Chapter 122: Thousands of sails retreat, the reputation of Marquis Zi Yi!
“Humph!”

Jia Cong snorted lightly, and another twenty divine powers burned.

The power of the divine fire surges!

Directly wrap the statue in it.

Half an hour later.

The appearance of the statue has changed greatly from before.

The originally top-grade mutton-fat jade has now become completely imperfect.

There is a faint golden light flowing inside.

The mixed power of the incense inside has also become pure.

Seeing that the time was right, Jia Cong withdrew his supernatural power.

Miaoyu can refine the rest on her own.

With the divine power launched.

The statue slowly sank.

Gradually merged with Miaoyu.

“Buzz!”

Another half hour passed.

An invisible wave flashed by, but was blocked by the divine power barrier that Jia Cong had set up long ago.

Behind Miaoyu, a shadow about 13 meters high appeared.

Three heads!

Six arms!

It is still the three poisons of greed, anger and ignorance.

But her appearance has become that of Miaoyu.

Far from looking malicious, it looks like it has endless majesty.

After refining the statue.

Although Miaoyu’s divine rank has not been upgraded, her combat power has undergone a qualitative change.

Not to mention reaching the initial stage of the fourth realm.

Just like Baochai.

With the body of the acquired god, he refined the Shinto Dharma image.

When fighting with others, you can evolve into a three-headed, six-armed form to gain the upper hand.

“Thank you, Lord, for the gift!”

After a moment, the strange vision behind her subsided and Miaoyu’s beautiful eyes opened.

Bow deeply.

Inadvertently glancing at Baochai who was standing beside Jia Cong without saying a word, she sighed inwardly.

In terms of intelligence, Miaoyu is not inferior to Baochai at all.

Don’t think that Jia Cong gave this treasure to himself for use.

But Miaoyu knew it clearly in her heart.

This is simply because his strength is stuck at the half-step fourth realm.

In fact, in terms of the status in people’s hearts.

I am far inferior to Baochai.

There is only a difference of more than one month.

After all, there is still a huge difference.

At least Baochai can affectionately call Jia Cong “Cong’er”, but Miaoyu can only call him “Master of the House”.

The only plan now is to manage the south of the Yangtze River well and develop Shintoism.

Only in this way can you make your position more important in Jia Cong’s heart.

“How does Sister Miaoyu feel?”

Jia Cong asked.

“Thanks to the opportunity given by the Lord of the Mansion, Miaoyu’s divine power is now able to evolve into the fourth level of killing methods.”

“besides……”

As Miaoyu spoke, a precious seal appeared in her hand.

It is 70% similar to the Shinto seal in Jia Cong’s hand.

The only difference is that the seal on it is “The Official Seal of the General Director of the Yin-Yang Department of the Ten Prefectures of Jiangnan Province”!
Shinto’s treasure seal is a symbol of the power of gods.

From small gods like land gods and mountain gods to big gods like county gods and city gods, each one has its own area.

However, the level and power of the seal will vary depending on the rank of the Shinto.

Miaoyu’s position as the chief of the Yin-Yang Department of the Ten Prefectures in Jiangnan Road should actually be of the seventh rank, which is equal to the rank of Jia Cong’s city god.

It was simply because Jia Cong had condensed the illusory sixth-rank divine post, the Jiangnan Dao Ancha Lingjian Envoy, in advance!
In addition, he is the City God of ten prefectures.

It was sealed in advance.

The rank of a god cannot exceed that of Jia Cong, so he is temporarily ranked seventh.

The grade of the treasure seal also starts from the seventh grade.

After refining the statue.

Among them, the seal and the Shinto seal are integrated.

It greatly increases its power and adds many wonderful uses.

There is a faint feeling that it is the duplicate seal of the imperial seal in Jia Cong’s hand.

If Jia Cong agrees, some of Jia Cong’s power can be used.

For example, they can appoint mountain gods, land gods, river gods, county gods, and other gods by themselves.

Save yourself from the trouble of running back and forth with your soul of merit.

It greatly facilitated Jia Cong’s development of Jiangnan Shinto.

“This saves a lot of trouble.”

“I’ll leave Jiangnan’s affairs to Sister Miaoyu.”

Wait until you understand the magical use of Miaoyu Shendao Seal.

A look of satisfaction appeared on Jia Cong’s face.

Miao, who has the strength to break through to the fourth level, is in charge of the overall situation in Jiangnan.

It won’t be long before the Jiangnan Shinto system will be complete.

Even the Shandong area to the north can begin to be encroached upon and developed.

……

mid-March
The morning light shines on the mountains and rivers, the cold air gradually recedes and warmth increases.

The melting ice and snow formed into streams, making tinkling sounds like the strings of a musical instrument.

On the canal outside the city of Shenjing, as the canal thawed, the north-south trade route, which had been stagnant for four months, became open again.

A large number of cargo and merchant ships are coming and going, and it is even busier than the beginning of winter last year.

But today, all the merchant ships traveling in the canal avoided and docked on both sides, as if they were waiting for something.

“Brother Liu, look!”

“What a grand occasion! Is there any distinguished person coming to the capital today?”

On the official road beside the canal, several rangers took advantage of the beautiful spring scenery to go out for a ride on horseback.

Seeing the scene on the canal, a thin and dark young man asked the leader.

She wore a purple gold crown inlaid with jewels on her hair, and a golden headband with a pattern of two dragons fighting for a pearl on it.

He was wearing a fur coat. Although it looked a bit old, it was not difficult to tell his family background.

It was Liu Xianglian, who was also a descendant of the founding nobles.

He was born in the Liu family of the Duke of Liguo’s mansion. His parents died early and he was not good at studying. He had a generous personality and loved to play with guns and swords.

Although he is still young, he has already reached the sixth level of body forging strength and is called Cold-Faced Erlang by the knights in the capital.

Speaking of Rangers.

It is said in Han Feizi’s “Five Vermin”: “Abandon the people who respect their superiors and fear the law, and support the knights who wield private swords.”

The rangers here refer to civilians who secretly possess weapons and live outside the law.

There are mixed opinions among the people.

One point is that most of them come from wealthy families.

Otherwise, let alone other things, just the horse you are riding.

The sword at his waist is not something that ordinary people can afford.

Liu Xianglian heard his brother asking, and turned to look.

Just at this time.

In the distance, dozens of official ships were sailing along the canal.

The leading ship was a Fu ship with its sails fully hoisted.

Soldiers stood on both sides of the deck.

Watching from a distance, you can feel a solemn and murderous aura coming towards you.

You can tell they are elite at first glance!
A large flag with the word “Jia” on it fluttered on top of the boat.

On both sides of the big flag, there were two strange men sitting cross-legged.

One fat, one thin; one black, one white.

Looking closely, he discovered that the two were actually sitting half a foot in the air.

Seeing the fleet approaching, the other merchant ships that had already docked at the side were afraid of obstructing the route. They all tried their best to dock on both sides, and many of them did not dare to stop even when they were visibly colliding with the shore.

Seeing this scene, Liu Xianglian couldn’t help but get his blood boiling!

A flag with the word “Jia” was hung, without any words needed.

The canal was cleared and thousands of ships retreated.

How powerful is this?

Compared with the other party, the sense of accomplishment brought by the praise from the street knights in the past.

There is simply a difference between cloud and mud.

“The Jia character flag?”

“Could it be that the Purple-Robed Marquis has returned to the capital?”

A ranger standing nearby was looking at the “Jia” flag on the leading Fu ship.

Couldn’t help but exclaim.

“Zi Yihou?”

“At the age of nine, he refined his spirit and conquered the capital with his sword energy!”

“The Purple-Robed Marquis who single-handedly suppressed the south of the Yangtze River, suppressed the rebellion in Shandong, and wiped out millions of rebels?”

The rangers around him immediately started talking after hearing this.

If we talk about who is the most famous person in Shenjing City these days.

Jia Cong dares to claim to be second, no one dares to claim to be first.

One legendary deed after another.

They have all been made into jokes by storytellers on the overpass and are starting to be circulated.

It can be said that everyone in Beijing knows about it.

“Brothers, I am not feeling well today. Let’s talk again another day.”

At this moment, Liu Xianglian bowed and said to everyone with a slightly dejected tone.

“Brother Liu, what are you doing…”

“It’s okay, don’t worry. I just don’t feel like playing today. I ruined the mood of the brothers. It’s my fault.”

“The day after tomorrow I will host a banquet at Happy House to entertain all the brothers.”

“Farewell!”

After saying this, Liu Xianglian didn’t want to stay any longer, so he spurred his horse back and headed back to Shenjing City.

Only a few rangers were left standing there in a daze.

“What’s wrong with Brother Liu?”

“Nonsense, have you forgotten Brother Liu’s background with your muddled mind? He is a founding noble, yet he was ostracized by his family.”

“Falling into the market.”

A ranger looked at the passing official ship.

His face was also full of emotion.

“A real man should be like this…”

“Let alone becoming a man like Purple Robe Marquis, even if I can serve under him, I will have no regrets in my life.”

……

at the same time
In the cabin of the Fu ship

“Brother Cong!”

“I broke through!”

Lin Daiyu walked in holding Baochai’s hand.

After staying in Jinling City for half a month, Jia Cong took Baochai back to Yangzhou Prefecture.

It would be a lie to say that she had no jealousy towards Baochai, who appeared by Jia Cong’s side.

But Baochai never thought about fighting for anything.

One is trying to please, the other is young and kind.

The relationship between the two soon became like that of sisters, just like in the original novel.

I stayed in Yangzhou Prefecture for more than a month.

Until Sui Maoxiang completely put down the Shandong rebellion.

Niu Jizong led 120,000 troops from the Beijing camp and joined forces with the defenders in Baoding Prefecture to defeat 300,000 rebels.

Only then did Jia Cong set out to return to the capital.

But unlike the original novel, this time the Xue family is the salt merchants appointed by the royal family.

He was engaged in the salt business and had Jia Cong as his backer, so his business grew day by day.

It was naturally impossible for Xue’s mother to give up her family business and return to Beijing.

Lin Ruhai still has more than half a year left in his term.

It will take until autumn to come back.

There are only Daiyu and Baochai around Jia Cong.

There is also the maid Xiangling, whose mother was found by Jia Cong’s men, and now the mother and daughter are reunited.

Since they had nowhere to go, they simply followed Jia Cong to the capital.

Xiangling’s mother used to be the mistress of a wealthy landlord, so she was more than qualified to be a manager in the courtyard.

We were not in a hurry along the way. Whenever we came across places of interest or beautiful scenery, we would stop the boat and go ashore to enjoy the scenery.

Until all the generals of the two armies that suppressed the rebellion returned to the court.

Only then did they pull the sails to their full extent and return to Beijing at full speed.

“I said Sister Lin’s talent is top-notch!”

Jia Cong smiled and poured a cup of tea for Daiyu and Baochai.

Just yesterday, Jia Cong and Baochai sorted out their gains from this trip out of the capital.

In terms of single-acre land, in Shandong province, Sui Maoxiang took advantage of the White Lotus Sect to kill a large number of landlords and gentry.

The land was re-registered and 500,000 acres were secretly collected for Jia Cong from various prefectures in Shandong.

The death row camp consisting of more than 200,000 White Lotus rebel prisoners has gradually begun to go to the fields to farm.

The ten prefectures in the south of the Yangtze River finally gathered a total of 400,000 acres.

The total area of ​​900,000 acres is an important foundation for the future development of Shinto.

As for money, before leaving, many families in Jiangnan who were afraid of being killed prepared generous gifts.

Even if Jia Cong had not deliberately amassed wealth, he still earned more than 30 million taels of silver in the end.

Together with various jewels and silks, they filled more than twenty ships.

This is because most of the silver was left by Jia Cong to Miaoyu for business use.

There are also tens of thousands of books stored in the Bailu Academy.

There are various rare and valuable copies, many with annotations by great scholars.

Its value is immeasurable and far beyond what silver can compare to.

Jia Cong sorted them all out and transported them back to the capital.

These are just the obvious ones.

secretly.

The Ten Prefectures Shinto in Jiangnan developed rapidly.

The gods of land, mountains and rivers in various places have begun to take action.

Eliminate evil spirits, develop believers, and collect incense.

This caused the total amount of Jia Cong’s incense to surge.

Now there are three thousand five hundred.

The distance is from the five thousand incense sticks required for the sixth-rank priesthood.

Only fifteen hundred.

Every day, new priests are created for the Shinto seal, and some are also conferred by Miaoyu.

In a year at most, the Shinto system in Jiangnan will be complete.

Together with those who are ordained and transformed by God.

The number of ghost soldiers under Jia Cong’s command has exceeded six thousand.

This time when he returned to the capital, he brought two thousand coins with him in the Shinto seal.

There are nearly four thousand left, and three thousand of them are distributed throughout Jiangnan for use.

There are another thousand, led by the Ox-Head and Horse-Faced Demons.

Spreading Shinto in Shandong.

“My Lord, the ship is about to dock at the pier.”

Time passed quickly while chatting with Baochai and Daiyu.

Before they knew it, Ma Ruyue’s report was heard outside the cabin.

Through the cabin window, Datong Bridge Pier is clearly visible.

The prosperous capital city comes into view.

When I left, the cold winter had just arrived!
When you return, all things come back to life!
“Let’s go, Sister Bao, Sister Lin!”

Jia Cong stood up.

It’s time to settle the grudges that have accumulated for several months.

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