I can infinitely improve my spiritual attributes

That's it.

Zhou Shan became the leader of the river patrol team.

If the leader of the river patrol team received the post of the ninth-rank river patrol inspector, the fishing gang would make a living under him.

The original leader of the river patrol team came from the fishing gang, or in other words, the backer of the fishing gang. Now that the leader of the river patrol team is dead, Xia Jiang directly arranged Zhou Shan to become the leader of the river patrol team.

On the day Zhou Shan became the leader of the river patrol team, the leader of the fishing gang came to visit him after receiving the news.

The leader of the fishing gang naturally couldn't come empty-handed when he came to visit.

Two quarters of an hour later, Zhou Shan sent the leader of the fishing gang away.

"Three thousand taels of silver per month!"

In the main hall, Zhou Shan looked at the six boxes of silver taels sent by the fishing gang.

One box of silver taels is five hundred taels, and six boxes are three thousand taels.

These three thousand taels of silver are the tribute sent by the leader of the fishing gang, and they are sent every month.

"No wonder everyone wants to be an official!"

Looking at the three thousand taels of silver, Zhou Shan sighed to himself.

Although he is now only the leader of the river patrol team and has not become a river patrol officer of the ninth rank, with his current status, he does not need to take the martial arts examination, and he will be directly recommended by officials.

With the fame of a martial arts student, plus the merits he has made, and the recommendation of the river county magistrate, he is qualified to be a river patrol officer of the ninth rank, so the leader of the fishing gang came to pay his respects immediately.

For Daqian officials, the risk of corruption and bribery is not great.

Because officials from top to bottom in the court do this, it would be a bit different if he did not do this, and the three thousand taels of silver are not all Zhou Shan's, half of them have to be handed over to the river county magistrate.

The fishing gang not only pays tribute to him, but also the general manager of the fish market at least pays tribute.

The leader of the river patrol team is also the river patrol envoy, and the fish market manager is also the tax officer of the river, who is responsible for collecting fishing taxes and managing the fish market. The benefits are greater, but the tribute collected by the fish market manager must also be handed over to the county magistrate of Hedao.

Gangs, landlords, and wealthy businessmen oppress and exploit the lower-class people.

The government harvests these gangs, landlords, and wealthy businessmen.

Big fish eat small fish, and small fish eat shrimps.

Now, Zhou Shan barely squeezed into the "big fish" level.

Zhou Shan collected three boxes of silver, and the other three boxes were sent to the residence of the county magistrate of Hedao.

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The following days.

In addition to daily practice, Zhou Shan also began to read military books.

Although the martial arts examination is mainly based on martial arts, in order to pass the academy examination and become a martial arts scholar, or even a higher-level martial arts candidate, a martial arts scholar, in addition to martial arts, knowledge of military books will also be tested, and you must be able to write policy essays.

Martial arts accounted for 70%, and policy essays accounted for 30%.

In the blink of an eye, time came to mid-February.

Zhou Shan ate the second-level treasure fish Fire Pattern Fish caught by the crab monster and began to practice bone forging.

Tiger Pattern Fish and Fire Pattern Fish are only one word different, but the effects of the two are more than ten times different. The effect of a Fire Pattern Fish is equivalent to that of more than a dozen Tiger Pattern Fish, or even dozens of Tiger Pattern Fish.

Zhou Shan ate the blood and flesh of the Fire Pattern Fish, and boiled the bones into soup, all poured into the stomach, and then began to practice the Thirteen Tiger Forms to transport qi and blood, speed up the peristalsis of the stomach, and quickly refine it into fish meat and fish soup.

Suddenly, pure energy continued to permeate the whole body.

Under the guidance of the Thirteen Tiger Forms, these pure energies completed a cycle in the body, and after reaching the peak, they were all integrated into the bones of the whole body.

As these pure energies merged, Zhou Shan suddenly felt his bones become warm, then hot, and became hotter and hotter, just like a flame, or magma, flowing into the bones.

This is the energy contained in the fire-patterned fish.

The soup made from the flesh and bones of the fire-patterned fish can burn the bones like a flame, remove impurities, and make the bones harder and tighter.

This process is extremely painful, and only warriors who have entered the practice of forging bones can bear it.

If ordinary people take the fire-patterned fish, it will not only fail to burn the bones, but will directly burn the bones, thus becoming a useless person, and may even be burned to death.

Whether it is a treasure fish or a treasure plant, as long as it exceeds the first level, it is not something that ordinary people can take casually.

The kind of natural treasure that can increase the power of decades or hundreds of years after taking it, and can make people comparable to super-first-class warriors, only exists in storybook novels. The higher the level of the treasure fish and treasure plant, the more terrifying the energy contained. If ordinary people take it rashly, there is only one result, that is, exploding and dying.

At this time, Zhou Shan only felt that all the bones in his body were washed by the terrifying magma, and the bones became harder and tighter as they were continuously smelted. It was like putting a piece of iron into a furnace and continuously refining it, removing the impurities in it, and turning the raw iron into refined iron.

This process lasted for three hours.

"It's over!"

Zhou Shan exhaled a long breath of hot air.

At this time, he felt that his bones seemed to have become heavier.

This was because the quality of the bones became heavier.

From the tiger bone to the iron bone, the quality of the bones was further improved.

"Now I have also reached the third level of bone forging and have cultivated iron bones."

Zhou Shan mobilized his mental power to look inward and observe the bones.

At this time, his bone density was several times higher than before, and he really reached the iron bone level.

Next, it was the second breakthrough of the blood and qi, and the cultivation of the blood and qi wolf smoke.

Only after cultivating the blood and qi smoke can one practice the three realms of internal organs training.

"Fifth Master, someone from the county government is here."

At this moment, a servant came to the door to report.

"I know!"

Zhou Shan nodded, changed his clothes and left the training room.

Calculating the time, the martial arts examination ended yesterday.

Now the county government's yamen runners are here, probably to deliver the martial arts student's merit list, student seal and student martial arts uniform.

Although the martial arts student is the lowest level of merit in the Daqian Dynasty, it also has some benefits and privileges.

For example, you can receive 100 taels of silver from the court every month, and you don't need to kneel like ordinary people when you meet officials of the seventh rank and below on some special occasions. You can even use silver to atone for your sins if you kill someone.

Of course, the premise is that the person you kill has no background and is just an ordinary person.

The higher the merit, the more privileges.

After a while, Zhou Shan saw the yamen runners sent by the county government. He also received the merit list, student seal and student martial arts uniform, and officially became a martial arts student with merit.

"Congratulations to Mr. Zhou Wu for becoming a martial arts student!"

After presenting the martial arts student with all the necessary items, the yamen runners began to congratulate him.

"Thank you for all the hard work."

Zhou Shan was not stingy and gave each of the yamen runners money.