Martial Arts: Start by Obtaining the Wild World

Chapter 192 0191: Restaurant Banquet

At noon, Cheng’s Restaurant, West City Street.

In the three-story restaurant, only two members of the Cheng family were waiting at the door. The rest of the people were waiting in the kitchen for the dishes to be served.

Cheng Zongyang was not at the door. He invited Xu Tieshan and others to discuss things, not to ask for help. There was no need to show a bad face at the door.

third floor.

Li Lu patrolled the corridor towards both sides of the street, glancing at the sky from time to time with a frown on his face.

Then he turned to look at Cheng Zongyang who was sitting on a chair inside and reading a book calmly, and walked over and said:

"The time has come, and no one has come."

Cheng Zongyang turned a page of the book in his hand and said intently:
"Why rush? If you come, then we can talk. If you don't come, then there is nothing to talk about, and we don't need to talk about it anymore."

Li Lu frowned: "If the six of them join forces, not to mention going to war, they will just operate their business and impose restrictions on our west city. How can our family fight them?"

This is exactly what Li Lu was worried about.

Since Cheng Zongyang was able to take over the west of the city from those six families, he no longer doubted Cheng Zongyang's strength. However, he was worried that the other party would join forces to attack him!
Cheng Zongyang sneered: "Unless they can restrict everyone from going to the west of the city, I am not afraid to fight them. By then, we will have a falling out. There is nothing to say. At most, we can just kill a few of them!"

He has his own "core technology" and is not afraid of the other party's so-called blockade.

He has no shortage of food, he has seeds. As long as he carries out differentiated farming on some of them next time, he will know the function of his seeds.

Perhaps this would attract the attention of the royal high-ranking officials, but he had already prepared for this.

In addition, there are auxiliary medicines for martial arts training, and even "diluted" body-building medicinal bath ingredients can be sold, making it exclusive!
The most powerful aspect of the body-strengthening medicinal bath formula is that anyone can use it and successfully enter the realm of quality. The so-called aptitude and physique only affect a person's speed of entry.

He has all the lower three grades of medicinal baths, so he doesn't have to worry about no one coming to buy them, and he doesn't have to worry about no one being able to buy them!
Followed by such medicines as Wu Gu Nei Bu Wan, Chi Xue Wan, etc.

"so……"

Cheng Zongyang put down the book, interrupted Li Lu and said:
"Okay, just don't worry. Let the kitchen serve the food. If you don't come, we can eat it ourselves."

Li Lu had no choice but to go down and notify them.

Just a moment later, Li Lu came up again, but this time with a smile on his face:

"People are coming, and they are coming together. They are almost there." He looked around and found that the book in Cheng Zongyang's hand was gone. But he didn't think much about it.

Cheng Zongyang frowned: "Six families came together? Or five?"

"Six families." Li Lu said, "Six carriages. Should it be six families?"

Cheng Zongyang stood up and went to the corridor.

The Lu family didn't give any response, but they came this time?
What does it mean? You don't want to talk to me, but you don't want to be left alone?
Next to the corridor, Cheng Zongyang looked to the east and saw six horse-drawn carriages approaching one after another.

Cheng's Restaurant is located right at the intersection, and the surrounding corridor offers views of the city from the north, east and south.

"I guess we met each other first and then came together."

Cheng Zongyang suddenly wondered if he had a lot of face, as he could get the six of them to join forces to deal with him.

About half a cup of tea later, six carriages arrived at the door.

The door of the restaurant.

Six carriages stopped one after another, and then people from six families got off, including the six family heads and three or four young men and women, from the Ding family, the Xu family, the Lu family, and the Qiu family.

The three young men from the Ding, Lu, and Xu families came. The head of the Qiu family followed a woman wearing a plain yellow dress and a scarf of the same color. A corset around her waist outlined her graceful waist, which made the ordinary dress look noble.

Liu Chengdong was slightly surprised when he saw the woman behind Qiu Fengxing, but he immediately smiled and said, "Master Qiu, you don't have a son but a daughter. It seems that Miss Qiu, who is known as the military advisor of the Qiu family, has really lived up to the title. Could it be that the position of the future head of the Qiu family will be given to your eldest daughter?"

Qiu Fengxing glanced at Liu Chengdong and ignored his words.

But the woman behind him smiled and said, "Master Liu, you are joking. In terms of talent, I cannot compare to you."

The sound is like wind chimes, which makes people feel relaxed and happy.

After getting off the car, Xu Tieshan ignored Liu Chengdong's conversation and walked inside with the heavy sword in his hand. The young man in black tights behind him didn't even look at that place, but just followed his father into the door.

The others also entered.

Lu Yan looked at the gestures of the two people at the door and snorted with dissatisfaction:
"This kid is really arrogant! He doesn't even show his face, but is waiting up there?"

"Okay, we all know it, so what's the point of talking about etiquette? Is it hypocritical?" He Shuijun smiled faintly and went upstairs.

On the third floor, Cheng Zongyang and Li Lu listened to the noise coming from downstairs. The latter was a little restless, but Cheng Zongyang was still waiting calmly.

As everyone went upstairs, everyone's eyes immediately met Cheng Zongyang and Li Lu.

The spacious restaurant has only a large round table in the center, except for some square tables and chairs around it.

The table was already filled with wine and food, and it was quite sumptuous.

At this time, Cheng Zongyang slowly stood up and said with a smile: "Welcome everyone to come. Please take a seat."

Li Lu no longer felt anxious and awkward.

After all, this was the first time he had encountered such an occasion, and it could be a dangerous gathering. He was naturally anxious. But at this point, he could not lose his composure.

Xu Tieshan did not hesitate to sit in the middle of the dining table.

Following closely behind are the Ding family, the Qiu family, the He family, and the Liu family.

The remaining Lu family member, Lu Yan, came to Cheng Zongyang. Due to the height difference, Lu Yan looked down at Cheng Zongyang with a smile on his face:
"Are you surprised that I'm here?"

Cheng Zongyang didn't care about the seats of these people. He looked at Lu Yan and smiled faintly, "It's really unexpected. I thought that the head of the Lu family would be stubborn and not come."

Although he is only sixteen, his height has increased a lot in the past year due to practicing martial arts, and he is almost 175 cm tall.

But compared to Lu Yan's 1.9-meter height, he could only admit that he was short.

Lu Yan no longer had the temperament that would get angry at the slightest provocation like before. He just sneered at the sarcasm in Cheng Zongyang's words and then sat in the seat that Cheng Zongyang had originally sat in.

It seemed to be telling Cheng Zongyang what this meant.

Cheng Zongyang shook his head slightly. He didn't want to argue like that. It was meaningless in this situation. He also motioned Li Lu to sit down.

There were eight chairs at the table. As everyone sat down one by one, the remaining three men and one woman stood behind their respective parents.

Among them, Qiu Wan'er kept staring at Cheng Zongyang, as if she wanted to see something from him.

Cheng Zongyang knew that the woman was looking at him, although he didn't know why Qiu Fengxing brought her daughter here.

Just thinking about the other party's calm attitude that night shows that this woman has a rational mind.

Cheng Zongyang ignored her completely. It didn't matter to him whether a woman was smart or not.

If you force him into a corner, just kill him. No need to show any mercy to women!

The smarter a woman is, the less she should hold back!
After Cheng Zongyang sat down, he said, "Everyone, do you want to eat and drink first, or get straight to business?"

As he spoke, Cheng Zongyang glanced at them.

Everyone was silent and stared at Cheng Zongyang.

Just when Cheng Zongyang thought that no one wanted to talk, Xu Tieshan spoke up. "Just say whatever you want to say. Everyone knows what's going on with these food and drinks. There's no need."

Upon hearing this, Cheng Zongyang shrugged and didn't care.

It's normal to be wary.

But Cheng Zongyang was not polite. He had only eaten a bowl of porridge in the morning and his stomach had digested it long ago.

So I started eating alone.

However, Li Lu, who was standing by, did not have the same casual attitude as Cheng Zongyang. He just paid attention to the actions of the people around him.

Cheng Zongyang said as he ate: "I invited you all here for no other reason than the development of the county. Deacon Li has given us all the power, so we will be responsible for all the affairs of the county.

We need to take care of the food and drink for nearly 40,000 people and the restoration of the living environment in the county.

It’s almost May, and there are only seven or eight months left until the end of the year to pay the tribute. You don’t want to spend all your money without earning any, right?”

The county's current population is not yet at its peak, and there is still a gap of at least 10,000 to 20,000 people before it can return to its former size.

In his opinion, as long as the county town recovers, there will naturally be more immigrants joining in.

"So, your idea is for everyone to work together?"

It was He Shuijun who spoke. He looked at Cheng Zongyang with a rather surprised expression: "Why do you think we will cooperate with you? Even if we want to cooperate, it should be us six companies, not you, right?"

After hearing what the young man said, Cheng Zongyang asked, "What should I call you? Except for Patriarch Lu and Patriarch Qiu, I don't know the names of the others yet. How about you tell me your names first?"

The style of painting changed immediately.

The originally somewhat tense atmosphere gradually eased and the conversation turned to self-introductions.

After everyone mentioned a name, Cheng Zongyang smiled and said, "That's right. Why are you so nervous?"

Everyone was speechless.

The young men looked at Cheng Zongyang with a frown, and the disgust in their eyes became even stronger.

I totally think this guy is a fool. Can't he tell the difference between the important and the unimportant?
"Boy, what are you going to do?!" Lu Yan couldn't stand it any longer. "We don't have that much time to talk nonsense here!"

Cheng Zongyang looked at Lu Yan, his eyelids sank, his original smile disappeared, and he said coldly: "If you don't want to stay, you can leave."

This guy always comes out to show off and cause trouble. Do you really think he has no temper?
"mix……"

"If you dare to clapped your hand down and ruined the food and wine, I guarantee you won't be able to leave the restaurant today!" Cheng Zongyang stared at the other person who was about to clap his hand down, his tone grim.

"Brat, do you really think you are invincible just by relying on that knife?" The young man behind Lu Yan took a step forward.

Cheng Zongyang ignored the young man and stared at Lu Yan.

The atmosphere on the field suddenly became solemn again.

Li Lu was also ready to fight, although his injuries had not fully healed and he could not defeat them, but he could still hold one back.

Of course, I don’t want to start a war!
"That's enough." Xu Tieshan interrupted, "Don't waste time. Explain yourself clearly."

With the stairs, Lu Yan went down, but he did not stay. He snorted coldly and stood up:
"You want to cooperate? Dream on! Everyone, instead of wasting time here, why not divide the west city later? You are not even fully grown yet and you want to talk about cooperation with us! Unless you give up half of the west city to my Lu family. Humph!"

With that said, he turned and left.

Cheng Zongyang stared at the other person's departing back with a calm expression.

But at this moment, Qiu Fengxing moved his body slightly and was about to get up, but he felt his daughter quietly stopping him from behind.

Cheng Zongyang also glanced over.

Qiu Fengxing adjusted his sitting posture without any change in expression and continued to sit steadily, still without saying a word.

Cheng Zongyang withdrew his gaze from Qiu Fengxing, looked at Xu Tieshan, and said, "Since everyone can't take a joke, then let's not waste words.

The restoration of the county requires everyone's cooperation. My goal is very simple. Let's work together to restore the county. When everything in the county is back on track, we can settle any grudges. Of course, if you have any ideas, you can also talk about them. "

After saying that, Cheng Zongyang said no more, picked up the chopsticks beside him and continued eating.

He didn't eat fast, but just ate slowly and without looking at the expressions of others.

Qiu Wan'er kept watching Cheng Zongyang's performance from beginning to end, her eyebrows slightly frowned.

She really couldn't understand the situation of the young man in front of her.

At the moment when he had a conflict with Lu Yanqi just now, his words and actions fully revealed a strong self-confidence!
That was an aura that was enough to kill the head of the Lu family on the spot!
Just like the confidence her father showed when facing warriors of the same level, he actually achieved it!
But she found it unbelievable to see this feeling in a young boy.

You must know that there are several other family heads here. Once a fight breaks out, it will be an opportunity to kill the other side in one fell swoop. They will naturally not remain indifferent.

But he is fearless!
"If you want to cooperate, what conditions can you offer?" Liu Chengdong suddenly asked.

Cheng Zongyang paused and looked at Liu Chengdong who had spoken: "What conditions do you want to give? Should I give conditions?"

Liu Chengdong snorted and laughed: "Do you really think that without you in the county, we will be useless?"

Cheng Zongyang didn't waste any more time and looked at Xu Tieshan and the others: "Does Patriarch Xu also mean this? Does everyone else mean this too?"

"I think the knife in your hand that night was good." Xu Tieshan suddenly said.

Liu Chengdong smiled and said, "I think it would be a good idea for your Cheng family and the so-called Tianduan Gang to withdraw from the county and develop in Tianduan Village. There are thousands of acres of fertile land over there. By the way, is the harvest coming soon? It's a lot."

Cheng Zongyang glanced at Liu Chengdong with a serious expression, but was not in a hurry to speak.

"Can you give me a price? How much do you want for that knife?" Qiu Fengxing suddenly asked.

This made everyone stunned.

We actually talked about business?
Only the Ding family and the He family did not speak.

Cheng Zongyang put down his chopsticks and smiled: "It seems that everyone came here just to express their intention not to cooperate."

"You can tell me where your knife came from first, then it won't be too late to talk about cooperation." Xu Tieshan continued.

"Heh!" Cheng Zongyang shook his head slightly, knowing there was no need to continue.

Seeing this, Xu Tieshan stood up, said no more, and walked downstairs.

This attitude makes it very clear - since you don’t give me the knife, there is nothing to talk about.

Seeing Cheng Zongyang's indifferent look, the others also stood up. When they left one by one, only He Shuijun was left.

Cheng Zongyang looked at He Shuijun in surprise.

He Shuijun is the youngest among the six families, followed by Liu Chengdong.

Only then did He Shuijun stand up and look at Cheng Zongyang with a smile:
"You want to cooperate with everyone, but you underestimate us. No one will cooperate without benefits, and we can completely ignore you.

As for the county, that is meaningless. Although the restoration of the county is beneficial to everyone, do you really think that everyone will sacrifice all their own interests for the people of the county? Who knows who they will be giving as a dowry? "

As he said that, he turned and walked out. Just before going downstairs, he suddenly said, "Neighbors are worse than distant ones. The north and west of the city are so close. We can talk again when we have time."

Cheng Zongyang looked at the figure disappearing down the stairs, his eyes flickering slightly.

(End of this chapter)