Chongming Xianzong

Chapter 111 Corvee
The summons came from the Pingrong County Court. It seemed that not all the public funds spent by Pingrong County were used on Yuanyang Hall, but some serious and useful things were purchased.

There was only a brief sentence on it: "Come to the county government to discuss matters", and it was stamped with Luo Heng's county magistrate seal.

Master Kang thought for a while and felt that he should go and take a look first. He didn't say much to his fellow disciples, so as to avoid them worrying about it.

As soon as Kang Dabao arrived at Pingrong County on his golden-haired donkey, he felt something was wrong.

There are still starving people on the streets, and the pale-faced people are still there, but there are fewer idlers who used to run rampant in the streets.

The yamen runners were running around the streets in a hurry, searching every house, as if they were looking for someone.

Kang Dabao was not interested in getting second-hand information from these low-level yamen runners. When he arrived at the county government office, he handed the old donkey to the clerk sent by Luo Heng to meet him, and asked him to take it to the back yamen to eat grass.

Afterwards, Kang Dabao didn't even change his official uniform, nor did he ask anyone to convey any message, and went straight to Luo Heng's room.

At the moment, there were only Luo Heng and Sun Bingdou in Luo Heng's room. It seemed that Tie Xishan was probably on his way back from Tie's house.

When Kang Dabao came in, Luo Heng and Sun Bingdou were visiting a prostitute.

Ever since a noble from the royal family came to Yunjiao Prefecture, Hua Yuanyang, the head of the Yuanyang Hall in Pingrong County, put a lot of effort into opening a Yuanyang Building in the Pingrong County, which had always been looked down upon, and also recruited many famous pimps.

Facts have proved that this move was the right one. After these people in Pingrong County Government took on the official status, they seemed to feel that they would be out of place if they did not visit prostitutes.

When a colleague was promoted to a higher position, they would go there to congratulate him; when a superior took up his post, they would go there to invite him; when a good friend went on a journey, they would go there to see him off. This was treating Yuanyang Hall as the canteen of the county government.

These corrupt officials do not think that this is anything despicable, but simply label such behavior as "romantic".

Ever since the county had public funds, the number of starving people on the roads has not decreased, and the number of soldiers has not increased. Instead, the top girls in the Yuanyang Tower have been well-fed and their faces are rosy.

This attracted the attention of several independent practitioners who were practicing dual cultivation, and they also moved into the Yuanyang Building, making the Yuanyang Hall even more prosperous.

If you count carefully, there are probably one or two more monks in this Yuanyang Tower than in the Pingrong County Government.

As soon as Kang Dabao entered the room, he saw a vast expanse of white. Sun Bingdou was using his long white beard, squinting his fox eyes, and smilingly teasing a young girl in his arms. It was really like pear blossoms and crabapples, and snow pressing down on green pines. It was unbearable to look at.

"Okay, County Magistrate Kang is here, let's talk business." Luo Heng also withdrew his hand from under the skirt of a beautiful woman with graceful curves, shook off the slippery feeling on his hand, and then he put on a serious face and said solemnly.

"Let's change place." Kang Dabao looked at the mess on the ground with a dark face and walked into the main hall of the county government first.

"These bastards, they dare not call me master even when they are visiting prostitutes!" The head of the Kang family was of course angry, but not because he could not attend this unobstructed meeting.

It was because there were only so many spiritual stones in the county's public treasury, and he hadn't gotten anything yet, and they were all about to be squandered by these scoundrels.

Kang Dabao waited in the hall for another half an hour before Luo Heng and Sun Bingdou came in with their clothes packed and smiling, looking as if they were still not satisfied.

"The county lieutenant has been away from the county for the past few days, and this has exhausted me and the county magistrate." Before Luo Heng could say anything, Sun Bingdou spoke up first.

Master Kang was a little surprised, but he was not completely unprepared. After all, the two people in front of him were close enough to lie in the same bed, so it was not surprising that they were wearing the same pants.

What really surprised Kang Dabao was what tricks Luo Heng had used to make Sun Bingdou, who was very unhappy when he first took office, now seem to be willing to be under him.

It is impossible just based on what he saw just now with the women. Although Sun Bingdou has a very bad reputation in the Grass Witch Cult, he is still a powerful elder at the ninth level of Qi training. He holds considerable power. It would be a joke to try to win him over with this little bargaining chip.

Even Luo Heng's own family, the Luo family of Heilinbao, would probably not be able to come up with anything that could impress Sun Bingdou without expending the entire family's strength.

"If the Luo family doesn't work, then the Huo family?" Kang Dabao narrowed his eyes. The governor's family seemed to favor Luo Heng, the son-in-law, much more than he had imagined. "Oh, do they look down on me and use the sugar-coated bullets on me? Or, does this Luo family want to use me to establish his authority in the county?" A gleam of light flashed in the eyes of the head of Kang Da, and he thought to himself.

"The county magistrate and the county magistrate are both the 'candles that illuminate the sky' of the Immortal Dynasty. The county is peaceful and prosperous. There is no need for mediocre people like Kang to worry about anything." The head of the Kang family was thick-skinned enough to speak insinuations and compliments without hesitation.

"You are too modest, County Lieutenant." Luo Heng seemed to be trying to smooth things over and stretched out his hand to stop Sun Bingdou who was about to retort. He smiled and waved his hand. The clerk standing in the hall walked towards Kang Dabao holding a mahogany box.

Kang Dabao couldn't stand his behavior, so he stretched out his hand and the mahogany box in the clerk's hand fell into his hands.

Even though the object could be put into the other party's hands by just stretching out his finger with the object control technique, Luo Heng insisted on arranging someone to carry it and walk a few steps to it, as if to show off. It really was like a monkey in human clothing.

There was only a piece of silk book in the box. Kang Dabao only took a few glances at it and frowned. The silk book was sent by the governor's mansion of Yunjiao Prefecture and was signed by Huo Bing himself.

The above said that a tiny spiritual stone vein was discovered in Tanggu County. A few months ago, the state court had sent elite troops to cooperate with Tanggu County to clear out several monster nests near the spiritual stone mine, but they had kept it secret.

After the geomancer hired recently had sorted out the veins of the spiritual stone mine, he informed all the counties to transfer masters to help Tanggu County mine the spiritual stone veins.

"Spiritual stone vein." Master Kang was a little dazed when he saw these four words.

The spirit stone veins are the gold mines for cultivators, and he couldn't help but have some fantasies after hearing this.

However, since the Governor's Office is recruiting teachers this time instead of conscripting individual cultivators to go mining, it is definitely not out of kindness.

This spiritual stone vein is probably considered barren even among the micro-sized ones. The Governor's Office must have felt that it was not cost-effective to mobilize a large number of monks to mine it, so they came up with the idea of ​​using the Master to mine it.

"No wonder there are fewer bastards who rely on their bravery to bully men and women on the market. I guess they have been caught before." Kang Dabao recalled the scene when he just entered the city.

You must know that no matter how poor the spiritual stone mine is, it is still a spiritual mine. If you grab a group of poor people who have barely had a full meal to be teachers, throw them into the mine, and ask them to dig with a mattock that is heavier than themselves,
I'm afraid even if I dig for ten years I may not be able to dig out five or six spirit stones.

Therefore, when it comes to catching the Master, of course we have to catch those who practice martial arts. They have abundant energy and blood, and they don't do any production, so who else can we catch if not them?

"Are the county magistrate and the county magistrate going to send officials to summon the Master?" Kang Dabao asked casually after putting the silk book away.

"That's right." Luo Heng nodded and changed his tone: "County Lieutenant Kang has a wide range of friends. It should be easy for him to recruit a thousand bone refining masters and hand them over to Tanggu County within ten days."

"According to the regulations, lower-level officials can only be in charge of military affairs. The matter of assigning labor service still has to be handled by the county magistrate." Kang Dabao declined without thinking.

Although warriors in the Bone Refining Realm are not worth much, they are not so easy to catch, and most of them still have to be distributed to each household in the county and handed over.

There was no telling how many of the men sent out to serve would die. This would not only damage one's virtue but also offend others, and there was no benefit in doing so. Why would Master Kang get involved in this unfortunate event?

"Okay," Sun Bingdou stepped forward and responded, "Just as County Magistrate Kang said, since the mission of sending officials to assist Tanggu County is a civil matter, then I will take it and help the county magistrate."

"Huh, is it so easy to get rid of the difficult matter?" Kang Dabao felt something was wrong. His eyes narrowed slightly and he saw a sly smile on Sun Bingdou's face.

"Oh no, I'm afraid I've fallen into this old man's trap!"

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