Xuanxia

Chapter 122 Weird Request
"Could it be that the Kuaijian Sect is very short of money recently?"

Upon hearing this question, Ding Shuanghe's face immediately turned ugly.

He murmured, as if he was about to say something.

Fu Qingzhou smiled and said, "Your sect has a very grand facade. I guess you spent a lot of money when you first established it. Just looking at the beautiful design of this courtyard, I guess it must have been done by a famous artist. The cost in this area cannot be small."

"But now such a large yard is unattended and overgrown with weeds. Sect Leader Ding and his disciples are all dressed simply. If you were expanding your business, your income would surely be considerable. How did you end up like this?"

"So after thinking about it, I can only think of one possibility, which is that the Quick Sword Sect has a huge funding gap recently. It not only emptied your sect's treasury, but also forced you, Sect Master Ding, to take the risk of expanding your business... Otherwise, you wouldn't have gotten into trouble with the Golden Sword Villa."

Sect Leader Ding sighed repeatedly and nodded silently: "Yes..."

Fu Qingzhou blinked: "If the headmaster wants me to be a lobbyist, then there is no problem. But if you don't solve this funding gap, I'm afraid that after persuading the Golden Sword Villa to leave today, you will have to cause trouble for the Silver Sword Villa and the Bronze Sword Villa tomorrow..."

"Young man, what you said is absolutely right."

Sect Leader Ding looked at him seriously and said, "I didn't expect that you would have such insightful views. I admire you. Would you like to have a chat with me indoors?"

Fu Qingzhou nodded slightly.

He didn't want to get involved in this matter.

But judging from the attitude shown by Ding Shuanghe, he is not the kind of person who would take advantage of other people's business out of greed. Since there is a reason for it, it doesn't hurt to listen to it.

If I can help, it would be a good deed.

After entering the hall, Fu Qingzhou was even more amazed.

In such a big tea room, there was not even a tea tray. There was only a small, old and broken wooden table with two small benches on both sides. There were wooden shelves in the corners, but there was nothing on the shelves.

Just judging from the dust, it seems that the place was once filled with various collections.

Ding Shuanghe noticed his look and smiled bitterly: "All of them are gone."

As he spoke, he spread out the tea bowls on the wooden table, poured two bowls of tea that was so light that it was almost invisible, and sighed, "I'm really sorry for the poor hospitality."

Fu Qingzhou didn't care. He sat on the bench carelessly and said with a smile: "Master Ding, don't worry about these mundane things. What difficulties do you have? Please tell me. Maybe I can give you some advice."

"Mundane affairs, mundane affairs. How can people live in this mundane world without mundane affairs?" Ding Shuanghe shook his head and sat down.

He picked up the tea bowl and drank it all in one gulp. His posture did not look like he was drinking tea, but rather like he was drinking wine alone.

After drinking, he wiped the corners of his mouth vigorously and said in a hoarse voice: "Half a year ago, my one-year-old son fell ill."

Fu Qingzhou was shocked: "What kind of disease can drain such a big sect?"

"I don't know." Ding Shuanghe smiled bitterly.

He said slowly, "Half a year ago, my youngest son fell ill, and I invited all the doctors in Meifeng City, but no one could figure out the cause of his illness, let alone treat it."

"From that day on, my poor child's condition became worse and worse. I sold all my belongings and looked for famous doctors, but I could only barely keep him alive until last month..."

Ding Shuanghe's eyes became deep: "I finally found someone who can heal my child."

Fu Qingzhou's eyebrows jumped: "But it will cost a lot of money?"

"a lot of money."

Ding Shuanghe raised his five fingers and said, "Five hundred thousand taels of gold."

Fu Qingzhou was shocked: "It's so expensive!?"

"Yes..." Ding Shuanghe shook his head and sighed: "The famous doctor I found is a famous doctor in Shu, Senior Zuo Lamei, who is also known as 'Dead Tree Overcoming Evil'. She only took one look at my child and determined that she could treat him, but the consultation fee was a fixed price and she would not negotiate."

"That's why I've been working so hard to expand my business recently... In the past, my Kuaijian Sect's net profit from all operations was only 50,000 to 60,000 taels of silver in a year, excluding the expenses of the sect's affairs. This 500,000 taels of gold... Sigh." He shook his head and sighed, "I don't know when I can save up enough."

Fu Qingzhou frowned.

I have also seen the withered tree overcoming the difficulties and the left wax plum.

They had met once at the foot of Langhuan Mountain. This senior was a practitioner of magic. It was Huixin from Jinchan Temple who called out her name.

Now it seems that all the famous masters of Shu indeed gathered at the foot of Langhuan Mountain that day.

"Not only that."

Ding Shuanghe added: "Senior Zuo also made a request that I am very confused about."

Fu Qingzhou pricked up his ears.

"She said that I can't pay for the consultation."

Ding Shuanghe looked puzzled and puzzled: "This consultation fee needs to be paid by all the people in Meifeng City."

Fu Qingzhou was shocked: "The entire Meifeng City, all the people?!"

This is indeed a rather strange request. Your medical fee is high, which can be understood as perhaps you need to use some extremely expensive medicines, or cast some spells that consume a lot of energy, or use some extremely precious connections, but you want all the people in a city to pay the medical fee?
"How many people are there in Meifeng City?" Fu Qingzhou asked with a frown.

Ding Shuanghe smiled helplessly: "There are about 100,000 people, and each person will be given about 5 taels of gold, which is equivalent to about 25 taels of silver."

Fu Qingzhou scratched his head.

This amount of money is not a lot, but it is not a small amount either.

More than two years ago, when Tang Jiao and I were traveling, we had thirty or forty taels of silver in our hands, and we were so happy that our faces were full of smiles.

This amount of money is still not a small amount for most ordinary people. Why would others give you this money?

"My plan now is..." Ding Shuanghe said slowly, "I will try to make as much money as possible, distribute it to the people in the city, and finally beg them to pay for my consultation... As for whether it will work..."

He lowered his head, drank another bowl of tea, and put it down heavily.

"My poor son can only leave it to fate." When Ding Shuanghe said this, there was a hint of mist in his eyes.

Fu Qingzhou frowned and pondered, with no idea in his mind.

If the things in Wuwei Temple were really sold, it would definitely be worth more than 500,000 taels of gold, but I can't do it myself.

Not to mention how to get those things down from the foot of the mountain, or who would be willing to pay to buy those things, just thinking about doing this would probably kill Qingsongzi.

Besides, this is probably not just a question of money.

The real key should lie in the requirement that "all citizens contribute together".

"How about this." Fu Qingzhou whispered, "If Sect Master Ding doesn't give up, can you let me see your child's condition?"

Ding Shuanghe's eyes lit up: "Young man, you also know medicine?!"

Fu Qingzhou chuckled: "I don't quite understand, but I have a senior who is an expert in both medicine and poison, maybe he can figure out something. I'll take a look first and then talk to my senior."

Ding Shuanghe stood up quickly: "Okay, young man, please!"

As the two pushed the door open and walked out, Fu Qingzhou heard the curse of the smoker again in his ears: "I won't help you cure people! I have no benefits at all, and you can't even help me find a good piece of jade, why should I help you!"

Thanks to book friends Endian Burning and Ran Ye Ran Ye for the rewards!

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