BSI Chapter 35 The Difference Between Breaking Down Doors
Chapter 35 The Difference Between Breaking Down Doors
The capital region.
"What is this Fulin Elixir? Could it be the dragon meat of the Later Jin ruler?"
The so-called Great Qing Dynasty was undeniably arrogant.
Only those who unify the world and the four seas dare to call themselves great.
This was an overstepping of authority, which is why people in the Central Plains still referred to the Jurchens as the Later Jin.
"Wrong, it's Fructose."
The Duke of Cheng held a small bottle of clear, jade-colored liquid in his hand. "Drink this drop of dew, and you can sleep with ten women in one night! Your penis will never falter."
Everyone's breathing quickened immediately.
They didn't care whether this thing was related to the Jurchen emperor Fulin.
As people reach middle age, they find themselves lacking the strength and power to control their own lives.
"really?"
"Would I lie to you?"
"This single bottle is worth a thousand taels of silver, and it is priceless and unavailable."
Marquis Yangwu, Xue Lian, looked puzzled. These were being sold as aphrodisiacs, but he watched as these Felix Felicis were completely sold off.
Xue Lian quietly slipped a bottle of undiluted Felicidide into his sleeve.
These were the results of him diluting the original potion tenfold.
There really are such good things in the ghost market.
After the crowd dispersed, Xue Lian and the Duke of Chengguo looked at each other in the Duke's mansion.
"how?"
"I admire you, I admire you."
Xue Lian cupped his hands in greeting.
Si Chen never imagined that Felix Felicis would become famous in this way.
The ghost market in Fuyituo, which had spread throughout North China, gradually spread southward.
An old man, tirelessly carrying things, was doing his work.
With Jia Chen's guarantee, the rampant smuggling between the north and south via the spirit realm affected the entire northern region.
That damn middleman inflated the price twentyfold.
Since ancient times, nobles have never stopped pursuing this item, and have even flocked to it.
Tianjin at that time.
Or rather, the prototype of Tianjin city, spanning both sides of the Haihe River.
It includes the Palace of Saints, barracks, and mass-produced greenhouses.
The Palace of Saints became the most densely populated area.
The government offices in the garrison city were also gradually moved here.
Cao Youyi, Liu Ji, and Liu Ding and Liu Jia secretly used the secret passage in the government office to reach the underground of the Liesheng Palace.
A new secret passage has been unearthed here, and there are also traces of fire.
There was a wall on the left and right, made entirely of silver, about three zhang long.
A flame lit up in Si Chen's palm, illuminating everyone's faces, making them seem somewhat dazed.
Directly opposite them were two hundred large silver gourds.
"To rise to the top, that's real profit! Such gains in just two days."
"These nobles in the capital are still wealthy and powerful."
Everyone was captivated by it, lingering repeatedly in front of the silver wall as if they could gain some benefit from it.
Si Chen stood with his hands behind his back, gazing at the wall of silver piled up before him. "With Felix Felicis being so popular, you haven't been exposed, have you?"
"No, we all transit through the spirit world."
"Yes, the fewer people involved, the better." Si Chen closed his eyes, thought for a moment, and knew that he was definitely losing money here.
That's it.
It's worthwhile to exchange temporary security for personal gain.
"No matter how much silver you have, if you can't buy food, minerals, silk, porcelain, or cotton yarn, it's nothing but dead things."
"Let them pile up here and produce mithril."
The South controlled a large amount of agricultural and industrial resources, which was a wealth accumulated over a long period of time through the Song, Yuan, and Ming dynasties, representing an absolute resource advantage.
In the north, war gave rise to a large number of warriors and cultivators, who fought fiercely for power on this land.
The current high food prices are one of the consequences of the gradual decoupling of trade between the north and south.
Si Chen walked out of the secret room and came to the central courtyard.
In the courtyard, twelve white tigers lay lazily, these were the tiger warriors under the command of Sichen, and the people of Tianjin called them the Twelve Fierce Tigers.
Si Chen gracefully departed and arrived at the backyard.
The two horse girls, who had been dozing off with their wings drooping against the heavy halberd and the ironwood shield, were suddenly awakened.
Liu Ji came out from the backyard, "You two lazy good-for-nothings, get out of here now."
She was so angry that they couldn't even handle such a good job; she wanted to beat them to death.
"It's alright, everyone makes mistakes." Si Chen nodded to her and left.
"You two bastards, get over here!" After Si Chen left, Liu Ji picked up the two horse girls by their wings and soared into the sky.
"No, Grand Commander, we were wrong..."
"What's wrong?"
She's been too lenient lately.
They've even lost the most basic sense of vigilance.
Si Chen returned to his study and looked at the scrolls of yellow books and fish-scale picture books on the bookshelf.
By using the ceremony at the Palace of Saints to split up a large number of military households in Tianjin, the population did not increase, but the effect was quite different.
Because military households could not separate into individual households, they often formed one large family, which was an advantage.
Si Chen divided these 11,200 people into more than 3,000 households.
The Zuowei of Tianjin was mainly populated by displaced people and had an extreme gender imbalance.
Tianjin Wei, centered around the military households of the garrison city, absorbed a large number of imperial guards.
There is also Tianjin Youwei, whose main population consists of salt-making households.
Tianjin is extremely lacking in production.
Is it that Si Chen doesn't want to train inexpensive yet extremely practical Divine Warriors?
No, it's because he lacked sufficient craftsmanship and blast furnaces, raw materials, and, most importantly, the empire's core secret blueprints. He also lacked sufficient saltpeter.
It lacked the large-scale weaving industry of Songjiang Prefecture.
It lacks the dazzling array of crafts found in Jiangnan.
During their numerous raids into the Central Plains, the Jurchens destroyed most of the low- and mid-level officers of the garrisons in the capital region and the Central Plains, and abducted a large number of artisans, women, and children.
The entire north is almost a wasteland, having lost most of its production capacity.
Food is extremely dependent on external input.
He can't possibly rely on plundering major cities to obtain supplies like Li Zicheng did.
When Li Yan and Gao Mingheng dug the Yellow River dike, the two floods collided, flooding Kaifeng and drowning more than 370,000 people.
This includes the Jurchens' several raids into the Central Plains, plundering millions of Han Chinese and enslaving them.
Faced with an increasingly severe situation, Tianjin's future lies in pursuing a leaner, more efficient workforce and reducing its burdens.
We must rely on our own efforts, cultivate skilled craftsmen, and break free from the absolute advantage of the South in terms of productivity.
Ultimately, it's better to build than to buy.
Those who are short-sighted will ultimately be controlled by others.
Si Chen looked southwest, where Shu brocade was famous throughout the world, salt was sold well in the southeast, printing had a long history, and it was an important node on the Tea Horse Road.
This is an important link in the southern trade chain.
To control Sichuan is to control their vitals.
The household registration and population statistics have been completed, so now we can begin the planning.
Si Chen closed his eyes to gather his thoughts, confirmed his future path, took off the gilded fire bell from his waist, and gently shook his wrist.
In a short while, Ding Chou, dressed in purple, arrived as summoned.
"Issue a decree that all the people in my city who have fallen into depravity shall be executed by dismemberment."
"No one shall eat without working; this will be the ironclad rule."
"If a person does not engage in proper work or production, he will inevitably disregard human ethics. Lying on a mountain of gold and possessing wealth that does not belong to him, he will lack ambition."
Ding Chou cupped his hands in greeting, "If this is the way to take the position, wouldn't it be too harsh?"
"In chaotic times, harsh measures must be used."
"That's why you've banned the expansion of the Fragrance trade."
"Of course, because that's not our main job." Si Chen looked up. "There's another matter: to open a separate hall in the Palace of Saints and enshrine the writings of the Taiping Jingguo (Peace and Prosperity)."
"I will use the three books, 'The Gongyang Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals,' 'The Book of Peace and Governance,' and 'The Song of the Origin of the Way to Save the World,' along with the techniques of the wooden ox and flowing horse, to inscribe them on stone and spread the teachings to the world. All people of the four classes, regardless of their social status, will receive education and share in the blessings of peace."
Ding Chou knelt on one knee, saying, "Your Excellency, this is absolutely unacceptable!"
True wealth lies not in material gains, but in the knowledge that can be transformed into the path of enlightenment.
This was the hereditary succession that the powerful clans and merchants of this era had always pursued.
"The value of a family with a long and distinguished tradition, whose succession is hereditary and perpetual, lies precisely in this!"
"What benefit would it bring me?"
"Your Majesty, I urge you to reconsider your decision."
"In this world, at a time of great upheaval, it is my duty to break down these barriers of social class." Si Chen said, "If I dare not be the first in the world, how can I speak of the way to peace?"
"I came into this world not to conform to the corrupt, but to do what ordinary people cannot do."
"Throughout history, the greatest villains have appeared as loyal, and the greatest loyalists have appeared as villains."
"The monopoly of material goods makes people poor, the monopoly of power makes people weak, and the monopoly of information makes people ignorant."
"Poverty and cowardice can be redeemed, but the foolish are foolish without realizing it, and are beyond saving."
"As the ancients said, where there is lecturing, there will inevitably be self-promotion. Where there is self-promotion, there will inevitably be sectarianism. This is the ultimate truth!"
"If we can set aside the distinctions of faction, then fellow townsmen, party members, classmates, relatives by marriage, and old friends will all be like-minded people. In this way, people of all ranks will share the same desires, and there will be no more partisan attacks against those who are different."
Si Chen bowed to the heavens, saying, "Zhonghuang Taiyi above, if Si Chen disobeys this statement, may Heaven and Man punish him together."
a long time.
Dingchou remained silent and bowed his head.
"Your subject Dingchou, as instructed by Taiyi."