The huge turntable quietly disappeared, leaving only a blue light, which turned into a card and slowly fell into Xiao Cheng's hand.
【Blue Cerka, Green Seedling Method
Card effect: After use, within one year, all agricultural disasters (drought, locust plague, etc.) will be eliminated, and agricultural growth will accelerate.
Card description: Chang Ping’s new law means that the people will not receive any additional taxes but the country will have enough.]
The Green Crops Law and the [Water Conservancy and Farmland Law] that Xiao Cheng drew before were both part of the reforms presided over by Wang Anshi in the Northern Song Dynasty.
Its main content is to change the rigid practice of the old normal system of "selling at a reduced market price when the quantity is high, and buying at an increased market price when the quantity is low".
Instead, they flexibly converted the grain storage in Changpingcang and Guanghuicang into capital and loaned it to farmers and urban handicraftsmen at an interest rate of 20% to alleviate the phenomenon of private loan sharking and increase the government's fiscal revenue.
To achieve "the people do not add taxes but the country has enough".
Compared with the usurious loans that were popular among the people at that time, this green shoot law was an official loan with extremely low interest rates in comparison. It could inhibit mergers and generate revenue for the country. In fact, it was a good policy. If used properly, it would be beneficial to the country and the people.
There is a great gift.
It is a pity that when this law was implemented, local officials forced the people to take loans for the sake of political performance. Officials at all levels also set up various extortion schemes, making the people miserable.
In the end, this good governance became a loan shark handed down by the government.
Looking at the new Ceka in his hand, Xiao Cheng's heart moved slightly.
Agricultural growth, like population, is the foundation of a country's national strength. Naturally, the stronger it is, the better. As long as it is restricted when the Green Crops Law is implemented, it will indeed provide another way out for the people of the country.
But what caught Xiao Cheng's attention the most about this policy card was its ability to eliminate all agricultural disasters within one year.
Droughts, locust plagues, floods, wind disasters, low temperatures, etc., are all agricultural disasters. These disasters are caused by the abnormal changes in the four seasons of heaven and earth, which are difficult for human beings to resist, and often result in heavy losses.
But with this Ceka, it’s different!
As long as it is used properly, this blue policy card can even have effects comparable to those of a gold card.
Thinking of this, with a thought in Xiao Cheng's mind, the cards in his hand suddenly turned into blue points of light. However, they did not soar into the sky and dissipate in the sky like the other cards. Instead, they all merged into Xiao Cheng's body.
In the golden finger backpack, the blue Ceka [Green Seedling Method] is lying quietly inside.
Xiao Chengyin removed his golden finger, but his mind was distracted by this Ceka. He immediately looked at Feng Bao aside and asked casually:
"Is Si Tianjian now functioning?"
Si Tianjian was an yamen established by Xiao Cheng's decree and composed of talents from the Yin Yang School and the Tao School. It was responsible for observing the stars and astronomy, calculating solar terms, and formulating calendars.
In this world of hundreds of schools of thought, each with its own secret method, dabbling in observing the stars, understanding the heaven and earth, and spying on the secrets of the world, the importance of Si Tianjian and the accuracy of his observations cannot be ignored.
If there is really any locust plague or flood,
After hearing Xiao Cheng's inquiry, Feng Bao pondered for a moment and then said:
"Back to Your Majesty, although Si Tianjian is currently overseeing Dantai Hui and young eunuch Yu Zhaoqi, they are all in the Yun Tower. However, all the officials of Si Tianjian have already arrived, which is enough for Si Tianjian to operate normally. Daily Observation of Stars
, the astronomical details have also been reported and included in the palace library... Your Majesty, do you want to read it?"
Yun Tower is actually the "Yun Tower". It is the place where Xiao Cheng ordered to summon disciples from hundreds of schools who are good at luck to study the method of using the luck of the country.
Previously, he didn't want to bother thinking of a name, so he named it "Yun Tower". Later, in order to deceive others, he announced it as "Yun Tower".
When Xiao Cheng heard Feng Bao's words, he couldn't help but shook his head slightly and said in a deep voice:
"That's all, it's not necessary!"
It was just a casual question, but Xiao Cheng obviously didn't have much interest in reading the astronomical star records that he couldn't understand at all.
It is the current progress of Yunlou that makes Xiao Cheng even more concerned.
"The progress of Yunlou,
how?"
"Your Majesty, I haven't received any major progress reports yet..." Feng Bao replied in a low voice.
Although due to the huge changes between heaven and earth, the mysterious ways of this world are no longer as confusing as before, giving people the feeling of being in the fog and unable to figure out.
But even so, with the foundation laid by Li Xing, this method of using luck cannot be easily figured out in just a few months.
Xiao Cheng was not disappointed when he heard this, he just nodded slightly and said:
"If there is any progress, please report it as soon as possible!"
"Your Majesty, please rest assured!"
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The northwest borderland of Yun Kingdom, Moning County under the jurisdiction of Yunyuan County.
As a necessary place for the tea-horse trade route, silks, porcelain, gold and silver vessels, coral treasures from the three countries of Yun, Xia and Li, as well as war horses, scimitars, jade, beauties from the Western Regions, Tubo and Tianzhu, all kinds of colors in the world
products can be found here.
Wealthy merchants from the Central Plains wearing silk, merchants from India with brown skin and long robes, barbarians from the Western Regions with fair skin and deep facial features, Tibetan horse teams with red cheeks due to living on the plateau for a long time...people from all over the world gathered here.
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It is precisely because of the constant flow of people on the Tea Horse Trading Road that even though Moning County is just a small border town, it is unusually prosperous.
At this moment, several figures slowly walked towards the city gate.
The leader was a man in his twenties, wearing a white robe and a white scarf on his head. He held a Buddhist ceremony with his hands clasped together, and a large string of beads hung on his chest. He was riding a horse and was escorted by a group of monks.
Come down slowly.
This attire is the ordinary attire of Tianzhu monks. Perhaps it is quite eye-catching in Yun Kingdom. But if it is in Moning County, it is not too unusual!
After all, Buddhism in Tianzhu has been declining day by day, and it is no longer as prosperous as it was in the past. After the establishment of the Yun Kingdom, Buddhism was praised more and more. As a result, many embarrassed Tianzhu monks came to Yunyuan County to seek alms and food.
But even so, after this Tianzhu monk appeared, many people still subconsciously focused their attention on him.
After all, his body is full of magnanimity and his demeanor is aloof from others, and you can tell at a glance that he is not just an ordinary person!
Following this Tianzhu monk were several monks from the Central Plains. It was obvious at a glance that they were monks from the Yun Kingdom.
One of the monks from the Yun Kingdom pointed to the prosperous scene in Moning County, with a hint of pride in his eyes, and said:
"Master Analudu, do you think the weather in our country of Dayun is better than that of your country in Tianzhu?"
The land of Tianzhu is not a country. There are many wars in it, and there has never been long-term peace. And the people at the lower level are quite ignorant, so naturally Tianzhu cannot be compared with the powerful Yun Kingdom.
That's why this monk from the Yun Kingdom had such a hidden arrogance and complacency.
The monk named Analu didn't say anything when he heard this. He just turned to look at the monk from Yun Kingdom.
Being stared at by a pair of peaceful eyes, Monk Yun Guo didn't know why, but subconsciously turned his head and didn't dare to look at them.
At this time, a monk next to him suddenly chuckled and said:
"Senior Brother Ziming is confused. Monk Analudu does not understand our elegant language of Yunguo. Even if you want to ask, you can ask in Tianzhu dialect!"
Hearing this, the monk named Ziming suddenly lost his composure, and immediately asked Analu again.
However, Monk Ziming only knew how to communicate briefly in Tianzhu language, and he was reluctant to let his proficient Tianzhu language go. However, seeing his lively junior brother helping him, he could only use his hands and feet to express his meaning stammeringly.
Analu still looked at Monk Ziming so quietly and said nothing.
Feeling that he was doing useless work and making all the brothers laugh, Monk Ziming's face turned red and he reluctantly gave up on showing off.
Looking at the mocking smiles of the brothers, one of the monks couldn't help but said:
"Okay, let's go as soon as possible! Although we have reached the border of Dayun Kingdom, Yunyuan County is about a thousand miles away from the capital. Even if we have excellent martial arts, it will still take us half a month. The Great Master and the two
The deputy seal warned me before that there should be no delay, so I can’t waste any time waiting!”
After hearing this, all the monks also knew that it was not good to waste any more time, and immediately left with Analudu and the other monks.
At this moment, in the county town, several lines of sight suddenly focused on this group of people.
"Brother, look, a monk from Tianzhu has really arrived!"
A rather surprising voice suddenly came from the tavern on the roadside.
Then I saw a rude man carrying a big knife, pointing at the monks passing by, with a look of surprise on his face.
The others in the tavern laughed when they saw the rude man making such a fuss, as if they were mocking his rareness.
Isn't it just a monk from Tianzhu and a few monks? What's so surprising about this?
But at this time, on the table by the window of the tavern, several big men didn't care about the sight of others, and stared at the monks outside with a look of jealousy.
"Brother, treasure..."
"Cough cough cough!"
Just as one of them was about to speak, he was forcibly interrupted by a cough from his companion!
When everyone in the restaurant heard the word "treasure", their hearts moved and they all looked at the big men.
In the entire tavern, the bustling noise just now suddenly seemed a little quieter.
The merchants from all over the world here have traveled south and north, passing through various countries. It is impossible for good people or slow-responsive people to still sit here drinking and eating.
Not all of them were coveted because of the "treasures" mentioned by the big men. More people subconsciously paid more attention because of the unusual behavior of these big men.
Feeling the vague glances from the side, the big men realized that they had made a mistake. The big man in the lead glared at his subordinates, then threw away the wine cup in his hand and lowered his voice:
"Walk!"
The big men under his command no longer cared about drinking, and immediately grabbed the weapons around them, got up and left behind their boss.
After the group of big men left, the tavern was silent for a moment, and then it became lively again.
Only a few figures, following the signal from their leader, quietly chased after them.
After leaving the tavern, these big men jumped on the tall horses tied at the door, and galloped away with three horses and one person.
"Brother, is the story about monk Zhu carrying a treasure that day true or false?"
"I don't know...but Buddhism is so powerful that if you come to Yun Kingdom to meet the emperor, it's better not to say anything!"
"Well, what brother said makes sense!"
Such a group of big men were horse bandits from the Western Regions. Because they angered the masters from the Western Regions, they had no choice but to follow the tea-horse trade route all the way to the border of the Yun Kingdom. From the mouths of the local bandits, they learned whether this was true or not.
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A group of horse bandits with a shallow vision would naturally not be able to know the current situation in Tianzhu, where local Buddhism has declined.
Just because of the huge power of Buddhism in Yun Kingdom, it gave a group of strong men a wrong understanding.
After all, Tianzhu is the place where Buddhism originated, so it is impossible to develop as well as the Yun Kingdom! You have to be polite when you come to see Emperor Dayun.
It was such preconceived notions that made them conclude that the rumored news that the Tianzhu monks held priceless treasures was unlikely to be false.
"It's just that big brother, there are many countries in the Western Region, and there are many hatreds between them, which gives us room to turn around. But this Yun country does not need the Western Region!" Another gangster said with some worry.
Before the bandit leader could reply, he heard someone laughing wildly and shouting:
"What are you afraid of? If you rob something, let's just go to Tianzhu as planned from the beginning!"
"Exactly! I heard from brothers in the church that among the poor people in Tianzhu, all the poor ones have to wear their pants. If we don't make a fortune as soon as possible, what will we eat after we go to Tianzhu?"
"It makes sense!"
The horse bandits reached a consensus, and immediately shouted loudly, with cruel and ferocious expressions on their faces, and they chased the monks in the direction they left!
The matter of monks from Tianzhu coming to Yun Kingdom to obtain Buddhist scriptures is extremely important as it relates to how Buddhism can ensure its prestige and status. The monks sent are all elite disciples of the next generation of Buddhism, and they are all sixth- and seventh-level martial arts masters.
, should not be underestimated.
If he were an ordinary horse bandit, he would catch up with him, just to ask these monks to deal with him.
But the group of people in front of them is not that simple. Over there in the Western Region, there are also gangsters who have spread across dozens of countries and have a far-reaching reputation. There were once eighth-level masters who single-handedly were besieged to death by these people using various means.
It happened.
These horse bandits have enough experience to deal with martial arts masters.
From a distance, I saw the monks in front of me who were using Qinggong to drive on the road. These people showed no impatience and immediately slowed down their horses, neither far nor near, neither fast nor slow.
Just like a pack of wolves in the desert, they stare at their prey from a distance with cruel, cold, and extremely patient eyes.
Among the monks in front, Analu suddenly felt those vicious beast-like eyes staring at him from behind. He noticed something strange in his heart and turned around subconsciously.
Monk Yun Guo on the side saw Analu suddenly stop, he also stopped and looked in the direction where he was looking.
After seeing the horse bandits falling behind them from a distance, the monks turned their heads indifferently.
One of the monks spoke fluently in Tianzhu language:
"Don't worry, great monk, they are just some petty thieves!"
The elite disciples of the younger generation of Buddhism, and living on the border of the Yun Kingdom, really didn't pay attention to a group of horse bandits who didn't know the heights of the sky.
After hearing what the monk said, Analu shook his head slightly and said in a deep voice:
"Not a little thief!"
When the monks heard the words, they looked at each other and smiled, thinking that Analudu didn't know how powerful they and others were, and they were just too worried. Therefore, they didn't take Analudu's reminder to their hearts at all, and continued to move forward with their horses.
OK.
The monks were relaxed and didn't care about the little thieves following behind them.
But when it was getting dark and the group of horse bandits were still falling behind them, no matter how hard the monks tried to get rid of them, even the monks who no longer took them into consideration felt their hearts sink slightly.
Ordinary horse bandits don't have such endurance and toughness!
The horse bandits in the distance looked at the monks who were getting more and more impatient in front of them, and suddenly burst into wild laughter and said:
"Oh, the monks can't hold it anymore!"
"Hahaha, a bunch of rookies are panicking all this time?"
The horse bandit who said the wrong thing in the restaurant couldn't help but said:
"Brother, do you want me to cheer them up?"
When the leader of the horse bandits heard this, he raised his eyebrows and said casually:
"Okay, Lao Wu, you go and remind them!"
"yes!"
Lao Wu smiled ferociously, drew out the long knife from his waist, and shouted:
"Come here, brothers, and come with me!"
"oh!"
"Hey, little bald donkeys, wait a minute!"
The bandits under his command immediately screamed strangely, holding the magnificent horses from the Western Regions under their crotches, and roared away towards the monks in the distance.
Hearing the movement, the monks in front were startled and looked at each other. The secret passage had finally arrived!
These monks, after all, are the elite disciples of the younger generation of Buddhism. Each one of them took out a sword or an eyebrow-leveling stick. While preparing for the attack, they guarded Tianzhu monk Analudu in the middle.
But in the distance, the horse bandits rushed towards them. When there were only a few miles left, they suddenly let out a strange cry in unison, and then dispersed, bypassing the group of monks at a distance.
The horse bandit leading the team kept laughing wildly and shouted to the monks:
"You little bald donkeys, please feel more energetic now!"
After saying that, the group of horse bandits turned their horses and left under the astonished eyes of the monks. Only a group of monks who were waiting for them were left behind, frozen in place.
The time when the sword has not been unsheathed is when people should be most vigilant.
For the same reason, compared to a real fight, hanging up monks like a group of horse bandits is the most frightening and energy-consuming method.
In the following time, the horse bandits were like a pack of wolves, chasing a group of monks with extremely tenacious perseverance, constantly consuming their physical strength and energy. They were made to eat, drink, sit and stand without even a moment's peace.
If the monks caught up and fought back, they would not take action, but relied on their horse power to quickly widen the distance between them.
When they give up, the horse bandits will fall behind them again, staring eagerly, waiting patiently for the monks to show their flaws, then they will rush up like hungry wolves and bite them into pieces.
Under everyone's nervousness, before they knew it, the bright moon was already hanging in the sky above their heads, casting its rays of moonlight into the mountains and forests.
Monk Ziming sat down on the ground, leaning his upper body on the trees behind him, breathing heavily.
He licked his chapped lips and gritted his teeth:
"Yingjiang County, how far is it?"
Yingjiang County is the city of Yun State to the east of Moning County.
For them at this time, they could only escape into the city and use the local garrison to get rid of the group of people behind them.
The junior brother on the side was silent for a moment and said in a low voice:
"There is still more than a hundred miles to go..."
Having said this, he turned his head and glanced at the horse bandits who were getting closer and closer behind him, and subconsciously said in a frustrated tone:
"Maybe we can't hold on anymore."
The frustrated words made all the monks feel discouraged.
The kite-flying tactics of the horse bandits, which have not yet been formally taught, have already exhausted their physical strength and become disheartened. Coupled with the burden of Analu, they have no courage to resist.
Analu, sitting on the horse, without any disorder in his clothes, still looked at the crowd with a calm expression, as if he didn't care about the horse bandit behind him at all.
Behind them, a group of horse bandits looked at the monks in front of them who suddenly stopped to rest and did not move for a long time. They immediately smiled.
The leader of the horse bandit laughed loudly and said:
"Hahaha, the heat is up. Brothers, serve it!"
When the horse bandits under his command heard this, they were immediately shaken. They drew their weapons from their waists and drove their horses to roar forward.
"Oh, come on!"
"After finishing this job, let's go to Tianzhu happily!"
"Hand over Monk Tianzhu!"
The horse bandits, numbering more than a dozen people, came with their war horses at this moment, but they exerted the power of more than a hundred cavalry riding at once.
A group of monks looked desperate, either angrily holding knives and trying to resist, or closing their eyes and waiting for death. Some even quietly retreated behind the crowd, hoping to escape later.
At this moment, a sharp whining sound was suddenly heard.
A feather arrow tied with a bone whistle suddenly shot from a distance.uu看书 www.uukanshu.com
The next moment, there was only a sound of bow strings vibrating and arrows whizzing out.
Following the sound of the bone whistle, a rain of arrows poured in, covering the horse bandits.
After all, horse bandits are horse bandits, unlike regular cavalry who have armor for protection. Against the sky, several horse bandits with slightly higher status only have a piece of leather armor to protect their chest vitals.
However, under the rain of arrows, these leather armors were of little use.
Hearing screams one after another, seven or eight horse bandits immediately turned over and fell off their horses. The horses stepped on them with iron hooves, and they knew that there was little chance of survival.
The leader of the horse bandit blocked several feather arrows and exclaimed:
"There is a large army, retreat quickly! Hurry..."
Before he finished speaking, the bandit leader turned around and saw that the few remaining men had already turned their horses and ran away, leaving only him, the boss, behind.
When the bandit leader saw this, he opened his mouth to curse.
But before the curse words could be spoken, an arrow whizzed past again, passed through the chest of the bandit leader, and then broke out of his body, nailing straight into the big tree behind him.
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However, in a blink of an eye, the horse bandits, who had left the monks unable to fight back, were almost wiped out.
In the distance, more than a hundred Turkic knights wearing leather armor and holding feather arrows surrounded a man in the middle wearing broken silver armor, looking at the monk in front of them from a distance.
Saved!
The monks breathed a sigh of relief, but when they saw the Turkic knights who had rescued themselves and others, they were startled again and immediately became alert!
Turks! Although the Yun Kingdom has never fought against them, the reason why the Xia Kingdom has a large army stationed in the northern border for defense is because of them!
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