chu Xisheng continued to put his hands behind his back and looked at the river in front of him.
He had made up his mind that even if he borrowed money this time, he had to improve the cultivation levels of Li Shenshan and Wei Yang.
As long as he has enough strength and power, not to mention an inspector of Dongzhou, even the governor of Dongzhou can't do anything to him.
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At the same time, Xia Houdong, the county magistrate who had brought Yuan Ding and Xia Houshen back to the county government office, slapped Yuan Ding hard on the face with his backhand.
His palm was so powerful that Yuan Ding not only flew three feet away, but also collapsed directly to the ground, unconscious.
Seeing this, Xia Houshen couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart and shuddered: "Uncle Clan——"
Xia Houdong, the county magistrate, did not speak. He pointed at the center of Xia Houshen's eyebrows and concentrated on the feeling.
After a moment, Xia Houdong snorted coldly: "This is a mental illusion!"
Xia Houshen's pupils opened slightly: "Uncle Clan, what do you mean?"
"What else could it be? Both of your minds are fascinated. I guess you won't be so stupid to provoke Chu Xisheng when he is famous."
When Xia Houdong said this, he turned his head and looked at the main courtyard of the county government where the county governor lived: "I guess it's the governor, what a good trick."
Xia Houshen's face was slightly green. He looked down at his bruised and bloody body from being whipped, and felt a burst of anger and madness in his heart.
He originally hated Chu Xisheng to the core, but after knowing that the prefect was also the culprit behind the scenes, his mood became complicated.
Xia Houshen wanted to eat their flesh and bones against these two people.
He thought for a moment, then turned around and strode out quickly.
However, Xia Houshen had only reached halfway when Xia Houdong, the county magistrate, raised his hand and forcefully sucked him back.
"Where do you want to go? With your little weight, both the prefect and Chu Xisheng can easily eat you alive."
Xia Houdong, the county magistrate, put his hands behind his back and said calmly: "As the so-called gentleman takes revenge, it is never too late in ten years. If you want to take revenge, you must be calm. If you can't calm down, then I will send you to the state capital and let you
Dad will help you sink it."
Xiahou's face turned green and white, and then he asked suspiciously: "What good will it do to the prefect if he does this? Does he not want you to join forces with the Iron Banner Gang, or is he guarding you?"
Xia Houdong was a little surprised when he heard this, and then smiled happily: "It's both! My Lord Inspector and I are brothers, and our relationship in the court is not comparable to his, so how can he not take precautions?"
Hearing this, Xia Houshen fell into deep thought: "Then the clan uncle should help the Iron Banner Gang now?"
"Why? Chu Xisheng punished you today and killed your personal guards. Although it is excusable, it also makes my Xiahou family lose face."
Xia Houdong shook his head slightly: "Before I took office, your father told me that both the current governor and the Iron Banner Gang are cancerous tumors in Dongzhou. No matter which one is cut off, it will be beneficial to the people of Dongzhou. We are still here
Watching from the shore to see how they fight, we only stand on the side of the winner."
When Xia Houshen heard this, his eyes moved, showing a bit of surprise.
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The day after Chu Xisheng returned to Xishan Hall, he expanded Xishan Hall to twenty-five branches.
Xishan Hall originally had fourteen sub-altars, plus the "original" altar under Lu Pingyuan's command, which was specially used for inquiring about information, there were fifteen in total, with a total of more than 1,400 people.
Now he not only opened five more branches in the ancient market, but also planned to build five more, expanding the number of people in Xishan Hall to 2,500.
At this time, Chu Xisheng's reputation was high and he wanted to join Xishan Hall. There were countless heroes in the world who worshiped him.
Li Shenshan and Wei Yang, who were responsible for recruiting the gang members, selected the best from the best and preferred to be short-lived rather than wasteful. However, they still recruited all the men within two days.
The quality of this group of people is indeed far better than before, and the lowest cultivation level is at the ninth level.
To Chu Xisheng's helplessness, 70% of the 500 people recruited by Li Shenshan and Wei Yang had served as soldiers and were skilled in battle formations.
These two former captains of the Shence Capital really treated their Xishan Hall as a frontier army operation.
Chu Xisheng thought that if it weren't for the lack of available men, he would definitely have to kick these two people to the corner and sit on the bench.
Now Xishan Hall has strong men, strong horses, strong armor and powerful weapons. If even the battle formations are chasing the frontier troops, what do you think the government will think? What do you think?
The current momentum of the Iron Banner Gang is enough to make people fearful.
Chu Xisheng cursed in his heart, but there was no trace of strangeness on his face. Not only did he speak kindly, he also tried to win over Li Shenshan and Wei Yang, and he even held his nose and promoted both Li Shenshan and Wei Yang to the throne.
The 'deputy hall masters' each control eight sub-chambers.
Chu Xisheng was helpless.
There are too many divisions in the gang, making it difficult to control them. Only Li Shenshan and Wei Yang came from the side army. They have the ability to command thousands of people and can convince the gang members with their personal strength.
Chu Xisheng rested in Xishan Town for about four days and took care of all the backlogged affairs in the hall.
This coincided with the initial opening of the small canal in Xishan Town.
Several aristocratic families in Linhai County attach great importance to it. Zhou Xiongba, the head of the Zhou family, Lu Zhe, the head of the Lu family, Ying Feilong, the leader of the Haiyan Gang, "Bai Mei Dao" and others came to watch the ceremony in person to witness the opening of the canal's gates.
The small canal was officially put into operation the next day. On that day alone, there were as many as 400 large ships with more than 5,000 materials.
Calculated based on the charge of 100 taels for each ship with 5,000 materials and 200 taels for each ship with 10,000 materials, on this day alone, the revenue was 47,000 taels of magic silver.
This is the first day. The freight volume accumulated in Xishan Town is extremely huge, but the money scene of this small canal can already be expected from this.
In addition, the warehouses and shops built by Chu Xisheng at the exit of the small canal also received their first income.
The first month's rent alone is as high as 7,500 taels.
It has become quite popular and is as prosperous as a small market town.
As for the land within five miles of here, except for part of it that was sold to a few Linhai families, the rest was all in the hands of Chu Xisheng.
So three days later, when Zhou Xiongba, Lu Zhe and others said goodbye and left, their faces were all glowing red and they were beaming with joy.
And just after the river opening ceremony was over, Chu Xisheng left for Xiushui County and came to Zhengyang Martial Arts Hall again.
He first needs to find the leader of the library, Lei Yuan, for an assessment.
After the true disciples of the Zhengyang Martial Arts School are promoted to the seventh level, they can apply to become the ‘named disciples’ of the Wuxiang Divine Sect.
After passing the examination by Lei Yuan, his name was reported to the Wuxiang Divine Sect and recorded in the golden book of disciples.
Next, he will go to the Library Pavilion to learn the follow-up content of several exercises.
The seventh level of Yangyuan Gong, the eighth level of Chasing Wind Sword Technique, the eighth level of Qingyun Zong, the eighth level of Zhudian Finger and so on.
In fact, Ye Zhiqiu had already taught him part of it on the ship, but if Chu Xisheng wanted to have a full view of these four skills and martial arts, he still had to go to the library of the martial arts hall to see the complete practice methods and true intentions.
This part of the content is hidden on the top floor of the library and is personally guarded by Ye Jingyuan.
However, when Chu Xisheng received the badge of "named disciple" of the Wuxiang Shen Sect from Lei Yuan and came to the top floor of the library, the first book Ye Jingyuan brought to him was actually "The Divine Wind Mirror Sword"!
This chapter has been completed!