Chronicles of Celestial Origins

In the meeting hall, several stewards gathered together. Former deputy captain Jiang Cheng was promoted to the position of team inspector, former steward Ji Yunfei was promoted to deputy captain of the coalition, and steward Zhang Chang were all old acquaintances.

There was only one burly man named Luo Mingyue, who was the newly transferred steward.

A few people were chatting and laughing. On the first day after Tang Ning took office, he convened all the managers for a meeting. There was no main content to talk about. They just chatted and talked about their respective experiences in Yuanxian County after the First World War.

After that, newly recruited monks from various forces from various places joined the alliance. About half a year later, all the lost troops of the alliance had been replenished.

On this day, Tang Ning was practicing with her eyes closed in the cave she built. Footsteps sounded outside, and then there was a knock on the door. A man came in from outside and saluted: "Master, uncle, there is a monk from Yang Xiu who wants to see you. He said that he was ordered by the column to invite you to discuss matters."

The speaker's surname was Xue Mingjian, a monk under the ninth regiment. He was also a disciple of the Taixuan Sect. He was a disciple of the fourth regiment of Xuantang City, so Tang Ning transferred him to his side.

Hearing these words, he nodded, stood up and left the cave. Outside stood a man with a leopard head and ape arms. He bowed to him and saluted: "Senior Tang, I, under the order of Senior Dong, please go to the column meeting hall as soon as possible."

"Okay." Tang Ning responded without asking any further questions. She quickly arrived at the meeting hall, where all the managers of the column were already seated. The person in charge of the column was Dong Cheng, the head of the column.

He stepped forward and saluted his head, then stepped down and took a seat behind the steward. As time went by, several more captains came in from outside.

"Everyone is here. We are convening a meeting today. There is a mission issued by the legion for our headquarters to complete. Since all the sects and aristocratic families in Yuanxian County have evacuated, the resource jurisdiction of each city is vacant. Now that the war has stopped, the coalition forces The teams in each garrison are ordered to start mining the spiritual mineral resources in various jurisdictions, and the coalition funds have been increased," Dong Cheng said.

"We are now making the following arrangements for each department. I will lead the directly affiliated unit to be responsible for the resource extraction in the city and Pan'anting, Bian Xuanting, and Yulu Pavilion. Zhuang Daoyou will lead the first unit to be responsible for the mining of spiritual minerals in Qiuyue Pavilion, Changshan Pavilion, and Guangling Pavilion."

"Yu Daoyou leads the second regiment to be responsible for the mining of spiritual minerals in Jiuyuan Pavilion, Nanyang Pavilion, and Mingxi Pavilion."

"Liang Daoyou leads the third regiment to be responsible for the mining of Chong'anting, Mingfengting, and Baoanting Ziling mines."

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After the discussion, everyone left the main hall. Tang Ning returned to the headquarters unit and ordered the monks on duty to summon Inspector Jiang Cheng and Deputy Captain Ji Yunfei first.

Not long after, Jiang Cheng came in from the outside first and said, "Senior Brother Tang, what's the matter?"

"Just now, the column discussed matters and conveyed the order for the headquarters to be stationed in Yongjiating, Xinfengting, and Linxuanting, and be responsible for exploiting the resource areas there to provide funds for the coalition forces."

Jiang Cheng's expression changed, and a hint of joy flashed through his eyes. Exploiting resources was a very fat job.

Nowadays, all the resource areas under the jurisdiction of Ting City are ownerless lands. Even though the mining order has just been issued, in fact, the senior management of the column has already sent people to various high-level resource areas to secretly mine spiritual mineral resources. Three top-quality resources in Qianyue City In the Ling Mine, hundreds of people are digging for Ling Stones around the clock every day. This matter is an open secret within the column.

During this period of time, the senior management of the column have made a lot of money in their pockets. Ships of spiritual stones were transported back and forth at five to five o'clock the next day. They were all collected privately by people from the column. Now everyone can finally follow suit. Ordered soup.

"Then when shall we set off?"

"We have to wait for the order from the column. The column has sent Uncle Mao Yuan to take charge of the headquarters. I want us to visit together later."

"Oh!" Hearing this, Jiang Cheng nodded calmly and immediately understood the deep meaning here.

The column dispatched Mao Yuan to direct the excavation. There is no doubt that from now on, the income from the resources under the jurisdiction of the three Tingcheng cities will fall into his hands and be controlled and distributed by him.

In other words, the United Team can only take some leaks from him, and he will definitely take the majority.

There are thirty pavilion cities under Qianyue City. Each regiment is responsible for the resource jurisdiction of three pavilion cities. Each column steward is in charge of a regiment. In fact, each column steward is allocated the three pavilion cities to which it belongs. Resource jurisdiction.

On the surface, it seems to be evenly distributed, but in fact, due to the different resources in each pavilion city, the income gap is very large.

For example, Qianyue City's three top-grade spiritual mines are located in the city, Qiuyue Pavilion and Jiuyuan Pavilion, and these three places are jointly led by column leader Dong Cheng, inspector Zhuang Qiusheng, and deputy captain Yu Mian respectively. Each team takes one.

Other stewards can only go to Tingcheng, which has relatively poor resources. The difference in income between them is not even a tiny bit.

At this time, Ji Yunfei also came in from the outside and took his seat after inspecting the head. Tang Ning then repeated the matter again: "This department is responsible for the mining of three pavilion cities. What I mean is that I lead the directly affiliated regiment and the first and second brigade. I’m in charge of Yongjia Pavilion, Daoyou Jiang is in charge of the 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th regiments in Xinfeng Pavilion, and Daoyou Ji is in charge of the 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th regiments in Linxuan Pavilion. How about the two of them?”

Jiang Cheng and Ji Yunfei looked at each other and nodded. The resource areas under the jurisdiction of these three Ting cities were not much different. At most, they were only one or two high-grade spiritual mines apart.

"Where are the other fellow Taoists in this department? Where are they going?" Ji Yunfei asked.

"Junior Brother Zhang and Junior Brother Luo will stay in Yongjiating Pavilion, Daoyou Zhong and Daoyou Xia will go to Xinfeng Pavilion, and the others will go to Linxuan Pavilion."

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The three of them discussed for a while, then left the main hall together and came to a cave. Tangning turned it over in her hand and handed the talisman inside. She was quickly led into the inner room. Not long after waiting in the living room, a lying silkworm appeared. Eyebrow, a middle-aged man with red phoenix eyes came in from outside. It was Mao Yuan, the column manager.

The three of them all stood up and saluted. Mao Yuan walked to the main seat and waved his hand: "No need to be polite, just sit down! You came just in time. You all know the order of the column. What do you think?"

Tang Ning replied: "Disciple, I am here just to seek my uncle's opinion. What are your orders?"

"The column entrusts us with the responsibility of Yongjiating, Xinfengting, and Linxuanting, so we have to complete our mission wholeheartedly. With more than a thousand people in the regiment facing the resources of the three pavilions, there must be a shortage of manpower. Others Don’t worry about it for now, just keep the high-grade spiritual mines in Santing City.”

"Yes, the disciples and others have just discussed it. The disciple will lead the direct regiment and the first and second brigades to be responsible for Yongjiating. Fellow Daoist Jiang will lead the third, fourth, fifth and sixth regiments to be responsible for Xinfeng Pavilion. Fellow Daoist Ji will lead the seventh and second brigades. The eighth, ninth, and tenth are in charge of Linxuan Pavilion. I wonder what your uncle’s wishes are?”

"There is no problem for the three of you to each be responsible for a pavilion city, but the progress of resource extraction must comply with the specifications of the coalition forces. You cannot deceive the superiors and subordinates, and frame me for injustice. If you speed up the mining progress in private, you will be found out by the column and the legion. , I, the person in charge, will be implicated.”

"This is natural. With Uncle Master sitting in charge, no one dares to deceive others."

"I checked and found that there are five high-grade spiritual mines in Yongjiating, four each in Xinfeng Pavilion and Linxuan Pavilion. There are thirteen high-grade spiritual mines in total. The rest of the medium-grade and low-grade spiritual mines are left alone. Don't you have ten managers? In this way, each person is responsible for one spiritual mine. I will assign another person to take charge of the remaining three spiritual mines. In addition, I will arrange a similar supervisor in the spiritual mine that each of you is responsible for to count the daily mining. The number of spiritual stones.”

After hearing this, Tang Ning and the other three couldn't help but look at each other. Mao Yuan's words seemed to mean that he was going to sideline a few people and directly arrange for each person to manage a spiritual mine, and also place a supervisor next to each person. Wouldn't that be true? , in the future, the personnel arranged by him will have the final say on all matters related to mining of spirit mines.

"What, do you have any objections?"

"Oh! No, the disciples and others have absolutely no objections. I wonder who Uncle Master will send as the supervisor of the spiritual mine." People had to bow their heads under the eaves. The column appointed Mao Yuan to command the Ninth Regiment and be fully responsible for the mining of the spiritual mine. All matters Naturally, he has the final say.

"You don't have to worry about it. Anyway, I will arrange the corresponding personnel when the time comes."

"Yes." Tangning had no choice but to respond. Seeing that he didn't say a word, she stood up and said, "The disciple will leave first."

Mao Yuan nodded, and the three of them left the cave.

"Senior Mao, what do you mean by this? Send personnel to each spiritual mine to act as supervisors. Don't we still have to listen to the supervisors' orders?" Jiang Cheng looked unhappy and couldn't help but say.

Tangning was speechless and just shook her head.

After returning to the meeting hall, he ordered all the stewards and captains of each brigade to come to discuss the matter. In less than a quarter of an hour, everyone had arrived.

He truthfully relayed the appointment issued by the column, and everyone looked happy after hearing this.

When the discussion was over and everyone stood up and filed out, Jiang Cheng still sat motionless. Seeing this, Tang Ning knew that he must have something to say.

Sure enough, after seeing everyone leaving, he heard him say: "Fellow Taoist Tang, what Senior Mao just said seems to have a profound meaning, what do you think?"

"What does Fellow Daoist Jiang mean?" Tang Ning asked calmly.

"Then let me be blunt. By placing supervisors in front of us, Senior Mao has made it clear that he does not trust us. He wants to send his own confidants to replace us, and wants to take full control of the spiritual mines of Yongjiating, Xinfengting, and Linxuanting. Resources. Please forgive me. Although Senior Mao is in charge of the column and is designated by the column to be fully responsible for the mining of spiritual minerals, the coalition forces have corresponding rules and regulations. If he acts so arrogantly, I am afraid that the brothers below will not accept it and cause trouble. I'm afraid it won't end well."

Jiang Chengnai is a disciple of the Jiang family, and Mao Yuan is a disciple of the Taixuan Sect. Although they have different levels of cultivation and different positions, they do not belong to the same faction. Compared to Tang Ning, he has fewer worries and therefore speaks more directly. .

Tangning naturally understood the implication. If Mao Yuan blocked the world with one hand and pocketed all the profits from the mining of the spirit mine, he would not cooperate.

As he said, the coalition forces have their own rules and regulations. Although Mao Yuan is better than him in cultivation and has a higher position than him, he cannot do whatever he wants. Without his cooperation as the coalition inspector, many things cannot be done, let alone within the coalition. Many Jiang family monks always looked up to him.

For example, the mining of spiritual minerals, in the final analysis, still relies on the efforts of everyone in the alliance. Mao Yuan can't mine the spiritual stones himself!

"I understand what you mean. I will ask Uncle Mao later to see his attitude."

"You are all disciples of Taixuan Sect, so it is easier to speak. Then I will just wait for the good news." Jiang Cheng said, stood up and left.