That year, that cicada, that sword

Chapter 406 Tall Buildings in the Taoist Workshop

The amount of power in the hands of an official actually depends on the individual. Looking at the temple, there has never been a shortage of high-ranking officials who are empty and high-ranking, but there are also many deputies who hold great power. Take the blue-han faction as an example, why is the position of the second assistant not Korean Can't you?It is because of the replacement of someone else as the second assistant, the cabinet is still Sapphire's words, and the second assistant is just a decoration. Only Han Xuan can stand up to Sapphire as the second assistant.

In fact, officials can also be divided into two types. One is that there are family backgrounds behind them, intricate connections, and temple incense accumulated by their fathers and grandparents, which is enough to make their journey unimpeded. Even if the position is suddenly high, there is no such thing as a foundation without decades of hard work.

Zhang Jian undoubtedly belongs to the latter. He came from a poor family, and he was originally a Qingliu of the Imperial Academy. The Yamen may not be completely in his hands, let alone Jiangdu, but Xu Beiyou's power in Jiangdu is at the height of the sun, and Zhang Jian naturally has no power to resist.

After Xu Beiyou received the document sent by Yu Jia, he opened it and took a look. The handwriting was good, but some of it was written too heavily. It can be seen how sad and indignant the new chief envoy was when he wrote this document.

After signaling Yujia to step down, Xu Beiyou put this written document into a classic book, and then put it back on the bookshelf.

Although the method was a bit low-handed, as long as this piece of evidence was in Xu Beiyou's hands, he would not be afraid that Zhang Jian could find out. Xu Beiyou didn't believe that the new chief envoy would be willing to give himself a lose-lose situation with the newly-acquired official hat.

The matter came to an end for the time being, and Xu Beiyou's attention turned to the Daoshu workshop that had already been put under his name.

In the previous battle, the Daoshu Workshop was completely destroyed. Since last year, the reconstruction work has begun, which cost a lot of money. In addition, half of the sea route was sold to Xuanjiao. Jianzong's finances were once stretched. Xu Beiyou had to use part of the silver subsidy belonging to the Gongsun family.

However, this new Taoist workshop, which started construction in the second half of the 21st year of Taiping, has an extremely unusual significance for Xu Beiyou and Jianzong.But all sects must have their residences, such as Xuandu Jiufeng of Taoism, Biluohu Daxue Mountain of Molun Temple, Qingming Mountain of Xuanjiao, even the seemingly down-and-out Bailian and Wenxiang sects, the same is true, although Tang Shengyue He and Qin Mumian have lived in Jiangdu for a long time, but they have their sect roots in Shuzhou and Huzhou respectively.

Only Jianzong, ever since the fall of Biyou Island, the most important place of the sect, has been in a state of no fixed residence. Even if he established a foothold in Jiangdu, there is no clear location of the sect, so many people think that the East Lake Bieyuan is Jianzong, Now that there is a Taoist workshop, Xu Beiyou started to move Jianzong into the Taoist workshop, which can be regarded as a place to gain a foothold.

Of course, Xu Beiyou will not be satisfied with this mere place. If he can come to the world one day, then he must take back the 36 islands in the East China Sea, and even Weiguo, which has been renamed Weiguo, to reproduce the glory of Jianzong.

It is difficult to be a self-made founder of a country, and it is not necessarily easy to be a ZTE leader who turned the tide, and it is even more difficult.

Xu Beiyou sometimes wonders, if he has racked his brains and exhausted his mind and energy in the past two years, will he grow up prematurely like the ancients said?But after thinking about it, I have already had gray hair, and my life expectancy has almost been shortened, so I don't need to worry about these things anymore.

The next day, Xu Beiyou changed from his brocade clothes to ordinary clothes that he hadn't worn for a long time. Without his entourage or Wu Yu, he went to the Taoist workshop that was being rebuilt alone.

According to Xu Beiyou's idea, the Taoist temples in the square should continue to be preserved. After all, Jianzong also believed in Taoist ancestors, but there is no need to keep too much, at least half of it should be cut off, especially some Taoist patriarchs after the separation of Kendo. "Go out, and then replace it with the ancestors of the Sword Sect, and follow the pattern of Biyou Island back then to rebuild the Sword Qi Lingkong Hall, Jiange, Zangjian Pavilion, and many sword furnaces.

More importantly, Xu Beiyou planned to build a Xu Mansion here, not the Han Mansion, nor the Gongsun Mansion, but Xu Beiyou's Xu Mansion.

This is his own mansion, and it can be regarded as fulfilling his childhood dream of having a big house.

Entering the workshop alone, Xu Beiyou, who had taken off his brocade clothes, was not eye-catching.

The busy craftsmen only regarded him as an ordinary sword sect disciple, and would not connect him with the famous Mr. Xu in the south of the Yangtze River.

Xu Beiyou strolled through the streets, and found that the big pits that had been created by the Dragon King's great efforts to move the Taoist temples had been completely filled in, and all kinds of stones and wood were piled up everywhere. Coupled with the craftsmen going back and forth, it was a look that Xu Beiyou hadn't seen for a long time. A fiery scene.

Xu Beiyou vaguely remembered the scene of a big family building a new house in Danxia Village when he was a child, but the Daoshu Workshop today is countless times larger than the house in his memory, even bigger than the entire Danxia Village.

Is this a step up to the sky?
After Xu Beiyou wandered around, he went straight to the location of the Xu Mansion, which was originally a grand avenue second only to Zirong Temple, in which the Daoism's previous master teacher was enshrined, but he had never met this master teacher before. Xu Beiyou didn't have much awe, and simply "invited" the statue of the ascended fairy out, and then classified it as the site of his mansion.

After arriving here, somewhat beyond Xu Beiyou's expectations, there was actually a Jianzong disciple who was in charge of overseeing the work. He looked about the same age as him, with a thin figure and a handsome face.

Maybe it's because it's boring to be a supervisor here. After seeing Xu Beiyou, this Jianzong disciple immediately took the initiative to chat with him, "Feng Lang, this senior brother just looked at him, how dare he ask where his teacher is from?"

After all, not every Sword Sect disciple has the opportunity to meet Xu Beiyou, and it is reasonable not to recognize him. Xu Beiyou didn't mean to reveal his identity, and replied: "My name is Xu Nan, from the Sword Qi Lingkong Hall, and I studied under Song Hall Master. .”

Feng Lang respectfully said: "So it's the Sword Qi Lingkong Hall, it's a good place."

Then he said enviously: "It's not like our Jiange, but we still have to be the supervisor of this Lao Shizi."

Xu Beiyou said softly: "The Jiange is also as good as the Jiange. It can practice swords safely, unlike the Sword Qi Lingkong Hall, which has to go out to fight with others every three days."

Feng Lang couldn't help but said distressedly: "Anwen is stable, but the promotion of the realm is also slow. The promotion of our Jianzong's realm cannot be done behind closed doors, and we must fight with others. After all, there will be less training between brothers and sisters. That makes a lot of sense."

Xu Beiyou nodded and said, "That's the truth."

Xu Beiyou glanced at the foundation not far away, and asked, "How many years have you been in the sect? If you were an old man, you wouldn't take this job."

Feng Lang smiled embarrassedly, "It's been three years since I entered the sect, and I haven't seen any important people. I have seen the chief steward from a distance, and I haven't seen what the chief steward looks like. I just remember wearing white clothes, just like walking out of a painting. Fairy characters."

Xu Beiyou joked: "You are talking about Aunt Zhang, the chief steward of the Jiange. I heard that she is the niece of our master, and she will be in her thirties this year. Even if she has good looks, she is still in middle age. On the contrary It's Aunt Wu from the Young Master's Mansion, that's the real beauty of the country, and the whole Jiangdu calls her Yu Meiren."

Feng Lang couldn't help but glared at the senior brother, but he didn't dare to raise his voice to refute loudly. Instead, he mumbled to himself, saying that mature women's style is not comparable to that of young women, and that women of all ages Each has its own advantages.

Xu Beiyou laughed it off.

(End of this chapter)