"Hey, you are such a pretty little lady. Why don't you go back to the mountain with me and build a stronghold for me..."
A standard mountain king with a face full of flesh, a beard like a steel brush, clothes that reveal his chest, and holding two big axes. Before he could finish these words, Dou Da Kui had already flown into the air. ≥
On the opposite side, Li Yun, known as the "handsome little lady", had a pretty face covered with frost, and she drew a sword light back to her side with her sword hand. In fact, this was just one of the many bandits and bandits that Ye Zan met during these days as she traveled around.
After leaving the prosperous circle centered on Sheng'an City, Ye Zan and his team's footprints gradually extended to the so-called "backcountry areas". Li Yun never thought that there would be so many bandits outside Sheng'an City, where singing and dancing were flourishing. Although the prefectures and counties still seemed to be prosperous, there might be a group of grass bandits on a certain mountain outside the city who occupied the mountain and became king.
Although most of these grass bandits are incompetent, some even go up the mountain to farm for the bandits. However, this also reflects the living conditions of the people at the bottom of the Tang Dynasty. They either have to live in the mountains or endure the oppression of both officials and bandits. In some places, the government did not do nothing, but when the officers and soldiers left, the bandits ran away, and when the officers and soldiers withdrew, the bandits came back again.
Li Yun is both a princess of Tang Dynasty and a disciple of Yuqing, but regardless of her status, she is superior to the people at the bottom. Therefore, she has never been so close to the bottom of the world, and this bottom is also the majority of the world.
Originally, Li Yun didn't understand Ye Zan's approach and felt that Ye Zan was suffering too much from cooperating with Datang. Although she is a princess of the Tang Dynasty, as a Yuqing disciple, she naturally has to consider the interests of the Yuqing Sect.
In Li Yun's view, there was no need for Ye Zan to give up his best interests to Datang. After all, the refining of this magic weapon and Datang's communication plan were all done by Ye Zan. There is no reason why all the benefits should be taken by Datang.
However, what she experienced along the way made Li Yun finally understand Ye Zan's intentions. Some of those base stations are placed in cities in prefectures and counties, while others are placed on mountaintops in the wild. Look at the grass bandits who dominate the mountains everywhere. If there are no officers and soldiers stationed at the base stations in the wild, who knows what they will do.
There is a saying that goes, "The sky is high and the emperor is far away." These grassroots bandits have taken over the mountains and become kings. How much respect can they have for the imperial power? Not to mention, to ordinary people, the Yuqing Sect is more ethereal and more aloof than the imperial power. They will only see that there is something here that seems to be quite valuable. Even if it is smashed and sold for scrap metal, it can be exchanged for a drink.
Anyway, for them, one person carries a head on his shoulders, which is only enough for one person to chop. If the county magistrate wants to chop with one knife, if the emperor wants to chop with one knife, if Yu Qingzong wants to chop with one knife, it will also be with one knife. In this case, in their eyes, what is the difference between the emperor and the county magistrate, and what is the difference between Yu Qingzong and the emperor
Therefore, in order to avoid this situation, the government needs to send officers and soldiers to garrison. If the Tang Dynasty did not have enough interests, how could it do its best in this regard. Moreover, this sufficient benefit does not mean sharing a small piece of the cake, but it must be large enough to make them feel that this is their own benefit, so that they can really take it seriously.
Although the Tang Dynasty can only be regarded as a lower-middle-class country in the Shenhua Realm, its territory is also quite vast, not much worse than the Ancient Hua Kingdom in the Earth Era. In order to cover the entire Datang with communication signals, even if Ye Zan calculated the best base station distribution method, it still took him half a year to cover the entire Datang.
With the expansion of signal coverage, the popularity of Qianli Sound Transmission has also spread rapidly to the surrounding areas with Sheng'an City as the center.
The largest single order, of course, came from the Tang Dynasty court. Public offices in various prefectures, counties, and military towns in various passes had set up public thousand-mile voice transmissions specifically for government affairs communication. Even the civil servants and generals who are in charge are equipped with personal voice transmissions from thousands of miles away.
The purchasing power of the people should not be underestimated. There were many poor people in the Tang Dynasty, but there were also many wealthy people. Maybe their initial thought was just that it was something to show off their wealth. Some people wanted to use it to show off, while others might not think it was worth it. However, when a person who feels unworthy sees that everyone around him is using Qianli Sound Transmission to talk about things, but he has to run around just to talk about one thing, he will naturally have to fall into the trap.
Some businessmen even saw business opportunities and bought several Qianli Transmissions, and then opened a shop for people to use, which became the original public convenience store. This allows some people who cannot afford it, or who are not cost-effective to buy it, to have the opportunity to enjoy this convenient communication.
After the original Gonghua convenience store appeared, Li Haoran and many people at Datang Communications felt that their interests had been violated, and even wanted to use the power of the government to shut it down.
On the surface, it seems that this is indeed the case. If you can enjoy such convenience without buying Qianli Transsion, then who among you will buy Qianli Transsion
But after Ye Zan found out, he asked them to stop this practice, and even asked Datang Communications to make special regulations to support private convenience stores like this.
People in this world are accustomed to paying with one hand and delivering the goods with the other hand, so their vision is naturally limited. For those who can't afford it, if you don't let them use it, they can't afford it either. For those who can afford it but are reluctant to buy it, it will only be a matter of time before they become more and more dependent on this method of communication.
Of course, in the past six months, Ye Zan's own cultivation has not fallen behind, and he has reached the second level of foundation building. Reaching this level of cultivation in half a year is already very good. After all, the amount of real energy he needs at each level is far greater than that of an ordinary foundation-building monk. For example, Li Yun, who followed Ye Zan everywhere, although he did not have his special cultivation method, but with the help of the top-grade Yuan Ning Dan, he also reached the second level of foundation building.
As for Li Haoran, when he passed by the Yuqing Sect while setting up the base station, he was taken directly to the mountain by Ye Zan and went through the initiation etiquette. He was already considered an outer disciple of the Yuqing Sect. However, as soon as he became a disciple of Yuqing, he was brought down again by Ye Zan. While starting to practice the Yuqing Qi Refining Technique, he continued to run Datang Communications.
When the entire communication network of the Tang Dynasty was completed and Ye Zan and others returned to Sheng'an City, the capital of the Tang Dynasty, the various sects in the Tang Dynasty could no longer sit still. It's not that I value the worldly benefits, maybe there is a little bit of them, but more importantly, I hope to use this fast and convenient communication method.
Secular people can now transmit messages thousands of miles away. Practitioners who think they are not mortals are still using paper cranes to convey messages and flying swords to convey messages. This makes them feel like primitive people.
Although according to Ye Zan's instructions, the Tang Dynasty had already passed on the refining methods of Qianli Sound Transmission and Base Station to various sects through various channels. Moreover, during this period of time, some of their sects may have also refined finished products. However, if you want to communicate throughout Datang without hindrance, you still have to use Datang Communication's network, and this needs to be discussed carefully. You can't just play with yourself behind closed doors.