First Lord of Earth

"It's already very good...Wang Jijiu, you have made a great contribution this time."

Xia Tian is already satisfied in his heart.

After all, there are so many human lords who have ideas for Li Bai.

And the territory that was able to produce the "Jade White Invitation" in the previous stage is definitely at the forefront.

But neither he nor others succeeded, which is enough to show that this "Poetry Immortal" is really difficult to recruit!

Although Li Bai has not made a complete decision yet.

But he is willing to "walk" with him to help other human forces. This is already a breakthrough "from zero to one".

Moreover, this undoubtedly contains Wang Yangming's good intentions, just because he decided to use the "City of Saints" to kill the alien saints.

Although I am very confident in my heart, I also know that the enemy has many methods and cannot be taken lightly.

And Li Bai, as he said before, is not only a saint of literature and art, but also a saint of swordsmanship. He is the third saint in the great Tang Dynasty, second only to Gongsun Auntie and the sword saint "Pei Min". "!

If such a person can accompany him all the way, his safety will undoubtedly be much greater.

The most important thing is, if during this process, Li Bai can see the national power of the Qianxia Dynasty, see the actions and attitude of himself as the leader of the country, and then identify with the Qianxia Dynasty.

All problems will be solved easily.

"However, just this first store has already contacted three saints. The pressure of 'passing' seems a bit high!"

After all, both Li Bai and Du Kang are the geniuses of the human race as rated by Yu Bai, and even Cao Xueqin is among the top golden figures.

This means that once the other party is willing to join, the Qianxia Dynasty will also need to consume a "pass" of the corresponding level!

After all, the saint is not a loser, especially if he goes out to fight. He really can't kill him if he wants to. At least the opponent can't defeat him, and he can still escape. The more people he recruits, the higher their quality, and the difficulty of collecting enough passes. , naturally the bigger it gets!

"Your Majesty, in fact, this pass does not necessarily need to be obtained by killing the saint... There is actually a place that sells 'passes' in this human holy city!"

At this time, Wang Yangming pondered for a moment, and then spoke again.

"What, there is such a place?"

One sentence made Xia Tian stunned.

The "Passport" to the City of Saints is an extremely rare item. How could any force sell it?

"Have you forgotten, sir? I said before that the only way to obtain this 'pass' is to kill the alien saint... Moreover, not all territories have the power to kill the saint. Therefore, for this There is naturally a demand for transactions, and related businesses have also been derived..."

Well, Xia Tian did remember that Wang Yangming mentioned it before.

Those ancient orthodox dynasties had extremely abundant luck, and a large part of their dynasty's outstanding figures were recruited by many human territories because of their early arrival!

Therefore, the will of the earth has given these territories a certain number of "passes" as "compensation".

These passes are naturally "tradable".

In addition, some human forces lack combatants capable of killing saint-level aliens, and there is also a need to purchase these "passes".

Therefore, a business has formed in this city of saints!

"Moreover, this kind of sale requires the lords or the heads of some countries to manage it themselves... In addition, purchasing the passes does not go against the development strategy of our Qianxia Dynasty proposed by the Lord Zhuge, because the rights of these passes Value, relatively expensive..."

Wang Yangming added another sentence.

This is natural.

After all, the value of a pass is almost equivalent to that of a "Human Saint". Even the weakest Saint in the "Sea of ​​Illusion" has the ability to protect a territory.

Not to mention, according to the information revealed by Du Kang, the potential and background of outstanding figures from the Sea of ​​Illusion may not be worse than those of historical figures!

Especially for some territories, it is equivalent to "life extension". In comparison, with the ability of the Qianxia Dynasty, it may be cheaper to directly kill the saint.

"That's true, but I am somewhat interested in this place where passes can be traded. How about we go there and take a look! Wang Jijiu, please lead the way for me!"

Xia Tian said in his mouth.

"yes!"

Wang Yangming said in his mouth.

"Well, in this city of saints, there are two main places where passes can be sold in our Chinese civilization. One is the 'Treasure Building', and the other is the 'Qihuoju' opposite the Treasure Building! The former focuses more on selling. Treasure, the latter is more focused on engaging in the work of 'intermediary' connections..."

"I don't know, where is Your Majesty going to go first?"

Then, he said to Xia Tian again.

"Oh, Wanbao Tower, Qihuoju? Such names... as I expected, they should be opened by human saints related to business, right?"

Xia Tian asked as he followed Wang Yangming down.

"Your Majesty has a keen eye. The bosses of these two places are indeed outstanding people related to businessmen..."

Among ancient merchants, there were not many people who were qualified to be directly "canonized", except for Fan Li, the "Shang Sage" who helped Gou Jian destroy Wu and retreated bravely.

I am afraid that most of the rest of the personnel are not at the level of golden heroes at the beginning.

Even Zigong (Duanmuci), one of the "Ten Philosophers of Confucius" and known as the "ancestor of Confucian businessmen", and "Lü Buwei" who made the most successful business investment in the world and became the prime minister of the top dynasty in ancient times, It should be a little bit worse and directly become a "proud genius or saint"!

Likewise, this probably applies to some of the top business figures of later generations.

It is mainly related to the fact that in ancient times, to a certain extent, businessmen were suppressed by the imperial court and Confucianism. They were ranked last among the "scholars, farmers, industry and merchants" and suffered all kinds of discrimination. They were not even allowed to wear socks of the same color!

So much so, even famous businessmen.

Except for people like Fan Li who are the best in other aspects, it is difficult to be "respected" by others!

For this reason, it is difficult for many outstanding business people to reach the top level in their initial evaluation.

Of course, everyone "loves" money after all. There are only a handful of ancient business figures who can be directly canonized, but the number of people who have reached the gold level and have "qualifications for sainthood" is very high.

Hu Xueyan, a red-top businessman, Shi Chong, a wealthy businessman in the Western Han Dynasty, Qiao Zhiyong in the Qing Dynasty...

"Well, Jubao Tower should have been opened by Shen Wansan, the richest man in the late Yuan Dynasty... As for the Qihuoju, Qihuoju can live in...could it be Lu Buwei?"

Then, Xia Tian made a judgment.

Qihuoju, this is very easy to judge.

After all, Lu Buwei invested in Ying Yiren with "a rare commodity to live in", and finally became the prime minister of the most powerful dynasty in the late Warring States Period from a businessman.

There is no doubt that this is the most successful investment in the entire history of China.

A huge profit is far beyond description.

As for the name "Treasure Tower", it reminds Xia Tian of a strange object, that is the "Treasure Bowl"!

Xia Tian had some headaches before because the amount of "currency" that the Qian Xia Dynasty could create was limited.

Fortunately, the will of the earth provided a "cornucopia" to temporarily solve certain problems!

At that time, the Will of the Earth also reminded that because the authentic "Treasure Bowl" itself had appeared in the Land of Eternity, this piece of the Qianxia Dynasty could not be directly promoted to the "artifact" level!

According to historical legends, the person who owned the cornucopia was none other than Shen Wansan, the richest man in Jiangnan at the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty!

This person can be said to be an equally legendary figure. His most outstanding deed recorded in the "History of the Ming Dynasty" is undoubtedly his funding to help Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang build one-third of Nanjing City.

Moreover, he offered to help Taizu with a lot of money to reward the three armies, so that Long Yan, a self-made emperor, was furious and had "murderous intentions".

Even after being persuaded by the virtuous Empress Ma, the richest man in the south of the Yangtze River in the late Yuan Dynasty was eventually confiscated, and his accumulated wealth filled the national treasury that was extremely lacking after the Ming Dynasty.

Whether this period of history is true or false is irrelevant.

Just saying that such a record is left in the official history is enough to show that as a businessman, he was truly "wealthy and wealthy" and was extremely bold!

As for the origin of such a huge wealth, we have to mention the legend about the "Corucopia" again.

According to folklore, Shen Wansan had a cornucopia. If you put a gold hairpin in, you can get out a lot of gold hairpins; if you put a silver ingot, you can get out a pot of silver ingots. It is inexhaustible and inexhaustible, so it can be said that it is inexhaustible. Richest in the world.

In Nanjing, he built city walls and related facilities for Zhu Yuanzhang, and also built 1,654 verandahs and four restaurants, spending countless money.

Even the Xuanwu Lake Park in Nanjing in later generations was just the former site of the back garden of his residence. Its extravagant banquets and gorgeous costumes exceeded people's imagination.

It is said that an agate hip flask that he uses daily is enough to exchange for the entire "salt banknotes of a county in Jiaxing"!

"Both of these two people can be called 'lawless' businessmen... They don't have a clear enough understanding of themselves, but they don't know the reason why ordinary people are innocent and they are guilty of carrying a treasure!'"

"Or, even if you know, you are too lucky, thinking that money can solve all problems..."

Xia Tian commented in his mouth.

"Well, let's go to Jubao Pavilion first... Just in time, I have always wanted to meet this 'richest man' in the Ming Dynasty, and I also want to ask him for advice!"

The Qianxia Dynasty always attached great importance to "business".

Because, Xia Tian himself originally relied on the "Fangshi", a rare object building, to obtain a large amount of resources. With the "Dragon Bone Wine" and other materials, he was able to "break through the limit" in the first round of fusion. Thus gaining exclusive "supernatural powers and powers"!

Subsequently, the "Void Auction" method was also used, allowing the Qianxia Dynasty to obtain a large amount of urgently needed materials through transactions.

Now, the "City of Ten Thousand Races" has been specially opened, and He Shen, who is best at making money, has been sent there to be responsible for doing business with those foreign races.

However, when it comes to being a corrupt official, He Shen's ability is definitely among the top ten in ancient times, and can even be said to be "number one". However, at the business level, there is definitely still a gap between him and the top businessmen in the entire history of China.

Just in time, you can also go in and see if you can "learn from it"!

“Welcome distinguished guests!”

Like Li Bai's "Zui Xianju" store, the interior of this "Treasure Building" is also its own space!

Its shape, just like its name, looks jewel-like.

Just talking about the casting material of the main body of this building, it actually uses unrefined "spiritual stones". The height of each floor is more than ten feet, which is really amazing. The spiritual stones required are probably counted in "billions"!

The most important thing is that the passages up and down these floors are also extraordinary.

There is a majestic tree located in the center of the pavilion. The trunk is as big as ten people hugging. Its material looks like white jade, and the leaves growing on it are all made of gold!

It can be said that this building and this tree alone show the words "rich enough to rival a country" to the fullest!

"This... golden branches and jade leaves, could it be the legendary fortune tree?"

Xia Tian was a little surprised.

Just talking about the fortune tree in front of him, it is extraordinary.

Although the "Eye of Insight" is limited in the City of Saints and cannot see the detailed attributes of some items, Xia Tian, ​​who is now knowledgeable, can also see at a glance that this thing is really extraordinary!

Just because, whether it is the white jade trunk or the golden branch, there are complex natural spiritual patterns, and there are traces of Taoism flowing.

Obviously, it is not an ordinary thing!

"At least, it is a holy tree, and it is not even ruled out that it is a 'sacred tree'..."

Using such an item as a "welcoming guest", even the Qianxia Dynasty may not have such a big "display"!

"The distinguished guest has arrived, the distinguished guest has arrived... The distinguished guest, please go up."

And on the branches on the first floor, a bird with golden feathers, but the eyes and beak on the top of the head are like blue jade, and the shape is a bit like a starling. After flying down, it took the initiative to lead the two people upstairs!

"This Jubao Tower is really interesting... This bird should be a different species..."

Xia Tian nodded, and followed this "Jade Golden Bird" with Wang Yangming.

"Hua La La!"

As if sensing something, after the two stepped on the "branches and leaves" formed by the roots of the fortune tree, the trunk suddenly glowed and shook rapidly, and 80% of the golden leaves on the tree began to shake!

"Well, 80% of the leaves of the fortune tree are shaking? Is this the emperor of a century-old dynasty, or is he coming from a thousand-year-old family..."

At the same time, in the Jubao Building.

A middle-aged man with a plump figure and wearing Ming Dynasty clothes seemed to have sensed something and stood up! (End of this chapter)