What a lucky world!

Chapter 194 One fate, two luck and three feng shui
After walking for three days, Zhang Mu and his party finally returned to Qianyuan Mountain.

After a short rest, Zhang Mu found Wei Wuyou and told him about his experience of the trip.

When he heard that Zhang Mu had accidentally obtained the Mermaid Pearl and had broken through to the late stage of nourishing liquid, Wei Wuyou laughed heartily, took a big sip of the tea at hand as if it were wine, and screamed in pain from the heat; when he heard that Lingyan Wuzhai was destroyed, Wei Wuyou sighed again, and his joyful expression cooled down a bit.

"There have been some changes in the mountains these past few days." After Zhang Mu finished speaking, Wei Wuyou spoke up, "According to your wishes, I have arranged for my followers to go down the mountain to recruit refugees."

"There are currently about 800 refugees who have gone up the mountain. We estimate that by the time of the Lunar New Year, the number will double, reaching around 2,000."

"The arrangements for money and grain and the plan for building the back mountain have been finalized. I have already transferred the silver you gave me to the public account. If you are interested, please have someone take a look at it."

"Come to think of it, the village is still using the accounting method you taught us."

Zhang Mu waved his hand. Only a fool would do something like checking the accounts personally!
"Also, there's good news from Ye Hanzhou," Wei Wuyou said with a smile. "That kid is truly fierce. He's killed four monsters in a row. The area within a hundred miles of the horse ranch you've been eyeing has been completely cleared."

"One of the monsters was a white ape. In the white ape's cave, he found a small pool of monkey wine."

"The magic gourd he carried with him was a perfect match for the Monkey Wine. After drinking it, he also transformed into the Sixth Aperture Sea, which puts him only one step away from the late stage."

Zhang Mu was stunned when he heard this.

Ok?
Such good luck?

That's not right. After I increased Ye Hanzhou's chance value last time, it should only be 60...

Fortunately, Wei Wuyou was an acquaintance, so Zhang Mu did not shy away from it. He simply closed his eyes, immersed his mind in the scroll of heaven's secrets, and summoned the breeze and bright moon.

"Qingfeng Mingyue, is the calculation of this chance value inaccurate?" Zhang Mu asked after telling Ye Hanzhou's story.

Qingfeng and Mingyue looked at each other, and then we both laughed.

Qingfeng bowed and said, "Master, it's no problem."

"As the saying goes, fate comes first, luck comes second, and feng shui comes third."

"This opportunity is fate."

"But besides fate, there is also luck."

Mingyue nodded: "Ye Hanzhou's chance is indeed only sixty, but since he has entered the Juyi Hall, he can inherit the luck allocated to him by the forces."

"He has made great contributions to the faction, and the faction's fortune has rewarded him."

"That monkey wine is his reward."

Qing Feng also added, "Just like a mortal general who expands territory and achieves military merit, the imperial court will reward him with fame, wealth and honor."

Zhang Mu suddenly realized what was going on, but then he asked, "Will anyone who makes contributions to the forces be rewarded?"

"No, only those in the Juyi Hall will receive this kind of luck reward." Qingfeng said seriously, "Others' meritorious service will only increase their faction's luck, but the reward needs to be presided over by the faction leader."

Zhang Mu thought about it carefully and felt that there was indeed a mysterious truth in it.

Looking back at the history of past lives, it is not difficult to find that any heroic leader must be surrounded by a group of extraordinary people, but are those extraordinary people really born extraordinary?
For example, Liu Bang was still playing chicken and dog fighting at the age of 37. Who were the people around him at that time?

Fan Kuai was just a butcher, but after Xiang Yu's death, he became the world's most powerful general and a pillar of the army.

Zhou Bo made a living by weaving and raising silkworms, and also worked part-time at weddings and funerals. Later, he pacified the Lü clan, stabilized the world, and welcomed Emperor Wen of Han. In terms of vision and skills, he was not even inferior to the strategist Zhang Liang.

Cao Shen was originally a small prison guard. After Xiao He's death, he followed Xiao's rules and ensured the stability of the world. He can be regarded as a good prime minister who saved the time.

In addition, there are the originally inconspicuous Lu Wan, Xiahou Ying and others.

Someone once joked that if there really was a man of great foresight, if he walked into Pei City during the Qin Dynasty, he would definitely be dazzled by the city's prosperous atmosphere.

But is it really like that?
You can say that Han Xin was a natural military sage, Zhang Liang was from a noble family and had Huang Shigong teach him the art of war, and even Xiao He was from a good family who received an orthodox education.

What about everyone else?
There is no such thing as noble airs among them. They are destined to be hooligans and street thugs!
Anyone who says they are lucky is truly blind.

Who would be so lucky to be hanging out with a scoundrel in his thirties? If he was really lucky, he would have become rich long ago.

The only one who truly held the destiny was Liu Bang. Their fates were all changed by power.

If we use the explanation of the Heavenly Secret Scroll, as the Han Dynasty grew stronger, people like Fan Kuai changed their fates because of the power's luck. They also received rewards from the power's luck, either through increased personal bravery or a higher level of political awareness...

People and forces, some are the roots, some are the branches and leaves, they complement each other and feed each other, this is how the world works!
Therefore, Ye Hanzhou's opportunity to obtain Monkey Wine was a kind of reward from his power and luck, which directly eliminated the shortcoming of insufficient opportunity.

Zhang Mu suddenly thought that Ye Hanzhou was a master in the deduction of the Juyi Hall, but if he could make the Wuzhai bigger and stronger, and its power and luck could rival those of the four cities and three villages, and he could establish his own regime, then would Ye Hanzhou's limit be the grandmaster, or even the supreme grandmaster?

And can Guo Ling surpass the master craftsman and become the legendary master craftsman?
All of this depends on the foundation of his future destiny.

Great, more motivation!

After such random thoughts, Zhang Mu opened his eyes again.

Wei Wuyou put down the teacup. He didn't mind Zhang Mu's behavior. It was normal for young people to have unconventional thoughts.

It won’t be long anyway.

Besides, the fact that he could be distracted without any precautions shows that he trusts Old Wei!

"The New Year is just a few days away, so I should take a good rest during this time." Wei Wuyou concluded, "This year may be the last free New Year holiday."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Mu nodded solemnly.

……

Zhongjingcheng.

Zhongjing City, which has always had a mild climate, actually experienced heavy snowfall this winter.

After leaving court, Zhang Taiyue sat in his imperially bestowed bright yellow carriage with five horses and looked through memorials.

The emperor chariots six horses, and the princes chariots five horses.

This is the etiquette of the princes.

Zhang Taiyue wanted to refuse at first, but he felt the benefit of being able to review memorials while riding in the five-horse carriage, so he accepted it.

"The world is getting colder and colder!" Even though there was a stove in the carriage, Zhang Taiyue rubbed his hands. Suddenly, he heard crying coming from outside the carriage.

"Where does the crying come from?" Zhang Taiyue asked.

The guard sitting next to Zhang Taiyue replied, "Prime Minister, it's the families of the officials who were confiscated and imprisoned in the past few days who are crying outside the imperial city."

"They hope their cries can reach the palace so their lord can be rescued."

"I heard that he knelt all the way outside the imperial city."

Zhang Taiyue closed his eyes and frowned. After a moment, he slowly opened his eyes and let out a breath.

"Crying all the way is worse than crying all over the world."

"The officials weep, how can they compare to the common people weeping?"

At this moment, a rider on a fast horse came from the palace, ran quickly to Zhang Taiyue's carriage, stopped the carriage, and showed the imperial edict in his hand.

"Call the Prime Minister Zhang Taiyue to the palace to discuss matters."

Zhang Taiyue lifted the carriage curtain, took the imperial edict, and frowned.

I just finished court, why are you calling me into the palace again?

This decree is concise and to the point, but why does it sound a bit hurried and panicky?

But he did not hesitate and patted the coachman's shoulder. The coachman understood and immediately turned the horse around and drove the prince's carriage back to the palace.

(End of this chapter)