Have a banquet? Is it for free?
Yes, since my father is dead, the banquet should indeed be held.
But shouldn’t the banquet be held on the mountain? After all, we have to decorate the mourning hall for people to express their condolences before we talk about setting up the banquet, right?
Should we hold one at the foot of the mountain first?
This is not unreasonable. After all, the environment in Zongliang Mountain is special, transportation to the manor is not easy, and there will not be too many people setting up the banquet. According to the convention, it is to be simple, but the eldest young master does not want to be simple, so it can be explained by doing things while everyone at the foot of the mountain is around.
Xing Cang said: "Yes, if we hold a banquet, even if we invite old and new acquaintances together, and use the best wine and delicacies from the mountains and seas, the cost will probably be 20,000 taels..."
The eldest young master said again: "Isn't one event enough? I want to hold a few more events, for a few days... maybe ten days." After he finished speaking, he stopped talking about his plan in detail, and instead said: "So I We need money. To increase revenue and reduce expenditure, when it comes to reducing expenditure, I find that all the money here is used to buy useless things. For example, those ordinary sword slaves, there are not many dozens of taels or more than ten taels each, but a little adds up to a large number. It's not small. Just count how many little slaves there are in the yard? How can you just start hoarding goods and people at this time? Not to mention the waste of money, isn't this going to be embarrassing in the Deep Shadow Association? "
Xing Cang didn't expect him to ask this question. The matters of ordinary sword slaves are indeed trivial, so small that he makes decisions roughly. He only mentioned a general direction. Now he mentioned it without thinking about it in detail. He said: "This is what the old slave does." No effort. The matter of washing materials should have been done long ago on the mountain. The old master passed away suddenly. We lost our position. There are other manors around us. The old slaves and others had no choice but to desperately hold on to the property. The affairs of the Deep Shadow Society can only be put to the back. …”
The eldest young master said, "If we hadn't cleaned up those deacons and had more people working, wouldn't we be able to take care of it?"
Xing Cang laughed dryly, and the eldest young master didn't wait for him to explain, and said: "This is not possible. You made one wrong step and one wrong step. The first thing was that you delayed the opportunity to recruit ordinary sword slaves. Then you spent a lot of money at the wrong time and hastily. Receive the goods. You are clearly telling others that you are in a hurry and are just trying to make ends meet. This tells them that there is someone who has been taken advantage of. Even if you add 30% to one, how much extra money will it cost?"
Xing Cang said in his heart: You are such a sect and wish that all chamber pots were made of pure gold. Do you still care about these small coins?
But what he said was right. Xing Cang lowered his head and said, "Yes. The old slave didn't think carefully. We should cancel the purchase of ordinary sword slaves from outside and only buy goods at a price from familiar merchants."
The eldest young master shook his head and said: "What else are you getting? I told you to stop immediately! You must know that sword slaves are more valuable than fine ones. Since you are preparing for the Deep Shadow Society, you should know that the truly valuable ones are the precious sword slaves. One hundred An ordinary sword slave can't keep up with a treasure. But I found that I only have three treasures in my hand, but I have collected a large number of useless ordinary sword slaves. After buying them, people eat them and consume food every day. Isn't this more wasteful? "
Xing Cang thought to himself that he had indeed been idle all afternoon. He and Xing Wu went out to turn around and asked the woman next to him to check the accounts. He also sent someone to touch the sword slave's bottom. It was really menacing and left no blind spots. Fortunately, the sword slave also It's not a serious problem, just let him go. He explained briefly: "Master, ordinary sword slaves are not for sale, but for washing materials. Then they are handed over to dealers, and they can also restore blood..."
The eldest young master said: "Except for those slaves who are good-looking but have no inspiration, how much does a slave cost? You buy ten taels and sell one tael. This is called blood recovery? And it is so slow and inefficient to use sword slaves to clean materials? It takes a long time to wash a piece of material, causing a lot of noise and resentment. It takes several days to buy and sell slaves, and you have to take care of the food, food, drink, and toilet, and you have to be careful not to attract the disease and kill a large number of them. How troublesome is it to have to deal with it? How stupid is it to bring trouble into the family?"
The more Xing Cang listened, the angrier he became. He really wanted to ask: "You know how to find fault with others? What do you think we should do?"
But he couldn't say that, at least not yet.
So he lowered his head and said, "Please give me your instructions, young master."
The eldest young master said: "I don't want these sword slaves anymore. All the money will be used to collect treasures. If you can't buy them, just add more money. Buy as many as you can. One more is good."
Xing Cang said: "Yes, then we will only receive goods at the conference, not sell them. Seven precious sword slaves are barely enough."
The eldest young master said: "You can also sell the materials. If you don't use sword slave washing, there may not be any other way. You can use technology..."
Xing Cang's face suddenly changed and he lost his voice: "Young Master, no!"
The eldest young master frowned and said, "What?"
Xing Cang suddenly took a few steps forward, fell to his knees with a thump in his footsteps, and said: "Young Master, don't make a mistake! We have always used sword slaves to wash materials up and down the Zongliang Mountain. Every generation, every manor. Yes! Everyone is like this. This is an iron-clad rule. You can not sell materials, but you cannot change this rule. Once you change it, you will become everyone’s enemy! Changfa Manor will also be attacked by groups and will never be restored. existing!"
The eldest young master looked at him thoughtfully. Xing Cang saw that he had listened, and he breathed a sigh of relief, and continued: "Master, it doesn't matter what happens to Shen Yinghui. It is held every three years. Apart from more people coming and better things, this time there is nothing special. . It doesn’t matter if we don’t want to be in the limelight. After a few years of saving, maybe the next one will be better? As long as you don’t expose the truth, everything will be easy to talk about.”
"Now your first priority is to go up the mountain as soon as possible. One is to mourn the old master, and the other is to prepare for the sacrifice after the Deep Shadow Society. That is the foundation of our manor."
The eldest young master said: "Sacrifice..."
Xing Cang said calmly: "Sacrifice to Master Zuo. It's hard for our Changfa Manor to secure a position on the third step, and have a place with Master Zuo. If we relax a little, we may have to downgrade again." , twenty years and three generations of hard work have been wasted. We are not in the iron-clad status of Changgon and Changyi Manor, so we must not neglect it. Think about how desolate it was when Changfa Manor had no status. . Anyone can bully us."
The eldest young master said: "Remember that year? When was it? I remember participating in sacrifices when I was a child. Do you still remember what happened twenty years ago?"
Xing Cang was at a loss for words for a moment and said: "Back then... I am old and can't remember clearly. I'd better ask Young Master... Please come up to the mountain as soon as possible. Everyone will feel at ease."
The eldest young master waved his hand and said: "I understand. Those sword slaves are of no use, so I will naturally send them away. After I finish the banquet and the things at the bottom of the mountain are almost settled, I will go up the mountain. You must follow me up the mountain. , we can’t always take care of this place. I’ll leave my people, and you’ll also leave your confidants, Lucky Five or Twelve, or else both of us should stay. Let’s run this shop together and continue to collect rare sword slaves. You said it doesn’t matter if you say Shen Yinghui, but We must not be careless, and we must not embarrass this young master’s first major event after returning to the mountain.”
Xing Cang heard that Xing Wu was just paying back, but his heart skipped a beat when he heard him mention Xing Twelve. He thought: Why, one Xing Wu is not enough, he also wants twelve? Do you have such a big appetite? But when he heard "Go up the mountain", he felt relaxed and stood up and said, "Yes. The old slave must have made arrangements."
After Xing Cang left, the eldest young master leaned back. The lights in the room seemed to be a little brighter, illuminating the cabin with a glow that seemed to be a different world from outside the window. He said slowly: "What do you think?"
At this time, a man walked out from behind the screen. He was handsome, dressed in green clothes and dressed as a servant. It was Jiang Ba...Jiang Shenyi.
Although Jiang Shenyi came out, he was not in a hurry to speak. It was Bai Zhi who was standing by and said first: "I checked the account, and there is indeed not much money in the account. But every pen has its origin and destination, and there is nothing wrong with the account."
Jiang Shenyi raised his eyebrows and said, "Oh, is the old guy really really clean, or is he a clever manipulator?"
Bai Zhi lost her previous charming demeanor and naturally showed a sense of competence. She raised her head slightly and said, "Since there is no problem with my examination, I can say that there is no problem with him. There are not many people in the world who have hidden it from me, but there are not many."
Jiang Shenyi did not pursue her. Instead, he gave her a thumbs up and said, "Awesome."
Bai Zhi smiled and said: "If I have to say something, I did buy a lot of sword slaves. It was not cheap to buy them, and then they sold them at a very low price. It was a huge loss every time I entered and exited. I have to suspect that he did it on purpose. That’s it.”
Jiang Shenyi said: "When I went to the sword slaves before, I heard a saying. It was said that the old guy actually had benevolent thoughts and bought and sold people at the foot of the mountain. In fact, he wanted some slaves to get rid of the fate of sword slaves as soon as possible and become Normal...slave. Do you think this is possible?"
Bai Zhi muttered: "It may not be impossible. Even if a person is heinous, he may still show kindness in small ways, and he may find a heartstring somewhere and be willing to help. However, we never use kindness to speculate on the enemy. After identifying ourselves and the enemy, , Don’t take the initiative to find extenuating circumstances for the other party. Firstly, you are afraid that you will fall into a trap if you are soft-hearted, and secondly, you want to avoid making yourself unhappy.”
The us she was talking about were her workplace, the Jing'an Department. The acting style of the Jing'an Department is different from that of the District Prosecution Department.
Jiang Shenyi said: "That's right, not to mention this little kindness that can't be seen even with a lantern, he raised ten orphans, was the savior of a hundred people, and gave money to a thousand beggars when he went out. In this position, it is the enemy and must be moved away.”
At this time, the young master suddenly said: "It is indeed possible that he is clean here. This person's intention is not about money, and he will not be corrupt, because it is just the left hand and the right hand."
Jiang Shenyi's heart moved and he asked, "What should I say?"
The young master paused and said, "We'll talk about it later when he comes."
Just as he was talking, someone knocked lightly outside.
The golden light in the room dimmed for a moment, the feeling of an independent world was immediately destroyed, and the door opened silently.
Someone walked in, it was a white-haired man, it was Tang Zhao who had been pretending to be Xingqi. When Tang Zhao entered the house, the lights naturally turned on, and the world under the light returned.
This transformation happened so naturally without anyone lifting a finger.
After Tang Zhao came in, he wanted to say something, but was suddenly startled. He bowed to the young master sitting on the seat and said, "Your Highness!"
(End of chapter)
