Chapter 284: Taoyuan City
Taoyuan City is just a small city, where immortals and mortals live together, there are about fifty or sixty thousand mortals and about 10,000 immortal cultivators, and it is located seven thousand miles northeast of the mountain gate of Tianlan Sect.
Taoyuan City used to be the territory of the Tianxu Sect, but since the battle of the Immortal Palace, the Tianlan Sect and the Seven Peerless Sects joined forces, each choosing a direction to encroach on the territory of the Tianxu Sect, and Taoyuan City was taken by the Tianlan Sect a year and a half ago.
Although the Tianxu Sect took a defensive position, it was not just beaten and did not fight back, in the past year and a half, it planned many incidents in Taoyuan City, and the Tianlan Sect also lost dozens of manpower, so it had to continue to strengthen Taoyuan City and constantly increase the number of people inside.
This is actually the oil adding tactic, but the oil adding tactic is not all wrong, it is especially suitable at this time, it is used to cut the meat with a slow knife, and let the Tianxu Sect bleed little by little.
The Tianxu Sect has to keep doing things in order to resist the encroachment of the Tianlan Sect, but if they do things, they will also suffer losses, if they don't make trouble, just wait for the Tianlan Sect to completely gain a foothold and advance step by step.
Eight hundred miles south of Taoyuan City, there is a vassal family of the Tianlan Sect, and the Tianlan Sect has set up a teleportation array here that leads directly to the mountain gate, Jiang Cheng followed a few people from the sect to come here, and then rushed to Taoyuan City.
The teleportation array is a big killer of the sect, the cost is extremely expensive, and scarce materials are used, but it is also a profitable business, if the teleportation array is set up between two big cities, you can make a lot of money every year just by collecting teleportation fees, of course, the small sects and small forces cannot afford it.
"Space teleportation, awesome"
The first time he sat in the teleportation array, Jiang Cheng felt a little dizzy, but it was still quite novel, similar to the feeling of taking a plane for the first time.
The journey of eight hundred miles took less than half a day, and more than ten people came to Taoyuan City, and the Tianlan Sect left thousands of people here, and almost half of the northern part of Taoyuan City was the important place of the Tianlan Sect.
"Jiang Cheng, a new disciple?"
"No, I got started two years ago, and I didn't go back to the mountain gate."
"Okay, what are you good at?"
"Good Fight"
"Okay, Taoyuan City lacks this, you are the Divine Soul Realm, you should be the commander of the city defense, bring a hundred people, the city defense is responsible for the security of Taoyuan City, and the specific task is to find your commander."
The city lord said, the city lord is the Enlightenment True Monarch, the supreme commander here, and he has to personally inquire about the disciples above the realm of the divine soul.
However, he didn't say much, just asked Jiang Cheng to go to the city defense post, and Jiang Cheng took the post to meet the Great Commander, an immortal cultivator in the late stage of the Cave Xuan Realm.
"Immortal martial practitioners, there is a record of killing two immortals in the Cave Xuan Realm, and it is a bit condescending to let you be a commander."
The Grand Commander looked at Jiang Cheng's resume, and was a little surprised, he hadn't seen a fellow immortal martial practitioner for many years, ordinary disciples wouldn't do this, and even fewer disciples of the family would do this, where did the stupidity come from.
"Do things for the sect, regardless of position, please arrange it by the commander"
"Okay, then you will bring a hundred people and be responsible for the security of Dongcheng, Dongcheng is more complicated, most of the people here are scattered cultivation, you have to ensure that nothing happens here"
"Yes, Grand Commander"
"In addition to scattered cultivation, the most important thing is to prevent the people of the Heavenly Void Sect, they have been doing things recently, you know?"
"Understood"
"Ask the old men of the city defense to be specific, and they will tell you, you are responsible for killing people and it will be over."
The Grand Commander said, Dongcheng is the most complicated place, then leave it to a fierce general like Jiang Cheng, doesn't he claim to be able to fight, then fight.
The northern part of Taoyuan City is almost the official institution of the city, and after Jiang Cheng went to hand it over, he quickly entered the dormitory of the city defense, and someone took Jiang Cheng to recognize people.
"This is your new leader, Jiang Cheng, Divine Soul Realm"
"I've Seen the Commander"
"There are a total of 400 city guards in Taoyuan City, three commanders are responsible for the three major areas in the southeast, west and west, and the other team is responsible for the outside of the city.
A commander leads a hundred people, a squad of ten people, a team of fifty people, and a hundred people, and your leader is in charge of Dongcheng, and Dongcheng is now ·····."
The person who came continued to introduce the situation to Jiang Cheng, Tianlan Sect has installed thousands of people here, but the combat force is only 400 people, and the remaining 600 people are responsible for other things, such as collecting taxes, opening shops, etc., if Tianxu Sect comes to attack in a big way, these 600 people can also participate in the war, and even call more people.
After the arrivals left, Jiang Cheng gathered several captains and captains and invited them to the restaurant for dinner.
After drinking the wine, and by the way, a few meat jokes were added, and the relationship was completely closer, and during the conversation, Jiang Cheng also got to know his subordinates better.
Of the more than 1,000 people arranged by the Tianlan Sect, only about 500 people are the headquarters of the Tianlan Sect, and the remaining 500 people are sent by the vassal forces.
Therefore, almost all actions are to be participated in by vassal forces, and of course, the benefits will also be shared among them, such as the shops in Taoyuan City, and the vassal forces will win a lot.
Jiang Cheng felt a little headache about this situation, it was really too complicated, he was not an old man here, and he really couldn't sort out the relationship for a while.
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Taoyuan City is not big, except for some shops in the center of the city, most of the rest of the places are residential areas, immortals live together, and the management is very inconvenient.
Jiang Cheng was sitting in a restaurant at this time, looking at all kinds of people outside, immortals were really not fairy-spirited, but running around for a bite of food and a little resource.
Taoyuan City was built here because there is a spiritual vein here, Jiang Cheng only learned after coming here that the so-called spiritual vein is the place where the spiritual energy gathers, and the spiritual energy here will be much more than other places.
The spiritual veins of Taoyuan City are naturally inferior to the mountain gate of Tianlan Sect, but outside the city, hundreds of acres of spiritual fields have also been opened, and there are thousands of acres of peach forests.
These peach trees are all enlightened, which is equivalent to the ancient peach tree in Wupeach Mountain, and the peaches that bear them contain aura, and low-level disciples can use them as elixirs.
"Aura, everything in the immortal cultivation world carries aura, even rice"
Jiang Cheng smiled and said, the immortal civilization here is very developed, and clothing, food, housing, and transportation are all dedicated to immortal cultivators, that is, it depends on whether there is aura.
Therefore, the people in Taoyuan City are no different from the secular people, some people farm, some weave, and some do business, but most of them will bring a little aura.
"Jiang Commander"
A captain came to Jiang Cheng's side and saluted him.
"Done?"
"If it's dealt with, it's a small friction between casual cultivations"
"That's good, our city defense doesn't have anything to do on weekdays."
"Yes, there is something to pay back every day? However, it was not peaceful a while ago, and the people of the Heavenly Void Sect attacked several times."
"That's how the previous Commander died?"
"Yes, he was too careless, chased him too far, and fell into an ambush"
"Where are we pushing?"
"Three hundred miles north of Taoyuan City, there is a major town in the Tianxu Sect, built around a Mithril mine, and if you take this important town, the Tianxu Sect will lose at least more than one percent of its financial resources."
The captain said that the Tianlan Sect is still continuing to encroach on the territory of the Tianxu Sect, taking Taoyuan City for less than two years, and advancing for hundreds of miles, and now it is attacking an important town of the Tianxu Sect.
"I want to go to the front"
"Commander, this can't be done, the front line is very dangerous, people are dying every day, how good are we in the rear"
The captain said that after a few days of contact with Jiang Cheng, he felt that it was still good to follow Jiang Cheng, with a good temper, willing to delegate power, not fooling around, and generous, inviting them to eat and drink from time to time, if this was changed to an ignorant commander, it would be bad.
"Haha, just kidding, my task is two years, and if the task is not completed, the sect will not let me go"
"That is, we can also live a good life with the commander for two years"
"Call a few captains at night, call your own people, and we'll find a way to get some spiritual jade."
Jiang Cheng said that eating and drinking with them in the past few days was to build a good relationship and pave the way for things to come.
If you want to be tied up with them, then you have to have entanglements of interests, so Jiang Cheng decided to use his power to seek benefits, corruption is useless, Jiang Cheng doesn't look down on that, the risk is big and the benefit is small.
So what they want to do is a regular business, of course, it's not a regular business, because they want to do a side business.
"Yes, Commander, my brothers are waiting for you to speak."
"See you in the evening, get some good wine and food"
Jiang Cheng said with a smile, the captain nodded, and immediately went to the contact.
Taoyuan City also has a curfew, and it is not allowed to enter and exit at will at night, and the entire Taoyuan City's large array will also be opened, and the two captains and the four squad leaders are all from the Tianlan Sect, and they are not people from vassal forces, and they are all called to Jiang Cheng's residence.
"Brothers, although I have just come to Taoyuan City, I also know the situation here, and I know our situation, is there any brother who is not short of spirit jade?"
"The commander laughed, who will come here with connections and backgrounds, either go to a place with rich oil and water, or stay in the sect, we are all poor buddies"
"Yes, Commander, we really don't have money now, and I've been thinking about changing to a medium-grade magic weapon flying sword for a long time."
"I still want to get some pills, I can't afford it."
"That's right, poor, don't be ashamed, don't talk about cultivating the immortal world, even if it's our Tianlan Sect, there are many poor people, but we dare to come to this Taoyuan City, that means that we still have guts, have guts, we have to get benefits, there is a saying in my hometown, support the bold, starve the timid..."
Jiang Cheng took over and said, and then told them about his plan, the plan was very simple, that is, everyone would open a joint venture shop, a pawn shop.
The pawnshop is superficial, the most important thing is to collect some shady things, the life of casual cultivation is extremely hard, but not everyone can share it in peace, and there are not too many things to kill people and seize treasures.
And many things are inconvenient for them to sell, which requires a safe intermediary to sell them stolen goods, and what Jiang Cheng wants to do is this safe intermediary.