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Chapter 26: The uncrowned king

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Dongfanghong held a folding fan in one hand to block his bruised face, while cautiously walking towards the small corner door of the backyard like a thief. At this time, the genius was just getting bright, and even the chicken didn't even get up!

'I have had enough, and then stay at home, the young master must be tortured to death by the crazy woman. I have to leave today anyway, far away from that girl. I don't want to see that demon again after killing me! 'Dongfanghong thought depressed, and he had gently pulled the latch on the door with his hand. At this moment, someone behind him suddenly shouted: "Where are you going, Young Master?"

Dongfanghong was so scared that even the folding fan in his hand fell to the ground. Looking back, it turned out that it was Liu San, the subordinate in his courtyard. "Master San, you are so early..." Dongfang Hong stepped forward and covered his mouth before he finished speaking.

"Shhh! Be quiet, you want to recruit everyone!" After speaking, let go of Liu San.

"Master San, why don't you go to the front door when you want to leave the house? You look like a thief." Liu San whispered.

"The gate can go, the young master will walk here. You don’t know how many eyeliners the crazy woman has bought and stared at me in the past half a month! Young master, I’m afraid I will have to block her before the gate, oh! Master, I’m easy. !"

Seeing Dongfang Hong's helpless look, Liu San whispered, "Is this still your home? It's almost a prison!"

"You kid is right. After Master left, you closed the door, and no one asked me. You know?" Liu San nodded. So Dongfanghong was forced to walk like a thief in her own home!

"Ah! I breathe free air again!" Dongfanghong yelled while standing on the street with open hands, and let the few pedestrians on the street stop and watch, thinking Dongfanghong was a fool! Seeing everyone looking at herself with weird eyes, Dongfang Hong hurriedly ran towards the'Red Blood Hall' with a fan covering her face.

"Boom!" Dongfanghong smashed the door, and someone in the door came over with words at this time, "Who! The miasma was spread so early! Don't smash it!"

When I opened the door, Dongfanghong quickly asked, "Master, why are you here so early? Oh! What's wrong with your face, master!"

"It's okay! Master, I can't sleep, so I came to see it early in the morning." Dongfanghong said vaguely and walked in quickly.

"Get up, everyone! Third son..." Before the doorman finished shouting, Dongfang Hong covered his mouth. Dongfang Hong was so angry! 'What are you shouting, I am like this! I want everyone to see a joke! 'But he said: "Don't disturb everyone, just notify the four masters!"

The janitor nodded in confusion and said, "I know! I'm going to inform the heads of the house, but the brethren have not seen you for a long time, so I miss you very much!"

Seeing the concierge walked away, Dongfanghong thought,'It was the crazy girl who made Lao Tzu like this, and even people didn't dare to see it. 'While thinking, I walked to my residence here.

Sitting in the room, Dongfanghong finally found the feeling of being the boss. For more than half a month, Ouyang Yuying beat Dongfanghong stupid! I can only pretend to be grandson all day, and I almost forget what it's like to be the boss.

If time is not up, the four of Captain Chi Gong will come one after another, how could it be four? This is because the current'Red Blood Hall' has two more masters.

One was named Chen Ping. He was originally a manager of the "Black Dragon Gang" and was mainly responsible for some accounts in the gang and expenses within the gang. Later, the'Black Dragon Gang' was destroyed by Dongfanghong. When dealing with the people of the'Black Dragon Gang' Dongfanghong noticed Chen Ping and had a long conversation with him. He felt that Chen Ping had some business acumen, and his words became more obvious. Out of his shrewdness and ability, Chen Ping said that his life's ambition is to be the shopkeeper of the country's largest store, and this is even more true to Dongfanghong's temper. Dongfanghong originally wanted to build a strong business empire. So the two talked all night long, many of their views were very similar, and they all believed that the country's emphasis on agriculture and business was a serious mistake. And Dongfanghong's modern business theory thought opened Chen Ping's eyes even more, and Chen Ping's specific implementation methods also made Dongfanghong amazed.

Dongfanghong thought,'Even if a talent like this is placed in his previous life, it is definitely the strength of the CEO. This group of loaches actually use such people to manage the accounts, which is really a group of idiots. The talents won't be used if they are left alone, it's weird that they don't die! So Dongfanghong decided on the spot that Chen Ping would become the third head of the "Red Blood Hall" and be responsible for helping all the business.

Now Chen Ping is grateful and I don't know what to do! To put it bluntly, Dongfanghong is simply his own reproductive parent. This person often said that'a scholar dies for his confidant'. Now Chen Ping is the best example. Dongfanghong has given him the stage he dreamed of and could realize his ideal in life. Chen Ping can loyally pay for Dongfanghong's life without dying!

Dang Yuchigong said: "Chen Ping is the old division of the'Black Dragon Gang' after all, so he was appointed to handle all the family business so soon, what if something goes wrong!"

Dongfanghong again quoted a classic line from a previous life and said: "Brother Yuchi, do you know what is most important now?'Talents'! Without talents to take care of all this, I am afraid we will only get smaller and smaller in the end. Besides, Chen Ping now has the status and can satisfy his life-long ambitions. Do you think he has any reason to be unfaithful and help us?"

In this way, Chen Ping became the third head of the'Red Blood Hall', responsible for all commercial affairs in the hall. That is to say, because of the large amount of things left by his "Black Dragon Gang", it only took a few days to complete the settlement smoothly and smoothly. Now it is Dongfanghong who formulates the big policy, and Chen Ping carries out the specific operations, and the two cooperate quite tacitly.

The other extra person is Dongfanghong's father, the leader of the secret personnel sent to him by Dongfang Lunde. This group of people was personally trained by Dongfang Lund, and they specialized in performing some elusive tasks. After his son Dongfanghong took over the'Red Blood Hall and Black Dragon Gang', Dongfang Lunde had already deliberately wanted Dongfanghong to share his worries! In addition, Dongfanghong's uniqueness from a young age made Dongfang Lunde want to train this son well, so after learning that Dongfanghong had controlled most of the underground forces in Chang'an, he sent these people to Dongfanghong's command.

Of course Dongfanghong came to this without resisting, and changed them to subordinates of'Red Blood Hall' and named them'Blood Shadow'. Because these people have been trained to be'people who walk in the dark' since they were young, they justified themselves as the first spies and assassins in Dongfanghong's hands. As the'Blood Shadow' continued to grow in the future, it eventually became a spy organization that made the nation's top officials and dignitaries dauntless, and it was no worse than the Ming Dynasty's Dongchang.

As the leader of this group of people, that is certainly not what ordinary people can do. So when Dongfang Hong met Fang Xiao for the first time, she was very impressed. Her cold eyes made people shudder. His face would never show his emotional changes because of anything. From morning to night, he always wears black clothes. And Dongfanghong didn't know whether Fang Xiao was asleep or not, because Dongfanghong had never seen him lying in bed.

'True Heavenly Person' said to Dongfanghong: "Fang Xiao is the kind of natural killer. Although he is a teacher, he is absolutely sure to defeat him, but he is never willing to offend such a person. Offending him will mean you in the future. There will be no peace, even sleeping with one eye open."

After Dongfanghong listened to the old ways, he once ran to Dongfang Lunde to find out whether Fang Xiao could be trusted. If this is not certain, Dongfanghong always feels like sitting on explosives, maybe he won't know when someone will come from behind. After getting a clear answer from Dongfang Lunde and telling him that Fang Xiao had sworn allegiance to Dongfang Lunde's family, and even the rest of the Dongfang family couldn't instruct him, Dongfanghong assured Fang Xiao as the fourth master. sit.

For this guy who never smiled and spoke very little, Dongfanghong was the most worry-free. As long as the instructions are to be done, the other party will immediately execute it without asking or complaining. Dongfanghong is very satisfied with this. The task of Fang Xiao and others is to monitor all the people in Chang'an who have had a relationship with the Dongfang family, and this Chang'an is called'Xijing', so there are many members of the royal family and the family members of the ministers in the court. Fang Xiao's other task is to monitor the actions of these people.

In addition to this surveillance, another important task of the'Blood Shadow' is to collect information, from the important affairs of the court to the commercial secrets, and all aspects of information are important to Dongfanghong. That is to say, because Dongfanghong has many and complicated tasks for "Bloodshadow", the power of "Bloodshadow" has developed the fastest. Who makes them need manpower to complete the task!

Now with Chen Ping and Fang Xiao, Dongfanghong already feels that his preliminary work has been successfully completed! The next step is to prepare for his own personal armament, and Dongfanghong, the instructor and leader of this team, has also been looking for it! That is Yu Chigong, is there anything more suitable than him in this world? Yu Chigong was almost stupid and loyal to Dongfanghong, and Yu Chigong was born in a family of five, and he was a master of war strategy since he was a child. If he was allowed to stay in the'Red Blood Hall', it might be possible to bring him back sooner or later, so Dongfanghong began to consider putting the formation of troops on the agenda, but Dongfanghong has not moved now because he still feels less. Something, what's missing? A person, a flexible-minded, well-known and resourceful military division, so Dongfanghong wanted to wait.

After watching the four sit down, Dongfanghong embarrassedly removed the folding fan covering his face. Seeing the two green packets on Dongfanghong's forehead and a red mark on the corners of her mouth, the three of Yu Chigong forcibly resisted a smile, and even the corners of Fang Xiao, a person who never said a smile, moved. A few of them are very aware of the ins and outs of this, so they will only watch the excitement of Dongfang Hong's current experience and will not interfere.

Seeing everyone's expressions, Dongfanghong quickly said the topic: "Brother Chen, how is our business now?"

"Hahaha! San Gongzi! Now our business is very good!" Chen Ping said vigorously: "Following San Gongzi's suggestion, in order to create a superb entertainment street for food, lodging and entertainment, we have some scattered shops in our hands. Businesses with small profits have been replaced by adjacent shops. Now the two streets of'Ping'an Square and Yongtai Square' are all our shops. All the decorations and layouts of the two places have been completed and officially opened in the first two days. . It’s just that the third son was not able to come that day."

"Yeah! I have already seen the invitation you sent! But I am the son of Master Cishi after all, so I should not miss the face. There is nothing wrong with this purchase of the shop, right?" Dongfanghong said in his heart that if it weren't for me like this Can you not go, that crazy girl is really harmful.

Of course everyone knows that Dongfanghong is making excuses for himself. Chen Ping went on to say: "There is no problem. We follow the rules in the hall and take care of those small businesses. They are also very grateful to us! In these shops, we also negotiated on the basis of equality and mutual benefit, and most of them were resolved smoothly. The brothers in the hall of those who are not benevolent just worked hard to play with them and everything was settled."

"Yeah! Well done, you must remember to help the rules, and never harm the people. For those small businessmen, not only can we not collect their money, but if necessary, we must post back some to do business with them. "

"We'll take care of them if we don't collect them! Why are you posting them upside down?" Shi Hu asked puzzled.

"Hahaha! To make an analogy, if we have more than a dozen sheep, only three big sheep and all others are lambs, one day the lambs will get sick and they will all die! And we must sell all the big sheep to cure the small sheep. Sheep, do you sell it or not?"

"It can't be sold. As the saying goes, it's not afraid of no firewood if you keep it in the mountains. As long as the big sheep is there, you can regenerate." Shi Hu replied.

"Brother Shi's words are wrong! Now San Gongzi is talking about business, and this business is about profit first. Although Big Sheep can regenerate, it may take a lot of time for the three to regain their previous scale no matter how they live. But after all the small ones are cured, a dozen lambs will be able to give birth in a short amount of time. Wouldn’t it be more appropriate.” As a businessman, Chen Ping, of course, understands what Dongfanghong means.

"Yes, this is the reason why we need to support those small households. Now we are losing money, but how much benefit do you think this store that we support and grow will bring us in the future? Remember that we need to do something From a long-term perspective, you must never kill chickens and get eggs. If you want to get it, you must first give it."

"San Gongzi, you are so tall! This is purely raising chickens and laying eggs!"

"Hahaha! Eggs, chickens, chickens and eggs are endless!" Dongfanghong asked, "How is the business of the two newly opened entertainment streets?"

"Hahaha! The third son is "fire"." Shihu said first: "Restaurants, hot springs, casinos, brothels, hotels, everything that can make those rascals get away and comfortable, there is everything there, and we still have everything. The price is clearly marked, the children are not deceived, and the services and facilities are even better. Now these two streets are about to be crushed! The brothers are tired and half-dead every day to maintain order."

"Just good business! Take me to thank my brothers! Brother Shi, you should find some more staff! Our business will be even bigger in the future, so you won't be exhausted!"

"Still talking! The guy the brother is looking for is useless, so let the dead face go halfway, what can I do." He said that he looked at Fang Xiao angrily, but the other party didn't care at all.

Dongfanghong knew that Fang Xiao was in charge of too many things and there were too few staff, so he didn't pursue it, and then asked Chen Ping: "How about our other business?"

"At present, 60% of the shops in Dongcheng and Nancheng pay us money, and the remaining 40% are because of the backstage or the difficult situation of the owner, so we can't help it. And Beicheng is mostly the residences of high-ranking officials and the emperor's palace. So there is no benefit to us, but this Xicheng is a piece of fat! All the big business and big business are there, full of oil and water, and now we can only receive 20% of the people there."

"Brother Chen, don't worry! This meal needs to be eaten one bite at a time. Let's control the two cities in the southeast in our hands, and then deal with the big profiteers. Anyway, there is no organization there to oppose us, and we will slowly clean up in the future. As for the 40% Let’s not be hard on the background shops. Now that we are rich and powerful, then we will find a way to squeeze them to death and make them feel unprofitable, so let’s quit naturally!"

"That's right, just like we are dealing with those brothels and casinos now, we have just started! They are almost squeezed to the ground." Shi Hu said excitedly.

"That's right! I mean to completely hold this Chang'an City entertainment industry in my own hands. How many brothels and gambling shops that refuse to bow their heads are still holding on?"

"Hahahaha! There are still less than 30%, and 70% has been included in our'Red Blood Hall'! Third son, your idea of clearly marking the price in the brothel and charging on time is really high. This way you even have no money at ordinary times. Anyone who plays can come and play, you don’t know if we put the charging standards and various charging items, as well as the hourly fee, we almost squeezed our brothel that night. At the beginning, I thought we were the third son’s suggestion. We will lose it! Who knows that in half a month we have earned the money of the past month. Now those two streets have also joined, and it is estimated that the remaining brothels will not last long. The situation on the casino side is similar, let’s That set of prize-winning gambling, as well as the 100 taels that can be drawn for free if you spend twelve taels of silver, plus the roulette you invented, the lottery lottery draw is even better. It's just that the fee is lower! "Chen Ping said happily.

In brothels and casinos, they clearly set prices, charge on the hour, stimulate consumption, and engage in lotteries. However, Dongfanghong's long-established business copied from previous lives is abbreviated, but it can be regarded as a new cut in ancient times! "The reason why the cost is lower is that it makes those people who want to learn and we can't learn it. After all, we now have a large number of stores, so we don’t care about the gains or losses. But it’s different for them. You can even ask for them if the price is lowered. Hehe! This is called “scale yields benefits”. When we monopolize the entire Changan entertainment industry, this price is not our final say. At that time, we will charge whatever we want. That’s right! Let’s not It's all done like this. Brother Chen, you need to find an elegant and comfortable place, even outside the city, and build it specially. The decoration and furnishings, services, etc. must be the best there. The girl wants the most beautiful, and the gambling is the best. Luxurious, the most luxurious accommodation is the most luxurious thing, anyway, no one would dare to enter, so let’s do something high-end! There are a lot of rich, oily and uncomfortable guys in Chang'an City. !"

"Understood! The third son is going to catch all the rich people in this Chang'an city!"

"Hahaha! Chang'an City! Master, I don’t just want Chang'an City! When we take control of Chang'an, we will spread the business to the whole country. At that time, we will not only be the entertainment industry, but we must let it be in the whole country for all profitable businesses. We have branches everywhere."

"San Gongzi's ambitions are really lofty, Chen Ping, I vowed to follow Gongzi to the end."

"As long as the third son is not like the wealthy and unkind businessmen, our Shihu's life belongs to the son."

"Second, what you said is wrong! The third son will never be unkind. I absolutely believe this, Yu Chigong."

Even Fang Xiao, who rarely speaks, said, "If you have something to do, please give orders."

Dongfanghong looked at the four people's attitude towards him, and laughed and said, "'If you want to do good deeds, you must have money in your hands.' So let's speed up the control of Chang'an City! This young master of Chang'an's "Uncrowned King" is Looking forward to it!"

The five people looked at each other tacitly, with evil smiles on the corners of their mouths. It seemed that the merchants in Chang'an were about to face bad luck!