When the sun rose, the spirit plant garden in the Taiqing Pavilion welcomed a new day of work. Today, all the spirit farmers in the garden were summoned to the steward's residence.
As a new official, Yi Tian didn't want to establish his authority, but he still had to go through the motions. He knew what Zhou Bu 'er mentioned a few days ago during the handover. They might think of him as someone who was trying to curry favor.
But he was so stubborn. The enemy was in the dark, so he couldn't just stand out. He had to find a suitable time to establish his authority.
And from the situation that day, he knew that there were spies among the spirit farmers. If he showed any dissatisfaction, maybe the inner sect disciple Xiang Dongchen would come to find him.
He didn't even have a firm foothold, so he didn't want to make too many enemies so early. Therefore, during the regular meeting in the steward's residence, he only had Zhou Bu 'er explain the work of the spirit plant garden in detail. At the same time, he introduced the other two supervisors to him.
The two were called Tian Zhuangshi and Meng Hua. They were both in the initial stage of Yuanying. The three of them were split into three groups. They were in charge of the cultivation of earth level spirit plants and red essence ginseng. Zhou Bu 'er was the main person in charge. At the same time, he would take care of the other two.
Yi Tian found that he had a good expression when facing Tian Zhuangshi, but he saw a hint of disdain flash across Meng Hua's eyes. After seeing this, Yi Tian remained calm and collected. The other two exchanged a few pleasantries before dismissing everyone and letting them go about their own business.
There was still ninety years until the next handover. During this time, he had a lot of opportunities to find the scourge.
But when Zhou Bu 'er left, he secretly sent a message to him. The best way to manage people was to divide and suppress. It was clear that Zhou Bu 'er had the ability but no backing. This kind of person could be roped in by him.
After everyone left, Yi Tian's figure flashed and flew into the air. Then, he quietly flew above the border of the West Mountain Spirit Plant Garden. He took out the eight Invisible Dragon Pillars and quietly buried the formation in a two hundred mile radius around the spirit plant garden.
After doing all this, he returned to his cave and set up the Eight Gates Golden Lock Formation's disk array. After activating the formation plate and connecting it to the base of the formation, the entire spiritual plant garden within a radius of two hundred miles was displayed on the formation plate.
Some of the red dots represented the spiritual farmers in the garden. The five larger red dots represented the Yuanying cultivators, and the others represented the Jin Dan disciples.
After doing all this, Yi Tian was finally able to monitor everything in the spiritual plant garden. Although the array only activated the primary monitoring function, if necessary, it could be turned into a defensive array or a trapping array.
His original plan was to monitor all these people, but now that he thought about it, it was better to let them go. He wanted to create an opportunity for them so that those traitorous fellows who had been hiding in the crowd would come out one by one.
On the surface, it seemed that Meng Hua and Zhou Bu 'er were not on good terms, but he didn't know how many of the Jin Dan disciples were attached to them. Perhaps some of them were pretending to be on good terms and their true goal was to spy on him.
After seven days, Yi Tian once again came to the steward's residence and gathered his subordinates. However, this time, he only called the three squad leaders and the other two Yuanying cultivators.
Not long after, he saw Zhou Bu 'er and the others rush into the residence. This time, Yi Tian didn't put on the airs of an official and had them sit down. Then, they began to chat casually. His words were very purposeful as they all revolved around the production of the spiritual plant garden and the hundred year harvest.
After a while, his expression became serious as he said, "I have already talked with the higher-ups. In the future, everyone in the spiritual plant garden must fulfill their duties. As the guard of the spiritual plant garden, every three hundred years, I have a recommendation to enter the inner sect. However, this right can only be obtained after three years of examination. "
With these words, the five people who sat down all had expressions of deep respect. Today, it was clear that Yi Tian had called them here to give them a reminder. Like this, everyone could see hope. However, they didn't know who would be able to obtain the recommendation.
After throwing out the bait, the five people became restless. Then Yi Tian revealed a slight smile and said, "If I still stay in the spiritual plant garden after reaching the Spirit Severing stage, then I will have two recommendation spots. I hope everyone here will grasp this opportunity and not lose a lot for a little. " After speaking, his gaze intentionally or unintentionally flitted past Meng Hua. The latter seemed to be hesitant and the light in his eyes wasn't as clear as the other four.
Then Yi Tian lightly coughed and pulled back the five people's thoughts. He spread out the map jade slip on the table and pointed, "I plan to divide the spiritual plant garden into five portions. The five of you will each receive one portion. There will be an internal examination every twenty years and everyone will be judged based on their performance."
Hearing this, Zhou Bu 'er's face stilled. Originally, there were three squad leaders in the spiritual plant garden, but now there were five. He didn't know what this new manager was planning. He also didn't know how to divide the spirit fields in the spiritual plant garden.
The other four all had their own thoughts. Tian Zhuangshi and Meng Hua had sullen expressions. This was going to divide their power. The remaining two revealed joyful expressions. They didn't expect the new manager to promote them.
Zhou Bu 'er forced himself to ask, "The spiritual plant garden originally had 100 mu of top grade spirit fields and 400 mu of medium grade spirit fields. How is Manager Yi planning to divide the spirit fields?"
This should be what they were most concerned about. If they got top grade spirit fields, they would definitely produce more than medium grade spirit fields. Therefore, their eyes were all on the top grade spirit fields.
Yi Tian pointed at an empty space on the map and said, "I plan to open up more spirit fields near the Yue Ma river on the south side of the western mountain. I have checked the earth veins. The earth veins there are wide and the land is fertile. Although it might not become top grade spirit fields, it is more than enough to open up 600 mu of medium grade spirit fields. "
Hearing this, the five people had different expressions. Clearly, they were all privately calculating the gains and losses. The newly opened spirit fields were good, but there were risks.
But the original spirit fields weren't enough. Everyone looked at each other and couldn't come up with a plan. When Yi Tian saw this, he immediately took out a jade slip and listed out the division plans within.
The original top grade spirit fields would be divided into two. Zhou Bu 'er and Meng Hua would each take half and be responsible for growing red essence ginseng. Then take out 300 mu of medium grade spirit fields and give them to Tian Zhuangshi. The remaining 100 mu would be given to Zhou Bu 'er or Meng Hua. After taking out 100 mu of the newly opened spirit fields near the river, the remaining would be divided equally between the other two. There would be an examination every twenty years.
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