Domineering

Chapter 193 The Secret Law of the Emperor's Way
Liu Ruoxi didn't notice Chu Xisheng's strange eyes. She told Chu Xisheng about her work during the past four days.

She spoke in a very orderly manner: "The money and various gifts received yesterday have been counted clearly. The total cash is 2000 taels, which are kept in the office for use. The gifts are wine, meat, fruits and vegetables, grain, oil, rice noodles, chicken Ducks, cattle, sheep, etc. I have people raising livestock in the backyard. The grain, oil, rice and noodles are worth more than 1000 taels, which is enough to feed more than 300 people for a month. I have put them in storage, and sent wine, meat, fruits and vegetables to the kitchen.

In addition, according to the order of the hall master, the subordinates have closed down all the brothels and gambling shops, and all the girls have been paid 30 taels of severance pay.Brother Li's 'Shanzitan' tribe is cleaning up these houses, and it is estimated that they will be freed up for rent in three days—"

Chu Xisheng divided his 330 gang members into 33 incense sticks and four sub-altars.

There are about 80 people in each altar, one of which is directly led by Chu Xisheng, and the other three are in charge of Chu Yunyun, Zhou Liangchen and Li Shenshan, each taking a character from their names as the name of the branch altar.

The name of the altar in Li Shenshan is called "Shanzi Altar".

Just as Liu Ruoxi said the word 'for rent', her expression suddenly changed.

She suddenly felt itchy all over, especially in her own bones, itching deep into the bone marrow, and she felt that something hot was coming out of the bones.

After that, her whole body was full of blood, and her blood was surging.

"Hmm~"

Liu Ruoxi didn't know that it was Chu Xisheng, so she used the 'Qin Muge Character Template Card' on her.

She couldn't bear it anymore and couldn't help groaning.

Liu Ruoxi then felt that something was wrong, and under the slightly surprised eyes of Chu Xisheng and the other three, her face was flushed like blood, and she was ashamed.

Chu Yunyun's eyes moved slightly, and she looked up and down at Liu Ruoxi thoughtfully: "Your cultivation seems to have reached the ninth grade perfection?"

Liu Ruoxi looked confused, and looked around in a daze: "I don't know."

She was still a bit short, but today her true essence has somehow reached the perfection state.

Chu Yunyun liked this girl very much.

She grabbed Liu Ruoxi's hand and sensed intently: "It is true that you have reached the consummation state on the ninth rank, and you must take the secret medicine, otherwise you will lose money at the full moon. Ruoxi, do you have the secret medicine on the ninth rank?"

Liu Ruoxi shook her head.

Originally, her family background could barely support her to practice martial arts with her elder brother.

Now that her family is ruined, how can there be any money left to buy the secret medicine?
Chu Yunyun knew the truth at a glance, and she didn't think about it: "Your cultivation is at a critical juncture, so you can't delay, and I will let you pay for the money for the secret medicine."

The corner of Chu Xisheng's lips twitched, and he exchanged a glance with Chu Yunyun.

He was quickly defeated.

Firstly, Liu Ruoxi's cultivation really cannot be delayed, and secondly, he was the one who provoked this incident.

"Yunyun's words are justified, and the practice cannot be delayed. I can advance you 4000 taels of magic silver, which is enough for you to buy a top-quality secret medicine."

Chu Xisheng readily agreed, thinking about the loot he had entrusted to the Iron Banner Gang to sell.

The more than 4 taels that the Iron Banner Gang gave him was just the share of the capture of Yingmagu and Liu's mansion.

The spoils he obtained by beheading several seventh-rank martial arts himself have not yet been sold in the future.

Chu Xisheng hoped to get the money back as soon as possible, otherwise Liu Ruoxi's assets would be less than [-] as soon as the money was paid.

It feels like he, the master of Xishantang, is a loss-making business.

So far, he hasn't seen any hope of getting a little money for cultivation, but he has already invested a lot of money in it.

But in Chu Xisheng's heart, there was still hope.

He expects that the [-]% off version of the "Qin Muge Character Template Card" used on Liu Ruoxi will bring him surprises.

Even if it is half of Qin Muge's talent and half of his comprehension, that is still a strong talent for cultivation.

In his martial arts treasure house, the full version of the iron madman template card only needs 140000 martial arts points.

The 200000% off version of the Qin Muge character template card requires [-] points.

It should be known that this Iron Banner gang leader is only 34 years old now, and is currently the third on the Dongzhou Famous Heroes list.

His talent is superb, but he is limited by the incomplete inheritance of Iron Armor Hunyuan Kungfu from the 'Iron Armor Gate', which is not as authentic as the Wuxiang Shenzong.

However, "On Martial God Machine" still judges that he will be about 60 years old in the future, and he is expected to make up for the lack of Iron Armor Hunyuan Gong, enter the second rank, and rank among the top rankings!

Chu Xisheng walked back to his room, opened the secret door under the room, and took out the 4000 taels of silver notes he treasured from inside.

Liu Ruoxi felt that the money was hot, so she dared not pick it up.

Chu Xisheng saved her life and handed over Liu Dingtang to her, which is already a great kindness.

Liu Ruoxi still had the cheek to beg Chu Xisheng to help her Uncle Wei.

In the end, she had to take money from Chu Xisheng to improve her cultivation, what is this called?

I can't be so shameless.

"Take it! Cultivate hard and improve your cultivation as soon as possible so that you can pay back the money. If you feel that you owe me, then work hard and don't slack off."

Chu Xisheng directly stuffed Qian Qiang into Liu Ruoxi's hands.

He looked at the girl in front of him with love on his face, as if he was looking at a newly bought calf.

I don't know if those modern bosses feel this way when they look at their employees.

Anyway, what he thinks now is that the calf will grow up quickly so that he can earn money——

Then he stood up from his seat: "Speaking of property, I just wanted to take a walk in the town and see the various businesses of my Xishan hall. I am ashamed to say that I have become the master of this Xishan hall, but I have no respect for it." This Xishan Town knows nothing. You are with me, by the way, where is Liang Chen?"

"Training subordinates in the outer courtyard."

Li Shenshan thought of the Zhou family's son-in-law, and his face was very strange: "Those Xishan hunters have good archery skills, and their personal combat power is not bad, but they don't know how to fight. In addition, he got a lot of medicinal materials from somewhere, saying It is to let all subordinates master the secret law of the emperor's way within one month."

He saw that the total price of those medicinal materials was as high as more than 2 taels.

Li Shenshan felt that his hall master was also amazing, to be able to recruit someone like the first son of the Zhou family to be his subordinate.

"The secret method of the emperor's way?"

Chu Xisheng couldn't help squinting his eyes. This kind of secret technique is also called the "Secret Technique of Imperial Army", and it originated from the military.

It can allow a general to integrate the qi, blood, essence, and spiritual will of the soldiers under his command, thereby gaining stronger combat power.

However, the threshold for the use of the secret method of the imperial way is very high. If a general wants to integrate the power of his soldiers, he must practice the secret method of the imperial way to a high level;

The key is that the threshold of practice is also very high, and a lot of medicinal materials are needed in the process.

It is said that just getting started requires thousands of taels of magic silver, which is expensive.

In addition, special talisman seals are needed to serve as the hub to connect the divine will and the true essence-the various waist cards in the army, letter seals and tiger talismans are derived from this.

So even the northern frontier army is not popular for everyone.

It is even rarer in the southern area. Among the Iron Banner Gang, only the "Iron Banner Hall" directly under the Tie Madman, and the "Xuanfeng Hall" under Tie Xiaosheng, all members have mastered the secret law of the imperial way.

Tie Xiaosheng was not there that day, otherwise his strength could have been raised by half a level with the help of the eight hundred gang members in the Xuanfeng Hall.

Chu Xisheng was also very interested. After all, all the people under his command from Shence Capital had practiced the secret law of the imperial way.

But after thinking about it, he gave up.

Chu Xisheng has no money.

First of all, if he wanted to set up such a system in Xishan Hall, he would have to invest 5 taels of magic silver just for various talisman vessels, and he would also have to invest a large amount of medicinal materials to get everyone started to practice.

Chu Xisheng himself had to invest 3 taels if he wanted to cultivate the secret method of the imperial way to the point where he could unify more than [-] people, blood, true energy and spiritual will.

Even Liu Dingtang was reluctant to do it. The Haiqing Gang's Xishantang has [-] people, and the investment will only be more.

Only in the north, where the major frontier armies control many elixir production areas, and the price of elixir is nearly half cheaper than that in the south, can it be popularized on a large scale.

"Let him go, the Zhou family's swordsmanship emphasizes intent rather than power. With the help of the emperor's secret method, his combat power will be stronger."

Chu Xisheng secretly sighed in his heart, a wealthy household is a wealthy household.

And where did he get so much money?Didn't you say that you don't rely on your family before the sixth grade?
Chu Xisheng shook her head, and walked out of the Chu family mansion with a few people.

As soon as he went out, Chu Xisheng raised his eyebrows.

He saw a familiar girl standing in front of the inspector's office opposite the Chu family's mansion, looking at the notice seriously.

Chu Xisheng couldn't help raising his eyebrows slightly: "Luanli?"

——The girl in front of the sign is exactly Lu Luanli.

Lu Luanli looked back to see Chu Xisheng and his party, his face was a little surprised and a little embarrassed.

However, after seeing Chu Xi's waving, she still walked over gracefully: "Long time no see, Hall Master Chu."

Although she participated in the opening ceremony of Xishan Hall yesterday and even wrapped a red envelope of 100 taels of magic silver, she was unable to speak to Chu Xisheng throughout the whole process.

"Why are you so polite? Just call me brother."

Chu Xi smiled slightly.

He is the leader of the true biography test, and he can directly obtain the status of Erye's true biography, so Lu Luanli still has to call him senior brother now.

Chu Xisheng then asked curiously: "Lanli, are you here to find me? The door is already closed, why don't you come in? Are you still shy?"

Lu Luanli's face was reddish: "Who said I'm here to find you? I'm here to find an errand. This time, the Six Gates of Xiushui County fell into a big somersault, and several arresters from the Xishan Inspection Department were implicated. I I want to apply for an eight-rank blue-cloth headhunter here."

Chu Xisheng looked at the girl with strange eyes.

He guessed that Lu Luanli must have fallen in love with him, otherwise why would he always like to be by his side?
A blush also appeared on Lu Luanli's face.

She was also blaming herself, why did she come here for no reason?

However, after they left from Shenbingyuan, they were first locked up for six days, and finally released. Chu Xisheng also went to borrow troops to attack Xishan Town, and they disappeared for a total of ten days.

The key point is that Zhengyang Martial Arts School closed at the inner door, and the senior sisters she knew before all went home, and Lu Luanli felt even more bored.

Eat all day long and do nothing.

"What are you looking at?" Lu Luanli said angrily, "I'm also one of the real legends now, so I have to find a job outside the martial arts hall to support myself."

What she said was also true.

After entering True Inheritance, it was time for Lu Luanli to find a job.

Otherwise, she, a girl from a rich family in a local area, spends all day doing nothing in the martial arts hall, which would be suspicious.

"I see."

Chu Xisheng's mind moved slightly, and his eyes were full of wonder: "Then why go to the Yamen? Instead of working as a head arrester in the Inspection Department and an errand in the Six Gates, you might as well come to work with me! Guaranteed good treatment.

You are now at the eighth rank, and I will give you a monthly salary of 400 taels of magic silver, as well as the hush money you owe me, which can also be waived.On my side, I'm still free, and I don't have to be controlled by the rules of the yamen. "

Generally, martial artists on the eighth rank have complete battle plans and magic weapons, which is about 400 taels, which is indeed a high monthly salary.

But the girl in front of her, on the surface, has an eighth-rank cultivation, but in fact she can be used as a sixth-rank, maybe even half of a fifth-rank.

Chu Xisheng thought that if he recruited Luanli into his hall, then his Xishan hall would be a bit strong.

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon——

"Can--"

Lu Luan was overjoyed in her heart, and almost said the word 'can' directly, but she realized that she couldn't be so happy when the words came to her lips, so she hurriedly changed her voice: "It can be considered, but I doubt if you have the money to hire me now. I?

I heard that you closed all the brothels and gambling halls in your hand. Also, I walked all the way just now and saw that more than 30 of your shops have been closed.Now people on this street are guessing what you do for a living. "

In Lu Luanli's eyes, there was appreciation.

Although Xishantang's money situation is worrying, Chu Xisheng would rather not make money than harm women and people, but she likes it very much.

As expected, I like it—— Bah!Is the person who appreciates.

"Why can't you afford it? You might as well work on my side first, I can at least guarantee your salary for two months. If it doesn't work, I can still ask the Iron Banner Lord for money. I can't let the brothers go hungry .”

Chu Xisheng scratched his head: "I'm going to look around the West Mountain to see if I can find a profitable business. Luanli, you are very knowledgeable and can help me out with ideas."

Chu Xisheng thought that it would be best if he could find a way to make money, but if he couldn't, he could only rely on the chief rudder.

Xishan Town is threatening the flank of the city's east pier, and it is impossible for Tie Kuangren to watch his Xishan Hall collapse.

But in this way, it would seem that Chu Xisheng was incompetent——

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Chu Xisheng first looked at the dozens of shops in his family, and five vacant three-story wooden buildings.

In fact, there is nothing to look at, Liu Dingtang is domineering and greedy.

The shop buildings he occupies are all in prime locations in the town.

However, Xishan Town is just a town after all, and the flow of people on the streets here is very limited.

To the east of Xishan is Xiushui County, to the northeast is Chengdong Wharf, and across the river is the ancient market, all of which are extremely prosperous and lively.People around Xishan Town would rush to these three places if they wanted to buy anything.

Therefore, these shops can only earn more than 7000 taels of magic silver for Xishantang a month.

Liu Dingtang has always relied on several brothels and gambling halls, Shen's family's opium, as well as the city tax and peace money—the so-called "blood tax" to raise 9 to 800 taels of magic silver every month to support him. There are more than [-] people under him.

But now to make matters worse, those merchants would rather not have these prime location stores than have business intersections with Xishantang.

Accompanied by Chu Xisheng, Lu Luanli felt that the future of money in Xishan Hall was bleak.

She couldn't think of any good ideas, so she could only shake her head: "Why don't you go to the main helm, borrow a few boats from the Iron Banner owner, and borrow some old tricks on the river. The twelve branches of the Iron Banner Gang basically Relying on boats to eat, life is very nourishing."

Chu Xisheng frowned, he was very strange.

Xishan Town is close to Xishan at any rate. It is a distribution center for all kinds of game, animal skins, animal bones, and animal tendons. It also produces various elixir.

As far as the production of elixir is concerned, it is comparable to the Fire Bone Cave.

But why is the popularity here so much lower than that of Firebone Cave?

The distance from Xiushui County City here is only fifteen miles shorter than the Fire Bone Cave, but there are still more than 20 people living within a radius of twenty miles around Xishan.

The surrounding area of ​​the Fire Bone Cave was extremely hot, and there was not even a single hair in the vicinity for twenty miles.

The area of ​​Xishan Town is still considerable, with seven streets in all directions and a population of about 2.

If the size of this town was placed in the world Chu Xisheng came from, it could be a county seat, but in this world, it is just a market town.

Chu Xisheng turned around, and then he stood at the gate of the East City, looking thoughtfully at the dozen or so members of the Xishan Gang who were collecting city taxes at the gate.

They not only collect money for the goods that enter the city, but also collect money for all kinds of food, rice, oil, salt, chicken, duck, fish, etc. that people bring into the city.

Liu Ruoxi peeped at Chu Xisheng's face, and took the initiative to explain: "I have inquired in detail, when Liu Dingtang was in charge of Xishan, the city entry tax was about 5000 taels a month, and half of it was distributed to the inspection department.

There is also peace money. All the shops in the city, as well as Xishan Orion, have to pay Xishantang peace money, which is the blood tax. They can also receive about [-] taels, and they also get half of the inspection department.

But our brothers are not very familiar with it, and the income is not much these two days.Speaking of this matter, I was about to ask the hall master, Liu Dingtang used to have more than [-] counting houses in his hands, do you want some of them to come back? "

The gang members of their Xishantang are all rough and rough, and they can't even calculate their accounts.It is really hard for them to let them collect city tax and peace money.

"The accountant can invite a few honest and reliable people back, but the city entry tax can be stopped."

Chu Xisheng pointed to the gate of the city: "From now on, it is good to leave a few people on duty at the gates of each city."

After hearing this, Chu Yunyun and Lu Luanli couldn't help being startled, and they looked at each other.

Li Shenshan was also very surprised: "Master, you don't even collect city entry tax?"

He was deeply worried and suspected that he would really drink the northwest wind in a few months.

"To collect!"

Chu Xisheng shook his head slightly: "But the tax is not collected in this way. In the future, no money will be charged for any goods entering the city. We only charge transaction tax. Please ask some accountants to come back and register the quantity of these goods. When these merchants sell them, Then pay us. Especially those hunters, let them come in and out freely."

Chu Yunyun frowned slightly, unable to understand Chu Xisheng's way.

Liu Ruoxi was thoughtful when she heard the words, her eyes were shining brightly: "But in this way, the inspection department may have some opinions."

Chu Xisheng smiled: "I am the township leader of Xishan Town, and I am the lord of the town. I have the final say on how to collect the city entry tax. If the inspection department is unwilling, you can negotiate with them. They used to Didn't you get 7000 taels of magic silver from Liu Dingtang every month? We agreed to give them this number later on."

The so-called imperial power does not go to the countryside, Daning does not set up officials in local towns and towns, and all local gentry govern themselves.

The patrol office in the town is only responsible for public security and robbery, not government affairs.

Liu Dingtang has always been the township official of Xishan Town, the head of the town.

After Liu Dingtang died, this position also fell to Chu Xisheng.

The county lieutenant Shen Zhou and the officials of Xiushui County Yamen must be reluctant.

But if the county doesn't give Chu Xisheng a post, they won't even be able to collect the local poll tax and land tax.In the past, the county government relied on the [-] gang members in Liu Dingtang's hands to charge them violently.

Tie Kuangren used this as a threat to make the county government hold his nose and transfer Liu Dingtang's various properties to Chu Xi's name.

Chu Xisheng then went out of the city for a walk.

He found that the annexation of land near Xishan Town was still quite serious. There were many wealthy families in the area, there were groups of landlords, and the clan power was also very strong.

These local tyrants in the countryside are all supported by impressive force, so Xishantang can't collect peace money from them.

They can guarantee safety by themselves, so why should they pay you money for safety?
Chu Xisheng came to the east foot of the West Mountain again.

In fact, he is very familiar with this place. When he first came to Xiushui County, he and Chu Yunyun hunted in Xishan for a living.

However, Chu Xisheng still took a closer look at a dozen hills.

He mainly looked at the streams and springs on the various hills.

There are many water sources in Xishan, but none of them are climate-friendly. Most of them flow to the north and flow into the Shenxiu River.

Chu Xisheng looked around, and there was a little smile on his face: "This place can still make money, Xishan is a treasure land, look at this mountain full of medicines and timber, it is not a big problem to feed hundreds of people in our Xishan Hall .”

Lu Luanli pursed his lips, showing disapproval.

There are many towering giant trees here, but there are no precious woods.

Those huge logs are good materials for building boats, but they can't be sold if they can't be transported to the mountains.

There are also medicinal materials, which are similar.

Xishan is surrounded by low-grade and cheap medicinal materials, and only a sufficient trading volume can be profitable.

Not only is it difficult to transport these things, but you also have to beware of monsters on the mountain. How easy is it to feed these hundreds of people?

However, Chu Xisheng had already made up his mind and rode his horse down from the top of the mountain.

If his idea can be realized, not only will it be no problem to support Xishantang, but he will be able to earn tens of thousands of magic silver every month just by sitting in the future.

(End of this chapter)