"Aunt Yao, didn't you say there are thirty-one towns? Why didn't you stop all the way?" Wei Sheng had always been paying attention to the movement outside the carriage.
"Thirty-one cities, standing side by side in the north, all have a city gate opening to the south, which means a whole passage is left in the inner circle of the continent, allowing unobstructed passage through all towns. Look at the scenery to the south. There was a sea of clouds along the way, because we were walking along the inner side.
Of course, there is a connecting road within the thirty-one cities, but among the thirty-two city gates, not only do each city gate have to check the identity jade tag, but each city gate also collects city management fees, one person. A medium-grade spiritual stone. " Fu Ziyao explained.
"I understand. If you want to go from the westernmost city to the easternmost city, it's most cost-effective to take the south gate. You only need to pay two medium-grade spiritual stones. But if there are two cities next to each other, it's most cost-effective to take the middle gate. It’s a good deal, you only need to pay a medium-grade spiritual stone.” Tong Yi gave an example.
"Yes, that's what I mean." Fu Ziyao nodded and said, these children know everything.
"Aunt Yao, how are the cities ranked? You can't change the city every forty years according to the ranking!" Yan Feiyue really can't figure it out. This is too much trouble!
"No, the area of these thirty-one cities is equal, and the top thirty big families are still these thirty families from now on. No family has ever fallen behind. The current position of each family is For the initial ranking, after each competition, you only need to change the ranking board at the city gate." Fu Ziyao explained.
"Doesn't that mean that resources will be divided according to family ranking? If the positions are not changed, how to divide them?" Loongxin also had questions.
"Therefore, only one-half of the resources in each city belong to the family, and the remaining one-half of the resources must be arranged based on the results of the ranking competition.
For example, the Yu family, ranked first, has all the resources in City No. 1, and other families have no right to interfere; but the Fu family, ranked second, is my natal family, and the remaining one-half of the resources must be shared with them. The Yu family, ranked first, is discussing the division; the He family, ranked third, has the remaining half of the resources, including the Yu family, ranked first, the Fu family, ranked second, and the He family, ranked third. The three families will share it equally; as for the last family, one-half of the resources will be shared equally among the thirty major families.
Of course, dividing it into thirty parts is too trivial, so the thirtieth-ranked family would barter or use spirit stones to solve the distribution problem. For example, the 30th-ranked family will give 200,000 high-grade spiritual stones to some troublesome families to buy out the resource allocation for the past 40 years at once. "
"So much! Thirty families will use a total of six million high-grade spiritual stones, which is 60,000 top-grade spiritual stones. This is too much!" Yan Feiyue thought about it, if she ranked 30th , I feel heartbroken.
"It's not much. This is based on long-term development and controlling the amount of spirit stone mining within a very reasonable range. Besides, except for Nancheng where the Zhong family is located, the resources in all other places in the inner continent are It’s under the control of thirty major families.”
What Fu Ziyao didn't say is that there are many hidden benefits of a big family. Otherwise, for thousands of years, why has no big family fallen behind? They have to do their best to defend their position, even if they are in last place.
"Aunt Yao, at which city gate should we stop?"
Yan Feiyue was lying on the north window, looking at the tall city wall made of huge rocks outside. Looking up, she could see the end of the city wall, but looking to the east and west, she still couldn't see the city gate. This shows how big this city is. .
"Directly north is City No. 31, the main office of the monks, then starting from City No. 1 on the left, the odd numbers are arranged in order, and starting from City No. 2 on the right, the even numbers are arranged. When the Qi family first started, they were ranked No. Nine, it happens to be ninth now, we have to pass through twenty city gates, and we have arrived at the twenty-first city gate." Fu Ziyao explained.
"Aunt Yao, if we divide it like this, wouldn't a city be very big? Are all the people in this city from the Qi family?"
What Longxin was thinking was that each city was divided into fan-shaped branches, narrow in the south and wide in the north. They had to rush all day long to get to the city gate, so wouldn't the inside of the city be bigger.
"It's big, but it's not just the Qi family. Every city will have a Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a Ministry of Commerce and Trade, and an office.
Just like the ninth-ranked Qijiacheng, in the current diplomatic department, there is a monk assigned here by the general office to carry out supervision, mediation and censure; the Bage family, which is ranked ahead of the Qi family, will also send monks here to jointly complete the tasks resource development.
The Department of Commerce and Trade mainly manages the shops in Qi Family City. Big and middle families from outside all open shops here. It mainly plays the role of organization, management, and distribution.
As for the office, it coordinates and manages trivial matters such as household registration in the city, household registration of casual cultivators, and personnel exchanges. " Fu Ziyao explained.
"That's it!" Tong Yi nodded, expressing her understanding. It must be said that after thousands of years of changes, the cultivation world has found the most suitable management method for itself.
"Not long after you left by boat, good news came from the outer continent, saying that your cousin Bai Xinyi is pregnant." Fu Ziyao only felt that good things come to good people. Her pregnancy was really planned for more than a hundred years. pregnant.
Yan Feiyue was extremely surprised and said extremely happily: "It's been a year, and the baby is about to be born!"
"Haha——" Fu Ziyao laughed unconsciously after hearing these innocent words and explained:
"The pregnancy cycle of monks is different from that of ordinary people. It is very difficult to get pregnant successfully. It took Ayu's father and I more than a hundred years to conceive him."
Although the people sitting opposite were still children, they were all monks. As long as they were monks, they knew about dual cultivation, so Fu Ziyao did not shy away and said directly.
"..." This made Yan Feiyue and the others really embarrassed, especially Qi Guanyu.
"This is how a monk conceives a child. For a child with five spiritual roots, the female cultivator's pregnancy cycle is two years; for a child with four spiritual roots, the pregnancy cycle is five years; for a child with three spiritual roots, the pregnancy cycle is ten years; for a child with two spiritual roots, the pregnancy cycle is ten years; The pregnancy cycle for a child with a single spirit root is thirty years; for a female cultivator to be pregnant with a child with a single spirit root, it takes a full hundred years." Fu Ziyao had no idea how shocking the news she said was.
"One, one, a hundred years——, so long——" Yan Feiyue's jaw almost dropped.
"Yes, the life of a monk is long, and the pregnancy time is naturally longer than that of a mortal. However, these are also certain rules. Not everyone can conceive for a hundred years, at least both parents must have dual spiritual roots, and There are predecessors with Shan Linggen in our ancestors, so it is possible to give birth to children with Shan Linggen." Fu Ziyao was still very proud of this.
"The mother's pregnancy cycle is so long, can she bear it?" Tong Yi couldn't help but ask.
"How should I put it, nurturing the next generation is a very great thing. Of course, it is also a very resource-consuming thing.
Before a pair of Taoist couples get pregnant, they must ensure that the female cultivator has double cultivation resources after the pregnancy is successful, so that the child in the belly can thrive. Although the consumption rate is extremely fast, if the resources can keep up, the female cultivator will not be able to cultivate. The growth rate will also be twice as fast as usual.
Moreover, every time a female cultivator gives birth to a child, she will be blessed with merits. In the future, it will be easier to survive thunder tribulations and ascend than monks without merits. This is regarded as compensation from Heaven to the mother, because Heaven needs children to continue the destiny of the world of cultivation. So children also belong to this world. "
Fu Ziyao's current cultivation level is the second level of Shen Transformation. Just because she gave birth to A Yu, so even though her qualifications are a little lower than A Yu's father, her cultivation level is one level higher than A Yu's father.
"That's quite fair. It's fairer than the modern mainland we come from." Yan Feiyue appreciated this very much.
The seven of them chatted like this all the way, and finally on the evening of the fortieth day, they entered the south gate of No. 9 Qijia City. Sure enough, the city was closed, because the city was as deserted as the outside.
"Let's stay one night at the inn in the outer city. Let's pack up tomorrow and go back to Qi's house together." After the carriage stopped, Fu Ziyao got off the carriage first.
The shopkeeper came out to greet him personally and said respectfully: "Greetings to the master of the house, his wife, several young masters, and young ladies. The upper chamber has been prepared. Please come with me."
Up to the fifth floor, Fu Ziyao had a room by himself, Yan Feiyue and Qi Guanyu had a room, Tong Yi and Wei Sheng Suwen had a room, and Longxin and Shen Tuqi had a room. After forty days of travel and dust, after taking a bath, they Everyone took a rest.
The next day, everyone had a new look, wearing the robes given by Bo Xinyi. All six of them were white and had black hair. Only Qi Guanyu's appearance had been modified, and the other five finally no longer had to hide their original appearance.
Fu Ziyao looked at the six people slowly coming down the stairs. It was not an illusion, the inn was really bright. She had never known that there could be such a peerless couple in the world, with their celestial and jade-like appearance.
Yan Feiyue is wearing a pure white skirt with large sleeves. Two pearls and jade hairpins hold up the broken hair on her head. Her silky and thick long hair hangs straight down her waist. Soybean-sized lavender pearls are dotted on her small earlobes. Her eyes are bright and her teeth are shining. Fresh and refined, yet lively and smart.
Qi Guanyu was dressed in a snow-white robe with a straight robe with an overlapping collar and a jade neck that became increasingly slender. His waist-length hair was tied up and fixed with a pearl jade hairpin of the same style as Yan Feiyue's. His face was much calmer and more ordinary than before. Of course, this was only relative to Yan Feiyue, who was standing side by side with him.
Tong Yi is also wearing a pure white skirt with large sleeves. A black agate hairpin gently holds the broken hair on the top of her head. The drop-shaped black agate earrings are like a drop of ink falling into milk, strong and bright. The cold brows, pale pink lips, fair cheeks, and waist that is not tight enough to be grasped, are undoubtedly the moon in the water and the fairy in the clouds.
Weisheng Suwen, who walked hand in hand with her, was also dressed in a snow-white robe, with hair tied in a black agate hairpin. His eyebrows were delicate and warm, and his thin lips seemed to be smiling but not smiling. He was indescribably graceful and gentle as jade. He stood side by side with Tong Yi. I almost want to fly away in the wind and become a couple of gods and immortals.
Loong Xin rarely wears white, but in order to show that they are a group, she also wears a skirt with long sleeves in a very gregarious manner, which adds a sense of purity to her bright and majestic facial features. The hairpin is still her favorite red, red. The jade hairpin is fixed on the side of the left ear, and the exquisite ruby ear string hanging down to the collarbone follows the ripples in the eyes, and the waves flow, and she can't stop talking.
Shen Tuqi also rarely wore pure white cassocks. His waist-length hair was tied up with a ruby hairpin that matched the dragon core. He had thick eyebrows and big eyes, a gentle expression and a generous manner. Standing next to her, Longxin felt like a little bird clinging to her.
"Meow meow meow! A new map is opened!"
