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Ding Kaishan has been running the Kaishan Martial Arts School in Tongzhou Prefecture for decades. He is considered a senior person in Tongzhou Prefecture. He is well-educated wherever he goes, even among the three major families in Tongzhou Prefecture.
The confidant of the third son of the Li family was his disciple. After Ding Kaishan entered the Li family, he only had someone announce him, and the third son of the Li family came to greet him in person.
After a while, a young man in his early twenties, with a handsome face and a brocade robe came out, cupped his hands in front of Ding Kaishan, and said with a smile: "Master Ding is here, I'm sorry to welcome him from afar.
Please forgive me."
Ding Kaishan hurriedly said: "Third Young Master, please don't say that. It should be an honor for me that you can still come to greet an old man like me when you have so many things to do."
This young man is Li Zhao, the third son of the Li family.
Ding Kaishan's attitude towards Li Zhao was very polite. Even though the old head of the Li family was dead now, no one in Tongzhou Prefecture dared to look down on the Li family.
In the past, when the head of the Li family was still alive, the order of the three major families in Tongzhou Prefecture should be the Shen family, the Li family, and the Chu family.
But who would have thought that the old head of the Li family, who was just over sixty years old and even younger than Ding Kaishan, would go wrong in his martial arts practice and eventually die.
At that time, the Li family had no innate warriors. Everyone thought that the Li family would decline like this. But who would have thought that the three sons of the Li family stood up together and each supported the family business. They were outstanding in both strength and means.
They are called the Three Tigers of the Li family by the outside world.
Among the three brothers currently, except for Li Zhao who is still in the Body Tempering Realm, the eldest and second eldest brother of the Li family are both in the Blood Coagulation Realm. If all three of them can step into Xiantian in the future, then in Tongzhou Mansion, the Li family will be able to compete with the Shen family in the future.
The existence of challenge.
When he arrived at the living room, Li Zhao asked someone to serve Ding Kaishan a cup of tea and asked, "Did something happen to Master Ding when he came to see me this time?"
Ding Kaishan smiled and said: "Does the third young master know Chu Xiu, the second son of the Chu family?"
There was a gloomy look in Li Zhao's eyes and he said: "Of course I know. Speaking of which, I have some minor issues with this Chu Xiu!"
In the past, Chu Xiu killed members of his Li family in Yuanbao Town, which disgraced his Li family. The most important thing was that Li Jing was promoted by him, which was equivalent to a slap in his face.
Li Zhao actually wanted to take revenge, but his eldest brother and his second brother warned him not to act rashly after learning about this incident.
After all, there are no innate warriors in the Li family at the moment, so they have to be extremely low-key in doing things, and try not to cause trouble as much as possible.
Although Li Zhao was a bit young and energetic, he was not ungrateful, so he tolerated this incident, but afterwards he also taught Li Jing a lesson and threw it aside.
What he was angry about was not that Li Jing caused trouble, but that he didn't know the opponent's strength and character even after causing trouble. He was simply a waste.
Ding Kaishan was surprised to hear that Li Zhao actually had a problem with Chu Xiu, but he didn't ask any more questions. He just told Li Zhao about the dispute between Chu Xiu and his grandson, and then he said directly
"Third Young Master, that batch of ore is in my hands now. If you want it, take the silver now.
You don’t have to be afraid of offending the Chu family. We are only targeting Chu Xiu in this matter. My daughter will handle it for the Chu family, and your Li family will not be involved. Now it depends on whether you dare, Third Young Master."
There was a glint in Li Zhao's eyes. He had also heard about the internal strife in the Chu family, but the Li family was a brotherly brother, so he took this matter as a joke.
I didn't expect that the Chu family's internal fight has become like this. They are simply trying to trick each other to death, and they even don't hesitate to take advantage of outsiders.
As a bargain hunter, Li Zhao has been coveting the Chu family's refined ores for a long time.
The Chu family is too wasteful in forging weapons. It is easy to fail in refining second-level weapons, which is a waste of such good materials. But if it were the Li family, the success rate is almost 100%, and even the third-level weapon cannot be refined.
It's possible.
So Li Zhao said without saying a word, "Master Ding, I want that batch of ore, fifty-seven thousand kilograms, and I will pay seventy thousand taels of silver, which is thirteen thousand taels more than the market price."
The extra 10,000 taels is a premium, and the other 3,000 taels are just for me to treat Master Ding to a drink."
Ding Kaishan laughed and said: "Haha! Okay! Third Young Master, you are so refreshing! Just send someone to my martial arts hall to get the ore!"
Watching Li Zhaoding Kaishan, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, this member of the Li family knows how to get things done, even better than his daughter.
It was really the married daughter who threw the water away. The girl only thought about whether the Chu family had suffered a loss, and did not ask whether he, the father, was short of money.
Since ancient times, the poor in culture and the rich in martial arts, Ding Kaishan's Kaishan Martial Arts School is so famous in Tongzhou Prefecture that every time he accepts a disciple, the tuition fee per person per month is at least 2 taels, and at most even more than ten taels.
There are more than a hundred students in his opening martial arts gym. On average, he has an income of at least close to a thousand taels per month.
Ding Kaishan is a warrior after all. Although he knows that there is no hope for him to enter the innate world, he still wants to buy some medicinal materials that can nourish Qi and blood and prolong life. He does not want to die so early.
This is a huge expense, and Ding Kaishan is short of money at all times.
Therefore, of the 70,000 taels of silver, Ding Kaishan was only prepared to give the Chu family 55,000 taels. Anyway, the Chu family only recorded 52,000 jins of ore, which was 3,000 taels more than the market price, which was enough to account for the Chu family.
When Li Zhao returned to the hall, Li Cheng, the eldest son of the Li family, and Li Yun, the second son of the Li family, were both inside. Seeing Li Zhao coming back, Li Cheng asked: "Third brother, why did Ding Kaishan come to you? That's an old fox, not a rabbit."
We will never gain any advantage by dealing with a master who is not a hawk."
Li Zhao laughed twice and said: "Brother, you are wrong. That old man Ding really gave us a favor this time."
With that said, Li Zhao told his eldest brother and second brother what happened.
After listening, both Li Cheng and Li Yun frowned, and finally Li Cheng said in a deep voice: "Third brother, you are a bit reckless in handling this matter. We should not have any friction with the Chu family now.
conflict.
When my father died unexpectedly, my Li family was able to persist not only because we three brothers worked hard on our own, but also because neither the Shen family nor the Chu family took action against us.
As soon as Shen Mo, the head of the Shen family, took over as head of the family, he killed several elders to stabilize the Shen family's family affairs and had no time to care about outside affairs.
And that old guy Chu Zongguang has been in seclusion all day long. He doesn't know what he is doing, but he even turns a blind eye to my Li family.
It is precisely because of this that our Li family has been able to persist until now. If this matter really provokes Chu Zongguang, it will be difficult to handle."
Li Zhao shook his head indifferently and said: "Don't worry, brother, old man Ding said that this time he did it purely because he wanted his grandson to seize the title of head of the family. There are naturally people in the Chu family who are in charge, and Chu can't be offended."
Zong Guang’s.”
Li Cheng thought for a while and said: "Having said that, I am still a little worried. Tomorrow you will go there in person. After getting the batch of ore, take the caravan to Qingyuan Town and instruct the manager there to directly
There, the ore will be forged into weapons."
The Li family is good at making weapons, and they not only have shops in Tongzhou Prefecture, but also in Qingyuan Town, which is close to Yan State.
After all, if you carry a large number of precious weapons to and from Shangmang Mountain, they will suffer too much loss if they are robbed by bandits. Therefore, the weapons sold to the Yan State are usually shipped with materials from Wei County and made directly in Qingyuan Town, which is convenient and fast.
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In the early morning of the next day, Li Zhao took people to the Kaishan Martial Arts School to pick up the batch of ore.
At this time, Liu Youcheng from the Chu family's caravan came to Chu Xiu in tears.
Chu Xiu was practicing at this time and was suddenly interrupted by Liu Youcheng. Chu Xiu looked unkind and said: "What happened? I will leave the caravan to you now. If there is a problem, come to me. I want you to have another chance."
What’s the use?”
Liu Youcheng said with a sad face: "Second Young Master, we really can't solve this matter.
Young Master, you also know about the business deal we negotiated with the big businessman of Yan State last time, but as a result, the family sold the ore produced this month to others.
It would be a trivial matter not to lose money on this business, but behind the other party is also a big family in the Yan Kingdom. Once we break the contract, our reputation will be ruined. It will be difficult for the caravan to do business in Qingyuan Town again.
It’s difficult again.”
Chu Xiu's face suddenly darkened when he heard this. Those people in the Chu family are not done yet? Who is it this time?
Thinking of this, Chu Xiu's eyes showed a hint of murderous intent.
If these guys don't cause trouble for themselves, and let Chu Xiu successfully obtain the position of the heir of the family head, and get the resources of the Chu family and step into Xiantian, then it will be time for him to leave Tongzhou Mansion. Which of you would like to take the position of the head of the family?
Just sit down.
But now this group of people are jumping out to cause trouble one after another, doing more and more excessively, and now they have reached the point where they want to deceive him even if they harm the interests of the Chu family. This is simply asking for death!
"Who did it?"
Feeling the murderous intent in Chu Xiu's eyes, Liu Youcheng shuddered and said quickly: "It's the second lady. The second lady sold all the ores to her father, the owner of the Kaishan Martial Arts School, Ding Kaishan, the Golden Hand.
But the villain heard that Ding Kaishan changed hands and sold this batch of ore to the Li family. This morning, the third son of the Li family took people to the Kaishan Martial Arts School to get the goods."
"Li family?"
There was a hint of confusion in Chu Xiu's eyes.
He has heard about the grievances between the Li family and the Chu family. The Shen family in Tongzhou Prefecture is aloof, but the Li family and the Chu family are definitely hostile forces. However, the second lady is now selling ore to the Li family, so he is not afraid.
Does it make Chu Zongguang angry?
No matter what, this matter couldn't be let go. Chu Xiu directly picked up the Yan Ling Dao beside him, called Ma Kuo and others, and headed to Kaishan Martial Arts Hall together.