Chapter 121: Money is Regretted Only When Needed

Daybreak.

Liang Qu sat quietly in the room, trembling slightly, shaking off a layer of black ash.

He hadn't rested all night, didn't feel the slightest fatigue, was full of spirit, and the empty room was bright.

Accompanied by standing up, his whole body's tendons and bones made crisp sounds like a string of firecrackers, and as his blood flowed, he didn't feel the slightest spring chill.

Refreshing!

Liang Qu came to the courtyard, water flow rolled over his whole body, washed it off, poured it, lay in front of the water vat, and spread his mouth with his fingers.

Reflected in the water, his teeth were full, neat, white, and bright.

Tiger teeth are strong, no cavities, no strange shapes, which can be called dream teeth.

Liang Qu's original body grew up in an environment of malnutrition, couldn't even eat enough, let alone caring for his teeth. If he hadn't lost a few, he could go burn high incense.

Now, being able to grow a new set of teeth by digesting dragon tendon is truly an unexpected surprise.

Run the "Qi Circulation Inscription."

The blood Qi in his whole body circulated smoothly, as if bathing in a hot spring, mobilizing the dragon tendons and tiger bones smoothly and freely, truly becoming a "natural" martial bone, with no place uncoordinated.

Casually grabbing a brick piled in the corner of the courtyard, he squeezed it gently, and the entire bluestone brick turned into powder, falling to the ground with the wind.

Didn't feel anything at all.

Liang Qu then urged his blood Qi to coil around his Niwan, ears, and eyes. His five senses' sharpness suddenly improved by one level, and coupled with the Ying Dragon Pattern, the airflow in the air was like substance, which could be "seen."

He stretched out his hand, and the airflow brushed through his fingers.

The water vapor around him gradually became rich. Within a few breaths, his palms became slightly wet, and in less than half a cup of tea, dew drops condensed.

The water control supernatural power became stronger, and he could even condense the moisture in the air, although the speed was slow, it was a huge progress.

Liang Qu scattered the water droplets and communicated with the Ze Cauldron.

【Cauldron Master: Liang Qu】

【Refined Ze Spirit: Ze Rong (Green) (Fusion Degree: 82‰)】

【Ze Spirit Favor: Martial Path Reaching Divinity First Layer (River Lord Emperor); Ying Dragon Pattern: Layer 1】

【Talent Skills: Water-Jumping, Water-Breathing, Water-Prison, Riding Water and Driving Waves】

【Water-Marsh Essence: None】

【River Favor Degree: 0.0101】

【Commanded Water Beasts: Horn-Wood Crocodile, Tiger-Head Catfish, Rock-Turtle Crab, Sky-Water Centipede】

【Evaluation: Ze Rong Ze Spirit originates from the great Lord of Huai Vortex, with extremely low excitation, a small person worth mentioning】

The fusion degree rose to 82 per thousand, reaching the level of nearly one-tenth.

Half a dragon tendon, and it was only two and a half zhang, one-fifth of it.

Except for leaving a small amount for the four beasts, most of it went into Liang Qu's own stomach. The effect was so fierce, contributing more than 7,600 points of water-marsh essence!

And the greatest effect of dragon tendon is not to increase strength, but to prolong life!

Prolonging life.

No one can remain indifferent to these two words!

It's just that Liang Qu is very young, even in the growth stage, and can't feel the effect at all. However, his hair is more shiny and round. I don't know if it's the effect of the dragon tendon?

If Xu were to take it, the effect should be much more obvious.

Lifespan increased, aptitude increased, fusion degree increased, teeth changed.

The only regret is that the realm didn't increase.

Eating dragon tendon is equivalent to Liang Qu expanding his water vat again. The water inside didn't increase much, and it even increased the requirements for expanding the water vat again.

The last dragon tendon and tiger bones were the same, but that time the Ze Spirit evolved, and the blood Qi increase brought was equally fierce, offsetting each other.

But it doesn't matter, strength increased!

Comfortable!

Liang Qu was excited, just about to play with the Fubo and swing his strength, when he suddenly remembered that he had handed the Fubo to Senior Martial Brother Lu for addition last night, so he had to give up.

Liang Qu stood in the middle of the courtyard, as if standing in the center of a world.

The wind flowed, bringing the sounds from all around.

The two jujube trees in front of the ear room sprouted leaves, all the branches were covered with green dots, the bamboo shoots planted in the backyard slowly poked out from under the soil, the dew silently moistened the land, and in places further away, waves surged, tides rose and fell...

Comfortable, ah.

Liang Qu sat on the tree pool under the jujube tree.

A circle around it was a covered walkway, leading to the east and west side rooms and the main room.

It was the first time in his life he lived in such a big place, able to straighten his spine and stretch his legs, and there was a sense of heroism in his heart.

It's just that the second entrance is not enough; it must be the third.

It's not that Liang Qu already felt the second entrance wasn't enough to live in, but that Chishan wasn't enough.

With Chishan, there must be a stable.

The stable couldn't be built directly in the courtyard; it had to be in the position between the backyard and the main room, with a small door opened next to it, so it would be convenient to enter and exit, and it wouldn't be easy to have a strange smell.

Liang Qu had already marked out a piece of land behind the main room, fenced it off, and the stable was half-built, just waiting for the completion before building the back cover room.

It was equivalent to a third-entrance courtyard built for a stable. By then, the back cover room could be turned into a study, and the bamboo should grow up, which would be quite interesting.

Liang Qu had already heard the voices of workers talking in the backyard and the friction sound of wood riveting.

They came to work very early and didn't ask for a raise.

It's really rare.

Since Pingyang Town was abolished and established as a county, many wealthy families with considerable assets had come over and bought courtyards to live in temporarily, but they were definitely not comfortable and had to build houses. For a time, a very strange "labor shortage" appeared.

There were plenty of disaster victims who couldn't eat, but they couldn't get this job.

The reason was very simple: unreliable, or rather, the wealthy families felt that this group of people was unreliable.

By contrast, these wealthy families naturally felt that the local residents with families were more trustworthy. Coupled with spring, farming, and fish catches gradually increasing, the labor price in the entire Yixing Town rose by two-thirds, nearly doubling!

There were still many things to do next, Liang Qu returned to the room, spread out paper and pens, and recorded them one by one.

A large courtyard can't just rely on water vats, so a well must be dug in the courtyard.

Places close to rivers, as long as it's not too outrageous, just dig a hole, and water will spring up everywhere. Maybe it can connect directly to the Jianghuai River.

Secondly, many things need to be purchased.

Tables, chairs, benches, candle stands, pens, ink, paper, inkstones, bowls, chopsticks, tea sets, tea leaves, all must be needed. Last night, he couldn't even find a mirror. More beds need to be prepared, and two servants need to be hired.

It's not cheap to hire servants now. Even if they are sold, they are often four or five taels of silver, and they are seven or eight-year-old girls.

Money is regretted only when needed.

Liang Qu touched his pocket and found that he had unknowingly returned to a state of extreme poverty.

The expenses were too large.

Martial arts medicine is one aspect, workers need wages, materials cost money, and everything needs silver.

Except for the unexpected income of over a hundred taels from the Ghost Mother Sect, the Emperor's reward, and the three competitions, Liang Qu's current daily income is fish catch, plus the salary issued by the River Patrol Office that he hasn't fully joined yet.

Now Liang Qu didn't just let Uncle Chen help catch fish; he also pulled in the fathers of Li Libo and Chen Jiechang, and Li Libo also had two older brothers, which was a total of five strong laborers.

It could be considered a small fish gang, but his fish gang didn't rely on exploiting others to profit, but on "technology" to win.

There are more fish in spring, and this part of the income is about one tael and two qian every day.

As for the salary, the Great Shun salary is divided into four parts: martial artist status subsidy, regular monthly salary, annual salary, and official land.

In terms of Liang Qu's From-Eighth-Rank status, he couldn't get the subsidy for the time being. Excluding the annual salary and official land, the monthly salary could be twelve taels of silver.

It's just that the Great Shun salary is a bit pit-father; it will be folded into goods! The spices are folded to officials according to the market price!

In the final analysis, it's all the fault of Great Shun's maritime trade! ===== CHAPTER 122 =====