The Trick of Longevity, Paper-cutting Becomes a Spirit

Chapter 402 The Gu family’s courtesy

Three days later.

As soon as a hint of fish belly white appeared in the east, there was a big boat on the Fenshui River, going down the water.

The boat was traveling very fast, and when the sky was bright, the towering walls of Jinyang City were already visible in front of the bow.

Jinyang is located at the junction of the Central Plains and Wuqin Grassland, and is an important border town. When the Wuqin people were glorious, this was once an important border town and the key to the Central Plains.

However, it has been thousands of years since the Wuqin people perished, and Jinyang has long lost its military role as a border gate. Although it is still a large border city, in terms of prosperity, it is far inferior to some cities in the interior.

It was three o'clock in the morning, and the sluice in the north of the city had just opened. There were only seven or eight small boats waiting on the river. After the sluice was opened, the boatman with the oar slowly sailed the boat into the city.

The big ship at the end was like a giant compared to the small ship in front. The tall mast was as high as half of the city wall. When entering the city, the mast had to be lowered before the ship could sail into the water gate.

On the river bank, a group of sturdy men in black were already waiting there. After the sluice was opened, they walked out of the city and walked towards the big ship not far from the shore.

On the deck of the big ship, Lu Qian stood with his hands behind his hands. After seeing the group of men in black, he turned his eyes.

There were a total of twelve people in this group of men in black. The one at the front was an old man in his sixties; behind the old man, followed closely by a thin young man.

This young man is none other than Gu Yundeng.

Seeing Lu Qian on the boat from a distance, Gu Yun took the first two steps, jumped out of the crowd, clasped his fists at Lu Qian from a distance and said, "Master Lu."

Lu Qian also clasped his fists in return, then took a few steps back to make way for an open space on the deck.

When Gu Yundeng saw it, he said to the old man next to him: "Second uncle, let's get on the boat."

The old man nodded and waved his hand to signal the men in black to get on the boat. He jumped first, swept across the water more than ten feet wide, and landed steadily on the high deck.

Gu Yundeng and others also got on the boat.

After boarding the boat, Gu Yundeng immediately walked towards Lu Qian with a smile and said, "Young Master is such a trustworthy person."

Lu Qian just smiled and said nothing.

Later, Gu Yundeng pointed to the old man beside him and introduced: "This is my second uncle Gu Rui. The second uncle is the general person in charge of our Gu family's Zhudaofu business."

Gu Rui, with a gray beard and a kind face, cupped his fists at Lu Qian and said, "I've heard about Mr. Lu for a long time, and I finally have him here today."

This Gu Rui is indeed a businessman. He did not have a blunt opening statement, and just one sentence brought the two of them closer.

Lu Qian cupped his fists and said, "I'm causing trouble for you."

"Hey, what are you talking about?" Gu Rui said with a smile: "If you don't mention anything else, this business of the young master will allow me to not have to worry about it this year at least. I can just lie down at home peacefully for a year. I should have more Thank you, sir. Haha, hahahaha..."

Seeing Lu Qian escorting the boat in person, Gu Yundeng finally felt relieved. His face was a little red with excitement. He looked at Lu Qian with some eagerness in his eyes and said, "Young master wants a boat." A big ship, could it be..."

Lu Qian pointed to the cabin at his feet and said, "There are two million taels of silver in it."

Gu Yundeng was overjoyed when he heard this. In addition to the 800,000 taels paid by Lu Qian in advance, this amounted to 2.8 million taels of silver. He was finally able to let go of his hanging heart.

Even the well-informed Gu Rui couldn't help but change his expression when he heard the number "two million taels", and he couldn't help but sigh: "For the sake of this precious sword, the old man has emptied all the wealth accumulated by the Gu family over the past century. Once the money arrives, I can finally breathe a sigh of relief."

Gu Yunden said: "Two million taels, a big cart has to be pulled by 200 carts. I'm afraid it won't take half a day to transport it."

Gu Rui nodded, and then said to Lu Qian: "When we arrive at the dock later, if the young master doesn't mind, I can let Yun Deng accompany the young master to serve tea at home, how about I let the old man take over here?"

This boatload of money was originally used to pay for the Gu family. Gu Rui signed for it directly on the ship, so Lu Qian didn't need to worry about it anymore.

Lu Qian nodded and said, "Okay."

Gu Rui extended his thumb and praised: "Young master is really refreshing. So, can I go and check the silver first?"

Lu Qian stretched out his hand in a "please" gesture and said, "Of course, please."

After that, Lu Qian took the lead and went down the wooden ladder to the cabin below.

The spacious warehouse is filled with wooden boxes, neatly stacked.

He casually opened a box, and inside was a box of brilliant white silver ingots.

To be precise, they are silver nuggets of different sizes.

Seeing this scene, Gu Rui's face showed a trace of doubt.

Generally speaking, only small pieces of broken silver have an irregular appearance. Large pieces of silver are usually melted into silver ingots or silver collars ranging from two to one hundred taels.

As for Lu Qian's silver ingots, any one piece weighs at least dozens of taels, and the larger ones may even weigh hundreds of taels. This shape... is too random, right?

Seeing something strange on Gu Rui's face, Lu Qian understood his doubts and said, "I collected all this silver from everywhere, and remelted it for the convenience of transportation. It's just... haha..."

These silver nuggets are all smelted from silver ore, and almost all of them are operated by yellow scarf warriors. Don't expect those guys with crude books to be able to make neat silver ingots.

Gu Rui suddenly understood and said: "So that's it. It doesn't matter, we can re-cast it after we collect the money."

After saying that, Gu Rui picked up a piece of silver and looked at it, and said with a smile: "Through the shape of these silver nuggets, it can be seen that the young master is broad-minded and regards money as dirt, how grand!"

"Haha... funny."

While talking, several people inspected all the silver boxes in the cabin one by one. Gu Rui talks and laughs, but is still very serious when doing things.

Until finally, some wooden boxes appeared in the corners, placed separately from these silver boxes.

Gu Rui originally thought that these boxes contained gold, but when he opened them, he found that they were all black and stone-like.

At Lu Qian's signal, he picked up one, looked at it, and said, "Black silver?"

Lu Qian nodded.

Lu Qian's last advance payment included black silver, so Gu Rui was not surprised to see this.

After all the boxes were inspected, Gu Rui said to Lu Qian: "Two million taels of silver is a lot more. As for these black silvers... there is always a saying, 'one tael of black silver and ten taels of gold'. The market price of black silver is, per If the amount is more than one hundred taels of silver, how about I convert it to one hundred and thirty taels for the young master?"

Lu Qian smiled and said nothing.

The current market price of black silver is one hundred and fifty taels of silver and one tael of black silver.

Of course, the market price is the retail price, and the wholesale price cannot be calculated based on this. Lu Qian asked Mi Guanghao to sell black silver, but he was afraid that he would not be able to sell it for one hundred and thirty taels.

But having said that, the Gu family is a family that refines weapons and has a huge demand for black silver. Lu Qian supplied them with so much goods at once, so of course it cannot be counted as an ordinary transaction.

What's more, he paid for it with goods.

Seeing that Lu Qian was silent, Gu Rui's face turned slightly red and he said, "How about one hundred and forty taels?"

Lu Qian nodded and said, "Okay."

Gu Rui smiled and said: "Young Master is a cheerful person."

After that, he waved, and a subordinate brought a ticket book and pen behind him.

Gu Rui picked up his pen and said: "This black silver weighs about 370 kilograms, which is equivalent to 520,000 taels of silver. Can I issue a ticket for 2,550,000 taels to the young master? Of course, these black silvers After they are shipped back, we will weigh them one by one. You can send someone to inspect them.

However, the old man has been dealing with yellow and white things for so many years, and for 2.55 million taels, the young master should not suffer a loss. "

Lu Qian nodded and said, "Okay."

Gu Rui immediately picked up the pen, wrote the note, pressed his fingerprint, and handed it to Lu Qian.

This so-called bill is actually a silver bill, but it is signed by the Gu family, and the silver can only be withdrawn from the Gu family with the bill. Of course, Lu Qian didn't take this silver note to withdraw the silver, but to pay the Gu family for the flying sword.

After all this busy work, the ship had already entered the city and docked at the pier.

Back on the deck, Lu Qian looked up and saw that the street in front of the dock was filled with officers and soldiers, as well as a large number of men in black carrying weapons.

These people surrounded the entire dock, and all the other people had already dispersed.

There was a long row of carriages parked on the street, all pulled by tall, muscular horses. The neat carriages were parked on the whole street, which was a spectacular sight.

In the restaurant and teahouse in the distance, a crowd of people gathered together to watch the excitement from the windows.

The Gu family's huge battle today shocked the whole city.

When it comes to millions of taels of silver, both the Gu family and the Jinyang government attach great importance to it.

Gu Rui stayed on the ship directly, and Lu Qian did not send anyone to him. He only brought twenty armored generals with him this time. It would be useless and unnecessary to leave them behind.

Lu Qian himself knew very well how much money he had brought.

When they got off the boat, the ground paved with bluestones had obviously just been washed with clean water and was spotless. A luxury carriage was parked under the sampan. They got off the boat and could pedal directly without walking.

It can be seen that the Gu family gave Lu Qian's visit a lot of face.

Within an hour, Lu Qian would be on the headlines in Jinyang.

"please--"

Gu Yundeng humbly asked Lu Qian to pedal.

Lu Qian looked at everything around him and couldn't help but said: "Brother Gu is too polite."

Hearing the name "Brother Gu", Gu Yundeng immediately showed a look of panic and said: "I really hope that Young Master will take this 'Brother Gu' back. Young Master can just call me Yun Deng. I have already said that Young Master is our Gu family." It is a matter of course that we are such distinguished guests."

Lu Qian understood what he meant by fear. When Lu Qian met the elders and even the head of the Gu family later, he would not be able to call him uncle. At that time, if he called him "Brother Gu" again, he would inevitably be the same generation as Gu Yundeng.

Seeing this, Lu Qian stopped being polite to him and got on the bus directly.

Later, Gu Yundeng also boarded the car, sat opposite Lu Qian, and said with a smile: "Thanks to the young master, this is my first time riding in this car."

Lu Qian looked at him and smiled: "Although Yun Deng is not good at cultivation, he is smart enough to take over your second uncle's class in the future."

He also saw that Gu Rui, who was in charge of the Gu family's business, valued Gu Yundeng very much.

When Gu Yundeng heard this, he was overjoyed and said, "That's all thanks to the great blessing of the young master."

……

Gujia is actually not far from the pier, just turn two streets away. Along the way, soldiers lined both sides of the street, and the entire street was under martial law.

On the one hand, this shows the special status of the Gu family in Jinyang City. On the other hand, Lu Qian also vaguely saw that the ambiguity between the Gu family and the imperial court was probably beyond his expectation.

The Gu family specifically showed this to Lu Qian, but Lu Qian couldn't guess its purpose for a while.

At the main entrance of the Gu family, the door is open and decorated with lanterns and colors. Two rows of strong men in black and red belts stood on both sides.

At the main entrance, seven or eight men and women gathered around a middle-aged man in a brocade robe, waiting.

Seeing the carriage arriving, the man in brocade robes immediately took two steps forward to greet him personally.

Lu Qian and Gu Yun got off the car. The latter first greeted the man in brocade robes, and then immediately introduced to Lu Qian: "Sir, this is the current head of our Gu family."

Gu Yundeng did not tell the Gu family head's name to his face because Lu Qian already knew that his name was Gu Yi. What's more, it is always impolite for Gu Yundeng, a junior, to call the head of the family by his first name.

Gu Yi didn't wait for Gu Yundeng's introduction, and immediately clasped his fists with a smile and said: "This must be Mr. Lu. Mr. Lu has a majestic appearance and is really a talented person. He really deserves his reputation."

Lu Qian also clasped his fists and said, "Master Gu, you're welcome."

Gu Yi said: "Master, if you don't mind, how about we treat each other as brothers?"

Lu Qian said: "Then, this junior has overstepped his bounds."

Gu Yi laughed, took Lu Qian's hand affectionately, and said: "With the reputation of my dear brother, I am the one who has reached a higher level. My dear brother, please——"

"please--"

The ancient family has settled in Jinyang City for hundreds of years. Not to mention other things, this house alone has been expanded countless times by successive family owners, and it has long been the leading mansion in Jinyang City. The Gu family's status in Jinyang City is also unparalleled.

However, like other sect families, the Gu family has become increasingly lonely along the way of cultivation, and has long lost its former glory.

The one with the highest cultivation level in the Gu family today is actually the current head of the family, Gu Yi.

Gu Yi's cultivation level is probably even slightly inferior to Lu Qian's today.

However, most of the major sects and families today, except Qingxuan Guan, are like this. The eldest brother should not laugh at the second brother.

Gu Yi pulled Lu Qian, passed the transfer of ownership, and came to the main hall of the second entrance.

Compared to this house, this hall is not large in area, but it is beautifully decorated and elegantly laid out, and is not unconventional at all.

It can be seen that this is a place to meet intimate guests, and not everyone in the Gu family will receive them here.

When the guest of honor sat down and served tea, Gu Yi suddenly solemnly saluted Lu Qian with clasped fists and said, "Earlier in Lone Wolf Ridge, Mr. Lu saved my family Yun Deng. Such a kindness, the Gu family dare not or forget."

Lu Qian also stood up and returned the greeting: "Brother, you are so polite. It's a pity that we were a step too late and failed to save the commander."

Hearing Lu Qian's words, Gu Yi's expression suddenly darkened.

Gu Yunwen, who was skinned and hung on a tree to die, was the one in front of Gu Yi; and if nothing else happened, he would be the next head of the Gu family.

Now that his only son has died, it is a huge blow to Gu Yi, who is over fifty years old.

Gu Yi sighed and said, "I have already heard Yun Deng's detailed report on Yun Wen's matter. This matter has nothing to do with Xiandi. Moreover, I also heard that Yun Wen's murderers have been executed." ”

Having said this, Gu Yi raised his head and looked at Lu Qian with a vague look.

It is basically a certain fact that Gu Yunwen was harmed by the Xiao family.

When Lu Qian killed the Xiao family, Gu Yundeng didn't see it.

However, if you think about this kind of thing a little bit, you will understand who did it.

Gu Yundeng had obviously already guessed about this, but he just didn't say anything.

Gu Yi, who was in front of him, also nodded. After expressing his gratitude, he stopped talking and started chatting.

After chatting for a while, Lu Qian looked up at the ceiling.

Gu Yi understood and immediately said: "I have arranged for the best restaurant in Jinyang City at noon. Dear brother, please be sure to enjoy it for a while."

Lu Qian nodded.

Then, Gu Yi struck with both palms, and someone immediately came in from outside the door, holding a piece of paper in his hand.

This is a piece of light yellow paper that looks very thick and exquisite, with many words written on it.

Gu Yi took it and handed it to Lu Qian.

(End of this chapter)