Shen Shixing is now afraid that Lu Bai will not let him do things.
Now that he heard that Lu Bai had something to ask him to help with, he hurriedly said: "Master Hou, it's okay if you say so."
This is a good opportunity for the Shen family to make contributions.
"The Emperor asked me to recommend candidates for the city masters of Yongle City, Yancheng and Ankang City. I don't have the corresponding talents around me for the time being. How about you? Especially for Yongle City, we must choose the most reliable and capable talents, especially those who are good at business. ." Lu Bai said.
After saying that, he glanced at everyone and saw that everyone was dumbfounded.
Three cities!
The Shen family's original backing was the tea house, which was not one of the eight major sects, so its power was weak. With the support of the tea house, they worked hard for many years before they roughly firmly captured the basic base of Kuaiji County.
Even so, the current Kuaiji County is not a monologue of the Shen family.
The influence of the Gu family still extends to Kuaiji County.
With the support of the tea house, the development of their Shen family has now come to an end.
But Master Shen’s work is not over yet.
He wants to build the Shen family into one of the four great families.
This is also the reason why the Shen family abandoned the tea house and chose Jianzhai and now Lu Bai.
After learning that Jian Zhai had chosen the Shi family this morning, the Shen family felt like the sky was falling apart, and some people even started crying. Ever since they set out on the road of changing their families, they have embarked on a road of no return, and now the road is broken. , the Shen family suddenly lost its backer and would be bullied from now on.
However, just when they were at a loss and felt that their future was uncertain, news suddenly came that Lu Bai summoned the gods and drank to death the ancestor of the Neishu Hall, Eunuch Wei.
Shen Shixing suddenly found the direction as if the clouds were clearing and the sun appeared.
However, in the process of attachment, Shen Shixing was still worried, because Lu Bai was still an official in the court, and he was a man with a complicated and mysterious background. If he was not careful, he might lose everything. .
Because Lu Bai was the governor of the town, they even felt that Lu Bai had given them little help to the Shen family in a short period of time.
However, now Lu Bai opened his mouth and called Sancheng, completely suffocating everyone in the Shen family.
These three cities are not just ordinary three cities.
Yancheng is Lu Bai's base camp, and it goes without saying that an obedient person must be arranged to go there; Yongle City produces salt and is a border town, so there is a lot of money to be made here; as for Ankang City, this is where the Shi family made their fortune. The Shi family has been operating in this land for many years. Last year, in order to win the favor of Jianzhai, the head of the Shi family also asked his most talented son, Mr. Shi Qi, to collect money. Unfortunately, he met Lu Bai and died. Give Lu Bai the title of executioner.
The most important thing is that these three cities are all on the western border. Taking these three cities will make the Shen family's power even more powerful.
Of course, if you want to completely master these two cities, you will inevitably offend others.
The Lu family has always been the city lord of Yongle City; the Shi family is the master of Ankang City. If the Shen family takes over the two cities, they will inevitably offend them and uproot their influence.
But after Shen Shixing thought about it, he felt that if the Shen family wanted to grow and become one of the four major families in the future, they would have to make sacrifices.
Moreover, for taking refuge in Lu Bai, these two forces would not be able to offend him even if they wanted to.
After careful consideration, he nodded and said, "Master Hou, to tell you the truth, our Shen family is most in need of such talents."
Lu Bai took a sip of wine and said, "That's good. Later, you can hand over the list of candidates to my aunt."
Shen Shixing immediately understood that Gu Qinghuan was the one who made the decision behind Lu Bai.
Lu Bai was only responsible for practicing and hanging out in official circles.
The two have a clear division of labor.
Then, Lu Bai said: "There is one more thing that may require you to spend some effort and money."
With the reassurance of the three cities just now, Shen Shixing asked Lu Baidan to say it was okay, "Serving the Marquis is what we should do."
Lu Bai pointed to the north, "The emperor has a royal garden north of the capital and south of the Ningjiang River. Now he has given it to me. I plan to build that garden as the mountain gate of my Haoqi Gate, so I have to trouble you."
Shen Shixing asked doubtfully, "It was built near the capital?"
"Not bad, what, what's wrong?" Lu Bai asked him.
Master Shen thought it would be too lively.
Cultivation pays attention to pure practice, especially in the later stages of practice, because it is difficult to improve to a higher level, so it requires a lot of energy. At this time, naturally, the less things that involve energy, the better.
The capital city is prosperous.
Since the mountain gate was built in the capital, the disciples could not help but have their hearts wandering, and naturally they had no intention of practicing pure cultivation.
"If a practitioner cannot withstand the temptation, why should he talk about practicing?" Lu Bai said.
He doesn't intend to build a true sect either.
Lu Bai's initial plan was to build Haoqi academies in various cities, and then select outstanding people from them to enter the Haoqi Sect in the capital, and then select outstanding talents from the Haoqi Sect to enter the Haoqi City in Yancheng—that is, Zhongshan Valley.
The three-stage selection was inspired by Lu Bai’s schooling experience in his previous life.
The focus of Haoqi Academy is to recruit a variety of talents.
Lu Bai now has opera to practice, piano music to practice, poetry to practice, medicine, wine and singing practice and other cultivation methods. He can completely recruit talents. Regardless of their origin, they can all enter Haoqi Academy to practice, and then according to the The talents of these disciples determine what Taoism and exercises they practice.
If the academy discovers the talents of people in the world, the Haoqi Sect in Beijing provides in-depth guidance on the practice of these disciples, allowing them to enter the realm of practice, and finally go to the isolated place of Haoqi City to practice with concentration.
After going through three stages in this way, Lu Bai felt that even if he could not set off a craze for spiritual practice among the whole people, he could at least break the status quo of only rich people being able to practice, so that ordinary people can also practice.
Of course, these are not enough to explain things to outsiders.
Lu Bai just told Shen Shixing not to worry and just follow the instructions.
Shen Shixing agreed, and then persuaded Lu Bai to drink. After another meal, Lu Bai was thinking about Gu Qinghuan, so he broke up and Shen Yan and Shen Xi drove Lu Bai home in a carriage.
When Lu Bai returned to his house, Yun Niang came up and told Lu Bai that Gu Qinghuan had woken up.
Lu Bai hurriedly handed the coat to Yun Niang, "How is she?"
"It's good. She looks much younger and in better spirits. Madam is practicing calligraphy in the study now," Yun Niang said.
Lu Bai walked to the study room in three steps and saw that Gu Qinghuan was indeed practicing calligraphy, but he didn't know how to practice calligraphy on paper. Instead, he drew in the air with his index finger, and then dragged out a fluorescent long tail as if he was controlling it on the panel.
After the words were written, the font appeared out of thin air, and intertwined orchid patterns appeared one after another around the words.
Then, Gu Qinghuan counted the words with his hands and pushed them out.
In an instant, clumps of orchids bloomed in the study, seemingly real but not real, like dreams and illusions, decorating the entire study.
"This is?" Lu Bai was shocked.
After Lu Qinghuan entered the realm of cultivation, Lu Bai was still wondering what Lu Qinghuan was practicing, but now he looked pretty good.
"A piece of calligraphy." Gu Qinghuan said.
This wine is worthy of being a fairy brew. It not only tempers the body, but also exercises the spirit and inspires the mind. After a deep sleep, Gu Qinghuan gained many insights into calligraphy, so much so that he entered the realm of calligraphy overnight.
territory.
Her current state has reached the highest state achieved by the Gu family's children in recent years.
This may be the benefit of having a backend.
Gu Qinghuan now knows why Yiqiu Villa has risen rapidly after the Sword Immortal ascended, and the Gu family no longer dare to raise their eyebrows. There really is someone in the sky who can do things easily.
"Are there any other changes in your body? It's uncomfortable." Lu Bai was very happy when he saw Lu Bai entering the Skybreaking Realm. Although he didn't want to fight with Gu Qinghuan, cultivation was always good. At least he could live longer.
However, he still asked with concern. After all, Gu Qinghuan's breakthrough in cultivation was not a normal path.
"Fortunately, nothing has changed." Gu Qinghuan lowered his head and glanced around.
When Lu Bai broke through, she was still nourished and became younger again. Now the changes in her body are not bad, she just feels that she has strength and spirit, and her whole body is full of vitality.
After a quarter of an hour, the orchids in the house turned into butterflies and slowly disappeared.
In the meantime, Lu Bai and Gu Qinghuan drank tea and talked about the emperor's rewards.
"Marquis of Shuobei? All the fiefs in Shuobei City were given to you?" Gu Qinghuan frowned and pondered.
She had to admit that when it came to giving money, the Emperor was still more savvy than the Supreme Emperor.
The Supreme Emperor directly gave the tax revenue to Yiqiu Villa, while the Emperor gave Lu Bai the way to earn money and asked Lu Bai to sort it out by himself.
Of the two, the former seemed better, but Gu Qinghuan had stayed in Yancheng and knew that the former had made Yancheng's officials and people down to the next level dissatisfied.
As for the latter method, it sounds troublesome, and sending money is not straightforward, but Lu Qinghuan thinks it will be good for both parties.
The Southern Dynasties closed border trade and prohibited the Southern Dynasties from doing business with the Northern Barbarians.
"He gave us this fief just to tell us that we can start a small border trade in the border town. As long as we don't do too much and don't lend a lot of iron tools and grain to the enemy, he will turn a blind eye.
Yes." Gu Qinghuan said.
"Really?" Lu Bai was surprised.
He did not consider that the imperial court once closed the border trade because of the Northern Barbarians' raids on the border towns, but it has not been opened yet.
However, border trade has not been opened, but the demand from both sides still exists.
The Southern Dynasties needed livestock, horses and furs from the Northern Barbarians, and the Northern Barbarians needed silks, grains, salt and iron from the Southern Dynasties.
If Lu Bai started doing this, he would indeed make a lot of money.
The key is that the emperor will not lose too much money.
"I'm afraid the emperor has already planned to start border trade." Gu Qinghuan said.
Only a few years ago, when the Northern Barbarians raided the border town, the emperor made harsh words in anger, saying that he would permanently close the border trade. From then on, no one ever proposed opening the border trade again.
Now Lu Bai made an opening, which not only prevented the emperor from making a mistake, but also brought money, which is not bad.
Lu Bai didn't expect this.
However, when he thinks that Shuobei City has become the center of trade between the two countries, he will probably receive a lot of money.
If he were to expand his private salt business to the Northern Barbarians, Lu Bai seemed to see the white money coming towards him.
Lu Bai held back his saliva for the moment and mentioned the Shen family's attachment and surrender this morning.
Lu Qinghuan was not surprised when she heard this. If she were the head of the Shen family, she would also choose this path. This is almost the only way for the Shen family.
"Very good." Gu Qinghuan said.
It is difficult to cultivate a noble family from scratch as one's own secular power. The Shen family's surrender undoubtedly saved Lu Bai a lot of effort.
"I will contact them tomorrow about their support and candidates." Gu Qinghuan took over the job.
She knew that Lu Bai was not good at these tasks, so she might as well let him do what he liked, otherwise he might accidentally break through again.
"Okay." Lu Bai agreed.
At this time, it began to rain continuously in the sky again, and the calm world was immersed in a slight "clatter".
Lu Baicai had just had a treat at Juxian Pavilion, and now that it was afternoon, he was too lazy to do anything, so he hugged Lu Qinghuan and snuggled into bed, listening to the rain outside the window, smelling the fragrance on the pillow, and doing some exercise.
Only then did Lu Bai realize that Gu Qinghuan's body had undergone some changes. His skin was whiter, softer and softer, and he was neither fat nor thin. He could no longer resist being whipped but could not fight back.
After doing the bad thing, Lu Bai put on a long gown and leaned on the sofa. He reached to the table and took the jug and took a sip of wine. Suddenly he remembered that he still had one more chance to win a lottery.
Lu Bai patted his forehead.
There were so many things going on from yesterday to now that he had forgotten all about it.
Lu Bai turned his head and saw that Lu Qinghuan was sleeping soundly. He quickly called out the panel and chose the lottery.
The lottery panel quickly stopped.
Just when Lu Bai was expecting something good, a boy suddenly appeared in front of him, and then turned into a card.
Lu Bai was surprised.
He drew a lot of things, including a puppet, but drawing something like a card that turned into a boy was something he had never seen before.
He hurriedly went to the panel to check the introduction.
[Sword slave: Live by the sword, serve the master with the sword]
"Alone?!" Lu Bai suddenly felt bad.
In the past, it was just a sword with self-awareness, but now, a person was actually drawn out.
How to explain this realization?
Did he conjure a living person out of thin air?
Lu Bai thought about it and felt that he could only blame it on that unfounded sect.
As for the realm of this sword slave, it was not mentioned on the panel. It is estimated that Lu Bai will have to ask after it is realized.
Lu Bai glanced at Gu Qinghuan again, and seeing that she showed no sign of waking up, he quietly got up, left the study and stood in the garden. Seeing no one around, he exchanged the sword slave for her.
Whoosh!
There was a flash of white light, and a very handsome girl with two upturned buns appeared in front of Lu Bai.
Although this girl is small, she has a big temper.
With a frosty face, she looked around and asked Lu Bai coldly: "Where is your sword?"
Lu Bai doesn't use a sword, "I don't have a sword."
"Why did you call me out if you don't have a sword?" the girl asked coldly.
"Hey, you have a really bad temper." Lu Bai was unmoved by her cold tone. He grabbed her bun and shook her, and then with a move of his hand, he summoned his flying sword.
"Let you keep this sword for the time being." Lu Bai handed it to her and asked, "Besides serving the sword, what else do you have?"
"I know how to use a sword." The sword slave wiped the sword in his hand and wiped away the stains from when Lu Bai stepped on it.
"How long?" Lu Bai asked again.
The sword slave raised his face and said proudly: "Invincible in the Sky-Breaking Realm!"
Lu Bai smiled, "It turns out she is a little girl who has just entered the Pokyong Realm."
The sword slave's cold tone was interesting and unconvincing, "No, that's not true. I am very talented in swordsmanship. In time, I will definitely surpass everyone in the world!"