Chapter 14: The Great Feast of Four Hundred
Xiao Bai specially requisitioned a small courtyard, just in the Jiangdu City, picked a good day, and set up nearly a hundred tables and feasts in the courtyard. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
The table is a table of eight immortals commonly used by the people, the pitch-black tabletop, not big or small, neatly arranged like a military formation, even if a table only sits four people, nearly a hundred tables are nearly four hundred people.
Today's dishes are also a little interesting, Xiao Bai deliberately did not let people make any pomp and circumstance of a few hundred taels of silver per seat, but was extremely plain, and it was only three taels of silver when the sky broke through the sky, which was not only a scene of natural disasters, but also a small means to squeeze these rich businessmen.
Xiao Bai has an ambition that is not easy to talk to, he will take away at least five million taels of silver from Jiangnan, which is equivalent to about one-tenth of the annual tax revenue of the imperial court, if it is more, it is ten million taels of silver, in addition to disaster relief, there can also be a large amount of surplus.
As for more, it's too much.
In addition to Xiao Bai, Xie Suqing, Jiang Bin, and the chief officials of the three divisions of Jiangdu, all of whom attended, but also because the more than 300 wealthy businessmen who came this time almost included most of the people in Jiangnan, it can be said that Jiangdu and even the important characters in Jiangnan have gathered in this originally inconspicuous courtyard.
Xu Beiyou, Tang Banyan Tree, and Mrs. Luo came over together, and it was not too early or too late, and some wealthy businessmen who were attached to the three families immediately took the initiative to come over, faintly surrounding the three of them, and forming an invisible huge interest group with the three as the backbone.
Compared with Luo Fu, Tang Banyan Tree was more taciturn, and Luo Fu seemed to push Xu Beiyou to the front of the stage intentionally or unintentionally.
The reason why Xu Beiyou can have such a big reputation today is because of two things, one is that he went to Jiangnan from the northwest, which provoked the siege and interception of the demon palace and the people, and the other thing is that he took over power from Zhang Xueyao in less than a year and became a veritable young master.
The tens of millions of net worth of the Sword Sect at a young age made many old rich businessmen who had worked hard for a lifetime to earn a million dollars couldn't help but sigh, but they didn't know whether to say that heroes were born of teenagers, or whether to say that people were more angry than people.
After some greetings, everyone slowly dispersed, and Tang Banyan, who had not spoken, spoke: "Have you seen it for a long time?"
Xu Beiyou said with some emotion: "Although there are a few people who are not helpful, most of them are human spirits, and dealing with these people has a long experience." ”
"Shopping malls are not as good as officialdom, there are not too many shortcuts to the south, and most of those who can climb to this point are a little scheming, but businessmen are profit-heavy and unrighteous, and it is not easy to make deep friends. Luo Fu reminded.
Xu Beiyou nodded, indicating that he had written it down.
Suddenly, everyone present turned their eyes in the direction of the door.
An old Taoist in a vermilion Taoist robe walked slowly, wearing a Taiqing fishtail crown, one of the three crowns of the Daomen, holding a silver silk whisk of dust, with big sleeves fluttering, and the whole person was indescribably immortal wind Dao bones,
Seeing this scene, Tang Banyan said expressionlessly: "Old man Du Hai has arrived." ”
Behind Du Haitong was followed by a thin middle-aged Taoist, dressed in a well-fitting navy blue Taoist robe, with three strands of long hair, a warm smile, and a mixed yuan scarf at the head of the nine scarves of the Daomen.
Do nothing.
The husband is indisputable, so the world can not compete with it.
This is a sentence from Dao Ancestor, although this middle-aged Dao man cannot reach the realm of Dao Ancestor, he also has three points of divine will. If Du Haixiao's gaze only swept over the bodies of a few earth immortal masters, and completely ignored the others, then this middle-aged Taoist looked at the past little by little, no matter how high or low, and finally fell on Xu Beiyou's body.
Almost at the same time, a cold sweat suddenly rose on Xu Beiyou's back, this was the first time he had reacted like this since he initially became a supreme sword body, this feeling was like a sword weapon encountering an enemy, mysterious and indescribable.
Luo Fu's face was slightly solemn, and he said in a deep voice: "The seventh archdeacon of the Demon Suppression Palace, King Qin Guang." ”
Xiao Bai put on such a big battle, which almost alarmed the entire Jiangnan, and naturally he couldn't miss the Daomen who was also very important in Jiangnan.
Du Haixiao, the master of Jiangnan Daomen, as early as the Dazheng period, the Du family was already the owner of the Taoist workshop, and it is still the case today.
King Qin Guang, who had just replaced the dead Southern Ghost Emperor, became the chief archdeacon of the Demon Suppression Hall in Jiangnan.
"It turned out to be the archdeacon of the Demon Suppression Temple. Xu Beiyou exhaled heavily, and his face gradually returned to normal.
For Xu Beiyou, whether it is espionage, hostility, or even undisguised murder, as long as it is related to the Demon Suppression Palace, it becomes natural, even natural.
After experiencing enough ups and downs, Xu Beiyou is no longer the young man who admired and admired him when he saw the realm of earth immortals, although he couldn't do it without changing his face when Mount Tai collapsed in front of him, but it was more than enough to deal with it calmly.
In addition to a small table for four people, there is also a round table in the middle, which is enough for more than a dozen people to sit around, which is very eye-catching.
According to the unwritten rules of officialdom, this is the position of the host and important guests, to put it more bluntly, this is the position where only the most important people in the audience can be seated.
Xiao Bai, Xie Suqing, Jiang Bin, Du Haixiao, Qin Guangwang, and the three chief officials of the three divisions are all characters at this table, Xu Beiyou, Tang Banyan Tree, and Luo Fu are also qualified to sit at this table, and there are also several salt merchants who are worth a lot of money, or simply officials and businessmen who have their hands and eyes in the sky.
As the saying goes, the blessing of misfortune is relied on, the blessing of misfortune is lurking, to be able to sit at this table is naturally extraordinary, but it also means to become a bird of the beginning, as the so-called wood show in the forest wind will destroy it, this position is not easy to sit, maybe you will be killed by His Royal Highness the King of Qi to set an example of the monkey, hurt the muscles and bones.
Xiao Bai, as the master, is also the most noble person, after he took his seat, others began to take their seats one after another according to their status.
Xu Beiyou took a breath softly, and slowly sat down in his place after Tang Banyan Tree and Luo Fu took their seats.
I don't know if it's a deliberate arrangement or a coincidence, Xu Beiyou's position happened to be directly opposite Xiao Bai, Xiao Bai glanced at him as if he didn't have any, smiling playfully.
Xu Beiyou naturally noticed this undisguised gaze, but he didn't dare to respond, and for some reason, he always had a little bit of a bad heart when facing Xiao Bai.
Xu Beiyou's left hand side is Luo Fu, and on the right hand side is a salt merchant who has not dealt with him before, it is said that he is a person who has stepped on both black and white, and has also been contaminated with a lot of human lives over the years.
However, one of the most famous things about this giant merchant is that his salt ship was cut off by his opponent, but he only asked his subordinates about the damage and did not ask about the loss of the salt ship, which can be seen in his mind.
Salt merchants are mostly a little black and gray, and officials and businessmen are the opposite, regardless of whether there is a fact in this regard, on the surface, they must clean themselves up, and everything is stained with an official word, so they have to pay attention to a name, the word official voice, and they can't be careless.
Looking at the whole table, whether it is Tang Banyan Tree or Luo Fu, they all look at the young, and the actual age is more than enough to be Xu Beiyou's grandmother, and the others are mostly between middle age and old age, only Xu Beiyou and Xiao Bai are the youngest.
And there is a gap of a generation between Xu Beiyou and Xiao Bai, and the two are not the same in terms of status, Xu Beiyou is only the successor of the Sword Sect, but Xiao Bai is the successor of the entire dynasty, and he makes a judgment.
The various figures on the small tables around them naturally focused their eyes on the large table in the center, especially on the two young people with very raw faces.
As for Tang Banyan Tree and Luo Fu, although they also look young, they are old faces in the Jiangnan realm, and there may be people who don't know Zhang Xueyao, the three Lafayettes who are hidden behind the scenes, but there will never be anyone who doesn't know these two big Buddhas who often show their heads.
Xiao Bai was dressed in the python robe of the vassal king, and sat on the main seat in the middle, very recognizable, the identity can be known without asking, the legendary experience of this vassal king is needless to say, almost everyone knows it, because of this, Xu Beiyou, who appeared for the first time on this occasion, naturally attracted the curiosity of many people.