Chapter 13: Money and Deeds Cleared, Face-Changing Skills "Master, this is the foundation of our Chu family for so many years. Although it has been losing money in the past two years, are we really going to sell it like this?" Inside the inn room, Uncle Fu looked at the many land deeds that Chu Ge took out, his eyes red and he was extremely reluctant to leave. He had worked hard with Chu Ge's parents, and in his eyes, these land deeds were testimonies of the past and were extremely precious. Chu Ge could understand the old man’s feelings, but he would soon leave Linyuan City to develop outside and also needed wealth. Moreover, clearing out some non-performing assets and exchanging them for high-quality assets in the provincial capital would also be a good investment and industrial upgrade, and he had already made the decision. "Uncle Fu, Linyuan City is too small, and I will eventually move out. I will sell some of the loss-making assets, and I will be able to redevelop in Fucheng in the future. Don't worry, I will not sell the ancestral home and the inn!" He had already decided in his heart that when he left, he would leave the inn to Uncle Fu to run and provide for his retirement, which would be enough for the old man to become a wealthy man in Linyuan City as a reward for his affection and loyalty. The Wang family’s housekeeper smiled and said, “Old Fu, don’t worry, my master has not let your young master suffer any loss. My master was prepared to pay 25,000 taels of silver for these assets. As a result, my eldest daughter asked for another 5,000 taels, making it a total of 30,000 taels, which is far above the market price."
Chu Ge didn't expect this to happen. A kind word from this young lady is worth five thousand taels. Thinking of Wang Xiuyun’s kind reminder last time, he knew that this woman still had some friendship with her previous incarnation. He nodded slightly and said with a smile, "Butler Zhang, thank your eldest daughter for me. Now let's just do it. Let's hand over the money and the land deed. Do we need to go to the Wang family?" Even though he still had nearly 20,000 silver notes in his hand, more than 10,000 of which were stolen money, there were so many things that required money for cultivation, so naturally he would not think that the money was too much. Steward Zhang laughed and said, "Great! Thirty thousand taels of silver is not much for the master, so I have brought it over. After all, the plan proposed by our master last time was successful, and the caravan will leave the city in three days." "Oh? So fast?" Although Chu Ge had been concentrating on cultivation these two days, he had also heard some rumors and knew that Wang Youcai's guard team had been successfully prepared. But I didn't expect that I would have to escort a large amount of commercial goods out so soon. It seems that Wang Youcai is very confident. However, if they succeed in leaving the city during this sensitive period when people are worried, the royal guard will become famous and their subsequent wealth will continue to flow in. It can be said that they are seeking wealth and honor through risk. Chu Ge thought that the Thirteen Bandits of the Golden Spear had been wiped out by him, which could be considered as indirectly helping the Wang family. As long as the Tiandi Xianghuo Sect's stronghold does not take action, the Wang family's trip will most likely be successful. The Tiandi Xianghuo Sect's stronghold was being watched by the city lieutenant Tian Youji, and Wang Youcai would not have failed to receive a reminder from the officers, but he still chose to leave the city. This might be the result of an agreement reached by all parties long ago. At this moment, both parties stopped being polite and quickly completed the transaction. Land deed transactions in this world are not complicated. As long as the buyer and seller write down the transaction document and put their fingerprints on it, the transaction is completed. Soon, Chu Ge received three silver notes worth ten thousand taels printed with the red seal of the Da Zhou Money House.
"Okay, the money and the deed are settled! Master Chu, I will come back to take over after you have dealt with the accounts of these properties." Butler Zhang accepted the land deed with a satisfied smile and gave Chu Ge some time to deal with it. Both parties were happy. Looking at the thirty thousand taels of silver in his hand, Chu Ge felt a lot of emotion. With these thirty thousand taels, plus the more than ten thousand taels he still had on him, he wondered if they would be enough for him to leave Linyuan City and go to the provincial capital in the future. "Uncle Fu, there has been a lot of turmoil outside the city recently, and the business environment is not very good. Some people may be short of money. Go ask those who have old items before if they are willing to sell them to me." Chu Ge pulled out a thousand taels of silver from his bosom, handed it to Uncle Fu and instructed him. Now that we have more money, but the business environment outside is chaotic, some people may not be living a comfortable life. The old items that you were reluctant to sell before, you may be willing to sell them now. Uncle Fu was stunned when he heard this, then he smiled and gave a thumbs up, "Young Master does have a talent for business." This is indeed a good time to acquire old items. "Let Black Dog go check out the fishing shed and see if he can get some spirit fish." "Okay!" After watching Uncle Fu leave, Chu Ge stood at the window and suddenly smelled a foul odor of feces. He frowned slightly and followed the smell to the corridor outside the room. However, the outhouse in the inn was stinking and a dung carrier was carrying dung onto a cart. This was to deliver fertilizer to nearby tenants. Tenants would often deliver fruits and vegetables to the inn as money for transactions. Looking at the dung carrier who was smiling even though he smelled terrible, we can see that there are all kinds of people in the world, all kinds of people, and each has his or her own way of living and face. The various aspects of life are clearly displayed in this small city of Linyuan. Chu Ge suddenly had an epiphany, and felt that the difficulty in a certain skill that had been bothering him for a long time had been solved. Before he returned to the desk in his room, he spread out a piece of white sheepskin, opened a special box of colored dyes, and quickly began to sketch. Soon, a yellow-colored face of an actor appeared vividly on the paper. It looked somewhat similar to the face of the dung collector downstairs. This is the facial makeup depicted in the face-changing performance of Zuodao Qigong shadow play. The facial makeup used in face-changing performances usually involves some unknown people, including knights, ghosts, and the like. Chu Ge had mastered this skill before traveling through time. But after traveling through time, no matter how he tried to draw the facial mask, he could not make it change. It was simply unable to carry any strange power, and it was like an ordinary object, without getting the essence. However, the face that was sketched so quickly with the pen now seemed to come alive, full of vitality and possessing a different charm. Chu Ge realized that he had a sudden realization. His skills in drawing facial makeup had greatly improved. He had actually drawn a shadow puppet facial makeup of a small figure, which could be used to infuse supernatural powers like a shadow puppet paper figure. He did not start working immediately, but first offered the painted shadow puppet mask into the dragon bell and gave it to the dragon bell for appreciation. "Shadow puppet mask - porter: Introduction: (A shadow puppet mask based on an ordinary porter, which can be used to change faces. Changing faces requires a certain amount of energy to maintain. After changing faces, the person will be completely transformed and possess the excellent qualities of a porter: resilience, satisfaction, optimism, and a certain resistance to negative emotions and external temptations)."
"very good!" A smile appeared on Chu Ge's face. He took out the mask of the shadow puppet again, and then went to the mirror in the house and put the mask on his face. At first, what appeared in the mirror was that he was wearing a yellow actor's mask. As a trace of strange power was infused into the Dragon Bell, the mask suddenly fit perfectly with his face, and it came alive. Chu Ge only felt his face moving. In the blink of an eye, he in front of the mirror turned into a porter, with wrinkles crisscrossing his weather-beaten face, as if engraved with the hardships left by life. But he is still energetic, his face is rosy, and he is full of satisfaction and optimism about life. This is a face-changing that is more realistic than the so-called human skin mask. With the help of the strange power, Chu Ge seemed like a different person. He felt more optimistic and at ease in his heart, as if no danger or hardship would make him surrender, and no external temptation would be able to shake his mind. "Porter. If I can draw more masks in the future, I should be able to skillfully perform the art of face-changing. From then on, I will have many different identities and disguises, which will be difficult to see through." "More importantly, the different mental states granted by these Facebook identities can help me cope with different environments and crises." Chu Ge raised his sleeve and wiped his face, and the mask disappeared and shrank into his sleeve. He returned to his original appearance, with his eyebrows flying into his temples and his eyes like stars. He was delighted and felt that the Wumaoshan's extraordinary achievements were truly profound. In that world before crossing over, he had only touched the basics, but when he came to this world of martial arts, his strange power made these skills shine. He is looking forward to discovering more in the future, and even combining the knowledge of this world to complete the remaining parts. "I don't know if this can be considered as an alternative path for me to take, which will help me go further on the road of martial arts." Chu Ge's persistence in martial arts remained unchanged. After all, this was a path that could explore the limits of human life. Perhaps he could fly into the sky and live forever in the future... ... ... (If you like this book, you can pin it to the top and vote for it) (End of this chapter)