Chapter 144: Those who keep the philosophy gain the world (seeking a monthly ticket)
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Half-step fairy weapon?
Yao Baichuan was shocked and took a few steps back. His face was full of envy and jealousy. He glanced at Huan Huan and then at Wang Anye, as if he had something to say.
Even Wang Anye was a little shocked. He looked Hanhan up and down and said, "Why haven't I heard you say that before?"
"Mr. Anye, look at what you said, we have known each other for less than an hour." Huanwan said in a charming voice, "I can't tell you everything, can I? Besides, he is only a half-step immortal weapon, but his reputation is
It sounds good, but after all it’s still in the category of Taoist tools.”
"You can't say that." Yao Baichuan wiped the sweat from his forehead, "Maybe during the Shenwu period, there were a lot of half-step immortal weapons, but in our era, there are very few families who can own half-step immortal weapons.
There are so many aristocratic families, plus some from the royal family and the Immortal Palace, and each piece is famous and is a top-notch item."
"Mr. An Ye, you are so lucky. From now on, the Wang family's background has once again improved." Although Yao Baichuan was extremely envious, he did not dare to have any evil thoughts.
On the one hand, the Yao family and the Wang family have a good relationship, and they have in-depth cooperation in many fields. On the other hand, he also heard that his ancestor Yuan Gang, who married into the royal family, is still a guest of the Wang family.
"After all, I have taken advantage of the Yao family this time." Wang Anye said with a graceful hand, "I will report it to my great-grandfather later and ask him to help make some compensation to the Yao family. This credit should be remembered by Brother Yao.
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"Then thank you so much, Master An Ye..." Yao Baichuan suddenly smiled, "Since the master is fine, I won't disturb your rest, and will go and instruct my men to repair the flying boat."
After a brief exchange of greetings, Yao Baichuan left his business.
Wang Anye returned to the luxurious cabin of Feizhou, set up a ban, and began to have more in-depth exchanges with Huanhan: "Huanhua, since you are from Shenwu Tianxu, what do you know about the inside of Shenwu Tianxu?"
"You call that place Shenwu Tianxu, but in our opinion, it is the final battlefield." When mentioning this matter, Huanwen's voice unconsciously lowered, revealing a deep fear, "The monsters from outside the territory are tearing apart.
The sky opened, and endless demons descended. Our Third Army and the Ninth Army fought fiercely with the demons from outside the territory on the defensive position."
"We killed countless extraterrestrial monsters, but the opponent had too many troops. Gradually, the number of our ninth legion became smaller and smaller, and finally we were all exhausted. My master is the commander of the ninth legion of the third group army [Yao Guifang]
】, also made a heroic sacrifice at the last moment."
Listening to Huanwan's description, Wang Anye seemed to be able to vaguely feel the tragedy and despair at that time.
I don't know what kind of mentality those ancestors had, so that they could fight to the death in that situation and hold on until the last moment.
He stood up and saluted in the direction of Shenwu Tianxu with a solemn expression: "Pay tribute to the ancestors who sacrificed their lives heroically, and pay tribute to Commander Yao."
After a moment of silence and a stick of incense, he asked: "I heard that His Majesty the Holy Emperor used some kind of powerful trump card to perish together with the demons from outside the territory, which created the Shenwu Tianxu today. Regarding this, Huan Huan
Do you know anything?"
"I vaguely remember that I have indeed heard this rumor, but my master's identity is just an ordinary legion commander, and he has no access to that level of secrets." Huanyuan recalled the situation at that time, her voice was slightly trembling, and even her sword
The light on his body dimmed a bit, "I only remember that shortly after my master Yao Guifang died in the battle, there was a violent explosion. Then everything became silent. I was trapped in the broken space debris,
I kept enduring it until this time the energy tide swept away the space fragments where I was living, and I took the opportunity to escape."
"Then I met you. I felt that the true meaning of swordsmanship in you was very attractive to me. You seemed to have great potential, so I decided to live here with you. Speaking of which, this is also a kind of fate."
Wang Anye knew that the final battle between the Shenwu Dynasty and the demons outside the territory was very tragic, but he did not expect it to be so tragic. For a moment, he felt his heart heavy, and he had a deeper understanding of the threat of the demons outside the territory.
No wonder his great-grandfather has always been obsessed with developing strength and strengthening himself. Only if the Wang family has enough strength, will the Wang family be able to protect themselves if disaster strikes in the future.
"Huanwen, can you tell me something about the Shenwu Dynasty?" Wang Anye tried to collect more information so that he could take it back to his great-grandfather for detailed information.
"Oh, I'm just a tool spirit, and I don't know many trivial things. Moreover, I have been trapped in the fragment of space for so long. During this period, I have been attacked by too many energy tides, and many of my memories have been very blurred and incomplete." Huan
Huan said helplessly, "If you have any practical questions, you can ask me and see if I can think of them."
"Do you know Wang Chuanwu?" Wang Anye asked.
Wang Anye is also very concerned and curious about this rumored ancestor of the Wang family.
"Wang Chuanwu? I have a vague impression." Huanwen fell into thinking, "It seems to be a certain regiment commander of a certain group army. I seem to have vaguely heard someone mention it, but I can't remember the details."
"Do you know Wu Panpan?" Wang Anye asked again.
"I know you!" When she heard the name, Huanwen suddenly became excited, "She is the boss of our third group army. I have met her many times with my master. She is very powerful and very beautiful.
Sa, my master has always regarded her as an idol."
As she spoke, her tone suddenly became sad again: "Our third group army should have been completely wiped out, and most of the boss Panpan has also... Sigh~"
Wang Anye was also shocked.
What a heroic war it was, even a true immortal would fall. It seems that the future development of the Wang family and the human race has a long way to go.
After that, Wang Anye asked a bunch of questions one after another, some of which Huanhua could answer, but some of which she was not sure about. After all, she was a weapon, and she was not always by her master's side, and her memory was washed away by the energy tide. Too much fell.
Finally, Huanwan became a little impatient with his question and said directly: "Master Anye, I'm just a weapon spirit. It's okay for you to ask me to kill people. Can you stop interrogating me? I really can't stand it." Already."
Wang Anye then apologetically put her away and let her rest.
Of course Wang Anye was also happy to have an extra half-step immortal weapon.
What he practices is the Sword Formation Dual Art, and the main battle method is [Sword Formation]. Of course, the more excellent swords, the better.
However, before, he had always used [Year] as the main sword and the eye of the sword formation. Now it seems that... I am really sorry for the master.
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After some time.
Daqian Palace, Humble Administrator's Pavilion.
The New Year is approaching, and now the temperature in Guilong City is getting lower and lower. Even the palace protected by the formation is getting colder and colder, and it is gradually taking on the smell of winter.
In recent days, with the arrival of a cold wave, heavy snow has fallen, and the entire Guilong City seems to be shrouded in a sky of ice and snow.
Within the palace walls, the ordinary chamberlains and maids with low cultivation have already put on tightly wrapped winter clothes. The flowers and plants in the imperial garden have also opened their isolation covers to prevent cold. Even the blankets spread on the floor of the Humble Administrator's Pavilion are It has already been replaced with a tinder blanket that brings warmth.
At this moment, in the courtyard outside the Humble Administrator's Pavilion, a group of chamberlains were busy cleaning the snow on the road with shovels and brooms under the command of the chamberlain commander Xiao Xiangzi. They looked busy but orderly.
Suddenly.
A young man wearing a cloak strode into the courtyard.
There were piles of snow all around, and his ink-colored cloak stood out in the vast whiteness, as if ink dripped on the snow-white rice paper.
On the back of the cloak, the blue dragon pattern carefully embroidered by the most powerful embroiderer is also lifelike, with teeth and claws, which is particularly impressive.
This young man is naturally Emperor Zi'an and Wu Mingyuan.
Seeing that it was him, the chamberlains in the courtyard quickly stopped what they were doing and saluted him with awe on their faces. Xiao Xiangzi, the commander of the chamberlains, also immediately stepped forward to greet him and respectfully held half of Emperor Zi'an's arm.
Di Zi'an waved his hand to the other chamberlains, signaling them to continue their work, then stepped up the steps, opened the door of the Humble Administrator's Pavilion and walked in.
In the pavilion, Wang Wangzhao had been busy alone for a long time. When he saw Emperor An coming in, he stood up and saluted: "Your Highness."
"How many times have I told you, we are all our own people, don't be so polite to me." Di Zian's tone was a little helpless.
Under the service of Xiao Xiangzi, he took off his cloak, took off his stiff leather boots, and put on comfortable soft flannel shoes. Then he entered the inner room and asked Wang Zhaodao: "Has this year's tax report come in?" "
"Meng Yuanbai, director of the Taxation Department, handed over the memorial an hour ago." Wang Zhaozhao said, picking up a memorial from the table and handing it to Xiao Xiangzi beside him, "I took a cursory look at this year's memorial. The total tax revenue is about 1.2 billion, which has increased a lot compared to last year."
You know, when Emperor Longchang was in power, the annual tax revenue of Daqian was only four to five billion gold. Even if the taxes missed by the aristocratic families at that time were added, the figure has doubled now. Moreover, this figure is still increasing year by year.
This shows how rapidly Daqian has developed in recent years.
"Good guy, of the 1.2 billion taxes, 500 million actually came from Longzuo County." Di Zi'an turned to one of the pages, his expression suddenly felt a little emotional, but then he became happy again, "With this batch of taxes, the national treasury will The shortfall can finally be filled, and a large balance can be made.”
Seeing that he was so happy, Wang Guangzhao hesitated for a while, but still had to pour cold water on him: "Your Highness, please don't rush to be happy. Take a look at this, this is the development plan for next year and the estimated funds needed."
As he said that, he handed over another folding book at hand.
Di Zian took it and looked at it, his expression suddenly collapsed: "This requires repairing official roads, building a public transportation system, running an official school, and building an armored patrol team. If we really want to do this, the treasury will have so little money. Wouldn’t the money be spent all at once?”
"Yes." Wang Guangzhao nodded, "The official system is not bad, it is just strengthened on the original basis, but the other projects have extremely high funding requirements. I have calculated that we can last until early autumn at most with taxation alone."
Even though the annual tax revenue is high now, large-scale infrastructure construction is being carried out in various parts of Daqian. There are still wars at the border, and the money is basically unable to be retained. It is often spent like water soon after it is received.
Fortunately, Daqian has made a lot of money in foreign trade in recent years by exporting grain and other items to the Immortal Dynasty, so he is not really so poor that he can't open the pot.
Wang Guangzhao looked at Di Zian's face: "Your Highness, do we still approve this development plan? If it doesn't work, I will ask them to go back and redo it."
"Approval! Why not approve?!" Emperor Zi Anxin was bleeding, but he still gritted his teeth and said, "Daqian is now in a period of rapid development, and the pace of development cannot be stopped, otherwise it will affect a series of subsequent plans."
Having said this, he suddenly glanced at Wang Guangzhao: "Shi Zhao~ I heard that your family has made a lot of noise in the Northern Zhou Dynasty and the Yan Kingdom, and made a lot of money~"
Wang Wangzhao froze in alarm: "Your Highness, the trophies obtained from overseas military support are considered meritorious service. The country has policies and does not need to pay taxes."
"Who told you about paying taxes?" Di Zian was speechless, but recalling the content of the intelligence he had received before, he was still jealous, "If I had known that I could make so much money by sending troops to the Yan Kingdom, I would have sent the imperial guards as well. The past has passed, and now there is no need to worry about construction funds."
"..."
The royal family was speechless.
Glutinol
Your Highness, have you gone over your head?
The Royal Guards are one of the trump cards of a country. They will never move lightly except for taking turns on overseas battlefields in batches.
Not to mention that they are still at war with neighboring countries. Even in peacetime, if Emperor Zian really dared to send the imperial guards to other countries, the Southern Qin and the Western Jin Dynasty would probably start a war immediately, taking advantage of the empty rear area of Daqian and ruthlessly attack them. He bit off a piece of meat from Da Gan's body.
"No, I have to go and have a chat with Wang Shouzhe." Emperor Zi'an gradually calmed down after getting jealous, "Wang won't be able to digest so many trophies in a while, so why not lend them to me and use them to develop the country?" .By the way, how do you say that word?"
"By the way, [Loan]."
This time, his emperor's son An Shao had to ask Wang Shouzhe for a loan.
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Soon after.
Longzuo County, Changning Wei.
Wang's main residence.
With years of development, and with the increasing number of Wang family members, the scope of the Wang family's main residence has also become larger and larger, and now even Ping'an Town can hardly accommodate it.
But even so, the houses near Zhuwei Lake are still the residences of important members of the Wang family. The houses of several brothers such as Wang Shouzhe, Wang Shouyong, and Wang Shoulian, as well as elders such as Wang Longyan, Wang Xiaohan, and Wang Dinghai of the Wang Ding clan. Basically all around here.
Of course, dozens of guest houses have also been renovated, specifically for relatives from various in-law families to stay when they come to visit.
Not far from Wang Shouzhe's courtyard, there is a small courtyard with a quiet environment and full of aura called [Qianlong Xiaozhu].
The location of this small building is excellent. The courtyard is full of aura, and it can also catch a little bit of the fairy spirit of Lixian. There are also many exotic flowers planted in it. The overall layout is also very quiet and elegant, so the residents can enjoy themselves. It has quite a secluded charm.
This Qianlong Villa is a leisure guest house built in response to the strong demand of Emperor Zian.
It's just that the emperor's son An was usually too busy with many state affairs and had endless things to worry about every day, so that since the completion of Qianlong Xiaozhu, he has only been here two or three times.
now.
In the garden pavilion of Qianlong Villa, two figures with extraordinary bearing were drinking tea, playing chess and chatting, and there were many people waiting beside them.
One of them is, of course, the rare Di Zian, and the other one is, of course, Wang Shouzhe.
The New Year is approaching, and the sky over Guilong City is full of wind and snow, but here in Longzuo County it is not bad, the weather is still sunny, but the temperature has dropped a bit.
Unconsciously, one hundred and fourteen years have passed since Wang Shouzhe entered Beijing for the first time.
After so many years, Daqian is no longer what it used to be and has a brighter future. Even Zhao Zhikun, who had abandoned the dark side and turned to the bright side and received a reduced sentence, has long since been released from prison and gone to the Immortal Dynasty. Thinking about it carefully, it feels like the world has changed. .
After all the things they have gone through, their current temperaments have changed a lot compared to what they were back then. They have become more composed and stable over the years. Even though they are both wearing loose casual clothes at home, they still make people feel awe. Don't dare to underestimate it.
"Hahaha~" Di Zi'an won another game of chess. He felt relieved and laughed heartily, "Shouzhe, Shouzhe, your chess moves are as good as ever. It reminds me of the time we played in Guilong.
The days in the city are really carefree and contented.”
Most chess masters don't actually like to abuse players. After all, it's too easy to abuse players, and there's no sense of accomplishment when they win.
But how is Wang Shouzhe different from ordinary rookies? Torturing him will naturally bring you a lot of fun.
"His Royal Highness is busy with state affairs, and now is the New Year, which is the time when there are the most trivial matters. This time you come to my Wang family, you can't miss Shouzhe's chess skills, right?" Wang Shouzhe tidied up the chessboard with a calm expression and put his chess pieces together.
Xueke picked it back up in the chess basket and said in a calm tone, "If you have any requests, just say so. Everyone is busy, so save each other some time."
"Hehe~ I just love your slight sense of frustration, Guard Zhe." Di Zi'an stretched and laughed, his expression full of relief, as if he was enjoying it all.
"Ahem!" Zhao Zhao, who was serving on the side, couldn't stand it anymore and coughed and reminded, "Your Highness, don't forget the business."
Business?
right.
Only then did Di Zian remember that he still had business to do. He immediately took a sip of the fairy tea and said seriously: "Shou Zhe, the situation is like this. I have several big projects to start. I think of our two families.
We are relatives, and because you helped me a lot back then, I am going to take you to participate in the project."
"As for you, the Wang family, you only need to contribute money. When the project reaches 10%, the Wang family will be one of the biggest beneficiaries. The specific project is like this..."
Wang Shouzhe looked at Di Zi'an's calm and eloquent appearance, and he also listened with a serious face.
After a long while, he clapped his hands and said: "It's really the butt that determines the head. Your Highness has been in the position of the leader of this country for a long time, and his thinking is indeed very powerful."
"Shouzhe, what do you mean?" Di Zi'an's serious expression froze, slightly embarrassed. He always felt that Wang Shouzhe's words meant something, "If you are dissatisfied with the project and the remuneration, you can talk about it, why bother?
Yin and yang?"
"Your Highness, would you like to take a look in the mirror? You have one sentence written all over your face now." Wang Shouzhe drank tea and chuckled, "I, Di Zi'an, pay for it! Your Highness, do you really think I'm stupid?"
"Pfft!" Wang Wangzhao couldn't help but laugh at the side, "Your Highness, I have told you not to do these fake things. In front of my grandfather, you might as well tell the truth."
It would be strange to play with some of these things and not be exposed.
"Ahem~"
Emperor Zi'an glanced at Wang Guangzhao awkwardly, then refilled Wang Shouzhe's tea with a smile on his face, and complained in a ramble: "I'm not afraid of your jokes, I, the emperor's son, supervise the country, and it's really tiring to supervise the country.
.If I had known this, I would not have wanted to compete for the position of the emperor. Now that we are working hard, we are short of money for this and that. It is difficult for a clever woman like me to make a living without rice. Remember our time..."
"Don't..." Wang Shouzhe hurriedly interrupted him, "Lending money, right? If you want to borrow money, just say it directly, don't beat around the bush."
"Yes, yes, it's just borrowing money, borrowing 200 million immortal crystals." Dizi An said with a shy smile, "Don't worry, I borrow money in the name of Da Gan, and the interest will be whatever the amount is."
"Twenty million immortal crystals?" Wang Shouzhe squinted at Di Zian, "How could His Highness float like this? Two hundred million immortal crystals are a total of 20 billion dry gold."
"According to my inference, our annual national tax for Daqian is only 1.12 billion yuan. With the current development speed of Daqian, this amount of money cannot be said to be beyond our means, and there will definitely not be much left. Even if His Highness can earn it every year Even if we save 100 million dry gold, it would take at least two hundred years to pay off this debt, let alone the interest issue."
"Shouzhe, your calculation of this account is wrong." The emperor's son An Zhen said eloquently, "You also said that our Dagang is developing very fast. Although it is only 1.2 billion in national taxes now, in ten years and twenty years it will be still Is that so? As long as the national treasury has this money, Daqian can quickly get on the fast track. If the economy develops well in the future, the debt will be paid off in twenty or thirty years."
"Even if His Highness is right, how can He De, who is from a mere fourth-grade family like me, be able to come up with 200 million immortal crystals?" Wang Shouzhe said with a smile, "This amount of money is an astronomical figure for a first-grade family."
"Shouzhe, you are so boring when you say this." Di Zi'an curled his lips and glared at him, "If you don't say anything else, let's just say that the large order of Xian Dynasty Xuanjia that your Wang family just received will make a lot of money. How much? Also, how much did our rich family earn when they went out to fight? That’s 550 million, plus a Taoist weapon!"
This has already happened, and you still tell me that you have no money?!
Emperor Zi'an was really envious of the Wang family for being able to produce such a god of wealth as Wang Fugui. Obviously the Wu family also sent many children to study in the Wang clan school, so why didn't they produce such a talent?
"Since His Highness sincerely wants to borrow it, I can't deny your face." Wang Shouzhe picked up the tea cup and took a sip in his leisurely time, and said leisurely, "I did receive the news and knew that Fugui made some money, but , those money are all earned by Fugui and Anye, and they can't be lent to the treasury for free, right? Well, our Wang family can lend 100 million immortal crystals to the treasury, charging an interest of 3% every year, for a limited time How about returning it in thirty years?”
"Three percent?" Di Zian's eyes almost popped out of his head, "Shouzhe, isn't this interest rate too high? In just over thirty years, it has doubled."
"If it's not a little higher, how can we add more pressure and motivation to His Highness?" Wang Shouzhe said calmly, "And it can also prevent you from improving your chess skills rapidly due to too much leisure."
In this world, because the economy is generally not developing fast and is even tending to be stable, and aristocratic families are mainly focused on long-term operations, the interest rates on large loans are often very low.
"Retaliation, Shouzhe, this is revenge! If I had known this, I would have deliberately let you offend me several times while playing chess." Di Zi'an felt regretful and felt deep pressure.
But after carefully considering the development speed of Daqian, he felt that the interest rate was not unacceptable.
"It's just that 100 million immortal crystals seem to be a lot, but now that Daqian is implementing a series of reforms, there are too many places that need to spend money. The money invested in the construction of the entire Daqian is still a little short." Di Zian He frowned again and said, "Can't Mrs. Wang just squeeze in a little longer?"
"Your Highness, I, the Wang family, are not cows. What's more, we are a big family with a lot of expenses and development plans." Wang Shouzhe couldn't laugh or cry, and then he took out another plan, put it in front of him and said, "But, here I am There happens to be a plan that Your Highness can take a look at, it may be able to solve the urgent need."
He knew that Shouzhe must have a way.
Di Zi'an took the plan and read it with bright eyes.
However, after seeing the content clearly, his face fell again: "Shouzhe, are you crazy? If I really want to do this, I will be beaten by the old princes and old princes in the clan mansion. Criticize to death.”
"You can't live without being crazy." Wang Shouzhe's face gradually became serious, "Now the situation is getting more and more tense. No one knows how much time the extraterrestrial monsters have left for us to develop. We must develop as soon as possible. , the faster the better. The stronger we are, the more chances we have to survive.”
When Di Zi'an heard what he said, his face gradually became serious: "What Shouzhe said is true. I will accept this plan! Even if it means that I will be shattered to pieces, I will not hesitate."
Suddenly, his face showed something strange again: "Shouzhe, having said that, why do I always feel that I have been deceived by you this time? I feel like you are trying to pass the blame."
"How could it be? Your Highness is a powerful person and should shoulder more burdens."
"No, no, no, Shouzhe, you are the tall one, so you still have to shoulder the heavy burden."
"Your Highness, please do not be humble. Heaven is about to entrust this person with a great responsibility, and his determination must be hardened first."
"Shou Zhe, do you think the name of the fourth-grade family is too small? It doesn't matter, I can make you a king with a different surname, and our Wu and Wang families will share the world."
"Your Highness, your thoughts are too beautiful. I won't bear the blame."