"That's what it means, so to speak." Chen Pi nodded. Xuan Xinzi only completely understood why Chen Pi interrupted him halfway through at this time, it turned out that he wanted to exchange more benefits for a decision that had already been made.

Ye Mingyang frowned and thought for a moment and said, "Mr. Chen, let's make it clear, what kind of benefits do you think can be exchanged for the support of the hermit cultivators, as well as you?" ”

He couldn't think of what a cultivator could want, if it was money, as long as the cultivator wanted, he could say how much he wanted. If it was an exercise, he couldn't think of any special exercises that he could make practitioners appreciate, and he had to know that most of the exercises in the cultivation world could be said to have been handed down from ancient times.

"Genuine wealth and treasure." Chen Pi said succinctly.

Ye Mingyang smiled bitterly again and again.

Although Chen Pi only said two words, it already made his head feel big.

"More or less is something to be measured by Yangcheng, and the important thing is sincerity." Chen Pi's words did not say clearly, in the face of the disaster, in fact, there have been signs of secession, signs of self-government, Yangcheng needs to keep Yangcheng, must pay the price.

Chen Pi is not worried that Ye Mingyang will refuse these conditions, the current situation is already stormy, the awakened people in Yangcheng are overwhelmed by the strange events that continue to emerge in various places, and they are overstretched, if they do not get external support in the short term, the tragedy of Sichuan and Chongqing City will be staged in Yangcheng, and a large number of deaths will be inevitable, Ye Mingyang knows this situation well.

In other words, tangerine peel means that Yangcheng wants to spend money to buy life.

Ye Mingyang sighed in his heart.

"Master of the Night Family, there is an old saying, I believe you should have heard that money is something outside the body, you don't bring it in life, you don't take it away in death, if you destroy the city, even if you leave hundreds of millions of wealth, who will it leave it to?" Chen Pi enlightened Ye Mingyang in a timely manner, "As long as people are still there, there will be a chance to make a comeback." ”

This is followed by detailed terms, which are cumbersome and lengthy.

Xuan Xinzi and Tian Songzi looked at the two of them dumbfounded, they never thought that the decision that a hermit cultivator had already made would allow Chen Pi to extort so many benefits.

Now that the two sides have reached an agreement, the atmosphere in the room has become much lighter, Ye Mingyang poured out the residual water in the teapot, made a new pot of tea, and filled it for the three of them.

"Mr. Chen, the two Taoist leaders, in addition to the matter of being invited this time, I actually have one thing to ask for." Ye Mingyang said with a sad face.

"The head of the family, please speak clearly." Chen Pi smiled and said, after Ye Mingyang wanted to speak several times and stopped, then he said in a deep voice: "I beg you to persuade Nanchuan or some safe cities in the north to allow the people of Yangcheng to take refuge in the north. ”

"This ......" Chen Pi looked at each other with Xuan Xinzi and Tian Songzi, and it was difficult to answer for a while.

"I know this request is very difficult for you, but the future is really not optimistic, and I have to be prepared for the worst." Ye Mingyang's face showed a desolate expression and said, "The fall of Sichuan and Chongqing City has sounded the alarm, this war, even if it is won in the end, it will also be a tragic victory, I hope to leave a little fire for Yangcheng, please." ”

Ye Mingyang bowed to the ground with his hands on his knees, and he couldn't bow down.

Chen Pi and the three of them looked at each other in surprise for a long time, and they all saw helpless looks on each other's faces, the things involved in this request were too big.

More importantly, now that the shipping industry is almost paralyzed, all kinds of materials can not flow smoothly, as early as more than a week ago, the daily necessities of urban residents have been changed to ration distribution, especially grain and oil and other materials related to the people's livelihood, it is very strictly controlled, if you add the millions of people who have poured in refugees, it is absolutely unbearable burden.

"Master of the Night Family, please get up first." Xuan Xinzi let out a long sigh and stretched out his hand to help Ye Mingyang up, "This matter is very important, and there are many aspects involved, so we must think about it in the long run." ”

Ye Mingyang sat up straight and said with a gloomy expression: "I know that this matter is really difficult for a few strong people. ”

"Master of the night family, the Ming people don't say dark words." Chen Pi pondered for a long time before saying, "I believe you also know that there have been many strange events in China, such as the mysterious death of a large number of lumberjacks a few days ago, and the disappearance of people on the grassland, which can be said to be the harbinger of the invasion of the demon clan." ”

"I have also considered what Mr. Chen said." Ye Mingyang smiled bitterly.

"However, I can take in five thousand people on my own initiative and take them as my personal guests, and go to live in my oasis in the west of Nanchuan." Chen Pi pondered for a long time and said, "But I have a few requests, which you must meet. ”

"Mr. Chen, please speak." Ye Mingyang couldn't help but be overjoyed, and said in a loud voice, "We will definitely do our best to meet Mr.'s request." ”

"All personnel who go must follow my orders and are not allowed to leave my private territory without permission." Chen Pi turned his head and said to the overjoyed Ye Mingyang.

Ye Mingyang said happily: "That's natural, Mr. Chen, please tell me your specific requirements." ”

"These 5,000 people must be teenagers over 16 years old, with a balanced ratio of men and women, but there are slightly more women, and if there are enough candidates, I can relax the quota for another 1,000 women." Chen Pi said with a grin.

"Senior, why is that?" Before Ye Mingyang, who was stunned, could speak, Tian Songzi, who was listening to the crying and laughing, had already asked.

"You don't understand this truth, it seems that you are really addicted to cultivation all day long." Chen Pi shouted, "Now the ratio of female population to male population has reached 1:1.35 in the population, which means that for every one hundred and thirty-five men, there are only one hundred women to marry with them, since they are my guests, I naturally can't refuse their weddings and funerals, if all of them are men, wouldn't they rob women?" ”

Tian Songzi opened his mouth and was speechless for a while.

"We're sure of it."

Chen Pi's brothers were actually already building a shelter during his trip south, and the appearance of Jizo also made morning tea have no worries, so Chen Pi dared to say about the sea of 5,000 people.

……

Yangcheng is also a city where you can feel the intersection of modernity and tradition everywhere, and in the Luozhong area, there are prosperous areas such as Shijo Hawon and Yangcheng Station Building, as well as ancient streets such as Nishijin and Paper Garden, and many world cultural heritage sites are well preserved here, with cherry blossoms in spring and red leaves in autumn.

Chen Pi and his party, who lived in the night villa, visited this ancient capital early the next morning, accompanied by Li Zhiqing, and appreciated the ancient culture that was about to disappear in the long river of history.

Zhao Youcheng's head kept turning from side to side, and from time to time he let out a cry of surprise, he pointed to a small shop selling puppets on the side of the street and shouted: "Senior, you see that those puppets are very interesting, why are there so many types, what kind of puppets are these?" ”

After all, Zhao Youcheng is still a child, and he is full of curiosity about these things that are full of antiques.

"This is called the costume princess puppeteer, that is, the standing posture of the wooden grain sticker, every year to March 3, Girls' Day, there are girls in the family to hold a celebration of the display of dolls, this tradition has been followed for thousands of years, in this day, each family to a pair of men and women costume puppets as the center, around the decoration of a variety of puppets, wish the girl happiness, Mr. Zhao has no familiar girls, can be used as a good souvenir, express your sincere blessings to him." Li Zhiqing explained the question for him just right.

"What about this?" Zhao Youcheng's face turned red, avoided talking, and then asked.

Li Zhiqing glanced at it, pursed his lips and chuckled: "This is a cylindrical puppet, the cylindrical puppet is famous for its simple and bright colors and its turning technology, they are divided into two categories, one is the traditional cylindrical puppet, that is, the small puppet with a round head and round brain produced in Northeast China, and the other is a creative cylindrical puppet, in the production of this kind of puppet, the maker can give full play to its artistic imagination full of personality, Mr. Zhao is now seeing the traditional barrel puppet." ”

"Shopkeeper, I want a dozen of each of these two dolls, wrap them up." Chen Pi said with a smile, he received a thank you gift from Ye Mingyang, and he was in a good mood today.

"Senior, do you like this kind of thing too?" Zhao Youcheng asked in surprise, this was something he didn't expect.

"you, of course it's a giveaway." Chen Pi knocked a shudder on the back of his head, and scolded with a smile, "Well, you kid has been practicing in the mountains since he was a child, and in the old way, I believe you can't know any young women, you can take this dozen barrel-shaped puppets to give away to play, at all, it can be regarded as a visit to Yangcheng, and it is impossible to say that you don't send them some things." ”

Zhao Youcheng hugged his head and shouted, "Really? Great, then what do you want so many costume princess dolls for? Could it be that you are a young man? ”

Although he kept calling his seniors, from beginning to end, Chen Pi did not ask him to perform any disciple rites in front of him, so the words between Zhao Youcheng and Chen Pi could be described as unscrupulous.

After he said this, he ran away, he didn't want to be eaten by Chen Pi again, but he was fast, Chen Pi's hand was faster, grabbed him by the collar of the neck, and lifted him back.

Chen Pi looked at him with a smile and said: "It seems that I have let you be too idle recently, and I actually have the spirit to take care of my affairs, your master told me to have time to practice and practice you, and I will set a detailed cultivation plan for you tonight, so that you will no longer have leisure to manage the east and west." ”

"Don't, senior." Zhao Youcheng's little face turned white, and it was really too late to regret it in his heart, how could he forget that Chen Pi now had the Shang Fang Sword awarded by his master in his hand, and he could repair himself justifiably.

Chen Pi put him aside noncommittally, picked up a pair of costumed princess dolls, handed them to Li Zhiqing, who was standing aside and chuckled, and said, "A little gadget, talk about the heart, and please accept it." ”

Li Zhiqing accepted it with surprise and joy, she didn't expect Chen Pi, the man who could be personally received by the head of the Ye Mingyang family, to take the initiative to give her a gift to express her gratitude, although the gift was nothing, but to have this intention had already made Li Zhiqing flattered.

Chen Pi took out two pairs of costumed princess puppets and handed them to Cai Xueji, who had been following behind without saying a word, and said with a smile: "These are for you, each of you, although the Girls' Day on March 3 has already passed, but I also wish you happiness." ”

Cai Xueji, who was caught off guard, was unprepared for this, and two blush flew on her beautiful cheeks, but she still reached out to take it and said in a low voice: "Thank you." ”

"Oh, don't arrest me, of course you'll have a share." Chen Pi smiled and handed a pair of puppets to the tailed beast on his shoulder, and the brigade grabbed them, and couldn't put them down.

"The rest will be carried by you, and you can send them to Xu Nannan and them then." Chen Pi glanced at Zhao Youcheng, who was frowning, and said.

"Huh? Senior, these are all gifts that you want to give to someone, why should I carry them? Zhao Youcheng said dissatisfiedly.

"It's hard to ask the two ladies to mention it, you kid can't help but pity the jade." Chen Pi casually gave him a blow to the back of the head, since Zhao Youcheng came to his side, his kung fu of knocking people and bursting chestnuts has become more and more skilled, and his techniques are hidden and changeable, often even if Zhao Youcheng knows that he wants to knock himself to burst chestnuts, he can't dodge it.

"Then you can do it yourself, and you will have enough food and clothing." Zhao Youcheng shouted loudly.

"Really?" Chen Pi looked at Zhao Youcheng with a smile and said, "It seems that I need to carefully formulate a cultivation plan for you at night, and I can't live up to Master's commission." ”

"Don't don't, senior, I'll just carry it." Zhao Youcheng put all the puppets into his backpack with a bitter face, and he could only obediently obey orders with a handle in Chen Pi's hands.

"Miss Zhiqing, there is no embroidered robe workshop here, I want to buy her some new clothes." Chen Pi pointed at Cai Xueji and said to Li Zhiqing, Cai Xueji came to him for a short time, and he didn't spare time to buy a few clothes for Cai Xueji.

Li Zhiqing thought for a moment, and said: "Everyone, please come with me, there is a six-hundred-year-old embroidery robe workshop in the central district of Yangcheng City, where all of them are rare boutiques, I believe that Mr. can be satisfied." ”

The workshop recommended by Li Zhiqing was really extraordinary, although the outside of the workshop looked unpretentious, but as soon as they entered the inside, they were immediately impressed by the hundreds of beautiful embroidered robes hanging in the shop.

"I really didn't expect there to be so many types." Zhao Youcheng sighed from the bottom of his heart.

"Okay, okay, you go and choose, don't worry about the money, buy an extra set of everything." Chen Pi waved his hand and asked Cai Xueji to follow Li Zhiqing inside, "The two of us won't go in, there is a teahouse over there, we will wait for you there." ”

"Senior, I have a few questions, and I don't know whether to ask them or not." The two sat in the teahouse, and after drinking a few sips of fragrant tea, Zhao Youcheng wanted to speak several times before finally asking.

"It's not your kid's usual style, just ask any questions, I won't deliberately fix you because of this." Chen Pi glanced at him and smiled.

"Senior, how come all the agreement you reached with Ye Mingyang this time is financial compensation?" Zhao Youcheng asked puzzled.

"Well said, I guess there are probably a lot of people who think the same way as you." Chen Pi took a sip of tea, leaned back on the sofa for a long time, and said, "You shouldn't focus all your attention on economic interests." ”

"Actually, I thought very simply, I didn't have the opportunity to discuss this issue in detail with your senior uncle and senior brother at that time, so I had to ask for it with a cheeky face, I hope that your senior uncle and senior brother will act fast enough and notify the hermit to cultivate the door in time, otherwise I will definitely be mad to let Ye Mingyang know that I used a decision already made in the cultivation world to extort so much money from them." Chen Pi said with a smile, this is his proud work.

"I think it's also true, the compensation listed by the predecessors must be at least a few hundred million dollars, which is an unbelievably large amount." Zhao Youcheng couldn't help laughing.

Chen Pi shook his head again and again: "How many hundred million dollars? How could it be! ”

Zhao Youcheng's little face immediately turned from red to white, and he said astringently: "Senior, don't even have hundreds of millions of dollars?" His mood immediately fell from heaven to hell, can it be said that only tens of billions of dollars can not be realized, that is too little.

Chen Pi looked at Zhao Youcheng's bitter gourd face, and couldn't help laughing: "I'm not joking with you, you can't help but laugh, I mean how can hundreds of millions of dollars be enough, at least more than 10 billion yuan should be compensated." ”

Bang.

The teacup in Zhao Youcheng's hand fell on the coffee table, and the hot tea splashed everywhere, many of which were spilled on Zhao Youcheng's hand, but he didn't notice it at all, sitting there dumbfounded, the waiter in the teahouse ran over in a panic and wiped the tea on Zhao Youcheng's hand with a tissue, what made him puzzled was that the hot tea did not leave any traces on Zhao Youcheng's hand, and there was no trace of pain on Zhao Youcheng's face.

"Just wipe the coffee table clean, he's fine." Chen Pi waved his hand, handed him a hundred-dollar bill and said, "Re-serve us a pot of tea, and the rest is your tip." ”

The waiter thanked him overjoyed, and went down to bring a new pot of fragrant tea.

"Wake up, as for me?" Chen Pi angrily and funny kicked Zhao Youcheng under the table and said, "This money scares you stupid, because you are still a cultivator." ”