"Scared me to death? Haha, I wonder what the two old guys Li Kun and Lin Qian are capable of?" Tang Wen couldn't help but laugh while looking at the video sent by Wang Haiting.
"It is estimated that he is at the first level, but it is impossible to reach the super level." Wen Jinyuan said.
"Why don't we ask Elder Ximen to lead troops to the island, and then we'll have to demonstrate, and let's see who is demonstrating against whom?" Luo Yiwu said.
"There's no rush now. Just wait until they come over to the island and surround them." Tang Wen waved his hand.
In the afternoon, two people came as expected.
At the same time, each side brought more than 2,000 troops to Tang Wen's camp, and they blocked the entrance of the camp with a dense crowd, which looked quite scary.
When they walked into the conference room, both of them were stunned because they had never seen a modern conference room.
Tang Wen sat in the middle, the experts from the Tang family all sat on the left, and the people from the Li family and the Lin family sat separately on the right.
Behind Tang Wen stood Wen Jinyuan and Luo Yiwu, as well as two beauties, Gu Hanyan and Mei Niansu, waiting on him.
Li Shaotang and Lin Jingru came in and glanced at Tang Wen and the few people behind him.
Of course, warriors cannot show their strength when they are not fighting.
"Haha, I'm Tang Wen. Everyone, how was the discussion after we got home?" Tang Wen asked after scanning them around.
"We can pay the four million taels of silver we owed over the past two hundred years." Li Shaotang said.
"However, from now on, the salary for Lord Tang will be raised to one million per year, which is very difficult for someone to do." Lin Jingru said.
"I have decided to build a large iron-making workshop here. Each of your families will provide a group of people to help me make iron. At that time, the rent of one million taels can be deducted from it," Tang Wen said.
"Can it be worth one million taels?" Li Shaotang was stunned and glanced at Lin Jingru.
"Then it is estimated that the young and old, women and children of both our families will have to go to the battle to smelt iron for the Tang family, right?" Lin Jingru said sarcastically.
"That's probably not enough." Li Shaotang said.
"Of course that's not enough. The master craftsman in the workshop only earns about fifty taels of silver per year, and the average worker only earns about ten or twenty taels of silver per year.
You have ten thousand people, but after excluding the elderly, children, and some women who have lost the ability to work, there are probably only five or six thousand people left.
The average salary per person is around 20 taels, which is about 100,000 taels of wages, less than 200,000 taels." Tang Wen responded.
"You mean we all work for you and you have to pay 800,000 taels a year?" Lin Jingru's beautiful face was filled with dark clouds.
"Absolutely." Tang Wen responded.
"Are you just trying to blackmail me?" Li Shaotang banged the table and exploded.
"That's right! Selling this broken island to others only costs a million taels, and you charge a million taels in rent a year. How is this different from robbing a bank?" Lin Jingru snorted.
"My island is not small. Iron ore is everywhere, giving you territory. Most of the iron ore cannot be mined.
You have to understand that iron is very expensive.
If we calculate it based on the price of iron, your payment of three million taels a year is still less." Tang Wendao.
"Fart! Iron is expensive, but doesn't it require human hands to move and refine it?
Also, this place is four to five hundred miles away from Jiangzhou City in Linghai. Don’t we need a ship to transport it?
If you refine it and transport it to Jiangzhou, you don't even have enough capital, so how can you calculate the territory we occupy based on the price of iron?" Li Jun was furious, slamming the table and getting up.
"I said, be gentle with your hands. This table is very expensive. I'm afraid you will have to pay for it, and you will have to accuse me of blackmail." Tang Wen said to Li Jun calmly.
"I can afford to pay for it if you smash it!" Bang! Li Jun slapped it again more arrogantly, the tea cups jumped up, and the tea spilled everywhere.
"Get lost!" Tang Wen suddenly waved his hand and shouted. Li Jun was blown away by the palm of his hand like a fallen leaf in the wind. He rolled all the way to the outside of the camp and ate a mouthful of dirt.
Immediately, both Li and Lin families opened their eyes in shock, and the conference room was completely silent.
You know, Li Jun is the number one genius on Black Rock Island, and he entered the second-level realm before he was thirty years old.
But such a powerful young man was actually slapped away by a young man less than twenty years old. What kind of strength is this?
This is something that neither Li Kun nor Lin Qian, the two great masters of Black Rock Island, can do.
silence……
"Great work, Sir! Let's ask for advice." Li Kun and Lin Qian looked at each other, slapped the table and stood up, and jointly attacked Tang Wen. This was of course a demonstration.
Bang... bang...
With two crisp sounds, Tang Wen blasted out two streaks of light yellow energy from his palm.
The next moment, Li Kun and Lin Qian were so shocked that they fell to the ground, rolled and hit the wall, and went straight out through the wall.
The powerful palm force shot up into the sky in response to the shock. In an instant, the ceiling of the mobile villa was shattered and turned into pieces of broken metal that shot up into the sky and scattered in all directions.
The palm power of the three first-level masters was so fierce that the mobile villa was demolished in an instant.
Suddenly, everyone was sitting in the open air.
When the people outside saw it, they suddenly became agitated and rushed in shouting.
The sound of gunshots rang out, "No one is allowed to move, otherwise we will kill you!" Li Liao shouted loudly, and hundreds of cannons were aimed at the agitating crowd outside.
"Leave them alone, let's fight in." Someone shouted.
"Kill, kill, kill..."
Immediately, thousands of people from the Li and Lin families raised their swords and swords, and were about to rush in with firecrackers.
"Whoever dares to move again, kill!" At this moment, a voice suddenly sounded behind them. In an instant, Elder Ximen arrived with three or four thousand gunmen, and thousands of fire cannons were aimed at them.
At the same time, dozens of cannons were aimed at Li and Lin's two groups.
Dozens of cannons in the camp were also aimed at Li and Lin's family. Obviously, they were surrounded.
"Stop, stop, put down the gun, put down the sword." Li Shaotang and Lin Jingru looked at each other, their faces turned dark, and they shouted quickly.
If we go hard, Li and Lin's family will probably have to stay here today.
Firstly, even the two strongest masters couldn't beat Tang Wen together. Secondly, they had more horses, thousands of muskets, and hundreds of cannons. How to fight this one?
"But, we can't let go..."
"If we don't let go, will our families be wiped out? You bastard, put down your sword."
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As the two family heads cursed each other, the Li and Lin families reluctantly put down their weapons.
"Everyone squats on the ground with their heads in their hands. Anyone who dares to move will be killed directly!" Tang Wen shouted.
"I won't let you go!" More than a dozen of them were aggressive, shouting loudly, and wielding swords and firecrackers, ready to commit murder.
Bang bang...
The dozen or so people who were still standing were immediately beaten into gags by Tang Wen's men, and they fell down with blood splattering wildly.
"If anyone dares not to squat down again, kill him!" Li Shaotang shouted with red eyes, and Lin Jingru followed suit.
It was better now, everyone threw away their weapons and squatted down with their heads in their hands.
"Sir, one million taels per year is too much, we can't afford it." Li Shaotang regained his composure and said with a pitiful expression.
"Yes, we can exchange labor for money.
However, it is impossible to produce six or seven thousand people, and at most three thousand people.
Because we have other businesses to do and need manpower to do them.
Otherwise, the Li and Lin families will not be able to survive regardless of what they eat, wear, or use." Lin Jingru said.
"Join the Tang family! I will sell you my body for money according to your martial arts skills.
All young and middle-aged people work in the Tang family's workshops, and are given a monthly amount of money based on their martial arts skills.
As for food, clothing, and supplies, they all belong to my Tang family, and even your medical treatment and medicines are mine." Tang Wen said.
"Two family heads, Mr. Tang is a good man, and joining the Tang family is the right choice for you.
Because we have more than 20,000 people joining the Tang family, and they all live very well.
Moreover, the Tang family not only provides swords and guns, but also provides you with spiritual elixirs and spiritual stones for your cultivation.
Oh, by the way, you must have never seen the spirit stone."
As he spoke, Luo Yiwu took out dozens of spirit stones, handed them to the Li family and the Lin family, and said, "You try to absorb them by destroying the gong and moving the qi."
"Why did Shitou tell us to suck?" Li Jun ran back and asked.
"Suck it when I tell you to." Tang Wen said.
Li and Lin's family took the spirit stones and absorbed them with doubtful expressions. Soon, everyone started to hiccup.
"There seems to be spiritual energy in the stone?" Li Kun said with a shocked face.
"That's right, this is called a spiritual stone. It is cultivated by spiritual energy and is better than taking medicine.
If you join, you can receive ten pieces every month.
In addition to ten high-quality spiritual pills, there is also a monthly payment of five hundred taels." Tang Wendao.
"One of these spiritual stones is worth a thousand taels of gold. If I give you ten of them every month, it will be ten thousand taels.
Including ten elixirs, that's thousands of taels of gold.
Adding in the monthly payment, I would have to spend close to two hundred thousand taels of silver every month for a master like you," Luo Yiwu said.
"Where can you find such conditions? You can't find them even in the whole of Dachu." Wen Jinyuan said.
"Of course, this is the treatment for a first-level master. The treatment for a second-level master will be lower, but there is also a 50% discount." Luo Yiwu said.
"What about the third level?" Li Youmei asked. Because she is the third level.
"Three low-grade spiritual stones, one high-grade spiritual stone, and two high-grade spiritual pills are given every month in the third-grade realm. The monthly payment is three hundred taels. The total is worth tens of thousands of taels of silver." Luo Yiwu said.
"How much is the fourth grade?"
"Lose another 30%."
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"The conditions are indeed favorable, but we cannot sell our ancestors," Li Kun said.
"I think my Lin family used to be a martial arts family in the Chu Dynasty. How could I sell myself into slavery? This is bullying my master and destroying my ancestors." Lin Qian said.
"Yes! We will never sell ourselves into slavery!" Li Jun said, waving his fists.
"We would rather move away than sell ourselves," Lin Liangfei said.
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"Selling your ancestors? You think I don't know?" Tang Wen smiled coldly.
"What do you know?" Li Kun hummed.
"You were originally from my great Chu martial arts family. Two hundred years ago, in order to avoid revenge, you fled overseas and hid in this barren desert island to survive.
Two hundred years have passed, have you taken revenge?
No, because you are still afraid of being wiped out by your enemies.
You don't want to make progress! A group of unfilial descendants allow your enemies to live happily under your noses.
Don't you forget your ancestors?" Tang Wen accused loudly.
"You're talking nonsense, I... we haven't forgotten it for a moment." Lin Qian shouted quickly.
"Didn't you forget? Why don't you go ashore to take revenge?" Tang Wen sneered.
"We are not as strong as each other, so of course we have to hide first. Once our strength increases, we will definitely kill our enemies." Li Kun said through gritted teeth.
"Hahaha, you are a ragtag group of people who can't even do anything to me, so how can you talk about revenge?" Tang Wen looked contemptuous.
"You...you you..." Li Kun and Lin Qian were both so angry that they couldn't speak.
"What do you mean by you, and what do I mean by me? You are just a bunch of cowards.
Hiding on this desert island overseas, still thinking about revenge.
Why do you have revenge? Do you have the resources for cultivation? Do you have a large amount of silver?
Your enemy has been developing on land for two hundred years, and his current wealth is estimated to be no less than tens of millions of taels.
They have a large number of clan disciples and many masters.
You have been thrown away for hundreds of miles, how can you take revenge?" Tang Wen asked.
"I...we have an unyielding heart and a strong will. One day, we can take revenge." Li Shaotang said.