Gu Ning was expressionless, and took out a file prepared earlier from his arms, which truthfully recorded the revenue of each pharmacy, this look, the pharmacy under the name of the Great Elder was strange, and many pills disappeared inexplicably.

The purchase of pills is all internal funds, and then the sales profit is drawn from individual pharmacies... Where the disappeared elixir went, it can be imagined. Gu Ning said: "Will someone take the money in the clan and fill their own pockets?" ”

The Great Elder's face sank like water, and he glared at Gu Ning viciously.

After bargaining, both sides took a step back, and the Great Elder sold the two pharmacies in the east of the city, and the funds were confiscated.

In the hall, a group of juniors watched Gu Ning arguing on the agenda, forcing the eldest elder to lose his arrogance, and he didn't feel good in his heart, they were all young people, how could the gap be so big.

Seeing that the situation was a foregone conclusion, Gu Ning retreated to his position and stopped talking, and handed over the rest to his father Gu Chang.

After a while, after the details were discussed, Gu Chang smiled: "The family discussion is over, it's getting late, everyone go back and rest!" ”

The Great Elder brushed his sleeves away, and the rest were scattered, and in the blink of an eye, only Gu Chang and Gu Ning, father and son, were left.

"Ning'er, thanks to you. My father is incompetent, and I'm afraid that you will inherit a mess by then. ”

Gu Chang smiled bitterly and took out the jade vial from his arms: "Here is the Ning Yuan Pill, I want to wait for you to give it to you in the One Yuan Realm, I didn't expect you to cultivate so quickly." ”

Ning Yuan Dan.

Gu Ning's heart warmed, this pill was worth a hundred taels of gold, and with the Gu family's current downfall, his father really had to grit his teeth to buy it.

"Thank you, father." Gu Ning was not hypocritical, and took it with both hands.

His heart moved, and he asked, "Father, the rumors about the Great Elder..."

"My father has known it for a long time." Gu Chang nodded, "The Great Elder secretly colluded with the Deng family and poked out all our bills, otherwise, how could it be so coincidental that the Deng family sells the same pills as us every time, and the price is only a little lower than ours?" ”

Hearing this, Gu Ning sighed. With internal and external troubles, his peaceful life seems to be coming to an end.

But just get to the root of the problem. ’

Gu Ning secretly estimated that the strength of the Great Elder was in the Three Elephant Realm, which was two great realms higher than the current one, and there was not much True Yuan left after the soul piercing, and it was very difficult to kill a Three Elephant Realm.

'The Great Elder has a lot of resources in his hands, and even the Second and Third Elders have been co-opted, once the war starts, how many people will be left on my father's side? ’

Gu Ning had a headache, presumably his father also knew this, so he let the Great Elder be arrogant.

"Ning'er, father knows what you're thinking. The Great Elder is in one day, and the Gu family is not the Gu family! But it's not time to move him yet! ”

Gu Chang touched Gu Ning's hair with a doting expression, "Father is incompetent, you are the last hope... Ning'er, you have to work hard to cultivate! ”

Gu Ning's expression was in a trance, and he vaguely remembered the predecessor of the violent death. The predecessor was very sensible, and he practiced desperately, and in the end, he lost his life.

After crossing over, the obsession of the predecessor seemed to be still in the body, constantly reminding Gu Ning: become stronger and protect the family!

But Gu Ning just wants to live a mixed life and live an ordinary life.

"Gu Chang is not my biological father, but he has cared for me in the past few years and is my only relative in this world. The family will fall, and I will have to do my best. ”

Gu Ning thought to himself, anyway, he would have to cultivate without the family, and in more than a year, the Heavenly Battle List would be opened.

"Father, it's not too early, I'll go back first." Gu Ning took his leave.

"Don't cultivate too late, remember to make herbs before going to sleep." Gu Chang smiled.

In response, Gu Ning walked out of the lobby.

Outside is a huge courtyard, the rockery garden is green, the path is paved with cobblestones, while walking, Gu Ning muttered to himself: "The situation at home is worrying, block the Great Elder back today, but there is still a big problem that has not been solved, Gu Family, lack of money!" ”

On the agenda, what the Great Elder said was not unreasonable, he couldn't buy a new Dan Spectrum without money, the two volumes that Gu Ning took out could only solve the urgent need, and in the future, the Dan Pavilion would bring forth the new, if he continued to make the Dan Spectrum privately, it would be troublesome if someone found out.

Gu Ning thought about it, and there seemed to be only one way to solve the Gu family's funds.

Smuggle!

The sales of pills are similar to those of Huaguo Tobacco, the cost is very low, but the price is ten times or dozens of times. Most of these profits were collected by the state, which was even more so in the Great Zhou Empire, where the profits of some pills were as high as hundreds of times.

Once the smuggling was successful, the crisis of the Gu family was solved.

After thinking about it, he had already returned to his small courtyard, as the eldest and youngest of the Gu Mansion, Gu Ning had an independent courtyard before he went through the coming-of-age ceremony, with three maids and ten guards. He came to the door and found a man standing there.

Captain of the guard, Liu Jia of the Second Origin Realm.

Liu Jia is a burly, silent man who doesn't say a word, he came to Gu Ning's side a long time ago to do things, and he is one of Gu Ning's henchmen.

"Young master, there is news about that matter, Changxing Pharmacy in Tong County is willing to cooperate with us."

Hearing this, Gu Ning's spirits perked up. For this matter, he gave gifts to the other party, but Changxing Pharmaceutical Company was worried about the risk of smuggling, so he didn't agree, what kind of wind was blowing this time?

Liu Jia said: "Changxing Pharmacy has one condition. Smuggling is okay, they want 70% of the profit. ”

"Seventy percent?" Gu Ning frowned, it is not easy to legally sell the smuggled medicinal materials into silver, in general, Gu Ning's side bears more risks, and Changxing Pharmaceutical Store only needs to produce medicinal materials.

Liu Jia said: "They said that if it is done this time, they can do long-term trading, and they found a good field over there, and they can produce a batch of 'dove bone flowers' every year." ”

"That's what it is."

Gu Ning was stunned. The dove bone flower is a poison with a psychedelic effect, and the reduced dose can be turned into a painkiller, which is strictly controlled in the Great Zhou Empire, and similarly, the tax amount is particularly high, and the refining cost only needs one or two silver, but the official price is as high as one hundred taels, a full hundred times the profit.

It is precisely because of this that many people flock to it, and there are countless people who smuggle dove bones and flower bells and go to prison and lose their heads every year.

Gu Ning knew that smuggling was not child's play, so he thought about it silently.

If he cooperates with the other party for a long time, even if he only takes 30%, it is a considerable income under the 100-fold profit of the dove bone, as long as it is a big one, the Gu family will come back to life.

"If this vote fails, the entire family will be implicated..."Gu Ning was a little entangled.

Liu Jia suddenly said, "Young Master, the Gu family can't drag it out any longer." ”

Gu Ning looked at Liu Jia in surprise, and in his impression, Liu Jia rarely spoke, usually what he ordered, Liu Jia should say and then do it, like a robot.

It's rare to give him advice.

Said in the house. Gu Ning was worried that the partition wall had ears, so he opened the door.

In the hall, a table and a few wooden chairs, Gu Ning and Liu Jia sat opposite the table, Liu Jia said the reason:

"As far as I and the rest of the escort team have seen, the Great Elder is trying to woo the martial artists in the clan everywhere, and many of them nominally obey the orders of the family master, but when they really give orders, I am afraid that there are not many who can make moves."

"As the captain of the young master's guard, I was labeled as a young master early on, and so did the rest of the guard. Young Master, if you become the head of the family, a group of our subordinates will follow us, and in the same way, if you lose, the Great Elder will never let us go! ”

Gu Ning pondered for a while, there was only one way to solve the Gu family's predicament.

He nodded, "That's right." ”

"So...?" Liu Jia's expression was excited, "When will you do it?" ”

"Tonight." Gu Ning said.