Volume 2 The Age of Mountains and Seas Chapter 62 Descending the Tang Dynasty
No rational person should refuse his proposal, Li Qiang thought so, looking at Wu Qi in front of him in disbelief, the muscles on his face twitched a few times, and a bitter taste came out of his mouth: "Don't be too extreme in your life, what's wrong?
You also have to give others a way to survive."
Wu Qi stared at Li Qiang closely and suddenly grinned: "It is not difficult to cultivate to the realm of Yuanshen, but it will take a long time, and the price of one death is also heavy. To catch the troublemaker, for me
Although it is not easy, it is not too difficult. Besides, I am not the only one in China. Yes, we only have one Abe City now, but do you know how much defense power we have?"
"What's more, as long as I'm here in Abe City, you have no chance at all. Even if I'm not here, hey, I dare to boast, you won't get any benefits. Other villages and towns were originally occupied. They were destroyed and then rebuilt.
It's not difficult." Wu Qi sneered twice, strengthened his momentum, and pointed at the Chang'an City below: "I don't even want a paper city defense like Chang'an given to me."
Wu Qi said decisively, but Li Qiang vaguely felt that there was some room for maneuver, so he listened quietly and nodded to Wu Qi to continue.
"Besides you and me, there are currently no other big players around here. I'm not worried about your harassment..." Wu Qi raised his eyes and looked at the players who were still staying in the distance, and smiled. His deterrence is really strong.
, this group of people did not even dare to approach: "I also have my brothers to eat, and sharing the world with too many people will not be of much benefit to us. But as I said, if you join the Chinese Empire, I
I can pay you a salary, although it may not be much at first, and it is nothing compared to your current industry, but I can still afford 100 gold coins per person a month."
"I know you are all students, and 100 gold coins every month is not a lot." Wu Qi paused and added another sentence.
Li Qiang sighed, 100 gold coins is indeed not much. For him, a high-level executive of Datang, it is a huge difference, but for his classmates, it is better than fighting against this perverted madman opposite him.
good.
"You should also have some industries. If we really fight, not even a single scumbag will be left. If you surrender, your industries can still be preserved, you can continue to make money, and you can enjoy some discounts." Wu Qi's sharp eyes scanned the surroundings.
, the Datang players who came into contact unconsciously avoided the oncoming pressure: "This is all about strength. You are better than me. If you ask me to surrender, I won't give a shit. Okay, that's all.
, you figure it out!"
"You are very experienced, I admire you very much, and I will not take this opportunity to embarrass you. You go and discuss it with your companions. If we can't reach an agreement, we should just talk!" Wu Qi unconsciously spoke in a condescending tone to Li Qiang.
He said this in a tone that made people feel as if he was taking it for granted.
Li Qiang sighed again, came to his friends, gathered around and discussed something in a low voice. After everyone listened, they all raised their heads and glanced at Wu Qi quickly, with various complicated expressions, and then lowered their heads.
What is going on in my head...
Suddenly a player pointed to the sky in the distance and shouted: "Look, what is that..."
Seeing that the war seemed to have subsided, players or NPCs flew up from Chang'an City in twos and threes. When they heard the cry, they all looked in the direction indicated by the player's hand, and saw a group gradually appearing somewhere in the blue sky.
A faint rotating halo.
Slowly, the halo gradually intensified, turning into light bands of different colors that swept out toward some kind of towering mountains in the distance, leaving a brilliant splendor wherever they passed, and the space seemed to be distorted.
The light strips meander and tremble, changing into strange shapes.
The light belt was overwhelming, passing through the sky silently, and then gathering in the middle of the mountain peak. From the sky above Chang'an City, it could be clearly seen that a dazzling white light suddenly burst out from the middle of the mountain peak, and the entire mountain seemed to have cracked in the middle.
A large slit opened a door of light from top to bottom.
The halo in the sky disappeared inadvertently. After the light belt disappeared into the light gate, the space gradually returned to its original calm appearance. Only the light gate in the mountain peaks exuded beautiful light. If it hadn't been extremely weird, it could have been regarded as a tourist attraction.
Attraction.
However, there are some strange places, strange scenery, and strange changes in topography in every place in the game world. After the light door was opened, some players happily stopped watching the confrontation between Wu Qi, Datang, and others, and turned around.
Fly over the mountain peak where the light gate appears, or use various magic techniques from the ground to rush over.
Although Wu Qi, Datang and others are also very curious, they cannot just walk away at the critical moment of negotiations. Besides, there are too many incomprehensible and strange scenery in the game. You can always encounter some. If you see too many, there will be no more.
Too much attraction.
"How was the talk?" Wu Qi smiled and saw Li Qiang flying over with a complicated look on his face, and also saw the different expressions on the students' faces.
"Okay, we surrender..." Li Qiang took a long breath, and he didn't know if it was a sigh or finally relaxed: "But we still have three thousand people, and the promise you made of 100 gold coins per person every month must be fulfilled.
, otherwise it will be difficult for everyone. I also have a condition, hoping to give different wages to people based on different levels."
Wu Qi couldn't help showing an expression of joy on his face and nodded: "That's natural. I can accept your conditions. We will discuss the specific amount later. However, the ugly words are ahead. Since you are doing things for me, then who doesn't do it seriously?
It's a good assignment, but don't blame me for being rude."
Li Qiang nodded, turned around, waved to the younger brothers behind him, and shouted loudly: "Students, come here to see the boss."
About two hundred people stayed quietly in mid-air, and after a while they slowly and reluctantly approached. There were dozens more who stood still. "Hello, boss." "Boss!" "Hello, Your Majesty."
...Wait for the messy names to sound out sparsely.
Li Qiang looked at Wu Qi helplessly: "There are still some who are unwilling to stay and want to do something on their own, but they also said that they will not hinder the development of the Chinese Empire."
Wu Qi surrendered the Tang Empire without any bloodshed, and he was already happy. He didn't care about whether he would stay or not. Anyway, the matter was settled, so he happily replied: "It doesn't matter. If you want to stay, you can stay. If you don't want to, you can stay."
We won't force it. You should tell your brothers about the surrender to avoid any conflicts during the reception process. In addition, you should gather your brothers in Chang'an first, and then assign them to different departments.
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Li Qiang nodded in agreement and returned to the palace in Chang'an City with hundreds of people. Wu Qi stood in the air for a moment, cheered a few times by himself, and instantly appeared in the temple, waving at the guards guarding the temple.
He waved his hand and said, "Go and call the three departments and the cabinet."
"Boss, how's the killing going?" Before Xiao Baoren arrived, a careless voice came in. Then Wang Tian brought nine elders from the cabinet and Pan Shi naturally brought Hou Yi and twelve others.
With the people from the Ministry here, China's grassroots team is basically ready.
"It's useless to shout and kill all day long." Wu Qi pointed to the chairs around him and asked everyone to sit down, and announced with a smile: "Don't bother me, Datang has agreed to surrender!"
Wu Qi looked at the big and small people who were stunned by the good news. It was as expected.
"The Holy Emperor of Heaven!" The Ninth Elder's ability to speak in unison and his timely flattery made Wu Qi feel comfortable all over. The NPCs below also stood up one after another and followed the Ninth Elder and began to praise him...
"Fuck, stop..." Xiaobao yelled, glaring fiercely at these shameless NPCs, his sharp eyes glanced around and then stopped on Wu Qi's face: "***, just surrender.
Surrender, it’s so disgusting when you guys interfere with the great good news.”
"But to be honest, the boss is the boss, I admire you!" Xiaobao's face changed and he laughed. Wang Tian and Pan Shi looked at each other and smiled, finally solving the imminent threat.
"But from now on we will have to spend at least 300,000 more gold coins every month..." Wu Qi continued.
Xiaobao's smile froze on his face again, and he stretched out three fingers: "300,000 gold coins? You are not wrong, you are crazy!"
"That's right, Datang's more than 3,000 management staff will come to work for us in the future. Of course they have to be paid, otherwise you think they are so stupid as to surrender!" Wu Qi rolled his eyes at Xiaobao.
Wang Tian continued slowly and logically: "I think it's worth 100 gold coins per person." Pan Shi nodded in agreement. "Oh, that's it, 100 gold coins a month is not expensive, not expensive.
..." Xiaobao touched his head and smiled foolishly. Compared with the price of recruiting talents recently, this price should be said to be not expensive.
"The next step is to take over the territory, and you three companies will be responsible for the details." Wu Qi looked at the three brothers. The wisdom of NPCs is sometimes more suitable for the management needs of the game world. During the discussion, the Ninth Elder and the other twelve
The head of the department can sometimes show a lot of sparks. Combined with the management system that Wu Qi and others heard from the real world, they finally got a general idea.
It was basically determined that Abe City would be the capital of the Chinese Empire, and the country's name would naturally be the Chinese Empire. The emperor undoubtedly asked Wu Qi to take charge. The highest administrator of the empire was Situ, with Wang Tian in charge. The cabinet currently only has people from Mingxin Village.
The nine elders are in charge of nine departments respectively. The Ministry of Construction is responsible for the urban construction affairs of the empire, the Ministry of Finance is responsible for the taxation and expenditure of the empire, the Ministry of Agriculture is responsible for the planting and production of the empire, and the Propaganda Department is responsible for public opinion and spreads the reputation of the empire.
Go out and be responsible for the personnel department responsible for the appointment and dismissal of officials. In the future, if there are more villages, the power will be great. The security department responsible for urban security is of course different from the security department in reality. It is equivalent to the police station, and the commercial department is responsible for stores.
Registration management fees are charged. The Ministry of Population is responsible for household registration surveys, population registration, and a unique Chinese Empire ID number. You can enjoy the welfare benefits provided by the Empire, etc. The Ministry of Welfare formulates social security measures, divided into national citizens and visitors.
Different treatments are set up in the territory. The last department is the Arbitration Department, which functions as a court and is responsible for judging disputes between people.
Sima is in charge of the world's soldiers and horses. Pan Shi's army system has not changed much at present. It is still the three armies of heaven, earth and people, and some subdivisions are also made accordingly. However, because in this era of immortal magic, the military system in reality is not very
It is of great reference value. Only part of the command system is set up. Individual soldier ability is very important. According to Pan Shi's idea, after the surrendered players join, the Heavenly Army can be divided into several divisions or something. After this period of time
During the renovation, the twelve armies of the Earth Army already have a complete system, each with different spell attack capabilities. Interestingly, some have strong attack power, some focus on defense, and some focus on construction. This
Most of the construction-oriented people were taken away by the Construction Department of Wang Tian's cabinet, and some with weak abilities were also taken away by the Security Department to maintain law and order in the city. Pan Shi discovered that the 12th Department of the Earth Army was simply a training factory, and more and more
More and more NPCs have been developed and trained. At present, the number of troops is very small, only about a thousand or so, and they are basically just running errands.
Xiaobao's Sikong is really a bit empty. After such discussions, the functional personnel department for recruiting talents was established, and Pan Shi's army directly performed the function of persuading the villages to surrender, which was really a bit useless. "I said,
You can't ignore me. It's not good to have too many things, and it's uncomfortable to be completely idle!" Xiaobao looked at the three brothers pitifully.
"Actually, this Sikong did have some mistakes in the settings at the beginning, but now it has started to do things, and you will be busy in the future." Wang Tian smiled and took out something from his arms: "Do you know this thing? It's from the city.
The research institute is already selling this kind of flame charm, and it is said that it is out of stock. It is mainly used for cooking..."
"What does this have to do with me? Do you want me to cook, damn it." Xiaobao dismissed this.
"We also need someone to be responsible for research. I suggest that you be responsible for the research of magic weapons and magic." Wang Tian pinched this red stone-like thing, and sure enough, a burst of heat hit his face, and then said: "By the way.
, and the magic circle also needs to be studied. Some talents can be recruited from the twelve departments. This organization can be called Tiangongyuan, what do you think?"
"Yes, yes, I agree!" Pan Shi nodded, and Wu Qi naturally agreed. It is really a good thing that benefits the country and the people, and according to his own experience, such an institution is really needed to study some immortal arts. By the way,
The remaining tablets can be handed over to Tiangongyuan for study.
"Doing research? I'm not good at it... This was Shi Tou's specialty back then..." Xiaobao shook his head and waved his hands repeatedly.
Pan Shi knocked on the chair and said slowly: "People will always change. Now I like war."
"Don't be ridiculous. I'm asking you to be responsible. I'm not asking you to study and manage." Wu Qi sighed helplessly.
The centralized organization has been roughly established, but a few people are still unable to decide on the layout of each village or town. If they all correspond to the central ones, the organization will be too huge. The original village only has two to three hundred people, but
It is obviously inappropriate to have so many officials. But if there are too few, the purpose of perfect management cannot be achieved.
The sun moved from the east to the west again, and night came quietly. Finally, a prototype of local management was finally determined. The village has a village chief to manage administration, a village magistrate to manage adjudication, and a village warden to be responsible for public security. Each has a number of subordinates. In cities and towns, it is necessary.
It's a little more complicated. There are several departments set up under the mayor, town magistrate, and guard... If the number grows to tens of thousands, departments that basically correspond to the central government will have to be set up.
There are no major changes in the affairs of the divine religion. This requires the willingness of believers. Force is ineffective, so Wu Qi gave Taiyi and Yuanshi the right to develop believers in an expedient manner.
With this framework in place, the work in the next few days became much easier. The people who were sent to accept the territory set off one after another. According to the government's settings, they began to recruit talents in villages and towns everywhere. Those who did not have them were reset.
Those that already have a certain foundation will be adapted and expanded on the original basis, and the administrative talents needed will be based on the instructions of Wu Qi and others, mainly NPCs. It is not bad for players to manage, but there is a big problem, that is
There is a huge gap between reality and the time in the game. Of course, some towns are managed by players. These very few players have been carefully inspected by Wu Qi and others. They do have certain abilities and can guarantee the time in the game before appointing them.
Yes, the salary is naturally not low.
After some examinations, the original students of Datang were either incorporated into the Heavenly Army, joined the Tiangong Institute for research, or held certain positions in some management departments according to their respective interests and hobbies.
Within half a month, Wu Qi received reports from each other one after another. The transformation and acceptance tasks went very smoothly. There was basically no resistance in taking over the villages and towns. Except for a few minor conflicts, there was basically nothing special to note. In the end
The statistical results are that the territory of the Chinese Empire occupies a small area in the north of the middle of the Sixth District, with a total of 93 villages, 12 small towns, and 5 larger cities (including the capital), and continues to expand in all directions. Population
During the statistics, the Ministry of Population, under the vicious instruction of Wu Qi and others, formulated a policy that all NPCs in the territory must have an identity number. Players must either join the empire to receive an identity number, or they must receive imperial special privileges.
Certificate, otherwise you will be fined 5 gold coins... Those responsible for the inspection are basically Yuanshen stage player masters, working in groups of three, and according to Wang Tian's incentive mechanism, after the decree is issued,
Every time one is found, a commission of 1 gold coin will be given to that group of players, so... the results are naturally predictable, and the population statistics are being completed quickly... further strengthening the empire's control.
Li Qiang was appointed as the commander of the First Division of the Heavenly Army, responsible for external expansion. After discussion by Wu Qi and others, he was given a monthly salary of 1,000 gold coins. His first division was also composed entirely of former students.
After being selected as elites, more than 900 people were retained. The monthly salary ranged from 500 to 1,000 gold coins. There were corresponding incentives for each village they conquered. Therefore, this group of people were reluctant at the beginning.
I also happily expanded my territory.
Li Qiang was envious of the well-organized management of Wu Qi and others, as well as Wu Qi's NPC team. However, when he recalled the past, he only felt sad occasionally. Li Qiang felt that it was pretty good now, and his salary was recently increased by one hundred gold coins.
Wu Qi also had an office in the temple. He spent all day in front of the desk full of documents, and his mind was spinning. Although Wu Qi set up a secretariat with dozens of people, there were still a lot of things that needed to be signed...
Wu Qi was leaning on his chair and thinking about how to better delegate power...
"Boss, the matter is a bit urgent." The person brought in by the secretary was Li Qiang. He had conquered many villages recently and made a lot of money. Li Qiang and his classmates no longer missed their previous life, but sometimes felt that
Is this kind of life what I want, because I earn a lot of money? And after their private exchanges, many classmates who were unwilling to join the Chinese Empire also came to me, as long as they are really good
, Wu Qi naturally would not refuse.
Wu Qi shook his head, looked at the papers on the table, sighed again, pointed to the chair next to him and said, "Sit down! What's up, there's some good news again."
"It's not good news this time. We are facing off against people from the Xuanyuan Alliance." Li Qiang looked at the frowning Wu Qi and suppressed a smile: "Didn't you say last time that they were allies with us and we couldn't fight with them. But recently, you can't do anything with them."
Several of the villages we occupied are somewhat dishonest and are very close to the Xuanyuan Alliance and have a tendency to rebel. In addition, some nearby villages see that we are going there and are said to be discussing joining the Xuanyuan Alliance. I am worried that if this continues, we will go
Dongdong will not be able to develop. Moreover, when we were trying to persuade Tuandou Village to surrender today, someone from the Xuanyuan Alliance tried to dissuade us and almost stopped us from doing so."
Wu Qi was shocked: "Is this happening?"
"By the way, I don't know if you remember the wonderful scene that happened on the day we surrendered. Further east from the Xuanyuan Alliance, there is a peak, which is the peak that opens the Light Gate. It is within the territory of the Xuanyuan Alliance. It is very weird.
.According to the news from our spies, the villagers near Guangmen have undergone a certain degree of mutation. They seem to be affected by Guangmen and have special abilities." When Li Qiang got down to business, his expression became serious.
Wu Qi stood up and stomped back and forth. This matter was not easy to handle. The Xuanyuan Alliance is not terrible. The key is the Xuanyuan Sword. It is very powerful. It was originally a weapon used to kill gods and immortals. I don’t know how it was obtained by You Xiong.
, and although Youxiong's ability is only that of the late Yuanshen, for some reason, only he can use the Xuanyuan Sword, and it can exert most of its power.
In other words, if Xiong tried his best, Wu Qi would not be able to block the Xuanyuan Sword's blow.
Wu Qi was also confused about this matter. This Xuanyuan Sword was originally one of the artifacts in the game, just like the immortals of the ancient system. However, after the game changed, it did not disappear with it. Instead, it fell into the human world and even fell into the hands of You Xiong.
, The terrible thing is that the properties of Xuanyuan Sword have not changed at all. However, the description of the usurped artifact is clear, and Wu Qi has no need to doubt it.
Of course, this artifact is not that artifact, and it is not the same thing as the usurped artifact in Wu Qi's hands.
"Also, we recently discovered that there are various strange phenomena in the territory of the Xuanyuan Alliance. We can occasionally see legendary beasts flying out of the light gate. I have personally seen a Yinglong with a tail like a big guillotine...
..." Li Qiang sighed and felt a faint pain in his head: "These monsters each belong to their own country, and they are gathered together according to their general categories. They seem to get along well with the Xuanyuan Alliance. Hu Shi seems to be able to control these monster legions,**
*,How can an NPC be so powerful..."
Wu Qi's headache became even worse and he shouted towards the door: "Go and invite the Third Division over!"
"This is troublesome." Wu Qigang first told Li Qiang not to take action with the Xuanyuan Alliance, mainly because of the Xuanyuan Sword. He was not a good man and a believer. The surrender of the Tang Dynasty and the subsequent rapid development, the Tianqi Group's follow-up
With the advancement of the game and the influx of a large number of players, the huge profits the Chinese Empire has derived from it have begun to appear. If there is a chance, no matter what the Xuanyuan Alliance, even the King of Heaven will be able to pull him down.
"The light gate from top to bottom of the mountain is extremely huge, and there is no one in the Xuanyuan Alliance to defend it. However, our spies tried to enter the light gate. It felt like a hard obstacle and they couldn't get in at all. I don't know how those things worked.
How could it be related to the Xuanyuan Alliance if it flew out? Alas, it would be great if this thing were within our Chinese Empire." Li Qiang was fascinated.
