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"Demon Blood Jade? This is good stuff! " Ban Shu's eyes were also bright. He could tell that the things in the room were probably all extraordinary treasures. Those Body Refinement Pellets are not too bad, after all they are demonic pellets. Furthermore, we also have similar pellets which are even more effective and without any side effects. The Savage Earth Bear Skin Armor is indeed a good item, but it is not that rare. Your Royal Highness, how about you name a price? How about you sell these Demon Blood Jade to our Divine Arts Academy? "
Body Tempering Pill and Body Tempering Pill were both evil pills, and their effects were not too rare. The Saint Craftsman of the Divine Craftsman Academy naturally did not think much of them, but in reality, the market for these things was still very popular among the people, especially for Body Tempering Pills. As long as the news spread, countless rich families would come and buy them, and the Barbarian Earth Armor was the same.
"Master Ban Shu, if you have this demon blood jade, will you sell it?" Hong Yu smiled and replied with a question.
"Your Highness, I've come here with Princess Mu Yue this time. From what Princess has said, does Your Highness wish to hand over the matter of the feudal fiefdom to my Divine Arts Academy to handle?" Hearing this, Ban Shu did not probe any further, and turned into a businesslike manner.
"Who said that I'm looking for the Divine Arts Academy to build a fiefdom for me?" Hong Yu shook his head. "I have my own plans regarding the feudal fiefdom. However, I do want to discuss some business with sire. It's not about the feudal fiefdom, but something else.
"Old Thirty-Six, what do you mean?" Hearing that, Li Muyue became anxious: "You are messing around. The feudal fiefdom is not given to the Godly Artefacts Academy to build, are you planning to build it yourself? Right now, you have defeated that small Ironback Demonic Wolf Tribe. You are simply unable to maintain your stability. Even a great army of ten thousand barbarians would be able to take you down. The most important thing for you now is to lay down your territory. The city is built with a thick wall, protected by a formation, so it will naturally be as stable as a mountain, and you won't have to be afraid of the foreign invaders in the wilderness.
Not to mention that number, even number two, seven, fourteen, and thirty-five were all arranged for him to build the fiefdom that would be completed by the end of the month at the latest. Even number eighteen had the empress order to transfer the treasures out of the treasury and have Lord Banshui personally select a Feng Shui treasured land for him in the wilderness, using it as a fiefdom to build the huge city. When the time comes for you to build on your own is near at hand, do you really think you can endure their ridicule? I'm afraid that even the Imperial Court would ask about this matter and accuse you of being an unfavorable servant and of not doing anything. "
"Haha …"
Hong Yu shook his head and did not refute. He just looked at Li Muyue, then turned his gaze towards Ban Shu.
"Your Royal Highness, aren't you planning to hand over the fiefdom to our Divine Arts Academy for construction? Do you want the Mo family to build it? " "Although the Mo family and the class of our Divine Arts Academy are enemies, we can't deny that in this world, there are only Mo family, Barbarian Equipment Division, and the Divine Arts Academy of the Imperial Court, which are equally matched in terms of their mechanical properties. The Mo family and the class of our Divine Arts Academy, may be enemies, but it's undeniable that there are many kinds of mechanical puppet arts in this world. Since His Highness has spent his own money to build a city, it is understandable that he would invite any family to do so. Naturally, we have no right to interfere. However, I hope that you can carefully consider it. After all, the Divine Arts Academy is the imperial government's institution. With the rules and regulations of the imperial government, I believe that Your Highness should be more at ease. "
"There's no need to worry about that. Father wants me to get closer to the Mo family, and in the future, he also wants me to recruit the Mo family. I believe that Master Banshu can understand this as well.
"The Mo family and I already made an agreement that we would let the Mo family build the fiefdom, and I won't go back on my word."
Hong Yu shook his head once again. However, he suddenly changed the topic of conversation and continued:
"However, I can also make concessions and engage in other cooperation with the Divine Arts Academy."
"What does Your Highness mean?" "It's good that we can cooperate, but as you know, Prince, the Divine Arts Academy has a rule that unless the Emperor personally decrees it, all the nobles must publicly bid for the item and the price will not be low."
"I know that." Hong Yu took out the map and said, "I will attack this Ironback Demonic Wolf Tribe from here. Now, I want the Divine Arts Academy to make a move and build a road from the border to there. As for the feudal fiefdom, I will hand it over to the Mo family craftsmen whom Mo Ningxiang has hired to take care of the construction.
This is the compromise that I came up with after meeting Master Ban Shu. This way, both the Godly Mt. Shen Zhui and the Mo family will be profitable. Furthermore, both sides will be moving at the same time at at at least several times faster speed. In addition, I will purchase some things from the Deity Cave. "
"Construct a path?" "Although this road is thousands of miles long, if the Prince is prepared to slowly build it, just like the other princes, it will take him at most three to five years to finish building it. The cost is not big, and for our Divine Arts Academy, what benefits do you have?"
"Slowly build it for three to five years? "That won't do, it's too slow. I don't have any plans either." Hong Yu waved his hand. "I know that the Divine Arts Academy has a way to quickly cultivate. Otherwise, how could the Grand Canal and the beehive-filled military garrison be completed in just a few short years?"
The Grand Canal connected the north to the south, spreading out like a spider web over the eighteen prefectures. The river was as wide as a river, and along the way, there were numerous mountains and mountains, even if it extended for tens of thousands of miles. Not to mention the fact that the Grand Canal was built throughout the entire country, even in the Liangzhou Region, the amount of construction work was terrifying.
"We do have a method to quickly cultivate the path, but the cost is enormous. That depends on what price you can pay, Your Highness. And the width of the road, whether it's solid or not, whether it's straight or roundabout … These are all different prices. "Right now, construction is going on everywhere outside the Fortress. It's time for us to hire some people, and the price will probably be higher than usual …" As Ban Shu spoke, he stared at the Demon Blood Jade.
But suddenly, he stopped talking and looked towards Hong Yu's hand.
He opened the cork, and inside was a strange square medicinal pill. It was like an amber-colored seal, sparkling with a seven-colored light. On the surface of the bottle, there were even small inscriptions that were carved, forming a vast scripture.
"This... Is it the Magic Pill passed down to me by a Demon Grandmaster? " The light in Ban Shu's eyes suddenly became more intense, like two balls of burning flames.
When he saw this pill, he immediately made up his mind. He was determined to get it!
"That's right, this is the pill. Master Ban Shu has indeed seen Wen Guangbo." Hong Yu laughed softly and waved the medicinal pellet in his hand: "I wonder how much this pellet is worth. Would it be enough to have the Divine Arts Academy build me a" broad road "that can allow eight carriages to travel side by side? Not enough for me. As far as I know, not even money can buy this pill. "
"Enough, enough! Not to mention eight carriages travelling side by side, even the longest road could be built. The value of this pill requires no explanation from the Prince, and I understand it very well. "
Ban Shu also revealed a smile, his eyes were squinting into slits:
"I can go back now and have someone arrange this matter, draw up a route and plan it out. I wonder what kind of material the prince wants to use to build his own path? Is it the newly developed "Melting Steel Mud" from the Divine Arts Academy? "
Hong Yu knew that the "Steel Melting Sludge" was something recently developed by many masters in the Divine Arts Academy. It could only be formed by burning various hard stones into powder slurry, and then adding in a unique recipe with a special ratio. Usually, this mud was covered in dust, but when it was used, it would only solidify in water and become smooth like steel.
As long as it was maintained slightly, the road would not collapse or break even after dozens of years. It was similar to the smell of steel in the legends.
Furthermore, this steel-like mud was cheaper. It would save more money and resources than traditional stone materials, and it would also consume less manpower and materials. Right now in the capital, even the common folk knew the benefits of buying this mud to build a house. The benefits of a courtyard could not only be affordable, but it could also last for a long time.
As long as it involved research and invention, they would ignore many of the orders of the Hongwu Emperor. They believed in their own perseverance and ideas, and made bold innovations, which were the teachings of the Class Sage, and believed that a martial artist with great abilities could improve the lives of the people, and could reform the heavens and the earth.
This was the reason why the Great Emperor admired this aristocratic family and didn't exterminate them during the process of turning them in. Instead, he used great courage and magnanimity to subdue and accommodate them. Only then did the Divine Arts Academy appear.
Ever since the establishment of the Divine Arts Academy, it had repeatedly made innovative inventions, creating a variety of novel things like this "steelmaking mud". As for the military, there was also the Great Python Armor, a series of precious treasures such as the Great Python Armor Great Boa Armor, when they were researched and produced in the future, even if they were ordinary people, the merchants would be able to purchase the armor. No longer afraid of bandits or strong people, it greatly increased their ability to protect themselves.
It was precisely because of this that the Divine Arts Academy's class had received unending support from the imperial government over the years. Who knew how many experts had emerged, each of them capable of refining magical equipment, manufacturing artifacts, setting up great formations, shaping the landscape of feng shui, and investing in even more resources? All sorts of strange and novel things.
From this point of view, the strength of the Divine Industrial Institution Class was above that of the Mo family.
Of course, Hong Yu also knew that there were specializations in the arts. Although they were all aristocratic families that specialized in mechanical puppet techniques, the Mo family preferred setting up earthen and wooden mechanisms to build cities. The Sky City of the Mo family, also known as the God Slayer Forbidden Weapon, was floating in the sky. It could accommodate millions of people. It was proof of that.
It could be said that the matter of rebuilding the road was left to the Godly Artefacts Academy and the construction of the city to the Mo family, but it was just right that they all had their own strengths. In addition, if both sides were to move at the same time, the speed would greatly increase.
"Mr. Banyu is an expert in this aspect. Whatever you say, sir, you can do as you please. Everything can be handled by you. I just hope that I can see the road being opened up very soon." After pondering for a long time, Hong Yu finally spoke.
"Well, then, let's use the slurry. Since it involves a treasure like the inherited Demon Pellet, I am unable to make the decision. I have to ask for instructions from my superiors. "
"This is a new item created by our Divine Arts Academy, called the Great Thousand Telegraph Letter. As long as you write something on it, and then burn it, it will let a specific person get the same message on the paper, and the other party will also get destroyed after reading it."
There is a great tower in the House of the Gods, which covers the world with its mighty power. The words we write on the paper are filtered into the tower and transmitted from there to other people's papers. This item was cheap to make. It was only one or two yuan, and even ordinary people could afford to buy it. The emperor's intention was to spread it to the rest of the world and make it easier for people to contact them.
That's why information will be transmitted and filtered through the Great Thousand Pagoda. Any information that is deemed to be plotting against the enemy and acting in bad faith will be monitored by the Divine Arts Academy and then handed over to the other supervisors for arrest and even assassination. "
"It's that magical?" Hong Yu only knew that in some martial forces and sects, there were thousands of li of sound transmitting talismans which could be used to communicate with each other through jade talismans. But these talismans were expensive and were made from spirit jade that was more than a thousand years old, so communicating would consume the spiritual energy in the jade talismans. Once the spiritual energy was exhausted, one would have to place them in the Spirit Convergence Array for another forty-nine days before they could be restored.
But now that the Institute of Technology had developed this piece of paper, the construction cost was too low. It could even be used by ordinary people to write house letters, it couldn't be inconvenient at all.
The biggest headache of the imperial government was the lack of access to information. For example, there was a rebellion in a remote area, or a natural disaster. By the time the news was sent to the capital by mail, it would be too late to dispatch the supplies and mobilize the army.
As a result, there were very few dynasties that could unify the four lands, and there were almost no dynasties that could prosper for long.
After he ascended the throne, the first thing he did was to connect to the canal, train the same car, and vigorously repair the land and water routes. He also had the Flood Dragon Armor Breaking Ship as his mail ship, and the communication speed was incomparably fast, and now he had even created such a miraculous thing. In the future, as long as people used this thing to transmit news, even the people and armies in remote areas would immediately be able to let the capital know about it.
This item would definitely set off a trend in the world!
Warriors traversed the world while the Confucian Scholars roamed the world. Merchants would come and go to trade and purchase some Big Qian Communication Notes. They would bring them with them and communicate with the merchants at any time …
"Alright, you can first consult the higher-ups of the Divine Arts Academy." Hong Yu waved his hand, indicating for the other person to do as he pleased: "In any case, I'm not in a hurry."
"Alright!" He took out a black pen from the pocket on his white robe, but it was not an orthodox brush, instead a steel one. The pen holder was hollow, filled with ink, and the ink was drawn out through the tip, making it very easy to write.
When he finished writing, the dark golden paper suddenly burned up, turning into smoke and disappearing into the air.
After a while, the other piece of paper in his hand started to slowly reveal ink, converging into a short paragraph of text. Similarly, after he read it, the piece of paper burned out once again.
"Tsk tsk!" It really is mystical. How about I drop a few more items and buy some of these Greater Thousand Communication Notes? Three to five thousand would be enough, and it would also be convenient for me to contact the Imperial Court. " Hong Yu clicked his tongue in wonder and asked the other party.
"Your Highness, we'll talk about it after this. I just sent a message to the higher-ups, but it turned out to be a message from one of the ancestors of my clan. He said that I must get my hands on the pill."
Ban Shu's face was full of shock. He was anxious to leave: "I will go back now and have my people plan the route, map the distance, and then organize the information for your highness to see. "Also, if you need anything else, please write it down. When the time comes, I will report it to the higher ups and assign it immediately."