The Six-Eared God of Primordial Chaos

Chapter 118 Five Years
Time flies, the Great Shang Dynasty went through a five-year period of peace, no major events happened, and no princes rebelled. Every year, the Great Court Meeting is the same as the court meeting. However, although it has been peaceful for five years, the development of Chaoge is extremely fast.

And Sun Ming has also reached the age of 12, and his figure is much taller than his peers. Now he is sitting in the apse of the Palace of Political Affairs, sitting with Prime Minister Shang Rong, Wang Shu Bigan, and Grand Master Wen Zhong, reviewing the past five years. develop.

"My lord, today's latest statistics show that within Chaoge's control area, including the fiefs of the 72 princes, there are 500 million people, and newborn babies account for one-fifth of the number, and they will become adults in ten years." Shang Rong said first.

Sun Ming estimated that it is indeed quite a lot. Now even if the army is 30, it is still more than enough. However, the increase in troops may cause reactions from the princes, but the increase in troops is inevitable. Chaoge's army is not enough. up.Among them, there are still some veterans who need to be retired. This requires about 12 additional troops, and the number of Chaoge troops will reach 20.

Thinking of this, Sun Ming looked at Wen Zhong, "Grand Master, how is the replacement of the army's weapons?"

"My Majesty, the steel weapons are strong, light, and full of toughness. The refitting has been completed, but when will the three treasures of war horses be used? There are now war horses, and some of them often damage their hooves." Wen Zhong never forgot the cavalry.

"Almost, less than the number of retired soldiers, and then increase the number by . Now Chaoge's actual control area is already very large, and the number of troops is insufficient. The expansion of troops is also being cleaned up, and the cavalry must be kept secret. Training." Sun Ming thought for a while and said.In fact, he can completely let go of the development of cavalry now. It is basically impossible for the princes to build cavalry. The three treasures of war horses need iron and leather, and it is not so easy to manufacture. At the same time, it is even more difficult to gather a large number of horses.

Sun Ming looked at Uncle Wang Bigan again, "Uncle Wang, how is the development of Tiangong Museum? Have all the things I proposed been manufactured?"

"My lord, the colored glaze is mature now, but there are already mature crafts for transparent colored glaze, especially the transparent colored glaze, which is then coated with mercury, so that it can shine on people. In addition, the strong crossbow and the Installing pulleys on bows and arrows does save labor and can increase power, but the cost is quite high."

"It doesn't matter, now the mall can be said to be making money every day, and Chaoge has a lot of money and taxes. He will make every effort to build a large merchant arrow array."

It took a year to complete the construction of the shopping mall, and then decorated it. After putting in the furniture, Sun Ming began to attract investment.First of all, the royal caravan in charge of Wang Shu Bigan once again occupied several shops. Sun Ming has been putting in some goods over the years, and at the same time, the restaurant has also opened. The restaurant is five stories high, and the higher the price, the more expensive it is. , even if the dishes are the same, but people's hearts are like this, everyone wants to sit on the top floor to eat.

Later, caravans from various lords arrived one after another, rented shops and began to sell special products from all over the place. The mall was very prosperous for a while, and special products from all over the world gathered here, making people dazzled. A large number of crazy purchases made Chaoge's tax revenue plentiful.But after that, it continued to decline, and slowly returned to normal. Although it was not as crazy as it was at the beginning, the steady flow of water was still a treasure land for daily progress.

The caravans of the princes have benefited here, saving the distance and manpower. Even if the tax is slightly higher in such a place, it will still make a lot of money. However, the transaction requires currency, and it is no longer in the form of barter. At this time, Sun Ming introduced the gold Silver ingots are used for large transactions, and the people of Chaoge use copper coins to buy retail goods, which is very rich for life.

At the same time, because of the increase in land, especially the 72 mu of land per capita, coupled with the abundance of prehistoric aura, the harvest every year makes farmers richer, and Sun Ming purchases a large amount of grain for hoarding and selling, and some princes are also willing to come to court Song purchased grain instead of buying it from the princes of various places in the past.The fiefs of the 72 princes have now established counties, and the administrators are county magistrates, who are responsible for civil affairs. Landlords in various places have been suppressed, and farmers have received benefits. In five years, they have regained their vitality and are no longer The land of war.

"Prime Minister, how is the food storage?" Sun Ming asked.

"Your Majesty, every year, new grains are stored and discarded, which has always ensured the abundance of the Chaoge granary, but if this continues, sooner or later there will be too much grain." Too much grain is also a problem, after all, these grains need to be purchased with funds from the imperial court.

"Adjust this year's planting. Every household has to allocate land to grow some other crops, such as fruits and vegetables. People's food is still too simple, and the price of food is getting lower and lower. In this way, they can't make much money. Yes, this can be enforced, and they will naturally see the benefits after a year, but food planting is still the focus, and they can’t plant everything for the sake of making money. After this point, officials from all over the country must grasp it. The per capita acres of land, half of which must be grow food."

"Understood Your Majesty."

"Uncle Wang, colored glazes are now available for sale. Mirrors are the key point, but don't sell too many at one time. In addition, if you want to promote it, you can first replace all the houses in the mall with transparent colored glazes, so they will naturally see the benefits."

"Yes."

"Grand Master, after the replacement of the army's equipment, the military formation will begin immediately. According to our design, the military formation drill must be completed as soon as possible. The cavalry and arrow formations are killers, and the infantry phalanx cannot be ignored."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"Well, then you go get busy." Sun Ming has always believed in professionalism and leaving it to professional people, and he is responsible for the general direction, but some things still need to be guaranteed, such as military power, financial power, and personnel rights. In their own hands, only in this way can we guarantee that there will be no problems.

In the past five years, it was not only the development of Chaoge, but Sun Ming's own cultivation had also improved rapidly. He went to Lingyun Island once a year to practice for several days, and he usually stabilized his cultivation in Chaoge.

It took five years for Sun Ming's cultivation to reach the realm of the Golden Immortal. Before the Great Court Meeting this year, Sun Ming needed to go to Lingyun Island to attack the Taiyi realm. .

After sending off the three ministers, Sun Ming came to the harem again to see the Queen Mother, "How is the Queen Mother?"

"Wang'er, don't need to worry. Everything is fine, mother. You have grown up slowly. You are also able to handle the government affairs with ease. You have a lot of civil and military help. You can be regarded as worthy of the ancestors of the great merchants. There is no successor, alas, I wonder when mother will be able to hold a grandson?" The Queen Mother wants to hold a grandson, Sun Ming is embarrassing, he is only 12 years old, he has no power!And his future queen is only ten years old.

"Mother, don't worry, I have plenty of time. I'm only 12 years old." There is a folk algorithm that counts one year old at birth, and then there is a false age. So Sun Ming is now 14 years old, but Sun Ming doesn't take it seriously. The order is calculated in the normal way, so he is now 12 years old, otherwise the Queen Mother is likely to let him get married now.

Although Sun Ming definitely didn't listen, he didn't want to make his mother sad. At the same time, in order to prosper the population, he directly ordered that men can only get married, while women must be 16 years old. This can ensure the increase in fertility rate and the health of babies. Also ensured that he would not marry too early.

Unable to bear the Queen Mother's wishes for her grandson, Sun Ming fled here early and returned to his bedroom. This time he didn't practice, but started writing, that's right, writing. As early as when the paper was finished, Sun Ming I want to make a statement.

How to make a statement?Sun Ming studied Chinese medicine, but the level of Chinese medicine in later generations is not very high, so writing medical books is definitely not good, as for "Thousand Characters", "Hundred Surnames", and "San Zi Jing", there is no basis for these words to appear now , there are a lot of allusions in it, which are not in the prehistoric era, and Sun Ming, who compiled it himself, is not at that level, and Sun Ming has been as big as a bucket for several years.

I read these things when I first studied medicine. After all, many Chinese medicine classics are ancient texts. Although there are modern annotations, I still need a lot of understanding.Among them, Sun Ming's Lao Tzu also taught them the "Disciple Regulations", which they had already forgotten, but a large amount of memory has been restored after practicing, so "Disciple Regulations" has become the only book that can be used as a statement.

At the same time, the characters also need to be reformed. It is not easy to write pictographic characters. Some characters are very similar, so it is easy to confuse people. Traditional characters are relatively perfect. Although there are many strokes, they have a beautiful structure. Very valuable.

What Sun Ming has to do today is to produce a new text comparison, compare the text created by Cangjie with the traditional characters, pick up the brush and start writing, the two sides add up to only characters, but the traditional characters have more than three Thousands, and a lot of annotations are needed.The introduction of new characters requires a lot of time to learn, and Sun Ming is about to start compulsory education.

At the beginning, the villages were relatively close to the main road, or they were Zigan of the main road. These villages gradually formed a center, and this place will be used as the county seat in the future, and elementary schools can be set up here at that time.Basic education is very important for enlightening the wisdom of the people, and at the same time, it is of great significance to choose the best and become a reserve talent for future officials. What they learn is the latest characters, which is also conducive to the promotion of characters.

Wealth, popular support, and prestige, Sun Ming gradually gathered all the things he needed to his side, increasing his aura, increasing his capital, and increasing his cards.

(End of this chapter)