Upon hearing Jing Yan's question, Bang Ao turned red, as if he had something to hide.
Xu Yiming had asked him before why he didn't want to become a soul cultivator, but he didn't say anything, but now the city lord asked him personally.
"Bang Ao, do you have something to hide?" Seeing the change in Bang Ao's face, Jing Yan asked with some guesses in his mind.
"Bang Ao, if you have any difficulties, you can directly tell the City Lord. I believe you also understand the City Lord's ability." Xu Mingming said to Bang Ao from the side.
Bang Ao sighed, seeming to have made some kind of determination.
"Sir City Lord, actually when Mr. Xu told me yesterday that I have the talent for soul cultivation, I was also very happy. Although I don't know much, I also know how powerful soul cultivation is. At the same level, soul cultivation can even be silent.
Wuxi kills his opponent. Who in the world doesn't want to become a soul cultivator?" Bang Ao said slowly.
"However, I cannot become a soul cultivator. The cultivation of soul cultivators requires a lot of resources, which are far more than those required by ordinary cultivators. And I am a casual cultivator without any background. I don't have that much at all.
Wealth." Bang Ao lowered his head.
Hearing what Bang Ao said, Jing Yan and Xu Mingming looked at each other.
"Haha..." Xu Mingming laughed out loud.
"Fellow Daoist Bang Ao, I blame me for not making it clear to you. In fact, if the cultivators in Hongmeng City who have soul cultivation talents are willing to follow the city lord, the city lord will directly provide them with the training resources. Before you, there is also someone
Fellow Taoist Ding Hong, he was once a member of a bandit organization, but now he has made rapid progress in soul cultivation, and has even made a breakthrough in the realm of Taoism in less than a hundred years." Xu Mingming said with a smile.
Jing Yan attaches great importance to soul cultivation. He wants to form a soul cultivation team directly under his command, a soul cultivation team that is completely loyal to him. The resources required for soul cultivation are indeed far more than ordinary cultivators.
Just say that the value of those treasures that can enhance the strength of the soul body is beyond the imagination of ordinary cultivators. But for the consumption of soul cultivation, Jing Yan will dig into his own pocket.
The resources that Xu Yiming and Ding Hong used for their training were all provided by Jing Yan. Jing Yan also asked them to practice soul skills. Although they were low-level soul skills, each low-level soul skill was worth tens of billions.
Hundreds of billions of black crystal stones.
"No...no!" Bang Ao hesitated a little, and shook his head.
"Actually, in the guard team, I also heard other teammates mention the matter of Mr. Xu selecting soul cultivators. Teammates sometimes talk about it, hoping that they can be selected if they have soul cultivating talents, so I also know that if they are selected
If you are selected, you can be trained by the Lord of the City. But, I still..." Bang Ao looked hard to say.
"Bang Ao, what difficulty do you have? Just tell me!" Jing Yan looked at Bang Ao and said in a deep voice.
"Lord City Lord, if I follow Xu Yingren to the path of soul cultivation, then I cannot continue to stay in the guard. If I am not in the guard, I will have no salary." Bang Ao said.
"Salary? You are the squad leader, so your annual salary should be five hundred thousand black crystal stones, right?" Jing Yan said.
"Yes, five hundred thousand black crystal stones are very important to me." Bang Ao nodded.
In order to get 500,000 black crystal stones every year, you refuse to leave the guard and become a soul cultivator?
There was some disappointment in Jing Yan's eyes.
As if feeling the City Lord's disappointment in him, Bang Ao continued to say in a low voice: "City Lord, I came to Hongmeng City not by myself. I came... with my mother. My mother is injured.
, I need resources to treat her. Without the salary from the Guard, I would not have the resources to treat my mother's injuries."
Hearing this, Jing Yan understood. The disappointment in his eyes also disappeared.
"Fellow Daoist Bang Ao, where is your mother at this time?" Xu Mingming asked.
"In the north of the city, I rented a room in a courtyard there. Although it is a very cheap house, my mother can settle down there. I want to accumulate black crystal stones and buy elixirs that can cure my mother's injuries. If
I have no salary, so... I can't leave my mother behind." Bang Ao raised his head and looked at Xu Yingming.
Now that the words have been spoken, there is nothing to hide and nothing to say.
Jing Yan laughed.
"If it's just these small things, it can be easily solved." Jing Yan said, "Mingyi Xu, I'll leave this matter to you. If you need pills, get them from the Hongmeng Pill House. I will explain this matter to the owner of Wuxia."
thing."
"Yes!" Xu Yiming responded.
Jing Yan looked at Bang Ao again and said: "Bang Ao, you have the talent for soul cultivation, don't waste such a rare talent. From now on, you will follow Xu Yiming and work hard to cultivate. Other trivial matters are not a problem."
"Lord City Lord, I..." There were faint tears in Bang Ao's eyes.
He is a strong man.
But here, some previously closed parts of his heart seemed to be touched. He was choked with sobs and found it difficult to express his gratitude to the Lord of the City.
"You don't need to say anything, just practice hard." Jing Yan waved his hand.
Bang Ao followed Xu Yingming and left the city lord's mansion. With Xu Yingming handling the matter, Jing Yan felt relieved.
Jing Yan is very happy that Bang Ao's addition can strengthen the soul cultivator team. If the soul cultivator team can have more than ten soul cultivators who have mastered the soul technique, the threat will be great. If combined with the soul magic weapon and battle formation, maybe
In the future, Xu Yiming and others can break through to the realm of the Immortal Lord. Then, this team of soul cultivators can be used as a deadly sharp knife to hunt down powerful enemies for Hongmeng City.
Now Jing Yan only has one Hongmeng City in his hands. In terms of safety, it is relatively safe. With him in charge, Hongmeng City is very safe. But in the future, Jing Yan wants to expel all the people from all the forces in the entire mine field. In this process, there will be certain
To defeat a city controlled by many forces, Jing Yan alone cannot cover everything. He needs more help.
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The chief manager and Bai Han discussed with Xu Yiming, the tax manager, for three days and came up with a tax collection plan. Bai Han reported the plan to Jing Yan, and Jing Yan thought it was OK.
This plan was pushed forward together with the corresponding tax laws. The city guard closely cooperated with Xu Yiming's actions.
Hongmeng City officials told all small forces or businessmen operating in Hongmeng City that after one month, they must prepare their account books and wait for the audit of the city tax department, and pay a certain proportion of taxes based on the store's profits.
If you do not pay taxes, you will face severe crackdowns and penalties.
After such a tax policy is implemented, a backlash is naturally inevitable. Those businessmen and small business forces, etc., will not be willing to give part of their own interests to Hongmeng City in vain. At least, some of them will not