It's Obviously a Life Skill, But You Developed It Into a Magical Skill Chapter 119

Chapter 119 Trouble? Just carrying a knife

To be honest, Zhou An has never noticed that sometimes it becomes lively and really uncomfortable.

 He himself is a lively person, but he can also endure loneliness.

However, bustling does not mean the noise in front of you.

When a large number of people rushed in from the door with gift boxes in their hands, Zhou An even thought that he had not done things cleanly before and had incurred enemies.

 Until he saw a lot of businessmen wearing silk and satin, he instantly understood what was going on.

 A businessman! Those who are into business must be well-informed.

　　I guess I have already received the news when I came here.

He looked at the people who had surrounded him and waved his hands: "Everyone, I have something to do right now, so it may not be convenient."

The situation in front of us is obvious. This group of people are here to curry favor.

To be honest, Zhou An's popularity is quite high now.

 Especially in the eyes of these businessmen, it is even more fiery.

Hengtong Chamber of Commerce, with the help of Zhou An, basically opened up all the joints and soared into the sky.

 Businessmen are chasing profits, and these people have come to smell it.

Hearing what Zhou An said, these people immediately started talking.

“Oh, Mr. Zhou is really tired from traveling and riding. I have already prepared a dinner at the best restaurant. Please come over and have a meal with Mr. Zhou.”

Before this person finished speaking, another person started talking again.

"What kind of dinner are you planning? Master Zhou, is he a good person? Master Zhou, follow me. I have ordered two oirans for you at the best romantic place. They are both as good as each other."

"You are all vulgar, you are not an oiran, you are not an oiran. You have a little girl at home who is not talented. I want to betroth her to Mr. Zhou."

Everyone had a flattering expression on their face. Zhou An knew that these guys had forgotten what they just said.

However, it seems that it is not easy to get out of the situation in front of you. Others are greeting you with a smile. After all, it is not good for you to beat him out with a stick.

 Zhou An could only talk to them one by one, helplessly.

 But while talking, he also learned where this group of people came from.

 These people come from different chambers of commerce.

 There are big ones and small ones. The big one can compete with the Hengtong Chamber of Commerce. The small one can be considered to be prosperous here.

Of course, the purpose of these people's coming is very simple, which is to get familiar with Zhou An first.

 No one made any demands or conditions upon coming up, and no one directly negotiated a deal upon coming up.

These all have to deal with procedures. When discussing some business in the previous life, I had to wash my feet at some point.

 So this is my first time to meet.

These businessmen also know how to measure their gifts. After placing the gift boxes, everyone said several words to Zhou An, and most of them were flattering.

 After saying that, he left quickly.

 After a while, the place returned to its original quietness.

Only the few craftsmen and supervisors had expressions of astonishment on their faces, as if they had not yet reacted.

 They really didn't react.

How can it be so lively for craftsmen and supervisors to work on weekdays?

 It's pretty good to have seven or eight people here.

 And most of the people who come here are for official business.

Today is an eye-opener. These businessmen are all very wealthy in Tingyun Mansion.

 Are you all here to fawn over the person in front of you?

They thought about what they had just said, and everyone had a look of panic on their faces.

Zhou An just told them that they can catch fish, but not vegetables.

They were worried that Zhou An's assessment standards were very high, and if something happened, they would be in trouble.

Zhou An piled these gift boxes in the corner and saw what these people were thinking. He smiled and said: "Don't worry, let's start with the process. Let's start with you. What's your name? What position do you hold? Let's do it one by one. Come."

Since I am an official here, I must do things well while fishing.

Zhou An is not a person who likes to eat dry food.

Starting from the leader, a man in his forties, these people were introduced one by one.

 There are only three people in total.

Now, the mining rights have been distributed, and these three people are in charge of different positions.

 The man in his forties is called Hu Haijin, and he is in charge of the accounts of Tingyun Mansion Minerals.

 After all, these things involve money and require a reliable person to take charge, and he has enough experience in his forties.

Two other men in their thirties, one named Zhao Zhi and the other named Zhu Rui.

 Zhao Zhi is mainly responsible for contacting those chambers of commerce and supervising their mining operations.

Zhu Rui will rate these chambers of commerce. If the ratings are not in place every year, their mining rights will be revoked.

 At present, the opening of mineral mining rights in Dachu State is still in the initial stage, and it will definitely become more strict.

 It is not as simple as Zhou An's previous life.

After roughly understanding their respective responsibilities, Zhou An said with a smile: "You all also know my name, so I won't say more. Now you should still do what you are supposed to do. If something cannot be solved, report to me."

"It's okay to fish. I allow you to fish here, but you have to do your job well."

The rough outline of the situation was almost explained, and Zhou An did not continue to embarrass them. After all, staying here would only put more pressure on them.

So Zhou An continued to let them eat, and told them his address. Then he picked up the gift box and walked towards the residence left for him by Hengtong Chamber of Commerce.

 There is nothing to do now. He just came here once, and he has to go back to continue his liver proficiency.

 If there is something that cannot be dealt with, they will come to him and he will deal with it when the time comes.

 When he got home, Zhou An opened the gift boxes one by one, only to find that the contents inside were all valuable.

 Some of them will give you money directly, some will give you some big gifts, and some will give you some antique calligraphy and paintings.

  Anyway, this thing is quite valuable to Zhou An.

Zhou An didn't think much and stuffed all these things into the pink purse.

 After having these things, he did not think about anything else and continued to improve his proficiency.

Zhou Qingyun, the person in charge of the Hengtong Chamber of Commerce here, is really up to the task. He clearly said that it would be completed tomorrow. When he came back, the swimming pool had been built.

 I happened to meet two workers who were about to leave.

 The swimming pool is in the backyard. It's about the same size as when I was in Yunlai Mansion before, and it's already filled with water.

Zhou An did not rush down. Instead, he stood on top and manipulated the water flow to create a five-meter-long water dragon.

 Carving it out slowly according to the plan you made.

 He was never idle for a moment, silently working on his proficiency.

 Time gradually passed, and it was night time in a blink of an eye.

During the period, Zhou Qingyun came over and also gave some necessities of life.

Hengtong Chamber of Commerce has purchased all these things for him. Currently, only Zhou An lives in this house.

Zhou Qingyun even asked him if he wanted some maids and the like, and he was sure to invite pretty and sensible ones over.

  Pretty and easy to say.

 If you are sensible, you understand everything.

Zhou An didn't do this. Living here alone can also facilitate his liver proficiency.

Besides, I don't need to worry about it alone. Although it is good to live a luxurious life, it is not conducive to my current development.

 After rejecting Zhou Qingyun, Zhou An gained proficiency again, and the whole night went on like this.

The next morning, Zhou An went out to have some breakfast as usual, and then went back to continue cooking.

His current state is that of constant swimming. After reaching level 5 of swimming, he plans to improve other level 4 skills.

What he didn't expect was that before he returned to the room, he heard a rush of footsteps.

Zhou An looked towards the source of the footsteps and saw Hu Haijin rushing towards him in a hurry.

 He is in charge of the general accounts. If he comes towards me at this time, something must be wrong.

When Hu Haijin saw Zhou An, he immediately hurried up to him, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and said hurriedly: "Mr. Zhou, something happened. Please come with me quickly. We can't make the decision on this matter." ah!"

 Zhou An asked: "What happened?"

Hu Haijin was very anxious: "Let's talk while walking. It's really urgent."

In a situation like this, if something happens, it should be handled safely.

 He didn't talk nonsense, letting Hu Haijin lead the way while he followed behind.

 Along the way, Hu Haijin explained the specific situation clearly to himself.

 The reason is also very simple, that is, the two chambers of commerce have huge differences over the mining of a mineral.

 There are many minerals in Tingyun Mansion.

 Most of them are divided up by large chambers of commerce, and there are also some small chambers of commerce, which can also get a lot of money from them.

 Due to Zhou An's reasons, Hengtong Chamber of Commerce has the largest mineral industry.

No one robs these things, and no one envies them. After all, Zhou An is now the leader in Tingyun Mansion, and no one dares to touch him.

  However, there are some problems with the distribution of other minerals.

Now. Two chambers of commerce are fighting over the source of a mineral.

This matter is actually divided very well. Whoever is stronger will get more points.

 However, the strength of these two chambers of commerce is about the same, and there are usually some minor frictions, and there are also many dissatisfactions in other areas.

 So at this time, the two parties are fighting for every inch of this mineral resource.

 In fact, everyone can just give in. At this time, it will increase the workload on their side.

 After Zhou An returned to the craftsman's post as supervisor, he took out the two documents and read them.

 There are two chambers of commerce, one is called Guangjin Chamber of Commerce and the other is called Caiyuan Chamber of Commerce.

 They are all relatively large chambers of commerce in Tingyun Prefecture.

 It is smaller than the Hengtong Chamber of Commerce, but in fact, it is not much smaller.

After reading the general situation, Zhou An asked: "Can't this mine be divided equally?"

He is quite familiar with these two chambers of commerce. The reason is that among the people who came to give gifts last night, there were people from these two chambers of commerce.

One of them wanted to invite him to Goulan to listen to music, and the other wanted to invite him to a feast.

This thing still needs to be dealt with.

 Zhou An can exercise his rights and forcefully distribute them to them, but it doesn't seem good to do this when he first arrived.

Hu Haijin quickly replied: "Sir, it is really difficult to distinguish between these two places, and their method of division is simply impossible to achieve absolute equality. After all, this thing is not rice flour, grain and oil, this is real ore, there will be The difference in terrain.”

 After all, it was the first time for Dachu State to do this kind of thing, and many details would be ignored in different situations.

 There is a problem now.

Zhou An thought for a moment and asked Hu Haijin to invite these people over and communicate with them himself.

Hu Haijin thought to himself, since Mr. Zhou is here now, let him solve it. After all, the person responsible for this kind of matter must be the leader.

So he went directly to the two chambers of commerce to invite people without saying anything.

Not long after, two chubby businessmen walked in directly.

These two people really didn't deal with each other. They were still scolding each other when they walked in, as if they could start a fight if they met more often.

But since Zhou An was here, they didn't dare to be presumptuous and stood there honestly.

Zhou An put down the information in his hand, pointed to the seat next to him, and said, "Please sit down, you two. I have understood everything. This time I am here to solve your problem."

 The two businessmen looked at each other and sat down one after another.

 Zhou An looked at one of them and asked, "Are you Liu Jincheng from the Guangjin Chamber of Commerce?"

Liu Jincheng quickly agreed, saying that he was the one.

 Zhou An looked at another person and asked, "You are Yu Renjie from Caiyuan Chamber of Commerce."

Yu Renjie didn't dare to neglect him. He hugged Zhou An and said, "Yes, the villain is Yu Renjie."

Zhou An nodded, and then said: "In fact, why do you two have to fight for a little bit of minerals?"

As soon as these words were spoken, both of them looked confused.

 In fact, when Zhou An called them to come, they were already ready

　　No matter which side Zhou An prefers, they must agree.

 After all, Zhou An is the leader here and is in charge of the affairs here, so we really can't offend Zhou An.

 But I will definitely feel uncomfortable inside, I just don't dare to show it.

 Now that they heard what Zhou An said, they already thought that Zhou An would persuade one party to give up.

Unexpectedly, Zhou An's next words made both of them stunned.

“I took a careful look at your information just now. In fact, some of the paths you took were wrong.” Zhou An said slowly.

Liu Jincheng and Yu Renjie looked at each other, not knowing where they went wrong. They all looked at Zhou An with doubts and said in unison: "Please give me instructions!"

 In fact, at this time, they believed in Zhou An. After all, Zhou An single-handedly held up the Hengtong Chamber of Commerce, so they also wanted this person to give them a hug.

Zhou An smiled and took a sip of tea and explained: "The Guangjin Chamber of Commerce bought a lot of mining tools, including manpower and material resources, and paid a lot for this mining right. Am I right?"

Liu Jincheng nodded quickly and said, "Your Excellency, you are right. We have spent a lot of financial, material and manpower. This time, we are just to respond to your Majesty's call."

 This sentence is beautifully said. The so-called call is actually just to make a fortune.

After Liu Jincheng said this, Yu Renjie said unconvinced: "Sir, we are also ready to start purchasing various equipment, as well as manpower and material resources. We are by no means inferior to them."

 Zhou An nodded, indicating that it was indeed the case.

The two families have similar financial resources, but he said something else.

"I heard that the Caiyuan Chamber of Commerce has opened up many mineral sales channels in advance for these things. Is this true?" Yu Renjie nodded.

 They did not introduce more equipment, but they expanded a lot in some sales channels.

Zhou An clapped his hands, attracted the attention of the two people, and then made a summary: "If you two want to make some efforts to address your respective shortcomings, you will need to invest more manpower and material resources, and there will be huge investment." financial resources."

“To be honest, the cost is a bit too high. Even if the profits from the mining are taken, it is probably not as much as what we made before.”

"Actually, the two of you can definitely cooperate. I know that there are some differences between the two of you, but as businessmen, who doesn't have interests in mind? You are responsible for mining and you are responsible for sales. When the two are combined, isn't everyone happy?"

  Sometimes, things just have to be controlled in detail.

 Zhou An saw some details.

 It seems that these two companies can cooperate.

 As for the hatred between the two families, in fact, in the face of huge interests, they cannot be called hatred.

 It's nothing more than two previous businesses, and there was friction between them.

 But in the face of greater interests, what is this friction called?

As expected, after Zhou An finished saying this, the expressions of the two people were obviously a little strange.

 In fact, no one who is a businessman has these ideas.

They were just blinded by their respective grievances and kept their eyes fixed on the minerals, without seeing the importance of division of labor.

Now after Zhou An's suggestion, the two of them were fooled and found that this method was actually quite good.

 But at this time, the two of them remembered their previous grudges again, and no one could let go of this shame.

Zhou An felt that it was time for him to take action.

 He stood up, walked to the two of them, patted each other on the shoulders, and then said with a smile: "I will take the lead this time, and the two of you will cooperate. What do you think?"

 This time, the two of them were given the opportunity to step down.

The two people quickly agreed. Although they were already happy in their hearts, they still wanted to say it?

 “This matter all depends on Mr. Zhou's face.”

Hu Haijin on the side was watching silently. When he saw that Zhou An had solved the problem, he breathed a sigh of relief, and then felt that he seemed to be really extraordinary.

  It's not a matter of whether the strength is high or not.

Just this way of dealing with things is a completely different approach.

If it had been anyone else, it might have been distorted and specifically dealt with how to divide the mines between two people.

 But Zhou An had other ideas in mind.

“Mr. Zhou looks young, but he is really scheming.” Hu Haijin thought to himself.

 Next, Zhou An was very happy and listed their respective benefits and specific cooperation details with the two of them.

 Two businessmen are also bargaining.

This kind of bargaining does not have the momentum to quarrel.

Zhou An was also happy to see it.

It wasn't until about half an hour later that the two men finally reached an intention to cooperate and signed a deed with Zhou An.

“I wish you both good fortune and prosperity, just like your chamber of commerce.” Zhou An said with a smile.

 The two of them hurriedly agreed, saying that Zhou An had praised him.

Even wanted to invite Zhou An to Goulan to listen to the music.

Zhou An naturally refused, saying that he was busy with official duties and would talk about it later when he had time.

Having already said this, the two of them naturally would not stay any longer and were ready to say goodbye and leave.

But before leaving, Liu Jincheng from the Guangjin Chamber of Commerce suddenly stopped and turned to look at Zhou An, with a trace of confusion in his eyes.

Zhou An naturally had a panoramic view and asked, "If you have anything to say, just say it directly."

Liu Jincheng struggled for a while, as if weighing the pros and cons, and finally decided to speak out what was in his heart, so he walked up to Zhou An and lowered his voice.

“Sir Zhou, in fact, this mine has been allocated before this, but it was allocated by the person from Tingyun Prefecture, Yin Cheng, who is responsible for the distribution of minerals in Tingyun Prefecture.”

"Our two chambers of commerce actually don't have to divide it like this at all, but he just gave us the division at the last moment, and he gave it to us separately."

“That's why our conflicts have intensified. Please don't say it was me who said this.”

 Yin Cheng?

And Tingyun Prefecture is specifically responsible for mineral distribution?

 Zhou An roughly understood it when he heard this.

This Yincheng actually has the same position as Wang Meng of Yunlai Mansion.

This person does not belong to the craftsman supervisor, but to the caster who works in Tingyun Mansion.

 In the Dachu State, these positions were divided very finely.

 People like Yin Cheng are specifically responsible for the distribution of minerals.

 The craftsman supervisor that Zhou An is responsible for is responsible for some supervision, summary, and decision-making power on some major matters.

To put it more clearly, the emperor did not want all the power to fall in one place, so he subdivided it.

 Otherwise, something could easily happen.

  After all, when all the power is concentrated in one department, this department is equivalent to an extremely closed place, and the outside world will not know what it wants to do.

 And it's all in one word.

Zhou An always felt that there was something wrong with the other party's distribution method, as if he had made a mess for himself and left it to him to clean up in the end.

 If during the allocation process, the two chambers of commerce were allocated one by one and separated far apart, the conflict might not be so intensified.

 However, the other party insists on allocating the money in a way that is most likely to intensify conflicts. It is worth guessing what the intention behind this is.

Liu Jincheng did not dare to say more, so he just said this and left in a hurry.

Soon, only Zhou An and three of his men were left as supervisors.

Hu Haijin hesitated for a long time, but finally came up and said, "Sir Zhou, the man named Yin Cheng actually has never been very good at dealing with our craftsman supervisor."

 Zhou An frowned: "Why didn't you tell me this kind of thing earlier?"

Hu Haijin smiled bitterly and said: "We don't dare to say it. This thing is actually just not easy to deal with. There is nothing we can do about it. After all, the important decision-making power still belongs to us."

"Even when it comes to distribution, we have to let him do the distribution. We are also responsible for supervision. We have greater rights, so we don't take him seriously."

 Zhou An touched his chin and continued to ask: "Why would he not deal with us?"

Hu Haijin hesitated again.

Seeing that his subordinate hesitated again and again, Zhou An finally couldn't hold it back and slammed the table with a bang, which echoed in the room.

Hu Haijin and the other two people were so frightened that they all lowered their heads and did not dare to speak.

Zhou An's tone gradually turned cold: "You should have heard about some of the things I did in Yunlai Mansion. The Dao Casting Competition was just a small thing I did. You also know what I did next."

"I am a person who likes subordinates who obey me rather than people who are half-hearted about me. If you are like this, if you are not safe, I will do something."

As soon as these words came out, a murderous aura surged from Zhou An's body, making Hu Haijin and the three of them tremble.

Hu Haijin then said hurriedly: "Sir, we don't dare, we really don't dare. The reason why that guy doesn't deal with us is actually because of you."

"Because of me? I don't think I have anything to do with him." Zhou An said.

There is a long distance between Yunlai Mansion and Tingyun Mansion. I have never seen this person before. How could this person specifically deal with me?

Hu Haijin quickly said: "I don't know something, sir. In fact, in the competition in Yunlai Mansion, there was a person who was his younger brother. He could have passed the exam, but because of your participation, he only got third place."

“This is what happened because he had a grudge because of the result of this exam.”

 At this point, what needs to be said has been said, and Hu Haijin chose to shut up.

If he continued to talk more, he was afraid that Zhou An would suspect that he was talking nonsense.

 After all, it's enough to tell some facts about this thing.

Zhou An looked astonished. If this is really the case, it is really possible, but you don't have any evidence about this.

 “That's not right.”

Zhou An reacted quickly.

 What kind of **** evidence do you want?

 He took out the cold iron knife directly from the pink purse and went out.

Hu Haijin and others were all startled and hurriedly stopped in front: "Sir, what are you going to do?"

“What are you doing, settling the score with him? What else can you do?” Zhou An asked doubtfully

Hu Haijin wiped the cold sweat from his head and said quickly: "Sir, we have no evidence for this matter. Others are also doing things within the scope of their duties. Even if it's bad, we can't let it go like this!"

 “It's okay.” Zhou An shook his head.

He no longer allowed these people to stop him, and walked out with the cold iron sword in hand.

　　It won't take long to rush from being a supervisor to the government office.

Soon, Zhou An arrived at the gate of the government office.

 The two policemen at the door didn't recognize him and quickly stopped him. They were even more cautious, especially seeing that he was holding a cold iron knife in his hand.

　　"Please tell me, Lord Fu, that Zhou An is here."

Zhou An hopes to see the previous government order.

 “Zhou An?”

 When the two detectives heard these two names, they didn't know who they were.

 After all, they are not from this circle.

 But everyone has already signed up, and they went in to report as a routine.

About half a stick of incense later, the policeman who went in to report came out and welcomed Zhou An in.

Zhou Anti picked up his long sword and stepped into it. Under the leadership of the police, he quickly arrived at the inner courtyard.

In the inner courtyard, there is a stone table set up outside, and a man dressed as a middle-aged scholar is sitting there.

When he saw Zhou An, especially the cold iron knife in Zhou An's hand, he frowned tightly.

“Master Zhou is here this time, why is he carrying a long knife? Isn't this impolite?”

 “What's your surname, Your Excellency?” Zhou An walked over with a smile.

"My surname is Xu." The middle-aged scholar said in a plain tone, took another sip of tea in the cup, and looked at the cold iron sword in Zhou An's hand.

“Master Zhou, you should put away your knife.”

Zhou An laughed loudly, then pointed to the knife in his hand and said, "Where is Yincheng on the government side? I don't know if Mr. Xu can tell me."

Xu Fu Ling frowned.

Before he could speak, Zhou An told what happened.

"That's what happened. He did something he shouldn't have done, which caused us trouble, and trouble for us means trouble for the master craftsman, and accordingly trouble for His Majesty."

Xu Fu Ling's frown deepened: “My lord said it caused trouble, but I don't know if there is any evidence.”

 “No evidence is needed.” Zhou An said slowly.

"Please Master Xu, please hand him over. If Master Xu insists on protecting him, he may be guilty of a serious crime. His Majesty said that the mining rights matter is very important. It is the most important step in the Chu Kingdom. Some things can be exempted."

"I will call the adults from the Supervision Department to come over. If he can confirm that he is not against me after being questioned by the adults from the Supervision Department, I am willing to be punished."

 At this point, what needs to be said has been said, Zhou An put the cold iron knife on the table.

 Then, he leaned forward and approached Xu Fuling.

“Master Xu's protection made me see something. Master Xu seems to dislike me very much.”

 Xu Fu Ling's face was slightly stiff.

The two of them were in a stalemate. At this moment, it was up to them to see who bowed his head first.

 But Zhou An will never bow his head.

He found that the Xu Fu Ling in front of him didn't seem to be able to deal with him.

 Although he didn't know what happened, he was always like this.

You respect me one foot, and I respect you one foot. If you disrespect me, I won't give you a good look.

Zhou An stood up: "Since Mr. Xu is unwilling to hand it over, then I will go and ask Mr. Xu from the Supervision Department."

 He walked towards the outside without any intention of staying.

 At this moment, Xu Fuling finally sighed.

“Master Zhou, please wait a moment.”

 He stood up, walked to the outer courtyard and called two policemen, and asked the policemen to call someone.

 After a while, a lean middle-aged man walked in from outside.

 When he saw Zhou An, he was obviously stunned.

 “Yin Cheng?”

 Zhou An had a smile on his face.

Yin Cheng hesitated for a moment, and finally walked in with his head lowered, cupping his hands and saying, "I've met Mr. Zhou."

Zhou An stepped forward directly, grabbed Yin Cheng's collar, and pulled him outside under Yin Cheng's horrified eyes.

"Follow me to the Inspectorate. Either you die or I die today."

Yin Cheng's face changed drastically.

He was frightened and looked at Xu Fuling with a pleading look on his face.

When Zhou An saw this scene, he didn't know the reason. He said in a teasing tone: "It seems that Mr. Xu is also involved in this matter..."

 Xu Fu Ling's face turned gloomy.

"I'll give you a chance." Zhou An's eyes turned cold: "Don't force me to play with you for real, you can't bear it."

 (End of this chapter)

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