Chapter Seventy-Five: Blessings and Misfortunes Depend on Each Other
Wang Zhong condensed the Heavenly Demon Nahe Pearl, arranged the seven-sided Vermilion Bird Demon Banner to set up the Seven Killing Xuan Altar, but when refining the Heavenly Demon, condensed the true fire of the stars, the fire turned into a Vermilion Bird Divine Bird, flying up hundreds of zhang in the air, night and night flowing, too conspicuous, very easy to be peeped at, but Wang Zhong's mana gradually increased, the spell was mysterious, and subdued the Three Treasures of the Heavenly Demon, the Yuan Shen was refined to coincide with the Qinglong Banner, and there was Wu Kui, Xuanchen, Li Xian, the big ghost king assisted from the side, and ordinary cultivators could not please it.
After subduing the thousand-year-old dragon, and killing the Blue Leopard, a disciple of the Blue Moon Sect of the Tiangu Cliff of Qilian Mountain, and obtaining the Taimo Golden Scale Flying Heavenly Divine Boat, Wang Zhong condensed this Heavenly Demon Bead wholeheartedly, and Bai Rì took the turtle shell and double horns of the Ao Dragon to refine the technique of Xuan yīn A Tu, this rì moon is like a shuttle, and the light is like an arrow, and in the blink of an eye, another three months have passed, and more than ninety rì time has passed.
In these three months, Wang Zhongyuan God gradually communicated with the Heavenly Demon Nai He Zhu, and felt the breath of the Netherworld Yellow Spring from the infinite and mysterious place of the universe, he was originally a person with a very firm mind, and he was not tempted by the Heavenly Demon at all, plus the Xuan Yīn Secret Demon ** is the most supernatural, often the Heavenly Demon Illusion is a lifetime, and he was immediately scattered by his thoughts, and even driven by enslavement.
This comprehension of the Heavenly Demon Wonderful Law, Wang Zhong gradually saw the power of the Heavenly Demon, about this Heavenly Demon, there have been rumors, in ancient times, the extraterritorial Heavenly Demon descended from space, had entered the Central Plains land, but at that time, the Central Plains Land was chūn autumn time, a hundred schools of thought were prosperous, the saints multiplied, that Dao, soldiers, law, ink, Confucianism, medicine, Bu, stars, the ancestors of the phase, all of them are supreme masters, the invasion of the Heavenly Demons not only did not succeed, the contrast was beaten to the soul, in desperation, only far away from the Central Plains, arrived in the Western Regions and competed with the Buddha, or invincible, only to know that it was powerful, did not dare to stay, broke the sky and left, but this period of time, left countless exercises in the world, now many secret demon gates, are branches of the heavenly demons.
At this time, there were only seven days and seven nights before the Heavenly Demon Dacheng Hundred Rì Kung Fu, and the three ghost kings entrenched on the banner gradually refined into the Vermilion Bird True Fire, attached to the Yuan Shen, and the mana increased slightly.
During this time, there were naturally some cultivators peeping, but as long as there was any abnormal movement, they were all killed by Wang Zhongyun Yuan Shen within three hundred miles, took the soul and ingested the black evil qi, condensed it with Xuan yīn divine powers, and after thirteen white rì kung fu, it was refined into a Xuan yīn divine curtain. It's just that in this way, although the temporary disaster was eliminated, it also made a lot of enemies, adding endless troubles to the queen.
But where will Wang Zhong have the slightest scruples, as long as he spends this hundred years of kung fu, becomes a supreme heavenly demon, and competes with the grandmaster, it is more than enough to protect himself, as long as he refines into the three corpse primordial gods, survives the three disasters, and turns into three clears, he is invincible in the world, crisscrossing the world, and further, the primordial gods have a glimpse of the future, maybe they will take the last step and return to their own era.
It's just that in these three months, Cao Cāo has been withdrawn many times, but Wang Zhong's divine powers have grown, and he has gathered seven Yuan Shen, laid down the Seven Killing Xuan Altar, and realized the magic of the Heavenly Demons, and countered Cao Cāo.
Cao Cāo had to fight with Wang Zhong nine times a month, twenty-seven times in a row, but he did not succeed once, until the last seven days, when he suddenly disappeared, as if he had given up.
But Wang Zhong knew that this Heavenly Demon Bead was formed by Cao Cāo Nine Turns, who had practiced for thousands of years, and lived in the Demon Palace with great difficulty, and after a lot of hard work, after surviving the Heavenly Thunder Meteorite Starfire Tribulation, he had infinite magical powers, and it was impossible to give up.
"It must be that Cao Cāo now sees that he is tightly guarded, and he can't take advantage, if he comes to snatch it in person, one is afraid that he will leave the Bronze Bird Demon Palace, be invaded by others, and destroy the old nest, and the other is that several fights, and the gods and minds have clashed, and I have disturbed the information and can't determine the specific location. Now it must be the place of reckoning, and it will be at the last moment that I will be dealt a fatal blow. Don't take it lightly. ”
Wang Zhong is now bent on fighting for the sky, and he is not slacking off at all, and Na Lu Na and Wang Lele are also very busy. With the hundreds of thousands of taels of gold and silver that Wang Zhong brought back, things were much easier, while slowly selling the jewels, while hoarding grain and grass, buying horses, bows and arrows, iron tools, and so on.
As early as two months ago, Lu Na seized this Su'er Black City, and temporarily put Na Juetu under house arrest in the mansion, but did not kill him, because he sent a lot of jewelry, those Baylors had nothing to say, the atmosphere outside the customs is different from that of the Central Plains, women are tribal leaders, and the city lord is a big man, plus Lu Na has another set of skills to win people's hearts, and regardless of money, within two months, several major things have been done, and then Yehe Da Belena Lin Bulu Suo xìng summoned a meeting of the city lords of the four cities, and directly reprimanded the original city lord Jue Sa for leading the army, so that he was defeated in the hands of Aixin Jueluo, and his son was incompetent, it was difficult to be the city lord, and Lu Na was justified in making Lu Na the city lord at the moment。
Although Su'er Black City is one of the four cities of Yehe, the soldiers, fields, pastures, and even the people in the city are privately owned, and becoming the lord of the city is like a little king. But the whole city is only ten miles in radius, and there are only about 100 households settled in the city, more than 5 or 600 people. Together with the surrounding area of 500 miles, there are several grasslands, stone fields, and more than 3,000 slaves in the east of the Liaohe River.
This Su'er Black City is not rich, and there are no minerals or anything like that to make huge profits. Most of the income of the city lord depends on animal husbandry, furs, pearl diving, a year's income, excluding expenses, can be saved, less than 10,000 taels of silver, this time Wang Zhong brought back gold, equivalent to thirty or forty years of savings in the city.
When she took over the city, Lu Na took stock of the treasury and found that there were still a lot of treasures left, but it was only about 100,000 silver.
There are more than 30,000 people under the jurisdiction of this territory, many of them are old and weak, and they all live by herding and hunting. Only a very small number of Han Chinese migrated from the Guannai area, and they all made a living from farming or working as fishermen near the Liao River.
There were only 3,000 soldiers in the city, and there were originally 5,000 jīng soldiers, but this time, 2,000 people were killed by the Manchurian Aixin Jueluo Division, but the Jurchen warriors were all fierce, and their riding skills and archery skills were abnormal.
Lu Na personally led the army to train every day, in addition to riding shè, but also to teach them internal martial arts, cāo training formation, Lu Na is deeply aware of the truth of the power in the barrel of the gun, the army must be firmly grasped in the hand, and even used jewelry to go to Hadaling to invite three old shamans to raise in the city.
And Wang Lele ordered people to go to the horse market to buy a large number of farm tools and seeds, recruited some people who had no food and clothing to open up wasteland and farmland, and canceled the tax of the whole people for two years, which was praised by everyone, and Lu Na's position was further consolidated.
"This city is so small and dilapidated, there are few good houses, you tell those slaves to quarry stones and open mountains, build walls and walls, and when the construction period is over, cancel their slave status, distribute farm tools and seeds, include them in the household register, and settle outside the city to open up wasteland and cultivate land. ”
Lu Na inspected Su'er Heicheng this day, only to see that the city walls were made of earth, and the houses in the city were also dilapidated, she and Wang Lele had both lived in modern metropolises, compared with modern times, that is, at this time, the capital was like the countryside, and the soil was rustic, not to mention such a remote town outside the pass? It was even worse than a kennel.
Wang Lele thought so, and nodded, "If you have money in hand, it is easy to do things, and now we are also benevolent and benevolent, and these people are not dead hearted? After the city is built, we will build schools, build furnaces and smelt iron, cast weapons and armor, and buy Hongyi cannons, buy guns, and expand the army." Now I still have 300,000 taels left on hand, which is far from enough. ”
"To expand the army, you need at least 35,000 iron horsemen, so that you can crisscross the pass, at least not be bullied. In this way, the daily ration of grain, grass and other military supplies is tens of thousands of taels, and after the money brought by the elder brother is used up, our source of income is far from reaching this amount! We have to think of a long-term way to make money, otherwise the annual income of animal husbandry and taxation is tens of thousands of taels, and the army will only have to drink the northwest wind. ”
"In addition to the army, it is necessary to build schools, study with children, and hire people to teach, which all cost money. I went to the horse market to sell jewelry this time, and I heard that the Jianzhou Jueluo clan was in the army, and it was already known as 100,000 iron horsemen, and it was repairing the city in Shengjing, Shenyang. In another three or five years, we will not be able to resist. Is it really going to be destroyed like history?"
Lu Na said hatefully: "There are countless treasures in the Seven Killing Demon Palace, I am afraid that there are hundreds of millions of taels of silver, but unfortunately they are all obtained by the Jue Luo clan, and it is strange if it does not develop quickly! If I get so much money out of thin air, within two years, I can build this Su'er Black City into a běijīng." ”
"I asked Xiaoqian to calculate, if all the jewelry is sold, it can be expanded to 10,000 troops to support it for two years. Wang Lele thought about it, "Two years later, there will be no money and no food, and the army will not disperse." But we really can't find a way to make money, this Su'er Black City is poor and white. Nothing, like making glass or something, is profitable, but we don't!"
The two were worried about money, and suddenly Nie Xiaoqian next to them said: "I heard my father say that there are many mineral deposits near the Liao River, and there are many coal, iron, and copper hidden in the deep mountains by the river. ”
"Yes! Bring the map!" Wang Lele and Lu Na looked at each other, and quickly asked someone to take the map out, both of them understand modern geography, the distribution of those mineral deposits, they know it clearly, one point and one accurate, carefully compare the current terrain, and recall the modern terrain, sure enough, it is not far from the city in a mountain, in modern times is a copper mine, look around, found a large amount of coal, iron, and even gold and silver, the stars are dense, it is really people on the treasure mountain, and they are still worried about money.
"There are oil fields under the Liaohe River, but they are just modern technology and cannot be exploited. The two women were ecstatic, thinking of the Liaohe oil field, and felt that there was a fly in the ointment.
"The two young ladies are talking about black water, when my father was an official in the imperial court, he had met with the wandering monk Shen Fu, and his Taimo silver scale carp can drill into the ground for 3,000 zhang and get black water, which is not a difficult thing. Nie Xiaoqian said: "The two young ladies are the ones who want to do great things, if they get the help of the heirs of the Mo family, it will be much easier, the young master received the Mo family's golden scale Shenzhou, then Shen Fu must come to pick up the news after learning the news, but the young master kills and breaks off, and the words are not harmonious, if you kill Shen Fu, it is a huge loss, but the young master rarely listens to persuasion, and only the two young ladies can enter the speech, and the two young ladies should pay more attention when the time comes." ”
"Oh. In this way, you are right. Lu Na nodded. Nie Xiaoqian, who was also serving Sang Hong'er next to her, talked eloquently, and couldn't help but be jealous in her heart.
The two of them calculated and chose a place, which was a copper mine fifty miles away from the city, hidden deep in the mountains, just one side of the mountain quarrying and repairing the city, and the other side of mining and smelting copper.
"After getting copper, the two young ladies don't have to sell it, and then open a lead mine and ask someone to mint Wanli money privately, which is the right way to make a fortune. Nie Xiaoqian suggested again.
"Casting private money, good idea!" Lu Na and Wang Lele glanced at each other again, did not speak to each other, and secretly calculated.
For four or five days in a row, Lu Na and Wang Lele ordered people to use fire to open the mountain, and sure enough, a large number of copper mines were found in the depths.
It's the seventh day, things have just started, but Lu Na and Wang Lele are not busy. Because tonight is the most critical time for Wang Zhong to refine the Heavenly Demon, the last night of a hundred days! As long as the peace passes tonight, the Heavenly Demon will be cultivated and become a supreme master, if it fails, it will definitely be attacked by the enemy, and it will be difficult to save his life.
"Order the army, all stationed in the Xuantan ten miles, closely watch the surroundings, if there is one, the crossbow beckons. Please come to the three ** divisions of Wukesa, Tutula, and Dabal. ”
The army of three thousand leaves has plenty of food and grass, and has been trained by Lu Na to be extremely fat, and the armor on his body is complete.
"I've seen Da Gege!" The three old men with strange beast head robes embroidered on their clothes came up and gave Lu Na a slight salute, and Lu Na hurriedly returned the salute. These three shamans are all powerful in witchcraft, and they are the first-level figures of the shamanic sect elders in Longgang Mountain, and they were finally invited by Lu Na with heavy gold jewelry.
Nawuksa was clearly the leader, with a hooked nose, blue eyes, and an iron rod of dove's head that was half a man high, and on each of Natutura and Dabal stood a fierce Haidongqing, and in his hand was a large skull with various patterns.
"Don't worry about Da Gege, the arrows of these soldiers have been cursed by us, even if the cultivators of the Central Plains come with the Yuan Shen, they will also be seriously injured if they are hit by an arrow. With such a thousand arrows fired at once, even the grandmaster and master were afraid that it would be difficult to make a hard connection. ”
Lu Na nodded, only to see the Vermilion Bird Divine Bird soaring in the sky, illuminating the ground red.
At this time, among the Seven Killing Xuan Altar, it was already at the most critical juncture, only to see a puff of vermilion firelight, but the Heavenly Demon Bead had already floated on the top of the Demon Luo Sutra Building, with the smelting of the hundred heavenly true fire, as if dissolved, the curling yellow smoke stretched out from the bead, and gradually condensed into a six-armed Heavenly Demon.