Li Yanlong, the Minister of Works, looked at the drawing in his hand.
He did not answer immediately, but carefully examined it, looking at every detail several times over and over again.
After a while, Li Yanlong’s eyes revealed a brilliant aura.
“Good! Good! Good!”
“This object is truly a godly object of Lida.”
Li Yanlong gripped the drawing tightly and said with excitement.
He was the Minister of Works, so he knew what this kind of drawing could do just by looking at it, so he naturally seemed extremely excited.
A whole image of the waterwheel had already appeared in his mind.
“Can this object be built?”
However the Empress’s cold voice rang out, causing the Minister of Works to snap back to attention, and in an instant the Minister of Works said with some trepidation.
“In reply to Your Majesty, this object can be built.”
Li Yanlong replied directly.
“How many silver taels are needed.”
The empress was straightforward.
“For five hundred taels of silver, it can be made, but it can only be extended by ten miles. The most troublesome and crucial thing is the extension, which requires fifty taels of silver per mile.”
This was the answer of the Minister of Works, but it was only an approximate figure, and the exact situation would depend on the actual situation.
“What if the finest iron and stone and rattan wood are used?”
The empress asked again, while Li Yanlong’s face changed slightly.
“Your Majesty, if the finest ironstone is used, it is estimated to be extremely expensive to build, at least five times more, and that is at least.”
Li Yanlong knew the two materials, so he said this price.
“Five times?”
The empress was silent.
That meant two thousand five hundred taels of silver for an extension of ten miles, if you wanted to extend it by another mile it would cost two hundred and fifty taels of silver, normally in poorer places, water sources were about thirty or forty miles apart.
Adding in the cost of making things, that’s close to seven thousand taels to give a township a water source, and even that’s just a conservative estimate, after all, labour hasn’t been accounted for.
To really put it into practice, it would cost 10,000 taels for one township.
In the Great Wei Dynasty, ten townships are one county, ten counties are one prefecture, ten prefectures are one county, divided into two wide and four lake realms, one wide and forty-nine counties, four lakes and thirty-six counties, adding up to a total of 242 counties.
This does not include the county capitals, prefectures and counties, so if we really want to go by the highest standard, we will need 240,000,000 taels of silver.
The treasury would not be able to cope with this.
After some contemplation, the empress spoke.
“Ask the Ministry of Works to examine the local area, with priority given to those with water sources in the poor and bare areas, and first set the poorest fifty counties, but they must build waterwheels within the South Canton, measure the length, control it within thirty miles, and finally report back in unison.”
“Li Yanlong, I give you a budget of 50,000,000 taels of silver, save on labour costs as much as possible, the people can be encouraged to contribute, build the waterwheel, all costs can be saved, but materials must not be saved.”
The empress made a choice, 50,000,000 taels was definitely not enough, but this was the budget, according to the cost of construction, it would be almost 50,000,000 taels of silver for 50 counties, which was considered part of the labour cost.
As for the need for so many goods, I thought the Ministry of Works could also go and negotiate the price, it was impossible to do it at the market price, naturally the lowest price so that the merchants could earn silver, but not too much, after all it was something that would benefit the country.
The empress had also thought about using cheaper materials, but after thinking about it she vetoed it.
There was no other reason than that if this kind of thing was made of poor quality wood, it would be even more troublesome to repair it, so it would be better to use the best material, once and for all, and suffer just a little.
It would be better to use the best materials, so as to make it easier to get rid of the pain.
After all, the point is that there is not enough silver to spend.
If there were hundreds of thousands of taels of silver in the treasury, how good it would be.
“50,000,000 taels? Your Majesty? Are you serious?”
He knew that this was worth a lot of money, but he didn’t expect the empress to allocate 50,000,000 taels? This is an astronomical amount, the treasury is indeed rich nowadays, but it is not enough to casually allocate 50,000,000 taels, right?
“Do you think I am joking?”
The empress’ voice was slightly cold, while Li Yanlong immediately bowed his head and said.
“Your Majesty, I naturally do not dare to doubt Your Majesty, but I just want to ask a question, if 50,000,000 taels are really allocated, how will the Minister of Household Affairs, Gu Yan, give an account there?”
He asked in a loud voice, this matter must be asked clearly, if the explanation is not clear, according to the nature of taking care of Yan, he really dare to take a knife to cut himself, and turn around and say that he compelled His Majesty, so this pot he cannot take.
Five million taels of appropriation, he will gladly accept, five million taels, he absolutely cannot mess around.
Gu Yan, the miser, can talk to him about anything, but not about money, he cannot afford to suffer if something goes wrong.
“This matter, I will discuss with the Minister of Household Affairs, you don’t need to care, please just count it, this is my treasury order, if you need silver, just come to Wan’er directly.”
The empress opened her mouth, mentioning Gu Yan.
After all, Gu Yan was extremely obsessed with silver, and if he really had to come up with 50,000,000 taels, he would never do so, but it was good that the emperor had a veto and could override him in this matter.
It’s just that if you let Gu Yan know that the 50,000,000 taels are gone, it’s …… It is a troublesome matter.
But there was no way, the situation at hand, one had to do this.
“Your Majesty is wise.”
Li Yanlong had nothing more to say, anyway, since his majesty meant this, he did as he was told.
“En, go back, remember, don’t go mentioning this matter with anyone, otherwise it will be considered a serious crime.”
“Especially Gu Yan, don’t speak to him about this matter yet.”
The empress purposely admonished, and then told Li Yanlong to retire.
The latter nodded, the Great Wei was still the Empress’ decision, and it was also the Empress’ decision whether to spend the money or not, he understood that in his heart, so he turned around and left.
After Li Yanlong had left, the empress also spoke slowly.
“I am tired, rest for a while.”
After saying this, Zhao Wan’er understood what this meant, so she got up and excused herself.
After Zhao Wan’er left, the empress got up from the dragon chair, went to the middle of the dragon allure, and directly laid down.
Her mind was filled with Xu Qingnian’s four words.
[Unless I marry you].
“Ugh.”
With a long sigh, the empress knew that this matter must be made clear, but it was just inappropriate at the moment.
“When the time is right, I will find him a few women who are not weaker than me, so that he will not think about it.”
“However, I am afraid that it is difficult to find a woman as beautiful as me in the world.”
“Uh …… No, there seems to be one in the Heavenly Dao Division, it seems to be in the Hidden Scripture Pavilion, we can let Xu Aiqing take a look at it, forget it, forget it, we’ll see it then.”
The empress thought so in her heart, she did not know what she should do, directly reject Xu Qingnian, afraid of hurting Xu Qingnian’s heart, but if she did not reject, sooner or later she would have to explain clearly, at that time only afraid that Xu Qingnian loved herself to the point of madness.
It would be bad if she became obsessed.
The first thing you can do is to choose a couple of beautiful women for Xu Qingnian, so that he will not think about it.
And at the same time.
In contrast to the empress’ despondency, Xu Qingnian is not so bad.
Inside the Shouren Academy.
Xu Qingnian was making tea and at the same time pondering over a matter.
Looking for a bookshop.
Yes, Xu Qingnian wanted to find a bookstore to look at books, firstly to investigate the identity of the middle-aged man, secondly to research the foreign arts, thirdly to look up the materials that the Dan Shen Ancient Scripture had told her to search for, and fourthly to replenish her knowledge.
As the old saying goes, “You learn as you live, you learn as you go.
However, there are only two places in the capital of Great Wei that have countless collections of books, and the rest of the places combined are not as good as one of the two.
One is the Great Wei Hidden Scripture Pavilion in the Imperial Palace of Great Wei, and the other is the Cultural Library in the Great Wei Palace of Literature.
These two places had countless collections of books, and there were enough books in them to read on their own for three to five years.
It was just that the imperial palace could not be entered casually, while the Great Wei Literature Palace was even worse to go to.
It was embarra*sing.
Xu Qingnian was a bit distressed.
At that moment, Chen Xinghe’s figure appeared not far away, holding a pile of books and walking towards the palace with some difficulty.
Yang Hu saw it and immediately went up to help.
“Lord Chen, why did you bring back so many books?”
Yang Hu asked with some curiosity as he held dozens of books.
“It’s natural for my generation of readers to read books, otherwise how can we grow?”
Chen Xinghe spoke up, he had left the academy since Xu Qingnian had entered the palace to rent some books and come back.
“Senior brother, where is brother Wang Ru?”
Xu Qingnian asked.
“Wang Ru? His friend is looking for him, no need to mention coming, Qingnian, the poetry meeting is coming up, don’t you want to read a book to prepare for it?”
Chen Xinghe walked in, took a sip of tea and asked Xu Qingnian.
“No, I won’t prepare anything, I don’t have the heart to think about it now.”
Xu Qingnian shook his head, where did he have the heart to think about the poetry meeting or not right now, he didn’t like to pretend to be bleeped, he could just attend and go through the motions.
“Senior brother, you don’t have to be modest.”
“This time, it is said that it is hard to get an invitation to the poetry session, and most of them are here for you.”
“If you don’t compose two poems, you probably won’t even agree.”
Chen Xinghe said so, but even though he said so, he still felt a bit uncomfortable inside.
He could accept that Xu Qingnian had talent, but it was not good if the talent went too far.
“Not made.”
“I don’t even really want to participate this time.”
“I don’t have the heart, plus I don’t want to compose poems, it’s better to keep a low profile.”
Xu Qingnian said seriously, this time he did not feel at all, and was determined not to compose poetry.
It was mainly because it was too high profile, it was time to keep a low profile, otherwise, how else could people live?
“Senior brother, are you serious?”
Chen Xinghe’s mind instantly became active after hearing this.
He had been painstakingly studying the Poetry Sutra for the past few days, but every time he got halfway through his study it was difficult, after all, with a Xu Qingnian around, he really didn’t know how to compete.
The good thing was that Xu Qingnian was his own senior brother, so there was no such thing as jealousy or non-jealousy.
However, now Xu Qingnian swore that he could not compose a poem, so Chen Xinghe was motivated. If Xu Qingnian did not compose a poem, he could still show his face.
“No, unless I have to, I won’t come even if His Majesty asks me to.”
Xu Qingnian replied.
“Senior brother, you have matured.”
Chen Xinghe said with a serious expression.
Xu Qingnian: “……”
“Alright, then senior brother won’t delay you, take a good rest, senior brother will go and read a book and discuss the poetry scriptures with you when there is nothing to discuss.”
Chen Xinghe smiled, somewhat joyful.
And Xu Qingnian nodded, and after Chen Xinghe left, Xu Qingnian sat alone and stared.
After a while, Yang Hu’s voice rang out.
“Lord Xu, why does it feel like you are a bit disoriented when you return from the palace?”
“What’s going on? Is someone looking for trouble with you? Do you want me to go and cut him up?”
Yang Hu asked with concern.
“Fine, I’m glad you have this heart.”
“Prince Huaining has upset me, go ahead, I’ll ask Yang Bao to prepare a coffin for you, what kind of wood do you want? We can’t afford mahogany, pick a better one.”
Xu Qingnian joked.
Yang Hu: “……”
Seeing Yang Hu’s silence, Xu Qingnian smiled faintly.
“Okay, just teasing with you, nothing much, just want to read a book, the books at home are all torn up, and the books in the bookstore outside are not good either.”
“Ugh.”
Xu Qingnian sighed and voiced her worries.
“Oh, I don’t understand about reading, take your time to think about it, my lord, I’ll go for a walk outside and listen to some news.”
Yang Hu left, leaving Xu Qingnian sitting alone in the school hall.
Today there was no cla*s in the school, if there was a cla*s, he could still bully those bear children, but unfortunately, it was a bit boring.
But I can’t go to work, in case I can’t help but dislike someone or do something, wouldn’t I be putting myself in danger?
So boring.
Xu Qingnian eventually got up and went to his room to sleep.
However, what he said was overheard by Li Guangxiao in the kitchen.
“Reading?”
Li Guangxiao secretly took out a heavenly decree, then wrote a line on it, followed by throwing it into the stove and started to continue frying.
And inside the room.
Xu Qingnian was lying on his bed, having entered the eighth grade of martial arts, he basically did not need to sleep, and could not sleep even after tossing and turning. Under boredom, Xu Qingnian waved his hand, and the Hao Rang Qi coalesced into the Book of Words.
The casting of this object was made by Xu Qingnian according to the Heavenly Decree, but whether the exact effect was the same as the Heavenly Decree, Xu Qingnian was not sure.
It would have to be studied and researched.
Holding the Book of Words, Xu Qingnian slowly sensed it, and soon the effect of the Book of Words surfaced in his mind.
It did have a heavenly decree effect, but in order to communicate with the other party, one needed a strand of the other party’s hair or a drop of blood, then one could communicate with the other party.
If not, one would have to appear randomly in front of someone in a hundred mile radius.
Perhaps it was because he was too bored, or perhaps because he really had nothing else to do, Xu Qingnian’s modest bad taste surged to the forefront of his mind.
He placed the Book of Words in the sky, and then took out his writing pen and slowly wrote two words on it.
[Date]
After writing these two words, the smile on Xu Qingnian’s face intensified, a little like an aunt’s smile.
Immediately afterwards, she took this page out, then with a slight shake, it instantly dissipated into smoke, eliminating the need for fire and saving a project.
It was also at this point that the
The Great Wei Hidden Scripture Pavilion.
The lofty and majestic Hidden Scripture Pavilion, which appears to be a pagoda with nine floors and covers an area of 600 acres, contains 100,000,000 books, all of which are treasures of the world, and basically all the books of Great Wei are hidden in it.
Even if a minister of the six ministries wanted to borrow a book, he could not enter the pavilion, and his majesty had to ask the eunuchs in the pavilion to take it out and give it to him.
The eunuchs in the Pavilion of the Hidden Scriptures will take it out and give it to the other party.
At this moment.
The first floor of the Hidden Scripture Pavilion.
The incomparably luxurious Hidden Scripture Pavilion is decorated with all kinds of precious porcelain, and a luminous pearl is set into the wall, emitting light that does not affect it, whether it is daylight outside or not.
Inside the Hidden Scripture Pavilion, dozens of servant girls and eunuchs stood on either side, looking respectful, for not far away stood a remarkable and great man.
An emissary of the Great Wei Heavenly Dao Division.
The Holy Maiden of the Sacred Sect of Tai Shang.
Shui Yun Yan.
Not far away, a flawlessly white figure stood silently, with a breathtakingly beautiful face, impeccably exquisite, and an even more exquisite figure, with long, light green hair, each strand of which exuded an immortal aura.
The aura of a woman who does not eat the fire and smoke of the world, as if nothing in the world is worthy of her, and a pair of eyes that contain an endless immortal aura.
Even these women could not help but cast a glance at Shui Yunyan’s every move, holy and full of arrogance.
Her hair is tied with a white jade hairpin, and the breeze blows and messes up the strands of her hair, but she has an indescribable beauty.
She stands still, as if everything is silent.
Everything seems to be less important, as if she has come out of a painting, or as if she is a woman who has come down from the immortal world, whose beauty makes one’s heart pound and whose beauty makes one dare only look up.
This is Shui Yunyan, the Holy Daughter of the Tai Shang Sheng Clan, a woman of profound dao and extremely high status, and one of the top group of powerful people in Great Wei, almost no one dares to offend her.
It was said that she was only eighteen years old now, but had already stepped into the Fourth Grade Immortal Dao, which was terrifying.
Such a woman is full of mystery and is also extremely cold. If the Empress is the kind of woman who is cold and high above the world, Shuiyun Yan is the kind of woman who is cold and does not eat fire and smoke.
Rumour has it that she has never spoken more than ten words to anyone in her life, that’s how cold she is.
It was at this moment.
She slowly put a book back in its place, the name of which was Saint’s Residence.
After putting the book down, Shui Yun Yan began to ponder.
She frowned slightly, as if she was searching for something more.
Only, at this very moment, a piece of white paper made of Hao Rang Qi condensed slowly appeared in front of her.
“Can Hao Ran Zheng Qi also transmit a message?”
Shui Yunyan’s first reaction was surprise, she wasn’t surprised by this technique of transmitting letters, as she could also do it, what surprised her was that Hao Ran Zheng Qi could also transmit letters?
That was not possible, was it? Confucianism didn’t seem to have this ability, did it?
A look of curiosity appeared in Shui Yun Yan’s eyes before she turned her gaze to the words on the white paper.
[Date]
The writing was neat, not extremely good, but not bad either, and it contained a great deal of righteousness within, not something ordinary people could write.
Just what did these two words mean?
“About?”
“About to meet?”
The curiosity in Shui Yun Yan’s eyes flourished a little more, she did not understand what this object was, nor could she comprehend the meaning of these two words?
Furthermore, why would this object appear in front of her?
“Is someone secretly watching me again?”
“Is it something important?”
“Who is secretly watching me? Is it my master? No, it can’t be, Master is more than a hundred thousand miles away and is investigating the matter of the Devil’s Abyss, so he couldn’t have sent a message to me.”
“Furthermore, Master doesn’t have Hao Rang Qi either.”
Many speculations surfaced in Shui Yun Yan’s mind.
After pondering for a long time, Shui Yun Yan finally raised her hand and with a squeeze of her oniony jade fingers, a thin light blue pen appeared, looking clear and elegant.
She slowly wrote on the white paper.
[Who are you?
As the writing ended, Shui Yun Yan waved her hand, and at that moment the white paper turned into white smoke and dissipated.
The next moment.
In the middle of the Shouren Academy.
Xu Qingnian was lying on his bed, looking bored.
This white smoke could not be seen with the naked eye, only Xu Qingnian could see it, or when it dissipated, he could see it for a while, but naturally he could not see where it was going.
The white smoke reunited and appeared in Xu Qingnian’s eyes.
[Who are you?
From the handwriting alone, Xu Qingnian could be sure that this was a woman.
Nice guy.
I didn’t expect to meet a girl the first time? It was really good luck.
Xu Qingnian was already prepared to meet a stingy man.
It looked like he was quite lucky.
But when he saw the other party’s reply, Xu Qingnian didn’t think too much about it and just put pen to paper.
The first time I saw a girl, I saw that she was so beautiful and charming that I was tempted.
Xu Qingnian is full of bad taste.
The first thing that Xu Qingnian wanted to write was that I was under Chen Xinghe, but then he thought about it, what if the other party was in the capital of the Great Wei? It wouldn’t be good if he had to take advantage of his senior brother.
So he wrote a nameless person.
Soon, the white paper once again turned into smoke and drifted away.
Inside the Hidden Scripture Pavilion.
Shui Yun Yan was about to take another book to read when the white paper appeared in front of herself again.
The new content appeared, causing Shui Yun Yan to frown slightly.
It was not that she felt offended, but rather curious.
“To be able to use the Hao Rang Qi to coalesce into a letter is definitely not an ordinary person, at least a great Confucian of Heaven and Earth, or even a half-saint, an ordinary great Confucian definitely does not have this kind of ability.”
“This is a senior, he should be hinting at something, just what is the meaning of these words?”
“What does having a reward mean again?”
Shui Yun Yan was full of curiosity, but after thinking about it, she dropped a message in words.
[Senior, don’t make fun of junior, dare I ask senior, what exactly do you want from me? If you are so evasive, have you encountered any danger? If I can help, I won’t resist]
Shui Yun Yan replied in this way.
But it was not because of the other party’s high realm that she was slightly ingratiating; in fact, she was kind-hearted and ancient, but she just did not like to deal with people.
She had a sickness of her own, and it was a very odd one. Whenever there were many people, she was inexplicably uncomfortable, and if she talked to people she didn’t know, she was even more nervous and uncomfortable.
This problem is known only to his own master, but there is no problem with chatting in letters, as long as you don’t open your mouth, and especially not too many people.
Those palace eunuchs and maidservants all stood at a distance and were not allowed to come near them, otherwise they would be uncomfortable too.
So seeing the other party like this, Shui Yun Yan always felt that the other party was hinting at something, a kind of plea for help, but it was just not good enough to say it outright.
Soon, the white paper dissipated.
Shouren Academy.
Xu Qingnian received Shui Yunyan’s letter again, and this time he was a little surprised.
“I didn’t expect this girl to be so simple?”
Xu Qingnian had expected the other party to scold her twice, or to rage a few times, but she didn’t expect to reply like this?
It appeared to be a serious matter, ah.
Ah …… This.
Xu Qingnian itself is a bad taste to come, seeing that people are so serious, it is not good to continue to tease others.
The actual fact is that you can find a lot of people who are not able to get a lot of money from the internet.
The actual fact is that I am in danger and am imprisoned in a demonic abyss and need several items to be saved.
After Xu Qingnian finished writing this line, he shook the white paper.
He intended to chat casually for a few words and then terminate the chat.
But soon, the reply letter came.
[Indeed, junior’s guess is correct, where are you now, senior? I may be able to save you, but I don’t know if the Fourth Grade Immortal Dao can do so. I have been in the Dao for ten years and I know some seal-breaking techniques, so if I can’t do so, I can ask my master to help you get out of your predicament]
This was Shui Yunyan’s reply letter.
Once this reply letter was revealed, Xu Qingnian was somewhat frozen.
Ten years into the Dao? Fourth grade immortal dao?
Do you think I haven’t read books?
Although Xu Qingnian did not know much about the Immortal Dao, she knew how difficult it was.
The Martial Dao could be strengthened through meals, nourishing the flesh and body, thus strengthening the body and laying a foundation, even for those who were not good at the base, they could still practise under the conditioning of medicine.
Even if one’s foundation is not good, with the help of medicine, one can still cultivate. The immortal path is all about qualifications and roots, and if one’s roots are not good, one cannot cultivate immortality.
Xu Qingnian didn’t know exactly what it was called, but the only thing he knew was that cultivating the Immortal Dao was far more difficult than cultivating the Martial Dao.
To put it bluntly, it was a matter of God rewarding food, so if you could cultivate, you could cultivate, but if you couldn’t, you couldn’t.
Ten years after entering the Dao, a fourth-grade immortal dao?
Is this not treating people like fools?
Good guys, I thought the other party was simple, but I didn’t realize that they were fishing here and playing with themselves again?
Xu Qingnian was a little depressed, he looked at the other party for speaking so innocently and felt a little guilty, but he didn’t expect that the other party had caught himself as a fish.
Good!
You were the one who played up first, so don’t blame me.
Thinking of this, Xu Qingnian also began to make things up.
[I appreciate your kindness, but the Fourth Grade Immortal Dao is far from being able to help me get out of my predicament, I am trapped in the ancient Devil’s Abyss.
I have almost no hope of escaping, but unfortunately I have no one to inherit my skills. It’s also fate.
Xu Qingnian quickly dropped his words.
Inside the Great Wei Hidden Scripture Pavilion.
When the white paper appeared again, Shui Yunyan’s eyes couldn’t help but change.
“Ancient Demon Abyss, indeed this is a senior, good thing I didn’t misunderstand.”
“Master also said that there were a few supreme existences of the human race that were sealed in the Devil’s Abyss and could possibly still be alive, so I guess this should be one of them, and indeed the heaven and earth have recently undergone a great change, so Master went to investigate on purpose.”
“But I didn’t expect this senior to be able to contact me, the Devil’s Abyss is a hundred thousand miles away from here, so it’s really fate.”
“No, no matter what I have to save this senior, it would be a good thing for the human race.”
Shui Yun Yan said with inner certainty.
Immediately afterwards, she quickly put pen to paper.
Shouren Academy.
The reply letter appeared again.
[Senior, no merit is rewarded, my master has taught me that I should not owe others karma for nothing, just now I saw senior say that he needed to collect several materials, which ones are they? If I can really help you get out of your predicament, then you can pa*s on my dao to me, so we don’t owe each other anything].
The other party sent a letter, which amused Xu Qingnian.
“This guy is still addicted to acting? He knows about karma? There’s something there.”
Xu Qingnian thought about it and immediately put pen to paper.
I need one catty of Heavenly Meteorite Gold, one sixth-grade Spiritual Wood Heart, one catty of Ten Thousand Year Purple Jade Marrow, one Burning Valley Spiritual Flame, and one catty of Yin Underworld Sand, so I’ll be grateful to you].
Xu Qingnian directly threw out the prescription for the Realm Breaking Pill, he wasn’t afraid of being noticed, after all, only the Dan God could refine this item.
Not long after, the reply letter was revealed again.
【Senior, of these five things, junior has Purple Jade Marrow, Spiritual Wood Heart junior’s clan also has it, Heavenly Meteorite Gold junior can find a way to get a pound, as for the other two, junior needs to look for them properly, can senior insist?
The other party’s reply letter appeared.
Xu Qingnian had a bit of a toothache, this guy was really getting too much.
This guy is really getting too much, playing hard to get, right?
I will repay you a hundred times over if I get out of this mess.
Xu Qingnian felt that the other party had some problems, so she replied hastily.
But soon, the reply came back.
[Senior is very kind, you and I are both human, we should help each other, moreover, senior is also trapped in the darkness for the sake of the human race, what junior is doing is also an obligation, just if I find these materials, how can I give them to senior?
The other party asked.
Xu Qingnian instantly understood what the other party wanted to do, wanting to interrogate him for his address and then call for a group of people to beat him up. So Xu Qingnian wrote directly.
The most amazing person in the world will be my apprentice].
[Girl, stop talking, the demon is aware of it, that’s all.]
[There’s a mole, end the deal]
Xu Qingnian finished writing three lines in one breath, followed by a wave of his hand and no further contact.
Want to fish?
Go to sleep.
The first thing I did was to lie down on the bed, Xu Qingnian didn’t care anymore and just fell back to rest.
As for the Taiping Poetry Society? Xu Qingnian had already confirmed that she could not write poetry, so even if the other party really came to the banquet, she would definitely not be suspected, and to take a step back, what could be done if she was really found?
What proof do you have that I have molested you?
What? You want to report it to the police? Wait, wait for me to put on my official uniform, come on, you say, please ask what happened to you.
In short, Xu Qingnian was not worried about anything at all.
And inside the Great Wei Hidden Scripture Pavilion.
When Shui Yunyan saw the new reply, there was worry in her eyes.
“Senior, don’t worry, I will definitely help you get these five materials.”
“But I’m afraid that I won’t be able to find your disciple.”
“Next month’s poetry meeting? The most amazing person?”
Shui Yunyan was already completely convinced that Xu Qingnian was an absolute great figure of the Confucian Way, or at the very least a half-saint, so she was excited beyond measure, expecting that she would save a saint from herself, in which case she would be considered to be doing the world a favour.
As for these materials, she would definitely collect them carefully and then give them to the other disciple.
The only worry at the moment was that she could not find out who it was, but it did not matter, at least she knew that this senior’s disciple would participate in next month’s Taiping Poetry Competition, and a saint’s disciple was definitely not ordinary, and the person who could pick the top of the list would definitely be this saint’s disciple.
Thinking of this, Shui Yun Yan immediately went towards the inside of the Hidden Scripture Pavilion, she had to look up some information, information about those five materials from Fang just now, and hurry up to collect them for this senior before the poetry meeting started.
It would be an unfortunate thing for all the world if she did not let the senior drink his hatred.
No one would believe that Shui Yun Yan, who was known as the number one cold fairy of the Immortal Dao, actually hid a heart of ancient ways.
And the very next day.
Inside the imperial palace, another decree came through.
“Your Majesty has decreed that Xu Qingnian, the Minister of the Household Department, is nearly twenty years old and may be under pressure to hold the position of Minister of the Household Department.
When the empress’ decree rang out, it surprised Xu Qingnian a little.
This was really a pillow that came when he wanted to sleep.
Yesterday, he had been thinking about how to enter the palace to read books, but he had never expected that the empress would take the initiative to let him go to the Scripture Pavilion to read books, and even give him a Scripture Pavilion Decree? He even gave himself a Scripture Pavilion Order?
I didn’t think there would be such a good thing under the sky?
After all, he had become the Minister of Household Affairs at such a young age, a fourth-ranking official at the age of 20, and there were not many other officials in the whole of Wei, right?
It was only natural that he should be allowed to study properly.
The latter also left with a smile, and when he was leaving, he even praised Xu Qingnian as a good man.
After sending the eunuch away, Xu Qingnian readjusted his clothes and headed straight for the Palace Scripture Pavilion.
There was nothing to do at the moment, so it would be better to go and read a book to gain some experience.
Thus, two quarters of an hour later.
Xu Qingnian arrived under the Great Wei Hidden Scripture Pavilion.
The imperial scripture collection pavilion was as magnificent as a pagoda, and with the scripture pavilion order in hand, the guards were quite respectful of Xu Qingnian.
After entering the pavilion, a eunuch from the pavilion’s management came and explained to Xu Qingnian some of the rules of the pavilion.
No transcriptions, no copies.
If you need to take them away, you can only take a maximum of two books with you, and you are not allowed to lend them out again for a month.
These rules were only words, but if Xu Qingnian really wanted to make a loud noise, no one would dare to stop him.
“Sir Xu, what kind of books do you want to read? Would you like me to show you the way?”
The eunuch guarding the pavilion smiled fawningly and said.
“That’s good, I’m sorry to bother you, but I want to read some books on medicinal herbs.”
Xu Qingnian said with a smile.
“Medicinal herbs? Lord Xu, you come with me.”
The eunuch who was guarding the pavilion only thought about it and immediately led the way towards the front, and in a short time brought Xu Qingnian to a book pavilion.
“Lord Xu, this is a cla*s of medicinal herbs, there are seven blocks in front and behind, a total of 175,000 volumes, all of which are medicinal herbs books, which type of medicinal herbs books do you need to read? My servant can look for them properly for you, and I will not have to delay your time.”
The other party said so, very thoughtfully.
“No need, thank you for your kindness.”
Xu Qingnian took out a ten tael silver banknote and handed it to the other party without moving a muscle, thanking him in this way.
It was impossible for him to say what herbs he needed to find, it was better for him to know this kind of thing alone as much as possible.
“You are very kind, my lord, the slave is not far away, this is the bell, you only need to ring it gently and the slave will come over.”
The other man smiled.
“Thank you for your trouble.”
Xu Qingnian nodded, and then started flipping through the books.
The books were not thick, and Xu Qingnian could memorise them in his mind with just a sweeping glance, so what seemed like over a hundred thousand volumes could all be read in two or three days if he just remembered and looked them up.
This is the benefit of Confucian enlightenment, reading books quickly.
In this way, each book was carefully flipped through by Xu Qingnian.
A large amount of information flooded into his mind, no matter if it was useful or not, it was definitely right to write it all down anyway.
At this moment, Xu Qingnian was like a sponge, absorbing the knowledge like crazy, not painful but happy.
Reading really makes me happy.
And so it was, three days later.
Xu Qingnian had finally finished reading the 170,000 books and …… also learned how terrifying the five medicinal ingredients that the Dan Shen Ancient Scripture said were.
Heavenly Meteorite Gold, a ten thousand pound meteorite fell from the sky, inside a small piece of almost half a tael or so is meteorite gold, can create a fifth grade weapon, but also a secondary material for the fourth grade king’s weapon, a two fifty thousand taels of silver, and can not be bought, a pound of five hundred thousand taels of silver.
Sixth-grade spirit wood heart, trees have no hearts, it takes 10,000 trees to have one spirit wood, and it takes 10,000 spirit woods to have one with a heart, it must also be a sixth-grade one, the exact price of this item is not written, and it is very difficult to buy.
Ten thousand years of purple jade marrow, this is even more exaggerated, ten thousand years of purple jade is rare, and the chalcedony is the essence inside the jade, half a million taels is not even seen to be able to buy.
This thing is okay, the world’s extreme fire place, called the burning valley, a total of nine layers, the core layer, can burn to death second-grade martial artists, and the spirit of the flame is the fourth layer of the flame, and preservation is a problem, count a half million taels almost, at least there are silver taels can be bought.
This is a little bit outrageous, the place of extreme Yin, a handful of sand on the road to Yellow Springs, but all such places, are ghostly, demons are standing, and the Yin Hades sand for ghost cultivators can accelerate the speed of cultivation, generally are the ghost king level home has this thing.
Buying it is probably not an option.
Estimated, these five materials, three of them one and a half million taels, the remaining two are difficult to buy just by silver.
By the way, Xu Qingnian also learned how much spirit stones were worth through some books.
A spirit stone was worth one hundred taels.
In other words, a tenth grade Realm Fixing Pill was one million taels.
En, there was enough outrageousness.
Did this Dan Shen Ancient Scripture treat himself as an ingrate?
Not to mention the Realm-Breaking Pill, even if it was a Realm-Solidifying Pill, one couldn’t get one.
It could easily cost a million taels of silver.
He was now a minister of the Ministry of the Treasury, with a monthly salary of fifty taels of silver, according to this algorithm, he would only have six hundred taels a year, and he could buy all three ingredients in three thousand years of working.
And prices must not rise!
The silver could not depreciate in value, or else it would have to be added indefinitely.
“No!”
“We have to go back and bargain!”
“We absolutely can’t let him say whatever he wants.”
“Who can afford this?”
Xu Qingnian was certain of her idea, the books in her hands, squeezed tightly.
It was also at this moment.
Suddenly, a figure slowly walked towards himself.
It was a white shadow.
