Lord of the Desert

Chapter 132
"Your uncle Hong Wei is 39, Hong Ming is 37."

Hong Li said.

"In the past few years, most of the time, the two of them can only use Tuigong Pills with better-grade alien beast flesh and blood."

"Even Ah Sheng is of no use."

Xu Shi was getting older, and there was no need to put on airs of teaching in front of Hong Fan, he obviously started talking.

"Snake people respect blood and do not practice martial arts."

"In the past, when there were frequent confrontations with snake people, each family was hungry for snake meat and thirsty for snake blood. The speed of leaving the Chaos Realm was several times faster than now."

"This is also the reason why Jing Shagong can gather elites to enter the Western Wild Marsh, and he can respond to everyone..."

Hong Li talked about cup of tea to himself.

It wasn't until his mouth became dry that he realized that he had been rambling for a long while.

Fortunately, no matter Hong Fan or Qiu De, both of them sat in prison and listened very carefully.

"Now my Hong family is favored by the ancestor dragon. With you and A Sheng, two unicorns, I don't know how many generations of accumulated luck."

Hong Li returned to the topic, his tone gradually serious.

"You two's talents must not be wasted!"

"After the First World War on Hongduo Mountain, the clan's wealth has been abundant."

"I have communicated with the patriarch, even if I sell more of the clan's property in the future, I will be a good backing for the two of you."

Speaking of this, he gestured to Qiude, who took out a solid wooden box.

After Hong Fan opened it, he saw two dark black pills and a piece of dried meat.

Among them, the elixir has a slightly bitter taste in its mellow fragrance, while the dried meat has a thin color of blood, and instead has a tinge of blue.

"These two are Peiyuan Pills, and half a catty of jerky is Jiao meat, both of which are resources that have special effects on warriors in the Chaos Realm."

Hong Li introduced.

"The former can increase the activity of true qi and continue to recover, increasing the time and effect of practice."

"The latter can strengthen the meridians and strengthen the physical body."

"The troubled family is bothering."

Hong Fan closed the wooden box and carefully put it in his arms.

"It's right to worry about you."

Hong Li smiled back.

"From now on, every time someone comes back from the state capital, your share will be handed over to you by Qiude."

"He is the big housekeeper in the mansion, and everything is clear."

"If you have other needs, you can also ask him to make a countermeasure."

Hong Fan and Qiu De looked at each other and smiled.

As a teacher, Hong Li spent most of his energy on ethnology, but he didn't know that these two people had become very close half a year ago.

The three of them are not idlers. After the matter is finished, they have no time to chat.

Hong Fan greeted casually, got up and left his seat.

Qiu De drank the cold tea in one gulp, and saluted Hong Li solemnly before going out with Hong Fan.

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that night.

Tongguang City, three hundred miles southwest of Jinhai City.

The smoke from the kitchen was cut off, and the lanterns were first lit.

In the middle hall of the palace, a carved jade screen stands inside the door, cutting the light of the candles into a mess.

Standing on top of the tiger is a man with a long beard and a slender figure.

His complexion is as white and clear as jade, and his pair of pupils are like two pills of mercury raised in water, which are as black as stains of thick ink.

It was Gong Heng, the Patriarch of the Gong family.

Below him, there are a senior member of the palace family sitting in the hall.

"I heard that the two debts outside the city have been recovered, how is the account now?"

Gong Heng asked.

"No, I'm still nervous."

The clan elder in charge of finance shook his head and replied.

"Yesterday, I just returned the bridge bank of several companies, and now there are 3000 taels of cash in the account."

"Even if you search as much as you can, it will only cover your daily expenses for less than two months."

"I'm afraid we'll have to sell some of our family property."

There was silence in the hall for a while, only a few heavy sighs.

"Can't you get any goods out recently?"

another senior asked.

"The big ones don't matter at all, so what's the use of scattered ones?"

The clan elder replied.

"The stock of chalcedony and cyan crystals hoarded in the warehouse can no longer be filled, and all the new shipments this month have been piled up in the courtyard."

"I took a few stewards to make a careful estimate. It should be worth at least 4 taels."

"Looking at the warehouses and grains, those who don't know think how prosperous it is..."

He smiled wryly.

Tongguang City is adjacent to the desert and is a major mining city in Liangzhou.

The Gong family is even more prominent in the city, and there are four wholly-owned mines alone.

According to the accounting standards of Hong Fan's previous life, the net assets of the Gong family are extremely high.

But the problem is cash flow.

Dahua does not have a well-developed futures spot market, and unrealizable inventories have no value.

Gong Heng couldn't help rubbing the armrest, obviously battered.

"What about Xijing?"

He asked another clan elder.

"I just received a letter from Xijing in the afternoon."

The man replied.

"Duke Zhuang found three more connections, but he didn't pay attention to our small matter."

"Several supervisors are not sure about the supervision of the purchase, after all, we are going to replace the old man."

"Lao Wu is now trying to follow the path of a supervisor with an ancient surname."

"This person is in charge of personnel affairs, but his appetite is a bit big..."

Someone immediately dissatisfied said: "We have such a big business, what can a person in charge of personnel do?"

But Gong Heng stopped him with a look.

"Business is big or not depends on who you compare with."

He snorted coldly.

"The running water of 10 taels a year is naturally the same in Tongguang, but what is it in the state?"

"We have supplied goods to the Huaiyang Kingdom for several generations, and now the King of Huaiyang has withdrawn the Qizuo Mansion as soon as he said it, and the only person in the world who can eat our business is the Qizuo Supervisor!"

Gong Heng's words were a little hasty, but he forcibly slowed down after feeling a loss of composure.

"The big supervisor is busy with affairs, and it's normal if he can't take care of it."

"But at least Mr. Zhuang accepted the gift I gave when I went to Xijing in person. It's probably a no-nonsense attitude."

He cleared his mind and made a decision.

"I will reply tonight and let the fifth one let go. If I can handle the next person, I will be more confident."

"Let him not worry about the cost."

Several clan elders hesitated to speak.

The family has reached the limit of increasing income and reducing expenditure, and it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice.

The Gong family's force is tyrannical, second to none in Tongguang City.

But the economic benefits that martial arts can directly transform are limited.

Dahua set up the Martial Arts Institute to suppress the world, and the warriors took advantage of the tricks and won the points, and they would be listed on the evil list.

At that time, Kyushu Tiqi will flock to them, and the innate masters will also be driven into mourning dogs.

Gong Heng naturally understood this truth.

"The letter sent back by Mingyuan arrived early this morning."

He took out a long and narrow piece of letter paper and handed it to everyone for circulation.

On it, the recent events in Jinhai City are written in teeny lowercase letters-the two Quan and Lu families set up a challenge, the third son of the Gong family came to challenge and so on.

Several high-level members of the Gong family changed their expressions after watching it.

If what was said in the letter was true, the eldest son of the Hong family, Hong Sheng, was more talented than Gong Pengyun, and the second son, Hong Fan, even surpassed Gong Puhe in terms of talent and fighting power.

"Jin Haihong's family is lucky, and they are about to gain momentum."

A clan elder sighed.

"Especially this Hong Fan, who has progressed so fast, maybe he will have the power of Ma Jingsha in a few years."

"I can't do anything, it seems that I can only give up."

Several people in the hall nodded.

But Gong Heng just shook his head.

"No, I have already made up my mind. I will go to Jinhai myself tomorrow."

He said in a low voice.

"If it was two years ago, the people of Jinhai suppressed Haifei, and there were martial arts seeds such as Hong Sheng and Hong Fan. My palace family would not only refuse a little property, but also prepare generous gifts to make friends with them."

"But Xijing's joints can't be opened, and in two months, the clan will not even be able to dispense the elixir for the children!"

"If you can't do something, you have to do it by force."

"There are future people in the future."

"When we have a prison, we will double or triple the money to make amends to the Hong family in the future!"

(End of this chapter)