Chapter 445 Question
Ji Rong then said, "Cultivators may have flaws, but treasures are innocent."
"The bloodstains on those treasures can be washed off and used, but we need to support so many cultivators; we can't keep asking our nephew Gulin and Juejun for free."
Shan Zhongfeng tilted his head and said, "Daughter, you said you would only let me stay here for a maximum of a hundred years, to build up my reputation, and then go back."
The old man has been in charge of Jade Void Palace for many years and has a lot of money. What I'm doing now is to bring him honor. What's wrong with him spending some treasures?
"Haga!" Ji Rong thought to herself, "Could it be that Gu Lin is determined to send you away?" She suppressed a laugh and said, "Godfather, a hundred years from now, you will have earned a reputation to return to, but you will still be able to refine pills."
"You've squandered all his wealth now. What will happen when you return and he has no treasure left? Are you going to make your master go back to his old ways, refining pills for those newly powerful clans to earn money to support you? He'll never be able to shake off his reputation as a beggar-turned-alchemist."
Upon hearing this, Shan Zhongfeng immediately wagged his tail and said, "Daughter, you're right. I'll go and get the treasure back right now."
Ji Rong stood blocking the doorway and asked, "What do you intend to do with it?"
Shan Zhongfeng thought for a moment and said, "I originally wanted to sell pills or collect some tuition fees for Ze Peng, but that would be unfair. Do you have any good ideas, daughter?"
Ji Rong took out a detailed scroll with the landscape of the Buzhou region engraved on it and said, "Father, treasures need to circulate to increase. After Uncle Shan Wu and the others bring back the grain and supplies, let the Blood Pill Sect take the lead and set up a small market here, following the example of the Starfall Plain in the Danxue Mountains."
Your Blood Pill Sect has spent its wealth and resources to build markets and workshops. Once they produce something, it will be considered part of the Blood Pill Sect's assets.
Look, on this trip, I discovered that there are remnants of spiritual veins in the Niannu Mountains, Laxi Mountains, and Dongheng Mountains. I had the mountain python and mountain rat repair them, and now they are usable. However, these mountain ranges are covered with snow-capped peaks and there are no roads, so the spiritual energy from the mountains cannot be sent out.
Godfather, apart from those weak and orphaned cubs, we can raise them until they grow up.
We can't just keep supporting those who have hands and feet; let's make them work to pay off our food debts.
Upon hearing this, Shan Zhongfeng hesitated and said, "It's good, but if I establish an industry here, how am I supposed to go back to the old man's place to refine pills a hundred years from now?"
Ji Rong smiled and said, "Godfather, although you are good at handling trivial matters, you love alchemy the most. When you want to make alchemy but don't have the materials, you can go back to Jade Void Palace. When you want to handle affairs, you can go back to Blood Pill Sect. Isn't that good?"
"Father, imagine this: a hundred years from now, not only will you have a great reputation, but you'll also bring back a great deal of treasure for your master. Wouldn't your master be incredibly proud then?"
"Treasure! Fame! Honor!" One by one, words that Shan Zhongfeng would never have dared to even think about before came out of Ji Rong's mouth, chattering around Shan Zhongfeng.
Shan Zhongfeng felt that success was within reach. He wagged his tail happily, nodded, and said "good." Then he ran up to a high place to look for his treasure.
It is said that when the old Taoist Gulin saw Shan Zhongfeng's letter, he didn't even want to look at it. However, the king-level cultivator from the Blood Pill Sect who delivered the letter was also clever. He respectfully held the letter above his head and said, "Dan Sheng, I heard that Lord Ji also wrote a message for you in it."
Gu Lin immediately took the letter, opened it, and finally found a very clear phoenix claw print at the end of the letter.
He obediently gathered the treasures and handed them to the messenger, saying, "Go back and tell Uncle Qing Ji that I have done my best; if you want more, I can only ask other uncles and senior brothers to raise the money, but now everyone has already distributed their wealth, and there are not many items left in Yuxu Palace."
Inside the Dragon and Phoenix Palace, Jiao Jue received the letter brought by Shan Wu and pointed to Ji Rong's paw prints, saying to Qing Pingzi and Shan Shui, "There's a famine in this whole prefecture. Let's take stock and send everything we can to her."
Shan Shui nodded, asked Jiao Jue for a gourd, went to the back of the hall to retrieve the source of the stream, and soon hung the gourd around Shan Wu's neck, saying, "Brother, tell Lord Ji to have the mountain python and mountain rat work harder to clear the spiritual vein as soon as possible."
When Shan Wu returned, he rushed into the Bitter Water Lake, where he was spotted by Shan Zhongfeng, who was anxiously looking around with his handkerchief rolled up, and was greeted by the wind.
After Shan Wu unloaded all the treasures and food he carried, he listened as the tiger brother began to recount his grand plans for a prosperous future.
In his early years, Shan Wu had worked with the mountains and rivers to build a pack animal transport team and compete for a lot of territory. In recent years, he has also learned many divine skills and led troops to fight against gods while working with Ji Rong, gaining profound knowledge and experience.
Upon his return and hearing what Shan Zhongfeng had said, he immediately nodded and said, "Brother, my nephew is right. You're all grown up now; you can't keep relying on your master for treasures. I support you in building your own business."
Once he had an idea, he had the drive to get things going. Shan Zhongfeng was a very single-minded person; to put it nicely, he was very committed to his promises.
To put it bluntly, he never used his brain for anything other than alchemy.
He was clearly a tiger with the talent of a mountain king, yet he insisted on becoming a single-minded alchemist.
After he had counted the treasures and determined the necessary paths and market sizes with Ji Rong and the others, he wrote them down on a leather scroll and posted notices everywhere to recruit workers.
The primary task was not to build mountain roads, but to recruit aquatic creatures to dredge the waterways in various rivers.
Only when waterways are clear can mountain paths be easily traversed; otherwise, when flash floods come, water will overflow and the land will collapse, and everything will be lost.
The road was also difficult to build. Their planned route was to build a road connecting Jiurishan to Laxishan, using it as the main road to connect various parts of the prefecture and enable them to exchange goods.
There was no other way but to build such a long road.
The advantage of the prefecture lies in its high mountains. However, because the mountains are so high, they can only grow rare and exotic plants, and are not suitable for large-scale grain cultivation throughout the prefecture.
The river channel also lacks a large number of aquatic creatures to settle down, and it is unlikely that there will be enough small fish and shrimp in a short period of time.
Without relatively cheap food, many creatures in the continents often teetered on the brink of starvation. Unable to fill their stomachs, they would seek solutions, the simplest of which was to fight and plunder.
After discussion, Ji Rong and several others unanimously agreed that the road needed to be repaired.
Only when the road is repaired and there is a relatively safe and passable path can those minor repairmen, according to their pre-determined plans, take the extra spiritual materials in their hands to the market to exchange for the items they lack.
Only when they have knowledge and a few spare spirit crystals can Ji Rong's literacy plan be truly implemented in Buzhou, and only then can Buzhou truly embark on the path of education.
The plan is that simple, and it only takes a few words, but putting it into practice is not so easy.
First of all, the rivers in the prefecture are blocked, so where will the water to dredge the rivers come from?
The aquatic creatures of Buzhou that could leave have all left, and there hasn't been a major overhaul of aquatic life for many years.
Although the Shuanglong River was named after two dragons who attained enlightenment in it, that was in the ancient times. Now, not even a Xuanling Realm dragon can be found in the river.
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