Ruins of the past

Night City, inside the Sala Palace.

This palace that Jiaojiao restored was not only grand in scale and towering over the sky, but the interior decoration was also magnificent and extremely luxurious.

However, since Chu Qiguang took possession, he cleared out all the flashy things and exchanged them for funds.

Then a small part of the palace was designated by Chu Qiguang as his office and training place.

Most of the remaining space was designated by him as the headquarters of the Bashu Chamber of Commerce.

At this moment, in a conference room in the Sala Palace, two old acquaintances, Wang Cailiang and Chen Gang, were planning to report to him on the recent situation in Night City.

Today, Wang Cailiang has become the financial director of the Bashu Chamber of Commerce.

At nearly thirty years old, with the help of the Heavenly Demon Foundation Building Technique, a large number of elixirs, and physical transformation, he still maintains his physical peak condition. Even his martial arts has improved in recent years and has entered the fourth realm.

But compared to Wang Cailiang's current status in the Chamber of Commerce, his martial arts training is nothing.

As the financial director of the Bashu Chamber of Commerce, all the revenue and expenditure of the chamber of commerce must come from him. In addition, his relationship with Chu Qiguang, a fellow villager and old friend, made him the object of flattery by countless people inside and outside the chamber of commerce.

Now the Wang family has all moved from Lingzhou to Shuzhou, and has gradually become the new rich in Shuzhou.

"Brother Dog!" Chen Gang ran to Chu Qiguang: "The size of Night City is expanding every day, and the number of people and monsters is increasing. Sometimes even I, the director of the Public Security Bureau, don't know about the newly built roads. I’m so busy every day that I can’t even touch my feet.”

Chen Gang has been the director of the Public Security Bureau of Night City for the past two years, and his martial arts realm has now reached the fifth level.

He sighed: "Sometimes I still miss the days when I was by your side. I would do whatever you asked me to do every day. I didn't have to worry about anything and just kept moving forward."

"Brother Dog, please come to my house for a meal sometime. My barbecue skills have improved recently, and it tastes good with the new artificial meat produced in the workshop."

"Artificial meat is developed for emergency use during future wars. Is there anything delicious about it?"

Chu Qiguang pressed his hand and said, "Okay, I'm still so frizzy after so long, please sit down first."

He sniffed his nose and frowned: "Did you not brush your teeth properly again?"

"The new self-growing toothbrush recently launched in the workshop, did I tell leading cadres to take the lead in using it?"

"The key to practicing martial arts lies in the maintenance of the physical body, and oral hygiene has a profound impact on both physical and mental health."

"The best way for warriors who have not yet entered Taoism to maintain oral hygiene is to brush their teeth."

"The toothbrushes developed in the workshop are easy to use and cheap. Promoting toothbrushes is as important as a national policy. Don't take the lead and slack off."

Chen Gang repeatedly said yes after hearing this.

Wang Cailiang glanced at Chen Gang, with a hint of envy in his eyes.

Chen Gang is currently the only old man who dares to call Chu Qiguang 'Brother Dog' in private, and the other party often uses this to show off his relationship with Chu Qiguang.

Although Wang Cailiang's position and power were higher than Chen Gang's, he often had to envy Chen Gang's closeness to Chu Qiguang.

At the same time, he also remembered the days when he and Chu Qiguang were in Qingyang County. At that time, he showed off his toothbrush and dental boy to each other. How could he have imagined that Chu Qiguang would now want everyone in the world to brush their teeth? .

After the three people sat down and exchanged pleasantries, Wang Cailiang began to report on the recent situation.

Just listen to what he said: "The business of Tianxia Tongxing has now expanded to the entire Shuzhou. Even the places where Qi and blood business can be handled are still concentrated in Night City, which reduces the utilization efficiency of Qi and blood power."

"However, most of the cement roads connecting the major prefectures and counties in Shuzhou in the Buddha Realm have been built. Now more and more people are traveling directly through the Buddha Realm to travel throughout Shuzhou, and the transportation efficiency has been greatly improved."

"This month, the Chamber of Commerce's revenue and the number of people opening accounts across the country have grown rapidly..."

"By the way, the salt, tea, grain, bone tools, and cotton cloth produced in Shuzhou are all selling well in the southeast recently."

"Under our low-price dumping, no one in the Southeast can offer lower prices than us. It only takes one or two years to occupy the entire Southeast market..."

Wang Cailiang said while looking at Chu Qiguang in front of him.

Although he has always been called the big steward and money bag of the Chamber of Commerce, he knows that Chu Qiguang is the one who really knows the most about the flow of funds and the operation of Qi and blood power in the entire Chamber of Commerce.

No matter it was Shuzhou, Southeast, Lingzhou, or even the grassland, every inflow and outflow of funds and blood could not escape Chu Qiguang's eyes.

The other party's ability to operate funds and blood, reduce costs, and extract profits all amazed Wang Cailiang.

If the entire chamber of commerce is a human body, then in Wang Cailiang's eyes, Chu Qiguang is like a brain with an extremely high level of martial arts, able to adjust all the power in the human body most accurately and produce effects tenfold or a hundredfold.

It was precisely because he clearly understood how powerful Chu Qiguang was that he suppressed the greed in his heart several times and was not arrested by the people from the cat factory and dog factory.

For example, Ning Chigong, the deputy of the Ba family, although he followed Chu Qiguang very early, has been arrested by the cat factory to build roads because he has enriched his own pockets.

Wang Cailiang finally said: "Have you read the new project application form that the engineering team has submitted? Build a Buddha Expressway from Shuzhou to Donghai Prefecture."

Chu Qiguang nodded when he heard this and said, "You should approve it, but the blood pool will expand its production capacity recently, so you can reduce the cost of road construction."

Wang Cailiang couldn't help but look bitter when he heard this: "Still trying to suppress him? Now the masters of the engineering team have not had a break for more than a year, and their wages have been in arrears. How can we suppress them?"

"Are we going to owe ordinary workers their wages?"

Chu Qiguang looked at the list of Taoist masters in the engineering team, including Ji Yuan, Prince Daxia, Zen Master Tianwu, and King Chilong.

Duan Xuyan, who originally had the Holy Fire Sect, performed well in the southeast, but was let go by Chu Qiguang in order to unite the Holy Fire Sect.

Thinking of this, Chu Qiguang was a little pity. After all, judging from Duan Xuyan's performance in the engineering team, he was a good at blowing up mountains.

"Ordinary workers cannot be in arrears with their wages." Looking at the list of these Taoist masters, Chu Qiguang thought for a while and said:

"We still have to adhere to the policy that the stronger the strength, the higher the debt. We will work harder on ourselves and shoulder more burdens."

With that said, Chu Qiguang took out a plan: "This is the bond I plan to issue next. You can bet that my name will be called Chu Bond."

"In the future, the masters of the engineering team can be given Chu bonds as salary."

"Although they got it a little late, the interest is absolutely fair and they made a lot of money."

"Alas, there will be a war next. Not only will business be difficult to do, but the situation will also be more difficult. We must gather more strength to prepare for the war."

"To create more weapons, more blood machines, and more masters, this requires more silver and more blood."

"You also need to prepare in advance."

Chen Gang heard this and said, "Brother Dog, you are really worried about the safety of the people and the future of the human race."

"Now I am not only willing to put my own reputation on the line, but I am also willing to give the profits to everyone."

Chu Qiguang waved his hand and said, "Before the safety of all the people in the world, it doesn't matter if I lose a little."

"Here's another news for you. If you still have some spare money, buy more shares of Shuzhou Workshop."

"You two can be considered old brothers who follow me, and this is a benefit for you."

When Wang Cailiang and Chen Gang heard this, their hearts moved and they both silently wrote it down.

Then Chu Qiguang looked at Chen Gang aside: "The expansion of Night City is still going on. In addition, the business of the Chamber of Commerce will become bigger and bigger in the future, and the city's population will continue to grow. You must ensure the security of the whole city. "

"Nowadays, there are many masters in the world. Although the magic dye is growing and the emergence of masters, according to my estimation, as long as we can resist the erosion of the magic dye, it may be easier to break through than in the past."

"You should also try to break through to become a Martial God as soon as possible. With the support of the Chamber of Commerce, the conditions for your breakthrough are definitely the best in the world."

"The chamber of commerce in the future will only retain good brothers who keep making progress."

"Those who are unwilling to learn and make progress are not my good brothers, Chu Qiguang."

"When the time comes to step down and make way for someone more worthy, don't blame me for not remembering our old friendship."

Although Chen Gang felt a lot of pressure, he still patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, Brother Dog, I will practice hard and I won't embarrass you."

Chu Qiguang nodded. In the original history, Chen Gang already had the qualifications to break through to the fifth realm, but was later killed by Huang Daoxu with one move.

Now with his support, coupled with Chen Gang's demonstrated qualifications and the current changes in the environment, it might be possible to break through to become a Martial God.

If he couldn't break through to the Taoist Martial God, then Chu Qiguang would have no choice but to replace the director of the Night City Public Security Bureau.

Although he was reluctant to part with it, the future era was destined to be filled with masters. If the chief of security in Night City did not have the cultivation level of a martial arts god, he would eventually be unable to convince the public or even be able to start his work.

Next, Chen Gang began to report on the security situation in Night City.

"With Miss Jiaojiao's monitoring assistance, our Public Security Bureau's crime detection rate in Night City has increased to over 80%. As long as the identified prisoners are not missed..."

Chen Gang first talked about the good situation, and then talked about the troublesome part:

"The most troublesome part at present is the sudden incident of warriors becoming possessed by demons and the conflicts between humans and demons in the city."

"Especially the conflicts between human beings and monsters. Conflicts between human beings and monsters break out almost every day..."

Listening to Chen Gang's words, Chu Qiguang's brows gradually wrinkled.

The conflict between humans and demons has been entangled in the Central Plains for thousands of years. The hatred between humans and demons is far from being solved by just a few words and slogans.

Especially the living habits, customs of various ethnic groups, and the culture of the race are all triggers.

In addition, the human race in the Central Plains is generally higher than the demon race in terms of strength, status, and quantity, which makes the human race naturally look at the demon race with a kind of superiority and discrimination.

And when a city like Night City, where humans and monsters live together, appears, the conflict between the two races will intensify, like a powder keg, which can only be maintained by Chu Qiguang's strong suppression.

If he was given more time, Chu Qiguang could still find a way to solve it slowly and spend dozens or hundreds of years to merge all races into one.

But now it is time to deny it to him. Chu Qiguang can imagine that once the war with the demon clan outside the territory breaks out in the future, racial conflicts in the Night City will also break out.

Even Chu Qiguang currently does not have a complete solution to this problem.

In the next few days, Chu Qiguang worked and practiced in the Sala Palace.

This Tianjin girl was speaking to Chu Qiguang and said: "According to the plan, Huang Daoxu, the leader of the Tianshi Sect, will arrive in Night City tomorrow, and the relevant reception work has been completed."

"Jiang Longyu's promotion of Tongtian Baobao is suspected to have been discovered by Emperor Yong'an. He is currently under house arrest. All Tongtian Baobao has been confiscated and banned. The Qi and blood market in the capital has been seriously affected."

Chu Qiguang shook his head: "Hey, I told him to stop being so high-profile. It seems it's time to go to the capital."

Jinnu continued: "Buddha Incorruptible has collected a new dharma inheritance, which is the sage-guided dharma of the Brahma Pure Sect of Buddhism, the Samadhi Zen Contemplation of the Dharma Realm."

"Jiubian has completed the first round of disarmament and laid off all the old, weak, sick and disabled. Next, it will reorganize a new army using Qi and Blood Machines."

"Our food supplies to support the grassland have been delivered, and the local food shortage has been temporarily solved, but the Fushouzhang market is also close to saturation..."

…

The next day, Huang Daoxu, the leader of Tianshi Sect, and his party arrived in Shuzhou.

The demon-suppressing envoy Chu Qiguang met with Huang Daoxu and discussed with him future anti-demon matters.

Faced with the concerns of the Tianshi Sect, Ambassador Chu Zhen responded positively and expressed his firm attitude towards fighting against the demon clan outside the territory.

Leader Huang Daoxu expressed his high appreciation for Chu Qiguang's outstanding leadership ability in personally commanding and deploying the overall anti-demon situation.

Chu Qiguang said that the Celestial Master Sect plays an important role in coordinating the people of the Central Plains to fight against the demon clan outside the territory. The cooperation between the Zhenmo Division and the Bashu Chamber of Commerce and the Celestial Master Sect has been fruitful for many years.

The meeting between the two attracted a lot of attention. Chu Qiguang also took Huang Daoxu to visit the now booming Jinrong City, and bought the latest bone tools in the shop as gifts to him.

Huang Daoxu admired the swords of the bone tools and said that he would consider them in the future procurement of weapons by the Tianshi Sect.

As a result, weapons stocks related to Shuzhou surged that day.

After the dinner that night, Huang Daoxu came to the Night City in the Buddhist world at the secret invitation of Chu Qiguang.

When he saw the Night City showing great vitality under Chao Guang's swagger, which was ten times more prosperous than Jinrong Mansion, he couldn't help but show a hint of surprise in his eyes.

Then he and Chu Qiguang walked on the streets of Night City. When he saw monsters appearing on the streets from time to time, the surprise in Huang Daoxu's eyes became even stronger.

He shook his head and looked at Chu Qiguang coldly: "You are playing with fire when humans and monsters live together."

Chu Qiguang looked directly into Huang Daoxu's eyes and said, "If he were an ordinary believer, I would naturally not let him see this. But you are the leader of the Tianshi Sect."

Huang Daoxu frowned slightly: "So?"

Chu Qiguang smiled slightly and said: "People with firm beliefs are too rigid and do not know how to adapt. They cannot be in your position."

"In your position, the first thing you need to consider is the interests of the Tianshi Sect, and the second is Tao Zun's faith."

Huang Daoxu snorted and said, "Could it be that humans and monsters live together, what benefits can it bring to the Tianshi Sect?"

Chu Qiguang turned around and said, "Then come with me to see the future of this world."

There is another chapter being written, I will update it later.