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Chapter 108 Who is the Leader? A Perfect Match!
Chen Rongshan whispered a few words to Zeng Rou, and she nodded and picked up Chen Xiaoyu, who was sitting on Geng Xuan's shoulders.

Geng Xuan was pulled by Chen Rongshan into a small room nearby.

Chen Rongshan closed the wooden door with his backhand, blocking out the noisy sound.

He took out a piece of paper from his pocket, handed it to Geng Xuan, and said:

"I have already brought you the amount of silver you can receive this time. You can take a look."

There was a lot of information listed on the paper, and each piece of information was followed by a specific amount of silver. Geng Xuan just glanced at it casually and his eyes fell on the total statistics at the end.

【Silver 534 taels, 7 qian and 6 fen】

Geng Xuan was surprised and asked, "So many?"

Of course it’s not because the amount itself is large. Although it is indeed a huge sum of money in Changpingfang, it is nothing compared to Geng Xuan’s current wealth.

However, he still showed surprise.

Because this amount is quite different from his original estimate.

Moreover, this is not just a problem with his own estimation.

As for how much profit each person participating in the autumn hunt can finally get, Changpingfang and even all the neighborhoods have already had a mature and stable distribution system.

This is the result of everyone's approval, and even the abbot cannot shake or change this consensus.

When the autumn hunt just ended, everyone had a basic idea of how much they would gain in the end.

It can even be said that this kind of certainty of benefit is an important reason why the people in the neighborhood have a completely different mentality from those in the market.

Specifically for Geng Xuan, the paper clearly lists the number of prey the hunting team has obtained every day since the autumn hunt, the value of the prey, and the proportion of his own contribution.

But if you just want a rough estimate, rather than specific amounts of money or points, there is a simpler method.

Because according to the autumn hunting principles, for all wild animals hunted directly by the hunting team, 70% of the final profits will go to the hunting team, 10% will go into the public treasury, and 20% will go to the logistics department and other participants.

In turn, in the safe rear area opened up by the hunting team, the village organized a large number of people to collect various foods, herbs and other valuable items.

Thirty percent of the final profit will go to the hunting team, fifty percent will go into the public treasury, and the remaining twenty percent will go to other participants.

The profits that belong to the hunting team will eventually fall on a specific individual in each hunting team, which will be differentiated according to the hunting team's contribution and individual contribution.

These are all clearly recorded and everyone will know them on the same day. If there are any objections, they can even question them on the spot.

Because the specific contribution of a certain person is discussed within the hunting team, and after reaching a consensus, it is reported to the logistics department for record and implementation.

The contribution of each hunting team will be announced as soon as the autumn hunt ends.

Therefore, Geng Xuan basically knew how much profit this autumn hunt had brought him.

It is roughly divided into two parts: one is 0.6% of the total income from wild animal production, and the other is 0.18% of the total income from non-wild animal production.

Then, based on the total income from the Changpingfang Autumn Hunt in previous years, and making a reasonable fluctuation based on the specific circumstances of this year, the amount of silver and money that you will eventually get can be basically determined.

Not only him, but others also use similar experiences to estimate their own profits and enjoy doing so.

Many people will do calculations over and over again with their family and friends when they have nothing to do. This can even be said to be the most important scene for the people in the neighborhood to exercise their arithmetic.

Even taking into account the fact that Changpingfang's total revenue this year would be significantly higher than in previous years due to many favorable factors, according to Geng Xuan's estimate, the amount of silver he would eventually get would be between three hundred and sixty and three hundred and eighty taels.

This was more than one hundred taels different from the actual amount received, and the deviation was so large that the previous estimation standards were no longer of any reference value.

Geng Xuan couldn't help but think that it was a good thing that the result was more than one hundred taels more than expected.

If the amount was more than one hundred taels less than expected and it fell on other people in the neighborhood, Geng Xuan didn't dare to think about how serious the consequences would be.

Chen Rongshan said:

"The reason is that the various medicinal herbs, which account for a large part of the total revenue from the autumn hunt, were sold at a high price that no one dared to think of this year."

As he spoke, Chen Rongshan whispered, "Don't ask for silver later, exchange it all for medicinal wine."

Geng Xuan was surprised and asked, "Why?"

Chen Rongshan said: "I don't have time to explain to you now. Anyway, just listen to me. Uncle won't harm you!"

As he said this, Chen Rongshan patted Geng Xuan on the shoulder, then opened the door and walked out.

Geng Xuan walked out of the room with a head full of question marks and stood at the end of a line.

Before long, he was in second place.

In front of him stood a man who was about thirty years old. He was a member of an old hunting team. He had average cultivation and mediocre strength, but he had good hunting experience.

The person sitting behind the long desk looked up at him, then pulled out a piece of paper and handed it to him.

"This is your autumn hunting income this year. Please check it carefully."

After taking it, the man just glanced at the cumbersome records and his eyes fell on the final total profit.

Then, he opened his mouth a little wider with an expression of disbelief, and his performance was much more exaggerated than Geng Xuan's.

"Two hundred and forty-seven taels, five cents and five cents...Are you sure this is mine? Are you sure?"

"We have confirmed it several times, so there shouldn't be any mistakes.

However, there are always loopholes. If you think there are any mistakes, please point them out and we will review them carefully later."

After hearing this, the man quickly said, "That's right, that's all."

"In that case, please put your handprint here."

"here?"

"Ah."

After the man pressed his handprint, the person opposite him continued to ask calmly: "We still have the medicinal wine brewed last year. If you are willing, you can exchange it for 10% off the market price. Do you want to..."

Before he could finish, the man interrupted him and said, "Cash! I want cash!"

Although Changpingfang also brews some medicinal liquor, how can the level be compared with that of the pharmacy?
What's more, Changpingfang itself was reluctant to "waste" the real good materials, so the materials used to brew medicinal wine were almost all scraps that could not be sold at a good price.

The final effect is naturally worse than similar medicinal liquors sold in pharmacies.

Therefore, the so-called 10% discount on the market price was not a discount given by Changpingfang to its own customers at all, but the fact that they knew that their own quality was lacking, so they could only give a discount on the selling price.

However, in the months after the autumn hunt every year, because resources are abundant, although pharmacies will not directly reduce prices, they will provide discounts in various forms.

In this way, the 10% discount on the market price has no appeal at all.

What's more, with money in hand, you can buy whatever you want and let your family enjoy the sight. This is much better than taking a jar of medicinal wine back home.

Moreover, for those medicinal liquors that have been stored for too long and no one is interested in them, the Lifang will regularly take them out as welfare to the practitioners in the Lifang. If that's the case, why bother to spend money to buy them? !

When the man made his choice, soon someone brought a wooden tray and placed it in front of him.

On the wooden tray, neatly stacked were twenty-four standard ten-liang silver bars, seven liang of silver change, and a pile of copper coins.

On normal days, the man would count the copper coins carefully, but at this moment, he generously shook the cloth bag in his hand open, and then put all the silver bars and copper coins on the wooden tray into the bag.

"Crash-"

Listening to the clear and pleasant sound, the man's face showed an intoxicated look.

After he left, Geng Xuan came to the place where he had just stood.

The person across the table glanced at Geng Xuan and asked, "Geng Xuan?"

"Ah."

"Your order was just taken away by Chen Rongshan. Did you see it?"

"I saw it."

"Any objection?"

"No."

"Then put your fingerprints on it."

Geng Xuan pressed his fingerprints, and the person opposite him asked the same question as usual.

Geng Xuan made a choice completely opposite to that of the man just now.

"Exchange all of them into medicine bars for me."

There was no sign of surprise on the other person's face.

Geng Xuan noticed, however, that when this person nodded to him, there was a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, which perhaps only he understood.

Geng Xuan was led away from this bustling and crowded area and came to a quiet and empty courtyard.

When Geng Xuan entered the courtyard, he saw Liao Chengye, who was walking out of the courtyard holding a wine jar. When he saw Geng Xuan, he smiled in a way that could only be understood, and said:
"You also replaced all of them with medicinal liquor?"

Geng Xuan nodded. An old man took the list from Geng Xuan, glanced at it, and then took an empty wine jar and started filling it with wine.

"You weigh 59.4 jin, I'll give you 60 jin."

As he spoke, the old man had already filled the empty wine jar with wine, sealed it skillfully, and handed it to Geng Xuan with both hands.

Geng Xuan looked at the jars of wine in the yard and asked, "Can you buy some more?"

The old man glanced at him and said:
"What are you thinking? If you could really buy it with silver, would you have gotten all the wine? It would have been taken away by others last night!"

Geng Xuan thought thoughtfully, "What happened last night?"

The old man was surprised and said, "You don't know? Then how come you... Never mind, this matter will spread soon, and it won't be difficult for you to find out then. Don't interfere with my work now."

Geng Xuan nodded, holding the jar of wine and left.

After returning home, Geng Xuan carried the jar of wine into the underground space.

Dahuang was lying lazily on one side, while Baxiao was like an eating machine, burying his head in a bowl full of meat, biting and chewing it madly.

A hunt in the wild seems to have completely activated certain factors in their bodies. They will actively take advantage of every opportunity to make themselves stronger and more aggressive in the next moment.

It was not until Geng Xuan came in that they seemed to rediscover their dog nature, running to him and wagging their tails at him wildly.

Geng Xuan placed the wine jar next to Da Huang and said, "I got you some new rations."

Dahuang, who originally seemed a little lazy, suddenly perked up.

It took the initiative to use its head to push the wooden basin filled with wine next to Geng Xuan, and then looked at him expectantly, with its mouth open, tongue hanging out, and it laughed non-stop, with saliva almost flowing out of its mouth.

Geng Xuan smiled, unsealed the mud, poured about two kilograms of liquid into the wooden basin and stopped there.

Da Huang whined twice, as if he thought the wine was too little, but Geng Xuan had already sealed the jar again and said, "Drink slowly, it will be more effective."

Dahuang whimpered twice again, wagged his tail, and went to the wooden basin and began to lick it slowly.

Soon, eight more little heads came over one after another, sticking out their pink little tongues to lick the medicinal wine.

Dahuang made a few threatening noises, but seeing that the little guys were not afraid at all, he let them share.

Geng Xuan put the jar of wine aside and decided to give it to Dahuang and Baxiao.

Firstly, the quality of this jar of medicinal wine is worse than those of tiger bone, deer ginseng wine and bear heart and leopard gall wine. It is not suitable for him who has higher quality medicinal wines.

Another thing is that the last few dozen kilograms of medicinal wine obtained from the Dingxingtang stronghold in Wuyou Palace had been used up by Dahuang several days ago.

He was somewhat reluctant to share the high-quality medicinal wine obtained from Li Qun's underground secret room with Da Huang. After all, satisfying his own cultivation needs was always the top priority.

Now these dozens of kilograms of inferior medicinal wine are just right for use on Dahuang and Baxiao to speed up their growth.

To Geng Xuan, time is more important than medicinal wine worth several hundred taels of silver.

After dealing with these, Geng Xuan returned to the ground.

Around four or five in the afternoon, Geng Xuan saw the three members of the Chen family from afar.

Chen Rongshan carried a jar of wine on each shoulder. Geng Xuan estimated that the two jars weighed more than 100 kilograms. Zeng Rou followed beside him, holding Chen Xiaoyu.

When Chen Rongshan saw Geng Xuan, he directly invited him to his home.

"Uncle Chen, have you exchanged all the proceeds from the autumn hunting of you, Brother Zheng, and my aunt into medicinal wine?" Geng Xuan asked.

Chen Rongshan had already placed two large jars of wine in the room and nodded:

"Yes, with these medicinal wines, plus some of the previous savings, I can barely survive a year and it won't affect Chen Zheng's progress."

Geng Xuan asked in a deep voice: "What happened last night?"

Chen Rongshan sighed and said:
"So many things happened after we left Kang Le Ji yesterday.

First, someone came to visit Wei Wanzong and bought all the medicinal materials in Bajiafang at a price three times higher than the asking price of Kangleji Pharmacy. He also mobilized a large number of people to transport all the medicinal materials away in the shortest time possible.

As soon as these people left, Master Fan came to Wei Wanzong's house and scolded him.

According to him, this group of mysterious buyers were related to Wuyou Palace, and they targeted not only Kangle Market, but all the markets around Chiwu Mountain.

This time, they bought all the medicinal herbs produced by the autumn hunt in Chiwu Mountain this year!"

Geng Xuan was dumbfounded. "Wuyou Palace paid three times the price to buy it? All of it? How much silver would that cost!"

Chen Rongshan shook his head and said, "I didn't see the scene, but it was said to be very scary. There were at least ten carriages carrying silver. What's even more infuriating is that a lot of silver was not used up and was taken away again!"

Geng Xuan's thoughts raced as he pondered what kind of changes this would bring to the surrounding situation.

The most obvious one is that in the next year, cultivation resources in the surrounding areas, as well as various commonly used medicines including detoxification, hemostasis, and treatment, will be in short supply.

This will inevitably lead to a sharp rise in the prices of these resources.

Because for practitioners, these resources are a necessity.

The impact is even greater than just the markets where large amounts of resources were directly taken away.

Because these markets are adjacent to Chiwu Mountain, cultivation resources and other medicines are very abundant. In order to prevent the prices from being too low, pharmacies in various places will export and spread the abundant resources to farther places.

Now, not only can these places not count on transfusions from the markets around Chiwu Mountain, but both sides also have to compete for limited resources.

If we further extrapolate this, this may even become the fuse that breaks the fragile balance of the surrounding markets.

And this fire was started by Wuyou Palace.

The tone of the Wuyou Palace is that they are afraid that the world will not be in chaos. The more chaotic a place is, the more bloodthirsty carnival they will have.

But the information revealed by Chen Rongshan is more than that.

"Just before dawn this morning, Master Fan arranged for someone to deliver an urgent message to each district.

They said that after a night of emergency investigation, they found that the actions of Wuyou Palace were coordinated by Anleji. "

"Who?" Geng Xuan was stunned and asked subconsciously.

“It’s the Anleji that’s well-known for its excessive gambling. This isn’t surprising.

People often say that what Anleji lacks the least is gamblers who lose everything and end up selling their children for a chance to make a comeback.

Wouldn't this complement the Wuyou Palace? One sells, the other buys... maybe they have already colluded with each other!"

Chen Rongshan shook his head and sighed.

Geng Xuan was in a daze and did not respond.

“Master Fan reminded us that we must be on guard against Anleji. He led the way for Wuyou Palace this time, and it is obvious that he is determined to stand against us.

Now we have the powerful ally of Wuyou Palace. Be careful that they will go all out and treat us as fat meat, and join forces with Wuyou Palace to do us again."

Taking Changpingfang as an example, now is the time when almost every household is the richest.

This is not only true for Changpingfang, but also for other surrounding neighborhoods.

If this scope is expanded, all the people who beg for food in Chiwu Mountain have made a lot of money because of Wuyou Palace, the "sucker".

It is not impossible that if the other party hands over money with his left hand to buy something, and then snatches the item with his right hand after buying it.

After all, whether it is Wuyou Palace or Anle Group, they not only have powerful strength, but also have bottom lines that far exceed other forces.

They have no scruples about things that others have scruples about.

They not only dare to think about things that others dare not think about, but also dare to do them!

Geng Xuan nodded slightly, looked at Chen Rongshan, and asked a question curiously.

"Uncle Chen, how far is Anleji from us?"

Chen Rongshan thought about it carefully and said:

“If we talk about the straight-line distance, it should be only about 300 miles, which is not far.

...However, Anleji and us are separated by a branch of Chiwu Mountain, each at one end, so we can only go around, and the actual distance should be more than 800 miles. "

Geng Xuan nodded, and suddenly asked:
"Do you think they will take a shortcut through Chiwu Mountain in order to return earlier?"

Chen Rongshan shook his head and said, "How is this possible? If there are strong people leading the way, and we are few in number and travel light, we can take a shortcut through Chiwu Mountain.

They are carrying out such a large-scale operation. They have to worry about people falling behind when marching on the plains. Taking a shortcut through Chiwu Mountain is just courting death, isn’t it? !”

Geng Xuan nodded in agreement: "That's right."

After that, he did not chat with Chen Rongshan in detail and said goodbye and left Chen's house.

After returning home, Geng Xuan's expression suddenly became serious and he quickly went underground.

(End of this chapter)