More than a dozen carts lined up in the mountain road, after turning out of the lofty mountains, there is a deep valley of mountain streams in front of them, and on the opposite side of the deep valley, there are mountains, and the mountains stretch out to the east and west, and they cannot see the end, like a city wall, blocking the way forward.

The carriage stopped, and everyone stood on top of the cart and looked ahead.

Gu Zuo raised his horsewhip, pointed to the opposite side and said loudly: "This is our new home, Nanwu Prefecture!"

The team erupted in thunderous cheers.

After three days of walking, it is finally here!

The mountain stream is as deep as twenty or thirty zhang, more than ten zhang wide, and there are two iron locks pulled up by the Dongting faction on it.

The butcher flew to the opposite side with his axe, looked around, and turned back to signal that the iron lock was firm and workable. So, Cheng Shanhu and Li Gusheng took the lead in stepping on the iron lock and marched forward, followed by more than ten monks also started together, and the two carried a board cart and sent all the vehicles and ordinary people who had not cultivated to the other side, and crossed in less than a moment.

The two peaks rise into the sky, like two gates, firmly locking the passage forward. The passage is narrow, half of it is a stream, leaving only a road more than three zhang wide to walk. Entering from here, it is counted as the boundary of Southern Wu Prefecture.

This is the north entrance of Nanwu Prefecture, and it is also the place where Gu Zuo has explored the mountains many times before.

The procession stopped at a long corridor, where several monks from the Dongting Sect who were in charge of the final handover were already waiting, led by an old acquaintance, Deacon Shang.

Gu Zuo dismounted, laughed and greeted him: "Senior Shang, let's meet again!"

Deacon Shang stroked his white beard and said, "Congratulations to Pavilion Master Gu, I heard that you bought Nanwu Mountain, so I told others that Pavilion Master Gu has made a fortune." ”

Gu Zuo said politely: "Get rich together!"

Deacon Shang took out a map and handed it over to Gu Zuo: "Settle the people down first, and then take the owner of the Gu Pavilion to check the various properties, okay?"

Gu Zuo nodded: "Okay." ”

Deacon Shang pointed to Yutu and said, "There are three large courtyards and six small courtyards in Southern Wuzhou, which are exactly the ...... of the ninety-nine courtyards."

Gu Zuo immediately interrupted: "Just live in the South Main Peak!" He has been to Nanwu Mountain many times, and he has turned around the sky more than once, and he has long known that everyone is tired at this time, but he has no time to listen to Deacon Shang show off his feng shui knowledge.

The road in Nanwu Prefecture was repaired by the Dongting faction with great effort, and it was much easier to walk than when it came, and the convoy continued to travel south for more than two hours, and then arrived at the foot of the South Main Peak.

Along the foot of the mountain, the Dongting faction built a large number of houses, scattered seven or eight courtyards, distributed among the green trees and ponds, connected with verandahs, bamboo pavilions, just looking at it is pleasing to the eye.

The butcher immediately assigned the courtyard and organized people to sweep the garden and carry and unload the materials.

Gu Zuo followed Deacon Shang to take over the rest of the estate.

The Dongting faction has been operating in Nanwu Prefecture for more than ten years, and has built three large compounds, six small courtyards, six large and small medicine gardens, two spiritual fields, and a Feiyun refined iron mine, mainly concentrated in three places: South Main Peak, North Mouth and Dongxi.

Each of these three places has a large courtyard, also known as the South, North, and East Courtyards.

The North Pass is the north-facing mountain pass that just entered Nam-Sola, and it is also the main passage connecting Nam-Sookju and Montenegro County. It is usually the place where visitors are received, and sometimes the Dongting faction also holds auctions here, and the industry is mainly in the North Courtyard.

The South Main Peak is the industrial gathering place of Nanwu Prefecture, which has opened up four medicine gardens and two spiritual fields, and in addition to the South Courtyard, there are five small courtyards scattered in the surrounding South Second Peak and South Third Peak.

As the name suggests, Dongxi is a stream that flows down from the south main peak, and the stream goes east to the mouth of the East Valley. On the north bank of the stream is the East Courtyard, where there are two medicine gardens and a Feiyun Iron Mine.

After checking and counting all afternoons, Gu Zuocai walked through all these places, and in total, there were more than 120 rooms, including three main halls, eighty-one houses, as well as several Dan rooms, study rooms, kitchens, and seven large warehouses.

When he checked the room, Deacon Shang looked sad: "I was the first batch of disciples to develop Nanwu Prefecture, and at that time it was still building the foundation, and these houses and palaces were built by us brick by brick, and they were built for seven years, and they were thrown into tens of thousands ......of times!"

The industries in Nanwu Prefecture that make money are medicine gardens, spiritual fields and Feiyun iron ore.

Among them, the six medicine gardens produce 28 kinds of spiritual grass and spiritual flowers every year, with an annual sales of more than 9,000 guan; two spiritual fields are the characteristics of Nanwu Prefecture, and the spiritual rice produced is directly supplied to the capital and several major sects, with an annual sales of more than 5,000 guan; Feiyun refined iron is the best material for refining flying swords, but unfortunately the mine is small, the output is not high, and the annual income is about 2,000 guan.

There are about 160 monks and ordinary people of the Dongting faction living in Nanwu Prefecture, and the annual expenditure is about 8,000 guan, and the annual net income is 8,000 kan.

If there were no heavy taxes, this income would still be quite good, but unfortunately it would be a huge deficit to pay 10,000 guan and 5,000 spirit stones every year.

After understanding this information, Gu Zuo expressed his gratitude to Deacon Shang, and at the same time said: "Before coming, your sect said that some people wanted to stay, and asked me if I would accept them, who were they?

When checking the various industries, people from the medicine garden, Lingtian and iron ore came forward to greet and introduce the situation to Gu Zuo, and Gu Zuo paid attention at that time.

Deacon Shang said, "I was about to tell you." A few days ago, our Dongting faction led people to evacuate Nanwu Prefecture, and those who wanted to leave had already set off with the brigade, and there were still 12 households and 63 people left, all of whom had been living in Nanwu Prefecture for many years with their families and did not want to leave here. If the Gu Pavilion Master is willing to accept it, they will follow the Huaixian Pavilion to do things, and if the Gu Pavilion Master is in trouble, I will take them away again, and then dismiss them on the spot in Black Mountain County. ”

"Summarily dismissed?"

"Yes, send it to Montenegro County, and each family will be paid a severance pay. If the owner of the Gu Pavilion is willing to take them in, this severance pay will be transferred to the Huaixian Pavilion, a thousand guan. ”

"I remember that Deacon Zhang of your Dongting Sect told me that it was eight hundred and sixty runs. ”

"The old decay has made up one hundred and forty runs, and he has made up for thousands of yuan to the Gu Pavilion Master, hoping that the Gu Pavilion Master can take them in and treat them well. ”

Gu Zuo is worried that there is no one in Wuzhou, of course, he is willing to ask for it, and he wants it without compensation. But he was still moved by Deacon Shang's kindness for a while, and bowed and saluted: "Senior, please accept Gu Mou's worship." ”

Deacon Shang hurriedly replied: "So, Pavilion Master Gu is willing to take them in?" I thank Pavilion Master Gu for his kindness on behalf of them. ”

There are 32 strong men and 32 strong women, 18 old people, and 13 children, among which there are five monks, all of whom are qi refiners, three of whom take care of the medicine garden, one person takes care of the spiritual field, and one person takes care of the iron mine. These people are still just right, there are people in the three industries, Gu Zuo estimated, I am afraid that there is a deacon.

Gu Zuo walked around the property again, comforted the twelve families who were left behind, promised them that their previous treatment would not change, asked them to do things with peace of mind, and then said to Deacon Shang: "Senior Shang, suddenly so many people have been added, and I don't know their temperament, can you please stay a little longer, help me do it smoothly and familiarly, and then leave?"

Deacon Shang thought for a moment, looked at the mountains in front of him and hesitated for a while, then said, "Only stay for a month." ”

Gu Zuo was overjoyed: "I know that your treatment in Dongting is eighteen per month, you can rest assured, you can take the money in Dongting, and Huaixian Pavilion will subsidize you with the same amount!"