Daxia Wensheng

Chapter 217 Nine Cauldrons of National Fortune, Liyang God Cauldron, Chain of Nightless Cities, Boiling Eastern Wasteland
Daxia Palace.

As Emperor Yongsheng spoke.

Gu Jinnian was full of curiosity. Emperor Yongsheng must be hiding something behind when he said this.

But the means to smelt the extraterrestrial meteorite gold is somewhat inconceivable.

Gu Jinnian knew how strong the meteorite gold was, and it required six-level monks to smelt it. The Ministry of Industry barely smelted a small part of the meteorite gold with the help of the ground fire, and then made it into a battle armor.

The process is extremely troublesome.

Now that Emperor Yongsheng dared to say this, how could it not make people curious.

Follow Yongsheng the Great.

All the way to the Taimiao.

After stepping into the Ancestral Temple, Emperor Yongsheng's voice could not help but resound.

"Jin Nian."

"Do you know the Great Xia Dragon Pao?"

Emperor Yongsheng opened his mouth and asked a very strange question.

"know."

"Back then, Taizu used the Great Xia Dragon Cannon to put down the chaos of the Ten Kingdoms."

Gu Jinnian said.

Gu Jinnian still remembered this period of history.

"kindness."

"But the Great Xia Dragon Cannon was not developed by Taizu. At that time, the Ten Kingdoms also had dragon cannons, and even the Fuluo Dynasty and the Great Jin Dynasty also had artillery. Do you know why the Great Xia Dragon Cannon is something that all major forces in the world want to obtain? ?"

Emperor Yongsheng continued to speak, asking Gu Jinnian.

"This"

Gu Jinnian didn't understand.

"Because Taizu once obtained an artifact."

"Dynasty Artifact."

Emperor Yongsheng came to the statue of Taizu, and then knelt down to worship. Gu Jinnian was not idle, kneeling behind Emperor Yongsheng, and worshiped Taizu.

At the same time, the heart is also extremely shocked.

Dynasty artifact.

What is this?
"There are nine immortal artifacts in the fairy gate, and nine Buddhist artifacts in the Buddhist gate. Why doesn't the dynasty have nine divine artifacts?"

Emperor Yongsheng opened his mouth, and after saying this, he stood up, and then a national fortune condensed out of his body, submerged in the statue of Taizu, and a golden door appeared under the Taoist platform.

Emperor Yongsheng walked towards the interior.

And Gu Jinnian also walked in.

Following the entry of Emperor Yongsheng, he entered a black space not long after.

This was a separate space. An ancient black cauldron appeared in front of Gu Jinnian. The ancient cauldron was about three feet three feet high and one foot two feet wide.

The body of the tripod is pitch-black, with many patterns on it, which is extremely wonderful. The patterns are like flames, which look extremely extraordinary.

And inside the cauldron, strands of black gas permeated, which was extremely extraordinary and simple, as thick as a mountain.

"This is?"

Gu Jinnian was a little curious, looked at Emperor Yongsheng and asked.

"Nine tripods for national destiny, Liyang tripod."

Emperor Yongsheng made a sound, telling the extraordinary of this thing.

"National Fortune Nine Cauldrons?"

Gu Jinnian was a little surprised.

"The dynasty also has nine artifacts?"

"What is the function of this tripod?"

Gu Jinnian was really curious this time. He always thought that Confucianism, Immortalism, Buddhism, Monster Race, Swordsmanship, and Artifacts would have the Nine Great Artifacts. He really didn't expect that the Dynasty also had them.

"This cauldron has only one function, and that is tempering. It can temper all items in the world. Things tempered by this cauldron will be extraordinarily powerful, just like the Great Xia Dragon Pao."

"All the major dynasties have dragon cannons, but they are not as powerful as the Great Xia dragon cannons. This is the root cause."

"After the Great Xia Dragon Cannon is tempered, its power will increase tenfold."

"This is also the reason why Taizu was able to pacify the Ten Kingdoms and establish the Great Xia."

"National Fortune Nine Tripods, each one is of extraordinary value, surpassing any of the nine supreme weapons in other systems."

When Emperor Yongsheng said these words, he was extremely confident.

"I see."

Gu Jinnian now understood the Daxia Dragon Pao, but he didn't expect it to be because of a dragon cauldron.

"Then where are the other dragon cauldrons?"

Gu Jinnian asked curiously.

Hearing this, Emperor Yongsheng was a little annoyed.

"If I knew where the other dragon cauldrons were, I would have gone to grab them long ago."

"National Luck Dragon Cauldron is the top secret of Great Xia. Others don't know it at all. Of course, it is not ruled out that someone guesses one or two."

Emperor Yongsheng replied in this way.

Gu Jinnian nodded, but he also understood this.

"According to this, the Fuluo Dynasty and the Dajin Dynasty probably also have the Dragon Cauldron?"

Gu Jinnian asked.

"The Fuluo Dynasty is not clear, it probably didn't exist, but the Great Jin Dynasty must have it. The Great Golden Dragon Rice is famous all over the world. This Dragon Rice must have something to do with the Dragon Cauldron."

"The Zhongzhou dynasty must have dragon tripods, but half of the dragon tripods have not yet appeared, and it is very likely to be related to the destiny."

"When the destiny comes, the dragon cauldron will be born. If the destiny does not come, the dragon cauldron will not be born either."

"Jinnian, I want to remind you that you got a lot of Nine Artifacts. These things don't seem to be of much use now, but sooner or later, these things will have a great effect."

"It's just that we have to wait until the destiny comes."

"No one knows when the destiny will come, and no one knows what will happen when the destiny comes."

"The only thing we can know at the moment is that after the destiny comes, this world will undergo tremendous changes."

"Eight realms, surpassing everything from ancient to modern times."

Emperor Yongsheng made a sound and asked Gu Jinnian to pay attention to the nine weapons he had obtained.

"understood."

Gu Jinnian firmly kept these things in his heart.

"But old uncle, if you want to activate the Liyang Cauldron, you will have to pay a considerable price, right?"

Gu Jinnian asked key questions.

"kindness."

"If you want to activate this cauldron, you need a large amount of spirit crystals. If it's just spirit crystals, it's actually easy to handle. If you want to temper the increase, you must bless the national fortune."

Emperor Yongsheng spoke out, revealing the extraordinary features of this Liyang cauldron.

Simple tempering consumes spirit crystals, and if you want to perfect tempering and increase the power, you need to consume national luck.

"National Luck?"

"Big Xia's current national fortune, isn't that enough?"

Gu Jinnian looked at Liyang Cauldron and asked.

"Sure enough."

"If it's not enough, what will I bring you to do?"

"Jinnian, tell me the truth, what exactly do you want to do with this Tianwaijin?"

"What's the point of building a golden cavalry of ten thousand people?"

"I think it's better to focus on building the dragon boats and treasure ships you mentioned."

Emperor Yongsheng still couldn't figure out what the significance of building a golden cavalry was.

To be honest, it's better to build Tianqiong-[-] and Yuanyang-[-]. He now feels that these things are more powerful, and there is no need to waste time on conventional units.

"It's very useful."

"But it's hard to explain."

Gu Jinnian thought for a while, hesitating whether to explain standard gold or not.

"Can you make money?"

But I didn't expect Emperor Yongsheng to ask such a question after thinking about it.

"can."

"Earn more."

Gu Jinnian nodded.

"Then I understand."

"One month later, I will create [-] armors."

"You are here to supervise the country during this time."

"Since I can earn money, I can build weapons and armor here with peace of mind, and increase the power of gunpowder by the way."

Emperor Yongsheng spoke, he didn't think so much anymore, anyway, Gu Jinnian was confident, so he started to build weapons.

"As ordered."

"But uncle, how much can the power of gunpowder be increased?"

Gu Jinnian asked curiously.

The lethality of Daxia shells is strong, but they can only deal with some ordinary soldiers, but the power of warriors above three realms is not so powerful.

The main reason is that the explosion range is also small.

"It's not a big problem to increase ten times."

"Theoretically, with the help of the Liyang Cauldron, it can be tempered continuously, but the later it takes, the more the power of national destiny will be needed."

"However, I feel that the effect of the Liyang Cauldron is definitely more than that. When the destiny comes, the Liyang Cauldron will definitely be enhanced."

"Now, we can only inject the power of the country's destiny. If there is too much, I will not bear it, and there is no need for it."

Emperor Yongsheng thought about it and gave this answer.

There is nothing wrong with what he said.

Gu Jinnian thought for a while, and then spoke.

"Then, old uncle, you should first temper the meteorite and create ten thousand armors."

"I have already improved the gunpowder. The Ministry of Industry should study it carefully. The power of the gunpowder should be increased several times. If the Ministry of Industry researches it well, it will not be difficult to increase it by ten times. It may be better to use the Liyang Cauldron to increase it at this time."

Now that we know that Liyang Ding can amplify the power of gunpowder, it is better to wait for the Ministry of Industry to improve the gunpowder before refining the amplification.

More powerful.

"it is good."

Emperor Yongsheng nodded and agreed.

"Leave this matter to me."

"However, there are two things that you should focus on now, Jinnian."

Emperor Yongsheng said.

"Old uncle, just speak the truth."

Gu Jinnian asked.

"First, the matter of Jixia Academy is in sight. Jixia Academy has delayed for you for such a long time. If it continues to delay, Jixia Academy will not continue to delay for you even if you want to come to Jixia Academy."

"Secondly, when Fanji goes to the academy, the first test should be to test how to play Go. Can you play Go in Jinnian?"

Emperor Yongsheng asked.

"Go?"

"not good at."

Gu Jinnian also knew that Jixia School was extremely famous for his go skills. Before that, Su Wenjing had been diligently learning Go, but he knew nothing about Go at all.

Even backgammon is so-so. I have seen some jokes before, saying that an ordinary person faces a Go master, and then plays a game randomly, mistaking it for backgammon, and then wins the national player.

It was only later when I got in touch with a Go master that I realized that this was all a joke. Go pays attention to layout, long-term and short-term. The short-term layout is fighting, and the long-term layout is based on chess.

Although there is such a saying that one move determines the universe, it is impossible to say that you can change the whole process of the game if you make a wrong move and make the right move.

The main reason is that the other party is not stupid, you don’t know how to play chess, you play casually, they will lay out the layout step by step, even if you win by luck in the end, so what?The overall situation has been lost, the dragon is formed, and you are useless.

Therefore, Gu Jinnian does not have any expectations in terms of chess skills, it is impossible to win with this game.

"No, that's right."

"Do you know why you can't?"

Emperor Yongsheng seemed very satisfied with Gu Jinnian's answer, and asked this question at the same time.

"why?"

Gu Jinnian became curious.

"Because I didn't teach you."

The next moment, Emperor Yongsheng said confidently.

As soon as these words came out, Gu Jinnian fell into silence.

How should I put it, you are wrong to say this, but you are quite right, because Emperor Yongsheng did not teach himself how to play chess.

But you're right, Gu Jinnian doubts whether his old uncle's chess skills are good.

As if aware of Gu Jinnian's suspicion, Emperor Yongsheng directly pulled Gu Jinnian out of the space.

"Let's go, my uncle must teach you how to play chess today."

After saying this, Emperor Yongsheng really dragged Gu Jinnian to the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

And let people prepare the chessboard and chess pieces.

Chess pieces made of ivory feel very good to the touch. Emperor Yongsheng placed one chess piece, then took out four more, and dropped them around.

"Jinnian, this means that you are surrounded, if you are not angry, you will be eaten by others, do you understand?"

Obviously, in Emperor Yongsheng's mind, Gu Jinnian didn't know what Go was at all, and he taught a lot of knowledge to novices abruptly, and Gu Jinnian still knew a little about these things.

He explained, but he didn't expect Emperor Yongsheng to frown directly.

"It's a joy to learn while practicing."

"You can learn from the past and learn the new, and you can be a teacher."

"You don't understand this truth? Although it is the foundation, everything in the world starts from the foundation."

"Keep learning."

Anyway, Emperor Yongsheng insisted on pulling Gu Jinnian to learn chess.

After a full two hours.

Gu Jinnian was forced to learn some basic Go rules, including some residual game records and the like.

Regardless of whether Gu Jinnian is happy or not, Emperor Yongsheng is very happy anyway. If the court meeting is not about to start, Emperor Yongsheng would like to take Gu Jinnian to play a game of chess with him.

Finally, Emperor Yongsheng went to the morning court.

Gu Jinnian stopped by to meet the queen mother, maybe it's been a long time.

in this way.

Until after noon.

There's no way, it's too popular, the queen mother insisted on staying to eat, and made the old man happy, so Gu Jinnian left.

After learning that there is such a magical artifact as the Liyang Ding, Gu Jinnian also had many ideas.

Sky Dragon Boat and Wangyang Treasure Ship need more precise research, including improvement of gunpowder and ground war machines.

Previously, Gu Jinnian gave up the ground war machine because of the trouble of smelting meteorite gold and various reasons.

It is different now. Since there is a solution, there is no need to give up this ground war machine.

in this way.

Gu Jinnian returned to the city that never sleeps and started a two-line development.

On the one hand, Gu Jinnian continued to improve the dragon boats and treasure boats, making them as fine as possible, so that the Ministry of Industry could speed up the creation of corresponding ones.

On the other hand, Gu Jinnian couldn't fail to deal with the matter of Daxia Everbright City.

In this way, ten days passed in the blink of an eye.

In the past ten days, everything seemed extremely peaceful, and only three things were communicated in the court.

First, Gu Jinnian replaced the emperor to oversee the country.

Second, the Ministry of Industry is expanding and recruiting troops. The Ministry of Industry has issued a document to recruit all kinds of craftsmen across the country, give them a stable salary, provide food and accommodation, and get official positions if their skills are stable.

Of course, this official position is similar to a stable and guaranteed income, while recruiting students and workers, not much money, but food and housing, age restrictions, and a clean family.

After the Ministry of Industry's announcement was released, it received huge feedback in an instant. All counties and prefectures began to be busy, and the introducer went to Kyoto. After all, such a good thing as eating imperial food is rare in ancient and modern times.

In particular, the salary given was indeed not low. The monthly income of craftsmen in the Great Xia Dynasty was about 30 to 20 taels. Apart from opening their own shops, pure craftsmen might only be [-] taels of silver.

The Daxia Dynasty gave the craftsmen a minimum of 20 taels of silver, plus a ten shi dragon rice subsidy a year, and there was still a place to live, and it was stable for a long time. How could this not be attractive?
At the same time, the Ministry of Industry also urgently set aside a thousand acres of land outside the capital city to build Tiangong Pavilion.

Anyway, it's money.

The third is the development of the Great Xia Nightless City. In the past ten days, the popularity of the Great Xia Nightless City has not decreased but increased. The number of people in Kyoto has decreased, but there are more and more tourists from other places, and its reputation has already spread.

Therefore, the Great Xia Nightless City is more lively, and the business is also extremely scary. The sales of dragon rice, official salt, including mirrors, are considered to be the hottest.

Especially for Longmi and Jingjing, there are already people like scalpers. For Longmi at 20 taels a stone, they receive 25 taels of silver, and then sell it for three to 40 taels of silver, and sell as much as they come.

People in Kyoto did not sell it, mainly people from other prefectures and counties came to earn the difference. Each household was limited to one stone per month. According to the specific situation, it should not be too indulgent.

But for this situation, Gu Jinnian did not attack it for the time being. Anything that exists is reasonable, and suppressing it is meaningless. It is better to let nature take its course. With these scalpers, it can promote the goodness of Longmi in Jiangzhong .

However, the number of people in Kyoto entering the Great Xia Nightless City has decreased, which is not a good thing.

In order to increase the popularity, Gu Jinnian released several big tricks, sugar, high-quality oil, and some condiments, all of which were sold at low prices.

Especially white sugar, white sugar is not a particularly expensive thing in the Great Xia Dynasty, but it is only available to the upper class. Even in Kyoto, although every household has some white sugar, most of them are for festivals or festive days will be taken out.

One tael of white sugar is about five taels of silver, which is the market price, and sometimes it is often not available.

Basically, it is only for the rich.

But the price of sugar in Daxia Everbright City has been reduced to one tael of sugar and one tael of silver. After deducting costs and so on, there is a profit of about [-]%.

As for good oil plus some condiments, such as chili powder, and things like monosodium glutamate and soy sauce, they are also sold at a [-]% profit.

In this way, the entire city that never sleeps boiled again.

People eat for food.

This thing is eaten every day. On weekdays, what the people of Daxia eat is nothing more than cooking with some bad oil, then adding some salt, adding some spicy or weird things into it as condiments.

This is still the Great Xia Dynasty, but it was replaced by the Xiongnu Kingdom and the Fuluo Dynasty. Basically, it was cooking. Everything was boiled, sprinkled with salt, and dried.

Now salt, monosodium glutamate, soy sauce, and high-quality oil, as well as daily necessities such as sugar.

How can the people not be excited?
The price is cheap, and the portions are quite large, so during this period of time, the Great Xia Nightless City is almost full every day. If there are not some relevant rules issued, otherwise the team will really line up in the capital.

It's not just this that's scary.

In Kyoto, I don't know how many merchants tried their best to buy these condiments, especially some restaurants.

Whoever has condiments will have a booming business.

All the nobles in Kyoto made their family servants come out, even some princes and princes, and six ministers came to Gu Jinnian, hoping that Gu Jinnian could give some of these condiments internally.

There is really no way, think about it, what you eat every day is nothing more than salty, or a little sweet, other than that, you can't play any tricks in eating.

But now it is different, all kinds of weird condiments appear, there are many cooks in this capital, and they immediately understand how to use these things.

Sprinkle some monosodium glutamate, pour some soy sauce, and cook on a high fire for an ordinary dish, can it taste bad?

Not to mention the absolute taste in the world, but for countless people, it is the best.

For this matter, even the prince and King Qin, many people in the palace came to Gu Jinnian to ask for these condiments.

Knowing this, Gu Jinnian was naturally not stingy. The method of making these seasonings is not difficult, and almost acquaintances who came to the door sent a car to them.

Moreover, in order to make money for those businessmen who bought shops, Gu Jinnian even provided internal channels to give these condiments to them at the cost price. Take it home, or give it to customers as a small gift.

This small action moved the group of businessmen so much.

To be honest, when I bought a shop before, I was a little scared. After all, a shop costs several million taels, or even 1000 million taels.

If you really lose money, you will lose all your money, and it is not an exaggeration to say that you have gone bankrupt.

However, following Gu Jinnian's several operations, the fun and playability of Daxia Everbright City were increased, and a large number of play guides for the Nevernight City were produced, including their shops.

At the same time, their sources of goods were also strictly checked by Daxia Everbright City to ensure that they were not fakes before they could be sold. As for the prices, they were also very fair, knowing that these merchants wanted to make money, high prices were allowed.

There are also people who are willing to lower the price, it doesn't matter, as long as it is kept in a situation that everyone can accept, and the price is unified, so as to avoid quarrels between shops.

With this kind of support, their business can be said to be making money day by day.

All the previous worries disappeared at this moment. I did a survey a few days ago. In the Great Xia Nightless City, the best business is selling rouge and gouache. It is somewhat famous in itself, with the blessing of the Great Xia Nightless City.

It was the best day of sales, earning 17 taels of silver, and all the merchants in the entire city that never sleeps were shocked.

What is the concept of earning 17 taels of silver a day?
A month is 500 million taels of silver.

Of course, this is the most prosperous day, but the sales on weekdays have reached 10 taels, and the lowest store has a single-day income of over [-] taels.

Moreover, most of the low-income shops are restaurants. After all, there are restaurants in the city that never sleeps, and some of the restaurants they open are naturally not comparable to those in the city that never sleeps.

Therefore, Gu Jinnian provides a variety of condiments internally, with low prices and stable quantities, but they are not allowed to sell them.

After this measure, all the restaurants in the city that never sleeps are full.

The Daxia Restaurant is a landmark, and it is basically occupied by foreign tourists, and the guests of these small restaurants are basically some people in Kyoto who are not particularly rich, but definitely not poor.

After all, these condiments are in short supply every day, and the restaurant has stock, so the business is naturally so good that there is nothing to say.

It can be said that these businessmen have completely dispelled their worries. Now they run around the city every day when they have nothing to do, and at night they calculate how much money they have earned.

Also compare with each other.

But the most outstanding one is a businessman who came to the capital two months ago and is well-known in the Longxi area. His ancestors have been in business for three generations and have accumulated a lot of background.

It's a pity that some time ago, I almost lost money in business. I went to do bank note business with others, and in less than three years, I lost only a little capital.

After coming to Kyoto two months ago, with only 500 million taels of silver left, he planned to spend his entire life in Kyoto.

By chance, when he learned about the shops in Daxia Everbright City, he mobilized all his connections and even mortgaged his ancestral home, including all assets, for money.

He brought in 400 million taels of silver and bought seven shops selling supplements.

In half a month now, the net profit has already reached one million taels, which can be said to be the right bet, and a group of businessmen are also envious.

It is no secret that the city that never sleeps makes money. The merchants who bought the shops all regretted why they didn't buy more shops at that time.

The merchants who didn't buy the store regretted it very much, regretting why they didn't buy it at that time.

But those who regret the most are those businessmen who rented at the beginning, and then others came to sell them from their own hands. In order to earn tens of thousands of taels of quota, they missed the way to make a fortune.

It can be said that some people are happy and some are worried.

But everyone knows one thing, Da Xia Everbright City really makes money, merchants make money, Gu Jinnian makes money.

Jiangzhong dragon rice, official salt, monosodium glutamate, soy sauce, chili powder, and other daily necessities have attracted countless people to buy them.

All aspects of the construction of the city that never sleeps are almost completed regardless of the cost.

The artificial lake and rockery are very suitable for literati outing, and the whole family comes to play.

A horse farm and an archery field have also been specially opened up for tourists to come and play.

The business of Daxia Restaurant is becoming more and more popular day by day. The advanced concept, sauna room, essential oil massage, including a series of gameplays, attract countless businessmen to come and play.

As long as you can think of it, Daxia Restaurant can arrange it.

Everything is in order, and what the people look forward to the most is the Hundred Beasts Garden. Gu Jinnian specially designated an area to make it a Hundred Beasts Garden. All kinds of ferocious beasts are in the garden, and there are iron nets to enclose them, and heavy soldiers guard.

Even Gu Jinnian has asked people to prepare for the ocean park and entertainment facilities such as the water park.

But these have to be done slowly, and the appetite of the people must always be swayed, and the next project will be opened after one project is tired of playing.

The plan of the city that never sleeps can be said to have achieved great success.

Moreover, Gu Jinnian even ordered that all the people of Daxia Jingdu have a chance once a month to play Daxia Everbright City for free, which can be regarded as preferential treatment for the people of Kyoto.

As soon as the news came out, countless people in the capital praised Gu Jinnian.

At the same time, Gu Jinnian took out all the thousands of shops in the night market street and rented them out to the people of Kyoto. It was just a lottery, as long as the people in Kyoto could come and draw lots.

If you get a quota, you can enjoy the right to rent a shop, which cannot be transferred, only personal business is allowed, and you can sell anything, as long as it does not violate the laws of Daxia.

It is equivalent to driving people to become rich.

The purpose of doing this is actually to stimulate the consumption and values ​​of the people, and let the people know that doing business can make money.

Moreover, everything in the Great Xia Night City is for publicity, so that everyone in the Great Xia Dynasty knows the benefits of the Night City.

Merchants can buy shops to make money.

It is beneficial to the common people, life is convenient, and shopping prices are cheap.

Benefiting the government and the court, the horrible taxes are enough to make the local government and the court have money, and with the money, they can do more things.

It can be said that this is a win-win situation.

Because of this, the influence of the Great Xia Night City is getting bigger and bigger, relying on various propaganda.

Now in the entire Great Xia Dynasty, who doesn't know the Great Xia Night City?

Among other things, official salt, dragon rice, and these condiments, as well as the incomparably precious white sugar, are sold at the same price as a gift.

Even, in several counties, businessmen have already united together, intending to replicate a city that never sleeps in Great Xia.

Negotiating with the local government, asking the local government to approve the land, as long as the land can be approved, and several big chambers of commerce are willing to spend money, they will do it according to the Daxia Everbright City.

The local government is naturally happy, and some county government do not want to report to the court, after all, this kind of thing is not a big deal.

But after serious investigation, these businessmen hesitated.

Because they can't sell rice and sugar at a low price, and they can't make some weird things.

After careful research, they discovered that the Great Xia Night City is not as simple as they imagined.

Of course, if it is necessary to copy, it is not impossible to do so regardless of the cost, but there are certain risks.

But these days, there are people who are cowardly, and there are also people who are not cowardly. In the end, various places put up papers and asked the Ministry of Household Affairs.

It stands to reason that local businessmen want to build this kind of commercial city to promote people's consumption and are willing to pay taxes. This kind of thing is a good thing, but what I didn't expect was that the Ministry of Households did not hesitate at all and destroyed them all.

Private construction is not allowed, and a notice has been specially issued.

Never allow.

Now more people know that the Great Xia Nightless City is a business of the imperial court, and it is not everyone's turn.

However, there are policies above and countermeasures below.

Not only the entire Great Xia dynasty knew about the Great Xia Night City, but even other dynasties knew about it.

The Fuluo Dynasty and the Daikin Dynasty, as well as businessmen from other small countries, all came to study.

Some people are already planning to do this business in other countries.

Although it is impossible to achieve such a low price as Gu Jinnian, it is a technical problem, but everyone understands the business logic of Daxia Everbright City.

It's nothing more than attracting customers through certain items at low prices, and then making money by selling shops.

After understanding, many people moved their minds.

At this moment.

In the city that never sleeps.

Wang Qixin put a thick stack of lists in front of Gu Jinnian and said.

"Master Hou, this is the list made by the Ministry of Industry."

"The development of the Ministry of Industry is divided into three levels in detail. One is to recruit hundreds of times more workers and build Tiangong Pavilion on the current basis. In this way, it is estimated that the Ministry of Industry will have a million craftsmen. Craftsmen, it only takes three years for this group of new craftsmen to take over, and their work speed must be several times faster than the current craftsmen."

"In the first year, you need to invest 20 taels of silver, and in the future, you need to invest [-] taels of silver every year."

"It is estimated that there will be as many as 200 million craftsmen at that time."

Wang Qixin said that this is the simplest expansion. In the first year, because of the establishment of the Tiangong Pavilion and the recruitment of people, it will naturally cost a lot, and it will be much better in the future. One hundred thousand taels of silver per year will be stable.

"20 taels of silver?"

"What about the second?"

Gu Jinnian asked.

"Recruit 500 million workers, build four Tiangong Pavilions, 200 million active craftsmen, and 300 million trainees."

"In the first year, 40 taels of silver will be invested, and at least 20 taels of silver will be required every year thereafter."

"After three years, 500 million craftsmen can be stabilized."

Wang Qixin replied.

"The third type."

Gu Jinnian is still a little dissatisfied. The Great Xia Dynasty has a large population. Now that there are dragons in the river, two or three years later, the birth rate will reach an extremely exaggerated level. In other words, it will not be long before the population of the Great Xia Dynasty. There will be millions of them.

Then the role of craftsmen is even greater, which involves all aspects, national military, people's livelihood, these are inseparable from craftsmen.

This is also the reason why Gu Jinnian wanted to vigorously support the Ministry of Industry.

"If it is the third type, a new city will be built near Daxia's capital, 500 million craftsmen will be recruited, and tens of millions of craftsmen will be trained."

"At the same time, Tiangongge branches are set up all over the country to teach the common people to become craftsmen."

"It's just that if this is the case, the required cost is too high. At least 60 taels of silver will be invested in the first year, and I'm afraid it will only increase in the second and third years. After that, it will be at least 30 taels of silver every year."

"Master Hou, this old man knows that Lord Hou has bigger intentions, but this old man doesn't suggest that."

"If so many workers are recruited due to a short-term urgency, once the court is stabilized, a large number of craftsmen will become a burden on the court and bring more trouble."

Wang Qixin said that he naturally hoped that Gu Jinnian would pay attention to the Ministry of Industry, but he also knew that it was almost enough, if it was too exaggerated, it would inevitably end up in the future.

If the two problems cannot be solved, it will be a huge hidden danger and trouble.

One is the issue of follow-up income. Now the Great Xia Dynasty needs craftsmen, and a lot of waste is waiting to be done. Naturally, the more the better, even if it trains tens of millions of craftsmen, it will be no problem.

Because it will come in handy later.

But what about 20 years later?

What should we do when the Great Xia Dynasty does not need craftsmen?How do these artisans survive?

But the most frightening thing is, if Tiangong Pavilion branches were set up in every prefecture to train children to become craftsmen, how much would it cost?Can't imagine it at all.

can face such problems.

Gu Jinnian just pondered for a while, and then spoke.

"Just follow the third plan."

"Don't be afraid of many craftsmen. Once we come to Daxia Night City, if we set up the entire territory of the Eastern Desolation, or the entire Shenzhou Continent, it will not be enough."

"If it can't be done, a few million craftsmen are nothing, and the dragon boat and treasure boat are enough to support these craftsmen."

"The Marquis knows that Lord Wang is most worried about the follow-up training, so don't worry too much about it."

"In the past few years, I invested money in it. After these craftsmen have been cultivated and started to make money, they will no longer invest money. Let the people send their children to the Tiangong Pavilion branch to learn skills, and charge corresponding tuition fees at the same time."

"If poor people can owe money to study, they will become craftsmen in the future, earn silver taels, and then return it to the court in proportion every month."

"Master Wang, don't worry, the future Great Xia Dynasty will lack artisans even more."

When Gu Jinnian spoke up, he directly adopted the third option.

There is no other reason.

Long rice in Jiangzhong can solve the food problem of the common people in Daxia.

With the future planting of Daxia Longsui, and the Ministry of Industry will naturally invent some farming tools, there will only be more and more food after the Daxia Dynasty, and no one will starve to death.

In this way, the population will increase, and within a short period of time, it is possible to double it tenfold.

After all, there were few entertainment facilities in ancient times, and the only way for the common people to entertain at night was to make human beings.

Combining the above, the number of craftsmen in the future must be in short supply.

"But this."

Wang Qixin still felt that it was exaggerated and wanted to explain a little more, but Gu Jinnian shook his head and said.

"Master Wang, artisans are not only good at forging iron, they can be cultivated in many ways in the future, and it can be related to people's livelihood."

Gu Jinnian spoke up.

He couldn't explain too much. In Wang Qixin's eyes, craftsmen might just be the kind of blacksmiths, but in fact, Gu Jinnian thought that craftsmen should develop in a diversified way. In the future, they can do what they want to make money.

Anyway, it's all handicraft work, and if you cultivate all kinds of work, there will naturally be businessmen asking craftsmen to work.

Even at that time, the money given by the court was not appreciated by others.

"The old man understands."

Wang Qixin nodded, not because he really understood, but because he believed in Gu Jinnian.

"Then what should I do with the money?"

"Master Hou?"

Now that the third option is chosen, the next biggest problem is money.

60 taels of silver, not a penny less.

Building a new city and managing the food and drink of a group of people is no small matter.

"Wait another month."

"One month later, the Great Xia Nightless City will completely affect the whole country. At that time, we can send people to discuss with the governor of the 72nd County about the construction of the Nightless City."

Gu Jinnian spoke up.

He doesn't worry about the money, after a month, Daxia Everbright City will open a chain, and Gu Jinnian doesn't plan to make a fuss, the situation of Kyoto Everbright City is here.

It is overcrowded every day, and even the approved land is still a little smaller.

"All 72 counties have built nightless cities?"

"Master Hou, didn't you say that every county is so prosperous?"

The latter opened his mouth and looked at Gu Jinnian. He knew that Daxia Everbright City would open a chain of branch cities sooner or later, but he didn't expect Gu Jinnian to open so many in one go.

"It is impossible for a county to support a city that never sleeps."

"And the land area of ​​all the cities that never sleep must be twice the size of the cities that never sleep."

"Lord Wang, don't worry, this Marquis knows all about business."

Gu Jinnian said lightly, this sentence completely shut up Wang Qixin.

Because I'm right, everyone didn't like it before, but the problem is that Gu Jinnian has not only done well, but also done beyond imagination.

Soon, Wang Qixin left.

Gu Jinnian promised that within two months at the latest, the money will be delivered to Wang Qixin, so that Wang Qixin can do it now with great fanfare.

At present, the national treasury of Daxia, plus the silver deposits in the city that never sleeps, are enough to carry out the preliminary work.

After Wang Qixin left.

Not long after, He Yan came.

It was Gu Jinnian who asked him to come.

"I have seen Hou Ye."

Seeing Gu Jinnian, He Yan immediately raised his voice and bowed to Gu Jinnian.

"Master He is polite."

"I'm looking for Mr. He to come here today, mainly for one thing."

"Great Xia Nightless City is going to open a branch city."

"Temporarily choose to be in the 72nd county. At that time, the officials of the household department will need to go."

Gu Jinnian said that the establishment of a branch city must be discussed with the household department.

And hearing this, He Yan couldn't help but click his tongue.

He didn't expect to open a branch city so soon, but after thinking about it, it made sense. The popularity of Daxia Everbright City is simply indescribable.

Every day, there are countless people queuing up, and there are even many ordinary people who travel hundreds or even thousands of miles away, just wanting to come and see the prosperity of the city that never sleeps.

It is also time to open a branch city, the things are excellent, and there is no worry about no customers.

"What does Lord Hou mean?"

"Despite the order, the old man will handle it properly."

He Yan opened his mouth and asked Gu Jinnian directly what he wanted to do. Anyway, Gu Jinnian asked, so he would do it.

"A few things, please ask Mr. He to remember."

Gu Jinnian spoke up.

"Master Hou said it straight."

He Yan nodded.

"First, at present, there are a hundred chips in Daxia Everbright City, and after deducting the people who raised the money, there are still seventy chips left. Half of the seventy chips are taken by this Marquis, and the remaining twenty chips are distributed to various government forces. , Of course, like everyone, this money is still kept in the government, and in the future, it will be needed to build bridges and roads, or to subsidize the people, etc. "

"It is possible to slightly improve the lives of officials, but it should not be extravagant. The Ministry of Punishment, the Ministry of Household Affairs, and the Ministry of Officials must be prepared to take precautions against this. If anyone found to be reckless, they will be severely punished, ranging from dismissal from office to being sent to the border."

Gu Jinnian said, this is the first.

The Great Xia Nightless City is being built in the 72nd county, and money must be spent to benefit the aristocratic families and government officials from all over the country. Only when the benefits are tied, will the Nightless City get better and better.

As harsh as it sounds, the truth is that it is impossible to make everyone a saint.

It can only be said that some policies are relaxed. If you have money, you should spend it and allow everyone to spend it. After so many years of hard work, it is reasonable to feel comfortable.

Of course, it's almost enough. If you really dare to mess up, you will be punished.

"clear."

He Yan instantly understood what Gu Jinnian meant, only those with vested interests can achieve a win-win situation, which is very good.

"Secondly, inform that the Great Xia Night City is exempt from taxes for the first three years. As long as you do business in the Night City, you can be exempted from taxes for the first three years, but you must not do anything illegal."

"And the prices of major stores will not be adjusted. Except for a few rich counties, similar to Jiangnan County, the prices of all stores will be doubled. Other places will still follow the current prices."

This is the second thing.

The prosperity of the capital city that never sleeps let Gu Jinnian know that his store is still selling cheaply, so it is better to increase the price.

He Yan's expression changed upon hearing this.

"Master Hou."

"Is there still a price increase?"

"Some places are poorer."

He Yan frowned. He didn't mean that he couldn't do it. It's mainly because of a small number of places where you can sell a store for 1000 million taels. I'm afraid no one will buy it.

So what if it's popular?The people have no money.

"Just go at this price."

"Lord He, don't worry, these people who have already tasted the sweetness will continue to buy shops by all means, and many chambers of commerce in the Great Xia Dynasty are planning to copy the city that never sleeps, so there is no need to worry about not being able to sell it."

"Furthermore, with the appearance of dragon rice in the river, Great Xia will surely be prosperous in the future. Even if the people are poor this year and next year, will the people still be poor in three to five years?"

When Gu Jinnian said these words, he seemed extremely confident.

"This statement makes sense, the old man understands."

He Yan nodded, he immediately understood what Gu Jinnian meant.

"Third, tell everyone that except for the size, the rest will not be changed. The things that Kyoto Everbright City has, other Sleepless Cities will have, and they will be treated equally."

This is the third point, which is also very important. Anyway, it is completely based on the city that never sleeps.

"understood."

He Yan kept it in his heart.

"There is no big problem for the time being. Don't worry about the sale of the store. Let the news out first, and then discuss it with the governor of the 72nd county. If there are any princes and dignitaries, please come. We can earn money together."

"The publicity is almost done. When you go to the cash register, you must pay in cash. First come, first served, and later served."

"Excuse me, Mr. He."

Gu Jinnian opened his mouth and explained clearly.

"it is good."

"Master Hou can rest assured, the old man will deal with this matter immediately."

He Yan nodded and left quickly after speaking.

After He Yan left, Gu Jinnian couldn't help but let out a long breath.

Great Summer Night City means too much.

For the sake of people's livelihood, Gu Jinnian needs to control the prices of some basic items, so as to ensure that the prices will not skyrocket when natural or man-made disasters happen in the future.

These things must be firmly grasped, so that the people can buy the necessities of life at the cheapest price.

Second, to promote the Great Xia Treasure Banknote, we must also rely on the Great Xia Never Sleeping City.

The Dajin Dynasty wanted to achieve the effect of the gold standard through Dajinlong rice, how much dragon rice can be exchanged for a piece of treasure.

This method is indeed very good, especially the Dajinlong rice, which is famous all over the world.

But Gu Jinnian planned to rely on the triple blow of Daxia Nevernight City, Jiangzhong Longmi, and extraterrestrial meteorite gold.

A piece of Great Xia Treasure Banknote can be exchanged for equivalent goods in the Great Xia Nightless City, or it can be directly exchanged for Jiangzhong Longmi.

These trilogy must appear together in order to crush the enemy in the future currency war.

Opened 72 cities that never sleep in Great Xia. As long as they prosper, the people of the Eastern Barren Territory will not know about it, and it will inevitably attract great dynasties to imitate. What Gu Jinnian can guarantee is that if the merchants of these dynasties imitate, they will undoubtedly die.

Because they can't make low-priced firewood, rice, oil and salt, and sell them regardless of cost, they will only wear down in the end, and the unlucky ones are the businessmen who buy the shops.

It will take a while for Jiangzhong Longmi to be exported to various countries, and word of mouth will be able to condense by then.

As for the meteorite gold from beyond the sky, it will amaze the world in the near future.

At that time, the promotion of Daxia Baochao will become the most valuable currency. There is no need to do anything at all, and the people will make their own choices.

Do you want a banknote that can only be exchanged for big golden dragon rice, or do you want a banknote that can be used to buy things in the city that never sleeps, buy Jiangzhong dragon rice, and exchange for meteorite gold?
As long as you are not a fool, you know how to choose.

"If this plan is decided, it will be a steady stream of silver income, surpassing the Central Continent Dynasty within ten years."

Gu Jinnian murmured to himself.

This plan can be said to be the biggest plan. If the plan is successful, as long as the Central Continent Dynasty did not intervene in the early stage, then no one can stop this opening.

in this way.

In the blink of an eye, half a month passed.

There is still one month left before the opening of Jixia Academy.

For the past half month, Gu Jinnian has been very busy, either going to the Ministry of Industry or the Ministry of Household Affairs.

As Gu Jinnian guessed, Daxia Everbright City is getting more and more popular. It may be exaggerated to say that the team lined up in Kyoto, but it is really the case now.

The capital city that never sleeps can no longer meet the needs of the people of Great Xia.

The people of all the counties couldn't help but come here admiringly, and after they came, they went back and spread the word of what they saw and encountered, adding a little exaggeration, so that the people of all the counties hoped that their county could build a city that never sleeps.

Moreover, merchants flocked to them, and even offered sky-high prices, wanting to buy shops from other people.

250 million taels of shops have been fired to 800 million taels, and no one has sold them yet.

Everyone knows that the shops in Daxia Night City are like chickens that can lay golden eggs.

In the past half a month, the entire Great Xia Dynasty has been discussing the Great Xia Nightless City, so that the Fuluo Dynasty and the Great Jin Dynasty are also paying close attention to the movement of the Nightless City.

Moreover, according to reliable sources, several chambers of commerce have joined forces with the chambers of the Fuluo Dynasty and the Dajin Dynasty to replicate the Great Xia Nightless City. Among them, the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce is the most active, and negotiations have been completed.

However, they can only be copied in other countries, not in the Great Xia Dynasty.

What is certain at present is that the Fuluo Dynasty approved three sleepless city plans, and the Dajin Dynasty approved twelve sleepless city plans with a wave of their hands.

Completely follow the Daxia Everbright City, free land, three-year tax reduction.

The major dynasties are not stupid, they know what the city that never sleeps means, let the merchants invest money to solve the labor problems of the common people, if it works, they will collect taxes every year in the future, if it cannot be done, for the major dynasties, it is nothing more than a problem of a piece of land .

Even at worst, a new city can be built to solve the problem of population and housing.

The Garden of Beasts has also opened recently, which once again ignited the enthusiasm of several counties around Kyoto.

Moreover, Daxia Restaurant has completed its counterattack, with full customers every day, and its revenue is extremely exaggerated. As for the revenue of other shops, it has also doubled due to the Hundred Beasts Garden.

As a result, many businessmen are even more jealous.

in this way.

At this juncture, the Ministry of Household Affairs released news that it will establish a branch city in the 72nd county and accept the purchase of shops in advance.

As soon as the news came out, the doors of the household department were all flattened. I don't know how many businessmen flocked to it. Some presidents of the chamber of commerce heard the news and came directly with cash.

This scene startled He Yan.

Because it is too exaggerated.

but.

There is one more thing, that is, the tax issue in the south of the Yangtze River and the new policy of distributing the income to the mu have been effectively resolved, and it was solved by Chang Yuntian.

This matter, if it was put forward before, would be quite a big matter. After all, Jiangnan’s tax revenue accounts for a lot of Daxia’s national tax, but now the limelight of Daxia’s Night City has completely covered up Jiangnan’s tax revenue.

The officials don't care about anything.

Gu Jinnian didn't care about it either.

But on the second day.

Two figures came to Daxia City that Never Sleeps.

It was Yu Yi and He Zhai.

The two were sent to Jiangnan County by Gu Jinnian to be responsible for implementing the New Deal.

More than two months before and after, almost three months.

The two of them are back.

After returning from this trip, the two of them obviously understood more truths.

But it also brought a piece of news to Gu Jinnian.

It is related to the great summer disaster.

The general situation is that during the great summer disaster, the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce sold low-quality medicines and other goods, causing soldiers to be infected and killed, or people to freeze to death.

Do many evil things.

　The second Glory of Kings competition is over.

　　Bonuses are also distributed.

　　I heard from Wu Ya that there are many strong people.

　　Fortunately, I don't play this game, otherwise I will be beaten on the head.

　　relieved.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)