Chapter 330: Self-Reliance
A month has passed in the blink of an eye.
In the month after Lin Muyu returned to Lanyan City, every day was nothing more than reviewing the files in the temple, after the Boxer Rebellion, the files became more and more, and all the temple branches in various places would send Yu books if there were major matters that were unresolved, and these tasks naturally all fell on Lin Muyu, the archdeacon.
In addition, he went to the Zetian Temple to accompany Qin Yin and Tang Xiaoxi, or went to the Elixir Division to meet with Chu Yao, the archdeacon of the Elixir Division, and taught her some cultivation tips and skills.
As for the cultivation of personal martial arts, in a month's time, he has basically practiced the twelve-style dragon binding marksmanship, and often learns from several deacons in the temple, and even occasionally makes a cameo appearance as a Venus sparring trainer, which flatters a group of Venus instructors, everyone knows Lin Muyu's strength, and sometimes he feels that it is a privilege to be his opponent.
The only thing that made Lin Muyu feel very distressed was the remnant sword left by the Qiyao Demon Emperor, which had been smelted for a month without success, as if this remnant sword was completely insulated from the flames and the refining weapon Baoding, and there was nothing Lulu could do about it, Lulu was a wise body, but she couldn't analyze the structure of this remnant sword, which was beyond the scope of her cognition.
There's no way around it, so I can only wait to get a stronger fire refining...
As for Tang Lan and Su Muyun, they almost control the entire military and political power, and almost all the large and small military positions in the army are divided in half by Su Muyun and Tang Lan's people, and the Gentian Battalion is still 1,000 people and cannot break through, and the forbidden army is the same.
Fortunately, in this month, the temple staff continued to pour in from the provinces of Yunzhong, Qihai, Tianshu, Earth, and Cangnan, and even many temple staff came from Lingnan over the mountains and mountains, although it was said that the Righteous Kingdom had unified Lingnan, but the temple was loyal to the empire after all, and some of the temples in Lingnan were exterminated, but there were still many who maintained contact with the main altar of the temple, so they also sent a lot of people.
Lin Muyu is not worried that these people are Lingnan's spies, and all of them are included in the temple, even if this group of people is from Lingnan, they must eventually make them their own people, which is the confidence that a general should have.
......
Within a month, almost 10,000 craftsmen were mobilized to build the city, turning an entire area of dwellings behind the temple into barracks, training grounds, and martial arts halls, which were enough for more than 10,000 people to live.
Early in the morning, a ray of sunlight casts into the archdeacon's office.
Lin Muyu leaned back in the chair and fell asleep, the files on the desk were piled up, no wonder he was so tired that someone as strong as him was also tired.
"Knock Knock ......"
Ge Yang knocked on the door, holding a scroll in his hand, and said with a smile, "Archdeacon." ”
"Oh, Deacon Goyang is here..."
Lin Muyu stood up and smiled respectfully: "What is this?"
"List. ”
Ge Yang said: "The list of temple staff from all over the empire is here, a total of 13,244 people, it seems that there are still people coming from afar, hehe...... Archdeacon, you know, if the people from Tongtian Province and Lingdong Province want to come over, it will take a month to speed up the horses, and if you don't have the money to buy horses, it will take at least three months to come to Lanyan City. ”
"Well, I see, Grandpa Ge Yang has worked hard. Lin Muyu said with a smile.
Ge Yang showed a hint of embarrassment, and said: "It's just the archdeacon, these people's clothing, armor, blades, food, etc. all need money, and the treasury gold coins in our temple are spent in almost half a month, which is the hard work that Archdeacon Lei Hong has saved for most of his life, and he was squandered by Ah Yu, you kid......"
Lin Muyu couldn't cry or laugh: "I don't want to either, but this is money that must be spent, alas...... Speaking of which, although Grandpa Lei Hong is a rare strong man in terms of cultivation, he really doesn't know anything about business, you see that the temple is poor......"
Ge Yang said: "What should I do with the next expenses?"
"It's okay, I have the money here. ”
Lin Muyu drew a golden ticket of one million gold coins and handed it to Ge Yang, and said with a smile: "This was given to me by the old guy from Wei Chiyan at the beginning, and it must have been the people's fat and people's ointment scavenged from Tianshu Province, and now it is just right to use it here." ”
Ge Yang looked at the pile of money, and his face flushed: "Old man, I have never seen so much money in my life...... I'm going to take someone to redeem it, haha, the financial crisis of our temple has been lifted......"
"Bring a little more people, don't get robbed......"
"Don't worry, who in Lanyan City would dare to rob the temple funds?"
Ge Yang laughed wildly, Lin Muyu was speechless for a while, but the money in the Qiankun bag was getting less and less, and it had already cost one million to build new barracks and buy weapons and war horses, and another 1 million was spent just now.
It's just a pity that after the bloodbath of the Boxers, the Imperial Chamber of Commerce has been silent, and now it has been replaced by a chaotic situation of more than a dozen chambers of commerce, and it is not suitable to go to anyone's house to do business, and they don't know where Jin Xiaotang and Jin San's fat father and daughter have gone.
At this moment, there was a knock on the door outside: "My lord, Luo Yu asks to see you." ”
"Come in. ”
"Yes..."
Luo Yu clipped the iron helmet of the Gentian Battalion under his armpit, walked in with his head held high, dressed in a straight imperial army uniform, with a radiant look, and said with a smile: "My lord, I'm here." ”
"Is there something wrong?" Lin Muyu continued to review the recital, and said with a smile: "Luo Yu, you are now the deputy commander of the Gentian Battalion and the deputy commander of the empire, and your military rank is not low, you don't need to be so respectful to me, I'm just a temple deacon now......"
Luo Yu couldn't help laughing: "What does the adult say, even if Luo Yu becomes the marshal of the empire, he will always be your subordinate, and this time I came to see the adult with news." ”
"Well, what's the news?"
"We have found Jin Xiaotang's whereabouts. ”
"Oh, where is it?" Lin Muyu hurriedly stood up.
Luo Yu said: "In the civilian area south of the city, it is said that after the Boxers broke the city, they washed the Imperial Chamber of Commerce in blood, killed many people, swept away the property in the Imperial Chamber of Commerce, and ...... Jin Xiaotang's father also died in the slaughter of the city, at this moment, Jin Xiaotang is doing a small business, buying and selling some clumsy blades, doing business with those mercenaries, and being bullied. ”
"That's ......"
Lin Muyu frowned and said, "Go, take me to see Xiaotang." ”
"Yes..."
......
Maybe it's because Lin Muyu's identity is different, before going out, he was still arranged to be followed by 8 temple guards, anyway, the camp behind the temple is more than 10,000 temple soldiers who are training, and now the temple is really not short of manpower, and Luo Yu galloped away side by side with Lin Muyu in the outfit of a senior imperial officer.
Lanyan City is too big, and after galloping wildly for nearly an hour, he finally came to the civilian area in the south of the city, which is already a place of black smoke and miasma, a place where thieves, liars, wandering mercenaries, bards, prostitutes, and prostitutes come out, Luo Yu pointed to a tavern in the distance, and said: "Well, that wine shop is where Jin Xiaotang often trades blades with mercenaries, she is responsible for maintaining and manufacturing blades, and those mercenaries are responsible for paying." ”
"Hmm. ”
Lin Muyu rode his horse away, turned over and dismounted from a distance, handed the reins to a temple guard, and then walked in with his hand on the hilt of his sword, the tavern was bustling, everyone was drinking, and no one noticed him.
In the dim light, some mercenaries in torn armor were drinking not far away, and a large cup of barley wine was poured down, flowing down the beard, and landing on the red chest hair that seemed to be about to burn.
In the corner, Lin Muyu saw Jin Xiaotang's figure, she was much thinner than before, holding a slightly rusty long sword in her arms, carefully placed in front of a bearded mercenary.
"What? This rotten thing costs two gold coins?"
The bearded man stood up abruptly and pushed Jin Xiaotang away, with an arrogant smile on his face: "How about Lao Tzu give you two nights of spring supper, little girl, buying and selling blades on Rotten Water Street, this is under the control of the forbidden army, do you know who I am? and dare to bargain with Lao Tzu?"
Jin Xiaotang was so aggrieved that tears flashed, he stood there motionless, and muttered: "Two gold coins, nothing less, if you give me less, I will have no bread money this week." ”
"Two gold coins, right?
The mercenary took out two copper coins and threw them on the table, and said with a smile: "Oh, don't say that I took your sword for nothing." ”
Jin Xiaotang was about to cry: "These are two copper coins, everyone has seen them." ”
"Are you looking for death?"
The bearded mercenary was completely angry, and stepped forward and grabbed Jin Xiaotang's neck.
At this moment, a strong wind swept by, and a powerful palm blocked the mercenary's arm, pushing it back like an iron pincer.
"Bang..."
Hitting the wall heavily, the bearded mercenary instantly became distracted, and shouted angrily: "Who dares to offend Lao Tzu in Rotten Water Street..."
But when he looked closely, he found that the person in front of him was wearing the clothes and armor of a high-ranking general of the empire, and he was wearing a very noble-looking golden leaf on his chest, and he suddenly woke up most of the time.
Luo Yu on the side said coldly: "What, do you want to argue with the archdeacon of the temple?
The bearded man's nature of bullying the soft and fearing the hard was exposed, and he immediately turned around and was about to leave.
"Wait, put the sword down. Lin Muyu said coldly.
The bearded man put down his sword, glanced at Lin Muyu with awe in his eyes, and then fled out of the tavern.
......
On the side, Jin Xiaotang looked at Lin Muyu dumbfounded, suddenly opened his arms and threw himself into his arms, howling and crying: "Brother Ayu, my father was killed by Yiheguo, Uncle Zhang, Uncle Liu, and Jin Lao are all dead, all dead......
Lin Muyu hugged her thin body and said, "I know, I know, Xiaotang don't cry, it will be fine as soon as you want." ”
"And ...... The sword elder is also dead......"
Jin Xiaotang's eyes were full of tears, and he said, "The old sword's hidden sword was taken away by Luo Lan, and all the wealth was looted by Luo Lan......
Lin Muyu trembled, although the sword elder had a quirky temperament, he was his swordsmanship instructor, and Luo Lan seemed to have more blood debts.
"Xiaotang, how did you get to this point?" Lin Muyu asked.
Jin Xiaotang wiped his tears and said, "Pan Dingtian, he ...... He saw that the Imperial Capital Chamber of Commerce lost ground after my father's death, so he reopened a Dragon Seeking Chamber of Commerce and drove me out of Tongtian Street, and I had nothing but to wander here. ”
"Pan Dingtian?"
Lin Muyu frowned and said, "Isn't Pan Dingtian's daughter Pan Ziyi your best friend?
"Purple iridium is also involuntary. ”
"Don't worry, everything will be with me in the future. ”
Lin Muyu's eyes were cold and said: "I want to create a new chamber of commerce to compete with the Dragon Hunting Chamber of Commerce, Xiaotang, are you willing to be the head of my chamber of commerce?"
"Huh, is it really possible?" Jin Xiaotang blinked.
"Hmm. ”
Lin Muyu nodded and said, "Give you three million operating funds, this is all my property, and I will also give you a large number of high-grade blades, potions, etc., do you have the confidence to surpass the Dragon Hunting Chamber of Commerce?"
Jin Xiaotang clenched his fist, nodded and said, "As long as Brother Ah Yu supports me, I can." ”
"Well, let's go, change into a nice outfit and start doing it right away. ”
"Good..."
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Stamped Hero List...... Travel with the author in Hangzhou
Time: 12:00, April 24, 2015... May 10, 2015 at 23:59
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1. The stamping object is all the signed works of the author invited to the author's annual meeting;
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Ye Zi summarized the content of the event, that is, the students who have stamped the most in the field of refining gods can participate in this 17K annual meeting... Well, the local tyrant can consider it and continue to update in a high-profile manner and ask for a monthly pass in a low-key manner......
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