Chongming Xianzong

Chapter 173 Chongming Market
He Dezong did not arrive as soon as everyone expected. Ten days later, only a gray falcon came to He Degong with his letter.

According to He Degong, this was because Senior Lang, the man behind the He family, suddenly summoned He Dezong to tell him something. He Dezong naturally did not dare to refuse, so he was unable to come.

However, in the letter, He Dezong not only promised that the He family would open a shop in the upcoming Chongming market, but also that the caravan that Lu Xun was in would be handed over to Chongmingzong from now on.

He also carefully reminded the caravan not to set off in a hurry, and to wait until he had time to take Kang Dabao to meet the heroes in the surrounding mountains and rivers.

After hearing this, Kang Dabao felt that his brother was indeed a very wealthy person among his peers. In his joy, he dragged He Degong out for a few drinks.

However, He Jiazi, who was knocked unconscious by Shao Meng, felt quite indignant. His caravan was not under the management of the eldest son, so why did He Degong promise it to him?

However, his resentment dissipated a lot after he confirmed the letter written by He Dezong himself.

He didn't dare to disobey the decision of his master because of his importance, so he decided to go back to the clan and report to the elders and ask them to make the decision.

He Dezong was unable to come, but the two city accountants sent by the state court arrived much earlier than Kang Dazhang. The two city accountants were one old and one young, and they did not seem to be from the same family.

The younger one, surnamed Deng, was young, still a teenager, but actually had a higher position, and seemed to be from a noble family, with a bit of aristocratic family flavor. He was the leader of the two.

The young man surnamed Deng never took care of menial affairs. He wandered around all day wearing a white feather robe and carrying a flying sword. Instead, he ordered the elderly accountant who actually did the work around and showed no sympathy at all.

However, he was quite polite to the head of Kangda and not arrogant at all.

Along with the two city accountants came a large group of people including geomancers, formation masters, and chefs recruited by the provincial court.

From what Kang Dabao heard from the young man surnamed Deng, it seemed that the provincial government did not intend to rebuild this place into a market town, but to build it on the scale of a market town.

Head Kang was somewhat delighted to hear this, because if it was true, the scale would be much larger, and his share would be more valuable.

However, the young man surnamed Deng did not finish his words. He only said that the superiors were still discussing it. If the matter was really decided, the state court would also send another city lieutenant.

This is only natural. If a market town is really built on the old site of Chongming Market, it will be considered a respectable business in the eyes of the provincial government.

A temporary city commander is insignificant. If one really wants to build Chongming Market, the provincial government will have to send at least two or three foundation-building masters to keep the place under control.

In this way, although Kang Dabao, the city lieutenant, will inevitably be subject to more constraints, his safety is guaranteed, which can make the monks who have just experienced the beast attack of the Sanxiang Sect feel much more at ease.

However, since the young man surnamed Deng had not finished speaking, Kang Dabao pretended that nothing had happened and continued to cooperate with them obediently in purchasing the spiritual materials needed to build the market.

Different from the stingy style of the head of Kangda when he first established Chongming Market, the young man surnamed Deng was generous and was an excellent customer.

Apart from anything else, this time they were recruiting warriors to be their teachers, and they were actually paying them with spirit stones.

However, the requirements were a bit high. They did not want warriors at the Skin Refining Realm, and only recruited warriors above the Bone Refining Realm. They offered a price of five spirit stones every two days for one hundred people.

This price was considered quite generous. Once the news came out, nearby warriors were in big trouble. Many Qi-cultivating monks from small families searched the world for them just to earn some spirit stones to make a living.

However, their methods were mostly crude and ruthless, which led to an incident where a warrior poisoned a monk and was then beaten to death by the monks.

This incident attracted the attention of many monks. The warriors who beat and killed the monks did not have time to wait for the monks' family to retaliate before they were wiped out by a wandering monk who saw injustice. This was not surprising. After all, if both parties were monks, no one would care about the casualties between them.

But once a warrior rebels, it is normal for someone to stand up for justice since the butt determines the head.

This little episode was quickly forgotten because there were soon many other profitable businesses to engage in.

If the state court wants to build a market, it certainly needs more than just teachers. There are also a series of basic spiritual materials such as spiritual wood, black iron, wind copper, etc., which the state court will invest in.

Moreover, unlike other places where it is difficult to ask for payment, here as long as the seller does not sell inferior goods as good ones, Zhou Ting, the buyer, will be very happy to settle the spirit stones.

Relying on his close connections, the head of Kangda brought many of his close forces who used to do business in Chongming Market and took over all of these purchasing businesses with almost no barriers to entry, and everyone made a profit.

In this way, Kang Dabao was able to win back some people's hearts.

Wei Gu, who was now doing nothing on the mountain, was called down by Sect Leader Kang to help for free.

It has been some time since Kang Dabao gave the formation master's notes from the spirit stone mine to Wei Gu. The latter only said that the formation master's attainments were indeed high, but they were still too obscure for him. He needed to study them carefully and it would be difficult to make any progress in the short term.

So Sect Leader Kang came up with this idea. Now Wei Gu was nominally working for the state court on behalf of the Chongming Sect, but in reality Kang Dabao wanted him to hang out with the formation masters sent by the state court to see if he could steal some skills from them so that he could reach the level of being able to study the formation masters' notes as soon as possible.

Recently, more and more families have come to Master Kang to give gifts. Previously, Master Kang was worried about whether his Chongming Market could be rebuilt. He didn't expect that after the state court took over, this place really became a popular place.

Of course, people of real importance don't need to come to pay their respects to Master Kang. Long before Kang Dabao and Jiang Qing met Sima Gunjia, they had already brought back a thick stack of letters.

Many foundation-building forces like Huanjian League and Zifeng Valley, which were originally close to the Niu family of Xuanwei, seemed to have sought support from Gunjia Sima or the Zhouting Jingji faction represented by Gunjia Sima.

Whenever Sima Gun wanted to take over any business, he would also include them in the deal.

In this case, it is possible that when Kang Dabao went to pay a visit to Sima Gunjia, the latter should have already known the news that Chongming Market would be upgraded to Chongming Market, so Kang Dazhang's "investment promotion" was so smooth.

What is more noteworthy than this news is that the influence of the provincial court seems to be expanding rapidly in the local area. Some foundation-building forces in Yunjiao Province have completely ignored the pressure from the Liangyi Sect and thrown themselves into the arms of the provincial court.

Master Kang can think about these important matters in his spare time, and he doesn't need to spend too much energy on them.

The ordinary days passed quickly. Kang Dabao had been running back and forth between the sect and the market these days, without any rest.

That day, when he stepped into the newly repaired market archway, he saw that the original word "Xu" on it had been erased and replaced by the word "Fang".

A trace of joy flashed through the heart of the head of the Kang family. Just as he was about to find someone to ask, he saw the young man named Deng and another person walking towards him. He only heard the young man say in a loud voice: "Captain Kang, the adults sent a message today that the upgrade of Chongming Market to Chongming Market has been decided. This is the fake captain who just came to report from the provincial court."

Kang Dabao's smile froze when he saw the person coming. "Okay, another acquaintance!"

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