Chapter 104: The Qingcheng Sect was wiped out
Returning to the port, the first thing Li Bin did was to summon his right-hand man, Uncle Zhang Ju, the head of Futumen, to the temporary foothold of Futumen in the port to discuss the feasibility of establishing his own trading fleet belonging to Futumen.
After solving the problem of piracy that hindered ocean trade, Li Bin had infinite longing for the prospect of ocean trade, believing that this was a promising move, and if it was done well, the Futu Gate would no longer worry about money, and with sufficient funds as the backing for the development of the sect, the construction and development speed of the Futu Gate could be raised to the extreme.
However, Li Bin's proposal and wish were only theoretical, and Zhang Ju's words made Li Bin feel like being poured a bucket of cold water on his head, and he instantly regained his composure and returned to the cruel reality.
First of all, the manufacturing process of seagoing ships used in ocean trade is quite complicated, before there was still a government-run shipyard in the Great Qi State that could be manufactured, but for many years the imperial court ignored overseas trade, the shipyard industry has gradually been abandoned, and most of the shipbuilders have left the shipyard to make a living in other places in order to make a living.
The sea ships have not landed, and the skilled seafarers necessary for ocean trade are even more scarce, and now the Great Qi State is still engaged in ship trade, almost all of which are offshore trade, and those large chambers of commerce will occasionally rent foreign trade merchant ships at high prices.
Just like the trade ship that Li Bin took to sea this time is of a chartered nature.
It seems that under the joint scourge of the prince and the Tiger Gang, the navigation trade of the Great Qi State has become dead, and now there is not even a decent shipyard in the Great Qi.
Although Li Bin's ocean trade plan encountered unexpected difficulties from the beginning, Li Bin never thought of backing down and giving up! The pirates who made the Great Qi court helpless were all solved by themselves, is there a more terrible problem than pirates? Li Bin instructed Zhang Ju to recruit craftsmen who knew how to build ships nationwide, and first re-establish the shipyard before talking about anything else.
What is beneficial to Futumen is that now Li Bin can control all the affairs of the harbor, and some of the affiliated industries of Futumen can already create some income, and Futumen will not have financial troubles and worries for the time being.
The arrangement of the 1,200 registered disciples of the Futu Gate mainly has several places, the necessary manpower needs of the port office and the inspection and maintenance of the port security, the employment of the bodyguards of the major merchants in the port, and the manpower required by the sect industrial facilities affiliated to the Futu Gate, after the arrangement of these large places, most of the 1,200 registered disciples can find a job to support their families while learning martial arts.
The remaining registered disciples who have not been arranged for the time being, Li Bin also has an arrangement in his heart, the shipyard will be set up sooner or later, this is another place that needs manpower, and in the future, Futumen will also form its own ocean-going trade fleet, and it will need a large number of capable disciples.
In the days when he returned to Futumen from Junshan, Li Bin didn't have a day to spare, and his kung fu was delayed for a few days without practice, and after dealing with some mundane things about the development of Futumen, Li Bin returned to the sect and went straight to the alchemy room, refining the medicinal materials accumulated from the martial arts copies for many days into a thousand alchemy pills for his future cultivation.
With the help of his disciples, Li Bin still opened four refining pills, and he could make two rounds a day.
Just when Li Bin and his disciples were working hard to refine the elixir in full swing, an earth-shattering tragedy occurred in Kyushu Wulin.
It is rumored that the Demon Sect attacked the Qingcheng Sect at night, and all the 286 people from the Qingcheng Sect were slaughtered by the Demon Sect.
The bloody massacre of the Demon Sect aroused the righteous indignation of the major martial arts sects in Kyushu, and the Martial Arts League first stood up and called on all the martial arts sects in Kyushu to unite and work together to exterminate the Demon Sect, a great martial arts tumor, and avenge the dead martial arts souls of the Qingcheng faction!
No, the invitation post of the Wulin League was also sent to the Futu Gate.
Li Bin opened the post, browsed it, put it down, and said, "Senior brother, what do you think of this matter." ”
Zhang Ju was waiting for Li Bin to give an order, but he didn't expect Li Bin to ask, paused, and said: "Senior brother in charge, although the strength of the Demon Sect has recovered in recent years, it is still obviously inferior to the strength of the Demon Sect in the heyday of the Leng Aotian period thirty years ago. ”
Li Bin smiled after hearing this: "Yes, such a simple truth, the sect leader of the Demon Sect will not understand?" Unless he did it on purpose. ”
Zhang Ju patted his head, and suddenly realized: "Senior brother in charge is really as wise as a torch, the Demon Sect is doing this, it is obvious that he is deliberately making enemies, and he is not happy for himself, there must be an ulterior motive behind it." ”
After Li Bin pointed out the unusualness of this tragedy, he continued to ask: "Senior brother, tell me, who is the leader of the Demon Sect now?" ”
"Since thirty years ago, the Demon Sect was ambushed by the forces of the martial arts righteous path in Tiandang Peak, the Demon Sect leader Leng Aotian soon disappeared, and he disappeared, there are rumors in the rivers and lakes that Leng Aotian was severely injured in the battle of Tiandang Peak, and died of serious injuries afterwards.
The current Demon Sect Leader is Leng Aotian's only personal disciple Yin Jiuyou, and Yin Jiuyou is even more inherited by Master Leng Aotian's innocence, and the Demon Sect's supreme martial arts Sanyin Yuan Palm has already been practiced to the fullest, and his demonic cultivation is unfathomable and cannot be underestimated.
Yin Jiuyou's person is even more secretive than his master Leng Aotian's actions, and in the thirty years he has been the leader of the Demon Sect, he has rarely acted openly on the rivers and lakes, and no one has seen how high Yin Jiuyou's martial arts cultivation is. ”
Li Bin muttered: "It seems that the Martial Arts Alliance is going to move seriously this time, and all the secret covenant factions will besiege the Demon Sect's Black Wood Cliff Altar together, looking at the posture, if the Demon Sect is not uprooted, it will not give up." ”
Zhang Juying said: "The Demon Sect has been operating the Black Wood Cliff for hundreds of years, and its power is deep-rooted, and all kinds of defensive facilities and traps are complete, so it will not be so easy to attack. This time, as before, the thunder was heavy and the rain was small, and everyone was lively and dispersed. ”
Zhang Ju's words made Li Bin laugh, and said with a smile: "Such a vigorous martial arts event has become child's play in your mouth." ”
Zhang Ju was also happy, and said with a smile: "Isn't that the martial arts faction in the past thirty years, I don't know how many times they have taken the initiative to attack the Demon Sect, and in the end, most of them have failed, and there have been few gains." Senior Brother Boss, are we participating in the siege of Blackwood Cliff this time? ”
Li Bin stopped laughing, and said solemnly: "Go!" Of course go! Not only to go, but also to beat gongs and drums, as loud as you can! ”