Chapter Forty-Nine: The Good Hall
Xia Sheng entered Xiao's Mansion at night, but he didn't kill Xiao Zhen, in addition to Ning Zheng's reason, in addition to the fact that he really didn't care about the other party's future revenge, there was actually one of the most important reasons.
This reason, Xia Sheng always hid in his heart, and no one said.
He knew very well that if he wanted to say who was most responsible for the abduction of his father, it was not the Xiao family, nor Qin Yan, but himself.
If he hadn't been in the mood and dragged Ye Xiao'e and the others to the Forgotten Forest, that day, he should have stayed in White Horse Town and stayed by his father's side.
If it weren't for his recklessness, forcibly raising his realm, and launching the White Flame Sword Formation, so that he was seriously injured, that day, when he returned to the outside of White Horse Town, he could have warned his father before the mysterious couple.
If he hadn't been annoyed by Kang Wuwei and drove him away, that day, when the mysterious couple came to Wanfu Building, Kang Wuwei was fully capable of taking his father to escape from this disaster!
It is true that Xia Sheng has always been an extremely conceited person, but if it is a mistake he has made, he will never be ashamed to admit it, let alone be angry with others.
Since it is determined that Xiao Zhen is really just a pawn used by others, and there is no direct connection with his father's disappearance, Xia Sheng is also willing to let him live.
As for Xiao Yong?
Kill and kill!
If anyone will come and avenge him......
Please come.
Xia Sheng made a mistake, and now, he wants to correct it.
Deciding to go to Luoyang in person and get in touch with the Ye family was only the first step.
In addition to this, he also needed to rely on the power of the Qin family.
Or from a certain point of view, the Qin family is much better at investigating the case of his father's disappearance than the Ye family.
Because the Qin family is in charge of the good hall.
This place, not to mention in the Dajin Dynasty, even if you look at the entire continent, everyone knows about it.
For the Northern Witch Barbarians and the South China Sea Phantom Demons, it is even more like thunder.
If you want to ask the people of Jinguo what the real name of Emperor Jinren is who is currently in power, I am afraid that most people will not be able to answer, but if you ask who the richest person in the Jinguo Dynasty is, almost nine out of ten people know the answer.
The chief shopkeeper of Shantang, Qin Xiaohua.
Shantang does all kinds of business, whether it is a pawn shop, an auction house, a silk village, a restaurant, an inn, or even a flower boat business.
But the most incredible thing is that Shantang has mastered the two most important economic lifelines of the Dajin Dynasty.
Food, and weapons!
This is not counting Qin Xiaohua herself, who served as the head of the household department of the current dynasty and was in charge of the world's finance and taxation.
No one knows how deep the Qin family has with the Jinguo royal family to have today's status, and some people also rumor that the reason why Shantang's business can do so big is not because it doesn't rely on the royal family, but because it has a bigger backer.
As for what kind of backer is stronger than the royal family, there are different opinions, some people say that it is the sword saint Pei Xu, some people say that it is the Yunyin Emperor Yang Tianxiao, and some even say that Qin Xiaohua is actually the illegitimate son of Jin Gaozong, but no one knows what the truth is.
Shantang was established very early, even longer than the history of Jinguo, and has developed to this day, so that in every city, every state, and every county in Jinguo, there are branch halls, and it has become an incomparably huge Jinyuan Empire.
Shantang is not the treasury of the Dajin Dynasty, but it never hesitates to contribute its own strength to the common people in the world.
Whenever there is a natural disaster or man-made disaster, Shantang is always at the forefront, and the donation is also the most, whenever the emperors of the past dynasties want to launch a large-scale war against foreign races, the support given by Shantang is also the most sufficient, and the money that flows into the border defense as military pay is also the most abundant.
Therefore, some people also call Shantang the small treasury of Jinguo.
And Qin Xiaohua also has a more resounding name - Qin Banchao.
The wealth in his hands is comparable to half of the Dajin Dynasty!
What's even more rare is that Qin Xiaohua has a benevolent heart, and always adheres to the goodwill of "reaching the world and helping the world", and has done a lot of good things for the people of the world.
For example, insisting on distributing relief money to the poor people in various states every month is the most important initiative of Shantang in the past ten years.
Of course, not everyone can receive relief money, according to the regulations of the Shan Tang, there are only 200 places in each state, and these two hundred poor families have been carefully screened and strictly verified by the treasurers of each branch of the Shan Tang, and the selected families can go to the state at the beginning of each month to receive 50 taels of silver from the Shantang for three months.
After three months, the church will draw up a new relief list to provide substantial help to more poor people.
Such a move is undoubtedly a bit forbidden, or rather, to some extent, it is too much for the royal family, but I don't know why, Emperor Jinren did not object to Qin Xiaohua's move to win people's hearts, but also praised Qin Shangshu's selflessness in the court, and used it as a model to praise him.
Money is not everything, but with money, you can do a lot of things that seem impossible.
For example, to build the largest intelligence network in the Dajin Dynasty.
This is a secret that Shantang has never passed out, and few people know about it, even Qin Yan, because she is not yet an adult, has not passed the assessment within the clan for the time being, so she has not been able to contact such a core power of the Qin family.
But Xia Sheng knew.
So when he walked into Wanfu Building and came to Kang Wuwei, he didn't greet the other party, nor did he say half a nonsense, but handed over a thin piece of paper to the other party.
Kang Wuwei took it with a suspicious face, unfolded it, and found that there was only a very simple word written on it.
"Goodness".
Seeing this, Qin Yan on the side couldn't help but feel confused, and asked casually, "What is this?"
Xia Sheng didn't answer, but looked at Kang Wuwei quietly.
Sure enough, in the next moment, Kang Wuwei's face changed, because he finally knew what this was, and even more so the meaning of this copy.
For a while, Kang Wuwei's voice actually stammered: "This is...... Good...... Good words!"
Xia Sheng nodded with satisfaction.
Shanziti and Shantang both have a good word, and the two also have a very special origin.
It is said that more than 500 years ago, when Shantang was just established, the identity of the first generation of Shantang's chief shopkeeper was extremely mysterious, and no one knew who he was or where he came from, as if he suddenly appeared.
But this person has a very strong energy, and he can invite many heroes from all over the world to come forward to help, and he has contributed a lot to the development and growth of Shantang.
And in order to repay the efforts of these strong people, when the business of Shantang gradually got on the right track, the chief shopkeeper whose identity was a mystery sent them a handwritten note to show his gratitude.
There is only one very simple word on each of these texts - goodness.
The goodness of the good hall.
According to the statistics of later generations, there are about ten good character posters in the world, and anyone who comes to the good hall with the good character poster in hand can make some requests to the shopkeeper.
As long as these requests are within the scope of the Charitable Church, they cannot be refused.
This is the iron law set by the chief shopkeeper of the first generation of Shantang!
For example, when Emperor Gaozong was still alive, the Xu family had declined, and he couldn't even eat, and Xu Qiuchao used this good character post to get some unknown help from Shantang, which led the clansmen to make a comeback, so that the Xu family became a prominent wealthy family again.
Especially today, when Shantang is sitting on half of the wealth of the Dajin Dynasty, the value of Shanziji is even more immeasurable!
But I never thought that after more than 200 years, the good word will reappear in the world!
Regardless of whether this good character post in Xia Sheng's hand is true or not, if this matter spreads, I am afraid it will be enough to cause the entire Dajin Dynasty to shake!
Kang Wuwei looked at Xia Sheng in a panic, wanting to see something strange from the other party's face.
But all I saw was silence.
It's a matter of course.
The reason why Xia Sheng was able to know the core secrets of Shantang, and even to be able to hold such a heavy treasure as Shanzi, was actually only based on a very simple reason.
Because Shantang was founded by him.