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

Chapter 86 Demon King: Blood Dragon!
"boom!"

After a moment, the blood cocoon was completely shattered.

The terrifying blood-red evil spirit rose into the sky.

It swept across all directions and almost broke through the isolation measures set up by Jia Cong's divine seal.

At this time, the blood dragon's appearance changed drastically.

The dragon's body swelled several times!
A hundred feet long!

The dense scales on its body were as bright as crystals, far beyond what they had before.

The most important thing is that his strength level has already improved from half-step to demon king level.

Stepping into the true "early stage of the fourth level of demon king!"

If he met a great scholar of the fourth realm who was still lingering like Sun Zhanghua.

There is no need to make any effort to calculate, the power of the blood dragon is enough to kill it head-on.

Jia Cong stretched out his hand, and the blood dragon shrank again and landed in his palm.

The feeling that the blood dragon gave Jia Cong at this moment was not just a breakthrough in strength.

There is still potential.

It's like coming alive.

As divine power poured into him, Jia Cong immediately understood why he had this feeling.

On that day, the Holy Fire White Lotus contained the demon dragon soul.

And inside this Shura white lotus is the demon dragon spirit.

The Vipassana Sutra says: "The soul is what moves to support the body, and the spirit is what is still to calm the body."

The dragon soul gives people a sense of illusion.

But the dragon spirit has the effect of calming the body.

It is not only a breakthrough in strength, but also a breakthrough in potential.

"It's a perfect breakthrough!"

After playing with it for a while, Jia Cong inserted the blood dragon, which had turned into a hairpin, into his bun.

He will soon go to Shandong to suppress the riot caused by the White Lotus Sect.

The blood dragon's breakthrough at this time is undoubtedly a good thing.

Even the Bailu Academy, which has been passed down for hundreds of years, has great scholars in charge.

Not to mention the White Lotus Sect, which has a long history and has been thwarted by successive dynasties in their numerous crackdowns.

Just the information that is known on the surface.

The eight Dharma Kings and the left and right Dharma protectors.

There are ten masters of the third realm who are frequently active.

Moreover, after each purge in every dynasty, a master would reappear in a very short time.

Inherit the position of Dharma King or Dharma Protector.

As for the three elders at a higher level, they are the deputy leader, the saint and the leader.

Even the royal family of Daqian has few records.

"Let's go, Sister Bao!"

After using his divine sense to investigate again, he found that there was nothing missing in the treasure house.

Only then did Jia Cong take Baochai away.

……

Midnight
"My Lord, the search of Bailu Academy has been completed and a preliminary inventory has been made..."

Hou Jingyun and Ma Ruyue still emanated the smell of blood.

He excitedly found Jia Cong with a thick stack of account books.

"Say!"

Jia Cong woke up from his meditation, and his supernatural power had been mostly restored.

Baochai's injuries were also healed by her using magical medicine.

"My Lord, I really made a fortune this time."

"Except for the five million taels of silver and five great scholarly treasures that the Marquis found."

"The remaining silver and valuables are preliminarily estimated to be worth more than three million taels."

"Many of the antiques and calligraphy and paintings are beyond valuation, so I have had them temporarily sealed."

"It's mainly farmland."

"I have found land deeds totaling more than 300,000 mu from the academy, and more than 300 farms of various sizes, all of which are top-quality farmland from all over Jiangnan."

"There are still more than 400 shops."

No wonder Hou Jingyun and Ma Ruyue were so excited.

Whether it is land or shop, it can be passed down from generation to generation.

Bailu Academy has tens of thousands of students and nearly a thousand teachers.

At the peak of its power, more than ten great scholars were supported in the academy.

You also have to deal with relationships with various forces, either making friends or making enemies.

The daily expenses of welcoming and seeing off guests alone were a huge sum of money, most of which came from the output of these fields and shops.

Three hundred thousand acres of land means at least one hundred thousand tenants.

Not only did they have to pay heavy rent and taxes, but they also had to talk about the benefits of the academy.

This is how the Jiangnan gentry gained a good reputation for passing on farming and studying from generation to generation.

"Sister Bao, I'll leave the shop to you. Everything will remain the same. I'll send a team of people to you to inspect the shops in various places."

"If anyone dares to reach out, there is no need to show mercy."

"As for the land..."

Jia Cong pondered for a moment.

The official regulations of Daqian were that the tenants should take 50% of the rent.

But most of the time, only 70% of the money is taken, and it is not uncommon for the host to take 80% of the money if he is more demanding.

The tenants farmed for a year.

Even if the remaining output was exchanged for cheap coarse grains such as corn, it could only sustain a thin porridge and prevent people from starving to death.

"No matter what the rent was before, it will be based on the official system in the future, with 50% of it taken."

To Jia Cong, the importance of these fields is, to some extent, even greater than the blood dragon of the fourth-level demon king.

"I understand, Cong'er!"

Baochai understood what he meant.

If nothing unexpected happens, it won’t be long before Jia Cong’s devout followers in Jiangnan will increase dramatically again.

Shinto breakthrough is just around the corner.

"anything else?"

Jia Cong looked at Hou Jingyun.

"Oh, and..."

Hou Jingyun lowered his head and flipped through the messy account book that he had not had time to sort out, and his eyes lit up.

"My Lord, there are more than 100,000 volumes of books in the library of Bailu Academy."

"Wow, it's worthy of being the number one academy in Jiangnan."

Knowledge inheritance is extremely important at all times.

Even after awakening his innate divine body, Jia Cong never stopped learning.

"Have someone pack it up and seal it immediately, store it properly, and then ship it to the Xue family."

"Temporarily transfer 300 of our own brothers from the Beijing Camp to guard the library."

"No one is allowed to get within a hundred steps without my order."

"Violators will be killed without mercy."

"promise!"

Hou Jingyun and Ma Ruyue excitedly took the order and left.

In the huge Bailu Academy, any set of the four treasures of the study used by scholars would be worth a lot of money if sold outside.

Just now, Jia Cong deliberately did not mention these things that he despised and had no need for.

It is to give your subordinates a bonus and win their hearts.

In the end, it's for others to see.

Follow Jia Cong and you will have meat to eat!

Shinto is the foundation, only by giving can you gain.

To Jia Cong, exchanging a little worldly wealth for people's hearts was the best deal possible.

If you are unwilling to give up even this little worldly possession, how can you be impeached for focusing on the Great Dao?

……

The gains from Bailu Academy were greater than Jia Cong had imagined.

It was not until the third day that the inventory and classification were completed.

The account book showed only more than 500 taels of silver, more than 30 boxes of antiques, calligraphy and paintings, and five cultural treasures of great Confucian scholars.

As for the remaining private accounts, only Jia Cong and Baochai have complete account books.

In the next two days, Xia Shouzhong also brought people to the academy with a smile.

He just picked up a few antiques, calligraphy and paintings that interested him and stopped talking.

They mostly surrounded Jia Cong, talking about the past and present, trying to build relationships with him, and were extremely respectful in their words.

Finally, he signed his own name on the account book that was counted on the surface, and filed it for later sending to Beijing.

This represents not only Xia Shouzhong himself, but also the intention of Emperor Shunde.

It was the middle of winter and the canal was frozen.

There was a civil unrest in Shandong at that time, and the roads were not peaceful. If one wanted to go to Beijing, one had to take a long detour.

These properties can only be transported to Yingtian Prefecture and temporarily stored in the Xue family.

Except for the soldiers that Jia Cong and Xia Shouzhong took out to transport property, the remaining 300 elite soldiers of the Beijing camp went to the Jiangnan camp.

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Regarding the 300,000 acres of land, the author looked up a lot of information, but did not find any similar cases. However, in the Xianwu world, an academy must have its own property... Finally, I referred to the data of 1.3 million acres of sacrificial land when the Kong family was at its peak. Considering that the Bailu Academy was planned and built by a Jiangnan family, I took the data of 300,000 acres... In essence, it is for the protagonist's next step of the Shinto upgrade... It has little impact on the plot. Don't be too serious, if you really want to be serious... Leave a comment, the author will make changes at any time!
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