Riverside place.

Liang Qu looked around and knocked on the table.

"Where's the longevity man?"

"Master Li is taking a rest today. I wonder what Mr. Liang's orders are when he comes here?"

Chief Secretary Huang Pingchang put down the paper in his hand and stood up to reply.

Liang Qu didn't hesitate and handed over the seal: "Help me change three bottles of Shensidan."

The main thing is to have peace of mind when exchanging things with acquaintances. It doesn't matter if you can't find them. Huang Pingchang has met him a few times.

"Hold on."

Huang Pingchang rolled up his sleeves, took the seal with both hands, and went to the bookshelf to find Liang Qu's file.

According to the number of small merits needed for Shensi Dan, Huang Pingchang crossed out the small merits on the account, stated the purpose, then opened the red clay, stamped the seals of both parties, and issued a note.

After a while, an official brought a tray with three small porcelain vases with round bellies and narrow necks firmly inside.

Liang Qu uncorked the bottle, shook it, and found five pills in a bottle, with a strong medicinal aroma.

Fresh goods.

To comprehend the charm of a master, it is usually necessary to take Shensidan. It is said that after taking it, you will have an immersive effect and get twice the result with half the effort.

Liang Qu originally thought that with three times his martial arts talent, he would be able to overcome the need for external assistance and save a fortune on elixirs.

Unexpectedly, after three days, things turned out to be more difficult than imagined.

The charm of communication secrets does not seem to be entirely determined by talent.

Huang Pingchang flipped through the two pages of the merit book and reminded: "Master Liang, three bottles of Shensidan cost a total of forty-five small merits. After the exchange, there will not be much small merits left in your account."

Liang Qu was stunned: "How fast?"

Huang Pingchang said: "According to what is written in the merit book, you must exchange three cockscomb fruits every day, and occasionally exchange Qi-tonifying pills. The small amount of merit you can save is actually not too much.

In addition, you have changed ship plans, crossbows, a finless porpoise, and some middle-grade elixirs, all of which are major items, often numbering dozens to hundreds.

However, you worked on water control in Huazhu County from August to October last year, and achieved little success, but the expenses did not stop.

The harvest increased slightly in November, but from January to early March, due to the holidays, the harvest dropped again, and the income and expenditure were almost the same."

Liang Qu fell silent for a moment when he heard Huang Pingchang reporting his accounts.

I didn't expect that I would spend so much.

It's more than just a small achievement.

After sending Liu Quanfu to build the lucky ship, he didn't have much silver left on hand.

Fortunately, every money has its place, and it is nothing more than turning into strength and assets.

Qian and Xiaogong have not disappeared!

They just have a different way of accompanying you!

Huang Pingchang continued: "In addition, there is something I must tell you. I saw in the merit book that most of Mr. Liang's small merits came from hunting monsters and cleaning up shallow water areas.

There was no problem at first, but starting from April this year, the routine task of cleaning up monsters in shallow water areas will no longer be available. Only some counties and districts have retained it, and the rest will be obtained by fishing for treasure fish."

While Huang Pingchang was talking to Liang Qu, many people in the document room pricked their ears.

Big news!

The mission of cleaning up shallow water areas that achieved small success is about to be cancelled!

Liang Qu was thoughtful.

As expected.

The monsters in shallow water will not kill and refresh each crop.

Spirits are somewhat smarter than ordinary beasts.

If they kill too many, they will know how powerful they are, and they will all flee deeper into the swamp, shrinking their range, and their numbers will naturally gradually decrease.

The purpose of hunting monsters and cleaning up shallow water areas is to open up fishing areas and increase output.

After one year, when the goal is achieved, it will naturally no longer be retained.

On weekdays, the daily patrols of Hebohe Chief are enough to maintain the situation.

If ordinary martial arts masters want to continue to obtain a safe and stable income from small work, they can only participate in the subsequent development of deep water areas, which will change into a regular task of fishing with boats.

Everything has its own timeliness and will always change.

"Okay, I get it."

Liang Qu cupped his hands and thanked him. When he turned around, he asked Huang Pingchang to stop him again.

"Master Liang, please stay!"

"Anything else?"

"Don't be surprised, sir, there are two more."

Huang Pingchang opened the long cabinet under the desk and moved out a wooden box according to the name sticker. "The first thing is the reward for the performance appraisal last year. Yesterday, it all arrived with the fleet. This is your remaining physical reward."

Liang Qu ranked first in the performance appraisal, and the rewards he received were one for major merit, one hundred for minor merit, and three hundred taels of silver, which was similar to the year-end bonus.

Among them, the overdraft of the big work was used in advance, and all the rights of the local river bank of the small work were directly transferred to the account.

There are only three hundred taels of silver left.

Liang Qu opened it and took a look.

There are a total of twenty silver ingots on the upper and lower floors.

A piece of official silver is worth just over fifty taels.

"Why are there one thousand taels? Didn't we agree on three hundred taels?"

"Because the remaining seven hundred taels are related to another matter. Mr. Liang, did you leave an impression on the lotus roots you donated last year?"

"I'm impressed. Is there any news?"

There are rewards for offering unrecorded treasure plants to Dashun.

Liang Qu handed over the lotus root last year, and he almost forgot when he gave it to him.

Probably last spring?

"That's right, I gave a reply together with the reward issued yesterday."

Huang Pingchang handed over a brochure.

Liang Qu took the brochure, flipped through a few pages, and roughly understood why a treasure plant was delayed for so long.

Baozhi, especially low-grade ones, have no recorded Baozhi.

The main purpose of the research is not how effective Baozhi is and what its medicinal properties are. This is only a small part.

What is more important is the input-to-output ratio of large-scale planting under the environment of Baozhi itself.

To verify these, you must plant them in the ground and water and wait for the plants to grow naturally.

Afterwards, the value will be discussed based on the output, whether it can be cultivated and improved, etc., and rewards will be given.

Since it involves planting, no time is short.

Especially to ensure accuracy, Baozhi cannot induce growth, so it must be planted in more than one crop, at least two, and as much as three.

There are three rounds of lotus roots planted in Liangqu.

The various annotations in the booklet were so densely packed that Liang Qu turned to the end to read the conclusion.

"This lotus root has merits. The planting environment requirements are simple, and it does not require much investment in cooking. Moreover, depending on the soil composition, the healing effect can be partially enhanced, enriching the category of lower healing water plants.

However, regardless of the output or output ratio, it can only rank in the middle reaches among similar aquatic plants. After discussion, we hereby reward you with seven hundred taels of silver."

On the occasion of the four passes of Liangqu, you will be ecstatic if you suddenly harvest 700 taels of silver.

A very huge amount of income.

But he is now in the extreme state of running a horse, and seven hundred taels is neither too much nor too little.

"Something is better than nothing."

Liang Qu was in a happy mood.

It's been so long that he almost forgot about it.

Things that I had no hope for suddenly gave me positive feedback one day, and it feels really good.

Calculate the accounts and exclude a large amount of expenses and a small amount of salary income.

The silver in Liang Qu's hands returned to the amount of 2,600 taels.

Carrying the silver and elixirs, Liang Qu rode home, entered the quiet room, and continued to retreat.

Take a pill of Shen Si Dan.

As the medicine took effect, Liang Qu's mind not only did not become as refreshing as taking morning dew worms, but instead became more and more drowsy.

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However, when Liang Qu focused his attention on martial arts, a green light suddenly appeared on it.
Chapter completed!