Chapter 113 Prepare and recruit people(1/4)
"I would like to know about the situation of the Qi Practitioner servants. Can the governor tell me in detail?" Meng Zhou said directly.
"Oh, let me talk to you about this in detail."
After hearing Meng Zhou's question, Li Xiang nodded.
He started talking to Meng Zhoufen without showing the slightest surprise.
Because from his perspective, this is a matter of course.
Meng Zhou was also listening attentively, but the thought he had in his mind was not as "natural" as Li Xiang thought.
At first, when Governor Li wanted to recommend some qi-training servants to him, Meng Zhou's subconscious reaction was to refuse.
This is related to his long-standing habit. Because of his special situation, when dealing with other monks, he would subconsciously keep a sufficient distance from each other.
Even with the closest relationship between Master and Disciple Chu Zheng, the sense of distance is obvious.
Therefore, when Governor Li wanted to recommend him a qi-training servant, he declined without much thought.
But in less than ten days, Meng Zhou's thoughts changed greatly.
First of all, the foundation-building monks who come here to "farm" do not really want to be farmers with their faces facing the loess and their backs turned to the sky.
In addition to the two busy times of sowing and harvesting, and the affairs are more complex, their only task is to regularly go to the spiritual fields to provide rain and water.
Because of such needs, they had to be "bound" to this land for a long time, which was the biggest price they paid.
But if you can accept this, everything will seem leisurely and comfortable.
The cards and style of the Foundation Establishment Monk are all there.
Looking at the layout of this courtyard, Meng Zhou could roughly imagine the daily life of the former owner as a typical landowner.
Practice in a quiet room, drink tea and enjoy the scenery in the lake pavilion, entertain visiting friends at a banquet in the elegant house, or go out to visit friends.
For some relatively large chores outside the house, you can ask Sanchuanhui to solve them for you.
Some smaller and more specific chores are handled by the Qi Practicing servants, who are all placed in the courtyard covering an area of four acres.
Among them, there are also carefully laid out courtyards within courtyards, in which beauties with their own unique skills live.
But if you need it, you can invite them to play with you in the Huxin Pavilion, or go to the boudoirs in person to enjoy it, and you can play whatever you want.
This is the state of a normal landowner in Sanchuan Plain.
Of course, things cannot be generalized. Of course, there will also be monks who like to be quiet and are not interested in anything other than spiritual practice.
However, it is also necessary to find one or two Qi training servants to handle some chores, run errands, send messages, do other things.
If you don't find a Qi Practicing Servant, it will look different and conspicuous.
And this is just one of the reasons.
There are two other reasons, which are more closely related to Meng Zhou, and are also the reasons why he wants to consult on this matter now.
One is the growth of the Xuanling Turtle, which requires a large amount of animal pellets due to its deliberate feeding.
With his current attainments in alchemy and his familiarity with the medicinal properties contained in various wood-type spiritual herbs and elixirs, he can prepare them without any fixed formula, just some popular and ordinary spiritual herbs and elixirs.
Find out the most suitable animal pills for Xuan Ling Turtle to take.
This was easily solved in Sanchuan Plain. When he first entered Sanchuan Plain, he saw many first-level spiritual fields run by Qi-training monks, and various spiritual medicine gardens were everywhere.
Therefore, all the spiritual herbs and elixirs that the Xuanling Turtle needs in the entire first level can be easily obtained.
The easiest solution was to open his mouth to Governor Li, but Meng Zhou just didn't want to open his mouth.
He doesn't want Sanchuanhui to be too involved in his life, which will make his "portrait" clearer and clearer in Sanchuanhui's eyes.
But he can't just build the foundation in a dignified way, and often does this kind of problem that can be solved by just mentioning it - doesn't this seem even more strange?
At first I didn't think much about it, but I couldn't help but murmur in my heart.
This was the reason why he needed to find a qi-training servant, and there was another reason that he only came up with when he was practicing the cloud and rain technique.
Now, his cloud and rain technique has reached the level of a master.
Meng Zhou believed that even among all the foundation-building monks who had mastered the Cloud and Rain technique, not many could master this spell to this extent.
Moreover, Meng Zhou believes that it won't take too long to take it a step further, to upgrade it to the master level, or even to practice it to perfection.
But compared to other practitioners of the cloud and rain technique, the shortcoming of lack of mana cannot be made up for in a short period of time.
If he goes to the spiritual field to provide rain every time, a very strange phenomenon will occur - the rain he makes will be very short and not lasting.
In order to take care of all the more than 200 acres of spiritual land, he had to go back and forth to the quiet room again and again to regain his breath.
Every time I regain my breath, it only rains for three to five minutes.
Such a strange and unusual phenomenon, as long as it is noticed by others, it will not work without people thinking about it.
His idea of deliberately blurring the realm of cultivation will be easily seen through by others.
It is also impossible for him to set up some formations around the spiritual field to block his casting process, which would only attract more curious onlookers.
…
Who needs to build a fence before planting land?
There's nothing strange about this.
Not allowed to see?
Then I still want to see it!
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The solution that Meng Zhou came up with was also very simple. I just made my people lazier and more homely.
While inspecting the entire courtyard, Meng Zhou had already discovered that there was a water channel leading from the pond to other areas of the courtyard.
There are also some small dry pools in those courtyards, and there are also small channels connected to this main channel.
It can be imagined that at the beginning, this pond was not only a scene designed by the previous owner, but also the "reservoir" of the entire courtyard. The Qi-training servants living in other areas also used the second-level spiritual water in this pond.
This can also be regarded as a benefit of being a servant to the foundation-building monks.
What Meng Zhou had to do was to open another canal, leading directly to the Lingtian area.
In this way, he does not need to go to the spiritual field to personally apply rain. Every time when it is time to irrigate, he can open canals and release water, and let the Qi training servants fetch water for irrigation.
In this way, he would naturally have a reason not to go to Lingtian to make rain on the spot.
No one will know that he has to go back and forth many times to do the work that others can do in one or two times.
Moreover, as long as you pay attention when coming into contact with those qi-training servants, you don't need to worry about what they can see.
You are the real master of this place.
Governor Li introduced the Qi Practicing Servant in detail, and finally handed Meng Zhou a booklet and said:
"Fellow Daoist Zhuang, you can take a look."
Meng Zhou opened the booklet and took a quick look. It was a resume booklet.
Each page contains the name, age, gender, and character of a Qi practitioner as well as a rough background check.
A high-resolution image is also attached.
What left Meng Zhou speechless was that the first twenty or so pages were all female cultivators.
And all of them are dressed up with great ingenuity, either in a flowery way, or fresh and lovely, or in a fairy-like appearance. The most important thing is that all of them are extremely good-looking.
But there were several of the most stunning faces among them, and Meng Zhou could see traces of deformation. Two of them even had slight adjustments at the skeletal level.
However, I have to say that the technique is also very clever, and it may not be obvious to ordinary foundation building.
But Meng Zhou was different. He could see traces of artificiality and unnaturalness at a glance.
Meng Zhou's eyes stayed on these pages for a while, and then he looked up at Governor Li.
Governor Li was also looking at him at this moment. When he saw him looking up, Governor Li seemed to know that he was meeting someone with vicious eyes this time. He coughed lightly and reminded: "There will be more behind you, there will be more behind you."
Meng Zhou then turned back.
But the latter part is even more outrageous, okay.
The first male cultivator is a man who is more beautiful than the female cultivator.
The most outrageous thing is that this face and figure are all natural, without any trace of manipulation.
Those tender eyes seem to be looking at the viewer.
Meng Zhou quickly turned the page, but he couldn't help but think of a sentence in his heart, once a man gets sexual, what does it matter to a woman?
Then the next dozen or so pages are filled with handsome male cultivators of various styles.
I couldn't help complaining in my heart, "It seems that the Sanchuan Society has really put in the effort to keep the landowners of Zhuji Village on this land.
What is this, a companionship?"
When he saw a new page showing male and female monks with relatively normal paintings, Meng Zhou looked more seriously.
However, after reading the volume, Meng Zhou raised his head and looked at Governor Li: "Are they all here?"
To be continued...