After the Fairy Disappeared

  Chapter 178 Employ a Monkey

   Mao Tao interjected and asked: "By the way, wasn't Songyang Mansion founded by a prince with a different surname at first? How did it become Marquis of Songyang now?"

"Oh, that's because the system was changed in the middle of our country, and rewards without meritorious service will be reduced to hereditary. There were two Songyang Palace Masters who were mediocre, and their titles were lowered. It was not until the first emperor came to the throne that the system was changed back. It's complicated to say Anyway, Marquis Songyang will also be hereditary in the future, and he will not change it unless he commits a serious crime."

  To solve the problem of repairing broken knives, He Lingchuan put forward new requirements to Deputy Liu:

   Buy Dan Furnace.

  He will major in "Ziwu Jue" in the future, and he needs special medicines and special preparations. It is difficult to buy ready-made pills, and most of them have to do it by himself. I heard that pill furnaces are also divided into many levels, and a good furnace can increase the success rate by more than 10%.

  Same as last time, Deputy Liu agreed, and then asked He Lingchuan: "Do you know how to make alchemy, or do you have such a master?"

   "Pure novice. Am I going to buy a stove and go back, learning and thinking?"

   "The way of alchemy is difficult to learn. The scientific name, medicinal properties, heat, and techniques can't be achieved without practicing for three or four years, and countless medicines have to be refined in the middle." Assistant Liu said with a smile, "It's really uncomfortable."

  He Lingchuan could hear the voice behind his words: "I'm sure I'm not the only one suffering?"

   "The practice is long, and the big men are unwilling to distract their energy. I suggest you hire a medicine ape to go back."

   "Medicine ape?" He Lingchuan wondered, "What is this? A monster?"

  The bustling capital is indeed full of new things.

"Yes, there is a Taoist sect called Qianxinliu, which is full of fire apes. It also has branches in our country, and it is especially famous for alchemy. Customers in need can pay a lot of money to hire medicine apes to make alchemy for themselves. make drugs."

   "How is the level?"

   "It's alchemy masters, often better. I heard that Sun Guoshi used to have several medicine apes in his family."

  He Lingchuan laughed: "Sun Fuping is really a gold-lettered signboard. Anyone who has anything to do with him will make money."

  Deputy Liu quickly waved his hands: "Now we can't say this publicly."

   "Then take me there."

   "It's just that the price is a bit high, and the medicine ape hired back must be offered as a gift. It should not be treated lightly, let alone regarded as a slave, otherwise it can leave at any time."

  Mao Tao raised his chin: "Money is a trivial matter, as long as it's worth it."

"The word 'thing' cannot refer to Yaoyuan in person, otherwise it will turn against you." Deputy Liu reminded, "I have seen people who angered Yaoyuan. Lean."

  Co-authored to raise another little monkey, so you have to be careful when you speak? He Lingchuan and Mao Tao looked at each other and shrugged.

  The carriage turned around and headed north of the city.

  Passing through the market, Mao Tao, who had been hanging out the curtain to watch, suddenly said: "Hey, isn't that the lamp next to the manager Lao Mo? He is pasting something on the wall."

  He Lingchuan poked his head and saw that it really was the boy at home, A Deng, who was pasting a notice on the poster wall, followed by two supporting sergeants.

   Deputy Liu immediately called to stop the carriage.

  People come and go in the market, and when the officials have news to announce to the whole city, they will come to this place to put up posters. But on the other hand, only official articles are allowed here, not any cat or dog can come here to post things indiscriminately, otherwise they will be caught and slapped twenty times, and if the impact is worse, they will be thrown into the classroom.

  The young man of the He family can come here to post, of course, he must obtain official approval.

  The words of the statement are very large, and the top three words are still bold and bold. Mao Tao murmured:

   "Seeking talents?"

  There are not many words, and He Lingchuan read it with two eyes. The main idea of ​​the content is that the new governor of Xiazhou, He Chunhua, is thirsty for talents, and wants to recruit local wise men to go north to fight against the rebels. Regardless of background or eclectic background, anyone with real talents in marching, millet management, combat, and internal affairs can come to take the exam.

  Most commoners don't know two Chinese characters, so A Deng, a young man from the He family, has to act as a preacher, reading the recruitment order to everyone, and then answering questions.

  He Chunhua's target group is not these people, but he hopes to use their mouths to spread the news as soon as possible. After all, the support army's stay in Shihuan is limited.

  There are more and more crowds of onlookers. He Chunhua is an official from other places. He rarely heard of it before. Seeing that the road was getting more and more congested, He Lingchuan let the carriage get on the road as soon as possible.

  Mao Tao didn't understand: "Master He, why don't you bring some people over from Heishui City, they know the basics, but you want to 'seek talents' here?"

  He Chunhua went north, originally he had five or six staff members with him, but he only brought Mo Zhe Jingxuan with him. Talents in internal affairs and logistics are even more pitiful.

   "A small place with few talents, right?" He Lingchuan rested his arms on his shoulders, "After all, this place is at the feet of the emperor. Are there any people here?"

  He remembered that his father was always complaining about the lack of manpower, and he had to do everything by himself. This time he went to Xiazhou, He Chunhua wanted to set up his own team in the shortest possible time, and the key was to prepare for a rainy day and reserve talents.

   After all, there are enemies in the north, and there is not much time left for He Chunhua and Xiazhou.

   "I hope father can recruit suitable talents as soon as possible."

  He Lingchuan shook his head, and instantly put this concern behind him.

   It's none of his business, leave it to He Chunhua and He Yue to have a headache.

   Soon, the carriage drove up a hill.

  The mountain peak is very delicate, with an altitude of up to thirty feet. At this time, it is covered with silver, and it is common to see branches shaking and snow falling.

  The carriage was blocked by an archway and stopped there.

   It's not that the groom doesn't want to drive up the mountain, but the archway is only six feet high, but it's so wide that it takes up the entire mountain road.

  This archway is really wicked, as if to buy road money.

  He Lingchuan saw a few uniquely shaped stone urns standing on the stone archway from a distance, but when he got closer, he realized that it was not a stone, but a big gray monkey with a very similar color to the stone!

   They shrank their heads and tails and stood on the archway, dumbfounded. When someone approached, they said in a low voice: "Qianxinliu House, come and walk!"

Assistant Liu got out of the car and handed some pieces of crispy candy to an old monkey with graying hair, which would be distributed to the other monkeys, before he cupped his hands and said, "I haven't seen you for three days. This time I want to congratulate the governor of Xiazhou." My lord's eldest son hired a pharmacist!"

  He does not call the monkey an ape, but a medicine man.

   "Do you usually make medicine?"

   "Naturally." He Lingchuan answered, "on average every two or three days."

  Practicing "Ziwu Jue" requires the fresher the yin-yang powder he takes, the better, so as to maximize the medicinal properties. He Lingchuan himself wished that he could make a furnace and eat it for half a month, but if he had a helper to refine the medicine, this requirement should be easily fulfilled.

Deputy Liu explained to him: "Controlling fire and refining alchemy is an important practice of the fire ape. Qian Xinliu hopes that all the fire apes sent out will be brave and diligent in their practice." Then he turned to the old monkey, "In the building, which pharmacist has empty?"

   "It's not a coincidence for you to come here. A big medicine store from other places just came and hired twelve of them in one go." The old monkey sugar man scratched his back, "Now there is only one pharmacist left."

  Mao Tao immediately murmured to Deputy Liu: "Isn't someone picking the leftovers?"

  The hair on the old monkey's head was all white. Not only was he not deaf, but he was very keen. At this moment, he widened his eyes and said, "What nonsense are you talking about!"

   Assistant Liu coughed lightly: "Tang Weng, the hiring and hiring parties must negotiate on an equal footing, neither lying nor cheating. Is there anything special about this pharmacist?"

  Employment is a two-sided matter. One needs to compete and the other needs to be acquired. They must understand each other.

   "The alchemy is excellent, and there are very few failures. He is the best among all the fire apes here."

   If the refining medicine is broken, it is called a broken furnace. The cost of high-level elixir is very high, and if it is broken, it may cost tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of taels of silver.

  Deputy Liu tentatively asked: "Is that eating too much?"

"No no."

   "Is it because they don't like cleanliness and have a peculiar smell?" Monkeys have a smell, and if they don't take a bath, they will get worse. Some people can't stand it.

   "How is that possible!" Tang Man glared, "Lingguang doesn't have any of the bad things you think. He is the most hardworking, intelligent and dexterous kid here, and he just happened to be away, so he was not hired away."

  The old monkey jumped to the ground: "Come here, I'll show you it."

  The archway is very low, and He Lingchuan couldn't jump over it directly in front of these thousand-hearted monkeys, so he had to bend down and slip through.

  The monkeys watched with smiles, and some grinned.

  Humans have to bow their heads when crossing the archway, which satisfies the bad psychology of these monkeys.

  There are only a few buildings on the mountain, which are large and empty. He Lingchuan looked up and found that there were tree houses tied to several big trees, and there were shadows shaking on the nearby branches.

   Yes, monkeys like to stay in trees.

   Sugar Weng yelled a few times towards the tree, and soon there was a chirping sound in response, and then an ape climbed down the tree and landed on the branch in front of everyone.

  This monkey has a lighter coat color than its peers, and wears a bamboo hat on its head.

  He Lingchuan saw that it was thin and agile, with exceptionally clean fur and quick eyes. It was not like ordinary monkeys running around, but locked on to He Lingchuan after scanning the crowd, as if knowing that he was the key point.

  Tang Weng introduced He Lingchuan's identity to it, and the latter immediately asked:

   "Your name is Ling Guang?"

  The monkey nodded without scratching its head, looking as calm as a human.

   "Mr. Tang Weng recommended you to be my medicinal ape. I have several herbs here, how about you help me refine them into Qianding Pills?"

  Ling Guang knew that this was his own entry test, so he jumped to the ground without knowing where he took out a stove that was as small as a palm and placed it on the ground.

  The stove gradually becomes larger until it is level with the peach shoulder.

   Then it stretched out its hand to He Lingchuan.

   As far as the ape is concerned, its palms are very clean, without any sand and leaves.

  After taking the medicinal materials, it quickly grabbed a few handfuls and threw them into the stove, unlike He Lingchuan who measured them carefully and dared not make any mistakes.

   Then the monkey blew towards the bottom of the stove, and with a "hoo", the stove burst into flames.

   No wonder it is called Fire Ape.

  Next, the monkey controlled the fire from big to small, and the color of the flames from dark to light, and threw in some medicinal materials from time to time, so fast that others could hardly see it clearly.

  (end of this chapter)