Half-Yokai Cultivating the Path of Immortality Chapter 724: Auction

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"Money..."

In Yuanxiang City, Lu Tong stood on the top of the hill, looking at the unusually prosperous outer city, and let out a long breath.

Wars are expensive.

Liangyao Zhengguo is fighting three battles at the same time, a fight with Jiguo, an open battle with Xiaozhao and other countries, and a secret war in Xiaozhao's country.

Every one of them has a gold-swallowing mouth.

The little blue bird landed next to him and said: "Your Majesty, the Master of the Qin Sect is here and is waiting on the mountainside."

"Let him come over."

"Yes."

After a while, Qin Zong walked to the top of the mountain and said: "Qin Zong, pay homage to the Lord."

Lu Tong looked at the floating pavilions and the Cloud Staircase Bridge in the distance. He was silent for a while and said, "Palace Master Qin, I have a question: Are we, the Liang Yao Zhengguo, poor or rich?"

"The country's leader is generous, and the country is a well-deserved rich country."

"Really?"

Lu Tong was a little skeptical.

When Liangyao Zhengguo was still a small country, everything was stretched thin. Now it has become a big country and has been resting and recuperating for decades, but it is still the same.

It seems that no matter how much money you make, there is never enough money to spend.

Qin Zongdao: "The ruler of the country distributes land to the people, which benefits millions of people. Every family can have enough food and clothing. Compared with other countries, it is considered wealthy."

"Is it considered rich if you are full?"

"There are also exercises. The king of the country spreads the methods widely, and the people practice them individually and make a living from it. The future will be bright and can be called rich."

Lu Tong shook his head and said: "If a family has no money, it cannot be considered rich."

"The country's rulers opened up the market, which led to the prosperity of commerce. Although it has been slightly sluggish in recent years, it has also created millions of small and wealthy families. Compared with other countries, it is already very rare."

"Yeah."

Lu Tong looked at the outer city in the distance.

The prosperity of the city has nothing to do with ordinary people, nor is it in the hands of small wealthy families, but in the hands of big families and extremely rich people.

He looked at it for a long time and said, "How long can the money in the treasury last?"

"I dare to ask the king, how many more millions of soul shells are taken away every month, how much more will be needed in the future?"

"A lot."

The secret war in Xiaozhao Kingdom is a big hole.

After the strike, the people of Shadao had a small victory. They were not happy for long before they faced a counterattack from Xiaozhao Kingdom.

On any sand island that has participated in the strike, one out of five people on the island will be recruited into a new Taoist army, the "Fearless Soldier", and sent out to fight against the good demon Zhengguo.

Xu Xuxing followed the trend and began to support the fearless Taoist soldiers who belonged to Shadao.

Qin Zong thought about it and said: "With the current consumption, it can last for at least ten years."

"What about ten years from now?"

Three battles, all of which have no end in sight.

As the leader of a country, Lu Tong must consider the long term, especially the inevitable final war.

Qin Zong hesitated for a moment and said: "The blood energy is increasing every day. We can send Taoist soldiers from Wansheng Shenxu to resist for three years. Three years is enough to recover."

Shenxu is almost semi-independent.

Jimao has established eighteen levels of military merit, and the rewards are self-contained. Three Taoist soldiers were also stationed in Xuguo, Zuijian, and Baiyuan. They were supported by the three vassal countries and no longer needed to rely on Zhidian.

Lu Tong shook his head and said: "They can't move lightly."

"You can also add taxes."

"Raise taxes to whom?"

"Everyone. War is related to everyone, and people should do their part. Many countries have precedents."

Lu Tong raised his eyelids and looked at the floating pavilion in the sky again.

Things in the world are strange and strange.

Ordinary people don't have much money, but it's easy to get money from them. The wealthy and wealthy people are very rich, but trying to get money from them is like going to heaven.

"What else?"

Qin Zong followed Lu Tong's eyes and looked over, guessing something in his mind, and said: "I can come forward and convene various chambers of commerce and call on them to make donations."

"How much to donate?"

Lu Tong did not hide his thoughts.

Qin Zong swallowed his throat and said: "Each family must have at least 10,000 blood talismans."

"Too little."

Lu Tong was very dissatisfied.

Ordinary people can earn a hundred blood charms by working hard for a month. After decades of freedom and ease, the wealth acquired by each chamber of commerce was almost equal to that of the country.

"Then, every family..."

When Qin Zong was still hesitating, Lu Tong said directly: "Tell them that in order to prepare for the war expenses, I personally wrote a batch of calligraphy treasures. It will be auctioned three days later, with a starting price of 100,000 blood charms."

He turned his head, looked at Qin Zong, and said: "Palace Master Qin, everyone who has a name, a head, and a face must be invited."

"Understood."

……

Half a month later.

Yuanxiang City, Wanyin Waterside Pavilion.

Under Lu Tong's instruction, Wanyin Water Pavilion occupied a secluded bay outside Yuhu Lake and is now the most luxurious restaurant in Liangyao Zhengguo.

Just after noon that day, flying boats and cloud chariots descended towards the waterside pavilion one after another.

The whole afternoon, without a moment's rest.

The various chariots, boats, etc. parked outside the water pavilion are connected together, extending from the outside of the water pavilion along the lakeshore, and after surrounding half of Yuhu Lake, they continue to stop along the path towards the outside of the city.

At dusk, Chu Jianglan, holding a lotus hammer, left the waterside pavilion and walked into the water bay with her hand to hit white lotus flowers about ten feet in size.

Hundreds of lotus flowers float on the water.

Then one by one, individual figures boarded the lotus in small boats.

As night falls, a painting boat sails into the inlet.

The fence in front of the boat has been removed, leaving only a square deck, less than five feet from the water and slightly higher than the surrounding lotus flowers.

Cao Fu walked out of the boat, looked around, and took a breath nervously.

She has seen big scenes.

But I have never seen such a big scene. There are pool masters, palace masters, mountain masters, big shopkeepers of chambers of commerce, masters and grand masters from various houses around...

There are no fewer than five people in Yuanying Zhenren alone.

"Seniors and Taoist friends, I am the owner of Shuixie, my surname is Cao and my name is Fu. Today I will invite the master's calligraphy treasure."

"The rules for bidding are that each bid increase shall not be less than 10,000 Qi Training Realm Blood Talisman."

"If you have any other questions, you can ask the nearby maid, we will start now."

Cao Fu looked around, nodded slightly to everyone, stepped back half a step and stepped aside.

"The first piece of calligraphy, 'Silent and Quiet'."

The wooden door on the ship's upper floor opened, and Chu Jianglan came out holding a piece of Chinese characters. After turning left and right to signal, he stood still.

Cao Fu said: "The king once said that the way of nature is tranquility. This word coincides with the tranquility of nature. The starting price is one hundred thousand, please bid."

"One hundred and fifty thousand."

"Two hundred thousand."

"One million!"

The sound of price increase that just sounded stopped suddenly, and everyone turned their heads to look.

Cao Fu nodded slightly and said, "Master Mu offered one million, is there anything higher?"

Inside a lotus, Mu Feiyang smiled and nodded slightly towards the surrounding people.

Next to him, a young monk's face was slightly stiff, and he said through the voice: "Dad, it's just a word. Even if it's to please the king, hundreds of thousands are enough."

Mu Feiyang ignored it.

The young monk continued: "Dad, we have been taken advantage of, and the whole Feiyang Chamber of Commerce is embarrassed."

Mu Feiyang looked away with a smile on his face, secretly poked out a finger, and passed through a burst of magic power.

"Shut up!"

"One million and one million."

Zhang Qiao stood inside a lotus, cupped his hands and said, "Master Mu, this calligraphy fits Zhang's character. Please give me your love, Master Mu."

Mu Feiyang stood up in a hurry, cupped his hands and returned the greeting: "Master Zhang, you're welcome."

Cao Fu did not wait any longer and said directly: "Congratulations to Master Zhang, for winning this treasure for 1.1 million yuan."

A small boat approaches the boat.

Chu Jianglan handed the painting to the maid on the boat and returned to the painting boat.

Mu Feiyang sat down again, still with a faint smile on his face, and let out a breath secretly.

Next to him, the young monk continued to transmit the message and said: "Dad, luckily someone increased the price and saved us a million."

Mu Feiyang glanced at it from the corner of his eye and replied via voice transmission: "Do you know why the king auctioned the calligraphy treasures?"

"For money!"

"How dare you refuse to give money when you know that the country wants money? How many brains do you have?"

The young monk froze on the spot.

"The second piece of calligraphy is 'Zheng Yi He De'."

Chu Jianglan walked out again.

Cao Fu looked at the crowd and said: "No one has two minds, and he does not serve two masters. If he is righteous, he will be the same. This painting means righteousness. Please bid."

"One million and one million."

After one bid, there was no other sound.

Cao Fu waited for two breaths, nodded slightly and said, "Congratulations, Mr. Mu, for winning this treasure for 1.1 million yuan."

The maid took a boat to deliver the treasure.

Mu Feiyang walked to the lotus edge, bowed down, carefully took the calligraphy treasure, and handed over a storage bag that had been prepared and a pile of blood charms.

"Thank you for your hard work, fellow Taoist, and give me the treasure."

The maid accepted the blood talisman with joy, returned the gift, and said: "Does Master Mu need Three Treasures Tea? This is brought by the Lord himself?"

"The king is here?"

Mu Feiyang was shocked.

The maid nodded slightly.

Mu Feiyang quickly calmed down and said, "Okay, thank you for your hard work, fellow Taoist."

"Master Mu, wait a moment."

Mu Feiyang held the calligraphy treasure and sat back in the lotus to look at it carefully, as if he was reluctant to put it away.

The young monk leaned over and took a few glances, and then said through a message: "Dad, the calligraphy of "Kingdom Lord" doesn't look good."

"You know nothing."

Mu Feiyang shook his head and admired it for a long time, then murmured: "This is the best word for Liangyao Zhengguo."

"The third piece of calligraphy, 'Seeing not, not hearing'."

Chu Jianglan held out the calligraphy treasure.

Cao Fu introduced: "The truest person can see without seeing and understand without hearing. This situation is difficult to find. This calligraphy treasure can be used as encouragement. Please bid."

"One million and one million."

"Congratulations to Master Huhe, for winning this treasure for 1.1 million yuan."

"The fourth calligraphy treasure..."

Every calligraphy painting was auctioned, and without exception, all of them were priced at a high price of 1.1 million.

After taking thirty-four pictures in a row.

After Cao Fu introduced the thirty-fifth piece of calligraphy, she smiled and said: "Everyone, please bid."

It's very quiet around here.

Cao Fu waited for a while and couldn't help but feel a little surprised. She looked around and said, "Everyone, please bid."

The faces of several people in the lotus changed slightly, and they looked elsewhere to signal.

After another breath, a person raised his hand tentatively and said: "Five, five hundred thousand."

"Mr. Yang from Pingfeng City bids 500,000 yuan, is there any higher price?"

Cao Fu waited for a while and said, "Congratulations, Mr. Yang, for winning this treasure for 500,000 yuan."

The price then plummeted by half.

One piece of calligraphy treasure was auctioned, and the price dropped from 500,000 to 250,000, then to 200,000, and then to 150,000.

In the painting boat, Lu Tong stood behind the desk, holding a brush in his hand, and said: "It's only 150,000 yuan, have you bought everything you need to buy?"

"Almost."

Qin Zong stood nearby with a very complicated mood.

He thought he would have a big harvest tonight, but he didn't expect the harvest to be so big.

Lu Tong glanced to the side.

Hundreds of storage bags were piled next to them. The largest one contained was 1.1 million, and the smallest one was only 150,000.

"Master Qin."

"Your Majesty, please give me your instructions."

"For those people, is one million a big sum?"

"It should count."

"Should it count?"

Qin Zong pursed his lips and said: "It's not too big, but it's not just a small amount of money."

"I still underestimate them..."

Lu Tong murmured to himself, and after thinking for a moment, he picked up his pen and wrote two words - Feiyang.

On the boat.

After a short rest, Cao Fu received a message and stood on the deck, saying: "Next is the 317th lot, please take a look."

The door opened and Chu Jianglan slowly walked out holding two words.

"His"

There was a sound of inhalation all around, and then everyone turned their heads.

In the eyes of everyone, Mu Feiyang looked at the two words on the deck and fell into a very rare daze.

"Dad?"

Mu Feiyang woke up, noticed the sights around him, squeezed out a smile, stood up and cupped his hands around, saying: "Everyone, this calligraphy treasure is rare. Please give Mu some face!"

"Congratulations, Mr. Mu!"

Someone smiled and congratulated.

Some people already had a premonition that something bad was going to happen and secretly regretted not coming here today.

Cao Fu said: "The starting price is one hundred thousand, please bid."

Mu Feiyang stretched out a finger.

Just when he was about to speak, Hu He smiled and said: "Master Mu, don't worry, no one will compete with you for this treasure!"

The two looked at each other.

Mu Feiyang instantly understood Hu He’s intention.

No one can escape this time.

Mu Feiyang is the first. Whatever he pays, the others behind him will also get.

Mu Feiyang took a deep breath, stretched out a finger and said: "Two million! These two words were born for me, I will pay two million!"

"Okay!"

"One word means a million! Mr. Mu is grand!"

"Congratulations, Mr. Mu, for winning this treasure for two million!"

Amid the applause, Fox He opened his mouth, revealing a few fox fangs, and said softly: "Okay, what a trick!"

After a while, Cao Fu said: "The 318th lot, please take a look."

Chu Jianglan walked out holding a piece of writing. As some people guessed, there were two words written on it: "Good Demon".

"Old rules, the starting price is two million, please bid."

"Two hundred..."

Hu He felt very reluctant. When he spoke, he noticed the gazes around him. He became more and more disgusted and resentful. He bared his fangs and said, "Two million and two million!"

For a moment ~IndoMTL.com~ the inlet fell into dead silence.

Mu Feiyang was surprised at first, and then looked overjoyed.

Zhang Qiao blinked, immediately called his disciples, and ordered them to retreat.

The rest of the people also had different expressions, and several lotus flowers on the left and right sides of Fox River and behind them fled into the distance.

As soon as Hu He let out his sullen breath, he immediately realized that something was wrong. He jumped up in a hurry, looked around and started to panic.

"I, I..."

Hu He's mind was racing, he looked to the side and said, "Master Mu, I'm sorry, let me win a little."

Hu He wanted to find an excuse.

Unfortunately, Mu Feiyang did not answer the call, and no one around him dared to intervene.

The other side.

Inside the boat, Lu Tong heard the price outside, his expression calmed, and he said: "Twenty thousand?"

Qin Zong did not dare to speak.

Two million is a lot, but if you add another twenty thousand, the meaning completely changes.

Two million and two million will still be regarded as two million, and another twenty thousand will be rewarded conveniently, to servants, to beggars, to...

Lu Tong wrote down the word "Shou Zheng" for the Shouzheng Chamber of Commerce and asked: "Master Qin."

"Here."

"I have supported them for hundreds of years, do I want more than a few million?"

"No, not much."

"Fox River, the Good Demon Chamber of Commerce, never thought that out of kindness, we actually raised a white-eyed wolf."

Qin Zong bit the bullet and said: "Master, there may be a misunderstanding."

"What misunderstanding?"

"Maybe, maybe Huhe misunderstood the king's intention, please allow me..."

Lu Tong shook his head, handed the words he had just written to Chu Jianglan, and said: "I was hesitating whether to kill the chicken to scare the monkey, but I didn't expect someone to come forward."

"Lot 319, please take a look."

"Two million..."

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