Chapter 22: The Meaning of Emptiness
On the day of the opening of the restaurant, the name of the natural residence was resounding in Beijing, the business was booming, and the price was so high that it was the highest place in Beijing, and it became the place with the highest consumption in Beijing.
If you don't go to Beijing from other places, you won't be considered to have come to Beijing, and the monthly profit will be as high as more than 4,000 taels, and the third Guo Zhong is very happy, the accounts are clear, and according to the plan, it is to expand a branch every month.
There are up to three Beijing divisions, and at the end of each month at the end of the month, the accounts are reconciled with the same week, and due to the completion of the expansion of the Beijing division, it is agreed that the three branches of the Beijing division will be divided into dividends after the construction is completed.
Guo Xing didn't care about this matter, he was handed over to Zhou Quan, he was studying hard every day according to the curriculum, Guan Dao's family also took it back, and the family was reunited, Guan Dao was desperate for Guo Xing's sake, according to Zhou Quan's suggestion, Guan Dao officially took up the position of staff of the palace.
I admired Guan Dao's knowledge and thoughtfulness, Guo Xingnei expanded the secret room again, more than doubled the expansion, and installed the mechanism settings, even if the great master came, he had to suffer a loss, there was only one exit to the secret room, once the door was closed, the great master would never be able to open the secret room.
It's almost the New Year, Guo Xing's cultivation has also reached a critical moment, the fifth meridian is about to be opened, in order to get through smoothly without interference, let Zhou Quan send nearly a month's dry food and water to the secret room, let the pharmacist prepare a month's medicinal diet, a bag of good proportion, can be used directly, the effect is of course not as good as the pharmacist made, but it is not much closer, and at the same time, he secretly asked Zhou Quan to prepare some broken silver and gold and golden tickets, and directly closed the dead pass, and did not open the fifth meridian is not out of the pass.
Guo Xing closed the dead pass, and it was transmitted to the palace on the same day, originally Emperor Guo Wei thought, Guo Xing admitted his mistake, stayed in the mansion honestly for a few months, and then let him out, who knows that this kid is a martial idiot, yes, just practice, nothing else, and he will not go out of the house if he does not admit his mistakes.
Today is a dead pass, to open the fifth meridian in one go, you don't want to think about it, how long it will take you to open the three meridians, connect the two meridians in a year, this is the rhythm of looking for death, but I can't persuade it, now I don't want to persuade it, Guo Xing has already retreated, and the emperor's brows furrowed again.
After Guo Xing's retreat, he went directly to the mouth of the cliff, went down the cliff to the small mountain village on the side of the mountain, and still looked for Lao Hu, who rented the same yard, and the lease period was set for one year, and told Lao Hu that he wanted to study with peace of mind and not want to be disturbed.
Then I went straight to the market, the big oil lamp I ordered last time had arrived, and I asked for two long ropes and bought six sets of brand new bedding, and then it was wine, or the same hotel, I bought ten jars of old wine, bought more than 60 books of various kinds, and bought some cured meats and spices, and bought three sets of daily necessities.
A carriage was all transported to the mountain village hut, the wilderness survival training in the previous life was not in vain, in the end the conditions are much better than the training, two sets of bedding and daily necessities and large oil lamps were transported to the cliff, and after everything was ready, he concentrated on practicing martial arts.
Early in the morning, Guo Xing personally boiled medicinal food, and then boiled some porridge, after eating, he took up the light work and ran to the cliff, he remembered the time for himself, solved the lunch at the entrance of the cave, and came back to stay at night, sometimes he didn't want to come back and spent the night in the cave, he was completely forced by himself, a month passed, and he still couldn't get through the fifth jump meridian, and he didn't go out of the customs, and he was notified to let him prepare food for another month to continue the retreat.
Not to mention the others, the growth of light skills has been significantly improved, the top of the cliff has also gone up, leveled out a vacant land, practiced martial arts, or used early in the morning to absorb the yang energy of the rising sun, every day is diligent practice does not fall, heaven rewards diligence, after nearly fifty days of hard work finally opened up the fifth meridian, so many days Guo Xing did not tidy up his appearance, his hair was scattered and he was not tidied up, long hair is really not used to it.
There is really no way to do this, the parents of the body and skin cannot be abandoned at will, if you dare to cut your hair short, it is a great rebellion, and the whole society will shout and kill you.
One more meridian is different, the internal force is a lot stronger, and the rest is to recuperate for a period of time, these days Guo Xing is selfless cultivation, and now he has decided to go out, after all, there are not a few days before the New Year, press the organ, notify Zhou Quan to leave the customs tomorrow, and let Zhou Quan prepare.
The agency slowly opened the door, Guo Xing walked out with a cloak, saw Zhou Quan and asked, "Are you ready to take a bath, if you don't take a bath these days, you will be uncomfortable with this king to death."
Zhou Quan hurriedly said: "Lord Wang, the bath has been prepared, and the medicinal food is also being prepared."
"Okay, this king has been suffocated these days, but he finally came over" Guo Xing said as he walked, soaking in the big wooden barrel for a lot of time, his body was indeed very dirty, and he was satisfied after changing the water four times, repairing his beard and hair, neatly dressed, and his spirit was good.
After finishing the meal and drinking tea, he asked Zhou Quan, "The New Year is coming soon, how is the house arranged?"
Zhou Quan heard it and said, "The New Year in the prince's mansion is issued into silver according to the meaning of the prince, and an extra copy is given by the New Year's house according to the usual monthly salary."
Guo Xing listened to it and said, "It's been issued in the last two days, has the income of Huangzhuang been counted?"
Zhou Quan said with an uncomfortable face: "The statistics have come out, except for two imperial villages, the others have not decreased."
As soon as Guo Xing heard that there was still a reduction, he asked, "What's the matter with the two reductions?"
Zhou Quan replied, "The two reductions said that the production was reduced due to the weather this year, so they were reduced by about 400 taels respectively, but some people below also reported that two people were corrupt, but they didn't have time to investigate."
"Oh, what is the identity of these two people" Guo Xing asked, ordinary people don't have the courage to do this, and those who dare to do this must have someone to support them, but in my hands, you are unlucky, and the lord's money is not so easy to black.
"These two people are the elder brothers of the two concubines of Prince Guo Huai who is in charge of the Zongren Mansion," he reported thoughtfully and truthfully.
"Hmph, there's no need to check, break their two legs and drive them out of Huangzhuang," Guo Xing said, and Zhou Quan was shocked when he heard it.
"Do this, it's not easy for Prince Guo Huai to explain" Zhou Quan persuaded on the side, after all, Guo Huai is the manager of the Zongren Mansion, and the Zongren Mansion is the manager of the imperial family.
"What's not easy to explain, add an arm, tell them and say that I gave a special explanation, go" Zhou Quan hurriedly responded "yes" when he heard it, he didn't dare to say anything, he persuaded the prince here and added another arm, and I don't know what Guo Xing will do with the two of them after persuading.
Zhou Quan was thinking about it here, and Guo Xing said it again." The king is now not able to go out but the gift can not be less, the palace mother and the queen mother and the prince's mother and the mother of the prince have arranged a copy, the father also sent a copy of it, and look at the list of gifts to the king when the king left the palace, there is a copy of the above, the princes in Beijing have a copy, the second brother is no longer, but the king is good, the backup gift plus the special products of the Beijing division must be sent to the second brother years ago, in addition, the king remembers to give the king the name of the Yu Xuan Yu Pavilion hometown also sent a copy, you must see the Yu Pavilion Lao, just say that the king did not go out of the palace to open the house, now the opening of the house because of the mistake behind closed doors can not be in person to the old pavilion to ask for peace, please forgive the old man, the rest, your New Year's money is four copies, Guan Fuzi and the housekeeper and the king's maids are all distributed in double copies, and the rest is according to what you just said."
After Zhou Quan wrote it down, he asked, "Is there anything else, Lord Wang?"
"No, you go and arrange it first, there will be something missing when the time comes...... By the way, send one to Guo Yue of Longyuan Pavilion as well, so be it," Guo Xing said directly.
"Yes, I'll arrange it" Zhou Quan bowed and went down. Guo Xing went to the garden for a walk and went back to sleep.
I slept until noon, got up and ate lunch and was full of energy, leading a few maids to wander around, eating and walking while enjoying the scenery, admiring it, Zhou Quan came "Wang Ye, the third master has passed a word, saying that the emperor held a grand banquet on the eve of Chinese New Year's Eve, and all the ministers and princes participated, so that Wang Ye could prepare early."
After Guo Xing listened, he sneered and said, "Prepare, what to prepare, you tell the third brother to say that in the closed-door thinking, the palace banquet will not go" Zhou Quan didn't say anything after hearing it, sighed and left, knowing that Guo Xing's anger in his heart had not disappeared, Guo Xing was in a good mood, so that the news brought by Zhou Quan was swept away.
In the past two days, the people in the Xingwang Mansion are particularly happy, and they are not the first to make money for the New Year, and this is not the first one in the major princes' mansions, and the New Year's Eve is so much money that is the first one, and the people are working very hard, although there are not too many people in such a large mansion, but to say that it is definitely the first to say that it is clean, and it is impossible to make progress in the comprehensive martial arts, but the level of management is rising in a straight line.
In the past few days, it has snowed, it is very big, and the wind outside is very cold, Guo Xing knows that his relaxation is coming to an end, and everything that should be arranged has been arranged.
During the last retreat, Lao Hu in the mountain village said to let his own son follow him, Guo Xing carefully checked and found that the qualifications of the Hu family boy were okay, so he considered whether to accept it, and the children in the mountains are still relatively simple, so he paid for Lao Hu to arrange this learning to read and write first, and so on.
Settle down in the mountain village, practice martial arts every day, especially [Feihongbu] Now I can do more than 1,000 meters of snow without a trace, the mountains are all over the white expanse, Guo Xing ran through there is no trace, the stone room at the entrance of the cliff cave is Guo Xing's resting place, the Juyuan array arranged by Guo Xing in the big karst cave, every day at noon, he has to practice in the cave, or eat hot pot at the entrance of the cave, drink wine, and look at the snow.