Chapter 402: Road construction and museum opening, cave heaven and paradise
This strange fragment looks like gold but not gold, looks like jade but not jade, looks like stone but not stone, but it contains a unique scripture.
Whether it is Tie Tang's Future Law or the Human Emperor's Taiwu Nirvana Code, they all emerged from it.
Tie Tang even vaguely saw the context of Totem Avenue in his previous enlightenment.
However, some of the speculations were too startling and could not be confirmed, so Tie Tang didn't think much about them.
At this moment, Tie Tang took out the fragment and wanted to see if anyone could 'see' the scripture.
If there really is such a peerless genius...
Then his future is also unlimited.
The fragment is an irregular oval shape, with defects at every corner, as if it were an item peeled off from some kind of orifice shell.
Everyone picked up the fragments one by one and looked at them carefully, from early morning to dusk, from dawn to dusk.
No one has gained, no one has gained.
If Tie Tang hadn't brought this thing out, no one would have picked it up if it had been thrown on the ground.
"Don't you... understand?"
Tie Tang was slightly disappointed.
This kind of disappointment is not a disappointment to everyone, but a feeling that the road ahead is lonely and no one is with you.
"You can't do it either?" Tie Tang handed the fragment to Feng Bingyao, she was the last hope.
The latter took the fragment, looked at it carefully, injected witchcraft power, penetrated the spiritual consciousness, even dripped blood into it, and used various witchcraft and supernatural powers to activate it.
Half an hour later.
Feng Bingyao shook her head slowly, handed the fragment back to Tie Tang, and asked.
"Is there really such a miracle in the world?"
"If this kind of skill really exists...who would create it? Why is there no name left in the world?"
Tie Tang took the fragment and said a little lonely: "This is not a skill, but a scripture, maybe written by someone who has a thorough understanding of the way of heaven.
He himself may not understand the way of cultivation, but he only records the cycle of nature, destiny, and the avenue of cause and effect.
Of course.
Maybe he is very strong, so strong that it is beyond the knowledge of everyone else including me."
At the end of his words, Tie Tang remembered the existence that the Great Lord once mentioned.
Everything in the world is possible.
The ninth day.
While Tie Tang was familiar with the formation, he was also handling the official affairs of Qingshui City. He also had someone draw his ideal blueprint and prepare to start vigorously transforming Qingshui City.
"The money sent by Jiangdu Prefecture still has a surplus of about 100 million taels of gold. I have transferred it to the arsenal for you to handle."
Li Qingwan is responsible for the aftermath of the plague. The residences and houses of the victims in various places under Qingshui City have been repaired. Those who have died in the family, and those who are in the prime of life and are working hard, will be given appropriate subsidies of money, grain and rice.
In general, there are no big problems with the disposal. There are still some small details that can be left to the local government.
Tie Tang rubbed his head and put aside the official document submitted by Liu Pengfei of Yuncheng.
"Qiu Zhengshou, how many inspectors do we have in Qingshui City?"
Qiu Zhengyang thought for a while: "Including adults, there are thirty-six people in total."
"Thirty-six people...are too few."
Thirty-six supervisors are too few compared to the entire Qingshui County.
However, in the cities under Qingshui County, some areas have set up supervisory offices, and each supervisory office usually has two supervisory envoys.
Overall, it's just barely enough.
But even he is not qualified to intervene in the appointment of the inspector, and it is impossible for someone to be born out of thin air.
"Deploy ten inspectors and let each of them lead three agents from the Search Hall, one from the Meihua Hall, and two from the Xingtang.
One person per city, take turns going to the plague-infected cities to supervise the local government's distribution and use of money to see if there is any unfairness."
With so much money, it was naturally impossible for Li Qingwan to hand it over to every disaster victim. Most of the money was given to the local government's household department for distribution.
But in this case, it is inevitable that some officials will become greedy and may reach out to those properties.
Qiu Zhengyang is all right about this proposal, but he also has some opinions of his own.
"My lord, I don't know that when officials from other places go...there are many disadvantages in doing things. It's not because they don't do their best, but because the local officials work together to deceive them. Even if they have great abilities, they won't be able to use them.
In my opinion... we can ask the Ministry of Household Affairs to send ten mathematicians to go together.
In this way, property has a clear entry and exit registration. Even if it is deceived at the time, as long as it is checked afterwards, if there is anything wrong, it can be traced and corrupt officials can be weeded out."
I thought this suggestion would be accepted by Tie Tang, but unexpectedly he waved his hand.
"You can't do everything, you have to leave some room for them, and you can't make them jump over the wall.
To put it bluntly.
They are the officials who manage people's livelihood in the local area every day and every night. We can take care of them for a while, but how can we take care of them for a lifetime?"
"But..."
Qiu Zhengyang obviously had different opinions, but was interrupted again by Tie Tang.
"Qiu Zhengshou, you have been in the Supervisory Hall for so many years, you should know... there is no end to catching corrupt officials.
Once a batch is caught, there will be a new batch.
Investigate its roots.
It’s human greed that’s at work!
As long as an official is a human being, you cannot guarantee that he will never be greedy.
What we have to do is not to change this phenomenon, but to start from the root.
Change the overall environment!
So that they don’t need to be greedy and don’t want to be greedy.
When the benefits they can obtain exceed, or are close to, those obtained by corruption and perverting the law, they will be a little more hesitant when reaching out.
Over time.
When the environment is completely changed, not to mention completely eliminating corrupt officials, at least a large number of people will be reduced."
Li Qingwan listened intently and asked casually: "It sounds simple, but changing the environment is probably a thousand times more difficult than arresting people directly. Do you have a way?"
Tie Tang smiled and said: "As long as we in Qingshui County slowly become rich, there will always be more honest people."
"What are your plans?" He Changsheng also leaned his head and raised his ears.
"If you want to be rich, build roads first. If the trade routes are passable, merchants will naturally come to trade."
He Changsheng said cheerfully: "I know how to build roads. It is paved for the first time, broken for one year, repaired for three years, and three years after that, three years for the wind to blow, three years for the rain to hit, and it takes ten years and eighty years to build a road.
It’s not a problem to download it.”
The situation he mentioned is an important means for many local governments to make money. Not only can they deduct money from the court's allocation, but they can also extort property from local people and aristocratic families.
In fact, it is the first-class means of plundering people's wealth and wealth, stealing food and rice, and deceiving superiors and subordinates."
Tie Tang was not angry at He Changsheng's teasing, and just said calmly: "Road construction is the first priority. Brother Fang and I have already negotiated that as long as the geographical conditions permit, we can even set up a boat shop in our Qingshui City.
Once there are new properties entering the market, business will flourish.
When the time is right, you can also set up sub-rudders in several of the more prosperous cities under your control.
At that time, Qingshui County's business could also be connected to other cities, capitals, and counties in the world. Why worry about money not coming in and the people not getting rich?"
Li Qingwan said: "If we just build roads and establish trade routes, I am afraid that they will eventually be controlled by a small number of merchants and aristocratic families. By then, the fat will still be in their pockets, and the people may not be able to realize it."
"Not bad!" Tie Tang nodded without denying it.
"Therefore, there must be a second article: to broaden the people's wisdom, to establish martial arts schools and academies in various places, so that everyone can understand hundreds of classics, read poems and books, understand affairs, use history as a mirror, and use literature as a mirror.
When the common people gain knowledge and broaden their horizons, they will naturally think differently. By then, even if aristocratic families and merchants want to have their own way, they will be endorsed by the court's laws and will not be allowed to act recklessly."
Qiu Zhengyang raised a core question: "If you want to do this...you have a lot of money, right? Where will you get the capital?"
Not to mention building roads, we also need to open martial arts halls and academies in every city. With martial arts halls and academies, there must be teachers to teach martial arts, and there must be enough teachers.
Calculating all these miscellaneous things, it’s not a small amount.
Unless Tie Tang plans to charge tuition fees, this may be able to achieve a balance.
"The imperial court has martial arts academies in various places, but there is not enough money to support them, and the martial arts masters there are too low-level to teach many people.
I will find another way to do this, and it will never be a problem."
Tie Tang already has a draft in his mind. He has a clear idea of the future plans for the entire Qingshui County, and he is 70% to 80% sure that those things can be accomplished.
Several people talked about governance and jurisdiction one after another, and finally Tie Tang mentioned another person.
"Isn't Lu Juncheng out of seclusion yet?"
Qiu Zhengyang frowned slightly: "I came to visit again yesterday, and I did receive a message from Brother Lu, saying that he is inheriting the inheritance and cannot leave the country for the time being. Please bear with me for official duties."
"Is that so... forget it, let him go." Tie Tang didn't take it to heart.
For this world, the importance of cultivation is indeed the top priority of every shaman.
Even if you lose your official position, you cannot lose your own cultivation.
Power comes from official position, and official position comes from one's own strength.
Without strength, even a first-class official would not be able to sit still.
After leaving the Yamen.
Tie Tang walked back to Tie Mansion leisurely, passing taverns and teahouses along the way, and heard some cultivators talking about a treasure.
Now that he has achieved success in cultivation, he doesn't care about ordinary treasures or adventures at all, and he only needs to follow the road he has opened up.
So he just listened and didn't take it to heart.
However, after returning to Tiefu, Tianwen and Li Geng invited him with great interest.
"Tietou, have you heard that a new cave paradise has appeared in Tianlong Mountain, five thousand miles away from Qingshui City?
I didn’t expect that there would be a paradise in such a remote and remote country. We have to be the first to not fall behind."
Tie Tang asked suspiciously: "You said that Qingshui County is a poor and remote country, how can there be a paradise in the cave?"
Li Geng smiled and explained: "Brother Tie doesn't know that the vast territory of the human world is not yet complete.
Do you still remember the True Dragon's Lair that we visited?
There are many caves and blessed places in the world, or pure and beautiful places, which have been hidden by some past overlords with the magical power of Sumeru.
These hidden areas, after the death of those overlords, will break through the restrictions and reappear in the world with the power of magical powers after a long time passes.
Things like this are not uncommon, we often hear about them, and it can be considered an adventure."
When Tie Tang saw what Li Geng said, he couldn't help but become interested. He looked around and saw Feng Bingyao enjoying tea and reading scriptures in the distance.
"What do you think?"
Feng Bingyao looked calm and slowly turned the pages of the book: "If you want to go, I can also go there."
For her, it doesn't matter whether there are adventures or not. Unless it is something that is truly rare to see in a thousand years, the ordinary cave heaven and paradise will not be taken into consideration by her at all.
Tie Tang was not anxious, he sat cross-legged, calmed down, adjusted his breath and concentration, and felt it carefully.
The previous sense of danger has dissipated a lot, leaving the last trace lingering in my heart.
In addition.
There are no other risks.
After opening his eyes, Tie Tang took out another pair of tortoise shells, with the back facing down, and casually threw it on the ground. With a flick of his fingers, the tortoise shell began to spin.
A few moments.
The turtle shell stopped and pointed southwest.
Tie Tang picked up the turtle shell and threw it to the ground again.
After going back and forth like this three times, the hexagrams appeared in my mind.
"Where did you learn these techniques of inviting immortal Fuluan and asking for divination?" Tian Wen was amazed. He knew that Tie Tang did not know these skills before.
Tie Tang shook his head and smiled, but did not respond.
The technique of seeking good fortune and avoiding evil is a new method that he combined with the innate Bagua of the "World Bagua Diagram" and opened up the avenue of cause and effect, and was incorporated into the new method by him.
Now according to his method, he has obtained a hexagram, but the hexagram image is a bit strange.
This hexagram is the Xun hexagram!
Among the innate eight trigrams, the Xun hexagram has the hexagram image of three hosts and three guests.
And Xun also means "Xun", which means modesty.
The hexagram image is wind, which also means obedience.
The three hosts and three guests are each humble and obedient, so who obeys whom?
How should the host act, and how should the guest respond?
This hexagram originally contains the meaning of a dilemma, which fits Tietang's current situation.
He tasted it carefully and found it difficult to understand the true meaning of this hexagram. He could only lament that his cultivation was still too shallow to be able to pass on the true inheritance of the Earth Emperor.
Not long after.
Hearing that there was a paradise in the cave, Zhen Guandong and his little Pixiu also clamored to go and see it together.
Coupled with Tian Wen and Li Geng standing by, Tie Tang agreed without thinking too much.
Finally.
For the sake of safety, Tie Tang only let Tian Wen, Li Geng, and Feng Bingyao accompany him, without Zhen Guandong and others.
As long as it is confirmed that there really is a blessed land, the benefits will be indispensable to them. After all, this is still the territory of Qingshui County.
The four of them set up a stream of auspicious clouds and arrived near the so-called Tianlong Mountain in less than half a day.
There are no cities and no human traces within a radius of 800 miles around this place, only picturesque stretches of mountains.
"Sure enough, there is a cave heaven and a blessed land!" Tie Tang saw it and had no more doubts.
In front of me, I saw thousands of peaks lined with halberds, tens of thousands of people spreading their wings, the sun reflecting the hazy light, the rain collecting dark colors, withered vines wrapped around old trees, and their roots like horned dragons.
Exotic flowers and rare herbs bloom all year round.
Build bamboos and pine trees, and they will remain green for thousands of years.
As you approach, you can hear birds chirping, springs tinkling, green orchids spreading around the ravines at the bottom of the valley, moss on the cliffs like green spots, waterfalls like silver dragons falling from the sky.
The earth's veins are undulating with dragon energy, and the mountains are like a real dragon sleeping, spanning thousands of miles.
How could this kind of strange place not be known to the world if it hadn't been for the birth of the Cave Heaven Blessed Land?
"What a great place, what a great place!" Tian Wen was overjoyed and was about to rush forward.
But he was pulled back by Tie Tang.
"Tietou, what are you doing? Even if there are some treasures in there, if we share them equally, are you still afraid that I can keep them secretly?"
"What nonsense are you talking about?"
Tie Tang naturally didn't care about the so-called treasure, he was just being cautious and didn't plan to enter rashly.
"Since the news was spread by someone...why is there no one here?"
Tianwen immediately opened his eyes and looked around. Sure enough, he saw no trace of pedestrians, but he also didn’t see any problems in Tianlong Mountain ahead.
On the contrary, the fairy charm is fluttering inside, and the avenue turns into a ribbon of clouds surrounding the mountain. There are also cranes and spiritual apes jumping past. It looks like a fairy treasure, and it is absolutely true.
"Maybe they have all gone in. With your eyesight... you should be able to see that the front is correct."
If there are illusions, formations, restrictions and the like ahead, it is impossible to hide them from the four top experts unless the overlord personally takes action to cover them up.
But if an overlord takes action...it can only kill them in an instant, so why go to such trouble.
After hearing this, Tie Tang not only did not get up to go, but instead found a piece of lying cow bluestone and half lay down.
"Wait a moment..."
This wait.
Then we waited until the scorching sun set in the west and the Jade Rabbit took off into the sky.
The stars and moon in the sky with the bright moonlight shine on the Tianlong Mountain in front, reflecting the boundless wonders and the divine light reaching into the sky.
In this night, it seems as if a fairyland has fallen into the human world, enjoying itself alone.
"Am I really thinking too much?"
Tie Tang sensed carefully and found that his invisible spiritual sense did not convey any crisis response.
He divined another hexagram, and it was still the Sunda hexagram, and the corresponding hexagram images were the same as before.
At this time, Feng Bingyao said coldly: "With the strength of the four of us, unless an immortal god appears, it is impossible for us to be left behind. It would be good to go in and have a look."
She said this because many people had already arrived after them and climbed up Tianlong Mountain one after another and entered the cave heaven and paradise.
Although she doesn't covet treasures, she doesn't expect others to take advantage of them first.
"Okay, let's go in and have a look!"
Tie Tang stood up and pressed his five fingers on the bluestone, leaving a palm print. The palm print contained five gray-white air currents, like small snakes entwined together.
"If you had told me earlier, I would have died!"
Tian Wen was the most anxious, so he jumped up to Tianlong Mountain in one swift step.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Three streams of light flashed by one after another, and the four figures of Tie Tang all entered the mountain.
After half a stick of incense.
A beautiful shadow slowly came from a distance, but it did not dare to approach the bluestone in front of it.
"You are a careful person, but if you get into my bag... it won't be that easy to get out again."