Evergreen Immortal.

"You have to pay taxes once in summer and autumn every year. Although you don't have any land for the time being, you still need to pay taxes. Considering that you are over 70 and have no children at home, you can be exempted from corvée."

"You need to come here every year to report. If you don't report in one year, it will be considered as expulsion."

The clerk reminded him emphatically.

Li Rui is already 70 years old and may die at any time.

So he needs to report here frequently. If he doesn't come here one year, the household office will assume that Li Rui is dead.

Otherwise, according to the level of ancient technology, there is no way to determine the population situation.

"Thank you, young man."

Li Rui bowed.

If it weren't for Ma Dianshi's kindness, the clerk would certainly not have given so many suggestions.

Leaving the county government.

Li Rui went to the dental shop again.

He rented a small house of only ten feet in radius in Dongcheng at the price of one tael of silver a year.

Since then, he finally has a home in Qinghe.

After redeeming himself, there are more things to consider.

When I was a slave in the Zhu family before, I didn't need to consider paying taxes or anything else. I just had to work hard. But now I have to consider a lot more.

"Let's live in the city first."

"Fortunately, I still have thirty taels of silver, enough to last for half a year, but I still have to find a way to make money."

He is now a martial artist of the first rank, and he spends money like water.

No matter how rich the family is, it can't afford to sit back and eat.

Time passed day by day.

Without a knife, Li Rui had to use a wooden stick as a knife to practice the White Ape Sword Technique.

With the blessing of martial bones and breathing methods, the speed of progress is frighteningly fast.

In just half a month.

He reached the stone skin intermediate training, and perhaps in less than a year, he can break through to the eighth rank.

If those geniuses knew this speed, they would probably vomit three liters of blood.

No matter how talented the monster is, it pales in comparison with Li Rui.

Although he is already seventy.

During this period, Wang Zhao and Yang Yong also came several times.

Since Li Rui left the Zhu family, the master of the Zhu family seemed to have changed his personality. When Zhu Lie threatened Wang Zhao to borrow a horse, he scolded him.

With Zhu Ping, the head of the Zhu family, Wang Zhao's life became much more comfortable.

Li Rui was completely relieved.

One day.

Li Rui was practicing sword at home as usual.

Suddenly there was a knock on the door.

When he opened the door, he thought it was Wang Zhao or Yang Yong again, but it turned out to be Wu Tu.

Uninvited guest!

Wu Tu still smiled heartily: "Brother, your body is still so strong. You didn't tell me that you were decertified, which made it difficult for me to find you."

Li Rui: "It's a small matter, don't worry about it, Wu."

Wu Tu's eyes flashed with surprise.

"Become stronger again?!"

In just one month, the old man in front of him made him feel much stronger, even making him feel afraid.

"Is there anything wrong, Boss Wu?"

Wu Tu laughed: "As soon as I heard that my elder brother had been stripped of his membership, I immediately brought good news."

"Good news?"

"I wonder if my elder brother has heard of the Tiandi League?"

Tiandi League!

Li Rui's pupils shrank slightly when he heard these three words.

Seeing Li Rui's reaction, Wu Tu continued: "There is a saying in the Qinghe Jianghu that there are one alliance, two gangs, and three families. Some time ago, several leaders of the Dark Eight Gates joined the Tiandi League. I thought, how can such a good thing be missed, elder brother, so I came to tell you."

Li Rui certainly knew what the one alliance, two gangs, and three families Wu Tu was talking about were.

These are the strongest forces in several nearby counties.

Even the county magistrate would have to avoid them.

This alliance refers to the Tiandi League, the two gangs are the Blood Tiger Gang and the Broken Knife Gang, and the three families are the Zhang, Wang, and Zhao families.

Yes, there is no Zhu family. Compared with those three families, the Zhu family is not qualified at all.

The word "Tiandi League" has already highlighted its nature.

According to legend, it was founded by three martial arts masters, and then it grew rapidly by absorbing martial arts masters from several counties south of Anning Prefecture. It was in full swing. Before, it was only heard of in neighboring counties.

I didn't expect that Tiandi League would reach Qinghe so quickly.

Since they want to recruit people.

In addition to martial arts halls and escort agencies, the most brave and aggressive martial artists are the Anbamen.

And coincidentally, one of the three people who founded Tiandi League happened to be from the Anbamen, so as long as he was willing to quit, Tiandi League would accept him.

It was reasonable for Wu Tu to join Tiandi League.

Unlike the Anbamen, which was not allowed to see the light, Tiandi League was a sect officially registered by the court.

It was true that Yu State was founded on martial arts.

But the territory was too vast, with tens of thousands of miles of mountains and rivers, and the court alone could not manage it.

As a last resort.

Local governments often rely on local forces to help manage.

For someone like Wu Tu, once he joins the Tiandi League, it is equivalent to being cleansed, and he can enter and leave the gate of the county government with dignity in the future, and no one will bother him.

Li Rui was somewhat tempted by what Wu Tu said.

Originally, he wanted to participate in the military examination and obtain a title.

But the college examination is held every three years, and it just ended last year. The next one will have to wait for another three years. Of course, he can't just sit back and eat all the money in three years. Joining the Tiandi League is a good way.

The Tiandi League has just infiltrated Qinghe, and it is just when it is short of people.

Joining now may even get a good job.

Moreover, not everyone can join the Tiandi League. Either they are already famous in the local area, or someone recommends them.

Wu Tu belongs to the former.

As a person who has just left the country, he must be recommended by someone if he wants to join the Tiandi League.

Li Rui has made a decision in his heart, and said with a fist:

"You can't ask Brother Wu to do the three visits to the thatched cottage, so I'd rather obey your order."

Hearing Li Rui agree.

Wu Tu was overjoyed.

Just as Li Rui thought, the Tiandi League had just arrived in Qinghe and was in urgent need of people.

Li Rui was a strong man of the first rank.

By pulling Li Rui into the Tiandi League, Wu Tu could not only record a credit, but also get rewards, otherwise why would he be so active.

"Don't worry, brother, I will definitely get a good job."

Wu Tu patted his chest loudly.

Now that the Qinghe branch of the Tiandi League has just been established, the other leaders of the Dark Eight Gates are secretly working hard to stuff people into the Tiandi League.

The principle of strength in numbers works everywhere.

The more people you have, the more say you have in the Tiandi League.

The imperial court has the saying of gratitude to teachers and friendship, and the martial arts world is actually similar.

The people he introduced are half of his own people.

If his own people can hold important positions, it will be much easier to do things in the future.

Wu Tu really wanted to find an important position for Li Rui, so that he could also use it to get promoted.

Immediately, he smiled and said, "I practiced Eagle Claw Kung Fu, and my eyesight is not bad. I happened to see that my brother had entered the rank. If I tell this to the Tiandi League, I can at least be a deacon, and I can get a monthly salary of ten taels, while ordinary disciples can only get one tael."

Li Rui raised his eyebrows slightly.

Wu Tu actually has such a skill.

He pondered for a while, and then nodded, "Then I'll trouble you, brother Wu."

Now he has reached the level of training in the stone skin, and he has a white ape sword on his body. His strength is far better than that of ordinary martial artists. He can defend himself even if he is exposed, and the gap between a deacon and an ordinary disciple is too big.

Martial artists with good eyesight like Wu Tu will definitely be encountered again in the future, and it will not be hidden for long.

It is better to take this opportunity to show four points.