Red Mansion: Incense and God Road, starting from the City God of Shenjing

Chapter 72: Snow Spirit Ginseng Mount Advancement Demon
"I have found more than 200 books on cultivation techniques from the salt merchant's treasury."

"There are also five boxes of various spiritual medicines and materials."

As Hou Jingyun spoke, he asked people outside to bring in more than twenty large boxes.

"General, this is the account book found in the salt merchant's house..."

"The shops involved are all over Jiangnan, and many are in Shenjing City."

"Also..."

After hesitating for a moment, Hou Jingyun opened another box.

Then he whispered.

"This is the account book of transactions between the salt merchants and the ministers in the court."

"I immediately sealed and boxed this account book after I found it. No one else knows about it except me."

"I see!"

Jia Cong casually flipped through some of the records of ministers.

From the cabinet ministers to the seventh-rank officials in the capital.

It actually covered the vast majority of ministers in the court.

Even those who had never spoken on behalf of the salt merchants.

As long as you are in a key position.

Every year, the carbon and ice gifts, as well as the gifts for festivals and holidays, have never been less than a bit.

Salt merchants actually only account for a small half of the annual revenue from private salt and official salt.

Most of the remaining profits were distributed in the same way.

The benefits are shared.

This also shows that there is a reason why the eight major salt merchants have been able to stand firm in Jiangnan for many years.

After flipping through a few books, Jia Cong took out the records about Zhao Chengen, the prefect of Yangzhou.

"I collected 100,000 taels of silver in four years..."

"Three years as a clean magistrate, one hundred thousand silver coins!"

"Uncle Lin will probably have to stay in office until the salt business is back in operation."

"Order someone to deliver this to the government office and hand it over to Zhao De'en personally."

"Take 300,000 silver ounces and distribute them to the brothers who are coming this time."

"Two million taels are sent to Uncle Lin in the back court."

"Leave another thirty boxes of jewels and three million taels of silver for me to take back to the capital."

"The remaining people will be registered and recorded in the account book. Take my token to the Jiangnan camp to mobilize troops and escort them to Shenjing."

"Give half to His Majesty, and send the other half to the Royal Palace and give it to Dai Quan."

After hesitating for a moment, Jia Cong began to assign tasks.

There are still eight hundred elite soldiers coming out of the Beijing camp.

Each person received at least three hundred taels of silver.

Nowadays, an acre of land in a farm outside the city of Shenjing costs only about ten taels of silver.

If it is a little more remote, you can buy an acre of land for three or four taels.

With a hundred acres of fertile land, he could become a small landlord after retiring from the army and support one or two scholars.

By then, it can be considered that farming and studying are passed down from generation to generation.

In addition, Jia Cong’s prestige in the Beijing camp.

The eight hundred elite soldiers would be equivalent to eight hundred loyal personal soldiers in the future.

It can also set an example for others.

The remaining silver.

Such a big matter as the confiscation of the salt merchant family could not be hidden from the spies of various families.

It is even possible that someone has already estimated the approximate amount of the seizure.

If he took too much, the royal family would be unhappy, which would be inconsistent with the character of Jia Cong who was devoted to spiritual practice that he had deliberately created before.

If you take too little, it will easily arouse the suspicion of Emperor Shunde.

The balance must be struck well.

Jia Cong took 10%, and the remaining 90% was divided equally between the two emperors, and everyone was happy.

As for the account books, Jia Cong simply asked Hou Jingyun to send someone to seal them and send them to Shenjing.

Let Emperor Shunde make his own decision.

It was an opportunity to eliminate some court officials and place their own people in place.

It is better to use this as a warning to establish authority.

Jia Cong’s contribution is always indispensable.

"Yes, I will make arrangements now!"

Hou Jingyun took the order and went out.

Jia Cong stepped forward and opened the boxes one by one.

The vast majority of them are miscellaneous books on various cultivation techniques.

Five boxes of cultivation resources.

When the last box was opened.

They are magical medicines packed in brocade boxes.

Open one and the aroma of medicine fills the air.

"Thousand-year-old blood ginseng?"

Jia Cong had never thought that such a rare and precious elixir could be confiscated from the salt merchant's home.

The color is as red as blood, and the roots are dense and slender.

It is like millions of blood threads intertwined, and its appearance is almost human-like.

This is because the ginseng is bathed in the blood of at least a great demon level as it grows.

The rarity of big monsters makes blood ginseng extremely rare.

Not to mention that it has grown for thousands of years and contains rich medicinal power of qi and blood.

With the addition of a few auxiliary medicines, a peak acquired martial artist can have a 70% chance of breaking through to the innate realm directly.

Even if a congenital warrior takes it, it will have a huge beneficial effect on his cultivation.

"Roar!"

At this moment, in a corner of the hall.

The white tiger mount, which was originally lying down, let out a low growl.

His eyes were fixed on Jia Cong's thousand-year-old blood ginseng.

His expression revealed an irrepressible desire.

"That's right. The blood of the great demon plus the power of a thousand-year-old medicine..."

"Compared to warriors, it should be more effective against monsters."

When Jia Cong saw this scene, he gently threw the blood ginseng away.

Dabai's eyes lit up and he jumped up.

Swallow the blood ginseng in one gulp.

Then he squatted on the ground with his eyes closed.

A moment later, rolling evil energy rose into the sky.

It spread out instantly, covering the sky and the sun.

Amidst the evil spirit, a huge shadow loomed.

The entire Yangzhou city could see this horrifying sight clearly.

……

Zuixianglou

"The demonic energy is rolling in, and a great demon has been born."

Zuo Hongyi stood up suddenly.

Look in the direction where the evil spirit appeared.

His face suddenly turned gloomy.

"The Salt Administration Office, the Salt Administration Office again!"

You don't have to think about it to know it at this point.

In the entire Yangzhou city, except for the white tiger that Jia Cong had ridden before, there was no other monster that was infinitely close to the third level of a great demon.

"Jia Cong, how could you have such a great monster as a mount?"

Another great scholar, Wu Ziren, showed jealousy on his face.

A half-step great demon can only contend against some weaker martial arts masters.

But once you take the last half step, you will become a real great demon.

Then the combat power is completely different.

With a strong body and innate magical powers, the fighting power of the great demon is completely superior to that of warriors of the same level.

On par with the spiritual cultivators.

Especially the innate magical power, which is like instinct and hard to guard against.

Monsters are long-lived, with big monsters living up to a thousand years.

It is far beyond what the great scholar can achieve in 150 years.

In the Shenjing City, it is the most important foundation of a powerful family.

"Everyone, it seems that the previous plan needs to be changed..."

"This matter is urgent and cannot be delayed any further."

Zuo Hongyi sat down again.

His expression became serious again.

Without him!

Jia Cong's strength is improving too quickly.

……

Salt Administration Office
"Cong'er, this is..."

As soon as the strange phenomenon appeared, Lin Ruhai came to the main hall of the rear court.

"We found a thousand-year-old blood ginseng from the salt merchant's house. Dabai had a breakthrough after swallowing it."

"Breakthrough? That's the big demon?"

"it is good!"

Even though Lin Ruhai was a shrewd man, a look of joy appeared on his face at this moment.

He took a look at the remaining elixirs in the brocade box in the box.

"Quick, inject all these elixirs into your mount's body."

"Demons are naturally strong and can digest any spiritual medicine. There is no need to consider the compatibility of the main and the auxiliary."

"When you break through, you absorb more medicinal power."

"After the breakthrough, the stronger the strength, the higher the potential."

After all, he is a well-read scholar.

Daqian maintained the stability of its rule.

There are very few records about monsters, ghosts and evil spirits in books.

Only aristocratic families with a long history would have such miscellaneous records.

"it is good!"

Jia Cong stretched out his hand and divine power burned.

The remaining elixirs in the box were directly crushed and purified.

Transformed into the purest medicinal liquid.

Colorful and fragrant.

When the medicine liquid entered the white tiger's body, the demonic energy around it suddenly surged.

It directly covered most of the sky above Yangzhou City.

The breakthrough lasted for three hours.

At midnight, the evil spirit in the air suddenly changed.

As if it had become real.

If the previous one was tofu.

At least it's stainless steel now!

The color is deep red and full of murderous aura.

It is still not quite appropriate to call it evil spirit, it should be called evil spirit.

"The second innate magical power!"

"Cong'er, your mount has extraordinary potential. There is at least a 30% chance that it will be able to reach the level of a demon king in the future."

Lin Ruhai, who had been accompanying him throughout the whole process, looked relieved when he saw this scene.

Lin Ruhai's youngest son died young, and now he has only one daughter, Daiyu.

In the past two days, he has treated Jia Cong as his own son.

After another half an hour, the terrifying demon in the sky began to slowly shrink.

Finally, all of them sank into the body of the mount Dabai.

When he opened his eyes, Dabai's aura was fundamentally different from before the breakthrough.

"Meet the master!"

"Thank you, Master, for giving me the elixir to break through!"

Dabai said in a low voice.

Refining the horizontal bone, he could speak human language.

This is the most obvious sign of a great demon.

"Have you awakened your second innate magical power?"

Jia Cong thought of Lin Ruhai's previous judgment and confirmed it.

"Thanks to the master for injecting the elixir into my body."

"That's how I got my second innate magical power!"

The innate magical power that the mount Dabai awakened when he reached the second realm was "to be an accomplice to the tiger".

To put it simply, it means controlling ghosts.

Now after breaking through.

Transformation of magical powers.

Not only can it control ghosts, but the whistling sound is also mixed with the power to capture souls.

Can stun enemies and freeze them in place.

If you encounter someone with a weak mind or low cultivation, his soul will be yelled out.

Taken as a ghost.

The second innate magical power is even more amazing.

It was the evil spirit that had just appeared in the sky.

As sharp as a blade, it can break metal and iron.

The filthy and evil spirit contained in it is the most effective in destroying the magic weapon of Xuanmen monks.

If combined with the first magical power.

The sudden attack and killing power is absolutely terrifying.

It can be regarded as one of Jia Cong's trump cards.

Besides.

In the great demon realm, one can control demon winds, ride demon clouds, and fly into the sky.

Only now has it truly fulfilled its duty as a mount.

……

"Cong'er, I have already sent people to temporarily take over the salt merchants' warehouses in various places."

"It's just that most of the people who were previously responsible for operating the salt road have left."

"Do you have any solution to the salt shortage?"

After watching Dabai briefly demonstrate his two great magical powers.

Only then did Lin Ruhai remember the important matter.

"Uncle Lin, I already have a plan for the Salt Road."

"I will go out to handle it tomorrow morning. If everything goes well, it will be resolved within seven days."

"It just so happens that I need to find an opportunity to settle accounts with those people in Jiangnan."

Jia Cong looked in the direction of Zui Xiang Lou.

"Okay, Cong'er, be careful!"

"If something is not right, get out of here and put your own safety first."

"When there is a salt shortage, if it is really not feasible, report it to the court."

"It's nothing more than the fact that I have been the Imperial Salt Inspector for the past few years. I am your Majesty's confidant, and now I have broken through to become a great scholar."

"It won't hurt to delay my career for a few years!"

Lin Ruhai reminded with concern.

"Thank you, Uncle Lin!"

Jia Cong bowed and thanked him.

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