Chapter 149 The situation in the world

The four cities at the foot of Yujing Mountain each have their own responsibilities.

Qinglong City is the residence of the royal family and princes in the capital. Daxia has been established for three hundred years, so there are not a small number of princes and royal family. Fortunately, Daxia's Taizu knew the harm of the princes early on, and at the beginning of the founding of the country, he used the method of reducing the power of the princes to eliminate the hidden dangers. Moreover, Daxia's method of reducing the power of the princes was even more ruthless. After three generations, no one would be granted a title without military merit.

That is to say, even if your family has a title that is passed down from generation to generation, after three generations, as long as there is no military merit, the title will be taken back and only money will be left.

This is also the reason why military power needs to be guaranteed for generations for families with military honors.

Apart from the royal family, now is the right time, resources are abundant, and wealthy businessmen gather. Those families with royal connections will try to get a house in Qinglong City to serve as a facade, so as to prove their strength in front of the world.

Baihu City is the residence of military heroes and is the most quiet. However, it is home to many brave generals and its retainer system is more prosperous than that of Qinglong City. After all, Qinglong City has a bit of royal blood and always looks down on people, which makes the free-spirited wanderers in the world uncomfortable.

In fact, the methods of practice practiced by the vast majority of practitioners are not of the top nine levels. The one with the largest number of practitioners is still the martial arts school.

If those heroes in the martial arts world want to find a good family to entrust their affairs to, a military strategist is the best choice.

There are also more than a dozen excellent large-scale martial arts schools in Baihu City, recruiting apprentices from all over the world. These martial arts schools are even opened all over the country. When they encounter elite disciples, they will recommend them to Tianjing.

The Zhou family ran their own Huwei Martial Arts School, which had hundreds of branches in all the major cities in Daxia. Not only could they select elite warriors from them, but they could also make a lot of money.

Xuanwu City has Xuanwu Lake and is close to Luoshui River. It has lush vegetation and pleasant scenery, making it a perfect place for sightseeing.

The prince's Linshuixuan and the profitable Tianbao Tower are both located here. There are also a large number of gambling houses, brothels, and restaurants. On weekdays during festivals such as the Fish and Dragon Festival, the wealthy and the common people would go boating on the lake together, making it a great place to go.

Of course, more than half of the city's area is inhabited by ordinary people related to these industries or beggars at the docks. Those wealthy businessmen who cannot compete for a position in Qinglong City will choose to find a large courtyard in Xuanwu City.

Zhuque City is the largest among the four cities, and is home to all kinds of people. The city was even built all the way close to Fuyao Mountain. There are a large number of workshops here. In the small workshops, craftsmen make ordinary silk fabrics, pens and ink and other general merchandise, which are sold in Tianjing, based on families and clans.

Large workshops, such as the Huwei Weapon Workshop in the Zhou Mansion, are manned by practitioners. The magical weapons they forge are sold to practitioners traveling to and from Tianjing, making huge profits and even receiving many military supply orders from the front lines.

In the carriage, Zhou Tieyi lifted the curtain, leaned his head against the window, and carefully looked at the busy scene of Suzaku City outside.

After dealing with the affairs of the court, the next step is to deal with the affairs of the world.

Suddenly, Zhou Tieyi thought of a question, "Brother, our Great Xia has more than 80 million people, right?"

He had read in a book before that Daxia had a population of 80 million, but in his previous life, if he wanted to conduct a complete census, he had to wait until the information age, not to mention that this was an era when people were still collecting pollen taxes.

Zhou Tiege was not surprised at all. "How could there be only 800 million? In order to conceal the number of people in their clans, local tyrants have used many means. The Ministry of Revenue has repeatedly sent people to check, but in the end, they all came to no avail. Many of the inspectors even died of illness on the way."

Zhou Tieyi snorted.

For three hundred years, even a dynasty with a method of spiritual practice would have difficulty maintaining itself.

Population concealment, land annexation, capital germination...

Even if there was no emperor who wanted to practice Taoism, the world would be in chaos.

"By the way, why is it that our Daxia is so powerful, but we have been fighting back and forth with Yuanmeng?" He knew one of the reasons, which was that Yuanmeng had far more war horses than Daxia, almost equivalent to three times more light tank clusters.

When talking about his expertise, Zhou Tiege stretched his legs.

Pointing his finger, he said, "First, almost half of their people are soldiers, unlike us in Daxia, where we need to cultivate the people and let them live. Second, they blocked Daxia's way and kept hundreds of barbarians in the west, providing them with basic supplies. Third, it is easier for them to practice the path of gods and evil than for us."

Zhou Tieyi interrupted, "The path of the evil gods is easier than ours?"

Zhou Tiege knew that his brother liked to take shortcuts, so he warned him, "Don't overthink it, kid. The path of the evil gods not only requires the extermination of nine clans, but this path is also wrong!"

"I didn't think too much about it." Zhou Tieyi showed a helpless look, "I just want to ask what's wrong."

Zhou Tiege laughed disdainfully, "There is a path among them called 'God General'. Half of the warrior's strength comes from his own training, and the other half comes from the gods' grace, so it can be cultivated faster. But this is always like a castle in the air. Even after the death of many God Generals, their strength will be recycled by the gods. We can't stop this, so we are in a stalemate with Yuan Meng."

It turns out to be a soldier explosion and recovery method, which is a good idea.

Zhou Tieyi thought in his heart.

Before his brother could finish what he was saying, he asked, "What about the fourth one?"

Zhou Tiege was silent for a while, then said, "Except for the founding emperor of Daxia, after the emperor ascended the throne, he basically ruled the country for about 30 years."

Zhou Tieyi immediately thought of the battle at Sunset Pass twenty-five years ago.

The reason why the ambitious Ri Khan Yuanmeng dared to go south was because he saw that the previous emperor of Daxia was about to die of illness, so this emperor traveled thousands of miles, defeated the royal tent in one fell swoop, and laid the foundation for the throne of the emperor.

Zhou Tieyi even derived a fifth reason from his brother's words.

The Great Xia Emperor was a saint in Tianjing and was invincible.

But if he leaves Tianjing, the power of the Great Xia Emperor will be greatly reduced. The reason why he saw such a prosperous scene in Tianjing was because it was a "place of a hundred virtues".

The real Daxia is probably not much better than the feudal dynasties in previous lives.

Can imperial power really reach the countryside?
No wonder local tyrants dare to conceal the population.

"That means every thirty years or so, there will be a war between Daxia and Yuanmeng?"

Zhou Tieyi asked with a smile.

Zhou Tiege nodded with a serious expression, "Last year when I was stationed at Sunset Pass, Yuan Meng started to take advantage of us and sent elite spies to test our military strength. This was a precursor."

Another point he didn't say was that the emperor had been on the throne for twenty-four years, and he was injured. If he couldn't practice Taoism to heal his wounds, his life expectancy would be shorter than the average life expectancy of the Great Xia emperor. Yuan Meng saw this and was testing the border and ready to take action.

Zhou Tieyi tapped his right palm with the fingers of his left hand, then turned his head to look at the busy crowd outside the window, wondering what he was thinking.

(End of this chapter)