The leader of the Divine Wind Association, Gong Qingfeng, said lightly, "Gang Leader Su, I don't object to the alliance, but I don't think we should choose a leader. It would be bad if we fall out with each other."
Qi Yuan of the Blood Cloak Association didn't say anything. He had a faint smile on his face, but those who were familiar with him knew that if he didn't agree, it meant that he refused.
Only He Tian of the Iron Saber Association was left. Although he had a good impression of Su Xin, he wouldn't agree to Su Xin being the leader.
Just like what Gong Qingfeng said, the five of them had similar strength. They could form an alliance, but it was impossible to choose a leader.
Although it was likely that this alliance leader was just a figurehead, even so, they would not allow a fellow with strength similar to theirs to stand on top of their heads.
To put it bluntly, it was a matter of status in the Jianghu. With the title of leader, they could do a lot of things.
Just like the Five Mountain Sword Faction in the Laughing, Proud Martial World.
Although the Five Mountain Sword Faction was divided, Zuo Lengchan, as the leader, had the name of righteousness. His status was higher than the others.
In Su Xin's eyes, it was very normal for everyone to oppose it. It would be strange if they agreed to it.
"Everyone, don't be in a hurry to object. If I become the leader, you will get some benefits. If I become the Alliance Master, as long as I take office, I will give all of you a big gift, a gift worth five million! "
Everyone was shocked. He Tian stood up and said, "What did you say?!"
"I say, if I'm the Alliance Master, I'll give everyone a present worth five million. What do you think?" Su Xin's lips curled into a faint smile, his expression calm and unperturbed.
He Tian let out a long breath and said, "Gang Leader Su, although we know you are talented in making money, you just said five million silver. Is the entire assets of the Eagle Gang that much?"
Everyone else had the same thought as He Tian.
Su Xin was good at making money and managing the gang. This was recognized by the whole Chang Ning Mansion.
After Merry Forest was reformed by Su Xin, it turned from a broken-down red-light district into the largest money-squandering establishment in Chang Ning Manor. Its monthly profits almost doubled.
However, that was only a few tens of thousands of taels of silver. It was nothing compared to the sky-high price Su Xin had mentioned just now.
Although the few big gangs in Chang Ning Manor were not considered poor, they were definitely not rich either.
For example, after the Azure Bamboo Gang was annihilated by Su Xin, including the money that Chen Hong and Ma Qingyuan took away, as well as the sale of some real estate, they only had two million taels of silver left. This included the savings of the Azure Bamboo Gang over a hundred years.
The Flying Eagle Gang's territory was now larger than the Azure Bamboo Gang's, but its foundation was not as deep as the Azure Bamboo Gang. After Su Xin came to power, he earned more and spent more, and he could not even compare to the Azure Bamboo Gang.
Although the Three Heroes Association was the biggest gang in Chang Ning Manor, it had more than ten markets under its control. Although each market could not be like Su Xin's Yongle Market, which had a daily income of fifty taels, it still had a monthly income of thirty to fifty thousand taels. The Three Heroes Association had thirteen markets under its control, so its monthly income was about five hundred thousand taels.
However, with a high income, expenses were naturally high.
The basic gang members of the Three Heroes Association were easy to deal with. Fifty thousand people only cost one tael of silver.
However, the monthly income of the elite gang members was ten times that of the ordinary gang members. The small leaders were ten times that of the elite gang members, and the big leaders were a hundred times that of the elite gang members.
It could be said that in order to win over the elite gang members, half of the Three Heroes Association's monthly income would be invested into their hands. In addition to the gang's messy monthly expenses, there would not be much left of the five hundred thousand taels.
Moreover, martial artists like Meng Changhe, who were at the consummate level of the Houtian realm, naturally wanted to break through to the Xiantian realm. Therefore, every summer, when the caravans from the Central Plains came, they would spend a lot of money to buy some medicinal pills for cultivation.
Even if those medicinal pills were of the lowest grade, they were still priceless. The amount of silver they spent on these pills every year was equivalent to half of the Three Heroes Association's annual income.
Therefore, even if Meng Changhe and the others did not live as extravagantly as the other gang leaders, they still did not save much money.
The leaders of the various gangs were all thinking about how to make money, but they could not imagine what kind of business in Chang Ning Manor would be worth five million taels of silver.
Su Xin knocked on the table and said in a deep voice, "Is five million taels of silver a lot? If I can do this business to the extreme, I can even multiply it by several times! "
"Just what kind of business is it? Gang Leader Su, don't keep us in suspense." He Tian shouted in dissatisfaction.
Su Xin did not deliberately mystify him and said directly, "This business is very simple. In the past, everyone has also done it, but you have not used its full potential.
This business is a monopoly! Monopolize all the specialties of the Southern Barbarians. Except for the gangs of our Chang Ning Manor, no one else can buy goods from the Southern Barbarians in Chang Ning Manor! "
Everyone was stunned. Only Gong Qingfeng of the Divine Wind Association seemed to have thought of something, and his eyes revealed a strange color.
Su Xin took an account book from Huang Bingcheng's hand and threw it on the table and said, "This is the price of the specialties of the Southern Barbarians in the outside world. Although there is a difference, it is not much.
For example, the specialties of the Southern Barbarians, the Moonlight Fox, can only survive in the Southern Barbarian Jungle, but its meat is smelly, and the Southern Barbarians are too lazy to kill it.
However, the fur of the Moonlight Fox in the Central Plains is loved by the high officials and nobles. A complete fox fur coat is worth hundreds of gold! Not silver, but gold!
But do you know how much the merchants spend to collect the fur from the Southern Barbarians? A piece of fur is only worth a few taels of silver. If they encounter those Southern Barbarians who don't understand the market, half a bag of coarse grain can be bought! "
The breathing of everyone present suddenly became heavy. Although they knew that the specialties of the Southern Barbarians were very valuable in the outside world, they didn't expect it to be valuable to this extent.
How is this a small capital with great profits? It is simply more than a capital with great profits!
Of course, they also knew that although these merchants earn a lot, the risk is not small.
The road in Xiangnan is dangerous, and there are many horse bandits.
Those merchants from the Central Plains must pay a high price to hire some powerful escorts to accompany them, so the investment is not small.
But even so, the profits from coming to Xiangnan and then going out are still amazing.
Su Xin sneered, "You can say that these Southern Barbarians are simple, or that they are born stupid. Anyway, we can get countless profits from them!
I have sent people to contact the leaders of the largest tribes in the Southern Barbarian Jungle in the past ten days and bought the things produced by their tribes at a price five times higher than the market price.
In the future, if they want to trade anything, they only need to send someone to tell me and I will immediately prepare to send it to them. These tribal leaders will immediately become my most loyal allies.
The good thing about these Southern Barbarians is that they are stubborn. After swearing to those messy gods, they will not go back on their words.
From now on, if the merchants from the Central Plains want to come to Chang Ning Prefecture to buy the Southern Barbarian specialties, then there are only two choices. One is to buy from me, the other is to go to other prefectures.
But in the entire Xiangnan, only my Chang Ning Prefecture is closest to the Southern Barbarian Jungle. The other prefectures are only close to the edge of the Southern Barbarian Jungle. There are no big tribes there, only some scattered small tribes. The things they produce are even more pitiful.
In this way, what do you think those merchants will choose? "
Everyone's eyes were red. Is there a need to ask how to choose? As long as Su Xin's price is not too outrageous, they will definitely buy from Su Xin.
Of course, if they have the ability, they can also hire people to go to the Southern Barbarian Jungle to find those precious herbs, animal skins, and other things.
Someone tried this before, but the Southern Barbarian Jungle is warm and humid. There are countless poisonous fog, miasma, poisonous insects, and other things. Xiantian martial artists can't stay in there for more than a few days. Only the Southern Barbarians who have lived in this kind of environment all year round can live here.
With the strength of those merchants, being able to hire a Xiantian martial artist to escort them into Xiangnan is already considered powerful.
If they dare to ask a Xiantian martial artist to go to the Southern Barbarian Jungle to pick herbs for them, they will probably be thrown into the Southern Barbarian Jungle on the spot by the Xiantian martial artist to stay for a few days.
Su Xin threw the booklets in Huang Bingcheng and Li Bo's hands on the table and said lightly, "There are thousands of things in here. They are all Southern Barbarian specialties. I have marked the purchase price and selling price on each of them.
As long as I become the leader, I will hand over the tokens of the Southern Barbarian tribes to you. In the future, you will trade these things with them. "
Su Xin turned his head to Qi Yuan again. The leader of the Bloodcloak Gang was the most difficult to deal with because they didn't lack money at all.
It was rumored that in the Blood Dress Tower, the assassins were divided into five levels: black, blue, green, purple, and blood.
Only the lowest level black assassin would be paid with silver. To hire the assassins of the other four levels, you must pay the same amount of rare treasures.
"Leader Qi, I know that your Bloodcloak Gang doesn't need money, but I think you need this very much." Su Xin handed a booklet to Qi Yuan.
"This is a summary of almost all the highly poisonous things that can be found in the Southern Barbarian tribes. There are hundreds of them. As long as Leader Qi has the token, they will keep these poisonous things and only trade with you."
Qi Yuan opened the booklet and saw the familiar names on it. There were even some poisonous things that he had never heard of. His hands couldn't help but tremble. His originally calm face was also filled with excitement.
Su Xin was right. The Bloodcloak Gang didn't need money. Qi Yuan didn't need money either. What he wanted was to leave the Bloodcloak Gang!
In the outside world, there were hundreds of branches like him, if not thousands. They all provided some logistics services for the Blood Dress Tower. For example, the Bloodcloak Gang of Chang Ning Mansion specialized in providing the poisons of the Southern Barbarian specialties for the Blood Dress Tower.
In the eyes of outsiders, the branch leaders of the Bloodcloak Gang had the support of the Blood Dress Tower and were powerful.
But only they knew that they were only the lowest disciples in the Blood Dress Tower. They weren't even official disciples. They could give up at any time.
Have you ever seen a member of an assassin organization openly exposed in front of the public like Qi Yuan?
The Blood Dress Tower didn't bother to hide their existence. They wouldn't feel distressed even if they lost such a low-level branch. They could easily establish hundreds of branches.
Therefore, these branch leaders of the Blood Dress Tower dreamed of getting rid of this embarrassing identity and becoming a real member of the Blood Dress Tower.
But to become a real black-cloaked assassin, you had to be strong enough to pass the assessment of the Blood Dress Tower to be promoted.
Otherwise, you could get enough credit to be personally taught by the high-ranking assassin of the Blood Dress Tower. Your strength would be greatly improved until you were promoted to a black-cloaked assassin.
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