Chapter 369: The Migrant People, Anecdotes of the Canoe (6k)
"At present, it seems that the auxiliary consciousness of body and mind cannot be completely brought back to the main world. Or, although it is brought back, it is limited to the edge of 'dream reference' and cannot leave to other places?"
Accompanied by the sound of rustling rain outside the window, Zhao Qing suddenly woke up from a state of tranquility in the second-floor attic room. He immediately felt the pain and discomfort caused by the sharp increase in the upper limit of his mental power in a short period of time.
It will burst and tear at any time;
She quickly relaxed her mind and integrated herself with the world to share the huge pressure brought by this sudden change. After more than two hours, she finally regained her breath and realized that this time her spirit
The risk of a surge in power has been passed.
Long before she fell into the dream, Zhao Qing's mental power had reached the limit that her current physique could bear. If she further improved her "spirit" alone but could not balance her "jing" and "qi", she would face the separation of form and spirit.
crisis.
Although relying on advanced realms such as "Both Form and Spirit", she can still barely bear it for the time being, but there is no doubt that if the next time she falls into a dream, there will still be a sudden increase in spiritual power of this level, the probability of being able to continue to survive is quite limited.
, you must wait for the body to be lifted up as well.
Zhao Qing has never had the experience of being overwhelmed by mental power, and it is hard to say what will happen to Zhao Qing after such a thing happens, whether there is a way to recover as before, or whether he can expect that "Dream Citation" will have the ability to prevent the "host" from self-destruction.
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But according to her speculation, this problem of balance of energy, energy and spirit is most likely the main reason for her previous premonition that breaking through to the "Six Qi Realm" would lead to bad things.
After her mind stabilized, Zhao Qing's thoughts moved slightly, and she sensed the "dream reference" radiating light from the depths of her mind, and twelve looming black dots appeared around her, giving her a familiar and cordial feeling.
, it is suspected that she cultivated the body and soul in "dreams".
When Zhao Qing tried to touch these black spots with his mind, it felt like he was touching a void, as if separated by an insurmountable space barrier. He was close at hand but out of reach, making it difficult to truly contact him. He seemed to be limited to "citation"
area.
She thought secretly in her mind, guessing that the bodies and gods could be specially bound and isolated by "dream reference". Even if it was limited by rules, it should have a special role. Perhaps it could be regarded as an "independent" consciousness and could also enter the dream world.
"By the way, the so-called 'dreaming' does not mean that you cannot relive the dreams you have experienced in the past and connect the plots in the dreams."
"Assuming that 'Dream of the Heavens' and 'Dreaming' do have something in common in this regard, I have been working hard in the Huangyi world for so long, so it is a pity to leave forever. Is there some way to return to the dream world again?
What about the world we live in?”
According to statistics, the harvest of Jin Xing Qi reached 12,960 strands. Zhao Qing missed the two magic weapons she carefully refined, and she also had high expectations for the future of the powerful country she had built.
I really want to witness its future development.
Similarly, recalling the contents of "Taiyi Hunming Dao Jie", she vaguely sensed that she had inherited the three spiritual realms of the three steps of the Kowtow Tao: "Understanding the Self, Exogenous Life, and Hunming".
I have made breakthroughs in my skills, but I can already feel the deeper and subtler differences between heaven and earth.
The realm has been significantly improved, and the understanding of Tao has been greatly enhanced. Coupled with several quick methods such as "Yuan Shen Hua Hua" that can still be effective at the current level of cultivation, the combat power that Zhao Qing can exert under normal conditions has already been
Improvement by multiples.
Considering that she would not be able to fall asleep again for the time being, it would probably take a few months to fully digest what she had gained this time. She also let go of the sense of urgency in her heart, knowing that after she had understood it thoroughly, it would not take much energy to work hard, which was just right.
Feel free to take a stroll when you have time.
In fact, since collecting emotions can promote the cultivation of Shenjin, "The God of War Illustration" can accelerate the breakthrough effect through fierce battles. The best way is no longer to stay in Kuaiji City, but to go out and find something to do as much as possible.
Do.
Weiyu originally sent an invitation to a banquet for her and her group before she fell asleep in Dongguo Fuyang, but she felt inexplicably that it would be dangerous if she didn't go. Zhao Qing no longer thought it was a trouble. On the contrary, she now felt,
This may not necessarily be your own opportunity.
Instead of just walking to and from Kuaiji Martial Arts Academy as usual, she decided to experience another way that she had never experienced before. Therefore, she found a boat at a harbor outside the Yuwang Ancestral Temple and was about to sail to Dongguo Gate.
I didn't mind the slow speed of the boat, so I just got on it.
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Boats connected by "adding plates on top" have many significant advantages over monohull boats. Since boats have two hulls, there is a "bridge" in the middle connected by "adding plates". In this way, the boats
The overall width is much larger than that of the original monohull, and it is much more stable when driving.
Under the three square hard sails, the cabin, which looks like a solid wooden shed, is quite ordinary. Although it can carry seventy or eighty people, it is more than enough, but there are no gorgeous decorations or precious furnishings inside, only some necessary items.
Furniture and equipment.
Among them, the most "luxurious" decoration is probably the woody aroma that permeates the cabin. It is the smell of the ship that has accumulated over the years, which makes people feel relaxed and happy.
The gentle breeze from the river, with its moist coolness, blew across the cheeks of the passengers, bringing with it the fresh scent of distant flowers and rice fields. The air was filled with the faint scent of water plants, which was also intertwined with the aroma of wood, creating a sense of tranquility.
And cozy atmosphere.
Because it was formed by the merger of two boats, the boat also had two small sterns left. There was a distance of three to four feet between the two sterns, forming a small area of water.
When the boatman started to set off, Zhao Qing had moved a small bench and sat on the edge of the left stern of the boat. She was wearing a light blue satin dress, and her hair was only tied up with a simple bronze bamboo hairpin.
Calmly looking at the water in front of me that is receding and getting away.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! In the unique scenery of this ancient city, waterways are the most vital veins. The winding rivers are like the lifeline of the city, connecting the city’s past.
, present and future.
At this moment, the ships passing by are like notes jumping along this lifeline, playing a beautiful, graceful and fresh movement.
They are big or small, some are gorgeous, some are simple, but each one carries its own story and life. They walk through the water, as if they are telling a sad or happy journey.
The soft sound produced by the friction between the ship's hull and the water is like a gentle cross-country music. In every tiny note, there flows the tacit understanding and harmony between the ship and the water. It is so impressive that the flat carvings are ingenious, and they all play in unison.
The sound of Chui Yu makes people intoxicated.
The reason why these ships have astonishing speeds is not because of the superb cultivation of the pilots, who use their true strength to sneak under the water and push the ships forward like an oar, but because of a transcendent high-level monk who adjusted the height of the city.
The speed of river water flow.
Being able to control water flow and make them flow faster than usual is undoubtedly beyond the understanding of many people. Zhao Qing sensed the steady and deep power in the water and knew that the reason why the water flow is in this state is essentially due to the
The high-speed flow of water energy in the river channel.
Continuing to dig deeper, the reason why the water element energy is in such a high-speed flowing state is not because high-level monks are deliberately casting spells to maintain it, but because of the small changes in the natural flow rules and direction of the heaven and earth energy here.
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Perhaps, in terms of external appearance, there is no difference between controlling vitality and controlling the law of vitality, but in fact, the two are like the shadow cast by an object. Compared with its real entity, there is an indescribable difference.
There is a vast difference between cloud and mud.
As far as Zhao Qing knows, except for the common radical changes from Yin to Yang, as well as a few changes such as the "Yuan Shen Hua" and "Dark Energy Effect" she came into contact with, there is no power under the "Six Qi" realm that can
It affects the law of vitality, which shows the mystery of the latter.
Suppose there is a master who has cultivated to the level of "sympathy between heaven and man" or even "unity of nature and man", and has never seen the vitality of heaven and earth outside this waterway, then he is likely to take the strange flow of watery vitality as a matter of course.
It is a truth that will never find any abnormalities in it for eternity.
But it is just a matter of changing some of the laws of vitality in a waterway, allowing the watery vitality to fly down like from high to low according to the prescribed trajectory, and the speed is significantly accelerated due to the sudden narrowing of the "waterway". It is also clear that
understand;
However, when it comes to the countless water networks that crisscross the entire Kuaiji City, many of them can intersect with each other and keep the conflicting water flows in this state. It is undoubtedly much more difficult to resolve the contradictions, and there are more hidden things inside.
Mysterious changes.
Each tributary in the waterway network is given a different flow direction and flow rate. They are independent of each other and influence each other, achieving compatibility and balance that constantly changes with the environment.
The adjustment of these flow directions and flow rates must be precise. A little carelessness will lead to chaos in the waterway network. To regulate such a complex waterway network just right requires superb cultivation and extremely rich experience, as well as the knowledge of various types of waterway networks.
In-depth knowledge of ships.
Although the waterway network in front of him is majestic and majestic, in Zhao Qing's eyes, it seems to be an extremely precise machine, with every detail controlled just right and full of the natural principles of heaven and earth.
Under the control of the law of vitality, the water flows, as if guided by an invisible baton, converge, collide, surge, and whirlpool, making the entire waterway network full of dynamic beauty.
After improving in her cultivation, she could even feel the agility and vitality contained in these controlled water flows, as if they were telling her some kind of gentle and distant artistic conception.
As the boat sailed, I saw that the wide river was like an ancient jade belt, cleverly connecting the bustling city with the natural silence on both sides. The sun poured down from the clouds and sprinkled on the river, like golden ripples rising and shining.
Dazzling light.
On both sides of the waterway, ancient trees are verdant, complementing the sparkling waves on the river. There are various plants floating in the river, with green reeds growing thickly, and dense duckweeds rippling with the waves. Whenever the breeze blows over the water, the plants
They danced with the wind and spread out layer by layer, poetic and picturesque.
Occasionally, a few leisurely water birds fly low over the water, breaking the tranquility of the water. When a cruise ship speeds past, or a fish jumps out of the water, ripples appear, adding a bit of liveliness and vitality.
At the intersection of every two waterways, stone bridges stand on the water. Each one is carved with exquisite patterns, some are engraved with flowers, birds, insects, and fish, and some are engraved with historical stories. These stone bridges are like the veins of the city.
Connecting every corner of the city.
Thousands of stone bridges crisscross each other like a huge transportation network. Pedestrians flow continuously on the bridges, and vendors set up stalls at the bridge ends, creating a lively scene.
As the misty drizzle gradually began to fall, whether it was stone bridges, merchant ships, cruise ships, or pedestrians, shops, and buildings on the shore, they all left their own shadows on the water. These shadows rippled with the water waves, like a
Fantasy world.
Smoked willow painted bridges, windy green curtains, and hundreds of thousands of homes.
Clouds and trees wrap around the dike and sand, raging waves roll up frost and snow, and the sky is boundless.
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Any large city, especially the capitals of various countries, usually has a vast area of hundreds of miles and a total population of tens of millions. If you want such a huge ancient city to operate normally, you must involve the transportation within the city.
system.
If ordinary people with little cultivation have to travel for several days even to leave the city gate, and it is difficult to communicate with other areas in the city, then even if a tall city wall is built on the edge of this giant city, tens of millions of people will be trapped.
Surrounded by it, it cannot be called a good place to live.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! Cities are places where resources are concentrated, and transportation determines logistics. Logistics capabilities will limit the upper limit of city size. At the same time, the improvement of transportation capabilities will bring communication and transaction costs to the city.
Decline, which was the original purpose of the city's formation.
A metropolis with a population of tens of millions consumes countless materials every day, which are far from being fully supplied within the city. It requires a continuous flow of food from the outside world to maintain the most basic survival of ordinary people.
For civilians, if the cost of living is extremely high and there is even a risk of starving to death, why bother living in a big city?
Therefore, for these large cities, the design and operation of their transportation systems is particularly important. If the traffic conditions in the city are not ideal, it will not only affect the city's economy and material circulation, but also cause the city to lose its role as a resource concentration center.
meaning.
In order to solve transportation problems in an ancient giant city like Kuaiji City, which was 500 miles square, high-level monks forcibly controlled the speed of water flow in the city, so that the Yue people could "use boats as carts and jade sticks as horses."
One of the quite typical examples.
As a medium-sized passenger ship with no additional services, and its speed is freely supported by the water flow in the city, the price of buying a "ticket" to board the ship is naturally much cheaper than ordinary land transportation.
In fact, according to the "price tags" hanging inside and outside the cabin, since the boat can carry passengers quite quickly and the driving under normal circumstances is not more strenuous than that of a small boat, it is calculated by adding one small coin for every ten miles.
The travel fare for a single person is only 2 N small coins.
From the small harbor next to the Yuwang Ancestral Temple to Fuyangli near the East Guomen of Kuaiji City, it is about 120 to 30 miles by water. The boat travels for more than an hour and only costs 14 small coins in tolls, which is quite a lot.
It’s affordable.
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Two skilled helpers were hired to work on the bow deck and in the cabin. The owner of this boat was an old boatman in his fifties, with a short beard, a pale face, a rectangular face, and a hand holding
Holding a bamboo pennant about four feet long, he sat alone on the right stern of the boat.
When the rain became heavier and heavier, the old boatman glanced towards her, slowly took out a raincoat from the wooden frame on the side, put it on his body, then grabbed the bamboo pole and tilted it
Pointing to the same position on the left tail, indicating that Zhao Qing can use the rain gear on it.
Noticing that the other party seemed to have no signs of being wetted by the rain, the well-informed old boatman was not too surprised. He stood up with his legs slightly bent and swayed a little as he walked. His hands were like dead wood weathered by the years.
Hold the boat pole tightly.
Suddenly, he pierced the long pole in his hand suddenly, plunged it into the water between the two tails, then recovered it with quick movements, lifted it up, and waved it lightly and like a leaf. It depends on the level of his strength.
, has already reached the state of ease.
To everyone's surprise, the target the old boatman suddenly used to prick with his bamboo pole was not the big fish in the river that most people imagined, but a small and thin bronze coin, the hole of which was penetrated by the tip of the long pole.
Then with a shake of his arm, it flew up and landed in a pottery urn next to him.
He didn't know why such a small Ge coin appeared in the rapid water flow, and why he picked it up with a bamboo pole and collected it in time, as if he had predicted it in advance.
When the old boatman suddenly stood up and sat back down, his robe rose slightly, revealing the old man's legs, which had appeared weak before. They were actually a pair of prosthetic limbs made of bronze, faintly revealing the coldness of golden color.
The luster makes people feel a unique perseverance.
Now it seems that the original identity of the old boatman should be a member of the Xiliu Division of the Yue Kingdom, that is, a full-time sailor, and he has made considerable achievements, so he received this very rare prosthetic limb after the war.
, after leaving the army, he transformed into an ordinary boatman.
"I've done this water journey to Fuyangli dozens of times by boat, and I'm considered an expert. Hey, I'm going to reveal a secret. Do you two want to hear it?"
"The 'leg-shaped device' attached to the broken leg of the boatman is not the kind that foreign victims are reluctantly attached to and can only walk slowly, but is deeply integrated with the skeletal muscles and can exert 50% to 60% of the strength.
'Golden Bone Planting'."
"'Golden Bone Implantation'? I heard that without reaching the second stage of Yang Jin's cultivation of 'Alternating Meridians and Circulation of Blood and Qi', rashly implanting other objects in the body can easily lead to serious consequences, and even death...
…Does this 'Old Golden Leg' actually have such a profound level of cultivation?"
"That's natural. In the 'Changing Boat Race' in Xiaonan Lane five years ago, he ranked among the top ten among the five thousand households in the surrounding area, and he was still disabled."
"Now, little pig, you know why I have to wait a little longer to find this boat before traveling, right? How can other boats easily meet such a master?" Several passengers sitting together lowered their voices.
, exchanging information they know about the old boatman.
"Alas! I quit my job of seventy-five small coins a day and took my family to travel to the Datang area to get rich. I just hope to be assigned a better field..." Another simple farmer looked at him
The wife, who was holding the baby in her arms, murmured to herself and prayed to the Duke of the East and the Queen of the West.
"Look at the man sitting in the corner, how his clothes are a little different?" "It's not that it's just different from those of us Kuaiji people. It seems that even the dozen or so foreigners over there don't look like this."
"Could it be that? Ask your father..."
In the cabin, which is about five feet square, the passengers are busy with their own things. Some are chatting, some are taking a nap, and others, like Zhao Qing, are enjoying the beautiful scenery of the waterway.
They may be businessmen purchasing supplies, simple farmers, or literati and knights traveling around. They have their own stories and experiences, but they meet on this simple boat.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! This is a very common thing. It is a situation that can be seen everywhere on medium and large ships in Kuaiji City. But what particularly caught Zhao Qing’s attention is that this time
Half of the more than seventy passengers in the boat were carrying heavy luggage and were people from other places who had come from afar.
As we all know, King Gou Jian of Yue is currently implementing the policy of "everyone has a private plot" to promote good farming, aiming to transform Yangzhou, a land that was reduced to an "inferior" place in "Yu Gong" after suffering the great flood in ancient times. Now the sea invasion is complete
The receding mountains turned into plains and redeveloped into fertile paddy fields.
After going through the war, Gou Jian deeply felt that the main grain-producing areas in the core areas of the Yue Kingdom, that is, the mountainous area in southern Kuaiji, had insufficient land of 1.23 billion acres. Most people lived a life of "cultivating along the Linglu, one after another".
Farming and a life of "feeding animals and deer" and a life of both fishing and hunting cannot support the power of the country's rise, and cannot bring about the prosperity of the country and the prosperity of the people.
Therefore, when he and Wen Zhong ordered the large-scale expansion of the Shanyin Waterway and Shanyin Land Road extending from the east and west of Kuaiji City, they also planned a large area north of the foothills of Kuaiji Mountain and between the east and west rivers for the construction of water conservancy projects.
Engineering, reclaiming agricultural land.
Among the many large-scale projects, the "Fuzhong Datang" is undoubtedly the most important one. Its initial planning covers an astonishing area of 2 billion acres. It is expected that about 1.4 billion acres of paddy fields will be reclaimed in ten years, making Vietnam
The center of gravity of China's agricultural production began to shift from hills to plains and water network areas.
"Uneven food and soil means unimproved land." Every poor family who moved to the rich and middle-class pond was granted free land of 100 acres per household, contributing to the growth of Yue's strength and producing a large amount of land.
Food is supplied to the entire Shanhui Plain, increasing the population carrying capacity, thereby achieving a virtuous cycle.
"In ancient times, there were no wanderers. During the festivals and festivals, the people settled in their homes, enjoyed their palaces, served their superiors, communicated with their superiors, and immigrated from place to place. In today's world, the rulers above are not peaceful, the people are not in harmony, and the people are restless in their residences.
Enjoy your palace; be old and sick, use money, be strong and cunning, and use your strength to make the people wander around; be trivial and gluttonous, so the people are worried."
If the country is not well governed and civilians have no land to cultivate, they will become "nomads" who have no fixed residence and wander around. These people have very limited loyalty to their own country. They are more willing to migrate to any place with better living conditions.
Since the total population of the Yue Kingdom was greatly lost in the wars in the past, Gou Jian also had policies related to migrating people from other places into Vietnam. He treated "naturalized" foreigners equally and also distributed land. Considering the long-term development of the Yue Kingdom,
Being in a state of zero land tax due to rest and recuperation;
Even if we look at the four seas of Kyushu, it is still the best choice for wanderers to migrate, so that "people from all over the world, including Dongyi, Xiyi, Gumi, and Juwu, have heard that Yue has a lot of food, poor government, and trustworthy people, so they return home in waves."
Therefore, there are many people across the country."
The indigenous people on the sea in the east, the foreign Yue people near the junction of Yue and Chu in the west, and the south were originally the Gumi of Yue's vassal state, so forget it, but the last "Juwu" actually refers to the "Juwu" that the Yue State now surrenders to.
The state of Wu, the Kingdom of Shangguo, is in a bit of trouble.
The good people of Shangguo abandoned the rich land of Wu, which was known as the most powerful country in the world under the rule of King Wu Fucha, and came to Yueguo. This undoubtedly proves that Fuchai's continuous campaigns and military projects have caused the loss of people's hearts.
The country's living conditions have caught up with the level of big countries. Normally, this should be a good thing to boost the self-confidence of the Yue people. But the key problem is that the Juwu people who migrated are still at the same level as the Yue people.
Enemies with hatred of country and family.
As for the passengers on the boat this time, after several young people secretly questioned and received confirmation from the elderly, four middle-aged people wearing Wu-style clothes were faintly isolated in a corner of the cabin, and from time to time they
He was threatened by Yue people who pretended to draw their weapons.
After leaving the Kingdom of Wu and migrating to the Kingdom of Yue, they were looked at with strange eyes by people along the way. These four middle-aged men may have been accustomed to this kind of indifference and rejection. They huddled in corners as much as possible, for fear of attracting others' attention.
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However, after enduring the humiliation for nearly half an hour, the Wu people could no longer hold their breath. Three of the strong men took the initiative to pick up the Wu hooks they were carrying from the package, and unabashedly placed them on the last
A location where the blade can easily come out.
This provocative action instantly made the already tense atmosphere on the ship even more tense. Both sides showed a tense posture, making the air seem to freeze.