Chapter 112: Offerings

Ma Xie didn't want to be any "worship", this kind of thing was usually done by the disciples of the Tianwu Sect, he didn't know how to do business, and he didn't want these things to disturb his practice, he cared more about the hundreds of taels of silver every month, he just wanted to cultivate quietly.

Something like silver taels is chicken ribs for cultivators. Some low-level cultivators still need silver taels to buy some things or slaves, but the more high-level cultivators, the less they need silver taels, after all, what they want to buy can only be bought from other cultivators, and cultivators who hold silver but don't have to buy so much food and slaves, it is useless to ask for it.

In the cultivation world, it is basically bartered, or exchanged for "spirit stones", spirit stones are a special stone, which can be used to store spiritual energy, and when practitioners need spiritual energy, they can be used directly, although it is a bit bulky, but it is also used as a kind of "currency".

For Ma Xie, his monthly silver is enough, so he doesn't want to be an "offering".

"I'm just a low-level disciple, you may have found the wrong person. Ma Xie said and prepared to close the door.

The man in front of him was a little anxious, and shouted loudly, "It was Miss Qi who asked me to come to you! We are all merchants from Stone City!"

Hearing this, Ma Xie stopped again, since Qi Nanfeng asked them to come, then he could only invite these people into the courtyard, after all, they all came out of Stone City.

The men were embarrassed to come in, and only three representatives were elected and walked into the courtyard.

Ma Xie sat in the courtyard, and the three of them stood respectfully in front of Ma Xie.

"Haha, why are you so restrained. Do you want me to move a stool for you? Ma Xie said with a smile, he knew that these three people were because they didn't dare to be presumptuous in front of cultivators.

The three men sat down and introduced themselves.

Among them, the person who was talking to Ma Xie just now was named Zhao Tianyou, who was white and clean, of medium stature, who looked to be in his forties, with a pair of small eyes but very godly, and he was a shrewd businessman at first glance.

The other man with a full beard, short and strong, named Feng Quan.

The last one, who was as thin as a monkey named Lei Han, was not yet in autumn, but he was wrapped in a thick layer of clothes, and seemed to be a sick man.

"Tell me what's going on, why did Nanfeng want you to come to me?" said Ma Xie.

Zhao Tianyou said: "Several of us are businessmen from Shicheng, doing some business between Tianwu City and Shicheng. There is also a small foundation in Tianwu City.

But as you know, the people here in Tianwu City are quite xenophobic, especially the merchants who don't like us in Shicheng, they always feel that we have usurped the road from the north to the Qin State, deliberately inflated the price of goods between the two countries, and then sold them to Tianwu City. So a few of the chambers of commerce here have been crowding us out.

We also wanted to join the Chamber of Commerce here, after all, people who are businessmen can't hurt their harmony the most, but they said that if they want to become a member of the Chamber of Commerce, they must have the inner disciples of the Tianwu Sect as 'offerings'.

But we don't know how much money we spent, how many relationships we found, and we didn't even see a single disciple from the outer sect of the Tianwu Sect. A few days ago, we were going to leave Tianwu City and go to Tianguang City to try our luck, but before leaving, we went to Dengyun Tower to try Master Qi's craftsmanship.

It just so happened that Master Qi was in the hall that day, and one of us recognized that she had been in the City Lord's Mansion, so he invited Master Qi to sit together, after all, they were all Shicheng people who were away from home.

That's how we met Master Qi. ”

Ma Xie listened to his words and had an understanding of what happened, but he always felt that something was wrong, and after thinking about it, he asked again: "Nanfeng promised you to let me do the 'offering?'"

The monkey-like "Lei Han" hurriedly said: "Yes, it was the Nanfeng girl who agreed! She said that we can find you if we have anything, you are an inner disciple, you only need to put up your name!"

Ma Xie still felt strange, since Qi Nanfeng agreed to this, then why did Qi Nanfeng not mention this matter last night? And how could these people come to the door early in the morning.

Seeing Ma Xie's embarrassed face, the bearded man in the middle suddenly dropped his hat to the ground: "Okay! People don't want to agree, so why should we embarrass the Immortal Master?

As he spoke, he arched his hand towards Ma Xie and said, "Master Ma Xian, Master Qi didn't tell us about asking us to come to you! It's just that I heard that Master Qi and his man are from Shicheng, and you are a disciple of the inner gate of the Tianwu Sect, so you found it." Since you don't want to agree, we have nothing to say, anyway, we are just a few mortals!

The other two grabbed the bearded Feng Quan, for fear that he would anger Ma Xie.

Ma Xie saw that this person had a strong and straightforward temperament, and finally knew the truth of the matter, thinking that he was also a person from Shicheng and should also make some contributions to Shicheng, so he smiled and said: "Since this is the case, I will promise you! But I really just put on a name, because I don't know when I will leave Tianwu City." ”

The three of them were suddenly overjoyed, the bearded Feng Quan didn't expect Ma Xie to be so easy to talk to, he just thought that he couldn't restrain his temper and would make this young immortal master angry! If the immortal was angry, even if he killed all of them, no one would take care of them, let alone stand up for them.

Then the three of them hurriedly offered a full two thousand taels of silver to Ma Xie, for fear that Ma Xie would change his mind.

"Why are there so many, I heard that the sealed silver is only a few hundred taels. Ma Xie asked.

Zhao Tianyou said: "Master Ma, we are all from Shicheng, so you don't have to be polite. If you hadn't been willing to open your mouth and agree, we wouldn't have been able to do this business, would you still care about these two thousand taels of silver? From now on, you will be the big backer of the people of Shicheng in Tianwu City!"

Hearing the words "big backer", Ma Xie felt as if he had pushed himself into a fire pit, and he hurriedly said: "I promised you to be worshipped, but I am not your thug, as long as you can enter the Chamber of Commerce, it has nothing to do with me." If you want to rely on me to fight for your territory and business, then you should go back, just because I didn't promise you. ”

Zhao Tianyou said: "Immortal Master Ma, where is this! We are serious businessmen, and we never fight and kill with people, and as far as these struggles of our mortals are concerned, how can we use Immortal Master to take action? You are here, it just means that we are also the caravan of the Tianwu Sect, and we are under the protection of the Tianwu Sect, so it will be much more convenient to walk in Tianwu City and Tianguang City in the future. ”

Hearing this, Ma Xie accepted these silver taels and promised to become the "offerings" of the Shicheng caravan.

After seeing Ma Xie agree, Zhao Tianyou was overjoyed, and he said to Ma Xie: "Immortal Master, you have already been honored as a 'worship', I am afraid it is inappropriate to let your wife continue to be a chef in Dengyun Tower." ”

Ma Xie hurriedly waved his hand and said, "You don't have to talk nonsense, Nanfeng and I are just brothers and sisters, not husband and wife. ”

Zhao Tianyou let out a thoughtful "oh", and then said, "No matter what the relationship, doesn't Ma Xianfeng want Master Qi to open a shop of his own?"

Ma Xie had never thought of this proposal, but he wasn't sure if Qi Nanfeng had this idea. These people are all shrewd businessmen, if Qi Nanfeng really wants to do business, these people will definitely help a lot.

Ma Xie promised a few people that he would ask Qi Nanfeng's opinion, and then sent them away.

Before leaving, Zhao Tianyou left an address, which was the address of the Shicheng Chamber of Commerce, and he fervently hoped that Ma Xie could sometimes come to their Chamber of Commerce and sit down.

Ma Xie secretly laughed at this businessman who was really shrewd, obviously he was afraid that he would go back without evidence, and no one would believe him, so he just wanted him to show his face.

So Ma Xie said: "Don't worry, I will go to our Chamber of Commerce in Shicheng tomorrow, and I will also tell the master about the things you worship, everything will come according to the rules, and it will not delay your affairs." ”

Hearing Ma Xie say this, Zhao Tianyou finally relieved his heart and rushed back with someone.

After Qi Nanfeng came back in the evening, Ma Xie informed her about it.

After hearing this, Qi Nanfeng covered his head and said, "You are really going to make trouble for yourself." Do you know how much the Chamber of Commerce in Tianwu City has crowded out the Chamber of Commerce in Shicheng? Moreover, the worshippers in the Chamber of Commerce in Tianwu City are all your senior brothers, if their business is affected by these people in Shicheng, you see if they will make trouble for you. ”

"It's already like this if you can't find it or not, let's see when the time comes! I heard that the offering is just a symbol, can these cultivators of the Heavenly Martial Sect really stand up for mortals?" Ma Xie was a little unconvinced.

Qi Nanfeng said: "Look at it." In the past, they were all brothers of the same sect, and they were all children of the family, so naturally they would not make a big move, but now that you, a kid from Shicheng, are actually worshipping here, they don't take the opportunity to suppress you? You must know that the money that the Chamber of Commerce gives to those low-level disciples every year is the bulk of their income. As far as I know, those low-level disciples below the third level of the Qi Refining Realm value this income very much!"

Ma Xie scratched his head and said, "Why didn't I think about it so much...... I hope they won't get me into any trouble!By the way, would you like to open a shop of your own in Tianwu City?"

"My own shop? I didn't think about it at all. I just want to hone my cooking skills first, and then follow you around, take a look, I also want to meet the culinary masters among the cultivators, and then open a restaurant after I have tasted all the delicious foods in the world and learned various dishes!" Qi Nanfeng said.

Ma Xie was surprised, he never expected Qi Nanfeng's ambition to be so big.

"Hey...... Anyway, you and I don't have a home, so let's go wherever we go in the future! This world is so big, don't you want to go and see it?" Qi Nanfeng showed a pair of small tiger teeth.

Ma Xie said: "Also, we still have a lot of places to go, this small Tianwu City shouldn't be the destination of you and me." ”

"But...... Hearing you say that, I think it's not bad. Qi Nanfeng said: "I don't want to work in Dengyunlou for a long time, if I can cook my favorite dishes, then it will be good!

"You're going to be your own boss?" didn't you say you had to wait until you learned how to cook the world before becoming your boss?" Ma Xie asked.

"That's something I've never thought about before, I just heard you say that I think it's not bad to be a small boss! That Dengyunlou only knows that I can cook the most popular dishes, and my cooking skills can't improve at all if I go on like this." I can only make the best dishes by opening my own shop and constantly trying! Ma Xie, you are so smart!" Qi Nanfeng suddenly couldn't help but be excited when he heard this: "The money I have saved now is not enough, and in half a year, the money I save will be able to build a small shop! I will be a small boss by then!"

Looking at Qi Nanfeng's excited appearance, Ma Xie suddenly felt very happy, and he said to Qi Nanfeng: "If you are short of money, I have a lot here!"