That year, that cicada, that sword

Chapter 219 A Banquet of Four

Xiao Bai specially requisitioned a small courtyard, in Jiangdu City, picked a good day, and set up nearly a hundred tables of banquets in the courtyard.

The table is the Eight Immortals table commonly used by the common people. The dark table top is not too big or small, and it is neatly arranged like an army formation. Even if only four people are seated at a table, there are nearly 400 people at nearly a hundred tables.

Today's dishes are also interesting. Xiao Bai deliberately didn't let people make a few hundred taels of silver for a table, but it was extremely plain, and the top of the sky was only three taels of silver. small means.

Xiao Bai had an unspeakable ambition. He would at least take away 500 million taels of silver from Jiangnan, which was roughly equivalent to one-tenth of the imperial court's annual tax revenue. If it was more, it would be 1000 million taels of silver. In addition to disaster relief, there will be a lot of savings.

As for any more, that would be too much.

This group business banquet is destined to allow Xu Beiyou, a little man who has just walked out of the bitter cold in the Northwest for less than a year, to see the world. In addition to Xiao Bai, Xie Suqing, Jiang Bin, and the chief officials of Jiangdu's three divisions all attending, there are also Because the more than [-] wealthy businessmen who came this time almost included most of the leading figures in Jiangnan, it can be said that important characters from Jiangdu and even Jiangnan have gathered in this inconspicuous other courtyard.

Xu Beiyou came here together with Tang Yuerong and Mrs. Luo. It was not too early or too late. Some wealthy businessmen attached to the three families immediately took the initiative to come over and surrounded the three of them faintly, forming a huge invisible interest group with the three of them as the backbone.

Compared to Luo Fu, Tang Yuerong is more taciturn, and Luo Fu seems to have intentionally or unintentionally pushed Xu Beiyou to the front of the stage, who is not a human being present, and soon understands the elegance, and begins to flatter this famous swordsman Little Lord.

The reason why Xu Beiyou has such a great reputation today is because of two things, one is that he traveled from the northwest to the south of the Yangtze River, and he was chased and intercepted by the mobs from the Demon Town Hall, and the other is that he was in a short period of time. In just a few years, he took over the power from Zhang Xueyao and became a veritable young master.

The tens of millions of net worth in charge of Jianzong at a young age made many old wealthy businessmen who had worked hard all their lives to earn a million net worth couldn't help sighing, but they didn't know whether to say that heroes were born in youth, or that people were more irritating than others.

After some entertainment and greetings, the crowd slowly dispersed, and Tang Yuerong, who had been silent all this time, said, "Have you learned a lot?"

Xu Beiyou said with some emotion: "Although there are a few who are useless, most of them are good people. Dealing with these people will gain insight."

"Shopping malls are no better than officialdom, and there aren't many shortcuts. Most of those who can get to this point are scheming, but businessmen value profits and don't like righteousness, so they don't want to make friends." Luo Fu reminded.

Xu Beiyou nodded to mark it down.

Suddenly, everyone present turned their eyes towards the door.

An old Taoist in a vermilion Taoist robe walked slowly, wearing one of the three Taoist crowns of the Taiqing fishtail crown, holding a silver silk whisk, fluttering sleeves, and the whole person has an indescribable sense of immortality, seeing this scene , Tang Yuerong said expressionlessly: "Old man Du Haichan has arrived."

Behind Du Haichan was a thin, middle-aged Taoist who was dressed in a dark blue Taoist robe, with three long beards and a warm smile. He was wearing the Hunyuan scarf, the first of the nine Taoist scarves, without Du Haichan's nearly half-immortal look. His lofty aura, but there is an unspeakable approachability, which coincides with the inaction of the Taoist sect, which makes it difficult to attract too many people's attention.

Do nothing and fight.

The husband does not fight, so the world cannot compete with it.

This is a sentence from the Taoist ancestor. Although this middle-aged Taoist can't reach the realm of the Taoist ancestor, he still has three points of his spirit.If it is said that Du Haichan's eyes only swept across a few earth immortals and completely ignored the others, then this middle-aged Taoist looked over bit by bit, regardless of high or low, and finally It just fell on Xu Beiyou's body.

Almost at the same time, Xu Beiyou's back suddenly burst into cold sweat. This was the first time he had reacted like this since he had initially developed the supreme sword body. This feeling was like a sword beeping when it met an enemy.

Luo Fu's face was a little dignified, and he said in a deep voice: "The seventh chief deacon of the Zhenmo Temple, King Qin Guang."

Xiao Bai put up such a big battle, which almost shocked the whole Jiangnan, so naturally the Daoist sect who also plays an important role in Jiangnan cannot be missed.

Du Haichan, the master of Taoism in the south of the Yangtze River, as early as the Dazheng period, the Du family was already the master of the Taoism workshop, and it is still the case today.

King Qin Guang, who had just succeeded the deceased Southern Ghost Emperor, became the head deacon of the Zhenmo Palace in the south of the Yangtze River.

"It turned out to be the head deacon of the Demon Town Palace." Xu Beiyou exhaled heavily, his face gradually returning to normal.

For Xu Beiyou, whether it was spying, hostility, or even undisguised murderous intent, as long as he had something to do with the Temple of Demon Suppression, it became logical, even taken for granted.

After experiencing enough ups and downs, Xu Beiyou is no longer the young man who wanted to admire and admire when he saw the realm of the earth and fairyland. Although he still can't make Mount Tai collapse in front of him without changing his face, it is more than enough to deal with it calmly.

In addition to the small table for four people in this banquet, there is also a round table in the middle, which is enough for a dozen people to sit around, which is very eye-catching.

According to the unwritten rules in the officialdom, this is the seat for the host and important guests. To put it more bluntly, this is the seat for the most important people in the audience.

Xiao Bai, Xie Suqing, Jiang Bin, Du Haichan, Qin Guangwang, and the three chief officials of the three divisions are all on this table. Xu Beiyou, Tang Yuerong, and Luo Fu are also eligible to sit at this table. A salt merchant with a fortune, or simply an official businessman with good hands and eyes.

As the saying goes, misfortune is where good fortune rests, and good fortune is where misfortune rests. Being able to sit at this table is of course a distinguished status, but it also means becoming a bird in the first place. It's not easy to sit in the seat, maybe His Royal Highness Qi Wang will scare the chickens and monkeys and hurt his muscles.

As the host, Xiao Bai was also the most honorable person. After he took his seat, the others began to take their seats one after another according to their status.

Xu Beiyou took a breath, and after Tang Yuerong and Luo Fu took their seats, he slowly sat down in his seat.

I don't know if it was a deliberate arrangement or a coincidence, but Xu Beiyou's position happened to be facing Xiao Bai, and Xiao Bai glanced at him vaguely, smiling playfully.

Xu Beiyou naturally noticed this undisguised gaze, but he didn't dare to respond boldly, and for some reason, he always felt guilty of doing something wrong when facing Xiao Bai.

On the left of Xu Beiyou is Luo Fu, and on the right is a big salt merchant who has never dealt with him before. It is said that he is a person who is both black and white. People sit in the town, but they enshrine a guest official in the realm of human immortals, and dozens of guards in the realm of first and second ranks. The handwriting is very extraordinary. You must know that Xiao Bai's army of hundreds of battles is only between the realms of second and third ranks. Only time.

However, the most famous thing about this giant businessman is that his salt boat was amputated by his opponent, but he only asked about the damage of his subordinates and not the loss of the salt boat.

Most of the salt merchants have a little black and gray color, while the official merchants are the opposite. Regardless of whether there are facts in this regard, on the surface they must clean themselves up. Don't pay attention to a name, the word official voice, don't be careless.

Looking at the whole table, no matter whether it is Tang Yuerong or Luo Fu, they are all looking young. The actual age is more than enough to be Xu Beiyou's grandmother. , only Xu Beiyou and Xiao Bai are the youngest.

However, there is a generation gap between Xu Beiyou and Xiao Bai. The two are not the same in terms of status. Xu Beiyou is only the successor of Jianzong, while Xiao Bai is the successor of the entire dynasty. .

The various characters on the surrounding small tables naturally focused their eyes on the large table in the middle, especially the two young people with strange faces.

As for Tang Yuerong and Luo Fu, although they also look young, they are old faces in the Jiangnan area. For those who have a reputation, some people may not know Zhang Xueyao, the three Lafayettes hiding behind the scenes, but there will never be people who do not know These two Buddhas are often seen in public.

Xiao Bai was dressed in the feudal king's python robe and sat in the center of the main seat. He was very recognizable, and his identity was known without asking. Needless to say, almost everyone knew the legendary experience of this feudal king. Xu Beiyou's appearance on such occasions naturally aroused the curiosity of many people.

(End of this chapter)