Chapter 293: 199. Hold a Raffle

199. Hold a Raffle

First, to get straight to the point: this raffle's ticket number range is 0–20990.

Listed below in order.

First prize: 15379

Second prize: 1203*14239*16932

Third prize: 343*385*508*572*696*789*972*977*1004*1026*1136*1151*1158*1241*1278*1338*1397*1564*1620*1707*1881*2012*2045*2091*2146*2193*2239*2362*2402*2572*2642*3060*3152*3174*3515*3808*3904*3942*3978*4008*4013*4028*4047*4148*4183*4272*4518*4536*4542*4576*4655*4749*4803*5022*5493*5584*5809*5821*5851*6025*6118*6132*6179*6569*6636*6746*6895*7286*7448*7907*8215*8228*8264*8294*8532*8727*8742*8754*8794*8884*8896*8956*9067*9068*9204*9668*9748*9878*9940*10021*10046*10065*10087*10122*10151*10247*10406*10519*10674*10686*10833*10849*10864*10887*11046*11130*11215*11228*11264*11333*11479*11573*11639*11881*11914*12039*12316*12484*12492*12712*12765*12767*12973*13166*13259*13361*13484*13577*13617*13740*13756*13914*14048*14049*14096*14225*14247*14324*14339*14378*14390*14417*14541*14561*14911*14956*15000*15364*15408*15575*15979*16029*16215*16274*16366*16377*16381*16386*16574*16614*16681*16687*16917*17089*17180*17298*17501*17800*17928*18043*18072*18204*18233*18243*18315*18316*18462*18544*18601*18619*18755*18844*18897*18960*19158*19235*19317*19530*19636*19787*20017*20226*20285*20406*20440*20631*20635*20670*20793*20932

Claiming method: Due to the large number of participants, adding QQ friends may hit the limit; this time, please add the group chat or @the group owner. The specific group number is at the end of this chapter—winners must add it themselves.

Announcement period: The raffle video will be displayed in the group and deleted seven days later, simultaneously with this chapter.

Note: This raffle is conducted by a third party using a web-based random number generator. If you have objections, leave a comment here or @the Discipline Committee in the book review section.

Second: I don't really have anything to say.

Recently I suddenly fell ill and am still adjusting my schedule; I wrote half of this tonight and will update tomorrow daytime—I hope to gradually become a normal person again.

Oh, by the way, the Twelve Heavenly Kings election has ended. A bit regrettable—if it had been delayed a month, I might have had a chance. Nothing to be done.

The monthly vote ranking has stabilized; over the past few days, the average subscription count has risen by three to four thousand—absurd.

I've just happened to catch a good moment: this month, the first-day brothers didn't directly push four ten thousand monthly votes. Thank you to the new leadership at Qidian for their three fires of reform, thank you to all real readers for your votes, and thank you to the editor for your wise guidance.

Third: Let me briefly answer some recent questions.

Today, operations sent me a reader comment asking why I don't use economic measures.

First, this volume is about land surveying; only after that will the next volume address tax reform—because a key element is still missing: the silver mine, which, once connected to Japanese shipping routes, will justify economic measures.

As for land surveying itself—what economic measures could there be? In every dynasty, such matters were simply pushed through by force.

Oh, and just now, in the previous chapter, a reader said the protagonist's reaction was disgusting.

That was irony—meaning he was deeply moved inside but hesitated to speak.

Perhaps it wasn't clear enough, so I revised it slightly.

【Zhu Yijun strongly disapproved internally but verbally refused: "Er, Minister Wang, it's fine to target eunuchs and nobles, but temples seducing wives and daughters—most common folk willingly mortgage themselves. Would it really be appropriate to punish them…?"

…

Wang Xijue, seeing the emperor's hesitation, seemed to have anticipated this…】

Is that clearer now? Roughly that's the gist—don't ask why I write ironically instead of directly; sometimes you just want to, maybe I'm going through a rebellious phase.

That's about all.

Finally, the next chapter will still update during daytime.