The Xu family follows Taoism and seeks longevity

Chapter 328: Secret visit to the city, idea of ​​issuing a ‘lottery’ (please subscribe!)

Xu Zhiyu, who was sitting in a tea shed on the edge of the market, was drinking spiritual tea leisurely.

However, his current appearance is different from before. He used the shape-changing technique to change his appearance, making him look like a completely different person.

Looking at the bustling market with people coming and going, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart. It can be said that he watched this market develop from scratch, from small to large. He was extremely pleased that it could develop to such a scale.

He came to Fangshi from his family three days ago. As soon as he left the clan mountain, he changed his appearance. He was going to make an unannounced visit in Fangshi to take a look at Taoyuan, which was becoming more and more important to the Xu family. How is the market running?
  Of course, he could summon the family foundations responsible for managing the city and get all the information he wanted to know from them, but he decided to get what he needed through his own observation. After all, he has two different identities as a manager and a consumer, so There will be deviations in what you see.

"The inn where I stayed last night cost five spiritual stones for one night. This is the cheapest room with a yellow font. I heard that other higher-end rooms are more expensive, but even so, I still stay in the inn. It’s full of people. It seems that with the increase in the flow of people in Fang City, the business of this inn is getting better and better. It seems that the family can build a few more inns. Firstly, it can alleviate the accommodation pressure of the monks who visit the family’s city. Secondly, It can also increase family income, so why not?"

Xu Zhiyu, who was sitting there, drinking tea and meditating, thought in his mind. However, his thoughtful expression was noticed by the tea stall owner, and he reached out to call the waiter who was sitting in front of the counter in a daze. :

"Xinghua, come here."

"Shopkeeper, what's wrong?" Upon hearing this, the waiter named Xinghua immediately stood up and came to the shopkeeper's side.

The tea stall owner first rubbed his sore lower back, then half-covered his mouth and let out a long yawn, and then said slowly:

"There is something you need to do, you"

Unexpectedly, before he could finish speaking, the handsome boy waved his hands and said:

"Shopkeeper, if you want me to go to Piaoxiang Building to deliver news to you and the girls there, then I'd better not open my mouth. I will never go there again to my death!"

When the shopkeeper heard this, his old face turned red and he scolded the young waiter:

"What nonsense are you talking about? I am also a serious person, why would I let you go to a place like that?" After a few scoldings, he saw him mouthing towards Xu Zhiyu's position, and then said:

"Have you seen the customer sitting over there? He has been coming to our small tea stall for two days in a row. Every day he orders two pots of good spiritual tea, and then sits there drinking it for most of the day. Or he stares at Lai Lai. Pedestrians often stare at it, or just sit there with their heads down in thought.”

The boy followed the shopkeeper's line of sight and looked back at him sitting there, then turned back and said to the shopkeeper disapprovingly:

"Aren't all guests like this? This fellow Taoist is considered normal. I often encounter guests who cry and make trouble, or laugh loudly while drinking! Besides, they don't care about our business, and they don't care about us. It’s not that I don’t pay the spirit stone!”

"I can't tell you clearly. According to my observation, this fellow Taoist is different. There may be something troubling him, so I'm going to help him. You go to the gate of Fangshi now and find Old Man Liang. Say I have a business here to take care of him!"

Because Xu Zhiyu changed his appearance and also restrained his own coercion, and his current cultivation level was only in the late stage of Qi refining, so both of them called him Taoist friend. After listening to the shopkeeper's words, the waiter stopped talking nonsense, added two pieces of spiritual firewood to the stove that was burning spiritual water, and walked away in a hurry, muttering as he walked:

"The shopkeeper is very good both in his conduct and in his heart! Take Old Man Liang, who usually helps people guide people and get information for a living. Just because the other party helped him once, he often introduced business to Old Man Liang after that. , and he treats me well as a guy. Not only does he receive good treatment, he also never defaults on payment.

But this habit of being greedy for money and lust is not good. Originally, there was an exclusive craft of cooking spiritual tea, and the price was fair. Many customers came to run this tea stall, and the spiritual stones were not less earned, but almost all of them came to Fangshi. Inside several brothels, alas! If I had so many spiritual stones, I would definitely exchange them all for cultivation resources. I would never spend a single spiritual stone on those pink skeletons. This is the right way. "

This place is very close to the exit of Fangshi, so the waiter rushed back within a quarter of an hour after leaving. Behind him was an elderly monk with a gray beard and a fifth-level Qi refining level. As soon as the visitor approached the tea stall owner, he smiled, nodded and bowed. road:

"Shopkeeper Zhao is doing well these days. Look at your rosy face. You have made a lot of money recently, right? I wish you a prosperous and prosperous life!"

Hearing these words, the corner of the boy's mouth twitched, thinking to himself, you are really good at talking nonsense. The shopkeeper's face was obviously gloomy and his eyes were blue, but you made your face glow red with praise! However, the shopkeeper was very impressed by these words and grinned for a while before talking about business to Old Man Liang.

"It's friendly, I'm sorry to disturb you!"

A voice interrupted Xu Zhiyu, who had been pondering for a long time. He had noticed the approaching person a long time ago. He originally thought it was a passerby, or someone who came to the tea stall to drink tea like him, so he didn't pay attention. But when When he stood three steps in front of his desk to salute and say hello, he realized that the person coming was specifically for him.

Looking up, he saw an old monk standing in front of him dressed in coarse cloth, five feet tall, with a sallow face, a pair of cloudy eyes with a cunning look flashing from time to time, and a smile on his face, looking at him with a smile. .

"Do you have any advice, fellow Taoist?" He responded with a faint smile.

"Little old man, let me introduce myself first. My surname is Liang. I have lived in this city for more than ten years. I have a thorough understanding of the big things and small things here. I have been thinking here for a long time, and I don't know if it will be useful. Little old man’s place?”

It turned out that he was just asking for information. He thought that he had something to ask, so he invited him to sit down and shouted at the same time:
  "Shopkeeper, give this fellow Taoist a pot of spiritual tea and charge it to my account!"

"Okay! Just a moment!"

After the spiritual tea was served, he did not ask immediately. Instead, he waited until the tea had passed three times before slowly speaking: "Just now, fellow Taoist said that he is very familiar with what is happening in the market. I have something to ask." , I wonder if you know?"

When Old Man Liang finally got to the point, his hunched back instantly straightened up. After clasping his fists and saluting, he made a gesture of please say:
  "If you have any questions, fellow Taoist, just ask!"

"That's right. I heard that three years ago, two meteors collided outside the territory. After that, meteor showers appeared every three days and were clearly visible in the city. Do you know about this?"

As soon as he finished asking this question, the two tea stall owners who had been eavesdropping on their conversation almost laughed out loud. As long as you ask anyone in the market, you will know this question, and now he actually spends spiritual stones to invite others to drink tea. , just to ask this question, how can it not be hilarious?
  Old Man Liang didn't have much reaction, because after so many years in the industry, he had encountered customers who asked all kinds of weird questions, so after sorting out his thoughts, he answered:

"Of course I've heard of it. To be honest with you fellow Taoist, I started paying attention to it after the first meteor shower appeared, and I haven't stopped paying attention to it for more than two years!"

"Oh! So, fellow Taoist, I have studied this meteor shower very deeply. Could you please tell me in detail, fellow Taoist!"

When Xu Zhiyu heard that the man in front of him had researched on meteor showers, he immediately became energetic. At the same time, he took out a hundred spiritual stones and placed them on the table to show his sincerity.

Seeing this scene, the surrounding tea guests turned their heads and looked at him in surprise. At the same time, they cast envious glances at Old Man Liang. In their opinion, this spiritual stone was too profitable.

"Fellow Taoist, according to my observation, this meteor shower comes once every three days. Each meteor shower is divided into three stages. I named it front, middle and back. The number of meteor showers falling in the front area and middle area does not exceed fifty, and then Meteor showers in this area are brighter and shorter in duration, with the number not exceeding ten."

Old Man Liang was very professional. He searched carefully from the storage bag he carried with him, took out a pale golden jade slip, and used his spiritual sense to probe into it, while saying to Xu Zhiyu.

"Fifty times fifty, then times ten, the probability is one in 25,000. Yes, this business is possible!" Xu Zhiyu thought in his mind, and at the same time pushed the one hundred spirit stones in front of Old Man Liang, expressing his great satisfy.

Old Man Liang was also a good observer. After accepting the spirit stone, he immediately handed him a jade slip that recorded the number and pattern of meteor shower falls. However, such a jade slip should be just a copy, but his sincerity can also be seen.

Next, he did not let Old Man Liang go, but then asked him a lot of questions, such as the management of the market, safety issues, and where to buy what kind of spiritual objects. Liang The old man also answered one by one.

Through various understandings, Xu Zhiyu also discovered that the family's reputation is still good in Taoyuanfang City. When he showed a slight intention to settle here, not only Old Man Liang, but also the tea stall owner and the waiter praised him for his vision. .

"This is even better. Only when people trust you can the next step be easy to operate. Otherwise, if the thing is made but cannot be sold, it will be embarrassing!"

After understanding what he wanted to know clearly, he paid off the spirit stones, turned around and walked back to the inn where he was resting. What he didn't expect was that after he left the tea stall, Old Liang, who had behaved harmlessly, also left the tea stall, came to a corner, made a hidden gesture, and soon walked out of the alley opposite. One person quickly followed Xu Zhiyu, who had already walked away.

Old Man Liang did not return to the gate of Fangshi. Instead, he walked to a hidden courtyard in the north of the city, knocked on the door, and after checking his identity, someone took him to a room in the backyard to set up an isolation formation. in a small house.

Without wasting time or waiting for the people inside to ask questions, Old Man Liang directly told what he had experienced today, especially what Xu Zhiyu asked him about, without reservation. After receiving the reward, he left. Here, I returned to the gate of Fangshi and began to solicit business with nods and bows, as if nothing happened just now.

Until he returned to the inn, Xu Zhiyu didn't find out that he was being followed. If he had known about it, he would have shouted, "You'll kill yourself by doing this." Because the person that Old Man Liang went to see just now was the secret agent arranged by the family to be responsible for protecting the safety of Fang City. Guards, they are responsible for secretly contacting the three religions and nine streams, and acquire various information from them to strengthen the family's control over Fang City. This secret guard system was also developed when he felt that Fang City was developing too fast and the composition of monks was too complex. At the same time, it was specially set up to guard against the infiltration of hostile forces.

After staying in the inn for one night, he spent the whole day shopping at the Sanxiu Market the next day. It was not until late in the evening that he walked towards the Baocui Building of his family. When he passed by the entrance of Tianluo Pavilion of Lingxiao Sect, he unconsciously He glanced inside.

Because he had returned to his true self at this time, as soon as he stepped into Baocui Building, people from the tribe greeted him warmly, and he responded to them all with a smile. Without disturbing anyone, he went directly to the second floor. , there is a room specially prepared for him. In fact, not only him, but also the family foundation-building monks will have a room of their own here.

He came to the window, opened it, stood facing west, and took out the jade slip given to him by Old Man Liang. He looked at it and murmured:

"According to what he said, at 1:00 a.m. tonight, the meteor shower will arrive. We need to take a closer look tonight to see if what he recorded is accurate. After confirming it, we can proceed with the next step of the plan!"

Looking up, a crescent moon hangs high in the dark blue sky, and its clear water-like light slants across the earth, making the entire city seem to be covered with a hazy veil. And thousands of stars are like night pearls scattered on the sky, shining brilliantly.

Time passed very quickly, and in the blink of an eye, it was the eighth hour, and then I saw the scattered stars in the sky flowing. Although they were scattered, they were like a river of shining lights. It was amazing! Shooting stars were jumping one after another. , running happily across the sky.

He did not indulge in this beautiful scenery and forget about business. The number of meteor showers in the upper area tonight was seventeen. After comparing Old Man Liang's records over the past three years, he found that this was relatively small. Next, thirty-three meteors appeared in the middle area, and six large meteors appeared in the back area.

"Okay, okay! It seems that the rumors are indeed true. Others may only view this new astronomical wonder as a beautiful sight, but who would have thought of the business opportunities contained in it?"

After the meteor shower ended, he closed the window, sat on the futon, and began to plan what he should do next. Although he already had a rough plan in mind, the details still needed to be perfected.

In this way, he thought about it all night. At dawn the next day, he directly called Xu Zhifeng, the temporary person in charge of Fangshi, into the room.

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