The road to immortality for a hundred generations

Chapter 13: Tide from all sides, open the book!
"Mother! Mother! Look, look, what I have brought to you!"

In a residential area, a skinny little boy hurriedly rushed into a dilapidated courtyard.

Behind him, there was a middle-aged man in a suit carrying a large bag of things on his shoulders.

"what?"

In the room, a woman was lying on the bed, looking up at the little boy.

But then, she noticed the middle-aged man following the little boy, so she sat up from the bed with difficulty and asked, "Who are you?"

"I'm a merchant from the Xu Family Grain Store, and I'm here to deliver goods."

The middle-aged man replied casually, and then leaned the big bag of rice on his shoulder against the wall, "Just leave it there. I have something to do in the store, so I'll go back first."

"Hey! What is this?"

The woman quickly stopped the other party.

"Oh, this is the prize your children won in the lottery when they bought food at our food store."

The man didn't stop. He turned around and said something back before hurriedly leaving again, "If you have any questions for your kid, there are a lot of people in the store recently. The shopkeeper is waiting for me."

"Lottery? Prize? What is that?"

The woman looked at the cloth bag leaning against the wall and swallowed subconsciously.

Although what the other party said was a bit strange, she already had some premonitions in her heart at this time, but she was not sure yet.

"Shitou, tell me honestly, is there food in that bag? What did that person just say mean?"

The woman grabbed the little boy and held his hand tightly.

"Mom, didn't the Xu family launch a VIP status two months ago? Today, they launched a lottery system. As long as you buy a hundred yuan at a time, you can get a small wooden block in a small wooden box. .”

The little boy recalled his dreamy experience this morning, with a bit of longing in his eyes, "Whatever is written on that little piece of wood will be what you get. The piece of wood I took at that time had one tael of silver written on it, now. , it’s all here.”

As he said that, the little boy pointed to the cloth bag in the corner against the wall, "The thirteen liters of grain I bought are also in it. The total is 130, seven and a half liters."

"130 seven liters of grain?!"

The woman was so excited that she couldn't stop trembling, "Is everything you said true? This is all for free? Come on, help me get out of bed and let me see the food."

"Okay, mother, don't worry, don't worry, I'll help you get out of bed right now."

Since her husband died of the plague three months ago, their family's life has gradually become difficult.

I could barely hold on at first, but I never thought that I would catch a cold this month. Fortunately, it was not serious. I have gotten better in the past few days, and I think I will be fine soon.

But because of the doctor's consultation, the last money of the family was exhausted, and even the food was finished yesterday.

The hundred cents she handed over to Shitou today was already her last money. She had already planned to find someone to sell her house and move to a slum.

"It's really food, it's really food!"

The woman held up a handful of grain with trembling hands, tears filling her face.

"God opens your eyes, God opens your eyes. Thank you God for blessing our family through this difficult time. Thank you God."

The woman murmured to herself, two lines of tears streaked down her chin, and fell to the ground drop by drop, throwing up a light dust.

"Mom, shouldn't you thank the Xu family for their grain store?"

The little boy asked not quite understanding.

The food was obviously delivered by the Xu Family Food Store, so why should we thank God?

He didn't understand very much.

"Yes, yes, thank you Xu's grain store, thank God."

The woman quickly added, but in the end she still couldn't forget to thank God.

The boy Shitou won one or two big prizes from Xu's grain store, and the news spread almost throughout the neighborhood.

But because this is a civilian area, not a slum, everyone has a job, and the security is pretty good, but there will be no fatalities due to food grabbing.

After all, one tael of silver is just half a month's wages for a commoner, so there is no need to break the law.

Similar plots appeared all over Qingjiang County, but no one knew that among the ten grand prizes, seven of the three-two grand prize winners were all insiders.

Some are distant relatives of the Xu family, and some are family members of workers in the stores owned by the Xu family.

Those three big prizes of one or two are the real lucky ones.

The Xu family's expenditure on today's grand prize was only one tael per person.

And it was only on the opening day that so many lottery winners were invited to create a sensation.

In the next few days, you only need to find three or two winning places every day. Even ten days and a half month later, you only need one person to win the big prize every three or five times.

The new lottery system launched by the Xu family this time caused a huge sensation throughout Qingjiang County.

The previous VIP status was only for the middle and upper classes, but now, it covers even the bottom class.

One hundred coins, for most people, is only two or three days, or even one day's wages.

Anyone can afford it.

In particular, there is a chance of winning a big prize, which is fatal to any low-level civilian.

Even if you don't win the grand prize, in most cases, there is a gift of two or three cents. Compared with the VIP system, you still have to queue up, and even if you are lucky, the discount is even more cost-effective than the [-]% off VIP.

Of course, this one is open to everyone. Distinguished guests can not only enjoy a [-]% discount, but also participate in a lottery. It can be said that Qin Shihuang touched the wire and won.

Almost all the stores were caught off guard by the Xu family's system.

After the second lottery system was implemented, the Xu family's profit increased by [-]% after the introduction of the VIP system, and the net profit increased again by [-]-[-]%.

The profits of other stores have also dropped.

Li Fushang, who had followed closely behind and imitated the VIP customer system in Xu's store and had seen his profits rise, also saw his profits fall this month.

It’s not even as good as before the VIP system was launched.

After the Xu family's lottery system was launched this time, the reason why they didn't follow it so closely was because he was really reluctant to spend so much money on the lottery.

"Master, the investigation is clear. Those who won the lottery are indeed more or less related to the Xu family, but there are also a few people who, according to my investigation, have no connection with the Xu family."

A month later, Butler Li lowered his head to report, "Moreover, in the past few days, the number of lottery winners has obviously decreased. From there were two or three every day before, to now there is only one every two or three days."

"In other words, it's half adulterated and half true?"

Li Fushang raised his eyebrows, his interest obviously aroused, "Interesting, interesting, but I don't know who came up with these two schemes for the Xu family. Go and inquire again to see if you can find the person. If you do, , pay a big price to lure him over!"

"I understand, sir,"

Butler Li responded and asked tentatively, "Master, what if I can't dig it out?"

"Can't you dig it out? As long as you can afford it, there's nothing you can't dig out!"

Li Fushang said decisively.

"Yes, sir."

Butler Li looked at the other party's fat feet on the ground and said, "Should we continue to imitate the Xu family's system?"

"Imitate! Of course I must imitate! And not only imitate them, but even surpass them!"

The corner of Li Fushang's mouth raised slightly, "It's best to get the results tomorrow. I want twenty people to win big prizes every day in my Li family store within a month!"

"Then Master, how will we arrange the winners?" "We will all arrange our own people."

"all?"

"all!"

Soon, the spacious hall of the Li family fell silent again.

After an unknown amount of time, Butler Li spoke again: "Master, I'll go down first."

"Well, let's go down."

Li Fushang replied calmly.

Just when Butler Li's foot stepped out of the threshold of the main room, a faint voice floated out: "If you can't dig it out, then get rid of it."

Butler Li paused for a moment, then left again.

Not only was Fushang Li reluctant to part with it, but Fushang Lin was even more reluctant to part with it.

If we follow the previous calculation, 30 taels per day, 900 taels per month, that’s 1 taels of silver per year!
Although the grand prize won is not money, but something of the same value, the cost will be lower, but it is still not a small amount.

"Don't do it! Don't do this lottery system for me!"

Fushang Lin was furious and vented in the room, "Don't talk about big prizes, even if it's a small prize, I won't give a penny to those untouchables!"

"You're just a pariah, but you still want to get money for free? Just dream!!"

After venting frantically for a while, Fushang Lin spoke again: "Just implement the distinguished guest system for me."

"This time the Xu family has spent so much money on a mere untouchable, so it will definitely cost them a lot of money."

"We just need to let the dignitaries spend money here. Those untouchables, just leave them alone!"

"have you understood?"

Fushang Lin glanced at the people in front of him one by one.

"clear."

All the shopkeepers bowed their heads and responded.

"Ask me the threshold for VIP customers to spend 50 taels of silver at a time. If you want a discount, you can also reduce it from [-]% off to [-]% off. I want those distinguished customers to spend their whole life with us!"

Fushang Lin gritted his teeth and said, "Also, get me a special guest and give it to the high-ranking officials in the county for free. If they spend money in my Lin family store, the price will be [-]%!"

"understand!"

The shopkeepers responded again.

Qingjiang County is considered a large county, with a population of about 30. If you include the counties and villages below, there are at least 70 million people.

Such a large number of people naturally gave birth to various industries and businessmen.

If there were big wealthy businessmen in Qingjiang County, the Xu family would be the first, followed by the Li family and the Lin family second and third.

But when it comes to those gentlemen who can be called the richest man in the county town, but can only be regarded as ordinary wealthy businessmen in the county town, there are not twenty, but more than a dozen.

Under the two major systems of the Xu family's distinguished guest system and the lucky draw for spending over [-] Wen, as time went by, everyone was scrambling to imitate it.

I can't bear the big prize of one or two taels, but I can still afford the small prize of one hundred or two hundred yuan.

Under this concept, the major commercial banks in Qingjiang County began to get involved.

What, if someone dares not to do it, then if he doesn’t do it, he will just pack up and go home.

They are all the same price. Others can draw the lottery but yours can’t. Why should I go to your house to buy?
In just four months, many stores were unable to survive and closed down.

Under this situation, even some non-chain exclusive small stores have begun to engage in consumer lottery.

But when it comes to making money, naturally the Xu family has to be the first to introduce these two systems.

And the Li family who always follows the Xu family.

However, the recent rumors about the Li family have begun to become less good.

At the beginning of the lottery system launched by the Li family, ten people won the big prize. Twenty people won the lottery every day, or even more.

And the time lasted for a long time.

But gradually, everyone also discovered that although many people in Li's store had won the lottery, they had not heard at all who the people around them had won.

The Xu family was the first to introduce a lottery system. Although there have been fewer winners recently, the winners are the neighbors who usually chat and spank.

Regarding the fact that the reputation was not very good, Li Fushang also knew through the steward's return, but he did not care.

There will always be someone to buy it anyway.

Moreover, isn’t a small prize also a prize?
The Li family is a big trading house, and the quality of the things he buys is guaranteed. Winning a small prize from time to time is enough to retain a group of people.

Not to mention that there are ten or twenty insiders who win big prizes every day, irritating ordinary civilians who don't know the truth.

"Well, another half year has passed, but there is still no progress in terms of internal strength."

Xu Chen stood in front of the full-length bronze mirror and looked at his height of 1.5 meters and a half, and couldn't help but sigh.

Height has not grown slowly in these four months, but his internal strength has grown as slowly as a snail.

"The Dantian is stable and the gas condenses into liquid, which is innate."

"But the problem is, the prerequisite for a stable Dantian is not achieved at all if the body is not fully developed!"

Feeling the still abundant Qi, Xu Chen felt helpless.

There is no way, he is too young.

Even though his height is now comparable to that of malnourished adult poor people, this does not mean that his physical development has been completed.

"I remember that in my previous life, some girls developed relatively early, and some had lost their height by the age of 13."

"Although my body will develop faster if I practice internal strength, boys are born to develop later than girls. If I can develop almost at the age of 12, I will be satisfied."

Xu Chen was thinking in his mind.

As for the step of condensing gas into liquid, given his status as the richest man in Qingjiang County, it is not a problem at all.

Just take whatever medicine you need.

As for how it will affect future martial arts qualifications?

Don't even think about it.

His body's cultivation aptitude is only above average.

Xu Chen's plan is that once he reaches the level of master, he can almost prepare for the next life.

As for why cultivation is so fast now, there are three reasons.

Firstly, it is because he spends more than six hours every day practicing, which is more than three times harder than those who claim to practice hard but actually only practice for two hours.

Secondly, the younger you are, the more innate Qi you have in your body, and the more suitable you are for practicing internal strength.

The last reason is also more important, that is, he is the child of the richest family in the county, so he has no worries about food and drink.

Practicing internal strength also requires refining essence.

If you don't have enough to eat, you can't eat good food, let alone external skills, you can't practice internal skills.

(End of this chapter)