A thousand enlightenments in one night, starting from being a menial apprentice.

Chapter 165 Weiyangfang

Duan Rong put his hands behind his head and lay on the grass. He looked at the back of Ximen Kankan's head and said, "Why didn't Shi Kang come today?"

"I asked him to look after the house."

"Oh." Duan Rong actually knew that Shi Kang was looking after the house in the mansion. He was just trying to change the subject and ask the question he really wanted to ask.

"Kankan, will you go to the registered disciple selection next March?"

"Go!" Ximen Kankan turned his head and looked at Duan Rong, saying, "Do you want to ask about the selection quota?"

Duan Rong nodded. Ximen Kankan was actually very perceptive. As soon as he brought up the topic, Ximen Kankan knew what he wanted to ask.

"To qualify for the selection, first of all, you have to pay a per capita fee of 30,000 silver coins to Taiyi Sect."

"The second one..." Ximen Kankan started to explain to Duan Rong directly.

When Duan Rong heard the second sentence, his eyes suddenly became focused.

"We need to ask ten prominent local gentry to jointly write a letter of recommendation. After the county government reviews it, it will be stamped with the county seal and sent to the clan."

"Only then can you be considered registered and be able to take the assessment."

"Please, gentlemen, write a letter of recommendation. In principle, each person should be paid two thousand silver coins as a fee. Of course, if the person is a young man from our clan, it can be less, but it cannot be nothing. This letter of recommendation will cost another twenty thousand silver coins."

To be called a gentry, it is not enough to be rich. One must have ancestors who have been selected as outer disciples of Taiyi Sect or above.

In Xiangu County, there are less than a hundred households who can be called gentry.

Duan Rong smacked his lips slightly when he heard this.

This registered disciple is really not someone that ordinary people can afford to get close to. This is just a quota, and it is not certain whether one can be selected.

Duan Rong suddenly thought that Xiao Zongting was extremely talented and was considered a legend in Xiangu County of his generation, but he did not enter the Taiyi Sect.

I think that when he was young, his family was not well off and he could not afford the 50,000 taels of silver.

It was because of this regret that he forced Xiao Yu to practice hard and let his daughter make up for his regret.

"When does registration start?" Duan Rong asked.

Ximen Kankan said, "It will start at the end of the year. Before New Year's Eve, you need to submit the recommendation letter to the county government. After the county government reviews it, it will be submitted to the sect in the first month of the year. After that, the sect will reply. After receiving the sect's reply, take it to Yunshui Ticket House to pay a head fee of 30,000 silver coins. Then, in March, with the sect's reply and the receipt from Yunshui Ticket House, you can participate in the selection and assessment of Taiyi Sect."

Duan Rong looked at Ximen Kankan with great gratitude in his heart. He just brought up the topic and Ximen Kankan told him the whole matter in such detail.

He thought back and realized that he didn't know when he and Ximen Kankan started getting along so naturally, without any barriers. It seemed to have started from the time he came back from escorting...

Ximen Kankan turned his head and looked at Duan Rong, saying, "If you want to sign up, I can talk to my dad and ask him to sign you up when he signs me up at the end of the year."

"But..." Ximen Kankan paused and said, "You have to give him 60,000 silver coins."

Ximen Kankan added 10,000 yuan, and he explained: "I'm not trying to make money from you. My father is a businessman after all. If you give me 10,000 yuan more, I can ask him for it."

Duan Rong nodded. He understood that what Ximen Kankan said made sense!

A letter of recommendation may seem simple, but if you don’t have the right network of connections, you can’t get it even if you have money, because those gentry won’t recommend anyone easily!
Duan Rong smiled and said, "Let's talk about it at the end of the year. I may not be able to save up 60,000 silver coins!"

Ximen Kankan smiled and said, "It's okay, you can bring me the erotic pictures in exchange." Duan Rong was speechless. This guy, after talking around in circles, it turns out that he is still thinking about his erotic pictures. I was wondering why he was so concerned and explained it to me so clearly. Could it be that he was waiting for me here?

As the two chatted, Ximen Kankan turned his head to look at the position of the sun and said, "It's almost 3 p.m., it's time to go back. I made an appointment with Jiang Qingyu to go to Weiyangfang to gamble this afternoon."

Duan Rong touched his nose, looked at Ximen Kankan with interest, and thought to himself: This guy has a really rich entertainment life!
"Are you going?" Ximen Kankan looked at Duan Rong and said, "Weiyangfang is the largest and best gambling house in Xiangu County."

Duan Rong was about to refuse as he had to go back to practice, but suddenly he had an idea. He had achieved the second level of the Taizang Sutra and was able to project his spiritual consciousness.

Isn't this thing an invincible weapon in a gambling house?
Moreover, he also needed money. The registration fee for the selection of registered disciples of Taiyi Sect was 60,000 silver coins.

He could earn some money by painting erotic pictures for Ximen Kankan, but every time he thought about exchanging erotic pictures for money, he would feel ashamed as if he were selling himself.

This feeling is very bad.

If you can open up a new way to make money in the gambling house, why not do it?

Shortly after the application was submitted, Ximen Kankan and Duan Rong were already standing at the gate of Weiyangfang.

Weiyangfang is a two-story wooden structure with carved beams and painted buildings, flying eaves and brackets. It is quite majestic and spectacular. Duan Rong exclaimed in admiration when he saw it. Judging from the appearance alone, the building is not inferior to Huaying Tower.

The owner of Weiyangfang is Wei Yutian.

This person is not a native of Xiangu County, and his origins are quite mysterious. Since he came to Xiangu County more than ten years ago, he has started the gambling business. More than ten years have passed, and no one knows how this person operated, but he actually took the two big gambling houses in Xiangu County into his pocket.

There is a Weiyangfang and a Chunmingfang.

Moreover, Wei Yutian is nearly 40 years old and still unmarried. There are many rumors about this in the streets and alleys... Some people say that he is a eunuch...

Under the eaves of the first floor of Weiyangfang, there is a plaque hanging with the three large characters "Weiyangfang" written on it in a quite vigorous and powerful manner.

The two words "Wei Yang" mean that the night is not yet late, so guests should not be anxious.

Although it was afternoon and the daylight was bright, the windows of Weiyangfang were all closed, and even the door was hung with a heavy curtain.

Ximen Kankan led Duan Rong, pushed open the heavy door curtain and walked in.

The lobby on the first floor is very spacious...

Brightly colored carpets, colorful murals, and curtains with exquisite patterns all seem to be telling the story of the luxurious interior decoration of Weiyangfang...

In the hall, there were more than ten mahogany tables of different sizes. The largest one was as big as two large beds placed side by side. Many people were shouting around it, their eyes excited and their voices hoarse...

In the corner of the first floor, there is a mahogany staircase leading to the second floor. On the second floor, there are private rooms arranged in a circle. Next to the door of each room, there is a wooden board with the number of the Heavenly Stems.

Candles hung from the ceiling of the hall, shining brightly, and skylight shone through the ventilation holes above the windows...

"How is it?" Ximen Kankan glanced at Duan Rong and said with a smile, "This Weiyangfang was originally very ordinary. Since Wei Yutian took over, he renovated it inside and out. It can be said to be extremely luxurious. When it opened, it was known as the best building in Xian Gu!"

"You can just walk around the hall first. I'll go see if Jiang Qingyu is here. He booked the private room. The private rooms in Weiyangfang are as hard to get as the four big Huaying rooms in Huayinglou. They are very popular and you have to queue up!"

Ximen Kankan said as he walked towards an inconspicuous little room in the corner of the first floor, while Duan Rong paced and wandered around the hall...

(End of this chapter)