Five Elements Sect, Jackdaw Mountain
"Hello, fellow disciples. My name is Xiao Yi. Many of you here should know me. Some of you have just joined the sect for a few years, so you may not know me. Let me introduce myself to you.
My name is Xiao Yi. I am fifty years old this year. I am in the early stage of foundation building. I have five spiritual roots. I was once an outer disciple like you. I also have no elders in the sect and I have no one to rely on. So I have been farming in Qingyang Mountain for twenty years."
Lin Jiang said loudly to the hundreds of outer disciples who were farming. Before he finished speaking, there was an uproar below. Five spiritual roots and a farming disciple made them feel empathy. Isn't this the same as them? But how come he is already in the foundation building stage?
"Everyone, be quiet and listen to me. I was born as a farmer in the outer sect, so I can especially feel the difficulties of my junior brothers. Every year, I work hard to grow a little bit of land, and 80% of the spiritual grains have to be used for sect tasks. I don't get many spiritual stones. In three to five years, my cultivation can't be improved by one level, right?"
"Yes, uncle, I haven't improved my cultivation for five years."
"I don't have money to buy elixirs, so I rely on the sect to give me some."
"If I buy elixirs, I won't have money to buy anything else, let alone marry a wife."
As soon as Lin Jiang finished speaking, someone echoed him. Lin Jiang silently gave a thumbs up to Zheng Yi on the side. These people found good agents and were sensible.
As everyone echoed, more and more people began to be interested in Lin Jiang, because they felt the same way. They were poor. They worked for seven or eight hours every year to grow a little land. 80% of the spiritual grains were used to pay for sect tasks. How many spiritual stones were left?
They had to buy elixirs, flying swords, and spiritual talismans with these spiritual stones, and even thought about marrying a wife and starting a family. How could they have enough?
"It is precisely because I know that my fellow junior brothers are all poor and destitute, that after I entered the inner sect, I made every effort to secure benefits for everyone. I persuaded my master, Great-Master Zhang Wanjing, and Great-Master Zhang negotiated with the sect to secure a sum of spirit stones for everyone to help them get rid of poverty and become rich. Now, please invite Great-Master Zhang to come up and speak."
Lin Jiang's voice suddenly rose, drowning out all their voices, and then Zhang Wanjing walked in front of everyone.
"My fellow disciples, my name is Zhang Wanjing. I have reached the great perfection of the Golden Elixir. I didn't know before that the outer disciples had such a hard time. It was only after my disciple Xiao Yi found out that I came to the outer sect to learn
more about it. After my investigation, I learned about your predicament, so I specially negotiated with the sect and fought for 300,000 spirit stones for you. However, this money will not be given to you directly. The spirit stones will be gone once you spend them, which is unfair to the disciples who will come in later.
So this money is used to help you make more money. I want you to collect more spirit grains every year and sell them for more money. How should we do that? Naturally, we have to start with seeds, tools..."
Zhang Wanjing preached to the crowd and gave a public speech. Zhang Wanjing was not timid. He had done this kind of thing many times.
"Uncle Xiao, isn't it 100,000 spirit stones? How come it has become 300,000?"
"My master paid for it himself,"
Lin Jiang sighed. He and Zhang Wanjing discussed the details last night, including what Zhang Wanjing said now, which were all written by Lin Jiang. But Zhang Wanjing knew and rejected Lin Jiang's trickery of asking for money from everyone, and chose to pay for it himself.
"This, Uncle Master Gaoyi,"
Zhang Yi was also shocked. He only knew that the high-level leaders of the sect asked for money from the sect, and had never seen anyone pay for the sect himself.
"Now you know why I did something stupid,"
Lin Jiang said. With his personality, if he met other people, would he bother with this idea? He would have run away long ago. Even if he didn't run away, he would have to play badly. Wouldn't it be nice to make money by drawing talismans himself?
But Zhang Wanjing really conquered him. Lin Jiang couldn't resist this personality charm, so he could only follow him and make stupid things.
"Uncle Xiao, you can use the dozen people around me as you like. Don't talk about money. Talking about money means you look down on me."
Zheng Yi was moved and gritted his teeth. He was willing to give it his all. The big guys were willing to give their hearts and lungs to the sect. Was he worse than them?
"Let's see first."
Lin Jiang shook his head. He had carefully planned today's event. He had used all his few skills and knowledge. He introduced himself to calm them down and use the mentality of immortal cultivators who worship the strong to move them.
Lin Jiang was confident that as long as no one came out to mess things up, this thing would definitely succeed. To put it bluntly, those who were willing to farm in the outer sect were all honest people. Those who were active in mind and clever in means would have done other things long ago.
"So, next, we will build water conservancy facilities between the spiritual fields. I don't need you to pay for it, but I hope you can help. If some spiritual fields are destroyed in the process of building the water conservancy facilities, please understand. The water channel passes through your spiritual fields, and you can release the formation..."
"Brothers, I'm Zheng Dahu. I also planted 800 acres of land in Sanyanggang. Let me say a few words. Grandmaster Zhang is the deputy hall master of the sect. He is willing to make profits for us. That shows that he thinks highly of us. Think about it, when did Grandmaster Jindan think so highly of us? Those inner disciples, let alone those in the foundation-building stage, even those in the Qi training stage, look down on others. So I, Zheng Dahu, fully support Grandmaster Zhang. My family has nothing else, but some spiritual grains, so I am willing to give out 50,000 kilograms of spiritual grains to support Grandmaster Zhang. It's a little thought from me, Zheng Dahu."
"Brothers, I am Jiang Yuan, I farm in the south of Qingxi. Brother Zheng Dahu is right. Only when the canals and ditches are built and the tools are made, can we grow more spiritual grains and earn more money. I also support Uncle Master Zhang and I will donate 50,000 kilograms of spiritual grains."
"Brothers, I am..."
After Zhang Wanjing finished speaking, several people called by Lin Jiang began to speak, which completely ignited the atmosphere on the scene. Even their words were redundant. A large number of disciples began to donate spiritual grains.
Zhang Wanjing did not want spiritual stones, and those who donated spiritual stones did not want them, but he wanted spiritual grains.
Lin Jiang hurriedly asked the deacon of Jackdaw Mountain to bring paper and pen and asked them to sign. Words are not enough. If there is a written document, it will be embarrassing to regret it. He will also make a stele and erect it in various places to commend these people.
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After another seven days, after intensive preparations, the water conservancy project began to be built. Now there are only seven months until next year when farming starts again. They have to get everything roughly done within these seven months.
"These three lakes should be built into reservoirs according to what Xiao Yi said, with dams built to store water on rainy days and release water on dry days. They should be connected to canals, and if there is a flood, the water can be directly discharged to the Yuntuo River."
"Master, there is actually no need for such high standards. It is impossible for the sect to have large-scale floods."
Lin Jiang stared at the drawings and said. It was he who proposed these standards, and now he felt that they were a bit high. The world of immortal cultivation is different from the mortal world. If it rains for more than ten days in the mortal world, it will be a major flood disaster, which is impossible in the world of immortal cultivation. At most, we can ask the Yuanying elders to disperse the clouds. This is the ability that the world of immortal cultivation should have.
"No, if you want to do it, you have to do it well. I can't guarantee that there will be people like me in the future, so we have to build them a project that can be used for more than hundreds of years."
Zhang Wanjing refused directly. He was getting more and more disappointed with the sect. He only believed in himself now, and he had to do things perfectly.
"Okay, Master, you have the final say. Senior Brother, are all the errand disciples here?"
"Yes, three hundred people, all here."
"How is the reaction from the errand disciples?"
"So-so."
"It's okay. They will come in droves in a while. From today on, Senior Brother and I will work overtime at night. Senior Brother will explain the cultivation issues to them, and I will explain the talisman drawing techniques to them. Each person will work for one hour."
Lin Jiang said. After this has been implemented for a period of time, some people will definitely make progress. If these people are set as models and then widely publicized, there is no fear that those people will not come.
"Count me in for this matter, I will also preach to them."
"Master, forget it. Those errand disciples also need to rest. You can't deprive them of the time to sleep and practice."
"Then reduce their working hours. Five hours a day is too long. Four hours, that's it."
Zhang Wanjing shook his head and refused. Five hours of heavy physical labor, how can you let people practice? How can you be so dark-hearted?
Lin Jiang smiled bitterly. Well, you are the master, you say forget it, it's okay.
If you want to do your work well, you must first use the right tools. Zhang Wanjing found a tool refiner and made a batch of tools. The work started soon. Engineers in the world of immortal cultivation are called construction engineers, and they were also invited to serve as technical consultants.
Zhang Wanjing personally supervised the work, while Lin Jiang and Zhang Shuhua were responsible for logistics and solving the problem of food for the workers. For this purpose, Lin Jiang brought over the lunch box factory.
"The sermons every night will be arranged like this. After work in the evening, you will have a meal and rest for half an hour, and then come to Jackdaw Mountain. No, we will go to where you live, so you don't have to run back and forth. I will explain the exercises to you first. I will explain them one by one according to the exercises. I will tell you what to talk about one day in advance. If you don't practice this exercise, then go to my junior brother and listen to him teach you how to draw talismans. It will take one hour. The second hour is for my master to preach to you. The method is to ask questions and answer them. You should prepare the questions in advance..."
On the first night, Zhang Shuhua was the first to go on stage and preach to 300 menial disciples. Everyone listened very seriously, because Lin Jiang's salary was very low, and heavy physical labor could not be priced at this price, but they all came, rushing to the desire for knowledge and cultivation.
From the second day, Lin Jiang went to where they lived to preach. Many people who did not work for them also came to take classes, but Lin Jiang and his friends did not care. Zhang Wanjing took out his own private flying boat to pick them up.
It was Zhang Wanjing's sincere attitude that touched many people. Lin Jiang didn't need to promote it at all. More and more errand disciples took the initiative to sign up, including many outer disciples, especially the hundreds of disciples who farmed. As long as they had time, they would come to help, and they didn't even ask for wages.
"Showing off your scheming, calculating people's hearts, it turns out that I am the clown"
Lin Jiang was moved by this scene. He calculated people's hearts from beginning to end, but he found that people's hearts don't need to be calculated, as long as they are treated with sincerity. In this aspect, he is far inferior to Zhang Wanjing.