The Great Seminary

Chapter 24 Promised Shitland
Zhang Gui was summarizing extraordinary knowledge through his own practice when he suddenly heard someone calling out from outside the door.
"Sir, sir, are you back?"

"Brother Chun, what are you doing sneaking around like that?"

Zhang Gui withdrew his magical powers, opened the door impatiently and asked.

Zhang Chun came in in a panic.
“Sir, it’s over.

That bastard Zhang Yan brought his confidants and the patrol guards with him.

He also took away all the gold, silver and treasures from the bank.

The sea merchants outside don’t know about this yet.

I just wonder why the bank is closed.

We have to run fast.

Otherwise, once they find out, they’ll eat alive every Zhang in this town!”

Zhang Gui predicted that the only two options for Zhang Yan's gang were to run away or to have another head-on fight with the Pingyang Zhang family.

Now I heard that they chose to run away, so it was not surprising. I shook my head and said:
"Did he run away with the money? This old fellow Zhang Yan was very flexible this time.

But it’s better this way, so that we, the minions, won’t suffer as a result.”

After becoming Zhang Gui's personal henchman, Zhang Chun had long been accustomed to his occasional incomprehensible and bizarre remarks.

Asked curiously:
"Officer, aren't you surprised that Zhang Yan ran away?"

"He killed the beloved son of the head of the Pingyang Zhang family, and also wiped out the entire team that had brought countless resources to Ran Ya to establish the family.

If you don't run away, you can only do it, right?"

Zhang Gui looked at Zhang Chun and answered as if he was a fool.

"That's true."

“You don’t have to panic.

After all, our Pingyang Zhang family is quite powerful.

Even if those sea merchants gave up the capital for one or two trades, they would not kill people to prevent fires."

“Normally not.

But the old man at the bank said that he didn't know what nonsense Zhang Yan had said recently, and he had collected several large sums of money in advance.

So big that it could bankrupt someone.

If this gets exposed, even the Pingyang Zhang family, no matter how prestigious they are, will be of little use.”

"Financial fraud!" Zhang Gui blurted out, "This bastard wants us to take the blame!

That needs to be avoided first.

Merchants traveling by sea were not hit at all, and they remained silent and honest.

It is normal for you to make someone lose everything and die with no debts owed.

Thank you for the reminder, Chun Ge."

"It's good that you know, sir.

Hide quickly and don't let them find you.

I'm leaving now, please take care."

"Hey, Chun Ge, why don't you come with me? We can take care of each other."

Although Zhang Gui was unwilling to act with others, Zhang Chun was so considerate that he came to remind him in the middle of the night.

He must have all the rewards.

Zhang Chun refused, “When hiding from creditors in the city, the fewer people around, the better.

Take care, officer."

He waved his hand and walked away without looking back.

"I treated him well after I took over, and told me before I left.

But he was afraid of being implicated by me and didn't want to share my suffering.

He's a good person who is both realistic and mercenary, which is rare."

Zhang Gui muttered a comment, packed up his hidden 'dried nut candy', and quickly left the market office.

If he hid in Kuroki Town, he would be implicated sooner or later, so he simply fled from Kuroki Town in one go.

Jianzu Shencong leaped ten feet and ran wildly towards Zhang Qitong's destroyed camp.

It was only a day and a night since the 'Walking Dragon', but it felt like a long time.

The water on the ground was not much shaded.

The closer we got to the camp, the harder the road became.

Even if he slowed down, his body was still covered in mud.

Keep going.

The shattered remains of an iron and wooden carriage came into view.

Ironwood is extremely strong.

The fact that a convoy consisting of hundreds of large carts was broken into pieces to this extent shows how fierce the battle was.

The flesh and bones of the dead soldiers were mixed in the mud, and neither heavy rain nor gushing springs could wash them away.

All valuables were looted, not even a complete silver plate was left.

Zhang Gui walked around the broken camp, determined the center line, and located the position of Zhang Qitong's tent.

The tent was naturally gone long ago.

After painstakingly clearing the surrounding mud and water, a fragment of the metal foundation was discovered. Zhang Gui, summoned by Zhang Qitong last night, had immediately guessed from the moment they met that the metal house in the main tent must be the remarkable artifact, 'The Exploitation of the Works of Nature'.

Now it seems that is indeed the case.

According to legend, once "The Exploitation of the Works of Nature" is placed on the ground and opened, it cannot be moved.

After Zhang Yan and his gang won, they smashed the ground part of the metal house into pieces and dug up the underground foundation, but they still failed to steal it.

It can be seen that the legend is true.

When a strange object becomes like this, no matter how magical it is, it has become useless.

But Zhang Gui still wanted to give it a try.

Legend has it that after Tiangong Kaiwu entered the earth, "without the imperial decree, the power of the dragon veins would flush and restart it, otherwise it could never be moved again."

And on Serpent Head Island, his words are imperial decrees.

After all, the emperor can issue imperial decrees even if he is alone.

First, take out a few large silver ingots.

Zhang Gui began to look for the accounts:
"According to the laws of the True Dragon Nation, individuals or organizations that mine, farm, or conduct any economic activities in the True Dragon territory have a natural obligation to pay taxes.

Violators should be punished by fines.

Now I give orders as the King of the True Dragon Kingdom.

Confiscate all their capital in the True Dragon Country to offset taxes and fines."

As soon as he finished speaking, the silver ingot in his hand disappeared.

A few seconds later, a hundred times more silver inexplicably appeared on the ground.

“What a blessing, what a blessing!”

An expression of ecstasy appeared on Zhang Gui's face.

Start making nesting dolls again.

Finally, all the gold and silver of the merchant fleets on the Giant Snake Head Island were captured.

This is actually a case of draining the pond to catch fish.

The Giant Snake Head Island is vast. In addition to the Black Wood Town of the old Zhang family, there are also bases developed by other powerful families.

Zhang Gui's elemental rules, combined with the regional divine authority, belong to the "divine power" level in terms of power level, and there is almost no immunity.

But the quality is high, but the quantity is small.

Even if he could consume the human symbols of 'capital elements' such as gold and silver, his energy and spirit would be depleted.

You can make a lot of money when others are not prepared.

Be prepared.

Whether it was setting up a magic circle in the treasury, allowing Zhang Gui to use gold and silver to amplify the elemental rules and divine power he controlled, the cost exceeded the benefits.

Or he could replace the stored gold and silver with pearls, gems, jade and other treasures, so that his power would lose its target in the mysterious realm and Zhang Gui would not be able to cast the curse.

It's a one-time deal, so it's best to find the right time to do it.

But now, for the sake of "The Exploitation of the Works of Nature", it can only happen in advance.

Standing in front of the mountains of gold and silver, Zhang Gui, so tired that his face turned pale, rolled over reluctantly.

“One of my childhood birthday wishes, to roll in gold, has come true.

Even though it’s a short time, at least I’m happy now.”

Then he stopped joking and started the second step of his plan.

"If a tax evader dies, they can no longer fulfill their obligation to pay back taxes and fines.

Then I will have the right to confiscate all property in their possession."

As soon as he finished speaking, the mountain of gold and silver began to slowly collapse, turning into the power of rules, and slowly invading the remaining metal foundation underground with a roar.

Driven by the ritual, the strange object keeps trying to start up.

Like a magnet, it gradually re-integrates the shattered parts around it.

Seeing this, Zhang Gui silently prayed in his heart that the fusion would be faster and faster.

Don’t be short of money!
In the end, the result of sweet first and bitter later did not occur.

At dawn, when he had only a few hundred taels of silver left, he finally got the "Heavenly Exploitations" restored to its "factory state".

He took the dark golden metal box, which was one foot square, and rubbed it a few times in his hand.

Zhang Gui grinned, tied the remaining silver into a bundle and carried it on his back.

He messed up the surrounding traces and ran into the jungle.

Ten days later, in a bay hundreds of miles away from Kuroki Town.

After taking countless detours to avoid monsters and traveling a long distance, Zhang Gui finally arrived at the best starting point that he had sensed during the Laotai Cave ritual.

'Where the whale and the roc fell, where iron and copper, water and fire blended'.

Within a radius of more than ten kilometers here, the sky is covered with flying seabirds.

If you step on it, the bird droppings piled on the ground can cover your ankles.

The soles of my feet were still covered in hardened bird droppings.

The surrounding terrain is very similar to the harbor where Zhang Gui set foot on the Giant Snake Island, and the entrance to the basin can be seen from afar.

But the sea water is obviously much shallower. Looking into the sea, you can see numerous reefs visible to the naked eye.

(End of this chapter)