Liu Laosan hadn't spoken yet, but at this time, Steward Zhao and other stewards all stood up cheering, and saluted Liu Laosan with a sycophantic smile on his face: "Third master, hello." "Why did you come here today?" The words came like a tide, but Liu Laosan just waved his hand lightly.

Although Qin Wen had some doubts in his heart, but looking at Liu Laosan's smiling expression, it didn't seem like he knew that Erhu was in his manor, and when Liu Laosan handed over an invitation card with both hands, Qin Wen couldn't help but put his mind at ease, and after taking the invitation, he asked Liu Laosan: "I don't know what happy event Shopkeeper Liu is going to do?"

Liu Laosan smiled slightly and said: "The Qin family master said that I laughed, where do I have any happy events to do, this time Ji Ye became one of the twelve deacons in the main city, I came to invite the Qin family master to the banquet, originally I inquired about the address of your house from Xiao Zheng, but after I got there, I heard a subordinate say that you went to the manor in Dongcheng, and I just arrived at the gate of the manor and heard that you came here, so I rushed all the way over." ”

Hearing that Liu Laosan didn't put the invitation in the Qin Mansion, but instead found it all the way, the stewards present couldn't help but look at Qin Wen with frightened eyes, and some of them had already thought that Qin Wen could only take the Shi Mansion because of this, and there must be the support of the Ji family behind him, thinking of this, their eyes when they looked at Qin Wen also became a little restrained.

Steward Zhao regretted it even more in his heart, like Liu Laosan, who could find two places to send the invitation, even his proprietor Zhao Huan did not necessarily have this kind of treatment, and maybe the Ji family invited the Zhao family or not was between the two, thinking of what he had said just now. He hated it so much that he wanted to whip his two big ear shavers.

Just when he wanted to step forward and say a few words to ease the embarrassment with Qin Wen, but at this time, Liu Laosan looked at the stewards next to him and said, "Brother Qin, just leave the matter of this private field to these stewards, you have a rare rest today, why don't you go to my inn to drink tea and chat." ”

Qin Wen held the invitation card in his hand, and just wanted to ask Liu Laosan what kind of gift it was appropriate to go to Ji Mansion, thinking that the matter of protecting the private land here had already had a result, he nodded, and then turned to Lao He and said, "You just stay here and discuss with the stewards, I will leave with the shopkeeper Liu first." ”

Lao He hurriedly bowed down to see Qin Wen leave. At this time, Steward Zhao led a group of private land stewards. also sent Qin Wen and Liu Laosan out of the courtyard, and after arriving outside the door, Qin Wen said to Lu Mo and Brother Cheng: "Okay, today I want to discuss some things with Shopkeeper Liu." Go back first. If anything. Go to the inn of Shopkeeper Liu to find me. ”

Lu Mo and Brother Cheng also nodded in agreement, and then the two left the private field together, and Qin Wen and Liu Laosan flew to the door of the Shunsheng Inn in Dongcheng. After entering the private room prepared by Liu Laosan, a guy brought the tea, Qin Wen saw that Liu Laosan seemed to have something to say, so he first suppressed the question of preparing a gift and waited for Liu Laosan to speak.

Liu Laosan poured tea for Qin Wen at this time, and said in a casual tone: "Brother Qin, do you know what benefits Ji Ye has for us in the East City to be a deacon in the main city this time?"

Qin Wen shook his head slightly and said: "I'm not afraid of Shopkeeper Liu's jokes, I have been in the City of Expulsion for a relatively short time, and now I can't even tell what kind of position the deacon of the main city is, so I ask Shopkeeper Liu to explain it on my behalf." ”

Liu Laosan nodded and said: "As the saying goes, there are no rules, there is no circle, although the expulsion city is all monks who are not allowed by the outside world, but if there is no constraint, it will not be able to form such a large scale, when the city was built, there were several city lords here, but the methods of managing monks here are very different from the outside world, and there are also demon forces in the northern city, so several city lords have not reached their term of office and have been assassinated." ”

"Whenever the city lord is killed, there will be a bloody storm in the expulsion city, and finally several powerful families in the city will sit together to discuss, the position of the city lord is indeed a little unsuitable in the expulsion city, so they decided to set up twelve deacons in the entire expulsion city. ”

Qin Wen understood a little in his heart at this time, and then Liu Laosan's topic said: "That is to say, all the systems in the current expulsion city are from the hands of these twelve deacons, if there is something that cannot be solved, it must be voted by these twelve deacons, do I understand it this way?"

Liu Laosan nodded slightly: "It should be what it means, as long as most of the twelve deacons agree to one thing, then the other deacons must obey unconditionally, so it can also be said that these twelve people are the most powerful monks in the expulsion city." ”

"Because there are more foreign monks in Dongcheng, they are also highly mobile, and they do not have the deep heritage of the Xicheng Beicheng family, so all along, most of these twelve deacons are from Xicheng and Beicheng, and when Dongcheng is the most, there are two monks among the twelve deacons at the same time. ”

Qin Wen pondered for a moment at this time and said: "This means that when the deacon votes, Dongcheng is completely at a disadvantage, and when there is a dispute with Beicheng and Xicheng, Dongcheng will often lose the vote. ”

Liu Laosan sighed and said: "Brother Qin, you are late, you haven't experienced this kind of thing, I have been here with Ji Ye for hundreds of years, our shops in Dongcheng like the current one were built at that time, at that time, the shops built were divided equally between the West City and the North City, and after they were built, they collected nearly a hundred years of rent, and finally under the unanimous protest of the monks of Dongcheng, they reluctantly sold it to the family of Dongcheng." ”

"The reason why the families of Xicheng and Beicheng live so leisurely is because as long as they say a few more words when voting, the spirit stones that our Dongcheng monks have earned for a few years will easily fall into their pockets. ”

Speaking of this, Liu Laosan directly picked up the teacup in front of him, drank the tea in it and said: "Now with the entry of Ji Ye, this kind of scene has changed greatly, we now have three deacons in Dongcheng, and it is impossible for Beicheng and Xicheng to do that again." ”

"This time, Ji Ye gave you an invitation, and there is another thing I want to convey to you, there is an abandoned mine in the northwest of the expulsion city, and there is a part of the market in the old city to be moved outward, and the deacon will be in this place when he talks, and who will build this place has caused controversy. ”

Qin Wen said a little puzzled at this time: "We are now in Dongcheng, and the mine is in the northwest corner, even if we have three deacon seats in Dongcheng, but compared with the deacons in Xicheng and Beicheng, it is still a minority, how can this mine not be our turn to build in Dongcheng." ”

Liu Laosan shook his head and said: "This is the first thing Ji Ye is going to do after becoming a deacon, it is precisely because this mine is at the junction of Xicheng and Beicheng, so Xicheng and Beicheng both want to get this place, and the deacons have held a meeting for three days, but they still haven't really determined the ownership of this place." ”

At this time, Ji Ye thought of a good way, and he proposed at the deacon meeting that since everyone was fighting like this and there was no result, it would be better to bid for the ownership of this place, and only the twelve deacon families would have the right to bid, so that whoever bids high will get this land. ”

Qin Wen couldn't help but be a little puzzled at this time: "Although this is a good way, who will the spirit stones be auctioned on?"

Liu Laosan smiled slightly and said: "This place belongs to the city of expulsion, of course it is returned to the city, doesn't the repair of the roads and city walls in this city need spirit stones? Even the spirit stones you are on duty every month are supplied by these spirit stones in the city, without such funds, how can this city run so smoothly?"

Qin Wen pondered for a moment, he had roughly understood what Liu Laosan was going to say, so he said directly: "You mean that Ji Ye also wants to compete for this land?"

Liu Laosan nodded and said: "Brother Qin is really a smart person, just a little bit, Ji Ye does have this idea, but in terms of the families in Xicheng and Beicheng, there may be some lack in the spirit stone, so he wants to take this opportunity to go to the banquet and let everyone do this together." ”

"Brother Qin, don't worry, as long as you can take this land, Ji Ye will take all the spirit stones taken out by each family as a share, and everyone will share the profits in the future, even if you can't take this land, the spirit stones will be returned to you a lot. ”

Qin Wen thought about it and said with some caution: "I don't know how many spirit stones Ji Ye needs?"

Liu Laosan said with a smile: "Monk Qin, our family background alone is too far behind, and Ji Ye has also united many big families in Dongcheng, I just revealed this matter to you first, and I am going to let you make a statement at the banquet first, if it is according to Brother Qin's current situation, it is most suitable to take out a thousand high-grade spirit stones." ”

After listening to this number, although a thousand high-grade spirit stones did not have any pressure on Qin Wen at all, in order to hide his strength, Qin Wen nodded cautiously and said: "A thousand pieces should be no problem, but I want to go back and make up for it first, Shopkeeper Liu, you give Ji Ye a word, I will definitely bring this thousand high-grade spirit stones when I go to the banquet." ”

Shopkeeper Liu saw that Qin Wen had agreed smoothly, so he smiled and nodded: "Brother Qin, don't worry, I will definitely bring your words, when I asked me to send an invitation, Ji Ye also mentioned you, saying that the Ji family owed you a favor for the matter of Shifu last time, and if you encounter any trouble in Dongcheng in the future, just come here to find me." ”

Qin Wen nodded, got up and just wanted to leave, when he suddenly thought of the fact that he was going to the banquet to give a gift, so he opened his mouth and asked Shopkeeper Liu: "What kind of spiritual things does Master Ji usually like? (To be continued......)