In the twilight, a strange guest came to the blacksmith's shop, a man of about the age of standing, tall, with slender eyebrows, fair skin, delicate and feminine appearance, with a burly and masculine physique, there was a different style.

After Ruan Qiong learned the identity of this person, he was not as casual as the last time he received Cui Minghuang of Guanhu Academy, but just chatted a few words at the door of the sword casting room, this time he asked Ruan Xiu to move two bamboo chairs to the corridor, and also took out two pots of good wine, one pot per person, the man did not twist, took the wine jug to unseal the mud seal and poured a sip of wine, and said with a smile: "Master Ruan, you made a move this time, the government and the opposition were shaken, and I don't know how to deal with it on the court side, but as the new kiln supervisor and the first chief official of Longquan County, I saved a lot of saliva." It stands to reason that I should have brought good wine to the door to visit, but at that time, after hearing about the accident halfway, I quickly stepped up, and I was really in a hurry. ”

Ruan Shi waved his hand, "There is no need to say more about these polite words, if you and I negotiate today, we will have the opportunity to drink and chat in the future, and if the conversation collapses, you and I don't have to work hard to get emotional." ”

The man laughed heartily, not like a double-duty Dali court official, but more like a chivalrous man walking the rivers and lakes, wiped the corners of his mouth, put the wine jug on his lap, and there was no sign of talking while drinking," Jialiu Mountain, which was banned during the Chunhui period of Da Li, of course, this is the official statement of the confidential archives of the imperial court, according to the name recorded in the local county records, it should be Longji Mountain, halfway up the mountain, there is a large natural dragon slashing platform, before I came here to take office, there was a monarch and ministers played right, His Majesty the Emperor made it clear that this thing was handed over to the Fengxue Temple and Zhenwu Mountain where Ruan Shi was located, and you both shared it. Division, whether to stay and move, as an ancestral property, or move back to their respective sects, my Dali court will never interfere, listen to the convenience. Even if Da Li needs to contribute, such as driving the two young mountain moving apes under Da Li's command, cracking the six mountains of Jia, and exposing the dragon slaying platform, and so on, Ruan Shi does not need to be polite. ”

Ruan Shi smiled and said, "Your sincerity is not small. ”

The new superintendent was about to take advantage of the situation to say some words, and Ruan Shi said again: "That dragon slaying platform, before I came here, our Fengxue Temple and that Zhenwu Mountain had already negotiated, and I, Ruan Qiong, Fengxue Temple, and Zhenwu Mountain, each accounted for one of them. You should have heard some gossip from your emperor, I am planning to open a mountain here, so the identity of father and daughter has been moved out of the Fengxue Temple, in the next sixty years, it is definitely inconvenient for me to officially open the mountain, but as long as you Dali let me see it well, as soon as the sixty-year period is over, I will choose a passable mountain here as the starting place of the mountain sect in the future. ”

The man who was also the county commander of this place did not hide his joy, as if he was waiting for Ruan Qiong to open this mouth, and immediately said: "Ruan Shi, you can rest assured, except for Piyun Mountain, there are now sixty-one mountains in the territory, and Ruan Shi can choose three at will as the foundation for the future establishment of the mountain." If Ruan Shi is not willing to make up his mind in a hurry, this official can first show Ruan Shi the old and new mountain situation maps of Lizhu Cave Heaven, and then this official will accompany Ruan Shi to personally explore and inspect, and then Ruan Shi will make a decision, how about it?"

In any dynasty, it is a great blessing to have a great monk like Ruan Qiong to help sit in the mountains and rivers. In particular, Ruan Qiong's implication is that he chose to take root here, not just an identity like a guest secretary, an offering, and a national teacher attached to Da Li, so it is not the kind of situation where if you are together, you will gather, and if you don't, you will disperse, Ruan Qiong is really spreading out in the land of Da Li, and it is invisibly related to the fortune of the dynasty, not to mention a small governor, even if Emperor Da Li sits here, he will also be happy.

There are many martial artists in Dali, led by the vassal king Song Changjing, and the number of masters above the five realms is the highest in Dongbao Aquarius. However, there are really few immortals on the mountain, which is completely inconsistent with the strong national strength of Da Li, which has always been the heart disease of Emperor Da Li.

Ruan Qiong said with a smile: "Don't worry about occupying the mountain as the king, to put it mildly, except for the Phiyun Mountain that you don't want to take out, there is no mountain that can enter my eyes." ”

The young superintendent looked a little embarrassed, in fact, before coming here, not only him, but even Emperor Dali and his own mentor also felt that the possibility of Ruan Qiong opening a mountain in Dali was there, but it was definitely not big, because Dali actually couldn't show enough sincerity to kill the dragon platform? If it weren't for Ruan Qiong's own ability to negotiate with Fengxue Temple and Zhenwu Mountain, and get a copy of it, how could Dali dare to fight with Fengxue Temple Zhenwu Mountain in order to win over Ruan Qiong alone, the price was too great, even if it was the Dali Dynasty that swallowed thousands of miles like a tiger, it couldn't afford it.

Ruan Qiong said suddenly: "Although Fengxue Temple and Zhenwu Mountain have never proposed, I personally hope that you Da Li can come up with two sharp enough divine weapons, whether it is a sword or a knife, it doesn't matter, as long as it is enough, I can help you when the time comes, and transfer it to the two military monks who came here to separate the dragon slaying platform." You can report to the imperial court first and wait for Emperor Da Li's reply, and there is no hurry in this matter. ”

The young superintendent pondered for a moment and said in a deep voice: "I can make a decision on this matter and promise Master Ruan first!"

Ruan Qiong nodded, took a sip of wine, and was more satisfied with this person's posture and courage. After all, for a long time after that, I had to deal directly with this man named Wu Kite, and if he was a stupid person, he would be very tired. If it's a stingy and timid guy, it's even more tiring.

Wu Yuan hesitated, took a sip of wine, a bit like to give himself courage, and said: "Master Ruan, first of all, there are more than 30 dragon kilns outside the town, and the kilns will be reopened to burn porcelain, but from now on, they will only burn ordinary imperial ceremonial vessels. Secondly, after the county government built in the east of the town is completed, the county government will post the law of Dali, and will also let the household officials who are familiar with literature preach and explain everywhere in the town, so that the ordinary people of the town can really know their identity and are the people of Dali. ”

Ruan Qiong's expression was grim, and he glanced at the nominal Longquan County Commander Wu Yuan, who explained with a smile: "This is just a superficial effort for ordinary masters, in the sixty years of the town, it is still the largest rule of Ruan Shi, the rules of the four surnames and ten clans, followed by the law of Da Li, if there is a conflict, this order will be used as the criterion." Ruan Shi is within a radius of thousands of miles from the town, and in everything he does, Da Li not only does not interfere, but also stands on Ruan's side without any suspense. Just like Master Ruan smashed the body of the monk of the Purple Smoke River before, that person did not repent, and even dredged up the relationship between the capital and tried to complain to His Majesty the Emperor. ”

Ruan Qiong frowned slightly, a little impatient, "Tell your husband, in the future, this kind of bad thing will be done less, and if you don't have a face, what is it, I am a rough embryo of iron, and I am not used to bending my intestines, you Dali really have a heart, give me real benefits, it is enough, as for whether I will accept it or not when the time comes, I will say otherwise." If I really wanted to kill him, he would have been able to escape, and I wouldn't have been able to give him another hundred legs. If you really want to kill someone, how many of you Dali can stop it? Even if you can, are they willing to stop it?"

Wu Yuan's face was slightly pale, and his voice was slightly astringent: "Master Ruan, this official knows." ”

Ruan Qiong didn't want to make too much trouble, after all, the two were dating for the first time, and they couldn't expect others to go along with their minds everywhere, that was difficult for the strongman, so he took the initiative to ask: "The secular dynasty, the construction of Wenchang Pavilion and Wusheng Temple, the enshrinement of mountains and rivers and the prohibition of local obscene shrines, are all the due righteousness of a court, in this town, what are your plans?"

Wu Yuan, who had suffered a loss just now, replied cautiously: "Regarding Wenchang Pavilion and Wusheng Temple, at present, the two places in our Dali Qin Tianjian and Earth Master are the porcelain mountain in the north of the town and the immortal tomb in the southeast, and the people who sacrifice are the two who walked out of the town back then.

Ruan Qiong's tone was not relaxed, "The two of them who enjoy the civil and military incense are quite suitable, but the location has been finalized like this? Have you ever asked Mr. Yang what he meant?"

Wu Yuan was stunned on the spot, and asked cautiously: "Master Ruan, dare to ask who Mr. Yang is?"

Ruan Qiong was also stunned for a moment, and quipped: "Your Mr. Xiuhu, he didn't even tell you this? Just let you be the supervisor and the official of your parents? Wu Yuan, tell me honestly, are you similar to Qi Jingchun, frustrated in officialdom, reduced to an outcast, and degraded to this? If this is the case, I will have to regret what I negotiated before. ”

Wu Yuan was speechless, he didn't know how to explain, and he was even more confused.

Next to a well in the distance, three peers were squatting on the ground, and Ruan Xiu was teaching Chen Ping'an the names of those tricks. At the beginning, Ruan Xiu and Chen Ping'an erased the handwriting, did not speak, the two stared at him, the young man looked clear and beautiful, and there was a red mole like a finishing touch at the center of his eyebrows, which was quite festive, but Chen Ping'an and Ruan Xiu both underestimated his patience and cheekiness, smiled and looked at the straw sandal boy on the left, and the girl in Tsing Yi on the right, after the three of them boiled half a stick of incense, the young man seemed to feel that he also underestimated the perseverance of the two people around him, and finally took the initiative to speak, using a smooth and mellow town dialect, saying that he was from the capital, and followed the governor to come here to see the scenery, especially want to see the porcelain mountain.

"You continue to talk about your trick qi mansion, don't be so stingy, what if I listen to it?

After that, Chen Ping'an and Ruan Xiu were busy with themselves, and they didn't care about this strange guy's conversation.

"You can't write this word well, you don't have to work hard at first glance, and you float very much, like oil residue floating on the water. ”

"Girl, you don't explain it completely here, the so-called half of the pot is boiling, and the ghosts and gods laugh without knowing how to draw pictures, in fact, this is the case...... Ah, you're going to skip this gas house and talk about it, right?"

"Hehehe, girl, why don't you explain to him where the acupoint is, isn't it difficult to guide him, alas, girl, if you are embarrassed, I can help...... Girl, there is murder in your eyes, girl, you must have misunderstood, I mean to point it out to him, where is the acupoint on my body, girl, the acupoint on your body, the gods are hard to find, why should I bother myself......"

"Oh, girl, why are you beating someone? Girl, I was wrong!"

"Girl, the tail lull sandwiches the spine jade pillow and the back three passes, girl, why did you miss it, the ancients said that the back pass is half of the work, and the shrinkage of the Gen is the right work. It is important to see ......"

In the end, it was the appearance of the superintendent Wu Yuan who helped Chen Ping'an and Ruan Xiu get out of the predicament, and the young man with a mole on his eyebrows and the taciturn young Dali official left the blacksmith shop side by side.

Chen Ping'an and Ruan Xiu sat at the mouth of the well, Ruan Xiu glanced at the backs of the two of them, and said softly: "The older one is an official, the one who was with us just now, I don't know, I don't feel anything unusual, it may be a young scholar, many big families outside have such companions." ”

Chen Ping'an nodded.

Ruan Qiong walked to the well with a straight face, and turned around with a single sentence, "Chen Ping'an, you come with me." ”

Chen Ping'an got up blankly, Miss Ruan said before that her father promised to lend her money, but she had to wait for about ten years, did she regret it?

The girl in Tsing Yi was a little weak and followed behind Chen Ping'an.

Ruan Qiong sat on the bamboo chair and let Chen Ping'an sit on the chair that Wu Yuan was sitting on before.

Ruan Xiu coughed and said with a smile: "Dad, these two chairs are made by Chen Ping'an, not bad, right?"

Ruan Qiong said with a dark face: "I'll talk to Chen Ping'an about business, Xiuxiu, don't interrupt." ”

Chen Ping'an hurriedly sat upright, "Master Ruan, you say." ”

Ruan Qiong took out a handful of broken silver from his sleeve, about three or four taels, "Go to the side of Qilong Lane in the small town, buy a pot of good peach blossom spring roast for Dad, and buy some pastries for yourself with the rest of the change." ”

Ruan Xiu was a little reluctant.

Ruan Qiong pretended to put away the silver, "Then you go to the sword casting room and stare at the stove, it will be over in an hour." ”

Ruan Xiu snatched the money and ran.

When his daughter ran away, Ruan Qiong asked straight to the point: "Chen Ping'an, do you have three bags of gold and copper coins?"

Chen Ping'an's face was as usual, and he nodded: "Yes." ”

Ruan Qiong seemed to be more pleasing to the honesty of the young man, and his face improved a little, "A small town person like you who has three bags of gold essence and copper coins in hand, can't find a second one." Even if it is the four surnames and ten clans in Taoye Lane, Fulu Street, the most Song family is only two bags, and more are only one bag, in addition, eight small families in the town exchanged their own treasures for a bag of gold and copper coins. Basically, the valuable old objects in the town have been lost, and now there are almost seven or eight left, and they are in good condition. ”

"There will be more and more outsiders in the town in the future, of course, you must have no worries about your life, the reason why I opened the skylight with you and said something bright is that I hope you can make good use of the three bags of gold and copper coins in your hands, and don't rot them in your hands, nor use them casually. Every sixty years before me, the town would open its doors, and about twenty or thirty people would enter the town and let them look for an opportunity. From now on, there will be no such rules, and it will become more and more like an ordinary Dali town, so your three bags of gold and copper coins will be particularly eye-catching, and will eventually cause you a lot of unnecessary trouble. I'm a person who is very afraid of trouble, and I will inevitably stand up for you when the time comes, but I, Ruan Qiong, have been fighting a group of little kids for three days, and I'm ashamed. So I'm going to give you a suggestion, listen to it or not, and after listening to it, you decide for yourself. ”

"Before I make a suggestion, let me make it clear to you in advance, now is the most valuable time for gold and copper coins, but not everyone can spend it, except for the four surnames, I am afraid that the ten major clans are no exception, because Emperor Dali plans to ban the sixty-one mountains outside of Piyun Mountain, all of them will be lifted and sold to the major power sects that are good friends with Da Li. These sixty-one mountains, the price is high, depending on the size, the reason why the outside world is rushing to it, is that now the Lizhu Cave Heaven Array is broken, reduced to the existence of the blessed land in the world, although the aura has decreased sharply, but compared with the ordinary mountains, it is still a big step higher, not inferior to the mountain range with the orthodox mountain gods, and the Emperor Dali promised that this place will be enshrined in the future a mountain god, three mountain gods and a river god, so dense mountains and rivers are sitting in the town, so that after 60 years, the radius is thousands of miles, still wind and water, and the aura is abundant, so now' Buy the mountain's deal, and make sure you don't lose money. ”

Chen Ping'an asked, "What if I buy the mountain today, and then I die tomorrow?"

This question hits the nail on the head.

Ruan Qiong showed a smile for the first time, "First of all, as long as you do things honestly in the town and behave as a person, you will definitely not die violently for no reason, for example, there are goods like the mountain moving ape to trouble you, now the town has no fear of being broken or broken, I don't need to worry about Qi Jingchun." What Qi Jingchun wants to abide by, I don't need to. So I can help you get things right, because at this point, that's the right thing to do. After promising to buy any mountain, within three hundred years, even if the person who bought the mountain died, and even if there was no heir to inherit it, Da Li would never take back the mountain without authorization within three hundred years, and would let it be wasted. In the end, I will be the first to get three mountains this time, Feng Shui is definitely the best, if you can get a few later, we can be bordering each other, assuming that if you can't afford to open a mountain to make a profit, even if you just lend me to rent the mountain for 300 years, you can also share dividends every year, sit back and enjoy the success, future generations, the same. ”

This is a trickle of wealth and wealth, which many wealthy families dream of.

Ruan Qiong didn't bother to boast, so he didn't say anything.

Chen Ping'an asked curiously, "Master Ruan, what is the approximate price of those mountains?"

Ruan Qiong said casually: "The smallest mountain, just a lonely peak, was named Zhenzhu Mountain by the Dali Imperial Court, and the asking price is a gold and copper coin, but it must be a spring coin." ”

Chen Ping'an was surprised: "Only need one?"

Ruan Qiong said with a smile: "A big fart place, the beautiful name is called a mountain, in fact, it doesn't even touch the word peak, a small mountain bag, a spring coin, not cost-effective, this is because Da Li really can't shout the price of half a gold and copper coin." ”

Chen Ping'an muttered: "It's just a copper coin, no matter how small the mountain is, five hundred years, the whole three hundred years will be owned by yourself, no matter how you think about it, it's a good deal." ”

Ruan Qiong continued: "Medium-sized mountains such as Xuanli Mountain, Dayan Mountain, Lotus Lantern Peak, etc., are estimated at about ten to fifteen gold and copper coins on the Dali side. The largest small mountain range and the other two mountains, the Kuquan Mountain Range and the Xiang Volcano and the Shenxiu Mountain, cost twenty-five to thirty gold and copper coins. In the final analysis, what Da Li wants to stay behind is not the bags of gold essence, but the four surnames and ten clans, as well as their various connections in Dongbao Aquarius, hoping that the real backers behind them can come forward and take the initiative to contact Da Li. ”

Chen Ping'an frowned and said, "Master Ruan, isn't it very showy for me to take such a big advantage at this time?"

Ruan Qiong laughed and said: "You also have a backer, far away in the sky, close in front of you." ”

Chen Ping'an scratched his head and did not agree immediately.

Ruan Qiong was not annoyed by the straw sandals boy's ignorance, but was relieved: "I didn't get carried away, it's not bad, after going back to Mud Bottle Lane, think about it carefully, and strive to give me an answer tomorrow, after a long time, things will change, this is not me bluffing you, this is the case." ”

After Chen Ping'an left the blacksmith shop, he hadn't woken up from the shock until he walked to the side of the stone arch bridge.

The boy had imagined the days when he would be rich in the future.

For example, you can eat meat buns and sugar gourds every three or five times, have Spring Festival couplets, door gods and blessing characters at the door of your own yard, repair the ancestral house like a house, and bring a pot of good wine, a bag of pastries, and so on when you go to the grave of your father.

Chen Ping'an never thought that one day, he would be able to own one or even several mountains.