Taiping County
A Taiping Taoist is drawing a talisman. In the past, many talismans were drawn using the fur of monsters as raw materials.
The monster's fur contains a lot of spiritual energy, and the talismans drawn with this material will be of better quality. Others used jade as the raw material to draw talismans. At that time, talismans were relatively expensive, and when a large amount of paper became available, lower-grade talismans became available.
Talisman paper is mostly yellow. It uses yellow paper as raw material and uses special techniques to perform rituals. The biggest advantage is that it is cheap. Compared with monster fur, precious jade, rare metals, etc., talisman paper is cheap enough.
Although talisman paper has many shortcomings compared to those rare materials, it is cheap enough.
At this moment, Taiping Taoists use yellow talisman paper to draw talismans.
The talisman he is drawing is called the Spring Breeze and Rain Talisman. It contains some spiritual energy. Its biggest function is to properly stimulate a person's physical strength and spirit, making him more energetic.
This kind of talisman is usually lit when gathering people to preach, so that the audience can concentrate more.
Through special religious rituals, such as hand cleansing, burning incense, and offering sacrifices, coupled with the assistance of related talismans such as the Spring Breeze and Rain Talisman, a person's perspective can be directly changed psychologically.
Although these inconspicuous little knowledge are trivial and subtle, they are often very effective when used well.
Thinking about the future of Taiping Dao, I draw the talismans faster and feel satisfied.
Such a life is so good!
Every day is very fulfilling, and every day, people turn from listeners to real believers. These congregants are familiar with the teachings of Taiping Dao and can practice them personally. It is very suitable for such a congregation to serve as the village chief.
With the existence of these qualified village chiefs, Taiping County now has seven towns and a population of 80,000.
Every day he explains doctrines to his followers, preaches everywhere, draws talismans every day, and treats people. Taiping Taoists feel that their life today is really pleasant, very comfortable, and they are very happy every day. Both physically and mentally they are very happy from the inside out. With the enrichment, the whole temperament of the person also changes accordingly.
In the words of the second and third brothers, it feels like the eldest brother is stronger!
However, Taiping Taoist soon became unhappy because he heard a rush of footsteps and felt the anxious mood of his third brother. Moreover, the third brother came with his second brother. The second brother had always been calm, but at this moment he was I was also a little nervous and worried.
"Brother, it's not good!"
"Brother, Hanoi County, Hanoi County is really despicable!"
"Brother, we may have been betrayed!"
"I'm right here, I'm fine. If anything happens, tell me slowly, the sky won't fall!"
Hearing this, the second brother and the third brother became quiet. The third brother thought for a while and handed over a document. Taiping Taoist took the document and looked at it, and after a while he frowned slightly.
"Brother, this is Hanoi County's purchase list, with a total value of 80 billion yuan. It is really rich. Look at the black armor, magic weapons, disc-type magic weapons, and a large number of disposable fire weapons purchased above. Fu, this is obviously coming for us!"
"And the most important thing is that Yancheng sold everything without notifying us. Brother, have we been betrayed by Yancheng? What should we do?"
When he heard this, Taiping Taoist had calmed down and said quietly: "If Yancheng betrayed us, this document would never appear in your hands. You are worrying too much about this."
"As for why these are sold, I would like to ask you, why doesn't Yancheng sell them?"
"Yancheng has provided us with ten counties as a place for us to realize our dreams. At this time, it is just a fair transaction and normal business. Why doesn't Yancheng sell it?"
"In my opinion, Yancheng's willingness to send this document to us is already a sign of sincerity."
"You have to make one thing clear. Although Mr. Yan is a Qi Practitioner, he is also the monarch of Yancheng. Since he is a monarch, in many cases things cannot be determined by personal likes and dislikes."
"Selling these to Hanoi County will be beneficial to the development of Yancheng. If this is the case, why not sell it?"
If I were Yancheng, I would sell it too.
Such a simple and crude truth made the third brother choked and speechless. The words are rough but the reasoning is rough, isn’t that what it is? Moreover, it is quite interesting that someone finally gave me this list.
Thinking of this, the third brother continued: "Then how should we deal with it?"
"I heard that Hanoi County has been making big moves in the past few days, but we don't have enough intelligence and we don't know the real changes in Hanoi County. The only thing we can be sure of is this list."
"However, today's Hanoi County has a population of at least one million, and its area is particularly large. Our Taiping County is said to be one county, but in fact, even if it is fully developed, it is only four counties. With a population of four to five million, it will be as big as the sky, right? "
"Hanoi County is a big place. If it is fully developed, 20 counties will not be a big problem and it can easily support a population of two million. If it is more about development than the future, we are inherently incomparable!"
Taiping Taoist said nothing, he looked at his second brother.
The second brother silently took out the Journal of Hundred Schools of Thought that was just released today and handed it over. There is a letter of war from Prince Si to Taiping County. It can be as fast as three to five years, or as slow as ten or eight years. He will definitely launch a war against Taiping County. The results will speak for themselves.
Taiping Taoist took a look and said, "What do you think, second brother?"
The second brother thought for a while and said, "I think we and Hanoi County each have our own advantages and disadvantages."
"Hanoi County has three advantages. The first is its large population. Although many savages have gone to Yancheng, there is still a large population. If more than one million people are recruited casually, they can have an army of 100,000. With a little training, 20,000 to 30,000 can be It is not difficult to build elite soldiers. Even Tao soldiers, with a little training, it is not a big problem to train thousands of Tao soldiers."
"The second is that the area is vast and the prospects are bright. If Hanoi County is serious about development, it will be at least twenty counties. After all kinds of land are leveled, it is not impossible to have 70 to 80 million acres of land. With so much land, it is money. , that is supplies, that is a steady stream of logistics, and more soldiers and horses can be trained."
"The third thing is that Young Master Si is the legitimate son of the Wei family and the young master of the Wei family. He is very wealthy and has a lot of money. Just like this purchase list, he easily took out 80 billion yuan. It is really enviable. We Where can the three brothers get so much money? There is no comparison!"
"However, our Taiping County also has two major advantages."
"First, our Taiping County attracts people through ideals, and their Hanoi County attracts people through benefits."
"Through profits and money, it is indeed possible to train Taoist soldiers and become temporarily powerful, but this requires continuous profits. Moreover, whether such soldiers can fight depends entirely on whether they have money."
"Nowadays, there are Taoists from all over the world who agree with our philosophy. Every day, many Taoists come to our Taiping County in an almost pilgrimage manner. After careful observation, many Taoists have decided to join our Taiping Tao and work for a peaceful world. Make a contribution.”
"These fellow Taoists are the real backbone. With them, there will be no shortage of people with ideals and aspirations in the middle and senior levels of Taiping Dao. These fellow Taoists are the most precious. Moreover, new fellow Taoists continue to come forward every day. Come."
"Secondly, although Hanoi County is large, it is too big, and the identities of the nobles in it are also very complicated. There is me among you, and you among me. Although the future prospects are bright, the internal situation is very complicated at the moment. It will take a lot to clean up these nobles. time."
"As for our Taiping County, although there are only 80,000 people in seven counties now, we are united and we are united as one. We can transform the entire Taiping County as we wish. We don't have to worry about no one responding to a certain decree or many people secretly Obstruction.”
The Taiping Taoist nodded slightly.
"Second brother, you can see further than third brother, but these are actually not our biggest advantages. Our biggest advantage lies in Taiping Road! It lies in Huang Tian!"
Sooner or later, Huangtian will replace Cangtian. Cangtian refers to the current troubled world, and Huangtian refers to the ideal peaceful world in the future. To achieve peace is also one of the important teachings of the Tao of Taiping.
Having said this, Taiping Taoist suddenly exuded an extremely powerful aura. The aura disappeared in a flash, but the second and third brothers were so excited that they almost jumped up.
"Huang Tian is finally about to be born?"
"With Huang Tian, our Taiping Dao has a foundation. Even if our generation of Taoists pass away in the future, Huang Tian can ensure that the inheritance of Taiping Dao will continue and that the belief in Taiping Dao will always be pure. Even then, If we go, Taipingdao will become stronger day by day!"
Taiping Taoist smiled and nodded: "However, Huang Tian is far from mature now, and it is still very early before he is born."
"However, Hanoi County has already begun to prepare weapons, so we cannot do nothing."
"Next, on the one hand, Huang Tian will be used to help the followers grow, and to train yellow-level Taoist soldiers, yellow scarf warriors, Xuan-level Taoist soldiers, yellow scarf warlocks, and earth-level Taoist soldiers, yellow angels, who currently only exist in imagination. I don't know if they can be born. .”
"On the other hand, we also have to find ways to make money."
"Young Master Si is really rich. We can't compete with him on our own. If we rely on Taiping County to develop slowly, we will definitely not be our opponent."
"So, find another way."
"Next, let's go to the academy in Yancheng to see if there are any tasks we can take on."
"Yancheng Academy has many tasks, and there are many projects worth hundreds of millions or even tens of billions of dollars."
"Especially those large-scale research projects, many of which require tens of billions of dollars in funding. After completion, even if there is any remaining funds, they will all belong to us personally."
"I'm proficient in the art of talismans. Let's see if I can solve some large-scale problems and earn funds."
"With money, we must quickly buy people, purchase supplies, and expand the territory. This year, we will first fill up four counties, and we will also have to initially train some Yellow Turban warriors."
Having said this, Taiping Taoist looked at Chaohe River in the distance: "When winter comes, it's time for us to mobilize our troops."
"This Li Kui's philosophy is almost obvious. He cannot tolerate those nobles who are nobles and nobles, and sooner or later he will take action against them. This action, no matter how well-prepared, will cause dissatisfaction among a large number of nobles."
"That's when we attack."
"Hanoi County is powerful, has a deep foundation, and has a large population. Then there will be more noble riots, plunder more of their people, save the rioting nobles, and then let the nobles keep the money to buy their lives."
"In this way, Hanoi County will not be peaceful for a long time, and we will have more time to develop."
"However, the territory of four counties is a bit small after all."
"Without it, it won't expand? Our north is a jungle. Once the Yellow Turban Warriors are trained, we can directly open up to the jungle..."
"As for now, we need a lot of start-up funds, so we will work on the academy's combat missions and research projects..."
Just when Taiping Taoist was thinking about which project to earn funds for, Jiang Hua also came to a certain sea area on Dongning Island to check the latest research of a certain Jijiu in the academy.
Seeing Jiang Hua coming, Tao Yu was a little excited: "Master, long time no see."
"It didn't take long, just a few months." Jiang Hua said with a smile.
Jiang Hua's impression of Tao Yu was quite profound.
Taoyu himself is a Taoist priest with fair talent. When they first met, Tao Yu introduced his friend to Jiang Hua, a dolphin in the realm of the demon king, which is the black dolphin.
"Please see, this is the latest achievement of my friend Xuan Dou."
Black Dolphin is a dolphin, called Sea Pig in this era.
Nowadays, Black Dolphin is one of the sacrificial wines of Yancheng Academy, and its status is upright. However, Black Dolphin likes to stay in the sea all the time and rarely goes to land. Therefore, many Taoists only know that there is another sacrificial wine in the academy who is good at water attributes. , but this sacrificial wine man is reclusive.
If they hadn't often seen the research results signed by this sacrificial wine in various journals, many people would even doubt whether there was such a sacrificial wine.
The scene in front of me is one of Xuan Dou's research results.
Looking along where Tao Yu pointed, Jiang Hua saw a small piece of land.
This piece of land exudes significant metal and earth auras. Feeling such a strange land, Jiang Hua used his magic power to wipe his eyes, and opened his eyes directly. At this glance, he saw extremely strong golden and yellow light. There were small golden and yellow lights in the entire sea area. Keep gathering.
Jiang Hua, who had a suspicion in his mind, stepped on this piece of land with one step and began to observe carefully.
"This land is not big."
Hearing this, Tao Yu nodded affirmatively: "It is indeed not big. To say it is land is an exaggeration. This is actually a small island, or a floating island without roots."
Some islands are just a little bit on the surface of the water, but there is a huge thing under the water, directly connected to the land on the seabed. If you accidentally hit it, the boat will be destroyed and everyone will die.
Some islands may look quite big on the surface, but in fact they are not connected to the seabed at all. They have been floating on the sea surface and may be completely destroyed one day.
(End of chapter)
