The First Master of the First Volume of the Martial World Chapter 51: The Land Contract

  Ye Wen took over the package, which was a very sturdy cloth bag. Then he glanced at Xu Hai, who was smiling slyly. This old man seemed to be eagerly anticipating Ye Wen's reaction when he opened the bag and saw what was inside.

  When Ye Wen opened the package, he found that there were actually a few sheets of paper inside. If it weren't for the dense writing on them, they might have been mistaken for a stack of silver notes.

  "What's so serious?"

  And when Ye Wen saw the content written on it clearly, he finally realized that Mrs. Xu had given him a great gift.

  "Deed?" Ye Wen took a deep breath, he never would have thought that the Xu family would give him something like this.

  Xu Hai nodded: "It's the deed of Shushan!" He added another sentence: "The entire Shushan!"

  Ye Wen raised an inquiring gaze and pointed at the object on his hand: "Is this thing really a gift for the Shu Shan Sect?"

  "Whatever the old lady says is naturally irrevocable. Just take it as Ye Zhangmen's order!" Xu Hai nodded in agreement, affirming Ye Wen's question.

  Looked at Xu Hai, then looked again at the pile in his hand, although it was light in weight, but made Ye Wen feel heavy and oppressive, finally rewrapped and put away: "Xu old lady's gift, I accept!"

  Something delivered to one's doorstep, naturally there is no reason to push it away, let alone this thing is too important for Ye Wen and his Shu Shan Sect.

  Although he and his Shu Shan Sect are forces in the jianghu, they don't pay much attention to some of the imperial court's laws. However, that is only on the surface; most people follow the current government decrees when traveling in the jianghu, even if they do violate them, they won't go too far and generally remain within the acceptable range of the authorities.

  And this deed can make Mount Shu Sect stand on reason in many things.

  First, no one can say three or four things about the Shushan Sect occupying such a large area as its sect residence, because the entire Book Mountain has become the industry of the Shushan Sect. Wherever he wants to build a house and wherever he wants to encircle walls is naturally the Shushan Sect's own business, and others have nothing to do with it.

  On the contrary, now the various factions on Book Mountain, including Zhengquanmen, are all illegal constructions built without the owner's permission. After Shushanmen pacified the various forces on Book Mountain, although they didn't need to rely on official power, they were still somewhat justified in their actions, even if this justification was somewhat resented by people in the jianghu.

  In today's Jianghu, many sects are casually finding an unowned mountain and building a house to occupy the place. They won't even consider things like land deeds. Of course, if you have plenty of money, you can also buy this place and then build on it, but such cases are rare.

  Even those famous sects rarely buy land and build their own sects, but they have extremely strong forces due to their long-term operation, and even have a close relationship with the current imperial court. Therefore, the imperial court and local officials recognize their ownership of these lands.

  It can be said that the major sects, although they don't have a land deed, their ownership of the land is recognized by many parties. However, many small sects do not receive such good treatment. Some of them occupy a good place, but in the blink of an eye, they may be defeated and their territory seized. The original Shushan Sect was just like this. These people's territories are not recognized by anyone, and most people think that whoever has the power will occupy it, and those who don't have the power should roll far away.

  As for the government? They will only stand by and watch the excitement, they won't get involved. Of course, if one party comes to the government with a land deed, they will still have to show up, but how it's resolved is anyone's guess.

  However, there is one situation that makes these small forces very headache, that is when the place they occupy is taken over by the government or some big family. The other party takes out the land deed recognized by the imperial court to demand land, and these small households can't fight back, nor can they afford to provoke them. After all, although the big families themselves may not be martial artists, they can invite many masters with their wealth, and in the end, most of these small fry are reluctantly driven out.

  Ye Wen now has the ownership of the entire Book Mountain, so the non-Shu Shan forces on this mountain will naturally be eliminated. However, he is unwilling to rely on external forces and is preparing to rely on his own strength to eliminate them one by one, which also conforms to the Jianghu rules. Others can't say anything about it, and the role of the land deed is just a reasonable reason to avoid being driven out by some "legal" landowners in the future.

  In short, these few pieces of paper can help Ye Wen save a lot of trouble and make the development of Shu Shan Sect more stable. In this way, Ye Wen owes Xu's family a great favor, which is difficult to repay in the future.

  "After all, human feelings are owed, let's talk about it later!"

  Just as I was about to go out with Xu Hai, the old man suddenly seemed to remember something and said: "I almost forgot, Old Madam has something she wants me to tell you!"

  "What's wrong?"

  "The old lady said that since Mr. Shu's school is called the Shu Mountain School, it would be inappropriate to call this mountain Book Mountain as well. So when she received these deeds, she also changed the name of the mountain!" Xu Hai thought about it and smiled: "Now this mountain is indeed called Shu Mountain, which matches the name of Mr. Shu's school!"

  Ye Wen smiled and said to Xu Hai Dao, "Thank you again for the kindness of Mrs. Xu!" He had originally intended to wait until the Shu Shan Sect unified Book Mountain before using his sect's influence to change the name of the mountain, but unexpectedly, Old Lady Xu acted even more swiftly and directly changed the name, which was officially recognized.

  "Perhaps I should take some time to thank this elderly lady in person!"

  With this in mind, Ye Wen and Xu Hai returned to the main hall once again. Ning Ruxue had already come back and was looking for him everywhere, but couldn't find him. As soon as she saw him appear, she immediately came forward and said: "The gifts have all been sent to your room in the back, and those miscellaneous servants, guards, and maids I didn't want to keep, but they refused to leave. How should this matter be handled?"

  Ning Ruxue didn't want these people to stay, after all, they were sent by the Xu family to serve Xu Xian. She wasn't a fool and naturally guessed it. However, martial artists don't care about enjoying life like wealthy families do, so how could she keep so many servants? The miscellaneous workers were easy to deal with, as there were many places in Mount Shu that needed people to clean and garden. But the maids were really unnecessary. And what about the guards? Who had ever heard of a Jianghu sect disciple traveling with guards? Leaving them behind to guard the mountain gate didn't sound good either.

  She didn't think that Ye Wen had already made up his mind, and Ning Ruxue was not so easily dismissed. He instructed: "These people are just useful, let's arrange them properly first!"

  "What's the point of this?" Ning Ruxue looked at him with a skeptical expression, thinking that Ye Wen had finally achieved something and now wanted to live a life of luxury like those rich young masters.

  Seeing his junior sister look at him like that, Ye Wen didn't take it to heart and casually responded with a sentence: "I'll tell you about this later!" Then he ignored Ning Ruxue's increasingly sharp gaze and began to entertain the guests.

  These guests chatted with Ye Wen for a while, and if they only saw the scene in this room, they would probably not guess how Ye Wen was planning to get rid of these people from Shu Shan's territory. However, Ye Wen's face didn't show any unusual expression, and his internal skill was a Taoist heart method that ultimately nourished his energy, so outsiders couldn't see through it. Therefore, this day could be said to be a joyful gathering for both the host and guests. Although each guest couldn't say they had a deep understanding with Ye Wen, they all chatted happily and more or less thought they had established a good relationship with Shu Shan Sect.

  After sending away these guests, the entire Shu Shan faction was left with only the people of the Shu Shan faction, Yue Hang and others, as well as a group of miscellaneous servants and guards sent by the Xu family.

  Ye Wen looked outside and saw that the sky was gradually darkening, so he said to Yue Hang: "The sky is already late, General Yue, why not stay overnight on the mountain and go down the mountain tomorrow?" In the past few days, the workers had built a wall and paved the stone slabs, and they also built their own dwellings.

  It has to be said that with many people, great power is achieved. With a large sum of money scattered by Master Xu, many things were done quickly. And the craftsmen had their own place to live, so those few rooms were empty, and there was no need to worry about having nowhere to sleep at night.

  Yue Hang didn't have the chance to talk with Ye Wen much during the day, but staying overnight was just what he wanted. Moreover, he had also learned about the heavy gift sent by the Xu family and knew that his own family couldn't compare with them. Fortunately, the young master of the Xu family was a seventh-generation disciple, which made him the uncle of his own son's teacher and someone of the same generation as himself. He thought to himself that Xu Xian wouldn't compete with someone younger than him for favor. By staying behind today, not only could he deepen his friendship with Ye Wen, but also get along well with Xu Xian. Who knows, his son might even gain some benefits from the Xu family.

  Yue Hang indeed spared no effort in considering everything for the sake of his son, putting his son first in all matters. However, he was unaware that Ye Wen had his own intentions for leaving him behind, and he also attached great importance to the influence of the Yue family.

  Everyone was chatting happily in the main hall, and when it was time for dinner, they had another banquet. Ye Wenguang instructed to set up a table directly in the main hall, and then set up several tables in the side hall. Except for the disciples of Shushan Sect and Yue Hang who ate and drank in the main hall, all the others who stayed on the mountain went to the side hall to drink.

  This time, the drinking was wild and unbridled. The quiet Book Mountain - now called Shu Mountain - finally had the sound of noisy voices on it. Ye Wen listened to the faint voice coming from the side hall and felt a little proud in his heart. After all, the Shu Mountain Sect was established by him from scratch, and now that it has achieved some success, he naturally feels happy.

  He also knew that he still needed to continue working hard, so after a few sentences of conversation, he shifted the topic to the ultimate purpose of leaving Yue Hang this time.

  However, he did not say this to Yue Hang, but rather to Xu Xian: "Younger brother of the same master, your family has sent ten miscellaneous workers and ten guards this time. The miscellaneous workers are easy to arrange, but do you have a way to arrange these guards?"

  Xu Xian was also thinking about how to deal with this matter, and upon hearing the words, he only said: "These people are now considered part of my Shu Shan Sect, so whatever arrangements need to be made will naturally follow the instructions of our sect leader!" As soon as he finished speaking, Xu Xian suddenly seemed to have guessed something, and his face showed a look of sudden realization.

  Xu Xian seemed to have thought of it, and Ye Wen didn't bother to explain further, saying directly: "Those ten miscellaneous workers will remain on the mountain as my Shu Mountain Sect's miscellaneous workers. As for those guards, they can all be accepted into my Shu Mountain Sect as outer door disciples!"

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