I am an immortal in heaven and earth

Chapter 341 Discovering sweet potatoes
The Wa Kingdom itself does not have its own culture. It is like a parasitic umbilical cord, connecting to the Central Plains culture, but it is unwilling to acknowledge it at all times and even wants to replace it.

In fact, it is not just Wa, but also Goryeo, or all the surrounding small countries, all of which have been influenced by China and want to replace it.

Therefore, it was not easy to occupy the Wa Kingdom. It was the Changsheng Sect, that is, occupying the Ryukyu Islands and then connecting with its native Shintoism.

It is said that there are eight million gods in the country of Wa, and the highest god lives in the mythological center "Takamagahara", which is similar to Kunlun in the Central Plains mythology.

Therefore, the waters of the legal world of the Wa Kingdom are relatively deep, because its connection with the Central Plains is too strong. Unlike the natives of Luzon, they have a low level of education and a rather primitive religion, and the gods they worship are just some small fry.

Although most of the eight million gods of Wa are tsukumogami, they have a perverted setting, that is, "people can become demons." As long as they have obsession and the obsession is strong enough, a very strange power will be born.

This is a bit like the five evil worlds in the movie "Green Snake", where people are like monsters and monsters are like people.

One is that the wind and qi of Wa Country itself is extremely abnormal. Another is that although its culture migrated to the Central Plains, it lacked the most crucial mythological key, that is, Emperor Zhuanxu's "cutting off the connection between heaven and earth."

The boundary between demons and humans is not clear, and the boundary between yin and yang can be said to be vague. There is even a rumor of "One Hundred Demons Parade at Heian-kyo". During the day, it is the Kyoto of humans, and at night, it is the Kyoto of demons.

Without clarifying the difference between divine authority and imperial authority, humanity became entangled with Shintoism, to the point that they dared to usurp the title of "Emperor". In fact, they were all granted titles by the Central Plains and were the rulers of the Wa country in all dynasties.

Even the Wa Kingdom itself has no history. All ancient history was recorded by historians from the Central Plains. If there was a major chaos in the Central Plains, the history of the Wa Kingdom would be blank, with no clear breaks.

It is such a country and nation that has received a lot of favors from China, but it is just an ungrateful wolves.

Xu Jia ordered Chen Gongming to occupy Ryukyu, and explained: "If there are any resistance, all those above the wheel can be killed. All the princes and nobles who surrender will be exiled to a deserted island. Common people who do not resist can be registered as citizens, and the land of the nobles will be distributed equally."

The Wa country has a small land area and a large population, so there is actually not much value in conquering it. However, it has many ports, which have economic value, and a large silver mine that is easy to mine and can provide raw materials for the production of silver-based currency in the future.

Xu Jia planned to press out silver coins and gold coins that were similar to copper coins with square holes. The copper coins were the smallest, the silver coins were slightly larger and heavier, and the gold coins were slightly smaller.

According to market conditions, one tael of silver can be exchanged for six hundred copper coins. This means that one tael of silver can be used to make five silver coins, but is worth one hundred and twenty copper coins. One tael of gold can be exchanged for twenty taels of silver, which can make four gold coins, and one of them is worth five taels of silver, or twenty-five silver coins.

Of course, gold will not be issued in large quantities

In today's environment, it is very difficult to promote paper currency. We can only use metal currency to stabilize the market first, then establish a strong credit system, and then gradually issue gold notes based on the gold standard and silver notes based on the silver standard.

Those who issue banknotes without establishing a solid foundation are all "rough-minded".

Relatively speaking, those who are "altruistic" and issue real currency tend to have a long life. However, many wealthy families will issue inferior coins and collect good coins when issuing them, which will prevent them from circulating in the market.

Xu Jia's plan to open a silver mine in Wa Nu Kingdom would be equivalent to having a money bag. He could then establish the Baoquan Bureau to produce silver and money continuously. With the money, he could recruit soldiers and horses and compete for the Central Plains.

Chen Gongming was aware of this plan. He didn't like the Japanese very much. He thought they were short, had bad personalities, and seemed happy on the surface but were actually bad guys behind the scenes.

It is estimated that if Xu Jia said that everything above the wheels was chopped off, it would not have killed many people. Xu Jia's car was built high, with wheels of 1.2 meters. The adult males in the Japanese country were generally around 1.4 meters tall, and 1.5 meters was considered tall. In the Central Plains, a man of 1.2 meters might be under eight years old, or under seven years old. There, he might be as old as twelve or even fourteen years old.

This kind of car is already difficult to tame, it should be lowered a bit, or made like a Japanese car with lower wheels.

While the expedition went on over there, a group of merchants came here with boatloads of immigrants.

Seeing that Luzon had completely changed its name to "Song State" under the Xu surname, they were also shocked. Some were even heartbroken and did not participate in the founding of the country. They thought about asking if they could get an official position.

This time, they brought refugees from Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas. They were all silk farmers. Because the imperial court's levies were too heavy to bear, they all wanted to make a living overseas. They brought mulberry seeds and silkworm seeds with them, hoping that they could continue to be mulberry farmers in Luzon.

Xu Jia was very happy. It was not enough to just plant important land. In addition to growing spices and bananas, many islands could also grow mulberry trees! But the mulberry leaves could not be contaminated with too much water qi, otherwise the silkworms would easily die of diarrhea. However, I thought that after a few generations of selecting silkworms, this problem could be overcome.

In addition to some silk farmers and mulberry farmers, the merchants also brought one thing, that is, sweet potato vines.

The merchant was Sun Bao. He looked apprehensive and asked, "Master, do you think this is the vine?"

Xu Jia asked curiously: "Where did you get this vine from?"

Sun Bao said: "With the help of the dragon god's magic power and some sea maps from the previous dynasty, we went to the Persian Sea and arrived at Kunlun Continent, where all the people were black. Then we walked along the strait and arrived at another land, where we met red-skinned people..."

"We were extremely lucky this time. We thought it would take us half a year to get back, but a strange wind came out of nowhere and we are here now."

"I'm afraid that the heaven and earth have joined forces." Xu Jia had not yet recovered from the backlash of the seven arrows he suffered, and he also killed the leader of the Changsheng Sect, the last emperor of Daheng, and lost twelve years of his destiny. Now his destiny was directly grafted onto himself, but it was very superficial, and he had inherited part of the cause and effect of the Changsheng Sect's Wanshou Emperor, and even the cause and effect of the Huangtian Sect.

"So we returned in three months. On the way back, we prayed wholeheartedly, and the ship sailed smoothly. The half-month journey was completed in five days. We even traveled faster at night, watching the stars and heading for a favorable wind..."

Xu Jia nodded: "I'll give you credit. We have the sweet potato vines, but where are the sweet potatoes?"

Sun Bao asked people to bring out a basket of sweet potatoes, but they were not very big and some had become woody. The variety was relatively primitive, but some were big, as big as fists.

After wiping it slightly, Xu Jia took a bite. Although the sweetness was a little less, the sweet potato flavor was indeed very strong. This was it.

Xu Jia laughed loudly: "Promote this crop quickly. In the future, the good fields will still be planted with rice. Those newly leveled lands can be planted with this crop. This crop is the essence of earth and grain, and is good for nourishing the spleen and stomach. It is as good as yam. You can plant more of it! In the future, it can feed thousands of people, and you will have great merits!"

Sweet potatoes are resistant to dry storage. It is hot and humid here, but they can be made into dried sweet potatoes and can be stored for more than half a year if properly preserved.

The tender stems and leaves of sweet potato vines are good vegetables. The old vines and leaves can also be used as pig feed, but you can't feed them all the time, otherwise they will become thinner and thinner. It's a pity that they didn't find corn, but they found the American continent, which was fine. But they needed stable navigation and steam engines for immigration. It was still in the "hydraulic" stage. Although research had begun, there was a lack of soil for scientific research and invention. The only people who were involved were Taoist alchemists, Taoist weapon refiners, and those craftsmen.

Even if it is made by hand according to the Taoist practice and pure handmade small workshop model, it will take two or three years, and relevant talents will be continuously selected and appointed during these two or three years. It can be said that private individuals do not have the energy for research and development, and only the whole country can fight a way out of the small peasant economy and manor economy and enter the industrial economy.

In the beginning, industry is all about burning money, losing money, and conducting experiments. Only after it matures can it be promoted and applied one by one to make money. Therefore, in addition to scientific research, patent protection and copyright protection are also relevant.

In the Central Plains, these are all strange and obscene techniques that cannot be put on the table. Even if they are helpful for production, they still need time to ferment and promote themselves. The king will not interfere, and will only use the latest technology to build his own palace and decoration. This non-interference is mainly due to the idea of ​​respecting Confucianism.

For example, if you want to study a sickle, you need to delve into the history of the sickle, its meaning, its function, and its future fate...

But they don’t know how to make a sickle, how to use a sickle to cut wheat, rice, and grass for pigs.

Although Luzon has been established as a country, the culture here is very poor, making it even more difficult to find suitable talents.

Xu Jia's target should still be on the inland of the Central Plains. Even if there is only one person who specializes in this field among 100,000 people, his role is actually more important than these 100,000 people, such as people like Song Yingxing and Xu Shou.

If Xu Jia wanted to find such a person, he could use divination and prophecy, but due to the lack of relevant information, it would be difficult to find the exact person directly, and he could only have a direction.

Compared to these people, those traditional alchemists, weapon-making monks, Taoists, and Buddhists, such as the Taoist in the Shanju Temple, who can refine jade and porcelain divine thunder, are proficient in Tiangang Thunder Method, and can take jade for consumption, all of these people meet Xu Jia's requirements very well.

Jiangnan West Road is a Taoist holy land. If we can conquer the entire area and coordinate these Taoists with special skills, it should not be difficult to refine a magical version of the steam engine.

Just thinking about it makes me feel like cyberpunk. The water burned in the Zhenqi machine is not ordinary water, but "real water". The fire that burns the water is not ordinary fire, but Zhurong fire. The steel is not ordinary steel, but rune steel. The machine must be consecrated before it can be operated. Incense is offered at all times and fruits are offered at eight festivals. Then a god is found to work part-time as the "Water and Fire Qi True Lord". Under his seat are piston boys, Qi cylinder warriors, water spirits, fire spirits, steam spirits...

Think about it, it's already a Taoist country, so there shouldn't be anything wrong with building it like this. By then, the fat boy's shamanism can not only communicate with plants and animals, but also machines. In case the machine is possessed by evil spirits, he can perform rituals to exorcise the evil spirits, and maybe it will be fine again and continue to work.

"The Tao follows nature and purifies the body. Being free from worries and fears is the way to cultivate the truth."

After Xu Jia made all these arrangements, he felt that he had been away from Sanqing Mountain for too long, so he crossed the sea and headed towards the Jiangnan West Road.

As soon as Xu Jia left, the little fat boy relaxed: "Master has a different temperament these days, and I can't relax."

Others also chimed in: “Yes, yes, it’s a bit difficult!”

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Although Xu Jia was walking on the waves, he had already "shrunk the earth into an inch". With one step, he was already several miles away.

He did not break through the Dharma Realm and escape from it. The Dharma Realm in this vast ocean has been deposited for billions of years. Who knows what horrors are there? Xu Jia had just been injured and still needed to recuperate. It would be better for him to raise his Qi. Although he could not fly into the clouds, he could also feel the scenery of the sea.

In just half an hour, Xu Jia had returned to Sanqing Mountain.

I first went back home to see my parents. My father was not there, still in Poyang, and only my mother was still chanting Buddhist scriptures.

When Xu's mother saw Xu Jia, she was surprised. She looked at him carefully and asked, "There is evil between your eyebrows, bloodshot eyes, and dark clouds behind your head. Where have you been?"

Xu Jia was surprised that his old mother could see these things, so he told her a few stories about the Emperor Wanshou of the Changsheng Sect.

After hearing this, Xu's mother felt pity for him: "You have suffered a lot, but no matter what you do, I will support you. But you can't keep killing people, otherwise it will happen to you sooner or later. You can kill people, so can't others kill you? You said it is justice, what if he has his own justice? Although you want to relieve the suffering of all living beings, you must save yourself first before saving others. You must not put yourself in a situation where you can't save yourself. Otherwise, how can you save yourself?"

After that, Xu's mother put a string of soapberries in her hand on Xu Jia's hand and said, "You taught me this mantra method. It is said that it can calm the mind and gain wisdom. Now I put it in your hand, hoping that it can help you eliminate some of your murderous intentions."

The killing intention is the silent influence of the killing sword, and of course there is also the influence of Xu Jia himself. If there is no killing intention in the heart, how can he wield the killing sword? If he does not wield the killing sword, how can he dare to change the sun and the moon to a new sky.

But we do need to be cautious about killing and stop killing, otherwise we would be going against our own compassionate wishes.

Xu Jia hummed, then looked at the other kid, it was none other than Xu Jian, the founder of Shanju Temple who had been reborn as a boy. He had grown up very fast and could now read, but his innate wisdom had not yet awakened. His earth soul had been buried by Xu Jia's life foundation.

Now he could indeed take him to practice, so he immediately said, "Xiao Jian, from now on, you will practice with me! Do you know that you are my true disciple?"

"Aren't you my father?"

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“That’s what they all said.”

"Dad, if you teach me some skills, I will definitely learn them!"

Xu Jia thought about it and said, "Don't call me dad, call me master!"

Xu Jia intended not to have any descendants, otherwise it would be easy for his descendants to become emperors in the future.

Xu Jia could not let his descendants carry on his will, but he also did not want them to go against him, so he finally announced that his original decision was wrong and foolish.

But it would be difficult to be stable without offspring. Perhaps in the future, he could give birth to one with his essence and blood. As for after ascending to heaven, with the Chaos Pearl and his own Shinto altar, he would be able to sense it and not let his years of hard work collapse.

(End of this chapter)