When passing through the county town of Montenegro, Gu Zuo asked the Lingyuan Daoist to press the sword light, and he was about to ask Zhong Senjun what the edict of Montenegro meant about handing over the spirit stone.

If Montenegrin also receives an invitation, then go to Chang'an together.

After three months, the county town of Montenegro has changed again, most of the original broken walls and collapsed houses have been renovated, and compared with the last time, there are many more pedestrians, and it seems that it is recovering well.

The reason is also very simple, after the beast tide, there are a lot of strange flowers and new monsters in southern Xinjiang, these things have significant effects, and they are very beneficial in practice, a little of them can even be directly used to absorb, and the amount of aura contained can be ten, dozens, or even hundreds, and what is more attractive is that they can also heal wounds, and even help people understand, and their value is extremely high.

Therefore, a large number of monks and martial artists from the interior of the Central Plains came to take risks, and in a short period of time, they filled the population gap caused by the beast tide, and even the number of people registered for naturalization in Southern Wu Prefecture has exceeded 10,000.

Different from previous years, in addition to monks and martial artists, this year there is a large influx of displaced people from the Central Plains, the reason is that the Central Plains has caused famine in some areas after the disaster, and Nanzhao has always welcomed displaced people, so there have been various preferential measures for this, plus the land here is twice and three crops a year, it is not surprising that so many people come.

According to the speculation of the household division of Nanwu Prefecture, in the past year, the total number of people who poured into Nanzhao was no less than 100,000, and it may even reach 150,000. This trend is still accelerating, if it continues, by the end of this year, the number of naturalized people in Nanwu Prefecture will reach 20,000, and the long-term resident population will be close to 30,000, and it will be dominated by monks and martial artists!

All because Nanwu Prefecture is an important passage from the southeast to the southern Xinjiang region.

When I came to the county town of Montenegro, the first thing I did was to visit Hu Si Zhong to join the army. The Black Mountain Edict also received the decree of the Political Affairs Hall forwarded by Jiannan Province, and at the same time, it is also preparing a letter to be submitted by Zhong Ziyu to Jiannan Jiedu Mansion.

When talking about this issue, Zhong Ziyu said happily: "Since Yang Xiang entered the political affairs hall, he has been following the rules and regulations in the first few years, and has been following Li Xiang step by step, thinking that he has done nothing, and he never thought that this time he would also be hard-hearted, make decisions for the people, and also won the approval of His Majesty. ”

The tax rate of the Black Mountain Edict is far higher than that of Nanwu Prefecture, and it is necessary to pay 300,000 guan to the imperial court every year, and now it is necessary to pay the tax for three years delayed due to the beast tide, and the total amount is 900,000 guan. If according to Li Xiang's request, 450,000 guan will still be levied for halving, this knife will be too ruthless, therefore, not only the Black Mountain Edict, but also the entire Southern Sixth Edict, Jiannan Dao, Lingnan Dao, Qianzhong Dao, and Shannan West Dao are singing praises for Yang Xianggao, including Gu Zuo.

Gu Zuo said with a smile: "This tax is exempted, and our Nanzhao will usher in another take-off." ”

Zhong Ziyu sighed: "The world has been suffering for a long time, I hope Yang Xiang will preside over the political hall as soon as possible." ”

Gu Zuo asked about the prayer ceremony of the Chongxuan Administration, and Zhong Ziyu was a little disappointed: "The Black Mountain Edict did not receive the invitation from the Chongxuan Administration......"

As far as I know, the spirit stones handed over by Nanzhao account for most of the total amount of spirit stones handed over by the prefectures and counties in the world, right?"

"Half of it...... After all, we are not a gym with a ticket, and we can only count on the Gu Pavilion Master to speak for us. The day before yesterday, the four elders of our four ministers met, and they all thought that the prayer festival was a cover, and they might still have to discuss the issue of the payment of spirit stones, and they were going to invite you to come over to discuss, since you are here, don't leave tonight, and drink together. ”

That night, Gu Zuo was invited to attend the banquet, but Daoist Lingyuan shirked the invitation, saying that he wanted to hurry up and study a new talisman and turn back to play with Chaoyun. Lingyuan Daoist did not participate in the banquet, which was also expected by the other party, as long as Gu Zuo could come, and the four elders of Montenegro also attended, giving the highest standard reception, and the two sides once again reaffirmed the friendship of the brotherly state.

During the banquet, he talked many times about the introduction of tax policies in the Political Affairs Hall and the Chongxuan Administration, and Gu Zuo obviously felt that the four ministers really didn't know much about the major affairs of the DPRK and China, and they had a posture of playing behind closed doors. After talking to them all night, the useful information in hand was not worth a letter from Jiang Xiaozhu.

He tactfully suggested to several elders, hoping that they would care more about the government and the outside world, Zhong Ziyu said: "It's difficult, it's not that I don't care, but there is no way, how can such a major event be intervened? ”

Speaking of this, Zhong Ziyu said again: "It's not as good as you, brother, even the Lingyuan Daoist is unwilling to participate in our banquet, and our situation can be imagined." ”

Gu Zuo comforted: "The Chongxuan Department has rules, and it is not easy for them to make friends with the locality. ”

Zhong Ziyu scoffed: "Then why did he stay with you in Nanwu Prefecture for three years?"

Gu Zuo could only divert the topic: "This time in Beijing, if you discuss the payment of spirit stones, do you elders have any suggestions?"

Chen Haozi took the lead and said: "It's all exempt, compare it to the political hall!"

In addition to paying taxes to the imperial court, the Black Mountain Edict also has a total of 300,000 spirit stones from the Chongxuan Administration for three years, which is also a huge burden. In contrast, according to the current population calculation, not counting the ore veins, Nanwu Prefecture pays an average of one and a half yuan per person, and Montenegrin Zhao pays five yuan per person!

Most of them nodded in agreement, staring at Gu Zuo affectionately with expectation, Gu Zuo could only say: "Brother, I will do my best, but if it doesn't work out, don't blame, in short, everyone is still prepared." ”

After the banquet, Zhong Ziyu privately explained to Gu Zuo: "Don't be too embarrassed, after the reputation of the profit bank is restored, we also have some confidence, and we can pay half, I estimate that Chongxuan Department should not be too embarrassed." ”

The beast tide brought devastation to Nanzhao, but it also left wealth everywhere, as long as Nanzhao was given time, the tax of thirty thousand yuan per Chinese New Year's Eve plus one hundred thousand spirit stones could still be afforded.

After spending another day in the county town of Montenegro, Gu Zuo bought gold bills worth 10,000 guan from the Spring and Autumn Pawnshop, each of which was worth ten yuan, a total of 1,000. In addition, he also brought eight hundred demon pills, which were worth more than 30,000 yuan, which was also a large amount. In addition, there are 100,000 spirit stone flying tickets, 100,000 Guan Qian Zhuang flying tickets, and 300 stone spirit rice on his body.

With such a huge amount of money, it is natural to prepare for emergencies, otherwise you can't get a gift when you go to the door, how can you enter the door?

In the year since the beast tide receded, Nanwu Prefecture has successively sold a large number of demon beast materials, earning no less than 100,000 yuan, and now Gu Zuo is full of money, if he is found by others and killed, the wealth that falls can make a small sect rich immediately.

Riding on the flying sword of the Lingyuan Daoist, Gu Zuo enjoyed the great rivers and mountains, and he didn't have to worry about flying accidents again, in the past few years, the Lingyuan Daoist took the little lady Chaoyun to fly high, and he flew many times, and all kinds of tense and exciting flight actions became more and more slippery, and his skills were extremely skillful.

Unfortunately, the truth is that there is no correlation between flying skills and flying accidents, just like drowning a person in a river.

Just as he was approaching Gyeonggi, a sword light suddenly appeared in front of him, it was a certain monk flying with a sword, and this sword light was crooked and chaotic, looking like a novice.

Two sword lights collided in one place, and Gu Zuo was suddenly thrown into the air. When he was dancing his teeth and claws in the air, what he remembered in his mind was the scene when Deacon Shang and Lingyuan Daoist collided for the first time, how similar it was to now.