Chapter 355: Barking Tower
Hua Bushi was busy preparing the "Shengmeng Pill" and training Baoliang, which fell on Hai Hongzhu and Xiao Xinwang.
Although Xin Wang is less than thirteen years old, he is also extremely diligent in his work, helping Hai Hongzhu carry potions from the back kitchen fire room, moving the big dog, and sparing no effort in and out. Only the matter of training Baoliang to drag logs, Xinwang people are weak and weak, and they have not practiced light skills, so they can't help Hai Hongzhu. But even so, compared to yesterday, Hai Hongzhu is also a lot easier.
After Cao Duyun returned to the inn, he immediately went out again, he was going to the city to visit the people of the "Ruixiang Ji" boat company, to negotiate the matter of Baoliang and the opponent's dog fight.
An hour later, Cao Duyun came back and told Hua Bushi that the war had been completed.
For the "Rui Xiang Ji" ship company, the fighting dog they raised "Hurricane" is dozens of places higher than Bao Liang's ranking, and the strength of the two sides is far apart.
Before dusk, Baoliang underwent two more rounds of training, and Hua Bushi ordered it to stop, let it soak in the medicine barrel for half an hour, and then give it a full body massage by Hai Hongzhu to restore its strength.
The fight is tomorrow, and today's training must naturally be reserved, and this big dog can't be allowed to practice like yesterday until he falls down.
After two days of intimate contact, Bao Liang is also a little familiar with the beautiful women who massage it. When Hai Hongzhu pressed the dog's body, it lay on the linoleum cloth on all fours, with no fierce appearance, shaking its head and tail with a comfortable and enjoyable appearance. Hai Hongzhu looked at it in his eyes, and couldn't help but have some doubts about how much chance this vicious dog would have if he was going to fight an opponent twice as strong as it would have tomorrow.
Hua Bushi stretched out his hand to measure Baoliang's pulse on the side of his neck, and touched the muscles and muscles between his waist and crotch, but he nodded again and again, quite satisfied with this big dog.
When it got dark, Bao Liang ate and drank to his heart's content, and went back to sleep in the wooden cage, and Hua Bushi's "Shengmeng Pill" was also successfully prepared, and several large bundles of leaves and many other medicinal herbs were only prepared with three chestnut-sized blue-green pills.
Xiao Qian'er came back to report that all the invitations had been sent.
Everything seems to have been prepared, just waiting for tomorrow's drinking party to begin.
※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※ in a place like "Yuelai Hotel", it is common to hold a banquet, whether it is the shopkeeper Sun or Xiao Qian'er, it is easy to operate.
Early in the morning, the inside and outside of the hotel are lit up, and there are more than a dozen large flower baskets at the door, and the red paper pasted on them are written with auspicious words such as "opening auspicious" and "wealth and prosperity", and the firecrackers are also "crackling" non-stop.
In the front hall of the hotel, thirty large tables have been set up, the backs of the tables and chairs are polished brightly, and on the table against the wall in the middle, there is a large plaque four or five feet long, on which are inscribed with three big characters of dragons flying and phoenixes dancing:
Bark Sky Tower.
The words were written by Hua Bushi himself, and "Bark Tianlou" was the name he and Cao Duyun agreed to give to the dog training workshop.
The most powerful fighting dog in myths and legends, is none other than the barking dog raised by Erlang God, and the dog training workshop is named "barking Tianlou", in order to draw a good color head.
The banquet time indicated on the invitation card was noon, and halfway through the hour, Hua Bushi and Cao Duyun had already come to the door to welcome the guests, and the guests of the major commercial houses invited also arrived one after another.
Yesterday, Hua Bushi asked Xiao Qian'er to send out one hundred and twenty-three invitations, almost all the shipping companies in the city were invited, but there were not many guests today, until noon time, there were only more than 30 people, and the number of people who came was less than one-third of the invitation cards to the firms.
This situation was also expected by Hua Bushi. The opening of a new dog training workshop is not a big deal, and most of the businesses on the island employ dedicated trainers, so there is certainly not much interest.
If it weren't for the fact that the storm at sea was raging now, and all the shipping merchants had been forced to stop their business, and all of them had nothing to do, I am afraid that the number of people who came to the banquet would have been even smaller.
It was enough for Hua Bushi and Cao Duyun to have the principals of more than 30 businesses come. The purpose of their banquet today was to spread the reputation of the "Barking Tower" through the dog fighting game between Baoliang and Swift Wind, so many people were enough to spread the news throughout the city, even those merchants and shippers who did not come, they could naturally hear the news afterwards.
In fact, if all the more than 120 merchants who sent out invitations came, the 30 tables prepared at the Panda Hotel would not be enough to entertain.
As soon as noon arrived, Hua Bushi instructed the shopkeeper Sun to bring the wine and food to the table, and the guests began to eat and drink. For this cocktail party, Shopkeeper Sun temporarily recruited several running hall juniors who were originally sent home because of the lack of customers in the off-season, and Xiao Qian'er became the foreman of these guys.
For the cocktail party, Hua Bushi and Cao Duyun had already planned very thoughtfully in advance. Because many of the people invited to the business house did not know them, in order to make the guests feel free to sit at each table of the reception, and the ceremonies such as toasting and congratulating that often occur at the beginning of the banquet were also omitted.
After the banquet began, the two of them went to each wine table separately to toast with the principals of each business house and get to know each other.
In terms of social entertainment, Cao Duyun's attainments are by no means under his swordsmanship. On Okura Island, his name as the "Dusk Cloud Prince" in the capital was inconvenient to disclose, so he assumed the name Cao Yu. It didn't take long for this Cao Yu son to become the most popular person at the banquet, and there were even many guests following him, and most of them were women.
Many of the merchants who came to the banquet brought their wives and daughters, and although Cao Duyun's martial arts had been lost due to poisoning, the dashing demeanor and attraction of the beautiful son to the females were not damaged at all.
Relatively speaking, Hua Bushi's popularity is far less than that of Cao Duyun. The women didn't have much interest in this eldest young master, and even if many men looked at him, they were not good, just because he was holding a big beauty on his arm, which was Hai Hongzhu.
It's a pity how a flower could be stuck in cow dung! From the eyes of those men, their hearts were already revealed.
However, Hua Bushi didn't care at all, and talked and laughed with everyone at the table. He was very eloquent and proficient in business, and he was able to deal with a group of businessmen with ease.
Hai Hongzhu, who followed Hua Bushi's side, felt quite novel. This kind of banquet scene, she had also experienced it when she was engaged to Hua Bushi in Wuyang City, but that time she had to face many guests alone, and she was so busy that her back hurt just by giving a courtesy, which was really not a beautiful memory, and those guests were afraid of the "Evil Dog Gate" and Hua Tianxiong's might, and they didn't dare to say a word to her.
This time was different, Hua Bushi held her hand, which made Hai Hongzhu's heart give birth to some wonderful feelings. The entertainment words with the guests were all spoken by Hua Bushi, and occasionally someone made jokes, Hua Bushi also dealt with the past easily and smartly, and the atmosphere was very relaxed and elegant.
It turns out that this is what it feels like to be a noble lady of a rich family, and although the eldest young master looks ordinary, he can also give her some sense of security at this time. Thinking of this, Hai Hongzhu leaned closer to Hua Bushi and pulled his arm tighter.
After three rounds of drinking, Cao Duyun and Hua Bushi had already paid a visit to all the guests at the wine table. Cao Duyun nodded to Hua Bushi, and the eldest young master turned his face and whispered to Hai Hongzhu: "Lady, go sit at the table over there, and I'll come to accompany you later." ”
Hai Hongzhu let go of Hua Bushi's arm with some reluctance, and walked to the wine table and sat down according to Yan, but saw Hua Bushi walk to the side of the big wooden plaque in the center of the hall, and reached out and slapped his palm twice.
That little Qian'er had already been instructed, and immediately lit a string of hanging whips, only to hear the sound of "crackling", and the original conversation and laughter of everyone at the wine table also stopped.
After the firecrackers were finished, Hua Bushi coughed lightly and said loudly: "Today is the day of the opening of my 'Bark Sky Tower' in Okura City, thank you relatives and friends for coming to cheer and be polite!"
As he spoke, he clasped his fists and bowed to each of the four directions, and some of the guests at the table also bowed their hands in return.
Hua Bushi said: "Xiao Ke Hua Bushi, the ancestors have a craft, proficient in dog training, just arrived at Guibao a few days ago, saw that there are many nobles in the city who love dog fighting, so he discussed with his friend Cao Yu Cao Gongzi, and partnered to open this 'barking tower', specially for all distinguished guests to domesticate fighting dogs. And I am also familiar with the art of veterinarians, but if there is a dog injured or sick, you can also come to Xiaoke for treatment. ”
Hearing this, a few of the people at the table stammered and discussed, and most of them looked indifferent. Most of these guests came with the intention of eating white food and watching the excitement, and they did not really have much interest in the "Vedig Sky Tower".
Hua Bushi took everyone's reaction in his eyes, and then said: "As far as I know, since the 'Zixiaotai Dog Fighting Conference' in Okura Castle was held, it has always been the fighting dogs of Western countries that have the upper hand, and last year's conference, the top three were all Western dogs, which is very regrettable. You must know that the dog breeds of my Middle Earth Daming are no worse than those foreign dogs, and there are more Middle Earth companies participating in the Zixiao Conference than the ships of Western companies, so there is really no reason to always let them take the lead!"
He paused for a moment, and then said: "Hua Bushi is by no means boasting, if you are willing to hand over the fighting dogs you raise to me for training, it only takes a few months and days, and you will definitely be able to increase the combat power of your dogs, and it is not impossible to defeat those Western dogs!"