Father's love is like a mountain

Chapter 40 Communication Magic
"I know." Xia Yongchu stroked the smooth mirror surface, and the bright yellow mirror surface should clearly reflect the image of the person.

But when I looked in the mirror, there was nothing there.

In fact, there is a similar bronze mirror in every prefecture of Chu State.

There are even county government offices in some big counties.

This continent once had a unified dynasty.

It is not a dynasty of enfeoffment, but a unified dynasty with centralized power.

And it lasts quite a long time.

When Xia Yongchu learned about this period of history, he was a little unbelievable.

Because, a state of Chu is two-thirds the size of the country that grows flowers on the earth, covering more than 600 million square kilometers.

The area occupied by that unified dynasty is almost as large as the flower-growing country on the earth plus Russia plus one and a half India.

When he was bored, he once calculated that it was almost 3100 million square kilometers.

Xia Yongchu wondered, how could such a large area be managed by a dynasty?
After all, this is the ancient world, communication depends on roaring, and imperial power does not go to the countryside.

The central power cannot effectively manage the localities at all.

So it stands to reason that a unified dynasty with such a huge territory should not exist.

Even if it appears by chance, it will disintegrate immediately.

Even if it is a country that grows flowers, in ancient times, many countries in the west, north, and south of the territory were just "restraints" rather than direct management.

What can be effectively controlled is actually the "Central Plains", plus the "Jiangnan" and other places developed later.

Why?

It would take several months or even more than a year for the frontier to receive the decree from the capital; if a war broke out on the frontier, it would take several months to transmit the news to the central government as quickly as possible by using post stations to change horses.

How to maintain governance in this way?

This unscientific.

After becoming an official, Xia Yongchu finally got the answer.

The answer is this magic weapon for long-distance communication.

It was precisely because of seeing this magical instrument for long-distance communication that Xia Yongchu realized that he was living in a world with gods and magic.

Because of this, he almost immediately extinguished his desire for fame and power, and only wanted to seek immortality and ask questions.

How can an official have the fragrance of cultivating immortals!

"Do you know, in this organization, besides you, who else controls the other terminals of this communication magic weapon?"

"Dang, dang," Xia Yongchu lightly flicked the mirror with his fingers, making a crisp sound.

Although she didn't understand what "terminal" meant, Liu Yuzhen immediately understood Xia Yongchu's words based on the context, "Sorry, little girl doesn't know."

Xia Yongchu smiled and said, "Then let's try."

The manipulation of this magic weapon is not complicated, and it is also based on the principle of the "water mirror technique". In modern vocabulary, it is equivalent to permanently enchanting a "water mirror technique" on a bronze mirror.

Each bronze mirror is a "terminal" in a "local area network".Of course, the one in his hand is considered a "server", and the others are ordinary "hosts".

"Let me see how many terminals this magic weapon has..." Xia Yongchu said to himself, pressing his hand on an inconspicuous protrusion on the edge of the bronze mirror.

He closed his eyes.

In the induction, the spirituality of the copper mirror spread and stretched into the distance.

Although the spirituality is weak, it is continuous, like a thin spider thread.

There are ... 6 shares.

That is to say, including the side in the hand, this set of communication instruments has a total of 7 terminals.

Then, after a simple calculation, it can be judged that after excluding Liu Yuzhen, that lord still has 5 important subordinates outside.

Among them, is there the spy war master he arranged in Xiafu?
"This set of instruments seems to not only be able to display images." Xia Yongchu was a little surprised.

Liu Yuzhen nodded: "When the little girl uses this magic weapon to communicate with the lord, she can talk. But the voice will change, and sometimes it is difficult to hear clearly."

"That's a bad signal."

"What?" Liu Yuzhen obviously didn't understand the meaning of the word "signal".

Xia Yongchu didn't speak, but input mana to activate a strand of spirituality.

Soon, ripples appeared on the surface of the bronze mirror, and a blurry figure emerged.

Before the other party could react, Xia Yongchu said: "I am Xia Yongchu, you may have heard of me. Your master has been killed by me, what are your plans now? Let me give you a suggestion, trust me, I can give you hope."

Liu Yuzhen obviously recognized the person in the mirror, and persuaded from the side: "Ning Protector, Your Majesty is dead, this lord is very powerful and keeps his promise."

At the same time, she gestured to Xia Yongchu, indicating that there was a master master over there.

Ripple calmed down.

In the bronze mirror, the image of that person also became clear.

It was a middle-aged man who looked about 50 or [-] years old, with vicissitudes on his temples and a beautiful beard on his chin.

He hesitated for a while and asked, "What hope?"

"The hope of becoming a fairy."

After pondering for a long time, the other party said: "My subordinate, Ning Zecheng, pays homage to the Lord."

……

The takeover went well.

Three of the next four people agreed to switch to Xia Yongchu's command.

One of them was known to Liu Yuzhen; the other two were supposed to be hidden children arranged by the lord, and even Liu Yuzhen had never met them.

As for cultivation, they are all masters.

Xia Yongchu left their contact information, and will send someone to connect with them later.

There was another person who didn't even show his face, had no sound or image, and "hanged up" directly. After that, the "terminal" that Xia Yongchu could sense was one less, obviously that person destroyed the "terminal".

"Who do you think this person is? Could it be the person lurking in Xia Mansion?" Xia Yongchu made a reasonable guess.

Liu Yuzhen shook her head apologetically: "Little girl doesn't know."

"That's all." Xia Yongchu was a little helpless, but it was impossible to really anger Liu Yuzhen.

He found a tree stump and sat down, took out the things that Liu Yuzhen found from the body of his lord before, and carefully identified them.

It should not be too simple to be carried by a monk.

However, Xia Yongchu felt that this was just a low-level Gangsha Realm cultivator who couldn't even fly in the air, so he probably didn't have anything on him that made him jealous.

So he didn't care too much.

The first thing to be identified was the jade plaque.

After careful study, Xia Yongchu determined that it was a magic weapon.

But it was far worse than the basalt pendant he gave to his son. He sensed it and reckoned that it would be able to resist one or two spells of Qi-training monks, or three or five full blows from masters.

better than nothing.

No wonder His Majesty didn't bother to refine it into a restriction, he probably used it as a pure decoration.

Such a rubbish magic weapon is no different from a decoration.

The pattern carved on it is quite beautiful, it is a vivid ostrich.

Xia Yongchu casually threw it to Liu Yuzhen, "I'll see you off."

Liu Yuzhen was quite happy: "Little girl, please thank the third master."

After receiving it, she couldn't put it down.

(End of this chapter)