Please show your spirit to our ancestors

Chapter 174 This Chen! How dare you?

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Under the complicated and astonished eyes of Huangfu Xiaonian, the brother and sister, one pulling and the other pushing, carried the floating flatbed truck piled with goods like a mountain, moving farther and farther away, passing through the fog and entering the market town.

"Brother Huangfu? Brother? Are you okay?"

The young man surnamed Tan Tai called his name several times before the young Huangfu turned around awkwardly with a slightly red face.

"It's okay, it's okay, Brother Tantai, who is that girl from?"

The Tantai youth glanced at the medium-sized spiritual boat and answered truthfully: "That is the armed transport spiritual boat of the Cangyi Chen clan. The girl is most likely a young member of the Chen clan."

The young man kept calling the Cangyi Chen Clan, which naturally showed his disdain for the newly rising Chen Clan. Otherwise, with the current strength and status of the Chen Clan, it would have been qualified to directly use the prefix of Hedong County.

Not to mention that they are now in Sheshan Market, the Chen family's home turf. Even if people want to be polite, they will most likely call them "Hedong Chen family" instead of "Cangyi Chen family".

"Brother Huangfu, stop looking. I'll take you to the market." Without waiting for the other party to speak, the Tantai young man pulled him inside and introduced as he walked, "Speaking of the Chen family, although they made their fortune mainly by currying favor with powerful people, seriously speaking, there are two products that are quite unique."

"One is a kind of enhanced small thunder and fire bomb. Although it is small in size, it is extremely powerful. It is not only suitable for single combat, but also for group combat. Even our Tan Tai clan has purchased a lot of it."

The young man Huangfu did not seem to be interested in the small thunder and fire bomb. He still looked dazed and absent-minded.

Seeing this, the young man Tan Tai smiled mysteriously: "The second one is the puppet [Jade Slave]."

"This is an interesting puppet. Although its fighting ability is not very good, it looks very good, no worse than a real person. No, in many aspects, the jade slave is even better than a real person. You can pose her in various styles, put on various clothes, and she will be gentle and well-behaved, allowing you to do whatever you want."

"..." Huangfu Young Man was also excited when he heard this, "I have heard of jade slaves, but in the northern border of our Great Wu Kingdom, the number of jade slaves is still relatively rare and the price is very expensive. It turns out that this is actually a product of Chen's."

"For external sales, it is mainly the Shangguan family in Qinghe who is doing it. The Chen family is only responsible for production and after-sales maintenance. In addition, they are also qualified to sell a small amount in Sheshan Market. I will take you to the store to have a look. If you are lucky, you may be able to buy a ready-made one. Otherwise, you can only customize it."

Although Tan Tai youth did not think much of Chen, he was quite fond of Yu Nu. He was even a member of the Yu Nu Association and would attend its gatherings every year.

This kind of gathering may seem absurd, but it is actually quite beneficial. Those who can purchase jade slaves and are eligible to join the association are naturally members of large families or powerful forces with extraordinary births. They can communicate with each other through common hobbies, which can also be regarded as a way to expand their network.

In fact, the young man Tan Tai gained a lot of benefits in the process, which made his status among his peers in the family rise steadily, and he was increasingly valued and cultivated by the ancestors. Otherwise, the clan would not have allowed him to receive this brother Huangfu this time, and also allowed him to use the family's third-level spiritual bird flying chariot.

At the same time when the young man Tan Tai and the young man Huang Fu entered the market together, Chen Shiwen and his brother had already pulled the floating flatbed truck into the warehouse of the Jintailou Sheshan market headquarters.

Chen Shiwen looked at her brother Chen Xinda, whose body was flushed and who was as strong as an ox, and gently guided him through the air with her slender jade finger.

"receive!"

"Shhhhhh!"

Green wooden needles flew out of his body one after another, forming a line and flying back to her like a nimble little snake. As she pulled and guided them, they all returned to a small wooden box for storing magic needles.

At the same time, Chen Xinda, whose whole body was swollen, shrank quickly, and in the blink of an eye he returned to his original strong young man's appearance, but his expression became a little listless, as if all his energy had been drained.

Chen Xinda didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said weakly: "Sister, I am your brother, how can you torture me like this?"

"Don't worry, your sister has already comprehended a bit of the Wood Element artistic conception." Chen Shiwen glanced at him, her expression calm and composed, "And I'm using the Wood Element Rejuvenating Needle, it won't harm your acupoints and meridians, on the contrary it will continuously nourish and strengthen your acupoints, which is beneficial to your physical practice."

The [Yi Mu Rejuvenation Technique] she practiced was seized by Chen from the blacklisted wanted criminal [Poisonous Hand Demon Doctor]. Its frontal combat power is not very good, but it is quite unique in medical treatment and detoxification.

Many young girls in the family prefer to practice this technique, mainly because it tends to be auxiliary and therapeutic. It does not require them to rush to the front in battle and is relatively safer.

If you choose the treatment route, you can serve as a logistics personnel, or even not participate in the front battlefield at all, which ensures greater safety.

At the beginning, Chen Shiwen was arranged by her parents to work in logistics and medical field. However, as she grew older and gained more experience, she gradually found that she preferred to fight on the front line. Therefore, she worked hard to explore the potential of Yi Mu Rejuvenation Art, and read widely on wood element cultivation methods, acupuncture, magic, etc.

She even studied some of the training notes of the Poisonous Hand Demon Doctor.

Gradually, she figured out a way to become a combat medic.

This approach is different from that of other nurses, and is even very different from that of the Poison Hand Doctor.

Otherwise, how could Chen Shiwen, a girl who practices medical skills, be qualified to compete for the top five?

After moving the goods, the brother and sister took the settlement voucher given by the warehouse and ran to see their uncle Chen Jingyu, submitted the moving task, and each received a "meager" contribution value.

In fact, one contribution point is not a small amount, and its value is equivalent to 20 spirit stones. However, Chen Shiwen’s family subsidy for one year is only contribution points.

Normally, physical work that does not require high technical skills, such as moving goods, would not receive such high wages. The reason for this is actually that the family did it deliberately.

In Chen Xuanmo's words, this is actually equivalent to a benefit for novices. More rewards can encourage young people and children to do more tasks and develop the habit of actively completing tasks.

After receiving the contribution points, you can move freely.

Chen Xinda was at an age when he was extremely energetic, and he had already made an appointment with his friends of similar age to go shopping in the market. As soon as he was done, he immediately ran away in high spirits.

Chen Shiwen hesitated for a moment, and then walked towards the magic practice field inside Jintai Building, preparing to familiarize herself with the newly refined [Wood Fire Poison Needle] before the competition began.

As a result, before she even reached the backyard, she ran into her fifth uncle Chen Jingyun, who had a high reputation in the family.

She subconsciously shrank her neck and turned around to avoid it, but she heard the gentle voice of Fifth Uncle Chen Jingyun: "Shiwen girl, why are you hiding?"

"Meet Uncle Wu."

Chen Shiwen quickly raised her hand to salute, feeling nervous and at a loss as to what to do.

Her fifth uncle Chen Jingyun is a powerful foundation-building ancestor and a powerful figure in the family. He has begun to take charge of many affairs within the family.

Even though Uncle Wu's attitude was very gentle, she still couldn't control her nervousness in front of him.

"Huh? Your cultivation progress is pretty good, and you've even managed to master a bit of the Wood Element's meaning." Chen Jingyun's eyes swept over Chen Shiwen, and he immediately noticed her changes. He smiled and praised her, "It seems like you have big plans for this Youth Conference~"

"Fifth uncle, you, you are too kind~" Chen Shiwen's face flushed with excitement. She was nervous and terrified. She kept saying modestly, "I am still far behind Uncle Thirteen, Xin Tao, Xiu Xu and the others."

The Thirteenth Uncle she mentioned is named Chen Jinghang, who is currently 25 years old, one year older than her, and the youngest of the "Jing" generation.

"That's not necessarily true." Chen Jingyun smiled calmly, "You, Jinghang, and Xiuxu are only comparable in strength, so it's normal for anyone to win or lose. As for Xintao, he should not be underestimated. Although he is only 22 years old and seems to be at a disadvantage due to his age, the Green Lotus Sword Technique is a secret of the Wanhua Palace that is not passed on, and it is indeed not easy to deal with him."

"Besides that, you have to watch out for Xiaoyu, she's going to be participating this year too."

"what?"

Chen Shiwen was a little confused when she heard it.

Everyone knows that Jiang Xiaoyu doesn't like fighting, so why is he attending the conference this time?

As a result, it would be difficult for her to rank among the top three among the contestants from her family. Adding in the contestants from the Zhao and Zheng families, it would probably be a luxury for her to even make it into the top five in this competition.

"Walk with me."

Chen Jingyun smiled gently and then walked towards the front hall on his own.

Chen Shiwen hurriedly followed, keeping close to him three feet away, feeling somewhat worried.

Seeing her like this, Chen Jingyun knew that this child was determined to succeed, so he encouraged her: "Shiwen, your elders have seen your hard work. We hold the Youth Conference to give everyone a stage to learn from each other and to verify what we have learned. Whether you win or lose, you can learn from each other. You still have a long life ahead of you, so remember not to be obsessed with the success or failure in front of you."

"Thank you for your guidance, Uncle Wu."

Chen Shiwen bowed with gratitude.

After being enlightened like this, although she was still nervous, the anxiety in her heart had mostly dissipated.

She decided that no matter success or failure, even if she was facing Jiang Xiaoyu, she would go all out, try to learn from failure, and try not to let the competition be in vain.

"Ah."

Chen Jingyun felt the child's mood rising and nodded secretly.

Although Shiwen is a child with five spiritual roots, her ambition should not be underestimated.

As the family continues to expand and there are more and more members, there will naturally be a situation of fierce competition. In this situation, the performance of ambition, perseverance, mentality, etc. is very important.

Some members of the tribe really have no desire to win and just want to live a comfortable life in peace and stability, so the family will naturally not force them.

What the family needs to do is to give enough opportunities to those members who are ambitious.

For example, someone like Shiwen, as long as she is willing to work hard, will naturally become an elite member of the clan, and then gradually grow into the backbone of the family, or even one of the mainstays, thus rewriting her own destiny.

The two of them walked and talked.

Along the way, Chen Jingyun casually told Chen Shiwen some of his experiences in cultivation. Chen Shiwen felt that she had benefited a lot and became more grateful to her fifth uncle.

But she didn't expect that Uncle Wu would actually walk all the way to the gate of the market town, as if to welcome some distinguished guest.

Not long after, another third-order flying chariot descended from the sky, and out of it walked two jade slaves in maid uniforms and a young man in gorgeous clothes with a somewhat lazy temperament.

Behind him, there followed an old man with a slightly hunched back.

Just as the young man in fancy clothes was looking around, Chen Jingyun took the initiative to step forward and bowed gracefully: "I am Chen Jingyun, welcome Master Yulong to Sheshan Market."

As he spoke, he nodded slightly and smiled at the old man behind the young man in fancy clothes.

He saw that this old man was actually also a foundation-building cultivator, most likely a retainer recruited by the Shangguan family.

"Chen Jingyun?" The elegantly dressed young man Shangguan Yulong glanced at Chen Jingyun, his eyes slightly narrowed, as if smiling, "By the way, I heard that the noble clan leader [Senior Ning Tai] has already been promoted to the late stage of foundation building. He is rarely rivaled in the entire Hedong County. It is normal that he is busy with all kinds of affairs."

He specially emphasized the four words "Senior Ningtai", obviously expressing his sarcasm that Chen Ningtai did not personally come to greet him, a guest from the Jindan clan.

He, Shangguan Yulong, is a direct descendant of the Shangguan family, and his status and position are different from those of the foundation-building elders of the side branches.

A few days ago, when he was a guest in Yixian Market, the head of the Lu family only sat on the same level with him. He even kept lowering his posture when speaking, and his words were full of flattering.

The Chen family is so arrogant that the head of the family didn't even show up.

"Please forgive me, Master Yulong. It's not that Grandpa is unwilling to entertain you." Chen Jingyun's eyes inadvertently swept over Shangguan Yulong's two collector's edition jade slaves, and continued with a gentle smile, "My grandfather felt that there was a big age gap between him and Master Yulong, and was afraid that we would have no common language and make Master Yulong unhappy, so he specially sent Jingyun to entertain you."

After these words were spoken, Shangguan Yulong felt even more unhappy.

It was obvious that Chen Ningtai was deliberately setting a trap for him by classifying him as a "young guest", creating a gap in seniority and status between the two parties.

In this way, do you think you can gain an advantage in the subsequent negotiations on the renewal of the Yunu sales cooperation?
snort!
Chen Ningtai, you old fox, how could I fall for your tricks?
Shangguan Yulong immediately glanced at Chen Jingyun and said with a smile, "This time I came to Sheshan Market not for fun. The negotiation of the renewal of the cooperation in the sale of jade slaves is a serious matter. I wonder if Master Jingyun has the power to make the final decision?"

Even Shangguan Yulong had to rely on the power of his direct lineage and the support of his elders, and he tried his best to seize the decision-making power in this negotiation from the immortal Shangguan Yuntai. He was preparing to use this achievement to compete for the position of future candidate for the family patriarch.

If Chen Jingyun did not have the decision-making power in the negotiations, he should naturally apologize to him and then ask Chen Ningtai to come out.

Unexpectedly.

Hearing this, Chen Jingyun remained calm, but his expression became a little more solemn. He nodded slightly to Shangguan Yulong as if to comfort him: "Don't worry, sir. I have obtained the full decision-making power for this negotiation and can fully finalize all matters concerning the next round of contract renewal cooperation."

Shangguan Yulong was stunned for a moment, but then he thought again and felt that this was actually a good thing.

This Chen Jingyun looks ten years younger than himself and is much easier to deal with than that old fox Chen Ningtai.

In the past, the sales cooperation contract between Shangguan and Chen was handled by Shangguan Yuntai.

The conditions that the immortal old man gave to Chen were very favorable. Shangguan's comprehensive expansion of sales channels could only account for 30% of the sales, while Chen's accounted for 70%. The apparent reason was of course that the jade slaves were expensive, and Chen, as the manufacturer, should get a larger share of the sales.

It seems very reasonable.

As a result, Chen's company developed very rapidly with this favorable wind, which made many people in Shangguan's family think that Chen's company had falsely reported the cost and questioned Shangguan Yuntai's contract strategy.

Now, the general opinion within the family is to take advantage of the expiration of this contract to renegotiate with Chen about Shangguan's share, and to make sure to increase the share ratio.

In addition, in recent years, the Hedong Lu family has been ready to take action against the Chen family, preparing to attack the jade slave market and squeeze out the Chen family. This gave Shangguan Yulong a great opportunity. As long as he handled it properly, he would gain huge family achievements.

All kinds of thoughts flashed through Shangguan Yulong's mind, but he remained calm. He laughed at Chen Jingyun and said, "I was just joking with my dear brother Jingyun. I've heard that Sheshan Market is the best market in Hedong County. Let's go, I can't wait to see it."

Chen Jingyun also smiled and exchanged a few polite words with him, and took him on a quick tour of the market town.

Seeing that Shangguan Yulong was losing interest, he invited him into the VIP lounge of Jintai Building.

During this process, Chen Jingyun did not let Chen Shiwen leave, so she could only follow silently and listen with her ears pricked up. She did not dare to interrupt at all and just acted as a background tool.

"Wen'er, make tea for the guests."

After the host and the guest took their seats, Chen Jingyun gave an instruction to Chen Shiwen.

Chen Shiwen was in a hurry to look through the tea in the tea cabinet in the VIP room, but Chen Jingyun raised his hand to stop her.

"How can these ordinary teas be used to entertain distinguished guests? This is wild [Immortal Cypress Spiritual Tea], the tea roots are parasitic on the Yunya Immortal Cypress, the yield is very rare, and it is very good for nourishing the spirit."

As he spoke, he handed her a small jar made of a spiritual bamboo tube.

Chen Shiwen took it obediently, and immediately took the best spiritual spring water, boiled a pot of tea, and personally served by the side, pouring tea for the fifth uncle Chen Jingyun and Shangguan Yulong. She also took the opportunity of their greetings and took a break to return the spiritual tea to the fifth uncle.

Unexpectedly, Chen Jingyun just waved his hand at her, indicating that she should deal with the remaining half can of tea herself.

Chen Shiwen was stunned for a moment, then she realized that this was Uncle Wu's way of rewarding her and supporting her. She smiled sweetly and said, "Thank you, Uncle Wu."

Then he happily put the can of Immortal Cypress Tea into his storage bag.

Aunt Wu is so profitable, how could the spiritual tea Uncle Wu uses to entertain guests be cheap? This little bit of tea could be sold for dozens of spiritual stones.

Do you want to share some with Chen Xinda?
Forget it, forget it. He is an earth-based body-refining practitioner. It’s enough for him to be able to carry and fight. Why does he need to temper his spiritual consciousness?

While Chen Shiwen was secretly pondering, Chen Jingyun and Shangguan Yulong had already finished their greetings.

Shangguan Yulong was the first to lose his temper and got to the point with a bit of urgency. He handed a contract that had already been drafted to Chen Jingyun and said with a smile, "Brother Jingyun, this is the new contract for the sale of jade slaves between our two families for the next ten years. Take a look and sign it if there is no problem."

"Very good."

Chen Jingyun took the contract with a smile, glanced at it casually, then put it aside and continued chatting with Shangguan Yulong about all sorts of things.

"What do you mean, brother?" Shangguan Yulong said something nonsense. Seeing that Chen Jingyun never mentioned the contract, he narrowed his eyes slightly and said unhappily, "If you are dissatisfied with the terms of the contract, you can put it on the table and discuss it."

talk?
Chen Jingyun smiled and shook his head.

Negotiations can only be held when the consensus of both parties is not much different.

But he didn't think there was anything to negotiate about this contract.

Haha, my grandpa’s prediction on this matter was roughly correct.

He felt something was wrong long before the Shangguan family sent a message saying that Senior Shangguan Yuntai was too old to travel, and that the Shangguan family would send a newcomer, Shangguan Yulong, to discuss subsequent cooperation matters.

Afterwards, he asked Wanqing to secretly contact her mother's family, and she got a general understanding of the matter.

There was just one thing his grandfather didn't predict correctly.

That is, Shangguan Yulong's appetite was so big that it far exceeded his grandfather's expectations.

My grandfather had predicted that the other party might ask for 50%, but they actually wanted 40% in the end. As a result, Shangguan Yulong asked for 70% and even wanted to ask Chen for technology so that Shangguan could take over the after-sales maintenance business for foreign customers.

Of course, if we talk it over properly, more than 60% of the time we can still negotiate it, but it will be 60% for the Shangguan family and 40% for the Chen family!
This is simply off the mark.

"hehe!"

Shangguan Yulong narrowed his eyes, his look became somewhat dangerous, and he issued an ultimatum: "I wonder if my dear brother Jingyun knows that Yixianfang City has also developed a puppet called [Yixian Slave]? In the past two years, Lu's family has repeatedly approached our Shangguan family for cooperation. Our Shangguan family has repeatedly rejected them because we have cooperated with Chen's family for a long time and have a marriage relationship with them."

"Yixiannu?" Chen Jingyun nodded slightly and said casually, "I've heard a little bit about it."

Then he said no more.

Such behavior naturally made Shangguan Yulong angry.

In fact, Lu Qingxuan had already promised him a 70% share of sales, so the reason why he came to talk to Chen was naturally not for any in-law relationship.

In Shangguan Yulong's opinion, there are many families like the Chen family who have no direct lineage of the Shangguan family. How much face can they have in front of him?

He came to negotiate just to use Lu Qingxuan's power to severely suppress Chen's price and take the opportunity to obtain most of Yu Nu's technology.

When the conditions on both sides were roughly equal, Shangguan Yulong didn't want to cooperate with Lu at all.

If Chen was a little smarter, she would have gritted her teeth and agreed.

But he didn't expect that Chen was so stupid!
Don’t they know that with the jade slave sales channels that Shangguan family controls now, as long as they cooperate with Lu family, they can quickly roll out Yixian slaves through the existing channels and disintegrate the jade slave market?

Even if the Chen family seeks cooperation from other Jindan families, they will never be able to defeat the Shangguan family!

After all, the establishment of jade slave sales channels over the past few decades was not something that could be accomplished overnight. What's more, Shangguan Yulong was the president of the Jade Slave Association and had extensive connections and resources!

How dare?
How dare Chen? ! !

Could it be that they really thought that the fact that Yu Nu could be sold in such a market and at such a price was due to the Chen family’s own efforts? ! ! !
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(End of this chapter)