Xiaoyaoshanjun

Chapter 212 Flower Boat
The Tianyue Dynasty had fourteen provinces.

Like other places, military power and political power in Hanyang Province are managed separately.

Qi Tian Prefecture for its civil governance and Han Jiang Prefecture for its military achievements.

The entire dynasty did not encourage business, and to a certain extent also suppressed businessmen and took the power of business into its own hands.

Economic prosperity is not what the Holy Emperor pursues; all he wants is stability.

So like most feudal rulers, in addition to encouraging childbirth, strictly prohibiting population mobility is also an important part.

The population does not move, taxes are reduced, and the weather is good. All people have to do is grow up like trees in the designated places. When the number of people reaches a certain level, the court will build new cities and transplant crops.

Tian Buli had never left the province in his life. Unless he was escaping for his life, his routes were always fixed and he had no intention of running around randomly.

Whether going to Qi Tian Fu or somewhere else, it is to get things done.

Even so, he no longer cared about the laws of the court.

It is still unknown how powerful the Holy Emperor is. The only thing that is clear is that the entire Yanxia Mountain is not strong enough for him to defeat.

The other immortal sects also resisted, but they all died in the end.

Now that the monsters are causing trouble, it is these oppressed monks who come to solve the troubles and help maintain the stability of the Tianyue Dynasty.

Tian Buli walked upstream along the surging river, and suddenly understood the views of some monks in advance.

"If a major chaos occurs in the future, the monks from all over the world will not care about the lives of mortals, and may even take advantage of their misfortunes to avenge themselves for all these years."

"It seems that we have treated those monks with favor over the years, but no Taoist thinks this is a favor from the Lord."

"If the slave way prospers, perhaps there will be people and monsters who are grateful to the master. Nowadays, those Taoists basically won't be grateful for this. Except for some loyal people, the rest of the powerful people will only think about quickly choosing a master to divide up the power and wealth of the world."

Tian Buli was thinking about how to deal with things in the future when he suddenly saw a large ship floating on the water ahead.

The big ship was not an ordinary fishing boat. It was five meters wide and more than ten meters long, shaped like a gold ingot. There were colorful flags flying on the boat, and many beautiful girls in gorgeous clothes were looking out from the bow.

Tian Buli looked at the person above and for some reason felt a slight demonic aura.

Yanxia Mountain did not teach people how to identify evil spirits, and Tian Buli himself had not learned similar knowledge.

"It's similar to the energy I felt when I was with the Black Wolf King and the Sound Swallowing King. Let's go up and take a look."

Tian Buli quickly changed his clothes, changing his Taoist robe into ordinary scholar's clothes, then walked to the shore and waited.

Tian Buli saw the big ship and the people on it, but the people on the ship did not see Tian Buli. After sailing downstream for half a minute, he saw a man who looked like a scholar standing on the shore.

"There are people on the shore!"

"He looks like a scholar! He's wearing a turban!"

"He should be a scholar. Stop over and ask him."

A young girl looked at Tian Buli who was a hundred meters away and shouted with a smile: "Young man in front, do you want to get on the boat?"

"This is a place where you can spend money. Whether you are rich or famous, you can come here!"

Another charming woman smiled and said: "The big ship doesn't listen to us. If you can get up by yourself, it depends on your ability~"

Tian Buli waited, and when the large ship that occupied most of the waterway passed by, he leaned back more than ten meters, then ran quickly and jumped lightly to the side of the ship five meters away, just in time to grab the rope ladder.

This level of skill is nothing in this world, and most scholars also know some martial arts.

"Young Master, you are really capable! Just by looking at your body, you can tell that you are very strong and powerful!!"

Tian Buli climbed up the ladder and smiled when he was pulled onto the boat by the two women.

"It's a flower boat indeed. I'm in the right place."

Tian Buli smiled like a regular customer.

Not only are there women nearby, there are also guards who look like thugs, and they are obviously experts. There are at least twenty of them, so it would be troublesome to fight them.

A middle-aged man who looked humble walked over quickly and looked Tian Buli up and down.

"I am Zhang Nian, the manager of this flower boat. May I ask your name, sir? Although this is a flower boat, there are all distinguished guests on board, so we cannot afford to make any mistakes."

Tian Buli smiled and said, "I am a scholar from Qitian Prefecture. I can't tell you my specific name, but I won't lie to you. If there are really powerful people on your ship, they must know me."

The woman next to him chuckled and said, "Which noble family are you from? I'm scared when I hear that, but what if someone doesn't know you?"

Tian Buli looks very open-minded.

"If you don't recognize me, then it means you don't know much about Qi Tian Mansion. So, you should go in and ask a distinguished guest or your most senior manager to come out and meet him to see if he recognizes me."

Zhang Nian said hurriedly, "If you just say that, I will definitely be beaten if I go in to invite someone. I wonder what your surname is? Then I can go in and invite someone out. Now the guests inside are chatting with the young ladies. If you like, you can go in and sit for a while."

"I don't know how many nobles there are in Qitian Mansion, but all the famous beautiful girls, prostitutes, singers and dancers in the three lanes and nine alleys of Qitian Mansion and Hanjiang Mansion are here. If you don't know them, I don't think you can be called a noble."

Tian Buli smiled embarrassedly after hearing what this old man said, "You are good at talking, but if you call out those prostitutes and courtesans, I will definitely not recognize any of them." Zhang Nian did not dare to be careless after hearing this. The other party must be very capable and confident to dare to say that.

Tian Buli always thought that he was good at speaking, but there were indeed people among mortals who were better at it than him.

Not to mention the pimps in brothels, there are also many such people with sharp tongues and eloquence among the favored officials of the imperial court.

Some people are eloquent and become high-ranking officials, while others are village thugs or brothel pimps all their lives.

"Forget it. I won't make things difficult for you. I am Tian Buli from the Tian family in Yanque County, Qitian Prefecture. Go and call out the person in charge. Monks have their own rules. I won't enter unless the host invites me."

After hearing this, Zhang Nian and others hurriedly looked at Tian Buli again.

After this glance, he immediately had a different opinion from before, and felt that the person in front of him had an immortal look!

"It's Taoist Priest Tian! I deserve to die for not recognizing you! Taoist Priest, please wait a moment. I will go and call the host to come out and greet him!"

Tian Buli had no intention of hiding his identity. He would fight if he could, and run away if he couldn't.

As for whether the monster runs away or not, it has little to do with Tian Buli. Tian Buli does not try to capture the monster alive or to defeat it.

The reason why we call out the person in charge is not because of the rules, but because there are so many people here and it is easier to get things done if we reveal our identities first.

This is not a secret visit to understand the people's sentiments. Since we are investigating something, we must have the cooperation of the locals.

If the demonic aura here was strong, Tian Buli would not have boarded the ship to investigate.

I just felt some demonic aura, but after coming up I found that it was not strong, and it was not like the evil aura of the Infant-Swallowing King, so I decided to take a look for myself.

In just over a minute, several well-dressed middle-aged and elderly scholars, several young gentlemen, and many young girls dressed in gorgeous, charming and pure clothes came out.

As soon as I came out, I smelled a mixture of powder and old people's smell.

Tian Buli took a quick look and did not find the person who was haunted by the evil spirit. Instead, when he got closer, he found that the trace of evil spirit had disappeared, as if it had deliberately hidden itself.

Did he run away or hide?
While Tian Buli was thinking, a charming woman in her thirties knelt down hurriedly.

The woman was wearing a somewhat revealing skirt, with a regular skirt underneath that only revealed a little in the front.

After kneeling down, the woman quickly shouted, "Master Tian, ​​you have come to visit us. I am guilty of failing to welcome you. I deserve death!"

Behind the woman there were several beautiful young women, all kneeling nearby.

Several middle-aged and elderly scholars also bent down and bowed.

"Cui Siyuan, a Jinshi from Hanjiang Prefecture, greets the Taoist priest!"

"Geng Zhongting, a scholar from Hanjiang Prefecture, greets you, Taoist priest!"

……

"Qitianfu Prefect Zong Qingfeng greets the Taoist priest! The Taoist priest has boundless blessings!"

Many of them are officials, and they are all officials in the civil service system.

The prefect is a fourth-rank official, which is considered a very high-ranking official.

Tian Buli also politely returned the greeting, bowed his head slightly and said: "Hello, everyone. I wonder if anyone knows me? I am rarely in Qitian Mansion, so I have no impression of you."

Zong Qingfeng hurriedly bowed again and said, "Master, please forgive me. I followed the prince to pray for rain two years ago and met Master Tian once."

Tian Buli nodded and smiled.

"Since we know each other, it's easy to talk. Let's go in and talk." Tian Buli also looked at the old procuress kneeling on the ground, "You should also stand up and talk. Meeting is fate. I just took a break from my busy schedule to come and see you. Stand up and follow me in."

A group of prostitutes thanked him: "Thank you, Taoist Priest!"

Zong Qingfeng smiled and said, "Master, please come in!"

Tian Buli easily took control of the ship's management and military power. This time he went down the mountain to control the water and eliminate the monsters, so civil and military officials from all places should have cooperated.

Although the Holy Emperor forced everyone to do things, he at least gave them enough authority and treated the Taoists from all over the country much better than ordinary civil servants.

The attitude towards civil servants is similar to that towards civil servants. As long as they follow orders, they will not be held accountable even if they cause trouble. However, if they disobey orders, the consequences will be very serious.

The civil service group killed people mainly by taking advantage of this system loophole, torturing people through promotions and demotes.

After a group of people entered the banquet hall of the flower boat, Tian Buli sat in the main seat.

Everyone was smart. When the prefect Zong Qingfeng saw the Taoist priest sitting in the main seat, he knew that something was up and it was not as simple as just drinking wine or passing by.

The rest of the people also knew the rules, especially some educated old men, who were very sensitive about things like seating arrangements.

Any slight change in seating and rules would be a troublesome matter that you would have to think carefully about.

Whoever sits in the main seat must be in charge!
(End of this chapter)