City Master Gu also mentioned something in the invitation.
Compared with this incident, the arrival of the new admiral and the father-in-law of Xichang pales into insignificance.
Gu Cheng is going to be transferred.
He will be transferred to Stone City and serve as the city lord of Stone City.
It may seem like an ordinary move, but it is actually a promotion, because Stone City is in the northwest of the capital, very close to it, and guarding the fortress and protecting the capital is crucial to the safety of the capital.
For City Lord Gu to serve as the city lord of this city shows that the emperor is a close confidant.
"As expected of the emperor's uncle, we are still a family after all." Lu Bai closed the invitation with emotion.
After hearing the news, Gu Qinghuan didn't speak for a long time.
She held the teacup in her hand, but she didn't drink. Her green-white fingers tapped the side of the cup from time to time.
Stone City is such an important place, and one move can affect the whole body, so the transfer of this position cannot be treated as if it were taken lightly. There must be an invisible game in it.
Lu Bai didn't know what was going on and didn't have that many ideas.
The only thing he was worried about was whether the newly groomed imperial guards would become chaotic again due to the arrival of the admiral.
There is also private salt.
After Xichang took over the private salt, it was not that easy to get private salt again.
Lu Bai had to make plans early, and the right way was to get the salt from Yanshan Mountain.
These worries were somewhat alleviated after going to the city lord's palace. The city lord assured Lu Bai that the admiral of the East Factory would not interfere with the affairs of the Jinyiwei, but that the father-in-law of the West Factory——
"This father-in-law from Xichang is from the inner study hall." The city lord nodded vaguely to Lu Bai.
Lu Bai didn't understand at the time, he just thought that the father-in-law in the inner library was great.
But after I went back and told Gu Qinghuan, I realized that this inner study hall was extraordinary. According to legend, the inner study hall was created by the eunuch Sanbao.
Lu Bai interrupted Gu Qinghuan, "Is his surname Zheng?"
Gu Qinghuan shook his head inexplicably and continued: "This Three Treasures eunuch was capable of both literary and military skills. He accompanied the emperor at that time and was the emperor's closest eunuch. Later, he went to sea seven times to collect treasures for the emperor——"
"Seven trips to sea!"
Lu Bai almost asked him if his surname was Zheng.
Gu Qinghuan nodded.
The eunuch Sanbao went to sea seven times and had many adventures. According to legend, he got an unknown book in the hands of a strange person, which recorded supreme magical skills. It was not only a martial arts that could defeat the world, but also a superb Taoist method.
"only--"
"It's just that this skill can only be practiced by eunuchs?" Lu Bai interrupted.
Lu Qinghuan glanced at Lu Bai and nodded slowly. His eyes seemed to say congratulations on how to answer quickly.
Lu Bai was stunned, this must be a coincidence, "This, this book, is it called the Sunflower Book?"
Gu Qinghuan was even more surprised, "It's very close. It's called the Chrysanthemum Book."
"Well--"
Lu Bai thought for a moment, the chrysanthemum is very important, if the chrysanthemum is not there, his integrity will not be preserved.
The eunuch Sanbao relied on this chrysanthemum book to create the inner study hall in Da Nei, which gave the eunuchs the opportunity to practice.
Of course, the adventures of the Three Treasures Eunuch who went to sea seven times did not stop there.
According to legend, he also met an immortal who taught him the art of star-drawing.
This is a Taoist method, a formation method, a Kung Fu method, or a divination technique, a technique that can change one's fate against the will of heaven. "According to legend, our dynasty only has 270 years of luck, and it was the Three Treasures Eunuch who changed it against the will of heaven."
His fate allowed the dynasty to continue for another hundred years."
And it will continue.
"Furthermore, facts have proven that our dynasty was indeed almost destroyed by the Northern Barbarians in the year 270. It was only the inner study hall that came out to defeat the forty-eight Arhats who crossed the river to fight, and only then half of our dynasty was saved." Gu Qinghuan.
explain.
The eight major sects still support the royal family and recommend the emperor as their co-leader. The eunuch Sanbao and his creation of the inner study hall are indispensable. Therefore, the inner study hall is also vaguely called the nine major sects, but because the inner study hall is too special
, the eunuchs were too special, and the eight major sects were ashamed to be juxtaposed with the inner study hall, so this statement did not spread.
It was because listening to your words was better than ten years of reading that Lu Bai suddenly realized that it was no wonder that Zhu was so powerful that he could be a powerful person forever. It turned out that there were still nine major sects supporting him.
In addition to these exercises, the Three Treasures Eunuch also collected dragon bones for the emperor, flat peaches to increase his moral skills, pills to improve his cultivation and other treasures. That was all. The key point was that he also brought back a mythical beast, which is said to be the mount of the god——
Xuanwu.
To this day, the turtle still stays in the inner study hall, carrying a star tablet on its back.
This stone tablet was left by the eunuch Sanbao. It is said that if this stone tablet cracks, the country will come to an end.
Lu Bai was fascinated after hearing this. If he went to the inner study hall in the future——
Bah, what kind of inner library did he enter?
If there is a chance in the future, I must go and see this Xuanwu.
Lu Bai also lamented that the backcountry was indeed a backcountry. This was the first time he had heard of such legends in his life. It seemed that the world was much more exciting than he thought, and he would definitely go out more often if he had the opportunity in the future.
"Hey, by the way, what happened to the Sanbao eunuch?" Lu Bai asked curiously.
Gu Qinghuan shook his head.
The eunuch Sanbao disappeared when he went out to sea for the seventh time. Some people said that he died, some said that he stayed in the fairy mountain and became an immortal. Others said that the eunuch Sanbao used the star-pulling technique to go against the sky and change the country of the dynasty.
The Emperor of Heaven punished and imprisoned him.
All in all, Sanbao disappeared mysteriously in the fields.
"Having said so much, one can imagine the importance of the inner study hall. Now that the superiors have sent disciples from the inner study hall, what is the purpose behind this? It is very debatable." Gu Qinghuan pondered.
Lu Bai thought he would know just by asking City Master Gu.
As a eunuch, Nei Shu Tang must be obedient to the emperor's orders, and the emperor is the nephew of Lord Gu.
Gu Qinghuan shook his head, "It's not that simple."
The destiny of the Nei Shu Tang is to consolidate the imperial power, but it does not necessarily serve the emperor. If the emperor asks them to do anything they think is not conducive to the imperial power, they will not do it. On the contrary, if the emperor does not ask them to do it, they will do it if the root cause is eliminated.
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Of course, apart from these things, they still have the obligation to make the emperor happy.
Lu Bai was speechless.
Ganqing is an emotionless machine that maintains imperial power.
"Did he come here for the salt?" Lu Bai guessed.
Yancheng had already lost an admiral because of his selfishness.
It is not impossible for this disciple of the inner study hall to come here for this purpose.
Gu Qinghuan shook his head, "The relationship between the Nei Shu Tang and the eunuchs of the East and West factories is equivalent to the relationship between the Hao Qi Sect and the White Wolf Gang and the Beggar Gang. If anything happens to the two gangs on weekdays, we will send the backbone of the two gangs to appear. Only
If there is an emergency, or if the people in the gang cannot be trusted, the disciples of the Haoqi Sect will be sent directly to take charge of the affairs of the gang.
Gu Qinghuan felt that this was probably the reason why the disciples from the inner study hall came.
"Obviously, if the people in Xichang cannot be trusted, they can just deal with the people in Xichang and there is no need to send people to Yancheng. Therefore, this inner disciple must have something important to do during his trip." Gu Qinghuan said.
She could only speculate to this point.
As for what the inner study hall disciples were doing here, she really couldn't figure it out.
He couldn't come here just for her and Lu Bai.
good.
She had the intention of causing trouble for the late emperor, but it was obviously impossible for her to dethrone her nephew from the throne.
"Forget it, there must be a road to the mountain." Lu Bai stood up and stretched.
He smiled and said, "Since he wants to be in charge of the salt affairs, let him take charge. I want to see how he cleans up the Yancheng salt tax mess."
As long as there is a salt tax, the people of Yancheng will inevitably have a hard time making a living.
Since the purpose of the inner study hall is to safeguard the imperial power, Lu Bai wants to see if he takes these common people seriously.
Or perhaps, the people are not part of this country in the first place.
Who knows.
Having said that, a question arises——
Gu Qinghuan asked Lu Bai: "The foundation of the White Wolf Gang is salt. Now that the disciples from the inner study hall are here, and you are waiting to see what happens, what will the White Wolf Gang do?"
Lu Bai can rest assured, he already has an idea.
"Shunfeng Warehouse can speed up. In addition, SF Bank must also speed up." Lu Bai has already prepared for the diversified development of the White Wolf Gang.
The warehouse business is now on track.
Although there are only two lines open, from Yancheng to Yongle City, the business is booming. Now the caravan no longer has to follow the Jin Yiwei, send money, hire martial artists, and buy gamblers, and then
On the road in person.
They only need to hand over the goods to Shunfeng Warehouse, and Shunfeng Warehouse can charge them the same price—occasionally even cheaper with discounts—to help them deliver the goods smoothly and on time to Qingshui Town, Yongle City.
In the wilderness, there was Ma Ji, and later Niu Ji was joined. When Lu Bai went out on his last trip, all the carts were pulled by the big black bull and the bull demon sent by his sister, so he heard clearly about the business between him and Ma Ji.
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Da Hei Niu's father thought this was a way to make money, so he established Niu Ji to compete with Ma Ji.
Lu Bai integrated them together half a year ago in the midst of his busy schedule, and together they formed Shunfeng Freight, which received dividends based on shares every year - Lu Bai's share was larger because Lao Lao was in charge of this trade route.
After the freight left the Human Spider Inn, Nao Lao would go with Tailwind Freight from time to time to ensure the smooth flow of the trade route and teach those blind monsters a lesson, letting them know that Tailwind Freight was not to be trifled with.
Lala is so awesome now.
Lu Bai never imagined that she would share Madam Zhu with her. The reason was not to restore the strength of her sisters, descendants, daughters, nieces and other clans so that they could return their Taoist deeds that had been taken away from them, but to tie Madam Zhu's heart.
Let him not leave him because of his love.
Lu Bai was a little jealous of someone who kept playing the drums in the face of the situation, so he acted like a father, closed the door and scolded Mrs. Zhu severely.
However, although Mrs. Bamboo kept the black widows from going crazy when doing that thing, she could not bring them the ecstasy of spiritual and physical pleasure when they rubbed their ears and temples together with their grandma.
Until Lu Bai took out a few more bottles of love potion [If love lasts for a long time, how can it be between a man and a woman].
After being given to these black widows, they now love Mrs. Bamboo so much that they even sleep together - they have no palace fights because they heard Mrs. Bamboo's voice, asking them to be harmonious.
Lu Bai immediately raised his forehead after hearing this.
He now suspected that Mrs. Zhu had become a spirit.
However, strange to say, this Mrs. Bamboo is indeed a panel product. It is just not broken after being worn together. It has become smooth and smooth, and is even more loved by the black widows.
Lu Bai didn't understand.
He could only snatch the cuckold of the big black bull and put it on the black widow, which directly increased her defense by dozens of points.
Don't underestimate these dozens of defense points.
Later, Zhongshan Wolf wanted to take revenge and did not dare to enter the city, so he could only target Naglao.
Two hundred-year-old monsters, both in the Qi refining stage, should have been a fierce battle after meeting, but because of these dozens of defenses, Lao Lao defeated Zhongshan Wolf and never dared to harass the caravan again.
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After hearing this, Lu Bai couldn't help but sigh, the panel product is indeed useful, the key is to use it in the right place.
He thought for a while and gave a cage of beef buns to the big black cow - which was also drawn by lottery. If you take one bite, you will gain five points of strength in a short time. After eating them all, you will gain one point of strength permanently.
Lu Bai also got a portion of papaya soup.
He let Wanger drink it.
I don’t know if it’s the effect of this papaya soup, or if it’s because Wang’er is about to get haircut, but it seems to be quite big.
Lu Bai also gave Gu Qinghuan a beauty soup.
These are nothing, Lu Bai even got a piece of diarrhea soup, which is specially designed to treat constipation, but it is not used now.
The topic has gone too far.
"Now that the warehouse is on the right track, we have to plan carefully and train some talents." Lu Bai said.
Shunfeng Warehouse's business will definitely not stop at Yongle City in the future, but will also develop elsewhere, so it is necessary to reserve talents as early as possible.
So does Shunfeng Bank.
Shunfeng Bank is a business that was born after the success of Shunfeng Warehouse.
It originally originated from the fact that when Shunfeng Warehouse was doing business between Yongle City and Yancheng, it often had to transport boxes of silver, which was troublesome and cumbersome.
In the same batch of freight transactions, some merchants want to transport money to Yongle City to buy goods and then bring the goods back; some merchants want to transport goods to Yongle City to sell and then transport the money back.
Going back and forth, the train was never empty and a lot of useless work was done.
Later, Lu Bai simply took some of the money from the gang as a reserve.
When this happens again, the merchant who wants to go to Yongle City to buy goods, Lu Bai collects his money, but does not take away the money. Instead, the merchant goes to Qingshui Town Warehouse to pick up the money with the receipt, and then buys goods. Go to Yongle City.
Merchants who sell goods deposit the money to the Qingshui Town Warehouse after selling the goods, and then go to the Yancheng Warehouse to withdraw the money with the ticket.
This saves a lot of trouble, and the merchants also have a lot of peace of mind, so business gradually picks up.
Nowadays, many merchants simply deposit money in warehouses and only accept receipts, which saves the trouble of withdrawing and depositing money and increases the risk.
As for the bills, Lu Bai is not afraid of forgery because he redeemed a lot of paper with merit points from the panel mall.
This kind of paper cannot be burned or torn. There is no such paper in this world.
Although some merit points have been lost, these merit points are nothing compared to the 80 million merit points required to improve the technique.
The bills are guaranteed, and the rest is the accounts.
During the half-year period when Lu Bai was working at Jinyiwei, Gu Qinghuan established a complete set of accounting methods, with Beggar Gang, Warehouse, and Lao Lao supervising each other to ensure that everything was flawless.
Lu Bai was proud, "If this business is successful, it will be no less than a private salt business."
It's just that this business is more complicated and I'm afraid more talents need to be trained.
Gu Qinghuan nodded, "Even so, these two professions cannot handle so many people in the White Wolf Gang. Besides, many members of the White Wolf Gang are not good at these two professions at all."
Lu Bai nodded, that's true.
"Then let them rest for ten days and a half, waiting for news from the Yanshan Salt Mine." Lu Bai said.
Gu Qinghuan asked him to carefully make wedding clothes for others.
All the land in the world is the king's land, and the shores of the land are the king's ministers. If this salt mine is in Lu Bai's hands, it belongs to the imperial court. Now there are people in the inner study hall who can't hide it even if they want to.
Lu Bai was surprised, "Who does this salt mine belong to now?"
"Now? Of course it belongs to monsters." Gu Qinghuan said.
Hey!
Lu Bai was convinced.
What belongs to the monster in the hands of the monster becomes the emperor's in his hands.
"If you say so, I understand."
Lu Bai decided to occupy the salt mine and give it to Nao Nao's people, allowing them to make the decision in name. Although it will always belong to private salt, it will not be taken away.