Shennong Sequence

Chapter 240 Merchant Sequence, Dao Nong Fang Dao Wu Fang Dao Guan Fang

Zhao Yun and Xin Ruyin walked and wandered along the way, looking and asking for directions, and finally when they were about to reach Dingshilou, they sent a message to Master Sun.

Afterwards, the three of them met in front of Dingshi Tower.

Moreover, Zhao Yun specifically asked Master Sun and found out that the reason for making a certain distinction between ordinary people and practitioners is to prevent the adverse situation from occurring where practitioners secretly cast spells on mortals.

Moreover, practitioners all live in market areas with special signs, and these markets are shrouded by the power of formations, making it difficult for ordinary mortals to enter.

The special mark of the market town that belongs to the monks' activities is that when naming each practitioner's market town, they will deliberately include the word "Tao".

Just like the word "Tao" in "Daowufang".

When naming the markets where ordinary mortals live, they would deliberately avoid the word "Dao" so that people can distinguish the markets in different areas.

These ways of distinction not only ensure the practice environment for practitioners, but also protect the safety of ordinary mortals, allowing the two worlds to coexist harmoniously in the same city.

And in the west city, the market town where the Sinongjian is located is called "Daonongfang".

In Daonongfang, there is no other organization except the big organization Sinongjian.

Just like the military camp in the North City District, no outsiders are allowed to peek around!

However, not all the buildings in Daonongfang are built by the Sinongjian. Instead, most of the land in the daoongfang has been cultivated into large tracts of farmland...

As for the spiritual field?
Because there is no support from the spiritual veins, even if a person with high cultivation level creates it, it will quickly degenerate... There is no need to do that.

In addition, the Dingshilou where Sun Zhengxuan and Zhao Yun are located is located in Daowufang in the west city, and there is such a market in each of the urban areas in the southeast, northwest, and northeast of Guihongzhou City.

After all, Guihongzhou City is very big, so big that an ordinary person can’t even walk half way around it in a whole day!
The house where Zhao Yun's eight hundred private soldiers were housed was located in the West City Road House Quarter and covered an area of ​​ten acres. Although it was not as large as the homes of real landlords, it was already a considerable area in this city.

In addition, there are various functional buildings dedicated to training disciples, such as martial arts halls, book halls, dojos, and medical clinics, gathered in the "Dojo Square".

After letting Zhao Yun wander around the city on his own, he had a general understanding of the layout of Zhoucheng and the situation in which practitioners and the city were both separated and integrated, and he saw a rich and colorful world.

Afterwards, Zhao Yun, Sun Zhengxuan and Xin Ruyin walked into the Dingshi Tower to prepare for dinner.

This was Zhao Yun's first meal after he was out of danger, so naturally he had to eat it well.

Then, sitting down in a small private room on the second floor, Zhao Yun looked at the menu and the prices of the dishes on the back of the menu, which were based on gold.

There is a certain commonality between the currency in this spiritual world and the secular world.

In high-end transactions, spirit stones or spirit materials are used as currency.

In low-end transactions, gold, silver and copper coins can still be used.

These gold, silver and copper are not only important raw materials for refining equipment or other engineering vehicles, but also cultivation resources for some special practitioners.

So by extension, gold, silver and copper also have monetary value for practitioners, just at a relatively low end.

In addition, the reason why gold has the highest exchange rate among gold, silver and copper is because it contains an immortal property.

And this immortal property allows gold to remain stable over the long years. No matter how many storms it goes through, it can stick to its essence and not be eroded by time.

For some special practices, such as the gold practice in the Five Elements, practitioners can slowly refine gold and absorb the immortal power in it to bless themselves.

Of course, if the amount absorbed is small, you will definitely not feel anything.

Only when it accumulates to a certain level, some seeds of magical immortality will naturally condense in the body, and then it needs to continue to be cultivated, waiting for it to germinate, bloom, and bear fruit...

In the field of forging, although copper and iron are used most of the time, if you want to improve the quality of an item at all costs, using gold as an alternative material can take the various performance features of the object to a higher level.

And stimulating the immortal aura in gold and integrating it into the artifact will inject a sense of immortality into the artifact, prolonging its use time and even causing strange changes over the years...

Of course, to achieve this step, a large amount of gold is still needed as raw material for refining.

This further highlights the special value of gold in spiritual practice and tool forging, which is also the reason for its strong price.

In addition, as a special cultivation sequence, merchants have chosen gold, silver and copper as the carriers of currency. They are also indispensable materials in their cultivation methods and can be directly consumed!
Moreover, in order to improve the merchant's sequence, they need to comprehend the economic laws of the world in transactions and the circulation of money, and find opportunities for cultivation in the circulation of wealth...

Therefore, the value of gold, silver and copper is jointly maintained by merchants and government officials of various countries, making it a circulating currency between ordinary people and practitioners!
In addition, the overall environment of the world is now in a stage of spiritual decline, and it is extremely difficult to obtain various spiritual materials.

However, those spiritual stones that were ordinary in an era of rich spiritual energy and flourishing spiritual practice have soared dozens of times in value in the current environment, and are rarely seen in ordinary transactions!
Therefore, spirit stones are basically not seen in ordinary transactions.

Therefore, gold is basically the most basic currency used among low-level monks.

Another point is that the emergence of the sequence method has greatly reduced the practitioners' dependence on external spiritual energy concentration, resulting in many practitioners no longer caring about whether or not they have ordinary spiritual materials!

Therefore, low-level practitioners only need to digest the power of Taoism in their Dantian to practice!

However, spiritual materials are of no use at all in the process of low-level practitioners digesting the power of Taoism!

This results in low-level monks having no use for spiritual materials at all.

Therefore, the circulation of spiritual materials is greatly reduced in the hands of low-level practitioners!

If the liquidity of a currency is greatly reduced, something else will fill its place.

This makes gold a substance that low-level practitioners would subsequently choose.

In addition, the practice of the sequence method relies on the power of heaven and earth in the process of sequence promotion, as well as the combination of various ritual powers generated during the ceremony, which are finally condensed into the Dantian and transformed into the power of Taoism that can be digested through some behavioral rituals to improve the progress of practice.

Digesting the power of the Tao is the process of improving one's cultivation and magic power, but its binding with the spiritual energy of heaven and earth and spiritual materials is very weak!

This is why even though the spiritual energy of heaven and earth has faded, there are still many practitioners active, maintaining the prosperous scene of cultivation between heaven and earth...

In a small private room on the second floor of Dingshi Restaurant, Zhao Yun opened the menu handed to him by the waiter, and looked at the various dishes and prices listed on it, feeling a little distressed.

The reason is simple: every ingredient is made from spiritual plants.

Moreover, the prices marked at the back are all settled in gold and have nothing to do with silver.

Fortunately, during the Wei Suo period, Commander Wang and County Magistrate Fang joined forces to wipe out several families in Yanshan County and harvested a large amount of gold and silver.

After exchanging it with County Magistrate Fang, Zhao Yun had 10,000 taels of gold. If he didn't spend it lavishly, it would be enough to support his expenses for a while. Zhao Yun thought for a moment and ordered a pre-dinner fruit feast made of various spiritual fruits, and also ordered golden lamb chops and giant bear volcano. Anyway, he wanted to eat some meat.

Some time ago, I ate 50 kilograms of spiritual grains. My mouth was full of the taste of grass, without any oil or water!

Then Sun Zhengxuan took a look and ordered: Jadeite spiritual vegetables and immortal ganoderma stew.

Xin Ruyin stood beside Zhao Yun according to the rules she had learned before, ready to serve him at any time.

However, since he often warmed Zhao Yun's bed, Zhao Yun treated him as his own and pulled him to sit down.

But when he asked him to choose the dishes, he was still a little embarrassed, and asked in a low voice whether Zhao Yun had any money on him...

Therefore, she had been with Zhao Yun for a period of time, and had never seen her own master carrying any money.

Besides, the dishes here are so expensive, each one costs dozens of taels of gold.

If you order any dish, you can buy several of them...

So, Xin Ruyin looked at the menu, her hands shaking, and she really didn't dare to order!

"Aren't you underestimating me? Even if you order all the recipes in your hand, I can afford it..."

"Really?"

"real……"

In the end, Xin Ruyin chose the cheaper ones and ordered two dishes: Zhilan Yushu and Jiaolong Egg Soup.

Then, Zhao Yun calculated in his mind that these seven dishes cost more than fifty taels of gold.

Sun Zhengxuan also said: "Boy, I know you made a fortune in Yanshan County, but you still have to save money in the future. There are still many places to spend money in this city."

Zhao Yun nodded without objection.

Then, the two turned their topic to business.

Sun Zhengxuan told Zhao Yun about how he had arrived in Guihongzhou City seven or eight days in advance and how he had gathered information about the Sinong Supervisor, as well as the details of the battle between Guihongzhou City and the Northern Barbarians.

As for what happened on the Northern Barbarian battlefield, it matched what Commander Qu said, but it also contained a lot less information than what Commander Qu said.

For example: At this stage, only the troops of two Golden Tents in Canglan Grassland have attacked. There are six more Golden Tent forces and one Royal Court force that are about to come, but Master Sun has not heard about it.

As for the situation in Guihongzhou City, what Master Sun said was mostly similar to what Zhao Yun had seen and heard when he was wandering around the city before, with not much difference.

Then he talked about Zhao's house and the eight hundred private soldiers.

Sun Zhengxuan said: "I have investigated those people. Although they come from large families, they are not from direct lineage. Although they are a little arrogant, they know how to restrain themselves. Their words and deeds are decent. They are not difficult to get along with. Of course, it is not ruled out that some of them are particularly meticulous. But generally speaking, all aspects are relatively stable."

Then, Sun Zhengxuan's expression became serious, and he focused on telling Zhao Yun about the Sino-Agricultural Supervisor:

"I originally thought that the key to your advancement from Sequence Nine to Sequence Eight was to come to Hongzhou City to take up the post of Supervisor. Only then would you be able to gain insights and guidance on various techniques, as well as the resources for your eventual advancement."

“And the entire Sequence Nine advancement ceremony has two difficulties.

First, it is the one thousand acres of spiritual fields and the spiritual things to be planted. You know, nowadays, in the environment where spiritual energy is fading, except in the spiritual mountains, spiritual fields are almost hard to find. Such spiritual field resources are extremely scarce!"

"So, although the Ministry of Agriculture is large, it is stuck at Sequence Nine. There are many apprentices who have completely digested the power of the Dao in their Dantian, and most of the Sequence Nine farmers are stuck at this stage."

"So, I was originally worried that you would need to compete with others for the quota and might offend others, but considering your current status, this is not a big deal..."

"The second is to obtain the various materials needed for Daotong Pills. Although most of the materials can be found, the refining process is also a difficult problem. Fortunately, you solved these difficulties during your trip to Yan Gui Lingshan and successfully advanced to Sequence Eight..."

"And now, even though you have been promoted to Sequence 8 Farming Master, there are still two things you need to deal with in the Agricultural Supervisor."

Master Sun paused for a moment and continued:

"Under the Minister of Agriculture Jing, there are three deputy ministers in the Minister of Agriculture of this Zhoucheng City to assist in the work. One of the deputy ministers is named Wang Tianhe. He is getting old and is gradually retiring. You will take over his retired position."

“But before this, the most controversial figure in the Sino-Agricultural Supervisor was Wang Dihe, Wang Tianhe’s apprentice and also Wang Tianhe’s son;

And the person who rose up from Anze Prefecture City step by step to assist Wang Tianhe, and the person in charge of logistics: Liu Tianwang. "

"And you came directly from the sky, and your age and cultivation level are low. There is no doubt that they must be resentful. Although they dare not vent their anger openly, they may secretly trip you up and cause you some minor troubles... You need to pay more attention to these."

Zhao Yun nodded and thought to himself:

In official circles, everyone seeks fame, wealth, and right and wrong.

But there are limited official positions, and each person has his own position. When the person in front is about to retire, the person behind will naturally want to climb up.

Therefore, as someone who came out of nowhere and blocked other people's ambitions, it is inevitable that I will be hated by others.

But this is all very normal.

It's impossible that you would give up your official position just because you are afraid of being resented, right?
If you really have that kind of weak thoughts, it is better to stay away from officialdom, fame and fortune as soon as possible, and perhaps you can stay safe.

In addition, Zhao Yun has the righteousness of resisting the barbarians, which makes him undefeated in the battle with the barbarians!
If you have been appointed to an official position in the Divine Dynasty and behave properly, then as long as you act within the rules, everything will be fine.

If the people below want to cause trouble, then with the natural advantage of being one level higher in rank, plus his own clean resume and not having too many worries, he will be able to suppress all the rebellious forces below and eliminate all dissidents!
Zhao Yun and Master Sun talked for a while, and the food was served.

Xin Ruyin, on the other hand, had been sitting quietly beside Zhao Yun, digesting the information she had heard and building up a picture of the young master's current situation in her mind...

Zhao Yun's appetite increased greatly as he looked at the delicious spiritual food in front of him.

After tasting them, I found that not only did the meals taste great, but the flavors of the various ingredients and condiments also matched each other perfectly.

After asking Master Sun, I learned that Dingshilou was a place opened by a gourmet, specially designed for the special sequence of dining.

The wonderful dining experience for every person who comes here to dine is a way for gourmets to improve themselves.

Therefore, there is a unique rule in this Dingshilou.

(End of this chapter)