Chapter 101: Great Infrastructure

In the main hall, excited exclamations came one after another:

"Oh my god, Your Highness is benevolent, a True Yuan Pill only costs one hundred taels, it would cost at least three hundred taels outside!"

"Hiss, a low-grade spirit tool, it only costs five thousand taels!"

"A cultivation technique that can reach the Nascent Soul Realm only costs one hundred thousand taels, too great."

……

Among them, the vast majority came for Yin Qi's reputation.

Even if it were for free, they would be willing.

Not for anything else, just to build a connection.

But they didn't expect Yin Qi to be so generous, the various resources they usually lacked were clearly priced, and even two or three times lower than the market.

As for their wages, they were basically the market price.

It can be said that this is Yin Qi taking care of them.

Yin Qi smiled gently and said: "As long as everyone is satisfied. I have no other requirements, I just hope you can obey orders."

The cultivators said in unison: "We are willing to work for Your Highness!"

Yin Qi smiled slightly: "Good. Next, register first, including name, cultivation, what kind of spells you are good at, or other specialties, so we can arrange reasonably."

"Yes, Your Highness!"

………

It was also on that night, after working overtime, the water conservancy project map of the whole state was finally finished.

Now everything is ready, just waiting for tomorrow to implement.

……

The sun set and the moon rose, another day.

Throughout the state, at every gathering point for displaced people, minor officials in soap robes beat gongs and drums:

"Attention, everyone pay attention."

"According to the notice from the prefecture yamen, work-for-relief is implemented during disaster relief, and everyone must participate in post-disaster reconstruction to obtain food."

"Eat your fill for three meals a day, and there are wages, ranging from ten wen to one hundred wen."

"More work, more pay, less work, less pay, no work, no pay."

"Post-disaster reconstruction includes rebuilding water conservancy projects in the state, building bridges and paving roads, and building village houses!"

……

After the crowd was stunned, they cheered excitedly:

"Good, too good, we can actually eat our fill for three meals a day, even if there are no wages, I am willing to work!"

"This kind of disaster relief method is unheard of, how did the prefecture yamen think of it?"

"It must be the First Prince. The First Prince's reputation for benevolence is spread throughout the world, and it must be only him who thinks for us wholeheartedly. If these water conservancy projects are repaired, it is not us who will benefit in the end."

"The prefecture yamen doesn't seem to limit personnel, doesn't that mean our whole family can go?"

……

The commoners were excited and ran to tell each other.

Although the home was gone and the land was gone, by working for the prefecture yamen, they might be able to earn more.

After all, after harvesting grain, they have to pay taxes, and not much falls into their hands.

Of course, there were also hateful voices among the commoners' cheers, such as 'why, isn't this disaster relief just the Imperial Court supporting us, why should we still work' and the like.

But those who dared to make such sounds soon attracted the siege of the villagers.

Yin Qi sat in Hongcheng and constantly issued various government decrees.

Almost overnight, Hongzhou became a huge construction site.

Everywhere were commoners full of energy, and under the arrangement of the government, they began to clean up and widen river channels, build water canals, and dig deep lakes.

In fact, in this construction, commoners were only auxiliary, and the main force was cultivators who practiced earth and water techniques.

They took on all the most difficult and bitter projects.

At the same time, brick and tile kilns were established in various towns.

With earth-type cultivators making a move, a kiln for burning bricks and tiles could be built in less than half a day.

Building bridges and paving roads was about the same.

After the first batch of bricks and tiles were burned, Yin Qi arranged for people to establish villages in suitable locations. Compared to the villages that were spontaneously formed before, the locations he designated were more reasonable.

That is, close to water sources and close to roads, making it convenient.

In addition to brick, wood, and furniture factories, Yin Qi also established pottery, mining, smelting, shipbuilding, and other factories, striving for self-sufficiency in post-disaster reconstruction, which could save costs to the greatest extent.

The prefecture yamen spent money like water every day, which made Jiang Yi and the others terrified.

If post-disaster reconstruction was not as Yin Qi said, then no matter how well Hongzhou was built in the end, it would become a place for court officials to attack.

Originally, the two princes were competing, and Yin Qi was better at government affairs.

If this first assessment was lost, Yin Qi would basically be out of the game in advance.

But the arrow was on the string and had to be fired.

……

Post-disaster reconstruction was huge and complex.

For the first half of the month, Yin Qi was busy until dark, sleeping less than three hours a day.

Fortunately, his martial arts had just begun, so he could hold on.

Half a month later, all aspects had been straightened out by Yin Qi, and the officials of each county yamen had adapted to the action plan for post-disaster reconstruction.

Now he only needed to control the general direction, and instead, he became idle.

So after becoming idle, Yin Qi took people to visit various places and inspect various projects.

In this process, naturally, there was no lack of dealing with commoners.

He chatted with every commoner very humbly, asking about their life and work, and if there were any shortcomings, he would order the government to correct them in time.

This approach of his soon made his reputation for benevolence spread far and wide.

Now, many commoners in Hongzhou even set up divine altars for Yin Qi at home, worshipping him morning and evening.

……

Hongcheng.

Prefecture Yamen.

Yin Qi sat cross-legged on the bed, his consciousness sinking deep into his mind.

In the endless void floated a simple and vast altar, and on the altar was 1.5 zhang of purple-gold luck.

At the same time, Yin Qi was shocked to find that at some point, there were tens of thousands of small light spots in the void, falling from all directions onto the first layer of the altar.

"What are these?"

Yin Qi was stunned.

Where did these small light spots come from?

Seemingly sensing what Yin Qi was thinking, the altar bloomed with a chaotic light.

Suddenly, a piece of information appeared in his mind.

It turned out that these small light spots.

Were actually faith!

Or more accurately, incense.

He provided disaster relief in Hongzhou, and even carried out post-disaster reconstruction, making many commoners worship him as a god.

Commoners worship morning and evening, which will produce a certain amount of faith.

And the altar is absorbing this faith.

According to the information passed to him by the altar, when enough faith is absorbed, it will open new functions.

Yin Qi was both surprised and happy, it was just a lucky strike.

He was looking forward to what new effects the altar would have.

……

In the following days, Yin Qi continued to visit various places.

At the same time, in his spare time, he also practiced hard.

The Yongquan Acupoint had long been condensed, and he had also learned the matching light body technique, Thousand-Mile Foot.

With his current cultivation, he could travel a hundred meters in one step, just like walking in a leisurely courtyard.

If he exerted his full strength, he could reach two hundred meters away in one step.

When performing Thousand-Mile Foot, it felt like a force suddenly gushing out from deep within the earth, supporting him to move forward.

After practicing the Yongquan Acupoint, Yin Qi next practiced the Tianming Acupoint.

The Tianming Acupoint is located in the pupil.

This is also another acupoint on the "Human Emperor Scripture" that has matching techniques.

The technique is called Po Wang Eye (Eye of Breaking Delusion).

It can see through delusions and look directly at the essence.

After spending ten days, Yin Qi finally condensed the two Tianming Acupoints.

Then he spent another five days to practice the Po Wang Eye.

Standing in the courtyard, Yin Qi stimulated the Tianming Acupoint with blood Qi, and immediately a thin layer of cyan light seemed to blur in his eyes, and then in his eyes, the whole world became different. ===== CHAPTER 102 =====