695: Chapter 467 695: Chapter 467 Jiang Tang was not at ease here, nor there, feeling that he must make the trip himself.
While he could delegate the construction of the houses to his subordinates, backing up Sister Weiwei required his personal presence.
With this decision made, Jiang Tang called upon several subordinates, including Lai Jianlin, Luo Yaxuan, and a few others to follow him on his journey.
This trip was not just about the houses or the construction thereof.
With two bases already built, his subordinates could begin recruiting soldiers and buying horses.
The bases may need to recruit many people, so it was essential for his subordinates to take the initiative and help recruit disciples.
Construction on the two bases was nearly complete, and even the areas that were not yet built were intended for future disciples to undertake tasks and cultivate.
Jiang Tang had even set up several secret realms within the bases, as places for the disciples to undergo trials.
Those who joined the base need not go outside to fulfill any tasks.
Besides the people he brought along, he also sent several groups of subordinates across the country to recruit disciples.
The criteria for recruiting disciples were based purely on good character and the ability to endure hard work, regardless of whether they were poor peasants, wanderers, or children of wealthy families.
As long as they were willing to join the Saint Sect and strive for a future career, to advance further on the Path of Cultivation.
Weiwei thought she was merely accompanying Ye Tian to visit her father-in-law and had not expected her junior brother to be so considerate as to offer her his support.
Witnessing the moved expression in his senior sister’s eyes, Jiang Tang smiled nonchalantly and said,
“Senior Sister, I don’t have a biological sister, so how could I let you suffer when I have you as a senior sister?”
Weiwei was genuinely touched, almost to tears.
This junior brother of hers, without any blood relation, treated her as well as a real brother would.
Currently, she also needed such care.
Coming from a family of relatively low status and marrying into a prominent family like her senior brother’s, she indeed required the support of a man like her junior brother.
“Junior Brother, you’re too good to me!”
Jiang Tang smiled nonchalantly again.
He hadn’t had a sister in either of his lives and had met his kind senior sister when he was in distress; she had been very good to him.
Now money and possessions were but trivial to him, for he could have as much as he wanted with just a call.
His trip to the Imperial City was not just to support his senior sister; he had much to accomplish there.
Although the Top Ten Clans had established their families in the Imperial City, albeit in the suburbs,
the Saint Sect also needed to have houses and shops in the Imperial City.
If he could sell his pills there, the wealth he could garner would be even greater.
Jiang Tang’s actions were not purely for the sake of money.
With so many wealthy individuals around, not taking advantage of their riches would mean missing the opportunity to support the poor.
In addition to Cultivation World items, his two bases also needed to support the issue of poor people struggling to afford medical care.
While herbs could be cultivated at the base, the substantial number of employees required salaries.
Poor people could not afford expensive medications, and even if he sold them at cost price, he needed to extract some wealth from the rich families to support them.
Jiang Tang sending people out to recruit soldiers and horses this time was also in anticipation of the need to provide for them.
The more people they recruited, the greater the expenses.
His pill sales could not be limited to the Cultivation World; they could extend to where the wealthy reside.
He had already planned to establish chain stores across the country, selling pills and various items, mostly products from the bases.
For now, the two bases were only producing fruits to sustain everyone’s food needs.
This was before they started undertaking actual tasks.
Since the bases had just been constructed and were still understaffed, managing every part of the two bases effectively was not yet feasible.
Jiang Tang believed that hiring people and paying them wages was not without profit, as educating others was always virtuous and benevolent no matter where it happened.
Jiang Tang insisted on accompanying them on their trip, and Ye Tian had no objections.
Weiwei’s family, upon learning of this, was very supportive.
They had previously been concerned about Weiwei going alone to the man’s house, afraid she would be mistreated.
Knowing their own circumstances, they were worried about Weiwei marrying into a major clan, especially since they could not attend.
Truly, they fretted over it.
They wanted to see for themselves what kind of family Weiwei would be marrying into, but they knew their limited abilities would likely cause trouble for Weiwei if they accompanied her.
Weiwei’s mother, father, and brother all followed and said a few words of farewell to Jiang Tang.
They all expressed their regret at not being able to accompany her, and thanked Jiang Tang for being there with her.
Cai Xiangxiang silently watched from the side.
Weiwei was going to the Imperial City, and if it were only Weiwei accompanying Ye Tian to the Imperial City, to avoid causing trouble for the young lady, she definitely wouldn’t want to ask her to take her along.
But now that Jiang Tang was also going to the Imperial City, this gave her a small hope.
If she didn’t go along, she didn’t know when she’d see Weiwei again, and she wouldn’t be able to see Jiang Tang every day.
“Miss, please take me with you, let me serve you well at your side!”
Cai Xiangxiang had suddenly spoken up for herself, putting Weiwei in a difficult position!
“This…”
Ye Qiu heard the talking and came in as well.
Upon hearing that Cai Xiangxiang wanted to go to the Imperial City, he was the first to support the idea.
“Miss Xiangxiang, it would be great if you could go to the Imperial City.
I’ll be your tour guide when we get there!”
Weiwei gave Ye Tian a look, meaning her brother supported her and she couldn’t say anything; he had to ensure her protection when the time came.
Ye Tian could only give Weiwei a look back, indicating he would only protect his woman, and then gave his family brother a look, implying that he was responsible for protecting the guest he had invited along.
But with his current abilities, he was far from being able to protect anyone; he must implore Jiang Tang to ensure their safe return to the Imperial City.
Ye Qiu understood his brother’s expression.
It was true that a man should protect his own woman, but he had to ask for help because his abilities were lacking.
“Jiang Tang, could I ask you to look after us during our journey?”
Cai Xiangxiang watched the interactions, knowing that as long as Jiang Tang agreed to protect them, she could go to the Imperial City.
Though it wasn’t the man she fancied pursuing her,
the man offering protection was the one she cherished.
Moreover, traveling with them meant seeing him every day; this made her content.
Jiang Tang listened to Ye Qiu’s request and smiled silently, feeling a slight sourness in his heart, as if someone was snatching away the person who had feelings for him.
Cai Xiangxiang’s interest in him was something he had felt long ago.
With nine women already by his side, how could he let another woman wait for him?
Jiang Tang wasn’t sure if he could bring happiness to others, but he did know
that with more women in his life, the ones already there might not feel truly happy.
This was something he needed to work on.
Having many women was indeed a kind of pressure.
“No problem, we can take my Flying Artifact.”
Thinking of bringing so many people, Jiang Tang considered how Weiwei was traveling to the Capital City without any family member, even though Weiwei’s own family were fairly ordinary people, new to the Cultivation World.
They were Weiwei’s true family, and as she was getting married to the Imperial City, it was natural that she needed her parents’ and siblings’ blessings.
With this in mind, Jiang Tang decided to invite Weiwei’s family to the Imperial City as well.
Weiwei’s parents, brother, sister-in-law, and brother’s wife had never been to the Imperial City, and the news that they could go filled them with excitement and surprise, yet they feared they would cause trouble for Jiang Tang.
Jiang Tang reassured them, saying that as family, it was proper etiquette to meet the in-laws when Weiwei was to see her future husband’s family, regardless of their status.
Ye Tian, of course, supported such an idea, as he wished to marry Weiwei splendidly.
With Jiang Tang agreeing to bring along so many people, he then had to inform his beauties that he was going out.
How could the nine beauties not follow along?
This time, dozens accompanied Jiang Tang on his outing.
Jiang Tang pondered and ultimately agreed to take them back, especially since some of the girls had not been home in a long time, and moreover, this trip to the Capital City was within their domain.
This was not a secret visit to the Imperial City, and Jiang Tang felt obliged to make his presence known at Weiwei’s wedding.
As the future son-in-law, neglecting to meet his in-laws in the Capital City seemed inappropriate in the realm of social decorum.
As the group’s size increased, Jiang Tang thought of the old ancestor from North City Immortal Sect in his Magical Treasure.
He decided to first make a trip outside and release the old ancestor from North City Immortal Sect.