Is this a godsend?

After the sacrificial offerings and sacrifices were over, King Shang and his party returned to Modu Palace, and others also returned one after another. The next day, under the arrangement of Empress Jiang, officials from all over the world had an audience, and Zishou also felt the ancient HR once again. feeling, and the results of this round of interviews were not ideal.

Except for those nobles who served around the king of Shang in the Taikang era, passed down too many generations, and mixed blood to obliterate their abilities, the abilities of the remaining people were probably very useful in the era of Emperor Yi, but in Zishou's Times feel like they're useless.

Let me first talk about the lineage of the ancestral temple sacrifices, that is, the group of bird people, which can be roughly divided into three categories. The first category, abilities are related to sacrifices. For example, you can control the sacrifices by looking at each other to prevent them from escaping. Zishou also felt that this hypnotic ability was really strong, but found that when it was actually used, it was necessary to fill the slaves with herbs to make them in a trance state before planting hints.

Moreover, the decoction had to be administered for several days, and it seemed to be useless whether it was on the battlefield or in politics.

Also, the ability of the bird people who occupy the most priesthood is also the most common ability of birds. They have beautiful singing and graceful dancing. very strong.

The second category is the combat category, which is mainly dog ​​officials. If it is a dog official, it is just an official name, not all dog mothers and dog men, but also some strange and strange people.

Their abilities are very inclined to fighting, such as tenacious vitality, super high recovery power, super strength to cut people, etc. Among them, there are also some birdmen, and their abilities are particularly accurate in archery or can use feathers to transform arrows .

In Emperor Yi's era, these aliens were very strong, but in Zishou's view, they were not as useful as Zhi, who could grow mushrooms. Of course, in the eyes of other nobles and veterans, that might not be the case.

The last line is those with very powerful and special abilities and very noble bloodlines. For example, Su Bing, who inherited the blood of the white fox from Tushan, generally has the ability to communicate with birds and beasts. It is said that in Xia Yu's era Because of this ability, Xia Yu successfully completed the exploration project for water control. In Zishou's view, this is quite useful.

Then there is the Shennong family of Jianghou. Their abilities are very special in this ancient era. They are born with the ability to detoxify all toxins. The difference is only because of their blood. The detoxification ability is strong or weak, which means that they can eat all kinds of mess things, and will not be easily poisoned to death.

"Then how was Shen Nong poisoned to death?"

"The ancestors of Shennong were poisoned to death by eating highly poisonous herbs with extremely fast onset," Jiang Hou explained.

This sub-shou is understandable, after all, crock pots are never broken away from the well. Although Shennong has a very strong ability to detoxify and distinguish plants, detoxification is not a good thing that the green light flashes in the game and the abnormal BUFF is cleared. a process.

However, the consequence of the behavior of tasting herbs is that if you encounter a poison that you can detoxify faster than poisoning and death, press it and send it.

After sorting out the people and aliens in the entire Modu, Zishou found that, except for some differences caused by the knowledge and values ​​of the times, it is true that the aliens in Modu are stronger than the wild ones in Zhong Many, not only the ability, but also the overall cost performance.

Therefore, the unemployment rate of monsters is indeed quite high these days, and the number of non-productive aliens that Modu can support is almost at its limit, and the fate of the gods and totem beasts enshrined by the destroyed tribes is generally the same. Take it as a sacrifice, of course, the latter is generally not waiting to die, the choice is to run decisively.

Therefore, there should be a lot of unsatisfactory wild aliens now, so Zishou feels that he seems to be able to start the policy of recruiting talents.

However, considering the current relationship between food and materials, it is better to wait until the entire water conservancy project and the Mengjin Lutai facilities are completed, and the excess food mouths are consumed before discussing this issue.

Moreover, there are quite a few of these wild aliens who are powerful, but the high positions have been occupied by those who arrived first, and even the king of Shang cannot remove those guys who are lying on the credit book for a living and streamline the organization.

And those who occupy the position first must know that human beings are not infinite food manufacturing machines, and the number of "gods" that human beings can support is extremely limited, so they will use various methods, such as complicated and weird sacrificial rituals, such as using their own His abilities, connections and eloquence have established barriers to entry.

"So, the so-called qi refiners are actually called qi refiners because they can't find a place to eat and can only drink northwest wind?" Zishou was dumbfounded.

Although Su Bi did not use such straightforward words when explaining, he said that Qi refiners are also a type of "scholar", because they live in seclusion in the wild and claim to make a living by refining the energy of the world (drinking the northwest wind). That's why the position is called Qi Refiner.

In Zi Shou's view, isn't this just unemployment or employment difficulties, who have to find a mountain on the edge of a human city or fool those small tribes in remote areas to support them, poor ghosts who are so poor that they can only drink northwest wind? !

And Zishou also knows that Yiren is not only the one with special blood and appearance. In fact, Yiren is a collective term, that is, strange people, which also includes human beings who inherit ancient bloodlines. Human beings with special abilities, human beings who did not die but had strange powers.

When mentioning the last one, almost all people in the court stared at Zishou, which made people puzzled.

"After the deer platform is built, the four parties are invited to watch the ceremony on the grounds of the marriage between the Shang and Zhou dynasties, and the people in the mountains and fields, and the people who refine qi are allowed to have fun together!"

Occasionally, it’s okay to favor one or two promotions. It’s a systematic recruitment of savages and talented people with low status. Let’s not talk about whether there are talented people who graduate from prenatal education in this era. Even if there are, it will touch the interests of the nobles.

Of course, Zishou promoted Zhong and Bi and their sisters did not arouse the resistance and disgust of the nobles. The reason is also very simple. He said that he is a womanizer, so this is a good explanation. If you have any opinions, you can only say yes My own daughter is not beautiful enough to have a problem.

Moreover, the king's wives and concubines are obviously also blood relatives, and they have not broken the rules of this era, and still abide by the basic rules of the game.

As for marriage in the Shang and Zhou dynasties, it is even more reasonable to invite the four parties to watch the ceremony. If the princes are not invited to watch the ceremony at that time, it will be a great humiliation and cause a rebellion. Don’t think it is a trivial matter. Fighting with a sip of new wheat is commonplace, not to mention this opportunity to eat meat for free.

It's okay to invite people from all over the world to have fun, because at least you have to be a citizen, and it's even more okay for people who refine qi, because these people who have mastered a certain degree of special technology and knowledge are originally members of the gentry and quasi-nobles.

In the Shang and Zhou dynasties, especially in the period from Zhou to Qin, nobles can be roughly divided into four levels from bottom to top, shi-doctor-qing-hou. The difference between them is that the lowest level of shi is the army The lowest-level combat unit in it is also the lowest level of various necessary civilian members such as ancestral temple priests, while the highest level in it is the armored warrior, that is, a warrior with armor.

Then there is the doctor, the doctor at this time is different from the Spring and Autumn Period, including the position of company horse, which is literally. The basis of a doctor is to have at least one chariot, which is roughly equivalent to the knight class or baron class in Europe.

A chariot needs two horses, 3 soldiers, and 10-20 infantry, which is almost the level of the small European nobles. Here is the doctor, and above the doctor is the Qing, which is the real ruling class. .

Qing and above have fiefs. Generally speaking, the fiefs of Qing are about 300~500 households, and they also have specific positions in the royal court. .

Needless to say, there is a country (city) at the end. If Qing’s fiefdom can only be a town or a small town at most, then the bottom line of the Hou is a city, also known as a "country", and Hou The upper limit is that there are state-owned capitals, all of which are big cities. For example, if Xibohou does not reach this level, Xiqi cannot be called Xidu or Qidu.

And when Xiqi can be called the Western Capital, it is time for Zhou Hou to prepare to be crowned king. If he really dares to do this, the merchant army will run over to his door and blow his whole family away.

At this time, there was no such administrative division as Beijing-one. This would not appear until after Zhou destroyed Shang. Go against it.

Qi refiners are probably at the level above the official and below the level of the military. If Zishou really holds a banquet, they can sit in the corner of the table, a few people squeeze a table and have a sip of broth.

Therefore, Jiang Shang recruited Qi refiners from all directions to work for King Wen. This is probably the reason why Caolu was there, because they really could only sit in the corner over there, and several people had to squeeze together.

And the lowest level of official or even the Chinese below the official?The former can squat outside to drink soup, while the latter can share the leftovers when everyone has finished eating and there is extra meat.

In this era, it is a great favor for Zishou to give others to eat his leftovers, and it may even lead to internal struggles.

Finally, the lowest-level savages, sorry, the savages can only watch, if everyone has finished eating and there are still bones and debris on the ground, maybe they can rub the oil.

And since Zishou proposed to have fun with the people of the four wilds, then the class of people below the official level was temporarily raised by a section, and the wild people could also squat outside and drink the leftover soup instead of being driven away. From a distance, I can only watch.

Chapter 21 Fengming Qishan

Xiqi, "Zhou Hou, are you going to marry a merchant? Tell me something!" The one who spoke was the princes in the border area of ​​Shang and Zhou Dynasties, and the princes in Mengjin. Tell me the hell, are you getting married or not? , he is so ready.

"Your Majesty, this matter needs to be prepared early." This is Zhou's princes Shangqing. They know that Zhou's long-cherished wish is to replace the great Shang, so if they marry Shang, they will lose righteousness.

"Your Majesty, whether it is peace or war, we need to make an early decision. If it is peace, we should send envoys to the court to ease the relationship and get the big merchants to support our affairs in Jin. If it is a war, we should expel the merchants and prepare the army for war." , use the advantage of Xiqi to resist the merchant army." This is a relatively mature and prudent centrist.

"Your Majesty, the great merchants are in full swing, don't raise your troops at this time!" These are the princes in the outermost circles of the Zhou Dynasty. When you fight, they will be the first to be hammered to death, just because they refuse to marry a daughter?This is so nonsense.

"This..." Ji Chang hesitated. After thinking for a long time, he decided to adopt the plan of the other person that day. Wait a little longer, and when he becomes an adult, he will be sent to Modu."

It is still a strategy of procrastination, and he is not completely lying, because after picking a whole circle, except for the married ones, the remaining daughters are either not good-looking, because the beautiful ones were married to the princes under him for marriage, or It's just not the right age.

In the end, according to the news that the people of Zhou found out, there was only one guy who could meet King Shang's requirements for appearance, but he was only six years old, which was too young even in this era.

However, this is a good thing for Ji Chang, because it can delay time confidently. It’s not that I don’t want to marry, but that I want to marry a girl, but the girl is too young, and you have to wait for a few years. This request is not too much. If you discuss Wang Fei wants it now, and I can send it to you right away.

However, for such a young girl, everyone knows that in this era, it is not easy for a child to live to adulthood. It is more than 1000 miles from Zhou to Modu. Isn't there a gap between them?

This proposal really bluffed Boyang, with his IQ and insight, he really couldn't fault it, but as long as Zhou Nu didn't enter the realm of Chaoge, this matter wouldn't be completely confirmed.

Therefore, Zhou Hou married a daughter but did not marry a daughter completely, which not only saved the hardcore anti-business elements who had taken refuge in Zhou from completely breaking up, but also saved those princes who might need to stand in front, so that they would not be too frightened.

So I had to turn around and report to King Shang for his decision. It took two to three months to go back and forth. It took 20 days to travel from Mengjin to Modu, and it was even more difficult to travel from Xiqi to Mengjin Road, which took more than a month. 【Note 2】

Therefore, Ji Chang successfully won about 3 months, and three months later, from June to July, the summer harvest day, things were so busy that the king of Shang couldn't spare his hands, autumn hunting in August, autumn harvest in September , Around October, we can send envoys over again.

After arriving in Xiqi at the end of November, they discussed for a few more days, saying that the weather was too cold to summon the princes to watch the ceremony. Since it was Zhouhou's married daughter, it was impossible for it to be a small scene, so the princes were summoned only when the ice and snow melted in February. Qing.

If Zishou had to send the girl there every week, then the journey would last for another three or four months with the girl and child being unbearably bumpy, and it would be a busy summer harvest day there, so Ji Chang would be able to earn a year and a half. It is time to unify internal thinking, whether it is peace or war.

At that time, even if the king of Shang came to attack in a fit of rage, and Zhou had already made preparations two years in advance, just defending according to Qishan, it would be enough for the Shang army to retreat. It is a serious loss of vitality, and it may even be greater than Shang's loss.

Because that means giving up all the territories around Qishan. When the Shang army left, they would definitely not mind taking away all their wheat, millet, and savages, and those princes would also be unable to protect their territories because of Zhou. And choose back-week investors.

And if it's a peace, then he has already dealt with the first and last ends of the second and fifth sons, and sold them to the merchants in a way that would not damage his reputation, and to be honest, Ji Chang is not Ji Fa, He is not a hawk, anti-business is the basic idea of ​​several generations of Zhou, but Ji Chang does not want to use force to oppose.

If Shang and Zhou can reconcile to a certain extent, and use Zhou's daughter to do things inside the walls of the Shang palace, and buy yourself more time to prepare and develop, it is not incomprehensible. Although it will inevitably lose a small half of its strength, it can be changed. There will be a period of strategic opportunities, as well as the dowry and support from Shang because Zhou's daughter is married.

If he can win the land of Jin because of this, it will be regarded as a profit. What Ji Chang needs now is time, time to prepare, to seek the greatest benefit for himself, and time to observe the king of Shang's decision.Entering the sleeping hall, after Ji Chang sat down, he called the guards, "Go and see what Lord Yang is doing? Also, please see Guang Chengzi."

Soon, a person walked in from outside, his face was red, and his hair was red like flames. This person claimed to be a stranger who had assisted the Yellow Emperor, Guang Chengzi, but Ji Chang was skeptical about this. It had been many years, but because of the other person After all, he is a foreigner, perhaps a descendant who has inherited Guang Chengzi's blood and name.

And that time-delaying idea came from him. He came from Pingliang and called himself Kongdong Mountain Qi Refiner (Kongtong). by title.

"Your Majesty" the big man who called himself Guang Chengzi sat down on his knees with a calm demeanor, he was not angry at all because of Ji Chang's sizing up, "Guang Chengzi, your strategy is useful, and the business envoy has calmed down, but please teach me, whether to fight or not?" And?" Although Ji Chang had already made up his mind, he still wanted to ask the opinion of this unknown man who called himself Guang Chengzi to determine what purpose he had.

"He who must fight, the son accepts his people, but he paralyzes the king with false insanity. From my perspective, he is by no means waiting for an idle king. Even I can hardly see the depth of his wisdom, so Zhou Zhou Hou must not follow his will." Guang Chengzi said after thinking for a few seconds.

"Hmm..." Ji Chang thought for a moment, and thought that what the other party said had some truth, so he accepted that the five elements were widowed, and the three talents were inhuman. , Yongdi is probably a fool.

"Please tell me the truth, why did you choose Xiqi?" The king of Shang is the co-owner of destiny. It stands to reason that Guangchengzi should have more words with the other party, unless this is not Guangchengzi at all, but so what?

As long as he is not planning to take Xiqi to pave the way for him to enter the business, no matter whether he is Guangchengzi or not, he must be Guangchengzi.Only in this way can we compete with the destiny of Shang. You see, all the assistants of the Yellow Emperor are in Xiqi, and the destiny of that day is in Zhou.

"Gain's destiny is in the west. The ancestral line of mountains and rivers in the world originates from Kunlun, and there are phoenixes and birds singing in Qishan Mountain. This destiny belongs to the west." Guang Chengzi said, but Ji Chang frowned deeply. He came from the west. Aliens?

Kunlun area?Kunlun and Longyou are bitterly cold and difficult, and the tribes there are basically barbarians among barbarians. It is normal for the strangers there to want to go east, but the trouble lies in whether he is behind the representative In the interests of a certain or a certain group of barbarians?

It is no problem for Cheng Zhou to absorb the Yiren from the barbarians in the west. In fact, it is not the first time. After all, the Yiren don’t like to stay in the wild and cold places, but they can’t find food and have to disperse. Self-reliance.

If you have the opportunity to go to the city to enjoy the blessings, it doesn't matter which side you are from, it is the same, and you can recruit foreigners from all over the world.However, if he still has some strange interests of the barbarians in the west, then Cheng Zhou can't accept it. For the civilized people between the Shang and Zhou Dynasties, the barbarians should die!

To put it simply, if Xiqi is surrounded by barbarians, even if Ji Changcai kills Zishou's wife, he will immediately lead the army to support him. Of course, after the support is over, he will bring Ji Chang back to Modu for sacrifice.

In the same way, if Modu was really surrounded by barbarians, then he, Ji Chang, would decisively go to support and destroy those Dongyi barbarians. This is a matter for civilized people.

"The destiny..." Ji Chang knocked on the table, "Please tell me what the destiny is."

"Shangjun does not practice virtue, and beasts fill the public office. He is not like a human ruler, but leads beasts and cannibals. This is one of the businessmen's failures of destiny; governing with women's words, close to villains and far away from virtuous officials. , it lost the second destiny; the king of Shang was cruel and innocent, used human beings as sacrifices, and reversed the black and white of yin and yang, which was the third loss of destiny; day, the grass and trees wither, this is the fourth of losing the destiny."

Guang Chengzi hesitated for a moment and said, "Furthermore, the king of Shang was lustful and immoral, and he abused the descendants of the gods, so that the phoenix and the bird did not sing, and the green luan did not come. To be an official is to lose the fifth destiny."

As soon as the Mandate of Heaven came out, Ji Chang understood why Guangchengzi and the people behind Guangchengzi supported Xiqi. They were probably the remnants of the Yu and Tang Dynasties in the previous Xia or even before Xia, and most of them were descended from the powerful descendants of the previous generation.

At the same time, there is a high probability that the aliens are dominated by human blood, not alien blood. Naturally, they can't see Shang's kind of scene where people and monsters are mixed, and mountain spirits and wild monsters are flooding the town, and it may also have something to do with raising their social status. .

After all, there must be differences in the abilities of these descendants of gods, but the differences will not be too great. There are social classes for people, and there are social classes for demons, and this guy who calls himself Guang Chengzi is obviously a high class in the latter. Members, it is natural to establish a system to maintain this class.

Like Shang's free and unrestrained approach, it is impossible for him to invest in business, because if he goes, he will just sit on the bench, and there are still a lot of radishes in line in front of him, so this guy is going to dig a new hole, right?

To put it simply, if Guang Chengzi goes to the merchant, the merchant will of course give him courtesy, but it is limited to this. People mingling together simply don't have that much authority for him.

In addition, with King Shang's perverted preferences, Guang Chengzi certainly didn't dare to invest in Modu. According to rumors, he can even swallow a white fox that has turned into a beast. It's hard not to make some tastes less heavy. The aliens stay at a respectful distance.

At this time, there is no such sentence as "There is nothing greater than Conglong", but Ji Chang can still understand the same meaning.

For these guys who have received a lot of offerings and are used to the status of masters, it is obviously impossible to accept Shang's kind from the beginning. Compared with Shang, Zhou pays more attention to the rules and regulations, and pays more attention to etiquette. Therefore, Guang It is normal for Cheng Zi and the people behind him to choose Zhou.

"Then, you definitely didn't come alone, what god is above you?"

"No one!" Guang Chengzi didn't dare to tell the truth. The truth is, those of them who went to Kunlun and the Western Regions were driven out by the powerful local creatures. What's more troublesome is that Shang is on the verge of mixing and unifying the rights of man and god.

This is not a good thing, maybe it is a good thing for human civilization, but it is not good for them, it means that Zishou is not only the leader of the people, but also the king of demons, and even the queen of witches.

To put it simply, he has been recognized by the local demons and humans. At this time, there are not so many positions for a group of newcomers, and they must obey the orders and management of Zishou. It is okay to say that the key is the local The aliens will never allow them to seize their positions at will.

Therefore, investing in business is really the next choice, but Zhou is establishing etiquette and separating the powers of humans and gods. This not only thinks that divine power cannot interfere with royal power to a certain extent, but it also means that royal power cannot interfere with divine power, and they can enjoy Noble position, and don't need to bear too many obligations - it would be different if it were Zishou's side, but he would really order Guang Chengzi to fight ashes like this.

How could this be accepted by these self-esteemed gods, so they helped Zhou destroy Shang, put all the aliens of Shang into a separate book, and then established a system of etiquette, law, and inferiority to ensure that people like themselves can live on top of the temple forever , not only do not need to manage government affairs to bear the consequences, but also enjoy the nobleness of worship.

And because he only enjoys the nobleness of worship, Guang Chengzi believes that Ji Chang and the later kings of Cheng Zhou will not reject or target gods like them, because they will not threaten their authority-in short, the ultimate goal of these Kunlun Qi practitioners That is: eat and do nothing!

And the policy of accepting face is: you deserve to eat if you don't do anything?This is the fundamental conflict of interest and contradiction.

"Oh, who owns Kunlun at this time?"

"...The sect of Xuannv, the White Tiger God" Guang Chengzi sighed, and said in a low voice, and then Ji Chang understood, that one~

Granted the jade ring to Emperor Shun, the powerful deity who supported the Yu Dynasty, the White Tiger God, the one who was especially and very special able to fight, was the one that everyone later called the "Queen Mother of the West".

If Guang Chengzi is said to be a god-man or a god-species, then those under the Queen Mother of the West are the real gods and beasts called "gods", such as Tu Shan's totem and source of blood, the nine-tailed white fox.

"So, why didn't you obey that subordinate?" It doesn't make sense. The reason why the White Tiger God moved west is actually very simple. She had the elixir, so everyone blocked the door, and finally moved to Kunlun, but now no one blocked the door of her house.

"So, you asked her for medicine?"

"No..." If Zishou was here, he would immediately say "How can you insult people's innocence out of thin air!"

"Then you were beaten by her?"

"It's just an exchange of qi refining experience"

"But Goddess White Tiger doesn't refine qi." Her ability is very strong, and she is special and very capable of fighting. The gods who specialize in killing, the kind that eats meat, don't refine qi.

"However, her female immortals refine Qi." Immortals are hermits in the mountains, so Guang Chengzi's meaning is very clear, that is, those female aliens living in Kunlun Mountain under the Queen Mother of the West want to refine Qi - looking for food.

"So, you were kicked out?"

"..." Silence is the answer. Ji Chang shook his head. It is enough to ask the contradictions between these different people. As long as he is not a barbarian behind him, it doesn't matter whether he is Guangchengzi or not.

But, then again, these guys must have incited the barbarians who enshrined them to go overboard. The Queen Mother of the West is a goddess with a very awkward personality, and she will definitely be beaten.

But what Ji Chang didn't know was that Kunlun was also quite embarrassed now.

Kunlun Wonderland, "Hey, why are those people who yelled and set fires down there before gone? No, don't get me wrong, I just think it's been too quiet recently, you think so too, right?"

A girl with messy shoulder-length short hair covered her face with a ferocious carved animal head mask and said softly. Her voice was very sharp and high-pitched. She had a white tiger tail flicking back and forth, and there were white spots on her arms and back. Hair and black texture.

"...Didn't you wash them away with an avalanche?" Qingluan tilted her head, and a tuft of blue feathers that looked like dull feathers trembled.

"How did I know there would be an avalanche! It was just an accident!" The White Tiger God's voice was very loud, so he roared, "Stop asking for the elixir, there really is no such thing", and then the avalanche broke out.

The barbarians who set fire to sacrifices on the mountain and the mountainside were all washed away.

"I knew I wouldn't have given Dayi candied melons! I didn't say anything about that red-faced guy stealing vermilion fruits from me..." OTZ, a loli-sized girl, murmured on the edge of the steaming pool .