A generation of heroes Li Zicheng is just like that.

Died under a poisoned needle.

It was still a poisonous needle shot from behind, and the front was unscathed because of the block of plate armor.

Who killed him can be said to be clear at a glance.

After all, the poison needle is blown out with a pipe, the maximum range is only 20 meters, and the venom used comes from the secretion of a poisonous frog, which is a weapon often used by the indigenous Maori people, borrowed from some indigenous tribes in the South Seas.

But it was this small poisonous needle that ended Li Zicheng's life, otherwise, with his ability and courage, not to mention a multi-million acres of Australian grassland, it is an area of tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of square kilometers, which may become the foundation he laid, and in a short period of time, it has developed rapidly to the point that it cannot be ignored and has entered the eyes of many big people.

In the city of Xi'an, the magnates who had beaten and oppressed him would feel worried and jealous, and would be forced to take some measures to deal with it and avoid reprisals.

It's just that such a storyline is unlikely to appear and happen.

On the contrary, due to Li Zicheng's accidental death, the dragons were leaderless, and even the heirs did not give a good explanation, which caused the camp to fall into chaos, and also allowed some slaves to seize the opportunity to escape, and the remaining Liu Zongmin, Gao Yigong, Li Guo, Li Zijing and others took a lot of effort to barely stabilize the overall situation, avoid the situation of falling apart, and had to unite for the common good.

Then another burst of reward was drawn, which stabilized the mood of the indigenous young men and avoided further confusion.

Then he announced that he would adopt a steady and steady development model and would no longer blindly expand, which won the welcome and support of most of the people, and cheers of joy resounded in the camp.

Until it is in place.

The overall situation has finally been stabilized, the people's hearts have been united, and the most dangerous juncture has been passed, and the worst outcome has been prevented.

There are also indigenous young people in their early 1,000s, who have maintained their loyalty to the camp and have not wavered and regretted that they want to return to the grasslands, to be free and easy savages, and to live the way they used to be - there are not many indigenous young people who have made this choice, and they still want to stay.

The reason is simple.

There is enough food and clothing here, and there are all kinds of food every day, and the stability coefficient is not improved by one or two points compared to a life of being full and hungry.

The level of productivity here is higher, and with a lower level of labor, the amount of work that used to be completed is several times greater, and the consumption is greatly reduced, and the life is very comfortable.

[In view of the general environment, there are other advantages, etc., and it is impossible to say it in a few words.

Depend.

The indigenous young people have formed a greater identity with this place, and it is impossible to decisively get rid of it, and even have a certain degree of dependence, and they cannot return or are unwilling to return to the kind of life in the past.

After all, no matter what kind of person or group they are, they like to stay in a place with better conditions, which is called going to a higher place.

Therefore, after Li Zicheng accidentally took the dog, the career he left behind did not fail in abandonment, but fortunately stayed, and he could barely continue to develop in the future, but he had to slow down the pace of development, and he could not be in a hurry, so he could only choose to play steadily, otherwise he would not leave anything behind, let alone the basic plate, and all the previous efforts would come to naught. ….

And this is a blessing in misfortune, Li Zicheng under Jiuquan will feel relieved and happy.

……

The fourteenth year of Chongzhen, November.

Most of the Ming Dynasty has entered a cold winter.

People have reduced all kinds of activities and have chosen to rest at home, especially north of the Yangtze River, many people have started the nest winter in advance, and basically do not work much.

There is only one place that has become the most lively place in the northern region.

This place, naturally, is Harbour City.

First of all, because of its proximity to the sea, the temperature in Harbour City is slightly higher than that in the inland areas, and secondly, the heavy industry city next to Harbour City, where the power plants, steel mills, cement factories, glass factories, and solar cell factories consume more than 100,000 tons of coal every day, releasing a huge amount of heat

and carbon dioxide, forming a small range of greenhouse effect, and through the waste heat collection device, the heat is utilized, laying a large number of heating pipes, so that the harbor city, which now has a population of more than 3 million, has become like spring, and has truly become a 'not cold city, no matter how cold the cold wave in the north is, the urban area of the harbor city often has a temperature of more than ten degrees, very warm.

And because of that.

At this time of year, tens of millions of people will go to the commercial street of Harbour City to purchase money and spend the silver dollars like flowing water, but they are not distressed at all.

The phenomenon of comparison occurs from time to time.

Even the royal family's royal purchasing group led by Queen Zhou will come over to buy at least one million silver dollars of New Year's goods, and you can also get an 85% discount, but there are also some forces that don't look down on this discount at all, and spend more money than the royal family, which seems to be richer and richer than the royal family, which has caused a huge sensation, and the royal family is a big loss of face, in order to save face, they have to increase the amount of purchases, so as not to be underestimated by the world.

This phenomenon of shopping spree is also known as 'shopping, and in luxury stores, there will be a lot of stories of fighting for wealth every year, which are talked about by people, and even appear in newspapers and magazines or local broadcasts, resulting in 'face economy, the development is very prosperous, so that under the stimulation of irrational consumption, people who are engaged in bankruptcy, the social atmosphere is also changing in a bad direction, in order to pursue a good face, the amount of bride price is soaring rapidly, and the dowry can not be stingy, just a few years, Many families are very tired, but for the sake of face, they have to grit their teeth and insist, they can't accept the outcome of having a problem with their face, and would rather slap their swollen faces and become fat.

Regarding this phenomenon, Xu Yuan personally issued several instructions, requiring strict frugality, no extravagance and waste, and also cracking down on excessive face-saving behavior, not accepting sky-high dowries, etc., and sent people to launch a crackdown action, setting up several typical examples, which can be regarded as a little lower temperature for this deformed concept.

But......

These instructions are just official suggestions, not mandatory regulations, whether they should be complied with or not, or it depends on personal consciousness, although Xu Yuan took the lead in resisting extravagance and waste and the pursuit of face, but it can only affect a small number of people, and the effect is only a few days. ….

It didn't take long for it to resurge, and it couldn't be suppressed at all.

After all, today's Xujiazhuang, the speed of development is too fast, the expansion rate of wealth is too amazing, this year's gross domestic product, it is possible to reach the level of 38 billion silver dollars, and then divided by the 70 million population under the control of Xujiazhuang, the per capita income exceeds 500 silver dollars, so that infinite wealth, poured into Xujiazhuang, the income level of the people is also increasing year by year, and the price level is controlled at the level of a slight rise, so that the people's sense of gain is far greater than the loss of dry.

In order to stimulate the positive development of the economy and get rid of the habit of some people saving money excessively, Xujiazhuang has been encouraging consumption over the years, adding a lot of holidays, and the weekly working hours are mandatory not to exceed 40 hours.

If the income is too high and the money is too much to spend, it is to buy some high-end high-tech products brought from modern society.

For example, cameras, video cameras, televisions, game consoles, electric cars, and so on.

This year, computers have also been added, allowing a small range of networking, allowing many people to see an infinitely wonderful network world, and this network has also built a very intelligent artificial intelligence model, after a long time of training and learning, it will become more and more intelligent, and even evolve into real artificial intelligence, it is not impossible.

There are luxury cruises, yachts, private jets, etc., as long as you have enough money, you can buy any product, and the price is ridiculously expensive, often millions of millions of silver dollars, but still sold a lot, because now is the era of wealth explosion, rich people have so much money that you are shocked by the era, and these high-tech products of Xujiazhuang, both

However, if you dare to mark the price clearly, it is not a non-sale product, then someone will buy it and bring a lot of sales.

All in all.

The previous poor and backward, natural and man-made disasters are gone, just in just ten years, earth-shaking changes have taken place, even the most imaginative people feel unimaginable, will no longer feel that this is a hopeless place.

Furthermore.

Entering November.

For Xujiazhuang, for Xu Yuan, it is also an annual 'gift month, which is the 'gift month' of all forces outside Xujiazhuang, and the purpose of giving gifts is naturally to please an extremely important person - Xu Yuan, who has shown the greatest sincerity and offered the most valuable gifts, and never dared to act sluggishly, for fear of offending the elder.

Xu Yuan felt quite annoyed, he actually didn't like to receive gifts, because people who took the initiative to give gifts often asked him for something, which made him feel embarrassed, if he could, Xu Yuan didn't want any gifts, just wanted a clean environment to take care of his health, nourish his body, and didn't want to be disturbed by too many outsiders.

It's just that this 'gift-giving month' has formed a fixed system, which is also to better communicate with all parties and consolidate the relationship, and the purpose is not for any gift, but according to the value of the gift, the return of three times the cash banknote, as a return gift, the actual giver has also received a huge benefit, so that he has a huge motivation to take the initiative to give gifts. ….

This year's 'Gift Month' is still very lively, has received countless heavy gifts, has been discussed by many people, most of them are excited and joyful, no one does not like high-value and innovative gifts.

For example, this year, the Ming royal family sent 10,000 taels of gold, 100 pieces of jade, 2 sets of duke's robes, and 100 sets of official kiln ceramics, which were valued at 1.5 million silver dollars and received 4.5 million banknotes in return.

The Wa Kingdom sent 10,000 catties of gold and silver, 300 carefully cultivated beauties, 100 catties of ambergris, and a number of other gifts, with an estimated total value of 800,000 silver dollars and 2.4 million banknotes.

There are also gifts from the Kingdom of Korea, including 300 Korean ginseng, 1,000 pearls, and a number of special products, with an estimated total value of 500,000 silver dollars, and 1.5 million banknotes in return.

In addition, there are gifts from the countries of the South Seas.

A gift from Houjin.

A gift from the Zheng family in Fujian.

And the gift sent by the Guanning Group - the value of the gift sent by the Guanning Group is the highest, reaching 5 million silver dollars, and getting 15 million banknotes in return, which can be described as extremely arrogant, looking down on the world's heroes, faintly, there is a kind of Xujiazhuang, the first posture of the Guanning Group, which has aroused the disgust and vigilance of many forces, and has prepared a lot of slanderous words, perhaps as long as the representative of the Guanning Group is not present, the forces of all parties will definitely offer slander to Xu Yuanjin, asking to curb the development momentum of the Guanning Group, Suppress Yunyun, otherwise it will threaten the interests of Xu Jiazhuang, anyway, all kinds of miasma will happen, and countless conspiracies and tricks will be staged, which makes Xu Yuan feel very speechless, but he can't stop it, so he can only not deal with it and let it develop.

And in addition to receiving generous gifts from various forces.

In private, Xu Yuan also received gifts from some friends, but the value of the gifts should not exceed five hundred silver dollars, and there was no return, just as a basic human relationship, and he didn't want to make it too complicated.

Therefore, the personal gifts Xu Yuan received were generally some excellent tea, antique calligraphy and paintings, jade, ginseng, etc., which compared his personal preferences, and sometimes surprised him, so as to impress the giver, and promoted a few people with outstanding abilities, which also left others speechless.

But on the 25th of November.

White Castle, inside the parlor.

Qian Chengzhi, who has now become a greasy middle-aged man, came to Baibao, visited Xu Yuan in the name of a friend, and gave a gift by the way.

"Come on, what else do you want to give?"

allow

Yuan shook his head, feeling a little funny, Qian Chengzhi's situation, he knows better, there is a Hedong lion in the main room at home, and a fairy-like concubine, often jealous, and the house is restless, Qian Chengzhi is desperately coaxing a love, often from Xu Yuan, begging for some classic love words and routines, and taking them to appease the back house, the effect is not bad, but it was eaten to death by two women, and the pockets are often empty, and the possibility of finding other women is lost.

"Hehe, this gift, Brother Xu, you will definitely like it, papa~"

Qian Chengzhi smiled obscenely, clapped his palms, and a woman with a plain face and a half-concealed body, a delicate body, and a cold temperament, walked into the living room, appeared in front of Xu Yuan, and then saluted Xu Yuan with a gaze full of heat and longing: "Little woman Li Xiangjun, I have seen the owner of the village."

Far from the bright