Behind me is the earth

"Qidu has changed so much now!"

Yan Zi looked through the car window and saw that Qidu's urban construction had reached the train station. There were already buildings on both sides of the road. Some of the buildings that were still under construction were still being constructed overnight under the bright lights of cranes.

On King Qi Avenue, there is a constant flow of pedestrians under the bright neon lights. The light and shadow of the tall buildings are reflected on the blue Yangtze River, and complement each other with the slowly moving river boats on the river.

The commercial street on Qifeng Avenue is even more brightly lit and lively. Under the intertwined lights, there was an open-air singing stage. Even though they were far apart, the roaring sounds from there spread unstoppably.

However, after crossing the Yunshui Bridge and entering the inner city, the noisy sounds suddenly disappeared and the surrounding area became quiet.

On Wendeng Street in the inner city, everything seemed orderly.

After entering the inner city from Yunshui Bridge, you can see the huge palace city.

The palace occupies one-eighth of the entire inner city.

The convoy arrived at the intersection of Wendeng Street and Anmin Street in the inner city, which is also the center of the entire inner city.

Xia Ke looked at the world outside the car window, feeling particularly surprised.

"Gulu, we are really in the right place. This place is better than I imagined!"

Xia Ke called for Guru in his head.

"It's pretty good."

Gulu answered perfunctorily.

Xia Ke asked: "How long do you think we need to stay here?"

"It is estimated that it will take at least seven years."

Guru conveyed.

"Seven years is a good time. According to previous judgments, fifty years is not enough."

Xia Ke said with joy.

The motorcade stopped on the road in front of the palace.

Only Yan Zi, Paul, and Xia Ke came to the palace to see him.

Under the guidance, everyone walked to Yuanhe Hall.

When Xia Ke saw a robot running past the corridor, he couldn't help but be startled: "Gulu, did you just see it? What did it just run past?"

"I share the field of vision with you. I see what you see. A very flexible robot just ran past, I'm sure."

Gulu is sure.

"Why do I feel that the level of technology here fluctuates up and down?"

Xia Ke was confused.

"The upper limit is quite high and the lower limit is quite low."

Guru concludes.

"you're right."

Xia Ke nodded.

Gulu said: "I think it may not take seven years, but three years may be enough."

"us·······"

"Xia Ke, I will meet the king later. Don't look around after entering the palace. You can do whatever we do. When the king calls you, you can't speak again. Remember."

In front of Yuanhe Hall, Yan Zi interrupted Xia Ke's mental communication.

"I remember."

Xia Ke spoke quickly.

Before entering, the guard took the tray and asked them to hand over their weapons, space equipment, etc.

Xia Ke kept Yan Zi's instructions in mind, and after entering Yuan He Hall, he followed Yan Zi, staring at the ground, following Yan Zi's movements and saluting, not daring to look around at all.

"Let's settle down. Over the years, a lot has changed. Thank you Yan Aiqing for your hard work."

Yan Zi heard the sound coming from far away, looked up and saw that the king had walked down, held her arm, and helped her up.

"Thank you, Your Highness. It's just that I failed to complete the tasks assigned by Your Highness. Yan Zi feels very ashamed."

Yan Zi said with shame.

"This is not Yan Aiqing's fault."

Ren Pingsheng let go of Yan Zi's plump arm.

Although she has flesh on her body, she does not look fat. After two years apart, I don't look older at all. Instead, I feel younger and younger.

"I have already seen what Aiqing got from Dongluo Continent. I have also seen the list of materials brought back. The gold brought back, as the central bank's gold reserve, can solve some major problems in Qi's economic development.

It can also be predicted that when the news of gold, spices, gems, rhinoceros horns and other rare treasures is spread in Xiangshan Port, domestic businessmen will be stimulated and there will inevitably be a craze for going overseas, which will continuously bring us foreign materials and Expand our overseas markets and make our economic development engine more powerful.

You have made outstanding contributions to the development of Qi. "

Ren Pingsheng asked people to bring a chair and gave it to Yan Zi: "In the past two years since you left, the Han Dynasty has changed greatly.

Nowadays, the Jing Dynasty was destroyed by the Daru barbarians after experiencing natural disasters. Emperor Chongqing lived in Qingcheng Town as an apartment, invested in some industries, and made a great contribution to the development of Qi. "

"Emperor Chongqing is in Qingcheng Town?"

Yan Zi couldn't help but be surprised when she heard this.

She didn't expect that the king would tolerate the former emperor being a tenant under her nose!

This kind of mind made her impressed again.

"Yes, Yan Aiqing is willing to work for me?"

Ren Pingsheng looked at Yan Zi with a smile.

Of course Yan Zi knew that what Ren Pingsheng asked was not whether he was willing to do things for him, but whether he was willing to serve as a minister of Qi wholeheartedly.

In her opinion, Ren Pingsheng is definitely a good and promising monarch! But in the past, Gu Changqing, the leader of Jing Dynasty's Xiaolong Division, had been kind to her, which made her feel entangled in her heart. Although she served as the guardian envoy of Wuzhou for King Qi Ren, who was enshrined by the imperial court, her heart was still with the Jing Dynasty court.

But now that Jingguo has perished, she no longer has the last trace of psychological burden. She stood up and knelt down and said: "I am willing to serve your highness and the imperial court!"

"good!"

Ren Pingsheng smiled cheerfully, bent down and stretched out his hand to help Yan Zi up: "I have a wise minister today."

Yan Zi's strength can firmly rank among the top five in Qi State.

Moreover, he has strong management and commanding abilities. He treats people informally and acts with a delicate mind. He is a rare talent.

Only then did Ren Pingsheng return to the dragon chair and sit down, and changed the topic to the main task he had assigned: "This time when we went to Dongluo Continent, where Paul found the treasure map, the remains were also missing?"

Although Paul cut off a rib from the body at that time, he did not take it away, but buried it in the ground.

"It's missing. It may have been dug up by those people from Xilao State, but we have sent people to search many places, but there is no news about the remains."

Yan Zi took out a photo from her body: "In the place where Paul buried his remains, we distributed this ring symbol. This is somewhat similar to the treasure that Xia Ke will present to the king."

She presented the ring to Siqi, who was on duty at Yuanhe Hall today, and Siqi then sent the photo to Ren Pingsheng.

On it is a ring symbol carved on the stone. On top of the ring, there is a "V" symbol.

It's just a symbol, and Ren Pingsheng can't see any clues.

"Bring the ring up."

Ren Pingsheng ordered.

The ring had been handed over to the guard before Xia Ke entered the door.

When he was brought in, the guard and Siqi whispered: "It has been inspected."

Siqi nodded, opened a mahogany box, revealing the brass-colored metal ring inside, and sent it to the imperial desk in front of Ren Pingsheng.

Ren Pingsheng casually took the ring in his hand. The small ring was heavier than expected.

Gently rubbing it in his hand, the surface was very smooth, and there seemed to be fine parts inside, which were constantly moving as his hand shook.

"What is this?"

Ren Pingsheng was curious.

"Reporting to Your Highness, this thing should be equivalent to the book we pass on knowledge to."

After hearing this, Xia Ke opened his mouth to answer.

"books?"

Ren Pingsheng looked at Xia Ke.

Charcot has a rather plump appearance, a three-inch beard on his chin, a face like a crown jewel, and a tall figure. He attracts attention just standing there.

He nodded: "In this circle, if you hold it in your hand and shake it, a burst of light will burst out, and figures will appear in the light, just like a shadow puppet show.

After this figure appeared, he told some magical knowledge and principles.

The civilians outside the outside world learned a lot, but due to their own knowledge base, they were unable to understand most of the things and only gained some minor gains. "

"Not now?"

Ren Pingsheng shook the ring and could hear the sound of gears turning inside. He used his telekinesis to detect it. He didn't know what material the ring was made of. It was extremely difficult for his telekinesis to penetrate it. After violent penetration, , and found that there seemed to be nothing special inside, just some gear transmission.

He whispered to Siqi: "Go and ask the chief engineer to come over."

Siqi nodded and hurried out.

Xia Ke nodded and said: "Reporting to Your Highness, this ring should have lost its energy and can no longer show light and shadow."

"What did you learn there?"

Ren Pingsheng asked curiously.

This thing seems simple, but the entire ring is tightly integrated and delicate when held in the hand without any interfaces. Not to mention looking at it with eyes, even if it is explored with mind, the inside and outside are integrated.

The gears inside are large and small, nested layer by layer, and are very precise.

Ren couldn't believe that such a thing could be produced by the Dongluo mainland people who were everywhere.

He was also very curious about what kind of knowledge was imparted in such a thing.

"It contains some knowledge about identifying various types of ores, how to produce these ores into some usable materials, and a kind of workbench operation that I have not seen before.

There is also some content on how to survive in different environments. "

Xia Ke gave a brief introduction and said: "Based on the knowledge I learned, when I was in Dongluo Continent, I searched for some ores and found several kinds.

One is called sea coal, which is a very heavy oil; the other is called purple gold, which is a very brittle ore that breaks when touched..."

Charcot introduced what he learned from it.

Ren Pingsheng could tell that he seemed to be promoting himself.

At this time, Ruan Tang walked in from the door, wearing a pair of wear-resistant overalls on his lower body and a half-sleeved Haihun shirt on his upper body. She was originally in the industrial and magic laboratory outside the city, working with Han Ling'er and others on the industrial exoskeletons that Ren Pingsheng brought back from the earth, and planned to combine them with purple electric crystals to magically modify them and redesign them.

Wangshu made a call here, and after telling her the news about the metal ring, Ruan Tang flew back directly.

Her arrival also interrupted Xia Ke's words.

"Come and see."

Ren Pingsheng called her.

Ruan Tang came over and said hello to Yan Zi when she saw her.

She and Yan Zi knew each other and were just acquaintances in the past.

When she came to the stage, she took the metal ring and couldn't help but exclaimed: "What an exquisite design!"

"Buzz buzz~"

In her hand, an electromagnetic force burst out in the air, and the electric arc crackled on the metal ring.

"Although the structure inside is different, it feels like an electromagnetic induction generator, and the surrounding dots are a bit like the shadow of film recording and photo recording technology..."

She thought in her mind and released her palm. The ring floated and spun rapidly in the air.

In the hall, Xia Ke couldn't help but widen his eyes, and thought to himself: "What kind of background does this woman have? She can see how to activate the ring so quickly!"

"Her ability is also very unusual. She can detect the usage of the ring, which is normal."

Guru said.

"What's normal? If she doesn't understand the internal structure of the ring, how can she know how to use it?"

Xia Ke retorted.

"Humph, I see that you deliberately drained the energy of the ring completely, but all your efforts were in vain. This Qi country is extraordinary. The king of this Qi country has capable people around him!"

Gollum replied.

As the ring grows faster and faster, an arc of energy begins to appear on the ring.

These energy arcs began to gather and gradually formed a chaotic light and shadow. Pictures were produced in the light and shadow, but because the arc light was not stable enough, this messy picture kept flickering, and the incomprehensible language emanating from it also flickered, making it difficult to hear clearly.

"This thing must be full of energy to function stably, but the energy loss is very serious. It should be specially charged. Now it is charged through rotation, and the speed is very slow. It should take a while."

Ruan Tang said.

"About how long?"

Ren Pingsheng asked.

Ruan Tang sensed it and replied: "According to this progress, it will take about half a month."

"Um."

Ren Pingsheng nodded and looked at Xia Ke: "Where did you get it?"

"Reporting to your highness, I found it behind a waterfall. I was chased by a beast and was so panicked that I jumped off the cliff and fell into the rock wall halfway up the mountain behind the waterfall. There is a cave there, and this ring is in that cave."

Xia Ke said.

Jumping off a cliff, having an adventure, Ren Pingsheng didn't sound like it was real: "Is there anything else there?"

Yan Zi said: "Your Highness, I later went there with Xia Ke and dug three feet into the cave but found nothing else."

Ren Pingsheng clasped his hands together and placed them on the imperial desk. After a moment of silence, he looked at Xia Ke: "Mr.

"Fortunately, the common people outside the country are valued by the king. They have their heart's desire and dare not refuse."

Xia Ke, taking note of Yan Zi's appearance just now, knelt down and said in an obedient manner.

"Okay, you will join Zhongshu Pavilion and be my industrial secretary first. Since you have learned something about ores and manufacturing after studying in the circle, you can go to the Ministry of Industry on a regular basis to see if there is anything that needs improvement. .”

Ren Pingsheng stared at him and said.

"Thank you for your grace, Your Highness!"

Xia Ke kowtowed. (End of chapter)