Chapter Seventy-Six: Handicap
Zhao Xu's words clearly reflected his attitude, the previous blueprint was too perfect, so he was reluctant to give up the final victory, if there was a chance, he would definitely try again.
But Cheng Youcai shook his head firmly, he came out of the Nine Peerless Sect, but he was not a fool from the outside world, and he really listened to the rumors that Song Yan's internal strength was weak.
Among the Nine Peerless Sects, such as Zongwan and others, they have all personally fought with Song Yan, how can they not know that his internal strength is strong, and it is not comparable to ordinary martial artists at all, I am afraid that only the grandmaster can suppress him.
It's just that few people will believe this kind of thing when they say it to outsiders, and they will only say that this is the excuse of the Nine Peerless Sects, even if this is the truth of the facts.
"Song Hongwen's strength in internal strength is rare in the world, and it is impossible for Wang Jie to defeat him. Cheng Youcai said categorically, this is the unanimous conclusion he reached after asking many martial artists in the sect who had fought against Song Yan.
How strong they think Song Yan's other martial arts are may still be up for debate, but his internal skills are definitely incredibly strong.
It is very likely that it is not obtained by natural cultivation, but by some kind of natural treasure, or simply obtained from other ways of transmission...... I heard that Song Yan once mentioned in private that he was the reincarnation of the ancient Buddha?
Cheng Youcai's words made Zhao Xu's face a little heavier, and he simply said: "In this case, we will just compete with Buwu Pavilion in a dignified manner, why bother with these methods?"
"I asked people to check, Buwu Pavilion's initial capital did not exceed 50,000 taels of silver, and my fourth brother is not a rich man, how much silver can he come up with?" His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince waved his hand arrogantly, "Even if you take the money to smash it, you will smash the Buwu Pavilion for me!"
Cheng Youcai and Tian Wanyu glanced at each other, and finally nodded in agreement with Zhao Xu's approach.
After all, judging from the current situation, there is really no particularly good way, so we can only wait for Buwu Pavilion to reveal its flaws.
Seeing that the two of them had no other opinions, Zhao Xu simply got up and left after agreeing on the matter, and after he walked out of Fan Lou, the anger on his face had disappeared without a trace, and some were just indifferent and gloomy.
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"Are the Nine Peerless Sects telling the truth?" Zhao Xu said as he sat in the carriage and looked into the empty carriage.
"Yes. A voice sounded out of thin air in the carriage, a strange voice that was indistinguishable between men and women, "Song Hongwen's internal strength is comparable to that of a grandmaster, and there is no one invincible among him." β
"Is there really such a thing?" Zhao Xu couldn't help but be a little curious, "Have you found the source, could it be caused by some special exercises?"
"His Royal Highness knows that there is no shortcut to the cultivation of internal strength, and since the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty, there has never been an emperor of the Grandmaster Realm. The voice replied nonchalantly.
Of course, Zhao Xu understood what the other party meant, the Great Zhou Emperor had always been in charge of everything, how could he have time to slowly ponder martial arts? If he couldn't invest enough energy, it would be impossible to achieve something in the way of martial arts.
In fact, let alone the emperor, even if it is like these princes, Zhao Xu's own martial arts qualifications are actually very good, and he has already entered the innate realm at the age of twenty, which is rare among the heirs of the third generation of emperors.
However, as an adult, he was busy with various affairs, and Zhao Xu didn't have so much time to study martial arts, and his martial arts had not made great progress for several years.
After taking a deep breath, Zhao Xu chuckled again and said, "Go investigate Buwu Pavilion and Song Yanqi...... Since my fourth brother can buy shares, can't I? What Zhao Cen can give him, I can too. β
"Yes, Your Highness. This time the voice didn't refute it.
When the voice completely left, the smile on Zhao Xu's face slowly disappeared, and his eyes became a little gloomy again.
The front foot just came out of Fan Lou, and the back foot was already thinking about betting at both ends, this kind of thing is common for Zhao Xu, it is really not a big deal, he has always acted in this style.
This is also the difference between the two brothers Zhao Xu and Zhao Cen, the two brothers are not bad, but after all, Zhao Cen is a person who has been in the folk for several years, and he has the freedom and arrogance of people in the rivers and lakes.
And when Zhao Xu was very young, because of some things back then, he went to live in Luodu Wang's house for a period of time, and it can be said that the label of the Wang family on him is particularly obvious.
His style of doing things is typical of politicians, everything is based on interests, never let emotions affect his judgment, and even his joy and anger will consider its role.
The previous anger in Fan Lou was to vent his emotions on the one hand, and on the other hand, it was also a temptation to those two families, but the result of the temptation made him not very satisfied.
"The Nine Peerless Sect and Red Leaf Mountain are used to being uncles, do you really think that everyone can be easily solved as they think? Zhao Xu thought of the two people in Fan Lou, and his eyes showed some disdain.
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"I said, fourth, every penny we invest now, we will earn back hundreds or thousands of times in the future, don't you understand this truth?" Song Yan put his arm around Zhao Cen's shoulders and said, "How much money is left, take it out." β
"It's gone, it's really gone!" Zhao Cen had a bitter face, his face full of helplessness and distress.
Of course, he understood what Song Yan said, with the current speed of Buwu Pavilion's recovery of funds, as long as the market share does not decline, it is completely a cornucopia, and the more you invest, the more you will earn.
Although the production cost of engraving was slightly increased by the use of woodblock printing after the switch to woodblock printing, the profit increased a little because of the lack of tribute to Shenwutang.
However, due to Song Yan's insistence on the principle of not raising prices, the growth rate of funds has never been fast, and it takes a lot of money to expand production capacity.
The 230,000 taels that Zhao Cen had invested in front had already been spent, and most of them were used to purchase land and prepare production linesβnow all the surrounding areas of Buwu Pavilion had been bought by Song Yan, and he might even have to buy the entire street in the future.
As Buwu Pavilion's output became larger and larger, even Zhao Cen didn't dare to put the production line on the periphery, and the excessively high value attracted too many martial artists.
As long as Song Yan stayed in the Buwu Pavilion, he had to clean up two or three waves of thieves every day, and there were even congenital-level martial artists.
At Song Yan's request, Song Zhihuan went to Qianzhuang to borrow nearly 100,000 taels of funds as the production cost of Buwu Pavilion, otherwise they wouldn't even have the money to buy raw materials.
Seeing that there was indeed no oil and water to dig on Zhao Cen's side, Song Yan couldn't help scratching his head, and then said: "Since this is the case, then I have to use the last resort...... Now we have only one way to get money quickly. β
Song Zhihuan on the side didn't know why, but Zhao Cen seemed to understand something, and hurriedly said: "Is Hongwen talking about gambling? Now the major casinos have indeed set up a handicap for you to fight with Wang Jie, but if you go to bet...... It doesn't work. β
Song Yan said with a smile: "No matter who loses or wins, we bet hundreds of thousands of taels, and only fools are willing to pay...... If you don't use it, you don't use it. β
There are indeed casinos in Shangjing, but the overall plate is too small, and with the amount of money that Buwuge needs now, even if you scatter your bets, it will be difficult to get a complete payout in the end, and those casinos don't have so much money at all.
Zhao Cen saw that he understood this truth, and couldn't help but be curious: "What does Hongwen mean?"
"We open the market ourselves!"