"I'm sorry, Your Majesty." Chang Sheng apologized reluctantly.
Lin Xi frowned.
After all, this is Chang's home.
At least I have to give the Chang family some face.
"Okay, get out of here first." Seeing that Lin Xi didn't speak, Chang Daoting told Chang Sheng to get out, and then said to Lin Xi: "Your Majesty, please calm down."
Upon seeing this, Chang Sheng immediately ran away in despair.
Chang Daoting is a real Jindan.
To be honest, it is really helpful to be flattered by a Jindan Master in such a low profile.
Lin Xi said: "You really need to be disciplined. Being so arrogant and domineering will definitely cause trouble for the Chang family in the future."
"Your Majesty, thank you for your trouble. I will definitely discipline this kid strictly." Chang Daoting said hurriedly.
After saying this, Chang Daoting took out a Qiankun bag.
"Chang Sheng disturbed the envoy, here is a small mental compensation." Chang Daoting said: "I hope the envoy will not refuse."
Lin Xi glanced at the Qiankun Bag and was shocked.
Five hundred thousand spirit stones.
so much.
For ordinary foundation-building monks, five hundred thousand is already a huge amount of wealth.
"Chang Erye, what do you mean? Bribing me?" Lin Xi's face darkened.
Chang Daoting hurriedly shook his head: "Don't misunderstand me, your Majesty, this is just some spiritual compensation. There is also a little greeting gift, which every envoy will accept. This is the rule."
"rule?"
"Yes Yes."
Seeing that Lin Xi didn't believe it, Chang Daoting said: "Being responsible for managing the spiritual mine, I admit, this has brought a lot of gains to the Chang family, so the Chang family is richer than ordinary immortal cultivating families."
If there is no benefit, even the vassal forces will not try their best.
Qingyun Sect has never treated its subordinates poorly.
Therefore, in fact, 10% of the annual spiritual stone mining volume will be left for the seven major families to share. Of course, this also includes the remuneration to those chambers of commerce.
"Every envoy will receive some greeting gifts, and you are not the only one. The envoy must not have any psychological burden." Chang Daoting said.
When most people hear this, they just accept it.
This is half a million spiritual stones, a huge fortune.
And the other party also said that this is mental compensation.
It seems normal to receive some mental compensation for being so offended for no apparent reason.
But how could Lin Xi be an ordinary person?
He didn't want to have any interests entangled with the Chang family.
And apparently Chang Daoting didn't know that Lin Xi casually took out a million spiritual stones and scared the house slave named Wang An half to death. Wang An probably had his legs broken before he could tell what he had experienced.
Just throw it out.
"No, I'm not interested in money." Lin Xi said lightly: "I have to leave first."
After that, Lin Xi took out the black crow puppet and flew away from the Chang family.
...
...
Before going to several major chambers of commerce, Lin Xi specifically found the Tianxiang Tower in Xiyang County.
"Help me find out the details of the seven major families in Xiyang County." Lin Xi expressed her request.
Soon, the information came back.
There is nothing special about the seven major families.
There has been no trouble in managing the mine for so many years.
The head of the Chang family was once a disciple of the Qingyun Sect, but later he established his own family and established the Chang family, becoming one of the affiliated forces of the Qingyun Sect.
But there is one thing worth noting.
Mining spiritual minerals is not easy.
Therefore, the seven major families cooperate with various local chambers of commerce, and are led by the seven major families. The local chambers of commerce contribute their efforts to mine spiritual minerals and receive some rewards.
After all, Nuo Da's spiritual mine cannot be mined by monks alone. It must rely on the strength of mortals.
Half a year ago, there were indeed reports of conflicts between several major chambers of commerce and the seven major families.
"Please help me find out what the specific contradiction is," Lin Xi said.
He always felt a little weird.
A domestic slave shouldn't be that brave.
There is also the one who always wins. His qualifications are not bad, but he is a little too impulsive.
Especially Chang Daoting's bribery made him always feel that there was something wrong with the Chang family.
The Chang family would never have thought of it.
Lin Xi could easily find out about the seven major families and several major chambers of commerce.
Ordinary envoy Qingyun usually listens to some reports, then goes to inspect the spiritual mine and then leaves.
Only Lin Xi is different.
As a descendant of the Qian family, he instinctively has a keen sense of business matters.
"I found it." The person in charge of Tianxiang Tower said: "Because several major chambers of commerce were closed, it was difficult to continue mining the spiritual minerals. The seven major families all attacked the major chambers of commerce, so conflicts arose."
"What happened next?" Lin Xi asked.
"So at the end of **, several major chambers of commerce severed their cooperation with the seven major families."
There is no difference between the information in Tianxiang Tower and what Chang Daoting said.
It seems that the other party did not lie.
Could it be that I am too worried?
Lin Xi was about to leave, but suddenly thought of something: "Have many casual cultivators joined the Chang family recently?"
"That's right, it should be to dig for spiritual minerals."
"Something's wrong." Lin Xi reacted immediately.
In order to dig out the spiritual mines, recruiting casual cultivators is understandably a helpless move.
but......
The output of Ling Mine has been deteriorating in the past six months.
has been decreasing.
Where are these spiritual stones dug up by casual cultivators?
Where has it gone?
...
...
Chang family banquet living room.
Chang Daoting sat on a chair, his face full of thoughts.
"Second uncle." A young man walked in outside the hall, it was Chang Sheng.
There was no anger in his eyes at this moment, but a smile.
Chang Daoting nodded.
"Second uncle, I'm pretty good at acting, right?" Chang Sheng said with a smile, "I guarantee that the envoy will not be able to tell that I am acting, but he is really good at it and I don't seem to be his opponent."
"Probably." Chang Daoting said absently.
"What's wrong, uncle? Are you in a bad mood?"
"Whoever comes this time will have their spirit stones confiscated."
"No way." Chang Sheng was surprised: "Second uncle, you won't be looked down upon by too many people, right?"
Chang Daoting shook his head: "How is it possible? I see that this guy is quite strong, so he specially prepared five hundred thousand spirit stones."
"so much!"
The average Qingyun Sect envoy will only be given 200,000.
This time it happened unexpectedly and there was no preparation in advance.
So I want to give a little more, at least to bring them closer to each other.
Who knows the other party won't accept it.
Find a way to offend, and then offer mental compensation as a matter of course. Generally, the other party will not refuse.
However, direct bribery can easily lead to resentment on the part of the other party.
There has to be a name.
After receiving the spirit stone, it was inevitable to get closer to the Chang family, and I was embarrassed to inquire into some issues.
In particular, some disciples may have high realms, but they really do not have deep experience in the world.
It's easy to trust others.
"Second uncle, do you think it's because there are too few?" Chang Sheng asked.
Chang Daoting frowned slightly: "Maybe."
"There are no monks who don't love spiritual stones. It's probably because there are too few. The envoy this time has quite a big appetite." Chang Sheng said in a low voice: "We can just look for another opportunity."
They look very experienced.
"Well." Chang Daoting looked at Chang Sheng with great satisfaction: "You have indeed grown a lot. The prosperity of the Chang family will depend on you in the future."
"Don't worry, uncle."
"By the way, where is Wang An?"
"I have hidden him. He is my concubine's brother after all."
"It's okay. Although we know so many secrets of our Chang family, we are still loyal to the Chang family. It would be too cruel to kill someone and silence them. It seems that we need to keep a low profile recently and deal with everything as soon as possible. The Qingyun Sect may have become suspicious."