Fu Zaojun led Henghua and his party to Sanyuan City.
"My uncle, Bai Xuan, may not be aware of it many years ago. Now our Yanlong station in Sanyuan City is the best among all the trading houses. None of those Jade Brand Trading Firms can compare with us."
Henghua smiled calmly.
He refined the Baixiang Four-cylinder, so the changes in Sanyuan City could not be hidden from him.
When everyone arrived at the station, they immediately felt the strong wind blowing against their faces.
The light cyan wind wall surrounds a hundred feet, and in front of you is a majestic ink stone fortress.
When the Zhu family sisters and the Xiao family saw the fortress-like station in front of them, they all expressed shock.
Looking at the streets to the left and right, the originally prosperous and towering Golden Tower and Jade Palace of Sanyuan City seemed like a small dwarf in front of this fortress.
Xiao Zhenghe hummed and said, "If we can't get the jade medal, we will naturally have to find some face in other ways. What is this fortress? The head of the Bao family came here in person and built it according to the specifications of the Dragon Palace."
After Yanlong Trading Company participated in the business of Baixi Baicheng, it followed the rules of the merchant alliance to obtain business certificates. However, due to the obstruction of the Merchant Alliance and Yupai Trading Company, Yanlong Trading Company only received one gold medal.
The merchant alliance euphemistically said: "Yanlong is a foreign trading company, and those who come here are guests. Bring your own to enjoy the VIP gold medal treatment."
On the surface, it saves Yanlong Commercial Bank the tedious process of upgrading itself. In essence, it restricted Yanlong Trading Company from going further. Nail Yanlong Commercial Bank as an "outside commercial bank" and set up exclusive clauses to avoid competing for profits with the top ten local commercial banks.
Regarding this, the Yanlong families were quite critical.
In terms of size, Yanlong Trading Company monopolizes trade in Yanlong and Yanshui areas. Is it no bigger than the top ten Jade Brand Trading Company?
Frustrated by the full force of the Baiyan Merchant Alliance, Yanlong Merchant Company was an outsider after all, and could only endure it at first. But soon, Yanlong Trading Company began to use the power of the two realms of cultivation to build large-scale construction projects in Sanyuan City.
Under Fu Pengming's operation, Yanlong Trading Company hired Brother Bai Yan to do the work, and used the land deed he bought in advance to directly occupy the most prosperous area in the south of Sanyuan City.
After years of operation, Yanlong Commercial Bank has acquired its current size through bit by bit acquisitions.
Fu Zaojun: "Now the station covers an area of thousands of hectares, and many small businesses have attached themselves to it, forming a city within a city."
There is a giant eye pupil in the sky above the Wind God Castle. Hundreds of tornadoes emerged from the pupils, forming a wind wall surrounding the Wind God Castle to ensure that internal information would not be leaked out at will.
At the same time, Shentong also serves as the core of Bai Xuanfeng Network, spreading from Sanyuan City to Hundred Cities.
Mr. Fu Zao came to the gate of the fortress, greeted the guarding monks, and led everyone into the fortress.
Walking through the aisle, Zhu Hongmei whispered to her sister Zhu Yuxue: "Look below."
There is a ditch outside the fort, with red koi carp swimming in it. Their tails are like fire and very gorgeous.
"Our red flame carp? Is it used as a guard for the moat?"
This kind of koi is a spiritual species raised by the Zhu family. It doesn't taste good, but it can be used as a guard, it can also make fire, and the fish scales can be used as medicine.
Zhu Yuxue discovered after careful observation. The ditch constantly releases fresh air from below, purifying the water.
"This...is this a giant water tank?"
Although Fengshen Castle is located in the south of Sanyuan City, it is not adjacent to the land of Sanyuan City. This is a deep pit filled with water. Wind God Castle is floating in the groove, like an independent city.
"We, Yanlong, are here to do something like this?"
Zhu Yuxue was shocked.
Yanlong's strength demonstrated in Bai Yan was beyond her imagination.
This is thousands of hectares of land!
Just use it as a residence?
When Henghua walked into the "Wind God Castle", he felt that the wind wall was like a gauze curtain, gently blowing over his body.
"interesting."
Turning around and looking back, after the Xiao brothers passed through, the indifferent dust on their bodies was swept away by the breeze, forming hazy figures outside the wind wall.
"The dust-purification technique belongs to our family?"
Fu Zaojun nodded: "It's the curse arranged by Uncle Xuan. It is said that this curse came from Langhuan Pavilion."
Fu Zaojun is a junior, and his so-called Xuan uncle refers to Fu Yifu. And Fu Henghua is his great-uncle.
After a few people came in, they were greeted by noisy voices.
"I'm selling steamed buns, big steamed buns freshly baked."
In front of a seven-story high-rise building, a machine puppet was shouting and shouting, and bursts of aroma wafted out of it.
If you look closely, you will see that the tiles on the tall building are not ordinary flat or arched shapes, but are actually buns.
It was a roof made of xiaolongbao, and each steamed bun was constantly emitting aroma.
The Zhu sisters were stunned.
The Zhu family also has several shops in Yanlong South Region. Have you ever seen such a shop before?
Not far away, there is a towering ginseng ten feet high. The red ginseng fruits on the ginseng are like houses.
"Xuan Hu helps the world, free clinic." Two pairs of ginseng boys shouted loudly at the door.
This is a medical store.
Look further into the distance.
On the same street as Baozi Pu and Ginseng Hall, there are also various strange-shaped shops. An eight-story pavilion strung with candied haws, a house with greenery like dandelions...
Fu Zaojun explained with a smile: "These are all gimmicks, used to attract customers."
Zhu Hongmei said with emotion: "Seeing these buildings really makes people want to visit."
Fu Zaojun continues to lead the way.
Although there are various buildings, the layout inside Fengshen Castle is not messy. Each shop is located in a square land of exactly the same size, allowing the shop owner to build it himself.
These square grids form streets, arranged in an octagonal spiral, forming a three-dimensional pattern of criss-crossing and layering up and down.
Mr. Fu Zao led everyone across the street to the center of the octagon. This is not only the core location of Yanlong Trading Company, but also the eye of the storm.
Huhuhu——
The strong wind echoed in the central square and poured into the sky to form the "eye of the storm".
Henghua took a few steps forward, and the air current carried him directly into the sky.
Not even using his magical power to control the wind, Fu Henghua used the airflow to sway and reach the same height as the eye of the wind.
The eight thousand hectares of Cloud City can be seen at a glance. In the eastern part of Sanyuan City, as if to challenge the Wind God Castle, purple thunder and lightning crisscrossed the sky, and there was a thunder pupil in the thick clouds.
"Eye of Wind and Thunder. If a monk comes here to practice martial arts and collect the essence of wind and thunder in his eyes, he will definitely gain something."
"ah--"
A cooing cry came from below, and Henghua lowered his head and looked down.
Zhu Yuxue imitated her own example and tried to fly into the air with the help of the wind ring. But how can the Zhu family have such exquisite control over the wind?
Zhu Yuxue was swept into the air by the strong wind and began to stagger around.
Seeing this, Henghua stretched out his hand and pointed.
"Invite!"
Activating the earth evil magical power, Zhu Yuxue was wrapped in white air and pulled directly to the opposite side of Henghua.
boom--
Henghua made a move with his hand, and the wind control technique was blessed on Zhu Yuxue, taking her to float in the sky.
"Miss Zhu, are you also interested in the scenery of the clouds and sky?"
"No, I just watched you stand up, and I was curious for a moment...so..." The girl lowered her head shyly.
Henghua looked at the scene in front of him.
The sun shines on the clouds, and thunder and lightning echo with the splendor. The orange light and mist accompanied by the green and purple brilliance bring a different kind of beauty.
Henghua casually took out a magical mirror and took a picture of the scene in front of him.
Soon, an image appeared in the mirror.
Henghua looked at it casually, feeling a little dissatisfied, and simply handed it to Zhu Yuxue: "Here you go."
Then, he took a few more photos from better angles so that he could send them back to Xianzao Palace.
…
Everyone below looked at the two people in the sky, congratulating each other and secretly rejoicing.
At this time, three directors hurried over.
Xiao Zhenghe immediately led everyone to greet them.
Back then, with the help of the Xuanwei Sect, the Yanlong family obtained three of the thirty-six director seats of the Merchant Alliance.
After discussions among the Yanlong families, the Fu family sent someone to occupy a seat, and it was Fu Zigui of Yanlong Trading Company. Du Huaiyuan, the president of Yanlong Trading Company, sent his disciples to occupy a seat. There is also a seat where the Zhu family and the three Beiyu families take turns taking charge every ten years, and it is currently the Zhu family's turn.
Claimed by Jindan monk Zhu Zhengxiong.
It was Zhu Zhengxiong who took on the role in person, which prevented the other directors from overly forcing Yanlong and the others.
You must know that the nine elders Bai Xuan and the three Jindan City Lords of Sanyuan City may not be better than Zhu Zhengxiong in terms of cultivation.
Henghua saw Fu Zigui, Zhu Zhengxiong and Zhang Kang arriving and brought Zhu Yuxue down from the sky.
"Great uncle."
Fu Zigui looked happy when he saw Fu Henghua.
"With you in charge, the merchant alliance's difficulties will not be a problem at all."
"Tell me more specifically, what is the merchant alliance doing?"
"This is not the place to talk. Let's go to the base first. It's a rare occasion for you to come and allow us to host a banquet."
Zhu Zhengxiong also smiled at Xiao Zhenghe and said, "You and I haven't seen each other for decades. Let's take this opportunity to have a drink."
So, everyone talked and laughed and walked towards the Moon Viewing Tower where they were stationed.
When Zhu Hongmei saw her sister coming down, she pulled her and whispered at the other end.
When Zhu Yuxue saw the photo, she carefully covered it with ice crystals and kept it carefully.
…
Fu Zigui and three other people held a banquet in Guanyue Tower, with hundreds of spiritual dishes lined up.
Henghua looked at the plates of roasted whole lamb and roasted beef legs on the table and immediately frowned.
He finally understood why when he went to Aurora City, Xiaoyu only visited the food city once before he knew that the place was related to his Immortal Food Tradition.
Fu Zigui pointed to the spiritual food at the banquet and said with a smile: "Bai Yan's level of cultivation is far inferior to our Yanlong. But these spiritual food are quite interesting. In recent years, spiritual food has gradually spread from Aurora City. , has also formed several cuisines. Grand uncle, please try it... I specially selected the core spiritual meals of several cuisines."
Lingshan cuisine is like a dispute over the orthodoxy of a cultivating sect.
At first, Fu Henghua passed down the Shixian lineage, which was based on the improvement of Fujia cuisine, with a strong Fujia style. With the development, Baixiang is compatible with civilizations from all areas and gradually has other cuisines.
"Tuhuodo" specializes in barbecue.
Yushizhai specializes in soup preparation.
Qingyuefang, which specializes in vegetarian food, Qingyuanlou, which specializes in cooking beef and sheep, and Qiweiwu, which specializes in making dim sum...
Even during the development of the genres, a cuisine faction that advocates sweet cuisine and another faction that focuses on salty cuisine began to fight.
In just over ten years, Bai Yan had a dazzling array of spiritual foods, almost replacing the alchemist's position.
Zhu Zhengxiong also said to Henghua: "Those kebabs are heavily seasoned, which may not suit your family's light habits. But you can try it, the side effects are good. Eating a roasted leg of lamb can bless you with a spirit of freedom." The fire spell lasts for three hours. There are also ruby fragrant fruit bunches, which can replenish qi, nourish blood, and restore physical strength. Now when monk Bai Yan goes to explore the immortal mansion, he will not bring pills with him, but will eat a spiritual meal before going out. A big meal. Eat another meal to restore consumption when you come back."
The effects of spiritual food are similar to those of elixirs.
But compared to the tasteless elixir, it is more elegant and can be used at dinner banquets, which undoubtedly pleases the monk Bai Yan.
For major commercial houses, the disadvantage of not being able to store Lingshan for a long time is actually an advantage in doing business.
As the method of eating immortal food spread, various trading houses saw business opportunities and deliberately enhanced the effect of the food and shortened the storage time, thereby squeezing the living space of the elixir.
…
Xiaoyu personally went down to the hall to bring the dinner plate, and placed a cup of soup and a plate of skewers in front of Henghua.
"Master, would you like to take a sip of the soup first? This is from Yongcheng. It should suit your taste."
Yongcheng is the former Aurora City.
Henghua looked at Tang and smiled bitterly.
Fu Zigui said with a smile: "Maybe it's because my uncle lived there. The spiritual food developed in Yongcheng is somewhat similar to ours. Sometimes.
, when I get tired of eating spiritual meals from other cuisines, I will invite the spiritual chef from Yongcheng to come to my house to cook a feast to clear my mouth. "
The Fu family advocates the integration of humanistic etiquette and music into delicious food.
Food cooking reflects many of the Fu family’s styles.
Such as "medicine and food come from the same source", "calming qi and maintaining health", "zhongzheng and peaceful", "unity of nature and man" and so on. In addition, the Fu family has been passed down for thousands of years, and the rituals and music are sound. Naturally, the elegant etiquette of cooking tea and drinking wine is also integrated into the spiritual meal.
How to make snacks that have the effect of sobering up and calming the nerves, how to match tea and wine with food, how to reconcile the conflict of flavors...
There are also special spiritual meal recipes and so on, all of which reflect the Fu family's civilization, etiquette and music.
The line of Food Immortals passed down by Fu Henghua was a line with a strong imprint of the Fu family.
Not only Xiaoyu, Fu Zigui also guessed that the food culture there was related to Fu Henghua.
Why--
I can't hide it, forget it, there's nothing to hide. After all, the Food Immortal Alliance has developed best in Baixiang, and it turned out to be the most beneficial to me among the six people.
From the moment he entered the Wind God Castle, Henghua felt wisps of moral energy floating towards him.
The weight was far beyond Fu Henghua's imagination.
At first, I went to the sky to watch, also intending to figure out the source of moral energy.
But now that the banquet has begun, Henghua suddenly realizes.
Spiritual meal!
Among the six Bai Yans, this inheritance that Fu Henghua values the least and does not even acknowledge positively has given him more moral energy than the other five combined!
It was in vain that I had high hopes for Ma Dongren! Chi Junwang’s medical inheritance was lost in vain! It was in vain that Tao Hongfei occupied the profession of "spiritual farmer" with broad room for development!
The development and evolution of Lingshan exceeds everyone’s expectations.
After the integration of Bai Xuan, the monks can explore the Immortal Mansion for as little as one day or as long as several days. With their habit of leaving early and returning late, they almost treat exploring the Immortal Mansion as work. The elixir is in their hands and cannot be stored for more than one month.
At the same cost, the effect of Lingshan can be increased by 30 to 50% at the expense of shortening the storage time.
Undoubtedly, spiritual food has more functions than elixirs, and it has gradually won the favor of monk Bai Yan.
Although the alchemists quickly reacted and began to reduce the storage efficiency and improve the effect. But then, ordinary people in Baixia discovered another benefit of Lingshan.
Three-drug. As you take elixirs all year round, a certain amount of erysipelas will accumulate in your body, and you need to spend time clearing it out. Moreover, if you take too much of the same elixir, your body will develop resistance to it.
However, there is no such thing as drug resistance in Lingshan.
Lingshan is food in nature and inherits Fu Henghua’s concept of “eating for health and longevity”. It is easy to digest and does not cause resistance. At the same time, Lingshan accumulates very little toxicity in the body and is easy to clean.
This killing move completely drove the elixir out of the Baiyan Yuncheng market.
This change of road system just caters to the moral law.
Preaching and establishing order are the first to open a line.
As a result, Fu Henghua used a profession that he looked down upon to gain a lot of moral energy from Bai Yan. This profound moral spirit has surpassed Fudanwei's way of immortality.
It just so happened that Yanlong next door was recruiting alchemists to go to Yutu Island. Therefore, in recent years, many Baixian alchemists have gone to Yanlong to seek development.
This kind of "changing family and rank" itself brought another moral spirit to Fu Henghua.
It's a pity that Fu Henghua has not really become famous, and it is difficult to receive worship from the food immortals and condense the spirit of saintliness. Not to mention seeking merit through this, it is just a single moral energy.
"It's rare to see the separation of three virtues."
Henghua happily put away his moral energy and secretly worshiped the god Luo Tianshu.
Three years have passed, and the golden elixir method of Shenluo Tianshu has been deduced to the seventh edition, which is more accurate.
But Henghua is not satisfied yet.
The golden elixir he values must be unprecedented, and it must be successful the first time!
…
Everyone was enjoying the banquet.
Suddenly, Ling Xianjun, one of the nine elders of the Merchant Alliance, came to visit.
fuzigui
Going to greet him in person, Xiao Zhenghe looked at Zhu Zhengxiong and said, "It's better to tell us in advance what's going on here."
"The merchant alliance is not willing to provide us with supplies and plans to take back the profits."
Zhu Zhengxiong said as he picked up the sliced beef and stuffed it into his mouth.
The Yanlong family has always wanted to tie an extra dog leash to the Baiyan Merchant Alliance. But with the intervention of the three major waters, they were unable to establish the tenth elder and pay tribute legitimately.
But after all, Yanlong was stronger than Bai Xuan. As a last resort, the merchant alliance had no choice but to use the name of "tolls" to pay an annual sum of money to Yanlong Commercial Bank on behalf of Bai Xuan's merchant houses. Used as protection money for doing business in Yanshui and Yanlong.
In return, Yanlong Trading Company will ensure that Bai Yan's merchants operate safely in the Second Domain.
When everyone heard this, they immediately became unhappy.
"We only need one-third, and they are so dissatisfied?"
"We're even protecting them when they sail!"
Zhang Kang smiled bitterly and couldn't help but interject: "But this third is provided by the three major water bodies, and it also causes the merchant alliance to bleed."
The Merchant Alliance continues to cut its flesh, and this is all because the nine elders and major trading houses are throwing money into it.
This happens every year, and the merchant alliance has long been unable to bear it.
Zhu Zhengxiong said: "In recent years, the wind network system has encountered opponents, which has allowed people like the Merchant Alliance to see an opportunity. Humph - fake Tongtian Stone? That is a few merchants in the Merchant Alliance doing it behind the scenes, just to attack our wind network. , thus forcing us to give up a profit.”
Henghua played with a fragrant tomato, thoughtfully.
When Ling Xianjun came in, Xiao Zhenghe and others immediately put on smiling faces and greeted him warmly.
Ling Xianjun did the same, putting on a smile to welcome people, and even gave Fu Henghua a gift.
Nominally, it was to thank Fu Henghua for his help to Baixiao Waters.
At the banquet, no one talked about official business, as if Ling Xianjun was just here to have a drink.
Ling Xianjun also looked cheerful, as if he didn't feel the hidden malice of everyone at all.
After the banquet, Ling Xianjun turned around and left.
Henghua and others also went to the residence one after another.
As soon as he arrived at the residence, Hengshou suddenly said: "Young Master, this gift may be a bit troublesome."
"Maybe? Isn't it just a hot potato?"
"Then why do you want to pick it up?"
"He specially asked me to give him a gift. In front of everyone, Xiao Zhenghe and Zhu Zhengxiong were staring at it. Should I accept it? Even if I don't accept it now, they will be suspicious later. It's better to just bring it over - you see, How considerate."
Henghua opened the box and found a box full of Jitu Xuanshi.
"The merchant alliance is well-informed about my collection of earth-type spiritual objects."
Henghua took out the breath soil and began to absorb it directly.
Hengshou wanted to stop him, but he held back the words.
Xiaoyu closed the door and said displeasedly: "What did you say? Why didn't I understand? Is there something wrong with this gift from the young master?"
Hengshou glanced at him and said, "The Merchant Alliance doesn't plan to make a donation, but it can't give up everything. So it plans to contact the Fu family alone."
Why did the Merchant Alliance bow to Yanlong Trading Company back then?
Because Fu Henghua pinned Shancai Merchant to Aurora City.
Liu Yangshi and Fu Danwei from Nanyang Trading Company were close friends.
And because Fu Henghua had many operations in Aurora City, he gradually took away control of Aurora City. The merchant alliance is worried that Fu Henghua will use the power of hundreds of cities to suppress the merchant alliance and destroy Bai Yan's existing cultivation system.
Finally, the Xuanwei faction moved around to apply pressure.
To put it bluntly, the reason why the merchant alliance bowed its head was just because of the Fu family.
It was because the Fu family was not strong enough back then, so they had to rely on the power of Yanlong Trading Company to deliberately bring other cultivation families into the fold.
Now that the merchant alliance elders are unwilling to continue to waste money, they plan to conspiring with the Fu family.
Let's kick out the other cultivation families, and we'll give you a separate sum of money.
"The money given to the Yanlong family by the Merchant Alliance is only one-third of that of the three major waters." Hengshou rarely said something long. "There are so many sects in the three major waters, and this one-third is also one-third."
Groups of families are divided into groups. The money distributed to each family is not considerable. "
Xiaoyu realized: "But if the merchant alliance gives the Fu family a sum of money alone. Even if it is only half of the one-third, it will be more than what was originally received."
The merchant alliance gave less, and the Fu family took more.
It seems like a win-win for everyone.
"Master, I cannot agree," Xiaoyu said seriously, "If we agree to this condition, we will..."
Seeing the expressions on Henghua and Hengshou's faces, she shut her mouth.
What he had just understood was probably understood by the two of them when Ling Xianjun came in.
…
"The Fu family boy is not stupid, he won't do anything random."
Fu Henghua and the others returned to the room, and Xiao Zhenghe immediately came to look for Zhu Zhengxiong.
Zhu Zhengxiong said: "The Fu family boy understands the truth. To offend all the cultivator families in Yanlong and cause them to be completely damaged for a little sacrifice? It's a joke.
"I have dealt with the merchant alliance a lot over the years, and I am familiar with Ling Xianjun's style. The moment he came and then left immediately, it was clear that he was trying to divide us."
Xiao Zhenghe: "Having said that, what if the Fu family's attitude changes? After all, it's hard for us to offend the Fu family now."
"Before the sword fight in the East China Sea, they didn't dare to do anything random."
"Then what happens next?"
Zhu Zhengxiong was silent.
After all, the Fu family has grown stronger and more conspicuous in recent years.
"Anyway, I'll invite the Fu family boy to drink tea tomorrow and have a taste of his mouth."
