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The meeting with the Minister of Dali Temple was very formal.

The mysterious star array and star warlock have greatly improved people's lifespan. The 68-year-old Tang Wanxian still looks full of energy. Even at night, he still combs his hair meticulously and sits on the floor. The little table in front of him On the table are the best scented teas that no one would ever drink.

Cheng Jinzhou knelt down gently and sat on the ground. This was an ancient custom in the Xia Dynasty that only a few nobles still maintained. Shaonan's Cheng family is not old enough, he just learned to sit down.

"If you have anything to do, just say it directly." Tang Wanxian was not prepared to give Cheng Jinzhou much time. He was a powerful central official. Although he was not an important minister, he did not care about local nobles and ordinary star warlocks. Star warlocks like Xiang Xin can attract his attention even more.

Cheng Jinzhou didn't care about his attitude. He took out the newly purchased certification stone from his arms, placed it on the ground and pushed it forward gently: "First of all, I want to know, what does the imperial court think of Cheng Yun'an, the magistrate of Shaonan? How is it going to handle the New Year's Day? During the riots? Will the Zongfu Department deal with the Cheng family?"

He asked three questions in a row without any unnecessary nonsense. This ten-minute meeting was originally a transaction rather than a relationship. Shen Cong wanted to take the latter path, but unfortunately failed.

Tang Wanxian opened the package containing the certification stone without any pretense, and then handed it to the servant behind the screen. At the same time, he said: "The political affairs hall has not yet discussed the matter of Shaonan Zhizhou, but the opinion of the subordinate minister is to dismiss the post and keep it in office to see the consequences. "

In the central government of the Great Xia Dynasty, the six ministries were the executors of specific affairs. The Menxia Province was equivalent to the configuration of the State Council. The Political Affairs Hall was composed of several prime ministers and was equivalent to the emperor's cabinet, which had the highest power to rule the country. The position of the Minister of Dali Temple is slightly lower than that of the Six Ministers.

Cheng Jinzhou continued to ask: "Will it be discussed in the political hall?"

"probably not."

At this time, the servant behind the screen walked out gently, leaned into Tang Wanxian's ear and said, "50 contribution points."

That's all, he walked backwards and left the room.

The expression on Tang Wanxian's face suddenly softened a lot. Given his status, a bribe of this amount was rare to come across once every few months. Among officials, contribution points are much more useful than gold and silver.

Cheng Jinzhou looked at his face, still maintaining a serious attitude and said: "Then can I change the opinion of my subordinates?"

The 13-year-old boy looks serious and is quite fun to watch outside, but the things they say do not make people feel relaxed.

Tang Wanxian pondered for a moment, knowing that this was the price of 50 contribution points, and said slowly: "It's not completely decided."

"Then I'll trouble Mr. Tang." Cheng Jinzhou bowed his head.

"I know." After saying this, Tang Wanxian moved a little and continued to answer the last two questions: "The riots during the New Year festival and the handling of low-level officials must be given opinions by the Ministry of Civil Affairs. Dali Temple, The Ministry of Punishment, the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Rites will all send people to investigate. The Zongfu Department will not investigate the Cheng family."

"Who is the master?" After giving the money, Cheng Jinzhou regarded the other party as an automatic question and answer machine.

"Dali Temple should be the main one." The Minister of Dali Temple answered affirmatively.

If not, Cheng Jinzhou wouldn't have to come to him.

"Please try your best to take care of the Cheng family, especially the master's family." The so-called master's family is the Qingzi branch. Try to keep some backbones so that Cheng Yun'an's position can be secure and his position as the legitimate son of the Cheng family will be valuable.

Tang Wanxian nodded slightly, waited for a few seconds and said, "Then that's it."

Cheng Jinzhou immediately said goodbye and left.

After walking out of Tang Zhai, he slapped his forehead hard. 50 contribution points were simply given away. The so-called big shots in the imperial court really eat people without spitting out their bones. In fact, in terms of the value of the officials themselves, many people are not as noble as Star Warlocks, but power is an interesting thing. It is always expanding itself and compressing others. The combination of nobles and high-ranking officials is more noble than Star Warlocks in many aspects. of control.

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After removing 50 contribution points, Cheng Jinzhou only had 4 points left. Theoretically, if he cannot collect 10 contribution points in the next 7 days, his title of one-star warlock will be revoked. Of course, this is highly unlikely to happen. What Star Warlocks lack most is just the initial association contribution points. Regardless of whether he redeems the association contribution points, his initial contribution will always be recorded.

In other words, as long as Cheng Jinzhou spends money to purchase 6 association contribution points, he can keep his title from being cancelled. For now, this step can be omitted.

Regardless of the charm of geometric optics, Warlock Jiang Huangxing and Warlock An Feng are like two fly lanterns, attracting many Star Warlocks to pounce on them. Although everyone did not necessarily follow Cheng Jinzhou's ideas, the result was that his contribution points were increased.

In just three days, Cheng Jinzhou once again added 20 contribution points. If you consider that behind each contribution point, there is the effort of one or several Star Warlocks, you can understand why the Star Warlock Association contribution points are so expensive - it often takes several days, dozens of days, or even dozens of days to complete a paper. Over the years, the number of contribution points that can be obtained will not be affected by the will of the Star Warlock. Just like the scientists in China in the 21st century, their lifelong efforts may only be one or two in the end. Results.

Being able to pursue the development of a certain subject from the beginning is the best way to become an excellent star astromancer - wanting to be great is not included in this - because of this, many astromancers are willing to put down what they are doing Work and pay attention to the latest developments in astrology.

For the astrologers in other places, important, lively and fashionable theories do not need to wait for the delay of the postal carriage. Naturally, the teleportation star array can help, but the cost is slightly unsatisfactory. If not, Cheng Jinzhou wouldn't be able to increase his contribution points by seventy or eighty points in a short period of time just by relying on Xia Jing and the star warlocks from the outer peninsula.

After skipping classes as usual, Cheng Jinzhou habitually walked into the building of the Star Warlock Association. In the past few days, he has been paying attention to the changes in the imperial court's policy towards Shaonan City. Although the Menxia Province will not necessarily deal with this as a priority, but hearing that the emperor has also received the memorial, Xiao Cheng is naturally worried. Abnormal, suddenly appointing an imperial envoy to Shaonan to investigate, there will be many variables later.

There were more people in the association's data room than in the past few days. Several young star warlock apprentices stared at Cheng Jinzhou when they saw him - it was one thing not being able to carve star formations. In just over ten days, , upgrading to a first-level star warlock, and then infinitely approaching a second-level star warlock, is another matter.

Except for a few people in the association, no one else could find the Star Warlock's contribution points, so no one knew that Cheng Jinzhou took 50 Star Warlock points as a bribe. Xu Gu could count Cheng Jinzhou's contributions by looking at articles before, but now that there are more and more achievement reports from other places, he can no longer judge clearly.

However, in his opinion, it does not seem very far away for Cheng Jinzhou to become a two-star warlock. His attitude naturally impressed the apprentices working in the association, and everyone was very polite to Cheng Jinzhou.

Classmate Xiao Cheng smiled and greeted the star warlock who was looking at him. If he had his previous temperament, he would always take this opportunity to make more friends. However, his 13-year-old body, coupled with his recent rapid rise in star warlock level, made him feel a slight disconnect.

The two apprentices next to the bookshelf naturally made way for Cheng Jinzhou. No matter how far they are from a one-star warlock, they are still a star warlock apprentice.

Cheng Jinzhou absentmindedly pulled out two volumes and sat aside to read them. As the results of geometric optics are reported more and more, the favorite application topics of astromancers are also increasing. The most popular one is how to accurately measure the position and distance of enemies under multi-media conditions, such as scorching hot objects. Where air and cold air meet, such as in an environment of water vapor - this kind of article naturally does not belong to Cheng Jinzhou, but he himself likes to read it. Knowing more about the preferences of star warlocks can help him understand it more clearly. development direction.

Those who serve others are always at the cutting edge of technology—just look at the value of lawyers and doctors.

While he was reading, the discussion between the two star warlocks sitting below caught Cheng Jinzhou's attention.

Qi Qi’s female voice said crisply: “Thankfully I didn’t choose the frozen star array.”

"What's wrong?" Another male voice was also very young.

"Look at this article. Everyone didn't understand before that the counterattack after being frozen often failed to hit the target accurately, so they spread rumors and spread rumors, saying that the freezing may have interfered with the frozen person's star formation or even thinking, but now People did experiments and said it was because of the shift in light after freezing."

The boy did not read the article and said in confusion: "If it is just a deviation, the position can be determined based on experience alone. If the star array is good enough, you can directly add corrections to it. My hit rate in the water is already 100%. .”

"But what if it is the water surface that was just hit by the fireball technique?" The girl asked with a smile: "The medium of steam is different again, water surface, steam water surface, and ordinary air. Can you still accurately judge the deflection of light? ?The same goes for freezing. Ice produced at different temperatures refracts light to different degrees. Now some people are trying to list the refraction angles produced by freezing into a formula or table based on the temperature. Once completed, the counterattack obstacles caused by freezing will be completely eliminated. It exists. It’s just that at that time, the temperature measurement star array may have to be included in the supporting star array standards.”

"I think there are still problems with this theory. Why does the eye see things related to light? Several people have discussed it, but they always find it weird."

"There are always things you don't understand, it would be nice if you could put them into practice."

Being practical is the main goal pursued by the Star Warlocks.

Cheng Jinzhou shrugged. This era is, after all, different from the era of scientists.

He had just lowered his head to read when the sound of rustling footsteps came from the side near the door, followed by a surprised call: "Cheng Jinzhou?"

Xiao Cheng turned his head naturally, and the gentlemen he saw immediately made him open his mouth.

Zhao Quanhui and Zhao Yeyu, the legitimate grandsons of Nanling County Prince, and Lu Anping, the legitimate son of Prince Dongshan who had just disappeared for two days, were leading the way on their left, and leading them in at the same time was a first-class star warlock...

The one who spoke just now was the righteous young lady Zhao Yeyu. He glanced at Cheng Jinzhou up and down and said with a milky taste, "Why are you here?"

Governor Cheng Jin breathed a sigh of relief. He still wanted to ask, "Why are you here?"

The direct sons and grandsons of several county princes gave him the feeling that they were more like an opposition gathering.

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In addition to the word count: It’s the 100th chapter, let’s celebrate. Since all the manuscripts were saved, Shitori has basically lost the ability to update twice a day, but he still managed to write 100 chapters. This is amazing, just like 9 million words and 950 chapters, both three digits.

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