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Chapter 149 New Year¡¯s Eve

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    Zhao Ran has come into contact with quite a few monks, including Zhou Yumo, who had maintained a "love letter" relationship with him for more than a year, and later uncles Dazhuo and Xiaozhuo who opened his eyes to spiritual practice, as well as those who treated him extremely well.  Zhu Qigu, as well as Pei Zhongze, who was on the run with him thousands of miles away, and of course the Great Master Chu, Tong Lao, the fourth senior brother in black, Chang Wanzhen, etc. In terms of their understanding of the cultivation world, I dare not say that they are among the best in the Shifang Jungle, at least  Among fellow Taoists at the Taoist level, he is considered to have extraordinary knowledge.

    Therefore, Zhao Ran was very surprised at the speed at which his mana increased. If he followed what he heard from the above-mentioned "experts", such a situation should only appear after practicing for more than three months, but he only used  For more than half a month, every time I think about this, I can't help but feel a little proud.

    Of course, in addition to the unique skills, such an achievement is also related to his generous expenditure.  In just half a month, Zhao's construction team spent nearly a hundred taels of silver on him. It is expected that this investment will continue in the next month. If the house repairs in nearly a hundred villages in the county are completed as planned,  , his investment will be close to one thousand taels.

    Since he got rich by betting on games when he first entered Wujiyuan, Zhao Ran has not cared much about his wealth. However, now, he has to take stock of his family's savings again.

    He gave away most of the money he won from the bets as gifts, and there were still more than a thousand taels left, which were all banknotes. Zhao Ran couldn't help but feel distressed about this, but when he thought about it carefully, the money spent was still worth it, otherwise  There will be no today of my own.  There are also more than 800 taels of gifts that I received at the banquet on the day I was promoted to the Fangtang Master. I didn't take it seriously at the time, but now I cherish it very much.

    Except for banknotes, his current main wealth is in his thumb. Not counting the medicinal materials and magic weapons for the time being, there are more than two hundred gold ingots that can be used directly, each of which is a large ingot of fifty taels, and there are also some gold ingots that can be spent directly.  The box of small gold ingots obtained in the tunnel of the ruined temple added up to thirteen thousand taels. If converted into pure silver, it should be around one hundred thousand taels!  In addition, there are some scattered silver ingots worth more than 5,000 taels.  Zhao Ran didn't care much at first, because the amount of money was already a numerical concept, and he really couldn't spend it, but it was different now. Every tael of silver represented a trace or a few traces of merit, and that was the real thing.  The basis of practice.

    There are also some jewels that are difficult to value, so Zhao Ran plans not to use them for the time being. In the future, they can be given as gifts or exchanged for silver to save money.

    This is a huge amount of wealth. It would not be easy for Zhao Ran to spend it all if he was purely enjoying it. But now that it involves cultivation, it is difficult to estimate how far he can go on the road of cultivation with his spending method.  .  Therefore, of course, the more money, the better. You must also plan in advance how you should make money.

    But what he is most concerned about now is the issue of practicing magic, whether it is talismans or inner alchemy, whether it is refining weapons or magical powers, as long as he can have it, he will be grateful. Unfortunately, he is in the jungle of Shifang, and he has none of these.

    Sometimes Zhao Ran also wonders if he should just risk it all and confess to Daomen what happened to him. Anyway, Lu Suo has entered the Qi Sea and no one else can take it away, but he still resisted the urge.  When he came down, he had already vaguely realized that his path of practice did not seem to be the "right way". He didn't know whether this method of cultivating merit was allowed in Taoism. If anything went wrong, it would be too late to regret it.

    It¡¯s just a pity that I have no magic power, but it¡¯s hard to find it!

    On the night of the 29th of the Lunar New Year, Zhao Ran paid wages to the laborers and cashed the annual quota to the inspectors in Fangtang (the money came from the Taoist temple, which finally helped Zhao Ran save money). He had just returned  When he arrived at his small courtyard, a Huo Gong layman came to summon him, saying that Song Zhiyuan, the supervisor, asked him to see him.

    It is said that Zhao Ran¡¯s current position is that of a marginalized Fang Master. Apart from his own duties, it is not his turn to speak on any major issues in the Taoist Academy.  But after all, he had a very close relationship with Song Zhiyuan, and the matter that came to his door this time was also related to him, so it was not surprising that Song Zhiyuan asked for his opinion.

    Xizhenwu Palace will allocate a quota for Wujiyuan to be a newly-registered official Taoist boy this year. There are still two days until he will officially receive the ultimatum, but to whom this quota should be given has still not been determined until now.

    The key problem is that Song Zhiyuan himself is still wavering, not knowing who to give the spot to.  There are only two competitive candidates this year, one is Zhuang Huai and the other is Jin Jiu.

    Among Zhao Ran's competitors when he received the ultimatum the year before last, Feng Can, the most well-established, had already received the ultimatum on the first day of the first lunar month of the year, leaving only Zhuang Huai, the secular nephew at the head of Shuifangzhuang in Xizhenwu Palace, who had been wasted for two years.  , Zhuang Fangtou was already losing his temper and put a lot of pressure on Song Zhiyuan.

    Jin Jiuze was the candidate recommended by the dormitory after Zhao Ran proposed to Song Zhiyuan. His father was the county lieutenant of Guyang County.

    In fact, no matter from any aspect, Zhuang Huai is more qualified to receive the ultimatum than Jin Jiu.  First, ?He has been elected for three consecutive years, at least in terms of qualifications, he is better than Jin Jiu; compared with his background, the head of the water house of Xizhenwu Palace is not much worse than the county captain of a county; finally, looking at knowledge, Zhuang Huai could compete with Zhao that year.  However, compared to the playboy Jin Jiulai, it is even more difficult to keep pace with him.

    But the key to the problem is that Xizhenwu Palace is far away in Long'an Prefecture, and Jin County Lieutenant is in the county town outside the mountain. As the saying goes, those who are near the water and the towers first get the moon. In this regard, the Jin family has taken a huge advantage.  Not only did the Jin family communicate very diligently with Wujiyuan, but all the county officials also worked together, including Kong County Zun, who made public appearances for this purpose. Although Wujiyuan was more expensive than the government, many secular affairs had to be done.  It is inevitable to avoid Guyang County, especially the private farms of the Taoist priests in the courtyard, which all rely on Guyang County to take care of them. It is really difficult to say anything if you really want to ignore it.

    All three parties found this matter extremely difficult, and they discussed it twice but ended without any resolution.  Song Zhiyuan's biggest backer is the old abbot in the courtyard, but the old abbot did not cultivate him like he did Zhong Tenghong, the previous supervisor. In other words, Song Zhiyuan's status in the heart of the old abbot is far from comparable to that of his predecessor Zhong Yuan.  , the old abbot did not want to offend anyone for this matter, so the Song Supervisory Academy did not get any definite answer from the old abbot.

    But this matter can¡¯t be delayed any longer. What should be done, we must come up with an idea immediately.

    Song Supervisory Academy racked their brains and finally came up with the idea of ??finding someone to top the vat. In the Wuji Academy, the person recognized as being able to top the vat was undoubtedly Zhao Ran.

    The Song Supervisory Yuan was very respectful of Zhao Ran's attitude, and the meaning behind his words was to leave it to Zhao Ran to decide the number of places to receive the ultimatum, and he also told Zhao Ran that this was the unanimous suggestion of the three capitals.

    After Zhao Ran was surprised, he immediately understood the intentions of the senior officials of Wuji Academy. They just wanted Zhao Ran to continue to pull the tiger's skin. No matter who loses the election, Song Zhiyuan and Sandu will have excuses - this is Wuji Academy.  Zhao Zhiran¡¯s decision!  Who is Zhao Zhiran?  Oh, haven't you heard about his relationship with the monks in the pavilion?

    Faced with such a great trust, if it were anyone else, they would probably take it for granted, offend others without realizing it, and instead feel complacent and think that they are so capable.  But Zhao Ran has experience, and he understands one thing very well: try not to get involved in things that are beyond the scope of your responsibilities, otherwise you will most likely be used as a scapegoat afterwards.

    Just as he was about to refuse to comment on this, Zhao Ran suddenly remembered something. After hesitating for a moment, he decided to raise the tiger-skin flag.  Of course, he would not openly pull the flag. Since the prison court asked for his opinion, he would just give him one and say nothing else!

    Who else can give Zhao Ran¡¯s opinion? There is no doubt that it is Jin Jiujiu.  As for Zhuang Huai - I'm sorry, friend Zhuang, we have nothing in common, and you have never asked me for help, and you have not even invited me to a meal. Of course, I have little impression of you, and I don't know what your virtues and talents are.

    Song Zhiyuan asked again: "Are you sure?"

    Zhao Ran said: "I'm sure."

    ¡°One sentence determined the different fates of Jin Jiu and Zhuang Huai during their fifteen years of Jiajing.

    On the first day of the first lunar month of the fifteenth year of Jiajing, Jin Jiu received an ultimatum and entered the Sutra Hall of Wuji Yuan as a Taoist boy who recited sutras and became an official Taoist priest.

    On the third day of the first lunar month, the steward of Jinxian Lieutenant made a special trip to the mountain and sent an invitation to a banquet to Zhao Ran. Attached to the invitation was the famous assassin of Jinxian Lieutenant. This was a very important courtesy. Zhao Ran did not shirk it and happily  Invited.  He was waiting to meet Captain Jinxian.

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