Zhao Xingzong couldn't help rubbing his eyes. How come there is another Taoist priest coming in?

These Taoists were invited by Xiao Rong.

To be precise, Xiao Rong asked Gao Xunzhi to search for them, and after screening out a bunch of unreliable and ambitious Taoists, he was successfully selected.

The spy-catching operations in the past few days also made Xiao Rong realize one thing. It turned out that the Qingfeng Sect was so powerful that even though they were squeezed into this state, they were still able to plant more than a hundred spies in Chenliu City. These were only the ones who were caught. It was unknown how many more there were who were not caught.

However, most of these spies were just spies in name only. They were actually ordinary people who only listened to the Qingfeng Sect and revealed Chenliu's information to the high-level officials of the Qingfeng Sect whenever they had nothing to do. Those high-level officials who received the information were the real spies.

The deceived people stayed in a room in fear, fearing that Xiao Rong would order them all to be killed. Their cries and curses were heard at the same time, making the soldiers guarding them very impatient.

That night, all these people were taken away, and the particularly extreme ones were sent to various large temples. Because it was a time of chaos, almost every temple had a cellar for refuge, which was suitable for taking refuge and hiding people.

After these people who kept cursing were locked up, there were Buddha statues and monks preaching above them. Xiao Rong planned to lock them up for half a month to see if the hypnotic Buddhist scriptures could make them calmer.

As for those who didn't react much and just lowered their heads without saying anything, these people were obviously not troublemakers, but they were also very stubborn and had absolutely no intention of correcting themselves immediately. So they should be sent to various Taoist temples. Taoists are not as popular as monks nowadays, and since they are idle anyway, they might as well chat one-on-one. Xiao Rong didn't ask these people to wake up. If they had to be superstitious, it was better to be superstitious about Taoism than superstition about evil religions.

The ones who were treated the best were those who were crying and scared to death. It was good enough as long as they were afraid. Xiao Rong specifically asked others to push the first two groups out roughly in the same way as prisoners, so that those who were left behind would think that they would be in great danger after getting out. When this group of people started crying and writing wills, Xiao Rong sent people to bring these people out gently. He kept comforting them on the way and gently told them that during these days, the Qingfeng Sect had withdrawn all the other members from Chenliu. They were all gone and they were no longer needed.

The crying people: "..." They wanted to cry even more.

When they were most sad, the entrance to the cell was opened, and the soldiers guarding them told them that they could all go home and that the Zhenbei Army would not harm their own people. Even though they were deceived and revealed many secrets of Chenliu City, they believed that after this incident, they would realize who was truly good to them.

They thought they were doomed, but in the end, there was a ray of hope. Suddenly, the sound of wailing resounded through the sky. These people cried even more miserably, kneeling down to thank the generals while crying. This frightened the soldiers, but they were just about to help them up, and before they could really move, they saw them stand up immediately after they kowtowed, and ran away in a flash, as if they were afraid that the generals would regret it. …

Not far away, Xiao Rong and Gao Xunzhi watched this scene. Gao Xunzhi was very suspicious: "Will they no longer believe in Qingfeng Sect in the future?"

Xiao Rong: "I still believe it."

It is not so easy to change one's mind. If half of this group of people abandon Qingfeng Sect, they would be considered very open-minded.

Gao Xunzhi thought so too, so he couldn't help but sigh: "It is a hidden danger after all."

Xiao Rong looked at him and chuckled, "Prime Minister, the hidden dangers in this world can never be completely eliminated, just like the Pisces Tai Chi diagram, where there is yin, there is yang. There will always be people who want to destroy everything behind the scenes, but it won't be these people. They just want to live a good life. When they go back, they will find out where the other believers have gone, and find that those people have disappeared. Even if they still believe in Qingfeng Sect, they dare not help Qingfeng Sect anymore."

Hearing this, Gao Xunzhi also looked at him, but his expression was somewhat helpless.

Xiao Rong was stunned for a moment, not understanding where this helplessness came from.

Seeing him like this, Gao Xunzhi sighed again: "A Rong."

Xiao Rong: “…Ah?”

Gao Xunzhi: "I don't know what the Pisces Tai Chi diagram is."

Xiao Rong: “…………”

Xiao Rong's expression had frozen. Gao Xunzhi looked at him and shook his head. Feeling that this reminder was enough, Gao Xunzhi turned and left.

Looking at Gao Xunzhi walking away with his hands behind his back, hiding his achievements and fame, Xiao Rong slowly realized what was going on. It felt a bit absurd and a bit funny. Finally, Xiao Rong shook his head and turned to look towards the northwest, which was the direction of Shengle City.

The sun is setting, and it has been nearly a month since the army set out on its expedition. Mid-Autumn is approaching, and the Mid-Autumn Festival is not far away.

It is another time of separation between family and friends. I wonder when people will be able to truly reunite.

Many people thought that Xiao Rong invited the Taoists to help them restrain the Qingfeng Sect. Even the Taoists who were invited thought so. But this was just an illusion created by Xiao Rong to seize the opportunity.

In Chenliu City, the Qingfeng Sect will not be able to cause any trouble in the short term. From a long-term perspective, his support for the Taoists is actually to restrain Buddhism. By the way, he also wants to gain some benefits from the Taoists.

There is no place safer than Chenliu in the north of the Huai River. These Taoists can do their old business in this comfortable environment, which is commonly known as alchemy, and scientifically known as chemistry. …

It is an absolute fallacy to say that Taoists can only make elixirs. They know many other things. For example, they believe that everyone should get rid of the three corpses, which can cleanse the body and prevent illness. If you persist every day, you can live forever. Let's not talk about the second half, just the first half. In order to get rid of the three corpses, Taoism has put a lot of effort into researching and developing many elixirs. Many of them have killed people, but there are also some that have not killed people, and they really have the effect of cleaning the body and preventing illness. This kind of elixir has another name - anthelmintic.

In addition, there are the Bigu Pills invented by Taoists. One pill can keep you from feeling hungry for three days. Of course, this is just a boast by the Taoists. In fact, they only feel free from hunger on the first day. Their stomachs almost eat themselves up in the next two days. But being able to keep from feeling hungry for just one day is also amazing. Isn’t this just the ancient version of compressed biscuits? ?

The other thing is what Xiao Rong wants most at the moment, the Liuyi mud that Taoists use to make elixirs and seal their furnaces.

Liuyi Mud is also known as Divine Mud. Since most of the alchemy furnaces at that time were made of pottery, after all, not all Taoists could afford to use bronze or iron to make alchemy furnaces. However, there was a problem with pottery: it was easy to explode and crack.

This is when Liuyi Mud should come into play. In the words of Taoists, Liuyi Mud conforms to the numbers of heaven and earth and is a magical tool for alchemy bestowed by God. Using it to paint the surface of the alchemy furnace can ensure that the elixir essence does not leak out, consolidate the elixir essence and elixir energy, and make the refined elixir more effective. Therefore, Liuyi Mud is absolutely indispensable for alchemy.

Xiao Rong didn't care whether Liuyi Mud was a magical tool for alchemy or not, he only knew that Liuyi Mud was an absolute magical tool for making beds!

Just think about it, using this kind of mud bed would save a lot of firewood! ...

It happened that the weather was getting colder, and the method of making a kang had been printed. Ordinary people could learn how to make it themselves, and those who had some money could find someone who could help them. Xiao Rong only prepared three teams of kang-making craftsmen. These people were not free and needed to be hired. But there were so many families in the city, and these few craftsmen were not enough. At this time, it depended on who was smart. Making a kang did not require much technical skills. As long as you studied hard, you would definitely be able to learn it. If you were willing to learn and work hard, then this autumn he would definitely make a fortune.

Now everything is ready, only the Liuyi mud is missing. After listening to Xiao Rong's request, these Taoists looked at each other and were actually unwilling to contribute the recipe of Liuyi mud.

This is something from their Taoism, developed by other Taoist priests with great effort. Why should they give it to non-Taoists to enjoy?

Xiao Rong looked at their expressions and added another sentence.

The first person who donated the recipe would have his temple address and Taoist name written down in the official document, stating that the Liuyi mud was donated by this person in order to save the people from the suffering of the cold. The official document would be distributed throughout the north of the Huai River and posted on notice boards everywhere.