The main hall of the three peerless sects.

The head of the house, dressed in coarse cloth clothes, sat in the first place.

The three elders sat in the lower position in turn, and behind them stood a dozen martial masters and a chief butler from the sect.

The martial masters are usually teaching outer disciples, and they can be regarded as the backbone of the three peerless sects. The chief housekeeper is in charge of logistics and is responsible for various things such as personnel scheduling.

As for the rest of the stewards and many disciples, they are not qualified to participate in this meeting.

The head glanced at everyone, and slowly spoke:

"How many disciples have you accepted this year?"

None of the others spoke.

The chief steward stood up and respectfully reported:

"Back to the master, this year we will recruit eleven inner disciples, eight new outer disciples, and four hundred and fifteen new martial arts apprentices."

"All the tuition fees plus the money collected from the various land shops, in addition to the various expenses in the sect, as well as the offerings of the elders and martial masters, there are now a total of fifty-one thousand two hundred and sixteen taels of silver left."

When talking about these data, the chief steward directly did not count the outer disciples who came up from the martial apprentices.

After all, if you come up from a martial arts apprentice, even if you spend money, you can't enter it into your account, which is also something that everyone present knows.

Hearing this number, the boss's expression became more and more displeased.

"There are not many people who harvest every year, but this silver is getting less and less!"

"I think that when I founded the Three Peerless Gates in this Qinghu Mountain, I received more than 100,000 taels of silver in the first year."

"It's only been a few years now, and there's only half left?"

The head only showed some displeasure slightly, and the three elders below and many martial masters all lowered their heads.

In fact, with the current situation of the three unique gates, it would be good to be able to save 50,000 taels!

Originally, in addition to tuition fees, there were also large tracts of land around them, plus some shops were messy to make money, and of course they were very rich.

But now it's been so long.

Although there are more and more land stores on the bright side of the Three Peerless Gates, the money earned has also gone into the pockets of individuals.

This elder took a piece of fertile land, and that martial master used a storefront, and the things he purchased were collected from a few separate stores, and there was no need to say more about who these shops were.

The martial apprentices below were originally working for the sect, but they all went to other places after working for the sect's shop for a few days.

Under the advantages of one another, being able to have more than 50,000 taels can already be regarded as a diligent and thrifty steward.

"Speak!"

"Where has all the money gone?"

The head of the house only raised his voice slightly, and his strong internal strength directly shook the teacups on the table and trembled.

The chief steward hurriedly knelt down, glanced at the three elders with his eyes, and then explained:

"The boss is angry, the boss is angry!"

"The amount of silver is getting smaller and less, because the number of outer disciples has also increased over the years, and the annual expenses are also large."

"In addition, the martial apprentices still need to be paid."

"The cost of the iron shop of the sect pharmacy is also increasing, which makes the annual silver in the door more and more insufficient."

"But don't worry, there is still some money in the door that has not been received, and the total amount is about 10,000 taels of silver, and it will be able to be collected in the treasury in a month."

Hearing this, the face of the head softened a little.

In a calm tone, he said to the chief steward:

"Get up, don't kneel so easily for those who practice martial arts, even if you are in charge now, you have to remember your identity."

"And."

"Curry take forty-five thousand taels of silver, prepare some people, and go out with me."

After instructing the chief steward, the head of the house then said to the three elders:

"Who's going with me this year?"

The three elders glanced at each other, and none of them spoke, but their expressions were very moved.

At this moment, one of them was the first to stand up and speak:

"Senior brother, I'll follow you!"

"Senior Brother Zhao? It's okay, you can prepare for a while, and we'll leave in two days. ”

The remaining two elders looked visibly displeased, but neither of them spoke.

Who is the earliest friend of the head of the family than Elder Zhao!

Normally.

After the head of the family said this, it should be disbanded, and everyone is busy with their own work.

But I didn't expect the head to suddenly mention someone at this time.

"Liu Kun, who is a disciple under you?"

"I've been in retreat and missed the person who came to me at home, and he said that one of my nephews had come here to apprentice."

"It wasn't until two days ago that I found out that this kid was from an elder, who took him in?"

Hear this.

The first to raise his head was the steward.

Then the other two elders glanced at each other, but did not move.

Only Elder Zhao, who had just spoken, was left with a sudden flickering look.

Others may not be familiar with this name, but for Elder Zhao, that impression is too deep!

This person had already arrived at the sect last year, and he chose to apprentice to become an inner disciple after paying the money.

But he didn't say what he had behind the scenes, or any other background.

As a result, Elder Zhao has always regarded him as the child of the rich man's family who suddenly became rich.

Since he is the rich man of the earth, Elder Zhao is naturally a lion in his daily life.

In addition to the apprenticeship fee of 5,000 taels.

100 taels for a pointer, 100 taels for teaching two moves, and if you want to learn other kung fu, the price is calculated separately, and you have to give yourself an extra offering as a master every month, and the gifts for the New Year's holidays are naturally indispensable.

He was his master for a year, and he was even so wealthy that he even changed the furniture at home.

Because of this, he didn't show off to the other two elders, saying that he had accepted a thief and a rich apprentice!

But even if this apprentice is rich, he can't withstand a strong demand.

If you don't have money, you won't need it.

So, Elder Zhao found an excuse two months ago and drove him back to be an outer disciple.

It's been more than two months since I thought about this.

The boss suddenly asked at this time!

Seeing the other two elders with a look of schadenfreude in their eyes, Elder Zhao himself didn't dare to tell the truth.

If the bully is just an ordinary disciple, or an outsider with some connections, then it's not a big deal, it's a big deal to explain a few more sentences, and you will be scolded.

But it's the nephew of the head of the family who is bullying!

Even if you have eight mouths, you can't explain what you're doing!

While they were pondering how to speak, the other two elders began to speak in harmony at this time.

"Master, it turns out that the disciple named Liu Kun is your nephew!"

"Your nephew is really careful, he has been in our sect for more than a year, and he didn't say that you were his uncle."

"It was also when you said this name that I suddenly thought that your nephew was a teacher who followed Elder Zhao, and in the past year, Elder Zhao has mentioned the name Liu Kun to the two of us!"

"Do you want to invite him now, you can meet him!"