Protect Our Patriarch Chapter 63: Stay in business! He is also a big shot
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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 tenant farmers their hard-earned money" and other slogans.
With the crowd watching, the news quickly spread throughout Tianjin and Hong Kong.
Over the years, the Tianjin-Gang Dongfang family 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 they can survive, the family may be able to come back to life. If they 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 jackals, tigers and leopards.
This is the cruel survival rule of the family.
At this moment.
In the welcoming hall of the Dongfang family's main house.
Ancestor Shangguan Yunde, the second ancestor of the Shangguan family who is also a seventh-grade family in Tianjin and Hong Kong, slowly drank spiritual tea and said: "Brother Yuxi, it's not that we Shangguan family don't miss our fellow villagers. As the saying goes, we owe debts. Paying back the money is a matter of course. These IOUs are all from you, 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 those merchants owed me the money of Shangguan family and used these IOUs to pay off their debts. The transfer of creditor's rights is a common thing." Shangguan Yunde put down the tea cup and said with a sneer, "Brother Yuxi, I advise you to still Don’t argue with him. We have the IOU in hand. 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, am a fool?" Shangguan Yunde sneered, "Now that the Wang's Alchemy Company has launched the Marrow Cleansing Pill, members The purchase price is only 126,000 dry gold. I say Dongfang Yuxi, if you don’t know how to make elixir, don’t make it. It will ruin the family forever.”
Dongfang Yuxi's words made the veins on her neck pop out, her eyes showing both dissatisfaction and annoyance.
Alchemy is a highly technical side job, 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-grade 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 good, at most she will not lose money, but if the refining fails, she will have to lose money.
There were many times when people were reluctant to ask him to refine Dongfang Yuxi even if the price was low. It would be better to sell the elixir directly to Wang's Alchemy Company and securely exchange for elixirs or dry gold.
The involution of Wang's Alchemy Company has dealt a heavy blow to many alchemists who were working alone. Under the persuasion of various branches, many alchemists from sixth- and seventh-grade families have joined Wang's Alchemy Company, with high salary The basic salary and dividends make life more prosperous.
"Brother Yuxi, I'll count your marrow cleansing pill at 125,000 gold, and the remaining amount including principal and interest is still 463,000 gold." Shangguan Yunde was arrogant. He said, "You have three days to complete 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.
At the base of the fence in Dongfang's backyard.
Brother and sister Dongfang Mingxu and Lingrou both looked solemn.
"Lingrou, something big happened at home today, do you still want to see Senior Dan King?" Dongfang Mingxu's eyes were full of worry.
"Brother Mingxu, because of this, 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 the Wang family to make alchemy. The company, starting from an apprentice, works for Wang for free, and spends a lifetime to repay this debt."
"Lingrou, are you crazy?" Dongfang Mingxu said angrily, "You have been spotted by Longzuo Academy. As long as you join Longzuo Academy, a core disciple will not be able to escape in the future, relying on the academy With the resources, 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 far away cannot save the fire close by." Dongfang Lingrou clicked her foot lightly, and she soared 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 clan now is Mrs. Bilian, who was born in the Guilong Shangguan clan, the Jinggang Shangguan clan found a way to recognize Mrs. Bilian's hand, which is regarded as a big support.
By helping Yuwen manage and operate Jingang Baiwei Pavilion, Jingang Shangguan gradually won a part of the shares, and would get some dividends more or less 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 behave and only know how to ask for things without knowing anything in return, you will only be disliked by others.
In this regard, 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 send a gift in person to the ancestor.
This time Wang Shouye, the seventh master of the Wang family, found it difficult to get to Jinggang. Shangguan Jianming, the first ancestor of the Shangguan family, naturally came to visit as soon as possible. The relationship between Shangguan Bilian and Shangguan Lingbo and Wang Ningxi was involved.
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 box of Baiwei Pavilion.
The banquet was attended by very few people.
Among them, only three members of the Shangguan family participated, including the Jianming ancestor and contemporary family head Shangguan Zhiyuan, 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 City Guard Fang Huaiyuan, who were in the realm of gods and humans, were qualified to accompany Wang Shouye at the last seat. Apart from them, the promising young man Shangguan Yingjie and even Shangguan Zhiyuan, the head of the Shangguan family, could only stand and toast.
No way, the identity gap is too big.
Looking at Wang Shouye, who was sitting at the top with a calm demeanor and impressive bearing, 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 "Da Qian Dan King" has already spread far and wide. Everyone in Daqian knew that there was an Alchemy King in Longzuo County. He was already proficient in refining fifth-grade elixirs at a young age. He also had outstanding qualifications and had great hope of breaking through to the realm of supernatural power. He was 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 in Wang Shouye, they realized with horror that Wang Shouye had unexpectedly broken through the Purple Mansion Realm. Moreover, Wang Shouye is only over 190 years old this year, which is much younger than the two of them.
This gap is simply a world 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, he made a breakthrough naturally.
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.
"Young Master." 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 Young Master Ning Xi and Miss Lingbo, and we heard them mention it at that time You have always been acquainted with each other. Meeting Alchemy King today is like fulfilling an old dream."
"Ancestor Jianming is so polite." Wang Shouye said in a calm and polite tone, "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 appropriate gesture was naturally necessary.
This is how it is 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 to take in the future?" Shangguan Jianming asked cautiously.
"Mid-grade B level is not bad." Wang Shouye encouraged him gently, "He is still young now, but he can use the combination of Marrow Cleansing Pill and Wuji Treasure Pill before he has been promoted to Lingtai Realm. Tianjiao bloodline. However, the Wuji Treasure Pill must be used at least in the Lingtai realm, and it is not easy. It is best to find a Master Zifu to protect the law."
The Wuji Treasure Pill? Are you 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, Master 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 Shangguan family in Jinggang can be considered a prosperous seventh-grade family. While they can maintain the alternation of two heavens and humans, they can also have enough energy to cultivate the third heaven and human realm. This is already considered as taking advantage of the Guilong Shangguan clan.
What's more, the price of Wuji Baodan is just the starting point. If a family wants to cultivate a Zifu realm, it will take about three hundred years and tens of millions of gold!
If they package up and sell the entire Shangguan family in Jinggang, bricks and mortar, they will definitely not be able to sell for tens of millions of gold.
"Thank you Mr. Anye for pointing out the way." Shangguan Jianming smiled dryly and said, "But our Jinggang Shangguan family still has self-awareness and can eat as much as we can. I don't want to think about this Wuji Baodan anymore. I don't want it anymore." ”
The Shangguan family in Jinggang has been able to stand for thousands of years, so it naturally has its own way of survival. Being too 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 I had some talent in alchemy, so I worked hard, hoping to make a comeback with alchemy. The result? The family declined step by step, and now they can’t even get back the mortgaged family property."
"Congratulations to Patriarch 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 is just to blame for this matter. These days, the alchemist's rice bowl is not good, and it is too difficult to stand out alone."
Dongfang's? 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!
"Bang!"
Outside the room, the sound of a dinner plate falling to the ground was heard.
Immediately afterwards, a little girl wearing Baiweige waiter'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 bang.
This woman is Dongfang Lingrou of the Dongfang clan.
Probably after going through some twists and turns, Dongfang Lingrou looked anxious at this moment, with a blush caused by running on her young cheeks. She looked embarrassed and pitiful.
"Senior Alchemy King! Please help our Dongfang clan." Dongfang Lingrou stepped forward on her knees and begged, "I can agree to any conditions, even if I am a slave by your side. It’s okay for you as a maid.”
"Who is this little girl?"
The expressions of Shangguan Jianming and Fang Huaiyuan 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 guys.
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 leave quickly!"
We are all the younger generation of Tianren family in Tianjin, and have good qualifications and bloodlines, so we have naturally seen them on weekdays. What's more, he was just the age of young Mu Ai, so he still had a good impression of Dongfang Lingrou.
"Shangguan Zhiyuan, so you are here too? Huh, I'm here to meet Senior Alchemy King, I don't need you to worry about it!" Dongfang Lingrou looked stubborn, glanced at him and stopped talking to him, and turned to speak again He prayed to Wang Shouye, "I hope you will have mercy on me, senior."
Ancestor Jianming hurriedly bowed his hands to Wang Shouye and said: "Master Shouye, this is an act of dereliction of duty. I did not prevent someone from breaking into the box and disturbing you. Someone, please get the young lady of the Dongfang family out quickly."
"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.
"Everyone, since Senior Dan King has spoken, you can go out." Shangguan Zhiyuan bowed his hands to the chief, his young and immature face looked calm and calm, "Please clean up the broken dishes and dishes outside. It's all in our account."
"Yes, Master Zhiyuan." The principal and others hurriedly retreated.
Afterwards, 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 family and your Dongfang family are in Tianjin and Hong Kong. We are competing for living space and there is no question of who is right or wrong. You don’t have to glare at me...glaring at me is useless."
Wang Shouye nodded secretly after hearing this.
Shangguan Zhiyuan, the boy, 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 only look at things based on his own likes and dislikes, but will continue to observe quietly.
"You're talking nonsense. You Shangguan family are doing so many dirty tricks." Dongfang Lingrou was also very smart and said angrily, "Just before, your ancestor Yunde went to our house to force someone to do something." You are 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 refining elixirs. ."
"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 However, if the pattern is enlarged and the vision is further expanded, 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, and old age is not as good as the unexpected." Ancestor Jianming hurriedly expressed a serious expression and cupped 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 is extremely high.
Wang Shouzhe's words are even more effective than those of the emperor who is "far away in Guilong City".
"Brother Yuxi, I know that he has good talents, but he is a little arrogant." Wang Shouye said after a while, "That's all, remembering a "friendship" in the past, Jianming ancestor Give Shouye some face."
Jianming Patriarch hurriedly looked solemn, cupped his hands and said: "Master Shouye, please don't be so polite. The daughter of our main family, Lingbo, is your great-nephew and grandson's daughter-in-law. It is said that it is such a small matter, as long as the master Just one word from you, even if we have to go up mountains of swords and into 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 stunned. 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." Patriarch Jianming glared and said, "Do you think we, the Shangguan clan of Jinggang, dare to deceive the young master?"
"Senior, I, I am willing to be a slave and a 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." Strive to be a person who can protect the tribe and be useful to the human race in the future."
"Yes, senior!"
Dongfang Lingrou thanked Wang Shouye stubbornly, and then hurried back.
Unexpectedly, as soon as 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 have flooded the Dragon King Temple, and we no longer recognize each other as one family. Brother Yu, here we are. I’m here to apologize to you.”
"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 is no need to rush to repay the debts owed, you can take your time! In the future, the two families will have more contacts and work together to create a future for Tianjin and Hong Kong.
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 shocked when he saw this scene, "How is it possible, 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 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 word."
"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.
And Dongfang Yuxi's old face was always in a state of continuous rain, until finally, when Dongfang Lingrou relayed Wang Shouye's words: "Girl, I don't need you to serve me, you have a good talent, practice hard, Strive to be a person who can protect the tribe and be useful to the human race in the future."
Dongfang Yuxi's body trembled heavily, with a look of shame and remorse on her face, and she murmured: "Wang Shouye, Wang Shouye, I always thought you just robbed me because of your family background and background. Chance. If we change places, I, Dongfang Yuxi, can definitely do better than you."
Protect the people and be useful to the human race!
The gap between the two minds is too big.
Annoyance filled his chest. If he had not been so young and energetic back then, he would not 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 and walked outside the main house.
"Grandpa, where are you going?" The two juniors hurriedly chased after him.
"Grandpa, I went 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 Shangguan's debts soon. , and let our 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 I passed by Tianjin Port, I was very pleased to encounter and unravel such an old incident.
I hope everything will go well this time when I go to Dazhou to seek the opportunity to refine the alchemy [Treasure Book].
I, Wang Shouye, also have tribesmen that I want to protect.
"Young Master Shouye is so kind-hearted and gentle, I am very touched by it." A charming and pleasant voice sounded slowly behind him, "The little girl's blood and personality are not bad, why don't I help you train her? Ichiban? It will be very useful to keep her."
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