Shennong Daojun

November 11th, Chenshi.

The sky was already bright.

Zhao Xing took Zong Shichang's carriage and returned to the city with the officials.

"...I fell asleep last night, and when I woke up, it was already Yinshi. At first I didn't know what was going on, but when I heard the teacher say that Xuantian Sect appeared last night, I was almost scared to death!"

"Fortunately you let me sleep at the entrance, oh no, plant at the entrance, I was discovered by the Donghu Army as soon as I woke up. It is said that there was no battle in that area." Zong Shichang covered his chest, terrified.

Zhao Xing listened to him and was speechless. Zong Shichang was eroded by the ghost in his dream, but he also slept until Yinshi?

Was it good luck, or was he ignored?

Not all officials were bewitched by Xuantian Sect.

Most of the officials in the Ministry of Agriculture fell asleep and lost consciousness after being eroded.

The only ones who really attacked were Zhao Xing, Li Chengfeng, Wen Nanxing, Xiao Ze, who had been on the top list for a long time.

But wasn't Zong Shichang also a long-term top-ranked player?

Why did he get treated like a loser?

"Young Master Zong, I really don't know whether I should be happy or sad for you." Zhao Xing thought to himself.

Seeing him talking nonstop, Zhao Xing interrupted him and said, "Brother Zong, let me rest for a while."

Seeing this, Zong Shichang immediately stopped talking: "I understand, I won't ask, don't worry, I will just remember this affection silently."

Zhao Xing closed his eyes and fell asleep instantly.

He used the dream preservation method to recreate the scenes of the three days and three nights, not missing any details.

After reviewing the situation, he roughly determined the reason for the reappearance of the Blood Spirit Venerable.

"I'm afraid it's because I practiced the Great Dream Spring and Autumn, and he saw it."

In fact, the moment the Blood Spirit Venerable appeared, Zhao Xing thought of this possibility.

Because he had no other place to attract the other party to show up in person.

At that time, Zhao Xing still wanted to cover it up, and even the biggest killer, the sleepy bug, was not used.

But now think about it, it doesn't matter whether it is used or not.

The other party didn't want to do it at all, he just came to confirm.

"What did he come to confirm? To confirm whether I really practiced the Great Dream Spring and Autumn? Did he think that I had the Great Dream Spring and Autumn and was the descendant of the Nightmare Sect?"

"No, Xuantian Sect has nothing to do with the Nightmare Sect. There is no need to come to see me specially... Then he came for the Great Dream Spring and Autumn technique?"

"Maybe it's not just the technique, but also the soul armor?" Zhao Xing thought for a moment and left the dream.

"From the perspective of Venerable Blood Spirit, whether I am the descendant of the Nightmare Sect or I got it by chance, it is very attractive to him. He probably wants to hunt me and take my treasure."

After thinking it through, Zhao Xing was relieved.

He is not afraid of trouble, but he is afraid of not knowing what kind of trouble it is.

Anyway, Xuantian Sect is a hostile camp, and it is inevitable that they will meet in the future. It doesn't matter whether it is Venerable Blood Spirit or Venerable Water Spirit.

It is very difficult for him to hunt me who knows Xuantian Sect well. I am about to go to the Divine Power Army, where there are many strong people, and Venerable Blood Spirit is impossible to kill me and take my treasure.

As for the future? It's hard to say who will kill whom.

He is not worried about the Blood Spirit Venerable, but he is worried about whether there will be strong people in the Great Zhou who covet him.

After all, external enemies are not scary, but internal enemies are scary.

"As I get more and more treasures in the Great Dream Academy, one day I will be exposed."

"But since I dare to accept this opportunity, I must accept this cause and effect." Zhao Xing's eyes are firm.

I am afraid of this and that, and I am still looking for immortality? It's better to die early!

As long as you become strong enough, you will naturally not be afraid of any challenges!

"After this incident, it's time to talk to Lao Chen."

"It's a foregone conclusion that I will be an official. There will be an opportunity for selection immediately afterwards. If I don't discuss it in advance and am arranged to be an official elsewhere, it will be a bit troublesome."

"Let's wait for Lao Chen to deal with this matter first."

On November 11, the Gucheng County Office posted a notice.

The Xuantian Sect demon intended to commit treason in Nanyang County on the evening of the 10th.

There were four counties in total, all of which were plagued by demons.

The various departments of Gucheng County Government and the Donghu Army promptly stopped the demons in the county and killed a total of 178 demons and believers of Xuantian Sect.

As for casualties, the notice did not mention it, but only mentioned it briefly.

Zhao Xing later learned the specific battle report in Chen Mansion.

"The situation is basically the same as what the county government announced." Chen Shijie said: "The purpose of Xuantian Sect's action is to capture people, not to kill people. Because of proper control, the casualties in Anping Town were very small."

"That night, most of the people didn't even notice the movement at the scene of the incident."

"But there were still casualties. When the Donghu Army was chasing, several people died and more than ten were injured."

"The clerks were not injured, but four clerks of the Sinongjian were missing, and two were missing in the other departments. However, this matter was not reported as missing, but directly reported as heroic death in battle."

Zhao Xing nodded, it was obvious that the missing people were abducted.

If they are reported as missing persons, their family members will not get any benefits except thinking about it all the time.

If they are considered to have died bravely in battle, they can get a pension.

According to the Xuantian Sect, the captured officials cannot be found at all. When they reappear, it is usually several decades later, and their relatives are probably all dead by then.

So it is normal to close the case like this.

Zhao Xing took a look at the missing list, and Li Chengfeng was indeed on it. He was not rescued after all.

The other two are also on the top list, but they are much inferior to Li Chengfeng.

Chen Shijie said: "After Nanyang County Prince killed the ghost, Xuantian Sect's stronghold in Gucheng was completely exposed, and all practitioners and believers were discovered. Overall, Gucheng's performance was the best."

"Killing the demon outside is always considered a great achievement, and all the departments involved have their merits."

Speaking of this, Chen Shijie showed a smile: "My transfer order was issued first, and this happened later, so I can directly count my military merits. Civil servants will receive awards, and Li Wenzheng should be given a casual rank, which will be counted as 'guarding the place' "

As for the officials? These contributions are only enough for the officials to share, and the participating officials only get a bonus. The amount of profit divided among the divisions depends entirely on the conscience of the officials in charge.

But there are only a few dozen taels to break the sky, and it is impossible for everyone to have so many.

Zhao Xing didn't care that he could get rid of the Xuantian Sect stronghold entrenched in Nanyang County, so that he could go to the Shenwei Army without any worries, that would be a good thing.

There are Blood Evil Beads and Blood Spirit Needles, as well as the bonuses from the court, but he no longer takes them seriously.

"As for the results of the Winter Examination of the Agricultural Supervisor," Chen Shijie said, "As long as those who participated have passed the examination, and all the bonuses have been paid, there will be those who participated in the examination, and each person will receive about ten taels."

"Long Xiao and I won't take it."

Chen Shijie didn't mention Zhao Xing. He obviously regarded him as one of his own, and he directly made the decision for this small amount of money.

"Then I won't be able to get the first prize?" Zhao Xing said.

Chen Shijie smiled and said, "Li Wenzheng and I escorted you to take the temple exam, and Fan Dongping and Ji Ming from the county went too far. What else do you want for the exam?"

"You don't even need to participate in the winter evaluation. Just prepare for the temple exam next spring."

The winter assessment is the assessment at the winter solstice, and it is also the last assessment of the year.

But after hearing what Chen Shijie said, Zhao Xing didn't have to expend such effort.

Just wait until the spring of next year, and once you pass the temple exam, you will be accepted into the official position.

The temple examination was both practical and theoretical. The imperial court set the questions directly through the temple, and the examination was jointly invigilated by the Yin Shen and the designated chief official.

If you finish the test on the same day, the results will be available three days later.

There was nothing left to do. After thinking about it, Zhao Xing handed the Blood Evil Pearl and the Blood Spirit Needle to Chen Shijie: "I have no use for these two things. Can you help me exchange them for money."

"Yo? You guys have gained a lot." At this moment, Long Xiao walked in from the school field outside, "This is a good thing, where did it come from?"

"He killed a deputy hall master." Chen Shijie explained helpfully. "I didn't even use the straw guardian who took your rubbing."

"Not bad, better than Chen Laoer back then." Long Xiao praised.

Zhao Xing didn't answer because he saw the corner of Chen Shijie's mouth twitching.

However, it seemed that Long Xiao had made great achievements this time. Chen Shijie didn't say anything and let Long Xiao complain.

"I want this bead." Long Xiao pinched the Blood Evil Bead and put it into his arms unceremoniously, "When you get to the Shenwei Army, I will give you points of equal value. If you want to buy anything, come to me. Just help me buy it.”

"Okay." Zhao Xing nodded. The army does not use gold and silver, but uses a points system instead.

This type of points system was not only popular in the military, but also in the seventy-two Taoist academies and academies of the Great Zhou Dynasty. There are also ‘Three Clubs Integration Method’ and ‘Three Houses Integration Method’.

It not only retains the evaluation system of 'excellent', 'average' and 'no', but also combines it with a highly operable numerical system.

If you have enough points, you can be promoted from the outer courtyard to the inner courtyard, from the lower community to the upper community, and you can even become a teacher in the Taoist academy.

According to the military merit point system, if you reach a certain level, you can be promoted to the rank of knight, knight, or civilian.

"I've taken care of the Blood Spirit Needle for you." Chen Shijie put away the Blood Spirit Needle, "You will definitely be useful when you go to the military world to train."

Zhao Xing's eyes lit up: "If you want to work as a farmer in the Shenwei Army, you need to go to the military training first?"

Long Xiao said proudly: "Of course, do you think any cat or dog can join our Divine Power Army?"

"If you recruit officials by converting them into full-time officers, wait a thousand years for transfer, you still won't be able to join the Divine Power Army."

Zhao Xing asked curiously: "Where did the Shenwei Army rank in the last military exercise of the military realm?"

"Five hundred and eighty-seven!"

You are so proud of over 500 people!

Those who didn’t know better thought you were one of the Ten Forbidden Forces!

Seeing that Zhao Xing didn't react when he heard this number, Long Xiao couldn't help but get anxious: "Boy, don't think that more than five hundred is bad. Do you know how many armies there were in the last military exercise of the Military Realm Legion?"

"How many?"

"There are eight thousand seven hundred and ninety-three armies!" Long Xiao said, "Our Shenwei Army can rank more than five hundred people. Do you think we are awesome or not?"

"Awesome." Zhao Xing nodded cooperatively.

There are more than 8,000 troops, which is still relatively small for the Zhou Dynasty, which has a huge population in the land of 19 states.

During the period of Taizu, the number of troops participating in military exercises exceeded 50,000. However, during the period of Emperor Wen, he did not launch many wars.

The number of martial arts exercises in the military world has reached a historical low, with only more than 5,000 troops participating.

During the reign of Emperor Jing, it was slightly improved. He performed many military exercises and his army exceeded 10,000.

The most exaggerated one was Emperor Wu, who directly broke Taizu's record. At the peak of the military exercise, the number of participating armies reached an astonishing half a million!

Even if the average number of times is taken, the number of armies participating in military exercises in each time is not less than 100,000.

Emperor Wu liked to break out troops to fight and open up territory, and he did not just use the Yu to make up for it. In fact, the threshold for the military exercises he held was not low. Among the dynasties of the Zhou dynasty, the quality of his troops was second only to the Taizu period. , it will still be exceeded in certain periods.

There are thresholds for participating in military exercises.

Local armies such as the East Lake Army are not even eligible to participate.

"Does the Divine Power Army have its own cave?" Zhao Xing asked.

As soon as this question came up, Long Xiao was obviously discouraged, and Chen Shijie's eyes darkened.

"Almost there."

That means no.

Zhao Xing felt a little disappointed.

What is the military world?

The military world is the connection between the cave worlds in the nineteen states of Zhou Dynasty.

As the level increases, the power and range of spells and martial arts will also increase exponentially.

The land of Nineteen States cannot withstand construction.

For example, if Zhao Xing is currently at the ninth level, he can use the swallowing cloud method to cover half of the valley county.

The range of the warrior's secret skills is not that large, but the power is not small.

Let’s take Sinong as an example. This land-based spell often requires the use of earth veins to practice, and the same is true for the heaven-time method.

Lands and lands collapse at every turn, winter comes and summer comes, who among the common people can bear it?

Therefore, all higher-level armies are usually stationed in the cave world for training.

There are all kinds of magic in the cave world.

The place is large and can withstand construction. It also has unique and rich products.

For example, one of Sinong's books is called "Dongtianliwu", which tells the magic of the "Guangling Cave".

In spring, you can plant five crops of good crops, which will ripen in spring, and one ear can feed five people.

In the summer, you can plant blood vines and harvest them in the summer. The vine fruits can replenish the blood type.

It can grow golden bean sprouts in autumn. It can be planted in autumn and harvested in autumn. It gathers yuan in three days and can be purchased in January. Its price is as good as gold.

In the winter, the bones can be dug up to regenerate the ginseng. In ten days, the bones can be set, and in a hundred days, the broken limbs can be regenerated.

In Guangling Cave Heaven, the top fifty Guangling troops of the Great Zhou Dynasty were stationed.

Guangling Cave Heaven is still not the largest and most magical. The largest cave world is occupied by the ten forbidden armies.

The locations for legionary military exercises in the military world are also rotated among the ten largest caves.

"The powerful army occupies a cave alone, and the Shenwei army has not even entered the first three hundred, so it can only share the same place with other legions or even multiple legions."

"But what did Long Xiao mean when he said it was almost there?"

Zhao Xing saw that Long Xiao and Chen Shijie didn't say much, so he didn't continue to ask. He had some vague guesses in his mind that this might involve the core secrets of the Shenwei Army.

"If I go to the military world for training, which cave will I go to?" Zhao Xing asked.

"It's not clear yet." Chen Shijie shook his head: "I have stayed in Jinting Cave Heaven and Danxia Cave Heaven before. Now that the Divine Power Army has been reactivated, there must be some changes in this aspect."

"But it will be confirmed in the spring of next year. Long Xiao and I will not set off until then."

Zhao Xing nodded and asked about other things: "Does the Shenwei Army have a good relationship with Lihuo Taoist Academy?"

Although there are conditions for using the Lihuo Altar, not everyone can borrow it.

In the land of Nineteen States, there are countless armies, large and small, but there are only seventy-two Taoist temples.

If you want to borrow it, you have to be respected by others.

"The Marquis has some relationship with Lihuo Taoist Academy." Chen Shijie said, "I studied in the Taoist Academy for a period of time in my early years."

"Can I know the name and title of the Marquis?"

"Of course." Long Xiao said, "The marquis' surname is Yang Ming'an, and he was granted the title of Marquis Boping in the first year of Jingxin."

Not called Shenweihou? Boping... is he a county prince?

Zhao Xing was a little puzzled. It was quite strange to see that Chen Shijie and Long Xiao had high regard for the marquis, but he was only a county marquis.

The title of a feudal lord can reveal many things.

The first-class marquis, usually with the words "wei" and "ying", were selected by the emperor personally, and were awarded titles based on special deeds or personal characteristics, or expressing expectations and grand visions, and were also counted as first-class.

The second-class marquis is awarded the title based on the five military virtues of "Yan Yong Wu Zhi Xin", which is the title of the five virtues.

The third grade of marquis is usually named after the fiefdom.

The fourth-class princes, who are not among the Wuhou, have various names. Basically, they have no fiefdoms, only food towns. That is to say, you can only get some taxes on that piece of land, but the fiefdom not only has taxes, but also can recruit troops, develop mineral veins, etc.

Marquis Boping sounds like a third-class Marquis at first glance, but he also wants to be a Shenwei Army?

"I don't know what the story is in it. The Shenwei Marquis and Shenwei Army who will be famous all over the world in the future are now just the Boping County Marquis. Could it be that Emperor Jing is too stingy?"

Zhao Xing then asked some questions about the Shenwei Army, such as its size, number of people, record, etc. I also have a rough idea of ​​where I want to go.

Overall, the Shenwei Army is still in line with his next plan.

With strong soldiers and major generals, there are many opportunities for meritorious deeds. This can be seen from the personal qualities of Long Xiao and Chen Shijie.

What's more, the Divine Power Army will become famous all over the world in the future. Following the Divine Power Army, there is a lot of room for improvement.

The only hidden danger is that he was eventually removed from the list for unknown reasons.

"But this is not unchangeable." Zhao Xing thought to himself, "My appearance will inevitably bring about a butterfly effect. For example, Xuantian Sect's actions in Nanyang County this time. Without me, Lao Chen would not have been able to alert Long Xiao. Please come and notify Prince Nanyang."

"A truly strong person never complains about the environment. No matter how great the changes are in the future, it will not change my determination to live forever!"

At the Chen Mansion, Long Xiao touched his chin after watching Zhao Xing leave: "This kid is not simple. He has a firm mind. It seems that he was not persuaded by you to become the military minister of agriculture, but he had already decided on the direction."

"He was brave and resourceful in the Xuantian Sect incident, and he was able to deduce with you. At the critical moment, he dared to take action against the hall master."

"But when he inspected Anping Town, he was obviously accompanied by a guardian grass man, but he did not take action for the credit."

"I only said a few words to him when chatting, and he seemed to have guessed a lot of things."

"I have a hunch that he will definitely bring us surprises."

Chen Shijie smiled and said: "Why are you more optimistic than me? But we should not be too happy too early. Let's wait until he passes the temple exam before we talk about it."