Ding Kaishan had managed the Kai Shan Martial Arts School in the Tong Zhou prefecture for several decades. He could be considered one of the most senior members of the Tong Zhou prefecture. Wherever he went, he could be considered popular. Even the three great clans of the Tong Zhou prefecture were no exception.
The Li family's third young master's trusted aide was his disciple. After Ding Kaishan entered the Li family, he had someone report his arrival and the Li family's third young master personally came to greet him.
After a while, a handsome young man in his early twenties wearing a brocade robe walked out and cupped his hands towards Ding Kaishan. He said with a smile, "Dojo Master Ding, please forgive me for not going out to meet you."
Ding Kaishan quickly said, "Third young master, please don't say that. You're so busy every day, but you still came to greet this old man. It should be my honor."
This young man was the Li family's third young master, Li Zhao.
Ding Kaishan's attitude towards Li Zhao was very polite. Although the Li family's patriarch was dead, no one in the Tong Zhou prefecture dared to look down on the Li family.
Before the Li family's patriarch died, the Tong Zhou prefecture's three great clans should have been the Shen family, the Li family, and the Chu family.
But who would have thought that the Li family's patriarch had only just passed his sixties, even a bit younger than Ding Kaishan. Because of an accident in his cultivation, he died.
At that time, the Li family no longer had a Xiantian expert. Everyone thought that the Li family would decline just like that. But who would have thought that the Li family's three sons would stand up together and support the family's businesses. Whether it was in terms of strength or methods, they were all outstanding. The outside world called them the Li family's three tigers.
Among the three brothers, other than Li Zhao who was still in the Body Tempering realm, the eldest and second were in the Blood Condensation realm. If the three of them could step into the Xiantian realm in the future, then the Li family would be an existence that could challenge the Shen family in the Tong Zhou prefecture.
Li Zhao had someone bring Ding Kaishan a cup of tea. He asked, "Dojo master Ding, did something happen for you to come find me this time?"
Ding Kaishan smiled. "Third young master, do you know the Chu family's second son, Chu Xiu?"
A gloomy light appeared in Li Zhao's eyes. he said, "Of course I know him. Speaking of which, I have a small grudge against Chu Xiu!"
In the past, Chu Xiu had killed a member of the Li family in Yuan Bao Town, which had disgraced the Li family. Most importantly, Li Jing had been promoted by him, which was equivalent to slapping his face.
Li Zhao wanted to retaliate, but his eldest brother and second brother warned him not to act rashly after they found out about this matter.
After all, the Li Family didn't have a Xiantian Realm martial artist. They had to keep a low profile and avoid trouble as much as possible.
Although Li Zhao was young and impetuous, he wasn't someone who didn't know what was good for him. Therefore, he endured this matter. However, he still taught Li Jing a lesson and threw him to the side.
He wasn't angry because Li Jing had caused trouble, but because he hadn't figured out Li Jing's strength and character after causing trouble. He was simply trash.
Ding Kaishan was surprised to hear that Li Zhao had a grudge against Chu Xiu. However, he didn't ask much. He only told Li Zhao about the dispute between Chu Xiu and his grandson. Then he said, "Third young master, the ores are in my hands now. If you want them, you can take out the silver now. You don't need to be afraid of offending the Chu family. This matter is only aimed at Chu Xiu. My daughter will handle the Chu family. Your Li family won't be implicated. Now, let's see if you have the guts. "
Li Zhao's eyes flashed. He had heard about the infighting in the Chu family. However, his Li family was a harmonious family, so he treated it as a joke.
He hadn't expected the Chu family to fight to such an extent. This was simply digging a hole for the other side, and they didn't even hesitate to take advantage of an outsider.
As someone who wanted to take advantage of the situation, Li Zhao had been eyeing the refined ores of the Chu family for a long time.
The Chu family was too useless when it came to forging weapons. It was easy for them to fail when forging weapons at the second revolution, wasting such good materials for nothing. If it was his Li family, their success rate was almost 100%, and it was even possible for them to forge weapons at the third revolution.
Therefore, Li Zhao didn't hesitate and said, "Dojo Master Ding, I want that batch of ores. They are fifty-seven thousand jin. I will pay seventy thousand taels of silver for them, thirteen thousand taels more than the market price. The extra ten thousand taels is a premium. As for the remaining three thousand taels, just treat it as me treating Dojo Master Ding to a drink. "
Ding Kaishan laughed heartily. "Haha! Good! Third young master, you are really straightforward! Just send someone to my dojo to get the ores! "
Ding Kaishan couldn't help but sigh inwardly as he watched Li Zhao. The people of the Li family were really good at handling matters. They were even better than his daughter.
Truly, a married daughter was like spilled water. That girl was actually only thinking about whether the Chu family had suffered a loss. She didn't even ask him, as her father, if he was short of money.
Since ancient times, the poor were scholars while the rich were martial artists. Ding Kaishan's Kai Shan Dojo had such a great reputation in the Tong Zhou Prefecture. Just the tuition fees for every disciple he accepted would be at least two taels of silver per person, and at most ten taels of silver per person.
And his Kai Shan Dojo had more than a hundred students. On average, he would earn close to a thousand taels of silver per month.
Ding Kaishan was a martial artist after all. Although he knew that he had no hope of stepping into the Xiantian realm, he still had to buy some medicinal ingredients that could nourish his qi and blood and prolong his life. He didn't want to die so early.
This was a huge expense. Ding Kaishan was always short of money.
Therefore, Ding Kaishan was only prepared to give the Chu family fifty-five thousand taels of silver for the seventy thousand taels of silver. In any case, the Chu family had only recorded fifty-two thousand jin of ores, which was three thousand taels more than the market price. It was already enough to account for the Chu family.
When Li Zhao returned to the hall, the Li family's eldest brother, Li Cheng, and second brother, Li Yun, were both inside. Seeing Li Zhao return, Li Cheng asked, "Third brother, why did Ding Kaishan look for you? He's an old fox. He won't release the eagle until he sees the rabbit. If we interact with him, we definitely won't be able to gain any advantages. "
Li Zhao laughed twice and said, "Big brother, you're wrong. This time, that old man Ding really came to give us benefits."
With that said, Li Zhao told his eldest brother and second brother what had happened.
After listening, Li Cheng and Li Yun both frowned. Finally, Li Cheng said in a low voice, "Third brother, you handled this matter somewhat rashly. We still shouldn't have any friction or conflict with the Chu family at this time.
When father died in an accident, our Li family was able to persevere. Besides us three brothers working hard, it was also because the Chen and Chu families didn't make a move against us.
The Chen family's patriarch, Shen Mo, had just taken over the position of patriarch and killed several elders to stabilize the Chen family's affairs. He simply didn't have the time to care about the outside world.
As for that old bastard Chu Zongguang, he is always in seclusion. I don't know what he's doing, but he unexpectedly turns a blind eye to our Li family.
It is precisely because of this that our Li family was able to persevere until now. If this matter really provokes Chu Zongguang, then it will be difficult to handle. "
Li Zhao indifferently shook his head and said, "Don't worry, big brother. Old man Ding said that this matter was purely because he wanted his grandson to seize the patriarch position. The Chu family naturally has people to take care of it. They won't provoke Chu Zongguang."
Li Cheng thought for a moment and said, "Even so, I'm still a bit worried. Tomorrow, you will personally make a trip. After obtaining the ores, bring the caravan to Qingyuan town and instruct the steward there to directly forge the ores into weapons."
The Li family was proficient in forging weapons. Not only did they have a shop in the Tongzhou capital, but they also had a shop in Qingyuan town near the Yan Kingdom.
After all, if they brought a large number of precious weapons to Shang Mang Mountain, they would suffer a great loss if they were robbed once. Therefore, the weapons they sold to Yan Kingdom were usually shipped from Wei County and forged directly in Qingyuan Town. It was convenient and fast.
The next morning, Li Zhao brought some people to Opening Mountain Martial School to obtain the ores.
At this time, Liu Youcheng of the Chu family's caravan came to look for Chu Xiu with a mournful expression.
Chu Xiu was in the middle of cultivating when he was suddenly interrupted by Liu Youcheng. Chu Xiu's complexion was unkind as he said, "What happened? I left the caravan in your hands, but as soon as there is a problem, you come looking for me. What use do I have for you? "
Liu Youcheng's face was sullen as he said, "Second Young Master, we really can't solve this matter.
Young Master should know about the business we discussed with a big merchant in the Yan Kingdom last time, but in the end, our family sold this month's ores to someone else.
Losing money is a small matter if we don't do this business, but the other party is backed by a large family in the Yan Kingdom. Once we break the contract, our reputation will be tarnished, and it will be extremely difficult for the caravan to continue trading in Qing Yuan Town. "
Chu Xiu's face immediately darkened when he heard this. Were those people from the Chu clan not done yet? Who was it this time?
Thinking of this, Chu Xiu's eyes faintly revealed a trace of killing intent.
If these people didn't cause trouble for him, and let Chu Xiu smoothly obtain the position of Patriarch and step into the Xiantian realm after obtaining the Chu family's resources, then he should have left the Kaizhou Prefecture. At that time, whoever wanted to take the position of Patriarch could take it.
But now, these people jumped out one after another to cause trouble, and their actions were getting more and more excessive. Now, they actually didn't hesitate to harm the Chu family's interests in order to cheat him. This was simply courting death!
"Who did it?"
Liu You Cheng shivered when he felt the killing intent in Chu Xiu's eyes, and he hurriedly said, "It's the Second Madam. The Second Madam sold that batch of ores to her father, the Master of the Splitter Mountain Martial Dojo, Ding Kaishan. But this lowly one heard that Ding Kaishan sold the ores to the Li family. This morning, the Li family's Third Young Master brought people to the Opening Mountain Martial School to get the goods. "
"Li family?"
A trace of confusion appeared in Chu Xiu's eyes.
He had heard of the grudges between the Li family and the Chu family. In the Tongzhou Prefecture, the Shen family was aloof, but the Li family and the Chu family were definitely enemies. But now, Second Madam actually sold the ores to the Li family. Wasn't she afraid of angering Chu Zongguang?
In any case, this matter couldn't be let go just like that. Chu Xiu directly picked up the goose feather saber beside him, called Ma Kuo and the others, and headed to the Opening Mountain Martial School together.
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