The Great Elder originally wanted to invite Qi Taibao to have a friendly battle, and Qi Taibao faced a thousand ninth-level spiritual cultivators with 780 soldiers, but the Great Elder didn't expect that the elders in the sect would be so enthusiastic, especially the Second Elder Xiao Qipian and the Fifth Elder Tai Daozhang, one left and one right accompanied Qi Taibao, so that he couldn't even go one by one.

The Great Elder sighed helplessly and said, "Everyone, why don't you go into the Elder Hall to discuss?" ”

Qi Taibao came under unknown circumstances, and was embraced into an extremely solemn and holy place, and then sat directly on a high seat, and below was five on the left and four on the right, and the nine elders each sat on a separate round pedestal.

"The city is the capital, where the main altar is located, I can't wait, but the remaining six cities need to be discussed, and the two elders can't just say that they will be built." The fifth elder was more impulsive, and without waiting for Qi Taibao to sit firmly, he stood up and said loudly.

The second elder Xiao seemed to stand up when he heard this, raised his eyebrows at the fifth elder Taidaozhang, and said: "My yellow scarf is the unification of Xuansu County, why can't I say that I will build an army?" Do you know that the Qin Se Bow Courtyard is eyeing the side of the war? If we don't step up the pace of construction, the Qin Se Bow Courtyard will not be polite. ”

"Even so, the construction of the division of education should not be left to you alone." The Fifth Elder shouted.

"I have a higher rank than you, a higher cultivation than you, and a higher status than you, why can't I take it alone?" Xiao said contemptuously.

The fifth elder's face turned red, this is girly, patted the round table and shouted again: "Xiao is pitiful, you have changed your original name, how can you come from?" Changing the name is to be disloyal to my Taiping Sect, and not to report to the Presbyterian Church to establish a branch of the church without authorization, this is unrighteousness, disloyal and unrighteous people, what face is sitting here? ”

The two of them quarreled so much that they were red-faced, and Qi Taibao sat there with his mouth open, not knowing what to say or do, when the voice of the Great Elder suddenly sounded in his ears, "Your Excellency, don't make a sound, these two are acting." ”

Qi Taibao didn't speak, but there was a look of doubt in his eyes, obviously puzzled why the two were acting.

"Tai Daozhang is not a rude person, and the anger and rudeness he deliberately expressed at this time actually wanted the Pope to feel that he had been wronged; Xiao seems to be too aggressive at this time, perhaps because he has a friendship with the Pope, so he will behave so revealingly. ”

This kind of spell similar to sound transmission into the secret, Qi Taibao has not yet learned, he can't ask at this time, and the mind reading technique requires looking directly into the other party's eyes, he is a little far away from the position of the great elder, so naturally he can't read it, he can only put on an expression, but he doesn't know if the elder can read his expression.

It's a pity that although the elder has a high cultivation, he doesn't know how to read expressions, but he slowly explains the cause of the incident.

Whether it is modern or ancient, construction engineering is a very lucrative industry, especially religious engineering, which not only involves the value of engineering materials, but also involves the equipment needed by the gods to be worshipped; The construction of the headquarters of the Taiping Sect cost nearly 200 million Han dollars, while the construction of the Great General Division and the Four Prefecture Offices was only nearly 100 million Han dollars.

All the assets of the Taiping Sect were reduced to ashes with the death of Zhang Jiao, and the new Taiping Sect was completely established from the void, and these required the Great General Division to draw funds; The General Division is only responsible for building the headquarters, but there are still six main cities in Xuansu County, and these six main cities can build military branches.

The dispute between the second elder Xiao and the fifth elder Tai Daozhang is that they want to bear the construction of the branches of the six main cities, and both of them want to undertake all the construction and are unwilling to share, which is the core of the dispute, and the eldest elder and the other two elders have already decided to be stationed at the headquarters and will not participate in the competition.

"Let's draw lots." His Holiness, who understood the inside story, said this lightly.

Xiao Yilian and Tai Daozhang stopped arguing, and looked at the Pope with his mouth slightly open, drawing lots? Is it child's play?

Qi Taibao doesn't feel that his proposal is child's play, anyway, it's an internal bidding, isn't it the same who built it? However, psychologically, he was still biased towards Xiao Nip, so he did something to sign the contract, and in the end, Xiao Nipity got the four main cities, and Taidaozhang got two, and the Great Elder was very supportive of Qi Taibao, and made a decision on the spot, thinking that this was the final result.

Although he didn't get the sixth, but the Pope's bias was to know that Xiao seemed to accept the result very relentlessly, and Tai Daozhang was angry, but he also knew that he couldn't change the result, this thing didn't turn his face on the spot, but slapped Qi Taibao on the back before turning away.

Perhaps because of the existence of the Heavenly Mind Technique, the communication between NPCs and Qi Taibao is extremely strange, unlike other players, who are throwing over tasks at every turn and slowly accumulating relationships; Even NPCs who have a very shallow relationship with Qi Taibao are straightforward when communicating, in the form of deliberation and discussion, and rarely have quests.

And this kind of relationship makes Qi Taibao like an NPC, so that when NPCs talk to Qi Taibao, they don't need to throw out the task, but go directly to the door to send gifts; Unfortunately, the gifts given by NPCs are more appreciated than practical.

Xiao seems to have sent a jade lady to Qi Taibao, this thing is still okay to look at, if you take it out and sell it, you can only sell it to those local tyrants, fortunately, the circulation currency of the whole world is Han money, and if this jade lady is sold, it is worth tens of thousands of Han dollars.

Qi Taibao and other generals will also confiscate pearls and treasures when they attack the city, but they are not practical, Qi Taibao buys them at a price lower than the market price, and then hands them over to Xi Zhicai, who has a way to sell these things all over the Han world, and the local tyrants who don't know how to cultivate are very fond of these things.

The population of the entire Han realm is more than one billion (including players), and the number of players is only hundreds of millions, although it is still increasing, but even if it is 100 million players, there are more than a billion NPCs in the Han realm, of which there are only hundreds of millions of people who can cultivate, and most of them do not know how to cultivate or cannot cultivate, but these NPCs yearn for the life of monks, so they will spend a lot of money to buy items related to monks.

The teaching affairs are thrown to the Great Elder for management, and the military affairs are thrown to Befuzi and others for management, Qi Taibao has been being a hands-off shopkeeper, but many people don't want him to be a hands-off shopkeeper, such as Han Xian and other Qu Shuai, such as the Great Elder and others, but they can't force Qi Taibao, so Qi Taibao's degree of freedom is still very high.

"Your Excellency, the five elders ask for a meeting."

When he was thinking about how to slip away, he heard the attendant report outside the door, Qi Taibao was stunned and then chuckled, and asked the attendant to welcome Taidaozhang in, Taidaozhang knelt on his knees as soon as he came in, and his palms were pressed upwards on the ground, and then his forehead was knocked on his palms, and after so three bows and nine knocks, he shouted: "The yellow sky is supreme, and the Pope is evergreen." ”

Qi Taibao didn't expect Taidaozhang to actually meet him with such a grand courtesy, and after being stunned, he hurriedly stepped forward to help the goods up, and said, "Why should the fifth elder be like this. ”

Taidaozhang didn't really let Qi Taibao help him, he stood up with the momentum of Qi Taibao's support, he didn't say anything, and directly took out an object similar to a basket, this object is only the size of a palm, and at first glance it is a treasure, not a vulgar thing, Qi Taibao's eyes lit up, and he said in his heart, Nima, finally an NPC took out dry goods.

Tai Daozhang gently placed the basket on the table in the room, and then stood aside, Qi Taibao scratched his head and said, "Lelang County has taken the two main cities, are you willing to go to preach?" ”

Tai Daozhang's face was happy, he knelt down again and thanked him, and then turned to leave.

Qi Taibao was not busy watching the small basket, he also had to go to the General Division to see Han Xian, he promised Tai Daozhang, but this was just a promise, the reason why Tai Daozhang gave a heavy gift, not that he could not go to the two main cities of Lelang County, the main reason was the subsidy of the money, if there was no financial subsidy from the General Division, he personally could not afford to build the financial resources.

And the reason why he and Xiao Yilian competed for the construction of the main city branch of Xuansu County was because the general Si Yougong/document issued an agreement to subsidize the construction of the Taiping Dao branch of the six main cities, so if Qi Taibao wanted to accept this gift, he had to help him open up the joint.

Han Xian and the other six commanders basically don't move, either in their own mansion, or in the yamen of the general's department, and Qi Taibao can go anywhere, and no matter how important the department is, it will not prevent him from entering, so it is difficult for others to see Han Xian, but Qi Taibao can see him by pushing the door.

Han Xian looked at the small basket in Qi Taibao's hand, chuckled and said, "Taidao Zhang is reluctant", after speaking, he paused, ignored Qi Taibao's expression of begging for an explanation, pointed at Qi Taibao and said: "It's good for you to go to the Si Ya and the Sect Hall more, right?" It's better than if you were out and about all day. ”

Qi Taibao "hehe" laughed dryly twice and did not speak.

"When those monks evacuated, they emptied the entire treasury of Taiping Dao, but now they refuse to take it out for reconstruction, I asked you to go to the sect hall, I want these monks to contribute some things out, you are good, you are very happy to take a hidden basket, and you casually sent a big gift out."

Qi Taibao continued to smirk.

After receiving some education, he got the approval order of the General Division for the construction of the Taiping Sect branch in Pingcheng and Marucheng, Qi Taibao left the office, saw the figure of Taidaozhang at the door, and handed the approval to Taidaozhang casually, and the next thing was to let him run by himself.

Stretching his waist, Qi Taibao left Dancheng and returned to his station, Shanxian County, the construction of this county has basically been completed, and the people have completed their respective work step by step.

The tax is still weak, after all, not long after the end of the war, the population is not very large, if you want to develop greatly, in addition to immigration, you also need quite a lot of infrastructure support, these things, Qi Taibao half understands and half does not understand, anyway, he does not rely on taxes to raise soldiers, so he does not care too much.

There is a huge military camp in the northwest of Shanxian County, if you don't look at the vigilance of the barracks, you think this is an empty barracks, but in fact, there are nearly 20,000 soldiers stationed in the barracks, and the first army has only 5,000 soldiers, but the first army is because of the existence of the barracks, and the willful continuous expansion of the army, of course, the extra soldiers, you have to raise yourself.

Fortunately, there are barracks that can accommodate soldiers, and if you don't go on an expedition in peacetime, the salary is very low, and you can maintain basic consumption, which can still be borne by the generals of the first army.

With his 780 soldiers, Qi Taibao moved in the direction of "Weilie Harbor", and the three people of Gray Rail, Yue Bu Poor, and Xi Remnant served as the military masters of the three armies of the Navy Division, and asked Qi Taibao to go on a trip, saying that it was to boost morale, and when Qi Taibao heard this, he realized that he was in a high position, just like the head of the country, which made him very fluttering.

The mountains are everywhere, the battles are everywhere, the three armies of the naval division are completely new, except for the army formed by the gray rails, the other two armies are added by many foreign generals. Therefore, even the notorious gray track could not effectively prevent the internal struggle between the three armies of the water division, so in desperation, I had to invite the big Buddha of Qi Taibao.

After Qi Taibao turned around, he found that the construction of Weilie Harbor was very smooth, this project was contracted by the general to the local rich businessmen, these local rich businessmen are very discerning, when the Yellow Turban Army invaded Xuansu County, they took refuge in the Yellow Turban early, and made a lot of contributions to the Yellow Turban's rapid pacification of the whole county, so the project was contracted to these local forces, which was also a kind of return for the Yellow Turban.

Rejecting the hospitality of the wealthy merchants, Qi Taibao led his troops to the naval division's station, which was a vast body of water, and countless soldiers were plopping in the water to practice swimming.

Except for the soldiers led by Gray Rail and others who have been trained as sailors, the rest are newly recruited soldiers, and they are all servant soldiers at present, and their combat power is scum, and their troops are Yellow Turban sailors, which is why the General Division needs to order the establishment of sailors and cavalry.

Without the order of the general, there would be no Yellow Turban Sailors and Yellow Turban Cavalry, if you want these two arms, the sailors need the skills of the sailors, the essence of the water technique, the cavalry needs the cavalry skills, and the cavalry skills are essential; Qi Taibao has the books that he needs for cavalry, and he can form cavalry.