Chapter 144: Those Who Adhere to Philosophy Will Conquer the World (Please Vote for Me)

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Half-step immortal weapon?

Yao Baichuan was shocked and took a few steps back, with envy and jealousy written all over his face. He glanced at Huanwan and then at Wang Anye, as if he had something he wanted 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 is 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 several 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, Yao and Wang 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. .”

"Then thank you Master An Ye..." Yao Baichuan suddenly smiled brightly, "Since the master is fine, I won't disturb your rest and will go and direct the people below to repair the flying boat."

After a brief exchange of greetings, Yao Baichuan left his business.

Wang Anye returned to the luxurious cabin of the Feizhou, set up a ban, and began to have a more in-depth communication with Hanhan: "Huanhan, 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 Ninth Army of the Third Army launched a fierce fight with the demons from outside the territory on the defensive position."

"We killed countless extraterrestrial demons, 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 sacrificed heroically 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 burning 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. This created the Shenwu Tianxu today. Regarding this, Huan Huan Do you know anything about it?"

"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 the 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 alien demons 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 alien demons.

No wonder his great-grandfather has always been obsessed with developing his strength and strengthening himself. Only if the Wang family has enough strength, will the Wang family be able to protect themselves if a disaster strikes in the future.

"Huanhan, 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 much about trivial matters. 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!" Upon hearing 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 she is also 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 Huanwan 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 dropped.

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 please stop interrogating me? I really can't stand it." ”

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 Magic Book, and the main battle method is [Sword Formation]. Of course, the more excellent swords, the better.

However, he had always used [Year] as the main sword and the eye of the sword formation before. Now it seems that... he is 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 breath of winter.

In recent days, with the arrival of a cold wave, there has been heavy snowfall, 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 levels have all 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 on the floor of the Humble Administrator's Pavilion are covered with cold clothes. I have already put on a warm tinder blanket.

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 Di Zian, Wu Mingyuan.

Seeing that it was him, the servants in the courtyard quickly stopped what they were doing and saluted him with awe on their faces. Xiao Xiangzi, the commander of the inner guard, also immediately stepped forward and held half of Di Zi'an's arm respectfully.

Di Zi'an waved his hand to the other chamberlains, indicating that they should continue their work, then stepped up the steps, opened the door of the Humble Administrator's Pavilion and walked in.

In the cabinet, Wang Wangzhao has been busy alone for a long time. Seeing Emperor Zi An come in, he quickly 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 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 warmth room in the back 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 quick look and found out that this year's 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, Daqian's annual tax revenue was only four to five billion gold. Even if the taxes missed by the aristocratic families at that time were added, this figure has doubled now. Moreover, this data 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 The shortfall can finally be filled, and a large balance can be made.”

Seeing that he was so happy, Wang Wangzhao hesitated for a while, but still had to pour cold water on him: "Your Highness, please don't be too eager to be happy. Take a look. This is the development plan for next year and the estimated funds needed."

With that said, he handed over another folding book at hand.

Di Zian took it and looked at it, his expression suddenly fell: "We need to build official roads, build a public transportation system, run official schools, and build 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."

Although the annual tax revenue is high now, large-scale infrastructure construction is being carried out in various places in 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. It’s past, and now we don’t have to worry about construction funds.”

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The royal family was speechless.

Glutinol

Your Highness, are you overthinking this?

The Royal Guards are one of the trump cards of a country. Apart from going to overseas battlefields in batches for rotation, they will never move lightly in normal times.

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 to 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 becoming jealous, "Wang won't be able to digest so many trophies for a while, so you might as well 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 Guard.

Wang's main residence.

With years of development, and with the increasing number of Wang clan members, the scope of the Wang clan's main residence has also become larger and larger, and now even Ping'an Town can hardly accommodate it.

But even so, the house near Zhuwei Lake is still the residence of important members of the Wang family. The houses of Wang Shouzhe, Wang Shouyong, Wang Shoulian and other brothers, as well as Wang Longyan, Wang Xiaohan, Wang Dinghai and other elders, are basically all nearby.

Of course, dozens of guest houses have also been renovated, specially 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 spiritual energy, and it can also catch a little bit of the fairy spirit of Lixian. Many exotic flowers and plants are 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 usually has many state affairs, is too busy, and has 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 Xiaozhu, 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, Di Zi'an, who comes once in a while, 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 been released after serving his sentence and went to the Immortal Dynasty. If you think 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, people can't help but 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 their food. After all, it is too easy to abuse food, and there is no sense of accomplishment even if you win.

But how is Wang Shouzhe different from ordinary rookies? Torturing him would naturally be extremely enjoyable.

"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. Why do you miss Shouzhe's chess skills when you come to my Wang family this time?" Wang Shouzhe tidied up the chessboard with an indifferent 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!" Wang Zhaozhao, who was serving on the side, couldn't stand it anymore and coughed and reminded, "Your Highness, don't forget business."

Business?

right.

Only then did Di Zian remember that he still had business to do, and 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. They 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 the 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 listened with seriousness.

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, and 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 right now." Wang Shouzhe drank tea and chuckled, "I, Di Zi'an, make money! Your Highness, do you really think I'm stupid?"

"Pfft!" Wang Wangzhao couldn't help laughing. "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 if they don't get exposed when they play with some of these things.

"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 fight for the position of the emperor. Now that we are working hard, we are also short of money, and we are also short of money. 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 speed of development 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 Calculated by saving 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 still be Is that so? If 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, a member of a fourth-rank family like me, be able to provide 200 million immortal crystals?" Wang Shouzhe said with a smile, "This amount of money is an astronomical figure for a first-rank 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 does our rich family earn when we go out to fight? That’s 550 million, plus a Taoist weapon!"

This is already the case, why are you still telling me that you have no money? !

Emperor Zi'an was really envious of the Wang family for being able to cultivate such a god of wealth as Wang Fugui. Obviously the Wu family also sent many children to study in the Wang family 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 nothing, right? Well, our Wang family can lend 100 million immortal crystals to the treasury, charging interest at 3% per year, within a time limit 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 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 asked, taking some time to relax. "And it can also prevent you from improving your chess skills at a rapid pace due to too much leisure."

In this world, since the economic development is generally slow and even tends to be stable, and aristocratic families are mainly focused on long-term operations, the interest rates for large loans are often very low.

"Retaliation, Shouzhe, this is revenge! If I had known this, I would have let you offend me several times during the chess game." 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 where money needs to be spent. 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 problem."

He knew that Shouzhe must have a way.

Di Zi'an took the plan and read it with bright eyes.

However, after seeing the contents clearly, his face fell down 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 those 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 demons 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, you still have to bear the heavy burden."

"Your Highness, please do not be humble. Heaven is about to entrust this person with a great responsibility, and his will 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, you have such a beautiful idea, I won't bear the blame."

"..."

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