Restaurant, restaurant, top-floor private room.
Qu Houyang's steward, Cheng Lishan, was in the first seat. After several rounds of drinks and dishes, he put down his wine cup and said with a smile, "Esteemed leaders, my young master is new here and needs your support!"
The crowd immediately agreed, saying it was the right thing to do!
Cheng Lishan nodded with a smile: "Very well, my young master has decided to improve the treatment and equipment of the city guards in order to better protect Tianyao City. I hope everyone can contribute generously!"
Upon hearing this, everyone present understood that he wanted money!
Immediately, someone presented a storage ring: "Steward Cheng, this is a small token of our appreciation from the Cangyue Gang. It contains one hundred million immortal stones. Please accept it!"
"not enough!"
Cheng Lishan didn't go to accept the storage ring, but shook his head and said, "Five hundred million for each gang!"
Upon hearing that it would cost 500 million, a commotion erupted in the private room!
"Butler Cheng, isn't 500 million too much?"
After a long while, Chen Jian, the assistant of the Immortal Sword Gang, cautiously said that he was a镖师 (bodyguard/escort) and although he earned a lot, the casualties were also high. Every time someone was injured or killed, he had to compensate with immortal stones.
"Originally, the young master intended to ask you for 1 billion, but it was only after I persuaded him that he changed his mind. So, it's 500 million, not a penny less. You all know what kind of temperament our young master has!"
By the end, Cheng Lishan's tone had become somewhat threatening.
For a moment, the expressions on the faces of those present were not very pleasant, and some even cursed inwardly.
However, they dared not get up and leave. After all, the wild beasts pulling Qu Houyang's carriage were all at the ninth level of Earth Immortal. If they dared not give them the goods, Qu Houyang would not need to personally intervene; one Earth Immortal wild beast would be enough to deal with them.
In the end, all twenty-two people who helped honestly gave 500 million.
Cheng Lishan continued, "Also, from now on, each of your gangs will have to offer the young master one hundred million immortal stones every year, but this year's amount is waived!"
"Oh, so we have to pay a tribute of 100 million every year?"
That would be the death of an old man.
Then all the gang leaders started complaining, especially those gangs that earned less money.
In fact, Cheng Lishan had already arranged for people to investigate these gangs. Among the twenty-two gangs, some of them did not earn 100 million a year!
So he said, "How about this, I will discuss the amount of tribute to be paid each year with you, and I will tell you the specific figure in three days!"
Upon hearing this, all the gang leaders breathed a sigh of relief!
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