I can push my cultivation progress to the end

Previously, Li Hai had taken it for granted.

As the head of the Demon Subduing Division, Feng Heyue, the old lady Feng, was always surrounded by attendants wherever she went, and her food, clothing, and cultivation resources were all top-notch, giving the impression of great comfort and prestige.

However, after truly understanding, he realized how complex the matters Feng Heyue had to handle every day were, and the mental effort involved was indescribable.

Just in terms of fund allocation, Feng Laotai needed to constantly weigh and adjust to achieve a proper balance.

She couldn't use too little, nor could she overspend and run a deficit.

Because if the funds were used sparingly, it would mean that many tasks or jobs that should have been completed were not, and therefore the money couldn't be spent.

But if she spent too much, when the Martial Hall Conference came at the end of the year, Feng Heyue wouldn't be able to explain herself to the cabinet ministers' inquiries.

The Demon Subduing Division had so many branches, so many outposts, and so many personnel, that even if they did nothing, just existing there consumed a lot of money at all times.

However, the annual allocation from the Ministry of Finance was always a fixed amount, so how much to use and how to use it was a rather profound knowledge.

The so-called official's purpose in traveling a thousand miles is for wealth.

Apart from merit exchange items such as cultivation methods, techniques, divine weapons, and secret artifacts.

For example, the simplest monthly salaries of various lieutenants, Li Hai only knew that the lowest-ranking Wood Rank Lieutenant in the Demon Subduing Division was nine hundred big yuan, and he wasn't very clear about the rest.

But after truly coming into contact with the Demon Subduing Division's funds, he learned more.

First of all, the monthly salary of a Wood Rank Lieutenant is nine hundred big yuan, and if its purchasing power is converted to Earth, Li Hai estimated that it should be equal to about 100,000 Chinese yuan, enough for an average family of three to live on for more than a year.

In other words, the lowest-ranking Wood Rank Lieutenant in the Demon Subduing Division is equivalent to someone with an annual salary of over a million on Earth.

Is that a lot?

Actually, it's not much, after all, the Demon Subduing Lieutenants risk their lives to kill ghosts and subdue demons, and earning a million or eight hundred thousand a year is already considered very little.

The monthly salary of a higher-ranking Silver Rank Lieutenant is 100,000 big yuan, equivalent to an annual salary of over 100 million on Earth.

For a Steel Rank martial artist, this money is not much.

Next is the Dragon Rank Lieutenant, whose monthly salary is 2.6 million big yuan, which is more than 30 million big yuan a year, equivalent to 3 to 4 billion Chinese yuan on Earth, which is still not much.

Then there is the highest Heavenly Rank Lieutenant, that is, the level of Ming Yijie, that guy Ren Yi, and Li Hai.

Their basic monthly salary is 55 million big yuan, and the purchasing power is equivalent to more than 6 billion Chinese yuan, and the total amount for one year is equivalent to more than 70 billion Chinese yuan.

This looks quite considerable at first glance, and it's only the basic monthly salary.

In addition to this, Heavenly Rank Lieutenants will also receive a lot of allocations and bonuses before and after participating in or leading various operations.

These two items are much higher than the so-called monthly salary.

And the source of all this money is the allocation that Feng Heyue receives from the Ministry of Finance every year.

Regarding this allocation, Li Hai roughly studied it and found that using it all the way down is still relatively tight.

From this, Li Hai also realized that no wonder the old lady Feng was so good to him.

It's not just a matter of inheritance, it's also because of the pressure of funds.

"In short—"

Li Hai pondered while flipping through the documents on the desk, "As long as I win the Prodigy Ranking, all problems can be solved easily.

However, um—I should indeed establish a direct line of power that belongs to me."

Although Li Hai is now a Martial Dao Grandmaster at the Completion level, and can even be said to be invincible below the Overlord.

But in the end, he is only one person, and he has to do everything himself, which is not good.

Therefore, Li Hai needs a group of subordinates who can handle many complicated affairs for him, so that he can free up his hands and not be so laborious.

And as soon as he thought of recruiting subordinates, Li Hai immediately thought of Longshan.

Longshan area, Sun Family Fortress, Tiequan Town.

On the dilapidated street, among the sparse crowd, a middle-aged mortal man holding a divination banner was walking slowly.

As he walked, he was also constantly looking around the passers-by without leaving a trace, as if he was looking for something.

Just then, a yellow paper talisman bird suddenly flew from the sky and flew straight to the Taoist priest.

Zhang Miaoji put down the letter and muttered to himself blankly, "And it's a transfer to serve under a Heavenly Rank Lieutenant? A Heavenly Rank Lieutenant!"

After being stunned for a second, he immediately jumped three feet high from the ground and roared into the sky, waving his fist:

"Hahahaha, I, Zhang Miaoji—? I'm finally making a name for myself! I can go to Great Jing! I don't have to stay in this godforsaken Longshan for the rest of my life! Hahahaha!!"

Because Zhang Miaoji's movements were too loud, many passers-by on the street looked over in confusion, and even pointed and thought he had gone crazy.

But Zhang Miaoji didn't care about these things at all. After venting the joy in his heart, he picked up the divination banner and ran out of the alley like a fly, running towards a Demon Subduing Division outpost in this small town.

Zhang Miaoji remembered that he still had many personal belongings stored there, and he wanted to take them all away.

Because in the foreseeable future, he might not come back.

At the same time, Gai Fu, Gong Shuohong, Zeng Ying, Pi Shangzhi, and Quan Xiangxun, who were all over the Longshan area, also received flying talisman letters from the headquarters of the Demon Subduing Division.

Like Zhang Miaoji, they were also very happy after receiving the transfer order.

But what was different was that these five people had already roughly guessed the true identity of the Heavenly Rank Lieutenant mentioned in the letter, but they were not completely sure.

So, during the actions of all parties, time also quietly passed. After more than ten days, it finally came to the day of the start of the Prodigy Ranking.

Great Jing Central Capital, Demon Subduing Division Headquarters.

In an exquisite courtyard, Li Hai was leisurely chatting with Gai Fu and Gong Shuohong, who had arrived here together a few days ago,

each sitting on the sofa.

"To be honest, Brother Li—"

Gong Shuohong sighed, "I thought you would be promoted quickly, but I never thought you would be promoted so quickly."

Who knew that as soon as she finished speaking, Gai Fu, who was sitting next to her, frowned and said sternly:

"Shuohong, don't call each other brothers casually. In formal occasions, you should call each other by职务 (zhíwù, position) or call him 少军督 (shǎo jūndū, Junior Military Supervisor)."