Martial Arts: Start by Obtaining the Wild World

Chapter 256 0255: Opening Banquet

Chen Kaishan smiled, very happy that Cheng Zongyang was frank and didn't hide anything. After all, this kind of thing was very common in the Dayi Chamber of Commerce.

It is also because the purchasing department has too much money that the purchasing department is not given the right to make decisions. This is to reduce greater corruption and lead to inferior products being sold as good ones.

Of course, there is basically no need to worry about inferior products being sold as good ones. The Chamber of Commerce also has so-called "quality inspections". Once a random inspection finds something wrong, not only will the contract be cancelled, but the purchasing department and the person who made the decision will be warned and punished at the least, or even dismissed from their posts at the worst.

Therefore, compared with positions and punishments, those who can sit in the positions of deacons and stewards are clear about the importance.

Every meal is full, and children know how to choose.

Collecting money is just to give suppliers a chance to be selected and seen. If they don't pay, unless their products have special effects or functions, they won't even have this chance for ordinary things.

Thousands or tens of thousands of taels in exchange for an opportunity is nothing to those family chambers of commerce.

It was for this reason that Chen Kaishan didn't care about Cheng Zongyang taking the money. After all, he was just giving him a quota. The fact that he gave him half of it was enough to show that Cheng Zongyang was not a one-man show and knew how to act and how to advance and retreat.

"Is the quality guaranteed to be okay?" Chen Kaishan asked.

Cheng Zongyang said, "I've tried it, and there's nothing wrong with it. I've had someone put the samples in the warehouse, and you can send someone to check them out."

As he said this, he stood up and said, "I have something else to do, so I won't stay any longer. Once you have made a decision, just send someone to the Cheng residence to inform them."

"it is good."

Chen Kaishan stood up and didn't try to persuade them to stay, as he still had things to do.

Walking out with Cheng Zongyang, we also talked about some feedback from the transfer warehouse, such as drainage, and prevention of snakes, insects, rats and ants.

Cheng Zongyang also wrote them down one by one and asked the Tianduan Gang to deal with them later.

In the 460th year of the Han Emperor, January st, the new calendar year.

In the morning, with the opening of Dayi Chamber of Commerce, Chen Kaishan specially invited Li Mingxin from Liyuan and the heads of three other forces to participate.

Naturally, they would not fail to give face to Dayi Chamber of Commerce and accept the invitation.

The banquet was held on the third floor of Cheng’s Restaurant, where only important figures from the county were present.

Cheng Zongyang, Chen Kaishan, Li Mingxin, Li Lu, Zheng Tianhai, Xu Tieshan, Ding Wu, Qiu Fengxing, a total of eight people, just enough for one table.

As for the deacons of other departments of the Dayi Chamber of Commerce, they were arranged by Chen Kaishan on the second floor, together with the second-in-command of other forces.

"It seems that Deacon Cheng has put a lot of thought into this banquet."

Looking at the dishes on the table, Chen Kaishan said with a smile.

Everyone looked at the dishes on the table and was very curious. They were bound to be delicious, but they couldn't tell what kind of meat, fish, vegetables or wine was on the table.

Cheng Zongyang laughed and said: "The opening of the Dayi Chamber of Commerce branch is a top priority for Yufeng County, so it is natural to celebrate it with great fanfare.

Then I thought about what delicacies everyone here has eaten, so I put in some thought. "

As he spoke, he briefly introduced: "The meat is from the wild boar king, wolf king, and tiger king. It can improve blood and qi, and it also has a good effect on the condensation of true qi. The fish is a kind of sea beast, swordfish. The dish is not surprising, but it has also been specially cultivated. After eating, it also has a certain effect on people. The wine is medicinal wine, which has a good effect on warriors below the third rank."

After hearing this, everyone looked at the dishes on the table in surprise.

They are not ordinary ingredients, they are exotic beasts, sea beasts, and medicinal liquor, all of which are good for warriors!

But this exotic beast meat is really rare. At least, it is not an ingredient that those lower third-grade families can buy at will.

This kind of food that is beneficial for martial arts practice is snapped up by aristocratic families even in the Dayi Chamber of Commerce, and it is never their turn to buy it.

For Li Mingxin, among the royal family, only the direct descendants and the talented children who are trained with emphasis have the opportunity to eat the meat of exotic beasts.

But Cheng Zongyang had brought out three kinds of exotic beast meat, one of which was sea beast meat. Sea beasts were much harder to find and kill than exotic beasts.

"I never thought that I still underestimated it." Chen Kaishan was also at a loss whether to laugh or cry. But he became more and more curious about the relationship behind Cheng Zongyang.

The Intelligence Department of Dayi Chamber of Commerce has investigated the Cheng family. It can be said that Dayi Chamber of Commerce knows all the information about the Cheng family. But they just can't find the relationship behind him.

However, the Dayi Chamber of Commerce could not find out where the passage under Tianduan Village led to. Even the most skilled investigators would feel dizzy and almost unable to get out once they entered the junction of the middle station.

Therefore, it is impossible to find where the other route of the passage leads to.

This was also something he was very curious about, but he couldn't ask, otherwise he would easily get into a fight.

"Master Cheng is really powerful, and he was able to find a lot of these ingredients." Li Mingxin couldn't help but praise him at this time. "I heard that there are many exotic beasts in the Tianduan Mountains. Didn't Patriarch Xu, Patriarch Ding, and Patriarch Qiu send people into the mountains? I wonder how they are doing?"

Since moving into the county, although he has been practicing in seclusion, he also reports on the situation in the county to his subordinates from time to time.

Through the development of the four forces in the county, Li Mingxin knew that if the other three families came openly, they could not defeat the Cheng family. But if they came secretly, they would also be defeated. This also meant one thing - when would these three families leave the county.

That’s right, leave on your own instead of waiting to be swallowed up by the Cheng family.

In the past six months, there have been frequent incidents within the three families, especially between the eldest daughter and the eldest son of the Qiu family. Although it is a family matter, people like them can still find out if they are willing to find out.

Ding Wu once approached him privately and asked him in a roundabout way about the situation in other counties.

How could he not hear this?

If they continued like this, there would be little benefit for them except being suppressed and having to depend on others for favors. Therefore, he was waiting to see when the three families would leave on their own initiative.

He was not worried about what the Cheng family would do to him, because he represented the Li family. As long as Cheng Zongyang followed the rules of the Li family, it was none of his business what the other party did.

And Cheng Zongyang's cultivation level is still at the seventh level, so he is not worried at all.

As for the future, that will be the business of future replacements.

Hearing about Tianduan Mountain, everyone looked at the three family heads. Xu Tieshan shook his head slightly:

"Most of the dangers in the mountains come from poisons. If you are not careful, you will get poisoned. If we didn't have insect repellent, we would not dare to enter casually. But it is also a shame to say that there are so many people but little harvest. Several people mistakenly entered a foggy area and lost their traces. Even if someone went in with a rope, they couldn't see anything, so they could only avoid that strange foggy forest."

Qiu Fengxing and Ding Wu also nodded in agreement, and the latter added:

"That area is indeed strange. Regardless of whether there is a rope or not, once you enter, you will lose your direction in an instant, and you will have hallucinations. In a short while, you will feel dizzy, or even vomit and pass out. It is a poison barrier. People who enter have to be dragged out to save their lives."

Cheng Zongyang listened to their story and understood that they had explored the Yin domain of the Soul Collection Monument, where there was not only the Yin domain gray fog, but also the geomagnetic stone. With double protection, it would be amazing if they could come out after entering. "There are many dangerous places in Tianduan Mountain, and it is not surprising that there is such a place." Chen Kaishan said with a twinkling look.

Is there such a place in Tianduan Mountain near the county seat? When did it exist?
He had lived in the county town for so many years, so he was naturally familiar with the Tianduan Mountain area near Yufeng County, but he had never seen or heard of any foggy area.

But he also thought that it was a newly formed poisonous barrier. The wildfires that occurred in various places at the beginning had changed a lot.

"Okay, today is a good day, let's not talk about this. Manager Chen, you take the lead." At this time, Li Mingxin also spoke up, giving Chen Kaishan enough face.

Upon hearing this, Chen Kaishan also smiled and said, "Okay..."

After Chen Kaishan finished speaking, everyone raised their glasses and clinked them together, ready to start the feast.

Among those present, only the heads of three families felt unhappy.

The trend of the Cheng family being superior to them had already begun after the Liu, He and Lu families were destroyed. Now, they were completely superior to the three families.

The current situation is that you either stay or leave, there is no third option.

But they left their families and came here to expand their family influence, so how could they be dependent?

As the three neighboring family heads drank, they couldn't help but look at each other, with bitter smiles in their eyes.

After three rounds of wine and five dishes, Li Mingxin left early on the pretext of having something to do. After that, the other three families could not sit still and also left on the pretext of something.

In the end, only Cheng Zongyang and Chen Kaishan were left.

Chen Kaishan was slightly tipsy at first, but as his internal energy was activated, the drunkenness disappeared. He put down his wine glass and said to Cheng Zongyang, "The guy from Li Yuan was staring at you just now."

Cheng Zongyang laughed: "Why are you staring at me? I didn't do anything."

Chen Kaishan heard what Cheng Zongyang didn't want to say, so he said, "The Dayi Chamber of Commerce has opened, and you have to get busy. Don't always practice in seclusion."

Cheng Zongyang immediately said seriously: "Don't worry, I will do my job, but I want to find two people to be my assistants and take care of some things when I'm not around."

Chen Kaishan immediately glared and said, "We've just opened our business, and you want to be a hands-off boss?"

Cheng Zongyang chuckled, "No, no, no, I need to go out for a walk and see if there are any other good things to purchase. After all, the job of the purchasing department is to inspect the goods and then add them to the list for you to choose. This can be done by finding two assistants."

"Go out for a walk outside? Where to go?" Chen Kaishan frowned.

Cheng Zongyang took a sip of wine before responding, "Whatever, we're looking for good stuff for the Chamber of Commerce anyway. Just like the wild rice, the Chamber of Commerce's experiments should have come out, right? So if we don't go out and take a look, how can we find more good stuff?"

After thinking for a moment, Chen Kaishan said, "According to the rules, the deacon has the right to find people, but if the person you find makes trouble, you will be responsible for the consequences. It's useless to shirk responsibility."

Cheng Zongyang smiled and said, "That's no problem. The people I'm looking for are all talented people."

Chen Kaishan stood up and said, "You can do whatever you want. Just don't delay the Chamber of Commerce's affairs, otherwise you will also be held responsible."

After seeing Chen Kaishan and Zheng Tianhai off, Cheng Zongyang and Li Lu returned to the third floor.

Li Lu couldn't help but ask: "Boss, do you really want to go out?"

Cheng Zongyang came to the corridor railing and looked down at the people coming and going on the street. When he saw the bustling Chamber of Commerce, he smiled and said without turning his head:
"Yes. I want to go sit over there."

Li Lu heard this and knew that it was someone from the power behind Cheng Zongyang, so he stopped asking and asked, "Do you need help finding an assistant?"

Cheng Zongyang shook his head slightly: "I have a candidate. I will be out for a while, maybe half a year at the shortest, or a year at the longest. Everything can proceed according to the plan."

Li Lu nodded seriously and asked, "Do we need to call them over?"

"No need. I'll arrange it, you go ahead and get busy." Cheng Zongyang said.

After Li Lu left, Cheng Zongyang unsealed the acupoints on his body, allowing his true energy to flow and his cultivation to recover.

Then, he drank from the bottle and glass, and at the same time, he looked at the street in a trance. I don't know what he was thinking about.

Cheng Yuanli brought people to the third floor to take away the food and did not disturb Cheng Zongyang.

But the movement behind him brought Cheng Zongyang back to his senses. He handed the bottle to Cheng Yuanli and said, "Don't waste the wine. Drink it little by little and then train more after you finish it."

Cheng Yuanli took the bottle of wine, there was still a lot in it, and asked, "What kind of medicinal wine is it?"

Cheng Zongyang said: "Qi Condensing Medicinal Wine, you are now also a seventh-grade, the next step is to condense the Qi and blood to refine the true Qi, which will help your practice."

Cheng Yuanli said excitedly: "Thank you, Young Clan Leader!"

Cheng Zongyang waved his hand: "You have to improve your cultivation and martial arts skills. The county will still need you to look after it in the future."

"Yes!" Cheng Yuanli bowed.

After Cheng Zongyang left, he looked at the bottle of wine in his hand, holding it very carefully. He turned around and looked at the precious dishes, which were still quite a lot, and knew that they could not be wasted, so he said:
"Pack it up and send it to Tianduan Village."

He has no shortage of this kind of food, but it can be sent to Tianduan Village as a reward for those who work hard in their practice.

Cheng Zongyang’s plan to train warriors in batches has been completed. Three hundred qualified warriors are now continuing their training in Tianduan Village, and the selection of the second batch has also begun.

If you want them to be motivated to practice, you naturally need incentives.

After Cheng Zongyang left the restaurant and returned to Cheng's house, he entered the wilderness world. It was time for him to make some preparations for going out to the East China Sea.

Coincidentally, in the market hut, Luo Dingran, who was sorting things at the counter, saw Cheng Zongyang appear and immediately said, "Sir."

Cheng Zongyang nodded slightly, and immediately saw some materials in his hand.

"What is this?" Cheng Zongyang looked at those metal-like objects, somewhat confused.

Luo Dingran said, "These are the array materials that Taoist Luo needs. I just purchased them." At this point, he also became happy: "He said that the teleportation array is almost completed, and all that is missing is the production of the activation order."

Cheng Zongyang's eyes lit up when he heard this: "Let's go, let's go and take a look."

Having said that, he walked out quickly.

Luo Dingran smiled and followed immediately.

(End of this chapter)