It’s too dangerous to seize the direct descendant, so I choose to be the leader of the Demon Cult

Chapter 43 The genealogy has to be written from you
On the way back to Xiang's Danfang, Zhao Ci listened to Zhu Li's nagging along the way.

There is a lot of nagging content, and there is no repetition all the way.

But it can be summed up in one sentence: Because you, the boss, keep a low profile, I, the employee, have been really wronged, and you have to take it out on me.

He is the only one who can treat his employees so arrogantly.

But this girl is a nice person, and she seems to be a sweet-tempered person, so it's hard for her to endure it.

"Gollum..."

The carriage stopped.

Zhu Li was still chattering.

Zhao Ci felt a little funny: "Are you so angry?"

"if not?"

Zhu Li said angrily: "You don't even know how they bullied me and my father before!"

Zhao Ciwan'er, if his memory is correct, Zhu Li, as Zhu Jiang's only daughter, was sent to Linge when she was very young. The father and daughter were separated for more than ten years, and Zhu Li was also alone for more than ten years. Even though he was young, he still defended his father so much, which shows that the relationship between father and daughter is indeed deep.

However, the daughter of the family owner is so aggrieved. It seems that the situation in Zhujiang is really not optimistic.

Seeing that Zhao Ci was silent, Zhu Li couldn't help but ask: "Aren't you thinking of venting your anger on your own No. [-] alchemist?"

"Get angry!"

Zhao Ci said with a smile: "The Gongdan Conference will be held in a few days. If I just say a few words, how can it be as exciting as you beating them down?"

Zhu Li thought about it and felt that what he said was reasonable, but he calculated on his fingers that the Gongdan Conference would still be half a month away.

In other words, I have to hold it in for half a month.

That must be frustrating!
She rubbed her chest subconsciously.

Zhao Ci saw that she was flexing her fingers and rubbing her chest, and said quickly: "Life is growing, you can't just be happy every day, right? Let's work slowly and steadily, so that we can stand taller in the future."

Zhu Li asked: "How high can you stand?"

Zhao Ci took a deep breath: "If you reach your page in the Zhu family's genealogy, you have to open a separate book."

"hiss……"

Zhu Li suddenly took a breath of cold air, raised her head slightly and looked at Zhao Ci, her eyes full of enthusiasm.

the man.

You ignited my fighting spirit.

Zhao Ci grinned: "I have to make wine at home recently, so I won't come to the alchemy shop very often. You don't have to do anything else. Just come here every day to cooperate with Zhang Xian and them in making alchemy."

At the end, he added: "They can't live without you!"

Zhu Li suddenly became energetic: "Don't worry! I am the pillar of Xiang's Danfang, and I will not make things difficult for them!"

After saying that, he rolled up his sleeves, revealing his forearms as white as lotus joints, and walked into the alchemy workshop in a hurry.

Zhao Ci smiled, got back in the carriage and left, wandering all the way towards the north of the city.

Compared to the liveliness in the west of the city, the atmosphere in the north of the city is much more desolate, because most of the people living here are craftsmen, and most of those who have the financial strength to settle in Linge City are high-end blacksmiths.

Therefore, [-]% of the buildings here are blacksmith shops or residences of blacksmith families.

[-]% is a tavern for the blacksmith to brag, and the remaining [-]% ​​is other random things.

Of course, there are also different types of high-level blacksmiths. There are those who specialize in making kitchen and agricultural tools, and there are also those who make conventional weapons.

There are also some who specialize in building and repairing ordnance for the imperial court, but these are all big families whose names are obvious. The largest ones are naturally the Huanghai Gongshu family, the Bashu Zhuge family and the Jingchu Xiang family.

Among them, Gongshu and Zhuge's research is relatively close, and they are both engaged in precision machine expansion, but there are slight differences in application.

The Xiang family is much simpler. Most of them are weapons and armors. Since Linge has the least industry, the weapon refining shop is also the smallest among the three.

The carriage stopped in front of the door of Xiang's Weapon Refining Workshop.

Zhao Ci jumped out of the carriage and shouted as he entered the door: "Uncle Jiu, Uncle Jiu! Did my gun come out?"

His voice just sounded.

Then a rough voice stopped him: "Don't yell, just call me uncle from now on. Nine uncles and nine uncles, you don't find it disgusting!"

soon.

A man eight feet tall, broad-shouldered and round-waisted walked out of the forging room carrying a forging hammer.

[Xiang Yunduan's current wish]: Zhao Ci can be more mature and prudent, so that he can hope to live a stable life.Reward for wish fulfillment: Comprehension value +100, stealable skill: Health Fist.

This is Zhao Ci's ninth uncle, Xiang Yunduan, who is a cousin to Xiang Tiange. However, Xiang Tiange is a commoner, but Xiang Yunduan is a direct descendant of the Xiang family.

There are also differences in hierarchy within the clan, but Xiang Yunduan was Xiang Tiange's loyal confidant back then. That is, before the battle 18 years ago, Xiang Yunduan was seriously injured, otherwise he would have died long ago.

Originally, Xiang Yunduan could return to his hometown in Jingchu, but since Concubine Jing and her son were still in Linge, no one in her family was easily bullied, so she took the initiative to stay.

He does not hold any position within the clan and usually only works as a blacksmith, but his status is quite high.

This is the only elder you can rely on!
This was Zhao Cixia's conclusion based on his wishes. He felt that it was quite absurd. The person he could rely on the most was actually his cousin.

Unfortunately, the conditions for fulfilling this wish are somewhat harsh.

At least in the short term, I won't act mature and prudent, and if I want to learn this health-preserving boxing, it won't be difficult.

"Uncle! Hey, is my gun ready?"

Zhao Ci casually put the roast chicken bought from the Western Market on the table.

"It's been done already!"

Xiang Yunduan picked up the roast chicken, took Zhao Ci into the backyard, gnawed off a chicken leg in one bite, pointed at the spear in the corner, scraped the meat with his razor blade, and said vaguely: "Go and see if you can handle it! "

"Hey!"

Zhao Ci nodded and quickly ran to the corner. The spear looked ordinary. It was a standard necklace-style spear, a sharp weapon for single combat and group combat.

However, this material is the black tungsten steel that Zhao Ci asked for by name. It also contains a lead core. Regardless of the hardness and weight, it has reached a very terrifying level. It is something that only macho men can possess.

Holding the barrel of the gun with both hands.

He groaned.He reluctantly lifted it up, but couldn't hold it. It fell to the ground with a bang, almost hitting his foot.

Zhao Ci was startled and took several steps back.

Xiang Yunduan sneered: "You are too trusting, kid. This level of gun is not something that ordinary people can pick up. If you want to be able to lift a heavy weight with ease, you have to practice to the limit, regardless of the Huangji Body Refining Technique or the Overlord Body Refining Technique." That’s all.”

In the physical realm, the training in the body refining period determines the body's strength.

Among the physical techniques, although the Xiang family's Overlord Body Refining Art is slightly inferior to the Huangji Body Refining Art, in terms of strength alone, it is even better than the latter.

"Have I not refined my body yet? When I refine my body for the first time, I will be able to play with it like a toothpick!"

Zhao Ci smiled innocently, and then approached him: "Uncle, my mother and concubine's people haven't come to see you recently, have they?"

"I looked for it! And you asked me what you did last time you came here."

Xiang Yunduan swallowed the sizzling and greasy meat in his mouth: "I just used a spear to fool him, and they didn't ask any questions."

really!

Zhao Ci nodded slightly. Gu Xiangzhu was indeed not a fuel-efficient lamp. Fortunately, he was well prepared, and fortunately Xiang Yunduan was reliable.

Mainly his "mother concubine", who went to the Fairy Mountain to practice Taoism since she was a child, and became Concubine Jing when she returned.

Xiang Yunduan wanted to help Xiang Tiange take care of his sister, but in fact the relationship was not that close. On the contrary, Zhao Ci was not popular and often used this place as a safe haven, and the relationship between uncle and nephew was even closer.

"What are you doing sneakily, kid?"

Xiang Yunduan frowned: "You still have to go behind your father's and mother's back. You're not doing anything bad, right?"

"How can that be?"

Zhao Ci said with a smile: "What I asked you to fight is a small gadget that is not worthy of publicity. What bad things can it do? Actually, this gadget is to help the Xiang family make money. Look at the young men of our Xiang family. , each of them has no money in his pocket, and his face turns green from abstinence. As a cousin, I really can't bear it!"

"Making money? Xiang's Danfang?"

Xiang Yunduan raised his thick eyebrows.

Zhao Ci was surprised: "Hey! Uncle, you also know?"

Xiang Yunduan snorted: "I also heard a little bit about what happened at the auction house last night. You kid is really out of your mind. You rushed into the alchemy business. Aren't you rushing to kill someone?"

Zhao Ci frowned: "Uncle! You don't believe me either?"

Xiang Yunduan glanced at him helplessly: "This has nothing to do with you believe it or not. Even if Xiang's Danfang is established, it actually has little to do with us. It's just that we can get some dividends. But it's different for you. You can Do you know what kind of road this is?"

Zhao Ci nodded: "Of course I know!"

Xiang Yunduan was silent for a while, and did not continue to persuade him. He just patted Zhao Ci on the shoulder: "Actually, living peacefully is not a bad thing."

"Don't mention it!"

Zhao Ci changed the topic: "I'll do you a favor again. My government is short of officials. Please help me find one!"

"Who?"

"My cousin!"

"Zenan? I tried to persuade you the day you opened the mansion, but she didn't agree to it."

"why?"

"She said that if you hang out with you, you will starve to death!"

"..."

"I asked again in the morning. She was so frightened that she asked Prince Lie to be a government official overnight. It is estimated that his name has been engraved on Prince Lie's monument now. They plan to go directly to the border. From now on, they will only take over the tasks of the Ministry of War. Linge is messed up. Don't ask about other people, it's about the future, no one from the Xiang family in Linge dares to follow you."

"hiss……"

Zhao Ci was extremely pained. He didn't expect that his reputation would be so tarnished.

Today, he lost a cousin named Xiang Zenan.

After chatting with Xiang Yunduan for a while and repeatedly telling him to keep it secret, he called the coachman, and the two of them loaded the spear onto the carriage.

On the way back to the Tenth Prince's Mansion.

Zhao Ci felt a little melancholy. There were so few people in Linge who believed in him.

Life is really lonely like snow!
……

In the days that followed, Linge was a lot more lively.

All major alchemy workshops have transferred their top alchemists to Linge, and convoys transporting alchemy raw materials are also entering the city in droves. All major alchemy workshops are in a state of intense preparation.

After all, elixirs have always been under the control of the imperial court in Dayu.

It doesn't matter how many elixirs each family produces. As long as they are under supervision in their own territory, they can sell as much as they want, but the number of people who can afford the elixirs in each sphere of influence is limited.If you want to sell it to various places at the ideal price, you must go through the channels controlled by the court.

They participated in the Gongdan Conference and grabbed this channel.

Everyone was so busy that they didn't even have time to laugh at Zhao Ci.

On the contrary, Zhao Ci lived a peaceful life. In addition to practicing, he went to the palace every day to chat with Zhao Huan, and cooked for Gu Xiangzhu. He fully demonstrated his role as a filial son, and his relationship with his parents warmed up a lot.

Zhao Huan was very understanding of human nature, and he only cared about Zhao Ci's life and never asked anything about making wine.

Gu Xiangzhu is getting better and better towards Zhao Ci, but he has always had the desire to "capture the art of refining wine" in his head, which makes Zhao Ci very annoyed. He is full of aggressive desires, but has no opportunity, so he can only be steady. The front line is waiting for the opportunity to move.

at last……

Half a month has passed.

On the first day of the autumnal equinox, the Gongdan Conference was held as scheduled at the Zhuque Gate of the Imperial Palace, officially starting at noon.

Zhao Ci originally thought that he would start at noon and have a good sleep in the morning, but at dawn, the door was kicked open.

"Your Highness, Your Highness!"

Zhu Li was so excited that her voice trembled: "Today is a good day to become famous. How can you sleep? Come on, the empress wants us to go to Wangshu Palace to see you as soon as possible. Your Highness, Your Highness, I will lift the quilt... ah !Why don’t you wear clothes when you sleep?”

Zhao Ci: "???"

He hates employees who have no sense of boundaries.

(End of this chapter)