Chapter 310 Chapter 309: Astrologer

Standing on the high platform, Liu Xinyu looked ahead, and suddenly felt indescribable emotion in her heart. In the past six months, too many changes have taken place. These changes made Liu Xinyu feel a little unbelievable in retrospect.

Looking at the almost 200,000 spectators in the audience, looking at the simple exhibition hall and the booths of many commercial firms shrouded in barriers, Liu Xinyu suddenly showed a faint smile—although many things have happened in the past six months, at least the country has changed. OK, that's enough.

And in these changes again and again, a new class rises strongly, lays a new future for the country, and eliminates the decadent nobles.

Thinking of this, Liu Xinyu's smile became brighter and full of hope. This kind of empress's smile from the heart has attracted many people.

Finally, Liu Xinyu spoke: "Everyone from Qixia Kingdom, hello. Before I came here, I was still thinking about what I should say today.

For this, I also prepared a whole night. But when I stood here, saw everyone, and saw each booth, I found that all the preparations were not as touching as I am now.

Yes, moved. Thanks to everyone’s joint efforts in the past, Qixia Kingdom has been reborn from the ashes and has a brand new future. This is a thriving new country.

I also want to promise everyone today that this is just the beginning, and it will get better and better in the future!

The Qixia country in the future will be one: a country ruled by law, a country of industry and commerce, a country of freedom, and a country full of hope. In this country, there are no nobles, no slaves, and personal legal property and personal freedom are sacred and inviolable.

I hope that from now on, everyone will strive for a brand new future. In the future, we will become a big industrial and commercial country, and we will become a holy place for spiritual practice!

I believe that this future... can be seen! "

First there was scattered applause from below, and then cheers like ocean waves. Liu Xinyu didn't talk about Fengtian Chengyun, but said the truth in everyone's heart.

Not a single lie!

After a while, the cheering stopped. Liu Xinyu continued: "In addition, I also thank the surrounding countries for participating, thank you for coming so far. I assure you that as long as you abide by the laws of the Qixia Kingdom, your personal safety and property safety will be safe. will be guaranteed.”

So there was another round of cheers.

Liu Xinyu continued: "Today I will focus on the development of industry and commerce. In this regard, I would like to thank our Duke... oh, His Excellency Iron Duke."

Liu Xinyu laughed as she said it, and the scene was filled with laughter again.

"Before, I didn't quite understand what industry and commerce are, what benefits industry and commerce have for the country, society, and the general public. But after many contacts and discussions with Zhang Hao, I probably understood.

Industry and commerce, to be precise, new industry and commerce that develops technology, is the progress of society.

In the past, we always kept secrets about industry and commerce, always felt that industry and commerce were only for profit, and that businessmen were villains. But in fact, we are wrong too much. "

"In the past, when we cultivated land, the annual output of one mu of land was limited. No matter how intensively we cultivated it, it would not be unlimited. But industry and commerce are different. Industry and commerce can properly get rid of the shackles of the land on us, and we can pursue more.

More hope, more prosperity!

Black iron used to be very expensive, even if it was black iron with a purity of 60%, one catty could be forged into 1000 black iron coins. In fact, as far as I know, some families and nobles can forge 1200 black iron coins.

But now, with the advancement of technology, 70% black iron is also very common in Qixia, and the black iron coins used by the people have also been replaced with 70% black iron. Nowadays, many ordinary people can also buy one or two cultivation instruments to assist in their cultivation.

Why is there such a change? Simple, because technology has improved. And technology is an important part of the new industry and commerce. "

"Also, we opened up the sea channel, and we got the elixir directly from the sea in the east. Maybe everyone has discovered that the price of our elixir is lower than that in the east. And we need to build a giant steel ship , You need to sail tens of thousands of miles and cross the green sea of ​​death.

Our cost is so high, why is the price of our elixir lower than that of the east?

Do you know why? "

"I know!" An excited audience raised their hands, "Because of technological progress! The cost of our black iron is lower, and the cost of trading pills with black iron is also much lower!"

Liu Xinyu nodded in satisfaction, "Yes, because of technological progress! And this is the industry and commerce of the new era.

In the past, we cherished all our technologies, and there were many regulations that passed on males and not females; as a result, many technologies disappeared after being passed on, and even mistakes occurred.

I remember talking with the Iron Duke once before, and what the Iron Duke said made a deep impression on me: We talked about exercises, secret methods, alchemy techniques, weapon refining techniques, etc., and we often talked about "ancient methods".

This is very doubtful, why do people prefer to believe in the old exercises of thousands or even ten thousand years ago, rather than the current ones?

Could it be that for thousands of years, not only have we not progressed, but we are still retreating?

This incident left me restless for days. What have we been doing for thousands of years?

Intrigue! Don't think ahead! Delicious and lazy! Stand still! This is the true portrayal of the past thousands of years. "

"But in fact, our creative ability is unlimited. Look at the past six months, we have completed the transformation of the whole country.

Today's exhibition, I saw a lot of new things. Iron ships, machine tools, locomotives, steam turbines, artillery, new alchemy furnaces, brand new magic weapon arrays, new war weapons, new life magic tools, and tens of thousands of new commodities!

And this is just the achievements of the past six months.

One year later, three years later, ten years later, or even thirty or fifty years later, what will happen to the Qixia Congress?

I look forward to this change.

I hope that everyone will work together and make progress together! The state will create the freest environment and fairest laws for this progress.

In order to protect this kind of freedom and fairness, Qixia Kingdom will no longer have real nobles.

In the future, the Qixia Kingdom will only have nobles in name and retain their titles. The title of nobility will be awarded to those who have truly contributed to the country and are praised by everyone; it will no longer be hereditary. "

After Liu Xinyu finished speaking, she took a step back and then slowly turned to leave. After Liu Xinyu left, the scene erupted in appalling cheers. Liu Xinyu's words today are not just random words - this is the rule of Qixia Kingdom in the future!

Having a centralized system with an emperor also has its benefits. The emperor's words cannot be changed casually, especially this kind of public speech. That's a real spittle and a pit.

Liu Xinyu left, and Zhang Hao and Liu Guang also came up to speak a few words, but to celebrate the first exhibition and blessings, etc., and finally announced the official start of the exhibition together. The first exhibition will last for five days-the seventh day will be the New Year. All merchandise transactions are tax-free. In this way, the prices of many commodities can be reduced by about one-tenth or even lower.

The most important thing is that during this exhibition, many products that were previously closed to foreign countries have also begun to be sold. Such as bearings, such as artillery, such as simple machine tools, etc. There are also black iron with limited and high prices in the past. And steel is also available for sale.

However, the tax exemption is the domestic transaction tax; the tariff for going abroad is unavoidable.

The exhibition has entered a hot stage from the very beginning. Especially Zhangjia's steel ingots are the hottest sellers. With the fame of the steel battleship and the shocking spread of the Heaven-Sealing Array, steel, a brand-new material, has also entered the field of vision of countless people.

And most practitioners will be conquered by this material as long as they see steel. Not only has the purity reached 99.7%, but its overall performance far exceeds that of black iron of the same level—except that the engraving formation is a bit difficult. But since the material is so hard, shouldn't the seal carving method be more difficult?

Zhang Hao walked around the exhibition, made sure there was no problem, and prepared to leave. But at this moment, Wei Qiang, the person in charge of the Zhang family's exhibition, found Zhang Hao, and said that a person who claimed to be an "astrologer" found him at the booth and wanted to see Zhang Hao.

"Astrologer?" Zhang Hao was shocked.

Ever since he heard about 'Astrology' and 'Astrologer' from Daoist Ming Xu, Zhang Hao has been looking for astrologers everywhere, even from Dongfang Merchant Ship. The result was very disappointing—even in the Eastern Merchant Ship, there were very few astrologers, and none of them had been encountered.

According to the news from Oriental Commercial Bank: Astrologers are a very embarrassing existence. Astrologers are mysterious, and astrology is just one of the necessary skills for astrologers. Astrologers can better predict fortune and misfortune through astrology... This is the origin of the word 'horoscope'.

But, but astrology... so fucking inaccurate! Many astrologers have put their heads on it, but it has made astrology decline even more. Talents and so on, naturally withered. The current astrologer is equal to a rare animal.

As for the sea routes, there is no need for astrologers now - everyone runs every day, and there is no danger in the inland sea, there are plenty of experienced sailors, who wants to raise a bunch of astrologers who don't do anything and will be supernatural .

So the mysterious and noble astrologer that Daoist Mingxu said, and the less popular astrologer that Dongfang Commercial Bank said were circling in Zhang Hao's mind. In the end, Zhang Hao gradually believed in the words of Dongfang Commercial Bank, and gradually stopped looking for astrologers.

Unexpectedly, it was the end of the year, and Zhang Hao had almost given up on this idea. Suddenly, an astrologer appeared, and he took the initiative to find him.

Zhang Hao frowned slightly, with a bit of instinctive vigilance in his heart, but he still came to the booth and greeted the other party with the most enthusiastic attitude.

This is a man who looks to be in his sixties, his hair is already gray, and his figure is a bit hunched; the aura of the Nascent Soul Stage seems to be unstable—this is a symbol of aging, he is older than Wu Fanghai; at least Wu Fanghai’s aura is still very strong strong.

He was followed by a teenage boy, who was still a little ignorant.

However, the clothes of these two people are very simple-the clothes that ordinary people only wear. Wearing such plain clothes as Nascent Soul Stage, it can be seen that they are struggling.

That's right, such an old Nascent Soul, even if he has some capital, he should hide it and keep a low profile as much as possible. This world of practice...sometimes is very cruel.

But it must be admitted that seeing such a dress gave Zhang Hao a little more confidence. Especially the old man holding a complicated and exquisite compass in his hand.

The compass is very large, almost one foot long; it is completely different from the compass that Zhang Hao usually sees and can be held in his hand. It is not a gossip figure or a compass, but a star map.

The stars seem to be embellished with star fine gold, and they are connected with each other with fine gold, vaguely forming a circle of stars. At this time, there was a strange aura surging in the array, which actually made the aura in Zhang Hao's body faintly active!

In short, it is not easy to understand with just a glance!

And Zhang Hao could still tell that the old man had apprehension in his eyes, as if he still had the last hope.

With just one glance, Zhang Hao gave the old man a good look. A bright and sincere smile immediately appeared on his face, "Hello senior, I am Zhang Hao."

"Duke Zhang..." The old man wanted to bow down to meet him.

"No way! Let's talk inside." Zhang Hao quickly stepped forward to help the old man up, and walked towards the VIP room with his arms.

After sitting down, Zhang Hao poured a cup of spiritual tea for the old man and the young man with a smile, and then asked, "May I ask what your name is, senior?"

"They're all old, and they can't be seniors. Old Zhao Dahe, my master said that I could find the galaxy in the sky, so I named it Dahe. Hey... It's been more than five hundred years, and I haven't even seen my own way. Seeing Half of it was buried in the ground, but even the sect couldn’t pass it on.”

Zhao Dahe said, with emotion on his face.

Zhang Hao was very calm: "Then Senior Zhao, how did you find this place, and where did you hear about it?"

"I am originally from the west of the Kunlun Continent in the east, from Shangyao Kingdom. I am close to the Fertile Land Continent, and I am very close to that Contradictory Firm. Some time ago, when the Contradictory Firm returned, a ranger named Lengfeng who followed the Contradictory Merchant's boat, I started to say bad things about the Zhang family and the Dayang Group everywhere, so I paid attention.

Later, I went to the Contradiction Firm to inquire about it, and only then did I know the exact news. That's why I got here.

Astrology, living in the Kunlun Continent...is not very good. It is true that a small number of astrologers have been reused, but in fact they are astrologers on the surface, but in fact they are counselors, and even some unscrupulous people. Real astrologers are not welcome.

I also tried to do other things, but I dare not forget what my master entrusted before his death. It was just seeing that half of it was buried in the ground, but there was no chance until I heard about the situation of the Zhang family.

I heard that the Zhang family wanted to explore the outer seas and look for an astrologer, which made the old man see hope. "

"Actually, a long time ago, astrologers were brilliant. That was the era when the inland sea expanded its navigation. But as the routes matured, astrologers... gradually lost their effectiveness!

Hey, the cunning rabbit is dead, the dog is cooking, the bird is hiding..."

The old man sighed, his words were full of gray.

Zhang Hao asked softly: "I feel that there is some resentment in your heart?"

"Can there be no resentment! We have led the way for the great voyage. But... now we have been abandoned!" Zhao Dahe's tone was a bit high-pitched.

Zhang Hao sat up straight and looked directly into Zhao Dahe's eyes: "Then how do you think the Zhang family will treat you if the new route is mature?"