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The stability of the order has attracted more great masters who want to seek opportunities, and the construction of the new city has also attracted the attention of many people.
The whole Qinglan Island seems to be changing every day, and in just a few months, it has become several times more prosperous than before.
What Zheng Ming didn't expect was that the mechanism beast had become the most popular commodity on Qinglan Island.
In the beginning, Gongshuqiu's disciples and grandchildren just specially created some mechanism beasts for the convenience of building the city, and the great masters on the island saw it.
So someone asked if it was possible to create a mechanism beast that could sail on the sea.
Needless to say, it can be manufactured naturally.
After obtaining Zheng Ming's permission, the apprentices and grandchildren of Gongshuchou showed the great masters everything from ships to mechanism king snakes to all kinds of strange mechanism beasts, which immediately aroused the panic buying of those great masters.
Mechanism beasts can not only go out to sea, but also fight in the sea, especially the strengthened Mechanism King Snake, whose combat power can rival that of a great master, and because of its huge size, it is very suitable for dealing with sea monsters.
Then there was a miraculous scene around Qinglan Island. Dozens of mechanism king snakes were driving on the sea, and a group of great masters stood on the mechanism king snakes and exclaimed happily.
Especially when a mechanism king snake dragged a huge monster hundreds of meters long back to Qinglan Island, the whole Qinglan Island shook.
A large number of great masters surrounded the place where the mechanism master lived, just hoping to get a mechanism king snake.
As a result, the new city has not been built yet, but the mechanism engineer has to build the dock and mechanism beast factory first. There is no way, the profit of mechanism beast is too high.
The cost of making a mechanism king snake is only a few hundred thousand taels of silver, but it can be sold for nearly a thousand spirit stones.
A great master couldn't produce so many spirit stones, so many people teamed up to buy them together.
For this reason, Zheng Ming set up a management organization for the monster hunting team on Qinglan Island, called the Monster Hunters Guild, to serve the team exclusively.
Formulate rules to restrain the immoral behavior of all monster hunters, promote the development and continuation of the monster hunter business, so that all monster hunters can go to sea to hunt monsters safely and worry-free.
In the beginning, there were still many people who refused to obey, but under the deterrence of force, everyone soon had to abide by the rules.
Under the rules of harmony, Qinglan Island has become more and more prosperous, the hunting team has gained more and more, and the transactions in Fangshi have become more and more frequent.
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In another courtyard.
Zheng Ming sat with Jia Xu, playing chess and drinking tea.
Beside Yan Lingji teased the Tuntian Python with her chin in her hands.
Since coming to the Immortal Land, Tuntian Python has been a feast for the eyes. He has eaten a lot of various spiritual materials and medicines, and even his body has grown a lot.
And Yan Lingji is not only Zheng Ming's maid, but also the shit-shoveling officer of Tuntian Python.
After a game of chess, Zheng Ming lost without any surprise.
Facing this old cunning Jia Xu, his chess skills can only be described as a stinky chess basket.
The key is that this guy Jia Xu always gives him the feeling that he is evenly matched, always feeling like he almost won.
Picking up the chess pieces on the chessboard, Jia Xu said nonchalantly, "Young Master, the current development of Qinglan Island has affected Dasheng and several prefectures, and it is likely to attract the attention of certain people and forces."
In the past, those powerful cultivating families would not care about the small fights on Qinglan Island, but now the monster hunting business on Qinglan Island has developed to a very large scale.
There are hundreds of demon hunting teams, more than [-] demon hunters, thousands of monster corpses are produced every month, and the daily income of Fangshi has reached hundreds of spirit stones.
Coupled with industries such as machine beasts and shipbuilding, Zheng Ming can earn more than 5000 spirit stones a month.
You must know that it took Zhong Wanchou a hundred years to accumulate 10,000+ spirit stones, while Zheng Ming has obtained tens of thousands of spirit stones in the past few months.
Such income is more than that of many second-rank cultivation families.
Interests are moving.
In particular, Qinglan Island is a place that does not need to abide by the rules of Dasheng, and it is not ruled out that there is a first-rank cultivating family coveting it.
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Zheng Ming smiled, and said indifferently: "It will be a matter of time."
"Recently, the monsters in the Chiyuan Mountains have been raging fiercely. They probably don't have time to pay attention to us."
The monster riots in the Chiyuan Mountains became more and more serious. Some time ago, there was a wave of more than [-] beasts, which almost broke a prefectural city.
At present, the Dasheng Dynasty not only recruited a large number of cultivating families, but also dispatched hundreds of thousands of troops to gather at the edge of the Chiyuan Mountains.
Jia Xu nodded and put the chess pieces into the chess jar.
He was just reminding Zheng Ming, since Zheng Ming is aware of the current situation Qinglan Island is facing, there is no need for him to say more.
However, Zheng Ming asked suddenly: "What do you think of the overall form of the Dasheng Dynasty?"
Now that they have been in Dasheng for more than half a year, their understanding of the Dasheng Dynasty is not as vague as before. They have a very clear understanding of the cultivation family, the royal family, ghosts, gods, monsters, etc.
Jia Xu thought for a moment, held the chess piece, and said: "On the surface, it looks extremely powerful, but in fact there are many hidden dangers inside."
"Tell me in detail." Zheng Ming smiled and took a sip of tea.
Jia Xu said: "There is no doubt about the power of the Dasheng Dynasty. The royal family, the court, the cultivating family, ghosts, gods, and gods are all powerful forces in Dasheng."
"First of all, the royal family has four princes, each of whom is not weaker than the first-rank cultivating family, followed by the court, which seems to be suppressed by the royal family and the cultivating family, but in fact, the court controls the Dasheng elite army of millions. The military power is beyond imagination."
"Followed by the cultivating families, there are seven first-rank cultivating families and dozens of second-rank cultivating families, which almost account for more than half of the high-end force of the Dasheng Dynasty."
"Finally, there are ghosts, gods, and earth gods. They are sealed by the emperor and bound by the book of gods. They are the best tools for the emperor. There are a total of 38 gods. The powerful ones are comparable to those in the Ming Dao realm, and even the weak ones are comparable to Tong Xuan. If you count their priesthood ability, they can fight millions of troops."
"The gods are distributed around the Dasheng Huangdu, and they are an important force to defend the Dashenghuangdu. As long as they are there, it will be difficult to break through the Dashenghuangdu."
Zheng Ming nodded slightly, and said: "In this way, although there are hidden dangers within the Dasheng Dynasty, they will not threaten the rule of the royal family."
Recently, he has been thinking about where to insert the Dasheng Dynasty, but after thinking about it for so long, he has not found a suitable direction.
Jia Xu continued: "Then let's talk about the hidden dangers of the Dasheng Dynasty. First of all, the three major demon lands. Although they have been suppressed by the Dynasty, once they break out, they will definitely bring unimaginable disasters to the Dasheng Dynasty. For example, The current Chiyuan Mountains."
Now the monsters on the Chiyuan Mountains are rioting. Although the scale is not enough to affect the entire Dasheng Dynasty, if the riot continues and expands, it will affect the entire western part of the Dasheng Dynasty.
And if the other two demon lands also rioted together, it would be enough to drag Dasheng Dynasty into the quagmire, which would undoubtedly consume a lot of Dasheng Dynasty's strength.
"The second is Guixiandao. Guixiandao has always been a rebel within Dasheng. It has existed for thousands of years. Although the Dasheng court has been besieging them, they are still active in the eastern part of Dasheng, and they are very active. "Jia Xu said.
Zheng Ming turned the ring on his ring finger thoughtfully.
The so-called Gui Xian Dao is a group of ghost cultivators and demon cultivators. They like to kill, are good at cultivating ghosts, and often do some crazy evil deeds.
They didn't know much about ghosts and immortals, they just heard that ghosts and immortals were very rampant in the eastern region of the Dasheng Dynasty.
For thousands of years, ghosts and immortals have been the target of the Dasheng Dynasty's all-out efforts, but they have never been able to completely wipe them out.
The main reason is that ghost cultivation and demon cultivation are shortcuts to cultivation, and they don't need persistent cultivation. Blood sacrifices and soul sacrifices can be used to quickly improve one's cultivation.
Under the cultivation family system of the Dasheng Dynasty, many great masters had no hope of breaking through the realm of the cave gods, and would embark on the path of ghost cultivation and demon cultivation, so more and more ghosts and immortals were suppressed.
This can be regarded as an evil result of the cultivating family system.
Jia Xu said again: "Actually, neither the demon land nor the ghost land will affect the foundation of the Dasheng Dynasty. After all, they are not in line with human nature."
He raised his head, his eyes were full of spirits, and said: "It is the cultivating family that will really affect the foundation of the Dasheng Dynasty."
Zheng Ming frowned, and said, "The Cultivator Family! The Bei Family?"
"That's right, it's the Bei family!" Jia Xu nodded.
"For thousands of years, the Bei family has been the biggest supporter of the Dasheng Emperor. They have been favored by the Emperor, and with the deliberate support of the royal family, they have now become a behemoth."
"The tentacles of this behemoth have extended to every corner of the Dasheng Dynasty, and every move will affect the entire Dasheng Dynasty."
"Your Majesty, with such a behemoth at his side, will Emperor Dasheng feel at ease?"
As the emperor of Dali, Zheng Ming knows best what the emperor fears the most.
An existence that can break the balance.
Such an existence is the last thing the Emperor wants to see.
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"Although the Bei family is powerful, the strength of the other six first-rank families is not weak. It is precisely because the seven first-rank families are involved with each other that the current balance of the Dasheng court is maintained." He said softly.
For a dynasty, internal balance is the most important thing. Imbalance means instability, and instability means turmoil.
But now the cultivating family within the Dasheng Dynasty is in a state of balance.
The power and strength of the North family cannot break this balance in a short time.
Jia Xu nodded, and said, "But the young master has overlooked one point, that is, the current Shenghuang's lifespan is coming to an end."
Zheng Ming was taken aback for a moment, then lowered his head and began to think.
Longevity is an issue that everyone faces.
Whether it is a strong person in the Ming Dao Realm or an ordinary person, they all have to face the end of their lifespan.
Ordinary people can only live for a hundred years, but grand masters can live for more than a hundred years. The life span of great masters is between 300 and 500 years. If they are closed to death, they can live for another 200 years.
And the Dongshen Realm can live for 800 years, the Tongxuan Realm can live for more than a thousand years, and those who reach the Ming Dao Realm can live up to 2000 years.
But no matter how many years, they will always face the end of life.
And the Emperor was not exempt.
There is a saying in the fairy land that the emperor's lifespan is no more than five hundred.
As long as he is an emperor, no matter how high his cultivation level is or how strong his strength is, his lifespan will not exceed five hundred years.
This seems to be the shackles specially formulated by the Dao of Heaven for the emperor, or it may be the shackles of the destiny of the people.
Zheng Ming didn't know the specific reason. After all, he was not yet 30 years old, and it was far from the time to think about life expectancy.
However, Shenghuang is close to five hundred years old now, and he will definitely consider the impact on the Dasheng Dynasty after his death.
Jia Xu went on to say: "The empress of Sheng Huang is from the Bei family, the concubine of Prince Dasheng is also from the Bei family, and the prince's teacher is also from the Bei family, and the prince's servants must also be from the Bei family." people."
"At the same time, in the court, the Bei family also occupies many important official positions. The Bei family also controls a lot of power in the army, and the Bei family also has a Beisheng army of 30 people."
Speaking of this, he chuckled lightly and said, "Hehe, the Beisheng army is called the first army of Dasheng, but it is in the hands of the Bei family."
"The Shenghuang is in power now, and he can still suppress the Bei family, but once the Sheng Huang dies, it may be difficult to suppress the Bei family with the prestige of the prince."
"Now the Bei family can be said to have kidnapped the prince. As long as the prince ascends the throne, the power of the Bei family will be even stronger."
Zheng Ming narrowed his eyes slightly, and a sentence came to mind.
Rely on the Son of Heaven to command the princes!
Once Shenghuang passed away, the Bei family had the full strength to take the crown prince off the ground and make the crown prince a puppet.
"Shenghuang should have seen this, why didn't he make a move?" he asked.
The current Shenghuang is not an incompetent person, so it is impossible not to have discovered this. It stands to reason that since he discovered it, he should have started to suppress the Bei Family. .
Jia Xu shook his head and said, "Information is incomplete and the situation is unclear. Maybe Shenghuang has already made a move, but we didn't find out."
"The monsters rioted in the Chiyuan Mountains. Apart from recruiting the Xiao family in the west, the court only recruited the Bei family. This may be Shenghuang's desire to consume the strength of the Bei family."
"There are also the rise of the four princes, and it may be that Sheng Huang deliberately supported the Bei family in order to balance."
Insufficient information made him unable to figure out the specific situation, but there were indications that Sheng Huang was actually suppressing the Bei Family.
Zheng Ming had a headache. The situation in Dasheng was too complicated, and there were many forces involved. On the surface, it seemed to maintain a balanced situation, but secretly, he didn't know how many messy things were brewing.
One Bei family is so troublesome, let alone six other cultivating families, as well as princes and gods.
Although the prince and the gods are Sheng Huang's biggest supporters, no one knows if they have other ideas.
But for Zheng Ming, the more chaotic Dasheng is, the better. Only in chaos can he fish in troubled waters.
"If we want to win a great dynasty, where should we start?" Zheng Ming asked.
Jia Xu picked up a black chess piece and placed it at the Tianyuan position in the center of the chessboard.
"Today's grand emperor!"
"Shenghuang still has a few years or more than ten years to live. He must suppress the Bei family before he dies, so that the imperial power can be transferred to the prince peacefully. So the first step is to stop him from suppressing the Bei family and let the Bei family Break with the royal family."
He placed another black piece under the first piece.
"The second one is the prince. Shenghuang is aware of the threat from the Bei family, and the prince will naturally understand. Maybe the prince doesn't understand now, but we can make him understand and let him oppose the Bei family."
Then he picked up four more chess pieces and placed them in a row under the second chess piece.
"The third is the four princes. As the royal family, they absolutely do not allow the Bei family to continue to grow. Perhaps now they have understood the threat of the Bei family and are ready to restrict the Bei family."
"The last is the rest of the first-rank family, but the first-rank family will be here."
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