Chapter 184: Expanding Power
Everyone was a little inexplicable, many people knew Song Yi and knew that he had excellent medical skills, but they didn't see where his means were strong.
Yi Jiuxiao was standing at the door of the store at this time, he was looking at everyone, and everyone was also looking at him.
"Brother Song, you can show you a hand. Dong Zheng looked at Yi Jiuxiao and said.
Yi Jiuxiao didn't speak, but walked over to a stone bench, which was three feet tall and five feet long.
I saw that he slapped the palm of his right hand towards the stone bench, and there was a "pop" sound, and the entire stone bench turned into powder.
This move stunned everyone on the scene, and they were silent for a while, they had never seen someone with such great power.
In the end, everyone had no objections, they all believed that with Song Yi's protection, no one could hurt them.
On the second day, large and small merchants sent shells, five small shops and ten large shops.
In the next few days, Yi Jiuxiao recruited eight stewards in the bazaar, all of whom were strong and well-behaved.
Yi Jiuxiao arranged for the eight people to be divided into two groups, four during the day and four at night, and they had been patrolling the market.
Small matters are handled by these eight stewards, and when there are big things, he personally comes forward to settle them.
Because this bazaar had no name before, Yi Jiuxiao took the name Yijiaji to prepare for the establishment of the Yi country in the future.
He also made some rules in the name of the general manager of Yijiaji and posted them around the market.
There are rules on what to do with those who make trouble in the bazaar.
And it's not just those shops that need to pay a monthly tribute, but all those who set up stalls in the bazaar.
Yi Jiuxiao's handling of the events in the bazaar was very simple, and his divine thoughts could completely cover the entire bazaar.
If he wanted to, he knew everything he was doing in the bazaar.
At first, there were some people who were traitors, but they were discovered by Yi Jiuxiao as soon as they started.
It is like an unpredictable prophet who nips some events in the bud.
After these people are caught, they will be severely punished according to the rules that have been established before.
Soon the name of Yi Jiaji spread, and those vicious people stayed away from Yi Jiaji and did not dare to come again.
Those good people come to Yijiaji to trade, and they don't worry about being hurt here.
Dong Zheng's pharmacy is still open, but most of the time Dong Zheng is sitting for a consultation, and only difficult diseases invite Yi Jiuxiao to come over.
The operation of the pharmacy is only an expedient measure, Dong Zheng is now bringing two apprentices, and the pharmacy is gradually handed over to the apprentices to manage.
In the end, Dong Zheng was about to leave the pharmacy, and he and Du Wu had to help Yi Jiuxiao establish the country.
After a year, Yi Jiuxiao also accumulated a lot of shells, and he built some houses with shells.
A few of them served as governors' houses, and the rest were all sold to those who had migrated.
As a result, more and more people in the Yi family were concentrated, from more than 2,000 people at the beginning to more than 5,000.
Yi Jiuxiao bought some nearby farmland and used it to grow medicinal herbs and rice.
Those who came to see the doctor, if they didn't have the money, had to stay and work to offset the cost of the previous treatment.
Some of them were lucky, and wanted to sneak away quietly after seeing the disease, but they were all caught by Yi Jiuxiao.
Yi Jiuxiao has divine sense, and he can fly, and the places within a radius of ten miles are under his control, how can he escape at will.
Three years later, Yijiaji's territory expanded to 500 li, and there were 200 sergeants in the governor's mansion.
Dong Zheng's cultivation speed of martial arts is very fast, he has reached the middle stage of the martial arts sect, and even Du Wu has cultivated to the late stage of the martial arts master.
All the sergeants practiced martial arts, and dozens of them who performed well also began to practice martial arts.
Dong Zheng and Du Wu also no longer run a pharmacy, but manage Yijiaji with Yi Jiuxiao.
Yi Jiuxiao took them with him, taught them words and deeds, and taught them the way of national management.
With the expansion of Yijiaji's territory, it is no longer suitable to call Yijiaji, and Yi Jiuxiao decided to establish a state capital.
The location of the state city is Yijiaji, but he renamed Yijiaji Yangzhou, taking the first word of Yangtian Continent.
Dong Zheng served as the Taishou of Yangzhou, and Du Wu served as the commander of the Yangzhou garrison.
Under Taishou, several divisions were also set up to assist Dong Zheng in managing various affairs in Yangzhou.
Yangzhou cannot be confined to these hundreds of miles, and the territory is constantly expanding, or buying, or receiving, or merging.
For the surrounding bandits gathering place, Yi Jiuxiao will directly fight, so that the division is also famous.
By him, those bandits were not vulnerable at all, and they were directly annihilated, and finally the bandits' territory returned to Yangzhou.
After another two years, Yangzhou's territory expanded to two thousand miles, and the east had reached the sea of no return.
Yi Jiuxiao's strategy was to expand to the seaside of no return first, and try to avoid getting close to the cultivation area, so as not to arouse the envy of the cultivators.
At this time, Yangzhou's army had reached 5,000 men, and there was no strength to compete with without returning to the sea.
All the sergeants in the army practiced martial arts, and the number of martial arts practitioners reached more than 100.
In addition to the campaign, Yi Jiuxiao also vigorously developed all kinds of production, and he first chose to open a mine.
Two mines were opened in Yangzhou, one was an iron mine and the other was a copper mine.
These two mines were already being mined, but the original mining scale was too small to meet the demand.
In order to open more mines, Yi Jiuxiao asked thousands of miners to practice martial arts to enhance their physique and strength.
Two years later, mining increased hundredfold, and the mined ore was smelted into refined iron and copper.
Farming implements made of fine iron are durable, which greatly increases the speed of cultivation and increases the yield of grains.
There were also many fine iron that were made into weapons, such as spears, knives, bows and arrows, etc., which were used in the army.
Yi Jiuxiao has his own idea of mining copper ore, in addition to making utensils, mainly to make money.
A large number of copper coins were made in the name of Yangju Prefecture, and all the shells that had been used before were abolished.
Since then, only copper coins have been allowed to be used in the territory of Yangzhou Prefecture, and shells no longer have any value.
This is exactly what Yi Jiuxiao's cleverness is, as long as he masters the army and currency, he is not afraid that others will not surrender.
The situation in Yangzhou Prefecture is peaceful, all the people live and work in peace and contentment, and all kinds of goods are also abundant.
The surrounding mortals relied on Yangzhou for many things, and they were at a loss when Yangzhou no longer used shells.
Those people can only exchange their belongings for copper coins and buy back the items they need.
All the markets on the border of Yangju Province are bustling, and many people in the non-return area trade here.
All kinds of goods appeared in the market, and many people came from thousands of miles away.
Gradually, shells were no longer used in other parts of the Sea of Return, because shells had no value.
By the tenth year, the territory of Yangzhou Mansion was already very large, more than 2,000 miles from east to west, and tens of thousands of miles from north to south.
At this time, Dong Zheng had already advanced to the Martial King, not only did his divine thoughts increase greatly, but he could also fly in the air.
Du Wu had also advanced to the middle stage of the Martial Sect, and he had only started cultivating in his thirties, so this speed was also very good.
In addition to the two of them, there are dozens of martial sects and thousands of martial artists in the territory of Yangzhou Mansion.
At this scale, one Yangzhou government is no longer enough, and the area is too large to govern.
Yi Jiuxiao discussed with Dong Zheng to establish Yangzhou Zhongshu Province and set up three prefectures under Zhongshu Province.
Of course, the country name is Yi Guo, with Dong Zheng serving as Zhongshu Ling, and Du Wu and two other Wuzong serving as the state capital Taishou.
The official allocation method of Zhongshu Province is the same as that of Yi Guo, and the selection of officials depends on cultivation on the one hand, and literary talent on the other.
When Yangzhou Mansion was first built, Yi Jiuxiao began to implement the imperial examination system and select talents through scientific examinations.
Different from the Cangtian Continent, the imperial examination in Yangzhou Zhongshu Province is divided into literary examination and martial arts examination, so that those who practice literature and martial arts have a way out.
When selecting officials, in addition to being talented and strategic, they must also have virtue, and those officials who have bad deeds will be severely punished.
During these ten years, the population of Yangzhou Zhongshu Province has also increased greatly, and the number of mortals living in it has reached 50 million.
However, it is easy to make trouble when there are many people, and some mortals are restless and run to the area of cultivators to plunder resources.
In fact, Yi Jiuxiao had already considered this situation, and Yangzhou Zhongshu Province had already issued a notice that mortals were not allowed to go to the cultivators.
But there are still many mortals who want to take risks, and perhaps taking risks is human nature and is difficult to suppress.
If it was an ordinary mortal, it would be fine, and there were also martial arts cultivators who passed.
The sect adjacent to Yangzhou Zhongshu Province is called Shuiyue Sect, and it is also one of the top ten sects in Yangtian Continent, but it is slightly lower.
Shui Changkong, the sect leader of the Water Moon Sect, is a mid-Mahayana monk, and there are even several monks in the Cave Void Realm within the sect.
Two martial arts cultivators who had secretly crossed the border were discovered by the powerhouses of the Water Moon Sect, one of them was killed and one was captured alive.
The man who was captured alive was forced to confess, and this person confessed that there were many martial arts cultivators in the area of no return.
At the same time, he also confessed Dong Zheng and Song Yi, as well as the mortal kingdom of Zhongshu Province in Yangzhou Prefecture, Yi Guo.
This news shocked the people of the Water Moon Sect, and they only knew that there was a country of Yi in the mortal region, although they didn't know what the country was.
At the same time, they were also overjoyed, as one of the top ten sects, the Water Moon Sect must know that killing martial arts cultivators would gain the favor of the Heavenly Dao.
Of course, Heavenly Dao favor is also related to the level of martial arts cultivators, and the higher the level of killing, the more favor martial arts cultivators have.
Therefore, the Water Moon Sect was led by two Dongxu elders and hundreds of disciples, waiting at a position three thousand miles away from the Sea of No Return.
They only dare to come here, and they don't dare to go further into the seashore of no return, who can accept the deterioration of the spiritual root.
The spiritual roots of the cultivators in the Yangtian Continent are generally not good, and they can't withstand deterioration at all, even for a day or two.
The way of these people is to wait for the rabbit, and they are patrolling or squatting on the border adjacent to the Yi country.
Wait for those martial arts cultivators who sneak across the border, and hunt them down once they find out.
Most of the martial arts cultivators who crossed the border were just getting started, but they were in the martial master realm, which was equivalent to the qi refining cultivators of the cultivators.
In the face of the Yuan Infant and the Transformation Cultivators who were thousands of times stronger than them, how to deal with it was almost at their mercy.