Tang Dynasty: Starting from Kou Zhong, the heavens rise!

"Yuezhang!"

"This is a yellow-level flying warship from the world of cultivating immortals."

"It can fly three thousand miles in a quarter of an hour. It uses spirit stones as energy drive and can withstand attacks that exceed those of the Grand Master."

"There are thirty Immortal Hunting Crossbows on board, which can launch an attack that is not inferior to the Grandmaster's peak strike."

"What Gu means is that Mo Workshop needs to be reorganized to conduct research on these types of flying warships and mechanical beasts."

Just when Kou Zhong was about to have a chat with Lu Miaozi about the reorganization of the ink workshop, Lu Miaozi could not hold back his inner excitement. He gathered up all his energy and walked through the air to the deck of the flying warship. Looking at this product of Xiuxian.

He had no choice but to say to Chen Laomou, the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs: "As the empire grows stronger, in order to meet the needs of the next attack on other worlds, the Ministry of Internal Affairs needs to make timely adjustments. The six departments, including all the prisons, need to be included in the Under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Internal Affairs."

"The Mo Gongyuan was changed to the Shenbing Pavilion, the Chief Pastoral Supervisor was changed to the Royal Beast Pavilion, the Superintendent was changed to the Shenjiang Pavilion, the Secretary Agricultural Supervisor was changed to the Lingwu Pavilion, and the Lingdan Pavilion was added."

"The Divine Weapon Pavilion is responsible for smelting and building magical weapons, flying warships, mechanical beasts, etc., the Royal Beast Pavilion is responsible for the reproduction and cultivation of exotic beasts, and the Divine Craftsman Pavilion is responsible for building palaces, arranging the layout of spirit gathering formations, mining spiritual mines, etc., spiritual objects The Pavilion is responsible for planting spiritual grains and elixirs, while the Lingdan Pavilion is responsible for refining elixirs."

"The Lingdan Pavilion will be idle for the time being. We will plunder a few alchemy talents from other worlds later and build it again. The other pavilions will be adjusted and put into operation first."

"The heads of each cabinet are ranked in the second rank, and the deputy heads are in the second rank."

"Later, you can cooperate with your father-in-law to see if you can develop this delta into a spiritual medicine garden, and then open some spiritual fields at the foot of Longshou Mountain."

“Qingling Bamboo will produce new shoots every year, which can be transplanted uprooted to famous mountains and rivers.”

"The alien fish likes spiritual energy, and only Ling Lake can allow it to inhabit it, but some ordinary fish and shrimps can be stocked in this lake."

"promise!"

Chen Laomou kept Kou Zhong's words in mind and prepared to do it when he returned.

"By the way, I heard that the Ministry of Internal Affairs on Longshou Plain is almost completed."

"Come with me, there is something you need to see in person."

After beckoning, Kou Zhong took off again and headed towards Longshouyuan.

The Imperial Palace is adjacent to the Imperial Palace. The Imperial Palace is a complex of buildings with red walls and glazed tiles. It is easier to build than the elaborate Imperial Palace and has already been put into use.

After all, the construction of the imperial palace is also a matter of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs need to monitor the progress of the empire's construction nearby.

"Ta! Ta!"

Then, both Chen Laomou and Xu Ziling entered the Lingshi warehouse of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

"Boom!"

Kou Zhong raised his hand, and something covering an area of ​​about ten feet was revealed, leaving the two of them a little confused.

The body is like a tiger and leopard, the head and tail are like a dragon, its color is both gold and jade, it has a pair of wings that cannot be spread out on its shoulders, and it has a horn on its head that is tilted back. Isn't this a statue of the auspicious beast Pixiu?

In front of the two of them, Kou Zhong first took out a large piece of brass. Pixiu opened his mouth and the brass fell directly into it.

"Clap! Clap! Clap!"

After a while, Pixiu's mouth kept spitting out solid copper coins about the size of two fingers. The front was engraved with the image of King Kou Zhong of Chu, and the back was the four seal characters of "Great Chu World". They were piled all over the floor.

Then, Kou Zhong disguised the silver and gold respectively, and also made silver coins and gold coins.

"Your Highness, this..."

The head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs pointed to the Pixiu statue on the ground, a little surprised.

"To be precise, it's called the Universal Coin Machine."

"As long as you put materials into it, this coin minting machine will continuously produce currency."

"Just like this, when broken spiritual stones are put into them, spiritual coins containing spiritual energy can be born, and the spiritual energy in these spiritual coins will not be lost. Unless you are an immortal, you will not be able to cause any wear and tear on the spiritual coins themselves."

As he spoke, Kou Zhong put a bunch of broken spirit stones into Pixiu's mouth, and then spit out a lot of spirit coins.

The shapes of those spiritual coins are similar to copper coins, silver coins, and gold coins, but they are completely azure and have a jade-like but not jade-like interior. When held in the hand, they have a unique warm feeling.

"Next."

"The currency transactions in the country use the newly produced Dachu Tongbao."

"One spiritual coin can be exchanged for ten thousand gold coins, one gold coin can be exchanged for ten silver coins, and one silver coin can be exchanged for one thousand copper coins."

"Just based on the rules of the country, one Dachu Tongbao can buy 3 kilograms of unmolted rice, and three silver coins can buy a cattle."

"The ban on tea and alcohol has been lifted. In addition to the salt and iron franchises, the Ministry of Internal Affairs only involves the sale of armor, spiritual rice, and elixirs."

"If you want to buy spiritual rice, you need spiritual coins. For example: one spiritual coin can buy ten kilograms of blood tooth rice."

"In the future, when the Ministry of Internal Affairs issues titles and salaries, they will no longer be based on physical items, but on spiritual coins."

"In the name of Gu, the privilege of not paying taxes for those who hold titles in the country will be abolished. Officials and gentry will pay taxes together, even the Duke and the Prince are no exception."

"For those with a title, the lower three grades have no title and salary. The one with the lowest title will be given ten acres of good land and a mansion. The third grade will be given [-] acres of good land and a house. The third grade will be given [-] acres of good land and a house."

"The sixth grade of middle school, from bottom to top, is calculated in years, and they are: ten silver, fifty silver, one hundred silver, three hundred silver, five hundred silver, one hundred gold."

"The upper six grades, from bottom to top, are: one thousand gold, three thousand gold, ten thousand gold, ten spiritual coins, one hundred spiritual coins, and one thousand spiritual coins."

"In the future, when the world's spiritual energy becomes more abundant and the land is vast, we will adjust the rank and salary."

At this moment, Kou Zhong added something that made Chen Laomou change his expression.

Before this, the Chu State had implemented the practice of lowering the title by one level each time it was inherited, and the lowest title could not be inherited.

But the reason why Chu Jue is sought after is not only because the Chu State is powerful, but also because Chu Jue has tax-free rights. This is a generous gift given to those who hold the title in the past dynasties. Jue fields are equivalent to fiefs, but these jue fields can only be used for For farming, it cannot be used for anything else.

If we remove the tax-free privilege now, it would be equivalent to overthrowing the customs of the past thousands of years.

"Master Zhong, this method is very good!"

Xu Ziling, who came from a lower class background, couldn't help but praise: "In this way, countless people from Chu will join the army and serve as officials."

"It is impossible for anyone to rest on the merits of their ancestors."

"Moreover, as our great Chu becomes stronger and stronger, the people's pursuit of titles will become greater and greater."

"Ok!"

Kou Zhong nodded to Xu Ziling with satisfaction, which was why he launched a new currency system.

A title is not only a symbol of status, but also a benefit. The title of the Chu State is not low. Even the title of No. 15, which is ten silver per year, can buy [-] kilograms of unmolted rice, and cattle can buy three Come on, you can become a wealthy family in a village just by virtue of your title, why not?

Further up, to the upper six levels, especially Duke Bozinan, what they pursue is martial arts advancement and longevity...

The lifespan of martial arts monks is far inferior to that of immortals. In terms of innate (grandmaster) warriors, they are only 120 years old. However, monks of the same level of immortality in the foundation stage can live 200 years, not to mention the golden elixir, which is 150 years old. (The Grand Master) is only [-] years old.

But even so, it is much better to live to be 120 years old than to live to be 4 or 50 years old now.

Things like blood-toothed rice are essential for cultivation, not to mention elixirs. In addition to annual rewards, those with noble titles can obtain spiritual rice by purchasing it from the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Even the Duke's annual salary is only a thousand pieces. Spirit coins can only buy [-] kilograms of blood tooth rice, let alone the title below.

This requires them to continuously perform meritorious services and receive rewards.

All in all, the system of Chu State can keep the whole country full of vitality.

"Old Chen!"

"Starting from Guanzhong, within one year, all the old currencies of Chu must be eliminated by the new currencies."

"Even the Kunlun Continent, Xizhou and other places recently opened by the empire still need to use new coins for transactions and circulation."

Waving his hand, Kou Zhong ordered noncommittally.

"promise!"

Although Chen Laomou was a little tangled in his heart, he still agreed.

This matter is of great benefit to the future and must be done.

"Master Ling!"

"This divine weapon blood refining method uses your heart's blood to temper the divine weapon as your own divine weapon."

"A person can only have one divine weapon in his lifetime. It can be upgraded with strength and level, but it requires devouring the weapon refining materials."

"Later, the Ministry of Internal Affairs will set a suitable price based on the grades of fine iron, meteorite iron, black iron, black crystal, and gold crystal."

"This secret can only be taught by Zhonglang General and above, and the Six Divisions can only be taught to officials of third rank and above."

With that said, Kou Zhong handed a piece of silk to Xu Ziling. On it was his reproduction of the magic weapon blood refining method.

"it is good!"

Xu Ziling took the silk with a solemn expression and put it into the storage ring.

.......

At a quarter of the hour, Daxing Palace.

"Your Highness!"

Kou Zhong, who had just returned to the palace, saw the lazy Yang E at a glance, and a smile appeared on his face: "Why don't you sleep more?"

"His Royal Highness also said that there was so much noise last night that it was impossible to sleep."

Yang E looked at Kou Zhong with a pair of beautiful eyes full of resentment.

'Uh uh..'

Kou Zhong couldn't help but show a hint of embarrassment.

Indeed, the world changed last night. Although the movement was not enough to shock everyone in Guanzhong, it could definitely be felt near Chang'an.

Especially how could Yang E, who was sleeping with him, not guess that it was Kou Zhong who did it.

"correct."

"Just think of something."

"In addition to the Marquis of Yan, Marquis of Sui, and Marquis of Jin, there should be many people in the Yang family. My father-in-law and mother-in-law are already master-level experts. It would be too boring to waste the rest of my life in Chang'an like this. 5.4. Why don't you ask the two elders? See if they’re willing to stretch their muscles.”

"Your Highness means..."

Hearing this, Yang E's beautiful eyes immediately shined with light.

"That's it."

"Li Yuan and Yuwen Shang were both sealed to Xizhou and Kunlun Continent."

"Across our sea, there are two continents [-] miles apart. The northern continent is called Yinzhou, and the southern continent is called Shangzhou."

"The people living on the two continents are all Yin Shang people, and their appearance is similar to the people of China."

"I recently acquired ten new flying warships, which can travel nearly 30 miles per day. It only takes more than an hour to travel between Yinzhou and Shangzhou."

"If my father-in-law is willing, I can make him the Protector of the Shangzhou Protectorate and recruit [-] troops to help the Yang family develop Shangzhou."

"By the way, from Shangzhou to the east is Kunlun Continent, and to the northeast is Xizhou. If my father-in-law has nothing to do, he can also go to Li Yuan to catch up on old times."

Kou Zhong said with a smile.

"Shh!"

Yang E's eyes became brighter and brighter.

In recent days, Yang Guang has become more and more depressed. His friend Li Yuan, who he grew up with, has become the guardian of the Kunlun Continent that opened up a new continent, but he stays in Chang'an like a rice bug, doing nothing all day long. Without comparison, there is no harm.

Moreover, with so many people in the Yang family, they can't rely on one Duke's Mansion and three Prince's Mansion to support them all day long. That's not a problem.

If we open up a new Shangzhou, we can at least use the excess energy of the Yang family. The Yang family still has many capable people, and taming the local indigenous people will not be a problem.

"Your Highness, I will go back and ask my father and mother now."

Before Kou Zhong could finish speaking, Yang E directly summoned her Pegasus and galloped towards Duke Anguo's Mansion.

Chapter 131: The territory expands again, Master Yijian surrenders!

It was late autumn and early winter in the 14th year of Daye, November [-]th.

People in Chang'an and even parts of Guanzhong were so noisy that they woke up during the day because of the earth dragon turning over last night.

As a result, at dawn, everyone was shocked at how their homes had changed, especially the people living on the mountain plains near Chang'an. Looking around, they all saw plains, endless as far as the eye could see. It was really shocking. Even fetching water could only be done. It is necessary to build a canal from the nearby Ba River, Chan River, and Feng River.

"Look, everyone! What's that?"

"Oh my God, there is something flying in the sky, it looks like a boat!"

"The power of gods and demons, this is His Highness's magical method!"