The news of the bumper harvest of the spiritual valley in the outer sect of the Five Elements Sect
spread throughout the outer sect. For the high-income disciples, this little increase in income was nothing. They could earn it by waving their hands. But for the poorer disciples, it was a very big deal. They could use this income to buy one more elixir, one more magic weapon, or even a few more good meals.
More importantly, it ignited their hope for cultivating immortals. They felt that the top leaders valued them. They were no longer poor farmers in the world of cultivating immortals, but disciples of the sect.
In Jackdaw Mountain, Lin Jiang and others were not idle. The matter of the spiritual valley was not completely finished. Many details needed to be improved, such as the spiritual fields were high and low, and the water conservancy facilities needed to be improved, etc. These were their next tasks.
"Dad, there are people asking to see you at the door."
"Are they here to send you spiritual grains again? Tell them not to send any more. We can't finish them, no matter how much we eat."
Zhang Wanjing replied. The way those disciples who farmed expressed their gratitude was very direct, which was to send them spiritual grains. But now that the big project was over, how could they eat them? He always declined politely, but people still sent them continuously. They thought this was the best way to express their gratitude.
"No, it's the disciples who grow spiritual medicines. They said that you are unfair, Dad, because you only care about the farmers and ignore them. They want to talk to you."
"Oh, that's interesting. Let them in."
Zhang Wanjing put down what he was doing. Finally, someone came to ask for help. He wanted to see how proactive these people were.
"Disciple Zhang Liang, meet Uncle Master Zhang."
After a while, a middle-aged man walked up to the crowd and saluted.
"Please stand up. You are from the Zhang family. What is the important matter for you to see me?"
"Uncle Master, Zhang Liang was entrusted by many fellow apprentices to come to see Uncle Master. I want Uncle Master to help us too."
"Didn't the construction of water conservancy facilities also help you?"
Zhang Wanjing said. The spiritual valleys and low-level spiritual medicines of the Five Elements Sect were not well planned and were mixed together. Maybe the next door is planting spiritual valleys, and this side is planting some spiritual medicines. The construction of water conservancy facilities actually includes them and benefits them together.
"Uncle Master, spiritual medicines and spiritual valleys are completely different things. Water conservancy facilities have little impact on us."
"Zhang Liang, Uncle Master, I am not a god. I can't satisfy your wishes. I can't solve all your problems,"
said Zhang Wanjing. He really doesn't have the ability to help everyone.
"Uncle Master, I dare not make excessive demands. I just ask you to have mercy on us. Outsiders don't know the inside story."
"What's the inside story?"
"Too much. The disciples who grow spiritual valleys may not earn much spiritual stones, but they won't lose much. But it's different for us. The investment we put into growing spiritual medicines is too high. Some spiritual medicines take two or three years to mature. When they are almost mature, they get diseases and insect pests, which will directly wipe out all the income. And..."
Zhang Liang immediately began to cry and explain all the difficulties of growing spiritual medicines, such as too much investment, too much risk, etc.
Lin Jiang listened to the side. His spiritual plant husband is not bad. When he was in the Lin family, he specially asked someone to learn it. Later, he studied it seriously when he was operating the mountain.
Zhang Liang didn't lie. He said all the problems, but he exaggerated, because the spiritual medicines they planted were the lowest level, the first-level low-grade level, and the technical content was really not high. Those second-level, third-level, fourth-level, and fifth-level were really complicated. Lin Jiang didn't dare to touch them now.
Previously, he had fourth-level spiritual medicine in the cave in the Yunzhong Mountains because someone had grown it for many years. The most difficult time had passed, and there were examples to learn from. He just had to follow the steps. If Lin Jiang had to start all over again, he would definitely mess it up.
"Xiao Yi, is what he said true?"
Zhang Wanjing said to Lin Jiang through voice transmission. He had never grown spiritual medicine and didn't know much about it.
"Disciple doesn't know either. I haven't grown it before,"
Lin Jiang answered directly. He showed too much. He could make excuses before, but not this time. He didn't grow it before, so he didn't grow it before. He couldn't say anything.
"Zhang Liang, I know what you said. I will go to the place where spiritual medicine is grown in a few days and give you a reply then."
"Master uncle, I..."
"What, you dare to coerce master uncle?"
Lin Jiang said at this time. He didn't like this person very much. His context had a bit of moral kidnapping from the beginning.
"Disciple dare not"
"Then please leave first, we still have things to do, and we will go to see it after we are done"
"Yes, Grandmaster Uncle, Uncle, disciple will leave"
Zhang Liang saw that Lin Jiang was not easy to talk to, and did not dare to make trouble, and left quickly.
"What do you think?"
"Master, I suggest that you do not interfere too much in this matter"
"Why?"
"Spiritual medicine has higher income than spiritual grain, and the risk is greater. This is normal. The greater the risk, the greater the income. If the risk is low and the income is high, then there is nothing for them to do. Don't others do it?"
Lin Jiang said that the Five Elements Sect did not force anyone to farm or plant spiritual medicines. It was their own choice. Isn't it common sense that the risk is proportional to the income?
"I think what my junior brother said is right, Dad, you can't do everything and take over everything"
"Am I the kind of pedantic person in your eyes?"
"Of course not, Master is the smartest and most flexible" "
..."
Zhang Wanjing was silent and wanted to kill him.
"I'm serious"
"I thought you were farting"
"Farting is also a fragrant fart, not stinky"
"Junior brother, you are getting more and more shameless"
Zhang Shuhua couldn't help it, he also wanted to kill someone.
Lin Jiang ignored him. Lin Jiang was still counting on Zhang Wanjing to introduce him to a few seniors who practiced the Five Spirits Sutra to teach him how to practice. The Five Spirits Sutra is of extremely high grade and very difficult to practice. He was working behind closed doors and really couldn't understand it. He was kneeling and licking for the sake of cultivation, not shameful, not cold.
"Let's go to the place where the spiritual medicine is grown in a few days. If there are really difficulties, I will help if I can,"
Zhang Wanjing said after thinking about it. He should investigate first. He didn't dare to make a judgment without understanding the situation.
After about a month, Zhang Wanjing finished the things on hand, and the rest of the chores were handed over to a few deacons to handle. This was their daily work.
Speaking of the stewards of Jackdaw Mountain, after Zhang Wanjing came, their work attitudes were much more correct. They were no longer lazy as before, and their work ability was improved.
After finishing these things, Zhang Wanjing asked Zhang Shuhua and Lin Jiang to find out the bottom line of the disciples who grew medicine. If the situation that Zhang Liang said was true, Zhang Wanjing would naturally help them. This is called rain and dew.
Lin Jiang and Zhang Shuhua took action after changing their appearance. Now they are also popular in the eyes of the outer disciples. They are the focus of attention wherever they go. It is impossible not to change their appearance. Changing appearance is not difficult for Lin Jiang and Zhang Shuhua. Lin Jiang has rich experience in changing appearance, and Zhang Shuhua was working hard to gain merit points in the outer sect, so he often changed his appearance.
The two visited and investigated for more than half a month, and consulted the serious spiritual plant husband of the spiritual medicine garden. They got something and came back to report to Zhang Wanjing.
"Master, the matter of the disciples who grow medicine has been basically investigated. What Zhang Liang said is roughly true, but it has been exaggerated a lot."
"Tell me in detail what happened."
"Yes, Master, in fact, spiritual grains and low-level spiritual medicines all belong to the category of spiritual plants. The difference between the two is the difficulty. The biggest mistake made by most of the outer disciples who grow low-level spiritual medicines is that they covet high-profit spiritual medicines, but lack the planting technology, which leads to the inability to control the risks. Poor technology often leads to reduced production, no harvest, or insufficient medicinal properties of the spiritual medicines and many other problems."
"It's human nature to pursue profits, and we can't blame them."
"That's actually not wrong, but Master, I still say that risk is linked to income. The greater the income, the more risk you bear. If there is no risk and high income, who would not want to do it?"
Lin Jiang replied. To solve this problem, yes, you can reduce the risk and grow some spiritual medicines with low technical content.
"Xiao Yi, you are already in your forties. Have you ever thought about getting married and having children?"
"No, Master, weren't we talking about spiritual medicine? Why are we suddenly talking about this? Could it be that Master has any female disciples to introduce to me?"
"Don't come on, I'm just talking business with you. Have you ever been a father?"
"How can I be a father when my disciple is not married yet?"
Lin Jiang shook his head. In fact, he had been a father, but only for four years. However, those sons would have died long ago if the time was synchronized.
"You have never been a father. I also ask you, if your son made a mistake, what would you let him do?" "
Bear the consequences of the mistake."
"What if your son can't bear the consequences?"
"This..."
"Junior brother, what my father means is that these outer disciples are like his sons in his eyes. If they make mistakes, he should not blame them, but help them correct their mistakes. This is what a father should do."
Zhang Shuhua said on the side. He is a son, so he naturally knows what his father is thinking.
Lin Jiang scratched his head, finally knowing what Zhang Wanjing was thinking. This is the mentality of a patriarch. This is difficult to deal with. Lin Jiang is afraid that those people are greedy.
"You have never been a father, I don't blame you, but we really need to think of a way to deal with this matter."
"Can you not talk about fathers? If you do this, I will always think of calling you dad."
Lin Jiang rolled his eyes. Why does this guy always want to be a father? Isn't it good to be a son? He can rely on his parents and hug his thighs.