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Ding Kaishan has been operating the Kaishan Martial Arts Hall in Tongzhou Mansion for decades, and he can be regarded as an old qualified person in Tongzhou Mansion, and he can be regarded as able to eat anywhere, even if it is the three major families in Tongzhou Mansion.

The confidant of the third son of the Li family is his disciple, and after Ding Kaishan entered the Li family, he just let people inform, and the third son of the Li family came to greet him in person.

After a while, a young man in his early twenties, with a handsome face and wearing a brocade robe, walked out, arched his hand at Ding Kaishan, and said with a smile: "The master of the Ding Pavilion is here, and he has missed the welcome below, and I ask for forgiveness." ”

Ding Kaishan hurriedly said: "Third son, don't say that, you can still come to greet me as an old man, it should be an honor for you." ”

This young man is Li Zhao, the third son of the Li family.

Ding Kaishan's attitude towards Li Zhao was very polite, don't look at the fact that the old head of the Li family is dead now, but no one in this Tongzhou Mansion really dares to underestimate the Li family.

In the past, when the head of the Li family did not die, the order of the three major families in Tongzhou Mansion should be the Shen family, the Li family, and the Chu family.

But who would have thought that the old head of the Li family had just turned sixty years old, and was even younger than him Ding Kaishan, so he went wrong because of his practice and finally died.

At that time, the Li family had no innate martial artists, and everyone thought that the Li family would decline like this, but who would have thought that the three sons of the Li family stood up together and supported the family's business, both in strength and means, and were called the three tigers of the Li family by the outside world.

At present, among the three brothers, except for Li Zhao who is still in the quenching realm, the eldest and second eldest of the Li family are in the blood coagulation realm, if the three of them can step into the congenital in the future, then in Tongzhou Mansion, the Li family will be able to compete with the Shen family in the future.

When he arrived in the living room, Li Zhao asked Ding Kaishan to serve a cup of tea and asked, "Did the owner of the Ding Pavilion come to me this time for something?"

Ding Kaishan said with a smile: "Does the third prince know Chu Xiu, the second eldest of the Chu family?"

Li Zhao's eyes showed a gloomy look and said, "Of course I know, speaking of which, I still have a little trouble with this Chu Xiu!"

In the past, Chu Xiu killed the people of his Li family in Yuanbao Town, and lost the face of his Li family, and the most important thing is that Li Jing was also promoted by him, which is equivalent to slapping him in the face.

Li Zhao had the intention of retaliating, but his eldest brother and his second brother warned him after knowing about this incident and told him not to act rashly.

At the moment, after all, there is no innate martial artist in their Li family, and they must be extremely low-key in doing things, and if they can not cause trouble, they will try not to cause trouble.

Although Li Zhao was a little young and vigorous, he was not ignorant, so he endured this matter, but afterwards he also taught Li Jing a lesson and threw it aside.

He was angry not that Li Jing caused trouble, but that he didn't know the strength and character of the other party after causing trouble, and he was just a waste.

Ding Kaishan was surprised to hear that Li Zhao had a holiday with that Chu Xiu, but he didn't ask much, just told Li Zhao about the dispute between Chu Xiu and his grandson, and then he said directly: "Third son, now that batch of ore is in my hands, if you want it, take the silver now."

You don't have to be afraid of offending the Chu family, this matter is only aimed at Chu Xiu, the Chu family has my daughter to deal with, and it can't involve your Li family, now it's up to you to see if you dare to do it. ”

Li Zhao's eyes showed a gleam, he had also heard about the infighting of the Chu family's generation, but their Li family was a brotherly harmony, so he regarded this matter as a joke.

I didn't expect that the inside of the Chu family had already become like this, this was simply a pit to death for the other party, even at the expense of outsiders.

As a bargain picker, Li Zhao has been greedy for the refined ores of the Chu family for a long time.

The Chu family is too wasteful in forging weapons, and it is easy to fail in refining second-turn blades, wasting such good materials in vain, and replacing them with the Li family, the success rate is almost 100%, and it is even possible to refine third-turn blades.

So Li Zhao didn't say a word, and said directly: "Pavilion Master Ding, I want that batch of ore, 57,000 catties, and I will pay 70,000 taels of silver, which is 13,000 taels more than the market price."

Among them, the extra 10,000 taels is a premium, and the other 3,000 taels should be regarded as inviting the Ding Pavilion Master to drink. ”

Ding Kaishan laughed and said: "Haha! Okay! Third son, you are refreshing enough! Just send someone to my martial arts hall to get the silver!"

Looking at Li Zhaoding Kaishan, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, this person from the Li family is going to do things, and he is better than his daughter.

It was really the water spilled by the married daughter, and the girl didn't even think about whether the Chu family was losing money, and she didn't ask him if he was short of money as a father.

Since ancient times, it has been a poor literature and rich martial arts, and Ding Kaishan's Kaishan Martial Arts Hall is so famous in Tongzhou Mansion that every apprentice is accepted, and the tuition fee alone is at least two taels per person per month, and even more than ten taels at most.

And there are more than 100 students in his Kaishan Martial Arts Gym, and on average, he has at least close to 1,000 taels of income per month.

But Ding Kaishan is also a martial artist after all, although he knows that he is hopeless to step into the congenital hopeless, but how can he buy some medicinal materials that nourish qi and blood and prolong life, he doesn't want to die so early.

This is a big expense, and Ding Kaishan is short of money at any time.

Therefore, for the 70,000 taels of silver, Ding Kaishan was only ready to give the Chu family 55,000 taels, anyway, the Chu family only recorded 52,000 catties of ore, which was 3,000 taels more than the market price, which was enough to give an account to the Chu family.

When Li Zhao returned to the hall, Li Cheng, the eldest of the Li family, and Li Yun, the second child, were both inside, and when they saw Li Zhao coming back, Li Cheng asked: "Third brother, what is Ding Kaishan coming to you for? That's an old fox, the master who doesn't see a rabbit and doesn't scatter eagles, and we will definitely not take advantage of him." ”

Li Zhao laughed twice and said, "Big brother, you're wrong, this time the old man really sent us benefits." ”

As he spoke, Li Zhao told his eldest brother and second brother what had happened.

After listening, Li Cheng and Li Yun both frowned, and finally Li Cheng said in a deep voice: "Third brother, you have done this matter a little recklessly, we still shouldn't have any friction and conflict with the Chu family now."

When my father died unexpectedly, my Li family was able to persevere, not only because our three brothers were fighting for themselves, but also because the Shen family and the Chu family didn't do anything to us.

As soon as the head of the Shen family, Shen Mo, took over the position of head of the family, he beheaded several elders in a row to stabilize the Shen family's family affairs, and he didn't have the time to care about the outside world at all.

And Chu Zongguang's old thing has been in retreat all day long, and he doesn't know what the hell he is doing, so he even turns a blind eye to my Li family.

It is precisely because of this that my Li family has been able to persist until now, in case this matter really provokes Chu Zongguang, it will not be easy to do. ”

Li Zhao shook his head indifferently and said: "Don't worry, big brother, Old Man Ding said that this time it was purely a matter that he made up for his grandson to seize the position of the head of the family, and there are naturally people on the Chu family's side, and they can't provoke Chu Zongguang." ”

Li Cheng thought for a while and said: "Having said that, but I am still a little worried, tomorrow you will go in person, and after getting that batch of ore, take the caravan to Qingyuan Town, and instruct the steward there to make this batch of ore into a blade directly there." ”

The Li family is good at crafting blades, and there are shops not only in Tongzhou Mansion, but also in Qingyuan Town, which is close to Yan Kingdom.

After all, if they carry a large number of precious blades to and from the Dead Mountain, their losses are too great if they are robbed by bandits, so the blades sold to Yan Country are usually transported from Wei County and directly built in Qingyuan Town, which is convenient and fast.

In the early morning of the second day, Li Zhao took people to the Kaishan Martial Arts Hall to get the batch of ore.

At this time, Liu Youcheng of the Chu family's caravan was crying and mourning, and even came to find Chu Xiu.

Chu Xiu was cultivating at this time, and was suddenly interrupted by Liu Youcheng, Chu Xiu said with an unkind face: "What happened? Now I will leave the caravan to you to manage, and as soon as there is a problem, they will come to me, what use do I want from you?"

Liu Youcheng said with a sad face: "Second son, we really can't solve this matter."

You also know the business boy we talked to the big businessman of Yan Country last time, but as a result, the family side sold the ore produced this month to others.

It's a trivial matter if this business doesn't do and lose money, but behind the other party is also a big family in Yan Kingdom, once we break the contract, this reputation will stink, and if the caravan wants to trade in Qingyuan Town, it will be difficult and difficult. ”

Chu Xiu's face sank when he heard this, those people in the Chu family are endless, who is it this time?

Thinking of this, Chu Xiu's eyes faintly revealed a hint of murderous intent.

If these guys don't make trouble for themselves, let Chu Xiu smoothly get the position of the heir of the head of the family, and step into the innate after getting the resources of the Chu family, then he should leave Tongzhou Mansion, and whoever likes to sit in the position of the head of the family can sit.

But now these people are jumping out one after another to do things, doing more and more excessively, and now it has reached the point where they want to trap him at the expense of the interests of the Chu family, this is simply looking for death!

"Who did that?"

Feeling the murderous intent in Chu Xiu's eyes, Liu Youcheng shuddered, and hurriedly said: "It's the second lady, the second lady sold that batch of ore to her father, the owner of the Kaishan Martial Arts Pavilion, 'Cracking Gold Hand' Ding Kaishan."

However, the villain heard that Ding Kaishan sold this batch of ore to the Li family, and the third son of the Li family took someone to the Kaishan Martial Arts Hall to get the goods early this morning. ”

"The Li family?"

Chu Xiu's eyes showed a look of incomprehension.

He had heard of the grievances between the Li family and the Chu family, and the Shen family in Tongzhou Mansion was transcendent, but the Li family and the Chu family were definitely hostile forces, but the second lady was now selling the ore to the Li family, so he was not afraid of angering Chu Zongguang?

Anyway, this matter can't just be settled, Chu Xiu directly picked up the Yanling knife beside him, called Ma Kuo and the others, and went to the Kaishan Martial Arts Hall together.