"In the past three years, Taiping County has had five counties. Three of them are original, one is developed from the inner jungle, and the other is developed from the outer mountains."
Jiang Hua nodded slightly. He had an impression of these counties. They were named Taiping County, Tiangong County, Digong County, Renggong County and Sun County respectively. Sun County is a county that was developed towards the outer mountains, and the current county magistrate is Sun En.
Sun En is the fourth Taoist priest of Taiping Dao, and he is also very powerful.
He was originally a Taoist priest, but later he came to Taiping County all the way after seeing the records of Taiping Taoism in "Hundred Schools of Thought". After discussing with the Taiping Taoists for a long time, he was convinced by the Taiping Taoists and stayed in Taiping County.
Later, Taiping Taoist took out the Heavenly Book and asked him to meditate on it. He studied the Heavenly Book and understood a magical secret method called Huangtian Dharma. It is said that this skill is divided into nine levels. Once you practice the ninth level, you can reach the level of Huangtian Wuji. environment, by the way, become an innate immortal.
Now, he has reached the eighth level, and his strength is second only to the Taiping Taoist in Taiping Dao. Even the generals of Di Gong and Ren Gong are far inferior to others.
Today, Sun En has therefore become the leader of the second largest faction in Taiping Taoism. This faction can be referred to as the Tianxia sect. Their origin is not the disciples of Taiping Taoists, but Taoists from other countries who came here to admire their reputation.
These Taoists basically agree with the concept of peace and the highest ideal of a peaceful world, but they have different views on how to realize this highest ideal.
Perhaps, this was also one of the reasons why the Taiping Taoists sent troops.
Thinking of this, Jiang Hua somewhat understood Taiping Taoist. When people are in the arena, they can’t help themselves!
"In the past three years, Taiping County has developed tremendously compared to the past. The population alone is as high as 600,000."
"There are sixty-eight towns in five counties under the rule. There are nine Taoist priests alone, one hundred and fifty Taoist priests, two thousand sorcerers, and thirty thousand alchemists."
"The people under the rule have also lived a life without worries about food and drink. After three years of education, about half of the 600,000 people can now write and read a thousand commonly used characters."
"Speaking of which, this is all a good start from Mr. Yan. These people should all be grateful to Mr. Yan."
Jiang Hua smiled happily. These words were all written in Yancheng. It was Jiang Hua who first started literacy in Yancheng.
Literacy was almost impossible to achieve in the classical feudal era without extraordinary power.
Even in modern times, many countries do not have the ability to eliminate illiteracy on a large scale.
But in Yancheng today, this problem does not exist.
In the academy in Yancheng, there is a literacy task all year round.
Every warlock can accept it, and the task content is also very simple. With the consent of an illiterate commoner, Taoism can be used to directly transfer a thousand commonly used characters to the common people through a special secret method.
There are many secret methods of enlightening the mind with the heart. Confucian scholars are better at this, but it does not mean that Taoists are not good at it.
Moreover, it is not conveying any mysterious true meaning or great mystery, but it is just putting the reading and writing methods of a thousand words into the minds of ordinary people in an instant.
Most people welcome this very much!
So at the beginning, when the literacy wizard came to the village, the village drew lots, and whoever was lucky enough to win the lottery would have his turn to receive literacy lessons from the literacy wizard.
After just a quick brushing, my mind was filled with at least a thousand words, their meanings, common words and other basic usages.
I just have a slight headache, and I will feel dizzy and depressed for a few days, but after these few days pass, I will almost be able to remember these contents completely.
Many villagers ask their families to make soup for them early in the morning to supplement their health. In the past few days, they have become literate!
Most of the villagers gritted their teeth and held on. They may not understand many basic principles, but the tenacity they showed when accepting the literacy spell shocked many people.
"Gu's concept is that Taoism enters life, and literacy spells focus on enlightening the heart with the heart. Those warlocks who have just made a breakthrough and don't know any spells can learn a secret spiritual technique for free as long as they accept this task. Naturally, they rush to take over the task."
According to the rules of Yancheng, after you learn this secret method, you only need to help ten illiterate people learn to write and you will be considered free. Many new sorcerers feel that this is a benefit given to them by the emperor's government, but for those illiterate people, this This is light, this is hope!
In Jiang Hua's eyes, many things were just done casually, but they changed the fate of many people. He has gained more and more power of destiny, and these changes have been seen by many seniors. This is why Li Sheng did not hesitate to set up formations to show his attitude. This is also why more and more Taoist heroes , the reason why they all come to Yancheng and stay in Yancheng.
Perhaps in Jiang Hua's view, his original intention was not to provide benefits to Taoists, but to eliminate illiteracy.
But in the eyes of many Taoists, this is Jiang Hua trying every means to provide benefits to everyone.
In the eyes of many Taoists, Jiang Hua is neither a noble nor a lord, but the long-awaited lord of the Taoists!
Yancheng and Dongning Island are also the long-awaited hometowns of Taoists!
Yancheng and Dongning Island were built brick by brick by the Taoists themselves, and they have strong feelings for them. Many Taoists have regarded this place as their second hometown!
Unknowingly, Jiang Hua gained extremely deep popularity. It's just that many seniors didn't tell Jiang Hua about this.
Even during this decisive battle with Xiang Liu, more than two hands of seniors were watching!
Once something unexpected happens, they will let Xiang Liu know what a surprise is!
Looking at Jiang Hua who didn't take it seriously, Taiping Taoist just felt: You deserve it, Jiang Hua, to become the recognized big brother in the hearts of young Taoists!
The Taiping Taoist continued: "Thanks to the efforts of the literacy wizards, 300,000 people have become literate, and the concept of Taiping Tao has been recognized by the people from the bottom of their hearts. Now, the 600,000 people in Taiping County are truly The number of believers who recognize the Taiping Dao concept has reached one hundred thousand, and these one hundred thousand people are, at least at this moment, the true followers of Huang Tian."
"Huang Tian has also developed tremendously because of this. Today's Huang Tian can be regarded as a quasi-spiritual treasure. When the number of followers reaches one million, Huang Tian can truly be promoted to a spiritual treasure."
Huang Tian was originally an illusory concept, but Taiping Taoist used his inscrutable cultivation and his understanding of the Tao of Yin and Yang to materialize the Huang Tian tool that only existed in the concept out of thin air.
Today's Huang Tian exists at the spiritual level.
All Huang Tian people, the true Taiping believers, can feel the existence of Huang Tian mentally: the sacred Huang Tian connects every Huang Tian people!
Huang Tian's people, under Huang Tian's connection, could feel each other's thoughts.
Regarding the practices of Taiping Taoists, there are many deniers and many supporters.
Some people say that Taiping Taoist is a lunatic. Only a lunatic can create a conceptual existence like Huang Tian and truly work towards the interconnection of everyone's hearts.
Some people also say that Taiping Taoists are fools, that all human beings are evil, and that human beings are born with bad natures. Even if this generation really accepts Huang Tian's philosophy, the next generation will definitely change. People's hearts are selfish, and Huang Tian also One day it will be polluted, and the ideals of the Taiping Taoists are destined to not be realized. The future of Taiping Road will definitely change color!
But as a result, more people with ideals have come to Taiping Road, crossing thousands of mountains and rivers. They just want to realize their ideals, and they will do whatever it takes!
"Next, I want to start a war against Hanoi County, mainly because Taiping Road can't hold on any longer."
Why
Seeing the Taiping Taoist sighing, Jiang Hua didn't know how to comfort him.
Simply speaking, Taiping Taoist did not need comfort. He just wanted to talk to Jiang Hua about what was on his mind. After leaving here, he was still the confident and optimistic Taiping Taoist who always believed that a peaceful world would come.
"Many fellow Taoists with ideals came to Taiping County from all over the world, just to realize the dream of world unity. Most of these fellow Taoists have extraordinary strength, and many of them even come from noble families."
This is the charm of ideals. It is difficult for those who have no ideals, no persistence, no ethics, and are full of interests to understand how powerful the charm of ideals is.
Many people from noble backgrounds, and even many legitimate sons of nobles, were attracted by the ideals of Taiping Dao from the bottom of their hearts, and then came here.
They gave up their inheritance rights, gave up the glory and wealth that were within their reach, and chose to quietly build Taiping County. Many people only became obscure mayors after coming here, but they were willing to do so.
Facing these people, the Taiping Taoists wanted to say something but couldn't.
"Many young people are like the rising sun. They are cheerful and confident, and they are good everywhere. But their enthusiasm is like the blazing sun, which brings hope and warmth at the same time."
"But sometimes it is too warm and too enthusiastic. Many of them are a little too optimistic. They always feel as if a peaceful world can be realized tomorrow."
"A little brother once said to me: When people unite, the mountains will move. As long as everyone works together, a peaceful world will soon be realized!"
"There are many guys who have similar ideas. At the beginning, I could slowly tell them not to rush. This is not something that can be done in a day or two. It requires a long-term effort."
"However, in the past three years, Taiping County has developed too fast and has temporarily reached a bottleneck. If we look purely at the standards, most of the small towns under Taiping County have reached the third stage of the Era of Great Harmony. "
"So, many outstanding young people can't wait any longer. They can't wait to realize a peaceful world tomorrow."
"I told them how difficult the road ahead was, and they told me it didn't matter. They were not afraid of any difficulties."
"I told them that Gongzi Si is not easy to fight, and Hanoi County is not that easy to fight. But they told me that if we don't fight Gongzi Si and just slowly open up the jungle, our development speed will definitely not be as fast as Gongzi Si. Sooner or later, Taiping County I will be eaten by Hanoi County.”
"In short, the internal calls for war are getting louder and louder now, and I have been coerced."
"If I refuse to go to war, I can naturally suppress this trend, but before long, I may be considered old by young people, and they will persuade me to abdicate. The successor does not have my prestige, and can only launch a war. But it’s easy to start a war, but when will it end?”
"In order to reduce losses, I can only initiate this war myself."
"Fortunately, Hanoi County just cleaned up the domestic aristocrats last year and has only been developing for a year. Although it is strong, it is still at the same level as a whole. Moreover, just last month, Taiping County's 100 billion peace development bond has been It’s sold out and I’m going to gear up.”
Jiang Hua nodded slightly to express his understanding: "People in the world always think that people in high positions only need one sentence no matter what they do."
"But power is only power when everyone agrees with it. If an order is issued for no reason and everyone does not agree with it, it is no longer power. It will only waste prestige. If prestige is gone, good luck can A peaceful abdication, bad luck, that’s a coup.”
"Those of us seem to have great power, and we are all the pioneers of the first generation, but in fact, each internal force has its own desires and ideas. Every order we make must consider the overall situation and the overall situation."
Why
Jiang Hua also sighed, and then took out the latest version of the internal sales roster: "This was just sorted out by the Academy last month. There are many secret weapons in it. This can be regarded as my support for you. "
At this point, Jiang Hua opened the roster, pointed to a certain line in it and said: "This thing is the first generation Blue Bird. It is very cheap. You can buy one for only 10 billion."
Upon hearing the words "10 billion," Taiping Taoist rolled his eyes and said, "Mr. Yan, I have always treated you with sincerity. You can't deceive me like a fool!"
"What words? What words? What do you mean by deceiving you as a fool?"
"Have you not seen the power of the Blue Bird? It only takes one to sweep through all ordinary armies. Except for the Xuan-level Taoist soldiers who can resist, what else does it matter?"
"Hey, that was the first time the blue bird appeared, and Wu Guo was caught off guard."
"Nowadays, there are many ways to prevent the blue bird. If it doesn't work, just send a Taoist priest to keep an eye on the blue bird. It's just a Taoist priest or a minister, and there is no shortage in Hanoi County."
"A blue bird held back a minister. Doesn't this illustrate the role of the blue bird?"
"But 10 billion is too expensive and I really can't afford it."
"Otherwise, I will pay 3 billion to buy three of them, and then announce to the public that I bought one for 20 billion. In this way, when Mr. Yan sells the Blue Bird in the future, he can directly raise the price. At that time, give The other party’s 10 billion was also discounted by 50%.”
"Although Mr. Yan is currently suffering a loss by selling three Bluebirds, if he sells just one in the future, won't he make back the money?"
Ahem
Jiang Hua coughed: "There are a lot of good things here. Do you want to secretly issue 100 billion war bonds?"
(End of chapter)
