Ji Zhenglin was out to get benefits, not to kill people. The head of the Tian family was willing to give in, so he walked down the slope and said: "For the sake of the head of the Tian family, I won't argue with them, and I won't ask for more labor fees. Every day
Half a spiritual stone for each immortal cultivator, a total of seventeen pieces."
Seventeen spiritual stones are not too small. Fortunately, there is still some leftover from this harvest. The head of the Tian family separated another seventeen pieces from the materials worth twenty-seven spiritual stones that he had divided before. He sighed and said:
"Manager Ji, this is a labor fee worth seventeen spiritual stones. Please keep it."
Seventeen spiritual stones are a considerable amount of income for a Qi Refining monk. This trip is really worth it. Seeing the elders of the Tian family honestly paying the labor fee, Ji Zhenglin suddenly smiled.
He put away the materials on the ground and said, "Clan leader Tian still knows the current affairs."
After collecting the materials, Ji Zhenglin was about to turn around and leave, but he looked up and saw Qingyang standing next to him, and couldn't help but ask: "Who is this person? Why does he look strange?"
The head of the Tian family introduced: "This little brother Qingyang is a monk from outside. He got lost in the mountains and forests, so he came to our Tianjia Village to have a look. This time, it was also thanks to little brother Qingyang. If he hadn't helped us, we would have lost our way."
Not to mention the Tian family has gained something, it’s hard to say whether they can come back or not?”
Hearing that Qingyang was just a monk from out of town, Ji Zhenglin suddenly had a wrong idea. Although he couldn't see through his cultivation level, he could still hang out with the people in Tianjiazhuang? How high could his cultivation level be? There was Jinjiling standing behind him
Town, there are foundation-building monks as backers, so he looked Qingyang up and down, and then said to the head of the Tian family: "I'm afraid you don't know that this additional levy is not only targeted at our local monks, but also foreign monks.
And the offerings need to be doubled.”
The head of the Tian family did not expect that there would be extraneous problems, and said: "Ah, is there such a thing?"
Ji Zhenglin said: "That's true. The task of recruiting more troops this time was issued by the superiors. The time is tight and the task is heavy. Otherwise, the mayor would not send me here specially. There are regulations from above that local monks below the level of Qi Refining are required to recruit two more troops.
If you pay tribute every year, each of the outside monks below the level of Qi Refiner will receive ten spiritual stones."
As soon as these words came out, the Tianjiazhuang people who had just been suppressed suddenly spoke up. Tian Dayong said: "One person wants a piece of spiritual stone? Isn't this forcing us to death?"
Tian Dazhuang said: "It has been many years, but I have never heard that monks from outside need to pay for offerings. It is really unreasonable. If the town does this, isn't it afraid of rebellion below?"
The head of the Tian family couldn't help but said: "Yes, Manager Ji, this kind of thing is unheard of. If there is no clear explanation, our Tianjiazhuang will not agree."
Seeing that the Tian family was so indignant that even the head of the Tian family refused to comply, Ji Zhenglin also knew that this request was a bit outrageous, so he said: "Since the head of the Tian family wants a clear explanation, I will tell you the real reason.
The reason for the levy is because the monsters are coming to attack our Funiu County to purchase war supplies. I thought I had plenty of time, so I gave you three months. Who would have thought that the monsters would suddenly advance it because of the emergency.
, the mayor had no choice but to send us to each village, demanding that the additional spirit stones must be brought back within half a month."
In the past, people in Tianjiazhuang only knew about the additional levy from above and did not know the reason. Now when Ji Zhenglin said this, everyone was shocked. It was actually because of monsters attacking the city. In this case, the additional levy made sense.
, every time a monster attacks the city, it is a disaster for the monks here, with numerous casualties, city destruction, and massive consumption of resources.
Because there are so many monsters here, monsters often attack humans, and even attack villages, towns, and cities. Not to mention those encountered in the wild, even if you live in a village or town, you will be attacked by monsters.
For example, Tianjiazhuang is attacked by some monsters every few years, and every time there are clan casualties. Fortunately, the monsters that attack the village are not of a high level, and there is a wall outside the village to resist them, so no major incidents have occurred. However,
There were also villages that were not lucky enough. After being attacked by monsters, the villagers suffered heavy casualties. The village was even razed to the ground and the villagers were displaced.
In addition to villages, the town sometimes encounters monster attacks. The scale of such attacks is much larger. Often fourth- and fifth-level monsters lead a large number of low-level monsters to attack Jinjiling Town in turn. Each time, each village
They had to allocate manpower to help, and the battle was very fierce. However, there were foundation-building monks in Jinjiling Town, and everyone worked together to protect the safety of one party.
Larger-scale monster sieges usually occur in county towns or large cities that cultivate immortals. They are organized by Jindan monsters or Nascent Soul cultivators. The monster groups are larger, and Jindan monsters and Nascent Soul cultivators have
Lingzhi, such an siege is more difficult to deal with. Every time it happens, human monks suffer heavy losses. However, such large-scale monster sieges do not happen often, and may not happen once in decades, but as long as it happens, it will
It is a catastrophe for human monks. Once the city is destroyed, not only the monks in the city will suffer, but also the human monks living in the entire area will not have a good end.
Although the people in Tianjiazhuang have not personally experienced it, they have often heard that this kind of thing has happened frequently in other places. Thinking of the tragic situation after the city was breached, the people in Tianjiazhuang no longer dared to speak carelessly. Seeing what they said, they calmed down
After finding people from Tianjiazhuang, Ji Zhenglin said: "The matter of resisting the siege of monsters is of great importance. Once Funiu County is attacked by monsters and loses the protection of high-level monks, those of us living in Funiu County will all suffer.
, so the higher-ups urgently require everyone with money to contribute money and efforts, even foreign monks are not immune."
Although I don't know whether what Ji Zhenglin said is true or not, it is a big deal if it involves monsters attacking the city. If this guy sues the city, the entire Tianjiazhuang will be in trouble. The head of the Tian family has no choice but to leave the rest.
The materials worth ten spirit stones were also taken out and given to Ji Zhenglin.
Part of the materials harvested by Tianjiazhuang this time belonged to Qingyang, and they collected them because Qingyang didn't want them. Now Ji Zhenglin requires outside monks to also produce spiritual stones. Of course, the head of the Tian family cannot let Qingyang pay for them out of his own pocket.
, and by the way, I also handed over Qingyang’s share.
For Ji Zhenglin, as long as he can collect all the spiritual stones, it will be the same for everyone. Seeing the sad look on the face of the head of the Tian family, Ji Zhenglin also knew that he could not squeeze out much profit in Tianjiazhuang, so he nodded and said:
"Yes, Chief Tian can pay the additional levy on time and in full. After I go back, I will speak well for you in front of the mayor. It's getting late today, so I won't leave. Tomorrow you can send a few Qi Refining monks to follow you.
I'll go back to Jinjiling Town together to avoid any accidents on the way."