Please Kill the Demon

ha?

Hearing this classic name, a series of lights and shadows such as the queen, the bald head, the talking pig and the monkey, etc. immediately appeared in Chu Liang's mind.

But people in this world certainly don't know this.

What the emperor said was true, anyway, they were of the same generation, and it would not be humiliating to be named imperial brother.

But the problem is that people in the whole world don't know about the life experience of Emperor Daughter Feng, and it is impossible for the royal family to announce her affairs to the public. No one would know that Chu Liang was blessed by his master, but would only feel that His Majesty suddenly recognized a young talent as his younger brother.

What is the difference between this and Xu Bashan's sudden sworn brotherhood?

It can be said that there is no difference at all.

It's just that the status of the emperor made him unable to lower his face to kowtow to the sky and worship his master, so he used the form of Feng Yudi, but the actual meaning was not bad.

Could it be that these bigwigs like to do this?

But after thinking about it more carefully, Chu Liang probably guessed the joint.

It's a long story.

Since the rise of Taotie City and its rapid growth, the imperial court at that time had the heart to incorporate it. After all, this city was so profitable that it was simply a gold-swallowing behemoth in the Northern Territory.

And strictly speaking, Taotie City, as a human city gate built by the imperial court when resisting the demon gods, is still at the border of Kyushu, so it should indeed belong to the human dynasty.

But Taotie City was unwilling.

Even if it is true that I have developed from a imperial city gate to the present, the city was built by a human dynasty 3,000 years ago. In the following years, the land of Kyushu has changed several times. When I was so poor in Taotie City, I didn’t see anyone reaching out to help me cover it. Why do you see that I am developed now, and suddenly remember to let me recognize my ancestors?

rest you.

After the chaos of the demon gods back then, the land of the human race was in a state of ruins, and many of the city gates built during the war had already died, so it was normal for no one to take care of them. But it would be unreasonable to want to incorporate them later, and the immortal sects did not agree with this decision. So from then on, Taotie City was determined to have nothing to do with the Human Dynasty.

But such a cornucopia is placed there, it is difficult to guarantee that people will not be tempted. Although Taotie City has always made sufficient donations to the imperial court, it still suffers from some calculations occasionally. Thanks to the fact that the immortal sects were unwilling to see the Taotie City belong to the dynasty, their integrity was guaranteed by joining forces.

Until the Yu Dynasty was established, it also faced the same problem in the early construction period of every great dynasty-lack of money.

The common people lack food and jewelry, and the practitioners lack natural materials and earth treasures. Anyway, they are just different manifestations of poverty.

Yu Chao still wanted face.

Although they didn't have the idea of ​​Taotie City, they also thought of a method related to it. Taotie City is located in the northern wilderness, and it can be built in such a place where the birds don't shit.

Then I can learn from Yudu City, the golden location of Kyushu. Don’t practitioners from all walks of life prefer my place? I have to make money?

With such a beautiful vision, the Yu Dynasty even set aside an area in the capital city that was being expanded at that time, called "Xianrenfang City", which was specially used as a place for practitioners' activities and transactions.

But reality gave them a hard time.

It's not that if you have money and resources, you will be able to do a good job in business. The Taotie City is all about making money, what are you doing in Yudu City?

When Chu Liang was running Cotton Tree Peak, the first problem he encountered was the difficulty in attracting investment, which was not a problem at all in the Yu Dynasty at that time. Instead, its problem is that there are too many people who want to come in and open a store.

Since the construction of Xianrenfang, various forces have come to intervene. The royal family, high-ranking officials, powerful families, civil servants, military generals... Everyone wants to come in and get involved, you divide here and I divide there, fighting each other openly and secretly. It is equivalent to drawing a line on a cow, and grabbing which piece of meat will be the next one's pot.

But the problem is that the Ni family cow is not pregnant yet?

After the area was built, Yu Chao soon encountered the first problem. Since there is already a more complete Taotie City in the same place, why should I come to you?

The answer Chu Liang gave at Cotton Tree Peak was that the shop was free of rent, discounts were given to customers, and the Berry Paradise was used to attract traffic. A lot of money was spent in the early stage, and it took a while to get Cotton Tree Peak on the right track.

But at that time, the interest groups formed by the princes and dignitaries did not have this awareness at all. They all wanted to make a profit and charge immediately. Who would like to burn money to attract customers? The entire Xianrenfang is not in one mind at all, and many measures cannot be implemented.

There were many insightful people in the imperial court who discovered this problem. The emperor at that time could not directly shake these interest groups. He could only provide subsidies through the treasury, so that the shops in Xianrenfang would reduce prices, which was equivalent to part of the imperial court’s burning money.

But when all interest groups look at it, they don’t need to sell things to make a profit at all. Isn’t the money coming? As for whether it is earned from customers or allocated from the national treasury, does it matter?

They directly ate this part of the subsidy, and no one managed it well. The worse the management is, the more subsidies the imperial court will have. There are so many returning customers, but the imperial court will not allocate funds. It is so tiring to do business with heart.

There is no price discount, so scattered customers have no interest at all.

During the opening of the new store, everyone came to visit with great interest, and finally found that Taotie City is more affordable. First triple the original price and then reduce it by half, and then tell me the opening bonus, isn't that a fool?

As for large immortal gates like the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, it was the moment when they were competing with the imperial power for the right to speak. It was impossible to hope that the Immortal Workshop would be established, let alone do business with you.

It would be strange to develop if the upper and lower ends are blocked.

Now, after hundreds of years of hard work by generations of emperors, a small-scale commercial street has finally been developed, and there are some signs of prosperity gradually, but it is still a thousand miles away from the original idea of ​​Xianrenfang.

For the purpose of competition, it is impossible for Yu Chao to openly participate in opening a store in Taotie City. But the development of their own Immortal Workshop is really difficult, so they will secretly use various identities to operate the industry in Taotie City. And all forces related to the imperial court will not cooperate with Taotie City in the open, and will avoid Taotie City in order to take care of the imperial court's face.

This is the complicated relationship between the imperial court and Taotie City.

And the Cotton Tree Peak built by Chu Liang is similar to the Taotie City. A while ago, the emperor watched the investigation of Hongmian Peak and sighed all night. How could it take a few months to develop like this, and we can’t do it well in hundreds of years?

Now, if you agree to the court opening a branch in Cotton Tree Peak, it is equivalent to acknowledging the orthodoxy of Cotton Tree Peak. Then if the major forces related to the court go to Cotton Tree Peak in the future, there will be no pressure.

The repercussions of this move may not be small.

The first thing to usher in must be the internal pressure. Those who have hands in Xianrenfang, or those who have avoided many troubles in Taotie City for so many years, will definitely have complaints.

That's why the emperor hesitated.

But he thought of the best solution in an instant, and made Chu Liang his younger brother, and he was in charge of all the shops. Then these shops were not opened by the imperial court to Hongmian Peak, but were gifted to Yudi personally by the emperor.

This nature is completely different.

Only in this way can Yoyo's mouth be blocked.

...

Although this is all Chu Liang's personal speculation, it is probably not far from it. After some conversation, Lao Santai came in again to report that General Wu Anmin had arrived.

The emperor's face suddenly became a little gloomy, and he explained a few follow-up matters, and then let the emperor Feng and Chu Liang leave.

When the master and apprentice came out, they saw two people waiting outside the door of the Night Dragon Hall.

One is a middle-aged man in a purple robe, with a bad complexion; the other is a handsome young man in a bright yellow robe, with sword eyebrows and star eyes, bright skin and a radiant look.

Standing together, the two look somewhat alike.

Lao Santai led the two out, and said to the middle-aged man, "General, you can go in."

The middle-aged man nodded, took a deep breath, and walked into the hall.

He must be the great general Wu Anmin. This time he went to the Roupu Kingdom, not only did he fail to pick up the military exploits for nothing, but the Roupu people he brought back almost caused trouble in the palace. Although it was Yingzhuo who caused the trouble, as the person in charge of this matter, he must be charged with negligence, and he must be punished.

The yellow-robed youth smiled and asked Lao Santai, "Who are these two?"

Lao Santai then introduced them: "These two are the Emperor Fengfeng of Shushan Mountain and the young hero of Chu Liang. This is the second prince of our majesty."

The emperors of the Yu Dynasty had many children, but only three were born with the divine fire, the second prince, the sixth princess and the thirteenth prince.

Among them, the second prince is the direct descendant of Empress Wu, and ranks the longest among the three, and has always been regarded as a prince. And he has been diligent and studious since he was a child, and he has a good reputation both inside and outside the court, and he has a high probability of being the emperor in the future.

So both master and apprentice knew him.

"Oh—" Emperor Nvfeng nodded enthusiastically, and said, "Xiao Er, I am your aunt."

"Eh?" The second prince was about to say hello, but he was startled when he heard this.

The first reaction is how do you scold people?

Lao Santai hurriedly whispered: "Second Highness, she really is."

"..." The second prince came to a sudden realization. He must have heard about the last time the emperor's daughter Feng vomited fragrance and anger at the royal family members in the palace, but he didn't expect the second aunt of the father to be so young.

After sorting out his mood, he smiled again and said, "I've heard the name of Fengfeng, the empress of Shushan, since I was a child. It turns out that there is such a relationship. What a surprise."

As he said that, he didn't want to worry about seniority anymore, so he quickly turned his attention to Chu Liang, "Chu Shaoxia cut the scorpion with his sword before, and now he detoxifies and saves people. , is definitely first class.”

"Don't dare." Chu Liang quickly said with a friendly smile: "Second Prince, you don't have to be so polite, we will be a family soon."

"Huh?" The second prince looked at Lao Santai again.

Lao Santai whispered again: "Your Majesty just named Chu Shaoxia as Yudi, and he will be His Highness's from now on..."

uncle?

The second prince looked at his uncle's smiling baby face, and then at his aunt's bright and charming young face, and felt that he was a little unnecessary to say hello today.

"When you meet a junior for the first time, there should be some greetings." The emperor's daughter Feng nudged Chu Liang with her elbow.

"There are some." Chu Liang raised his hand and took out two hard cards, "A little gift."

"You're being polite." The second prince quickly took it with a smile. As a result, he couldn't admit it or not, so he had to forcefully say: "From now on, the two...elders will often come to the palace and get closer."

"Yes, yes." Chu Liang also smiled brightly.

After a few idle words, the master and apprentice both left again.

Watching them walk away, the second prince looked down at the gift in his hand. It was two specially made cards with the words "Hongmian Peak Coupon, 50% discount for every 10,000 spirit stone coins".

"..." It's really a "small" gift.

The second prince could not help but look at the backs of the two of them.

Where did this poor relative come from?