After thinking about it for more than a dozen breaths, Gong Huaiming secretly laughed at himself, when did this happen? Whether he could successfully take the first step in cultivating the truth and learning the Tao was still unknown, he was good at this time, he ate too many radishes, and he was idle.

Not to mention that the three major archipelagos are all using the dragon as a symbol of their power, even if it is Hongyang Zhenren, they put on dragon robes and sit on the dragon bed, so what does it matter to him? He still thought about it, how should he find a place on Qianli Island where he could cultivate carefully.

When Gong Huaiming was laughing at himself, the slightly taller cultivator had already used his identity jade pendant to leave a mark on Xu Zhongda's torn clothes. This mark carries a little bit of his own true yuan power, and this true yuan power has his unique divine sense fluctuations, and outsiders have no way to forge it. With this mark, Xu Zhongda had evidence that he could explain to Hongyang Zhenren and the Hundred Flowers Fairy, he didn't dare to make any other requests, and hurriedly handed over the reply letter he got from the Hundred Flowers Fairy to the two cultivators respectfully.

After confirming that the reply was intact, the two men each wielded their flying swords and left together. Xu Zhongda breathed a sigh of relief and ordered the Ocean to sail into the harbor and anchor at the dock. The families of the sailors who had been waiting on the pier for a long time rushed up, looking for their relatives, and for a while, some people were happy and some were sad, especially the relatives of the sailors who died on the voyage after learning the bad news, they hugged their heads and cried on the dock.

Xu Zhongda comforted these relatives one by one and asked them to choose to go to Xu's firm to receive the consolation money, and then Xu Zhongda beckoned to Gong Huaiming and asked Gong Huaiming to follow him.

Gong Huaiming looked back at the men, women and children who were crying on the dock, and asked Xu Zhongda in a low voice, "Mr. Xu, who is Brother Zhang's family?"

Xu Zhongda patted Gong Huaiming's shoulder, "Huaiming, I know that you have a good relationship with Zhang Dahai, and you want to help Zhang Dahai's family." I can understand your feelings, but you should leave this matter alone, our Xu family firm will take care of Zhang Dahai's funeral, and will not treat his family badly. ”

Gong Huaiming said: "No, Mr. Xu, I still hope to do my part. In this way, take out half of my unsettled salary for a few months and give it to Brother Zhang's family. ”

Xu Zhongda nodded, and the conversation changed, "Huaiming, what are your plans in the future?" You have no relatives on Qianli Island, do you plan to buy a house here, or do you want to be a passerby?"

Gong Huaiming wanted to say that he wanted to leave the Xu family business and find a place where no one was to cultivate the truth, but when the words came to his lips, he swallowed them back. Not to mention that Xu Zhongda still owes him a few months' wages, even if all the wages are settled, and he only has more than 1,000 taels of silver in his hands, the most important thing is that after Gong Huaiming killed the Kraken Master, Xu Zhongda gave him the reward, but the salary is not much.

After living on the ocean going for about a year, Gong Huaiming learned about the prices of goods in the Dongkoma Islands, including Qianlijima, and the income level of ordinary people through conversations with sailors.

The purchasing power of gold and silver in the three major islands is about the same as that in the Dagong Dynasty, one tael of gold can be exchanged for ten taels of silver, one tael of silver can buy about three hundred and sixty catties to three hundred and seventy catties of rice, and the monthly income of an adult with the ability to work on Qianli Island is about two to five taels of silver. The wages paid by the Xu firm to the sailors and hired workers were very high, at least four taels of silver a month when they did not go to sea, and at least twelve taels of silver a month when they went to sea.

Gong Huaiming was unfamiliar with the life of Qianli Island, and after leaving the Xu firm, no one may dare to hire him as a strange face. The way of cultivation is another extremely money-consuming thing, and the money Gong Huaiming has now can't support it for much at all, and when the time comes, he will be poor and white. What's more important is what kind of situation is in the Xiuzhen Realm of the Dongju Islands, Gong Huaiming doesn't know anything about this, and the Xu business has a deep relationship with the Qianbing Zhenren Shenfu Gate, and continuing to stay in the Xu business will undoubtedly have an opportunity to get close to understanding the Shenfu Gate, if you choose to leave the Xu business, not only will it not be easy to find a place to earn high wages, but at the same time, you will lose the opportunity to set foot in the Xiuzhen Realm, so it is too much not to try.

Of course, if Gong Huaiming has a skill, even if he leaves the Xu business, he can make money, the problem is that Gong Huaiming knows his own family affairs, he learned the ability to hunt from his father, and learned the ability to govern the country from the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs, these two specialties are useless in Qianli Island, Qianli Island hunting is a sea beast, Gong Huaiming learned the ability to hunt on land, and the two have nothing in common. As for governing the country, it is even more nonsense, not to mention that there is no country on Qianli Island, even if there is, it is not Gong Huaiming's turn to be pointed at by an outsider.

When the white horse passed through the gap, Gong Huaiming figured everything out, "I want to buy a house on Qianli Island, the area is not too big, as long as it can accommodate me, it is quiet enough." ”

Xu Zhongda was secretly happy in his heart, Gong Huaiming was willing to settle down on Qianli Island, and the Xu family had a chance to envelop him. In Xu Zhongda's opinion, Gong Huaiming is the most suitable person to be the captain of Xu Zhongda's escort team that he has seen in his life, dare to fight pirates, dare to kill the Kraken Master, this is not something that ordinary people dare to do.

"Okay, great. Huaiming, I don't think you need to look for a house outside, it's better to go to my house for a while, there is still a yard in my house that is idle, so you can live there first. In this case, someone will help you arrange everything for your food and clothing, and the two of us will talk about the world sooner or later, what do you think?"

can save money, Gong Huaiming has something he doesn't want to do. He knew that Xu Zhongda was trying to win him over, and he was very grateful to Xu Zhongda's thoughts, but thanks to his thoughts, he would have to leave the Xu family business sooner or later, cultivating the truth and learning the Tao was his pursuit, and the small Xu business name had nothing to make him nostalgic at all.

Gong Huaiming followed Xu Zhong to the Xu Mansion, that is, Xu Zhongda's mansion on Qianli Island. Xu Zhongda has already started a family, three wives and concubines, four children, the ancestor of the Xu family let him move out of the ancestral house, bought him a house near the port, and settled his family.

The head office of the Xu family was built in a town more than 20 miles away from the port, which was also the location of the ancestral residence of the old Xu family. After Xu Zhongda arranged Gong Huaiming and asked his subordinates to wait carefully, he left Xu's mansion and hurried straight to the ancestral house, ready to report to the ancestor the details of this trip to sea.

Xu Zhongda's mansion is a four-entry mansion, a house in the bungalow is divided into several rows before and after, one row is called one entry, and then in layman's terms, the so-called one entry is to enter a courtyard gate, four entry, is to enter four courtyard gates. Such a four-entry house, let alone in Qianli Island, even in the Dagong Dynasty can be regarded as a wealthy family.;