Chapter 40: Coming to Zhenjiang Again
Zhu Youdao was never willing to approach the danger of being out of control, so he didn't plan to go to Fengzhou to make a lot of money, but fortunately, the monks in Fengzhou were also looking for sources everywhere.
If he wants to find someone from Fengzhou and trade in Yunzhou or Yongzhou, the danger will be reduced a lot.
Of course, this also reduces the profit a lot.
Early the next morning, Zhu Youdao explained a few words to his family, and then left Langya Mountain alone and headed north.
Fengzhou is located in the east of Yunzhou, but now the east is very strictly controlled by the Vientiane Zhou clan, and he will attract attention when he passes at this time.
So he went north, planning to go to Zhenjiang City to have a look, if Zhenjiang City could not find someone suitable for trading, he planned to go to Yongzhou to have a look, Yongzhou also has a small section of the border with Fengzhou.
Half a month later, Zhu Youdao arrived in Zhenjiang City.
The Zhu family has a store in Zhenjiang City, which has always been run by Zhu Yunxing.
Zhu Youdao came over this time and left Zhu Yunxing at home and asked him to spend more time with his wife.
He entered Zhenjiang City, walked down the street, stopped in front of a shop with a plaque of "Zhu Ji Lingza", looked up, and then walked into the store.
The person who watched the shop was an old man over seventy years old, who was only in the middle of Qi cultivation.
Seeing Zhu Youdao coming in, the old man greeted him warmly: "This senior, welcome to the shop, this store sells first-order elixirs, spirit runes, magic weapons, array weapons, and recycles all kinds of spiritual materials......"
Zhu Youdao smiled slightly, and took out a token: "I am from the Zhu family, and I will sit here for a while!"
The old man hurriedly saluted and said, "It turned out to be from the owner's family, what do you call it?"
Zhu Youdao didn't say that he was the patriarch of the Zhu family, but said, "Just call me Mr. Zhu!"
"Okay, Mr. Zhu, I'm Lao Chen, do you have any instructions?"
"Lao Chen, I heard Yunxing say you, you did a good job, I have other things to do this time, you don't have to worry about me, how is it usually, you are still the same, if you encounter something that can't be solved, come to me again!"
"Okay, Mr. Zhu!"
This Lao Chen is hired by Zhu Yunxing to look at the store, although his cultivation is not high, but he has a wide range of knowledge, and with him in the store, he can save a lot of things from the shopkeeper.
Lao Chen's home is near Zhenjiang City, his family is full of children and grandchildren, and he is not afraid that he will do anything unfavorable to the store.
The store rented by the Zhu family in Zhenjiang City is two floors, and the first floor is used for business.
Before Zhu Youdao came, he inquired with Zhu Yunxing about the situation in Zhenjiang City over the years.
When he was still in the Qi training period, he and Xie Xiaohong came here, and they also met two friends here, Zhou Ziping and Liu Changsong.
Zhou Ziping is a side branch of the Zhou family in Vientiane, and Liu Changsong is Zhou Ziping's brother-in-law, who joined the Zhou family.
Decades have passed, Zhou Ziping has also succeeded in building the foundation, but Liu Changsong is unlucky, although he has exchanged a foundation building pill for Zhou's life, but the foundation building has failed.
Now Zhou Ziping is the deacon of Zhenjiang City, and Liu Changsong is still the patrol captain in Fang City.
The Zhu family opened a store in Zhenjiang City, and they had to take care of these two a lot, and Zhu Youdao came over this time, so he naturally wanted to visit.
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The tallest building in Zhenjiang City is called Zhenjiang Building.
Zhenjiang Building is the headquarters of the Vientiane Zhou family here, this building is more than 100 meters high on the surface, but the underground is unfathomable!
The Zhou family has an ancestor who has been in retreat under Zhenjiang Tower for a long time, and several Jindan monks are also sitting here.
Zhou Ziping has been serving in Zhenjiang City before building the foundation, and after building the foundation, he was appointed as the deacon of Zhenjiang City, responsible for helping the Yuanying and Jindan ancestors who guarded this place to deal with the affairs of Zhenjiang City.
When he received Zhu Youdao's summoning talisman, Zhou Ziping was very surprised, nearly forty years later, this friend came to Zhenjiang City again?
For Zhu Youdao's friend, Zhou Ziping is still very grateful.
At the beginning, someone robbed and killed the monks outside Zhenjiang City, which caused a very bad impact. The territory belongs to the Zhou family, and the people were killed here, so the Zhou family is naturally responsible for finding out the truth and giving everyone an explanation. So Zhou ordered Zhenjiang City to investigate the matter.
Later, this group of robbers was exterminated by Zhu Youdao's family, and gave this credit to Zhou Ziping and Liu Changsong.
They concentrated the credit on Zhou Ziping and exchanged for a Zhuji Dan as a reward, although he failed to use this Zhuji Dan to build the foundation, but later the Vientiane Secret Realm opened, he and Liu Changsong went to participate together, and each of them got another Zhuji Dan.
This time, Zhou Ziping succeeded in building the foundation, but Liu Changsong failed.
After Zhou Ziping successfully built the foundation, relying on the operation of their family elders, he obtained the position of deacon of Zhenjiang City, and his status in the Zhou family also greatly increased.
It can be said that without Zhu Youdao's conceded credit, he has little hope of building a foundation now, and the biggest possibility is that like Liu Changsong, he used the foundation building pill once, and then failed to build the foundation.
It was for this reason that the Zhu family came to Zhenjiang City to open a store, and he and Liu Changsong gave a lot of care and preferential treatment.
At the same time, Liu Changsong, who was inspecting Fang City, also received an invitation from Zhu Youdao.
Thinking of what happened in the past, Liu Changsong was a little depressed.
Back then, Zhou Ziping, Liu Changsong, and Zhu Youdao made friends, with Zhu Youdao's cultivation as the lowest, and now decades have passed, Zhou Ziping and Zhu Youdao have built foundations one after another, only he is still struggling in the Qi training period!
It's just that Tsukidan is rare, even within the Vientiane Zhou clan, without a large number of family contributions and relationships, it is difficult to get.
Seeing that he is about to pass the seventy-year-old foundation building limit, Liu Changsong is a little disheartened, if there is no special opportunity, he will have no hope of building a foundation in this life!
That night, in the most famous restaurant in Zhenjiang City, "Yanxian Building", Zhu Youdao ushered in his guests.
"Brother Zhou, Brother Liu, little brother has been waiting for a long time!"
"Hahaha, Brother Zhu, you finally gave up your old nest!" Zhou Ziping enthusiastically went up and hugged Zhu Youdao.
"Hehe, I heard that Brother Zhu has two fairy-like wives in his family, how can he have time to come out to meet us old men!" Liu Changsong, who came in later, teased.
Zhu Youdao stepped forward and hugged Liu Changsong, and then invited them to sit down: "Don't laugh at me, two brothers, our Zhu family is a small family, as the patriarch, I have to take care of the family's old snacks and practice, and I have a heavy burden on my body, how can there be two brothers who have their backs to the Vientiane Zhou family, and they are free and worry-free!"
The three of them exchanged pleasantries for a while, and the restaurant guy sent the exquisite delicacies at a high price.
Looking at the dishes on the table, they are all the signature dishes of Yanxian Building, and when this table is down, it will cost thousands of spirit stones.
Zhou Ziping said: "Brother, our brothers have known each other for decades, and they are not outsiders, why are you so spoiled!"
Zhu Youdao said with a smile: "Brother Zhou, Brother Liu, I am used to living a hard life at home, and I usually buckle the rope, and there is only one way that I will not be stingy, that is, to eat and drink with friends." Everyone in my family calls me a foodie, and it's rare to come to Zhenjiang City once, and how can I not have a good meal when I see two of them! Brother, rest assured, although the Zhu family is not rich, they will not be poor by one meal!"
Zhou Ziping and Liu Changsong shook their heads with a smile, and they couldn't say anything more.
Zhu Youdao smiled again and said: "Not only do we have to eat well, but we also have to drink well!"
As he spoke, he took out a green-skinned gourd from the storage bag, and said mysteriously: "The two brothers are blessed, this is the monkey wine that I got with a lot of effort, please taste it!"
"Monkey wine!"
Zhou Ziping's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly snatched the gourd, pulled out the wooden cork and sniffed it.
"It's really monkey wine, and it's the best of monkey wine!"
Zhou Ziping directly put the gourd into his storage bag, then took out a few jade bottles, and said with a smile: "We laymen, drinking monkey wine is a waste, I have here the 'drunken immortal wine' that is a specialty of Fengzhou, and it is also a rare wine! As for this monkey wine, don't hide it from Brother Zhu, the best wine for the ancestors who guard this place, I want to take it to honor his old man!"
Zhu Youdao said: "Since the elders are good, we naturally have to be filial, I still have the last gourd here, and Brother Zhou will take it too!"
As he spoke, he took out another gourd and handed it over with a reluctant expression.
Zhou Ziping was not polite, and stretched out his hand to take it: "Thank you, brother, brother remembers you for this!"
Zhu Youdao feigned anger and said: "Brother Zhou, what are these words, it's just a little wine, how can you say it!"
Liu Changsong on the side said with a smile: "Brother Zhu, you don't know, my brother-in-law has been sitting in the position of the deacon of Zhenjiang City for almost ten years, and seeing that his term of office is about to expire, the Zhou family naturally looks down on this position, but there are many people in the side tribe staring at this position, if you can let the ancestor of the town guard make a word, then no one can take away this position!"
Zhu Youdao suddenly realized, patted his chest and said: "It's about my brother's future, I will go to the Broken Dragon Mountain Range another day, even if I try my best to touch a few monkey nests!"
Zhou Ziping hurriedly waved his hand: "That's not necessary, the ancestor loves wine and loves cultivation more, it's good that we show filial piety, if this often disturbs his old man's practice, it will only be self-defeating!"
After the matter was revealed, Zhu Youdao opened the drunken immortal brew and poured a glass in front of everyone.
He raised his glass and said: "Two elder brothers, I have heard the little nephew say many times that the Zhu family's shop has been taken care of by you, and there is a lot less trouble, and the younger brother has thanked him here first!"
He drank it all down.
Zhou Ziping and Liu Changsong also hurriedly raised their glasses.
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