The Counterattack of the Villains

With money, many things become easier.

The next day, Li Mu took Ning Zhongze down the mountain and went to a bank in Huayin City to exchange a banknote for a sum of cash.

Then he bought a group of handymen, several maids, and several cooks through Yahang, a total of twenty-four people.

The servants purchased through the tooth shop are very different from the prostitutes purchased directly from outside.

To put it in the words of later generations, these people have received professional training, are very skilled in business, and are very good in etiquette and ideological cognition. They can be hired directly as soon as they are purchased.

Only the families of the top rich and powerful can have talents who are responsible for training their subordinates.

They usually buy and train people themselves, and generally speaking, the price of the prostitutes they buy from outside is much cheaper.

Generally, wealthy families can only buy servants through a dental shop, so they have to pay a sum of money to the dental dealer, which is similar to an agency fee.

The price of buying people is also relatively expensive. After all, training institutions have paid a cost to train these people, and the quality of these people is worth the price.

Mainly those institutions that specialize in training servants, basically all have official backgrounds, and must go through the dental industry before trading.

If you want to buy professional servants, you can only go through Yahang.

A servant who is bought must sign a deed of sale. If the servant flees from the master's house privately after selling himself, the government is still obliged to recover it from the master's house.

If a servant commits an act that harms the interests of the master's family, the master's family can directly enforce family law without going through a trial under national law, and has the power of life and death over him.

As these twenty or so servants went up the mountain, the deserted Huashan Sect finally regained its popularity.

In the past, the chores of the Huashan Sect were all handled by the disciples themselves, and there had never been any recruitment of professional servants.

Now thanks to Li Mu, Ning Qingyu and Ning Zhongze have become the master and the eldest lady, and can experience the feeling of a wealthy family and live a life of being served by others.

There are maids to take care of daily life, cleaning and maintenance to be handled by handymen, and cooks to take care of meals. Ningzhong is completely free.

She saves a lot of time, which can be used to practice martial arts and enhance her strength.

After the servants got to know the Huashan Sect and their lives were on track, the marriage between Li Mu and Ning Zhongze was put on the agenda by Ning Qingyu.

After all, "Yue Buqun" is now thirty-two years old, and Ning Zhongze is also twenty-three years old, so they are not young anymore.

In this era, they are all older, unmarried young people.

There is naturally no obstacle to this marriage. The two of them are in love with each other, and the elders are also happy to see it happen, so everything is a matter of course.

It's just that this time the marriage cannot be as simple as the previous inheritance from the head.

At that time, we had no choice but to keep everything simple, but now that we have the conditions, we can no longer be so casual.

I just take this opportunity to explain the handover of the position of head of Huashan.

The date was set on an auspicious day more than three months later. Ning Qingyu personally wrote the invitations for them and asked the servants to send them to the Civil Information Bureau of Huayin City to mail them out.

The post station is a government communications organization and can only transmit government documents and cannot transmit private letters.

But during the Yongle Dynasty, a professional civil postal agency—the Civil Information Bureau—appeared among the people.

This Civil Information Bureau is the earliest post office in China. It can not only deliver letters and packages, but also exchange money and even consign some large items.

If there are enough manpower in the sect, a disciple of the sect will be sent to personally deliver the letter to express his sincere invitation.

But now there are only three people in the Huashan sect. It is simply unrealistic for servants who don't know martial arts to travel long distances to deliver letters, so they have to use the civilian mail route.

Regarding the current situation of the Huashan Sect, each sect is also aware of and understands it, and will not make any fuss about it.

For this wedding of his only direct disciple and his daughter, Ning Qingyu naturally invited all the prominent figures in the martial arts world.

Needless to say, the Five Mountains Sword Sect must send letters one by one.

In addition to the Five Mountains Sword Sect, there are also Shaolin, Wudang, Kunlun, Kongtong, Emei, Qingcheng, Beggar Clan and other sects with whom we have relationships.

Of course, these friendships belong to Ning Qingyu's generation, and Li Mu's reputation is not that great at the moment.

But when the time comes, most of the people who come will probably be from Li Mu's generation, or Ning Qingyu's generation, but they are not the leader.

If it weren't for such a major event as the Five Mountains Alliance, the leader of the faction would not have come out easily.

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In the courtyard of Ning Qingyu's residence.

Li Mu, Ning Zhongze, and Ning Qingyu sat around a stone table to discuss matters.

Ning Qingyu said with a serious expression: "Buqun, not long after your wedding, it will be the period of the Five Mountains Alliance. After careful consideration these days, I feel that the Huashan Sect must hide its capabilities and bide its time."

"You also know what the situation of the Huashan Sect is today. If we continue to occupy the title of leader of the Five Sacred Mountains, it will be difficult to convince the public and will be harmful rather than beneficial."

Li Mu thought for a while, nodded and said, "It is absolutely true what Master said. The overall strength of the sect is the foundation that supports the position of leader."

"Now that the Huashan Sect has reached its lowest point, even if my disciples can defeat the other four sect leaders and forcefully retain the position of leader of the Five Mountains Alliance, I am afraid that no one will really listen to my orders."

Not only that, if he shows martial arts skills that overwhelm his peers, he may become a thorn in some people's eyes and a thorn in their flesh.

No matter how high his martial arts skills are, there is still only one person left. How many people can he deal with?

If someone sends a large group of masters to besiege him, he will only end up drinking in hatred.

So, I have to pretend to be some New Year pig.

Ning Qingyu sighed lightly and said: "As long as you understand, what I mean as a teacher is that for this alliance, let's give up the position of leader of the Five Sacred Mountains first, and you should not reveal your true cultivation for the time being."

"In this way, the eyes of various factions will no longer be fixed on Huashan, and you will not be targeted by ambitious people."

"After the alliance is concluded, you and Zhongze will immediately go down the mountain to find suitable candidates to be your disciples and train them carefully."

"After more than ten years, when the next generation of disciples grows up, it won't be too late for you to wait for an opportunity to take back the position of leader of the Five Sacred Mountains."

"By then, your skills will definitely be even more profound. Once the old guys from each sect are gone, this generation of the Wuyue Sword Sect will respect you, unrivaled."

"Coupled with the prosperity of the sect and the large number of disciples, no one can shake my position as the leader of the Five Mountains of Mount Hua."

Li Mu lowered his eyelids and said, "Disciple, please remember Master's teachings."

Ning Qingyu patted him on the shoulder and comforted him: "Master knows that I have wronged you by asking you to endure humiliation and bear the burden like this."

"But a man can bend and stretch. For the future of the Huashan Sect, I believe you can endure it."

Li Mu smiled and said: "Master, don't worry, the disciple will not feel wronged, because the disciple knows very well that forbearance is only temporary, and everything lost will eventually be recovered."

"This is not a belief, because only things that are uncertain require belief. Because the disciple is very sure that this is only temporary, he will not feel aggrieved."

"Hahaha..." After hearing what Li Mu said, Ning Qingyu laughed loudly, "Okay, well said. This is my good disciple and son-in-law, Ning Qingyu."

Ning Zhong, who was on the side, was also smiling, looking at Yue Buqun with eyes full of admiration.