Er Gouzi followed the messenger guard and walked into a mansion at the foot of the mountain. After walking in from the gate, I discovered that there was a very large courtyard with at least hundreds of houses. There are houses next to each other inside, and there are many passages with twists and turns that make people dizzy. Moreover, the styles of these houses and the lanes between the houses all look similar. Ergouzi could only use his spiritual consciousness to carefully remember the route he took. After the messenger Wei turned several corners, he opened a door and walked in. Ergouzi followed him in the same way. Unexpectedly, after opening the door, there is still a small courtyard inside. However, this small courtyard only has five rooms and a small courtyard. This courtyard should be the residence of the envoy guard. There is no one else inside. After he returned to his home, he closed the door and checked the house, but found nothing unusual.
Then he got into the room, moved a large bed, and then pushed the wall behind the bed to open a secret door. Behind the secret door, there is a small secret room. Although immortal cultivators have storage bags, which are very convenient for carrying items, the storage space is limited. The small one is only two or three feet, and the wide one is one or two feet. It is impossible to carry everything with you. Moreover, storage bags are quite expensive, and not everyone can have one. It is considered a good thing to have one. Therefore, most immortal cultivators will build a secret treasure trove to store items. Ergouzi followed behind and watched silently without making a sound to disturb. The guard envoy first took out a sack of spiritual grain from the storage bag, and then took out another sack, which was also spiritual grain... He took out 20 sacks of spiritual grains from the storage bag and piled them in the corner. Judging from the style of these spiritual grains, they are all ordinary grains that have been enhanced by gourds. They are slightly worse than normal spiritual grains, but they are cheaper in price. It turned out that the envoy of the Guard came all the way back, mysteriously, and brought these 20 bags of Linggu local products. He piled the spiritual grains in the secret room, then took out some sundries, then exited the secret room, closed the secret door again, and restored all the items in the room to their original state. After the messenger hid the things in the house, he went out again, and Er Gouzi continued to follow him. Next, we saw that the envoy Wei took the samples of the spirit grains and showed them to several people. It turned out that this guy wanted to buy the spiritual grains at a low price, resell them to friends at a high price, and make a profit from the price difference. As for those friends who asked about the origin of Linggu, the envoy Wei hesitated and refused to explain. If you say this, you won't be able to make a profit. Messenger Wei only contacted a few people and ordered the 20 bags of spirit grains he brought back. Then, the envoy walked towards a door, which was guarded by people on both sides.
"Brothers, I want to go in and report something important to the iron supervisor." "It turns out to be the envoy of the Guard. Master Tie is taking a lunch break. Please wait a moment." Ambassador Wei just waited at the door for half an hour before being led in. Er Gouzi also quietly followed the envoy guard in when he entered. This time he didn't dare to follow him too closely because the black cloak on his body didn't make him invisible enough. If you meet a Golden Core cultivator, if the two get too close, they will be discovered by each other. Ambassador Wei was led into a large living room, in which sat a pockmarked old man. Ergouzi glanced at this person and did not dare to follow him in. He only stood outside the hall and eavesdropped. This pockmarked old man, when I was chasing Old Demon Hu last time, I asked him for directions. He was a strong man of golden elixir. Although he had once killed Jin Dan with one sword, it was better to avoid causing trouble at the moment. He hid outside the door and watched quietly, eavesdropping on the conversation between the two. "Xiaowei, you have been there for several months, how is the situation?" "The black market in Sanyang County is open for business and everything is normal." "Yeah, not bad." The pimply old man only nodded slightly, as if such a trivial matter was insignificant and it was natural for him to succeed. Messenger Wei secretly glanced at the pockmarked old man's expression. Knowing that Master Tie was not satisfied with his report, he quickly continued: "After investigation, my subordinates found that General Chen recruited a total of 3,000 gifted children." "Are you sure there are that many?" The pockmarked old man was surprised when he heard this number. He knew very well how strict the recruitment requirements for the Zhenguo Army were. Not to mention this small Sanyang County, even the entire Qingzhou may not be able to screen out so many talents. The messenger Wei nodded firmly. "My subordinates have confirmed that there are 3,000 people." "Besides, there are still a lot of talents left in Sanyang County, and the Zhenguo Army seems to have insufficient military expenditures and cannot support them." The envoy of the Guard also did not expect that the Zhenguo Army would sometimes be unable to obtain military expenses. "Well! In recent decades, the imperial court has really run out of money. It can't collect a few taxes every year. There are wars everywhere and money has to be spent everywhere." The pockmarked old man nodded. He had heard that the court was short of money.
"If it weren't for controlling the alchemy room and making a huge profit to maintain it, the emperor would be so poor that he would be so poor as to lose his pants." "Hey hey hey..." When the pockmarked old man said this, he laughed dryly. It can be seen that this person has no loyalty to the court and the emperor, and even has a little bit of schadenfreude. "But how can a small Sanyang County find so many geniuses?" “Isn’t this a geomantic treasure land?” "Sir Tie, I have also inquired about this matter." The envoy Wei was somewhat proud. Fortunately, he had prepared before returning this time and had a lot of information. "The Sanyang County Magistrate Zhang Ergou once adopted many abandoned babies." "This person is pedantic and foolishly kind. He did many things that seemed kind but were actually stupid. In order to prevent the abandoned babies from dying, this person actually used spiritual rice to feed the abandoned babies, which created many gifted children." The envoy Wei was very sad when he said this. So many babies were fed with spiritual rice. How much spiritual rice would be wasted? Even the old man with pockmarked skin was slightly shocked when he heard this, feeling that it was too wasteful. "Since there are so many gifted children in Sanyang County, we can continue to eat the ones that the Zhenguo Army can't eat, and bring all those gifted children here." In the eyes of immortal cultivators, human life is worthless, but genius is different. Genius is the seed that all forces are fighting for. Bringing back such gifted children only requires a small amount of resources, and after many years, they will become combat power that can be driven. It is much more cost-effective than raising spiritual beasts in captivity. After all, spiritual beasts have low intelligence and need to be carefully fed and cared for. They are not so easy to drive and control. Human geniuses are different. They only need to be cultivated from childhood and instilled with the idea of loyalty and gratitude. They can be directed to hit wherever they want in the future. They are much better than spiritual beasts. Their black market gold medal fighters are all trained from childhood in this way. They are the sharp knives in the hands of black market manipulators. "Genius children are all raised in the nursery. The county governor named Zhang Ergou is a bit pedantic and stupid and extremely uncooperative." "It may not be easy to recruit people from him." "Can we take this Zhang Ergou..." When the Wei envoy said this, he raised a palm horizontally and made a gesture of wiping his neck. "As long as this person is eliminated, Sanyang County still has many resources that can be obtained." When the Wei envoy said this, his eyes were shining. Sanyang County was really too rich, so rich that anyone who saw it would be jealous. Er Gouzi, who was hiding outside the door, felt nervous. Is it appropriate to plot to kill him in front of him? As expected, there is only a door between good and evil in people's hearts. "We don't need to do it, someone will naturally jump out to deal with him."
"He Sanyang County has sucked away one-third of the people in Qingzhou, leaving other places barren." The hemp-skinned old man shook his head, thinking of the officials of several counties, guarding empty land, without even a worker. What kind of wicked person can do such a wicked thing. He worked hard all his life and finally became a high official, but now he doesn't even have a slave to drive, and he feels bored. "Zhang Ergou is so wicked that he has already found a way to die." "We just need to wait and see, and share some of the benefits after the success." "He has someone above him to protect him, so it is not convenient to do it openly, but there are always unexpected events... What if he accidentally falls to death while walking, or chokes to death while eating, or drowns in the basin when washing his face..."