After getting the appointment letter, Wu Bei also received a few sets of clothes, and then stood up to leave. At this time, he refined two more Gu pills, took out one of them and gave them to Zhang Baiyi.
He left the forest and flew towards Lingchuan.
To the west of the forest is an extremely tall mountain range, which divides the east and west into two. To the east is the boundless forest, and to the west is a huge basin. This basin is called Lingchuan.
Lingchuan is said to be a million miles in size, and even if its actual area is not that big, it is not much different. Since Lingchuan is surrounded by high mountains, there are many large rivers and abundant water resources, which has created a developed agriculture here.
bright!
When Wu Beifei saw the endless Lingchuan River from high altitude, he was very shocked. Such a large piece of fertile land has nurtured tens of billions of people for countless years. It is really a gift from God!
He immediately contacted Emperor Li Qing, and the two agreed to meet in Yangjing, the capital of the Liang Kingdom.
At an inn in Yangjing, Wu Bei found Emperor Li Qing. At this time, Emperor Li Qing had already inquired about the situation in Lingchuan and reported to Wu Bei one by one.
The Liang Kingdom is one of the three great powers in Lingchuan. It stands at odds with the other two countries and is at war all year round. This situation has lasted for hundreds of years.
Lingchuan is so big that there have been very powerful countries in its history. For example, the Wu Song Empire three thousand years ago controlled almost 90% of the land in Lingchuan.
However, the Wusong Empire only existed for ten years before it collapsed. On its basis, many forces were formed. After thousands of years of struggle, the current stable situation of the three major powers was finally formed.
In addition to Liang State, there are also Qi State and Chen State. Among them, Liang State has a close relationship with Tianjianmen, and the latter is the support of the former. The backstage of Qi State is Tianjimen, which is also a very strong force. The situation of Chen State is quite special.
, although it has no backing, many relatives of the emperor are disciples and elders of the Tian Gu Sect. However, the Tian Gu Sect has a strong influence in the three empires.
In fact, the combined area of the three empires is less than one-tenth of Lingchuan, but they are already the largest power.
There are many large and small forces outside the three empires, but none of them can be compared with the three empires.
Emperor Li Qing also collected a lot of local history books in Lingchuan and gave them to Wu Bei. Wu Bei glanced at them and knew that the situation in Lingchuan was extremely complicated.
Emperor Li Qing: "The biggest power in Lingchuan is actually the clans of the aristocratic families. The Li family, the Wu family, the Qin family, and the Chen family all have very powerful forces. These clans and their clansmen control many people in Lingchuan.
Land, three major empires and several powerful sects, the core figures are also members of the sect."
Wu Bei: "The power of the clan is actually so powerful."
Emperor Li Qing: "The hierarchy within the clan is strict and controlled at every level. For example, there are hierarchies within the Li clan. The lowest is called a pawn, the ones above are called beauties, the ones above beauties are called scholars, and the ones above the scholars are called gentry.
Zong Lao, clan leader. Generally, good people can be allocated a large amount of land, and scholars can get even more. If they are clan gentry, they are big landowners. A clan gentry of the Li family has at least tens of millions of hectares of land.
There are hundreds of millions of hectares more!"
Wu Bei: "So the most basic strength in Lingchuan is the big and small landowners below."
Emperor Li Qing: "Yes, so in order to control Lingchuan, we must first control the clan. Sect Master, we may not have the ambition to control Lingchuan, but I think why not take the opportunity to control the Li family in Lingchuan?"
Wu Bei smiled: "What suggestions do you have?"
Emperor Li Qing: "I asked around and found out that there is actually a simple promotion path within the Li Sect."
Wu Bei: "Oh? What path?"
Emperor Li Qing: "As long as the land in your hands reaches a certain scale, you can become a clan gentry. And as long as you donate enough money and food to the Li clan, you can become a clan elder. If there is the strong support of a powerful force behind you, then you can become a clan elder."
It’s not difficult to be the sect leader. The current sect leader was the sect leader before, he is relatively rich, and the leader of the Tianjian Sect supports him, so everyone chose him as the sect leader.”
"To put it bluntly, whoever is rich and whoever is strong and has a strong backing can become the sect leader." Emperor Li Qing said.
Wu Bei laughed: "Do you want me to be the sect leader?"
Emperor Li Qing smiled and said: "Why not? Sect leader, you are strong, not short of money, and your backstage is much stronger than these people. They have no reason not to choose you as their sect leader."
Wu Bei: "We will discuss this later. Have you understood the purpose of this sect leaders' meeting?"
Emperor Li Qing said: "That's almost it. The purpose of the sect leaders' conference is actually to annex the outside sects to strengthen the power of the Li sect. By the way, the Taiqing Immortal Sect seems to have sent people down to support them in doing this."
"The Taiqing Immortal Sect?" Wu Bei laughed, "Who did they send?"
Emperor Li Qing: "It seems to be a man named Li Duowen, but I don't know him either."
Wu Bei thought for a while and said: "The land annexation in Lingchuan is so serious, how can ordinary people make a living?"
Emperor Li Qing: "Most of them work as sharecroppers, long-term workers, or refugees, or small traders. Although they can survive, they live a very hard life. Their harvest must be given to the landlords, and an additional 20% must be used as interest.
, in the end, only less than 20% will be in your hands."
Wu Bei asked: "How many fields does a person need to plant to have enough to eat?"
Emperor Li Qing: "How can I get twenty acres of land?"
Wu Bei: “How much is one acre of land worth?”
Emperor Li Qing: "Can one acre of land be worth four hundred to one thousand talisman?"
Wu Bei: "So expensive?"
Emperor Li Qing: "Sect Master, the value of talisman money is far less expensive than before. Before the great change, one talisman money could be exchanged for hundreds of millions of yuan. But now, one talisman money is only worth a few hundred dragon coins."
Wu Bei: "So, if I buy enough land for 10 billion people, I only need to pay a maximum of 200 billion in treasure!"
Emperor Li Qing was stunned: "Sect Master, you don't want to buy so much land, do you?"