The world of Taoism

Chapter 204 Hua Yangzi

"Master, please take a look." Monday presented a map.

This is a map of the distribution of Yangtze River forces, covering most of Yangzhou.

"Is this the information you collected?"

"Yes, now Shenxiao Liujia has a total of [-] information points, of which there are seven in Yangzhou, and the remaining ten are distributed in the surrounding five counties."

"Not bad, keep it up." Zhou Xuan said with satisfaction.

Yangzhou has a total of eleven counties, and the place where Shenxiao Palace intervenes is Yangzhou City and the more prosperous counties nearby. The total population is close to 1000 to [-] million, which is equivalent to more than half of the people in Yangzhou.

The distribution of population is not simple mathematical addition and subtraction, instead of 100 million people in one county, then 100 million people in eleven counties.

It also depends on the degree of prosperity of the local area, the more prosperous the place, the larger the population.

The population of this world is about the same as that of "Qianlong".

There are thirteen prefectures in the mainland, the Western Regions and the Northwest, with a total population of about [-] million.

It may be due to the prevalence of spells, and the productivity here is relatively good.

At least the yield of wheat and rice per mu is at least seven to eight hundred catties, which is much higher than that of the ancient earth.

Zhou Xuan reckoned that the official people who knew spells should have inadvertently cultivated this kind of crop, which not only has tenacious vitality, but also has a large yield per mu.

That's why Wannian County, a large county with a population of more than 50 people, appeared.

In fact, this is nothing, Zhou Xuan also heard that there is a county with a population of more than one million.

This shows how high the world's food productivity is.

Therefore, it is very difficult for Zhou Xuan to control the entire Yangzhou intelligence network, and it is even more difficult under the premise of not leaking the secrets.

Zhou Yi and the others controlled part of the intelligence network in the bustling area of ​​Yangzhou, and indirectly mastered most of the intelligence in Yangzhou, which was why Zhou Xuan praised them.

Zhou Xuan opened the Yangtze River power distribution map.

There are three factions in Yangzhou City, namely the Yangtze River Water Mansion, the Lian Family, and the Wuxia Dao.

The Yangtze River Water Mansion seems to be the power of King Chunjiang.

It has the Qinglong Club, a gang with tens of thousands of people, who controls Yangzhou's casinos, docks, water transportation, etc., and is the most powerful force in Yangzhou's black and white.

The Lian family is the family of Lian Hongyu.

Xuanji, the head coach of the family, is known as General Pingnan. He has a 1-strong Pingnan Army under his command, which belongs to the Lingnan Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, and his two sons also serve in the army.

Lianjia generally does not participate in the battles of other forces, and there are no other dependent forces under their subordinates, and most of their strength lies in the officials.

Wuxiadao is the most mysterious, without official power, but able to compete with the Yangtze River Water Palace and Lianjia.

There is the Changle Gang, a gang that is indistinguishable from the Qinglong Society, and its influence spreads throughout Yangzhou.

Wuxiadao is a cultivation sect just by its name, but few people have seen Wuxiadao make a move.

"How much do you know about Wuxia Dao?" Zhou Xuan asked.

Zhou Zhou thought for a while and said, "Wuxia Dao has temples all over Yangzhou, dedicated to Wuxia True Immortal. It is actually the same as ordinary temples. They claim to cure all diseases, have strong bodies, and believers can fly immortals instantly. That's probably it."

In short, it is very mysterious, believers and disciples of Wuxia Taoist disciples are also very low-key, and do not cause trouble.

In addition to these forces, there is also the concept of true immortals that Zhou Xuan most wants to know.

They have no power, and most of them live in seclusion in deep mountains and old forests.

In addition to the True Immortal Temple, there are Ghosts and Gods, Zhu You... these sects that do not participate in world affairs, or forces that live in seclusion in deep mountains and old forests.

There were also related families in other counties, Zhou Xuan didn't pay much attention to them.

This kind of family master is generally the highest in the concentration period, and the scope of influence is limited to one county, or several counties, just like Shenxiao Palace.

They have been operating in it for more than a hundred years, and it is like an iron barrel, and it is not easy for Zhou Xuan to insert it.

Zhou Xuan probably already understood the distribution of forces in Yangzhou, so he didn't know himself and the enemy, but it wasn't as dark as before.

Zhou Xuan closed the map, raised his head and said to Zhou Yi: "Is the character you are looking for ready?"

"Almost, there are eighteen people in total, and my subordinates have taken them to Zhou's house in Jiangnan County." Zhou Yi said.

"That's fine, let's review again. If the qualifications are good, send them up." Zhou Xuan said.

The Zhou family originally had 36 nursing homes, and Zhou Xuan wanted to add them to [-] planned this time.

These people will take pills and spells in the future to become the backbone of Shenxiao Palace.

That's what Zhou Xuan planned.

In the future, only a certain number of handymen and family members of the guards will be left on the mountain. These people are responsible for daily life and farming.

The rest of the idlers are taking care of other industries at Zhou's house under the mountain.

The foot of the mountain is called "Zhou Family", and the top of the mountain is "Shenxiao Palace".

Because it involved the secrets of Shenxiao Palace, Zhou Xuan controlled it very strictly.

To become a nursing home, first of all, you must be single under the age of 20, and you must be married after entering the Zhou family.

The second is filial piety to parents.

Again, no bad habits such as gambling.

Filial piety is taking care of the family, and taking care of the family will make them self-motivated, and they will be grateful because Zhou Xuan made their parents' lives better.

In this way, they have a "handle" in Zhou Xuan's hands.

Again, widows are not suitable for personal bodyguards.

Unsafe, no family bondage, easy to wave, easy to run when things happen.

All in all, the ability to bear is not enough. When encountering danger, the children of a good family will choose to fight hard because of their family members, or they will not dare to turn their backs on their masters and run away.

After Zhou Xuan set the tone, he immediately asked the people around him to leave first.

Zhou Xuan sat in the hall, closed his eyes and thought deeply.

The bardo period is very dangerous, Zhou Xuan has already felt it.

Sometimes inexplicably enter hallucinations, or be drawn into the spiritual world.

Of course, this situation does not happen all the time.

Zhou Xuan's symptoms will be relieved when he practiced, and this kind of thing will not happen for a while after the practice is completed.

This should be the protection of one's own body by the inheritance of spells, and it is also the reason why inheritance is so important.

In this world, masters above the bardo stage rarely show up.

Probably because of the need to practice, there is no way to take into account the outside world.

Zhou Xuan sat cross-legged on the futon, his eyes were slightly closed, and his mind gradually drifted into the distance.

Zhou Xuan came to a dark world.

There is a towering bridge in this world. The bridge has three colors, representing three kinds of inheritance.

Zhou Xuan's body was bright and crystal clear, and gradually floated above the sky, rushing out of the spiritual world.

Tiangang Zhenqi has a very powerful characteristic, that is, it can make oneself produce "heaven-human induction", and the soul rushes out of the body to practice.

Although it is difficult to walk freely, it can be regarded as a unique skill.

You must know that only in the Yinshen stage can the soul travel, but Zhou Xuan did this in the bardo stage.

Zhou Xuan came to the top of the sky, but the surroundings were still dark, and the black clouds were overwhelming the city, making people breathless.

This world is very interesting. Before Zhou Xuan meditated, the sky was bright and clear, but now it was covered by dark clouds.

Could it be that the soul and the body see things from different angles?
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In another place, a white-browed Taoist was flying above the sky.

His figure was translucent, and his body was covered with a piece of purple light, blocking all the wind and water from outside his body.

The white-browed Taoist was the old man in the True Immortal Temple back then, and also the master of the man in purple, Hua Yangzi, the master of the True Immortal Temple.

Hua Yangzi flew to the place where his apprentice was injured that day. After investigating during this time, he found that Zhou Xuan did have a deep relationship with King Chunjiang.

This time I came here to find out who Zhou Xuan was, and why he provoked the True Immortal Temple.

Come to the sky above the foot of Yuchan Mountain.

"What a strong momentum!" Hua Yangzi was startled.

In the induction of Hua Yangzi.

A circular wave centered on the sky above Yuchan Mountain and spread out in all directions.

Then the invisible power between heaven and earth gathered at the center.

The fluctuation was weak, but it gave Hua Yangzi an extremely dangerous feeling, like a spring thunder.

"who are you?"

Hua Yangzi flew into the sky and pushed away the clouds and mists. The scene in front of him made Hua Yangzi instantly alert.

A thunder god appeared in front of him.

The majestic thunder and lightning power lingers around the thunder god, as if wearing a layer of armor.

This god-man wears a nine-beam crown on his head, wears red clothes, and wears red shoes on his feet.

You can see that you are not an ordinary person.

Hua Yangzi seemed to have disturbed Shenren, Shenren opened his eyes, his eyes were like torches, and Shenren shouted: "Who is it?"

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