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Zhao Ran has come into contact with quite a few monks, including Zhou Yumo, who had maintained a "love letter" relationship with him for more than a year, and later Dazhuo, who opened his spiritual horizons for him, and Uncle Xiao Zhuo, as well as his extremely good friends.
Zhu Qigu, as well as Pei Zhongze who was on the run with him thousands of miles away, and of course the Great Master Chu, Tong Lao, the fourth senior brother in black, Chang Wanzhen, etc. In terms of their understanding of the cultivation world, I dare not say that they are among the best in the Shifang Jungle, at least
Among fellow Taoists at the Taoist level, he is considered to be very knowledgeable.
Therefore, Zhao Ran was very surprised at the speed at which his mana increased. If he went by what he heard from the above-mentioned "experts", such a situation should only appear after practicing for more than three months, but he only used
For more than half a month, every time I think about this, I can't help but feel a little proud.
Of course, in addition to his unique skills, such an achievement is also related to his large expenditure. In just half a month, Zhao's construction team spent nearly a hundred taels of silver on him. In the next month, it can be expected that this kind of investment will
It will continue. If the house repairs in nearly a hundred villages in the county are completed as planned, his investment will be close to one thousand taels.
Ever since he got rich by betting on games when he first entered Wujiyuan, Zhao Ran had not cared much about his wealth. However, now, he had to take stock of his family's savings again.
He gave away most of the money he won from the bets as gifts, and there are still more than a thousand taels left, which are all banknotes. Zhao Ran couldn't help but feel distressed about this, but when he thought about it carefully, the money spent was still worth it, otherwise
I would not be where I am today. There are still more than 800 taels that were gifts received at the banquet on the day I was promoted to the head of the Fangtang. I didn't take it seriously at the time, but now I cherish it very much.
Except for banknotes, his current main wealth is in his thumb. Those medicinal materials and magical instruments are not included for the time being. There are more than two hundred gold ingots that can be used directly, each of which is a large ingot of fifty taels, and there are also some gold ingots that can be spent directly.
The box of small gold ingots obtained in the tunnel of the ruined temple totaled thirteen thousand taels. If converted into pure silver, it should be around one hundred thousand taels! In addition, there were some scattered silver ingots worth more than five thousand taels.
.Zhao Ran didn't care much at first, because the amount of money was already a numerical concept, and he really couldn't spend it. But it's different now. Every tael of silver represents one or more strands of merit. That's
A genuine foundation for spiritual practice.
There are also some jewels that are difficult to value, so Zhao Ran plans not to use them for the time being. In the future, they can be given as gifts or exchanged for silver, which can be an emergency.
This is a huge amount of wealth. If Zhao Ran only enjoys it for personal enjoyment, it will not be easy to spend it all, but now it involves cultivation. It is hard to estimate how far he can go on the road of cultivation with his way of spending it.
. Therefore, of course, the more money, the better. Specifically, how to spend money must be planned in advance.
But what he is most concerned about now is the issue of practicing magic. Whether it is talismans or inner elixirs, whether it is weapon refining or magical powers, as long as he can have it, he will be grateful to God. It is a pity that he is in the jungle of Shifang. He has none of these.
Sometimes Zhao Ran also wonders if he should just risk it all and confess to Daomen what happened to him. Anyway, Lu Suo has entered the Qi Sea and no one else can take it away, but he still resisted the urge.
When he came down, he had already vaguely realized that his path of practice did not seem to be the "right way". He didn't know whether this method of cultivating merit was acceptable in Taoism. If something went wrong, it would be too late to regret it.
It's just a pity that I have so much power, but it's hard to find it!
On the night of the 29th of the Lunar New Year, Zhao Ran paid wages to the laborers and cashed the annual quota to the inspectors in Fangtang (the money came from the Taoist temple, which finally helped Zhao Ran save money). He had just returned
When he arrived at his small courtyard, a Huo Gong layman came to summon him, saying that Song Zhiyuan, the supervisor, asked him to see him.
It is said that Zhao Ran's current position is that of a marginalized Fang leader. Apart from his own duties, he has no say in any major matters in the Taoist temple. But after all, he has a very close relationship with Song Zhiyuan, and the matter that came to his door this time is also related to
He was relevant, so it was not surprising that Song Zhiyuan asked for his opinion.
Xizhenwu Palace will allocate a quota for Wujiyuan to be a new official Taoist boy this year. There are still two days until he will officially receive the ultimatum, but to whom this quota should be given is still uncertain until now.
The key problem is that Song Zhiyuan himself is still wavering and doesn't know who to give the quota to. There are only two competitive candidates this year, one is Zhuang Huai and the other is Jin Jiu.
Among Zhao Ran's competitors when he received the ultimatum the year before last, Feng Can, the most well-established, had already received the ultimatum on the first day of the first lunar month of the year, leaving only Zhuang Huai, the secular nephew at the head of Shuifangzhuang in Xizhenwu Palace, who had been wasted for two years.
, Zhuang Fangtou was already losing his temper and put a lot of pressure on Song Zhiyuan.
Jin Jiuze was the candidate recommended by the squatters after Zhao Ran proposed to Song Zhiyuan. His father was the county captain of Guyang County.
In fact, no matter how you look at it, Zhuang Huai is more qualified to receive the ultimatum than Jin Jiu. First of all, he has been elected for three consecutive years, and at least his qualifications are better than Jin Jiu; compared with his background, the head of the water house in Xizhenwu Palace is no better than Yi County
Where did the county captain send him? Finally, looking at knowledge, Zhuang Huai was on par with Zhao Ran back then, and was even more incompetent than the playboy Jin Jiulai.
But the key to the problem is that the Xizhenwu Palace is far away in Long'an Prefecture, and the Jinxian Lieutenant is in the county outside the mountain. The so-called first-come-first-served, the Jin family has taken a huge advantage in this regard. Not only does the Jin family have a close relationship with Wujiyuan,
The exchanges were very attentive, and all the county officials worked together, including Kong County Zun, who all made public appearances for this. Although Wujiyuan was more expensive than the government, many secular affairs could not avoid Guyang County.
, especially the private farms of the Taoist priests in the courtyard, all of which rely on Guyang County to take care of them. It is really difficult to ignore them.
All three parties found this matter extremely difficult, and they discussed it twice but ended without any resolution. Song Zhiyuan's biggest backer was the old abbot in the courtyard, but the old abbot did not cultivate him like he did Zhong Tenghong, the previous supervisor. In other words, Supervisor Song
The status of the courtyard in the heart of the old abbot was far inferior to that of his predecessor, the Zhongjianyuan. The old abbot did not want to offend anyone for this matter, so the Songjianyuan did not get any definite answer from the old abbot.
But this matter cannot be delayed any longer. What should be done must be decided immediately.
The Song Supervisory Academy racked their brains and finally came up with the idea of finding someone to top up the vat. In the Wuji Academy, the person recognized as being able to top up the vat was undoubtedly Zhao Ran.
The Song Supervisor was very respectful of Zhao Ran's attitude. What he meant in his words was to leave it to Zhao Ran to decide the number of people who would receive the ultimatum this time. He also told Zhao Ran that this was the unanimous suggestion of the three capitals.
After Zhao Ran was surprised, he immediately understood the intentions of the top executives of Wuji Academy. They just wanted Zhao Ran to continue to pull the tiger's skin. No matter who loses the election, Song Zhiyuan and Sandu will have an excuse - this is Wuji Academy
Zhao Zhiran’s decision! Who is Zhao Zhiran? Oh, haven’t you heard about his relationship with the monks in the palace?
Faced with such a great trust, if it were anyone else, he would probably end up just like that, offending others without knowing it but feeling complacent and thinking how capable he is. But Zhao Ran has experience and he understands it very well.
A rule of thumb: Try not to get involved in things that are beyond your scope of responsibilities, otherwise you will most likely be used as a scapegoat later.
Just as he was about to refuse to comment on this, Zhao Ran suddenly remembered something. After hesitating for a moment, he decided to raise the tiger-skin flag. Of course, he would not raise the flag openly, since the prison court asked for his opinion.
, just give me your own opinion and don’t say anything else!
Who else can Zhao Ran give his opinion to? There is no doubt that it is Jin Jiu. As for Zhuang Huai - I'm sorry, friend Zhuang, we have nothing to do with each other. You have never asked me for help, and you haven't even invited me to a meal.
Of course, I have very little impression of you, and I don’t know what your virtues and talents are.
Song Zhiyuan asked again: "Are you sure?"
Zhao Ran said: "I'm sure."
One sentence determined the different fates of Jin Jiu and Zhuang Huai during the fifteen years of Jiajing.
On the first day of the first lunar month of the fifteenth year of Jiajing, Jin Jiu received an ultimatum and entered the Sutra Hall of Wuji Yuan as a Taoist boy who recited sutras and became an official Taoist priest.
On the third day of the first lunar month, the steward of Jinxian Lieutenant made a special trip to the mountain and sent an invitation to a banquet to Zhao Ran. Attached to the invitation was the famous assassin of Jinxian Lieutenant. This was a very important courtesy. Zhao Ran did not shirk it and happily
Invited. He is waiting to meet Captain Jinxian. (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!