Chapter 415: The Eastern Ambassador Delegation

Ganzhou welcomed its second round of Equal Field. Xu Jia, Xu Zhiyuan, also arrived here on the third day after the city fell to preside over the work.

The Ganzhou Prefect was not killed, because he was actually a talent who could be utilized; at the very least, he had proactively implemented Equal Field, only his methods and interests were misguided.

Now he wore simple cloth clothes, following by Xu Zhiyuan's side, watching how Xu Zhiyuan implemented Equal Field.

To tell the truth, the vested interest small landlords, rich peasants, and individual merchants from the first round of Equal Field all hoped that Equal Field would not happen. They were the loudest in voicing their opinions; of course, these were also the targets Xu Zhiyuan intended to "win over."

But the great landlords, noble clans, and the like were certainly going to be liquidated.

The Ganzhou Prefect thought Xu Zhiyuan was merely "putting on a show," because throughout all dynasties and generations, there really had never been anyone who truly regarded the common people as human beings. Not to mention the local officials, there were even portraits of the lower classes depicted by Du Fu in works like "The Official of Shishao."

Even a small child knows: "A county magistrate who breaks a door, a prefect who destroys a family."

The corruption speed of feudal imperial rule is extremely fast; even for a Zhu Yuanzhang who "never forgets his original intention," he could not stop it despite constantly killing corrupt officials while on the throne.

The noble clans represented by the patriarchal system, the feudal landlord class represented by the imperial system, and the scholar-official interest groups represented by the imperial examination system—if these are not changed or destroyed, the ordinary common people will never have a day to get ahead.

Because these systems exist to maintain monopolies, maintain rule, and control the discourse.

Of course, this is not just about those real dynasties in history; here it even involves the "struggle between Immortals and Gods," the "political philosophy" of the upper world, which is the so-called "struggle of the Great Dao."

In short, they are bargaining chips, assets, labor, numerical values, and merits, but they are uniquely not "people."

The Ganzhou Prefect watched for seven or eight days, but he was not converted. He was naturally born from the imperial examination, a descendant of a noble clan, an official appointed by the Emperor himself. He had hundreds of servants at home, tens of thousands of acres of land, students, and local factions; these were all his resources, power, and interests. He could not betray them.

He even felt that even if one were to rebel, I would follow you, but how can you strip away privileges? If not for these privileges, if not for glory and wealth, who would shed blood and sacrifice their lives to rebel with you? This group of mud-legged peasants? Can they be relied upon? He did not think it through, nor did he want to follow by Father Xu's side to watch; he only sought death. Father Xu did not agree, believing that he had never experienced the suffering of the working people and therefore did not understand the standpoint of the working people, so he demoted him to the Nanchang Poyang farm for labor reform.

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After occupying Ganzhou, the entire Jiangnan West Circuit, from north to south, surrendered everywhere. The righteous army reorganized slightly, then split into three routes: one route to take Yue, one route to take Min, and one route toward Zhe.

But these were not direct strikes at large cities, but rather the seizure of strategic passes, while simultaneously establishing strongholds, setting up frontline military industries, laying railways, and repairing roads and bridges. While engaging in massive infrastructure construction in the Jiangnan West Circuit, they were also pushing into the three provinces bit by bit.

Among them, Jiang Qi went to Yue. Shen Bao went to Min, and Chen Gongming went to Zhe.

Zhe was wealthy, with strong troops and sturdy horses, many powerful officials and nobles in the court, and many noble clans. It was the hardest bone to chew and the fattest piece of meat.

Yue was anciently called Lingnan, and Min was much the same. Although they had many port advantages, they were mostly mountainous, humid, and hot, with many southern ethnic minorities, so Jiang Qi and Shen Bao presided over them.

As for logistics, Xu Jia sent Hu Jinhua to Min. There were many ghost and god beliefs there, so Hu Jinhua could establish a foothold. Moreover, the worship of Heavenly Master Xu was rich in Min, and the Lushan Sect was there, which could be considered Xu Jia's second base. He hoped to assist in the takeover from this aspect.

He dispatched Jin Chan to Zhe, as Zhe had many wealthy merchants, and he remembered that Songjiang Prefecture was a Jin Chan layout. With Jin Chan assisting, he could nibble away at the economy of Zhe from various angles, annex the wealth of the rich, turn it into state assets, and not even fear them fleeing overseas.

As for Ao Jin, he was dispatched to Yue, where he could open the seas in Yue together with his father, Ao Jia.

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As for Xu Jia, at this time he had finally created the many Talisman methods needed for constructing Micro Spirit Veins.

There were seven in total.

The two Yin and Yang ones corresponded to searching for Yin veins and Yang veins.

The other five were the Five Elements Talisman methods, corresponding to the rest.

For the changes of the universe, one cannot escape the changes of Yin Yang and Five Elements; Yin Yang is Divine Transformation, and Five Elements is Material Transformation.

Having obtained Divine Transformation and Material Transformation, plus division of labor and cooperation, constructing a Micro Spirit Vein was no longer a problem.

Moreover, this Talisman method did not conflict with the "Daoist Citizen Register," belonging to a "dual-register" category.

Aside from constructing Micro Spirit Veins, the Five Elements Talisman and Yin-Yang Talisman could also be used in various aspects and could be integrated into the grand infrastructure. Therefore, Xu Jia first wanted to promote them in the army. The formal Daoist soldiers in the army could not possibly do these things, but those auxiliary troops, such as those transporting grain and fodder, or corvée laborers building defensive works—of course, they were not called corvée laborers now, nor were they miscellaneous soldiers or servant soldiers... they belonged to multi-functional auxiliary troops.

Xu Jia believed they were also very important. Aside from undertaking auxiliary work for the army, in their spare time, they could also undertake these municipal projects.

Of course, establishing specialized "municipal construction units" was indispensable: urban planning, residential planning, cultivation site planning, farmland planning……

These all required a large number of corresponding talents. Fortunately, in the Jiangnan West Circuit, there were a large number of such talents.

The first to whom Xu Jia passed down this set of Talisman methods was the Lei Family, who constructed the Three Pure Ones Mountain layout. The Lei Family was a cultivation clan that had obtained the inheritance of the Mohist School among the Hundred Schools of Thought. They had people in every dynasty and generation, serving in the Ministry of Works, designing palaces, gardens, and mausoleums for the Emperor.

They were masters in Feng Shui, architecture, and construction.

Xu Jia summoned the Lei Family, and the Lei Family then recommended several other local cultivation families. These cultivation families were technical, with family inheritances that at most reached the Earth Immortal level, but very few became Earth Immortals.

Among them, the Qian Family was skilled in urban planning, that is, large-scale Feng Shui layouts. This was different from the Lei Family's design of imperial gardens and palaces; it was larger in scale and more suitable for ordinary people, and also conducive to urban development, requiring a more grandiose perspective.

There was the Chen Family, which was skilled in water conservancy projects, building river dikes, dredging river channels, and observing hydrology.

Even after Zhang Fajing of Longhu Mountain personally led troops to flatten a group of corrupt Zhangs, he also brought a batch of Zhang Clan members to Xu Jia, as well as Wang Family members.

The Zhang Clan went without saying; they were descendants of the Orthodox One Heavenly Master Dao, skilled in rituals, magic ceremonies, summoning gods, and restraining ghosts, which was just right for searching for Yin veins.

The Wang Family members were skilled in drawing Talismans and blessing Magic Tools; this was more suitable for Qi-sealing, array-setting, and refining items.

In short, Xu Jia did not let go of any of these talents, passing one of the seven Talismans to each of them, then ordering them to form teams to complete the construction work in all the places the various demons had surveyed in the Jiangnan West Circuit where Micro Spirit Veins could be built. In such places, a town might have seven or eight, and at the very least three or four. After all, even places like Jijuezi Mountain, Lan Shi Huo, Jiujiegou, and Qingfeng Pavilion could be constructed, so the universality was naturally very high.

If it were said that one must have Wuyue or the Three Mountains, such famous mountains and great rivers, Xu Jia would conversely not value it so much.

By following the mass line, with low thresholds and large numbers, in the Jiangnan West Circuit alone, more than eight thousand locations could be constructed……

Don't think the number is outrageously high; this was discovered by the carpet-style inspection of the demons, and the number was even still increasing.

However, the Jiangnan West Circuit had always been a "Dao Capital": Longhu Mountain, Xi Shan, Gezao Mountain, Three Pure Ones Mountain, Hua Gai Shan, Ge Immortal Mountain……

Three of the Four Great Heavenly Masters cultivated in the Jiangnan West Circuit, so one knows that the Jiangnan West Circuit was inherently a place where "Heavenly Spirits gather." These subtle Dharma Realm Yin veins and worldly Feng Shui corresponded to nothing more than the Feng Shui of a village or the Dharma Realm of a village, just like "capillaries."

As long as one does not deliberately destroy it, the Jiangnan West Circuit is inherently vibrant and very suitable for living. Not to mention agriculture, for thousands of years, it has rarely suffered from disasters or Famine. Moreover, it is said that "people of talent emerge where the spirit of the land is rich." Since the feudal imperial examination began until it ended, there was the saying that "half of the imperial court officials are from Jiangxi."

In short, in the Dharma Realm, there are "humanistic veins and historical allusions" everywhere. In the real world, places with excellent Feng Shui might be few, but places with medium-to-high Feng Shui can be said to be everywhere.

Micro Spirit Veins are not picky, so naturally, there were many places that could be constructed.

Since they could all be constructed, Xu Jia had one goal: "Then transform them all into Spirit Veins."

Once the entire Jiangnan West Circuit's Spirit Veins were constructed, even if they were only Micro Spirit Veins, that would still be a lot.

One must know that the largest group for photosynthesis is "algae," not those tall trees.

What Xu Jia wanted was for these Micro Spirit Veins to play the role of "algae," providing a continuous stream of changes, so that the entire Jiangnan West Circuit, and even this world, would welcome "Spirit Recovery."

While Xu Jia was making a big splash here, on the other side in America, because Guo Zhanghai had obtained the so-called "System" from Xu Jia last time.

The mysterious power of Dongda had taken Guo Zhanghai to test it many times, but they had not discovered any methods, plus the heavenly secrets were becoming increasingly obvious.

"The Ziwei star descends to the world, re-sealing the various Gods."

Dongda then released Guo Zhanghai and demanded confidentiality, and specifically dispatched a new learning delegation composed entirely of cultivators to head to the Tongtian Temple in San Francisco, America, again, hoping to communicate with Xu Jia and reach a consensus.

(End of this chapter)