As soon as he drove the cloud head out of Zhushan, a flat dark brown road with a width of ten meters appeared in Jiang Xuan's eyes.
The avenue is not straight, but has a slight arc, winding like a dragon to an unreachable distance.
Branch roads appear from time to time on both sides of the main road.
The branch road is five meters wide, flat and clean, and connects the villages along the way.
There is another branch road on the branch road. It is only half a meter wide. It is said to be a branch road, but it is more like a path on the ridge that goes deep into the farmland, dividing the farmland into neat fields.
Sixi County is located in a remote area and there are no cars coming and going, so Jiang Xuan did not put up a railing in the middle of the main road and the branch road to plan the walking direction of pedestrians, vehicles and horses.
It was early morning, and as the red sun rose from the eastern land, the whole world became noisy.
Children wearing large flowered coats and leading big yellow dogs frolic on the neat field ridges.
The old farmer led his big ox and walked leisurely on the branch road, looking at the farmland with a hopeful look on his face, as if he was looking forward to the day of sowing.
There are also groups of young people going up and down the mountain. From time to time, game is transported down the mountain, followed by bursts of cheers.
There are also peasant women washing clothes by the newly opened water channel, white-haired old men picking up the seeds under the old locust tree, and young girls driving flocks of chickens and ducks into the farmland.
Feeling the joy emanating from the people, Jiang Xuan couldn't help but smile.
Taoists, cultivate the Tao and seek longevity.
However, it is very lonely to practice Taoism. If a person practices Taoism in the mountains for a long time, problems will arise sooner or later.
It's much more interesting to do your best to change the world in the direction you want.
Jiang Xuan walked along the avenue with a sense of comfort, but when Jiang Xuan came to a crossroads, he suddenly frowned.
There is a slight problem with the movement of earth energy.
Although the formation has not been officially completed, as the earthly avenues laid out by the Tuyao soldiers with magic spread like skin lines on the surface of Sixi County, the scattered earth energy has also gathered together.
It's just that it didn't fall into position, so the energy of these earth veins couldn't be utilized.
And the problem arises here.
It had only been seven days, but Jiang Xuan felt a sense of ambiguity as the energy of the earth's veins circulated at the crossroads in front of him.
Jiang Xuan could feel that even if the formation was completed, there would still be some obscurity.
What if after a year and a half, the obscurity will turn into complete depression?
The energy of the earth's veins that gathers on the Tuxing Avenue is not scattered energy of the earth's veins. It can be said that it affects the whole body. If one area is blocked, a chain reaction will occur on the entire avenue.
"So what to do?"
"If the formation is completely deployed, we can also set up a Star God position here to control the earth veins, but the problem is that the formation is not deployed."
"And will there be many obscure places? If there are too many, can I establish so many Star Gods?"
While deep in thought, Jiang Xuan suddenly felt something in his heart, and then turned his head and looked into the distance.
At the end of the line of sight, there was a Tuyao soldier coming in the clouds. After landing on the intersection, he began to channel the energy of the earth's veins.
Seeing this scene, Jiang Xuan's brows suddenly furrowed even deeper.
After the Tuyao soldiers had finished channeling the energy of the earth's veins, Jiang Xuan casually took him in front of him.
After clearing the earth veins, Tu Yao Bing noticed a change in his vision and immediately looked on guard.
But when he saw that it was Jiang Xuan who took him away, he immediately put down his guard, clasped his hands and saluted Jiang Xuan:
"grown ups."
After waving his hand to indicate that there was no need to be polite, Jiang Xuan pointed to the intersection:
"How often do you come here to channelize the energy of the earth's veins?"
"Sir, I will come here every two days to clear the earth's energy."
"How obscure is this earth line after the establishment of the Earthly Way?"
"not much."
After replying to Jiang Xuan first, Tu Yaobing continued:
"Only every twenty miles on the main road, every two hundred miles on the branch roads, and every two thousand miles on the field ridges will there be an obscure place in the ground."
Jiang Xuan narrowed his eyes when he heard Yaobing's answer.
If it were placed within one county of Sixi County, then the number would indeed be small.
But if Tuxing Avenue is expanded to the entire land of China, then this number will be a bit outrageous.
For example, in China in a previous life, as of the end of 2021, the national highway mileage was 375,400 kilometers, the provincial highway mileage was 387,500 kilometers, the county road mileage was 679,500 kilometers, the rural road mileage was 1,223,000 kilometers, and the village road mileage was 2,563,500 kilometers.
With more than 5 million kilometers and more than 10 million miles of road, how many obscure and sluggish places will be created?
This does not include the length of the field ridges.
Moreover, the territory of the Ming Dynasty in this life is three times larger than that of China in the previous life.
After calculating the data for a while, Jiang Xuan felt a little numb.
This is a place with hundreds of millions of obscure and sluggish ground connections.
"So it's not feasible to set up the formation by yourself."
"It won't work even with the help of the Five Star Soldiers."
"It's okay for one Sixi County, but certainly not for the whole of China."
"This is not a feat that one person or one sect can accomplish."
"Such an unparalleled feat requires the gathering of all available forces."
After waving his hand and letting the Tu Yao soldiers go about their business, Jiang Xuan immediately continued flying towards Sixi County.
As he approached Sixi County, Jiang Xuan also had new ideas in his mind about how to operate next.
But his ideas require cooperation.
When Jiang Xuan came to Sixi Taoist Temple with a lot of thoughts on his mind, what surprised Jiang Xuan was that he didn't sense Zhao Mingming's aura.
After the clouds descended and landed in front of the Taoist temple, Jiang Xuan immediately looked at the little Taoist boy sitting in front of the temple and dozing off with a whisk in his arms:
"Where is the Taoist temple master?"
The little Taoist boy who was wearing his hair suddenly heard a voice in his ears and immediately jumped up:
"I didn't sleep in!"
Seeing this scene, Jiang Xuan couldn't help but laugh, and then spoke again:
"Where has your Guanzhu gone?"
The little Taoist boy who came back to his senses quickly wiped the saliva from the corner of his mouth, then hurriedly raised the whisk in his hand and gave a salute:
"Taoist Priest, the master of the temple has gone to slay demons."
Smiling and rubbing the little Taoist boy's head, Jiang Xuan looked up at the stars in the sky and did not rush to find Zhao Mingming. Instead, he spoke again:
"When your temple master comes back, ask him to come to Zhushan to find me."
The little Taoist boy nodded drowsily when he heard this:
"Taoist Priest, you have to tell me who you are."
"If you tell your temple master, he will know who I am."
After saying this, he stuffed a pill that strengthened the body and strengthened the body into the little Taoist boy's hand, and then walked towards the county government office.
"Look, the dragon!"
Not even a few minutes after walking, Jiang Xuan heard an exclamation in his ears.
After the exclamations fell, the people retreated from the streets one after another, hid in their houses, along the walls, and peered up into the sky.
"Why did Jiaolong come to the county? Aren't you afraid of being killed by the adults in the county?"
"Flying over in a big way, it must be a spiritual beast raised by some important family, right?"
"He must be a big shot. Don't look at the libertines in the county who usually bully men and women these days. They dare not go out. How dare a spiritual beast who is not a big shot dare to be so arrogant!"
"By the way, what's going on these days? The execution ground is busy all day long. I heard that an executioner cut off his hand and dislocated it."
"What else can happen? A real big shot is eyeing those wealthy families who are evil and causing trouble. I heard that in the past two days, the True Lord has sent heavenly soldiers to attack those families who have done many evil things. I can only say that those people deserve what they deserve."
"I've also heard that those families seem to be worshiping evil gods and using people to make elixirs. If you ask me, I will raid their homes and destroy their clans."
"Stop talking, is the dragon falling in our direction?"
"Then little Taoist priest, hide quickly, otherwise it will be bad if I hurt you."
Turning his head and looking at the old man who reminded him to hide, Jiang Xuan just smiled at him, then picked up the little scorpion from the fallen golden dragon and walked directly towards the county government office.
After the golden dragon flew away and long after Jiang Xuan left, the whole quiet street became noisy with the sound of debris falling to the ground.
"Old man Liu, you can do it, but you dare to remind the Taoist master to be careful, and you dare to call him a little Taoist priest."
"Don't talk about Old Man Liu. His face turned pale when he saw the Taoist priest taking the little white tiger from the dragon's back."
"The little white tiger on the dragon's back seems to have a horn on its head. Is it a strange beast?"
"It must be a strange beast. Can a dragon carry a mortal beast?"
In the noisy room, some vendors looked at each other and then disappeared into the crowd.
Soon after, a paper crane flew out from the pavilion and flew straight into Qingming.
Jiang Xuan, who was walking on the road with the little scorpion in his arms, raised his head and glanced at the paper crane that suddenly disappeared, smiled and then continued to move forward.
Jiang Xuan naturally had his own plans for Jin Jiao to bring the little beast to him with great fanfare.
If we talk about which monks in the world of cultivation are incapable of resisting divine beasts, the number one ranking must be the monks who practice the method of controlling beasts.
After all, their training and combat all rely on controlling beasts.
If we talk about the second one, it must be the stonemason among the craftsmen.
A stonemason from the craftsman's school can watch them, memorize the charm of the mythical beasts, and then carve them into statues.
This kind of stone statue born from the hands of a stonemason will have a trace of the charm of a mythical beast. It can suppress the feng shui of the home, suppress the earth and water veins, and can also suppress the netherworld to ensure peace.
And what Jiang Xuan had in mind was the idea of these masons.
Stonemasons practice by carving stone statues. The stronger the charm of the stone statues, the more benefits the stonemason will gain.
Nowadays, mythical beasts do not appear in front of people, so most stonemasons can only carve mythical beasts based on their imaginations or the few words left by their predecessors.
Now that the news of Bifan's appearance in Sixi County has spread, there will always be masons coming to the county with the intention of taking a sneak peek, right?
He also promised that as long as he carves a certain number of stone statues for himself, he can observe the zodiac animals up close.
It’s not even just the beasts.
Bar iron, big phoenix, misfortune, dragon.
As long as they agree to work for you, you can take them out and let them observe.
There must be many stonemasons who are so happy that they can’t hold their legs together, right?
However, if a mason wanted to carve iron, he would have to ask Shennong to borrow it.
The thoughts in his mind were spinning. When Jiang Xuan came to the county government office with Biuan in his arms, the new county magistrate Fangyuan was already waiting at the county government office gate.
"The Taoist priest did a good job of letting the shopkeeper go without a care. He disappeared after giving the instructions, which made the subordinates live a busy life."
Looking at Fang Yuan with a smile on his face, Jiang Xuan couldn't help but also put on a smile:
"I think the magistrate is enjoying it."
Fangyuan nodded without hesitation while leading the way:
"Xiaguan really enjoys it."
"The Taoist leader sent Taoist soldiers to build roads in Sixi County, and the Tuxing Avenue connected the north and south."
"This method makes transportation in the county more convenient, and government orders can be issued to the village in one day. It also promotes commercial exchanges among villages and towns, and enriches a large number of people."
"In just these two days, there have been a lot more smiles on people's faces."
"In addition to this, we have demarcated acres of land, built canals, and diverted river water to each acre of land. The people will surely have a good harvest in the coming year, which can be considered a great merit."
"We also sent Taoist soldiers together with county soldiers to eradicate the local tyrants and evil gentry who were causing harm to the countryside, and even more harm to the people."
"If the people know that these things were done by you, Taoist Priest, I will build a shrine for you."
After praising him, Fangyuan changed his tone again:
"I just don't know why, Taoist Master, you want to move the people on both sides of the Qingshui River ten miles back, and also heighten and strengthen the dam of the Qingshui River?"
"The dock has been shut down for the past two days. It took a lot of effort to suppress the gangsters and the troublemaking people."
"It's just that many people rely on the dock to make a living. If the dock is blocked for too long, the people will probably still get into trouble."
After following Fangyuan to the pavilion of the county government office, Jiang Xuan took a sip of the tea handed to him by the maid, and then said:
"Pindao has a dragon under his command and is preparing to escape on February 2nd."
"In order not to accidentally hurt the people along the river, that's why Pindao asked my nephew to relocate the people along the river."
"I just didn't expect that he would blame the adults for the matter and didn't say anything to the adults."
"Your Majesty, you can directly tell the people and those in the world about this matter, and then tell the people that Pindao will try its best to control the water potential."
"Even if the flood breaks the embankment and submerges their house, Pindao will make corresponding compensation and help them build a new house."
"Finally, I tell the people that within three years Pindao will make the water-traveling dragon move the clouds and spread rain to ensure smooth weather in Sixi County."
"Tao Dayi."
After hearing this, Fang Yuan stood up and saluted Jiang Xuan, then sat down at the stone table again and looked at Jiang Xuan.
He knew that Jiang Xuan would not come to him for nothing, so he simply sat and waited for Jiang Xuan's instructions.
Seeing this, Jiang Xuan pondered for a while and then asked about the destruction of mountains and temples.
"Before coming here, Pindao asked Wang Donglai to take Pindao's Taoist soldiers to destroy the mountain and cut down the temple. How is it now?"
Fangyuan's eyes showed a hint of wonder when he heard this:
"Wang Donglai is a cruel person."
Seeing the curiosity in Jiang Xuan's eyes, Fangyuan didn't hold back and directly told what she knew:
"Sixi County has been at peace for a long time. No major changes have occurred in the past three hundred years. Therefore, the local tyrants and evil gentry in the county are basically cultivators of the Three Realms. Do you know this, Taoist Master?"
Jiang Xuan nodded.
He did know this.
Although Sixi County is located in a remote area, it has a large territory and has been without war for a long time.
In addition, in recent years, the earth's qi has been booming, and elixirs and spiritual beasts have been multiplying. Not to mention the cultivators of the third realm, it is not surprising that Jiang Xuan, a cultivator of the fourth realm, appears.
When Fangyuan saw Jiang Xuan nodding, he continued:
"Because the number of spiritual objects in Sixi County has increased dramatically in recent years, the local tyrants and evil gentry have used various means to rob a lot of spiritual objects, so many martial arts cultivators from the third realm have broken through to the fourth realm."
"In order to deal with the families who were causing trouble in the township, Wang Donglai spent a lot of money to trick three evil-doing warriors from the Four Realms from outside into Sixi County, and then launched a surprise attack on those families."
"After he destroyed two families, several other families reacted, and then they joined forces to fight Wang Donglai."
"I don't know what benefits Wang Donglai promised to those three Fourth Realm warriors. Those three Fourth Realm warriors just refused to retreat."
"Coupled with the two hidden fourth-level warriors from the Wang family and an evil god who is close to the fifth-level, as well as dozens of "Shenxiao Thunder Talisman" from Daozhang Zhao, the fourth-level warriors sent by the family were killed by force."
"Of course, the Wang family doesn't feel well either."
"Two of the Wang family's four-level warriors died in battle, the evil god transformed by the Wang family's ancestor was half disabled, and one of the four-level warriors who was tricked was also disabled."
"But they won in the end."
"The next step is to destroy homes and temples."
"Although those families still have some background, no matter how strong their background is, it cannot be as strong as the county soldiers commanded by Yang Xianwei, the "Shenxiao Thunder Talisman" in the hands of Taoist Master Zhao, and your Taoist soldiers, Taoist Master."
"So in the past few days, nearly twenty families in Sixi County who were responsible for the disaster have been directly wiped out."
"Anyone who dares to resist will be executed on the spot, and anyone who has participated in those dirty things will be beheaded."
"In a family that has been passed down for hundreds of years, only a few people are left who have never committed any crime and have no idea about the dirty things done in the family."
"But even if those books survived, they were sent to prison for consecutive crimes. They probably won't be able to get out in this life."
"However, although there has been a bloody storm in Sixi County, the dark clouds hanging over the people have been reduced by 90%."
"It's a great thing."
After listening to Fangan's story, Jiang Xuan's eyes showed a hint of doubt:
"If this is just the case, we can only say that Wang Donglai is very capable, right? How can we say that he is a ruthless person?"
Fangyuan laughed when he heard this, and then continued:
"Then let's talk about what happened last night."
"After defeating those local tyrants and evil gentry, Wang Donglai first sent all the proceeds from the house confiscation to the Yamen."
"What those local tyrants and evil gentry did was indeed a serious crime of confiscating their families and annihilating their clans, so they were accepted by the lower officials."
"By the way, the Taoist priest is building roads and canals for the whole county this time. It should cost a lot of money and spiritual objects. When the time comes, the county will bear a certain amount of expenses, and the Taoist priest will definitely not be left alone to spend the money."
"Taoist Master, why don't you go to the warehouse later and see if there is anything you can use to build roads and water canals. As long as it is useful, you can just take it."
First, he borrowed flowers to offer to the Buddha, and then Fangyuan spoke again:
"I said before that Wang Donglai is a ruthless person. That's because last night, in the name of celebration and ancestor worship, he gathered the Four Realms warriors from the three other counties and most of the Wang family members in the ancestral hall."
"Just when everyone was singing and dancing, the evil god from the Fourth Realm blew himself up, blowing up the Wang family clan members and the three Fourth Realm warriors."
"Not long after I got the news, Wang Donglai's youngest son led a group of people to kneel in front of the Yamen with Wang Dong's confession of the Wang family's crimes, as well as all the Wang family's money, land deeds, house deeds, spiritual objects and antiques.
Surrender yourself."
"Taoist Priest, do you think Wang Donglai is a ruthless person?"
Looking up at the stars hidden behind the sun, Jiang Xuan nodded: