In the Jingyuan Pavilion, Pingling Mountain, and the meeting hall, everyone in the fifth team was sitting upright. Not long after, Yu Qingxiao, Tang Ning, and Ma Long strode in.

Everyone hurriedly stood up and saluted, walked straight to the main seat above and sat down at midnight, and waved their hands to signal everyone to sit down.

"This time I am here on the orders of Master Xie from our headquarters to announce an appointment. Previously, Junior Brother Tang Ning was sentenced to three months in prison due to the Lin Quan case. Now that the period has expired, he has returned to his duties. All affairs of the fifth team are still under the control of Tang Ning.

Junior brother is in charge."

"I know that this case has caused quite a stir, and some people may feel uneasy. I am here today to tell you that this matter is completely over, and you will still manage your own affairs with all your heart from now on."

"Junior Brother Ma, after you hand over the affairs of the fifth team in the past few months to Junior Brother Tang, you will return to the brigade to serve."

"Yes." Ma Long responded.

At midnight, the meeting was announced and everyone stood up and filed out.

On the same day, Ma Long explained all the team's matters in the past three months. Files were sent to Tangning one after another. In fact, there was nothing important. They mainly focused on the progress of the spiritual mine mining, the team's expenses, and other daily trivial matters.

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The storm is now over.

…

At nightfall, Tang Ning was sitting cross-legged in the cave, and there was a tremor in the storage bag on his waist. He took out the formation plate and took the talisman into his hand, pouring his spiritual consciousness into it, but it was Yang Qiushui who came to pay him a visit.

Outside the thick fog, Yang Qiushui saw the thick fog billowing. After clearing a passage, he flashed into the inner room and came to the main room. He bowed and saluted: "Disciple pays homage to Master."

"Sit down! You have recorded all the team funding spiritual stones you received this year!"

Yang Qiushui sat down as instructed: "This disciple came here to report this matter to my uncle. A total of 31.4 million has been put into the treasury."

Tang Ning nodded. In the past, the captain would take half of the funds, and the remaining half would be used as team funds. Due to the special circumstances this year, he was detained in the alliance, but the team had to spend money every day, so it was impossible not to do so.

Disbursed, so all the funds went to the Finance Hall.

"How much of the team's expenses have not yet been settled."

Yang Qiushui said: "Except for the funds of various ministries that have not been distributed for the time being, other daily expenses, including the salaries for recruiting disciples and the rewards for mining spiritual stones, have been distributed."

"The rewards from various ministries total 1.5 million, and the losses of some equipment reported by each ministry are 1.2 million. The daily consumption of several large formations so far is 2 million."

"In addition, the salary expenses for recruiting personnel are 5.75 million."

"The subsidy for Ling mine diggers is 1.4 million."

"Uncle Ma Long himself withdrew five million for daily expenses."

"A total of 17 million spiritual stones have been spent so far."

"This is the expense report of each department's expenses. Please take a look at it, Uncle Master."

Yang Qiushui flipped through the pages and handed him a stack of files with both hands.

Tang Ning frowned slightly, and when she unfolded it, she saw that the usage of each team member was clearly visible at a glance.

Every large amount of expenditure in each file has the signatures of Malone and the corresponding personnel, but these expenditures have obviously exceeded the daily upper limit.

Obviously, the disciples below saw that they were being imprisoned in the team and took this opportunity to report more and gain more. Ma Long was temporarily assigned here to take charge of team affairs. He knew that he would have to go back in three months, so naturally he would not strictly review it. Anyway,

It’s not his spiritual stone that’s being spent, but he’s still happy to be a good person, and any application for spiritual stone subsidies will be approved.

He even took 5 million spiritual stones as payment for his hard work in these three months, so don't expect him to be able to "save money" for the team.

"Uncle Master, do you think the funds of various ministries have not been released yet?" Yang Qiushui saw that he looked ugly and couldn't help but lower his voice and asked.

"Everything that should have been paid has been paid. Why are the funds of the various ministries still withheld?"

"Because this part of the spiritual stones is controversial, the original funding for each ministry was 1.2 million spiritual stones. Since you said in the meeting last year that you would increase the cost of spiritual stones for each ministry, the specific standard for distributing them is currently unclear. When we got down, Uncle Ma Long said that you would decide the standards after you return to the team, so they were not distributed."

"How many spiritual stones are there in the account now?"

"Fourteen million more."

Tangning's face was expressionless: "According to the new financial allocation plan I proposed, the total funding for each department seems to be 14 million! It seems that you have a tacit understanding of your cooperation."

Yang Qiushui lowered his head and did not dare to answer, and the room fell into a brief silence.

"Didn't Huang Qiansheng go to the Alliance Spirit Gathering Formation to practice? How come the expenses of the Guard Hall are much higher than those of other departments? Who is in charge of the Guard Hall now?"

"Senior Brother Yan Ziming is currently in charge of all matters in the Guard Hall, including the cost of the spiritual stones applied for."

"I remember that at the end of the year, didn't I arrange for you to go to the Alliance Spirit Gathering Formation to practice? The places have already been handed in, why did you change to Huang Qiansheng again?"

"The disciples don't know how to change the personnel temporarily. During the discussion, Senior Uncle Ma Long said that since you were unable to leave the alliance and he was not familiar with the team's finances, he replaced Senior Brother Huang."

Tangning nodded slightly and didn't say anything more.

Yang Qiushui glanced at him and asked in a low voice: "Uncle Master, what about the funds of various ministries? Are they distributed according to the old rules?"

"Didn't you just keep this spiritual stone? Why are you asking me? Just do it! Lin Quan's case is over, and everything in the department will continue as usual. The funds will be announced at the next meeting."

"yes."

"Since Huang Qiansheng has joined the Alliance Spirit Gathering Formation to practice, I don't think he will need to provide the funds for the Guard Hall this year. We will wait until he comes back. You will only be responsible for the daily expenses of the Guard Hall."

"yes."

"Is there anything else?"

"Disciple, take your leave." Yang Qiushui stood up, bowed, turned and left the room.

Tang Ning closed her eyes and continued to practice. Not long after, the storage bag trembled again. It was Yan Ming who came to visit and report on the progress of his department in the past few months.

After Yan Ming left, Cheng Qian and Xu Fan also came to visit one after another.

On the surface, these people are here to report on the affairs of their department, but in fact they are just talking and expressing their loyalty.

Although the storm had passed, people were still undecided, and when the First Brigade came to investigate the case, they received a lot of unfavorable evidence. They were worried that Tang Ning would become suspicious and be targeted, so they couldn't wait to clear up the relationship.

Tangning was fully aware of this and did not point it out. She expressed her attitude of business as usual in her conversations with everyone.

…………

In a blink of an eye, a few days passed by in the blink of an eye. In the empty valley, a ray of light shot out, and Tang Ning's figure appeared. With a wave of his hand, the talisman passed through the light curtain and passed into the room.

Not long after, a middle-aged man with a large face and big ears came out, smiled and saluted: "Fellow Taoist Tang, it's been a long time."

This person was none other than Fang Yuan, the head of Pingyang Valley. After a few words of greeting, the two of them entered the inner room together, came to a large hall, and sat down separately.

"I should have come to visit earlier, but something unexpected happened recently and I was delayed for a while." Tangning said. The purpose of his visit this time was very simple, which was to ask for the management fee of the five million spirit stones.

"I have heard about your ministry. Fellow Taoist Tang has turned danger into good fortune this time. There is no danger, so we should really celebrate."

"My matter is not that important. It is just a small disturbance, but it may delay the progress of your palace's alchemy, so I have been feeling uneasy."

"It's a shame that fellow Taoist Tang is still thinking about this matter. We know that fellow Taoist Tang is in trouble, so we took the initiative to contact Xuanye Sect. The necessary auxiliary elixirs have been sent. Everything about the alchemy is going well. Fellow Taoist is concerned about it."

"If your palace needs my help in any way, just ask me."

"There is really something that needs fellow Taoist to worry about. There is an alchemy master in our temple who is about to leave. We have stayed for thousands of years, so he agreed to stay for a while and wait until he finds a new alchemy master before leaving. I hope fellow Taoist Tang will come to you for this matter.

Heart."

"Okay, Fellow Daoist Fang, please be at ease. I will ask someone to start this matter when I get back."

While the two were talking, a woman came in with a jade plate in her hands, placed it in front of Tang Ning's desk, then bowed slightly and retreated.

"Fellow Taoist Tang, it's rare for you to come here. Today, no matter what, you have to stay and let Fang perform his duties as a landlord. Let's get drunk and then rest."

"good."
Chapter completed!