Chapter 221 Development
"Very good, let Cai Xianfa start implementing it and build schools in county towns across the country first." Zhou An said.
"Okay, this time it will probably cost 10 billion taels of silver. I have asked my third brother to allocate the funds." Zhou Di said.
"Is there enough money in the treasury? Do you need me to add some?" Zhou An asked.
Hearing this, Zhou Di was also amazed. The amount of money Zhou An had was really terrifying. He really didn't know where he got so many gold, silver and jewelry. However, Zhou Di would not be stupid enough to get to the bottom of it. For some things, they should keep some space for each other so that they can live in harmony.
"Third brother has outstanding business skills. Now that the treasury is full, this amount of money is still easy to come by. Well, I still have things to do, so I'll hang up." Zhou Di waved his hand, and the screen disappeared.
Zhou An sighed and smiled again. He never thought that he could get this in his lifetime.
Seeing the curious eyes of the palace maids staring at the smart bracelet on his hand, Zhou An said: "Everyone in the palace will be given one in the future."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." All the palace maids showed joy and bowed quickly, their faces flushed with excitement.
Just as he finished speaking, he received another call from Hua Wu Yue. He was really amazed. Why did it feel like there were more things to do once this thing was equipped?
After the call was connected, Hua Wu Yue said, "Your Majesty, Yuan Ming's eyes have recovered. Do you want to come and see him?"
"Recovered! Okay, I'll be right there." Zhou An was pleasantly surprised. Yuan Ming was the reincarnation of the Seven Illusionary Demon Lord, and he was also his own nephew. If he was trained well, the Qianyuan Empire would definitely have another powerful general in the future.
In a palace of Baihua Palace, Yuan Ming's eye bandages had been removed, and he was chatting with Hua Wu Yue, Si Chen and others. When he saw Zhou An coming in, he immediately stood up and bowed, "Greetings, uncle."
Zhou An liked Yuan Ming very much. His eighth sister had a very good relationship with him, so his feelings naturally transferred to Yuan Ming. He immediately took Yuan Ming's hand and asked, "Yuan Ming, how are your eyes?"
"Thanks to my uncle and aunt, Ming'er's eyes have recovered, and in the past few days, images of his past life have begun to appear in his mind, but they are very confusing."
Yuan Ming was still very respectful towards Zhou An. After all, his childhood experiences made him very cautious in his dealings with others.
Zhou An touched his head and said with a smile: "Don't be restrained tomorrow, we are all family here."
Yuan Ming said nervously, "Uncle, Ming'er wants to bring mother's remains back to Qianyuan. If she can be buried in her hometown, she will be very happy."
A married princess could not be sent back to the royal mausoleum after her death. Yuan Ming, out of filial piety, mustered up the courage to bring this up.
Zhou An smiled and said, "Well, thanks for your reminder, Qing Ling, go to Yuanyang State, bring back the remains of the eighth sister, and choose an auspicious day to bury her at the foot of the imperial mausoleum."
"Thank you, uncle." Yuan Ming was delighted and was about to kneel down, but Zhou An stopped him and said, "When there are no outsiders around, there is no need to perform formalities. Now that your Spiritual Demon Eyes have awakened, you must practice with your uncle in the future, and you are not allowed to be lazy, understand."
"Yes." Yuan Ming smiled. After all, he was still a child. With the love and care of his family, the child's character gradually opened up.
After talking with Yuan Ming, everyone suddenly started talking about the smart bracelet. Now it is only equipped by the demon general level, and it does not have too many other functions. The demon generals are already crazy about the communication alone, and they are in contact with people all day long. Suddenly, I found that these seemingly ferocious demon generals actually love to chat so much.
Hua Wu Yue also joked that the disciples of Baihua Palace were in the same situation, talking about this matter all day long.
Zhou An sighed helplessly. He had decided that Qianyuan must not develop any online entertainment projects in the future. Otherwise, once there were too many entertainment things, 90% of people would probably not work hard to reach the top of each industry, which would be detrimental to Qianyuan's development.
After returning from Baihua Palace, Zhou An contacted Zi Yan to learn about the situation of the gods, but during this period of time, the gods seemed to have disappeared and there was no trace of them.
Several strongholds of the Gods in Jiuzhou are being watched, and these people are developing in secret, but Qian Yuan's development speed is too fast, making the remnants of the Gods in Jiuzhou despair.
After learning this, Zhou An continued to have the Purple Guards watch and wait for the Kaiyuan God Clan to make a move. He had to hurry up and sign in. If he could sign in all of Kyushu before the full-scale war, he would definitely get something better than the best fairy treasure.
This is also his ultimate trump card against the Kaiyuan God Clan.
A week later, schools began to be built in counties across the country, and the details of the national schools were announced to the world.
When the school system was first introduced, it shocked the whole country. The skills provided by the school were much better than those of small sects, and even the skills of some mid-level sects were not as good as those provided by the school.
Moreover, the school does not only recruit humans. Anyone who is a citizen of the Qianyuan Empire and has an ID card can enroll.
The teaching staff was also announced. Starting from elementary school, all those who teach in the cultivation field are monks who have reached the fourth level of innateness.
The teachers in middle schools are at least seventh-level innate monks, and the teachers in universities are directly tenth-level innate monks. There are even powerful people who sometimes give open classes. There is also an opportunity to receive guidance from immortals in the earthly realm once every semester.
Think about those monks who let their children join the empire so that their children can get better training and learning opportunities. Then they will follow suit and become a force for the empire.
The emergence of Qianyuan National School has invisibly made small and medium-sized sects lose their chance to survive. Their materials and skills are simply incomparable to those of the Qianyuan Empire, and they are not picky about their candidates.
Even many disciples from large sects were tempted. Only the top sects had powerful people, and immortals in the earthly realm were something that no sect in Jiuzhou could possibly have.
Zhou An believes that within a few years, small and medium-sized sects will disappear, and within ten years, large sects will automatically disband.
This method is not enough for the top sects, but thirty years later in Qianyuan, these sects either left or were targeted by the country.
To solve the problem of sects, there is no need to use force. Depriving them of a living environment can also force them to be gradually eliminated by the times.
Of course, the inheritance will definitely continue to exist, but it will definitely not be in the form of a sect. Zhou An will also allow it to exist in that way.
Five months passed quickly. The original plan was to complete the Yanzhou sign-in within a year, but now it only took five months and a few days to light up the entire Yanzhou map.
Almost all of what he got were precious fire-type refining materials, which made Curtis very excited. With these materials, he could build an armor factory, which could replace some important materials in the armor factory. The materials obtained by signing in were even better than the original ones.
This made Curtis very excited. He completely forgot how hesitant he was at the beginning and was completely immersed in the joy of scientific research.
As a scientist, without any restrictions on funds and materials, he is like a fish in the sea, able to give full play to his abilities. With the right to use the Apocalypse host, scientific research is like a fish in water. How can he not be happy?
The Yanzhou map lights up, and the system rewards the mythical beast Red Phoenix, but it is currently just an egg.
Shangguan Rong has awakened her Phoenix bloodline, and her cultivation has also improved. She has some lower-grade fairy treasures on her, so he decided to give this to her.
After returning to the palace, the smart bracelet contacted Shangguan Rong and asked her to come to Qianyang Palace and sent a message directly with a gift.
As a result, when he arrived at Qianyang Palace, Shangguan Rong was already waiting at the door. Seeing Zhou An acting like a child, she took his hand and said with a smile, "Welcome, Your Majesty."
She said welcome with her mouth, but looked at me expectantly, waiting for her gift.
Zhou An was very pleased to see Shangguan Rong's appearance. Shangguan Rong had changed a lot in the past few years of following him. In front of him, she was no longer the majestic queen, nor did she have the calmness as before. Instead, she had awakened the feminine spirit in her heart.
In fact, Shangguan Rong is not very old, just over 20 years old like Zhou An. In the past few years, Zhou An has finally peeled off the outer layer of Shangguan Rong's heart layer by layer, revealing the real Shangguan Rong in front of him.
"I promise you'll like it this time." Zhou An walked in, raised his right hand, a red light flashed, and a red egg appeared in his hand.
As soon as the egg appeared, Shangguan Rong felt a blood connection. She held it up in both hands in amazement. When her fingers touched the eggshell, the Lihuo Meridian Qi in her body suddenly resonated with the egg.
She said in surprise: "Your Majesty, this can't be a phoenix egg! How can it resonate with my bloodline?"
"You've basically guessed it right. This is a red phoenix. When it grows up, its combat power is no less than that of an earthly immortal. You and it are of the same bloodline. Use your true qi to feed it so that it hatches faster. Then you can use it as a mount. It will be very cool and worthy of your status." Zhou An said.
Hearing this, Shangguan Rong happily hugged the egg, kissed Zhou An, laughed like a silver bell, sat beside it and began to nourish it with her own true energy.
Suddenly he thought of something and said, "Oh, by the way, Hua Wu Yue just sent me a message saying that a flower spirit was born from an ancient spiritual flower. Let's go and see it together. It's the first time we see a flower spirit being born."
"Okay, let's go." Zhou An was also curious. Thinking of the scene he saw in the ancient soul-gathering bead, it was a good opportunity to see it in real life.
(End of this chapter)
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