Myriad Realms Free Mercenaries

Chapter 299 Two Tianshan Snow Lotuses
It was already the third watch when they returned to Hulong Villa, around three quarters, everyone went back to their rooms to rest, but Ouyang Fei didn't rest obediently.

At four o'clock in the morning, at about two o'clock in the morning, Ouyang Fei got up suddenly and put on the night clothes again, but instead of holding a sword on his back, he flew out of the window with the help of a telescopic stick.

Ouyang Fei quickly jumped up into the sky and flew towards the palace, but unfortunately Ouyang Fei was not familiar with the palace, even when he was in this world, he searched for more than an hour and still found nothing.

In desperation, he had no choice but to find a eunuch, and after controlling him with the soul-shifting method, he ordered him to go where he was going, while he flew in the sky to follow.

When encountering Ouchi guards on patrol, the eunuch naturally knew to dodge. The eunuch is relatively familiar with the terrain in the palace, so it is easy to avoid the guards.

In less than 10 minutes, Ouyang Fei finally saw the place he was looking for, and ordered the eunuch to return to the distance by himself, while Ouyang Fei went to his goal.

The eunuch's soul-shifting method would be automatically released after half an hour without Ouyang Fei taking the initiative to release it. He would only think that he had dozed off.

However, if the soul-shifting method is forcibly undone, it will cause the victim to fall into a coma, just like Daerba who was forcibly awakened by Jinlun Fawang with a method similar to the lion's roar.

Ouyang Fei landed outside a dark palace. The plaque above the store door indicated the function of this palace. Yude Pool was where the emperor usually bathed.

Ouyang Fei came here for no other reason than for his commission for this mission, Tianshan Snow Lotus.

The commission issued by the system is not from the original mission world, but is similar to duplication. In other words, the items issued to Ouyang Fei as commissions also exist in the mission world.

Even if Ouyang Fei gets that thing in the mission world, the commission that should be paid will still be paid out, that is to say, Ouyang Fei can get two Tianshan Snow Lotus for this mission.

This Tianshan snow lotus has the effect of detoxifying all kinds of poisons and multiplying one's power. Ouyang Fei would not be able to get enough of such natural treasures, so naturally he would not miss this opportunity.

After all, this is just a bathroom, not an important place. Naturally, there will be no guards to guard it. Before the emperor came to take a bath, there would be no eunuchs here. Who would have expected that the emperor would put Tianshan snow lotus and other gods in the bathroom. middle?
Ouyang flew into the Yude Pond and went straight to the secret compartment at the steps. Without much effort, he successfully got the peach wood box containing the Tianshan Snow Lotus. He opened it and took a look. As expected, the Tianshan cigars were lying in the box intact.

Ouyang Fei grinned excitedly, closed the secret compartment, and immediately exhaled the system. He chose to return to the real world, hid the wooden box in the corner of the dormitory closet, covered it with his own clothes, and then teleported back again.

But when Ouyang Fei re-entered, he was directly teleported back to his own dormitory in Hulong Villa, took off his night clothes, and started to sit cross-legged as if nothing had happened. People in this world will never find that Tianshan snow lotus again.

Ouyang Fei didn't intend to eat the Tianshan snow lotus right away, because the third task refreshed this time came from the "Seven Killing Orders of God and Ghost" in "Mr. Amazing World of China".

After all, the Seven Killing Order of Gods and Ghosts is a Taoist magical technique, and it is not a system with martial arts. I don't know the specific situation, maybe the Tianshan snow lotus will be kept, and it will be of great use at that time.

Ouyang Fei meditated and practiced the Laughing Dust Art. Just after the fifth watch, there was a knock on the door of the room. At this time, Ouyang Fei had no drink to assist him, and his practice speed was a bit slow. He had just completed one round of [-] weeks, and the second round started to the third week.

But there was a knock on the door, and he had no choice but to get up and open the door.

When he opened the door, he saw Shangguan Haitang, Duan Tianya, and Gui Hai Yidao all dressed neatly, each standing outside the door with their weapons in hand.

Ouyang Fei asked in surprise: "What's the situation? Is there another mission?"

Shangguan Haitang, who knocked on the door, said angrily: "Brother, it's past the fifth watch, and you still won't get up? Have you forgotten that you promised to teach us lightness kung fu last night?"

Ouyang Fei said in astonishment: "No way! It's not yet dawn, do you have such a fast pace of life?"

"What do you think?"

Ouyang Fei reluctantly went back to his room, put his long sword on his back, and followed a few people to the training ground. He kept muttering, "Secretary Ouchi is so tired... he wakes up earlier than a chicken and goes to bed later than a dog. , work more than cows, eat better than pigs...well, well! Eat a little better than pigs."

"Puchi"

"Hehehehe..."

Hearing Ouyang Fei's muttering, Shangguan Haitang burst out laughing instantly, Duan Tianya also shook his head and chuckled, Gui Hai's mouth twitched, it was considered a laugh, it was already rare like this.

"If you don't tell me, I don't think so, but if you say so, I also think that our secret agents are the most dedicated profession in the world." Shangguan Haitang said happily.

Ouyang Fei shrugged his shoulders and said, "Isn't it? It's more industrious than bees. Hey, by the way, how much is our salary?"

Shangguan Haitang explained: "Our secret agents are all ranked fourth-rank, and receive the salary of a fourth-rank official, 288 stones a year, which is 1152 taels of silver."

After secretly calculating, Ouyang Fei said in astonishment: "No way! In other words, only 96 taels a month? Is the salary of my court officials so low? No, it should not be that the salary is low, but that the money is worthless, right?"

Duan Tianya said: "You are right. I have learned that during the orthodox years, the price of grain was two taels of silver a stone. In just 50 years, it has increased twenty times. Today the price of grain is four taels of silver a stone. But the salary has not increased much, so you feel that the salary is low."

Ouyang Fei smiled wryly, and murmured: "It seems that the soaring price is a big problem in any era, but the growth rate of salary will never keep up with the rising price."

Shangguan Haitang shook her head with a broken smile, and said: "Which one of the officials really lives on salary? Don't we also rely on the support of thousands of officials to have enough funds to operate normally?"

Ouyang Fei nodded, and began to understand those corrupt officials, "That's why! Sometimes the officials can't be blamed for being greedy. If they weren't greedy, where would he get so much money to maintain the government and support the servants?"

"If you don't have a bunch of servants, do you have to do everything yourself? If you spend all your time on daily housework, how can you find time to do your duty?"

And this problem was more prominent in ancient times than in later generations. The house at that time was much larger than that of later generations, and it was impossible to take care of it with only the wives and concubines at home.

What's more, those wives and concubines of high officials are all daughters from rich families. Who would want to do the work of cleaning the house, washing and cooking?

Therefore, the poorer and weaker a dynasty is, the more likely it is to have corrupt officials. The more corrupt officials are, the consequences will naturally be that the people live in dire straits. In the end, the people will rise up and the dynasty will end. This is almost an endless loop.

"I think so! This blame has to be shouldered by the imperial court and the emperor. The country is poor and weak, prices are rising, and even the officials cannot afford to support it. It is all due to the incompetence of the king and the inaction of the imperial court."

"..."

Ouyang Fei's sudden words silenced Shangguan Haitang and the others, but made the eyes behind them light up.

(End of this chapter)