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Chapter 36 Imperial Martial Arts Examination (Please read and collect)
  Yuanlong 6 years, the third day of February.

After Wang Ping's daily foundation building, he guided his two disciples to practice Qi as usual. At the end of the day, the boy who managed the garden came to report that it was Wang Kang who wanted to see him.

Now that the garden on the top of the mountain has grown up, disciples at the bottom of the mountain must notify them in advance before entering the garden. For this purpose, a gatehouse has been built with four boys on duty. Two rows of attics have been built on the slope outside the gatehouse for the boys on duty. Practice and accommodation.

Wang Kang is still the same as before. He is not as quiet and inactive as a Taoist. In layman's terms, he has no Taoist connections, but his mentality has always been very good.

"Brother!"

Wang Kang stood at the door of the small courtyard and clasped his fists casually, and then walked in quickly. Before he could sit down, he started talking about the matter: "Senior Brother Su took part in the county martial arts examination for half a month and got third place... became a martial arts scholar. Today He sent someone a message, saying that he would go up to the mountain in a few days to continue practicing martial arts, and after completing his training, he would participate in next year's martial arts examination."

"When did the imperial court hold a martial arts examination?" Wang Ping was slightly surprised.

"It was just announced at the beginning of the new year that the general magistrate of Fucheng personally went to all counties to issue notices. As long as he becomes a military officer, he will be promoted to an official. I heard that it is at least an eighth-grade military attache!" Wang Kang was very excited when talking about this matter. Maybe it was because he was a child. The experience made him feel that nothing in the world was as good as an official position.

Wang Ping nodded thoughtfully, but did not answer.

"After becoming a martial arts scholar, if you want, you can go to the capital to participate in the imperial competition. If you are selected, you can stay in the Gyeonggi Camp or the Yulin Guard as a school captain."

Wang Kang took the tea cup handed over by Yang Ziping and took a sip, then continued: "Qi practitioners can enter the capital directly and are exempted from the martial arts examination."

The two senior brothers chatted until noon, and Wang Kang stayed in the small courtyard to have lunch before leaving.

"Master, uncle, he obviously wants to go down the mountain...didn't you hear it?" Liu Shuang asked Wang Ping after Wang Kang left the courtyard.

"Aren't you thinking about going down the mountain all day long?"

"I'm different. I'm not an official fan. I went down the mountain to do justice. I will come back after a while to continue practicing. Uncle Master obviously wants to leave the Taoist temple." Liu Shuang blinked.

"Everyone has his own ambitions, and I'm not trying to stop him, but it's not the right time yet..."

After Wang Ping said this, he sent Liu Shuang to copy the scriptures.

Day three.

As expected, Su Dun went up the mountain to practice hard, and he had to stay on the mountain to practice hard until the end of the year, because it was impossible for him to practice at the bottom of the mountain. In his own words: I could sleep until noon!

Unexpectedly, in the next half month, almost all the young talents in Shang'an Mansion who wanted to participate in the martial arts examinations came to Qianmu Temple to practice hard, allowing the Taoist temple to earn thirty thousand taels of cash in one go.

Zhao Qing was extremely happy, but Su Dun was in constant distress. Every three days, he would go to Wang Ping's courtyard to complain, pretending to be pitiful, and then Wang Ping would use spiritual energy to help him clear his veins.

one day…

After Wang Ping helped Su Dun clear his tendons, Su Dun asked with a smile: "Senior brother, is there any panacea that can help me break through immediately?"

Wang Ping thought for a while and nodded: "There should be some, I don't know the specifics... You can ask Junior Brother Zhao Qing to send someone to Daozang Hall to issue a commission. I estimate that it will be very expensive to buy at this time. I can't think of anything else. People may not have thought of it.”

Su Dun said nonchalantly: "There is no shortage of money this time. Even if I sell everything I want to pass the martial arts examination..."

This time the martial arts test...

Thinking of the martial arts exam, Wang Ping thought of other things. It was obvious that the imperial court failed in the northwest war, which led to a sharp reduction in a large number of low-level officers. In some places, even the garrison officers were not even uniform, so that local rebellions emerged one after another. The imperial court wanted to pass the martial arts exam. Replenish local low-level officers, or go to the front line.

He wanted to remind Su Dun, but he still underestimated the wisdom of others. He only listened to Su Dun's first words: "The imperial court opened the martial arts examination at a time when the northwest was in war and the northern border was unstable. My father said that this is our A perfect opportunity for a small family, I think.”

"You can discuss this with Junior Brother Zhao Qing."

"it is good!"

After Su Dun left this time, he never went to the small courtyard on the top of the mountain again.

Wang Ping's practice was still moving forward unhurriedly. On the eve of the Spring Festival at the end of the year, Zhao Qing came to the small courtyard and handed Wang Ping a ledger, which recorded the sales of 'Power Pills' during the year.

Zhao Qing said with a smile on his face: "Thanks to senior brother's power pills, we have saved five hundred gold ingots and [-] taels of silver this year." Zhongzhou Continent's silver mining technology is mature, and the reserves are pretty good, but the gold stock is extremely low. Therefore, one tael of gold can be exchanged for one hundred taels of silver, and the standard weight of a gold ingot is ten taels. In other words, five hundred gold ingots are equivalent to [-] taels of silver.

Ordinary living expenses depend on copper coins. Usually one thousand copper coins can be exchanged for a standard silver ingot, which is twelve taels!

Zhao Qing continued: "Five hundred gold ingots, senior brother, you can take [-]% of it, and the rest will be used as reserve funds in the temple. Do you think that's okay?"

"It's better to keep them all in the temple for later use, to purchase the most yin and yang treasures of heaven and earth." Wang Ping mentioned old things again.

"I will come and get it when the time comes!" Zhao Qing did not refuse this time.

the next day.

Zhao Qing personally delivered two storage bags full of gold ingots to Wang Ping.

After Wang Ping taught his disciples how to practice Qi every day, he took out a gold ingot and observed it for a long time, but did not find any fluctuations in spiritual energy.

But it is the root that connects all civilizations in this world. Mastering it can mobilize the resources of the civilized world, and can also make hundreds of thousands of Qi practitioners and hundreds of millions of people at your disposal!
  This is...wealth.

It constitutes the underlying rules of this society. As for the upper-level rules... Wang Ping has not yet come into contact with them and does not know what they are like.

...

The fourth year of foundation building.

Wang Ping's Qi gathering progress reached (20/100). The biggest topic at the beginning of this year was that the northwest rebels accepted the imperial decree, and the rebel leader Yu Fei was named Prince Ning.

Reactions to the move by the imperial court varied from place to place, and there were endless disputes in the temples because the imperial court allowed King Ning to retain his original army and did not have to go to Beijing to meet the emperor.

This is equivalent to enclosing the land and becoming a king!

Wang Ping just regarded it as ordinary news and gave up.

In early June, the martial arts examination in Shang'an Prefecture continued.

A month later, news came back to Guanli that Su Dun passed the test with tenth place and successfully passed the martial arts examination. He chose to stay in Shang'an Mansion and was named the seventh-grade city gate order of Shang'an Mansion by the court.

Half a month later, all the children from aristocratic families who had studied hard in the temple and passed the martial arts examination were sent to their doorsteps with generous gifts.

Zhao Qing was so happy that he couldn't open his mouth from ear to ear...

The fifth year of foundation building.

Zhao Qing finally received a response to the purchase information he posted at the Taoist Cang Point. A monk from the Qing Xiu Sect of the Taiyin Sect planned to sell the extremely yin item called ‘Bone Stone’ in his hand.

This thing looks like an ordinary warm stone on the outside. It feels cold in the hand, and the spiritual energy seems to be solidified around it.

There were very few people looking to buy this thing, so Zhao Qing bought it for only [-] taels.

Wang Ping took it and looked at it for a long time before giving it to Taoist Yucheng for temporary safekeeping.

The eighth year of foundation building.

There was a first-level mystic monk from the Zhenyang Sect. In order to prepare foundation building materials for his pair of dragon and phoenix children, he released the news that he wanted to sell a fire crystal obtained from the volcanic veins.

After the news came out, many people rushed to buy it, causing the price of the fire crystal to skyrocket. Zhao Qing almost threw away all the wealth Qianmuguan had accumulated over the years to buy it.

Wang Ping felt a little pain after getting the fire crystal to calculate the score. If converted into gold ingots, it would cost a total of [-], but it was still worth it. If he had to look for this thing by himself, he might not be able to get it in twenty years. .

(End of this chapter)