LRAB Chapter 139
Chapter 139
Chen Jingan ate the dates from Mengdu, so he stayed in the Meng Mansion for another night.
Mengdu introduced him to the younger generation of the Meng family.
In addition to Mengdu, there is another foundation-building cultivator in the Meng Mansion, who is Mengdu's nephew, named Meng Ning, who is in his seventies.
According to Mengdu's introduction, Meng Ning successfully broke through by taking a foundation-building pill.
That foundation-building pill was exchanged for military merit.
This is one of the few ways to publicly obtain foundation-building pills in Daqian so far, that is, by accumulating military merits.
But in fact.
It is not an easy thing for a foundation-building cultivator to accumulate such a large amount of military merit.
As for the Qi-cultivating cultivators, that is even more unrealistic.
This was originally a loophole opened by the Daqian royal family for the military foundation-building cultivators like Mengdu.
Because the foundation-building pill falls into their hands, they can maximize their benefits.
The old foundation-building person worked for the Daqian royal family and got a foundation-building pill to cultivate a new foundation-building person. Then the new foundation-building person had to work for the continuation of the family and then work for the Daqian royal family, just to save up the next foundation-building pill...
After such a set of processes.
This foundation-building pill is equivalent to eating the Daqian royal family's own stomach.
There is no doubt that this is an open conspiracy.
But one is willing to fight and the other is willing to be beaten. At least the Meng Mansion is still in its heyday in the capital.
Chen Jing'an and Meng Ning also had a good chat.
When Meng Du passes away in the future, this friendship will naturally be transferred to the two of them.
...
The next day, Chen Jing'an went to visit the Yuan family again.
This is considered to be fulfilling basic courtesy.
Yuan Zhi personally accompanied him and took Chen Jing'an to visit the capital and introduced him to various customs in the capital.
For example, there is a brothel where the lust demon is the courtesan, and the demon women inside are all leading the way.
There is an arena for the amusement of the cultivators, where the captured cultivators from Daqian’s wars with other countries are imprisoned.
There is also a black market outside the Immortal Tax Bureau, which specializes in selling some shady things.
Chen Jingan was a little surprised that someone dared to evade taxes under the nose of the Immortal Tax Bureau.
There is a saying.
——Only death and taxation are inevitable in the world
What's more, this is still the world of immortal cultivation. As a violent agency with a deep background, can the Immortal Tax Bureau tolerate these black markets?
Unless the background of the black market is not ordinary
Yuan Zhi quickly gave the answer: "The behind-the-scenes boss of the black market is the Treasure Pavilion. Behind the Treasure Pavilion, all the prominent people in the capital are basically related to them, and the Immortal Tax Bureau itself has a part."
Now the case is solved.
The reason why the black market can exist is because the capital allows the existence of the black market.
However, it is not simple for the Treasure Pavilion to take these benefits.
Chen Jing'an thought of Qi Haifu's background, which he had introduced to him. He was one of the three major merchants in Zhenbao Pavilion.
Could it be that there was another meaning behind this?
He immediately asked Yuan Zhi about the origins of the three major merchants.
Yuan Zhi immediately laughed.
"These three families are all very powerful. I just want to tell you about it. Anyway, try not to make enemies with them."
"The three families are ranked in order of power, namely the Tang family, the Zhou family, and the Qi family."
"The Qi family is a family of father-in-law. Since the founding of the country, in the harem of each generation of emperors, the children of the Qi family must occupy a seat between the queen and the concubine. The ancestor of the Qi family was the one who managed the money bag for the great master."
From this point of view, the Qi family can be regarded as the real confidant of the Daqian royal family.
But they can only rank third?
"The Zhou family, ranked second, is the family of a Jindan cultivator from Daqian."
Yuan Zhi seemed to be a little shy, and without going into too much detail, he reminded: "Listen to my advice, don't offend them, but try not to associate with them."
Chen Jing'an nodded: "I'll remember what Fellow Daoist Yuan said."
"As for the Tang family, ranked first, they are from the Xianmen, and there are many Jindan in the family, and they have a good influence in the Xianmen. This Tang family is the bloodline of one of the Jindan."
There is no need for Yuan Zhi to explain, the Tang family's first place is as stable as Mount Tai.
Even Chen Jing'an guessed that the Tang family might have been invited by the Daqian royal family with a thick face, and took the initiative to give up the benefits.
Compared with the three, the Qi family deserves to be at the bottom.
The only one that people care about is the Zhou family, ranked second.
Stand on Yuan Zhi's standpoint.
His attitude towards the Zhou family can actually reflect the attitude of the Yuan family of the Demon Suppression Division and even the Daqian royal family towards the Zhou family.
Respect and fear.
There must be something fishy, but considering Yuan Zhi's taboo look, it is definitely not easy to find out.
If you are not careful, you may get into trouble.
It is better for him to pretend to be deaf and dumb.
However, you can go to this black market if you have a chance.
Although thisIt is a white market in black, but since it can get the name of "black market", it means there must be something inside.
Just be careful.
Afterwards, Yuan Zhi brought Chen Jing'an to the brothel, intending to invite him in to sit down, but Chen Jing'an hesitated and declined.
He can't stand the test.
Those lust demons are good at teasing people's hearts. Chen Jing'an is afraid that he can't control himself and accidentally use the swallowing magic skill to eat them up.
Thinking of this-
Chen Jing'an suddenly felt that he seemed to be interested again.
He has swallowed all kinds of demon cultivators.
I just don't know if the spiritual power of the lust demon cultivator will increase more?
"I must try it if I have a chance."
...
One month later.
Meng Du called Chen Jing'an, handed him a Qiankun bag in front of him, and said.
"The mechanism you want is in it. In addition, I have prepared some other compensation for you."
When Chen Jing'an heard this, many thoughts flashed through his mind.
If nothing unexpected happened, the Hou family of Huaishuo County should have been finished, so the mechanical technique was obtained smoothly.
As for the compensation mentioned by Meng Du?
There were not only him and Meng Du in the room, but also Meng Ning.
It probably fell on Meng Ning.
Meng Du's next words confirmed his guess.
"I'll apologize to you first. I decided to record the military merit generated by reporting the news this time under Meng Ning's name. Today's matter is considered that my clan owes you a favor, and Meng Ning personally owes you one more."
Chen Jing'an roughly guessed that this was the result.
But for him, it was actually harmless. After all, he did not follow the military merit system, but the merit system of the Demon Suppression Department.
Besides, the news came from Fang Run, and he was a second-hand dealer.
In this round, he not only got the mechanical technique, but also made some extra money.
According to this understanding.
The compensation made by Meng Du is more like a hush money.
After all, military immortals like the Meng family still have to rely on military merit to earn foundation-building pills to ensure the inheritance of foundation-building.
Chen Jingan took advantage of the situation and said, "Mr. Meng has done me a favor by delivering the message to the immortal gate for me. We are a family and we can't say two different things."
This kind of occasion, this kind of speech.
Even though Meng Du knew that Chen Jingan was being polite, he was still moved by his words "We are a family and we can't say two different things" under the background of this situation.
Meng Du suddenly felt a sense of pride.
"Okay, just based on this, from today on, you are my Meng Du's own descendant. Anyone in Daqian who dares to make things difficult for you is just not giving face to me, Meng Du!"
It's stable——