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Chapter 283 Centralization of power, ancient god background

Fentie County is mostly mountainous and hilly, and the branches of the Liang River flowing through it have dried up one after another, so there are not many people.

In addition to the natural disasters and wars since the last years of Xiangxing, the population loss has been serious. Now the six counties only have a registered population of more than [-], which is far from the county-level regulations.

Insufficient manpower and the loss of technical support from the Daxu Ministry of Industry, it is difficult to open new mines, and we can only try our best to maintain the operation of old mines, which is less than [-]% of the peak output.

When Zhao Qi married his daughter back then, he generously donated two mines, which were purely difficult to develop and utilize, and were favored by others.

The status of Fentie County in Liang State and even Liangzhou is like the status of Biancheng County in Dingzhou. The label is only poor and backward.

But such a small and poor county, after Zhou Bai stayed and the Daxia court took over the jurisdiction, major changes took place immediately.

Whether it is survival or life, they have received basic guarantees. It is incomparable with Dingzhou, but it is very different from the neighboring Liangzhou counties.

First, the Daxia Daolu Division teamed up with the Martial Academy to send a large number of Taoist officials and warriors to carry out a carpet-like sweep of the haunted places of evil spirits in Fentie County.

Immediately afterwards, Zhao'an was called to exterminate bandits from all over the country, and those who did not go down the mountain to register within one month will be exterminated as a whole.

In terms of the most fundamental personal safety, the people of Fentie don't have to worry too much, even in the countryside they can see patrolling rangers from time to time.

After Wuwei was established, a series of measures such as setting up the township office, establishing refugee shelters, distributing young crops, encouraging trade, etc. were introduced very quickly.

How rich the accumulation of recuperating and recuperating in Daxia for several years has been verified in Fentie County. The reserves of talents and resources are all prepared to cover a state system.

Needless to say, there is no need to worry about food in a short period of time, even if there is a famine throughout Liangzhou due to the abundant storage every year.

As for the reserve officials, it may not be enough to be a scholar or a scholar, but it must be enough for a child.

Today, with the steady advancement of the Great Xia enlightenment literacy system, it is not a problem for those who have excellent grades in primary schools and academies to pass the entrance examination.

In the sixth year of Tongzhi alone, there were 530 new children recorded in the roster of reserve personnel.

The child-born students will then take the Daxia public affairs examination and complete the selection of grassroots practical affairs management, and then they can serve as village officials and even township officials.

These child-born officials do not need to lead the country's major policies like the Zipao Zai, nor do they need to connect the past and the next like the landlords and officials. They only need to implement the imperial government's orders.

Let the people in one township and one village know and understand the imperial government's decrees and obey them, which is considered to be fulfilling their duties.

The basic route of Daxia's imperial power going to the countryside can be replicated and promoted unconsciously.

At this point in the centralization of power, the control over the local area has reached its peak. Even among the princes in the world, few can compare with Zhou Bai's personal power.

Sometimes when Zhou Bo observed the human destiny he had gathered, he would only feel that it was majestic and majestic, and that Emperor Yan's fake status was not as valuable as his current duke status.

The Dayan Dynasty on the alien plane is the same as Daxu, the lowest level is the county, and further down, it can only be governed by the cooperation of the three elders and the powerful.

It’s just that Tianyuan Continent’s humane development has gone through hundreds of dynasties. Could it be that there hasn’t been a hero who has broken the special status of the powerful clans in the local area?

The answer is definitely not.

Leaving aside the successors of future generations, the founder of the country mostly took over the world with a leaping horse and bent his bow. He held the most powerful force to reshape everything. It is not difficult to establish a system in which imperial power goes to the countryside.

It is even said that some Taizu emperors were extremely intelligent and built a more complete centralized system than Daxia.

There are only two reasons why it is difficult for imperial power to go to the countryside.

One is that all dynasties followed the policy of ignoring the people, and the dissemination of knowledge was controlled in the hands of the gentry families.

It is a profound historical experience that people's wisdom is not open, and long-term peace and stability are. After the Middle Ages, there were very few emperors who violated this iron law.

The second is the limited luck. A 300-year dynasty supervised and governed by the heavenly court has limited development in all aspects, so naturally there will not be much surplus in luck.

Under such circumstances, how can there be a complete system of luck supplying the imperial power to the countryside? If Zhou Xia sets up village officials in the township office, the luck needed for the staffing alone is an astronomical figure.

Zhou Bai's daring to be the first in the world is due to the abundant luck brought by Daxia's growing human productivity.

Just a plan to "eliminate hunger" that has been planned from the very beginning and has achieved results now has produced a massive amount of luck.

The boundless fertile land of Dingzhou is generating white air all the time, supporting what outsiders think of as a "bloated" system.

In addition, the production workshops invested by Tiangong Institute for industrialization and application of spiritual energy technology are turning the gears leading the development of Daxia faster and faster.

……

At the end of June, the branch of the Liang River was Ding Liang River, and Zhou Bai personally inspected the dredging project.

In the dry river, tens of thousands of river workers are extremely busy. They are dredging mud and trying to widen the river.

The Daxia Daolu Department recorded more and more Taoist officials, far surpassing the former Dingzhou Governor's Mansion, but compared with Daxia's demand, there is still a big gap.

The amount of dredging the river is too large, and the mana of the Taoist officials needs to be used in key places, such as the blockage of the upstream and downstream river mouths.

The earth quakes that came from time to time in the distance were caused by Tu Lingen Taoist officials opening the river.

Because Daxia borrows the most from extraordinary powers in infrastructure projects, marching to open roads, farming and breeding, etc., now Dingzhou's various sects and casual cultivators who have not entered the Tao, on the contrary, most hope to awaken the "ordinary" spiritual roots of water and soil when building the foundation.

What kind of Lei Fengbing strange spirit root, what kind of golden fire main attack spirit root, are not as real as water and soil.

There is no way, the establishment of Taoist officials is also rolled up. Even if you are not talented in water, soil and spiritual roots, the imperial court will still support you. When building roads and farming, there will be distribution of luck and spiritual stone pill resources, which are expected to rise to the top.

But if other spiritual roots do not have outstanding talents in all aspects, then there is no need to directly obtain the establishment.

Fortunately, the sect disciples said that there is a channel to obtain resources, even though most of the tasks are related to the official affairs of the court.

However, most casual cultivators can only be incorporated by the court if they want to have a promising path. With the establishment of Taoist officials, at least there are ways to follow in the second and third realms.

Nowadays, the righteous way of ordinary casual cultivators is to join the Taoist regiment to fight on the front line, or to receive tasks from Tianya Pavilion, so that they can accumulate contributions and become regulars.

"Hey, brothers, work harder, there is mutton soup at noon!"

"The Daoist officials have helped us through the difficult and dangerous place. If we slow down, how can we be worthy of the court?!"

"Hey, after I finish this job, I can buy a Qi and Blood Pill for my son..."

As loads of silt were dug out, the river channel in front of Zhou Bai and his party became wider and smoother visible to the naked eye.

"Your Majesty, according to the progress of the project, the Dingliang River will be fully restored in one month at the latest." Shi Changxing, who is now the right servant of the Ministry of Industry, respectfully reported.

"It's easy to say, manpower can do it, the key is the water source." Zhou Bai narrowed his eyes slightly, looking towards the lower reaches of the Dingliang River.

In the vision of the spiritual eye, an elegant deity exuding an ancient and noble aura sits at the other end of the downstream, attracting an extremely abundant water vapor to gather.

Zhou Bai's sharp sense of consciousness actually gave Zhou Bai a tingling sense of oppression. With such divine power, it could only be the revived Canglan Water God.

As an innate god, its essence is Qing Chi, the lower limit may only be the power of ordinary Jin Chi, but the upper limit is unpredictable.

After being recognized by the Great Xia court and the people of Dingzhou offering sacrifices many times, his divine power has been continuously recovering, and now he has some ancient demeanor.

If Zhou Bai didn't use the power of luck, he couldn't suppress the water god who had only recovered for half a year with his own way.

Of course, he doesn't need to be pressured, the couple with one mountain and one river are now officially recognized as the righteous gods of Daxia.

Suddenly, a wisp of water vapor came with the wind, and water droplets condensed and hung on Zhou Bai's side.

"Duke Xia, the Dragon King of Lianghe has agreed to the connection of water veins." The soft voice came to his ears, which surprised Zhou Bai.

Since the sound can be transmitted across the state, it is enough to show that the Canglan water can penetrate here.

"Thank you God for your great help, otherwise it would be difficult to support the logistics by land transportation alone." Zhou Bai waved his hands at the end of the Dingliang River.

Seeing this, the accompanying ministers immediately fell silent. Although they didn't understand who the lord was having a good time with, they didn't find it strange that the scene of the dialogue was happening across the air.

From the era when the General's Mansion was established, Zhou Bai was not an ordinary owner, but a man with extraordinary power.

"Your Majesty, you are welcome, expanding the waters can also speed up the recovery of Canglan's power."

"The Dragon King of Lianghe and all the water gods will give me some face. You don't have to worry about the lack of source water, but it's better to organize a sacrificial ceremony, which can be regarded as recognition of Lianghe's achievements." During the conversation, Canglan Water God seemed to put himself in a lower position, without any disrespect.

Thousands of miles away, the sound transmission has already demonstrated its unpredictable supernatural powers as the water god, and now it can make the Lianghe Dragon King and other gods give up the water area.

Zhou Bai, the other water god, doesn't know, but Lianghe is the main water vein of the state after all, even if Lianghe Dragon King is weaker than Ningjiang Dragon King, he is at least on the level of a true immortal.

Now he actually wants to give face to Canglan who has only recovered for half a year. Could it be that Canglan was a fairy or higher in his heyday?
Zhou Bai's heart moved, and he said hastily: "It's hard work for God, we can definitely be friends."

What he said was nonsensical, but Cang Lan understood, and said with a light smile, "The lowest water-veined dragon soul can't be exchanged for an innate god. Since my husband agreed to join the Great Xia God Court, how can I go back on my word?"

"Your Majesty is not only a divine lord, but also the son of destiny who will lead Tianyuan through the catastrophe in the future. Tingshan and I are duty-bound to assist you."

Canglan Water God can see through the divine lord's vest and the identity of the Son of Luck, which makes Zhou Bai feel a little lucky.

Fortunately, the karma between them is deep enough to be regarded as their own, otherwise it would be hard to protect the court if they were targeted by such hostile gods.

The Canglan River, in ancient times, was probably not a small or medium-sized river limited to only one county.

"If there is a day when you will rule the world alone, you will be restored to your ancient glory." Zhou Bai was silent for a moment, and made another promise.

After he got the Dragon Soul of the Water Vein last time, he promised to unify Dingzhou, that is, to open up the Canglan Water Vein and awaken the Canglan Water God. Obviously, he fulfilled his promise.

At the time of the promise, Zhou Bai was just a boy, and the mountain god of Tingshan, who made the karma, was at most a dead horse as a living horse doctor. Who would have thought that he could really become the lord of a state.

Now that Zhou Bai once again made a promise that can be called "arrogant and arrogant", even Cang Lan, as an innate god who has experienced the vicissitudes of life, can't help but have mood swings.

Arrogant?No.

The revived He really believed that Zhou Bai might accomplish the great cause of world domination.

"You don't have to promise everything, but a promise is also important to Dingzhou. Only in your hands can the world of Tianyuan complete the leap. I am willing to follow the command of the Holy Master..."

Once a pilgrimage to a lord, or a lord of a world, Zhou Bai looked at the collapsing water drops, and his heart was full of pride.

The courtiers around him felt that their lord's aura was a little thicker, as if his luck was rising.

This is the secret of the high-ranking people gathering crowds, of course Zhou Bai couldn't explain it, he immediately threw away his messy thoughts and started working by the river.

"The Ministry of Rituals has made arrangements for the ceremony. The first sacrifice is to the Dragon King of Lianghe, and the second sacrifice is to the water gods of Lianghe."

"Here, my subordinates will immediately go to the Lianghe main branch to communicate with each other. The water god sacrifices can be carried out immediately. The Dragon King Festival needs you to participate in person, or it can be arranged after January." When the expedition left the state, a considerable number of officials from the six ministries accompanied it. At this time, the right servant of the Ministry of Rites came forward to accept the task.

"Ministry of Industry, what's the arrangement for mineral development in Fentie County?"

Shi Changxing, the left servant of the Ministry of Industry, immediately stepped forward: "Your Majesty, there are currently [-] old mines in Fentie County, and only five of them can guarantee stable output. During this period of time, through Kanyu prospecting, five new medium and large iron ore mines have been explored, all of which have entered the initial production stage."

"According to investigations, Mengshan produces the best copper mines. There is a city named Mengcheng under it. On a land of two hectares, four furnaces were built, with a height of one foot and a width of one foot and five feet."

While Shi Changxing was speaking, a household doctor handed over a few copper coins.

"This is the Daxia Tongbao cast according to your instructions. It has a diameter of eight cents, weighs two baht and four silk, ten Wen weighs one tael, and a thousand Wen weighs six catties and four taels."

Zhou Bai took the copper coin and looked at it, the pattern of stars and moon was lingering, the style was exquisite, and the copper was thick and thick, so he couldn't help nodding his head slightly.

These four Mengshan furnaces are coin-making workshops, and will also be the place where the first batch of Tongbao in Daxia flowed out.

Before proclaiming the emperor, continuing to use the Daxu Nian name did not have much impact.

It's just that Zhou Bai couldn't bear the various copper coins circulating in Daxia's market.

Ordinary low-quality privately minted money is enough. In order to collect the wealth of the world, Daxu widely issued Tongzhi Tongbao doped with excessive lead and tin, which can be called ugly.

As long as Daxia opens up trade with the outside world, the wealth will flow into Daxu in the central region, and the economic lifeline is not entirely up to him.

Now that there is a high-quality copper producing area, Zhou Bai immediately wanted Daxia to have a self-cast Tongbao.

tear face?Not long ago.

"That's right, let's make money like this, and try to start circulating before Liangzhou is unified."

"What's the internal situation in Liang State, the Xu family is still a lion?" Zhou Bai asked coldly as if thinking of something.

"Returning to your majesty, Liang's luck is low, and his military strength is insufficient. I'm afraid there is only one blow. Now the court is arguing over the candidate for the anti-insurgency general..."

……

One month later, the Xia income warehouse in Fentie County was successful.

Although it still can't fully support the food and grass needs of the Great Xia army, at least Dingzhou no longer needs to transfuse blood to Fentie County, which greatly eases the logistical pressure.

At this time, with the support of various high-efficiency policies of Da Xia, the people of Fen Tie County have allied themselves, and everyone from top to bottom has become the pride of Xia people.

The catastrophe was expelled, the overall French Open turned pale red, and the ruling was stable.

It's just that there are still a few gray and white colors firmly embedded in the core, which seems to be blocked in the flow of luck.

(End of this chapter)