Seeing Liu Xuanji, Gu Zuo asked, "Tianzhou is here to join the army?"

Liu Xuanji nodded: "It's here, it's quite sincere, and the situation in Tianzhou is also reported in detail." ”

Gu Zuo beckoned him to take a seat, and then asked the original Taoist to continue.

“...... Therefore, we mainly eat three parts, the largest one is the Southern Wu Army, more than 900 people, the second is the six divisions, plus the allocated emergency support team, totaling more than 100 people, and the third is the Lingnan Seven Prefecture Law Division......"

Liu Xuanji interjected: "There are fifteen monks in Tianzhou, they are Zhongzhou, maybe there will be more in Yongzhou, and the remaining five Xiazhou will be less, adding up to more than 100 people." ”

Yuan Dao Commander nodded: "Then be lenient, according to a total of 1,200 people." Among them, there are 1,000 people in the gas refining period and 200 people in the foundation building period. Jindan is not among them. ”

Gu Zuo thought for a while and said, "The Lingshi vein of Nanwu Mountain, the estimated mining volume this year is likely to reach 200,000, because the B mine has gradually explored into the rich ore area. After handing over 87,000 to the Chongxuan Administration, there are still 113,000 left, I have already greeted the committee members, in order to cope with the next situation, this year I am only going to take out 50,000 spirit stones to dividends, and all the committee members agreed, so our plate is 63,000. ”

After the original Taoist recalculated, he said: "If you follow the three-way method of cultivation, function and performance, just cultivate this part, according to the early stage of qi refining, the late stage of qi refining, the early stage of foundation building, and the late stage of foundation building from low to high, the monthly salary is two, three, six, and ten respectively, and a total of 50,000 spirit stones should be paid, plus the functional allowance of those who have functions, about 10,000 spirit stones are needed, and only 3,000 spirit stones are left for performance rewards." As for the Jindan monks, most of them can get dividends, and their salaries are no longer paid by the household division. ”

Gu Zuo frowned: "There's nothing left, it's not appropriate." ”

Yuan Dao Chang spread his hands: "The plate is so big, there is really no more, unless we continue to reduce dividends." ”

Liu Xuanji suddenly said: "Our spiritual ore output is among the best among the eighteen sects, we are all so difficult, what should the other seventeen do?"

Yuan Dao Chang replied: "On the order of Huaixian, my master set off a month ago, first to the Lishui faction, and then to the Suxian Pavilion and the Duqiao faction to see what other families do." ”

Gu Zuo said: "Put the salary plan on the back for a while, and discuss it when the master comes back." ”

Liu Xuanji asked, "What should Luo Xingwen do?"

Gu Zuo said: "Let him wait in Nanwu Prefecture, or follow you for two days first, and familiarize himself with the operation of our law department." ”

After another two days, the master finally rushed back, and as soon as he saw the original Dao chief, he was sweating profusely and urged: "Go and see Gu Changshi, 100,000 urgent!"

Yuan Dao Chang didn't dare to slack off, and took him to the Changshi study, and soon, the butcher, Cheng Shanhu, Liu Xuanji, Zhao Xianglu and other core figures were invited to the Changshi study for urgent deliberations.

After everyone arrived, Gu Zuo said with a calm face: "Master went out a few days ago and inquired about the situation, please come over and listen and discuss." Let's talk about it first, today's discussion is a top secret, and you must not leak half a sentence!"

After everyone agreed, the master said: "Last month, Gu Changshi asked me to go to other sects to inquire about how other families spend their salaries, and the process of inquiring is more difficult, so I won't talk about it, just talk about the results." I went to the Lishui Sect, the Suxian Pavilion, and the Duqiao Mountain, and the three of them only took care of their own monks, and none of the others cared about it. For example, the Lishui faction, they only plan to support the three hundred and twenty monks of their own sect, and for the monks of the Yongchang Society, I heard that they are considering it, and it seems that they plan to take care of Jindan alone. ”

The butcher asked, "What is the output of the Lishui Sect Spirit Stone?"

The master said: "Eighty thousand." ”

Liu Xuanji frowned and said: "That is to say, they have to pay 100,000 spirit stones, and the tax gap alone is 20,000, plus the monks in the faction, I'm afraid the demand gap is about 50,000." ”

Yuan Dao Chang nodded: "So the Lishui Sect can only manage its own monks, and they don't care about the other sect monks, even so, they need to purchase a large number of spirit stones from various auction houses to maintain." Su Xianguan and Duqiao faction are roughly the same. ”

The way other families dispose of it, Gu Zuo can only watch and can't learn, Huaixian Pavilion is not strong enough, if there is no support from the various sects of the committee, and there is no Southern Wu army to suppress it, he can't even keep the mine, so other mine owners can only take care of their own sect, but Huaixian Pavilion cannot.

But even if the Southern Wu Army is paid salaries, even if the committee is paid dividends, there are less than 3,000 monks who can take care of it, and what about the remaining 5,000 naturalized monks?

It's also the same as the Lishui faction, Suxian Pavilion and Duqiao faction, go to the market to bid?

Thinking of this, everyone's faces changed at the same time.

Master said again: "The reason why I rushed back ahead of schedule is because the price of spirit stones outside has risen to the sky, and the two spirit stone auctions held in Lingnan Road a few days ago have broken three times! Our spirit stone autumn auction was originally scheduled to be held in three days, and I suggest that it be suspended." ”

Gu Zuo immediately said: "The auction of spirit stones will be stopped immediately, including the auction of the Black Mountain Edict!"

Zhao Xianglu was puzzled: "How can this be?"

Of course, Gu Zuo knew the reason, after the Chongxuan Department divided the world, all the sects realized the preciousness of the spirit stone, and they all began to cherish it, and even stopped selling it, plus the Chongxuan Department reduced the amount of spirit stones from 3.5 million to 1 million, and the price of the spirit stone naturally rose.

Don't look at the value of each spirit stone now, it seems to be breaking the sky, but Gu Zuo knows that this is just the beginning, in a few days, let alone three times, ten times a piece may not be able to buy!

Fortunately, Gu Zuo got the key news revealed by Wu Shanjing in advance, went public through seven sects, cashed out a large amount of money, and let the butcher buy 200,000 spirit stones back, and together with the previous preparations, established a reserve of 500,000 spirit stones, otherwise he would really have a headache.

But even if there are 500,000 reserves, in the face of such a grim situation, they still dare not make a big move.

Gu Zuo said solemnly: "You have to be ready to live a tight life, you just have a good idea in your heart, regarding the salary, I have decided to implement it according to the plan prepared by the household division, with a total budget of 63,000 spirit stones." ”

Zhao Xianglu took the initiative to propose: "Do you want to lower this year's dividends?"

Gu Zuo said: "The members of the committee are the backbone of our Southern Wu Prefecture, no matter how hard it is, everyone's cultivation must also be guaranteed!"

Zhao Xianglu said worriedly: "The Changshi Mansion does not have a surplus spirit stone at its disposal, I'm afraid it's not appropriate." ”

Gu Zuo said: "I'll solve this problem." ”

Liu Xuanji said: "It's still that problem, what about the cultivation of the rest of the monks?"

Gu Zuo said: "We can't take care of everyone, you must have a clear understanding of this, the times are different." ”

At the end of the discussion, Gu Zuo came to see the Lingyuan Daoist, the Lingyuan Daoist was drawing talismans, Chaoyun was grinding dansha beside him, and when he saw Gu Zuo, he was busy cooking tea.

Lingyuan held the pen and said, "Why is Pavilion Master Gu here?" You see, the kind of talisman you said last time, I have some eyebrows, and the range is enough, but I can't hit it accurately. ”