Two hundred miles southwest from Montenegro County, there are twelve peaks stretching around, which is the enclave of the twelve authentic sects in the world - the Dongting faction in Montenegro. Because the Dongting School is located in Wushan, this enclave is named Nanwu Mountain.

When the southern Xinjiang was opened, the Dongting faction arrived relatively late, and the investment was relatively conservative, and when the southern Xinjiang was edicted, the territory they were based on was not enough to seal the country, and they were unwilling to unite with the eight departments of Montenegro, so they did not have their number in the edicts.

But after all, it is a great sect in the world, and under their active operation, the imperial court and the Chongxuan Administration did not include these twelve peaks in the Black Mountain Edict, but separately opened them up and gave them the name of Southern Wu Prefecture.

The governor of Southern Wu Prefecture was led by the prince of the court, but the Sima and other posts in charge were appointed by the Dongting faction on their own, and the annual tax payment was 10,000 guan and 5,000 Naling stones, which was essentially a country within the scope of the Black Mountain Edict.

It's just that this place is really not popular, except for the Dongting Mountain to send people here, there are no other people, so the Dongting faction didn't do anything like Sima, Don't drive, and Liucao, but just operated this place as an elixir plantation.

Due to the unique conditions in southern Xinjiang, the medicine garden opened by the Dongting faction in the mountains can still grow a lot of good medicinal materials, and the income from the sale of medicinal materials can also allow them to complete half of the taxes, but after the outbreak of the Great Beast Tide six years ago, the confidence of the Dongting faction to maintain this enclave was seriously shaken.

Mr. Zhong Er took out a map, spread it out on the wooden table spread out in the bamboo pavilion, and the three of them gathered around the table to look at the picture carefully.

Mr. Zhong Er pointed to a place one foot three inches south of Black Mountain County, and drew a circle with his finger on it: "This is it!"

Gu Zuo saw the words "Southern Wuzhou" written on it, and asked, "How big is this place?"

Mr. Zhong Er said: "It is 60 miles long and 50 miles wide, covering an area of 1.1 million acres. ”

Gu Zuozhuo understood after thinking about it: "It's not cost-effective." ”

Gu Zuo has always bought Gengjin Mountain according to ten acres, this is the price of sixteen miles of land in Linheishan County, of course, there are also factors such as Zhong Shenjun's discount; the original Taoist chief bought Pingtai Mountain Villa, which produces Yuanyang grass, is the consistent price of 50 acres, Nanwu Prefecture is more than 200 miles away from Heishan County, farther than Gengjin Mountain, but closer than Pingtai Mountain, what is this price?

If this land belonged to the Black Mountain Edict, the Dongting faction would only need to pay more than 30,000 yuan at a one-time price, which was only equivalent to their taxes for two years.

How should the taxes after the land is settled? According to the rules of the Montenegrin Edict, 50 yuan should be paid every year! And it can be deducted for 15 years with the preparatory fee.

If the enclave is operated according to this method, the Dongting faction will be able to earn half of the tax every year, that is, nearly 10,000 yuan!

The difference is that one is operated according to the state and county, and the other is operated according to the sect.

Therefore, after experiencing the impact of the beast tide, it is inevitable that the Dongting faction will choose to transfer this Nanwu Mountain, they will not be able to obtain benefits for a long time in the past 20 years, and the expected Nanwu Prefecture has no name, so what if it is not transferred?

Mr. Zhong Er said: "It has been a long time since the Dongting faction wanted to take over Nanwu Mountain, but no one is willing to take over, this account is easy to calculate, whoever takes over will lose blood." ”

Gu Zuo asked: "Isn't even the Black Mountain Edict willing to take over?"

Mr. Zhong Er said: "Who wants the tax of 10,000 guan and 5,000 spirit stones on his back? As for the land, the Black Mountain edict is everywhere, and here, the land is not worth anything." ”

The land of the Black Mountain Zhao is indeed not very valuable, and Gu Zuo completely agrees with this.

I only heard Mr. Zhong Er pause and continued: "But now it's different, the spirit stone vein has been found there. ”

In fact, since he first heard from the mouth of the original Taoist chief that Nanwu Mountain had discovered the spirit stone vein, in the past half a year, the name of Nanwu Mountain has appeared in his ears from time to time, and even when the Yuanhe sect communicated, it was mentioned many times, but Gu Zuo never had any thoughts about it, and he never cared about this matter.

What he heard the most was the price of the mining rights of the spirit stone vein, today this one has prepared 20,000 guan, tomorrow the one will announce that it will invest 30,000 guan, and in a few days it will be a certain faction to enter 35,000 guan, when everyone talks about it, the focus is on envy, jealousy and hatred, and Gu Zuo just laughed after listening to it.

What I didn't expect was that the two big shopkeepers would actually find his head and discuss this matter very seriously.

"Are you serious?" Gu Zuo asked them for confirmation: "You don't want me to bid, do you?"

"Of course, our brother is also busy, okay?" replied the two shopkeepers with a smile.

So Gu Zuo was even more angry: "Two, don't be joking, I really don't have that much money, Gu can't afford this kind of business." ”

Mr. Zhong Er said: "Okay, let's get down to business, we hope that Pavilion Master Gu can do the Spirit Beast Department a favor." ”

Gu Zuo said: "As long as you can do it, Gu will never refuse!"

"Our Spirit Beast Department intends to bid for Southern Wuzhou, hoping that the Huaixian Pavilion can become our second collaborator. ”

"Second collaborator?

"When we can't get along with the first collaborator, I hope that the Huaixian Pavilion can come up. ”

"But as I said, I don't have that much money to throw in. ”

"We have the money, and the Huaixian Pavilion only needs to come forward. ”

"What do the two big shopkeepers mean that you pay for it, and I will bid?"

Specifically, this is roughly what it means. ”

Gu Zuo was stunned for a moment, a little incredulous. What it means to have a vein of spirit stone is something that a monk knows, and there is no need to say more, even if it is a spare tire, this is also an opportunity to ascend to the sky in one step - although it sounds like a small chance!

Gu Zuo's heart "dongdong" drummed, and suddenly a blood rush arose, this blood rushed him a little dizzy, difficult to calm down.

He forced himself to calm down and calm down, lying on the table and carefully checking the map, but he didn't look at anything, just kept reminding himself that he must be calm!

Of course, he also kept reminding himself that the spare tire is just that, don't think too much.

But even if it is a spare tire, there are some problems that need to be clarified. After calming down for a while, Gu Zuo sorted out his thoughts, and while pondering, he asked: "A few questions, I hope the two big shopkeepers will solve my doubts." ”

Mr. Zhong Er raised his hand and signaled, "Pavilion Master Gu, please speak." ”

Gu Zuo's first question was, since the spirit stone vein had been discovered, why did the Dongting faction still take out Nanwu Mountain to bid for it?

Mr. Zhong Er replied: "The discovery of the spirit stone vein, it has been eight months so far, and our spirit beast department has verified it in many ways, and it has been confirmed that the Dongting faction is ready to shrink back to Wu, this is their plan for many years, and it will not change because of a spirit stone vein, they have a big ore vein in their own Linwu Mountain." ”

Gu Zuo asked, "Shrinkage?"

Mr. Zhong Er shook his head: "Their explanation is that the investment is too large, the harvest is too small, and whether there are other hidden secrets, I don't know." ”

Mr. Zhong Da added: "At the same time, it should be noted that what can be determined at present is that a spiritual stone vein has been discovered in Nanwu Mountain, whether it is large or small, it is still impossible to know, and only when mining really starts can we figure out the scale of the vein." Every discovery of a vein is a big gamble, and the Dongting faction doesn't want to gamble, so they seal the vein and prepare to sell it together with the entire Southern Wu Prefecture. ”

Gu Zuo understood: "In other words, they want to take this opportunity to get rid of Southern Wu Prefecture?" In this way, this vein is actually burdened with a debt - a tax of 10,000 guan per year, if the medicine garden is not well run, this debt is 10,000 guan plus 5,000 spirit stones?"