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As the golden light on the snow-capped mountains gradually faded, Li Shouxi led everyone back to the villa.
Even when the hot snow clam and lotus seed porridge was served on the table, the girls were still immersed in the beautiful, sacred and solemn view of the Golden Mountain in the Sunlight.
“Is this the Rizhao Jinshan Mountain?
Is it true that all snow-capped mountains have the wonder of the sun shining on the golden mountain? "
“Not necessarily. It depends on the geographical environment. It just exists here.
And this King intended to focus on this from the beginning and turn this place into a top-level leisure resort, adding hot springs, skiing and other projects.
You can set an ordinary room in the villa to one gold per night, or a top-level suite in the master bedroom to ten gold per night.
In this way, the cost of building the villa can be recovered in half a year, and there will be huge profits every year thereafter."
fizz
Upon hearing this, all the girls stared at Li Shouxi in disbelief.
Unexpectedly, what was originally an extremely extravagant waste suddenly became a super profitable investment in Li Shouxi's hands. Even Wu Meir couldn't help but sigh that it was a pity that Li Shouxi didn't become a businessman.
Even Dugu Ningke couldn't help but give Li Shouxi a blank look.
With the three major districts in Liaodong and the grain from the black soil, Li Shouxi is not short of money at all, but he has been making money everywhere. He doesn't know if Li Shouxi loves money too much.
Shouldn't Li Shouxi be ambitious and strive for hegemony in the Central Plains at this time?
Not to mention this land of pleasure, even money should be put second.
"Dad, didn't you say you would come here every year?"
“Yeah, I come here every year, but not necessarily here!”
Upon hearing this, the girls immediately understood Li Shouxi's caution.
Li Shouxi would move to another place after each shot, and he would never appear in the same place.
Perhaps one day he would suddenly get the urge to settle in Taibai Villa again when the enemy was caught off guard. After all, who could have predicted Li Shouxi's whereabouts.
"Let's not talk about this now. The main task today is to play."
"Daddy, I want to ride in a carriage pulled by a tiger!"
"I want to do it too!"
While Li Shouxi's family was on vacation in Taibai Mountain, huge waves were brewing in Kyushu.
First, Liaodong sent out the signal of selling grain, and there was no upper limit.
This is definitely good news for all major forces.
In addition to Liaodong's previous large-scale stockpiling of grain, even the Tang Dynasty's grain stockpiles were less than one-tenth of Liaodong's.
What's more, the Tang Dynasty needed to provide relief to eleven states, and in addition to supporting Bingzhou and Youzhou, Liaodong had enough grain reserves to last for three years, even though the entire Liaodong was not producing anything.
Unexpectedly, Liaodong, which had previously been banned from selling grain, suddenly lifted the ban, which was naturally a good thing for everyone.
It is just the tax for purchasing food, of which 50% is in cash and silver at most, and the rest needs to be exchanged for corresponding resources.
This made many forces immediately understand Li Shouxi's methods.
The second is the news about the Star of Bliss.
At some point, the legend of Golden City 477 appeared in the world.
At first, the Buddhist community thought that the news came from Prince Yan’s Palace.
But as the Buddhists conducted an in-depth investigation, they discovered that the root of everything came from Kanto Wanmadao.
How did Wanmadao get the news?
This brings us to a rare martial arts treasure - the invisibility cloak.
Ma Kongqun did not expect that despite his best efforts to hide the news, it still reached the Central Plains and was even eventually discovered by the Buddhist sect.
Even if he was stupid, he knew he was being tricked.
I thought I had hidden myself well, but I didn't expect that in the eyes of others, I was just a clown.
When Ma Kongqun was trying to make things clear, a group of extremely mysterious men in black suddenly appeared outside Wanmadao, some of them holding samurai swords and some holding bows and crossbows.
"Kill, leave no one behind!"
The Buddhist sect had found out enough about this, so Li Shouxi would naturally not leave any survivors in Wanmadao.
I've also thought of the reason.
Spying into Prince Yan's mansion and leaking secrets.
Add to that the rare martial arts treasure - the invisibility cloak, and it becomes perfect.
Therefore, when Ma Kongqun realized something was wrong, the men in black had already entered the hall of Wanmadao.
Most of the Guandong Wanmadao, which was once very prosperous outside the Great Wall, were no match for these men in black.
Even those masters above the seventh rank, when faced with sneak attacks and assassinations, were mostly killed by an arrow piercing their hearts.
Chapter 253 Waiting for a Price
"why?"
When Ma Kongqun was surrounded by a group of men in black, he seemed to see Bai Tianyu from the past.
I didn't expect that karma would come back to haunt me.
Most importantly, why did Prince Yan's Mansion plot against them in this way?
why?
The leader heard this and sneered.
The mere fact that Ma Kongqun used the invisibility cloak to spy on Prince Yan's mansion is a crime punishable by death.
What's more, the tyranny of Wanmadao in recent years has been cleared up, which has led to the current disaster of extermination of the family.
swish swish
Arrows are like meteors. Even if Ma Kongqun is a ninth-grade master, facing so many top-level archers, the arrows will arrive first and the sound will arrive later. If he defends too long, he will lose.
puff!
While facing the siege of the black-clad warriors, he also had to be on guard against stray arrows from all directions.
Finally, due to a mistake, Ma Kongqun was killed by an arrow.
The great hero of Kanto lay on the snow, his scarlet blood blooming like infected plum blossoms in front of everyone's eyes.
"found it!"
Suddenly, a warrior in black holding a silver cloak walked out of Wanmadao, and everyone prepared to leave when they saw this.
But at this moment, a black shadow flashed, and everyone had no time to react. They saw that the invisible cloak in the black warrior's hand had disappeared, and at the same time, a figure in the distance was leaving quickly.
The first one to react was the sharp-eyed archer, who had already drawn his bow and arrow when he discovered that the other party had snatched the invisibility cloak.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh
Arrows shot out one after another as fast as lightning, but seemed to return in vain.
But everyone still saw that the man was hit by at least seven or eight arrows and was undoubtedly dead.
To snatch things from the top sharpshooter, everyone can only say that they are overestimating their own abilities.
A quarter of an hour later, everyone found the man's body. He had died from being shot by arrows and bleeding to death, but the invisibility cloak that had been stolen was missing.
Then the black warriors dispersed again, looking for clues left by the other party.
In the end, they could only part ways in disappointment.
But the news of this battle soon spread to the martial arts world.
Everyone felt that Ma Kongqun had drunk too much and was trying to spy on Prince Yan's mansion with the help of an invisible cloak. It was not unfair for the Wanmadao family to be exterminated.
However, the disappearance of the invisibility cloak in the end also made everyone feel heavy-hearted.
Although the invisibility cloak is not an extremely powerful treasure, its invisibility alone is a huge threat.
“Guanzhong Wanma Hall?
Ma Kongqun is a cunning old man. For some reason, he suddenly became confused and wanted to spy on Prince Yan's mansion."
"Tsk, it's the invisibility cloak that gives him the confidence.
As long as you stay far enough away from the masters of Prince Yan's Mansion, you don't have to worry about being discovered by the masters of Prince Yan's Mansion.
If he hadn't exposed the news about the Star of Bliss this time, perhaps Prince Yan's Mansion wouldn't have discovered that this bug was monitoring Prince Yan's Mansion. If it was used in Emperor Tang's harem, hehehehe..."
"Why is it the Emperor's harem? Aren't there also many beauties in Prince Yan's Palace?"
"Idiot, there are also many experts in the Prince of Yan's Mansion, including the Magic Sword Immortal Cao Shaoqin, the four sword maids of Plum, Orchid, Bamboo and Chrysanthemum, the three sisters of the Fu family, at least ten ninth-rank experts, and the exotic beast Hu Kui with an extremely keen sense of smell.
The Imperial Palace is different. The defenses of the Chuxiu Palace and the Cold Palace are not tight."
"I see!"
While everyone was discussing this, news about the Star of Bliss quickly spread throughout the world.
The Golden City was like a piece of the most delicious roast meat, attracting countless bloodthirsty dogs in Kyushu, all wanting to bite off a piece of it.
That is the legendary city of gold!
All ancient powers with records of the Golden City understand that the gold inside is secondary.
As for why Prince Yan’s Mansion didn’t go looking for it personally?
Naturally, Xizhou is a Buddhist power.
The greed of Buddhism, the three poisons of greed, anger and ignorance are fully reflected in the average Buddhist disciple.
I'm afraid that although it seems like Wanmadao took action this time, in fact it was the Prince of Yan's Mansion that was plotting behind the scenes.
However, what everyone was concerned about at this time was the Star of Bliss obtained by Zen Master Longshan.
However, Zen Master Longshan was not stupid. He hurried all the way and took the small road. Finally, he returned to the Buddhist sect in Xizhou before the major forces in Jiuzhou could react.
At the same time, Zen Master Longshan also heard the news of Wanmadao.
I never thought there would be such a magical treasure as the invisibility cloak in this world.
No wonder even the heavily guarded Prince Yan's Mansion could not avoid being eavesdropped.
"Master Longshan, is this the Star of Bliss?"
“This is a replica of the colored glaze made by the Prince of Yan’s Mansion. If we can decipher the hidden information on it, we can find the legendary Golden City!
But in order to open the Golden City, we must have the real Star of Bliss, so the Prince of Yan's Mansion gave us this imitation Star of Bliss just as a bargaining chip for the subsequent negotiations.
Once we find the Golden City, it will be time for real negotiations!"
Upon hearing this, the monks understood Li Shouxi's plan.
Isn't this just to keep them hanging?
If they found the Golden City but could not enter it, they would naturally have to pay a huge price to exchange for the real Paradise Star.
This is what makes them most heartbroken.
After all, if the Golden City has not been found, the value of the Star of Bliss is just a decoration. Even if it is related to the treasure, it is just related.
But if he finds the Golden City, he will be the key to the treasure, and I'm afraid the minimum profit split will be 50-50.
Thinking of this, all the monks changed color.
The Buddhists were greedy, especially since the treasure was from Xizhou, so they naturally believed that the Golden City belonged to them.
Being able to give Prince Yan's Mansion some soup is still giving face to Prince Yan's Mansion.
Still want to eat meat on the table now?
".Master, do we want to..."
"You can't force it!"
Not to mention the masters in Prince Yan's Mansion, just the old Zen master and the two Vajra masters are the top masters in the Brahma Temple.
What's more, there are countless masters in Prince Yan's Mansion.