Rise of Nongmen

The test speed of the talent test array is very fast, and the results can be obtained in just a few breaths. If it hadn't been for a lot of time delay when entering and exiting the array and the testers' emotional excitement, it would take less than a quarter of an hour for everyone to complete the test.

Even so, the test time didn't exceed too much. After half an hour, the regular talents of all the people in the manor had been recorded in the register.

There are more than 200 people, nearly half of them are bloody fighters, and their overall aptitude should exceed the average. Even so, most of them have below-average aptitude. not a single one.

Ye Chen didn't feel disappointed, at least most of the Ye family's cultivation talents reached the middle level, and there were a few who were even more outstanding, and very few were below the middle level.

Ye Chen was thoughtful, probably it had something to do with the five-color ginseng they had taken.Five-color ginseng itself cannot improve talent, but talent is related to physique. Good physique can improve talent to varying degrees.

In this respect, the Bai family benefited the most. Jin Yuanli's talent reached the peak of the middle and upper, and almost broke through to the upper class, and Shui Yuanli also had middle-level aptitude.

Ye Chen's mind quickly flashed through the talents of each member of the Ye family, and found that there may be a genetic relationship between cultivation talents, not only the types of talents, but also the level of talents.

Ye Chen's own Jinyuanli talent is good, but not at the top level, only a few points higher than Bai's. Not only him, but two of the five nephews and nieces also have Jinyuanli talents that are at the middle or upper middle level.

There are many types of talents in the world, among which five-element talents are the most common, but Ye Chen doesn't believe it's all a coincidence, but if he wants to demonstrate systematically, he can't do it for the time being, for no reason other than insufficient samples.

Ye Chen is not a scholar and expert, and he has little desire for these researches. As soon as this idea flashed, he was thrown into the ocean of memory, and he only waited to dig it out again someday.

The consumption of the talent test team is not too big, one person only needs about one-tenth of yuan jade, and more than 200 people only need more than 20 yuan jade. This amount is nothing to Ye Chen, but to ordinary people, it is heavy burden.

As far as this is just the cost price, if it is put on the market, I am afraid that it will not be worth one and a half Yuanyu once it is tested.

As expected, monopoly is the real profiteering.

The business of Zhenbao Pavilion is like this, maybe it will be the same after the talent test array is launched.

Ye Chen glanced at the stock of Yuanyu in the Lucky Mall. Last time, he just got a dividend from Zhenbao Pavilion. He spent a lot of money to buy Xingluozhen, and spent more than half of the rest on Qiankun Pearl to cultivate various kinds of medicinal materials and ingredients. What is left now is Not much, can't be spent casually.

In Ye Chen's hands, there are two kinds of Yuanli cultivation methods, gold and wood, but they may not be suitable for monks with the same Yuanli. Besides, it's nothing more than testing talent for everyone for free. It's right that he gives everyone benefits, and it doesn't cost a cent It's impossible to just acquire exercises, he hasn't gotten so rich yet.

In fact, to be honest, more than 20 yuan jade is also worth a lot. Calculated based on the current circulation price, it is worth 5 to [-] taels, which is really not a small sum.

Ye Chen will not publicize how noble he is, but he will not do good deeds without leaving his name. After the talent test, everyone knows it, and after that, they work more energetically than before.

Ye Chen also understands a truth, most of the things that are too easy to get will not be cherished, such benefits are one and the other, so once everyone gets used to the generous treatment, they will get used to it, and when the benefits are reduced or there is no increase, they will feel resentful It is inevitable, and only after untold hardships to achieve the goal, will it be treated with caution.

Ye Chen didn't want to find something to do for himself. The reason why he gave everyone talent tests for free, apart from the reasons mentioned above, had another meaning. Doing so would attract people to join the Ye family, which would be extremely beneficial to the development of the Ye family.

There are too few people here in Beihuang. If you want to develop the manor into a small town, you need a large population to fill it. At that time, various resources will no longer need to be provided by Jinmin County. Beihuang Manor will become a whole by itself, and even turn outward Transport supplies.

After all these considerations, Ye Chen decided at the moment that the Yunyu Jue is open to all those who have the talent of Mu Yuanli, but only in exchange for family contribution.

As for how to get the contribution rate, it's simple. As long as you work hard and complete the tasks on time, you can get a little basic contribution rate. It was still found that Tiancaidibao can be exchanged for a reward far higher than the basic contribution.

The detailed contribution exchange plan will be gradually improved in the future. Currently, Ye Chen only makes brief regulations on the nature of the work of the existing personnel.

Everyone else was fine. When the servant woman Zhuang Ding, who was at the bottom of the Ye family, heard about one of them, she almost jumped three feet in excitement.

Once the contribution reaches a certain amount, they can become free bodies. Although they still belong to the Ye family, this temptation is too great for them. It is so big that they can practice hard to earn contribution after they first know it.

In the past, Zhuang Ding's servant woman would not be so happy. After all, leaving the shelter of the master's house, life is likely to go from bad to worse. She can't even live as a slave. When eating and drinking are worrying, freedom is not so important.The fact is also the same, many people are used to being servants, even if they live a prosperous life, they may not be willing to leave the master's house.

It's different now, in the hope of cultivating, it would be great if you can redeem your body, even if you have to work for the Ye family, the nature is very different.What's more, with different status and status, there are also differences in the contribution of doing the same job. Who doesn't want to get more?For this, Zhuang Ding's servant girl naturally couldn't ask for it.

After solving a series of problems arising from the talent test formation, Ye Chen turned his attention to the Juyuan formation and the Jinyuan formation.The materials for refining these two formations are innately harvested in one step, and the materials needed for the test formation are harvested in one step. Only because the harvesting time of the two is very similar, almost front and rear, he put it aside for the time being. Now that he is free, he will naturally pick it up again. .

Practice makes perfect, as long as there are enough materials, Ye Chen can be said to be very familiar with refining the Juyuan array and the Jinyuan array. He rarely fails, and the success rate is almost [-]%. Soul power is quite demanding, and this alone will screen out most people at once.

This refining, together with the talent test formation obtained earlier, Ye Chen has harvested a total of nearly twenty finished formations, but the price is also high. You must know that these materials are all cultivated by him with a large amount of Yuanyu, which costs a lot. It's not small, and most people can't afford to supply it regardless of cost.

In fact, it shouldn't be like this. Qiankun Pearl is a world of its own, and it can be completely self-sufficient. The consumption in its heyday is really nothing, but it has been handed down to the present. The spiritual objects can barely maintain the balance between supply and demand, and now Ye Chen violates these two conditions, so he can only rely on putting Yuanyu into it to ensure that the small world of Qiankun will not collapse.

But the effort is worth the money. What Ye Chen lacks most now is not Yuanyu, but various offensive and defensive methods, among which the need for battle is the most urgent.There is no other, because anyone can use the formation. Of course, this is not the most important thing. What Ye Chen likes is that it can be used by leaps and bounds, which can maximize the effect of his superhuman soul power.

Just imagine, other people are limited by their weak soul power and cannot refine formations. Ye Chen can refine them. Others can only control one formation. He can control two, three or even countless formations. The gap can be imagined.

The golden element array belongs to the scope of the latter. It needs to be driven by elemental force, and a large part of the accuracy of using elemental force depends on the soul power. The Juyuan array is much stronger.

Ye Chen originally had three gold yuan formations on hand, but later gave Xiao Jinyan one, and he only had two left in his hand. When he had nothing to do on weekdays, he tried to control two formations at the same time, and the results were remarkable. , can also be called handy.

When all the formation materials were consumed and each gold yuan formation was formed in front of his eyes, Ye Chen felt a little itchy in his hands, and wanted to try to control three gold yuan formations at the same time, but finally held back and did not move.

He didn't forget what he had promised Xu Yanqing before, and after setting up the gathering arrays at various training points in the manor, he ran to the place where Yuan Lingmai was located and placed three more, and then rushed to Jinmin County immediately.

Xu Yanqing had been looking forward to it for a long time. When he saw Ye Chen coming, he couldn't help but relax before the other party said anything. Ye Chen's appearance at this point already explained everything.

Ye Chen also lived up to Xu Yanqing's expectations, he really came to fulfill his promise.

After confirming that the guess was correct, Xu Yanqing immediately summoned everyone in the Xu family.Of course, it only includes his own family, he is not thick-skinned enough to really count the servants as Ye Chen said.

Ye Chen would not comment on this, he would not interfere with Xu Yanqing's decision, even if the two had a good relationship.

After the results came out, some people were happy and others were sad.

Xu Yanqing frowned slightly, this was different from what he expected, the two nephews he was most optimistic about, one of them was slightly above average in talent, not to mention outstanding, not even outstanding in the Xu family, the other lived up to everyone's expectations, waiting for all preparations When you are ready, you can directly send it to the Chuan Gong Pagoda.

Ye Chen knew that Xu Yanqing had high hopes for these two, but he was not surprised by this result.It is true that there is a certain relationship between physique and talent, but it is not positively correlated. A person with a good physique may not necessarily have a high talent, and a weak person may not necessarily have a poor talent. Judging the strength of a talent by physique can only be said to be generally consistent from the average point of view, and it is specific to an individual , the discrepancy will be relatively large.

Seeing that Xu Yanqing was a little frustrated, the younger generation of the Xu family who had been placed with high hopes but failed to meet expectations was even more disappointed, but he did not indulge in it blindly. Afterwards, his expression gradually returned to normal, and his temperament was not bad. Ye Chen might as well make a point. : "It is true that talent is important, but resources are as important as hard work, and luck is also indispensable. Talent is not static, as long as there are enough opportunities, it may not be impossible to improve."

Speaking of this, the corners of Ye Chen's lips rose, as if jokingly said: "This talent test array can only measure ordinary talents, including the most common five-element talent and the soul power talent that everyone possesses, etc. Those with special physiques do not include Inside, maybe there are such geniuses among you, don't give up easily."

Ye Chen didn't make a mistake, everyone has soul power, even fools and vegetative people have it, but most people can't even reach the threshold of soul power cultivation, so they can only specialize in Yuanli or enter the Tao through other ways.

Thinking of this, Ye Chen was slightly taken aback, the talent test array was still too limited, it was only responsible for qualification tests related to the training system of vitality and soul power, those relatively partial training systems such as purely using martial arts to learn from literature, etc. Included, those with insufficient talent can consider other paths, and they don't have to stick to it.

As soon as Ye Chen said this, those who were really poor in talent couldn't help but feel happy on the faces of those who had some talent in reading. Their family members were also really happy for them, and the atmosphere gradually became more harmonious.

Ye Chen didn't disappoint, and didn't tell Xu Yanqing privately after the talent test was over that this kind of mental technique and secret technique was more rare than public exercises, so that he could be mentally prepared.

It's no wonder that the Xu family members are so happy. Let's talk about Xu Yanqing without talking about others. Literati, the latter has been an official for many years, and he stayed away from the officialdom only after encountering accidents in his family.

In other words, the Xu family is not a big family, but they have a good talent in the art of writing, which may be better than Yuanli and soul power, how can they not be happy?

However, there must be a reason for the partiality of the sect. The rarer cultivation method is one of the restrictions, and the cultivation requirements may also be more stringent.

Ye Chen doesn't know much about this aspect. He knows that there is this kind of cultivation method because he has these talents himself. When choosing exercises on the fifth floor of the trial tower, the book slips are so clearly displayed, but he can still recall some common sense. First of all, the related exercises were immediately erased after leaving the fifth floor of the trial tower, otherwise he would not have to bother to save Yuanyu and send people into the Chuangong Tower to obtain the exercises, just write it down.

Hearing this, Xu Yanqing not only didn't show much disappointment, but instead smiled and said: "That's good, I have already survived the school exams before, so this little problem is really nothing."

What Xu Yanqing said is correct. Indeed, the threshold for reading is not low, and there are very few people who can succeed in reading. Not everyone can succeed in reading a book. Now it is just a new accumulation of resources. If his generation does not succeed, The next generation will continue, as long as it is passed on from generation to generation, the Xu family can grow slowly like the ancestors.

What's more, now that the Xu family has Ye Chen's help, it is easier for them to rise again than to accumulate enough capital to start their fortune.

Seeing that Xu Yanqing was in a peaceful state of mind, Ye Chen didn't dwell on this issue, and changed the subject directly, and began to explain the precautions for entering the Chuan Gong Pagoda.

Xu Yanqing listened carefully and wrote down the main points one by one.

After talking about the business, the two began to talk freely, and exchanged the news they got with each other intentionally or unintentionally.

After they finished talking, it was getting late, so Xu Yanqing stayed with Ye Chen for dinner.

Ye Chen didn't refuse, and left after dinner. Before leaving, he had an extra brocade box in his hand, with a piece of water ginseng lying in it.

At the same time, Xu Yanqing's newly acquired jades were all exchanged for Yuanyu, which he solemnly put away.

It’s true that the Xu family declined before, but the skinny camels are bigger than horses, not to mention that they have begun to rise again in the past two years. The ups and downs during the period are not without benefits. This allows them to see the face of each family clearly and is worthy of trust Not many, but there are a few.

Taking these people as the starting point, a big net was quickly spread out. If Xu Yanqing hadn't controlled the transaction amount, the profits he had grabbed in the past two months would have been even more. Changing to more than [-] yuan of Yuanyu, it doubled several times in one fell swoop, reaching as many as several hundred.

It is obvious that such a quantity cannot be exchanged for just one time. Xu Yanqing went to the Northern Wilderness several times in person accompanied by several nursing homes at home. Of course, the deworming medicine prescribed by Doctor Liu is indispensable. Compared with it, he bought it at a high price. The medicine pack pales in comparison.

From then on, after everyone in the manor, Xu Yanqing was also curious about Doctor Liu's medical skills.This kind of person is by no means an unknown junior, but he has been hiding in Huangyuan Town without being known to others. I am afraid there is a story in it.

Curiosity is curiosity, Xu Yanqing would not run over so blindly and ask directly, if his EQ is so low, the Xu family may have collapsed long ago, and it is impossible for Ye Chen to come to the door with stinky tofu, so there is no such thing as now. Xu family.

The Xu family also caught up with the good time, and it was pushed forward two months. In such a short time, with the Xu family's current connections and not being able to publicize it, Xu Yanqing would not be able to earn so much at all, and it would be good if he could double it.

Coincidentally, when Ye Chen remembered this, a large-scale Yuanyu mine was discovered in the Feihe Mountains in the central and southern regions. The number of Yuanyu on the market suddenly increased, and everyone was attracted by Yuanyu.As everyone knows, more ordinary jades flowed out at the same time, which greatly impacted the market, causing the price of jade boosted by Zhenbao Pavilion to drop rapidly, and then gradually stabilized.

The Yuanyu Mine in the Feihe Mountains continued to send out jade materials, and the Xu family became the first batch of beneficiaries.

The Xu family is like this. It is conceivable that the business of Zhenbao Pavilion is booming. When the two phases are superimposed, Ye Chen's purse quickly swells up.It's just that Yuanyu came and went quickly. Except for the necessary expenses in the near future, he spent all the rest when the Lucky Mall opened last time, and exchanged it for a messenger talisman with drawing methods.

After getting the item, Ye Chen's expression was quite delicate.He used to find it strange that mental methods appeared in sets, at least in stages, but not in skills. Whether it was formations or talisman pills, each of them existed as a separate item, not systematic at all.

Ye Chen couldn't help but think of the piece of jade that was still lying in the storage room of the Qiankun Pearl. It was the final reward given by the Trial Tower based on his performance. Would there be a system record in it?

Ye Chen never counted on luck, this thought passed in a flash, and immediately turned to the present.

Now Osmanthus Alley is empty, but the basic furniture and bedding are still there, but they are relatively old, and the good ones are taken to Beihuang Farm, which is enough for an occasional resting place.

That's all right, Ye Chen has the Qiankun Pearl in his hand, if he wants anything, he can get it done with a wave of his hand, what he needs to care about most now is not these, but the dust accumulated by no one living in it for more than a month, not much, But there is also a thin layer.

Cleaning is not complicated, it just takes a little time, but at this moment, what Ye Chen is thinking about is that he must learn some life skills in the future, such as cleaning, so that he can save a lot of worry.

Ye Chen didn't do a general cleaning. After cleaning up his room, he set up the Juyuan array and started to practice. After a few days of practice, he went to bed and rested.Now his cultivation base is not enough, he can't replace sleep with cultivation, he must have the necessary rest.

Silent all night.

In the early morning of the next day, Ye Chen sent people to the yamen and the local army garrison to deliver news, preparing to fulfill the original promise.

County magistrate Liu and Xiaowei Chen came very quickly, the former followed by two young men, and the latter was one.There is no clear distinction between the two sides, but the atmosphere between them is very delicate. It must be due to the uneven distribution. It is very likely that the only direct entry spot in Chuangong Pagoda will be taken by Chen Xiaowei.

This is exactly what Ye Chen wanted. He deliberately gave an odd number of quotas that could not be divided evenly. No matter how they divided, there would be disagreements, unless the relationship between the two was quite solid. Obviously, County Magistrate Liu and Xiaowei Chen were far from being so close. Ye Chen casually threw out a bait, and the two inevitably had a rift.

County magistrate Liu and Xiaowei Chen are not stupid. Knowing this, they still accepted the conditions offered by Marven Ye, just because they knew that they didn't have much room for bargaining. Get off the donkey.

Regardless of the cracks in the relationship between the two, I am afraid that nearly half of them are for him to see. If they really want to touch their fundamental interests, they will join forces in an instant.

Ye Chen never thought of protecting Jinmin County to the point of leaking. Now he is doing this just as an expedient measure, nothing else, just because the Ye family, let alone their personal force, is not enough. When they have some strength to protect themselves, then Once a master is trained to sit in charge, the three squadrons of cavalry will withdraw and restore the openness of the past.

Only in this way, Jinmin County will gradually prosper. The current situation has obviously affected the economic development, but at this time Ye Chen doesn't care about these things, and everything is about safety.

Although the relationship between County Magistrate Liu and Xiaowei Chen is not as harmonious as before, they did not argue and make jokes in front of Ye Chen. It must have been discussed before, but they did not make friends with Ye Chen. leave.

Ye Chen didn't say anything to persuade him to stay, and the friendship in the past might end here, it's hard to be a friend if not an enemy.Not everyone has soft bones, they still have a certain strength of character.

A hint of appreciation flashed in Ye Chen's eyes, he bowed his head when it was time to bow his head, but the bottom line drawn in his heart was always there. To be honest, such people are rare, but it's a pity that they have different positions and cannot come together.

With a little regret, Ye Chen put away the talent test array, tidied up the room, and set foot on the road to Zhenbei Mansion.

Yuan Yu has been consumed a lot recently, even if he just received a sum from Xu Yanqing, the total amount in Ye Chen's hands is not much.In the eyes of others, maybe a hundred pieces are rare, but to him, it is really nothing. Such a small amount can't even buy skills of the level of the talent test array. This is contrary to his idea of ​​cultivating masters. He had to go to the Treasure Pavilion, just to push out the talent test array.