Lord of Puro

Chapter 718 Profit!

In the early morning, Xiaoyaowu was quiet. The guests had all left, the dancers had all gone home, and the artists had all fallen asleep.

The peddler entered Li Banfeng's house through the window, and Li Banfeng was waiting inside the house.

"I wanted to help you collect the melon seeds, but something urgent happened, so you have to go collect them by yourself," the peddler gave Li Banfeng a map, a box of cooling oil and seven packets of resurrection soup. "Put the cooling oil on your eyes, and you can see where the sunflowers are. The map says it clearly, you will definitely be able to find them."

Li Banfeng collected the map and medicine bag and asked, "What urgent matter have you encountered?"

The peddler looked at Li Banfeng's condition and said, "Don't worry about this matter for now. Take care of your own affairs first."

Li Banfeng looked at the map and asked, "So many places?"

"Didn't I tell you that there are many people who remember you?"

Li Banfeng also saw two place names that were not on the map, only text descriptions: "Is there one in this place too?"

"Yes! These two places are very important. You must go there."

Li Banfeng was still puzzled: "Who did you ask to plant sunflowers in this place?"

"I have a spy in that place. From today on, you have to eat a dose of soul-restoring soup every day." The peddler said nothing more and left in a hurry.

He has to take one dose a day, which proves that Li Banfeng’s condition is even more dangerous.

Li Banfeng took the map and began to look for sunflowers.

The sunflowers in Lan Yang Village grew into a statue of a man in black chopping people with a knife. The people here are still simple and honest, and their impression of Li Qi has never changed.

There is a half-god statue in Zhengjing Village, one of which is fully grown and the other half is not quite there yet. It looks like a man in black shooting people with a gun.

Li Banfeng was very dissatisfied. He had spent so much effort in running Zhengjing Village, and this was the only image left?

There are eight statues of gods in Sheqiao Village.

Every time Li Banfeng rescued three people, he settled them in Sheqiao Village. There are now more than 10,000 people living in Sheqiao Village.

Is this place even more popular than Daoguiling?
The statue in Sheqiao Village is very interesting. It is a man in black, wearing a top hat, driving a train.

Most of the popularity of Qiqiu City also comes from the three-headed man, but the statue is obviously different from that in Sheqiao Village. Li Banfeng is standing in front of a wooden house, seemingly guarding the house.

Although there were less than 3,300 people living in Qiqiu City, Li Banfeng collected five statues from Qiqiu City.

There is a demigod statue in Qingyan City, which depicts Li Banfeng holding a child.

There is a statue in Wumian Town, which depicts Li Banfeng hugging a pillow. Ever since Li Banfeng became the local god, people here can sleep properly.

Six statues were collected from Haichiling; before the temple fair, the popularity of the Seventh Lord was limited, so five statues came from the Seventh Lord Temples in various villages, and one came from Erdaoling. There was only half a statue from Toudaoling, and it had not yet fully grown.

The statues in Santoucha are more scattered, but their number is astonishing. Li Banfeng found a total of sixteen statues.

These statues have different shapes, but most of them have three heads. The three-headed people are hoping that Li Qi will rescue them, but they don’t know what Li Qi looks like.

One of the statues is very special, showing Li Banfeng dancing while holding a basket.

This statue came from Baishun County. The peddler took the statue back in advance and hid it on a deserted island in the underground city of Haishi.

Seeing this statue, Li Banfeng felt a little ashamed. What he had done for Baishun County was far from what Baishun County had paid for.

There are also Huangtu Bridge, Baihuazhuang, Soda Kiln... There are indeed many places where I remember Li Qi.

……

Li Banfeng collected the statues of gods from all over the place one by one, and after taking in the popularity, he made a rough estimate that it was about 50%.

The good news is that popularity has been collected by nearly half.

The question is where to find the remaining half?
Hong Ying thought it was no big deal: "Didn't the peddler give a lot of soul-restoring soup? My husband, drink it first, and when you have enough for half a month, go and collect some more people, and then you'll have enough, right?"

Zhao Xiaowan picked up the stick and hit him twice: "If you don't know how to count, don't come here to make trouble. The peddler said that you should take one dose a day. There are only seven doses here. How can it last more than half a month?"

Moreover, this small portion of popularity also includes the ones that Li Banfeng attracted from various local seals. These local seals cannot accumulate much popularity in a short period of time.

Hong Ying rubbed it for a long time, pouted and said, "The peddler is so stingy. He didn't even give me a little more of this medicine."

The Ninth Girl poked Hong Ying's waist, signaling her to stop talking.

The peddler gave seven days' worth of medicine, and the meaning was obvious. If the promotion was not completed within seven days, the soul-restoring soup would probably be useless.

There are two places on the map that have no locations marked, only text descriptions.

The first place was Kucai Village. He really didn't want to go to this place, but now he had no choice but to choose.

Li Banfeng gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, I'll go to Kucai Village!"

The record player looked at the map and said, "There is one last place. When will my husband go there?"

Li Banfeng held his legs and tried his best to control his trembling: "I have already made an appointment. I will go there last. I must be promoted when I go there."

Walking to the edge of Kucai Village, Li Banfeng took a deep breath and murmured to himself: "Mother-in-law, let's discuss something. You can give me some blessings, so I don't have to train you."

……

The bitter old woman looked at the desolate land and said to He Jiaqing, "All the thirteen plots of land belong to you?"

He Jiaqing took out the deed and said, "This is signed by Shu Wanjuan."

After reading the deed, the bitter old woman exclaimed: "Good boy, you did a great job getting a deed from this old man!"

He Jiaqing looked around and said, "We still have to find a way to manage the territory. I counted the number of people in the Brotherhood Alliance, and we are still short of a lot."

The bitter old lady also knew that manpower was a big problem: "I'll help you think of a solution for this matter. You choose the right time to go to Neizhou and get all the deeds of these land boundaries back."

He Jiaqing said: "We can't rush this. The state is on high alert right now. If I go, I'm afraid it will be difficult to succeed.

Even if we succeed, it will alert the enemy and force Shu Wanjuan to turn against us."

The bitter old woman nodded and said, "I'm not rushing you, I just want you to remember this. During this period of time, you should recruit more monsters, so that when the time comes to open up the wasteland, you won't even be able to pass the test..."

Before she finished speaking, the bitter old woman suddenly stopped.

Seeing her frown, He Jiaqing asked, "Mother-in-law, what happened?"

The bitter grandmother suddenly smiled: "Good news, my nephew is home."

He Jiaqing didn't know where the nephew came from, and the poor mother-in-law didn't explain either, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

……

In Kucai Village, Li Banfeng was picking the statue of a god. This place was vast and sparsely populated, and the peddler had planted the sunflowers in scattered areas. Li Banfeng found three sunflowers, one of which had a fully grown statue of a god on it, while the other two had not grown yet.

Li Banfeng once turned Kucai Village into Huanle Village. The friendship is still there, but there are too few people here.

According to the map, there are two more sunflowers. To be honest, it would be good enough to find a statue on these two sunflowers. It is really not worth taking the risk here.

Li Banfeng was about to leave Kucai Village when he suddenly shivered uncontrollably.

He felt something was wrong and quickly stood still against the wall.

A cold wind with a bitter taste blew over, and the bitter old woman slowly walked past Li Banfeng.

If he were an ordinary person, Li Banfeng would rely on the talent cultivated by Yun Sizhaixiu, and would not attract attention even if he walked around casually or danced.

But Grandma Ku is not an ordinary person. Now, if Li Banfeng moves, she will find him.

Don't move. Don't move.

Li Banfeng's body was pressed tightly against the wall, almost blending into it.

But his legs were not obedient, and despite his best efforts to control them, they still shook twice.

The bitter old woman came to Li Banfeng and said with a smile: "When did you come? Come to my house and have a seat."

Li Banfeng smiled and said, "I was just passing by and came to take a look. I have something urgent to do..."

"What's the emergency that requires you to leave now? Come to my place for a meal first, and then we can settle our previous accounts." The bitter old woman pulled Li Banfeng to go home.

Li Banfeng struggled and shouted, "Second aunt, I really have something to do. I will come to visit you another day. Second aunt, listen to me, this is a matter of life and death. It was you who sent me to Prozhou. It has not been easy for me to go through so many hardships along the way. Now I have encountered a disaster. You can't make things difficult for me at this time..."

He was just saying this, and the bitter old woman asked him back, "What happened to you?"

How do you say this?
If I tell her directly about the backlash of cultivation and the matter of practicing dual cultivation at home and traveling, she might ask about it.

But if I don't tell the truth, my condition can't be hidden.

After walking for several miles, Li Banfeng couldn't break free. In desperation, he thought about telling part of the truth.

But before he could open his mouth, he heard someone say, "What are you doing? You are quite old, but you are holding on to a young man and won't let go. You don't know how shabby it is."

Upon hearing this voice, Li Banfeng felt relieved.

The poor old woman looked back and saw a man with his hands folded, squatting behind the two of them.

The bitter old woman narrowed her eyes slightly, with a cold gleam in her eyes: "Sun Tiecheng, what are you doing here?"

Sun Tiecheng raised his head and said, "You arrested my brother, so I came to you to get him back, didn't I?"

The bitter old woman widened her eyes and pointed at Li Banfeng and asked, "Is this your brother?"

Sun Tiecheng nodded and said, "Yes, what's the matter?"

The bitter grandmother looked at Li Banfeng and said with a smile: "You are so lucky. Come, nephew, come and see your brother!"

Li Banfeng shouted at Sun Tiecheng: "Brother, save me!"

Sun Tiecheng spat at the bitter mother-in-law: "How can you call him nephew? You shameless old man, let my brother go right now!"

The bitter old woman shook her head and said, "This is your brother and my nephew. I have something important to discuss with him. I really can't let her go today."

"If he doesn't leave, I won't leave either." Sun Tiecheng had been squatting on the ground, looking at the miserable old woman in front of him. He didn't even think about standing up.

The bitter old woman frowned slightly and said, "Old Sun, you are not the same as you were in the past. You are now a living dead. This is my territory. Do you really think I can let you run wild?"

Sun Tiecheng still had a smile on his face: "They say that a life is worthless, but I'm dead, so what if I go wild? If you don't let my brother go today, I will turn Kucai Village upside down, do you believe it?"

……

Half an hour later, Sun Tiecheng took Li Banfeng away from Kucai Village.

Li Banfeng lowered his voice and asked, "Brother, why are you here?"

"Why didn't you tell me what happened?" Sun Tiecheng complained, "If the peddler hadn't found me, I wouldn't have known you were in trouble. These are melon seeds grown in Fool's City. You should collect them first."

There is only one statue in Fool's City. Li Banfeng is the city lord's junior brother. He once fought to defend the city and drove away Xiao Qianshou. Logically, his popularity should be higher.

But there are no living people in Fool's City, and the quality of popularity is obviously much worse than other places.

Li Banfeng collected the statue, and Sun Tiecheng took out a land seal and handed it to Li Banfeng: "This is the popularity of the territory of Fool City. The popularity of the old land is not much, but it has been accumulated for so many years, it should be useful."

The popularity of Ditouyin comes purely from the accumulation of population. It is not pure, but it has no direction and anyone can be attracted by it.

Li Banfeng put the seal on his head, and the popularity surged, and Li Banfeng couldn't control it even if he wanted to.

After a long time, the popularity was drained away. Li Banfeng roughly calculated that the accumulated popularity should be about 70%.

Sun Tiecheng handed over all the popularity that Fool City had accumulated over the years to Li Banfeng.

Li Banfeng didn't know how to thank him, and Sun Tiecheng waved his hand and said, "You are the only living cultivator in our Dao Sect, and everything in Fool's City belongs to you. The trick you used on the bitter woman just now was to say sour Dao bitterness, right?"

"This is a technique I developed on my own. Does it seem like I'm being sour or bitter to you?" Li Banfeng wanted to brush the matter off.

Sun Tiecheng shook his head and said, "You have learned it, and I didn't ask you who you learned it from. It's just that you don't use this technique properly." To say that Jiuer taught him how to be sour and bitter is really a bit lacking in meaning.

Li Banfeng humbly asked: "Brother, please give me some pointers. What is the key to this technique?"

"The key is..." Sun Tiecheng smeared medicine powder on Li Banfeng's face.

Li Banfeng was originally on guard because he had just been wiped by Ayi once in Hulu Village.

But even with his defense, he was still smeared in the face by Sun Tiecheng.

Ayi was right. Yu Xiu’s powder was very painful. I don’t know how Sun Tiecheng got away with it before.

After the pain subsided, Li Banfeng asked, "Do you understand now?"

"Forget it," Sun Tiecheng nodded, "A few skills are not a big deal, but you should pay more attention to the backlash of cultivation. The peddler said that there are still people in other places. If we can gather enough people, that would be the best. If not, remember to come to Fool City to find me. I still have a way."

Judging from Sun Tiecheng's expression, the method he mentioned was a last resort.

Before leaving, Sun Tiecheng reminded Li Banfeng: "The peddler is a fair man. It's not wrong to do business with him, but you must be careful. Being too fair is not necessarily a good thing."

After saying goodbye to Sun Tiecheng, Li Banfeng went to the soda kiln. Ma Wu and Luo Shaojun were already waiting in the factory. Li Banfeng had made an appointment before, and he would go to Wubian City today.

On the map provided by the peddler, there are two places whose specific locations cannot be marked, one is Kucai Village and the other is Wubian City.

Li Banfeng also didn't expect that the peddler would plant sunflowers in Wubian City.

He didn't have much hope for Wubian City. Even if there were twenty statues here, they would not be enough to provide him with the remaining 20% ​​of popularity.

Li Banfeng's only hope is to force his promotion through some special means despite his lack of popularity.

And the only hope can only be placed on Jiang Linger.

Following Luo Shaojun into Wubian City, Li Banfeng choked on a lot of water because of his weak body.

Walking on the street, Li Banfeng tried his best to conceal his staggering steps, and even Luo Shaojun could see that something was wrong.

"Seventh Brother, do your shoes not fit?"

"The shoes fit me well, but I feel a little tired from walking." Li Banfeng looked up and saw a bungalow with white walls and a dome in front of him.

Li Banfeng recognized this place. It was a coal yard in Wubian City. This was a restaurant and many common people came here to eat.

Li Banfeng saw an octopus crawling into the coal yard.

Behind the octopus, Li Banfeng saw two worms following in.

When Li Banfeng saw the coal yard for the first time, he met the servant Xi, who was looking into the coal yard.

Luo Shaojun said that the coal in the coal yard was very rough and inferior, and only common people were willing to eat this kind of food, and even scholars rarely came.

But even such a restaurant would never allow slaves to enter.

Li Banfeng looked back at Luo Shaojun and asked, "Can they go in now?"

Luo Shaojun nodded and said, "It is possible now. It was not possible before. But my seventh brother said that the slave system should be abolished. Sister Lijun did not dare to start because she was afraid that the ministers under her would rebel.

Later, I discussed with my sister and decided to issue a decree in the name of Prince Pingyuan to collect the indentures of all the slaves in the city and burn them all.

Although the indentures were broken, the families were still unwilling to let the slaves go. I gathered the slaves in the Marquis's mansion together and told them whether to stay or go. Those who were willing to work in the Marquis's mansion would be paid in the future, and those who were unwilling to stay would be given some silver to find a way to make a living.

The Marquisate set an example and used it to intimidate the nobles and officials. The nobles and officials obeyed the government orders, and naturally the scholars and common people no longer had the courage to resist. From then on, Wubian City abolished the slave system. "

Li Banfeng praised repeatedly: "Well done, this deserves a good reward. Whatever you want, as long as I can do it, just tell me."

Being praised by Li Banfeng, Luo Shaojun felt a little embarrassed: "Seventh Brother, I don't want any reward. I will listen to whatever you say.

I know you don't like Shang people, but I treat you as a relative. In the future, just don't despise me as your sister."

"How can I bear to despise such a good girl?" Li Banfeng walked forward and suddenly he felt some strength in his feet.

He saw worms buying groceries in the grocery store, which were all old and battered pots and pans.

He saw worms buying wine in a tavern, and they were buying the cheapest water-based wine.

He saw some worms looking for work, and although it was rough work, they had the wages written on their signs.

They are living their lives.

They are human beings, and they live like human beings.

Li Banfeng walked all the way to the Marquis's Mansion, feeling stronger and stronger as he walked. As soon as he reached the main gate, Luo Yanjun came out to greet him.

"Seventh Brother, you are finally here."

Li Banfeng looked at Yan Jun, then turned to Shao Jun.

Luo Shaojun was also surprised: "Sister, when did you come?"

She waited for Li Qi on the shore for two days, during which time she really didn't know that Luo Yanjun had arrived in Wubian City.

Luo Yanjun ignored Shaojun and whispered softly in Li Banfeng's ear, "Seventh Brother, a friend from Chaoge wants to see you."

"Which friend in Chaoge?" Luo Shaojun's tone was full of vigilance. She knew that Li Qi was not in good condition.

Luo Yanjun still ignored Shaojun, she just looked at Li Banfeng.

Li Banfeng knew that Luo Yanjun would come to him on her own initiative, but he didn't expect her to come so soon and at such a coincidence.

"Where is that friend? Please lead the way." Li Banfeng followed Luo Yanjun to the East Courtyard. At this time, no matter how difficult it was, he had to keep his back straight and walk steadily.

When they reached the gate of the East Courtyard, Luo Shaojun wanted to follow, but was stopped by Yan Jun: "Let's not go, sisters. Don't worry, I will never harm Seventh Brother."

Li Banfeng saw a man in the hall of the East Courtyard. He had thin eyebrows, round glasses, and a wide nose that took up most of his face. The most distinctive feature was his beard.

There are two whiskers on the upper lip and six whiskers on the lower lip, and each whisker is as long and thick as a mung bean sprout.

This should be a catfish.

The catfish man bowed first and said, "I am Nian Shangyou, a scholar of the Hongwen Academy. I am honored to meet Prince Pingyuan."

Nian Shangyou, judging from the name, is really a catfish.

"What do you want from me?" Li Banfeng was in no mood to exchange greetings with him. It was already a great achievement for him to be able to stand firmly and talk to him.

Nian Shangyou bowed again and said, "Your Highness is so kind and gracious. I dare not beat around the bush. I came here to do an important thing for my master."

"Since it's your master's business, why doesn't he come in person?"

"My master is a member of the royal family and cannot travel easily."

"So you're from the royal family," Li Banfeng pretended to be surprised. "Is there anything that the royal family can't do? Why do you have to come to me?"

Nian Shangyou said slowly: "The royal bloodline has three branches, and the three branches are born at the same time, with different aspirations.
The pine is vigorous and upright, the bamboo is modest and humble, and the plum blossom defies the snow and frost. They all have their own aspirations, but it is difficult for them to work together! "

Hearing this, Li Banfeng nodded repeatedly and said, "Don't speak foreign languages."

Nian Shangyou smiled and said, "Your Highness is a man of temperament, so I will put it more directly. My master wants to change from one vein to three branches to each enjoying its own vein."

Li Banfeng said: "What do you mean by each enjoying his own pulse? Explain it more clearly."

Nian Shangyou felt that he had said it bluntly enough, but Li Banfeng was pressing him, so he could only say it more bluntly: "It means turning the three-headed man into three people."

Li Banfeng suddenly realized: "So this is called everyone enjoying their own veins, but I can't do this."

Nian Shangyou said with a smile: "Your Highness is too modest. If there had not been any definite news before, I would not have dared to disturb Your Highness."

Li Banfeng asked: "What news did you receive?"

Nian Shangyou did not answer: "Let's not talk about the details. It's a rare opportunity to see the prince today, so why not talk to the prince about the price first."

Li Banfeng said: "Go ahead and talk, I'm listening."

Nian Shangyou learned from his previous lesson and tried to speak more directly: "My master has prepared three prices for the prince to consider.

The first price is weapons. My master can give Your Highness a first-class weapon as a deposit, and after the matter is completed, he will give Your Highness another first-class weapon as a reward."

Li Banfeng said expressionlessly: "Go on."

Nian Shangyou continued, "The second price is land. My master can give Your Highness twelve plots of new land. If Your Highness feels that it is too little, the price can be negotiated."

Li Banfeng smiled and said, "This is quite interesting. What about the third one?"

Nian Shangyou said: "The third price is popularity. After the matter is completed, Your Highness can go to Chaoge to practice for a year. During this time, there will be a lot of popularity for Your Highness to use."

Li Banfeng frowned slightly: "Do we have to go to Chaoge to practice? Isn't this like being canonized as a local god?"

Nian Shangyou said: "Your Highness has misunderstood. Chaoge has the skill to gather popularity, but popularity cannot be taken away from Chaoge, so it can only be used in Chaoge.

Besides, Your Highness is the prince of the Great Shang Dynasty, so it is reasonable for him to return to Chaoge to practice."

"The price you mentioned is good, but I really can't do it." Li Banfeng slowly stood up, trying to keep his body steady.

Nian Shangyou bowed again. He was very confident about this deal. “I will stay in Wubian City for a few days. It won’t be too late to give you a reply after Your Highness has carefully considered the matter.”

Li Banfeng left the east courtyard and walked towards the back garden step by step. The sunflower he was looking for was in the back garden.

One sunflower won't help, he needs more popularity.

But he couldn't go to Neizhou to practice.

He knew very well what he was going to do in Neizhou. If he really practiced there for a year, his spine would be broken.

Not only Li Qi's spine, but also the spines of the castle lord, his benefactor, the Seventh Master, Boss Ye, Director Li, and the God of War Dao Lao, all had to be broken.

Luo Shaojun followed behind Li Qi. Seeing Li Qi's cold expression, he quickly stepped forward and asked, "Brother Qi, what's wrong with you?"

Li Banfeng didn't answer and just kept walking forward.

Luo Yanjun was also following behind him, and she suspected that the price had not been agreed upon.

If we fail to reach an agreement, we can continue the talks, but we must seize this opportunity, as it is related to whether the Luo family can turn things around.

Li Banfeng applied cooling oil on his eyes, walked around the back garden for a long time, and suddenly stopped.

He saw a sunflower.

The disk of the sunflower hung very deep, and there were statues of gods hanging in the center of the flower, many statues of gods.

The statue is wearing a royal blue brocade robe, a golden spider-patterned belt around the waist, and a emerald-inlaid gilt crown on his head, which should be an imaginary image of a prince.

Whose imagination does this come from?

How many statues are there?

Thirty? Fifty? More than fifty?
How come there are so many?
Did I see it wrong?

Li Banfeng asked Luo Shaojun: "How many slaves are there in Wubian City?"

Luo Shaojun thought about it carefully and said, "There are hundreds of thousands, but I can't remember the exact number."

Li Banfeng straightened his back even more.

He turned to look at Luo Yanjun: "Tell Nian Shangyou that this matter is negotiable, but the price is determined by me. Tell him to wait for my news."

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