My book friend Long Aotian

Chapter 14 Baihua Valley

The villa in Chunpingfang was awarded to Li Bailong by the county government for his outstanding performance in the provincial competition. It is completely his private property, while Huaxinlou is the office of Baihua Valley in Lin County and has his own office.

Similar to the layout of most sect offices in this world, Huaxin Tower is also divided into two parts, with two gates, divided into civil and military classes.

The left door is for civil affairs, the right door is for military affairs, and the halls are also separate.

The first-floor lobby on the left is a brocade shop selling silk and satin, which displays most of the fabrics produced by Baihua Valley and its affiliated industries. There is also a side door exclusively for female family members and a separate women's clothing store.

The hall on the first floor on the right is a reception hall, which can be used for martial artists to gather, visit, and compete with each other. Li Bailong usually stays on the second floor, where he has a special reception hall and office.

Because he is the boss of Huaxin Tower, he is the face and spokesperson of Baihua Valley in Lin County.

If a martial artist from outside the province came to Lin County for the first time, whether he wanted to settle down and find a job, or to avoid enemies, or to visit relatives and friends, or even to establish a sect and challenge another sect, he had to visit him and ask for his help or permission.

Li Bailong will also provide as much help and convenience as possible under the premise of being in line with the principles of chivalry.

This can ensure that the disciples of Baihua Valley will receive the same help when they travel around the world.

This is the law of the world.

He walked into the Wumen Gate. A woman in her forties stood there with her hands behind her back, waiting. When she saw Li Bailong coming in, she did not bow, but instead said, "My dear, how are you? I have received the news from Lady Wei."

"Aunt Song is polite." Li Bailong replied politely, "Third Master called me back."

"I have prepared the horses." The woman called Aunt Song said directly, "Buwanglou steamed big beef dumplings this morning. I have checked it out. It is indeed Ningying beef that looks like flower cake. It is made with the silver snow flour that just arrived yesterday. I remember that my husband said he wanted to eat it the day before yesterday. I thought that the sect urgently summoned him today, and I heard from the staff of Buwanglou that my husband didn't come, so I bought some on my own and packed them in a lunch box for my husband to eat on the way."

Li Bailong smiled and said, "Aunt Song is thoughtful. Thank you very much."

"It's a small matter, but I can't buy anything in Buwanglou, so all the expenses can only be charged to Huaxinlou. My dear, remember to balance it out."

"Of course." Li Bailong agreed. He stopped in front of the stairs so that he could look at Aunt Song three steps away. "Aunt Song has a lot of things to do. Please go and do your work."

Aunt Song nodded and asked, "Does your husband's house in Chunpingfang need cleaning?"

Li Bailong's heart skipped a beat, but it was purely a conditioned reflex.

It's like when you go to college in another city and your mom casually asks you when you call home to chat, "Do you want to clean your room?" Even if you are 100% sure that you have secretly purified all the dark side of the Force in your room before going to school, you will still be startled when you hear this.

He said calmly: "It didn't get anything dirty, let's talk about it in a few days."

Aunt Song understood and bowed and said goodbye.

She is over forty years old, and her youth is gone, but she still wears light makeup, but her posture is casual when she walks and looks around, unlike that of an ordinary woman. When she turns around and leaves, revealing her hair in a bun on the back of her head, people can see that her hairstyle is slightly different from the bun a woman wears after marriage.

She was originally a spinster.

He was the one who seized the opportunity to change his destiny after Baihua Valley was established and its shadow covered Lin County.

Li Bailong went up to the second floor.

The hall on the first floor is separated by a wall. The cloth shop is the cloth shop and the martial arts field is the martial arts field, because the secular world and the underworld are clearly separated. The boundaries on the second floor are blurred. There are corridors connecting the two sides, which can be passed through. This side is where the noble warriors meet and discuss martial arts, and the other side is where the guilds of the Linxian weaving giants are located. Yes, the textile industry in Linxian has already had guild organizations, and the headquarters is located in Huaxin Building.

Seventy to eighty percent of the population in Lin County are engaged in textile dyeing business, and there are large mulberry gardens in the villages and towns outside the city. In this textile industry chain, Baihua Valley accounts for about 40% of the share, and the other 60% belongs to large households in the city and scattered family workshops.

But there is no doubt that the entire county's textile industry depends on Baihua Valley. No matter whether it is a large or small household, all woven, dyed and printed cloth will be sold in local shops in Lin County without any care. However, if it involves foreign trade, Baihua Valley will set a unified price for sales, and any private behavior is prohibited.

This was the business deal that Uncle Seventh Senior Master negotiated with the wealthy families in Lin County after he joined our sect several years ago.

After the deal is done, all cloth shops will be able to enjoy Baihua Valley's super VIP treatment in Caobang, with extremely low freight rates and greater profit margins.
Since you have received the benefits, you must follow the lead of Baihua Valley. If anyone breaks the rules...

——Then something wonderful will happen.

Baihua Valley, which actually controls all the textile industries in Lin County, can obtain huge commercial profits from it. From this item alone, it can generate revenue of hundreds of thousands of taels of silver.

This large sum of money can be used to expand the scale of production and make money make more money, or it can be used to build sect industries and support more people without working.

It can also be exchanged for a large amount of resources, including but not limited to weapons, medicinal materials, spiritual beasts and even martial arts teaching materials, to cultivate more and better core inner disciples.

It can be said that healthy financial conditions, sufficient cash flow and excellent industrial structure are the fundamental reasons why a sect can rise and expand rapidly from scratch.

But that's not the most important thing.

The most important thing is that nowadays Baihua Valley has to import at least 20 kilograms of ice silk from the Xichuan Hanshan Sect every month. The sect's eighth-level weavers, whose hands are as skillful as stars and whose shuttles are as fast as flowing light, weave the silk into a heavenly brocade that is difficult to be damaged by swords and can resist internal energy.

——This rare and precious fabric defeated Diamond Satin and Soft Cloud Shirt ten years ago and became one of the lining materials for the Acala Armor designated by the Ministry of War and used exclusively by the Dragon Spear Army in front of the palace.

The brocade clothes woven every month will be delivered to the Ministry of Industry together with steel ingots, rivets, fur and leather materials provided by supplier sects such as Tieshan Lake and Beast King Hunting. According to the grade, armor and protective clothing of different specifications will be made and equipped to famous generals, fierce commanders and elite warriors.

Being able to occupy an important link in this industrial chain is the foundation of Baihua Valley.

He went to the second floor to deal with some remaining official business from yesterday, then walked down another staircase and came to the stable in the backyard of Huaxin Tower.

As expected, a fine horse had been washed and groomed, and the saddle was ready. Its belly was slightly bulging, and it was chewing the cud, obviously having been fed half an hour ago.

There was a small food box hanging on the side of the saddle. When it was opened, steam and a rich aroma of meat came out. Even the horse neighed with excitement when it smelled it.

He pushed the door open, led the horse out, walked along the back street all the way to the city gate, and after leaving the city, he galloped on his horse.

There are nothing but farmhouses on both sides of the road. The houses outside the city extend outward with the city wall as the support. Further away are farmlands and mulberry orchards. Further away, the farmlands gradually become fewer, leaving only mulberry forests and gentle hills.

Then, you can see wild flowers beginning to dot the mountains and fields. From time to time, foreign caravans and farm carts moving slowly into the city. Occasionally, you can also see traveling warriors riding horses with swords in hand, swaying gracefully, with their slanted hats blocking the rising sunlight.

When they met, they nodded to each other and passed each other without leaving their names.

Further north, there is a circular valley that retains warmth, with flowers in full bloom, birds flying in the sky, and a sea of ​​flowers below. That is the Valley of Flowers.

Well, I still have to say that this book is a practice work after recuperating from illness for several years. My skills are not so good anymore, so I have to practice all the character creation, world view structure, plot advancement and other descriptions from scratch. I set the tone for this book as "telling in a leisurely manner", so the story will unfold slowly. Please bear with me.
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