"Brother, what are you talking about? I've been asking you for advice. By the way, I'm afraid it can't be done just for the two of us. Why don't we bring in Shopkeeper Liang? He's also a veteran in business!"
"I think it will work. Lao Liang is a good candidate. He has rich experience and a lot of family background. We will each provide a part of the spirit stone and he will come forward. You cooperate and I will help secretly. This can be done." Liu Menglong nodded.
"My uncle is the elder of the Ziyuan Sect in Tuyan City, and he happens to be in charge of the sect's property and external affairs. With him taking care of everything, it will be much easier for us to do things. And I have mentioned to him that I want to introduce you to him, brother. I hope I can rely on my brother to help contact the senior management of the trading bank so that we can discuss aiding the Ziyuan Sect," Zhou Yang said.
"That would be even better. Although there is a store owned by Tongzhou Trading Company in Tuyan City, it suffered too much loss in the beast tide and has ceased to exist in name only, so it cannot be of much help. With your uncle here, our business is a little more certain. As for I will report the matter of aiding the Zi Yuan Sect to the superiors, and I will discuss it in detail when I see your uncle later. Our matter should be settled sooner rather than later. We should find Lao Liang as soon as possible and get a charter together."
"Okay, let's discuss this matter at Wanshun Building."
At noon, in the private room of Wanshun Building, Zhou Yang and three others were drinking and talking.
"I said, brother, I really belong to you! Even high-grade magic weapons can withstand it. Either they have powerful inner armor, or they have practiced extremely superior body-forging secret techniques. Which one do you belong to?" Liang Sanli came up and asked about body-forging. Technological matters.
"It's just spreading rumors. The main effect is the middle-grade magic shield. That person's magic weapon did not directly hit the brother." Zhou Yang waved his hand.
"Look, you can't keep it a secret from me! Forget it, stop asking and let's talk about business."
"Earning spiritual stones is a big deal, what are you doing with those useless things?" Liu Menglong waved his hand.
After careful consultation, they finally reached a consensus and drafted three regulations: 1. Each person will pay 10,000 spiritual stones as an initial fee, and will increase it later as appropriate. 2. Each person holds 30% of the shares, and the remaining 10% belongs to the elder Zhong Pengfei. 3. Liu Menglong and Liang Sanli will organize the supply of goods, while Zhou Yang will be responsible for contacting Zhong Pengfei and handling various affairs in Tu Yan City.
At the same time, the task of going to Tu Yancheng's checkpoint also fell on Zhou Yang.
He was originally scheduled to meet Zhong Pengfei in Beicheng seven days later, but now the plan has changed. He has to go to Tu Yancheng to meet his uncle first.
In the meantime, Zhou Yang asked about the clean-faced old man again, but what Liang Sanli knew was similar to Liu Menglong and had nothing new, so he just left it.
After finishing their meal, the three of them immediately split up.
Zhou Yang returned to Lingtian and summoned Mo Longcheng and his son, Tiehu and Li Tong brothers and sisters to discuss the matter.
Naturally, everyone agreed.
When Tiehu heard that Tu Yan was going back, he was even more happy and shouted that he wanted to follow him, but Zhou Yang did not agree. Let’s not talk about whether the clean-faced old man will give Tie Hu a disguise. Even if he does, with Tie Hu’s character, the possibility of being exposed is very high.
At this time, there were less than 7,000 spirit stones left in the palace.
Zhou Yang explained to Mo Chenglong and his son the whereabouts of the spirit stone, and explained the next season's income from the spirit grass. He and Tiehu would not want a piece of the spirit stone.
Mo Chenglong didn't have any objections to this. Without Zhou Yang, the father and son would not have been able to earn so many spiritual stones. Therefore, he also took out the two thousand spirit stones he had saved and gave them to Zhou Yang.
But there is still a difference of more than a thousand, but Zhou Yang has thought of a way.
When discussing the profit distribution issue, Zhou Yang included Li Tong and Xing'er, but the brothers and sisters wanted nothing, but Zhou Chang had to give them.
Finally, it was agreed that of the 30% shares, Mo Chenglong and his son would hold 10%, Zhou Yang Tiehu would hold 10%, Li Tong and his sister would take half, and the remaining half would be used by the public. Zhou Yang and Mo Chenglong will first go to Tu Yancheng to check out the points. After the situation is clear, Li Tong and his sister will go to Tu Yan. Tiehu and Mo Weinan will stay in Lingtian for the time being.
After sorting everything out, Zhou Yang and Mo Chenglong set off for Tu Yan the next day.
After exiting the teleportation array, both of them were shocked.
What appeared in front of them were broken walls and countless bricks and tiles. If they had never been to Tu Yan, no one would be able to tell that there was a city in front of them.
The city wall at this time was not much higher than the courtyard wall of a wealthy family, and except for the basic repair of the city gate, the other walls were rickety and irregular. Although the gap was barely blocked with large rocks, it was not solid at all and could probably only block the impact of level three or four monsters. If a high-level monster attacks at this time, the city will definitely be defeated.
When the two entered the city, what they saw was even more horrific.
Weeds have grown up on the ruins. The original shops, houses, etc. have long disappeared, and the streets Zhou Yang is familiar with have completely disappeared. Walking further in, there are only a handful of large shops in the city.
Although there are many large boats on the Ziyang River, the boats only contain stones, stones from Daqingshan. Needless to say, these were used for repairing the city walls and buildings within the city. There were no boats or boats in sight.
The city was noisy, and disabled cultivators could be seen everywhere on the streets. Some can barely walk, and some have lost both legs and are leaning against the broken wall, looking helplessly at them.
Zhou Yang felt a pain in his heart and took out a few spiritual stones and gave them to these people. But as soon as he gave one away, dozens of low-level cultivators in ragged clothes and limping rushed over. He had no choice but to give each of them a few yuan before the crowd dispersed.
At this time, many people in various parts of the city were busy, either building their own houses, rebuilding their respective sects, or being recruited to strengthen the city walls. Large-scale reconstruction was underway.
Builders can build houses much faster than ordinary people, but due to the speed of transporting stones, the reconstruction has not been completed after several months. At the current pace, it will take at least thirty or forty days.
Patrolling disciples of the Zi Yuan Sect appear on the streets from time to time, responsible for maintaining order in the city and stopping fights and plundering among cultivators.
It was fine during the day, but at night, the order in the city was in chaos. From time to time, homes were robbed, residents were robbed, and people even shed blood on the streets. So at night, every house is closed, every household is locked, and they dare not go out at all. There were even bandits who directly broke into the cultivator's home, plundered and killed innocent people indiscriminately, causing Zi Yuanzong to have a headache.
Many families and gangs in the city were greatly weakened by the beast tide, and some even wiped out their entire clan. Under such circumstances, Zi Yuan Sect is the only one in charge of the world.
The various forces that survived the beast tide can only continue to survive by relying on Ziyuan Sect. Therefore, after the beast tide, Zi Yuan Sect has been in an unrivaled position of dominance in Tu Yan City, and even the elusive bandits and bandits dare not covet the Zi Yuan Sect's property.
The most unlucky ones are the helpless small sects, small families and casual cultivators. These people have become the main targets of bandits and bandits.
Zi Yuan Sect is strong in Tu Yan, but it also suffered huge losses in the beast tide. It is still in the period of recovery and reconstruction. It does not have more power to rectify the order of Tu Yan City, and only sends a few disciples to patrol the city to try to control the chaos. That’s all.
Zhou Yang and Zhou Yang were a little wary as they walked on the street, for fear of being offended by others. Because there were many cultivators staring at them eagerly, some of whom were at a higher level, but they were frightened by the patrolling Ziyuan Sect disciples and did not dare to take action easily.
It is not an exaggeration to say that the people of Tuyan City are in dire straits now, and they are in urgent need of elixirs to heal wounds and replenish spiritual power, cultivation materials, magical tools, etc.
Zhou Yang was still wondering before. The teleportation array has been repaired. Even if there are no big merchants from Anping City, there should be small merchants here selling elixirs and other items. But now he understands that it's not that they don't come, but that they don't dare to come.
Zhong Pengfei had reminded him before that Tu Yancheng was very chaotic and very dangerous. Although Zhou Yang was mentally prepared, what he heard was false and what he saw was believing. The current Tu Yancheng was not something that could be explained clearly.
He still underestimated Tu Yan's situation.
The two of them were vaguely worried. When doing business in Tuyan City, safety issues became the biggest obstacle. Zhou Yang had wanted to take the Li Tong brothers and sisters back to their hometown before, but now, looking at it, their coming was almost like sending them to death.
They have to find their uncle as soon as possible. Only Ziyuan Sect can guarantee their safety.
But it was inconvenient for Zhou Yang to go. Although he changed his appearance, there were too many people in Ziyuan Sect who knew him, especially He Dongcang, who could distinguish him just by his breath.
The two walked across the dilapidated Ziyang Bridge and came to the foot of Ziyuan Peak.
The grove here has changed beyond recognition. Large trees have fallen down. Some have been pulled away to be used as purlins for houses. Some have rotted and sprouted new leaves. They no longer look like a forest.
Zhou Yang looked up and saw that the Ziyuan Sect's mountain gate was still there. It should have been renovated, but it didn't have the same momentum as before.
There were disciples coming in and out of the mountain gate from time to time. He didn't dare to go any further. He whispered a few words to Mo Chenglong and then ducked into the woods.
Mo Chenglong came to the Ziyuan Sect Mountain Gate and chatted a few words with the disciple guarding the gate. The disciple shook his head. Mo Chenglong took out a few spiritual stones and handed them over, and then the man turned around and entered the mountain gate.
After half a day's work, the gatekeeper disciple returned to lead Mo Chenglong into the sect.
Zhou Yang leaned against a broken tree and waited for half an hour before he saw Zhong Pengfei and Mo Chenglong exiting the Ziyuan Sect's mountain gate one after another.
He hurried out of the woods and met his uncle.
Zhong Pengfei did not talk to them here, but led them to the previous store area.
This is a newly built shop, and all the waiters in the shop are Ziyuan Sect disciples. This place used to be the property of Ziyuan Sect, but it has just been rebuilt and has not yet opened.
The three of them entered the inner room. After sitting down, Zhong Pengfei said, "Why, your affairs are ahead of schedule?"
"Uncle Master, I am working on this business with two friends, and we have agreed to give you 10% of the shares. You only need to ensure our safety." Zhou Yang said straight to the point.
"It's my duty to help you. There's no need for shares. Just do your business well. I'll take care of the safety issues, but you also have to be mentally prepared. The Ziyuan Sect is very tight-staffed and has too many things to spare. If you have many disciples, I can only send more manpower to patrol in the name of protecting the industry within the sect, and I will naturally focus on taking care of you. But one thing is that the Ziyuan Sect has priority in purchasing the materials obtained, and the price should not be too high." Zhong Pengfei said.
