Hybrid Spiritual Plant Cultivation

Chapter 203 What a sin~
Lost a big client for no apparent reason.

Chen Jing's discomfort became more and more obvious.

There was more than one piece of bad news today. Not long after returning home, I received a series of latest summonses.

It has been confirmed that the Wai Zong Market will further expand its business scope, and the originally restricted elixirs, instruments, talismans, formations, weaving, etc. will be opened for sale one by one.

Although there are quotas for the sale of foreign commodities, the summons pointed out that the total quota is not low.

There is no doubt that this will be a severe blow to the local industry which is just starting out.

More than that.

The sect’s top leaders have approved three new outer sect organizations, which will soon be legally established within Suizhou.

They are "Jiuxiao Chamber of Commerce", "Feixian Pavilion" and "Daoji Tower" respectively.

The specific details of these three are not known yet.

The news came from many sources, including classmates who had established good relationships with the Taoist Academy, fellow disciples from Juetian Peak, etc. Everyone expressed concerns about the large-scale entry of foreign sects.

Chen Jing called Tian Zhengzong and asked him if he had any internal clues.

"I was just about to report this to the Second Young Master!"

When Tian Zhengzong was asked, he suddenly realized that he had received the message not long ago and was thinking about notifying everyone, but somehow he forgot about it.

At this time, he immediately revealed all the relevant information.

"I don't know much. The Yunshang Sect asked me to investigate some intelligence and prepare these things..."

Then he handed over all the information that had been sorted into a book.

Chen Jing put down the jade tube and said, "Not bad, leave now."

"Yes."

After Tian Zhengzong left, he looked through the information engraved in the jade tube.

Most of the above is investigating the family background of the major families in An Ning Mansion. Although it is all superficial information, it is also very complete.

Chen Jing thought that this would require creating products specifically for each customer.

Never thought about it.

The following information turned into detailed information about each family's main products, so detailed that the cost analysis was clear.

From this perspective, it doesn't seem like they are here just to serve the rich.

……

Simultaneously.

In Anning Prefecture, the Duan family.

"Your honored guest has come from afar, and I hope you will forgive me for the poor hospitality."

Patriarch Duan poured a cup of hot tea.

He was surprised, wondering what wind had brought the people from the Yunshang Sect here.

The other party is of considerable background, he is the owner of the local Yunshangzong market.

He only showed up once, when the market town was opened, and then devoted himself to cultivation, leaving all trivial matters to his subordinates.

What wind brought this person here?

"Good tea."

The owner took a sip and put down the cup. "Master Duan, I came here to discuss a business deal."

"What kind of business?"

"Alchemy."

Suddenly.

The head of the Duan family immediately perked up a bit. The Duan family's main business was alchemy, and most of their good life came from this.

No matter what business it is, if it involves alchemy, you can't be careless.

"Master, please speak."

"Not only alchemy, but also spiritual plant and precious medicine business. Anything you can do is fine."

"How to do it."

"My Yunshang Sect and Miaohe Sect will jointly establish the Jiuxiao Chamber of Commerce in the near future. All the elixirs and precious medicines of the Duan family will be taken by the Jiuxiao Chamber of Commerce."

"Hmm?" Patriarch Duan sat up straighter and wondered, "Nine Heavens Chamber of Commerce, most of our elixirs and precious medicines are sold to your outer sect market, why do we have to set up a chamber of commerce? It's unnecessary."

"Not even close."

He shook his head.

"Tell me more about it?"

"The Jiuxiao Chamber of Commerce is not only the chamber of commerce of the Yunshang Sect and the Miaohe Sect, but also our chamber of commerce. It is better to say that it is closer to our chamber of commerce."

"How close?"

"If Patriarch Duan agrees, I will draft a ticket to join the Chamber of Commerce and share the Chamber of Commerce's income. If it were another place, I would need to spend more time talking, but here, I will say frankly that the Jiuxiao Chamber of Commerce is no different from the Agricultural Promotion Office and the Weaving Office. The Patriarch only needs to provide people and land, and the Chamber of Commerce will have everything else and fully support it. At that time, the Chamber of Commerce will take all the elixirs and precious medicines obtained, as many as they can get."

The abbot said calmly.

"Um?!"

Patriarch Duan opened his eyes wide and asked, "Are you going to steal the business from that young master?"

"What do you mean by robbing business? If you force someone to buy or sell something, is that still business? Business is when both parties are willing. If both parties are willing, how can it be robbing?"

The abbot said leisurely.

"hehe."

Patriarch Duan remained silent.

He had never understood a business model other than collecting rent. Now that he accepted the Agricultural Promotion Institute and the Weaving Institute, it was only because Chen Jing forced him to agree and he was really tempted.

In essence, he has always been a landlord who is too lazy to move unless a gun is pointed at him.

"Patriarch Duan's worries are unnecessary. Jiuxiao Chamber of Commerce is a joint chamber of commerce of various sects in the southeast. The leader of Qingnang Sect signed and agreed to join, recognized and upheld the terms of the chamber of commerce. If you join, you will be protected by the terms of the chamber of commerce. Not to mention that Chen Qing is a true disciple, even if the leader of Qingnang Sect himself came, he would not be able to do anything to the chamber of commerce."

"They can't do anything to the Chamber of Commerce, but they can do something to me."

Patriarch Duan shook his head repeatedly with a firm attitude.

In his feudal mind, there is no such thing as free trade, only the question of who has the bigger fist.

The Duan family's foundation is here. The monk can run away but the temple cannot. There is a boss above you, so just follow the boss.

Let's put it this way, even if he led the Duan family to go against Chen Jing and didn't give Chen Jing face in person, he would not dare to do so.

Why? Because he relied on the fact that Chen Jing needed him.

Bargaining, what's wrong?
I'm just a little bit angry, what's wrong?
You can't leave me!
But if he leaves Chen Jing behind and does it on his own, he doesn't dare to do it, because Chen Jing will no longer need him...

The wisdom of their ancestors told him that you can make the boss angry, even make him so angry that he slams the table.

But you must be needed by the boss, and you must never let the boss think that there is no point in keeping you.

"Well, you are still unclear about the capabilities of the Jiuxiao Chamber of Commerce. We can discuss this matter later. However, there is a way to compromise."

Seeing the attitude of the head of the Duan family, the abbot was not surprised and proposed another method.

"The Jiuxiao Chamber of Commerce will set up businesses in various places in Suizhou. Patriarch Duan doesn't want to compete with Chen Jing for business, fearing that he will be angered. So, he can set up businesses in other places. The other four prefectures are vast and sparsely populated, so it's a good opportunity to show his skills."

The shop owner smiled.

"Oh?"

After hearing this, Patriarch Duan was immediately moved again.

indeed.

At our doorstep, we must unite and follow the boss's steps firmly.

But, we are starting a business outside, so it’s none of your business, right?
The owner of the temple struck while the iron was hot and said, "Think about it, how many people and resources did the local nobles invest in the Agricultural Promotion Office and the Weaving Office? Although the income was abundant, who got the real benefits?"

"Master Chen took it."

"It is understandable that Lord Chen took it, but the remaining part was given to the common people and barefoot monks."

"..."

Patriarch Duan frowned immediately.

Indeed, they have always had complaints about the welfare benefits of the two schools.

After all, the actual part of those benefits were paid by these wealthy families, which made them earn much less.

The abbot sighed heavily.

"All the precious spiritual stones were distributed to the poor. What a sin!"

(End of this chapter)