For a clan leader of a small family like Yan Botao, it was already quite impressive to have seen a third-grade pill once.

This was something he had seen at an auction elsewhere in the past. A fifth-grade pill of such a high level was simply beyond the reach of someone at Yan Botao’s level.

“Recently, have the trading company help me inquire if they can find a fifth-grade Realm-Breaking Pill.” Li Changqing instructed.

“Yes, I will arrange for people to pay more attention and also inquire with other trading companies and powers.” Yan Botao naturally complied with all of Li Changqing’s requests.

“Also, if you come across good timber, help me keep an eye out.” Li Changqing said, “I’ll keep these two pieces of spirit gold wood for now.”

“Alright.” After Yan Botao finished speaking, he turned and left. Li Changqing picked up the spirit gold wood, which was extremely heavy. It felt as if the wood had been soaked in water overnight.

The surface of the entire piece of wood was shining with a golden luster, which looked very beautiful under the sun, with a brilliant aura.

“No wonder they say that gold can be extracted from this wood. It seems that this wood is really special. It might even make someone rich overnight. It’s quite heavy.” A piece of wood about a meter long weighed more than five hundred jin, which was too heavy for an ordinary person to lift.

At this moment, Li Changqing suddenly stared at the spirit gold wood and fell into deep thought. He suddenly felt that he could try other types of Painting Treasures, and this piece of wood was really suitable.

I wonder if it will be of any use. Li Changqing’s thoughts diverged, and he had a magical idea that he wanted to try.

Since he had the idea, he had to act on it, so Li Changqing didn’t waste any time. He went straight back to the bamboo forest in the backyard, had Fei guard the outside, and now he wanted to carve something out.

When Zhang Fuguang and Zhang Siyao returned and found that Li Changqing was not there, they discovered that Li Changqing had gone into seclusion again. This made Zhang Fuguang have to admire Li Changqing’s diligence.

No wonder he has such a high cultivation level. Li Changqing found that it was not so difficult when he was carving casually in the past, but since he started carving with a purpose, it became particularly obstructive.

Indeed, when you specifically want to create a certain treasure, you will be restricted by the rules of heaven and earth. The carving speed became slower, but compared to the thing he had carved for Li Hengsheng before, it was much better.

Two days later. Li Changqing finally put down the carving knife in his hand, and looking at his own work, Li Changqing was also satisfied and nodded.

At the same time, Li Changqing also discovered something. The slower he carved, the more it was not entirely due to being suppressed by the rules.

The tools he used were all made of ordinary pig iron. After using them for so long, they were already worn out, and the edges were also blunt. It seemed that he needed to forge a new set of better knives.

“Ah, a painter needs good paper and a good brush, and I also need good wood and a good carving knife. Basically, they are all similar.” Li Changqing sighed lightly. He should find some good materials recently and forge a better set of carving knives, at least they could be used for a longer time.

He put the wood carving into a box and walked out the door. Li Changqing walked on the streets of the Yan family. It was already autumn, and the fallen leaves were everywhere. The sound of stepping on them was crisp, and the cool wind blew, which made people feel a sense of loneliness.

Li Changqing couldn’t help but think that if he hadn’t come to the Yan family as a grand offering, he would probably be drinking alone at home at this time.

“At this time, I kind of want to eat mooncakes.” Li Changqing said to himself, “My son probably hasn’t eaten mooncakes before.” The passing Yan family disciples and servants all greeted Li Changqing respectfully.

When he passed by the school, Li Changqing also curiously went over to see how Zhang Siyao was doing in school now.

Through the paper window, Li Changqing saw Zhang Siyao sitting in a relatively good position, listening to the class seriously. The teacher above was also explaining the content of the book to them.

The loud reading really suppressed the world, and the atmosphere was very harmonious.

Li Changqing arrived at the gate of Yan Botao’s residence. Yan Botao was looking at the account book at this time. The thick account book made Yan Botao both painful and happy. As the president of the Changqing Trading Company, he had to look at and understand these things.

The account book was so thick, and the recent profits of the Changqing Trading Company were really not small. One entry after another indicated that each family could get a lot of money.

Now the main income is not only from the prepared food, but other goods are also selling very well. After Yan Botao finished reading, he had to send the account book to the Bai family and the Zhao family for them to read.

Transparency of the accounts must be ensured. The guards at the gate of Yan Botao saw Li Changqing coming and quickly saluted. Li Changqing nodded and then walked in directly. Seeing that Yan Botao was almost drowned by the account book, he couldn’t help but smile. It was really a blessing to be a hands-off shopkeeper.

Otherwise, if he had to look at this pile of things, he would probably want to die.

“Who? Didn’t I say that I’m busy and don’t want to be disturbed?” Yan Botao frowned and looked up, only to find that it was Li Changqing.

“Grand Offering.” Yan Botao quickly stood up and said, “Why did the Grand Offering come in person? If there is anything, just give an order.”

“I just wanted to get out and walk around, or else my body would become dull.” Li Changqing looked at the mountain-like account book and couldn’t help but say, “Is the business doing so well recently?””Yes, the business of Changqing Trading Company is really good, especially the pre-made meals are selling like hotcakes. Moreover, since the Minghai Trading Company went bankrupt, ninety percent of their former customers have come to us. Our products are of high quality and reasonably priced, they really enjoy doing business with us.”

“Recently, the orders have been pouring in, making us feel overwhelmed. Most of the families in Changting Town have started to get busy supplying goods to Path Mark City. The industries in Changting Town are actually a bit overwhelmed.” Yan Botao said with a wry smile.

“Um.” Li Changqing nodded, “If it doesn’t involve confidential matters, try to hire more people. The products of Changqing Trading Company can’t rely solely on the people of Changting Town. If we continue like this, we will eventually be unable to meet the demand.”

“Now it’s just one Path Mark City, what about when the company opens branches in the future? Wouldn’t we be even more helpless?”

“You’re right.” Yan Botao pondered, “We’ve never had such concerns before, but now we have to consider them. As for hiring, we can recruit a batch from Minghong Prefecture. If the demand increases in the future, we may have to expand our recruitment.”

“It’s not just about hiring workers, we also need management talents.” Li Changqing glanced at Yan Botao, “This is just the beginning for Changqing Trading Company. One Yan Leisheng can’t handle everything when the business expands. How many elders from the Yan family can be sent to manage when other branches of Changqing Trading Company open?” Yan Botao fell silent, seemingly contemplating Li Changqing’s words.

Li Changqing was very clear that whether on Earth or in the Cangyuan Realm, talents were scarce. Although the Yan family had been doing business for generations, they were only involved in family businesses. The business was only in Changting Town, a small place where the family members could manage it completely. They had never thought about recruiting talents.

So what Li Changqing said made sense to Yan Botao, but it also put him in a dilemma. He had never thought about this before, and now he didn’t even know where to find such talents.

After all, there was no talent recruitment market in this world. Seeing Yan Botao’s bewildered look, Li Changqing smiled and said, “Alright, don’t worry about it yourself. Changqing Trading Company has three presidents. If you don’t know what to do, you can discuss it with them. Zhao Yiqiu is very smart, he must know where to find management talents. By the way, have you found the fifth-grade pill?”

“The fifth-grade Realm-Breaking Pill… still no news.” Yan Botao said helplessly, “I’ve sent people to inquire about it these days, even in Path Mark City and various trading companies, but the fifth-grade pill is really hard to find. Although Minghong Prefecture is a large area, it’s not that big. It seems that we have to go to North Cold Country to find the fifth-grade pill.”

“North Cold Country is the closest big country to us.”

“Although the Great Yuan Dynasty is also close to us, there are no good alchemists in the Great Yuan Dynasty. Maybe it’s because of the innate geographical environment. If the Grand Elder needs it, I can arrange for someone to go to North Cold Country to try their luck.” Yan Botao analyzed for Li Changqing.

“No need, I’ll go there myself.” Li Changqing exhaled lightly. Since there was none in Minghong Prefecture, why not go to North Cold Country himself?

His son’s breakthrough was imminent. He couldn’t delay his son’s cultivation.

“By the way, give this to you. Have someone send it to Changqing Trading Company and place it in the company, preferably facing the entrance.” As he spoke, Li Changqing opened the box in his hand.

“What is this…” Yan Botao’s eyes widened when he saw the object in the box. What was this? It looked very strange.

It was something he had never seen before, and there were no words in his mind to describe what kind of spirit beast could match the object in front of him.

Where on earth had the Grand Elder seen so many strange things?

“This thing is similar to a Painting Treasure.” Li Changqing explained.

“Painting Treasure!” Yan Botao was extremely surprised! For the Yan family, a Painting Treasure was a luxury among luxuries. Even though Yan Botao had stepped into the Prenatal Realm, he didn’t dare to think about such a thing.

Each Painting Treasure was priceless. There was nowhere to buy it. But Li Changqing gave him a Painting Treasure.

“But this Painting Treasure is so strange, it looks like a cat, but it’s too weird.” Yan Botao carefully examined the wooden carving in front of him.

“Good eye.” Li Changqing smiled, “This thing is called a Lucky Cat.”

“Lucky Cat?” Yan Botao was amazed, “I’ve never heard of such a spirit beast. What a strange cat. It seems that there are many strange spirit beasts in this world that I’ve never heard of.”

“Cough.” Li Changqing coughed, not to mention Yan Botao, even the Lord of Cangyuan Realm might not have seen this thing.

But Li Changqing still said, “Yes, the world is so big, there are many strange things. When your cultivation becomes stronger in the future, go out more, see more and you will know more. There are many kinds of spirit beasts in the world, such as Lucky Cat, Doraemon, Garfield, you haven’t seen them yet.”

“There are so many kinds of cat spirit beasts?” Yan Botao looked at Li Changqing with surprise as he seriously talked nonsense. Why were these cat names so strange?”But what’s the use of this Painting Treasure of the Fortune Cat?” Yan Botao was curious about what this item was used for in the Changqing Trading Company.

“As the name suggests, the Fortune Cat is for attracting wealth,” Li Changqing explained. “Everything in the world has a special kind of energy. For example, if you get stabbed, you are losing your life energy. If you step on dog poop when you go out, it means your luck is low.”

“When making money, there is also a flow of wealth energy. What businessmen fear the most is the dissipation of this wealth energy. This Painting Treasure of the Fortune Cat is used to gather wealth energy. When the wealth energy is abundant, naturally there will be more orders. By then, the money we earn will only increase.”

“What a treasure!” Yan Botao’s eyes almost popped out upon hearing Li Changqing’s explanation. With such a treasure, it would be hard not to make money.

“Send it to the Changqing Trading Company and see how it works. I’m going to the North Cold Country to see if I can find a fifth-grade Realm-Breaking Pill,” Li Changqing instructed.

“Yes.” Yan Botao carefully took the Fortune Cat, fearing to damage such a treasure.

“Give me this month’s money first,” Li Changqing said to Yan Botao, who promptly took out a stack of Silver Tickets and handed them to Li Changqing. “I haven’t sold those land deeds, I want to use them when the Changqing Trading Company opens branches. These deeds are considered your investment, after all, you did all this, we don’t feel right taking the money. Also, here are eight million taels of Silver Tickets, they are yours, you can use them first.” Eight million taels.

Even with Li Changqing’s current good mentality, seeing these eight million taels made his breath heavy.

Because it was really too much. He had never controlled so much wealth before. In his previous life, the most money he had was just over eighty thousand.

Crossing over is really good… Back in the small courtyard, he told Zhang Fuguang that he would be away for a while. Zhang Fuguang quickly asked if Li Changqing wanted him to go along.

“No need, you stay at home and accompany Siyao well, I’ll be back soon.” Li Changqing felt that he could go faster on his own.

“Fei, let’s go.” Li Changqing called out to Fei. Fei quickly followed. After leaving Changting Town, Li Changqing rode on Fei, heading towards the North Cold Country.

This time, Li Changqing was experienced. He specifically asked Yan Botao for a map before leaving, otherwise it would be as embarrassing as last time.

That day, Yan Botao entrusted two items to the Cangyuan Escort Bureau for delivery. One of them was sent to the Changqing Trading Company, which was the Fortune Cat.

Moreover, Yan Botao also wrote a letter to Yan Leisheng, repeatedly instructing him to protect the Fortune Cat well and place it at the entrance.

This was a treasure that could attract wealth!