Chapter 1192: Eternal King, Jianghuai Treasure Building (Combined)

"Found them? So fast." Liang Qu pressed his palm and closed the book.

"Naturally, it must be fast. It must be fast! Brother Liang has cultivated for only eleven or twelve years. How could I dare to be slow in important matters?"

"In half a year, how could there be no result? Hurry, hurry, hurry, what are you waiting for outside? Hurry up and bring the things in, let the Prince of Huai take a look!"

Datong Prefecture is in the north, and the Hanging Temple is at a high altitude. Combined with the two, the climate in late November and early December is very cold, and the courtyard is covered with a layer of snow that covers the feet.

Lu Jia brushed the snow dust off his sleeves, exhaled hot mist, raised his hand to greet, and his guards followed in pairs, stepped over the threshold, and gently placed the tree seeds and small seedlings with astonishing volume on the plum blossom scroll head case. The rich life energy was surging, which was quite extraordinary.

"Wow, why are there so many treasure trees at home? They are all different." Long Li, who came out of the side room, opened her eyes wide. "Elder, have you started living a life of raising flowers and grass ahead of time?"

"This is getting old before one's time!" Long Yao said firmly.

"You two have been a bit too lively recently. If you have nothing to do, go and dry the bedding in the room and wash it."

"Okay, Master~"

Ignoring Long Yao's tone, Liang Qu looked around and walked to a dark green seed.

Pat.

The seed made a muffled sound like a watermelon.

"Brother Liang has a good eye, choosing the best one at a glance. The seed coat contains endosperm liquid, sweet like honey. After it grows, every sixty years, it will condense 'Spring Flower Fruit' at the end of its thickest branches." Lu Jia introduced immediately.

"'Spring Flower Fruit' looks like amber, and inside it seals a ray of flowing spring intent. It is highly concentrated life essence. Mortals who eat it can extend their lives by twelve years! Using it for tree seeds can make them grow rapidly."

"Good stuff!"

Liang Qu's eyes lit up.

"Plop."

The guard put down another tree.

Taking three steps, Liang Qu grabbed another tree seedling, a zhang high and full of holes.

The holes were many but round and coordinated, completely different from the dense holes made by insects that made people uncomfortable.

"This is the Thousand-Aperture Profound Wood." Lu Jia continued to introduce. "This tree is not solid. There are countless holes between the trunk and the main branches, like a beehive or a maze."

"When the wind passes, ten thousand apertures sound together. The sound is like a bell or a whisper. It is said that it can calm the mind, and even let people nearby occasionally hear vague prophecies."

"Prophecy?" Liang Qu was surprised. "Really? What can it prophesy?"

"Cough, cough." Lu Jia coughed awkwardly. "I don't know about that. However, not many powerful people take it seriously. There is one in the Taibai Mountain in the north, a thousand zhang high, which is used entirely as a landscape. It should be that there are many people who have auditory hallucinations, and there are always a few that are accurate?"

"Just like the fortune teller on the street saying I am smart but lack decisiveness, capable but lack opportunity. Everyone thinks it's accurate. Who would really think they are stupid and incompetent?"

Liang Qu smiled and continued to walk towards a pitch-black tree seedling, the same color as the inkstone on the table.

"Embracing Moon Black Sandalwood! The wood quality is pitch black like ink, but it can emit a fluorescent white luster under the moonlight, like jade. The wood quality is hard and cannot be damaged by knives and axes."

"Its growth depends on moonlight. Every full moon night, the leaves will turn towards the moon together, as if embracing the moonlight."

"This one is also good."

"The giant banyan tree like the Flowing Pulp Amber Banyan has extremely developed aerial roots after it grows—"

"Not bad, not bad."

"Scale Bone Pine grease strange fragrance—"

"Good looking! Smelled a bit of flavor."

"The Weaving Light Glazed Cypress looks like a light golden glazed pagoda from a distance—"

"Beautiful."

One by one, tree by tree, they were all rare special treasure tree seedlings, either producing treasures or having mysterious uses. Among them, Liang Qu had never heard of many tree species, which opened his eyes. In terms of quantity, it just happened to satisfy the number of thirteen.

Long Eying came out of the side room when she heard the movement and ordered Long Yao and Long Li to give the guards a reward.

Liang Qu finished reading them all, was very satisfied, and sat opposite Lu Jia: "Brother Lu, thirteen strange trees in total, you actually found them all. Relying on the Heaven-Sailing Chamber of Commerce, it shouldn't be easy, right?"

"Alas." Lu Jia drank a cup of tea. "It was extremely difficult at first. The Heaven-Sailing Chamber of Commerce chose to use the Jade Hongqiao Tree to build a building, and indeed wanted to lean towards a spectacle."

"The trees are huge, can be urged to grow, the branch structure is suitable for building houses as shops, the appearance is magnificent, and they can also obtain output through the tree heart. Treasure trees that meet such harsh conditions are rare, otherwise how can they be called strange?"

"If Brother Liang only wanted thirteen of one kind, or three or four kinds, even four or five different tree species, the Heaven-Sailing Chamber of Commerce wouldn't be unable to find them."

"But it happened to be thirteen kinds, one of each kind. This number is really too large. I worked hard for three months, flipped through classics, and searched through various chambers of commerce, but couldn't even gather half."

Liang Qu laughed loudly: "It was difficult at first, then what? Is it simple later?"

"The so-called 'those who know are not difficult, those who don't know are difficult'. Finally, my father pointed out the direction for me."

"Oh, the Director Lu of the Heaven-Sailing Chamber of Commerce?"

"Yes." Lu Jia inserted two pieces of pastry. "Ginger is still old and spicy. My father said that only another Wu Sheng can satisfy a Wu Sheng. Oh my, I was suddenly enlightened, and hurriedly asked my father to help introduce me."

"I heard that Martial Saints are all 'stones in the river'. I don't know if Brother Liang can perceive it. A little northwest of the province, starting from the Tianshan Mountains in the west, passing through the Nanshan Ridge in Longnan, and almost to the position of Zibai Mountain, there is also a 'stone in the river'. Next door is Prince Guangyuan."

Liang Qu perceived slightly: "There is one. The one in Nanshan Ridge is not a Wu Sheng, but a Demon King, right?"

"Exactly. That is an ancient tree Demon King, one of the only five plant Demon Kings in the world!" Lu Jia opened five fingers with one hand and pointed to the green-skinned seed with the other. "The body is the Eternal Spring Tree. Eight of Brother Liang's thirteen treasure trees were found by the Eternal King in the Nanshan Ridge!"

Plant Demon King!

"Amazing! Also hard work, Brother Lu!" Liang Qu didn't expect the Heaven-Sailing Chamber of Commerce to find the Demon King in the Nanshan Ridge directly. Sure enough, the profession has its own specialty, and the connections are amazing. "To tell the truth, I am very satisfied with the thirteen treasures. However, in business, talk business. I asked Brother Lu in June, and Brother Lu said to talk about the price after finding the treasure trees. Now..."

"Brother Liang said he wanted to use these thirteen treasure trees to build a building. The construction of this building 'naturally handed over to the Heaven-Sailing Chamber of Commerce. When I first entered the Heaven-Sailing Building, I was shocked by the Jade Hongqiao, and when I went to the Wangyue Building, I was even more impressed by the great power. The Heaven-Sailing Chamber of Commerce also has experience. Handing it over to others will only be a mess."

"Including construction, the cost is high."

"No matter. Brother Lu, speak first."

"The five I found, plus the subsequent thirteen building constructions, treasure tree cost cultivation, give Brother Liang a lump sum price, twenty-three million!"

Twenty-three million!

Long Yao and Long Li listened and covered their little hearts, their backs sticking to their foreheads.

A mountain of white silver, just to buy five good-looking trees and build houses for the trees?

"Good!" Liang Qu agreed. "What about the eight treasure trees of the Demon King?"

The two dragon girls were dizzy and knelt down.

The prodigal master, bargain, why don't you bargain? Is the Dragon Palace treasury empty? Haven't the Demon King loans been paid off? Owning another twenty-three million, Sister Eying, why don't you manage your master!

Stupid monarch!

Facing the hint of their eyes, Long Eying drank tea calmly.

"The Eternal Demon King is a bit special. It didn't say what it wanted, but it put forward a condition: if it needs treasures from the Jianghuai Great Marsh in the future, Brother Liang must help collect them. If there is a dispute and someone competes, under the condition of the same price, it must be given to it."

"How is the Eternal Demon King as a demon?"

"Staying behind closed doors, staying in the Nanshan Ridge all year round, no good news, and no negative news."

Liang Qu pondered slightly: "Okay, I agree."

"Brother Liang is straightforward!" Lu Jia was extremely surprised. A super order of twenty-three million, the Heaven-Sailing Chamber of Commerce must make a lot of money. "How do you plan to pay?"

"No money."

"No—no money?" Lu Jia was dumbfounded.

"Brother Lu, don't be anxious. Am I, Liang Qu, a person who doesn't pay back debts? How much money is currently in the Flying Sky Moon Spring account?"

"Brother Liang defeated the Southern Frontier and was promoted to Wu Sheng. The Moon Spring rose sharply, and the dividend is about 1.1 million."

"I only have so much on hand for the time being. This dividend will be used to offset it first. The remaining 22 million will be owed. Interest can be calculated, but rest assured, I will definitely pay it back within five years."

Five years?

Lu Jia's twitching mouth calmed down, and he quickly pinched his fingers, unable to help but speak: "This account is too large, I can't make the decision. I want to ask Brother Liang one thing first, I don't know—"

"Please."

"Why does Brother Liang insist on using thirteen different treasure trees to build the building? If you just need a place to open shops and do business, change to the Jade Hongqiao Tree. My Heaven-Sailing Chamber of Commerce has plenty of experience, and it has already been scaled. The construction cost can at least be halved. Thirteen ports, using different treasure trees to build central buildings, is completely unnecessary cost, and the amount is huge, which is very difficult to recover in a short time."

Long Yao and Long Li nodded repeatedly.

Can't recover.

The beginning of luxury is the gradual danger of destruction. Today, the palace people wear silk and satin, and there is surplus grain, but the common people's short clothes are not complete, and they are not satisfied with chaff. This is not what the common people expect from the holy dynasty.

Think twice, Great King.

Liang Qu shook his head: "No, because I don't just want to earn money from trade ports, I also want to earn money from tourism! Must make these thirteen central buildings landmarks!"

"Tourism? Landmark?" Lu Jia stared blankly.

"That's right. When I was in Huangzhou, I went to the nearby Lushan Mountain. Lushan is a natural 'landmark'. If these thirteen ports are all the same treasure tree, how can I attract people to visit them all? Will you climb the same mountain thirteen times?"

"This, can it work?" Lu Jia hesitated. "Lushan is indeed a famous mountain, but not many people go there, and what is the use of more people?"

"Then don't talk about Lushan, talk about the Wangyue Building made of Yin-Yang wood. Wouldn't it be more intuitive?"

"Hiss~"

"Actually, your Heaven-Sailing Building is also a 'landmark', but it is covered by the functions and quantity of the Heaven-Sailing Chamber of Commerce. Every prefecture has one, and it has lost its scarcity. When I first went to participate in the auction, it was shocking."

"Lushan doesn't have many people, and can't make money. First, because of the road guide restrictions, second, because there are no consumption points, and third, because transportation is not convenient, and the time cost is too high."

"But Brother Lu should know. I can solve the latter two. Building a building is for opening shops. There are waterways, and there is nothing faster than this in the world."

"And the road guide, for those with a little family wealth, is not a problem. By then, different treasure trees will become places that attract them to 'check in'."

"Check in?"

"Brother Lu can treat it as a customs clearance document, stamped with exquisite seals of different treasure tree buildings. Imagine, after the treasure building is built, the ladies and young masters sit on water spiders, drill into the waterways, stamp them one by one, and after tea and dinner, take local specialty products, show them to friends, and be proud—"

The scroll unfolded, vividly appearing.

Lu Jia's eyes lit up, quickly understanding and considering.

For various reasons, the Great Shun has no tourism economy. Liang Qu feels that he can try to create it, especially the thirteen ports, which are in different prefectures. Cooperating with the imperial court to make the treasure building an "entrance."

Long Yao and Long Li were confused, but looking at Lu Jia's beaming appearance.

A sage monarch, the land of economy, must first enrich his country.

Not a stupid monarch.

Eternal wise monarch!

"Good, then I represent the Heaven-Sailing Chamber of Commerce and lend Brother Liang these 22 million!"

"Wait!" Liang Qu raised his mouth and knocked on the table. "I am not borrowing 22 million. I want to use the shops in the treasure building to mortgage!"

"Okay, how much does Brother Liang plan to mortgage?" Lu Jia took out a small abacus from his sleeve, pushed and pulled to level it, and clicked.

After a tug-of-war.

Finally, with the Heaven-Sailing Building moving into thirteen treasure buildings, giving the privilege of thirty years of rent exemption, Liang Qu offset 3 million taels, and with the condition of owing 19 million, one-tenth interest, and a five-year term, he exchanged for thirteen treasure building constructions that were several times larger than the three-story Heaven-Sailing Building in local prefectures, comparable to the five-story imperial capital!

One-tenth interest, 0.1% per month, 1.2% per year, is already considered low. Normally, it is at least three-tenths, but it has reached a terrifying 220,000 taels per year.

Liang Qu felt heartache, so he used the dividend of the Moon Spring for the next three years to offset this one-tenth interest, becoming no dividend, interest-free 19 million, and a five-year loan.

This is a method often used for business expansion in later generations.

If he was ruthless, he could actually find a third party, mortgage for reproduction, and mortgage for reproduction again..."

Cough, cough.

Looking at the fief that had nothing, gradually scaling up, a sense of achievement surged in Liang Qu's heart, and he couldn't wait to see the future appearance.

He doesn't need to build all the flowers and trees in the fief. As long as he grasps the main body, the rest will naturally produce a siphon effect.

Treasure tree building, combined with the investment brought by "cannot move," is completely enough.

This fief is really flourishing, just waiting for time to ferment, bloom and bear fruit, and become thirteen hens that lay golden eggs!

"Brother Liang, I have another uninvited request." Lu Jia put away the abacus. "Brother Lu, please speak."

"I heard that Brother Liang is preaching at the Hanging Temple these two days. I have a younger sister, and she has some friends, not many, five people. I said I knew the famous Prince of Huai, but she insisted I was bragging, so she followed me to Datong Prefecture this time—"

"As many as come, I will arrange!"

"Got it, thank you!"

Lu Jia was beaming.

Clearly he came to ask for money, but he didn't get a cent, all paid for himself, and even subsidized 3 million to participate in the construction. He felt something was wrong, but also felt there was profit to be made, so he excitedly took the treasure tree seedlings and went back to count the manpower.

White snow.

Liang Qu reopened Long Zong Yin's report, circled and modified it, feeling a bit big-headed.

Promoted to Heavenly Dragon, became a prince, not as free and dashing as imagined, but instead had many more things. He ordered many tasks, but always felt that several elders did not understand them well, and Liang Qu himself didn't quite understand them, just felt that the expected effect was not achieved.

"Feels like there are no governance talents—"

Long Zong Yin, as an elder, has no problem managing thousands of dragon people. Once the shops are large, his ability seems to be stretched.

Liang Qu suddenly understood why the imperial court stipulated that without imperial examination merits, one could not serve as a county magistrate or prefect.

Even a Grandmaster like Yang Dongxiong couldn't be a county magistrate without passing the provincial examination. Thinking about it this way, Uncle Su Guishan was quite amazing. He started to work hard at thirty, not only achieving success in martial arts, but also passing the examination.

The old monk was also a provincial graduate of the previous dynasty, maybe he could ask for advice on "Wait." Liang Qu had a flash of inspiration and looked at Eying. "Where is the hedgehog?"

"Back mountain? Came back and followed the Jin Mao Tiger to the back mountain."

The Jin Mao Tiger stuck to the White Tiger's neck, rubbing against it, rubbing the whole tiger to turn over.

The wild boar danced in the mud, and the bat hung upside down on the tree singing.

Monkeys all over the mountain hung and swung, calling and shouting.

The hedgehog lay in the bushes, bored and gnawing on a fragrant pear, feeling that he had wasted his years again—

"You hedgehog!"

The hedgehog shivered, rolled back, and turned over: "Third Prince! What wind blew you to the back mountain?"

See me?

The hedgehog's head turned, and it couldn't help but overflow with joy.

"Yes!"

Bang!

The fruit tray was full, and a stack of documents was piled up.

"Can you read?"

"I can, I can. There are little monks teaching, and I am also proficient in Buddhist texts and Jia texts. Some classics can also be translated."

"Amazing! Can you do so much?" Liang Qu was surprised.

"Don't dare, don't dare. Compared to you, they are all petty skills."

"Then you look at these documents, make comments and modifications, and hand them to me in three days. Can you complete it?"

"Three days?" The hedgehog looked at the documents and thought for a while. "The time is a bit tight, but I am willing to try!"

"Good! It's up to you! If you handle it well, I have a heavy reward!"

"Obey!"

Opportunity is here, opportunity is here!

The hedgehog rubbed its claws, its heart was surging, it straightened its thorns, moved its butt to sit on the long chair, and just opened the document, a pair of dragon horns appeared faintly, scaring it so much that it almost fell.

"Third Prince!?"

The little mirage dragon popped out two dragon claws, drifting backwards while pointing at itself and the hedgehog—

Outsourcing work.

Liang Qu returned to the practice room, let Long Li light the incense, and organized the preaching content for tomorrow, which was also a self-combing to increase understanding.

The East Sea Great Hunt didn't know when it would be held, but it would definitely be within a few years. Since he wanted to be a "planner," he would likely have to participate personally.

And as the most eye-catching young Wu Sheng in the Great Shun, it wouldn't make sense not to participate—

Looking inside himself.

"One hundred percent fusion. After transformation, the Water Ape Great Saint likely has the strength of a high-level or even peak Wu Sheng, but without transformation, my strength is only a first-level Wu Sheng who has just been promoted. Only the root sea is more majestic than the second or third level. How to be promoted..." ===== CHAPTER 1193 =====

"With one hundred percent fusion, after transforming into a spirit, the Water Ape Great Sage likely possesses the strength of a high-stage or even peak Wu Sheng. But without the spirit transformation, my cultivation realm is merely that of a newly promoted first-stage Wu Sheng. Only my root sea is more vast than those of the second or third stage. How can I advance..."