Be the head of the all-beautiful sect

Qu Jiuyi was very tired.

Originally, he thought that after becoming the palace lord, the only thing waiting for him was "to clarify that he is really a man".But after he really became the owner of the Suiyu Palace, he realized that things were far from that simple.

What was placed in front of him at this moment and almost buried him was the account book of Suiyu Palace.

On the day he just took over as palace lord, his subordinates handed over the financial power, and they were all qualified subordinates no matter how you looked at it.

But Qu Jiuyi would rather they not be so loyal at this moment.

Martial arts novels and martial arts dramas only show the chicness and happiness of the people in the world, but they don't say that the life and death crisis facing each martial arts school is not a grievance, let alone a conspiracy, but money.

Yes, that's right, silver.

As the saying goes, poor culture and rich military.

It takes a lot of resources to train a martial arts disciple.

Not to mention her food, clothing, housing and transportation expenses, just talk about the disciple's weapons, you can't let them practice swordsmanship with wooden swords all the time, right?A person in the martial arts world should at least be able to use his weapons freely, which means that shortly after practicing martial arts, he must equip the disciple with good weapons.

And weapons are expensive no matter what time they are.

In some rural families, an iron hoe and an iron pot can be regarded as family heirlooms.

Not to mention, weapons are often damaged for various reasons.

In addition, due to the great physical exertion of martial arts practitioners, if they do not have enough food, they will not even be able to lift their weapons, let alone eliminate violence.

It takes so much for a single disciple, let alone Suiyu Palace with so many disciples?

Most of the disciples of Suiyu Palace are women, so they need an extra amount of money.This is all for the sake of the appearance of the Suiyu Palace, is it possible that they are allowed to walk outside in the name of the Suiyu Palace, and they all end up in disgrace?

Qu Jiuyi flipped through the ledger with difficulty.

When he saw that there were only 3000 taels left in the warehouse of Suiyu Palace, he almost rolled his eyes and fainted.

There are nearly a thousand disciples in Suiyu Palace, inside and out, even if they cut down on food and clothing, the 3000 taels would be enough for two months at most.

"So there are so few?" Qu Jiuyi couldn't help but asked the beautiful woman who was looking haggard underneath.

If he remembered correctly, the elder Leese, who was in charge of finance in Suiyu Palace, lived up to his name, nicknamed "The Miser".Apart from the daily routine, no one, not even the Mistress of the Suiyu Palace, would be able to extract money from Elder Leese.

"Palace Master Qi, this is already my expenses after saving food and clothing." Lise Se is only in her early thirties now, and in the world of martial arts because of the existence of such unscientific things as internal force, she can completely behave like a young girl Generally young.But Leese is showing a bit of an old look now, and she can tell that her life is not easy.

"Let's talk about it in detail." Where did Qu Jiuyi care about this before?He spends all his time defending his innocence and practicing martial arts.

Leese was originally prepared to be beaten and killed by the new palace lord, but he never thought that Qu Jiuyi could tell right from wrong, so he couldn't help feeling a little grateful in his heart, and quickly told the whole story.

According to Leese, the main income of their Broken Jade Palace is protection fees.

Yes.

Qu Jiuyi heard it right.

In fact, the well-known martial arts sects in the rivers and lakes basically rely on protection fees to survive, and those who are a little better will own their own land and rent it out to nearby villagers for rent.

But the situation of the Broken Jade Palace is a bit special.

Because the Broken Jade Palace is located in a desert oasis, and there are countless small countries in the desert.It can be said that outside of the Great Wall, the Broken Jade Palace is the local leader.

And because the Great Wall is rich in gems, horses, spices, etc., it has always been a place where Central Plains businessmen flock to.And because the benefits are huge, but the journey is far away, horse thieves also emerge in endlessly.But if they hand over [-]% of the profits from a trade trip to Suiyu Palace, Suiyu Palace will protect the safety of the caravan.

With money and no natural enemies, the Broken Jade Palace expanded rapidly.

But recently, this important income has been completely gone.

One reason is that because Qu Qiushui left and the Suiyu Palace was in civil turmoil, it was unable to protect those caravans, so the protection fee could not be collected much.

But this is not the most important thing. Now that Qu Jiuyi is so powerful, he can still collect the protection fee, but the more important thing is that the Central Plains court restricted the business routes.

Border trade has been greatly reduced, and they can only rely on smuggling to survive.

"Trade restrictions?" Qu Jiuyi's heart skipped a beat. He didn't learn the history of modern studies for nothing.Many dynasties have taken actions to restrict border trade, but how could he have imagined that this would be closely related to himself?

"The imperial court issued an order to restrict trade five years ago, and our income has been greatly reduced." Lise Se was also very angry, but it had no effect. , presumably this channel to protect the caravan can also be reopened, and roughly calculated, the annual income should be around 2 taels."

2 taels sounds like a lot, but it's just enough for Suiyu Palace's normal expenses.In case of any accident, the Broken Jade Palace will fall into a situation where there is no money to use.

In the previous Broken Jade Palace, just protecting the income of the caravan, the annual income can be around 15 taels, which is no worse than the tax revenue of some small countries!

"I remember that many disciples outside the palace also opened shops in the Central Plains martial arts." Qu Jiuyi continued to ask.

In the ancient community, what kind of shops are the most profitable?Forget about brothels and casinos. This is not something that martial arts sects can get their hands on. Not to mention tea and silk, which are all monopolized by some local wealthy businessmen.Generally speaking, selling some cloth jewelry is already a good way to make money.

"Originally, when the caravans were prosperous, the jewelry shops opened by my disciples were doing very well. But now, the quality of the goods we get is much worse. In addition to the previous incidents, many shopkeepers have no intention of doing business and resell the shops. I paid money to buy people's hearts, and came back to help the left and right guardians compete for the position of palace master..."

To put it simply, there were no middlemen to make the difference in the past, and the Suiyu Palace can be said to be extremely rich.But now, one after another happened, and the Broken Jade Palace became empty.

Qu Jiuyi couldn't help thinking darkly in his heart that his scumbag mother suddenly walked away, maybe it was because she felt that the Suiyu Palace would not be able to support it, so she simply quit.

"Also, before the former palace lord disappeared, he took away 10 taels of silver notes from the palace lord." Leese sighed, "If the 10 taels are still there, we can make more preparations now."

The shop is sold, and it is not so easy to buy it back.

10 taels? !

Qu Jiu gritted his teeth angrily, he is such a scumbag, how can he take so much money to go away after missing?Why, do you want to go to hell with so much money!

"Palace Master, look..."

"3000 taels of silver is not enough." Qu Jiuyi stood up, he couldn't sit still, he wanted to go to the martial arts forest in the Central Plains, but found that he couldn't even afford to eat.

"Those shops that have been sold must be bought back. Do the math, how much is the difference?" Qu Jiuyi had a headache. The modern methods of making money were not easy to use in ancient times.Moreover, the geographical location of the Broken Jade Palace also meant that it would be subject to quite a few restrictions.

"It's at least 5 taels short." Li Sesu's level of settlement is very high.

"5 taels." Qu Jiuyi muttered to himself, "This is not a small amount."

But he also had to fill in this loophole.

Without money, it is difficult to move a single step. He worked so hard to become the Mistress of Suiyu Palace, but he didn't go bankrupt just for two days.

No wonder in those martial arts dramas before, so many Jianghu sects could fight to the death for an unwarranted treasure map.If a treasure map appeared in front of Qu Jiuyi now, he would definitely grab it.

It's so hard to make money!

"You go down, I will find a solution for the matter of Yinzi." Qu Jiuyi sighed, but he didn't mean to embarrass Li Sesur.

A good treasurer is hard to find.

"Yes, Palace Master." Lise Se immediately withdrew.

Qu Jiuyi ran to the training ground alone and practiced martial arts for several hours, and he didn't feel exhausted until dark.

Never thought that he would also be defeated by poverty?

Qu Jiuyi wants to cry but has no tears.

Because he was distracted, when he retracted the black iron chain chain around his waist, he accidentally scratched it, and a little blood was rubbed on the lower part of his waist.

Originally, Qu Jiuyi wanted to change the clothes, but when he thought that there was only 3000 taels of silver left in the entire Suiyu Palace, making a set of clothes would cost at least two taels of silver, so he immediately dismissed the idea.

Just wash it off, he can't be a prodigal!

Silver, silver, where are you going to find it?

Suddenly, he thought of Xie Xiu.

Even in modern society, doctors are also high-income people, and this kind of genius doctor should be richer.

Now that people are in their own hands, maybe they can squeeze a little bit.

Although Qu Jiuyi didn't like the way Xie Xiu looked at him before, he was poor.

Being poor is far more terrifying than having no dignity.

Besides, Xie Xiu's acupuncture points are still sealed by him, and he can only walk like a normal person. Qu Jiuyi is really not afraid of him.

Xie Xiu now lives in a side hall of Suiyu Palace, not far from Qu Jiuyi's room, and there are many maids guarding his door.

Of course, for the sake of Xie Xiu's honesty, and now everyone in the palace regards Xie Xiu as the "Palace Master's person", so no one gets involved with him.However, things like salty trotters are still banned repeatedly.

There is no way, Xie Xiusheng is too good, and the integrity of the disciples of Suiyu Palace is not so reliable.Men can touch it, can't women touch it?

"Palace Master Wan'an."

"Go down." Qu Jiu waved his hand to let these disciples leave.

Before entering the door, I could already smell the strong fragrance of medicine.

Since Xie Xiu chose to stay in the Broken Jade Palace, he naturally had to do something.Some young female disciples of Suiyu Palace lacked internal strength, and quite a few were affected by the moon water every month.Xie Xiu can make some painkillers, which can also be used as accommodation expenses.

Wait, the accommodation fee?

Only then did Qu Jiuyi realize that this Xie Xiu can be regarded as a freelancer!

This medicinal material was also provided by their Broken Jade Palace, and he still eats, drinks and lives for free, and Xie Xiu also has a share of the 3000 taels of fancy!

"Miraculous Doctor Xie lives a very leisurely life here." Qu Jiu looked at Xie Xiu with uneasy eyes when he thought that this person was a poor man.

Xie Xiu turned her head, seeing Qu Jiuyi's undisguised hostility, she found it quite new.

People are born to be tolerant of beautiful things.

Since Xie Xiu was young, almost no one was willing to say a harsh word to him.There are also many people who are jealous of him and hostile to him, but Qu Jiuyi seems to be completely different from these people.

However, Qu Jiuyi has just succeeded as Palace Master. He was obviously very happy before, so why is he suddenly unhappy now?

Xie Xiu is planning to ask Qu Jiuyi to sit down, so he can take the pulse first and prescribe some calming medicine.However, out of the corner of his eye, he saw a little redness at the base of Qu Jiu's thigh.

This is blood?

Generally speaking, it is quite normal for a martial arts practitioner to have blood on his body.But now that Xie Xiu knew that Qu Jiuyi was intersex, and now that he was living in the Suiyu Palace, and he was researching the painkiller pills given to women during menstruation, it was inevitable that he wanted to go wrong at this moment.

The situation in Xie Xiu's mind was changing, and he quickly came up with an answer that seemed abnormal but seemed perfectly normal in this case.

Could it be that Palace Master Qu's mood is unpredictable, and it's also moon water?