Chongming Xianzong

Chapter 166 Benefit Sharing
When Tie Liuyun entered the room, he was wearing brand new second-grade official boots. He walked with great vigor and a rosy face. It was not difficult to see that this Commander Tie was in high spirits after abandoning his post as the Governor of Jingnan Prefecture and switching sides.

In front of the group of young Qigong practitioners in the hall, he did not need to hide himself, and said with a happy face: "The Lord has entrusted the matter of rebuilding the county markets and market towns to Tie. The officials of other counties will come to your Pingrong County to discuss the matter soon, so make good preparations."

As soon as Tie Liuyun finished speaking, Kang Dabao felt something was wrong. This passage only had a few dozen words, but it actually contained a lot of information.

First, the Yue family not only lost power in the Liangyi Sect, but also destroyed the markets and streets that were led by the Yue family. They also did not get any benefits from the state court. This piece of fat meat was awarded to Tie Liuyun by Nan'an Earl Kuang Liuting. To please both sides is to suffer from both sides. I don't know if the Yue family will make any moves from now on.

Second, Huo Bing looked really bad. Rebuilding the market should have been the responsibility of Huo Bing, the governor of Yunjiao Prefecture, but Kuang Liuting assigned it to Tie Liuyun, who was in charge. This was a blatant favoritism towards Tie Liuyun, a more capable foundation-building cultivator. If the Huo family could not produce a foundation-building cultivator in the next few years, it would be hard to say what would happen to them after Huo Bing's death.

Third, when Pingrong County had never been the center of Yunjiaozhou in the past two hundred years, Tie Liuyun chose Pingrong County as the meeting place. Was it to pave the way for his nephew Tie Xishan, or was it because his family had previously been in charge of Chongming Market?
As soon as Tie Liuyun finished speaking, Kang Dabao and the other two blue-clothed officials had no choice but to obey his orders and had no right to bargain.

"Well, Master Bo said that since the beast attacks were all carried out by the markets and streets led by the Yue family, the Yue family should provide compensation to the disciples of each family who were killed by the rebellious villains of the Sanxiang Sect, depending on the situation.

The other counties have reported their proposals to me. Pingrong County's Chongming Market will be handled by County Magistrate Kang, and Linghe Market will be handled by Chief Secretary Tie. County Magistrate Luo will take care of the overall situation. After you have sorted out the proposals, please hand them over to me, and I will go to Hancheng to ask the Yue family for you to get it back."

The three of them immediately accepted the order and understood it.

Everyone knew that this was Tie Liuyun's high-sounding words. What about making independent judgments? This was just a way to reward his subordinates.

Kang Dabao and Tie Xishan got their share of the profits, while Luo Heng remained a puppet. If the Yue family rises again in the future, it is possible that our Lord Luo County will have to shoulder the blame.

To be fair, Tie Liuyun really got a lucrative job. All the people doing business in Kang Dabao's Chongming Market are relatives of the family, and most of the pensions have to be paid out based on conscience, so it is hard to say how much they can earn. Tie Xishan has nothing to do with Linghe Market, so he is likely to make a fortune.

As for Luo Heng?
The matter was settled, the meeting ended, and Tie Xishan and Luo Heng returned to their respective offices.

The great master Kang was left behind by Tie Liuyun. As a person who had established the foundation, Tie Liuyun acted like a kind elder. He not only carefully asked Kang Dabao about the difficulties he had encountered in his practice recently, but also answered his questions one by one without any sign of boredom.

Personal teaching is a treatment only given to ordinary disciples and close nephews and nephews. Thanks to the help of the Black-shoe Taoist, Master Kang can also enjoy this treatment.

"I should have asked the third brother to come in and listen." Tie Liuyun did not hide anything in this sermon. Although his speech was far from as incisive as that of the Taoist Heilu, Master Kang gained a lot from it.

Although Taoist Hei Lu often taught Kang Dabao on weekdays, the former was a genius after all. Many of the key points in Kang Dabao's eyes, but Taoist Hei Lu did not dwell too much on them. He only focused on analyzing the key points of some difficult levels.

Although Kang Dabao benefited a lot from the sermons of Taoist Heilu, to be fair, he gained the most from listening to Tie Liuyun's sermon today.

He went out, wiped his storage bag, and rode on the old donkey. Jiang Qing, who was leading a black-blood horse, was waiting at the door. The two of them went back to Kang Dabao's county magistrate's temple in Pingrong County.

The news had already spread from the county government office, and all the officials of the government office gathered in an orderly manner and knelt on the ground in a line at the entrance.

Kang Dabao didn't come here to check whether they had committed any crime. He had a lot of things to do and didn't have much energy to deal with these termites.

So he just gave them a few bland warnings and sent everyone back to their respective duties.

After entering the official temple, Kang Dabao tasted the spiritual food that the officials had bought with their own money. It was obvious that the chef of the restaurant they had found was not well-trained and the food was not as delicious as Jin Shilun's.

The lower officials were not attentive enough, and they did not even find out that Master Kang loved pork elbows, so the meal was tasteless. Kang Dabao and Jiang Qing simply found a quiet room each to practice.

Kang Dabao first set up the formation and restrictions. It was not convenient to use such a precious thing as the Qingmou Treasure Liquid in this simple quiet room. If something unexpected happened, it would be a waste of resources.

He had just made a breakthrough in his cultivation and it was time for him to consolidate his strength. Besides circulating his Qi, he would occasionally take the refined corpse out of the corpse bag to have a look at it.

This corpse was seriously injured in the battle with the second-level gold-eating rat, and was almost broken into several pieces and completely destroyed. If you want to sacrifice and restore it, you may have to find a corpse-raising ground to nurture it for a few years.

But after all, the power of this refined corpse did not meet the expectations of Master Kang. Whether or not to spend so much energy to restore him is something that Master Kang should consider carefully.

Now his second Shutu Qingyuan Shield was also destroyed, his silver mace was gone, and his white bear fang flag was used up a lot for the battle formation. As a result, the only magic weapon left in the hands of the head of Kangda was the short blade he got from the evil grandmother. The short blade was sharp, but its effect was too single, and it was difficult to be effective against a skilled opponent.

Finding one or two more suitable magical instruments has now become an urgent matter for Master Kang.

But there is no rush for this. I will see if there is a chance to go to big cities like Hancheng and Xuanwei City later, and then look for it.

More than half a month passed before the chief officials of the thirteen counties gathered together.

It is worth mentioning that the successor to the magistrate of Tanggu County is still undecided because the candidate reported by the Huo family has not been approved by the state court.

So Tie Liuyun appointed Tie Xishan to represent Huo Bin in all matters concerning Tanggu County, his hometown.

This is a bit interesting. First, the Huo family had their ownership of the spiritual stone mine in Tanggu County taken away by the state court, and then they couldn't even appoint a magistrate for Tanggu County.

It seems that his family's situation in the provincial court is much more difficult than Kang Dabao imagined. He may even be about to lose the position of Tanggu County Magistrate that they have held for a hundred years.

The head of Kangda was wearing a plain green official robe and a stone belt. As always, he stood at the back of his colleagues with his head buried.

However, even though he was so low-key, he still inevitably attracted the attention of most people in the venue.

At this time, Kuang Liuting had just arrived in Yunjiao Prefecture, and most of the county officials who served in the same term as Xie Fu in Pingrong County were no longer in office. Compared with their predecessors, the people in the field today were much better in terms of cultivation and family background.

But Master Kang standing among them was still quite eye-catching.

Regardless of the reputation of being a bully, or the first meritorious service in battle, or the marriage of the daughter of the Fei family at the wedding attended by the Earl of Nan'an, and finally the unpredictable Black Shoe Taoist's leadership, he returned from the Tanggu County Lingshi Mine in one piece.
This made it impossible for all the Xian Dynasty lackeys present to ignore the small Qi training master in front of them.

In terms of cultivation, the head of the Kang family is only in his forties, but he has already reached the seventh level of Qi training, and he is truly expected to build a foundation. Just based on this speed, he is enough to rank in the top five among all the people present;

In terms of power, he is the leader of a sect. Even if Chongming Sect is not very powerful, he still has 20 to 30 Qi-cultivating monks who can be manipulated by him at will. He is much better than the county lords who are mostly abandoned by their families.
In terms of background, he has the Black Shoe Taoist as his backer, and that is a true cultivator who has established his foundation and is treated with courtesy by even the Sima of Lianzhou Court, Fei Nan'ao. According to rumors, he is a person who has the potential to achieve the Golden Elixir.

As for the wife's family, even if you dig out the children and grandchildren of all the fake golden elixirs in Shannan Dao and count them, there are still few who can be stronger than the head of Kang Da.
From this perspective, the head of Kangda standing at the head of the crowd was truly a rare talent, standing out among a crowd of chickens, and everyone could not help but pay attention to him.

But soon after, the real protagonist appeared and everyone turned their attention back.

Tie Liuyun came from behind the yamen and sat on Luo Heng's county throne. After looking down at the cultivators for a while, he nodded with satisfaction and said, "My Lord has asked me to be in charge of the reconstruction of the markets and streets in the counties of Yunjiao Prefecture. There are some details that need to be explained to you in person. Please listen carefully."

"Yes." All the cultivators responded in unison.

"First, from now on, all markets and streets in Yunjiao Prefecture will be issued business permits by the Yunjiao Prefecture government. All counties must conduct strict inspections. If any family still has fake permits and has not handed them in for destruction within one month, they will be treated as colluding with bandits and the entire family will be sentenced to exile."

Tie Liuyun slapped the gavel and explained the state court's big move in a lighthearted manner. He then took out a map of magic tools covered with red dots and casually circled it:
"Second, from now on, the above 27 old market sites will be assigned to the counties for unified reconstruction. They will no longer be the private property of a single household. The state court will send a special city lieutenant to supervise them. His rank is the same as that of the ninth rank. All counties must cooperate well."

"Yes!" Kang Dabao resisted the urge to ask questions and responded in a muffled voice.

"Third, for subsequent large-scale transactions in the state, these 27 markets and market towns will be given priority in supplying goods. Each county will keep 30% of the market tax for public funds, and the remaining 70% will be handed over to the state. In principle, the middle-class officials in each county can rent houses and purchase shops first, and the state will be exempted from taxes for the first ten years."

"Yes!" At this time, joy appeared on the faces of all the cultivators, knowing that this was a sweet gift from Zhou Tingken. If they thought about it roughly, it was also a considerable income.

"Fourth, considering the meritorious service of Kang County Lieutenant of Pingrong County in the war, the prefecture government of Pingrong County will not send a city lieutenant, and Kang County Lieutenant will still be in charge."

When Tie Liuyun said this, everyone in the room was shocked.

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