The Rise of the Shen Family

Chapter 697 Shanghai Fang Industry

A round of rising sun slowly rose from the east, and sprinkled the bright red sunlight on Yunbi Peak, and in the seemingly dazzling sunlight, a ray of spiritual light was flying towards Yunbi Peak from the direction of the boundless sea. escaped.

Without alarming any of the clansmen, Shen Huanchi took Shen Ruiling back to the Houshan Cave Mansion, and immediately summoned Shen Ruizhi, who was in charge of the family, to inquire about the situation of the family during this period of time.

During the period when the two of us left, has the external situation changed?

Shen Huanchi looked at Shen Ruizhi who had just arrived, and asked directly.

For more than a month, neither Qingyunmen nor Wujizong have made any major moves. According to the news from the family's stronghold in Pingzhou, Qingyunmen is purging the family forces in Pingzhou. All the families that had contacts with or joined the Wuji Sect were all uprooted.

Among the top ten families in Pingzhou, apart from the upper three families, the remaining seven families have undergone earth-shaking changes. The Gu family, which was originally ranked sixth, has become the head of the Ping three families. In addition, there are many new aristocratic families borrowing It's on board.

Faced with the questioning, Shen Ruizhi reported the situation in the past month and more in detail with the former, and he focused on the series of actions of Qingyunmen in Pingzhou.

After hearing this, Shen Huanchi and Shen Ruiling nodded slightly, and then lowered their heads in thought.

Qingyunmen's actions did not surprise them. For those families who betrayed the sect, Qingyunmen will naturally find them to settle accounts after freeing up their hands.

And after Qingyunmen integrated all the family forces in Pingzhou, their next step should be to prepare to recover the two counties of Jiangmin and Shansheng.

After a long time, Shen Huanchi looked up at Shen Ruizhi again, and asked in a deep voice:

How is the matter over there in the family's Shanghai Square?

Reporting to the patriarch, Yongxuan has already gone to Shangfang, and the family has also taken over some properties from the Sanxiu Alliance, including a restaurant, a casino, and nine shops located in the downtown area of ​​the workshop.

Hearing this, Shen Ruiling was obviously stunned for a moment, and couldn't help feeling a little surprised in his heart.

A restaurant, a casino, and nine shops located in the center of the square, the combined value of these industries, if converted into spirit stones, may already exceed 300,000 low-grade spirit stones.

This is undoubtedly a huge sum of money for the family.

At present, I have sent people from my clan to take over the restaurants and casinos, and they have reopened, but the other nine shops are still closed.

Shen Ruizhi looked at Shen Huanchi and Shen Ruiling, and slowly told the specific situation.

Among these industries,

Restaurants and gambling houses are undoubtedly the two most profitable industries. If managed properly, it is not a problem to bring tens of thousands of spirit stone income to the family every year.

Shanghai Shangfang is one of the largest big squares in the entire Lingnan cultivating world. Countless monks pour into it every day, and the traffic is very huge.

And for the monks, although they have embarked on the path of cultivation, they still cannot get rid of all kinds of desires, and they still have the same emotions as ordinary people.

Therefore, there are also a large number of foodies, alcoholics, and gamblers among the monks. The existence of these people has brought huge profits to various service industries in the city.

What's more, with the strength shown by the Shen family now, it is also capable enough to support the operation of a restaurant and a casino, so that they can continuously bring huge profits to the family.

Whether the business of a restaurant is good or not depends on the wine and the food.

After pondering for a moment, Shen Ruiling looked at Shen Huanchi and the two and said slowly.

Nowadays, the spirit wine industry in the family is very mature. There are a complete range of second-tier and third-tier spirit wines, which are enough to support the daily needs of a large restaurant.

In addition to the restaurant's ingredients, the family's second-tier spirit valley has basically met the daily consumption of the clansmen, and the rest can be sent to the restaurant for sale.

Besides, Shanghai Shangfang is close to the boundless sea, so there is no need to worry about all kinds of monster ingredients every day. They can all be fresh, enough to ensure the best flavor.

Having said that, Shen Ruiling paused slightly before continuing to speak:

Now the problem of ingredients can be solved very well, the most important thing is the skill of the cook.

The flavor of a restaurant's dishes and whether it can retain customers all depend on the skills of the chefs in the back kitchen.

If the ingredients in this restaurant are good, but the chef's skills are not good enough, they will not be able to retain customers, and will only waste those high-quality ingredients in vain.

The problem of the cook is not too difficult to solve. It turns out that there are still two cooks left in the restaurant. Among the other tribesmen, there is one in the Yongzi generation who is good at cooking and has already gone to Shanghai Shangfang to take charge of the cooking.

Shen Ruizhi pondered for a while, and then spoke again.

The only thing I'm worried about at the moment is that the casino lacks a foundation-building monk to sit in charge. It is inevitable that some young people will come to make trouble and smash the place.

And when Shen Ruiling heard this, she couldn't help but bowed her head and fell silent.

Although the name of the family can scare away some young people, there will definitely be some who are not good-looking, so a foundation-building monk must be sent to sit in the town.

It's better to let Yu Keqing go to sit in the town.

After a long time, he looked at Shen Ruizhi and said slowly.

Yu Zhenmin was originally a casual cultivator in Shanghai, and he had a cultivation base in the foundation period, so it seemed more suitable than Shen Feng.

Here, Shen Ruizhi nodded slowly, but soon seemed to think of other things.

Speaking of Yu Keqing, I've seen Qimei get quite close to him recently.

After hearing this, a strange look flashed across Shen Ruiling's eyes.

what's going on?

Could it be that these two are getting on good terms?

If this is the case, Shen Ruiling agrees with both hands in her heart. After all, Shen Ruiwen is not young anymore. Although she doesn't look much on the outside, she is really old.

If she could make a pair with Yu Zhenmin, it would be a good destination. One is a second-level top-grade alchemist, and the other is a foundation-building monk, which can be considered a good match.

But as for whether this is the case, we have to find out what the two of them have to say.

Regarding this matter, Shen Huanchi and Shen Ruiling have the same views, and it is not easy for them to intervene if they let it develop naturally.

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After a while, the topic of discussion between the three of Shen Huanchi fell on the nine shops.

With the current manpower of the family, it is obviously impossible to open all the nine shops. Part of the shops must be rented out.

Shen Huanchi looked at Shen Ruiling and Shen Ruizhi, and said in a deep voice.

After hearing this, both of Shen Ruiling couldn't help but nodded, obviously they were very clear in their hearts.

In my opinion, it is enough for the family to keep two to three shops now, which are mainly used to sell the family's cultivation resources such as pills, magic tools, talismans, and formations, and also to buy various kinds of goods in the Shanghai Square. Treasures of heaven and earth.

All the remaining shops are sublet out, and they will develop slowly when the family has sufficient staff in the future.

I saw that Shen Ruiling lowered his head and pondered for a while, then raised his head and said slowly.

After the former's voice fell, there was silence in the cave for a while before Shen Huanchi made a final decision.

According to Ruiling's opinion, it is not appropriate to spread the stall too large at the moment.

Okay, I'll arrange these things right away!

On this side, Shen Ruizhi hurriedly bowed his hands and agreed, then turned and left the cave.

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After Shen Ruizhi left, only Shen Huanchi and Shen Ruiling were left in the huge cave.

Take these two jade slips back and study them to see if you can comprehend the key points.

After finishing speaking, Shen Huanchi took out two jade slips from his sleeve and handed them to Shen Ruiling.

After hearing these words, Shen Ruiling stretched out his hand to take the two jade slips, and immediately put his spiritual consciousness into them.

Of these two jade slips, the former records the water control method called Shang Shan Ruo Shui, and the latter is the secret technique that can refine and control black-level puppets.

Although Shen Ruiling already has the method of controlling fire, and at the same time has excellent control over the power of the fire attribute, but he also has the spiritual root of the water attribute, and the grasp of the power of the water attribute needs to be further strengthened.

And for him who cultivates the spiritual power of the three attributes, the most important thing is to achieve the harmony of water and fire.

Patriarch, this puppet technique?

Shen Ruiling looked at the mysterious puppet technique in his hand, and couldn't help but look up at Shen Huanchi.

This puppet technique requires monks with sufficient spiritual power to practice, and it requires extremely high talent. Nowadays, there are very few in the family who meet these two conditions. You can try to understand the mystery first.

Shen Huanchi cast his eyes on Shen Ruiling, and said earnestly.

Apart from Shen Ruiling, he will also slowly search for other clansmen to get in touch with puppetry, to see if he can find a clansman who has the talent to practice puppetry, and let them start to practice.

Although this puppet secret technique cannot be disclosed to the public, let alone revealed, it is very necessary to secretly select talented clansmen to practice in advance.

Hearing this, Shen Ruiling nodded slightly, and said seriously:

Understood, Patriarch!

After finishing speaking, he put the two jade slips in his hand into the storage bag.

In addition, this time I got a fourth-order flood dragon's pill, plus the [Ghost Mother] demon pill obtained in the shipwreck before, and the incomplete pill you brought back from the 'Dongtianxu' secret realm. The fourth-order [Elephant Beast] demon pill, the family already has two and a half fourth-order demon pills.

Now that you and your sixth uncle have reached the peak of foundation building, it's time to prepare for the alchemy. I plan to ask Yao Lao to help me refine two copies of [Golden Elixir Jade Liquid] for you.

Not long after, Shen Huanchi's voice rang slowly in Shen Ruiling's ear again.

Seriously speaking, it has been more than ten years since the three of Shen Huanchi obtained the alchemy formula of [Jindan Yuye] in Dongxie Daoist's cave.

And the reason why they kept the monster python at the peak of the third level was to obtain its fourth-level jiaodan, so that Shen Huanchi could refine [Jindan Yuye].

But who knows that the plan can't keep up with the changes, Shen Huanchi successfully formed the alchemy by chance without taking [Jindan Yuye].

As for the fourth-order demon pill of the monster python, they have just obtained it until now.

However, although this demon pill was obtained a few years later than expected, it was not wasted in vain, and in the end it was used by the Shen family to refine [Jin Dan Yu Ye].

It's just that this time it's not for Shen Huanchi, but for Shen Ruiling and Shen Jinghua.

On this side, when Shen Ruiling heard the patriarch's words, he couldn't help being stunned for a moment, obviously he didn't expect that the patriarch was already thinking about his alchemy.

His current cultivation is only at the eighth level of foundation building, and he is still one level away from the great perfection of foundation building. As for forming alchemy, it will take more than ten years of hard work.

However, compared to himself, Sixth Uncle must be very close to forming the alchemy, and it can even be said that he is within reach, but he has been suppressing his own cultivation for some reasons that he doesn't know.

If the family can provide Sixth Uncle with a [Jindan Yuye], then his alchemy will be smoother in the future.

Just do as the patriarch tells you!

Shen Ruiling bowed his head in thought for a moment, then cupped his hands at Shen Huanchi and said.

Although he is now a third-rank top-grade alchemist, and he has the help of heaven and earth spiritual fire, but he is still a little short of time to refine the fourth-rank [Golden Elixir Jade Liquid].

At the beginning, because there was no other way, he was the only third-level alchemist in the family. If he got the fourth-level demon alchemy, and the patriarch was at a critical juncture of alchemy, he could only try to refine it.

But the situation is different now. There is Yao Lao, a mysterious alchemist, who is in charge of the family. He only needs to be by the side to assist and learn a little by the way.

As for the issue of safety, Shen Ruiling felt that he was too worried. With Yao Lao's cultivation base and alchemy attainments, he didn't know whether the other party would be able to appreciate the alchemy formula of [Jindan Yuye].

Although Shen Ruiling still doesn't know Yao Lao's origin, he already has guesses about the opponent's cultivation and alchemy attainments. The opponent's cultivation should be higher than that of the patriarch, and the lowest alchemy attainment is at the level of a fourth-order alchemy master.

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Unknowingly, several more hours passed, Shen Ruiling was about to get up and leave, Shen Huanchi looked at him again, and warned earnestly:

The affairs of the family's Shanghai Shangfang will be managed by Ruizhi for the time being. During this time, you should calm down and digest the various opportunities you have obtained on the inheritance island.

Naturally, Shen Ruiling didn't dare to neglect the patriarch's warning, and quickly agreed.

Understood, Patriarch!

After finishing speaking, he saluted Shen Huanchi and said goodbye, then turned and left the cave.

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Let me take a chapter, sort out my thoughts, there are really too many trivial things to write next...