Chapter 440: Suspend Cooperation
"Fellow Daoist Jin, your sect needs to give me a reasonable explanation!" The envoys of the five sects questioned Jin Dasheng, who received them, with gloomy faces and a menacing manner, as if asking a teacher to ask a crime.
Perhaps, in the eyes of the five sects, the cooperation with Yu Qingzong was a compromise that Yu Qingzong had to make due to the joint pressure of the five sects. The so-called auxiliary rail transit construction is just a nice excuse, which makes Yu Qingzong a little bit of face to compromise.
Jin Dasheng, who was in charge of receiving the envoys of the five sects, sat on the main seat in a Confucian uniform, waving a folding fan leisurely in his hand. Hearing what the envoys of the five sects said, he slightly raised his eyelids and asked lazily: "Who would you like to see?" What to explain?"
Seeing Jin Dasheng's behavior, several envoys immediately became angry. Among them, the envoy of Ziyangzong took two deep breaths, suppressed the unhappiness in his heart, and said in a deep voice: "Fellow Jin Daoist, why bother to ask questions knowingly? Discuss, and then unilaterally suspend the previously agreed cooperation, don't you need to wait for an explanation for me?"
"Oh, so this is the matter." Jin Dasheng closed the folding fan, tapped it lightly on the palm of his hand a few times, and then said to several people: "I now know why the fellow Taoists came here. I, Yu Qingzong, explain it to you, so where do you start?"
"Where do you start from? Don't pretend to be confused with me, Fellow Jin Daoist!" the Ziyang Sect envoy said very dissatisfied.
"Hehe, there's nothing I can do to pretend to be confused. I'm afraid it's a few fellow Taoists who pretend to be confused." Jin Dasheng stood up from his seat, took square steps with his hands behind his back, and walked up to several envoys. Several people flitted past them one by one, and finally returned to the envoy of Ziyangzong. With a bit of coldness in his tone, he asked as if questioning: "Is there anything I, Yuqingzong, need to explain to you? Since it is cooperation, there is a beginning." There is also an end, now that the cooperation between my sect and you has been completed, I really can't think of any need to continue this cooperation."
In fact, everyone knows that when several parties cooperate to do one thing, since the thing has been done, the cooperative relationship will of course end accordingly. This is a very simple reason. However, there are some particularities in the cooperation between Yuqingzong and Wuzong, and it is not simply a matter of rail transit construction. After all, when Wuzong came to him, he didn't know that Yuqingzong was going to build rail transit in several surrounding countries.
The reason why Wu Zong came together to put pressure on Yu Qingzong with the reason of "the decency of ascetics" was actually because the speed of expansion of Yu Qingzong's sphere of influence had already made Wu Zong feel a certain threat. It was just that after the arrival of the five sects, Yu Qingzong happened to have a plan for the construction of rail transit in several surrounding countries, so the two parties reached a cooperation through some exchange of interests.
Therefore, this cooperation, from Yu Qingzong's point of view, is cooperation in the construction of rail transit, and there is no need for cooperation after the construction of rail transit is completed. However, from Wu Zong's point of view, this was a compromise made by Yu Qingzong under the joint pressure of Wu Zong. Since it was a compromise, it should naturally be long-term.
"Fellow Jin Daoist, is your sect going to cross the river and tear down the bridge?" Ziyangzong's envoy asked angrily.
"Crossing the river and demolishing the bridge? This is really a joke!" Jin Dasheng sneered, facing the envoys of the five sects, he said unceremoniously: "The so-called cooperation means that everyone gets what they need. This cooperation in the construction of rail transportation, I, Yu Qingzong, I think I didn’t treat you badly at all, so where did you start to talk about crossing the river and tearing down the bridge! Could it be that my Yu Qingzong owes you all this, so I should enshrine you from generation to generation!”
Jin Dasheng's words immediately made the envoys of the five sects a little speechless.
Although, from the point of view of the five sects, the benefit that Yu Qingzong gave them in this cooperation is actually the protection fee for them. But, can this kind of thing be said openly? They are all righteous sects after all, don't care what dirty things they do in private, but they still have to maintain a righteous image on their face.
Seeing that the envoys of the five sects had stopped talking, Jin Dasheng said in a relaxed tone, "Fellow Taoists, my Yuqing Sect and several sects are all of the same righteous way after all. The end of this cooperation does not mean that the future As long as we don’t communicate with each other forever, there are still many things that we can cooperate with.”
The five sects were headed by the Ziyang sect, and when they heard that Jin Dasheng's attitude had softened, the envoy of the Ziyang sect moved in his heart and asked, "Fellow Daoist Jin, I don't know what you said, there are other cooperations, what are they specifically about?" ?”
After all, Wu Zong was so concerned about the termination of the cooperation, the key was not to cut off the supply of spiritual rice. Although the terms of cooperation at the beginning were that Yu Qingzong provided Wuzong with some spiritual rice seeds. However, spiritual rice seeds still need to be cultivated and planted, and each generation will degrade by one grade, and after three generations, it will become ordinary grain. Therefore, the five sects have no choice but to rely on those seeds to meet the needs of the sect.
Therefore, if there are other cooperations that can be exchanged for Lingdao for Wuzong, then there is no need to be obsessed with this cooperation.
Jin Dasheng opened the folding fan, shook it lightly in front of his chest, walked back to his seat and sat down, and then said to the envoys: "Fellow daoists should know that what my uncle Zong Ye did in the False God Realm Let’s make an announcement. Today, the construction of rail transit has been recognized by secular countries, and all countries have sent envoys to ask my sect to help build rail transit. Therefore, if a few fellow Taoists are willing, I, Yu Qingzong It is also very welcome, and we will continue to cooperate with your sects in this regard."
The "recruitment revelation" of the False God Realm, of course, the people of the five sects also knew about it, but they didn't have to pay anything to get it before, so naturally they didn't take the announcement seriously. But now, the original benefits have been cut off, and it seems that this is the only way left if he wants to continue to get Lingdao from Yu Qingzong.
However, would people from the five sects be willing to work for Yu Qingzong?
You know, although Yu Qingzong said very politely, he said that working for them was to help them. But everyone knows that this is essentially a part-time job, just like the low-level laborers in the secular world, giving their strength in exchange for a bowl of food.
Back then, when the five sects joined forces to put pressure on Yu Qingzong, the excuse they used was "this matter is disrespectful to a cultivator." Although, after receiving the benefits, Wu Zong stopped mentioning this matter, but it didn't mean that his thoughts had really changed. Otherwise, when the rail transit was built in several countries before, Wuzong would not send only one person to make soy sauce.
And more importantly, the previous five cases didn't have to do anything at all, and the benefits they got were far better than those "migrant workers". Now, let them be treated the same as those "migrant workers", and the gap in their hearts makes them even more unacceptable.
Therefore, when Jin Dasheng mentioned this matter, the envoys of the five sects changed their expressions slightly. The envoy of the Ziyang Sect frowned even more, and asked with an unhappy expression: "Why, what do you mean by Jin Daoyou, do you want me to wait for a few sects to do those dirty things like them?"
"It turns out that this is how Fellow Daoists see what I, Yu Qingzong, did, so we have nothing to talk about." Jin Dasheng shook his head, and immediately stopped thinking of continuing to persuade them. Originally, if the other party just couldn't accept it a little bit, he would still try to persuade him. After all, the construction of rail transit is really short of manpower. However, the other party directly described this matter as a dirty thing, so there is nothing to persuade.
What's more, the construction of this rail transit is a matter led by Yu Qingzong. If the other party says it is a matter of indiscriminate behavior, then what is Yu Qingzong? It was also a loss for Jin Dasheng, if Ye Zan were here, he would have kicked them out of Yu Qingzong a long time ago, how could he be so polite to them.
"What do you mean, Fellow Daoist Jin?" Seeing that Jin Dasheng was about to see off his guests, the envoys of the five sects all showed dissatisfaction.
"You guys really don't understand what you mean? What I, Yu Qingzong, did not come into your eyes. Since you guys are so disdainful, what else is there to talk about?" Jin Dasheng stood up and raised his hand. He made a gesture of invitation to the outside of the main hall.
If the envoys of the five sects couldn't understand such an obvious see-off, it could only be said that there was something missing in their heads. Of course, the envoys of the five sects also have dignity. Since they have already been sent off on their own initiative, it is impossible for them to stay with the cheek. So, the five of them stood up in unison, each with gloomy faces, only snorted coldly at Jin Dasheng, shook their sleeves and strode out of the hall.
Watching the envoys of the Five Sects leave, Jin Dasheng sat back on the chair, unfolded the folding fan and shook it in front of his chest, then got up and walked out of the hall.
Ye Zan was in the courtyard, playing with his daughter, suddenly turned his head to look at the courtyard door, and said, "Old Jin, come in."
The gate of the courtyard opened, and Jin Dasheng, who had sent away the envoys of the five sects, walked in from the gate, bowed his hands and saluted Ye Zan, "Disciple pays homage to Master Uncle."
Ye Zan looked at Jin Dasheng's expression, and said with a smile: "How about it, the people from Wuzong didn't agree?"
In fact, when Ye Zan said before that he would suspend the cooperation with Wu Zong, he never wanted to bring Wu Zong back into the construction of rail transit. However, Wu Changsheng and the others felt that even though the five sects secretly supported the Wuzhu sect and wanted to contain the Yuqing sect, they were all righteous sects after all, and the relationship should not be too rigid on the surface. That's why Jin Dasheng told the envoys of the five sects about the "recruitment notice". At least this can be regarded as a kind of cooperation.
But obviously, Wu Changsheng, Jin Dasheng and the others ignored the arrogance of the second-rate sects. Those five sects are all old-fashioned second-rate sects, and the disciples of the sects have the arrogance brought by second-rate sects in their bones. Unlike Yu Qingzong, although Mo Rushi and Wu Changsheng were once rich, they all struggled from third-rate sects. They don't think it's a big deal, but it may be absolutely unacceptable to those from second-rate sects.