Chapter 185: Liu Ziqing's Desire

Yun Duo glanced at the other party and did not speak.

Liu Ziqing, a corrupt official, seems to have good courage, and under the oppression of the eyes of the foundation building monks, he can still say it completely.

I saw him arch his hand and say, "Real man, I see that our city walls are completely blue, the roads are paved with white stones, and the beauty of the whole city is breathtaking." In such a beautiful city, if the houses in the city are messy, it will be a little regrettable, so in the past few days, I only let the people dig the foundation, and did not let them build a single brick and tile, just thinking about it......

I thought that the houses in the city would be built with blue and white striped stones, so that the whole city style would be integrated, so as to live up to this beautiful city without Yao's homeland. Real people, if you build a city according to my will, this city is absolutely beautiful. ”

Yun Duo smiled suddenly, and he shook his head: "It's pleasing to the eye, how much does it cost - that blue stone is lapis lazuli, and the white stone is a granite, which is extremely strong...... Let's not talk about the value of blue lapis lazuli for the time being, just the white granite, you must know what they are used for. ”

Liu Ziqing nodded, and replied along the topic of the clouds: "It is a stone between white jade and chalcedony. This thing is harder and heavier than the best white jade, the royal family of various countries use them to build the palace hall, it is said that the house built with this stone will not be destroyed for ten thousand years, it will not fall down by lightning strikes, and it will not leave a trace of thousands of rolls, because the palace is usually built with this stone, so people call it 'Huang Bai Yu', 'Huang Bai Yan', or 'Emperor White', 'Emperor Rock', 'Emperor White' and so on. ”

Yun Duo nodded: "These two are jade, do you know what the price of jade is outside, although this kind of jade is of no great use to monks, but it is not cheap to take them to the mortal world." You want to build the whole city out of jade. What do you think ......".

Speaking of this, Yun Duo's voice became lower and lower, and he suddenly remembered something, and his mind wandered for a while.

In other words, if a city deep in the forest wants to develop economically, it must not only transport its products to the outside world. It is also necessary to make the production here widely known, so that there is no worry about sales. And building a city made of jade, as a propaganda technique, is a good idea.

Liu Ziqing, a corrupt official, is definitely a strong person. The thought of the great fame he could gain by ruling a city made of jade made Liu Ziqing ignored the majesty of the foundation monks. He endured the pressure and arched his hand: "Real people, although it is lapis lazuli and imperial white jade, it is not cheap. But the outer walls of the city are already so beautiful that if the houses inside are dilapidated and messy, it will inevitably make people feel like they are in ruins.

Real person, why don't we have a discussion, compared with lapis lazuli, Huang Baiyu is cheaper, so I will let the people build houses with Huang Baiyu. Lapis lazuli is used as a decorative embellishment for the eyebrow bone. If the real person thinks that the city is full of jade houses, it costs too much, why don't you allow me to build the houses along the street into jade houses...... Reality. Only such a house can line such a beautiful city wall. ”

Moyun City is a city with a side length of 12 miles (6 kilometers) and a boxy appearance. Communication depends on the roar of the mundane world, the length of the twelve-mile city wall, which is also considered to be a giant city - the old Beijing city wall is 2.75 kilometers long from north to south and 2.5 kilometers wide from east to west. The walls of Moyun City are almost twice the size of Beijing City.

If such a city were to be built by mortals, it would probably require tens of thousands of young and strong laborers. It took decades of hard work before and after, but it may not be built. Because the wall has a circumference of forty-eight miles, a width of twelve meters and a height of 20 meters, most of the sections of the wall are filled with complete stone blocks. As a result, it became more difficult to construct – most of the walls in the mortal world were earth-clad brick walls with stones on the outside and rammed earth on the inside.

However, Yun Duo is a pragmatist after all, if the twelve-meter-thick and twenty-meter-high city wall is completely solid, in addition to the perverted and strong defensive power, the building dozens of miles long can only be used as a windshield wall, and the cloud will go completely crazy. So the clouds eventually arranged some rooms on the city wall, which were located fifteen meters above and were divided into two levels, and the rooms were not spaced at all, and each room was an overview of the entire section of the city wall.

After the room is completed, the upper floor can be used as a hiding hole and weapon storage warehouse, and the bottom floor can be used as an official office, as well as a war preparation warehouse or money warehouse for the government...... Of course, it is used as an official office, and some partitions are repaired to separate the rooms on the entire floor.

Liu Ziqing likes to work in such a room, the direction of the city wall facing the city is a layer of corridors, standing on the balcony formed by the corridor and looking down on the whole city, so that Liu Ziqing has a feeling of being on top. And to climb the city wall fifteen meters high, in fact, it doesn't take much - there are stairs near the four city gates, if you don't want to take the stairs, you can take the elevator device built by the clouds - this kind of elevator is run by spells, and the establishment of such a device is mainly used to quickly increase troops to the city, and now in peacetime, Liu Ziqing is used as a tool to climb the building. Because this device does not run on electricity, the cloud is named "Ladder Climber".

Of course, from a security point of view, the location of these warehouse-like buildings is equal to the weak point of the entire section of the city wall - after all, there are several empty rooms that do not fit into the solid wall. But the clouds believed that even in such weak locations, their defenses would be sufficient—cannons would not be able to penetrate such lapis lazuli buildings, as for the magic attacks of demon beasts...... Ah, the monster beast's brigade is coming, and this city wall can't stop it.

Such a huge and magnificent project was completed under Liu Ziqing's nose, and it only took more than ten days to complete all this. The so-called immortal methods were exhausted in the construction of this city - the monks' ability to move mountains and seas, Liu Ziqing saw from the beginning to the end, a monk drilled out of the stone mine, and when he arrived at the construction site, he could pour out a mountain of stones from the storage bag, and these heavy stones, as long as the monks twisted a trick, would float in the air, and then pile up in order one piece at a time......

The immortals are omnipotent-this is what Liu Ziqing felt after witnessing it, so Liu Ziqing didn't feel that he was asking too much at this moment.

With only a hundred monks here, Yunduo built the Blue Castle, three fortress-like towns, and the equally beautiful and majestic Moyun City. Soon, the remaining 900 monks under the command of Yunduo will arrive. When the time comes, the power of a thousand monks will come together, and they will only be able to do more.

Because of the temporary wealth obsession, the beauty is lacking, and Liu Ziqing can never bear it.

"Real people. Although those imperial white jade are also called jade, the texture is rough, and no matter how you polish it, you can't polish the warmth and delicacy of the precious jade, so the imperial white jade can usually only be used as a building material, although this building material is precious, but in fact, it is not expensive. Real people, this thing can only be called expensive when it is shipped out of the forest. What can't be transported is just the waste stone discarded by the immortals. ”

Yun Duo changed the topic and asked, "Do you still have food in your hands?"

Liu Ziqing immediately nodded and replied: "Although these prisoners were allocated, they had some family funds in the past - their houses in the past were sold, and they were worth a lot of money. Before, everyone stayed in Fenglingdu for a while, and then repaired in Jieyin City. When they came, the prisoners had already purchased enough food and grass in Jieheyin. In the short term, most people don't worry about eating and drinking.

Although there are a few people who have no food or money, I have collected a part of the tax in advance, and I plan to help those who lack money and food to help them survive this period.

I thought: when the houses of the residents are all built, I will organize the residents to go out hunting. After all, this is a demon beast forest, with lush vegetation and many wild beasts, as long as it is well organized, it is not a problem for the people to hunt for some food. Besides, don't we still have the help of immortals? A real person will take them like a child, and he will not look at them......"

Yun Duo raised his chin: "Stop, stop, I can supply you with imperial white jade and lapis lazuli, but...... There is no such thing as a free lunch in the world, and I have heard that 'Shengmien, Doumien', for no reason, expect me to feed these people...... Liu County Order, what you did was not authentic. ”

Liu Ziqing puffed up his chest: "Real person, I have already thought about it, when the time comes, the taxes of Moyun City will increase by two percent, and the residents can pay the ...... by paying taxes."

Yun Duo waved his hand: "You can't raise taxes!" Moyun City is located in the deep mountains, on the front line of the Demon Beast Forest, this place is already unstable, if you want to attract people to settle down, it doesn't hurt to have less taxes - I would rather the people have more money in their hands, so that when commerce prospers, more taxes will be collected."

On the contrary, the people have no money in their hands, so they naturally dare not buy things, and when the time comes, when all industries are depressed, who will I tax them?"

Liu Ziqing asked cautiously: "What does the real person mean just now, and what does the real person plan to do?"

"That's it: the three towns below Moyun City are all built houses, and I don't charge for these houses or anything, and I don't charge for the people in the city, I build the walls for them. However, the rest must be repaid by the people - what is the price of the 'Anjia Nine-Piece Set' I gave to the people?"

Liu Ziqing glanced at the clouds and replied, "This, it's really hard to price."

If it is these iron tools made by mortals, nine pieces of iron will be sold for at least twenty taels of silver, but when it comes to those iron tools issued by real people...... I also checked, and among the people who migrated here, some people brought the iron tools they had purchased at home, and compared with the iron tools issued by the immortals, the iron tools outside were not enough to see.

The iron tools issued by the immortals are not only gold and jade, but the best swords outside are also a gap. Such iron tools can already be called 'immortal treasures', which are wealth that can be passed on to their descendants, and immortal artifacts have always been measured by spirit stones, and the villain is blunt, and he doesn't know what the price of immortal artifacts is. ”

Yun Duo waved his hand: "Then estimate it according to twenty taels of silver." Well, I gave them as a settling item, and half of the twenty taels of silver was my personal subsidy, and the people only needed to return ten taels to be enough, do you think it was okay to do so?"

Liu Ziqing thought for a while and replied: "Ten taels of silver, the price is not high, but the people don't have much money in their hands." ”

"Installment - Outside borrowing, what is the annual interest rate?"

"Lending between acquaintances is generally eight cents of interest, and borrowing between money banks is generally one percent of the interest, and the highest is three percent of the interest, but this is a usury. The loan shark will also deduct the interest of the current year at the time of the mortgage and engage in 'seven out of thirteen returns', but in fact it is a deception to people, lending out seven yuan and asking people to exchange thirteen yuan, with an interest rate close to 100 percent. ”

Liu Ziqing commented on the sentence of usury. Let Yun Duo stare at the other party in special - this greedy official understands things very well, why was he caught by someone?

Of course, in a powerful society, all officials are corrupt officials, because the purpose of the establishment of a powerful society is to rent power, which is the essence of a powerful society. And the so-called anti-corruption and greed in a powerful society. In fact, it is just a political struggle. As long as you follow the right person, no matter how greedy you are, it is great, and if you don't follow the right person, someone wants to clean you up, then you are a corrupt official.

"Then pay in installments at one percent interest—one tael of silver a month, ten months to repay the principal, and two taels of interest to be repaid. I don't want all of them. You are responsible for the recovery, three points to you, and seven points to mine. ”

"In this way, real people, how much is the price of the imperial white jade and lapis lazuli strip stone? Real people, these people are all distributed, even if they have some money on them, I am afraid they will not dare to spend it all at once. It's deep in the forest. I'm afraid that I will have to make a living, and I want everyone to empty their money and belongings at once. Or saddled with heavy debt......"

Yun Duo pointed out the window: "You forget, we also have a teleportation array, this teleportation array can not only lead to Jieyin Mansion, but also to Fenglingdu, and it can also lead to Shanggu City in South Korea." Of course, it can actually lead to somewhere in the country of Qi. But the teleportation array leading to the Qi country, I can't fully control it yet, and once the teleportation is there, the form is not up to me, so I don't recommend everyone to go to the Qi country. You forgot about Qi Guo. ”

Liu Ziqing's face was happy, and he said cautiously: "I used to serve in South Korea before, and I am very familiar with the officialdom there......

Yun Duo nodded: "Of course, if you hadn't served in South Korea, I wouldn't have chosen you to be my subordinate." ”

"But I don't remember that there is a legend similar to the teleportation array in Korea. ”

"Of course, I won't tell you mortals about the things between immortals. You just have to remember: through this teleportation array, you can bring the products of Moyun City to Korea, you can also purchase food from South Korea, and even craftsmen and people ......"

Yun Duo paused slightly, and then said, "Of course, Moyunling's products are not just agricultural products. We used to be from the Iris Valley, and the monks who came with me this time can do anything, and we have some workshops that allow mortals to work, such as smelters, and we make boilers that can automatically smelt ore, as long as mortals take on the work of collecting ore.

Of course, we also have a number of tools to aid in mining, such as the talismans that can be used by mortals to blast rocks, and the self-propelled vehicles that can transport heavy ore. We can also distribute storage bags that inmates can use to transport grain or Moyun City products.

In addition to the smelter, we are preparing to open several workshops. Usually, in these workshops, the workers are mortals, once these workshops are completed, Moyun City will be the logistics base of our entire sect, and may even become the material center of the entire Demon Beast Forest, and in those workshops, the salaries we pay are calculated with spirit stones, so you don't have to worry about everyone going into debt.

Go back and tell the citizens these words, our Moyun City has a great future for development, and in the future, everyone does not have to worry about their income, they do not have to worry about debts, as long as they work hard, a prosperous life is in front of them. ”

Liu Ziqing's chest straightened: "Real person, if that's the case, I promise to make Moyun City famous." ”

"That's good, you go back and register, and then come up with a loan plan, those craftsmen who have skills, try to let them run their own shops and workshops, and the shops along the street are best planned...... Oh, come to think of it, I also promised others one thing, I will also distribute a marching furnace to every resident of Moyun City—a marching furnace powered by spirit stones. In the future, we are not allowed to burn firewood and grass in Moyun City, and everyone will use a marching stove for cooking.

As for the spirit stones needed to light the stove, you don't have to worry, our workshop uses spirit stones to settle the bill, and everyone has the opportunity to earn spirit stones. Our Lapis Lazuli Pit and Emperor White Jade Pit will start recruiting strong men immediately, and recruiters can get a storage bag in advance to transport ore......

When my men arrive, I will send monks to clear the wasteland and build mines to the city's self-propelled railcars. The wasteland reclaimed by the monks is used to grow spiritual grass and spiritual valleys, but it is impossible for my monks to do everything themselves, and people have to be recruited to cultivate those farmlands on a daily basis. Therefore, those fields are leased and ......

Go back and tell the people that there is a lot of work to be done in Moyun City. 1,000 households is far from enough for my appetite, so everyone can rest assured that our future life is definitely worth looking forward to. ”

He was talking. There was a huge commotion outside the Blue Castle, and immediately after, two or three monks hurriedly ran up and reported to Yunduo: "Young Valley Lord, Ding Ling, they are back, and our team is back. ”

Pause. The monk's voice deepened, and he added in a low voice, "That war overseer Ji Wuyuan is also here. ”

The clouds stood up, walked to the window facing the castle, and looked up, only to see a huge team of wildebeest stretching for miles, slowly entering the castle. The whole wildebeest procession consisted of about 3,000 wildebeests, and the monks who came were far more than 900, and the total number seems to be more than 2,000.

However, most of the friars have a very dismal image. Many monks' robes were torn, their bodies were covered with traces of fireworks, many monks were sweating profusely and were stained with blood, and some monks looked like they had exhausted their spiritual energy...... Fortunately, there were not many wounded in the group, and there were less than ten stretchers lying on the wildebeest.

At this moment, a cool howl came from the direction of the clouds. Immediately after, the aura in the air seemed to tremble, and a vortex of aura appeared in the sky. Between the swirls of the aura, the aura that came to the face was so strong that the pores of the whole body opened. So much so that Liu Ziqing groaned comfortably.

As the team entering the castle heard a long whistle, Feng Feng stopped his progress, and the sentries in charge of guarding the entire five walls of the castle appeared from their rooms and stood at their respective posts as if they had heard a horn. After a while. Five walls were filled with monks on guard. However, this aura vortex did not fight for qi, it did not last long, most of the monks had just stood on their posts, and the aura vortex began to gradually drift away.

This is Biting's completion of a small advance - he has stepped from the early stage of Jindan to the middle stage of Jindan.

The walls of the Blue Castle have a total of twelve floors, and the clouds themselves choose the rooms on the middle floor to live in. He chose to live on the sixth floor, with his back to the main peak of Moyunling and facing the direction of the lower slope. Su Zhi chose to live next to him...... But then there was a slight anomaly, and none of the monks with a strong sense of superiority and inferiority dared to live on the floor above the clouds, so that the rooms on the seventh to twelfth floors of this wall were empty.

There are plenty of rooms in the walls of the Blue Castle, and even if they are empty, the monks have rooms to choose from. But one fort wall has many empty rooms, which is a big security concern. Because the monks who live in the walls of the fortress are actually equivalent to the defensive sentinels of this wall. One wall is too sparsely populated by monks, and this wall is facing the slope down, so that this wall is the weakest in defense.

In the end, in order to improve the defense of the fortress wall, everyone recommended Biting to live on top of the clouds, because he was the only Jindan monk in the team, and he lived on the top of the clouds, which seemed to be reasonable, and his presence strengthened the defense of the wall.

Ever since she left Iris Valley, Bitin has been preparing to complete her own little advancement. In the past, he had to rely on his own secret scrubbing and groping to practice thunder spells, but after having the guidance of the clouds, his cultivation began to improve by leaps and bounds.

Biting, who had been preparing for a small advance on the road, didn't think much about it when he heard everyone's public recommendation, he honestly lived in a room on the top floor of the twelfth floor according to everyone's requirements, and immediately entered a state of retreat. This time, the process of his retreat went smoothly, because of the strong aura of the Blue Castle, it only took him ten days to break through.

Biting completed the knot pill when the clouds entered the secret realm, and it took him only four years from the early stage of the Jindan to the middle of the Jindan, while other Jindan monks could only polish themselves in four years, and it would take at least ten years or even a lifetime to complete a small advancement. So Biting's speed is absolutely appalling on the outside.

However, the monk belonging to the Iris Valley who entered the castle found out that it was Biting who had completed the minor advancement. There was just a soft oh, and then everyone was immediately struck by the majesty of the Blue Castle......

Ding Ling was the first to wake up, he beckoned Wei Qing'er and Huang Wan'er, and ordered: "Then, Huang Wan'er is in charge of the civil affairs of the mortal realm, and Wei Qing'er is in charge of the general affairs of the monks in the castle - if the two of you are not satisfied with this arrangement, you can change positions with each other, anyway, just these jobs, the two of you arrange them yourself." ”

After all, the war overseer Ji Wuyuan was in the middle stage of foundation building, and as soon as he entered the castle, he immediately sensed the location of the clouds. I saw him wave his hand, and in a flash, he had appeared at the door of the house of the clouds.

Pretending to reach out and clasp the door, he walked into the room uninvited without waiting for the clouds to greet him. Looking left and right, Ji Wuyuan asked with a gloomy face: "Qingyu, a month has passed, and you haven't fought once?" You came to the Demon Beast Forest to participate in the war, not to build a house, what are you doing to build a house so well? You say, what is the enemy situation in the Moyunling area. The geometry of the monsters around - tell me quickly, I want to know the details. (To be continued......)