Chapter One Hundred and Thirty-Fourth Sister-in-law arrives
"Master Meng did not give up and accepted Quanzi as his adopted son. I am deeply grateful." Ni Ni said half happily and half tangled.
It goes without saying that I am happy. With the military advisor as my adoptive father, the children will not have to worry about being left alone. Once this relationship is established, my family will have someone to rely on in Daming Mountain.
The troubling thing is that she, the widow, is somewhat uneasy.
If the great military advisor...
With the character of a great military advisor, it shouldn’t be possible, right?
"Madam, you're welcome. This is also the fate of brother and sister Ning Xie and I. From now on, I will regard it as my own." Jiang Yao felt that he had made a profit.
Although his prestige and popularity in Daming Mountain are growing day by day, after all, he is alone and has no core team.
The mother and son in front of me are helpless and have great potential. Today, I have done this to help them in times of need, and through the bond of father and son, I can use them as wings and use them for my own use.
Similarly, Ni Ni was born in the Wu Clan, and one of the remaining chapters of the "Shen Nong's Medicine Codex", the "Wanxiang Gu Jing", was in the Wu Clan. Maybe when he went to the Wu Clan, Ni Ni could still be of help.
Of course, since he has this relationship, he will also treat the three of them kindly and take proper care of them, and will not simply use them as tools. The most brilliant employer cannot rely on profit alone, but also needs to have feelings.
This is the way of man, and those in superior positions must observe it.
I am a kind person, so what bad intentions can I have?
"You guys living here without even a cave is not a long-term solution." Jiang Yao looked around Xiao Ran's thatched cottage and made a decision for them.
"Madam, the three of you, mother and son, will temporarily live in the Military Advisor's Mansion. I rarely come back, and the mansion also needs to be taken care of."
Ni Ni's face turned red. She thought it was normal to be called madam before, but when she heard the word madam just now, she felt a bit unspeakable, especially when "you mother and son" was added after it, it made her feel even more
It's weird.
Most women's hearts are delicate and sensitive. She raised her eyes to look at Jiang Yao, and saw that his eyes were clear and his expression was natural. Then she no longer doubted that he was there, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Well, I was overthinking it.
The great military advisor is a good man.
Back then, she was known as the most beautiful woman in the Wu clan. Ever since she was a teenager, she had encountered countless scorching eyes. Those eyes, either overt or covert, with ulterior motives, annoyed her.
Later, due to his appearance, he offended a powerful man and caused great trouble. He was forced to escape from the Witch Clan and took refuge in the Human Clan.
Still because of her appearance, she offended Jin Li, the "eldest lady" of the Jin clan, and was forced to flee to Daming Mountain.
In the past few decades, she has been troubled by her appearance.
Her family background is not ordinary. But with her appearance, as long as she is not from a top power, it will be difficult to determine her own destiny.
But the Grand Strategist's eyes were different from those of those people. He was like an old friend she hadn't seen for many years, and he didn't let her feel the dirty evil thoughts that made her uncomfortable.
The gnosis of the witch clan is very strong. It can be seen that the great military advisor still likes women, but he can discipline himself, keep his Taoist heart, and be clear-minded. This is even more extraordinary.
There are very few men like this in the world.
Ni Ni smiled secretly, feeling that it was a stroke of luck for the three of them, mother and son, to meet the great military advisor.
"Then I, mother and son, are welcome. Thank you, Commander-in-Chief." Ni Ni decided to accept Jiang Yao's kindness and moved into the Commander's Mansion.
Ni Ni’s perception is not wrong, Jiang Yao really has a crush on Ni Ni. For men, it would be abnormal if they don’t like such a troublesome beauty like Ni Ni.
But liking is one thing, and how to do it is another. If you like spring flowers, you should pick them; if you like autumn moons, you should pick them? If you like many things, you should get them all?
Isn't that a bastard?
If you are not a saint, you must have an ape in your heart and a horse in your mind. The key is how to keep your mind when faced with temptation. If there are things that should be grabbed, grab them and fight for them. If there are things, you should stay away from them and treat them indifferently.
Of.
The right to use the golden mean depends entirely on one measure.
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Jiang Yao brought his adopted son's family of three back to the Military Advisor's Mansion, made some arrangements, and left Daming Mountain under the pretext of looking for medicinal herbs.
During this period of time, he gained seven to eight hundred square inches of wish power in Daming Mountain. Spending one hundred square inches to teleport back to his territory is certainly nothing.
He was teleported directly back to the training quiet room.
Jiang Yao finished her "retreat", and Zhu Yan, the family official in charge of wealth, came to report.
"Lord." Zhu Yan presented an account book, "Last year, I harvested a total of 520,000 catties of spiritual rice from Mingshan, totaling 5,200 shi. It increased by 30% from the previous year! It seems that the lord has achieved great results in governing mortals.
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More than five hundred thousand catties? Jiang Yao looked happy.
The growth momentum is good. It seems that there is no problem in doubling within three years.
The current price of spiritual rice is two pieces of spiritual jade per catty.
He raised two hundred soldiers and one hundred officials. Each person consumed one hundred kilograms of spiritual rice per year, which was more than thirty thousand kilograms. After deducting the occasional consumption of spiritual rice by two million thousand-mile horses, the total added up to seventy or eighty thousand kilograms a year.
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After deducting the fixed grain tax of 150,000 jins paid to the Qingzhujun Mansion, the total is more than 200,000 jins.
Then, he can sell two to three hundred thousand catties of spiritual rice.
It’s worth about half a million spiritual jade!
There is also a net income of more than 50,000 yuan from Lingsi silk, and 40,000 to 50,000 yuan from Lingcha tea.
The two taxes (martial arts tax + demon tribute tax) are 100 yuan per person. There are more than 6,000 martial arts cultivators in the territory who charge more than 600,000 yuan. It sounds like a lot, but 80% of it has to be turned over to the Qing Clan Lord's Mansion. The lord's mansion can take up to a hundred thousand yuan.
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Then, the gross income of the Lord's Mansion is just over 700,000.
We also need to pay more than 100,000 yuan in military salary, nearly 100,000 yuan in household salary, plus the basic elixirs, real materials and other items allocated in the army, as well as the basic expenses of the lord's mansion... it will cost about 400,000 yuan.
With such a reduction, the net income of the Lord's Mansion came out: almost over three hundred thousand.
If the income from spiritual rice does not increase, then the net income of the Lord's Mansion will only be a few hundred thousand.
"How is the situation at Mingshan Jade Shop?" Jiang Yao asked again.
Zhu Yan replied: "The deposits are now more than 500,000 yuan. But it is still difficult to get loans. Because there are too many people taking out loans, and there is not enough spiritual rice."
Jiang Yao flipped through the account book and said, "When the income from the territory comes in, we will open another jade shop in Qinghuang City."
Zhu Yan asked: "Are we still using the name of Mingshan Jade Shop?"
Jiang Yao shook his head, "I will let Jun Mansion also take a stake, and then attract two powerful people. We only need to occupy three or four, but the management rights are in our hands."
Zhu Yan understood, "My lord, what do you mean, wait until the jade shop in Qinghuang City opens before opening a jade shop in other cities?"
Jiang Yao nodded, "Yes. The nine largest cities of the Qing clan will all have our jade shops in three years. When the jade shops have money, we will use the money from the jade shops to open various trading companies, and we will do whatever makes money.
This is called financial investment.”
After Jiang Yao finished speaking, he took out a blueprint and said, "This is called an exploration drilling rig. It can discover mineral deposits of less than a thousand tons. A first-level refiner can refine it. You can find someone to refine it."
"This material must be refined secretly and cannot be known to others. When the time comes to explore the mineral deposits, it must also be carried out at night."
"Yes." Zhu Yan took the drawing and put it into the storage bag.
After the two discussed it, they left the lord's mansion together to observe the jade shop outside the mansion.
But outside the Jade Shop, there was a long queue, with hundreds of people, all seeking loans.
There are very few people making deposits, so there is no need to queue up.
"Today's loan quota is full. We will no longer lend. We will only accept deposits!" A manager of the jade shop came out and said with an embarrassed look.
What?
Suddenly some casual cultivators became dissatisfied.
"Manager Ding, my brother needs money urgently, can you borrow three hundred first?"
"Brother Ding, I haven't paid the two taxes yet, and I don't have any spiritual rice or cultivation resources at home. Can you lend me three hundred as appropriate? I can tonight..."
"No, no! No more loans today, come back tomorrow." Manager Ding showed a helpless expression. He glanced at the pretty female nun, swallowed, and shook his head.
Hundreds of people looked extremely disappointed.
A white-haired warrior who was over five hundred years old shook his head and sighed:
"Sigh, the situation of martial arts in the world is getting worse every year. I don't know how many poor people will become mortals in the future, and their martial arts inheritance will be cut off."
His face was filled with sadness, and he no longer hesitated to speak.
"Only five hundred years ago, people were not so poor. I remember that when I was young, I could occasionally eat the meat of spiritual beasts and travel to other counties."
"But now, I'm in such a state of embarrassment. I've been stuck in Wu Zun Perfection for so long, and I just don't have the resources to break through."
Jiang Yao watched this scene from a distance with an indifferent expression.
These people who come for loans are not the poorest. Since they come for loans, it means that they still have caves and magic weapons as collateral.
But even the poorest people, for a few hundred pieces of spiritual jade, came here to queue up for loans and mortgage the small cave house where their family lived.
And the poorest people who don't even have a cave are not even qualified for loans.
They can only stop practicing for several years, ten or even decades, just to pay taxes and spiritual rice.
Just do the math and you will know. The per capita income of low-level casual cultivators is only three to five hundred yuan per year.
The two taxes cost 100 yuan and must be paid. Spiritual rice is indispensable. It costs at least more than 100 yuan to buy it every year. These two fixed expenses alone are only 200 to 300 yuan. How much is left? How much is left?
A hundred yuan is not bad for practicing.
This has led to endless incidents of killing people and seizing treasures.
The small Mingshan Territory only has six to seven thousand martial arts cultivators. How could there not be dozens of murders and treasure grabbing incidents every year? In the past hundred years, more than a thousand martial arts cultivators in Mingshan Mountain have died at the hands of their fellow villagers?
Martial arts practitioners have a very long lifespan, but those who can live long enough to die are at most 30% to 40%.
Under the law of the jungle, social security is extremely bad, and no one cares about it. There is no law to restrain it.
The strong ones have so many lives on their hands that there is no corresponding punishment at all. The weak ones dare not go out for fear of being killed.
Why doesn't the Wu clan do anything?
Because the resources at the bottom are not enough, the martial arts life span is long. This kind of involution of the bottom can, on the one hand, divert conflicts and hatred, and on the other hand, it can curb the population growth of the martial arts at the bottom, so as to prevent resources from becoming even more insufficient after the population increases.
How could they care about whether the majority of casual cultivators are living well or not?
Relatively speaking, the order in Daming Mountain is already much better.
At least in Daming Mountain, you can't kill people at will, and there are no taxes for the time being.
Jiang Yao had no intention of going to the jade shop anymore. He was about to return to his mansion to practice, when suddenly a flying shadow broke through the sky in the distance, and it arrived in a blink of an eye. It turned out to be a gorgeous sixth-level spaceship.
The spaceship stopped in everyone's astonishment. First, a few martial arts cultivators who couldn't see clearly flew down, and then a purple silhouette appeared.
It was a woman in a purple shirt.
This woman is extremely beautiful, with outstanding grace and elegance. As soon as she appears, it is like a purple cloud descending.
Jiang Yao could tell at a glance that this woman's appearance was somewhat similar to Yu Xuan's.
hehe.
It must be that "sister-in-law" Yu Shu.
Yu Shu stood on the spaceship, looking down at Jiang Yao with a smile, "Are you Zhongda?"
Her eyes glanced at the young man holding the snake staff, and she nodded secretly: He is a strange and outstanding young man. Judging from his appearance, he is not an ordinary person. He is good-looking, but his cultivation level is low.
Jiang Yao thrust the snake stick into the ground, raised his hands and saluted: "Are you Madam Shu? This is Jiang Zhongda."
Yu Shu looked around and said, "Let's go in and talk."