Between the time of the month and the time of the day, the middle section of the Jindan or equivalent is cultivated below and those who do not hold the pass token are not allowed to enter and exit Valley City?

Or is it called the "City of Freedom"?

This is completely inconsistent with Jiang Feng's original expectations, but it is easy to understand when you think about this, one is for the sake of the safety of the sect, to avoid a large number of monks of unknown origin, suddenly attacking when the night guard is relatively empty, as for the middle section of Jindan and above, most of them can't afford to provoke, and make concessions in order to avoid disputes, on the other hand, Jiang Feng guessed that the territory of Beijianmen is narrow, but in order to defend the valley city, there are also seven towns on the periphery, so that these seven towns can also have some popularity, so this kind of regulation is established, and all the business trips that will have time to enter the city in the future will be left in the seven towns for the night, which is also the reason why this can be so prosperous。

"Our upper house here is a full sixty percent cheaper than that of Valley City. ”

Another casual remark from the little guy in the hall also woke up Jiang Feng, that's right, price is also an important reason to retain people, divided into two grades, it can be aimed at different customers, presumably many people who are not rich in net worth will leave from Valley City before the time and spend the night in Seven Towns, and they can also save a sum of spirit stones.

In fact, it is not cheap, Jiang Feng had to choose an upper room because he came late, and it costs fifteen first-order coins to stay overnight, which is already more than five times that of Luo Chuan.

Looking at the list of supper on the desk again, Jiang Feng soon found that the Northern Sword Gate was indeed expensive, and it was still very necessary to think about the thirty third-order "huge money" that Qiu Zhenzhen had prepared before coming.

However, expensive also has the benefit of being expensive, and Jiang Feng soon found that it was worth the money. As long as you stay here, there are three benefits:

First, the inn can help deliver letters or goods within one stone for free once a day, covering Beijianmen, as well as the three counties of Qi and the two counties of Tianlimen;

Second, the inn will send daily information about the surrounding city of Valley City, including details of the sale of shops, the sale of large goods, the employment of monks, and the holding of auctions.

Third, in the inn, you can directly bet on the competitions held in the major martial arts halls in Valley City within three days, and identify the second-order medium-grade and below magic weapons, collect and sell the second-order and below talismans, herbs, and pills, and ensure that the price is not higher than that of similar shops in the city, and only charge a fixed commission.

It can be said that the basic needs of most monks can be met without leaving home, and for the Chamber of Commerce, only a small number of personnel need to be stationed in any of the seven towns to collect information on buying and selling.

This point made Jiang Feng also suddenly moved, thinking about the head of the North Sword Gate, Wan Feiran, the ability to operate is indeed good, he underestimated him before, do you want to follow the example in Luochuan, and then thought that the location of the North Sword Gate is unique, he can't learn it, and people have the protection of the Qi State, so they can act like this, the big tree behind it, he can't compare.

I went around the street and found that it was inconsistent with my own fantasy and assumptions. Despite all the conveniences, the inn serves people who are all wealthy, and there are many people who want to spend the night in the wine shop on the corner of the street who only have a glass of turbid wine and only take a small sip at a time.

It is nothing more than him, the whole territory of Beijianmen, regardless of the monks and mundane, it is strictly forbidden to sleep in the wild, and it is not allowed to temporarily accommodate passers-by.

Thinking about it, this is a place where the poor are not welcome, it seems that it is better not to learn, as far as it is strictly forbidden to sleep in the open, the Asshan Sect can't do it, and he often spends the night in the wilderness, not to mention the people who pass by, the North Sword Gate can do this, because the territory is narrow, the wild is full of uninhabited valleys, it is much easier to inspect, and because there is a good third-order mid-grade spiritual land, so it relies on this to operate, and makes every effort to develop business, provide services for the monks, and then maintain the operation of the sect.

So he waited all night, and the next day, as soon as the city gate opened, Jiang Feng went straight to the inner mansion of the head of the house, from the point of view of time, because it was transmitted with the help of the "Xuanhuang Lingyin Paper Talisman", he expected that he would arrive in Xigu City faster than Yingge, Guo Shucai and others, so at this time, he could first go to see his old friend Pu Tiexin, and then go to Mu Qingchuan to talk.

Jiang Feng was just about to submit the documents for the visit, but he saw Wan Xuanwei coming out of the inner mansion of the head of the house. The two hadn't seen each other for a long time, and Wan Xuanwei hadn't changed much except for being a little haggard.

After being polite and saying some boundless clichés, Jiang Feng explained the purpose of the trip, but Wan Xuanwei said that Pu Tiexin was not in the head of the inner mansion at this time, but in the Pu mansion.

Pufu?

It seems that Park Tiexin's situation is much better than he imagined, so he asked for directions and found the Park Mansion in the south of Xigu City, the mansion is not new and not big, similar to the mansions of various names here.

"Of course I want a big house. Park Tiexin just laughed at this, "Xigu City has a lot of land, and if it exceeds a certain size, the corresponding land tax must be deducted from the salary every year. ”

"Aren't you Elder Keqing?"

"Recently, I have been serving as a general deacon. "Pu Tiexin is still wearing a red robe, and he tasted the Black Valley Nourishing God Tea in front of the case, according to him, such an expensive thing, he only used it to entertain his brothers, "You are new to Xigu City, you should have some experience of the cost of this, far more than Lizong, right?"

"It's almost twice as much. ”

"Therefore, everyone in the sect is desperately trying to work hard, so that they can have spirit stones to support their families, make friends, and cultivate. Compared with before, Park Tiexin is much more stable, "Doesn't it sound easy? But I like the atmosphere here where we work together and strive for the top." ”

"Why are you so desperate?" Jiang Feng remembered that Wan Fei should have the protection of the Qi State.

"It's a very real threat, although Master Wan has a mysterious confidence in his identity, Wan Xuanwei, Tian Qinghe and others, including me, are trembling and walking on thin ice for the current situation of Beijianmen. Once something happens to the Qi Kingdom, or we have no time to take care of it, we who are sandwiched between the Tianli Gate and the Ancient Sword Gate, and are close to the Chixia Gate and the Biyun Sect, will soon become the target of coveting, and it will be a third-order spiritual land! In fact, if it weren't for the Qi Kingdom, we would rather join the Jincheng Alliance to protect ourselves. ”

Presumably, neither Chen Kun nor Su Liqing would be willing to introduce such a sect in the land of the four wars, and even Jiang Feng himself would oppose it, and it was okay to be an intermediary or a guest watching from the wall, but if you really want to join the alliance, you still have to think carefully.

However, Park Tiexin's words also really relieved yesterday's doubts, he thought that Wan Feiran was deliberately clumsy, but he didn't expect that in fact, the elders in his door were pragmatic people, so he formulated a special development strategy.

"So, you've been recruiting monks as foreign aid, and I heard that there was an incident where the Keqing cultivator overstepped before?"

"How can there be such a thing?" Park Tiexin subconsciously denied, but in front of Jiang Feng, the corners of his eyes still twitched, and he looked like "It's good that you understand, I can't say more".

It seems that it is indeed a precautionary move in times of peace, taking precautions, wanting to run the sect with all its might, trying his best to collect money, and even the mansions of his own monks must be taxed beyond the regulations, just to squeeze out money to hire foreign aid, but the monks in his own sect will not be cultivated, and suddenly I thought that this is normal, Xigu City plus seven towns, how many ordinary people can be, not to mention the people who ascend to the immortals every year, you can't sprinkle a lot of awakening pills, think about it, the predicament of the North Sword Gate and the Asa Mountain Sect is similar, but their respective foundations are different, however, the North Sword Gate has found a solution to the problem, and the Asa Mountain Sect is still hovering at the lower edge of the bottleneck。

"What is the current situation of your sect monks?"

"Most monks are not willing to join the sect directly like me. Pu Tiexin sighed, "Today, the sect has a total of five monks at the same level as the realm, nineteen at the same level as the Xuan level, and twenty-six at the same level as the spirit level. ”

It sounds like a weak successor, but inviting spiritual-level monks to join the sect has no effect in the short term, most of them can only be used as miscellaneous servants, and they spend their salaries in vain.

"But we have nine sect protectors of the same realm at the prefecture level, who receive salaries, and use the cave mansion in this room, once there is a war in the sect, all of them can participate in the defense, and six are willing to participate in the active attack. ”

So much in number...... This Northern Sword Gate, it sounds like a strong party, but there is no pseudo-heaven level or Yuanying master sitting in the formation, no, in fact, there may be, but it has been reported, which has attracted the attention of the Zen Heart Academy, and has to be dealt with in a low-key manner...... Moreover, the Monk Formation could not rely on such a person of freedom of movement.

The defense is more than enough, but the offensive power is insufficient. Maintaining a "friendly army" of this magnitude is bound to cost a lot of money. It was obviously not enough to rely on a piece of third-order mid-grade spiritual land.

"Still recruiting?"

Jiang Feng suddenly remembered Mu Qingchuan, she didn't have a place to go yet, of course, if she was willing to deign to join the Qianshan Sect, Jiang Feng would be a hundred willing, but even if she died once, her current cultivation was still a five-fold situation at the ground level, and she sounded like a guest qing.

What kind of face do you want at this time!

For the survival of the sect and the threat of war, the North Sword Sect has no bottom line, why should I be so particular, there is Zuo Zicicada nearby, and even the resurrected half-demon has been accepted, Jiang Feng persuaded himself and decided to try it later.

Park Tiexin prepared a sumptuous luncheon, and during the banquet, Jiang Feng entrusted him to present a letter to Yan Shujia, who is also Yan Shujia's senior sister Chen, and then forwarded it to Qi State.

"Didn't you worship Xu Funing, the last of the nine old men, as a teacher? Why don't you find an errand and find someone to go to Qi Country with a swagger?" Because he entrusted the other party to send a letter, Jiang Feng also euphemistically explained the reason why he couldn't go to Qi State, but Pu Tiexin immediately gave a solution.

"You general deacon is indeed not in vain. ”

Compared with the previous impression, Park Tiexin is a little more anxious, but this also points to Jiang Feng's sore spot, in fact, he is just a fake nominal disciple, although he is a brother who has died, but Jiang Feng can't tell the truth, "Master is very concerned about such things that hinder official business, I am new to the court, and I can't disobey it." ”

"Understood. It is also a good thing to have such a master who has a clear distinction between public and private. ”

Jiang Feng smiled bitterly in his heart, I was really prostituted by a group of bigwigs, and I didn't take advantage of it at all, otherwise I wouldn't have stolen the news in the Zen Heart Academy. However, thinking of the sword trick and a set of flying swords mentioned in the letter, if Yan Shujia could get it, it would be a valuable gain, and his heart was relieved.

............

"Boss, this is not a good thing, so that no one pays too much attention to us and is not harmed. ”

Lelin Gate, Lelin City, the head of the Inner Mansion, and his henchman Li Rulin are reviewing the recent changes for Leng Tingtao, and he has different opinions about the fact that Biyun Sect finally took the share of the Qianshan Sect.

"Jiang Feng saved the spirit stone, but he had to save it. According to my analysis, the income of the Asshan Sect last year should be around twenty third-order, not more than thirty, that is to say, he can't take out so many spirit stones at all. ”

"He can borrow it, he has the identity of a disciple of the ninth old man Xu Funing, and he should have a wide range of ways. Leng Tingtao disagreed, even if he was guaranteed by the income of the Lelin Sect, it would not be difficult to raise hundreds of third-order coins in the short term, but he could not repay it all at once.

"It's just that it's not hard to solve, but from another point of view, he should be unwilling. ”

"Why, could it be that the prospects of this business are not good?" Leng Tingtao, who has invested nearly a hundred third-order monks, is still very worried when he thinks about it now, which means that there is no way to increase the salaries of the monks in the sect this year, and the skill books, magic weapons, and talismans that he originally wanted to purchase for the middle and low-level monks are also missing, and his usual strategy of governing the sect is to ensure the interests of some core Xuan-level monks, and in the case of increased expenditure, he can only reduce the income of a group of low-level monks.

"The next year, we should see the first batch of benefits, although it may not be much, but at this point, we can trust the Spirit Cage Chamber of Commerce. But the reason why I think Jiang Feng is reluctant is because his current problem cannot be solved by investing in shops. ”

"What's the problem? It's also that there are not enough prefecture-level monks? If there is a war, I am afraid it will be disadvantaged?"

"That's right, the same as us. This time in the alliance, Zuo Zician brought the half-demon Song Weiduo, as well as the traitorous Liu Canran, who was in the limelight with the Qing Yu Sect for a while, so that there was only one prefecture-level person left in the alliance. ”

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Leng Tingtao sighed, and looked at Li Rulin with anticipation, "Rulin, do you have any hope to go further?" I can spend some spirit stones to let you go to Qingyu Sect for a period of retreat. ”

"I'm waiting for qualifications, don't waste spirit stones, you might as well send Meng Daxin there. ”

"I don't believe him, he's not as sincere as you, and he's not as capable as you. In front of Li Rulin, Leng Tingtao had nothing to hide.

"Well, when I didn't mention it, I have a suggestion. Suddenly complimented, Li Rulin's heart welled up with a warm current, and he took out a map of Tianyuan Beilu, "If you want to expand your strength in a short period of time, there are nothing more than three methods: First, cultivation within the sect, this road will not work in the short term." The second is to invite guests, which requires a lot of spirit stones, which is not suitable for us at the moment. The third is to look for foreign aid. His fingers ran around the Lelin Gate one by one, "There is not much hope for the Qi State, the Ying Gate, the North Sword Gate, they have already lost two sons in the Seven Alliances, and it is of little significance to add one; Therefore, I recommend choosing Tianlimen. ”

"Tianli Sect is a human sect, and they have always had a lot of prejudice against the demon clan. ”

"That's just a personal perception, at the sect level, there is no such problem. ”

"What reason do they have for us?"

"Because of the Chixia Gate. Tianlimen's recent expansion intentions are obvious, with the northeast entering the sea, or the southwest entering the Seven Alliances. The Chixia Gate was right in the way. In the previous battle of Luoyingmen, they also suffered a dark loss, presumably this loss will be recovered sooner or later. We are in the south of Chixiamen, just for its foreign aid. ”

"Will it lure the wolf into the house?"

"You only need to master the scale, and the two Zeng Baoxian brothers are not easy to do. ”

"The matter...... It also needs to be considered in the long term. Leng Tingtao hesitated a little, his perception of Tianlimen in his heart was actually very poor, and he subconsciously resisted to form an alliance with them secretly, but Li Rulin was right, the only decent allies around him were Tianlimen, after the Yufeng Sect split, although the two sects were ambitious, they were still recuperating and had no intention of going south.

"Recently, there was an opportunity. Li Rulin, who was familiar with Leng Tingtao, knew that he still had a problem in his heart, but he had already been moved, "Tianlimen has some ideas for the small sect of Dongquan Mountain recently, and we can participate in it, but you need to be in charge of the sect in person, it is best to persuade Jin Dan Liang Pusheng of the Funing Chamber of Commerce to go with him, recently the Changning Chamber of Commerce has voted for the Qianshan Sect, I think they are eager to find a backer." ”

"If you participate in the Dongquan Mountain incident, is it a violation of the covenant of the Golden City Alliance?"

"I looked at it carefully and didn't mention it. Thinking about it, the Qing Yu Sect and the Jincheng Sect only considered the threat of Tianyin Temple and Tianluomen before they came, and did not consider the war in the north, after all, with us as a barrier, they could slowly figure it out. ”

"If that's the case......" Leng Tingtao still wavered.

"Rest assured, the Spirit Cage Chamber of Commerce is also involved in this matter, and the danger is not great. I have threaded the needle from it, and the head only needs to prepare the fighting method with peace of mind. ”

"It would be nice if I could pull Jiang Feng in, this kid has a big life, and he should be able to increase our win rate. Leng Tingtao had already recognized it in his heart, so he said casually.

"No, the allies of Tianlimen in the Seven Alliances can only have our family, so that they will do their best to deal with us and others in all matters. Moreover, you forgot, Tianlimen had a chase with Jiang Feng before. ”

"That's ......" Leng Tingtao smiled, the alliance with Tianlimen, so it seemed more necessary.

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North Sword Gate, Valley City.

As soon as Jiang Feng left the Pu Mansion, he saw a scholar who was wandering on the street and reading everything fresh.