Chongming Xianzong

Chapter 229: No Consensus

"Greetings, County Lord." Deng Baichuan had been in Chongming Market for quite some time, and had recently been promoted to Mayor. However, this was his first time stepping into the threshold of a small family like Chongming Sect.

Normally, he should have visited Kang Dabao when he just came back.

After all, he was well-informed and had long known that Master Kang would be in charge of both Pingrong County and Chongming Market in the future.

However, Deng Baichuan still had some of the pride of a kid from the capital, and before Kang Dabao's appointment was handed down, he was still too embarrassed to go looking for this mud-footed man.

But this day there was an important matter to discuss with the head of Kangda, so Deng Baichuan had to pay a visit to him.

"Captain Deng, you are too polite," Sect Leader Kang was still a little awkward in accepting the gift. After a few simple greetings, he led Deng Baichuan into the main hall.

The incense burner is cleaned and the host and guests are seated.

Kang Dabao gently knocked on the wooden table in front of him. Mo'er came out from the back of the hall with brisk steps and followed his order to serve tea.

This girl has become more and more beautiful now. Even Deng Baichuan, who is used to the world, couldn't help but subconsciously take a few more glances at her.

Seeing this, Sect Leader Kang suddenly became a little worried. He thought to himself that since this girl had no path to Taoism, he should discuss with his fellow disciples to see which boy to assign to her.

As for the serving in the hall, it would be better to let Kang Dahou pick a few well-behaved mortal girls from Chongming City.

"Senior Huolong died in battle, and Lord showed mercy by promoting two of his younger relatives to work in the provincial government. As for the new foundation-building leader of Chongming Market, he will most likely be selected from one of the new foundation-building forces that joined the alliance."

Deng Baichuan thought about it for a long time, and finally chose this matter as the topic of conversation.

Taoist Fire Dragon was dead. Even if the state government found his body, they could clearly prove that he died in the mouth of the spiritual beast that built the foundation of the True Spirit Sect. The hands of the head of the Kang family were clean, and he was not afraid of being retaliated by the descendants of Taoist Fire Dragon.

Of course, if he could find a suitable opportunity to kill all the descendants of Fire Dragon Taoist, Kang Dabao would be happy to do so.

He listened to Deng Baichuan's speculation about the new foundation-building official in Chongmingfang City and agreed with him. With the power of the state court's victory, Deng Baichuan had no worries about being able to subdue these local tyrants.

Today, the Liangyi Sect is indeed fulfilling its promise to Kuang Liuting and is gradually weakening its influence on all aspects of Yunjiao Province.

Against this background, the provincial court's control over various forces in Yunjiao Province is increasing day by day.

Many forces that were once in Cao's camp but whose hearts were with Han had to change their flags on the city walls if they did not have the courage and opportunity to migrate to other states.

Several county officials were killed in the battle of Xiaowu Mountain. After the state government provided compensation, it did not follow the usual practice of selecting successors from the small families where these county officials came from. Instead, it directly appointed a number of foundation-building cultivators who had been unable to command before to take up the positions.

It is said that even those Qi-training county magistrates who are still alive will be dismissed one by one by the state court in the near future.

Kang Dabao felt that the news was probably true, but since his appointment was made by Kuang Liuting himself, it would most likely not be his turn.

Rumor has it that according to the intention of the Earl of Nan'an, he wants to replace all the officials in Yunjiao Prefecture with people who have practiced the foundation-building technique within half a century.

This was a rather difficult task. Kuang Liuting obviously did not place all his hopes on incorporating the local forces in Yunjiaozhou with different ideas.

Originally, the core supporters of Kuang Liuting, such as the Fei family of Yingzhou and the Gun family of Anshan, had already been working on relocating some of their branch families and offshoots here.

Since Zhou Ting won the Battle of Xiaowushan, the speed at which the various families in the capital responded to Kuang Liuting's strategy of immigration to the border has increased again.

Even if there are some among them who are so stingy that they are reluctant to give up even their own branches and offshoots, they will never feel bad about taking over some of their insignificant small clans and factions.

The news that Kuang Liuting captured the genuine golden elixir alive with his foundation-building body has spread throughout the capital area.

Hongyi Sect's Jie Yi Shangxiu naturally became a joke among everyone, but Kuang Liuting's weight in everyone's heart became much more important.

To win simply by crossing levels is nothing in the eyes of these high-ranking cultivators.

The David Dynasty is extremely wealthy, and many so-called "geniuses" in the eyes of ordinary people are actually just like crucian carp crossing the river in the eyes of these great men, and are not uncommon.

Although it is difficult to make Qi training better than foundation building and foundation building better than fake elixir, there will always be people who can do this every once in a while.

But someone like Kuang Liuting is so talented that it is difficult to find one in a decade or two.

Therefore, for such easy tasks as sending immigrants to Yunjiaozhou to settle on the border, some prominent families that were closer to the Xian Dynasty were willing to give Kuang Liuting some face and do it.

So in the past three months alone, there have been as many as eleven families with names and surnames who moved from the capital to Yunjiao Prefecture.

Fortunately, the provincial government had recently cleared out the Liangyi Sect's stronghold in Yunjiao Province, so there was no need to worry about not having spiritual veins to reward them.

Among the leaders of these eleven forces, there is even a master of fake elixirs, dozens of foundation-building cultivators, and even more Qi-cultivating cultivators.

These are just the vanguard teams. Almost no practicing force would be willing to abandon their mortal roots, and the migration process is quite long.

However, the number of mortals protected by the foundation-building forces ranges from hundreds of thousands to millions, and no one has the ability to move all of them here.

Not to mention the cost, just the long journey from the capital to Yunjiaozhou would not be easy for cultivators at the initial and intermediate levels of Qi training, let alone those mortals with weak bodies.

If any force wants to relocate millions of mortals at once, unless they ask the top Jindan cultivators or even Yuanying Zhenren to take action, otherwise seven or eight out of ten of these people will die on the way.

Even Kuang Liuting couldn't invite such people, let alone ordinary small forces, it would be even more difficult to even meet them.

Therefore, these forces that had just moved to Yunjiaozhou could only choose to use common methods of transportation, such as monk escorts, flying pack animals, and spirit boats, to move the direct descendants of their monks here first.

As for other mortals, most of them will migrate here in batches under the leadership of the remaining monks.

However, according to the provincial court, this matter could not be done for the time being. Just communicating and coordinating with the local tyrants along the way was a hassle. Many of the leading forces in the provincial capitals along the way did not have a harmonious relationship with the Immortal Dynasty, so it was difficult to get any convenience.

Although the matter of relocating mortals still requires long-term consideration, it is an indisputable fact that with the arrival of these eleven gates to the capital, the foundation of the provincial court in Yunjiaozhou has become much more solid.

As a result, the positions of county chief officials, which were once sneered at by casual Qi-cultivating practitioners, seem to have become much more valuable.

Sect Leader Kang did not feel very happy. Chongming Sect now had countless things to do, not to mention that he also had to plan for building a foundation for himself.

Therefore, Kang Dabao really had no intention of investing his energy in Pingrong County. He just wanted to save Luo Heng by helping him glue his head back.

If Deng Baichuan knew what Master Kang was worried about at this moment, he would definitely sneer.

Most of the heads of these small families have this kind of distress. All matters, big and small, depend on one person, which inevitably delays their own practice.

For example, Kang Dabao's elder brother He Dezong is a typical example. Outsiders all know how prosperous the He family in Hong County is, but since He Dezong took over the family from his father, Kang Dabao, the eldest brother of the He family who is known as "promising in building a foundation", has made very slow progress in cultivation.

There are not many heads of households in these small places who are capable of taking care of both ends. It is normal to focus on one thing and neglect the other.

However, the head of Kang Da would not tell this sorrow to an outsider like Deng Baichuan, and the two talked about some recent events. During the conversation, Deng Baichuan and Kang Dabao talked about the matter of selecting spiritual ore.

This is actually an important matter. Pingrong County is a place that Master Kang has measured with his own pair of iron feet.

Where is the magic mine? Is the mine expensive or cheap? Is it rich or poor? Kang Dabao doesn't say he knows it all, but he roughly knows it, but it's not an exaggeration.

Speaking of it, Pingrong County really deserves the word "poor". Not only are the spiritual veins messy, but even the spiritual mines are pitifully scarce.

Like the Cultivation Association, relying on the power of Shan Gong, they only occupied a first-grade medium-quality cold iron spiritual vein under Yushan Lake, which was already the most enviable local force in Pingrong County.

The reason why local forces need to be emphasized is because Pingrong County still has a good mineral vein.

In the past, there were no tigers in the mountains of Pingrong County. As a true cultivator who had established his foundation and also the local governor, Huo Bing occupied a first-grade, top-quality yellow stone amber vein.

For a period of time, several small families near the mine were conscripted to work as slave laborers in the mine.

In theory, now that Huo Bin has joined the Liangyi Sect, it is only natural for Kang Dabao to take back the Huangshi amber mine that the Huo family had seized.

It just so happened that ever since Deng Baichuan came to Pingrong County and took charge of the overall situation in Chongming Market, since the old foundation-building master Huo Bing did not dare to offend the fake Sima behind him, this vein of minerals fell into Deng Baichuan's hands.

As a result, Master Kang was in a real dilemma.

"My master also knew that it was the words of the Lord, and he had already told the county magistrate that all the mineral veins in Pingrong County were available for you to choose from. However, Meng Xingcao was fined 100,000 yuan by the Lord, and he has always been a worldly person. He didn't have that many spirit stones to use at the moment, so he borrowed some from my master.

It just so happened that the yellow stone amber vein that the county lord had his eye on had already been bought out by my master through an old friend before the county lord's reward came down."

Deng Baichuan said this with a slightly embarrassed look on his face. After hearing this, Sect Leader Kang didn't know how to start again for a moment.

Regardless of whether Gun Jia Sima really sold the mine or asked Deng Baichuan to make up this excuse just because he was unwilling to give the Huangshi amber mine to himself, Kang Dabao did not want to fall out with Gun Jia Sima because of this mine.

After all, the latter was the confidant of the Earl of Nan'an, who had taken good care of him. He could barely be considered a kind and benevolent elder. There was no reason for him to turn against him for this unexpected wealth.

"In that case, does Commander Deng know what Sima Gun wants Kang to do?"

"Haha, my master always said that County Master Kang is a humble person who treats others with humility. It's true." Deng Baichuan praised first, and then continued: "Since County Master Kang is willing to be humble in this Huangshi amber mine, my master will definitely not do such a thing as eating his relatives' money and committing evil."

Deng Baichuan said this, secretly glanced at the expression of the head of Kang, paused, took a sip of spiritual tea, and then said: "The county lord should also know that the assets of the Huo family in Tanggu County are the fat of the Huo family.

There is a first-grade green stone vein in Tanggu County. The grade is very high, and it is not much different from the ordinary second-grade lower-grade spiritual ore. It is much better than this yellow stone amber vein. My master means to use this vein and return it to County Master Kang. "

"Tanggu County?" When Kang Dabao heard what Deng Baichuan said about the arrangements, countless thoughts flashed through his mind in an instant.

"Captain, may I ask you a question? Did Mr. Gun promise the Huangshi amber mine to an old acquaintance?" asked the head of the Kang family in a natural manner.

"Ha, the county magistrate is a smart man, why do you have to ask these questions?" Deng Baichuan's face showed no strange expression, he shook his head and continued: "You just need to know that your family will not lose money in this business."

"Then I don't want this green stone mine anymore. I'll just give it to you two Simas as a token of my filial piety."

"County Master, you are wrong, right? Do you think that the two Simas are the kind of people who take advantage of others?" Deng Baichuan glanced at him and his tone became cold.

"Yes, Kang said something wrong." Kang Dabao was silent for a while before nodding his head.

"In that case, I will take my leave. Someone will deliver the spiritual mine deed to you within ten days. In addition, your store in the market has been closed for some time. It's not good to keep it closed in such a good location. Please consider this."

Before Deng Baichuan stood up to leave, he did not forget to mention Kang Dabao again.

"I understand. We'll open after we get all the goods ready." Kang Dabao looked expressionless, but he knew what Deng Baichuan meant, so he nodded anyway.

"Ha, that's right! When the time comes, I will definitely bring my relatives and friends to show my support and have a great time together." Deng Baichuan bowed hastily, and without waiting for the reaction of Sect Leader Kang, he walked out of the gate of Chongming Sect without looking back.

"Tanggu County, Tie Family, why is this happening?" Kang Dabao muttered in a low voice.

He had not thought that just after a group of people died, the bigwigs in the state court were so eager to start the fine traditions of the David Dynasty. It was really a rare moment of peace.

Master Kang was feeling a little annoyed, so he returned to his own courtyard, only to see Jiang Qing sitting in front of the chess table waiting for him.

"Better?" Kang Dabao's first words were still concerned. Jiang Qing's face showed some helplessness again: "Much better, Senior Brother, maybe you can say something else."

"Then why did you come to me? Are you looking for a scolding?" Master Kang sat down next to Jiang Qing. He said he was annoyed, but his eyes secretly glanced at the latter's wound again.

"Haha, I'm here to thank you, Senior Brother!" As soon as Jiang Qing finished speaking, Kang Dabao's face showed a puzzled look: "You bastard, you've been eating my food, wearing my clothes, and using my things since you were a child. How can you not thank me for everything? Why are you here to thank me today?"

"Tsk tsk tsk, I see, I see. I will thank you all at once when I build the foundation pill."

Jiang Qing was not annoyed, still smiling, and took out a bottle of crystal clear spiritual liquid to show it to the head of Kang Da Sect, and then explained: "This is the Ling Decoction that my sister-in-law asked her personal maid to bring to my junior brother. It has the effect of strengthening the body, nourishing the essence, strengthening the tendons and repairing the bones.

Junior brother asked Senior Brother Ye to take a look. He said that this small bottle alone cost no less than 8,000 spirit stones. It is extremely rare and difficult to buy even for ordinary foundation building. Sister-in-law is so generous, how can junior brother not come to thank Senior Brother?"

"She sent it, so you go and thank her yourself. Why should you thank me?" Kang Dabao was a little surprised when he heard this, but he still showed an impatient expression on his face.

Jiang Qing continued, "That girl told my sister-in-law that although this thing is far less effective than the Azure Spiritual Root, it can help my junior brother recover a little bit of his foundation. It is even more beneficial for building a foundation. Even some of the royal family members in the imperial capital..."

Kang Dabao was halfway through listening to this, and for some reason, all the worries and sorrows in his heart suddenly gathered together, and he suddenly interrupted and said, "Xiao Sanzi, if I say, let's... let's not build the foundation, okay?"

After these words, the master's courtyard suddenly fell silent.

Not long after, it was broken by another powerful voice, which was so loud and clear that it was deafening!
"no!"

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