The Wanhe San people actually had such courage. The Yongchang Society, which was so large, disbanded as soon as it was said to be disbanded, and merged into the Lishui Sect as a whole. Gu Zuo was greatly shocked by this incident.

But Yongchang Hui is not only his own sect, he also brings with him a Chao Kingdom. What should Yongchang Chao do?

Sanniangzi replied: "The Yongchang imperial edict is different from the inland prefectures and counties. The leader of the country is not appointed by the imperial court. Yongchang will be merged into the Lishui sect, and the Yongchang imperial edict will naturally be merged into the Lishui imperial edict."

"Can the court agree?"

"Whether the imperial court agrees or not, it doesn't matter at all. Maybe on the map of the Political Hall and the books of the Ministry of Households, the Yongchang Edict still exists, but it only has a name. The imperial court is willing to call it Yongchang Edict. Then

Let them continue to call it that, but in fact, the Yongchang Zhao in the future should no longer be a state, but a state and county equivalent to the Lishui Zhao."

Gu Zuo exclaimed: "Congratulations to Lishui for opening up the territory!"

Sanniangzi said: "I came here just to talk to you about the southern part of Yongchang Zhao."

Gu Zuo thought for a while and said: "The cultivation affairs south of Tang Fengchuan should be returned to Huaixian Pavilion. This is the agreement we have made. Do you have any problems, Sanniang?"

"Master Gu, what is the situation in Nanliuzhao? Everyone knows very well that spiritual affairs are actually the main affairs of Nanliuzhao. It is almost impossible to clearly distinguish between the government and the spiritual world like the states and counties in the mainland.

It's possible. In the land south of Tang Fengchuan, it is actually very difficult to implement the so-called power of spiritual practice to be vested in Huaixian Pavilion and the power of government affairs to be vested in Lishui Zhao."

"So what do you Lishui faction mean?"

Sanniangzi said: "We think we might consider splitting the Yongchang imperial edict completely so that the Lishui sect and the Huaixian Pavilion each take charge of both the spiritual affairs and the government affairs."

After thinking about it, Gu Zuo understood: "The Lishui Sect cannot afford the taxes imposed by the Yongchang Imperial Order? Didn't the Chongxuan Bureau just ask each sect to replace fifty thousand spiritual stones with cultivation materials?"

Sanniangzi nodded: "But we still have to pay the remaining 50,000 spirit stones. Now there are too many places that need spirit stones in all aspects, and the Yongchang Society has been merged. The gap in spirit stones is really too big. There are very few spirit stones on the market now. We

It took three months to buy more than 10,000 spiritual stones, but it cost 60,000 guan. The Yongchang imperial edict had to pay 200,000 guan to the court a year, plus the 300,000 guan from the Lishui imperial edict. We really

I can’t afford that much money.”

Gu Zuodao: "The taxes for the past three years have been reduced."

The third lady shook her head: "But it's the end of the year soon, and we have to start paying the autumn tax again - we haven't even paid the spring tax yet."

Gu Zuo thought for a moment silently and said, "Make a price."

Sanniangzi said: "The 60,000 spirit stones handed over to the Chongxuan Department every year by Yongchang Zhao are still sent by Lishui. This is an agreement we have reached, and it is also a thank you to Huaixian Hall. We will not default on the debt. But the 200,000 spirit stones from the imperial court are still sent by Lishui.

I hope Huaixian Pavilion can bear half of the taxes, so that half of the Yongchang imperial edict from Zhenkangkou to the south of Tang Fengchuan will be transferred to Huaixian Pavilion in order to unify affairs."

Gu Zuo shook his head: "No, this price is unfair. As we all know, the prosperous and prosperous areas of Yongchangzhao are all north of this line. The Wanhe San people even moved most of the population to the north. No one paid me

, how can I afford this one hundred thousand yuan?"

Sanniangzi said: "But all the output of these two hundred miles of land belongs to Huaixian Pavilion."

Gu Zuo smiled and said: "Without people, everything is empty. I haven't even fully developed the resources of Heishanzhao. How can I have the spare time to develop that wasteland? I won't touch that place for at least ten years. One hundred thousand guan every year,

Ten years is one million, and I can’t fill this hole.”

The third lady has been waiting for Gu Zuo to counter-offer: "Then how much do you plan to give?"

Gu Zuo paced back and forth in the study for a while, and then stopped and said: "Originally, I was too lazy to get even a penny, but you, Mrs. Renyi, just said hello to me, and you sent me back here.

One thing, I also want to thank Sanniangzi. In this case, for the sake of the current friendship between your family and our family, and for your face, Sanniangzi, I will give you 20,000 yuan."

Sanniangzi took a deep breath: "Too few can't solve our problems."

Gu Zuodao: "Twenty thousand guan a year, which is 200,000 guan in ten years. I want to throw in 200,000 guan for nothing. Does the third lady think it's too little?"

Sanniangzi mustered up her courage and said, "If it's the Qingcheng sect or the Luofu sect, they definitely don't pay this price. You and I are allies, so we came to you first."

Gu Zuodao: "The two families won't want it. The power of cultivation affairs is in the hands of Huaixian Guan. You can't sell this half of the Yongchang Edict."

After a moment of silence, Sanniangzi said: "Add a little more."

Gu Zuo started pacing again, thinking over and over again.

Sanniangzi’s counteroffer is a strategy. Everyone knows that the Qingcheng Sect and the Luofu Sect will definitely not spend huge sums of money to purchase such a piece of land that has been taken away by the Huaixian Pavilion for cultivation jurisdiction. But when it comes to these two sects, it is

After telling Gu Zuo that the Lishui Sect and the Huaixian Pavilion are allies, if the Lishui Sect cannot survive, the Huaixian Pavilion alone will not be able to fight against the Qingcheng Sect and the Luofu Sect.

Rather than selling the land, it's more about letting Gu Zuo choose whether to help or not to help?

Sanniangzi brought back the people Gu Zuo wanted without saying a word. This was to fulfill the Lishui Sect's duty as an ally. Now it's Gu Zuo's turn to fulfill his duty as an ally of the Huaixian Pavilion.

Gu Zuo sighed, he really needed help. After careful calculation for a long time, he finally said: "Forty thousand guan! There can't be any more. If it's more, Huaixian Pavilion won't be able to sustain it."

The Heishan imperial edict is 300,000 guan per year, the Tonghai imperial edict is 100,000 guan per year, and the Nanwu Prefecture is 10,000 guan per year. In addition to the Yongchang imperial edict's 40,000 guan, the two and a half imperial edicts under the jurisdiction of Huaixian Pavilion plus the main state have to be borne every year.

Four hundred and fifty thousand dollars.

This account was obvious, and Sanniangzi had already known it. Gu Zuo took a big step back, and she could not help but let out a sigh of relief as she had completed her mission.

Taking care of state affairs was too tiring. At this moment, Sanniang missed the days when she only had to chop and kill.

The two parties reached an agreement, and Sanniangzi wanted to rush back to Lishui. When Gu Zuo sent her down the mountain, Sanniangzi said: "The three-year tax exemption petition reported by our Lishui and Yongchang imperial edicts to Jiannan Road has not yet been approved by Jiedu Mansion.

Where’s the one from Wuzhou?”

Gu Zuo shook his head: "The same goes for Southern Wu State, Heishan Zhao and Tonghai Zhao. They haven't informed me of the relevant situation yet. After all, the two imperial states are not managed by Huaixian Pavilion."

Sanniangzi said: "It will be the end of the year soon. I haven't been able to calm down since the Jiedu government has not approved it. If there is any news, please inform us in time, Master Gu, so that we can all move forward and retreat together."

After sending Sanniangzi away, Gu Zuo called the original Taoist priest and Liu Xuanji, and Liu Xuanji called Jiang Xiaozhu. They all went to the guest house to prepare for negotiations with Tonghai Zhao, but they saw six members of the Tonghai Gang at the door.

The scene where the elders besiege the gang leader.

"Gang leader, you can't do this! You've been walking away quietly for several months, where will you leave the gang members?"

"I've told you before that I don't want to be the gang leader. You should let me be the elder. I don't know how to do it, and I don't like it either."

"How can that be done? You are the face of our Tonghai Gang, and the Tonghai Gang points its leader to suppress Shanmen. If you don't become the gang leader, who is qualified to do so?"

"It would be good to let Ling Cheng be the gang leader..."

"Stop it, gang leader, don't talk nonsense, Zuo is loyal to the gang leader..."
Chapter completed!