In the afternoon four days later, it was drizzling in Xiushui County City.
In a study room in Shangguan's residence, Shangguan Shenhao's mood was as depressing, low and cold as the weather outside.
The owner of the Zhengyang Martial Arts Hall, Lei Yuan, kept his promise and removed all inner and outer disciples related to the Shangguan family from the martial arts hall three days ago.
And just this morning, seventeen sects and one hundred and three martial arts schools, headed by Wuxiang Shen Sect, Xingxu Immortal Sect, Supreme Xuan Sect, and Nantianmen, jointly sent a letter to Shangguan's family.
From now on, all Shangguan family's children and subordinates will be refused admission. Once discovered, they will be expelled immediately.
The number of these martial arts halls is much greater than the seventy-nine martial arts halls mentioned by the gym owner Lei Yuan before.
In the entire Dongzhou territory, almost all the righteous sects participated, completely blocking the Shangguan family's use of the 'Blood Origin Pillar'.
The Shangguan family's descendants who have become members of various major sects, and three of their own clansmen who have served as county officials, have also written letters asking for the reason, urging Shangguan Shenhao to apologize and give an explanation as soon as possible to calm the anger of the Wuxiang Shenhao Sect.
Otherwise, their situation will be very embarrassing——
Two of them spoke fiercely and even threatened to sever ties with the Shangguan family if the head of the family still wanted to act recklessly.
These words made Shangguan Shenhao feel angry and resentful.
These bastards! Forgot who gave them a future? Who provided them with the elixir?
But this was only one of several things that bothered him. What troubled Shangguan Shenhao even more was the rising prices of cargo ship owners, boatmen, coolies, and trackers at all the docks upstream and downstream of Xiushui County.
These people said that they were following orders from the Iron Banner Gang. The shipping fee for all Shangguan's goods would be increased by 20%, and the wages of coolies and trackers would be doubled.
"Is the head of the Shangguan family still worried?"
This somewhat sarcastic voice came from a young man with a face like a full moon, delicate features, and slender phoenix eyes opposite Shuegu.
That was none other than Ice Snake Longheng.
Due to his injuries, his face was as white as paper.
Although the left hand that was severed by Ye Zhiqiu was reattached, it was still unable to move and could only be tied to the chest with a white belt.
However, there was a slight smile on Long Heng's face at this time, and he lowered his head to sip the Tie Guanyin in his hand: "Master Shangguan, I advise you to be soft when it's time to be soft. The Wuxiang Divine Sect is one of the six first-class immortal sects in the world. Your family cannot afford to offend me no matter what.
This matter has caused such a big fuss and has damaged the Wuxiang Shenzong's face. They will not let this matter go easily no matter what. In addition, don't be reluctant to spend money at the dock, otherwise your goods will not be shipped out. "
Shangguan Shenhao looked at Long Heng thoughtfully: "You seem to have any ideas, please tell me?"
Long Heng put down the tea cup: "In fact, the increase in the price of cargo ships and coolies will not damage the foundation of your Shangguan family. It will only make less money in the future. What the Shangguan family's head is really worried about is actually the continued expansion of the Iron Banner Gang's momentum on the waterway, and even more Win the support of those cargo ship owners and those coolies."
Shangguan Shenhao's face was noncommittal.
There was a heavy look of worry in his eyes.
The Iron Banner Gang's momentum is already very strong.
The scene where Tie Kuangren gave an order and gathered more than 10,000 people from upstream and downstream a few days ago still makes him unforgettable and extremely fearful.
"But things in this world have always been about misfortunes and blessings, and blessings and misfortunes. They have both good and bad sides. It's better for the head of the Shangguan family to think about it from another angle-"
Long Heng looked at Shangguan Shenhao meaningfully: "Since Shangguan's price has increased, will the freight and labor costs of other companies also increase? If it doesn't increase, the coolies on the dock will definitely not want to Work.
If it increases, the cost of freight will simply increase. There are so many businesses in Xiushui County, but not every one is as wealthy and powerful as your Shangguan family and can afford the loss.
Just like the Luosheng number in the name of the prefect's wife, if she loses three thousand magic silver in income a month, will she feel comfortable? Three thousand taels of magic silver was not much, but it was thrown to those coolies for nothing. There was a flood in Taishan County a year ago, and this lady even withheld half of the food for disaster relief. "
Shangguan Shenhao's expression moved slightly, thoughtfully.
"So not only do wages have to go up, but they also have to go up dramatically."
Long Heng picked up the tea again and continued to drink it slowly: "Over at the Zhengyang Martial Arts School, the head of the Shangguan family has to come and apologize. You might as well bring more money and give an explanation to the Wuxiang Shenzong.
I know that the head of the Shangguan family is not feeling comfortable. How could Long be feeling comfortable? The problem is that Chu Xisheng is under the wings of the martial arts school and cannot move. When we fight against the Iron Banner Gang, we must not offend the Wuxiang Divine Sect.
But Chu Xisheng has to go out to do things sooner or later. Without enough financial resources, how can he be promoted to seventh rank? And once this person leaves the wings of the martial arts school and enters the world, he will definitely have conflicts with you and me. At that time, it was a normal battle between rivers and lakes, and the dead and injured had their own destiny. No matter how much Lei Yuan and Ye Zhiqiu cherished this person, they had nothing to say afterwards. "
Shangguan Shenhao squinted his eyes in meditation, then raised the tea cup, drank tea instead of wine and said: "As expected of an ice snake, these words are penetrating into the heart -"
At this moment, his butler knocked on the door and then walked in.
"master."
The housekeeper, who was in his sixties, knelt on the ground with a pale face: "Something happened in Linhai County. The Linhai Zhou family has issued a message to all the major merchants. From now on, they are no longer allowed to purchase all the goods of our Shangguan family. One should be produced in The medicinal materials in the sea will also be cut off from my Shangguan family."
Shangguan Shenhao looked calm after hearing this.
He had already guessed Linhai Zhou's reaction.
Zhou Xiongba is a man who acts fiercely and domineeringly and will not allow Shangguan Shenhao to offend Zhou's Huxu.
"Also," the housekeeper secretly looked at Shangguan Shenhao's face: "General Manager Li from the Six Doors asked someone to send a message, saying that a special envoy from the White Tiger Hall from the Six Doors came today and was checking over there for information about my chief executive. Files related to the generals and the three generals.
It is said that the chief registrar, general judge and jailer of the county have been arrested and imprisoned by the special envoy in the early morning. Even Mr. Li himself was under house arrest and could not go out. "
boom!
Shangguan Shenhao suddenly crushed the tea cup in his hand into powder.
Porcelain powder and tea soup flew everywhere.
Long Heng also frowned slightly.
The chief general of the Shangguan family is named 'Xi Quan', whose cultivation level is lower than the fifth rank. He is one of the top ten masters in the county except Yiying Martial Arts Hall.
However, this person had practiced evil skills in the past, taking the hearts of eighteen babies to prepare medicines, forcibly breaking the shackles of inferior secret medicines, breaking through to the fifth level, and committing a heinous crime.
This man was supposed to be executed six years ago, but was saved by Shangguan Shenhao, who took the blame for someone else's death.
The third person's name is 'Yue Wei', his cultivation level is at the sixth level. He was once a gangster and committed several bloody crimes.
These two people have always been Shangguan Shenhao's most capable generals.
Once the government resumes its pursuit of the two, not only will the Shangguan family be involved, but Shangguan Shenhao will also lose his arm.
Long Heng then looked slightly moved, stood up and took a book from the butler's hand.
"Is this the Martial Arts Machine released today?"
The first thing Long Heng looked at was the Qingyun List.
He found Chu Xisheng's name at No. 60 on the Qingyun List.
Long Heng continued to flip through the pages, and found the article "Young Sword Master Chu Xisheng" on the last few pages of "On the Martial God Machine* Dongzhou Chronicle".
Dongzhou Lunwu Tower obviously regards this article as the finale.
Long Heng read the article carefully, his eyes becoming increasingly gloomy.
——Chu Xisheng’s fame started because of his Long clan!
"Master, the Martial Arts Tower has postponed the release of this issue of Martial Arts for two hours."
The butler explained solemnly: "When the announcement was made, all bookstores were robbed. It is said that Lunwulou stocked 200,000 volumes in our Xiushui County, but they were sold out in just half an hour. From this we can see that Chu Xi reputation in our county."
Long Heng and Shangguan Shenhao looked at each other, their faces slightly green.
This was another thing that bothered them. Chu Xisheng's reputation was high, but he climbed up by stepping on their Long family and Shangguan family.
This person is now respected by countless low-level martial arts cultivators, so he must not be ignored.
