Ren Baqian carefully flipped through a few ancient scrolls placed on the case.
The booklets are all made of animal skins, and it is impossible to tell what kind of animal skin it is, and it has not been damaged in the slightest after many years.
With just one glance, Ren Baqian was sure that these books came from a time when there were no records.
The two "Records of Earth Dragons" are divided into volumes 1 and 2, on which are mainly records of rare animals, herbs, and ores.
These records are only rarely the same as the existing herbal ores, and most of them are extremely rare and precious.
A "Shuilongzhi" is similar to Dilongzhi, but the former is on land, while the latter is on water.
The last book is "The Method of Washing Eyes with Water", which seems to be a special way to cultivate the eyes, and the various kinds of water needed are recorded in "Water Dragon Records".
The name is simple, but the effect is not small.
It is said that after practice, the eyesight can reach thousands of miles, which can be called powerful.
For people in this world, clairvoyance, proper clairvoyance, is a very powerful cultivation method.
But with a telescope, this method is of little significance.
The really important ones are the two "Records of Earth Dragon" and "Records of Water Dragon", which not only record outside murderers, herbal ores, but also a small part of water and mountain maps. In terms of cultivation, it is of great significance.
The previous phone call was only two hundred thousand taels of silver, but the value of these three books is hard to measure with money.
"Where was the grave found? What's going on inside? What else is there besides these?" Ren Baqian asked with a serious face.
"Under the ancestral tomb of a wealthy family, there is a simple stone room. Apart from these few ancient scrolls, there is only one skeleton. And I have asked someone to bury that corpse properly." After finishing speaking, Qing Lian smiled and said, " I knew His Highness would be interested!"
"You know?" Ren Baqian asked back.
"Ma Hongyu with a stroke of Jiangshan, the sun and moon Xugong boat in his palm, Zhengtian teaches Lin Dong, long and short spears are easy to master, these famous masters have been very active recently!" Qing Lian pursed her lips.
Ren Baqian nodded slightly. The rebel army is now more powerful than the Great Xia court, and the movements of these masters will inevitably be heard in their ears.
"Thank you very much. If there is something similar in the future..." Ren Baqian wanted to say that as long as I can get it, I can exchange it for anything, but when the words came to my lips, I felt that this was too much.
"Understood! These things are useless in our hands, not to mention that I am also very curious about some things. If Your Highness moves quickly, maybe I can still see them in my lifetime."
When Qing Lian said this, her expression finally changed. Some expectations, but also some dejected.
Even an ordinary person can become a master in one step after becoming a sword master.
But the price is too heavy.
Can't practice, and life span is shorter than ordinary people.
The lifespan of a sword master is usually no more than sixty or seventy years old. If the number of strikes is small and there are resources to support it, it may be possible to live to eighty or ninety years old. This is the limit.
Qing Lian was already twenty-seven or eighty-eight at this time, and if there were no accidents, her life expectancy would only be forty or fifty years.
That's why it was said that if Ren Baqian moved fast, she might still be able to see it.
With her intelligence, she can get a lot of information from "Water Dragon Chronicle" and "Earth Dragon Chronicle", combined with the movements of Ma Hongyu and others, even if she can't guess the whole picture, she can guess half of it.
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The advent of the telephone brought a storm that swept across the Izumo area, and it became more and more violent.
The role of the phone, according to this era, is comparable to an artifact.
However, compared with the legends in those anecdotes, the telephone is accessible to many people.
Whether it's a family, a chamber of commerce, or various departments of each city, even many wealthy households have begun to plan whether to install a telephone at home.
Although there is no need for it at the moment.
Most people in this era are still living on their own one-acre land, and ordinary people can't even get out within a radius of a hundred miles.
But for a few dozen taels of silver, you can show off and earn some face back, which is quite a bargain.
In this way, the upsurge brought by the phone will never retreat.
This upsurge has also played a huge role in the promotion of telephone calls.
In the future, even if there is no need to do any more publicity, the number of telephone users will grow steadily.
While the upsurge of telephones was still going on, another new product appeared in front of everyone.
A cargo truck.
A truck that looks similar to Jiefang 141, but its performance is only equivalent to the standard truck during World War II.
The self-weight is 4,000 catties, and the load is 6,000 catties, which is slightly lower than that of a tractor.
And the requirements for roads are much higher than those for tractors.
Tractors have excellent passability in most places except for going up the mountain and down the sea, which is beyond the reach of trucks.
This is also the reason why Ren Baqian was the first to take out the tractor, its applicability is much better than that of a truck.
The price is high, the load is low, and the road requirements are high.
For all its flaws, one virtue outweighs all of them.
speed.
The speed is twice that of a tractor, and can reach 240 miles per hour, which is equivalent to a speed of 60 kilometers per hour.
From Lancheng to Pingdu, it takes ten to fifteen days to use a bullock cart, three days to use a tractor, and only one and a half days to use a truck!
This alone has attracted the attention of many merchants in Izumo.
And riding, this new product called a truck is much more comfortable than a tractor.
At least there is a cab that is sheltered from wind and rain, and it is more stable, not as bumpy as a tractor that makes people want to vomit.
2,000 of the trucks were pre-ordered as soon as they were launched.
Many people are even ready to use this thing as a means of transportation for daily travel.
The only thing limiting the spread of this truck is the road.
However, along with the truck, there was also a message that more than one million laborers would be recruited in Izumo to build the road to Izumo.
As the daily caravans flow continuously on the road from Arashi City to Izumo, a large amount of materials are transported to the two places. Arashi City is becoming more and more prosperous. The proportion is getting higher and higher, and even Tuwan, a penny-pinching iron cock, agrees with Ren Baqian's saying "If you want to get rich, you must first build roads".
There is another sentence that Ren Baqian always hangs on his lips: "Give more children and less trees!"
Moreover, with the iron ore of the salt farm being taken back to the imperial court, and the income of the Commerce Department, the income of the national treasury has more than doubled compared to before. The batch of gold and silver looted from Izumo that year is still in the national treasury. .
Instead of decreasing, there is an increasing trend.
Therefore, this time the conscripts were recruited to build roads, and they did not encounter any resistance in the court.
It took only three days from proposal to agreement, and the decree was passed down and sent to all cities in Izumo.
"Cheng Ling, prepare quickly, a government order has arrived." Sanhe Cheng Cheng Ling was resting in the mansion, but when he heard the report from his servants, he hurriedly put on his clothes and ran out.
When they arrived at the Chengling Mansion, they saw three big men from the ancient clan, all dressed as soldiers.
"Xialong Yuewu is the city's order, but the three of you are here to send the government order?"
"You are the city order? Accept it!" One of the big men took out a scroll from his luggage and stuffed it directly into Long Yuewu's hand.
"The decree has been delivered, so we're leaving!" The three of them didn't wait for his reply, it seemed that the three of them never considered that he would reject the decree, and left after delivering the scroll.
"If you have nothing important to do, why don't you rest in this city for a while?" Long Yuewu said quickly.
"No time to spare! There are other cities to go!" The three big men didn't give him a good look, and turned their heads to leave.
Long Yuewu's heart moved, and he wanted to go to other cities. He didn't know what was going on this time.
"These barbarians are very unreasonable." A young scribe came out from behind the door and said.
"The word barbarian, don't let me hear it again." Long Yuewu said a little displeased.
"It's a slip of the tongue." The scribe's face changed slightly, and he lowered his head.
"And they are like this, it may not be a bad thing." Long Yuewu said again. Whether it is sending government orders or other things, the news spreads without delay.
Unlike the previous Izumo, if there were envoys from the imperial court, they would not only entertain extravagantly, but also present gifts.
Before, I drove ducks to the shelves as the city order, just wanting to keep the people in this city alive.
As for what this city order was like, I didn't dare to think about it at all.
Unexpectedly, over the past few years, his city order has been firmly established.
And the Gu Clan would hardly cause him any trouble, and the smog that hadn't come out of the cloud made him worry a lot.
Therefore, he really likes the style of the ancient people.
Long Yuewu turned his mind, opened the scroll and glanced at it, his face changed slightly.
"My lord, what's the matter?"
"This time the imperial court will recruit one million laborers to build official roads!"
"One million hard labor?" The scribe was also a little moved.
"That's right! The city needs 28,000 laborers!" Long Yuewu said in a deep voice.
What surprised the two of them was not the number, but the fact that it was labor, not corvee.
You must know that there is no wages for corvees. In previous years, roads and cities were all paid for corvees.
But labor is paid for.
"One tael of silver per person per month!" Long Yuewu said again.
Not less, but more. This is already the normal income of ordinary people.
Some of the poorer ones don’t even have this kind of income.
You must know that this is labor, and each city must send enough people, which is a bit mandatory, even if you pay 800 cash, it is not a lot.
The wages of one tael of silver and food are also included. This treatment is simply generous.
That's why they were surprised.
Long Yuewu had mixed feelings in his heart.
As the city edict, when I took office, I was prepared to be stabbed in the back.
As a result, the Gu Clan not only did not exploit after defeating Izumo, but used soft methods all the time.
Since she is Huairou, she doesn't have to say anything, just do things according to the court's will.
After just a few years, he has gained some fame.
Thinking about the Emperor Izumo who favored mediocrity back then and the prime minister who was still ruling out dissidents, Long Yuewu also had mixed feelings in his heart.
Long Yue held the scroll in his hand, and said to the scribes: "Go and call Chang Shi and Sima."
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