The banquet only broke up after two hours.
Xiang Wentian went to arrange the money-making venture.
Since money could be made so easily, of course they had to earn it. Going to wealthy households to "borrow" money was troublesome too, since most of them kept few banknotes at home. Much of their wealth was in "helpless lumps."
That meant casting gold, silver, and the like into a single egg-shaped lump weighing a thousand jin, leaving thieves unable to carry it away and helpless to do anything.
Or their wealth consisted of grain, silk, and other goods. Many wealthy households with vast fortunes could actually produce less than a tenth of that in gold and silver.
The Sun Moon Holy Cult was Great Ming's foremost sect and the leader of the demonic path, but Blackwood Cliff fell far short of Northern Shaolin, Wudang Mountain, and the like. It could not compare with the Golden Coin Gang at all, and was only somewhat better than the Northern Beggars' Gang Main Headquarters, which was full of beggars.
If they could bring in over a million taels every month, the Sun Moon Holy Cult would surely develop faster, and Xiang Wentian would have more money in his pocket for wine and meat.
Ren Woxing also sent men to investigate the Giant Whale Gang. When they struck, it had to be like a thunderbolt, giving the Giant Whale Gang no chance to react and other Jianghu sects no chance to come to its aid.
He knew very well that although the Sun Moon Holy Cult had many followers and considerable strength, it was not yet ready to dominate Jianghu.
If the other sects joined forces against it, its losses would inevitably be devastating.
Even if it won, it would be a pyrrhic victory. How many