Guanzong is the abbreviation of "a martial arts sect officially recognized by the Tianyuan Dynasty", which sounds the same as the martial arts factions such as Diancang Mountain and Black Bone Cliff, but it is actually completely different.

There are three kinds of Jianghu sects in the Tianyuan Continent, one is the traditional martial arts sect represented by the eight major factions such as Diancangshan, they have enough force to protect themselves, and they also have enough industry to produce money and food to be self-sufficient, and on the basis of abiding by the law and discipline, they can obtain the tacit approval of the imperial court by paying a certain share of tribute to the imperial court every year, and can open sects on their respective mountains to continue their descendants.

Note that they only received the acquiescence of the imperial court, not a written acknowledgement, strictly speaking, they are a gray existence between the rebellious ministers and thieves and the good people, the two depend on each other but are not completely dependent, the imperial court will only recruit masters to them to fight when the three continents intersect and start a national war, and at other times they are left to fend for themselves, as long as they pay tribute on time every year.

The advantage of this is that it has great freedom under the premise of official acquiescence, and when there is a major event related to survival, the imperial court will not send a single soldier to help, and if it is sent, it is also to maintain law and order to avoid harming the innocent and expanding its influence.

In addition, the official disciples of the traditional sects do not have a good people's household registration in the official government, which is why the disciples of the eight major sects are killed on the spot when they fight in the city.

Because they are not good citizens and are not protected by the law, as long as the local government believes that they have seriously affected the local public order, they can be killed on the spot without trial, and they can mobilize garrisons to encircle and suppress them, and the relatives of the bitter lord, whether they are good citizens or not, are not qualified to seek rehabilitation from the yamen.

Outside the city, no one cares about the life and death of the disciples of the traditional sect, for example, the disciples of Diancang Mountain and Black Bone Cliff have a fierce battle in the wilderness, and the officers and soldiers who happen to pass by will not interfere with it after seeing it, even if the person dies under his nose.

But if you hurt the civilians passing by, and are seen by the officers and soldiers, it will be miserable, the Tianyuan Dynasty attaches great importance to the population, and is quite protective of civilians, once found, it will be immediately arrested, and the perpetrators have the right to kill on the spot, and if they resist, they will be regarded as rebellion, and the disaster will affect the sect.

Therefore, the traditional sect is not easy to do, not only have to guard against the opponent, but also have to be careful with the court.

But if you want to become bigger and stronger, to the extent of the Eight Great Sects, you have to take the path of traditional sects, because the second type of sect "official sects" looks like there are many benefits, but in fact, it is even more difficult to mix.

Guanzong is a sect that has been recognized in writing by the imperial court, and every member of the sect has a record in various local governments, and is a good citizen recognized by the imperial court, protected by the laws of the imperial court. If the traditional sect is wild and gray, then the official sect is pure white and the so-called "orthodoxy".

The biggest advantage of becoming an official is that you can use the power of the imperial court, no matter how big the trouble is, as long as you are cowering in the city, no one will dare to touch you, and if you meet enemies in the wild, you can be protected as long as you find officers and soldiers, and you can also help people who died in vain to report to the official.

Becoming an official not only has to be highly controlled by the imperial court, but also has to pay high taxes every year, and also has to pay a lot of tribute like traditional sects.

In other words, even if you want to follow the imperial power, you have to have that qualification.

Many small sects are bullied like dogs, and they still hold on to the wild road every day, and refuse to return to the court to be officials, the reason is not that they don't want to, but that they don't have money.

And some wealthy ones, such as the Qiudaohui, which was restructured by an ordinary chamber of commerce, or a small sect that annexed a chamber of commerce that became rich overnight, although they successfully mixed into the imperial court camp, also quickly declined, and the reason for this is that there is still no money.

Heavy taxes and tributes make many officials unable to make ends meet, and there is not enough force to protect themselves, and the power of the imperial court can only be passively borrowed and cannot be actively deployed, and some officials who can afford two heavy expenses cannot protect their own industries, and in the end they will still walk the old road of making ends meet, and in the end they can only disperse.

Therefore, the road of the official sect is not easy to walk, and it is not big to walk, such as the Autumn Dao Society, and other official sects look at the golden mountain, in fact, it is really calculated, not much falls into their pockets, but it is definitely much more than they could have earned, and the financial road is also broader.

And the reason why the imperial court will engage in this kind of nondescript martial arts sect is not only for money, but also for the survival of the fittest, squeezing out the surplus value of those sunset forces that have lost their vitality, and supporting and encouraging those emerging forces that have potential but do not have enough self-protection power for the time being, so no one who really wants to develop martial arts and Taoism and dreams of dominating the rivers and lakes will take the road of Guanzong, even if they have to commit themselves at the beginning, they will definitely get rid of it in the future and transform into a traditional sect that is self-reliant and wanders on the edge of the law.

To this day, except for a few sects that are cornered and can only seek help from the power of the imperial court to survive, most of the official sects are idle forces like the Autumn Dao Society, which are born in the nature of the Chamber of Commerce, nominally "orthodox", and in the eyes of real martial arts people, they are "non-mainstream", and their purpose is not to dominate the rivers and lakes, but to do nothing more than money.

In addition to the two, the third type of sect is really pure black, and the most typical representative is Huangquan, which has become history and only has a few remnants left.

Organizations like Huangquan are real chaotic ministers and thieves, everyone can be punished, but there are a few good stubbles who dare to be chaotic ministers and thieves, so as long as you don't make such a big fuss like Huangquan, and even the prince dares to assassinate when he is full, most of the underworld forces can still survive in the cracks, among which the killer organization and intelligence organization are the most, after all, sometimes the imperial court and major forces also need to borrow their hands to do something shady.

The Autumn Dao will be an official sect, which can explain why they occupy such a large wealth and no one moves, but now that Hongxi Town is surging, and Yiguan has mentioned them again, there is only one possibility.

"They, were destroyed?" Feng Zhiping asked, "Who did it?"

glanced at Feng Zhiping appreciatively, and Yiguan said: "They all suspect that it is the Blood Knife Gate, but it is not true, and no one dares to investigate deeply, in short, the elite of the Autumn Knife Society was ambushed in the wild, and the whole army was annihilated, and the remaining few small shrimp turtles shrank at the gate of Hongxi County and did not dare to come out, only entrusted someone to pass a message to the government, willing to sell their assets and withdraw from Daqiu Mountain." ”

"Sell?" Zhao Kang raised his eyebrows. Dotted Library

Yiguan nodded with a smile: "Yes, the price starts at one or two, and the government charges eighty and a half percent of the handling fee." ”

Burst~!

Yu Daring's tea sprayed, wiped his mouth and looked up in a daze: "One, one or two?

Lao Dong glanced at him dissatisfied, feeling very embarrassed, and said lightly: "What's so strange, people are dying, no matter how much money you have, you have to spend your life." can be divided into one and a half, a lot, so that they may not be able to leave Daqiu Mountain. ”

"Not really. Yiguan interrupted, "The government came forward, and several of our families with heads and faces made a guarantee together to ensure that they could leave smoothly after getting the money, and whoever dared to touch a finger of them would be the enemy of all of us!"

"Well, although the official sect is a little harsh, this is not bad, even if the official government is scattered, it will not sit idly by. Feng Zhiping nodded and asked curiously, "What industries do they sell, what price is it now, and how many places have we fought for?"

Yiguan twisted his fingers and recalled: "One hundred and seventy or eighty places, big and small, aside from the shops and paddy farms and whatnot, there are only five places that are valuable to us, two iron mines that mine iron essence, one copper mine that mines two-color gold, and a spiritual grass field of more than 400 acres, which contains a lot of fine iron pear wood and submerged sycamores in addition to spiritual materials, and a gold mine, which is the most valuable and the bane of their suffering." ”

Feng Zhiping's heart moved: "Could it be that the purple gold has been mined?"

Yiguan shook his finger: "It's not purple gold, purple gold is not enough, the bottom of that mine found purple source pure gold." ”

Feng Zhiping gasped, glanced at the others, and finally understood why the murderer of the highly suspected Blood Knife Gate would destroy the Autumn Sword Society even if he offended the imperial court, the temptation of Ziyuan Essence Gold was too great.

"How many?" Feng Zhiping's voice was a little dry.

"Not a lot. Yiguan said in a deep voice, "According to the news released by the Autumn Dao Club itself, the Ziyuan Essence Gold Ore under the bottom is almost more than 20,000 catties, the content is not said, but it should not be bad, and there are also a large number of purple gold and other spiritual metals and stones around, with a total value of at least five million taels or more." ”

"Five million taels?!" Yu Daring Huo Ran got up, his eyes straightened, "God, if five million taels of silver are piled together, how high will it be?"

"It's definitely taller than you!" Ma Liu pulled him back to sit down angrily, although he was also shocked, but this thing was too embarrassing.

Yiguan did not despise it, but comforted him very understandingly: "I was the same as you when I first learned about it, who would have thought that there were such good goods hidden in the mortal gold mine that I was not optimistic about at the beginning, a few years ago, the president of the Autumn Knife Club also came to me and asked me if I had any intention of taking over, and I rejected it, and now I think about it, my intestines are really repentant, and I feel sorry for me!"

Yiguan covered his heart painfully, several people looked at each other, and after thinking about it, he couldn't help admiring, he was worthy of being the master of the rudder, such a large amount of money passed by, and he had to be killed on the spot if he was replaced.

"Is the news accurate?" Zhao Kang asked.

Yiguan pondered for a moment: "So far, there is no need to deceive people in the Autumn Dao Society, it should be accurate, but they are not as good as us after all, the surveyor is not accurate, and it is possible to make mistakes and exaggerate the words, and you have to wait until you get your hands on it and check it yourself." 20,000 catties, which is indeed a little more, I think it is good to have about 17,800 catties. ”

Feng Zhiping interjected: "It may be exaggerated, but it may also be exaggerated, isn't it? Maybe there are more raw ore under the bottom than we imagined!"

Yiguan Guaner: "That's exactly the truth, it's right to get it anyway, and you won't suffer left and right." ”

Feng Zhiping was puzzled: "The Ziyuan Essence Gold Imperial Court has extremely strict control, and we have to hand over the amount when we mine it, according to the law, it is collected as ordinary gold, and it is not as valuable as Zijin, how can we not suffer a loss?"

"That's not how the accounts are counted. Yiguan explained, "Purple Source Essence Gold does have to be handed over in full, but it is not without any additional benefits. You should know that the amount of purple source essence gold that each sect applies for every year is limited, and it is easy to reduce and increase to be difficult, and if you want more, one is to rely on the emperor's grace and reward, and the other is to take the formal way to declare and receive, and it can only be completed after the approval of the three departments of households, workers, and soldiers, and both of these have a common prerequisite - to make a significant contribution to the imperial court. The raw ore of Ziyuan Essence is highly poisonous, it is also very unstable, it is difficult to mine and the danger is high, ordinary people can't mine it at all, at least they have to be cultivated as a martial artist in the middle of the Yuan Dynasty, so mining Ziyuan Essence Gold also belongs to the category of major contributions. When I get that mine, I will donate all the Ziyuan Essence Gold mined to the imperial court for free, and we will do the day work, do you say that the emperor will be happy, and the three departments will also pull the lower face to deduct our approval?"

Feng Zhiping scratched his head and was still puzzled: "That's also a loss, even if it's more, it won't be much more, so what can you do with a little purple source essence gold?"

"Stupid, make a divine weapon treasure! One or two more is one more hope, one heaven-level one is worth it, and two will make a lot of money! Isn't your kid deeply favored by the master of the Su Hall, why can't you think of this?" Yiguan's eyes were full of suspicion, and he felt that the information of the sect was wrong.

Feng Zhiping was embarrassed, he just remembered that Ziyuan Essence Gold was the main material for making the God Destroying Arrow, and forgot for a while that it was still the best auxiliary material and catalyst, which could reconcile the spirituality of various conflicts, stabilize many special spirituality, and also improve the quality of the instrument to a certain extent.

It seems that I am really not suitable for the road of the instrument road!