an inn
This is an inn that blocks the secrets of heaven. This is what makes Yancheng different from other places.
Elsewhere, an inn might just be an inn. But in Yancheng, inns have a series of functions such as shielding the secrets of heaven and earth, shielding sounds, keeping warm in winter and cool in summer.
As long as Taoism can be realized, the inn has it.
There are even some good people who have divided the inn into nine grades from low to high based on the degree of transformation of Taoism inside the inn, the degree of comfort of life, and the degree of confidentiality. The ninth grade is the lowest and the first grade is the highest.
The inn where Li's father and Li Erlang are currently staying is the Sixth Grade Inn, which has the ability to simply shield the sky and keep people warm in winter and cool in summer.
At this moment, although it was already night, Father Li did not change into his pajamas, but was still wearing a set of regular clothes, as if he was planning to go out when he followed.
The day before yesterday, Li's father sent his views and understanding of water control and his views on the county's water conservancy projects to the journal Bai Jia contending, and tomorrow is the day when the Yancheng Bond Exchange officially launches many projects.
If the water conservancy project in this county continues to raise funds as usual tomorrow, then Li's father will decide to leave directly. This Lord Yan of Yancheng may not be worthy of his name.
Thinking of this, Li's father explained his views to Li Erlang: "After coming to this county, I have become more certain about my views."
"This county town is far away from the Chao River. It is a thousand miles away from the Chao River. There are not even branches of the Chao River nearby."
“The whole county is dry and that’s not normal!”
Li Erlang touched his head: "Why? Although the south has abundant water energy and many rivers, there are also many places that are very dry. Just like this county, there are mountains and rivers nearby, including stone mountains, and there are very few rivers here... …”
As he spoke, Li Erlang frowned: "No, why is it so dry here? Although it is thousands of miles away from Chaohe River, this is a plain. There are stone mountains, but the stone mountains are not tall enough to block the rain. What's the state of the clouds? The most important thing is that the distance from here to the sea is only about a thousand miles, which is really not a long distance."
"Every year, there is a lot of water vapor coming from the sea, but why are there so few rivers here and so many places are so dry that deep wells need to be dug? This is not normal!"
"Furthermore, there are many rivers next door to this county, but when we get to this county, it feels like other places in the northwest. This is not normal. The climate change is so abnormal!"
Looking at his son who finally reacted, Father Li nodded and said, "It's not just this county. Look here, here and here..."
As he spoke, a map appeared in front of Father Li, and the place where Father Li's finger fell turned red.
Looking at the five red places on the map: "Only three of these five places have been developed, and they are two to three thousand miles away from each other. The remaining two places are still undeveloped jungles. Father, you actually Even this place has been investigated clearly, it’s amazing!”
"The county we are inspecting is very dry. There is a high probability that there is something wrong with the water element aura. The place in the west is located in the four southern counties. There is a large inner lake. The place in the north is a county. It is nested Surrounded by rivers, the county has very low temperatures all year round. Because of the special climate, many plum blossom roots are planted, which is a major feature."
"The remaining two places, one is the Flame Mountain, and the other is..."
"Do these five places lack one of the five elements of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth?"
"Why?"
Father Li said nothing: "I will give you a task. If nothing else happens, there should be five places nearby that are filled with excess metal, wood, water, fire, earth and five elements of vitality. Look for them."
"Wait until you find these five places, then combine the five places just now, draw and connect the lines, and then see if there are any patterns, see if you can find the eleventh place, if you can find it, just think about it What will happen in this place!"
"I know, I know, this place must contain a Five Elements Spiritual Root or a Five Elements Spiritual Treasure!"
"Maybe it's still an evolving spiritual treasure or quasi-innate spiritual root!"
Father Li shook his head: "Looking at the scale, it doesn't look like a quasi-spiritual treasure or quasi-innate spiritual root. It looks more like a ten-year-old spiritual root with five elements attributes or a rare treasure with five elements attributes that has been nurtured for a long time."
"Although it is not as good as the Lingbao Spirit Root, it is still a very precious treasure. If you find it this time, I will give it to you."
After hearing this, Li Erlang became full of energy and went to look up maps and information.
After a while, there was a knock on the door: "Knock, knock, knock."
In an instant, Li Erlang came to the door. He opened the door without waiting for the guest to announce his home address, and saw Jiang Hua in a black cloak: "Jiang Hua, my dear, I have met you sir. Please don't blame me for your visit late at night."
Father Li's face was already full of smile: "Where is it?"
"As the head of dozens of counties, Mr. Yan has to be busy with so many things every day. I just wrote a letter to Mr. Yan the day before yesterday, and today Mr. Yan came to this small border county. This fully shows Mr. Yan's sincerity. So what? Who will be blamed?"
At this point, Li's father extended his hand to invite Jiang Hua in, and said at the same time: "I thought Mr. Yan would come back after a while, but I didn't expect Mr. Yan to come so early."
Jiang Hua walked in with Xiao He, and Father Li led them to the teahouse. Looking at the brewed spiritual tea, and then looking at the clothes Father Li was wearing, Xiao He knew that Father Li I have been waiting for Jiang Hua to come over for a long time.
In Yancheng today, there are a dazzling variety of clothing styles. Pajamas and nightgowns with various functions have long been developed. Due to their practicality, many people wear them. There are even people who just go out on the street wearing pajamas and nightgowns. It’s just convenient to ask him.
Jiang Hua picked up the tea cup in front of him, looked at the hair tips inside, and smiled slightly.
This kind of Maojian is a kind of tea that Jiang Hua often drinks. Because Jiang Hua likes it, it has become a trend in Yancheng. Even the tip of the hair is ready, and you said that you have been waiting for me to arrive for a long time?
"I saw Mr.'s letter this morning. The content in it made me remember it deeply. It's just that I was busy with other things at the time, so I delayed coming here until the evening."
"My husband's views and understanding of water control are very eye-catching. He also said that there are problems with the county's water control ideas. Please teach me."
Father Li then said what he had just said to Li Erlang again, but this time he also mentioned the five places with outstanding aura of the Five Elements, and even the place where the treasure was conceived.
"This place either contains spiritual roots or some rare treasures, or someone set up the formation artificially a long time ago. But if no one maintains the formation, it will automatically go wrong over time. At this time, various strange signs will appear in the outside world.”
"Experienced people can directly deduce from the signs that there may be a man-made formation nearby. It was originally protecting something, but now there are flaws in the formation, and then the treasure hunt will begin."
"Originally, this treasure was intended to be left to Erlang. Now that the Lord is here, I will give it to Lord Yan."
Jiang Hua's face was filled with a smile again: "It doesn't have to be like this, it doesn't have to be like this, I'd better leave this treasure to Erlang."
"Besides, now that Erlang is still young, I will give him some more gifts."
Under Li's father's curious eyes, Jiang Hua took out a thick stack of books. Placed at the top is an admission notice: "Erlang is extremely talented. He is already a doctor at a young age. He will grow up smoothly in the future and will be a minister at least."
Father Li nodded slightly. In fact, Li Erlang's qualifications were even better than Jiang Hua imagined, even much better!
Li Erlang was born with a heavenly eye!
When Li's mother was pregnant, she was almost sucked to death by Li Erlang in his infant state. In order to keep Li's mother alive and to allow Li Erlang to be born smoothly, Li's father brutally killed many demon kings at that time.
When Li Erlang was born, his heavenly eye was spiritual and was automatically closed. Over the years, Li Erlang's progress has become faster and faster, which has become a worry for Li's father.
In the eyes of Li's father, he would rather not have this heavenly eye than to let Li Erlang be safe.
However, it may be that Li's father subconsciously felt that Li Erlang would die one day because of his clairvoyance, so he was relatively lenient in educating Erlang and developed the habit of climbing trees, walking his dog, and hunting birds since childhood.
"I think Erlang's bloodline is extraordinary, but his Taoist cultivation is still at the level of a sorcerer. This is a bit unscientific."
"The real strong men have strong bloodlines and amazing Taoism."
"Moreover, learning more Taoism will also help develop your bloodline."
"So, this is an admission notice. With this notice, Erlang can go to any intermediate school to study."
"In addition, these books are textbooks for Yancheng Junior Academy and Intermediate Academy."
"Soon, the first high-level school will be built in Yancheng. The main thing is that the teaching materials are being compiled. When the textbooks are compiled, the high-level school will be established. Only warlocks can enroll in this high-level school and Taoist priests can graduate. By then , Erlang can also go to school."
"When Erlang Senior Academy graduates, you can officially join Yancheng Academy, where there will be more knowledge."
As he said that, Jiang Hua took out a jade slip: "This jade slip contains all the journals of Yancheng from the first issue to the present, including all the fourth-level journals of Tiandi Xuanhuang. I will give it to Mr. and Erlang , as a gift.”
Hearing this, Father Li received the admission notice and carefully put away the teaching materials from Yancheng Junior Academy and Intermediate Academy, but he did not accept the jade slip: "This is really too valuable, even according to Yancheng's regulations. If you buy them at a reasonable price, these cost a lot of money.”
A yellow-level journal sells for 10,000 to 100,000 yuan per issue. No one thinks it is expensive, and even most people think it is imparting extraordinary knowledge to ordinary people for free.
In this day and age, extraordinary knowledge is priceless. It doesn’t matter if you have money, I won’t teach it to you!
The price of an issue of Xuan-level journals ranges from 100,000 yuan to one million yuan. However, there are many Xuan-level journals, and now there are hundreds of them. Some are published once every ten days, and some are published once a month.
Prefecture-level journals cost from one million to ten million.
Tian level is the most expensive, but it is published less often, once a year, and there is currently only one Tian level journal. Therefore, there were only three issues released in total, but it was the cheapest.
If you buy these journals with money, if you add them all together, they will cost billions of dollars.
What's more, how can such extraordinary knowledge be measured with money?
Although most journals record ideas and directions without specific details, for many geniuses, once they have ideas and directions, all that is left is to have the skills!
Jiang Hua pushed back the jade slips pushed over by Father Li again: "These jade slips are just a meeting gift."
"Sir, why don't you tell me your views on Yancheng's flood control, and this jade slip can be used as payment."
With that said, Jiang Hua waved to Li Erlang, who had been eavesdropping nearby. Li Erlang did not show any stage fright and ran over directly. Jiang Hua handed the jade slip directly to him: "Erlang, here, uncle, here it is." Do you like your gift?"
"like!"
After saying that, Li Erlang ran behind Father Li and picked up the teapot to pour tea for Jiang Hua.
In this regard, Li's father no longer declined: "I do have some ideas."
Father Li drew casually, and a map appeared in front of him: "From the map, Chaohe River is a tributary of the Yangtze River, and our place is not far from the Yangtze River's outlet."
"So if you only think about the short term, then you can build whatever you want. If you think about hundreds of years later, then you must make good use of the Chao River. If you think about thousands of years later, then you must make good use of the Yangtze River!"
"I do have an idea. The first step is to build two dams around Dongning Island."
"Under Dongning Island, it looks like it's all ocean, but it's not. There are many volcanoes deep under the sea, and there are a lot of rocks and soil. If we build along the volcanoes, the difficulty and construction volume of building the dam will be greatly reduced."
"When the dams on both sides are completed, it will be an inner lake 500 miles wide and 3,000 miles long. If it is larger and further developed to the south, then it will be a 500 miles wide and 6,000 miles long. Big lake!”
"With such a large inner lake, we can think of ways to use the Yangtze River outlet to continuously flush fresh water, or we can use Taoism to find ways to turn this big lake into a freshwater lake."
"Then, we can continue to reclaim the sea and land around these two dams!"
"One day, this big lake will become a real inner lake."
"A freshwater lake with such a large area is a natural and huge wealth in itself!"
"In fact, as the methods related to reclamation and land reclamation mature, we can completely develop towards the sea in the future. The land created by our reclamation and land reclamation will not have any interest entanglements. After it is filled out, it will naturally belong to Yancheng itself."
"Although this project is very large, it may not be impossible to implement in Yancheng."
"Especially with the Yancheng Bond Exchange, we can gather more money and use the money of local tycoons to realize this big project."
"At the beginning, we can make it smaller and build two dams first. This is the first phase of the project. We can build this project at our own expense. In the second phase, we will find a way to turn the saltwater lake into a freshwater lake. This In the first phase, we will raise funds. In the third phase, we will expand to the surrounding areas and reclaim the sea and land. In the fourth phase, we will continue to expand..."
(End of chapter)
