Qu Jiuyi was very tired.

Originally, he thought that after becoming the lord of the palace, the only problem waiting for him was "clarify that he is really a man". But after he really became the Palace Master of the Broken Jade Palace, he knew that things were far from simple.

The one that almost buried him in front of him at this moment was the account book of Broken Jade Palace.

On the day he had just succeeded as the lord of the palace, his subordinates handed over the financial power, and they were all qualified subordinates.

But Qu Jiuyi would rather they not be so loyal at this moment.

Martial arts novels and martial arts dramas only show the chic and cheerfulness of the people in the world, but they will not say that the life and death crisis in front of every martial arts school is not a grudge, nor a conspiracy, but silver.

Yes, yes, silver.

As the saying goes, the poor, the rich and the military.

To train a martial arts disciple, the resources required are quite large.

Not to mention her clothing, food, housing, transportation and expenses, just the disciple's weapons, you can't let people practice swordsmanship with wooden swords all the time. At the very least, a person in the martial arts must use his weapons freely, which means that soon after practicing martial arts, he must equip his disciple with weapons.

And weapons are expensive no matter what.

In some rural houses, an iron **** or an iron pot can be regarded as heirlooms.

Not to mention, weapons are often damaged for various reasons.

In addition, people who practice martial arts are physically exhausted, and if there is not enough food supply, let alone fighting violence, they will not even be able to pick up weapons.

It takes so much for a disciple, let alone so many disciples in Broken Jade Palace?

The disciples of Broken Jade Palace are mostly women, and they have to pay an extra amount of powder money. This is entirely for the consideration of the facade of the Broken Jade Palace, is it possible that they were allowed to walk outside with the name of the Broken Jade Palace, and they ended up with a humiliated face?

Qu Jiuyi flipped through the ledger with difficulty.

When he saw that there were only three thousand taels left in the warehouse of Broken Jade Palace, he almost rolled his eyes and fainted.

The total number of disciples inside and outside the Broken Jade Palace was almost a thousand. Even if they were frugal with food and clothing, these three thousand taels would be enough for two months at most.

"Is that so little?" Qu Jiuyi couldn't help but asked when looking at the haggard beauty underneath.

If he remembered correctly, the elder Needham, who is in charge of finance in Broken Jade Palace, was as his name, nicknamed "The Mischief", and the disciples in Broken Jade Palace had to walk around when they saw it. Except for the daily monthly routine, no one, even the Palace Master of Broken Jade Palace, would even want to pull out money from Elder Needham.

"Enlighten the palace owner, this is already my expenditure after I have reduced food and clothing." Li Sese is now in her early thirties. In the martial arts world because of the existence of such unscientific things as internal forces, she can do it like a young girl. Generally young. But Li Sese is now showing a bit of oldness, and she knows that her life is not easy at first glance.

"Tell me more in detail." Where did Qu Jiuyi manage this before? He spent all his time defending his innocence and practicing qigong.

Li Sese had been prepared to be killed by the new palace lord, but she never thought that Qu Jiuyi was a clear distinction, and she couldn't help but feel grateful, and quickly said the matter.

According to Li Sese, their main income in Broken Jade Palace is collection of protection fees.

Yes.

Qu Jiuyi heard it right.

In fact, the well-known martial arts schools in the arena basically survive by collecting protection fees, and the slightly better ones will own their own land and then lease it to nearby villagers and collect tenancy rents to survive.

But the situation of Broken Jade Palace is more special.

Because Broken Jade Palace is located in a desert oasis, there are countless small countries in the desert. It can be said that, outside the Great Wall, Broken Jade Palace is a local tyrant.

And because outside the Great Wall is rich in gems, horses, spices, etc., it has always been a place for merchants in the Central Plains. And because of the great benefits, but the long journey, horse thieves are also emerging in endlessly. But if they hand over 30% of the profit of a trade route to Broken Jade Palace, Broken Jade Palace will protect the caravan.

With money and no natural enemies, Broken Jade Palace expanded rapidly.

But recently, this important income has completely disappeared.

First, because Qu Qiushui left, the Broken Jade Palace was in turmoil, unable to protect the caravans, so the protection fee could not be collected much.

But this is not the most important thing. Now that Qu Jiuyi is strong, he can still collect the protection fee again, but more importantly, it is because the Central Plains court restricted the trade route.

Border trade has been greatly reduced, and it has to rely on smuggling to survive.

"Trade restrictions?" Qu Jiuyi suddenly felt a little stunned. His history in modern studies was not learned in vain. Many dynasties have moved to restrict border trade, but how did he think that this would be closely related to him?

"The imperial court issued an order to restrict trade five years ago, and our income has dropped drastically." Lesser was also very angry, but it didn't help. "The rest is just a little bit of trouble. But now the palace lord succeeds. Presumably, this channel to protect the caravan can also be re-opened. With a rough calculation, the annual income should be around 20,000 taels."

Twenty thousand taels sounds like a lot, but it is enough to break the normal expenses of Jade Palace. In case something happens, Broken Jade Palace will fall into a situation where there is no money available again.

In the previous Broken Jade Palace, just to protect the income of caravans, the annual income can be around 150,000 taels, which is not worse than the taxation of some small countries!

"I remember that many disciples outside the palace opened shops in Central Plains Wulin." Qu Jiuyi continued to ask.

In ancient communities, what shops are the most profitable to open? Don't even think about the brothel casinos. This is not something that the martial arts sect can get involved. Not to mention tea and silk, they are all monopolized by some local wealthy businessmen. Generally speaking, selling cloth jewelry is a good way to make money.

"Originally, when the caravan was prosperous, the business of the jewelry shops that I waited for my disciples to set up outside was very good. But now, the quality of the goods we get is much worse. In addition to the previous events, many shopkeepers had no intention of doing business and reselled the shops for exchange. I've got the money to buy people's hearts, and come back to help the guardian of the right and left to fight for the position of the palace lord..."

To put it simply, there used to be no middlemen to make the difference, and the broken jade palace can be said to be an abnormal wealth. But now, one after another happened, and Broken Jade Palace became an empty shelf.

Qu Jiuyi couldn't help but think darkly in his heart that his scumbag suddenly left. It wasn't because he felt that Broken Jade Palace would not be able to support it anymore, so he just quit.

"Also, before the former palace lord disappeared, he took away one hundred thousand taels of silver bills from the palace lord." Li Sese sighed, "If those hundred thousand taels are still there, we can also make more preparations now."

The shop has been sold, and it is not so easy to buy it back.

One hundred thousand taels? !

Qu Jiu grinds his teeth in unison. He is really a scumbag. If he is missing, he still has to take so much money to go away? Why, do you want to go to **** with so much money!

"Palace Master, look..."

"Three thousand taels of silver is not enough." Qu Jiuyi stood up. He couldn't sit down anymore. He still wanted to go to the Central Plains Wulin to be chic, but found that he almost couldn't afford to eat.

"Those sold shops must be repurchased. You calculate, how much is the difference?" Qu Jiuyi had a headache. The modern methods of making money didn't work well in ancient times. Moreover, the geographical location of Broken Jade Palace is also destined to be subject to considerable restrictions.

"At least fifty thousand taels short." Needham's level of settlement is very high.

"Five thousand taels." Qu Jiuyi muttered to himself, "This is not a small amount."

But he couldn't help filling in this loophole.

Without money, he couldn't do anything. He worked so hard to become the Palace Master of Broken Jade Palace, but he didn't want to go bankrupt in two days.

No wonder that in those martial arts dramas in the past, so many martial arts sects were able to fight for an unnecessarily hidden treasure map. If a treasure map appeared in front of Qu Jiuyi now, he would definitely have to grab it.

To make money is too difficult!

"Go down, I will find a way for the silver business." Qu Jiuyi sighed, but didn't mean to embarrass Li Sese.

A good treasurer is hard to find.

"Yes, Palace Master." Li Sese retired immediately.

Qu Jiuyi ran to the martial arts training ground alone for several hours of martial arts, but didn't feel a little exhausted until dark.

Never thought that he would be defeated by poverty?

Qu Jiuyi wanted to cry without tears.

Because of his disobedience, when he retracted the mysterious iron chain back to his waist, he accidentally scratched it, and there was still a little blood on the lower part of the waist.

Originally Qu Jiuyi wanted to change the clothes, but when he thought that there were only three thousand taels of silver left in the entire Broken Jade Palace, it would take at least two taels of silver to make a set of clothes, so he immediately dispelled the idea.

Just wash and wash, he can't be a prodigal!

Silver, silver, where can I find it?

Suddenly, he thought of Xie Xiu.

Even in modern society, doctors are also high-income people, so this kind of genius doctor should be more wealthy.

Now that people are in their own hands, they may be able to squeeze a little bit.

Although Qu Jiuyi didn't like the way Xie Xiu looked at him before, he was poor.

Poorness is far more terrible than lack of dignity.

Besides, Xie Xiu's acupuncture points are still sealed by him, and he can only walk like a normal person. Qu Jiuyi is really not afraid of him.

Xie Xiu now lives in a side hall of Broken Jade Palace, not far from Qu Jiuyi's room, and there are many maids guarding him at the door.

Of course, for Xie Xiu's honesty nowadays, and nowadays in the palace, Xie Xiu is regarded as the "person of the palace lord", so no one gets involved in him. However, things like salted pork knuckles have been repeatedly banned.

No way, Xie Xiu's life is too good, and the discipline of the disciples up and down the broken jade palace is not so reliable. A man can touch it, can't a woman touch it?

"Palace Master Wan'an."

"Go down." Qu Jiuyi waved his hand to let these disciples leave.

Before entering the door, he already smelled the strong fragrance of medicine.

Since Xie Xiu chose to stay in Broken Jade Palace now, he naturally had to do something. Some young female disciples in Broken Jade Palace have insufficient internal strength cultivation, and many are affected by the moon water every month. Xie Xiu can make a little pain-relieving pill, or use it as an accommodation fee.

Wait, accommodation fees?

Qu Jiuyi only reflected that this Xie Xiu can be regarded as a person who eats rice!

This medicinal material was also provided by their Broken Jade Palace. He still ate and drank for nothing, and Xie Xiu also had a share of the three thousand taels of fancy!

"Doctor Xie's life here is very leisurely." Qu Jiuyi thought that this person was eating dry food, and the look in Xie Xiu's eyes was not very good.

Xie Xiu turned his head and saw Qu Jiuyi's undisguised hostility, which felt quite new.

People are born to be tolerant of good things.

Xie Xiu grew up, and almost no one was willing to say something serious to him. There are many people who are jealous of him and hostile to him, but Qu Jiuyi seems to be different from these people.

However, Qu Jiuyi only succeeded as the lord of the palace. He was very happy before, so why suddenly become unhappy now?

Xie Xiu is planning to ask Qu Jiuyi to sit down. He can help get the pulse and prescribe some calming medicine. However, with the corner of his eye, he saw a little red on the base of Qu Jiu's thigh.

Is this blood stains?

Generally speaking, it is normal for a martial artist to have blood on his body. But Xie Xiu now knows that Qu Jiuyi is an intersex person, and now he lives in this broken jade palace, and he is studying the pain relief pills that are given to women during the moon water period. At this moment, he wants to go wrong.

The situation in Xie Xiu's mind was changing, and soon he came up with an answer that seemed abnormal but seemed normal here.

Is it possible that the mood of the palace lord of this song is unpredictable, and it is also moon water?

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