Lord of the Earth

"This is already very good...Wang Jijiu, you have made a great contribution this time."

Xia Tian was already satisfied.

After all, there are so many human lords who are targeting Li Bai.

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

But the fact that neither he nor others succeeded was enough to show that this "Poet Immortal" was really difficult to recruit!
Although Li Bai has not made a final decision yet.

But they are willing to "walk" with me to help the rest of the human forces, which is already a breakthrough from "zero to one".

Moreover, there is no doubt that Wang Yangming has good intentions in this, because he decided to pass through the "City of Saints" to kill the saints of foreign races.

Although he was very confident, he also knew that the enemy had many tricks up their sleeves and he couldn't let his guard down.

And just as Li Bai had said before, he was not only a saint of literature, but also a saint of swordsmanship. He was the third-ranked saint in the mighty Tang Dynasty, second only to Gongsun Da Niang and the sword saint "Pei Min"!
If such a person could travel with you all the way, the security would undoubtedly be much greater.

The most important thing is that if in this process Li Bai could see the national strength of the Qianxia Dynasty, see the actions and attitude of himself as a ruler, and identify with the Qianxia Dynasty.

All problems will be solved.

"However, we have already contacted three saints just for this first store. The pressure of the 'pass' seems to be a bit too much!"

After all, both Li Bai and Du Kang were geniuses of the human race as rated by Yu Bai, and even Cao Xueqin was a top-level gold figure.

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!
But saints are not easy people after all, especially when they go out to fight, they cannot be killed whenever they want. At least if the opponent cannot beat them, they can still escape. The more people recruited and the higher their quality, the more difficult it will be to get enough passes!
"Your Majesty, in fact, this pass does not necessarily need to be obtained by killing a saint... There is actually a place selling '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?"

This one sentence made Xia Tian stunned.

The "pass" to the City of Saints is an extremely rare item. How could any force be willing to sell it?
"Have you forgotten, sir? I have said before that there is more than one way to obtain this 'pass' - killing a foreign saint... Besides, not every territory has the power to kill a saint. Therefore, there is naturally a demand for this transaction, and related businesses have also been derived..."

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

Those ancient orthodox dynasties, because they had extremely abundant luck, and a large number of their own dynasty's outstanding people were recruited by many human territories because they arrived early!
Therefore, the Earth Will gave these territories a certain number of "passes" as "compensation".

These passes are naturally "circulatory".

In addition, some human forces themselves lack fighters capable of killing saint-level aliens, and also have the need to purchase these "passes".

Therefore, a business has been formed in this city of saints!
"Moreover, this kind of sale requires the lords or the rulers of some countries to manage it themselves... In addition, the purchase of passes does not violate the development strategy of our Qianxia Dynasty proposed by Lord Zhuge, because the value of these passes is 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 if it is only the weakest saint in the "Sea of ​​Illusion", it has the ability to protect a territory.

Not to mention, according to the information revealed by Du Kang, the heroes from the Sea of ​​Illusion may have potential and background no worse than those of historical heroes!

Especially for some territories, it is equivalent to a "life-extending" item. In comparison, with the ability of the Qianxia Dynasty, directly killing the saint may be less costly.

"That's true, but I'm somewhat interested in this place where we can trade passes. Why don't 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.

"Well, in this Saint City, there are two main places where our Chinese civilization can sell passes. One is the 'Treasure House', and the other is the 'Strange Goods House' opposite the Treasure House! The former focuses more on selling treasures, while the latter focuses more on being an 'intermediary' for connections..."

"I don't know, where is your majesty going first?"

Then he spoke to Xia Tian.

"Oh, Wanbaolou and Qihuoju? Such names... if it's as I expected, they should be opened by human saints related to business, right?"

Xia Tian asked as he followed Wang Yangming downwards.

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

Among the ancient businessmen, there were not many who were qualified to be directly "canonized as saints", except for Fan Li, the "Saint of Business" who retired from the business world after helping Goujian to conquer Wu.

As for the rest of the personnel, I am afraid that most of them are only at the level of golden heroes at the beginning.

Even Zigong (Duanmu Ci), one of the "Ten Philosophers of Confucius" and known as the "Ancestor of Confucian Merchants", 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, should still be a little short of becoming a "prodigy or a saint"!
Similarly, this probably also applies to some of the top business leaders of later generations.

This is mainly because in ancient times, to a certain extent, merchants were suppressed by the imperial court and Confucianism, ranked last among the “scholars, farmers, merchants and artisans”, and suffered all kinds of discrimination, and they were not even allowed to wear the same color socks!

So much so that even the most famous businessmen.

Except for people like Fan Li who are top-notch in other aspects, it is difficult for him to be "respected" by others!
Therefore, many outstanding businessmen find it difficult to reach the top level in their initial assessment.

Of course, money is ultimately "loved" by everyone. There are only a handful of ancient business heroes who were directly canonized, but the number of heroes who have reached the gold rating and possess the "qualifications for becoming a saint" is very large.

The red-topped businessman Hu Xueyan, the wealthy businessman Shi Chong of the Western Han Dynasty, Qiao Zhiyong of the Qing Dynasty... "Well, Jubaolou should have been opened by Shen Wansan, the richest man in the late Yuan Dynasty... As for Qihuoju, Qihuo Keju... Could it be Lü Buwei?"

Then, Xia Tian made a judgment.

Qihuoju, this is very easy to judge.

After all, Lu Buwei invested in Ying Yiren because he saw that he had a rare commodity, and he eventually jumped from a mere businessman to the prime minister of the most powerful dynasty in the late Warring States period.

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

Making huge profits with only one investment is far from enough to describe it.

As for the name "Jubao Tower", it reminds Xia Tian of a strange thing, that is, the "Cornucopia"!
Before, Xia Tian had some headaches because the amount of "currency" that the Qianxia Dynasty could produce was limited.

Fortunately, the Earth's will provided a "treasure bowl" to temporarily solve certain problems!
At that time, the Will of the Earth also pointed out that because the authentic "Cornucopia" had already appeared in the Eternal Land, the one from the Qianxia Dynasty could not be directly upgraded to the "divine artefact" level!
According to historical legends, the person who owned the treasure bowl was Shen Wansan, the richest man in Jiangnan during the late Yuan Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty!

This person can be said to be an equally legendary figure. His most outstanding achievement recorded in "History of Ming Dynasty" is undoubtedly that he invested money to help Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang build one-third of Nanjing City.

Moreover, he took the initiative to offer a large sum of money to help Taizu reward the three armies, which made the emperor, who had made his own fortune from scratch, so angry that he wanted to kill him.

Even though he was advised by the virtuous Empress Ma, he eventually confiscated the property of this richest man in Jiangnan at the end of the Yuan Dynasty and used his accumulated wealth to fill the extremely scarce treasury of the Ming Dynasty after the war.

Whether this piece of history is true or false is not the point at this point.

The mere fact that such a record was left in the official history is enough to show that as a businessman he was truly "rich enough to rival a country" and extremely daring!

The origin of such huge wealth has to be mentioned again about the legend of the "cornucopia".

According to folklore, Shen Wansan had a treasure bowl. If he put a gold hairpin in it, he would take out a handful of gold hairpins; if he put a silver ingot in it, he would take out a bowl of silver ingots. The treasure was inexhaustible, so he became the richest man in the world.

In Nanjing, he built city walls and related facilities for Zhu Yuanzhang, as well as 1,654 corridors and four restaurants, spending countless amounts of money.

Even the Xuanwu Lake Park in Nanjing in later generations is just the site of the back garden of his own mansion. His lavish banquets and gorgeous costumes are beyond people's imagination.

It is said that an agate wine pot that he used daily was enough to exchange for the entire "salt notes of Jiaxing County"!
"These two people can be called 'lawless' businessmen... They don't have a clear enough understanding of themselves, and they don't know the truth that a man is innocent but guilty of possessing a treasure!"

"Or maybe, even if they knew, they were too lucky and thought that money could solve all problems..."

A comment from summer.

"Well, let's go to Jubao Tower first... It just so happens that I have always wanted to meet this 'richest man' of the Ming Dynasty and ask him a few questions!"

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

Because Xia Tian himself initially relied on the "Fangshi" building to obtain a large amount of resources, combined with materials such as "Dragon Bone Wine", allowing himself to "break through the limit" in the first round of fusion, thereby gaining exclusive "magical powers and special powers"!
Later, through the "void auction" method, the Qianxia Dynasty was able to obtain a large amount of much-needed supplies through transactions.

Now, he has specially opened the "City of All Races" and sent Heshen, who is best at making money, there to be responsible for doing business with those foreign races.

However, when it comes to being a corrupt official, Heshen's ability is definitely among the top ten in ancient times, and it can even be said that he is "number one", but in terms of business, there is definitely some gap between him and the top businessmen in the entire history of China.

That’s perfect, I can go in and see if I can “learn from you”!
“Welcome distinguished guests!”

Just like the "Zuixianju" shop opened by Li Bai, the interior of this "Jubaolou" is also a space of its own!

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

Just talking about the casting material of the main body of this building, it is actually made of unrefined "spiritual stones". The height of each floor is more than ten feet, which is really astonishing. The spiritual stones required are probably counted in the billions!
The most important thing is that the passages up and down these floors are also extraordinary.

There was a majestic tree located in the center of the pavilion. The trunk was so big that it took ten people to hug it. The tree was made of white jade, and the leaves growing on it were all made of gold!

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

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

Xia Tian was a little surprised.

Just talking about the money tree in front of you, 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 tell at a glance that this thing is truly extraordinary!
This is because, whether it is the white jade trunk or the golden branches, there are intricate natural spiritual patterns, and even a trace of Taoist rhyme flowing.

Obviously, it is not an ordinary thing!
"At least, it is a holy tree, and it is not ruled out that it is a 'divine tree'..."

Using such items for the purpose of "welcoming guests" is something that even the Qianxia Dynasty probably didn't have such a grand display!
"The distinguished guest has arrived, the distinguished guest has arrived... Please come up, distinguished guest."

On the branch on the first floor, a bird with golden feathers all over its body, but eyes and beak on top of its head like blue emeralds, and shaped somewhat like a starling, flew down and took the initiative to lead the two people upstairs!

"This Treasure House is quite interesting... This bird must be a different species..."

Xia Tian nodded, and followed the "Emerald Golden Bird" with Wang Yangming.

"Crash!"

And as if sensing something, after the two of them stepped on the "branches and leaves" formed by the roots of the money tree, the trunk suddenly glowed and shook rapidly, and 80% of the golden leaves on the tree began to tremble!
"Hmm, 80% of the leaves of the fortune tree are shaking? Is this the emperor of a century-old dynasty, or a family from a thousand-year-old family..."

At the same time, in the Jubao Tower.

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