After getting Zhou Tong's authorization and appointment, Ruan Zun gathered the directors of Taohua Mountain's elixir affairs, first announced the news in a small circle, and said that he would preside over the work in Taolin Town in the future, and the supervisors on the mountain should perform their duties and redouble their efforts. If there is a major event that needs to be decided, it will be sent to the flying pigeon or send someone down the mountain to report it.

If the matter is really urgent, and it is not enough to report to Taolin Town, it will still be handed over to Zhou Tong, the master of Dazhai, as before.

The directors were very puzzled by Ruan Zun's decision. However, since the second village master has the support of the big village master, as subordinates, they don't have much to say, so they can only obey.

After agreeing on the specific handling of the matter, Ruan Zun packed up his things and returned to Taolin Town the next day to hand over to the mayor Zhou Da.

Zhou Da was transferred to the mountain by Zhou Tong and served as the director of cottage money and grain. For him, this is both a promotion and a fat shortage. So when he saw Ruan Zun, he was very polite, and happily handed over the affairs of the town, and pulled him to drink a drink, and he was done.

After Zhou Da left, Ruan Zun became the leader of this town in a veritable way. Master Xia Guiren, the medicine warehouse supervisor Xie Zong'an, You Mei, and the town's guard captain Lao Zhengming, a junior spirit venerable, these town's leaders and brains all came to congratulate him.

Everyone was very surprised that Ruan Zun served as the second leader of the cottage and the mayor of Taolin Town, but most of them were old acquaintances and were happy about his appointment. At least, as the mayor of the town, he will still take care of the old people.

The permanent population of Taolin Town is about 1,000 people, half of which are local residents and half of foreign residents. In addition, there are medicinal herb merchants and tourists who come and go. In general, it is a small town, a very small town, and it is not even as large as a larger village.

Since it is a place for the distribution of medicinal herbs, Taolin Town has set up a guard team to ensure safety. The escort team consisted of fifteen spiritual warriors and fifty mortal guards, all of whom were bandits on Peach Blossom Mountain, and the captain was Lao Zhengming, who was also a senior spiritual master. It turned out to be a thief, but later he felt that he still had to find an organization to settle down, so he took refuge in Peach Blossom Mountain.

In general, in the past, Zhou Da relied on three people to govern the town. The handling of specific affairs and documents depends on the master Xia Guiren, the guarantee of safety depends on Lao Zhengming, and the collection and distribution of the medicine warehouse depends on Xie Zongan.

Ruan Zun felt that he had just taken office and needed to rely on these three people to carry out his work. At the same time, there is one more person, Du Shen, the shopkeeper of Fengyunzhan and the director of the Qingzhou Fengwen Branch.

These five people can be regarded as the five new high-level standing committee members of Taolin Town.

After taking office, Ruan Zun first called everyone together and convened the Standing Committee.

The Standing Committee was held in one of the largest private rooms on the first floor of Fengyun Inn. The original Zhou Da had never held a similar meeting, and his residence was called Taolin Garden, which was a garden, and there was not even a decent meeting place. Forget it, the fertilizer and water do not flow into the fields of outsiders, so Ruan Zun will hold the meeting in his own industry, and the profits from the consumption of tea and meals generated during the meeting will still be his own.

"Thank you to the owner of Zhou Zhai for his recognition and support to me, let me serve as the second leader of the cottage, and also serve as the mayor of this Taolin Town. Looking at the four people present, Ruan Zun took out the token given by Zhou Tong and waved it to the main peak of Peach Blossom Mountain in the distance outside the window, "Lord Zhouzhai's intention is obvious, he believes in me and wants me to build Taolin Town strong, so as to drive the strength of the entire Peach Blossom Mountain." ”

Speaking of this, Ruan Zun had a sad look on his face, "Everyone knows that there are four mountains in the boundary of Qingzhou Mansion, Erlong Mountain, Qingfeng Mountain, Peach Blossom Mountain, and Baihu Mountain. Among the three mountains, Erlong Mountain has a steep terrain and a large number of people; Qingfeng Mountain has many strong hands, and it is good at trapping traps. Only our Peach Blossom Mountain strength is the most poor. If it weren't for the fact that the owner of the village threatened him with the elixir on the mountain, I am afraid that he would have been exterminated by the government several times!"

The faces of the people were sad, and they were indeed distressed by this status.

The owner of the Zhou village was not willing to accept this situation, and tried his best to enhance the strength of the cottage. However, there was another incident with Li Zhong, Li Zhong intended to take refuge in the Qiuyue League, and gave up our dignified cottage to become a subordinate of the Qiuyue League. Of course, the owner of Zhou Zhai disagreed, and the dispute arose. As you know, I killed Li Zhong unintentionally, and although the differences between the cottages were bridged, the strength was greatly weakened. Li Zhong's original henchmen, and many people in his family, have already fled the cottage. Copycat brothers, four out of ten, are really outrageous. ”

Ruan Zun was telling the truth, after Li Zhong's death, many of his henchmen were worried about Zhou Tong's revenge, so they left without permission and took refuge elsewhere.

"The owner of the village of Zhou also tried his best to restore the past glory of the village. He tried his best to win over Shi Jin, and everyone knew about it, but in the end he failed. And I, thanks to his refusal to give up, not only took me into hiding, offended the commander of the boys' army for this, but also gave me such a high position of power, which I am very grateful. ”

said, with a grateful look on his face, "In the face of the grace of the Zhou Zhai Lord, what else can I say, I can only use what I have learned in my chest and swear to serve my life! I want to build Taolin Town into the most powerful and prosperous town, and become the source of wealth and fortress of Taohua Mountain!"

In front of all of you, he delivered an impassioned inaugural speech. It's a pity that most of the people here are facing him, just with circles in their eyes.

"However, I'm new and there's a lot to learn. So, for the time being, there will be no major changes to the town. Everyone is still the same as before, how to do before, how to do now. If I need help, I'll go straight to the door. ”

Oh, it's what I did before, and what I still do. Everyone understands this sentence.

At the end of the meeting, everyone really did what they did before, and what they are still doing now. Ruan Zun came under the leadership of Xia Guiren and came to the town office set up by Zhou Da before, which was actually a small hall in the Taolin Garden where he lived, which was very small and a study. Xia Guiren usually works here on weekdays, handling the money, food, and punishment of the entire town.

It is full of all kinds of books, all of which are related to the town's various governance and people's livelihood.

There is no way, no matter how small the place is, it can only be inherited. After all, it is the town office that everyone is already familiar with. Let Dai Zong take a few people to tidy up the entire Taolin Garden, a courtyard, the largest room is used for office and reception, and the others are divided into study rooms, residences, and a cultivation room.

Then, Ruan Zun officially lived here.

Xia Guiren did not have a family, and he used to live here, occupying a small house. Ruan Zun also kept it for him. In addition, he also packed up a room for Dai Zong, after all, this kid is now the most confidant who delivers news by himself and controls Fengyun Stack.

Then there was a chamber near the door, which was for the rest of the guards who were standing guard. The escort team sent two spirits and four mortal guards to patrol the inside and outside of Taolin Garden every night to ensure safety.

However, on the first night of Ruan Zun's stay in this Taolin Garden, something happened.

The night was dark and the wind was high, and the four black-clothed people, at least all of whom were high-level spiritual cultivators, touched the vicinity of Taolin Garden.

Looking at the garden, their goal was obvious, that is, Ruan Zun.