As the headquarters of the world's first chamber of commerce, the Cheonan Chamber of Commerce is not a magnificent building, but a block.

Yes, not one, but one.

In Di'an City, where every inch of land is valuable, the Tian'an Chamber of Commerce directly occupies hundreds of acres of land.

Horse-drawn carriages drove among them, and every shop on both sides of the block was lined up, and each house was hung with the Cheonan Chamber of Commerce logo.

From Qinglou to casinos, from ordinary daily necessities to high-end luxury clothes, from ordinary Shuli to high-level cultivators, everything you need to buy, everything you want to spend can find corresponding stores here.

The carriage of the left attendant of the military department drove through the bustling streets, which attracted a lot of attention, but there was no empty sound in the ten thousand alleys.

Within the boundaries of the Chamber of Commerce in Tian'an, you can see some high-ranking officials of the court and high-ranking members of the sect driving towards the depths of the Chamber of Commerce.

In the midst of the bustling streets, the carriage drove slowly for about half an hour before finally stopping in front of a small three-story building.

It's a pawn shop.

The plaque dragon flying phoenix dance has two big characters written on it,

Changan.

This is the pawnshop named after the second brother after the death of Hua Hong's grandfather, and this old man has always been accustomed to handling official business in this pawnshop.

As long as Hua Hong is not in the Prime Minister's Mansion, come here to find him a quasi.

Xu Yuan followed behind Wang Yuqian and walked slowly into the pawnshop.

The business inside is neither good nor bad, there are five pawn windows, and there are only three or five people in front of each window, but the atmosphere is quite lively.

There was a lot of noise in front of every window, and the guests who came to pawn the items with them argued with the connoisseurs about the price of the pawns.

However, after the two stepped into the door of the pawnshop, the hall quickly fell silent at an eerie speed.

Because of the official robe worn by Wang Yuqian, the official robe of the third-grade officer.

This pawnshop is not the largest pawnshop in the Tian'an Chamber of Commerce, and most of the people who come here to pawn items are also wealthy businessmen or low-level cultivators, and the third-grade masters can already be regarded as heavenly officials for them.

His eyes swept over, and Xu Yuan even saw some guests kneeling directly towards them.

After a brief silence, a small, lean young man hurried out of the background.

Dressed in a shopkeeper's uniform of some years, he stood in front of the two of them and rubbed his hands a little hurriedly, and asked cautiously:

"Two distinguished guests, but do you want to be a thing?"

Wang Yuqian bowed his head calmly, and took out a jade pendant with a rather delicate style from his official uniform:

"Find a sharp-eyed one, don't look away from the official."

The thin young man's pupils shrank when he saw this jade pendant, and he smiled:

"Second master, please on the second floor."

After saying that, the thin young man saluted back with both hands, and shouted skillfully upstairs:

"Qu'er, two guests, prepare red gold tea~"

After that, the thin young man led Xu Yuan and Wang Yuqian upstairs with his hands and feet.

On the second floor, the hustle and bustle of the downstairs and the street instantly became clear, the corners were dotted with green plants and incense, and seven or eight tables of sandalwood tables and chairs were blocked by screens with soundproof formations.

However, what is puzzling is that although the thin young man said that he was talking about the second floor, there was no one on this floor, and the pace of going upstairs did not stop, and he led Xu Yuan and Wang Yuqian to the third floor.

However, when approaching the third floor, the thin young man suddenly paused, suddenly looked back at Wang Yuqian, and said with a smile:

"Distinguished guest, Master Hua only saw this son, and please follow me to the second floor."

Wang Yuqian nodded silently, without showing any dissatisfaction.

The Sanpin master is very beautiful, but he is still nothing in front of the core figure of the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Bowing to Xu Yuan, he followed the thin young man to the second floor, leaving Xu Yuan alone to stand at the entrance of the third floor.

Seeing the two disappear at the corner of the stairs, a helpless voice came from the third floor:

"Don't look at you kid, Hongjin is my confidant, and I won't reveal your identity."

Xu Yuan chuckled all his life, touched the Sumeru ring on his fingertips, and walked into the third floor.

On the third floor, there is only one room.

The layout is somewhat similar to that of the old man's study, with a dozen bookshelves filled with documents of all kinds, and an old man with white hair sitting behind the desk.

Looking around, Xu Yuan stepped forward, took out a chair from the Sumeru ring, put it on the table and sat down face to face, and looked at the old man opposite with a smile:

"Old man Hua, I haven't seen you for a long time, how are you doing lately?"

"If you don't poison the old man, you should be able to live for more than ten years."

Hua Hong snorted angrily: "Didn't you tell you to be careful?" Many people in Di'an City know that I have lived here for a long time, although Wang Yuqian's status is not low, but if I bring you here, some people may be suspicious. ”

"Don't worry, I've thought about that."

Xu Yuan said very easily: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is very optimistic about my identity now, so it is not dazzling for Wang Yuqian to take me, an illegitimate child, to worship the dock everywhere. ”

Hua Hong's blazing eyes stared at Xu Yuan for a few breaths, and sighed:

"Okay, let's say, why did you come to the old man on purpose?"

Xu Yuan leaned forward slightly, knocked on the table, and said with a smile:

"This is a pawn shop, so I'm here to pawn things."

"Pawn Items."

Hua Hong frowned slightly, but then his expression was relieved, and he snorted: "Hmph, Lou Ji took away all your money, are you here to fight the autumn breeze with the old man?" ”

While talking,

Hua Hong angrily took out a few silver tickets with a denomination of one hundred taels from his arms and threw them on the table:

"That's all, too much."

“.”

After a moment of silence, Xu Yuan's face was solemn:

"Old man Hua, I'm serious."

Hua Hong's face became more serious:

"The old man is also serious."

“.” Xu Yuan.

The prejudice in people's hearts is really a mountain.

Thinking about it, Xu Yuan leaned directly on the back of the morning chair, crossed Erlang's legs, and casually threw a book of exercises from the Sumeru ring onto the table:

"Since you don't believe it, why don't you take a look at this exercise first?"

Hua Hong looked at the scoundrel look of the kid opposite, and casually took this paper exercise in his hand and flipped through a few pages, and then his eyes were condensed, looking at Xu Yuan:

"Changtian, where did you get this exercise?"

"Picked it up."

"I'm serious."

"I'm serious too."

“.”

Hua Hong's eyes had a hint of anger, and while putting the exercises into the Sumeru ring, he said softly:

"If you don't want to say it, forget it, this exercise is good, 30,000 taels, I'll accept it."

After that, he threw out three 10,000 taels of treasure banknotes in front of Xu Yuan, and then silently put the previous 100,000 taels of treasure bills into his arms.

Seeing the actions of this old man who slammed the door, Xu Yuan was also surprised, glanced at the three ten thousand taels of treasure bills in front of him, there was no eagerness on his face, and asked with a smile:

"Old man Hua, are you going to buy and sell again?"

Hua Hong's face was not red when he heard this, and his heart was not beating, and he casually made up:

"Although your exercises have some doorways, they can only be rated as B at most, and they have not entered the first grade, and 30,000 taels is already very high."

"Gotcha."

Xu Yuan grinned when he saw this, and directly picked up the three treasure bills in front of him and was about to turn around and go out.

Seeing this, Hua Hong's eyes showed a trace of doubt.

This kid has not been a loser since he was a child.

I think back then, when this kid had never practiced before, he dared to fight hard for the thousands of taels of New Year's money and he, a primordial powerhouse, why is he so calm now that he has cultivated?

"Wait." Hua Hong suddenly spoke.

"Huh?" Xu Yuan.

"What kind of medicine is sold in your kid's gourd?"

"What medicine?"

Xu Yuan turned around and said with a smile: "Since you old man doesn't know the goods, then I can only sell it at a pawn shop." ”

Hua Hong's eyes widened when he heard this:

"Little bastard, you have bad rules! Selling the exercises at both ends is to be hunted down! ”

"Ahh

Xu Yuan opened his mouth and winked at Hua Hong, slightly surprised: "Old man Hua, are you going to hunt me down?" ”

“.”

Hua Hong's cheeks twitched, and his originally flabby fist hardened little by little.

Feeling it, Xu Yuan immediately smiled and said:

"Old man Hua, it's just a joke, I know how to be measured."

Hua Hong stood up and walked towards Xu Yuan step by step:

"You know a fart, every time you get into trouble outside, the old man has to wipe your ass!"

Xu Yuanmu didn't squint, and he didn't seem to realize that Fat Beat was about to knock on the door, and said with a smile:

"It's just a book of exercises,

"Besides, who told you that I only have this exercise book in my hand?"

“.” Hua Hong's footsteps paused.

Seeing this, Xu Yuan immediately waved his hand and said in a low voice:

"You don't know the goods here, so I naturally have to go to other chambers of commerce to see if they know the goods."

After the words fell, Xu Yuan turned around and pushed the door, only to find that the originally thin wooden door was as thick as a mountain at the moment.

Seeing this scene, Xu Yuan immediately looked back and scolded in a low voice:

"Old man Hua, you old immortal want to eat black and eat black?"

"Eh, what do you say about it?"

The gloom on Hua Hong's face disappeared, and he smiled, not caring at all about Xu Yuan's address to him: "As Xu Yinhe's son, you naturally have to give priority to our Tian'an Chamber of Commerce if you have good things." ”

As he spoke, Hua Hong walked up to Xu Yuan and forcibly dragged Xu Yuan back to the desk and sat down with his wrinkled palm.

Re-seated,

Xu Yuan stared at the old man on the opposite side expressionlessly.

Hua Hong smiled lovingly, and his voice was very soft:

"Changtian, let's talk behind closed doors."

"Physical closing?"

"Isn't the old man worried that you are going the wrong way, if this kind of exercise is outflowed, it is not a good thing for our prime minister."

"Huh."

"That's it, the same exercises, 100,000 taels a book, how many old men will collect, pay first and then hand over the goods."

"Huh."

"Changtian, 100,000 taels is already very high, and pawned items are generally discounted by three to forty percent."

"Huh."

"That's it, a fixed price, you are what I grew up watching, I will never pit you, one exercise method is 150,000."

"Huh."

"Changtian, you've gone too far."

"Huh"

"Xu Changtian, do you dare to say it again, do you believe that the old man beat you so much that even Xu Yinhe's kid can't recognize you?!"

"Tut-tut-tut."

“.” Hua Hong.

Gently raising his eyebrows, Hua Hong forcibly pressed the urge to beat the kid opposite, sighed and said:

"Make your own offer."

Hearing this, Xu Yuan finally slowly propped himself up and spit out a sentence:

"One exercise is 500,000 taels."

Hua Hong's brows were slightly frowned:

"You kid really dare to open your mouth."

Xu Yuan shook his head and said in a low voice: "Old man Hua, as a primordial powerhouse, you should be very aware of the value of this exercise, if it is placed in the outside world, it can become the method of the town sect of some sects." ”

Hua Hong snorted and lowered the price:

"Then the sect in your mouth should be some unpopular sect."

Hearing this, Xu Yuan opened directly, and spread his hands:

"I've quoted the price, if you don't accept it, I'll go to other chambers of commerce."

Hua Hong let out a long sigh and said in a low voice:

"Okay, 500,000 taels is 500,000 taels, how many copies do you have in total?"

Xu Yuan smiled, as if he suddenly remembered something, and reminded:

"By the way, the 500,000 taels I said are the silver taels purchased by the Prime Minister's Mansion."

"What did you say?!"

Hua Hong's face trembled with wrinkles, and he blew his beard and glared at Xu Yuan.

The various forces under the Xiangguo government are independent of each other, but there will also be some internal interests.

For example, Gewuyuan often asks the Cheonan Chamber of Commerce to purchase various equipment, and the interval used by Gewuyuan is the so-called internal purchase price.

In this kind of internal exchange, although the Tianan Chamber of Commerce will not lose money, it will basically not make any money.

The 500,000 taels purchased internally must be equivalent to between 700,000 taels and 900,000 taels when converted into silver taels in circulation outside the world.

Facing Hua Hong's gaze that intended to eat people, Xu Yuan just smiled and looked at him calmly.

He was well aware of the value of these exercises.

Whether it is a high-level staff member in the Prime Minister's Mansion as a reward for the task, or a treasure at the bottom of the box for the auction, Hua Hong can at least double the amount of money he can earn.

In the end, Hua Hong shook his head and said helplessly:

"It's getting harder and harder for you kid to fool, but I have to confirm the content of the exercises first, as well as the types of exercises."

"Okay."

Xu Yuan agreed very simply this time, and directly stacked the twenty heavy paper exercise cheats on the table in front of Hua Hong at one time: "You confirm slowly, I'm not in a hurry." ”

“.” Hua Hong.

Six hours later.

Hua Hong exhaled a long breath, looking a little tired.

Confirming the exercises is an extremely draining task, because the confirmer needs to guide the source qi to follow the route in the exercises for a week.

And in this process, it is not only necessary to study the content of the exercises, but also to make mistakes in the local exercises from time to time, resulting in a situation of going crazy.

Even in a primordial realm like him, which he had been practicing for a hundred years, it was a little unbearable for his body to confirm twenty exercises at one time.

But fortunately, these 20 exercises are all correct, and there are no mistakes.

Thinking in his heart, Hua Hong glanced at the little kid who was already asleep on his hospitality couch, hesitated for a moment to wake up the other party, and then snorted softly:

"Boy, get up."

“.”

Xu Yuan woke up from his sleep in a daze, subconsciously ran the exercises for a moment to wake his head up, and then slowly came to the desk with a yawn.

Glancing at it, Xu Yuan looked at the exercise cheats on the table that were divided into two piles, and asked with a little depression:

"Why are these exercises only divided into two categories?"

Old man Luo gave him a lot of strange exercises, and if you want to classify them, there should be many categories.

Hua Hong grimaced and pointed to a pile on the left-hand side:

"This category is a double cultivation method."

As he spoke, he pointed to the stack on his right:

"And this kind of exercise is an ordinary exercise."

Xu Yuan pulled out a chair and sat down, glanced at the two piles of exercises, and asked softly:

"Is there any difference between the two?"

"The difference is that the old man can only bid for 200,000 copies of these seven double cultivation exercises."

"Huh?"

"Boy, don't pretend to be garlic here."

Hua Hong's tone did not fluctuate in the slightest, and he lit the stack of double cultivation exercises, and said, "The old man knows that your kid has read the files and internal references in Xu Yinhe's study, and he should know very well how low the value of these double cultivation exercises is.

"The old man is willing to bid you for 200,000 taels of one book, all because the other thirteen exercises are very important to our Xiangguo Mansion."

“.”

Xu Yuan opened his mouth, wanting to bargain, but in the end he smiled wryly.

As a good young man who had once longed for the Hehuan Sect, he was naturally curious about why there was no sect in the great Great Yan Dynasty that established a sect with dual cultivation.

And after obtaining the identity of the prince of the Prime Minister's Mansion, he also went to the Father's Study and the Library Pavilion to find a lot of various documents related to double cultivation.

In these documents, the reasons for the decline of the dual cultivation method are recorded in detail.

There are changes in secular ethics, there are also advances in the study of exercises by practitioners, and there are even more artificial schemes, and the decline of double cultivation can be said to be the result of a mixture of factors.

Since the end of the world of the sect of self-etiquette and the collapse of happiness, after entering the world of the dynasty, the times have changed, and the world can no longer tolerate this kind of profligacy.

The sects that are established by the double cultivation sect will basically be labeled with the title of an outer sect and evil way, and once it becomes bigger, it may be liquidated.

However, the biggest reason why the method of double cultivation was almost extinct in the Great Yan territory was because of a Grade A internal reference displayed in the corner of his father's study.

That one has a lot of internal references.

It was written by a staff member in the Prime Minister's Office, but I don't know who it was, because the name on it was crossed out.

But looking at the last signed time, this internal reference should be after Li Yaoxuan ascended the throne in the Ninth Five-Year Plan, when he and his father were preparing to change the law and try to become stronger, the staff handed it to his father as a political counselor.

Thinking about it, my father should have had the idea of using the method of double cultivation to quickly cultivate a group of cultivators, and this internal reference persuaded him.

The disadvantages of cultivating cultivators through the path of dual cultivation are discussed from various perspectives.

From a top-level point of view, the short-term benefits of the double cultivation method outweigh the disadvantages, and once the time period is extended to more than half a jiazi, the disadvantages outweigh the advantages.

The speed of cultivation in the early stage of the dual cultivation method is indeed very fast, but this comes at the cost of overdrawing the cultivator's potential.

After all, the essence of double cultivation is to use the exercises to make the two sides of the cultivation resonate with each other, and the meridians of the human body, the sea and the dantian, all have a strong repulsion of the opposite.

Once or twice will not affect the qualifications, but over time, the source qi of others will be deposited in one's own body to produce a repulsive reaction, making the cultivation speed as slow as a turtle crawling, and it is easy to go mad.

Even the innate Dao body can't afford to spend so much.

After all, the path of double cultivation involves the nature of eating and coloring, and it is easy to attract a large number of talented people to go.

Over time, there will be fewer top-notch combat power.

As for promotion in the army at the bottom .

An army that indulges in carnivals and is corrupted by lust is not conducive to management, and it is difficult for it to become a combat force.

Besides

Among the internal references, there was also a desperate poison plan.

Insert shadows within the sect, spread the method of dual cultivation within its low-level disciples, and even in the martial arts hall opened by the sect, so as to cut off its combat power.

sprinkled with tens of thousands of words, almost writing a transparent plan for the future.

And at the end of this internal reference, it was his father who wrote a word,

Can.

The ploy was carried out, and it failed.

There are also capable people in the world's sects, who saw through the imperial court's plan and began to strictly prohibit their disciples from practicing the method of double cultivation.

Since then, the method of double cultivation has completely declined.

"Since you don't deny it, then the old man will calculate it for you according to the method of 200,000 taels and one double cultivation."

Hua Hong put the exercises on the table into the Sumeru ring, and said softly: "A total of seven million and nine million, the old man remembers, you are faking your death now, it is inconvenient to come forward, if you have any needs, you can contact the old man directly."

"Old man Hua, you misunderstood."

Xu Yuan interrupted Hua Hong's words with a smile: "This money is not prepared for me, just record it in Xin Yao's name." ”

Hua Hong raised his eyebrows slightly, and his voice was a little surprised:

"Xin Yao, what are you doing with her such a large sum of money?"

"Hmm"

Xu Yuan raised his eyes and looked at the inscription lamp on the ceiling, groaned slightly, and a smile appeared on the corner of his lips:

"This money is a little bit of support from my brother for the path that the girl has been gracing.

"Even if she's doomed."

Happy New Year.

Thank you to the readers who are still voting for the monthly ticket and reading books this month.

This month's update is indeed a bit oh no, it's a special crotch pull, and I'm sorry here.

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When a turtle with a shrunken head for a month, the turtle shell is very strong, three-dimensional defense ()

cough, the turtle shell that has shrunk for so long should come out and quibble.

Salted fish is a very inspired author, compared to those who are accustomed to using outlines, detailed outlines, if there is no inspiration salted fish even if the outline is sorted out, it will be extremely painful.

And, of course, lazy.

Old readers probably know that Salted Fish will be weak when it writes a certain number of words, a very mysterious feeling, I can't find the enthusiasm of writing before, and I can't find the desire to express myself before, and the ability to write and design the plot is declining, how to write and how to be dissatisfied.

This situation probably appeared in the "North" chapter, this chapter did not write the feeling I wanted to write at all, the character of the barbarian king, the way the barbarian king died, Li Qingyan, and the interaction between Li Qingyan and the protagonist did not write the feeling they wanted, and the result was that this chapter became the old lady's footwrap stinky and long.

This may be a disadvantage of Lianzai, and it is also a lack of salted fish's own ability.

This month, I went to find out the reason, and found that I probably haven't "recharged" for a long time.

Since I started writing "Fairy", I have basically not had any reading accumulation, and I have hardly read books, movies, anime, and comics.

In the past two months, I have watched a lot of books and anime, as well as dramas and games.

Now it feels like this bottleneck should have almost been broken.

It should have broken through.

It will be updated normally next month, thank you for being able to see the readers here~

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