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Chapter 114 A guest is coming (please subscribe)

Zhao Qing's news shocked everyone present, and then everyone showed surprise.

They instinctively thought of a lot of room for maneuver in their minds. Take Shang'an Prefecture as an example. The prefect is appointed by the court. Then the co-prefects can set up more than a dozen people to share the benefits, as well as general magistrates, etc., and then subdivide them into the following counties. …

Thinking of this, everyone felt as if they had been injected with blood, and then looked at each other, and finally their eyes fell on a middle-aged man wearing a flower-green brocade robe.

This person is Liu Lin, Liu Shuang's younger brother. The Liu family has developed into the largest family in Ancheng County with the help of Liu Shuang, and has a certain say in the entire Shang'an Mansion.

However, before Liu Lin could speak, Zhao Qing glanced at his own clansmen, and then looked at Wang Ping and Liu Zixiu who were sitting in front of them, pretending to have something to say, and the others naturally chose to shut up.

"I have something to say first..."

Zhao Qing looked around at everyone present, "I know what you are thinking now. For example, Mr. Yang, are you already thinking about how to annex land and how to evade taxes... I don't care what you think, I just say, Qian Mu Guan has the affection of the people of Shang'an Prefecture. This affection is more important than the friendship with me. Tax evasion is even more impossible. It still has to be calculated according to the court's measurement method. [-]% of the tax collected is used for local government expenses. Thirty percent will be handed over to the court, and the rest will be used for the... civil affairs of Shang'an Mansion."

The civil affairs he pointed out at the end is actually to be divided among everyone, but this cannot be said openly. Of course, if there are large public expenditures, everyone needs to work together to raise money.

"Last point, don't try to deceive your superiors or subordinates, especially when it comes to measuring fields. Our disciples only need to take a look at your fields, and they will be able to surpass your achievements in one day."

After Zhao Qing said this, he picked up the tea cup next to him, looked around at everyone again and said, "If you understand, just drink tea."

As soon as he finished speaking, Liu Lin from the Liu family in Ancheng County stood up with a tea cup and said: "Taoist Changqing, Mr. Liu, Zhao Zhangyuan Gaoyi, we are naturally not villains who are just like the common people."

After expressing their attitudes, it was time to formally divide the interests. Wang Ping and Liu Zixiu just watched the whole process. It was precisely because of their presence that the representatives of the aristocratic families present did not act too aggressively, and they would not say a word about acceptable proposals. , you can still negotiate terms calmly if you can't accept it.

Therefore, such a complicated meeting ended in less than an hour, and the sky darkened.

When Zhao Qing entertained the guests for the dinner, Wang Ping did not join in the fun, but Liu Zixiu stayed. He chose to join the world and practice. The only people who followed Wang Ping back to the mountaintop dojo were Yu Lian, Liu Shuang, Liu Ling, Zhao Yu'er and Su There are friends and relatives to entertain.

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Before I knew it, three years had passed.

In the past three years, various parts of the south have regained their vitality, and the rebels in the northwest have been completely eliminated. The only sensational thing was the internal fight between two temple monks in the snowy area of ​​​​western Zhongzhou a year ago.

This morning, Wang Ping debugged his new puppet and prepared to use it to refine the 'Power Pill'. This was the third puppet he debugged. Now he has handed over the refining of the 'Power Pill' to ordinary puppets. Although the failure rate is as high as 40%, the cost itself is cheap.

Zi Hong, who has the ability to build foundations, has been released to practice, and by the way, he helps Wang Ping clear the exchange points in Daozang Palace.

After the new puppet memorized the basic memory, Wang Ping exited the alchemy room with satisfaction. When he returned to the small courtyard, he found a boy guarding the gate approaching cautiously.

"What's the matter?"

"Uncle Yang is looking for a meeting outside."

The 'Uncle Yang' in the boy's mouth refers to Zhao Qing's disciple Yang Hou. He officially took over the position of Head of the Inner Court two years ago. Like Zhao Qing, he handles small things by himself. When encountering big events or related to the situation in Zhongzhou, All information will be reported to the mountaintop dojo as soon as possible.

"Let him come in." Yang Hou was much more restrained than his master. When he entered the small courtyard, he first saluted Wang Ping, then saluted the raindrops on the eaves, and then stood neatly one foot in front of Wang Ping. Talk outside.

"A fox demon who has been registered in Daozang Hall came down the mountain. She said she has something important to ask you, uncle."

"Oh?"

Wang Ping expressed his doubts. The fox demons registered in Daozang Palace are basically neutral in nature, and they must have a certain degree of Taoism. The most basic condition is that they have breathed in the breath of the sun and the moon for more than a hundred years and have laid a good foundation. It is possible at any time. Gather the inner elixir.

"Please come up..."

Wang Ping planned to meet him. He greeted Yang Hou and then looked at Yu Lian, "Yu Lian, go and have a look."

Yu Lian opened her eyes and then jumped into the air. Before Yang Hou could walk out of the small courtyard, she fell down and lay on Wang Ping's shoulder, saying: "A white fox demon, she is a female. Judging from the breath, she is very beautiful." It’s peaceful and has an aura similar to that of Xuanhe on Mozhou Road a few years ago.”

"Xuanhe? Earth vein aura? Do monsters also cultivate spiritual veins?"

"No, it's just that the aura is close. She should be a treasure with some kind of earth connection in her body." As Yu Lian spoke, she used her tail to fiddle with the puppet bird on the stone table. This is a gadget that Wang Ping researched in his spare time. He usually uses the puppet bird to communicate with Zi Hong from the outside world.

Wang Ping was slightly curious when he heard Yu Lian's words, and was looking forward to the purpose of this fox demon's visit.

The road from the bottom of the mountain to the top of the mountain is not short, and to show courtesy, the fox demon cannot use its demonic energy. Yang Hou went down the mountain to respond. By the time the fox demon went up the mountain, nearly an hour had passed.

The fox demon was wearing Kun Xiu's blue loose robe and a veiled bamboo hat. After she was brought to the small courtyard by the boy, she took off the veiled bamboo hat as soon as possible, revealing a pure white fox head, and her blue eyes were black. Hitomi's eyes are particularly pretty.

"Little demon Hu Qianqian has met Taoist Changqing."

The white fox followed the Taoist etiquette in a regular manner. She could not see the violent aura unique to the demon clan, and she had a comfortable sense of closeness. This may be because the white fox was a pet that had been tamed by the nobles.

"sit down!"

"Don't dare, you can just stand and talk, little demon." Hu Qianqian spoke very respectfully, just like the attitude that disciples below the third generation of Qianmu Temple would have towards Wang Ping.

"I remember there is a record in Daozang Hall. Most of your white fox clan lives in the snowy area. How could you come to the southern border with the opposite climate?" Wang Ping asked his first question.

"Those bald donkeys in the past hundred years..." Hu Qianqian almost showed his true nature accidentally, then pretended to be fine and coughed twice, and continued:

"There has been so much turmoil in the Snowland Cultivation Circle recently that we, the White Fox Clan, can only migrate part of the way out. Some have gone to the north, and some have gone overseas. I followed the caravan all the way to Jinhuai City. I thought it was very nice here, so I wanted to find a dojo. Settle down.”

Normally after she said this, Wang Ping would have asked her which treasure land she had found, but Wang Ping thought about it and asked, "What is the dispute over the orthodoxy of Buddhism in the Snow Land?"

Hu Qianqian was stunned for a moment before answering truthfully: "The little demon's cultivation is still shallow, and I don't know what's going on inside. I have also seen two... senior monks sitting and talking, but I can't understand a word."

Wang Ping nodded, and after a brief exchange with Yu Lian next to him in the spiritual sea, he asked: "Which place do you like?"

(End of this chapter)