The boss is going against the sky

Chapter 346
"The elders don't know that since Taoism set up county governments in the counties of Pengqiu Prefecture, the lives of the people in each county are getting better day by day, and they have more and more spare money. Huang Guoshi, the county magistrate of Jin County, is only average, so Jin County Although the county looks rich now, it is only in the middle of the ten counties." Gu Liangtong explained based on the information he had learned.

"County government? County magistrate? Didn't they just divide up the right of the Zhenfu Division to collect business tax and population tax in the past? How can they make the people rich? Is it possible that Taoism is willing to reduce or exempt tax money?" The old man was still puzzled. .

Gu Liangtong couldn't help but secretly smiled when he heard this—not to mention Yuan Li, the chief elder who usually doesn't care about the minutiae, it would be him. With the changes in the Qiu Mansion, how do you think of the various changes made by Xuanmen and the impact they brought?
After a wry smile, Gu Liangtong had no choice but to patiently say: "Reporting to the elder, the county government's duties are not as simple as collecting commercial tax and population tax. These two are just a responsibility of the commercial department and the civil affairs department under the county government." That’s all. According to my disciple’s observations and conclusions, what this county magistrate does most is to help the people make money.”

"Help the common people make money?!" Yuan Li was surprised when he heard that, and so was the young man surnamed Wen next to him.

"Yes." Gu Liangtong nodded affirmatively, "If you don't mention other counties, I will use Jin County as an example. Jin County has many mines, and the county magistrate Huang Guoshi was originally a big mine owner, so he took office Since then, the right to mine all the minerals in the county except for the gold and silver mines has been taken into the hands of the Taoist decree and power, and then handed over to the rich families who were in charge of mining before. There is the possibility of tax evasion and tax evasion, and the tax is not low."

"In addition, Huang Guoshi also strictly ordered the mine owners not to treat the miners harshly, and there were also regulations on the salaries of the miners. As a result, the people in the county were happy to go to work in the mine after hearing about it, and the mining efficiency was greatly improved. Not only did the mine owners not lose money, but Earn more money than ever."

"He also formed an experienced prospecting team, and found several other minerals in the county. After that, he leased the prospecting team to other counties for use, and even helped the Jin County wealthy to acquire minerals in other counties Mining rights. Therefore, over the past few years, not only has everyone in Jin County become rich, but it has also won the hearts of the people."

"Of course, Huang Guoshi has made some achievements in agriculture, commerce, and fish husbandry, but it is not worth mentioning compared with mining. According to his disciples, Huang Guoshi's next step is to support the foundry industry in the county. Let one-third of the people in Pengqiu Prefecture use metal tools or weapons from Jin County."

After listening to Gu Liangtong, Yuan Li was silent for a while, and then said: "From what you said, this Huang Guoshi is clearly a great talent, but you actually said that his reputation is not outstanding among the ten county magistrates, and Jin County is rich and rich. It’s also only in the middle. How is this possible?”

Gu Liangtong smiled wryly again, and said: "Elder, it's unbelievable, but the facts are true. Therefore, in the past three years as the Governor of Pengqiu Prefecture, this disciple has reported to the higher authorities many times and asked to curb the Taoist sect. The development of Xuanmen is too amazing. Unfortunately, no matter how I say it, the higher-ups only ask me to investigate more information about Xuanmen, and there are no other instructions."

"Hmph!" Yuan Li snorted coldly, and said, "That Hong Batong went to the Taoist sect a long time ago, but he just came back after chatting with Shen Qi and did nothing. And that Ji Long When Shengxian Island was destroyed that year, the Wenxin Hall also asked him about this matter, but he also dismissed him with a few words, and he only wanted to cultivate to the Xiantian Jiuzhong to win the right to use such a false god pill. The result? !"

Hong Batong and Ji Long are both the head elders of Qingyangzong and Yuanli. Yuanli dared to say the fault of these two people, but Gu Liangtong and the young man surnamed Wen did not dare, and could only keep silent with strange expressions.

While speaking, the three of them had already entered Jin County.

However, there are so many pedestrians on the streets of Jinxian County, and the yelling of shops on both sides is one after another, it seems to be more prosperous than the counties near the state capital.But what surprised Yuan Li the most was that the ground on the street was cleaner than that of Zhoucheng—it wasn't that there was no garbage, but that the garbage had been hit and piled up in stone pits on street corners or other remote places.

Walking around a few streets in the county, Yuan Li found that there are quite a lot of rich people.Not the kind of rich man, but the kind of person who looks like ordinary people who are not stingy.As for rich people, there are no more than in the Zhoucheng area, Yuan Li doesn't care.

Seeing that the sun was rising, Gu Liangtong invited Yuan Li and the young man surnamed Wen to the best restaurant in the city, and asked for lunch in a private room on the third floor facing the street.

While waiting for the food to be served, Gu Liangtong looked at the street below from time to time, because many places in this small county were fresh in his eyes.

When he saw a young man in Taoist costume leading a group of people passing by, Yuan Li couldn't help but a strange look flashed across his old eyes, and asked: "This group of people is the county town governor you mentioned The company's men and horses?"

"Exactly." Gu Liangtong replied, in order to show that he put his heart into gathering information about the Taoist sect, he added: "The person in charge is Zeng Aigan, the second-class inner court disciple of the Taoist sect. He is one of the captains of the King County Public Security Department. As for the troops he leads, no accident, it should be his personal guard."

After hearing Gu Liangtong finished speaking, Yuan Li frowned deeply again, and said: "This Zeng Ai Gan is nothing more than that, although he has acquired nine levels of cultivation at a young age, but our Qingyang Sect does not lack such talents. However, in the ten-person team following him, everyone's cultivation is at the sixth level of the day after tomorrow, and the breath seems to be condensed and unique during the walk, as if they have practiced the combined formation, which is very rare."

"It's really rare." Gu Liangtong nodded in agreement, and then explained: "However, this is Zeng Aigan's personal guards. According to my information, there are only 20 people. As for the way of joint attack, it is the daily practice of the Secretary of Public Security. One of the contents, the disciples have seen it, is a simple total formation, not subtle."

"How many people are there in the Public Security Department under the Jin County Town Fusi? What is the composition of the staff?" Yuan Li seemed to think of something, and asked suddenly.

Although Gu Liangtong was surprised that Yuan Li attached great importance to these low-level warriors, he had already made a lot of preparations, so he just recalled a little, and said: "Every county in Pengqiu Prefecture has a chief and a deputy chief. One for each, and there are three security brigades below, each with 100 people, divided into a personal guard and four ordinary squads. On weekdays, one brigade rests, one brigade is responsible for security in the county, and the other brigade patrols the towns."

"As far as Jin County is concerned, the director is Yan Shuang, a first-class disciple of the Taoist inner court, whose cultivation level is about the eleventh level in the day after tomorrow, and the deputy director is also a first-class inner court disciple of the Xuanmen, named Zhou Yu, whose cultivation base is around [-] The tenth level in Houtian. As for the three captains, they are all like Zeng Aigan, second-class disciples of the Taoist inner court, and their cultivation is in the eighth or ninth level of Houtian."

"As for ordinary members of the security team, their cultivation bases are all at the fourth or fifth level of the day after tomorrow, and the squad leader and personal guards are at the sixth or seventh level of the day after tomorrow. Among them, half of the team leaders are third-class disciples of the inner courtyard of the Taoist sect. Half of them are warriors or casual cultivators from other small sects."

"By the way, it is said that there is a special security team under the Martial Arts Division of the Zhenfu Division, which is directly under the director of the Martial Arts Division. More than heavy, and the strength is not bad."

"The director of the Martial Arts Department in Jin County is Ye Jinqian, the deacon of Xuanmen. It is said that he has reached the innate realm, and the specific strength of the disciples is not clear. The deputy director of the Martial Arts Department is Jiang Xiaobin, a super disciple of the inner courtyard. Not long ago, he killed a remnant of the original Houtu sect of the same realm in a small mine that was illegally mined in Jin County, and his strength is quite strong."

During the time when Gu Liangtong was speaking, the guards led by Zeng Aigan on the street below had long since disappeared, but Yuan Li's old eyes were still looking at the direction of his departure, and the cold light flickered in his brown eyes. .

He put down his teacup, squinted his eyes and said quietly: "A Jin county will send a disciple with a congenital realm and a number of master-level masters to sit in the town. It seems that there are many 'masters' in this Xuanmen. I just don't know, How far has Shen Qi's cultivation reached?"

In the world of martial arts, masters are more important than numbers most of the time, so even through Gu Liangtong's introduction, the expansion of Xuanmen's power in the past few years is surprising, but Yuan Li still doesn't take it to heart.

He learned about this from Gu Liangtong, but he wanted to use this information to deduce and estimate Shen Qi's current cultivation level.

Gu Liangtong, as the true biography of Qingyang Sect, even if it is just an ordinary true biography, his vision is not bad, so he naturally knows what Yuan Li cares most about.

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"The disciple is incompetent. For the past two or three years, Shen Qi has been staying on the Cliff Mountain. Even if he came down, he was only active in Bihai County and Xuanshan. There are timely incidents in Pengqiu Mansion, and his few true disciples will solve them as soon as they make a move." No, there is no need for him to take action at all. Therefore, the disciple has not been able to obtain any information about his cultivation base. Please punish the elder." After speaking, Gu Liangtong stood up, bowed his head with his hands folded, and his posture was very low.

This is also impossible.

If the true teachings of the Qingyang Sect are classified like the disciples of the inner courtyard of the Taoist sect, his backing is not strong enough and his aptitude is not outstanding, he can only be regarded as the third class, otherwise he would not be sent to Pengqiu What kind of emissary is there to do in such a remote place as the mansion.

The Yuan family is one of the most powerful families of the Qingyang Sect, and the true disciple Yuan Cong surpassed all the elders in one fell swoop not long ago, and was the first to break through to the Ninth Level of Innate Heaven, and won the False God Pill from the suzerain Kong Shen right to use.

Now, only after Yuan Cong has cultivated to the late stage of the Ninth Layer of Innate Heaven and raised his confidence in advancing to the Void Realm to the highest level, he can take the Void God Pill and break through to the Void Realm in one fell swoop.

At that time, the Yuan family's power in the Qingyang Sect will definitely be second to none, even the Kong family behind the sect master will be inferior!

Yuan Li was the Patriarch of the Yuan Family as the elder in charge, and Gu Liangtong, who was the top expert of the Yuan Family before, naturally did not dare to offend him at all, and wanted to serve him well.

"You've done a good job." Yuan Li waved his hand, signaling Gu Liangtong to sit down, and then said, "The most important task of my visit this time is to find out Shen Qi's current strength. If I can learn from you It's best to understand clearly, but if I can't, I don't have other means. But according to what you said before, if you want to force Shen Qi to make a move, you have to pass the level of his true biography first. Shen Qixiu for you I don’t know, then you should know a little about his true biographies, right?”

"Of course I understand." Gu Liangtong said hastily, "Over the years, the number of Taoist true disciples has increased by three, plus Shen Qi's original seven true disciples, there are ten people in total. Among these ten people, The latter three true biographies were received by the elders Ye Hongmei, Guo Zhong, and Qin Xianger respectively, and their entry time is still short, and their cultivation is still in the acquired state, so they are not worth mentioning."

"As for Shen Qi's seven true biographies, among them Liang Xuan and Zhou Lan are not well-known. Although I haven't seen them make a few shots, I think their strength is average. Now it's only a short time since they broke through the innate realm."

"So, the actual strength of Xuanmen is still Ji Changsheng, Kang Hu, Liang Liang, Su Muchen, and Hong Yao. Among them, the last time Ji Changsheng made a move was a year ago when an innate triple-strength monster appeared near Fanghu County. In the end, he easily beheaded him in a single battle. Therefore, my disciples estimate that Ji Changsheng may now have the third to fourth level of innate strength."

"The one who is second only to Ji Changsheng in strength is Kang Hu. The last time Kang Hu made a move was just a month ago, and it was against three innate realm thieves who came from the south to commit crimes..."

As Gu Liangtong informed him of the information he had learned one by one, Yuan Li also had a clear understanding of the strength of the five most powerful true disciples of Taoism.

After Gu Liangtong finished speaking, Yuan Li sipped his tea and pondered for a while, and said, "So, if you want to force Shen Qi to take action, at least you have to get them an enemy with fifth or even sixth level of innateness."

"Yes." Gu Liangtong nodded.

"Where are the elders of Xuanmen? Senior Brother Gu Liang, do you know how strong they are?" It was the young man surnamed Wen who was listening all the time and asked.

Seeing that Yuan Li followed the sound, Gu Liangtong knew that he had to answer. He frowned slightly and said, "Ye Hongmei's talent is average. Although she hasn't made a move in the past two years, my disciples estimate that her cultivation level may not be as good as Ji Changsheng's. As for Qin Xiang Son, she's just a young girl, even if she has some talent, she doesn't think she's very strong."

"Shen Qi's fourth junior brother, Guo Zhong, seems to be very talented, and he also practiced some kind of mysterious body training martial arts. Now he has reached a height of ten feet, and he doesn't look like a human being. Although this person has not made a move in the past two years, he finally One shot, the strength is not inferior to Xiantian. Therefore, this disciple estimates that Guo Zhong's current strength may not be inferior to Ji Changsheng."

"As for that Chu Suoran, he hasn't made a move for more than two years. The last time he made a move, his strength was about the same as that of Guo Zhong, but his actual combat power was much stronger. Chu Suoran's dantian was abolished, so he couldn't refine Qi, he could only refine his body. There is no doubt about it. Therefore, this disciple believes that his strength should be about the same as that of Guo Zhong, and his combat effectiveness may be a bit higher."

After finishing speaking, Gu Liangtong was a little uneasy, because his report was mostly wild speculation, which was much worse than the previous one.

[Two chapters in one. 】

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