Chapter 75: Wealth and Fortune depend on each other
In order to condense the Heavenly Demon Naihe Pearl, Wang Zhong arranged the seven-sided Suzaku Demon Banner and set up the Seven Kills Mysterious Altar. However, when he was refining the Heavenly Demon, he condensed the true fire of the stars, and the fire turned into a Suzaku divine bird, flying hundreds of feet into the sky.
, circulates endlessly night after night, is too conspicuous, and is easily peeked by people. However, Wang Zhong's magic power is gradually increasing, his magic is mysterious, and he has subdued the Three Treasures of Heavenly Demons. His soul has been refined to match the Qinglong Banner, and Wu Kui, Xuan Chen,
Li Xian, the great ghost king, is here to help, and even ordinary cultivators can't get away with it.
After subduing the thousand-year-old dragon, killing Lan Bao, a disciple of the Blue Moon Sect at Tiangu Cliff in the Qilian Mountains, and obtaining the Taimo Golden Scale Flying Divine Boat, Wang Zhong devoted himself to condensing the Nai He Heavenly Demon Pearl, and during the day he took the turtle shell of the dragon.
The two horns were used to practice Xuanyin Atu's technique. The moon flew by like a shuttle, and time flew by like an arrow. In the blink of an eye, another three months and more than ninety days passed.
In the past three months, Wang Zhongyuan Shen gradually communicated with the Heavenly Demon Naihezhu, and realized the aura of the underworld and the underworld that came from the infinite and mysterious place in the universe. He was a very sane person, and was not tempted by the Heavenly Demon at all.
He has the most magical power, and often the illusions of heavenly demons are immediately dispersed by his thoughts throughout his life, and he is even enslaved and driven. As he comes and goes, he gradually realizes many magical functions of heavenly demons from the magic compass pillar.
After understanding the magical method of the Heavenly Demon, Wang Zhong gradually saw the power of the Heavenly Demon. Regarding this Heavenly Demon, there were rumors that in ancient times, the extraterrestrial Heavenly Demon descended from space and entered the Central Plains. However, at that time, the Central Plains was in the middle of nowhere.
It was the Spring and Autumn Period, when hundreds of schools of thought were at their peak, and saints appeared in great numbers. The ancestors of Taoism, military science, law, Mohism, Confucianism, medicine, divination, astrology, and fortune-telling were all supreme masters. Not only did the invasion of the demons fail, but they were almost defeated.
He was so distraught that he had no choice but to stay away from the Central Plains, reach the Western Regions and compete with the Buddha again, but still couldn't win. Only then did he realize how powerful he was. He didn't dare to stay and left in the air. However, during this period, countless skills were left behind and passed down to the world. Now,
Many secret demon sects are branches of the demons.
At this time, there are only seven days and seven nights until the demon becomes powerful. The three ghost kings entrenched on the flags have gradually refined into the Suzaku True Fire, attached to the soul, and their magic power has increased slightly.
During this period, there were naturally some cultivators peeping at them, but as long as there was any abnormal movement, Wang Zhongyun Yuanshen would kill them all within three hundred miles, take the living souls and absorb the black evil energy, and use Xuanyin magical power to condense them. After thirteen
Bai Yue's hard work created a Xuanyin Divine Screen. However, although the temporary disaster was eliminated, it also made many enemies and added endless troubles to the future.
But how can Wang Zhong have the slightest scruples? As long as he spends these hundred days to establish himself as a supreme demon and compete with the master, it is more than enough to protect himself. As long as he can refine the three-corpse spirit in the future, survive the three disasters, and turn one energy into three
Being clear means being invincible in the world, taking over the world, and taking a step further, the soul can glimpse the future, and maybe take the last step and return to his own era.
However, during these three months, Cao Cao used his magic skills many times to withdraw, but Wang Zhong's magical power gradually grew, and he gathered seven more souls, set up the Seven Kills Xuan Altar, and even realized the magic use of the demon to defeat Cao Cao.
Cao Cao had to fight Wang Zhong nine times every month, twenty-seven times in a row, but failed even once. Until the last seven days, he suddenly disappeared, as if he had given up.
But Wang Zhong knew that the Naihe Heavenly Demon Pearl was the result of Cao Cao's ninth turn, who had practiced cultivation for thousands of years and lived deep in the Demon Palace.
It is absolutely impossible to give up.
"It must be that Cao Cao now sees that he is well guarded and cannot take advantage. If he comes to snatch it in person, firstly, he is afraid that he will be invaded by others after leaving the Bronze Bird Demon Palace and destroy his nest. Secondly, he will have to fight several times with his spiritual thoughts.
During the confrontation, I messed up the information and couldn't determine the specific location. Now I must estimate the location and give me the fatal blow at the last moment. We must not take it lightly."
Wang Zhong is now focused on fighting for heaven and never slacks off at all. Lu Na and Wang Lele are also very busy. With the hundreds of thousands of taels of gold and silver brought back by Wang Zhong, things will be much easier to handle.
The jewelry was slowly sold off, and at the same time, he was hoarding food and grass, buying horses, bows and arrows, iron tools, etc.
As early as two months ago, Lu Na seized Su'er Black City and temporarily placed Na Juetu under house arrest in the mansion, but she did not kill him because she gave him a lot of jewelry. The Belles had nothing to say.
The Central Plains is different. Women are tribal leaders, and there are many city lords. In addition, Lu Na has a knack for winning people's hearts, and she doesn't care about money. In less than two months, she has accomplished several major events. Yehe Dabeile Nalimbu
After recording his surname, he summoned the city lords of the four cities for a meeting. He directly criticized the original city lord Juesa for his unfavorable leadership of the army, which resulted in his defeat at the hands of the Aixinjueluo tribe. His son was also incompetent and found it difficult to become the city lord. So he justifiably asked Lu Na to do the job.
City Lord.
Although Suerhei City is one of the four cities of Yehe, the soldiers, fields, pastures, and even the people in the city are all privately owned. When you become the city lord, you are like a little king. But the entire city is only ten miles in radius, and the people who live in the city are
There are only about a hundred households and more than 500 to 600 people. Together with the surrounding territory of 500 miles, there are several pastures and stone fields in the east of Liaohe River, and there are more than 3,000 slaves.
This Su'er Black City is not rich, and there are no minerals or the like that can make huge profits. Most of the city owner's income comes from animal husbandry, furs, and pearl fishing. A year's income, excluding expenses, can save it.
To ten thousand taels of silver, the gold Wang Zhong brought back this time was equivalent to the city's thirty or forty years of savings.
When taking over the city, Lu Na took inventory of the treasury and found that there was still a lot of treasure left, but it was only about 100,000 silver.
There are more than 30,000 people under the jurisdiction of this territory, including many old and weak women, who make a living by herding and hunting. Only a very small part of the Han people who immigrated to the pass make a living by farming or working as fishermen near the Liao River.
There were only 3,000 soldiers in the city. There were originally 5,000 elite soldiers, but this time they sent out troops, and 2,000 of them were killed by the Manchurian Aisin Gioro tribe. However, the Jurchen warriors were all fierce, and their riding and archery skills were extremely superb.
Lu Na personally leads the army training every day. In addition to riding and shooting, she also teaches them martial arts and military training formations. Lu Na knows deeply that political power comes from the barrel of a gun. The army must firmly grasp it in its hands and use jewelry.
I went to Hadaling and hired three old shamans to keep them in the city.
Wang Lele, on the other hand, ordered people to go to the horse market to buy a large number of farm tools and seeds, recruit some people who had no food and clothing to open up wasteland and cultivate the land, and canceled the tax for the whole people for two years. Now everyone praised her, and Lu Na's position was further consolidated.
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"This city is too small and dilapidated, with few good houses. You ask the slaves to quarry rocks, dig mountains, build the city and build walls. After the construction period is completed, cancel their slave status, distribute farm tools and seeds, and include them in the household registration.
Settling down outside the city to open up wasteland and cultivate land."
Lu Na visited Su'er Black City that day and saw that the city walls were all made of earth and the houses in the city were in dilapidated condition. She and Wang Lele had both lived in modern metropolises. Compared with modern times, the capital city at that time was
It's as rustic as the countryside, let alone a small remote town outside the customs. It's simply worse than a doghouse.
Wang Lele deeply agreed and nodded, "It's easy to do things if you have money. Now we can be regarded as benevolent. Why don't these people give up? After the city is built, we will build schools, make furnaces to smelt iron, cast weapons and armor, and...
We need to buy Hongyi cannons, buy guns, and expand our troops. We still have 300,000 taels left on hand, which is far from enough."
"To expand the army, we need at least 35,000 taels of cavalry, so that we can roam outside the customs without being bullied. In this way, the daily cost of food, grass and other military supplies will be tens of thousands taels. After the money brought by my brother is used up, our source of income will be
It is far from reaching this amount! We have to think of a long-term plan to make money, otherwise the annual income of tens of thousands taels from animal husbandry and taxation, the army will have no choice but to drink from the northwest wind."
"In addition to the military aspect, we also need to build schools, study with children, and hire teachers, which all cost money. This time I went to the horse market to sell jewelry. I heard that the Jianzhou Jueluo family was guarding the army and was already known as the Ten
Thousands of iron cavalry are on the march, and they are building a city in Shenyang, Shengjing. In another three to five years, we will be unable to resist. Are we really going to be destroyed like history?"
Lu Na said bitterly: "There are countless treasures in the Seven Killing Demon Palace, maybe hundreds of millions of taels of silver, but it's a pity that Jue Luo has got them all. It would be strange if they don't develop quickly! It's like I got so much money out of thin air, in two years
Within this time, I can build Su'er Black City like Yanjing."
"I asked Xiaoqian to do some calculations. If all the jewelry is sold, we can expand the army to 10,000 to support it for two years." Wang Lele calculated, "After two years, there will be no money, no food, no support, and the army will disperse.
. But we really can’t find a way to make money. This Su’er Black City is very poor. We don’t have anything, such as making glass. We can make money, but we don’t know how!”
The two of them were worrying about money, when suddenly Nie Xiaoqian next to them said: "I heard from my father that there are many mineral deposits near the Liaohe River. There are a lot of coal, iron, and copper hidden in the mountains beside the river. It's a pity that people outside the pass
They only know how to herd cattle and starve to death guarding the treasure mountain, but they don't know how to mine. As long as the two ladies find one or two places and send people to mine them, money will come rolling in."
"Yes! Bring me the map!" Wang Lele and Lu Na looked at each other and quickly asked someone to bring out the map. They both understand modern geography and know the distribution of the mineral deposits clearly. They can point to each one accurately.
, carefully compared the current terrain, and recalled the modern terrain. Sure enough, it was in a mountain not far from the city. In modern times, it was a copper mine. Looking around, I found a lot of coal, iron, and even
The gold and silver are so densely covered with stars that it’s true that a person is still worrying about money on a treasure mountain.
"There is an oil field underground in the Liaohe River, but modern technology cannot exploit it." Both women were ecstatic. Thinking of the Liaohe Oilfield, they felt it was a fly in the ointment.
"The two ladies are talking about black water, right? When my father was an official in the imperial court, he once met the wandering monk Shen Fu. His silver-scaled carp can penetrate three thousand feet into the ground. It is not difficult to get black water.
"Nie Xiaoqian said: "The two young ladies are people who want to do big things. It will be much easier if they get help from the heirs of the Mo family. The young master has taken over the golden scale divine boat of the Mo family, and Shen Fu will definitely come to get it after he learns the news.
, but the young master has stopped killing, and the words are not harmonious. If Shen Fu is killed, it will be a huge loss, but the young master rarely listens to others' advice, and only the two ladies can speak. When the time comes, the two ladies should pay more attention
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"Oh. So, you are right." Lu Na nodded. Sang Hong'er, Nie Xiaoqian, who was also serving next to her, was chatting freely, feeling jealous in her heart.
The two of them calculated and chose a place, which was a copper mine fifty miles away from the city. It was hidden deep in the mountains. It happened to be a place where they could quarry and build the city while mining and smelting copper.
"After you get the copper, you two ladies don't need to sell it. You can open a lead mine later and hire someone to cast Wanli coins privately. That's the right way to make a fortune." Nie Xiaoqian suggested again.
"Making private money? What a good idea!" Lu Na and Wang Lele looked at each other again, without speaking to each other, and secretly made plans.
For four or five days in a row, Lu Na and Wang Lele ordered people to use fire to open up the mountain. Sure enough, a large amount of copper ore was found in the depths. They ordered slaves to mine and stockpile, and asked craftsmen to cast furnaces for later smelting. They also moved several places away.
The mineral veins near the city were marked, and the city was very busy.
On the seventh day, things have just started, but Lu Na and Wang Lele are not busy anymore. Because tonight is the most critical time for Wang Zhong to sacrifice to the demon, the last night of a hundred days! As long as tonight goes by safely,
If you succeed in cultivating the demon, you will become a supreme master. If you fail, the enemy will definitely attack you, and your life will be difficult to save.
"Order the army to station ten miles away from Xuantan. Watch the surroundings closely. If there is anything unusual, use the crossbow to call out. Invite the three divisions Wukesa, Tutula and Dabar to come."
Three thousand Ye He's army has sufficient food and grass. They have been trained by Lu Na to be extremely strong and fully armored.
"I've seen Da Gege!" Three old men wearing robes with weird beast heads embroidered on them came up and gave Lu Na a slight salute. Lu Na quickly returned the salute. These three shamans are all proficient in powerful witchcraft. They are Longgang shamans.
Lu Na finally invited a person who was an elder of the Shan Shaman Cult with a lot of money and jewels to come over.
Nawukesa is obviously the leader, with a hooked nose and blue eyes. He holds an iron staff with a dove head half as tall as a man. On the shoulders of Natutu La and Dabar, there is a fierce Haidongqing standing on each shoulder, holding a dove head in his hand.
There is a big skull with patterns on it.
"Don't worry, Da Gege. We have put a blood curse on the arrows of these soldiers. Even if the monks from the Central Plains use their souls to come and hit an arrow, their vitality will be severely damaged. If thousands of arrows are fired at once, even the masters will be
I’m afraid it will be difficult to forcefully connect.”
Lu Na nodded and saw the red bird soaring in the sky, illuminating the ground in bright red.
At this time, in the Seven Kills Mysterious Altar, it has reached the most critical moment. In a puff of vermilion fire, the Naihe Heavenly Demon Bead has already floated on the top of the Demon Compass Sutra Tower, and is being smelted by a hundred heavenly fires.
, as if melting away, curls of yellow smoke stretched out from the beads, and gradually condensed into a six-armed demon.