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Arriving at the main hall, Li Ke handed the drawings to Yue Buqun, but seeing his master who was still worried about gains and losses, he still chose to be stronger.

After all, if Yue Buqun doesn't show absolute strength and let him be the driver, God knows where the road will go.

However, Li Ke planned to ask Yue Buqun some more questions.

So, after handing the drawings to Yue Buqun, who was obviously absent-minded, Li Ke asked.

"Master, I'm actually quite curious, what do other sects do for a living? And how did the Songshan sect rise?"

He has long been concerned about this, because in the original work, these sects seem to be very short of money, but they don't seem to be very short of money, and they engage in political activities every day.

Even the Taishan Sect has gotten involved, which is actually a big problem.

The Taishan Sect occupies Mount Tai, which is a famous palace in the imperial court. Strictly speaking, the Taishan Sect's status is quite transcendent. There is nothing to do with other people from the Five Mountains Sword Sect.

No matter what, the status should be above Wudang and Shaolin. What are the rules of the world if you have nothing to do?

Moreover, the rise of the Songshan Sect is simply inexplicable. With Shaolin here, it is actually possible for the Songshan Sect to rise. It is simply ridiculous.

"Well... let me tell you about it."

Yue Buqun was stunned for a moment. Although he didn't know what his immortal apprentice was asking him for, he still spoke out.

"The reason why the Songshan Sect was able to rise was because Zuo Lengchan once helped the hero Shao Fangshao. This man once helped Xu Jie to recover. He was a first-class hero and righteous man in the Ming Dynasty. Because of this, the Songshan Sect gained some Under the protection of Mr. Xu Ge, he knew some official figures, and even recruited many retired soldiers to practice martial arts in the mountains. Because of this, most of the Songshan School's swordsmanship is as majestic as a golden sword and an iron horse. It is also because of this that the Shaolin Temple is unique. They were willing to give up part of the tenants' land so that the Songshan Sect could make a lot of money. Therefore, the Songshan Sect and the Shaolin Temple often had conflicts. Just because of the fight for water, Shaolin and Songshan suffered many casualties, let alone the fight for the tenants' land. , and the matter of population slavery.”

Yue Buqun paused for a moment before continuing to speak.

"In the past, I wanted to let you understand good and evil, and I was afraid that you would be ignorant and cause trouble, so I didn't explain it clearly to you...like the martial arts sect, the first-class martial arts sect, like the Huashan and Taishan sects in the past. , all rely on collecting land rent to maintain their operations, but the Taishan sect is different. Although they rely on the court to handle affairs, the previous generations of Taishan sect leaders were extravagant and extravagant, and they lost a lot of the sect's industry through gambling. I have to recruit disciples to fill the official deficit, and usually sell some Taoist priests' certificates to maintain their reputation."

"As for the Hengshan sect, the main business methods are tea, Hunan embroidery, and Hunan lotus seeds, plus collecting land rent and so on, while the Hengshan sect's nun temple, well... they also rely on land for revenue, but There are also knitting nuns, treating infertility... well, the revenue is pretty good, plus the adoption of orphans and widows, and some nuns and lay people, the income is pretty good."

Treating infertility…

The corner of Li Ke's mouth twitched. What other methods can be used to treat infertility these days? Just say surrogacy.

But obviously, a disciple like Yilin would never treat people for infertility. Most of those who do this are outer sects of the Hengshan sect, or disciples who have no martial arts practice.

"Oh, by the way, the reason why the Five Poison Sect in Yunnan is a cult is not only because they support the demon sect and use a large number of poisonous insects to attack, but also because they want to do business on their own and come to the Central Plains to buy food, cloth, salt and iron. , but it was not tolerated by the government and various forces, so it killed innocent people indiscriminately, and it has become a cult since the previous generation. "

Yue Buqun said this and picked up a cup of tea. He wanted to see Li Ke's reaction to these things.

These are the secrets of the sect. In the past, he planned to wait until Linghu Chong became more stable and then teach the two of them together, but now it seems that it is no longer necessary.

The corners of Li Ke's mouth twitched, and then he asked.

"Then the Sun Moon God Sect is not smuggling salt and iron through sea trade, right?"

Yue Buqun laughed.

"Who in the martial arts sect dares to have the idea of ​​salt and iron? Don't look at the various Cao Gang and Salt Gang people who are polite to us because they know that the people behind them will not provoke us martial arts people for their sake. But if the Sun and Moon Demon Sect dares to interfere with salt and iron, the army will arrive in an instant! They just occupy some small silver mines and a few sea trade roads. I heard that they are not familiar with the Japanese pirates and often smuggle them! Some things are going outside. However, we are not doing well. When the Sun and Moon Demon Sect wanted to attack us, they wanted to seize the trade routes and land of our Five Mountains Sword Sect so as to strengthen their own power and compete with those aristocratic families. profit."

Li Ke nodded, he understood.

To put it bluntly, these martial arts sects are still fighting for money. What the Huashan sect wants to regain its prestige is money.

The Wuyue Sword Sect controls a large amount of land and trade routes, and will not be taken too seriously. As long as the Wuyue Sword Sect is defeated and surrendered, a large amount of benefits can be obtained.

To put it simply, what Ren Woxing wants to do is to knock down the Shaolin Temple, and then tell the abbot that the incense money will be divided 50-50 in the future.

"That's it..."

Li Ke knew what he was going to do.

To put it simply, it’s about making money.

Since the Five Mountains Sword Sect has money, then let the Five Mountains Sect merge. However, in order to avoid some problems caused by the merger of the Five Mountains, he still needs some operations.

"Then Master, are you ready to be the leader of the Five Mountains Alliance?"

Li Ke raised his hands and asked.

"This...if the Songshan Sect hadn't taken the lead, I'm afraid it would be very difficult to accomplish this, and the imperial court would be furious."

With Li Ke here, Yue Buqun did not doubt that the merger of the five mountains would be successful, but it was not certain what the court thought.

The Songshan sect has Xu Jie as a backer, but they don't.

"This is easy to handle, just keep the court busy."

Yue Buqun was a little stunned. He couldn't understand his disciple's words.

But what Li Ke said next made Yue Buqun stunned.

"As long as His Majesty the Emperor lifts the sea ban, I don't think Mr. Xu Jie, Xu Ge, and the Dukes of the imperial court will have time to cause trouble in the world."

Li Ke smiled slightly. He knew the Ming Dynasty quite well. Since the Five Mountains Sword Sect relied on industry to make a living, then the Jiajing Emperor probably did not know a thing at all, just like in history.

That is, Japan really has a lot of gold and silver mines!