Two people came to the Tongxin meeting. One is their president and elder, named Nie Shuangting. He is in his forties, has long eyebrows and a smooth face. He is a handsome old man.
The other one is Third Elder Yu Gu, who is in his fifties, has dark complexion and a strong build, and looks a bit difficult to get along with.
These two people are both foundation-building monks. One has a six-level foundation and the other has a four-level foundation.
There are five foundation-building elders in the Tongxin Association, and Zhang Qianfan’s status in the association is the fourth elder.
Before going to the appointment, the young director went to the county to check the information. Only then did he realize that although the Rogue Alliance was suppressed, there were hundreds of thousands of Rogue Cultivators in the world. If they really wanted to form various mutual aid groups, the sect could not arbitrarily oppose them. Therefore, the sect will recognize those groups that keep their own rules and do not act recklessly and register them in the books.
There are no fewer than hundreds of such societies in the Xu Kingdom, but it is unknown how many of them secretly join the Disbanded Alliance.
For example, the Tongxinhui is an officially registered legal group, but it is also a secret member of the Disbanded Alliance.
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After the greetings were completed, Zhang Qianfan personally served the spiritual tea and sat down at the back.
As for Chen Ru, I don’t know whether it was due to low cultivation or insufficient level, so she did not attend.
After some pleasantries, President Nie first got to the point:
"After killing Qingye that day, I wonder how Master Yang reported to the sect?"
Yang Zhen understood the meaning of his question and said openly: "In the report to the sect, it was our master who used the talisman to kill the beast. Senior Brother Zhang couldn't stop him, so he had to protect himself."
"Good!" Nie Shuangting laughed: "Master Yang sympathizes with us. I will go up and down with one heart and remember it deeply."
Yang Zhen's report was equivalent to picking Zhang Qianfan out, so the president was very satisfied.
"However," Yang Zhen reminded: "Many people still know the true story of the battle."
"Oh, who are they?"
"First of all, it's our master's senior commander and senior sister. I won't hide it from them."
What he is talking about here is Shui Hong, Zixue and Zhao Yue'er. They all heard him tell them the details.
"Well," Nie Shuangting frowned slightly, but couldn't say anything, so he could only ask, "Who else is there?"
"Secondly, there were more than a dozen miners in the mine at that time, and they were also witnesses. In addition, although Senior Sister Chen, the Zhou brothers and sisters, and Lu Chengqi were in the spirit beast bag and did not witness it with their own eyes, we did not hide it from them afterwards. So they also know the real process.”
"How can you tell them the truth?" Yu Gu, who was standing beside him, suddenly changed his face and blurted out.
Yang Zhen's face suddenly darkened.
Yu Gu then remembered that Yang Zhen was not his disciple, so he turned around and scolded Zhang Qianfan.
Yang Zhen's face became increasingly ugly. Just as she was about to speak, Nie Shuangting waved her hand and said to Yu Gu:
"Okay, if you have anything to say, we'll talk about it later. Now that the matter is over, let's think about how to deal with the aftermath."
He looked at Yang Zhen with a troubled expression on his face:
"Master Yang, to be honest, our Tongxin Guild is weak, but the Disbanded Alliance Guild is huge. If they want to summon these disciples from my guild and ask about their experiences that day, I'm afraid, I'm afraid we won't be able to stop them."
"Do you think this is okay?" He suggested: "I heard from the fourth elder that Master Yang has a fiefdom in the southwest of the county. I wonder if it is possible to recruit these disciples and let them serve the master and break away from me. meeting."
What Yang Zhen is lacking now is manpower, so he very much welcomes this plan, but he still has some questions.
"Could it be that after being recruited by me, the Disbanded Alliance will not look for them?"
"For hundreds of years, the Sanmenghui has been adhering to one rule, which is not to confront people from the sect head-on." Nie Shuangting explained:
"Even if their people are caught or killed by the sect for committing crimes, they never retaliate. This may be the way for the Sanmenhui to survive. It is also the reason why the sect has suppressed them for so many years, but has never been able to do so. The reason for the deadly attack."
There is still such a thing! No wonder Shuihong and others didn't express any concern when they heard that he had killed Qingye.
However, if the Disbanded Alliance is really controlled by the Yin family, this seems to make more sense.
"Master Yang is the master of this county," Nie Shuangting continued: "Even if these people are hired by you personally, the Alliance Alliance will not provoke them easily. This is also a good thing for them."
"Okay!" For this reason, Yang Zhen no longer shied away and agreed immediately.
"Where's Senior Brother Zhang, will you join us too?"
"Well, Junior Brother Qianfan is the fourth elder of our society..." Nie Shuangting declined politely.
"Will the disbandment of the alliance summon Senior Brother Zhang?"
"Please rest assured, Master Yang," Nie Shuangting said with a smile, "Qianfan is the fourth elder of our Tongxin Association after all."
The implication is that even if the disbanded alliance calls for questioning, they will not use any underhanded tactics, so there is no risk.
Yang Zhen thought for a while and asked:
"What will happen if the disbanded alliance knows the truth one day?"
Nie Shuangting remained silent and his face became very ugly.
Yang Zhen knew it in her heart, and just in time to tell her the purpose of her visit.
"The fiefdom in the southwest of me has an area of no less than 3 million square meters. There are two second-level spiritual veins alone, and one is a second-level high-grade one. There are also several mines, spiritual mountains, and spiritual fields in the territory. Unfortunately, there is a lack of people to take care of it. If President Nie doesn't dislike it, would you like to bring your brothers in the association to work with me to govern this place? I will not treat you badly!"
Nie Shuangting's eyes lit up. In fact, he already knew about this from Zhang Qianfan before this, but he just couldn't take the initiative to ask. Now that Yang Zhen has proposed it herself, it is of course better.
"I wonder what the output of your land is like?" he asked with interest.
Yang Zhen had already done some research on this and had no intention of hiding her partner, so she immediately replied:
"The annual income of Chunan Town is roughly divided into three parts, one of which is the mine."
"Among them, the Lingshi Mine produces 50,000 spirit stones, and the town's income is 25,000; the other hematite fine gold, red thunder fine iron, Lieri Iron Mine, etc., are all in total, with an annual income of about 30,000."
"In addition, the Kongming Stone mine discovered this time is expected to produce 500,000 spiritual stones per year, of which the sect will return 100,000 spiritual stones to the town as a reward. The mining cost of this mine is not high, and the net profit should be 80,000 spiritual stones."
"The total income from minerals is estimated to be more than 180,000 yuan, of which the profit is no less than 110,000 yuan."
Nie Shuangting's eyes shone when he heard it, and Yu Gu also leaned his head over there, breathing rapidly and his face radiant.
"The second is the income from planting and breeding industries such as Lingshan, Lingtian, and Lingtang. I haven't checked this in detail. Referring to the Liang family's income last year, it was around 40,000 to 50,000 yuan, and the profit was about 10,000 yuan."
"The third one is the income from shops, caves, inns, markets and commerce. This item is also based on the Liang family's records last year. The profit is about 20,000."
"Total of the three items, the annual profit should be more than 140,000 spirit stones. However, the Kongming Stone Mine can only be mined for about 20 to 30 years. If this item is deducted, the annual profit is only 60,000, and a medium-sized building It’s almost the same as the Ki family.”
As Yang Zhen explained, her heart suddenly moved.
The sect does not seem to pay attention to the long-term flow of water like other minerals in this Kongming Stone Mine. It's just that we are fishing in such a dry lake, but we don't see many Kongming Stones on the market. Could it be that they are all stored by the sect? What are you going to do?
It's just that these issues are not something that a small shop owner like him should consider.
Nie Shuangting took a long breath and remained silent, seeming to weigh the pros and cons.
Over there, Yu Gu interjected: "Master Yang has entrusted Chunan Town to us to take care of. I wonder how many spiritual stones will be given to us per year?"
Yang Zhen smiled and said: "Third Elder, I am not handing over Chunan Town, but cooperating with everyone to manage it. As for the share, I dare to ask President Nie, how many people from Tongxin Club can join this town?"
Before Nie Shuangting could speak, Yu Gu said first: "I have more than a hundred brothers, including five foundation-building elders and more than thirty elite disciples in the late stage of Qi training. Master Yang, these powers can protect our place in Chunan Town. Peace, absolutely no problem, haha!”
Yang Zhen frowned slightly. The number of people there was 50% more than what he knew. It was unclear whether Yu Gu had made a false report or Zhang Qianfan was not clear about the situation during the meeting.
Moreover, with so many people coming, I'm afraid they will turn against the guests.
However, the world of cultivating immortals is not the secular world after all, and cultivation is the first priority. If I had the strength of Master Zifu, would I still be afraid of what kind of trouble these people would stir up?
"Okay," he said with a smile, stroking his hands, "If your association joins, our owner is willing to give 30% of the annual income as the brothers' salary. After the Kongming Stone Mine is mined, this ratio will be increased to 50%."
"If you have meritorious service, etc., the owner of this museum will give you other rewards, which is not the case here."
"In addition, the second-level high-grade spiritual veins and the nearby spiritual mountain will be taken out separately as a place for cultivation and nourishment for several elders."
A person in the sect who is in the advanced stage of qi training can receive a salary of up to one hundred spirit stones per year. He calculated it as two hundred per person here, and calculated it as one hundred for other mid- and early stages of Qi training, so it was thirteen thousand.
The annual salary of a foundation-building monk is about five to eight hundred in the early stage, and eight hundred to two thousand in the middle stage. Yang Zhen also doubled the salary, so it is fifteen thousand a year.
In total, the salary of one hundred people is less than 40,000 spirit stones. The 30% of 140,000 given by Yang Zhen should be enough. After the Kongming Stone Mine is mined, there will be 30,000 spirit stones every year, so they are not treated badly.
However, Yu Gu shook his head disdainfully.
"Eighty percent," he said in a strong tone: "Master Yang, as far as I know, you are also a commoner, and you should have few candidates under your command. This Chunan Town is equivalent to being managed by my brothers from the Tongxin Association. We only need 80%, and the rest You don't have to worry about anything, and you still get 20% of the profit every year, wouldn't it be nice?"
How can the account be calculated like this? If you commit crimes like the Liang family did, or even secretly mine Kongming Stone, I will be held responsible.
It is impossible for Yang Zhen to give up supervision of this land.
"No need," he waved his hand: "I can give up to 40% of the profit, or even 50% is not non-negotiable. However, I am looking for like-minded people to run this Chunan Town together, rather than handing it over to someone. Or an organization. In addition, I need to emphasize that if you join this town, all Tongxinhui disciples must remove their status as disciples in the society and join in their own name!"
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In the end, the two parties did not reach an agreement and broke up unhappy.
Yang Zhen walked out of the restaurant where they met, with Zhang Qianfan and Chen Ru following behind to see her off.
"Senior Brother Zhang, the door of Chunan Town will always be open to you." The young man smiled.
Zhang Qianfan sighed and did not answer.
Yang Zhen stayed in Wushui County for five days. During this period, she took Dou Manxiong to familiarize herself with the affairs of the museum, and she also took some friends to visit nearby mountains and rivers.
In addition, accompanied by Liu Rou, he went to the county government office to visit Magistrate Liu.
This old man has been an official in many places and has extensive knowledge. Yang Zhen had a good conversation with him and gained a better understanding of many people's livelihood and customs, and became more and more moved by the vastness of the world.
On May 5th, a two-story spaceship left the county and sped towards Chunan Town.
This second-level high-grade flying boat is very well maintained. If you go to the market to buy it, the price should be more than 50,000 yuan.
This is an item Yang Zhen just got. After sealing off the Liang family, the sect conducted an inventory of its property, and part of it was returned to Yang Zhen yesterday as needed for the daily operation and maintenance of the fiefdom.
A flying boat, several storage bags, magic weapons, blank tokens, jade slips, paper kites, defense arrays, etc., as well as 50,000 spirit stones, a total of 140,000 to 50,000 spirit stones, which made Yang Zhen feel happy again. One stroke.
Along with these things, there were about sixty Liang family monks.
After several days of trial at Zhenguo Palace, the Liang family monks received their final verdict.
Among them, the third elder Liang Chongjun, who lost an arm, and Liang Xingling were executed for participating in the murder of the resident disciple Jiang Cheng and several other crimes;
Liang Xingyun and Liang Xingsong, each with several murder cases in their hands and important figures in the Liang family, were also executed.
On the contrary, if the three elders, the patriarch, the first elder, and the second elder had built the foundation two years earlier, they would not have been able to escape the word "death". However, the demon clan is now short of people on the battlefield, and the foundation-building monks are still a fighting force. It would be a pity to kill them, so they were all sent to Hanzhou.
They will be used as death squads in Hanzhou, and they are completely incomparable with Zhu Liangcai's disciples who took the initiative to sign up.
It's not even as good as Fang Hong, a prisoner with a relatively light crime and someone behind his back.
Finally, these qi-training disciples with low cultivation levels and minor or serious crimes were handed over to Wushui County for processing.
Yang Zhen plans to select thirty disciples who have relatively serious crimes, deep anger, and no dependent children to mine the Lingshi Mine and the Kongming Stone Mine respectively.
Others were dispersed to various villages and spiritual fields, asking them to commit crimes and perform meritorious deeds. They agreed to be released home after the expiration of their term. They would also be given holidays if they behaved well.
With such an allocation, it suddenly felt like there was less money and fewer people, especially the children of the Liang family, who were familiar with the affairs around them and could get started quickly.
What is lacking now is the high-end combat power of foundation building.
In addition to these people on the flying boat, there were also Zhao Yue'er, Zhang Qianfan, Chen Ru, Tian Tiezhu and Chen Fugui.
Among them, Chen Fugui was the one who was urgently summoned from Yunzhou City by Yang Zhen after thinking about it for the past few days, preparing to appoint him as the mayor of Chunan Town to manage the affairs of the town.
In the business there, Geng Xiubao has been able to take charge of his own business after several years of experience.
Chen Fugui, Tian Tiezhu, and Old Man Qi, who had stayed locally and promised to serve him, were Yang Zhen's first managers in Chunan Town.
Two hours later, Feizhou arrived at Chunan Town.
