The Wei Clan's matter was dealt with quickly. After Huang Jia received the news, he quickly discussed it and sent people to the Chen Clan.
Then, he gathered the accounts of the Huang and Chen Clans, as well as the people in charge, and headed to the Wei Clan.
After arriving at the Wei Clan, Huang Feng was a little surprised to have brought the Chen Clan's people. After Zhang Qingyan's incident, the Chen Clan almost never appeared in front of Zhou Fu. He didn't expect that Huang Jia would call them over this time.
Although he was surprised, Huang Feng didn't say anything when he saw that Zhou Fu didn't have any objections. After all, their target today was the Wei Clan. If Huang Jia was alone, Huang Feng didn't have much confidence.
After Hou Jianbo saw Zhou Fu's subordinates, he didn't stay any longer. Taking advantage of the time just now, he told Huang Feng a lot of things that weren't obvious on paper. After all, he didn't have any impression of the Huang Jia, so Huang Jia must be an inconspicuous small force. Therefore, in order to reduce conflicts in the future, many rules had to be explained clearly.
"Deputy Gang Leader Zhou, I've been out for a long time. It's time to go back. Let's have tea together in the future." Hou Jianbai said with a smile and rejected Zhou Fu's invitation to send him out of the city. Then, he turned and left.
After Hou Jianbai left, Huang Feng came to Zhou Fu's side and began to report, "Sir, Lord Hou just told me a lot of things about the grain business."
Zhou Fu was also curious about the grain business that dominated Ning 'an East City, so he asked Huang Feng to explain it in detail.
"Sir, we collect grain from the docks at a fixed time every month, and then …" What followed was a series of business operations, which made Zhou Fu a little impatient.
"Stop. Just tell me how the income and profits are divided."
"Yes." Huang Feng stopped reluctantly. "Just now, Lord Hou said that he and the Wei Clan split the profits 20-80."
"Twenty-eight?
Who's second and who's eighth? "
Huang Feng paused and said carefully, "Lord Hou, take eighty percent."
This ratio made Zhou Fu feel that it was ridiculous. What was the point of dividing? He had already taken it away.
He waved at Old Fart Wei, and when the other party came closer, Zhou Fu asked: "Old Fart Wei, may I ask you something? Previously, how did your Wei Clan and Treasurer Hou split the profits?"
"Let's split it 20-80."
The same answer made Zhou Fu a little confused. He couldn't help but think, how can this thing make so much money?
Seeing Zhou Fu's confusion, Old Fart Wei said: "Mr Zhou, this is not how you do business, the grain …"
"Stop!"
Zhou Fu hurriedly stopped Old Fart Wei from going into a long speech. He pointed at Huang Feng and said: "You can talk to him about business matters. Alright, you can go back and take care of things over there."
"Yes!" Old Fart Wei seemed to be unsatisfied, but he couldn't say much. He turned and walked away.
At this time, Huang Feng said: "Master, Lord Hou just said, he admires you very much, so An San Qi came. But, out of the thirty percent, you still have to give him five percent."
"Hahahaha!"
Zhou Fu was so angry that he laughed out: "That Lord Hou must have never died before. I have never seen such a shameless person."
Huang Feng hurriedly comforted: "Master, I still have to talk to the Wei Clan first. If there was really a problem with the grain business, the Wei Clan would not have developed to this stage."
Zhou Fu shook his head: "You don't understand. I'm not angry about the division. Forget it, you should go and understand with the Wei Clan."
After sending Huang Feng away, Zhou Fu muttered to himself: "I'm angry about that Lord Hou's way of doing things. On the surface, he gave away ten percent of the profits, but in the next moment, he asked for another five percent. He's trying to make things difficult for me."
When Zhou Fu calmed down, half an hour had already passed. At this time, he suddenly remembered that he wanted to take down another clan. How did he get interrupted by that Lord Hou?
In his heart, he silently made a note of this Lord Hou. He would deal with him in the future.
At this time, Huang Feng also walked over. His expression was somewhat strained.
"What's wrong?" Zhou Fu asked.
"Master, you were preparing to go to another target just now, right?"
Zhou Fu raised his eyebrows: "Yes."
"That … … Master, we can't go."
"En?
Reason. "
"Just now, after a short period of calculation, if we want to swallow all of the Wei Clan's businesses, we will need at least two months. If we want to digest it, we will need at least a year."
"It's going to take that long?" Zhou Fu's voice sank. It was really too long.
"Yes!"
Huang Feng nodded his head heavily, and then explained: "Master, although we have many subordinates now, about 13,000 people, but, those who can manage the businesses alone, only 6000 people.
And those who can be transferred, less than 1000 people. "
"Just now, from the Wei Clan's account book and the information that Old Fart Wei told me, the people we can transfer are simply not enough."
"For a clan like the Wei Clan, the scope of their businesses is already beyond my imagination. Just now, Old Fart Wei told me that the Wei Clan has more than 20 caravans, more than 1800 people, and close to 5000 horses and carriages."
Zhou Fu was somewhat confused, and asked: "With such power, why are they still so weak?"
Huang Feng choked for a moment, and laughed bitterly: "Master, not only is the Wei Clan not weak, they are very strong.
If it was our Huang Jia, even if we were given another 100 years, we would still not be a match for the Wei Clan.
Today, if it was someone else, they would not even be able to enter the Wei Clan's door. "
"Is that so?"
After being flattered by Huang Feng, he was slightly satisfied.
"Yes, Master.
Not only me, in my Huang Jia's records, I have never heard of anyone who could directly enter the door of a top power and suppress them. "
"Alright," Zhou Fu sighed with disappointment, "Then, how much money can the Wei Clan bring me?"
Huang Feng thought for a moment, and said: "According to the account book, there are close to 10 million taels of silver every month."
10 million taels of silver?
One must know that each Blood Yang Pill consumed 1000 taels of silver. In this way, wouldn't he have an extra 10,000 Blood Yang Pills every month?
Of course, this was just a comparison. If he really refined 10,000 Blood Yang Pills every month, not to mention the lack of alchemists, he would not even have enough alchemy furnaces. Furthermore, that thing was not guaranteed to succeed every time.
Seeing that Zhou Fu was silent, Huang Feng continued to report the Wei Clan's information: "Master, the Wei Clan also has some special businesses."
"Special businesses?
What? "
"Medicine fields, mines!"
Zhou Fu's eyes flashed, and his heart palpitated with excitement!
Medicine fields were a special kind of place. The herbs that grew there had stronger medicinal properties than other places.
"Master, this is the Wei Clan's mines and the information about their medicine fields."
Currently, in Daliang Country, where Zhou Fu was from, private ownership of mines was allowed, such as iron and copper mines. It was even allowed to smelt weapons.
However, they had to pay taxes!
As long as the taxes were paid, they could do whatever they wanted. If they dared to pay less or not, the consequences would be very miserable.
According to the information on the paper, the Wei Clan had a copper mine.
"70% of the tax?!" The moment he saw the tax rate, Zhou Fu was stunned. 70% of the tax!
In other words, if he earned 10 yuan from mining, he would have to pay 7 yuan in tax!
"What's there to play with!"
According to Zhou Fu's calculations, after deducting the maintenance costs of the mine, the wages of the miners, and the daily consumption of food, how much was left?
Huang Feng explained in a low voice, "Master, the remaining 30% is already quite a lot!
There are millions of taels of income every month. "
In front of the data provided by Huang Feng, Zhou Fu was stunned again. 30% of the mine was so much?
Forget it, Zhou Fu did not plan to do business anyway. It was enough for him to know about these things, and he would not delve into it.
Zhou Fu said to Huang Feng, "As long as you know what to do, you decide what to do."
"This subordinate will definitely not let down Master's trust."
Huang Feng was very excited. This was the first time the Huang Clan controlled a mine, and it was in his hands.
Zhou Fu said, "The medicine fields are more important now, so you should pay more attention to this.
Also, I have a pill formula here, let those alchemists take a look. "
"Yes, this subordinate will go back and do it."
"Okay," Zhou Fu nodded. After thinking for a while, he still did not give up and asked, "Huang Feng, do we really not have any manpower?"
Huang Feng quickly shook his head, "No, we really don't!"
Among the twelve major powers, excluding the Giant Whale and the Red Sea gang, there were nine other powers like the Wei Clan. Moreover, the Wei Clan was only above average among the other ten.
If Zhou Fu became interested and took down another power like the Wei Clan, they would not be able to handle it at all.
Business had to be transformed, and it was not as simple as just continuing after taking over. That would be reckless and would not last long.
Huang Feng was the most talented person in Huang Clan, and he was also the luckiest person. Naturally, he would not be reckless.
…
Three days later, Zhou Fu helplessly reclined in his chair. Through the information he had received from the Wei clan over the past few days, he finally understood just how enormous these top forces were to be able to become a city.
The Wei Clan was already like this, not to mention the other nine families.
Wealth was tempting, but to swallow it all in one bite, Zhou Fu did not have such a big appetite.
"This is too terrifying. Previously, I wanted to swallow the entire Ning An East City. Now, it seems that I was indeed too young. Who would have known that there were so many tricks in this place? Forget it, it's better for me to cultivate honestly."
Zhou Fu took a sip of tea, turned his head to look at the information in his hand, and then sighed again.
"The matter of Ning An East City has to be put aside for a while. I'll wait until spring next year and integrate the Giant Whale's resources before going to Ning An East City."
After making up his mind, he called Duan Cheng.
"Sir, you were looking for me?"
Zhou Fu nodded and asked, "Do you still remember Chen Wenyao's matter?"
"This subordinate hasn't forgotten, Sir. Dozens of people have been keeping an eye on him every day for the past few months, and they have never relaxed."
Duan Cheng quickly replied, "Also, according to the report from my subordinates, Chen Wenyao's appearance has changed greatly. What's even stranger is that his face has become exactly the same as that of Treant Zhang Yao who died in the dungeon."
Zhou Fu smiled and said, "That's Zhang Yao."
Looking at Duan Cheng's somewhat uncomfortable expression, Zhou Fu smiled and said, "Don't think too much.
Where's the nearest place to Zhang Yao? "
"Qingtian County with a population of more than 30,000 people. It's more than 80 miles away from that strange village."
Zhou Fu nodded and said, "Qingtian County, is it? Tell your men to prepare. We'll set off tomorrow.
We don't need a lot of people this time, just a dozen or so. "
"Yes, Sir," said Duan Cheng in a deep voice.
"This subordinate will arrange it now."
The next day, Zhou Fu took a carriage and went straight to Qingtian County early in the morning.
After becoming the deputy leader of the Giant Whale Gang and the Wei Clan's matter, Zhou Fu had become a celebrity in Ning 'an East City.
Whenever he made a move, it would quickly spread to the ears of all the higher-ups, including the Bai Clan.
"Out of the city?"
Bai Mingxuan, the head of the Bai Clan, was somewhat surprised. He was the one who paid the most attention to Zhou Fu's movements.
It was not because of anything else, but because his big brother's only son was Bai Lang.
He seemed to have a deep friendship with Zhou Fu.
Bai Mingxuan was the second son who took over the helm of the Bai Clan. As for the eldest son, Bai Mingqian, he lost his chance to ascend to the top because of Bai Lang's matter.
Now, Bai Lang had returned, and he even brought an expert with him.
Not only that, but Bai Lang was also related to Zhou Fu, a tyrannical and powerful man. How could Bai Mingxuan feel at ease?
He was afraid that when he woke up one day, there would be a shining long knife on his neck, or … he would never wake up again.
Bai Mingxuan said to the spy who had returned, "No matter where Zhou Fu goes, keep a close eye on him. If there's any movement, report it to me."
"Yes!"
"Also, keep a close eye on the East Courtyard."
"Yes!"
After the spy left, Bai Mingxuan closed his eyes and rubbed his forehead. His hair that was still black three months ago had turned white, and his face was much more haggard.
…
Giant Whale Gang.
Xing Gang looked at the spy in front of him and asked, "Zhou Fu went out of the city?
Where to? "
The spy said, "According to the news from the Elysium, Deputy Leader Zhou went to Qingtian County."
"Qingtian County?" Xing Gang thought for a moment. That place was somewhat familiar, but it was also very vague.
After thinking for a long time, he still couldn't think of anything special about that place. However, a place that Zhou Fu had his eyes on was definitely not an ordinary place.
The spy whispered, "Sir, that place is very close to Changle Village."
Hearing this name, Xing Gang's eyes suddenly widened.
"Changle Village?
Qingtian County?
That's the Tree Demon's territory? "
At this moment, he finally remembered, but what followed was even more confusion.
"This is interesting. What's he going there for?" Xing Gang frowned as thoughts spun in his mind.
Suddenly, a bright light flashed. He said in shock, "Great Sun True Qi … Don't tell me he's going to kill the Tree Demon to obtain spiritual energy for cultivation?"
After this thought appeared, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that this was Zhou Fu's goal.
"Tsk tsk …" Xing Gang smacked his lips, a look of excitement on his face as he sighed. "You don't say, using the Great Sun Zhen Qi to suppress those things, and then relying on the tyrannical body to crush them, this is a totally feasible path.
At this point, Xing Gang's expression became a little strange. He wanted to laugh, but also wanted to sigh.
"It seems like no one told him that he shouldn't come into contact with those things too much. Otherwise … So what if he's a genius? In the end, he'll still fall due to ignorance." He shook his head.
Xing Gang ordered, "Arrange for people to check on Zhou Fu every once in a while. You don't need to participate in anything else."
"Yes!"
After the spy left, Xing Gang walked out of the room and looked at the distant sky. It was the direction of Qingtian County.
"This is getting more and more interesting …"