Starting from the Greyhound, seventy-two changes.

Chapter 114: Ripe
It was snowing heavily. This was the first snow in Baojiao County this winter, and it fell just before the Chinese New Year.

inside the house.

Chen Ku sniffed around, and soon found several items that were closely related to Zhao Chuanzu's scent.

One of them is Zhao Chuanzu's private seal.

There was also a pillow-sized sandalwood box. Chen Ku opened it and saw several porcelain bottles inside. He opened them one by one and sniffed them:
"Two Qi-boosting pills, three Blood-generating pills, three Yuan-restoring pills... These are all top-grade pills for the Inner Qi realm. Each one is worth at least three to five hundred taels of silver, and is more powerful than ordinary precious herbs... Eight pills are equivalent to the eight 'Seven-Colored Pearl Fruits' I took before..."

Chen Ku understood that this should be Zhao Chuanzu's "rations" for cultivation. He rummaged through the small box and found more than five thousand taels of silver in banknotes.

"I brought more than five thousand taels of silver with me, which is not too little."

He stuffed all of Zhao Chuanzu's fortune into his pocket.

But he was holding Zhao Chuanzu's private seal, knowing that it was the most valuable thing in the box.

With him, we can take advantage of the Zhao family's reputation.

At the same time, a sword was found in the next room, which was sharp enough to cut hair.

It can be considered a top-quality weapon, with 'mixed steel' added to it.

Some time ago, when he was repairing his wrought iron stick in a blacksmith shop, he roughly understood the classification of weapon qualities.

Ordinary swords are just weapons.

If special materials are added, such as black sand, mixed steel, and iron mother, it can be considered a "sharp weapon".

Above this sharp weapon is the master's water and fire dragon head stick, which is a "famous weapon", referring to a top-grade weapon of extremely good quality and "famous". Some famous weapons are even more famous than people.

As for weapons above the famous weapons, there are even more powerful weapons called divine weapons, which are completely invisible in Baojiao County.

"I overestimated Zhao Chuanzu. I thought that a young man from a big family like him would have the 'leather bear storage bag' that Master Sui has. What a pity."

It can be said that Chen Ku has been thinking about this mysterious "storage bag" ever since he saw Sui You use a bag the size of a water bag to collect four blood cells the size of washbasins into the bag that day.

Every time he changed his shape, it was too troublesome to carry out weapons and clothes.

It would be a lot easier if I had something with storage function.

Crunch~~
Chen Ku walked out of the ruined house, stepped on the snow, and said to Huang Muxia: "Okay, I'll trouble you, Chief Huang, tonight."

"You're welcome."

Huang Muxia said this and led the way. Quarters of an hour later, the two of them arrived at the Liangjiang Guild Hall in a carriage.

"How is Master Huang's injury today?" Chen Ku asked casually.

Huang Muxia's face was slightly gloomy, and he said, "That old man Yang Luchan is indeed overbearing. If it weren't for Young Master Xie Shisan helping me share some of the pressure, I would have broken at least three or four ribs from that blow."

"Deserved it."

Chen Ku whispered in his heart.

In fact, the reason why he transformed into Zhao Chuanzu and followed Huang Muxia to the Liangjiang Guild Hall was also a sudden idea.

His original idea was just to prevent anyone from suspecting him of Zhao Chuanzu's death, but when Huang Muxia mentioned their friendship, he had an idea and thought of taking advantage of this identity.

If you don't get some benefits for yourself, it would be a waste of time.

Arriving at his temporary guest room, Chen Ku asked casually again:

"I heard that Liangjiang Guild Hall can provide advance payment for guests. I wonder if it can temporarily lend me some money?"

He wanted to see how much money the relationship between Zhao Chuanzu and Liangjiang Guild Hall was worth.
"Borrow money?"

Huang Muxia was slightly stunned:
"With Mr. Zhao's wealth, do you still need to borrow money?"

"If it was a small amount of money, I certainly wouldn't ask for it from the head of the Huang family. I just couldn't swallow my anger towards Chen Ku."

Chen Ku covered his mouth and coughed:
"Although he didn't come to assassinate me tonight, I can't let him go. However, I can't attack him myself, as that would be too conspicuous. So... I'm going to offer a high reward for his life at the Gray Clothes Building."

"Gray Clothes Building?"

Huang Muxia was slightly startled, and then slowly said:

"Chen Ku has already offered a reward of 10,000 taels of silver in the Gray Clothes Building..."

"How can I kill Chen Ku with 10,000 taels?"

Chen Kushizi opened his mouth and said:

"Chen Ku caused me to lose 100,000 taels. Instead of giving him this money, I'd rather use it to buy his life. As long as he dies, I won't have to give him the shop. I believe that money can move people's hearts. 100,000 taels is enough to make a warrior of the third or fourth realm attack him and take his life."

"One hundred thousand taels?"

Huang Muxia was surprised that Chen Ku was worth such a high reward.

But after hearing what "Zhao Chuanzu" meant, it turned out that he didn't want to give away the shop worth 100,000 taels that he lost to Chen Ku. He wanted to 'clear the debt after the person is dead', so he would not give the 100,000 taels to Chen Ku even if he hired someone to kill him.

He pondered for a moment and said:
"This……"

Chen Ku deliberately raised his eyebrows when he heard this and said, "Why? With the reputation of Zhao Chuanzu and the Ancient Elephant Sect, can't I temporarily pay 100,000 taels from the Yellow Gate Chief? I just don't have that much on me. If you don't believe me, I'll seal it here and write an IOU."

As he spoke, he took out Zhao Chuanzu's private seal.

Huang Muxia saw this, although he agreed in his heart, he waved his hand and said: "My dear nephew, what are you talking about? Your face is not worth only 100,000 taels. I will go and ask for the money later, and you can pay it from the account tomorrow."

"Thank you very much, uncle." Chen Ku smiled and cupped his fist to express his gratitude.

Huang Muxia saw that it was getting late, so he said, "Nephew, go to bed early. Elder Liang might be back tomorrow, and then we will report to the police."

After that, he walked out.

I was thinking about what the young master of Guxiangmen said.

"Using 100,000 taels to offer a reward for a kid in the Inner Qi realm?"

Huang Muxia sighed inwardly:
"You really don't know how expensive firewood and rice are if you don't manage the household. You don't feel bad if your father sells your land. One hundred thousand taels is enough to offer a reward for a master of the fourth level Tongmai realm. Young people are just hot-tempered."

Where there is world, there are grudges.

For example, Yang Luchan from Yaowang Hall, Li Yutang from Yulong Society, and Xie Shisanshao are all on the wanted list of Huiyi Building.

There are many people in this county who hate Huang Muxia.

In the Gray Building, the reward for Huang Muxia was only 500,000 taels. Perhaps because the price was indeed not high, no ghostwriter or assassin dared to take the risk to come to the Liangjiang Guild Hall to assassinate him.

But who is he? And who is Chen Ku?

Even if his mysterious bloodline bones haven't grown up, his inner energy strength is real...

Huang Muxia was thinking at this time...

After Zhao Chuanzu issued a reward of 100,000 taels, should we seize the time and arrange for the masters of Liangjiang Guild Hall to take over the order directly?

By the time.

After Zhao Chuanzu paid back the money, he could still make a profit of 100,000 taels for free.

This business is actually quite easy to do.

Anyway, the rift between him and Yaowang Hall was already huge, and on top of that, because Chen Ku was hit by a stick from that old guy Yang Luchan today, killing him, a true disciple of Yaowang Hall, would not only allow him to vent his anger, but also allow him to make a net profit of 100,000 taels. Why not do it?
[There is a man called Huang Muxia who has evil intentions towards the owner of the picture...]

Chen Ku felt the reminder of the change chart in the house. He was startled and subconsciously wondered if his change was exposed. He turned into a marten without hesitation and slipped away through the crack of the door.

But he waited outside the house for a long time.

Huang Muxia didn't see any movement.

suddenly,

I realized it later.

"Could it be that he was tempted by the 100,000 taels reward I just made up?"

Now it's sorted out.

In front of Huang Muxia, he is the image of Zhao Chuanzu.

The reminder of the changing diagram may be a reminder to his original body.

But even so.

Chen Ku still didn't sleep much that night. Early the next morning, he went to the accounting office of the Liangjiang Guild Hall, withdrew a silver note of 100,000 taels, and ran away.

When Huang Muxia woke up in the morning, he heard the servants say that "Master Zhao had taken away a silver note of 100,000 taels."

He knew what was going on, so he didn't want to ask too much, and only asked, "Where is Mr. Zhao?"

Until I heard another sentence:
"Mr. Zhao took the money early in the morning and left the guest room."

Huang Muxia frowned.

He had been in business for many years and instinctively sensed that something was wrong.

Then he subconsciously asked:
"Did he write a note when he took out the money?"

"Yes, Mr. Zhao used his private seal to stamp the note."

Huang Muxia breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this.

Just a note.

Not to mention that Zhao Chuanzu was not someone who could not afford to pay back the debt, even if something really strange happened, he could still go to Ancient Elephant Gate with a note to collect the debt.

Huang Muxia smiled and gave the servant an instruction, saying:
"In the next two days, help me keep an eye on the bounties on the Gray Clothes Building and send me a report every day. Oh, and if Mr. Zhao comes back, tell me as soon as possible."

………………

"One hundred thousand taels!"

When Chen Ku returned to his home holding a thick stack of fresh banknotes that smelled of ink, he had only one thought in his mind when he looked at the huge sum of money in his hand:
"No wonder telecom frauds were so common in the past. This tactic of taking advantage of the familiar is never outdated in any world."

Thinking about how Huang Muxia and Zhao Chuanzu had conspired against him, and how he had even thought of waiting for the reward to come out to assassinate him last night...

Chen Ku raised a faint smile.

Consider this one hundred thousand taels as your advance apology to me, Chen. When I, Chen, reach the fourth realm, no, the third realm... I will kill you!

Rao is so.

Even though he had made a fortune, he still felt uneasy.

This amount of money was probably equivalent to half a month's revenue from Yaowangtang's sale of elixirs, and he got it just by talking sweetly, from the enemy at that. To be honest, he felt pretty good about it.

One hundred thousand taels of silver were enough for Chen Ku to expand the Chen Iron Company by four or five times.

Before Chen Ku could digest this.

After daybreak.

The 80,000 taels of silver that Xie Qingfeng of the Firewood and Iron Shop had promised to give were also converted into silver notes and sent over.

"Our Thirteenth Young Master said that he is not as skilled as the other person and is willing to admit defeat. If there is a chance in the future, he will invite Young Master Chen to visit his courtyard."

Chen Ku accepted the compensation from the firewood and iron shop.

Listening to the words of the visitor, I thought:

"This Xie Qingfeng is an upright person. I guess he will be the head of the Chai Tie Pu in the future."

Thinking that he now had a huge sum of 180,000 taels in his hand, he estimated that he could buy more than ten or twenty shops. If he converted all of them into assets, he could become a "Chen Banjie".

But he didn't forget.

If you want to do such a big business, money alone is not enough, background and hard power are the most fundamental.

How could a kid in the Inner Energy Realm occupy half of the street in Baojiao County?

Unless he is one of the top ten masters of Baojiao.

"Strength, capital, background, connections, as well as the means and secrets needed to do business are all indispensable."

Yaowangtang, Chaitiepu, and Yulonghui were able to dominate a business and sell their products to other prefectures and counties. This was not only due to their large numbers of people and money, but also because of their monopoly and patented things such as elixir recipes, weapon-making secrets, and docks that were never passed on to others.

But Chen Ku didn’t think that level was too difficult.

"I already have the means to control fire... I will have more abilities in the future. Give me time... Sooner or later I will be able to establish a force like the three giants in Baojiao County, and become the leader of Baojiao County..."

If that day really comes, with the foundation of a county town, even if he develops towards the larger world of Qiulong Mansion, he will not be bullied because he has industries to support him.

(End of this chapter)