Chapter 44: The Zuo Family's Scheme
The palaces in the inner city of Tianfu have always been gorgeous.
Any one, all of which occupy a vast area, are constantly stacked upwards from the bottom floor.
Just look at the part, you will think that there is a heavy eaves on the top of the palace, the ridge is in the middle, the vertical ridge bends to the four directions, the eaves are square, and there is a jade pillar to support the exquisite style of Shenzhou.
But if you look down at the whole thing, you will find that the structure is layered on top of each other, and the lower layer is larger, until the bottom floor, like a pyramid.
This is because in the past era, warriors built tall buildings, and no matter what kind of architecture, they were piled up with brute force.
There is no load-bearing distribution and structural design, and the soil and stone are simply carried vigorously by non-human beings.
In such a situation, if you want to build a majestic palace and reach the sky, you can only continue to strengthen the foundation, increase the load-bearing below, and take more soil and stone to increase weight and width.
The tall palaces of dozens of zhang were originally built by using the power of countless warriors, and its materials can be said to hollow out the mountains and twist the terrain, which is extremely difficult for tens of thousands of mortals to achieve.
The exquisite eaves beams and columns above, the carved dragon and phoenix, and the inlaid Jinhua Tower, on the contrary, the building technology was developed later, and the family invited craftsmen to carve and build.
It can be said that it is the new outside and the old inside that cause this peculiar style.
Like a pyramid, the outer skin of the main palace of the Shenzhou Palace is covered.
This also shows that the palace where the family lives is more ancient than the white wall and Tianfu City.
Generations have changed, there are no more princes, the sect has risen, and the martial arts have been established, but this palace is still alive.
They are still the same as the pyramids, but with an extraornate appearance.
For a long time, the palace has adapted to the times on the surface, changed its appearance, and added more exquisite and gorgeous decorations, but the essence remains the same, which is an ancient building shaped by the power of warriors.
And its rulers, who have remained unchanged for thousands of years, still live here.
Tianfu City, Zuojia.
In the attic of the palace, a young man stood on the top floor, looking down on the inner city.
The young man had a handsome face and a tall posture, dressed in a silk dress, with a jade pei tied around his waist and a gold belt wrapped around him, but his skin was whiter than the jade.
He stood on the top floor, looking down at the inner city for a long time, before he lowered his head and sighed:
"Alas, the family is in decline."
The "small" space in the inner city made him shake his head.
The young man sighed as he scattered the blood-colored stones on his hand.
The blood-colored stones are all precious blood medicines, which can allow many martial artists to cultivate and forge their muscles, but now they were sprinkled by the young man and all fell into the pool in front of them.
In front of the young man, there was a vast pool, with mountains and rocks, and a small man-made waterfall that kept gushing out of living water, so it was built on the top floor of the attic.
In this pool of water in the air, big fish with their heads shining all over their bodies and emitting brilliant fluorescence rushed up to devour the blood medicine stones thrown by the young man.
The young man looked at the pond full of big fish, shook his head and said:
"I really envy you sturgeon, you are carefree, you just need to radiate a beautiful light, and you can be fed."
Of course, the big fish didn't understand the young man's words, but he just swallowed the blood medicine, and the fluorescence on his body flashed, and he looked extremely dazzling.
The young man laughed at the big fish:
"This brilliance is good-looking, and it is not in vain that I have spent so much effort to support you."
This group of large fish, called sturgeon, is a fish found in underground water veins.
They live underground and have developed a unique luminous appearance that can bloom fluorescently and beautifully, and is very popular with the disciples of the family.
But the fish lives in extremely pure water and cannot be fed by the idle pond water.
In order to feed the sturgeon in this pond, the young man diverted a stream of water from the nearby waterfall and poured pure water into it.
This pure water comes from the center of the inner city, and there is a structure called the "Sanyuan Aqueduct", which uses a unique method to draw underground water veins from under the city of Thien Hooc.
Tianfu City is located in the south of the "Tianjiang River", and most of the surface only has small tributaries of the Tianjiang River, which is difficult to support the lives of millions of people in Tianfu City.
Therefore, there are martial arts powerhouses who bombard the earth, dig deep into the ground, draw out underground water veins, and use mechanical equipment to extract and filter and convert clear water.
Now, there is a large area of water that has been attracted by young people to raise fish.
For him, this is also the best use of things, so that he can appreciate the beautiful brilliance of the sturgeon in his leisure time and cultivate his temperament.
While feeding, the young man looked down at the inner city again, and sighed again at the small space of dozens of miles:
"This inner city is like a cage, it is the restraint that Donghuang gave me."
The young man's eyes were lowered, and he said in his heart:
"Thinking back then, how prosperous the Zuo clan was, eight hundred miles outside the "White City", it was full of fiefdoms in the clan,"
"Generations of princes, millions of people pay tribute, and they are also extremely prominent among the princes of Huazhou."
"At that time, the Zuo family ruled nine cities and twenty-four towns, and now there are less than ten towns in their hands, and this "white city" has also become Tianfu City and fell under the control of the Donghuang government. β
"It's really miserable to share the inner city with the Ye family!"
Looking at the big fish swimming in the pure water, the young man sighed to himself:
"Donghuang oppresses us, how unfair!"
The young man said in his heart: "One day, I will lead the Zuo family to glory again!" β
While the young man's heart was filled with a vision of the future, a servant went up to the attic and said respectfully:
"Third son, there is a secret letter from the kingfisher."
"Oh?" The young man, that is, the third son of the Zuo family, turned his head and looked at the servant and asked:
"Is it "that place" to cooperate? β
The servant shook his head: "No, it should be from the Martial Mansion." β
As he spoke, the servant handed over a folded stack of papers.
The third prince Junlang frowned: "Martial Mansion? β
He poured all the remaining blood pills in his hand and walked up to spread out the paper.
The third prince's gaze swept over the contents of the paper, and his face moved slightly:
"Xu Yan, that old man is back?"
He then looked down, and after a moment muttered:
"He brought a child and gave him the position of Zhengxue directly without going through the martial arts test?"
"Lu Yao?"
The third prince paused for a while, then turned his head and instructed the servants:
"In the past ten years, the book of noteworthy children's anecdotes in Taiping Mansion has been given to me."
"Yes." The servant obeyed, withdrew, and soon returned with a stack of books.
The third prince picked up one of them, quickly flipped through it a few times, and immediately stopped at a certain page, and read slowly:
"Donghuang nationality, Huazhou Taiping Mansion, Qinghe Town, born in the 127th year of the Great Xuan Calendar."
"When he was born, there seemed to be a vision, and a few messages caused the clan to pay attention to the records, and the merchants regularly collected information."
"The mayor's comments on him are natural visions, talented, and intelligent..."
The family has stood for thousands of years and controls the resources of all parts of the province. The terrifying intelligence network suddenly showed the tip of the iceberg.
It's a pity that because Qinghe Town was attacked, it has only been a few days since Yuwei condensed blood to defeat many black-clothed people, and no caravan passed by, let alone anyone to spy on it.
The third prince still doesn't know that the information in his hand is outdated.
He took the information before Yuwei's martial arts practice and began to analyze it.
swept his eyes and saw Yuwei's family background, and the eyes of the third prince were condensed again:
"Father is a former subordinate of the Wufu Commanding Road Battle?"
At this time, the servant stepped forward and said to the third prince:
"Childe, the villain has heard that the eldest prince once commented on this person."
The servant said a few words to the third prince, which made him look strange, and nodded:
"Oh? This road battle is also a blood coagulation realm, and the children born are extraordinary, extremely intelligent, and the martial arts talent is not low. β
"This person served in the military government, and he was also transferred to the military government as a guard captain for a period of time, and he can be called a hardcore force of the two governments."
"Such a person, at such a time, was brought back by Xu Yan, and he was directly awarded the position of Zhengxue regardless of the martial arts examination a few days later..."
The third prince touched his smooth chin and speculated:
"Could it be that you brought it back to compete for the "entrance examination" place? β
The servant's face changed when he heard this, and he hurriedly reminded:
"Fourth son, the second master is recently arranging for the sixth son to enter the martial arts mansion to compete for the position of the exam."
"If this person comes to compete for the examination place, I am afraid that it will be hindered by my clan."
The masters of the Wufu Mansion have the quota of recommending "upload students" upwards.
Every year, they can nominate one person to enter Beijing to meet the strongest great master of Donghuang, that is, the holy face of His Majesty today, and after his test, he will be accepted as a protΓ©gΓ© of the Son of Heaven.
If you become an uploader, you will get a lot of convenience, and it will also be of great help to a family like the Zuo family.
They operated some means, and they had already influenced the Wu Mansion and sent the name of the sixth son of the Zuo family up.
Its purpose is to enter the eyes of the big people above for a certain plan in the clan.
This plan has the big names in the upper echelons of the family, and it is operated from Tianjing, which is also a kind of transaction, and it is supposed to be nine out of ten.
But the third prince thought of his sixth brother, and said helplessly:
"The sixth brother is the youngest of the six dragons of my left family, his blood is pure, his martial arts talent is extraordinary, and he is indeed a strong competitor."
"But compared to this Lu Yao, it is difficult to say if you are born with a vision."
The servant frowned and asked quietly:
"Do you want to deal with him?"
He said this without hesitation, and obviously did not take it as a big deal.
The third prince shook his head and asked rhetorically:
"Why deal with him?"
was stunned for a moment, and said honestly:
"It is not good for my family to get more talents in the Martial Mansion."
The third prince looked at the sky and said with a smile:
"Are you stupid?"
His gaze fell on the white wall,
"Talent is a resource that can be fought for."
"In the long past, the ancestors came step by step from tribal clans, transformed into families, and promoted to gate valves, relying never on excluding outstanding people."
The third prince narrowed his eyes and said in a deep voice:
"What we rely on is absorption!"
"It's marriage, it's recruitment, it's recruitment, it's to integrate those individual powerhouses into our bloodline, so that the family is stronger and the bloodline is better!"
The third prince looked at the servant behind him and said earnestly:
"Only by constantly developing, to develop more resources, and to accept more talents, can our family have long-term capital."
"Civilians without talent can be suppressed, oppressed, and squeezed out of their value."
"But those who are strong, we will treat them well and make use of their talents."
"Even those who are not the best geniuses have their own uses, and we will naturally recruit them appropriately."
"This is also the reason why a talent like you is accepted by my Zuo family."
The servant nodded again and again, bowed and said:
"I understand, what the third prince said is that the villain is stupid."
The third prince sighed:
"It is precisely because we are good at absorbing outsiders and increasing our own body size that the family can last for thousands of years, instead of decaying and collapsing."
"This Lu Yao, if he really has the talent to compete for the exam, it is worth fighting for."
The poor know that they need to save money and reduce their expenditures, save their expenditures, and increase their incomes, but they will not gain real wealth by being frugal.
Of course, the Maison understands this.
If we only insist on providing limited resources to limited talents, the growth of power will not rise, but will only gradually decay and disappear into the long river of history.
Normal mortal forces, because they represent intricate interests and relationships, everyone has to consider, and the heavier and heavier burden will only snowball and cannot be stopped.
But this is the world of martial arts.
The upper echelons of the family are all martial arts powerhouses, and if each family wants to survive forever, they must at least have the means to condense the true yuan seeds.
Such a strong person knows the direction of his own head, and he can guide him by force.
He wants to give it to you, you can take it, and you can't use ordinary means to kidnap and take it.
As a result, they will move on to what the strong consider to be the "right path".
The sect can move forward like this, the imperial court can move forward like this, and the family can certainly move forward like this.
The tone of the strong man of the Zuo family is like this.
The third prince looked into the distance:
"It's no more than 10 years old, and there is a limit to the influence that parents can give."
"Now that I have just entered the Martial Mansion, I have not received a deep education in the Martial Mansion."
He commanded:
"As long as you send enough people to contact, the subtle influence, with money, blood medicine, and resources to buy, and bind with kindness, you can use it for me."
The servant looked up and said in admiration:
"It is worthy of being the third son, and he can see it so thoroughly."
The third prince waved his hand: "This is not an esoteric truth. β
"We understand this, and the court and the holy land also understand it."
"We connect everything with blood, and the Holy Land uses master and apprentice to connect the upper and lower levels, but the court only has monarchs and ministers, and the inheritance of master and apprentice is limited."
"But we can continue to expand, insert the clansmen into the court, worship the sect, support each other by marriage, and absorb external talents."
"The size of the imperial court is indeed larger than ours, but we are attached to it, grow freely, and maintain it by blood marriage, the family law is stable, and the cohesion is strong."
"Time flies, and we will win."
The third prince smiled:
"Now, just wait for a while, the matter of the sixth brother can also be slowed down first."
"If that Lu Yao really wins the upload, then you can solicit it."
"When the eldest brother breaks through, these are nothing."
The servant didn't know why at first, but suddenly seemed to think of something, his eyes lit up, and he said in surprise:
"Could it been, the eldest prince is already about to take that step!?"
The third prince nodded, his eyes revealing a hint of adoration:
"Yes, the eldest brother has reached the point of blood qi rushing and blood condensation, and he is about to break through the refining point in the near future!"
He spoke with a hint of excitement:
"The eldest brother has been personally certified by the great grandmaster Ji Kao, born with a vision, born with the prototype of the ancestor's true body, and has heavy pupils and wings!"
"It can be said that in the past thousand years, the Zuo family is the peerless genius who is most likely to be like the ancestors and prove the true body!"
"Breaking through the refining technique, with the help of the divine soldiers in the clan, you will soon be able to be promoted to the grandmaster, and even the great grandmaster can be expected."
"When the time comes, what holy land Tianjiao, Wufu uploaded, in front of the eldest brother, he is just a child."
"My left family can also turn over because of this."
The servant's heart was full of turmoil when he heard this, and his eyes lit up, but soon he had a question:
"The eldest prince naturally has this ability, but the ancestral land "divine soldier" has not had a true yuan seed recently. β
The fourth prince looked at him and smiled lightly:
"The Zuo family doesn't have it now, but the Wu Mansion does!"
The servant was stunned for a moment:
"The true yuan seed of the Martial Mansion, they are willing to give it?"
The family of Tianfu City has not had a good relationship with the Martial Mansion.
To compete for the throne, it is someone from the power of the world to exert force, but it is not so simple for them to fight for the true yuan seed themselves.
The Martial Mansion itself has several blood condensation masters, all waiting to use the True Yuan Seed.
The third prince smiled confidently:
"Don't worry."
"This time, we bought off the Yuan Shang's order and asked him to ask for a true yuan seed from the general mansion and give it to us."
The servant wondered:
"But the quota of the Yuan Shangling has not been used up a long time ago?"
The third prince explained:
"Now in the entire Tianfu Martial Mansion, only the old man Xu Yan is qualified to obtain the True Yuan Seed, but he can't break through, he suffers heavy losses, and I'm afraid there will be no way to break through in this life."
"In this way, no one will compete with the eldest brother, and there will be no mistakes!"
The servant said respectfully, "I see! β
When the two of them were "conspiring loudly", they didn't know that an invisible thought slowly floated over them.
In the Martial Mansion, Yuwei's gaze deepened.
Pu Congling's letter was also within a thousand zhang range.
The kingfisher flies fast, but how can it be faster than the divine thought?
Although the attic of the family palace is high, how can it prevent "the sky has eyes"?