The front-line construction site of Jiang'an Avenue.
On the third floor of Baolouche, Chengying was sitting in a large soft chair, holding a stack of creased letters in his hands.
These letters were sent by the secret agents she had planted in Linjiang City.
They are called secret agents, but in fact they are just mortals or small cultivators who were bribed with gold, silver and spirit stones when they first arrived in Linjiang City and wandered around to inquire about information on building materials.
Since Chengying accepted the responsibility of financial director, he naturally did a lot of preliminary investigation.
What she wanted these secret agents to do was not anything earth-shattering. She just wanted them to write down any interesting rumors they had heard recently and send them to her.
Some letters can be delivered by couriers in the engineering team.
For a project that requires so much manpower and material resources, the supporting facilities in all aspects will naturally be very complete, and the lives of ordinary workers and monks will also be well taken care of.
Sending letters and items is one form of care.
There was nothing confidential in these letters, and even if someone were to search them, they wouldn't find anything. Furthermore, Chengying relied on these letters more to pass the time than to gather intelligence.
Of course, Chengying did not rule out the possibility that this letter could really play a role in conveying important information, so when arranging the secret line, he gave a set of extremely simple-to-use code rulers.
The hidden lines will draw different symbols in the letter according to parameters such as the number of words, paragraphs, type of event, etc.
Without another set of code rulers, it is difficult to decipher.
Chengying offered enough benefits that these mortals and young monks would hardly refuse such a simple part-time job. Moreover, after a certain period of time, Chengying would add a sum of money, using the enticement of benefits to ensure that the other party would not quit.
Chengying also let them use several names of the recipient.
Those forces that want to target Chengying will definitely start with the letters. The different names of the recipients hide both Chengying and the sender.
After all, there are not so many strict identity verification measures when sending letters in this world.
Unlike the real world, when sending a courier, you have to fill in your identity information and unpack and inspect the package. For some couriers, even every link can be traced.
"Interesting, the housing prices around our yard have skyrocketed, and someone has listed it for sale at a sky-high price. Many cultivator forces in Linjiang City have their eyes on it." Chengying put down a letter and started reading the next one.
Cheng Ling, who was sitting at the desk, raised her head and asked, "Why is that?"
"Profits," Chengying explained. "Before this, perhaps not many people knew this courtyard belonged to the emperor, but there's no such thing as a wall that's impenetrable. After it was given to us, everyone knew the owner of this courtyard was a favorite of the Emperor of Chu."
"So," Cheng Ling thought for a moment and came up with her own conclusion, "A thousand gold buys a house, but ten thousand gold buys a neighbor?"
"It's the ground."
"Wow, then we can get more money, right?"
"no."
"ah?"
Cheng Ling was a little surprised that she didn't get the answer she expected.
"Do you think those people will be able to find out the information about the owner of the house? Do you think the relatives and friends of those we arrested and killed will come after us?"
"So... the yard's value won't increase, but will actually decrease? And the surrounding properties will also decrease in value?"
"It's the ground."
"Then go sell it now!"
"Do you think buying a house is like buying steamed buns?"
“I haven’t bought it yet!”
Chengying let out a breath with a smile, and without answering, he threw the second letter he had already read aside.
The contents of the letter were obviously not worth her reading out loud.
Seeing that Chengying had no intention of continuing, Chengling pouted and continued to review the documents.
"Oh, Sister Jiang, the story of the Cangxia Sect's Sword Immortal is circulating in Linjiang City." Chengying picked up the letter in his hand and waved it towards Jiang Ningyan's back on the balcony. "It says that the Cangxia Sect's female sword immortal punished evil and eliminated corruption in the officialdom."
"Why don't I tell you... Sister Jiang?"
After Chengying finished speaking, he realized that Jiang Ningyan seemed to be in a trance, so he didn't disturb her anymore.
I turned to the next letter in the letter at hand.
"Goodness me! A scammer gang has emerged in Linjiang City, pretending to sell land for a new city! They're all mortals, and they've actually managed to scam over a dozen cultivators... Tsk, the one with the highest cultivation level is actually an ancestor of a small family at the peak of the Foundation Establishment stage!"
The wisdom of some monks is actually not much higher than that of ordinary people.
For a mortal to dare to deceive a monk, besides wisdom, the most important thing is courage!
Anyone who can behave neither humbly nor arrogantly in front of a monk is a leader among mortals.
He dared to speak nonsense, and even committed fraud under the banner of the Linjiang City Dynasty. This ability would surely be of great use in other fields!
It’s a pity that they chose a dead end.
"In less than three days, they were all arrested and killed. I really don't know whether these people are smart or stupid..."
"Ah? You won't tell me..."
Jiang Ningyan's voice suddenly came from the balcony.
"Ah? Are you listening?"
Chengying was stunned, then struggled to climb out of the soft chair and handed the letter from the Sword Immortal of Cangxia Sect to Jiang Ningyan.
Jiang Ningyan lowered her head to read the letter, and after finishing it, she smiled lightly.
"I remember that sometime back when I was traveling down the mountain, a mortal named Wu Ziqi wanted to catch my attention. He made up a series of stories about Fairy Ning Yan and gave them to storytellers, who told them to tell them every day. Later, the stories became known throughout the city and spread so widely that even children on the street were impersonating Fairy Ning Yan for fun."
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