Chapter 176 The war between the wealthy Zhong Chaocang Youqing and Qin Mengmeng!
Outside the Vajra Martial Arts Hall, someone wanted to see Zhong Chao.
Inside the courtyard, people were already gathering with Zhong Chao.
When they came up, someone laughed and said: "Hehe, Brother Zhong, you have now become the most legendary hero and knight in Jujiang City, and the dream lover of thousands of beautiful girls. How about it, are you happy?"
The person who can talk and laugh with Zhong Chao in such a tone is naturally the quirky Cang Youqing.
This kind of out-of-the-box personality makes Zhong Chao a little difficult to deal with.
'My mouth is so good at talking, I must use it well in the future... Bang!'
After slapping himself and suppressing the rising anger in his heart, Zhong Chao said righteously:
"It's boring...and besides, my reputation isn't all good."
In response, Cang Youqing nodded:
"That's true. The wealthy families in Jujiang City have been conquered by you and don't dare to make any wild claims. But the wealthy families in the city outside heard that our Jujiang City was promoted to the championship by a commoner, and they were all clamoring, "What are you talking about?"
The wealthy families of Jujiang City are disgraceful and useless, and there are still people who want to challenge you."
"Let them come over."
After responding fearlessly, Zhong Chao thought of something and asked:
"By the way, how are your negotiations with those wealthy businessmen going? How much money did you get?"
It is the norm in this world for the military to collect protection fees when stationed there. Not only will people not look down upon them if they do not collect it, but they will think that the military is weak and can be bullied, and the officers and soldiers will be full of resentment.
Knowing this, Zhong Supernatural just goes with the flow. He still doesn't have the strength to replace the sun and moon with a new sky.
Of course, it's not like he didn't do anything.
Unlike other wealthy merchants stationed in the army, Zhong Chao specializes in collecting wealthy merchants, but will let some of the small merchants and hawkers who are in difficulty go.
"It's just that taxes from wealthy businessmen are the most difficult to collect. This time the income may be a little low."
Just when Zhong Chao was thinking this, Cang Youqing reported a number that almost made Zhong Chao's mentality explode.
"90,000. After discussing with wealthy households in outer cities, we collected a total of 90,000 taels of silver. From now on, we can also collect 60,000 taels of silver every month."
"However, you have to take some out of this and distribute it to the commander-in-chief and the others."
"In addition, the inner city has collected 180,000 taels, and from now on we will have 120,000 taels of silver every month. Since the two of us are together, you don't need to take one-third, but can take half."
"???"
"One, two hundred thousand taels of silver, or every month? Is it really okay for us to take so much?"
Zhong Chao knew that being an official was very profitable. In his previous life, there was a rumor that he had to clean up the prefecture for three years and get one hundred thousand snowflakes of silver.
Even a local official who is not so ruthless can earn thirty thousand taels of silver a year.
But that was 100,000 in three years, but here it was 100,000 or 200,000 in one month. The gap was so big that Zhong Chao was afraid to take it.
He even felt that this was a trap Cang Youqing had laid for him, and he was ready to trap himself to death.
However, Zhong Chao was surprised, while Cang Youqing was a little dissatisfied:
"Is one or two hundred thousand silver a lot? You are the leader of the commanding army in Jujiang City. If those bastards hadn't bullied us and we haven't grown up yet, you could have gotten more."
"It's really nothing, Mr. Baihu, you can afford this money."
"Lord Zhong Chao, don't worry, you'll have no problem getting the money."
The three of them were persuading, and even Xi Kang expressed disdain for these silver patterns, which made Zhong Chao a little surprised.
But soon, he thought that the economy at the bottom of this world was similar to the feudal society in the previous life, but there were spiritual beings at the top, which made the price of silver and silver completely different concepts from those in the previous life.
Take Xi's Restaurant for example. They have Guiyuan soup, lotus seed soup, and other spiritual objects. Each of the spiritual objects sells for a very high price. A rough estimate is that their January turnover is between 600,000 and 800,000 taels of silver, depending on the season.
On good days, the turnover can even exceed one million yuan.
And the Xi family only runs a restaurant in Jujiang City.
Under such an environment, collecting one or two hundred thousand taels of silver a month, as Cang Youqing said, is really nothing.
'Spiritual objects, martial arts... these things make the economic common sense in this life very different from that in the previous life. With my superficial knowledge of economics, I can't figure out the logic behind it.'
Unable to figure it out, Zhong Chao simply stopped thinking about it. He only knew one thing: to become a hundred households, or to be stationed in Jujiang City, and to have all the orders and troops in both the inner and outer cities in his hands, he was no longer short of money.
And with a lot of money, Zhong Chao started a big shopping mode.
Soul potion, buy it!
Life elixir, buy it!
Medicinal food, buy it!
Maid's mansion, buy... forget it.
Zhong Chao, who suddenly became rich, started buying and buying, which was not beyond the expectations of Xi Kang, Cang Youqing and Qin Mengmeng.
However, Qin Mengmeng and Xi Kang admired Zhong Chao quite a lot when they discovered that all the things Zhong Chao bought were cultivation materials and none of them were for pleasure.
As for Cang Youqing, she was a little happy and a little depressed.
But she concealed it very well and did not let anyone see this.
On the other side, when Zhong Chao was buying things, he gradually discovered that one or two hundred thousand taels of silver seemed like a lot, but when it came to buying cultivation resources, it was actually just that.
The price of a bottle of Huanqing Jade Liquid is 1,500-3,000 taels. Excluding the money given to the general banner, Zhong Chao has only around 100,000 yuan at his disposal. With this money, even if he buys all the Huanqing Jade Liquid, he can buy 50-3,000 taels.
60 bottles.
"For a warrior, this money is indeed not much, and most of the money in it is contributed by the inner city."
Thinking of this, Zhong Chao was startled.
"Xiaoqing, how did you receive money from those wealthy families?"
Zhong Chao had not forgotten that the reason why he gave up the inner city was because it was difficult to collect money from wealthy families, but now Cang Youqing collected the money easily, which surprised Zhong Chao.
"Are they easy to talk to?"
"How is it possible? I made a deal with them and then collected the money."
"What deal?"
"Let them deploy their own people... A hundred households can have a dozen general banners and a hundred small banners. I will clearly mark the prices of those general banners and small banners. Whoever wants to recruit their children into the inner city will pay for it."
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After listening to Cang Youqing's words, four words appeared in Zhong Chao's mind.
Selling an official position and getting a title!
This operation also made Zhong Chao's eyes widen:
"Is it okay for you to do this?"
"It's okay. The inner city is the home of those wealthy families. Regardless of whether they have an army or not, they are as safe as a mountain."
As soon as he said this, Zhong Chao also realized that he really did not need to worry about the wealthy people in the inner city.
Not to mention whether something will happen to them, but even if something does happen, I won't be sad, but will laugh out loud.
"Since you have an idea, go ahead and do it yourself, but be careful not to get caught."
"Hehe, are you caring about me?"
"Of course, I will remember all the good things you did to me."
Cang Youqing was stunned by Zhong Chao's direct and affectionate words, but she soon recovered.
"Don't worry, I will be very careful. Moreover, the Cang family is behind me. Even if something happens, it will be made into a minor matter."
"..."
Zhong Chao didn't know how to answer these words.
On the contrary, Cang Youqing thought of something and asked Zhong Chao: "Brother Zhong, you have entrusted most of Ming Cejun's affairs to me and Xi Kang a few days ago. Are you ready to continue practicing?"
"Well, we'll go as soon as we get the resources."
"Or go to the Falling Sun Sea?"
"Um."
Zhong Chao knew very well that he could reach a high position without any background, and what made his life depend on it - martial arts.
Therefore, he always puts cultivation first and everything else second.
For this reason, he entrusted the training, rewards, and financial rights of the army to Qin Mengmeng, Cang Youqing, and Xi Kang.
This is because he knows that as long as he is strong enough, neither the people who are attached to him nor the soldiers of the Mingce Army will dare to betray him.
On the contrary, no matter how close you are to them, once your martial arts stops progressing, you will be overthrown by the wealthy family.
Therefore, after sorting out some trivial matters, he immediately wanted to run to the Falling Sun Sea to continue practicing.
However, this idea was rejected by Cang Youqing.
"Brother Zhong, I suggest you change places."
"Why?"
To this question, Cang Youqing did not answer immediately, but looked at Qin Mengmeng, the meaning in his eyes was obvious.
But facing her direct gaze, Qin Mengmeng did not leave. Instead, he said coldly: "Humph, I know why you can't go to the Falling Sun Sea."
After speaking, she said to Zhong Chao: "According to what my father said, the first black fog impact has not yet come. And the reason why we had a black dog eclipsing the sun a few days ago, and then there were evil spirits causing chaos,
It’s because there are battlefield ruins and cracks nearby.”
"The Falling Sun Sea is one of the largest battlefields between the two realms in our world. If you go to practice there, you may encounter unpredictable dangers."
After hearing this, Zhong Chao immediately frowned.
The Falling Sun Sea is an excellent place for cultivation for me. Without it, my cultivation speed would be much slower.
When Zhong Chao was distressed, Qin Mengmeng, who had explained everything, felt that he had won and looked at Cang Youqing proudly.
This sight immediately made her furious.
"Humph, you only know how to point out dangers, but do you know how to solve Brother Zhong's problem?"
"Well……"
Of course Qin Mengmeng didn't know. After all, the time she had been in contact with Zhong Chao was still short, and she had no idea what Zhong Chao needed.
Her silence made Cang Youqing proudly cross her arms and straighten up her flat chest:
"I know. Moreover, I not only know where is the most suitable training place for Brother Zhong, but that place is also near Jujiang City. If you go there to practice, Brother Zhong can maintain communication with Jujiang City every day."
These words immediately made Zhong Chao's eyes light up:
"Is there really such a place?"
"Of course, doesn't Brother Zhong believe in Xiaoqing?"
"Of course I believe you, can you tell me where this place is?"
"Okay, but I think this place is a secret that only belongs to you and me... If Brother Zhong is worried, you can tell Xi Kang and Jiang Liang the name of the place and let them go there, but you can only tell them, never tell someone
A woman."
After saying that, she looked at Xi Kang and Jiang Liang who were huddled in the corner.
But towards them, Cang Youqing did not have such a good tone, and said bossily:
"You guys won't talk nonsense about my secrets with Brother Zhong."
This sentence made Xi Kang and the others shrink even more, and they did not dare to answer.
They can't afford to offend Cang Youqing, and they can't afford to offend Qin Mengmeng either!