Chen Zhongbang was stunned, and no one on either side said anything. It wasn't until he saw Zhou Bai's sincere expression that he realized that the young man opposite him was serious.
When the hot tea in Zhou Bai's cup was almost finished, Chen Zhongbang finally asked: "Young Master Zhou has no title at the moment, right? Or have you inherited the title from your ancestors?"
He didn't even use the title "Zhou Sheng", because only scholars were admitted to the school. He was just polite before, but now he wants him to recognize the reality.
"No fame, no title." Zhou Bai slowly shook his head and replied.
Chen Zhongbang did not ridicule, but smiled brightly and said: "Then what is the basis? Master, recruiting retainers is not that simple."
The implication is simple, what capital do you have to recruit retainers now?
Even if he is as "broken" as he is, I'm afraid it won't work.
"It will be available tomorrow. Is the Bei'an County Examination Case in the 46th year of Xiangxing enough? If not, is it enough for Dingzhou Qiuwei Jieyuan?!" Zhou Bai stared at Chen Zhongbang and said word by word .
At this time, Zhou Bai looked calm and indifferent, but a closer look revealed the extremely confident look between his brows.
"This, you..."
The young man's energy actually frightened Chen Zhongbang for a moment. He couldn't tell whether Zhou Bai was a joking madman or whether the development of the matter was as he said.
"This is ten taels of silver. You can use it to subsidize your family. Sir, you have wasted nearly forty years. Maybe it's time to take a risk. You should think about your family as well as yourself." Zhou Bai took out a piece of official silver and placed it on the stone On the bench, he cast his gaze towards those broken houses.
Chen Zhongbang still didn't speak. He just looked at the dark sky in the distance, not knowing what he was thinking.
"I'll come back tomorrow, sir, so you can know my sincerity."
Zhou Bai turned around and left in an old-fashioned way, without any hesitation. He knew that no one could trust his actions like this.
However, just as they walked to the door, Chen Zhongbang spoke: "How did Mr. Zhou know about my talent? Do you trust me so much?"
Zhou Bai waved his hand back and gave him no reply.
When Zhou Bai's figure almost disappeared around the corner, Chen Zhongbang's slightly impatient voice came over again.
"Do you know that I am Lehu!"
Zhou Bai paused and responded in a long voice: "None of this is important."
The echoes echoed in the narrow alley, and Chen Zhongbang fell into deep thought for a moment.
Next, Zhou Bai went to several places one after another, all of which were famous and capable people in his previous life, but none of them were successfully recruited.
There is not even one as "gentle" as Chen Zhongbang, who is indifferent and full of sarcasm.
Because their conditions are much better than Chen Zhongbang, new candidates may not be able to recruit them.
But Zhou Bai was not discouraged, because Chen Zhongbang alone was worth all of them.
Of course, there is another "famous official" named Lin Ren in Bei'an County. He can also be recruited, and his talents are not weak.
However, Zhou Bai believed that Lin Ren was not a good minister and his character was flawed.
In his previous life, Sun Yucheng raised his troops in response to the robbery, found Lin Ren in the market, and trusted Jian Ba.
Within a year, he became Sun Yucheng's chief adviser, with a respected position and generous treatment. It can be said that Sun Yucheng was both his boss and his wise master.
With such kindness, you should do your best to stand with the master until the end, even if you don't even have to die.
However, when Sun Yucheng competed with other princes and suffered a huge defeat and lost his troops and territory, Lin Ren, the chief adviser, colluded with the rebellion, which led to Sun Yucheng's defeat and death.
If the disaster in the future is just the end of the dynasty's struggle for world supremacy, then Zhou Bai still has the confidence to control Lin Ren so that he has no chance to rebel.
But the catastrophe in my memory was not just a simple change of dynasty, but a great change that affected the entire world.
The turbulent waves come one after another. No matter how foresight and ability he has, he will inevitably encounter rough times.
What Zhou Bai needs is for the crew members on the ship to unite as one, to unite around him as the captain, and to have the courage and loyalty to fight against the wind and waves.
Lin Ren, there is no need for Zhou Bai, a great talent like this. If you accept him, it will be like setting a time bomb around you.
But Zhou Bai doesn't want it, so naturally there are people who are hungry for talents.
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The Sun family's mansion in the east of the city has high walls and red tiles, and a continuous courtyard that almost occupies an entire street. It can be seen that the heritage of the old county commander is general.
Sun Yucheng's residence is in the core area of the continuous courtyard, second only to the head of the family, his eldest brother and others.
As a successor candidate, he has considerable autonomy in the Sun family and can even mobilize the Sun family's resources for private affairs.
The scholar's reputation was secure, and in a few months it would be Qiu Wei. Seeing that he was about to get involved in family affairs, Sun Yucheng put the formation of a team on the agenda.
At the Tingshan Poetry Festival before the county examination, he received a magical elixir given by the mountain god. According to the records of the elixir collected by his family, it turned out to be the very precious main ingredient of the Metamorphosis Pill.
If he goes to supply the emperor, he will definitely get a reward, whether it is helping the ministers supported by the family to go further, or he himself seeks a lieutenant title below the fifth rank.
Or maybe he wants to train Taoist priests who are loyal to him and trade them with the sect, in exchange for spiritual objects such as the Mortal Transformation Pill and the Taoist Treasure Medicine.
Sun Yucheng did not forget the reason why he obtained the elixir, the old Taoist priest who gave him the opportunity in Tingshan.
So he sent a large number of his men to search every corner of the city. The old Taoist priest may have known that Sun Yucheng was looking for him, but before the Sun family's servants could find him, he took the initiative to visit him.
The two got straight to the point. Sun Yucheng wanted to recruit him as a private worshiper, while the old Taoist priest proposed a corresponding remuneration.
His goal was the elixir that Sun Yucheng had just obtained, the main ingredient of the Mortal Transformation Pill, and the Mortal Transformation Pill that countless magic-condensing monks flocked to was made from it.
This elixir can attract at least four or five Dharma Condensation monks to its use, not to mention the temptation of being knighted by the imperial court.
However, Sun Yucheng was worthy of being a heroic person who could raise an army and build a palace with his concubine and his legitimate son. When he heard the old Taoist priest's condition, he agreed without even thinking about it.
In his opinion, without experience, he has no part in the chance of elixir, and now it is just a business without capital.
The old Taoist priest is called Bu Yuanzi. He is now a casual cultivator, but he has an inheritance. He still remembers that he was taught by his master when he was young, and he preached and received the vocation.
Later, the master's life span was exhausted and he died, leaving only the inheritance of yin and yang divination and a secret. The ancestor of their lineage had explored the dragon energy in the north.
Although the dragon veins were not determined in the end, several hidden dragon auras were captured, and traces of one of them were found, which should be in the Sun family of Bei'an County.
When Bu Yuanzi was young, he never thought about such things as supporting the dragon. In his opinion, it was asking for death.
But as he stumbled through the years of monasticism, he found that there seemed to be no way out for casual cultivators, and immortality in monasticism was just a bubble in the water.
So he turned to study the art of divination, and now he can be said to be proficient in it.
He is about to run out of life and is determined to die. Whether he can help the dragon or not depends on God's will.
Therefore, he calculated the opportunity in Tingshan and told Sun Yucheng that he was just waiting for the "Qianlong"'s decision.
If he was given the hope of transcending the world, he would help him. If not, he would find an apprentice to live out his remaining days.
Bu Yuanzi has never found out how much dragon energy there is in these years.
