Chapter 63 Keep the business! He is also a big man
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A few days later.
The entrance to the main house of the Dongfang family in Jinggang.
Banners with red characters on a white background were pulled up one after another. On the banners were written various slogans such as "pay back debts", "Dongfang owes the tenants their hard-earned money" and other slogans.
As the good people gathered around to watch, the news quickly spread throughout Tianjin and Hong Kong.
Over the years, the Dongfang family in Tianjin and Hong Kong has been declining day by day. Even though the family has continued to reduce internal expenses and lowered the ration standards for family members, it is still unable to make ends meet.
As the saying goes, "When a wall falls, everyone will push it down." Once a family falls into decline, it is like a sick animal exuding the breath of death, which will naturally attract greedy vultures and various predators.
If it can survive, the family may be able to come back to life. If it cannot resist, the family will be like dead animals, with their flesh and blood torn apart and devoured, and even their bones will be eaten away by the vicious wolves, tigers and leopards.
This is the cruel survival rule of the family.
now.
In the reception hall of the Dongfang family's main residence.
The second ancestor of the Shangguan family, Shangguan Yunde, who is also a member of the seventh-grade family in Tianjin and Hong Kong, drank spiritual tea slowly and said: "Brother Yuxi, it's not that we Shangguan families don't miss our fellow villagers. As the saying goes, repaying debts means repaying debts.
It's a matter of course. These IOUs are all from your hand, right? Pay back the money, we Shangguan family also have to live."
Dongfang Yuxi's face was extremely ugly: "I borrowed these IOUs from various trading houses, why are they in the hands of your Shangguan family?"
"Of course it was the money owed to me by the Shangguan family from those commercial banks, and they took these IOUs to pay off their debts. The transfer of debts is a common thing." Shangguan Yunde put down the tea cup and said with a sneer, "Brother Yuxi, I advise you not to pay any attention to it.
It's up to him. We have the IOU in hand, and no matter where this lawsuit goes, we will definitely win."
"Ancestor Yunde, I have a marrow cleaning pill here, can it be worth 150,000 gold?" Dongfang Yuxi lowered her head and said, "We, the Dongfang clan, will pay back the rest slowly."
"The Marrow Cleansing Pill is a good thing, but if you want to buy it for 150,000 gold, do you think I, Shangguan Yunde, are a fool?" Shangguan Yunde sneered, "Nowadays, the Marrow Cleansing Pill launched by Wang's Alchemy Company can be purchased at a membership price of only
It requires 126,000 dry gold. I tell you Dongfang Yuxi, if you don’t know how to make elixirs, then don’t make them. It will ruin the family forever.”
Dongfang Yuxi's words made the veins on her neck bulge, her eyes showing both dissatisfaction and annoyance.
Alchemy is a highly technical sideline, and an excellent alchemist is more than enough to support a seventh-grade family.
But the problem is that the investment in training an alchemist is astronomical.
In order to master the refining of high-quality elixirs as soon as possible, Dongfang Yuxi often takes risks and accepts some elixir refining opportunities at low prices. In this case, if the refining is successful, at most she will not lose money, but if the refining fails, she will have to lose money.
Many times, even if the price of Dongfang Yuxi is low, people are not willing to ask him to refine it. It is better to sell the elixir directly to Wang's Alchemy Company in exchange for elixirs or dry gold.
The internal involvement of Wang's Alchemy Company has dealt a heavy blow to many alchemists working alone. Under the persuasion of various branches, many alchemists from sixth- and seventh-grade families have joined Wang's Alchemy Company, receiving high basic salaries and Dividends make life more prosperous.
"Brother Yuxi, I count your Marrow Cleansing Pill at 125,000 gold, and the remaining capital and interest are still short of 463,000 gold." Shangguan Yunde said arrogantly, "You have three days to make up for it. Otherwise, don't blame us for asking the city guard to seal your main residence."
After saying those cruel words, Shangguan Yunde left in a swaggering manner, leaving Dongfang Yuxi alone, who seemed to have been drained of all her strength.
What should I do about this home?
Dongfang Yuxi looked at the table in front of her in a daze, her eyes blank.
at the same time.
On the base of the fence in Dongfang's backyard.
Dongfang Mingxu and Lingrou brother and sister both looked very solemn.
"Lingrou, something big happened at home today, do you still want to see Senior Alchemy King?" Dongfang Mingxu's eyes were full of worry.
"Brother Mingxu, that's why I have to go see Senior Alchemy King." Dongfang Lingrou gritted her teeth and said, "I can beg Senior Alchemy King to save our Dongfang family. I can join Wang's alchemy company and start from now on." I started as an apprentice, worked for Wang for free, and spent my whole life repaying this debt."
"Lingrou, are you crazy?" Dongfang Mingxu said angrily, "You have been spotted by Longzuo Academy. As long as you join Longzuo Academy, no core disciple will be able to escape in the future. Relying on the resources of the Academy, There is a high probability that you can achieve the realm of heaven and humanity. Your future is very good, how can you make such a decision?"
"Although the academy is good, water from far away cannot save the fire that is close by." Dongfang Lingrou clicked her foot lightly, and she flew into the air like a nimble swift and flew outside the courtyard.
Her voice came through the courtyard wall.
"Brother Mingxu, from now on, the family depends on you to protect it."
"Lingrou!"
The expression on Dongfang Mingxu's still immature face was filled with pain, and even the veins on his neck were popping out.
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Jingang Baiwei Pavilion.
This is one of the chain industries of Longzuo Yuwenshi.
Because the person in charge of the Yuwen family now is Mrs. Bilian, who was born in the Shangguan family of Long, so the Shangguan family of Jinggang found a way to recognize Mrs. Bilian's hand, which was regarded as a support.
By helping Yuwen manage and operate Jingang Baiwei Pavilion, Jingang Shangguan gradually won a part of the shares, and more or less some dividends would be paid every year.
This is the benefit of a family having main lineage relatives. A little support at critical moments can benefit a lot.
However, clan relatives are not nannies.
If you don't know how to measure yourself and only know how to ask for things without knowing anything in return, you will only be disliked by others.
At this point, the Jinggang Shangguan family did a good job. Not only did they work hard to curry favor with Mrs. Bilian, but even the Wang family, who had to go round and round to get in touch with her, spared no effort in currying favor with her.
Whenever the Wang family has a "Heavenly Banquet", a "Purple Mansion Banquet", or even an ancestor's birthday, the Jinggang Shangguan family will have the ancestor personally come forward to give a gift.
This time, Wang Shouye, the seventh master of the Wang family, found it difficult to get to Jinggang. Naturally, Shangguan Jianming, the first ancestor of the Shangguan family, came to visit them as soon as possible. The relationship between Shangguan Bilian and Shangguan Lingbo and Wang Ningxi was transferred.
Wang Shouye refused, and after inspecting the alchemy company's small branch in Jinggang, he accepted the banquet hosted by Shangguan's family in Jinggang at Baiweige.
At this moment, Wang Shouye was sitting with several members of the Shangguan clan and his companions in the private room of Baiwei Pavilion.
The number of people attending the banquet was very small.
Among them, only three people from the Shangguan family participated, namely Shangguan Zhiyuan, the ancestor of Jianming and the current head of the family, and Shangguan Yingjie, a handsome and intelligent young man in his teens.
In addition, the current city guard of Jinggang Guard, Fang Huaiyuan, came to accompany him.
However, at this table, only Shangguan Jianming and the city guard Fang Huaiyuan, who are in the realm of gods and humans, are qualified to accompany Wang Shouye in the last seat. Apart from them, the promising young man Shangguan Yingjie and even Shangguan Zhiyuan, the head of the Shangguan family,
They could only stand and toast honestly.
There is no way, the identity gap is too big.
Looking at Wang Shouye, who was sitting at the top with a calm demeanor and impressive demeanor, just like a banished immortal prince, Patriarch Jianming and Fang Huaiyuan were in awe, and their faces showed a look of fawning unconsciously.
Although Wang Shouye has lived in seclusion over the years, his nickname of "Daqian Alchemy King" has already spread far and wide. Everyone in Daqian knows that there is an Alchemy King in Longzuo County who is proficient in refining fifth-grade elixirs at a young age.
, and has outstanding qualifications, and is very likely to break through to the magical realm, making him the most potential alchemist in Daqian.
Maybe one day in the future, he will become another magical realm alchemist besides the real Yuan Dan from the Xuandan Pavilion in the Holy Land.
In addition, the two met this time, and when they felt the vague and powerful power of Wang Shouye, they realized with horror that Wang Shouye had broken through the Zifu realm without knowing when. Moreover, Wang Shouye had just broken through this year.
He is over one hundred and ninety years old, much younger than the two of them in the realm of heaven and human beings.
This gap is simply worlds of difference.
In fact, Wang Shouye had already reached the peak of the Heavenly Realm, but Wang Shouzhe asked him to hold down his level and not break through for the time being, waiting for the treasures from the Blood Lord's ruins.
As soon as this bloodline was promoted, it was a natural breakthrough.
Even if they were drinking at the same table as Wang Shouye, Shangguan Jianming and Fang Huaiyuan felt frightened and under tremendous pressure. The gap in identity and strength between the two sides was too great.
"Master Shouye." Shangguan Jianming toasted with great respect and said with a smile on his face, "Some time ago we went to Xinping Town for business, and we met Master Ning Xi and Miss Lingbo. We heard them mention you at that time, but
I have always been acquainted with this. Meeting Dan King today is a dream come true."
"Ancestor Jianming, you're welcome." Wang Shouye's tone was calm and polite, "The so-called Alchemy King is just a wild boast. There are many more powerful alchemists in the world than Shouye."
In fact, Wang Shouye also knew that the Shangguan family in Jinggang had a relatively distant relationship with Lingbo, but after all, it was a clan member who came to visit, so the due gesture was naturally indispensable.
This is the case among aristocratic families. The bigger the aristocratic family is, the less they can set their sights on others and look down on this one and that one. Otherwise, once such a family tradition is formed, it will create many hidden dangers for the family.
"Master Shouye, do you think our child Zhiyuan has the Lihuo bloodline of Li Zhongpin B, and I don't know which route is better for him in the future?" Shangguan Jianming asked cautiously.
"The middle grade B level is not bad." Wang Shouye encouraged him gently, "He is still young now, but he can take advantage of the fact that he has not yet been promoted to the Lingtai realm and use the combination of Marrow Cleansing Pill and Wuji Treasure Pill to stimulate the bloodline of Tianjiao. However, the Infinite Treasure Pill must be used at least in the Lingtai realm, and it is not easy, so it is best to find a Master Zifu to protect it."
Wuji Baodan? Still looking for Master Zifu?
That's two to three million gold in one breath!
Shangguan Jianming's old face twitched, and he thought to himself, Mr. Shouye, you really don't have back pain when you stand and talk. Why don't you eat minced meat as a typical example?
The Jinggang Shangguan clan can be considered a prosperous seventh-grade family. While maintaining the alternation between two heavens and humans, they can also have enough energy to cultivate the third heaven and human realm. This can be regarded as taking advantage of the Guilong Shangguan clan.
What's more, the price of the Wuji Treasure Pill is just the starting point. If a family wants to cultivate a Zifu Realm, it will have to spend about three hundred years and tens of millions of gold!
Even if they package up and sell the entire Jinggang Shangguan clan, bricks and mortar, it will definitely not fetch tens of millions of gold.
"Thank you Mr. An Ye for pointing out the way." Shangguan Jianming said with a dry smile, "But our Shangguan family in Jinggang still has self-awareness, and we can eat as much as we can. I don't want this Wuji Baodan anymore. I don't want it anymore."
The Jinggang Shangguan family has been able to stand for thousands of years, so it naturally has its own way of survival. Being too ambitious and ambitious is not a good thing for a family.
"Haha~" Fang Huaiyuan laughed heartily, "What Ancestor Jianming said makes sense. The development of a family lies in moving forward steadily, rather than aiming too high and trying to reach the sky in one step. The Dongfang family just can't figure this out and thinks that he is a bit of an alchemist. I worked hard on my talent, hoping to make a comeback through alchemy. The result? The family declined step by step, and now we can't even get back the mortgaged family property."
"Congratulations to ancestor Jianming. I think it won't be long before your Shangguan family dominates Jinggang. If we manage it carefully, a sixth-grade family will not be able to escape in the future."
"What the hell." Shangguan Jianming said humbly, "Dongfang Yuxi just brought the blame for this matter on herself. These days, the alchemist's rice bowl is not good. It is too difficult to stand out alone."
Gu/span>Dongfangshi?Dongfang Yuxi.
Wang Shouye frowned slightly, and some memories slowly returned to his mind, as if he had returned to the past.
That incident happened a long time ago, almost one hundred and seventy years ago, right?
Suddenly!
"Snapped!"
Outside the room, the sound of dinner plates falling to the floor was heard.
Immediately afterwards, a little girl wearing Baiweige waitress's clothes opened the door and rushed in quickly. Without waiting for anyone to question her, she knelt down in front of Wang Shouye with a "pop" sound.
This girl is none other than Dongfang Lingrou of the Dongfang clan.
Probably because she had gone through some twists and turns, Dongfang Lingrou looked anxious at this moment, and her young cheeks were still flushed from running. She looked embarrassed and pitiful.
"Senior Dan King! Please help our Dongfang clan." Dongfang Lingrou walked forward on her knees and begged, "I can agree to any conditions, even if I am a slave by your side.
OK."
"Who is this little girl?"
Shangguan Jianming and Fang Huaiyuan's expressions changed.
Shangguan Jianming was even more angry and said: "Come here, what do you do for food? Why did you let a little girl sneak in?"
Outside the house, the boss rushed in with a few waiters.
Seeing the scene in the room, his face turned pale and he almost fainted.
It's over, it's over, something big has happened now.
"Huh? Dongfang Lingrou?" Shangguan Zhiyuan recognized her identity, and his expression changed, "Why did you get in? This is not the place you should be, so hurry up and leave!"
We are all the younger generation of the Tianren family in Tianjin, and they have good qualifications and bloodlines, so we have seen each other on weekdays. Moreover, he is the age of young Mu Ai, and he still has a good impression of Dongfang Lingrou.
"Shangguan Zhiyuan, so you are here too? Huh, I'm here to pay a visit to Senior King Dan. You don't need to worry about it!" Dongfang Lingrou looked stubborn. She glanced at him and stopped talking to him. She turned to face the king again.
Shouye prayed, "I hope you will have mercy on me, senior."
Ancestor Jianming hurriedly bowed his hands to Wang Shouye and said: "Master Shouye, this is a dereliction of duty. I didn't take precautions against someone breaking into the box and disturbing you. Someone, please quickly invite the young lady of the Dongfang family out."
"Miss Dongfang, please go. If you don't leave, we little people will be in trouble." The boss hurriedly led the guys over, trying to invite Dongfang Lingrou out.
"That's all." Wang Shouye frowned slightly and waved his hand, "Since we are old friends, let's stay for now."
"this?"
The boss and the waiter were at a loss for a while.
"Everyone, since Senior Alchemy King has spoken, you can go out." Shangguan Zhiyuan bowed his hands to the chief, his young and immature face showing calmness and calmness, "Please clean up outside a little, and record all the broken dishes and dishes."
It’s on our account.”
"Yes, Master Zhiyuan." The principal and others hurriedly retreated.
Later, Shangguan Zhiyuan moved another stool to Dongfang Lingrou and sighed: "Miss Lingrou, there are indeed conflicts between our two clans, but the aristocratic families will compete with each other for living space. Our Shangguan clan
We are with you Dongfang clan in Tianjin and Hong Kong, competing for living space is not about who is right and who is wrong, so you don’t need to glare at me...glaring at me is useless."
Wang Shouye nodded secretly after hearing this.
Shangguan Zhiyuan reacted very quickly. After hearing Wang Shouye say that he was an old friend, he immediately tried to find a way to excuse Shangguan's family.
Being able to raise such a child, the Jinggang Shangguan family will surely have some good luck in the future.
Although Wang Shouye is addicted to alchemy, he is almost 200 years old. Naturally, he will not judge things based on his own likes and dislikes, but will continue to observe quietly.
"You're talking nonsense. You Shangguan family have so many dirty tricks." Dongfang Lingrou was also very smart and said angrily, "Just before, your ancestor Yunde went to our house to collect debts.
You're holding a banner at the front door to create momentum. Besides, our family has never had any financial dealings with the Shangguan family. You deliberately purchased other people's IOUs."
"This is clearly an attempt to deliberately squeeze out our Dongfang clan."
"What Miss Lingrou said is wrong." Shangguan Zhiyuan said, "Which aristocratic family has conflicts and competitions, and who can't use some strategies? If you want to blame it, blame it on your ancestors, who made themselves impoverished by making alchemy."
"Okay, Zhiyuan, don't talk too much." Ancestor Jianming apologized to Wang Shouye, "This matter made Mr. Shouye laugh."
"It is normal for local aristocratic families to compete for living space. How can there be nothing to laugh at? Our Wang family has also experienced this along the way." Wang Shouye said calmly, "However, my fourth brother once said, if
Enlarge the picture and look further. If local families have the opportunity to cooperate and expand externally, it will be more beneficial than simply involution."
"The master of the Shouzhe family is wise and wise, but old age is not as good as the unexpected." Ancestor Jianming hurriedly expressed his seriousness and arched his hands towards the south.
Even Fang Huaiyuan raised his hands, with an expression of great admiration for Wang Shouzhe, and said with emotion: "It would be great if I could meet the head of the Shouzhe family in person and listen to his teachings."
In Longzuo County, the prestige of the Wang family and Wang Shouzhe was extremely high.
Wang Shouzhe's words are even more effective than the words of the emperor who was "far away in Guilong City".
"Brother Yu Xi, I know that he has good talents, but he is a little arrogant." Wang Shouye muttered for a moment, "That's all. Remembering a "friendship" in the past, Patriarch Jianming gave Shouye a
Save face."
Ancestor Jianming hurriedly looked solemn, cupped his hands and said: "Master Shouye, please don't be so polite. Lingbo, the daughter of our main family, is your great-great-nephew and grandson-in-law. It's such a trivial matter, and all I need is a word from you, Master."
, Even if we have to go up mountains of swords and down seas of fire, our Shangguan family in Jinggang will never refuse."
"Now that the matter has been resolved, the little girl named Lingrou should go home." Wang Shouye smiled and waved his hand.
What?
Is this solved?
Dongfang Lingrou was shocked. The huge disaster in their family was solved by Senior Dan King with just one sentence!?
"What are you doing here, you girl? Go back quickly." Ancestor Jianming glared and said, "Do you think that our Jinggang Shangguan clan dares to deceive Mr. Shouye?"
"Senior, I, I am willing to be your slave and your maidservant, and I will serve you all my life." Dongfang Lingrou just wanted to kneel down, but found that she was held up by an invisible force and could not kneel down no matter what.
At the same time, she only felt a blur in front of her eyes. When she regained consciousness, she had already left the Baiwei Pavilion. Wang Shouye's gentle voice came to her ears: "Girl, I don't need you to serve me. You have a good talent. Practice hard and strive to be a good person in the future."
A person who can protect the tribe and be useful to the human race."
"Yes, senior!"
Dongfang Lingrou thanked Wang Shouye stubbornly and then hurried back.
Unexpectedly, when she arrived home, she saw that all the banners at the door had been torn down.
Shangguan Yunde, the second ancestor of the Shangguan family, stepped into the main house of the Dongfang family with a smile on his face: "Brother Yuxi, we flooded the Dragon King Temple and the whole family no longer recognizes each other. Brother Yu is here to apologize to you.
coming."
"Yun, brother Yunde, why did you say this?" Dongfang Yuxi didn't know why and hurriedly invited him into the reception hall.
Soon, Shangguan Yunde's laughter and Dongfang Yuxi's apologetic laughter came from inside. Shangguan said that there was no need to rush to repay the debts owed, and you could take your time! The two families would have more contacts in the future.
Let’s create a future for Tianjin and Hong Kong together.
A moment later, after Dongfang Yuxi sent Shangguan Yunde away, her aging face was filled with joy, and even her body was no longer so rickety.
"Grandfather." Dongfang Mingxu was extremely shocked when he saw this scene, "How is it possible that Ling, Lingrou really solved this matter?"
"Lingrou?" Dongfang Yuxi was stunned and immediately had some bad premonitions. She looked at Dongfang Lingju who was walking over and said, "Lingrou, what on earth did you do?"
"Grandpa, this is what happened." Dongfang Lingrou said excitedly, "I went to see Senior Alchemy King, and it was Senior Alchemy King who solved our family's huge crisis with just one sentence."
"Wang Shouye?" Dongfang Yuxi's expression changed unpredictably, "Lingrou, please tell me carefully, without missing a word."
Dongfang Lingrou hurriedly told how she met Wang Shouye and how things developed, word for word.
And Dongfang Yuxi's old face has been in a state of continuous rain, until the end, when Dongfang Lingrou relayed Wang Shouye's words: "Girl, I don't need you to serve me, you have a good talent, practice hard, and strive to be a good person in the future.
A person who can protect the tribe and be useful to the human race."
Dongfang Yuxi's body trembled heavily, with a look of shame and self-blame on her face, and she murmured: "Wang Shouye, Wang Shouye, I always thought you just robbed me of opportunities because of your family background and background. If
We have changed places, and I, Dongfang Yuxi, can definitely do better than you."
Protect the tribe and be useful to the human race!
The gap between the two people's minds is really too big.
Annoyance filled his chest. If he hadn't been so young and energetic back then, he wouldn't have ended up like this today.
If he had the courage of Lingrou, even if he shamelessly begged Master Alchemy to let him stay as a registered disciple, how could he have brought the entire Dongfang clan to such a situation?
"Girl, you are better than Grandpa Ancestor. You must remember what Senior Dan King said." Dongfang Yuxi rubbed the child's hair lovingly, turned around and walked outside the main house.
"Grandpa, where are you going?" The two juniors hurriedly chased after him.
"Grandpa, I'm going to apply for a job at the branch of Wang's Alchemy Division." Dongfang Yuxi straightened her chest, "The guarantee is 30,000 yuan, plus bonuses. I, Dongfang Yuxi, will be able to pay off the Shangguan family's debts soon, and let the
We Dongfang clan stand up again."
"Grandpa, let's go with you. We are also alchemy apprentices. Let's work together to pay back the money."
"Okay, okay, let's go together and pay back the money together."
at the same time.
Not far away, Wang Shouye, who was hiding in the dark and witnessed this scene with his own eyes, couldn't help but nodded secretly. This time when passing by Jinggang, he was able to encounter and unravel such an old incident, which made him very happy.
I hope everything will go well this time when I go to Dazhou to seek the opportunity to refine the alchemy [Treasure Book].
I, the king of Shouye, also have tribesmen that I want to protect.
"Young Master Shou Ye is so kind-hearted and gentle, I am quite touched by this." A charming and pleasant voice sounded from behind him, "The little girl's bloodline and personality are not bad, why don't I help you train her?