Main Text Chapter 1752 Because I'm Not Good Looking

In Tianmu Palace, Xiahou Chengyu was wandering in the garden and caressing his belly lovingly. His Majesty agreed to the 10,000 magic-breaking bows requested by the Netherworld Palace. He had already sent someone to allocate them, but His Majesty still didn't look back. She was following her own wishes in every way, and she knew that she must have benefited from the child in her belly. The little guy in her belly would be her support in the future.

"Your Majesty, the Netherworld Commander Niu Youde has sent a message to thank you for your kindness." E Mei, who was accompanying her, held the star bell in her hand and announced.

Xiahou Chengyu smiled slightly, nodded "Yeah", he supported so much, it's good that Niu Youde knew it was a kindness, it's not that he didn't want to help with the matter of Yue Xing Palace, but that he really couldn't help it.

Unexpectedly, before she was overjoyed, E Mei said again: "Niu Youde reported again, saying that people in Dutong Mansion cannot sit in the Netherworld and eat idle meals. In addition, there are fewer people and horses, so the army must be sharpened and strengthened, and troops must be sent to garrison Youquan. "

Xiahou Chengyu nodded and said with a satisfied smile: "As expected of a man who is good at conquering and fighting. Even before the Dutong Mansion was built, he had already mentioned the matter of tempering the army and improving its strength. Let's look at other things in the place. Men and horses know how to gain benefits by occupying territory. No wonder Niu Youde openly threatened to beat some people into cowards. Niu Youde did not disappoint me!"

Not only did it not disappoint her, but it made her very happy. Didn't she just want to control a powerful force that could take action at any time?

Hearing this, E Mei was hesitant to speak, but Xia Hou Chengyu said calmly: "Tell him, just say that this is his responsibility, and let him decide how to deploy the troops. There is no need to report to me anymore, I believe he can do a good job."

E Mei had to remind: "Not only do we send troops to guard Youquan, Niu Youde also wants to guard the entire entrance to Youquan and collect taxes."

"Tax?" Xiahou Chengyu turned around in shock. "Guard the entrance to Youquan and collect taxes? What kind of tax?"

E Mei said: "Niu Youde said that sharpening the army and improving the strength of the army can't just be talked about. It requires actual actions and a lot of financial support. So he wants to send troops to control the entire entrance to Youquan. Anyone who goes to Youquan for hunting Everyone must pay the tax first, otherwise they will not be allowed to enter.”

"..." Xiahou Chengyu took a breath of cold air. There are countless monks in the world, but there is only one Youquan. There are countless people who go hunting in Youquan every year. It is indeed a good business to make a fortune. His brows furrowed, "Don't he know that freedom of hunting in Youquan is allowed by heaven? What's going on with him controlling the entrance and collecting taxes?"

E Mei: "Niu Youde said that he would not hinder the freedom of hunting, and did not care about the identity of the person who went in to hunt. As long as he paid the tax, he could enter. As for how much the other party harvested when he came out, he did not care at all, and he paid After paying the tax, you can still be protected by the Tutong government.”

"Protection?" Xiahou Chengyu frowned and said, "What kind of protection? Can he protect a place where so many people come and go? How dangerous is it in Youquan? Doesn't he know after staying in the ghost market for so long? Does he want to Are your men injured inside?"

Emei: "The men and horses only guard the entrance to collect taxes. They will not enter Youquan to protect, they will only protect outside. He said that there are too many gangsters behind Youquan. Everyone should pay some taxes to support him in sending men and horses to control the outside of Youquan. . At least it can be guaranteed that there will be no black and white outside Youquan."

Xiahou Chengyu said in a deep voice: "Those who can go hunting in Youquan are all risk-takers. To put it bluntly, they are all people who don't have much money at hand. Otherwise, who would risk their lives to go hunting. People work hard to make money. He wants to collect taxes for a little money, can anyone in the world agree? "

E Mei: "He also talked about this aspect. He said that it is precisely because there are many unpredictable dangers in Youquan that there are many people with evil intentions guarding outside Youquan. They wait until someone comes out of Youquan before they go to rob them, and they do not die in it. I don’t know how many people die in Youquan but outside Youquan every year. In fact, for many hunters, what’s more terrifying is not the people inside Youquan, but the people who are doing evil outside. As long as everyone pays some taxes. , he immediately sent a large army to clear the outside of Youquan, so that people who came to hunt could not only get a good and safe environment for entry and exit, but also the capital government had the financial resources to maintain its own strength. He said it was a win-win situation. There won't be many people who object, and at least the few who object can ignore it. This is a good thing for most people, so why not do it. In addition, Niu Youde said that the people under Dutong's command are not very powerful. Low, but the grade is surprisingly low. With that salary, it is not even enough to cover the gap between your teeth. Before being under the control of the Netherworld City, everyone was scattered around. There was no one to care about it, so you could go out and do some private work to supplement your income. , but now that they are under unified control, it is impossible to let everyone run around doing their own private work, but it is not easy for heaven to provide money to satisfy them, and there is no way to start this with the level here, in order not to cause trouble to the higher ups. , I had no choice but to make this decision.”

Xiahou Chengyu frowned. She didn't know that the people in the Netherworld Capital were of low rank. They were basically all above Cailian, but they got the salary of mountain gods and land people, white lotus, green lotus or red lotus. The Lian cultivator might be able to make do with it, but it is indeed not enough to meet the daily needs of a group of Cailian troops. It may indeed cause problems over time.

"If you send someone to control the entrance to Youquan to collect taxes, you really won't make the world complain?" Xiahou Chengyu asked Emei's opinion. She really didn't know the situation there. She has played before, but she also knows that there is a difference between being protected by many experts and actually hunting. She is also concerned about her reputation as a queen.

Emei: "What General Niu said is true. There are indeed many gangsters outside Youquan. If he can really guarantee the safety outside and the tax is not excessive, I am afraid that some people will be happy to see it happen."

Xiahou Chengyu: "What do the family think?"

Emei: "The family did not express any opinion."

Xiahou Chengyu understood that this matter did not affect the interests of the Xiahou family. The Xiahou family did not care about it and let her make the decision. However, she still had to worry about one side, that is, the Qing Lord. If one of the two sides was dissatisfied with her, her life would be difficult.

Thinking of looking for Qingzhu again, Xiahou Chengyu had a headache. He had looked for Qingzhu several times in a row. He said unhappily, "Tell Niu Youde to report anything he has to say. It keeps happening. Will it ever end?"

Emei immediately took out the Star Bell and did as she was told. After contacting Miao Yi for confirmation, she reported again, "Niu Youde said that the only thing left is this matter and the location selection and construction of the Dutong Mansion. After these two matters are resolved, there will be no major issues for the time being."

Xiahou Chengyu had no choice about the Dutong Mansion. Qingzhu refused to give up because it involved Yuexing Palace. However, Qingzhu agreed to the tax collection, which of course took Xiahou Chengyu a lot of effort to get. Xiahou Chengyu also understood the dilemma of a group of people with high cultivation and low salaries. He was worried that this situation would not last long and would cause trouble. He finally had a group of people. Regardless of whether she was manipulated by the Xiahou family or not, she didn't want to give up easily.

For this reason, she really worked hard.

Qingzhu agreed, but he would not speak out about it. Since you, Xiahou Chengyu, insist on doing this, then let you, Xiahou Chengyu, do it yourself in the name of Tianpin Palace, and be responsible if something goes wrong. At the same time, he also mocked, "This monkey kid under your command is really good. He just took office. He immediately made a fortune. How much benefit did you get to work so hard?"

Tianweng Mansion, Forbidden Garden. Wei Shu entered and looked around. He saw Xiahou Tuo walking slowly in the garden with his hands behind his back, thinking about something, and hurried over to report the news.

"Xinghai League? Niu Youde contacted Xinghai League?" Xiahou Tuo stopped in astonishment, "What does he want to do?"

Wei Shu said: "Sixth Master received a report from Chu Antian, the leader of Xinghai League, saying that Xu Tangran, a subordinate of Niu Youde, found him and wanted to do business with Chu Antian. Sixth Master wants to ask what the master thinks, do you agree or not?"

Xiahou Tuo asked: "How do you cooperate?"

Wei Shu: "Xinghai League provides manpower. Xu Tangran escorts in an official capacity, and he probably wants to do something shady."

Xiahou Tuo chuckled: "This Niu Youde has a big appetite. He wants to control the entrance of Youquan and collect taxes here, and he also wants to do some shady work there."

Wei Shu: "It's understandable. He has 100,000 cultivators above the level of Cailian, and their grades are low. It's a joke to feed all those mouths with salaries. He must make money everywhere to feed them."

Xiahou Tuo continued to walk forward with his hands behind his back. After thinking silently for a while, he nodded, "Notify Lao Liu and ask Xinghai League to agree to it, and see what Niu Youde is up to."

"Yes!" Wei Shu agreed.

With the approval from above, Miao Yi immediately summoned relevant personnel to arrange the tax collection. As for the matter of building a mansion, he put it aside for the time being, and went to trouble Yuexing Palace after finishing the things at hand. Since Yuexing Palace did not cooperate, he was too lazy to be polite. No matter how complicated your background is, who else can he find if he can't find a suitable place to stay in the netherworld?

As soon as the news of guarding the entrance to the nether spring and collecting taxes was announced, the whole Dutong Mansion was excited, and there was a way to make money.

After convening a group of people to discuss and formulate a plan, they immediately sent people to post notices everywhere in the ghost market, announcing that the nether spring was officially controlled by the netherworld Dutong Mansion from now on, and all hunters who entered had to pay a toll, and those who did not pay were not allowed to pass. It was forbidden to rob outside the nether spring, and once found, they would be killed without mercy!

As soon as this news was announced, it caused a great uproar in the ghost market, and soon it became known to the world. Niu Youde became famous again, but this time it was not a good reputation, and he was scolded a lot.

Miao Yi didn't care about that. He guarded the treasure land and watched others make money on his own territory while his own people starved. Is this reasonable?

If he didn't want to provoke Xinyi Pavilion, he could directly send people to control the star gate into the netherworld, and even tax people who came to the ghost market.

Most of the army of the Dutongfu stationed in Dangyin Mountain began to move out and went directly to the entrance of Youquan to clear up. It was called clearing up, but in fact it was no different from robbery. Once the sneaky people hiding outside Youquan were discovered, they would be robbed immediately, and their belongings would be confiscated. As for people, they would be refined into elixirs after being caught, and those who resisted would be killed!

With such iron-blooded and thunderbolt means, those who usually cheated on the outside of Youquan died or escaped. In less than a month, the periphery of Youquan was cleaned up. A large number of troops began to be stationed at different points, completely controlling the entrance of Youquan, and set up a place to arrange personnel to collect taxes.

That was good over there. The Ghost Market immediately posted a notice again, saying that the unruly personnel around the entrance of Youquan had been cleared out by the Netherworld General Office. As long as the hunters who went to Youquan paid taxes, they could enter and leave Youquan with peace of mind.

The rules that had been in place for many years suddenly changed, and the reaction caused can be imagined. However, the internal rectification of the four armies has been in constant turmoil. The four armies only keep an eye on the movements of the Netherworld and are unwilling to make any more troubles at this time. In addition, the Netherworld has no impact on their own interests, so there is no movement in the court. As long as there is no movement in the court. Some reactions from the cultivation world are of no use at all.

This is also the reason why Miao Yi was silent and quickly controlled the entrance to Youquan. If it was delayed until later, it would be unknown what would happen.

Xiahou Chengyu, who was concerned about this matter in Tianpin Palace, was relieved to see that there was no disturbance. He found out that he was overthinking or Niu Youde saw clearly and would be a great help to him in the future.

"Sir, someone outside wants to see you. He said it was your friend and his surname was Guang."

Miao Yi was talking to Xu Tangran and was heading towards the meeting hall. On the way, a guard suddenly came to report and handed over a jade tablet.

"Guang..." Miao Yi was stunned for a moment, and then reacted. Could it be that the woman really came? He took the jade tablet and found that there was a seal inside. He quickly took out a star bell for comparison. As expected, it matched Guang Mei'er's seal.

Miao Yi frowned and said to Xu Tangran, "You go first. Let them wait for a while."

"Yes!" Xu Tangran bowed and then walked away quickly.

Miao Yi hesitated for a moment. If it was really Guang Mei'er who came. It was inconvenient to be arrogant with her status, so after thinking about it, I decided to go and greet her in person.

In the Ghost City General Town Mansion, several people were stopped outside. The thin man in the lead was looking around with curiosity in his eyes. Suddenly, he saw Miao Yi in the yard and immediately waved and called out. "Brother Niu."

The voice was a woman's voice. Miao Yi smiled bitterly when he heard it. It was really this woman. He waved and signaled to let people in.

Guang Meier, who was dressed as a man, immediately gave a few instructions to the people behind her. The few people who were obviously guards were relieved and turned around and left directly. It seemed that they were not worried about Guang Meier's safety in the Ghost City General Town Mansion.

Guang Meier walked in quickly. Standing in front of Miao Yi, she tore off the disguise on her face with a swish, revealing her charming face and smiling at Miao Yi.

Miao Yi looked her up and down, his eyes fell on her flat chest.

Guang Meier's pretty face immediately blushed. After all, she was disguising herself, so she didn't want others to know that she was a woman. She slightly tied her chest.

Miao Yi bowed and said, "Hello, Princess."

Guang Mei'er immediately bowed and said seriously, "Hello, Lord Commander." After putting down her hands, she asked, "Do friends need to be so polite?"

Miao Yi laughed, "Why are you here?"

Guang Mei'er: "Why? Are you not welcome?"

"Hehe, please!" Miao Yi turned around and extended his hand to invite her.

"I heard that this was originally the Ksitigarbha Temple, but later those monks were tricked by you and replaced with the General Town Mansion?" Guang Mei'er asked curiously as she looked around.

Miao Yi smiled but did not answer. On the way, he took out the star bell to contact Yun Zhiqiu and asked him to come to the living room.

After a while, Yun Zhiqiu, with his rings and pendants jingling, came with Qian'er. Yun Zhiqiu also bowed and said, "Hello, Princess."

"You're welcome. Brother Niu and I are friends. Call me Mei'er." Guang Mei'er seemed a little uncomfortable, but her eyes were staring at Yun Zhiqiu, wondering why this woman could be so tempting to Niu Youde.

"Hehe, Mei'er, I have some official business to deal with, so I'll leave you for now." After handing Guang Mei'er over to Yun Zhiqiu, Miao Yi bowed and left.

"Then I won't be polite with you, I'll just call you sister."

Yun Zhiqiu took Guang Mei'er's hand and sat aside after a little observation.

Yun Zhiqiu was very good at observing people's expressions and interpersonal communication, and soon resolved Guang Mei'er's discomfort. The two of them talked and laughed familiarly.

In the meeting hall, Xu Tangran was chatting with two people, one named Yuan Gong and the other named Mo Xinxiong, both of whom were masters of the Lotus Realm.

As soon as Miao Yi came in, the three of them immediately stood up and bowed: "Sir!"

Miao Yi walked to the upper seat and sat down, his eyes paused for a moment on Yuan Gong's face. Seeing this face, he was a little convinced that he was a child of the Xiahou family, because he did not look very good, although Mo Xinxiong next to him did not look very good either.

He paused after his eyes moved to Mo Xinxiong's face, and then said, "You two, I believe Xu Tangran has already told you the purpose of calling you here."

The two nodded.

Miao Yi: "The 100,000 troops here cannot survive on salaries. I don't need to explain the reason. Although the financial route to Youquan has been opened, it is not safe. The four armies are now in internal reorganization and have no time to take care of us. We don't know what the situation will be in the future. We should open up more financial channels. Deputy Commander Xu has found some ways outside. You two must cooperate with him and ensure his safety. If he has any accidents, I will hold you two accountable! Of course, I will not let you go empty-handed. I will allocate a thousand elite soldiers to you and another thousand magic-breaking bows."

Xu Tangran smiled, but he was actually a little helpless in his heart, because from today on, he would basically run outside frequently. Miao Yi gave him the responsibility of making money outside. Making money was fine. He also assigned a scary guy to himself. But he couldn't refuse. This was also a sign of trust in him, and he was promoted to the position of deputy governor.

Yuan Gong seemed a little worried, "Sir, we are also from the Heavenly Court after all. Is it really appropriate to sneak out to do business, or to do some shady business?"

Miao Yi: "What's inappropriate? Which minister of the Heavenly Court doesn't have some shady business? Look at the ghost market, everyone knows that it belongs to the Xiahou family. The Xiahou family specializes in shady things, so why can't we do it?"

Mo Xinxiong frowned and said, "Sir, I don't understand one thing. Why don't you find someone else, but the two of us?"

Yuan Gong raised his eyes and quietly observed Miao Yi's reaction.

Miao Yi pointed at the two of them, "Because you two have been demoted for a long time, not many people know you; secondly, your cultivation level is relatively high in the realm of Hualian, so it's not easy for me to send you here. If there are more experts out there, I can only send two of the better ones; besides, you two are not very good-looking and won’t attract attention easily.”

This reason...Xu Tangran's expression twitched, but it was hard for him to figure it out.

Yuan Gong and Mo Xinxiong looked at each other speechless. The first two reasons were just that. The last one was not good-looking. In fact, what the Lord said was so direct. He didn't give any face at all!

He took a look at their reactions. Miao Yi's face sank and he said indifferently: "What? Could it be that you don't want to go?"

The two looked at each other, cupped their hands and said, "I am willing to follow your orders."

Miao Yi stood up, "Okay! It's settled. Remember, your purpose is to make money. Try your best to open up financial avenues for the Netherworld Capital Government. The more money you make, the greater your contribution will be, everyone. The more hard-earned money you earn, the more likely I will be biased toward you when it comes to promotions, and everyone will have nothing to say. On the other hand, there will be rewards as well as punishments. Of course, I still have confidence in Deputy Dutong Xu's abilities. , so you two must cooperate fully!"

"Yes!" The two agreed.

"If you have any questions, please contact me at any time. If anything happens, I will take care of it." Miao Yi dropped the words and walked away with his hands behind his back.

"Let's go, pack up and get ready to go." Xu Tangran happily dropped the words and left.

The remaining two people in the room looked at each other, and finally shook their heads and sighed.

In the Tianweng Mansion and the Forbidden Garden, Xiahou Tuo was still taking a nap under his favorite sky-tree.

Wei Shu, who was walking quickly, approached, stepped lightly, leaned over and said, "Master, there is news from the Sixth Master that he has encountered some trouble."

Xiahou Tuo suddenly opened his eyes and turned his head to look, "What's the trouble?"

"Niu Youde sent the Sixth Master to go out with Xu Tangran to do underworld work to open up ways of making money for the Netherworld Government..." Wei Shu told the general situation.

Xiahou Tuo sat up suddenly, squinted his eyes and said, "Is the sixth child exposed?"

Wei Shu shook his head: "According to Mr. Liu's own judgment, he should not have been exposed. He was not the only one who went there. There was also a man named Mo Xinxiong whose cultivation level was similar to his. In addition, they were assigned a thousand elite soldiers."

"Mo Xinxiong?" Xiahoutuo's eyes flashed sharply and he slowly stood up, "Even if there is Mo Xinxiong, Niu Youde has thirty masters with boundless magic power, why did he just hit the sixth one? Don't you think it's wrong? Problem?"

Wei Shu sighed, "According to Liu Ye, it's the reason. Niu Youde's arrangement for the two of them to go is indeed reasonable and even thoughtful."

"Zhou Zhou?" Xiahou Tuo asked suspiciously, "Where is Zhou Zhou?"

Wei Shu: "Niu Youde chose Liu Ye and the others, first of all, because they have been demoted for a long time. If they go out to do underworld work, not many people outside know them. Secondly, Niu Youde is not good at sending his wife." If there are too many masters of cultivating lotus, Qingyue and Long Xin will naturally not be sent to do this, and the two of them, Liu Ye, are relatively stronger in the realm of cultivating lotus. And..."

Xiahou Tuo, who was listening carefully and thinking carefully, squinted, "What else is there? Is there anything you can't say?"

Wei Shu said with some embarrassment: "Niu Youde said that Mr. Liu and the others are not good-looking, inconspicuous, and do not attract people's attention easily."

"..." Xiahou Tuoning was choked and speechless, and subconsciously raised his hand to touch his face. Even he had to admit that no one in the Xiahou family was good-looking, but those who were not good-looking would be sent to do it. It's a dark job... His cheek twitched hard. (To be continued.)