Chapter 164 Arrangements and Discussions

Sometimes when a criminal is found committing crimes in the city, the City Lord’s Mansion is also responsible for arresting him. If the criminal is ruthless, it is common for the entire army to be wiped out.

In Chiyuan, the cost of maintaining order has always been high.

2. Spiritual field.

Of the 80,000 hectares of spiritual fields outside the city, 40,000 were opened up by the masters of the Niling Blood Sect when Guiling City was established and have always belonged to the City Lord’s Mansion. The remaining 40,000 were opened up by later generations and are their private property.

The spiritual fields mainly grow spiritual rice. Since the supply cycle of Guiling City is five years, the main crop grown is the first-level spiritual rice [Qingyuan Rice] which matures once every two and a half years!
It is just enough to grow two crops and sell them to the Jinmanlou branch in the city. I can earn one million spirit stones in five years. If the costs of seeds, manpower, fertilizers, etc. are taken into account, the net profit is about 800,000 spirit stones.

Even though the City Lord’s Mansion was emptied by him, there are still three thousand spiritual farmers in the early stage of Qi training outside the city. There are also many spiritual farmers in this regard from the three major families, but due to their poor combat effectiveness, they are basically not considered as cultivators.

There are also many people from the Tuoba family here, as well as survivors who were not in the City Lord’s Mansion when the incident happened.

Wang Yu once issued an order to the Yi people. If the Bai family is sensible, they will make amends for their crimes. If they do not move, the Guan and Jiang families will help him complete the order of the Yi people and gain fame.

Therefore, he was not in a hurry to go out. As for the third source of income for the City Lord’s Mansion, it came from the nearby sects.

3. Shui Mo Men, Wen Xiang Sect, and Zilong Mountain.

These three Jindan forces were allowed to open branches in Guiling City to sell products, and they had to pay land use fees in addition to normal taxes.

A family will receive 100,000 spirit stones for five years, which adds up to 300,000. Some small sects like Lingjiu Sect will also get involved. Depending on the size of the land used, there are two levels of 30,000 and 50,000.

A little bit adds up to a lot, and after a five-year cycle, you can earn five or six hundred thousand!
With income from these three sources, the City Lord’s Mansion earns nearly three million yuan every five years. This is the value of this fertile land, which far exceeds the three major families in the city.

But these account books are records of Zhuo Kuang’s life.

During the hundred years that Tuoba Lei occupied the city, the Jindan forces did not pay a penny, the three major families evaded taxes through various means, and the spiritual fields outside the city were also encroached upon by others.

It’s good enough to be able to retain half of it. This is the difference without the background. It made Wang Yu feel so painful when he saw it.

Of course, managing a city cannot just be based on income.

There is also a lot of expenditure.

There are 3,000 city guards, 1,000 patrol soldiers, 5,000 spiritual farmers, 100 personal guards, and 500 miscellaneous servants.

It costs nearly 10,000 people to support such a group, and at least one million spirit stones will be spent over five years. Since the position of Lord of Guiling City was established, this thing has never been fully staffed.

In addition, there is an open-top worship hall.

They only accept cultivators at the Foundation Establishment stage and above. Not only are the salaries offered high, but there are also various special requirements that need to be met, such as an alchemy room, an earth fire room, spiritual medicines and gold… and so on.

Fortunately, the predecessors have helped to build it almost complete, so Wang Yu does not need to make any additional expenses. The number of people offering sacrifices in the hall is also a large amount of spirit stones.

In addition, it is necessary to retain 500,000 spirit stones as working capital to ensure the normal operation of the City Lord’s Mansion, so that if there is an auction occasionally, the most valuable items can be won.

Then deduct the one million that must be offered to the Niling Blood Sect.

Only 500,000 yuan can go into Wang Yu’s personal pocket, and this is still under ideal circumstances. But now there are still many industries that have not been taken back.

It took a long time to read this information.

Wang Yu took a deep breath and exhaled slowly after a long time.

“Business philosophy…”

As the sun rose and the moon set, nothing happened during the night.

Wang Yu, who had been thinking about the subsequent development issues, finally stopped writing. He listed all the problems that needed to be solved in Guiling City one by one.

In his opinion, the Guan family’s skills in making paper, ink, pens and inkstones can not only be used in cooperation with the Ink and Watercolor Sect, but can also be sold to nearby cities.

However, there are only about a thousand real practitioners in each of them, the output is too low, and they are unwilling to let outsiders learn the essence of production.

A small fight.

The paper made of spiritual bamboo alone can be sold to talisman practitioners in addition to cultivators who practice the art of painting.

Not to mention ink, which can be used as talisman ink and as a medicinal ingredient for alchemy. It is a bit troublesome and time-consuming to prepare.

The pen is an indispensable tool for talisman masters.

In addition to the inkstone, the Guan family possesses special skills that can perfectly meet any need of the talisman master. There is a city near Guiling City called [Sanmao City]!
It is surrounded by three sacred mountains covered with yellow thatch grass.

After being dried, this yellow grass happens to be the top-quality material for making yellow talisman paper. Over time, the cost of learning talismans in Sanmao City has become extremely low.

The number of talisman masters is increasing every year. Over time, this city has gained the reputation of the City of Talismans and has become very famous.

If the Guan family were to go in for the negotiations, they would definitely be excluded by the locals. If Wang Yu were to go in for the negotiations, he could use the channels of the Lord of Sanmao City to sell his products.

Of course, it’s still unknown.

Every city has its own interest groups, and rashly getting involved may not be a good thing. This is just a development policy set by Wang Yu.

The most important goal now is always to completely control Guiling City.

The half-month appointment arrived as scheduled.

Outside the city lord’s mansion.

Ever since the new city lord took office, there have been big waves. During this period, the five major urban areas have been more obedient than the other. Under the seemingly calm situation, there are hidden storms that can crush people to pieces!
Each force had its own little thoughts, and they greeted each other with their eyes flickering.

The eldest elder of the Bai family, the head of the Guan family, the head of the Jiang family, representatives of the three factions, plus Chao Yunniang from the Yunmeng Pavilion, there are seven people, no more, no less.

As for the two family heads Guan and Jiang who swore not to come, they went back that day and reported the incident to the ancestor, and were sent back by the ancestor. They said that the new city lord was a man of means, and if they wanted to gain a firm foothold and gain their support, the matter of the Yi tribe could only happen once, so they didn’t have to worry.

The representatives of the three factions came very decisively. While everyone was greeting each other, the door of the City Lord’s Mansion opened again.

In a corner of the huge square, there was a pile of frozen flesh and blood of more than 500 practitioners, which made people feel cold in their hearts.

At this time, Wang Yu’s voice came from a distance.

“If you have any skills or secret techniques that require these materials, please feel free to ask. This city lord will sell them to you at a 20% discount.”

The red-faced old man from Zilong Mountain’s eyes lit up. The purple dragons from the earth veins that their sect raised just needed spiritual flesh and blood to feed on.

“Thirty-two thousand.”

“Very good, then I will sell it to the Taoist friend from Zilong Mountain.”

Mr. Wang, who is very wealthy, no longer cares about these spirit stones, but his frugal nature remains and he can’t bear to waste these things. It’s good enough to be able to sell them for 32,000.

“Everyone, come in.”

The City Lord’s Mansion is surrounded by high walls on all sides, with only four gates at the front, back, left and right. There are also 108 steps raised up. Just to walk from the street to the door of the mansion, one has to climb up a long distance.

When you go inside, you will see a 500-acre square, with side rooms on both sides connected to covered bridges, and many stone lions standing along the way.

At the end of the square, there are 360 ​​white jade steps.

It can be said that it interprets climbing to the extreme. It is the largest and tallest building in the entire Guiling City. Above the jade steps is the palace, and all the lattice doors with carvings of dragons and paintings of phoenixes are open.

The conference hall will be directly exposed to sunlight.

Wang Yu sat sideways on a high place, supporting his chin with his left hand as if he was dozing off. A huge three-tailed snow fox was coiled behind him, serving as a backrest.

His feet were placed one above the other on the top of a chair that looked like a bed. The sunlight shone through, making his pale skin transparent. His lazy eyes were drooped, not looking at the people who were approaching.

This posture has different meanings in the eyes of different people, and they will have different feelings in their hearts.

The Wenxiang Sect and the Shuimo Sect: What a carefree and unrestrained young man.

The Great Elder of the Bai Family: Arrogant!

Chao Yunniang: The man on the street is as beautiful as jade, and the young man is unparalleled in the world.

The red-faced old man from Zilong Mountain: You have no respect for your elders and are so arrogant!
Jiang Family Master: …

Master Guan: You are such a jerk. If it weren’t for the formation here, you would have known how dangerous Gui Ling is!

No one dared to speak out these thoughts, they could only endure and give in, because Wang Yu was in the right position.

He had good reasons and justifications for killing the bandits, and even the emperor would praise him for doing a good job.

If they surrounded and killed Wang Yu, it would be a violation of the majesty of the Holy Sect, and everyone would be doomed. They could not fight him and could only surrender.

Everyone could basically guess the purpose of Wang Yu summoning them, which was nothing more than restoring the old system and expelling those bold people who occupied the spiritual fields in the City Lord’s Mansion.

As for how much of this they account for.

That depends on different people’s opinions.

In silence, the head of the Jiang family spoke first: “The city lord arranged for the soul test to be held earlier this year half a month ago. My Jiang family cultivators have completed the soul test for the city lord. Here is the list, please take a look.”

Seeing the scroll recording the list floating in front of Wang Yu, the head of the Guan family also hurriedly presented a list.

“This is the list of people who have been tested for spiritual power in previous years. Among them, there are many seedlings with four or five spiritual roots. All of them are being cultivated into spiritual farmers. My Guan family is willing to send out three hundred people.

“Oh, by the way, this is the list of young people from the Guan family. The city lord can choose two people as apprentices at will.”

aside.

The Great Elder of the Bai Family was stunned when he heard this. It has only been such a short time and you have all rebelled. But every time he thought of the instructions of the ancestor, he could only wait patiently.

After all, the head of the Bai family was beheaded as an accomplice.

If this matter is taken seriously, the entire Bai family will be implicated. Their gray dealings with Huangquan Temple cannot be fake and will be easily discovered.

To put it simply, it was Bai Xian’s own idea. He insisted on his own way and deserved his death. It all depended on City Lord Wang’s words. So he really came here to take responsibility and apologize, and he also prepared a lot of apology.

Seeing that the task was done well, Wang Yu spoke.

“Tomorrow, all those whose spiritual roots have been detected will be sent to the City Lord’s Mansion. I wonder if the three sects are willing to provide some manpower?”

Shui Mo Sect: “According to the Sect Master’s order, all the garrisons in the North City District will be under the command of the City Master.”

Wenxiang Sect: “The Sect Leader’s meaning is the same as fellow Daoist Shuimo Sect.”

The old man from Zilong Mountain: “…”

Wang Yu didn’t say anything when he saw this.

“In this case, the city defense will be handed over to the two factions first, and the 100,000 spirit stones required to be paid as rent for the next five years will be waived.”

Everyone: “…”

(End of this chapter)