Chapter 256 New resources on the moon, spiritual network interconnection, the Internet?
"Master," looking at Jiajing who turned into a rainbow light falling from the sky, Lu Fang immediately came forward and said:
"My Lord, the several teleportation arrays in the palace have all been lit up and are operating normally."
As he spoke, Lu Fang looked very excited.
According to the process that he and Jiajing had tested several times before to see if the teleportation array was connected and met the normal operating standards, as long as a new teleportation array was established and the coordinates were connected, the magic circle on the teleportation array would light up, indicating that it was successfully established.
The reason why he was excited was that from now on he could reach the moon directly from Ming Dynasty.
That's the moon!
From ancient times to the present, countless literati and poets have mentioned it in their poems and essays, and there are also numerous myths and legends.
Apart from other things, the story of Chang'e flying to the moon and the fairy Guanghan is enough to arouse the yearning of countless people for the moon. If Lv Fang said that he didn't want to go up and take a look himself, that would be a lie.
"Excuse me, sir, is this trip going smoothly?" Lu Fang asked tentatively again with full of expectation.
Seeing Lu Fang like this, how could Jiajing not see through his little thoughts? His serious expression immediately relaxed and he said with a smile: "You want to ask me what is above the moon?"
Seeing that Jiajing seemed to be in a good mood, Lu Fang immediately smiled and said flatteringly, "Nothing can be hidden from the master."
"I'm sorry to disappoint you again, take a bath..." Jiajing said as he walked towards Yuxi Palace. While Lu Fang sent a message of spiritual consciousness to Chen Ju at the door, he hurriedly followed.
"On the moon, there is no Guanghan Palace as described by literati, nor are there any gods in legends, let alone Chang'e."
"There is only desolation, loneliness, cold and hard land. It is a place where no life has ever been found."
Hearing Jiajing's description of the moon, Lu Fang was stunned and immediately felt that all the beautiful visions in his heart were shattered.
Soon, Chen Ju prepared everything for bathing, and Jiajing soaked comfortably in the bathtub, while Lu Fang gently pressed the acupoints on his head from behind.
"If you want to go to the moon, then go ahead." He closed his eyes, thinking about the mystery he encountered on this trip. "Also, through my divine sense exploration, I found that there are many special mineral veins on the moon that can be used for refining equipment."
"After that, tell the Ministry of Works to go and mine. But please note that the environment on the moon is harsh. Only cultivators in the Foundation Establishment stage can go there. Those in the Qi Refining stage are forbidden to go there."
Although cultivators in the Foundation Establishment Stage cannot directly leave the atmosphere, enter space, and cross the stars, they can still go directly to the moon by taking a shuttle or a teleportation array.
Although there is no air on the moon, the environment is harsh, and the temperature difference between day and night is extremely large, the skin, blood, meridians, and internal organs of cultivators in the foundation-building stage have long surpassed the level of mortals.
A cultivator in the foundation-building stage is capable of walking on the moon.
"Oh, by the way, it would be best if Xu Fan could go there in person. He could develop a set of special clothing based on the environment on the moon that could be used by ordinary people to mine resources."
Listening to Jiajing's instructions, Lu Fang agreed to them one by one.
The side hall of Yuxi Palace fell into silence, while Jiajing's consciousness came to the sea of consciousness, in front of his natal Ming.
Looking at the huge "sandbox" suspended in front of him, Jiajing showed a look of relief on his face.
At this time, Benming Daming was surrounded by pure air.
On the land below, outside the two capitals and thirteen provinces, there is a large sea on the southeast edge and as far as Yingzhou Island. However, outside Yingzhou Island, there is a very obvious broken wall.
Jiajing naturally knew that this was because the overseas countries did not belong to the Ming Dynasty. If all the countries were included in the Ming Dynasty's territory, his own destiny would also be expanded.
Until one day, your destiny becomes a star, which is the Earth!
However, Jiajing was not in a hurry to expand his territory for the time being. The Ming Dynasty had already opened up the markets of overseas countries through the spiritual stone trade, which would only take three to five years at the shortest and ten years at the longest.
By then, if the Ming Dynasty wanted to make overseas countries submit to it, it would only take a matter of a word.
There are also some countries surrounding the Ming Dynasty that naturally could not escape the spiritual stone trade and would eventually become part of the Ming Dynasty's territory.
"Buzz." Ripples appeared in the Ming Dynasty, as if welcoming the arrival of Jiajing.
My mind moved at will, and then I saw eighteen light blue beams of light lighting up on my natal star. The base of each beam was a small, exquisite and magnificent magic circle pattern.
Because the materials used in each magic circle are slightly different, the patterns of the magic circles are naturally varied.
Of course, these are only the eighteen within the Ming Dynasty. In addition to these, each capital of the world's countries also has one.
There are two capitals and thirteen provinces in the Ming Dynasty, and there are four teleportation arrays in the capital alone.
One of them is located in Yuxi Palace, one is in Qianqing Palace, the third is in Fengtian Hall, and the fourth is on the outskirts of the capital.
Yuxi Palace and Qianqing Palace were built to serve Jiajing, so that concubines could sleep with him in the future, and so on, and they could be directly teleported to the array.
The third one in Fengtian Hall was mainly for serving the ministers, and the fourth one was for transporting troops and supplies from the capital.
Of the remaining fourteen teleportation arrays, four in Northern Zhili were located in Xuanfu, Zhendingfu, Hejianfu and Damingfu respectively.
After that was Nanzhili, with six palaces, three in Nanjing, one in Songjiang Prefecture, and one each in Fengyang Prefecture and Anqing Prefecture.
The remaining four were located in Ulaanbaatar in the north, Xi'an Prefecture in the central part of the Ming Dynasty, Tumuhewei in the northeast, and U-Tsangdusi in the west.
Of course, it’s not that Jiajing didn’t want to build teleportation arrays for the other provincial governments. The main reasons were, firstly, there were only so many materials for the teleportation arrays nowadays, and secondly, there was no need for it.
Moreover, as of now, the many teleportation arrays in North and South Zhili, plus the current laying of immortal tracks, are sufficient to achieve interconnection.
Of course, Yingzhou Prefecture, as an important spiritual warehouse of the Ming Dynasty, also has a separate teleportation array.
However, the teleportation arrays of Yingzhou Prefecture and overseas countries are not included in the total number of teleportation arrays in the two capitals and thirteen provinces.
After checking all the teleportation arrays and making sure there were no problems, Jiajing's gaze finally came to the sky above his natal Ming Dynasty.
A huge moon is suspended outside the Ming Dynasty and is moving around it.
Jiajing was not surprised at this scene, because the moon was originally ownerless. The moment the Ming Dynasty's teleportation array was established, it meant that the moon belonged to the Ming Dynasty's territory.
Naturally, the Ming Dynasty also had to include the moon as an extraterritorial territory. With a wave of his hand, the moon suddenly enlarged, and Jiajing sent his spiritual consciousness directly to the moon.
I saw the familiar scene again, but the scenery this time was completely different from what I saw on the moon before.
Because the stars outside the moon do not belong to the Ming Dynasty, when looking out from the moon, there is nothing except the half blue earth in the darkness.
However, just like Benming Daming, there are also day and night on the moon. This is the effect of Benming Daming's own evolution.
Unlike before, he needed a shuttle to carry him and then stretch his spiritual sense to the maximum, and it would take several days to search the moon.
This time when he closed his eyes, all the landforms of the moon, no matter how big or small, appeared in his mind.
After entering his natal moon in a spiritual state and not finding any difference from the previous one, Jiajing withdrew from his sea of consciousness.
The teleportation array was built. Not only within the territory of the Ming Dynasty, but even on the moon, the emperor also built a teleportation array for the Ming Dynasty. For a moment, all the high-ranking officials of the Ming Dynasty could not sit still.
Almost on the first day after Lu Fang conveyed the news of the construction of the teleportation array to the cabinet and the six ministries, all the cultivators who had reached the foundation-building stage in the entire Ming Dynasty's top leadership stepped onto the teleportation array.
Nanjing City, the garrison was left behind.
"Above the moon..." Hai Rui, who was in charge of Nanjing's political affairs, subconsciously looked up at the sky, and then silently stepped onto Nanjing's teleportation array.
Although he is now a cultivator in the foundation-building stage and has long since transcended the level of mortals, his mortal heart still moves towards the moon.
Even someone like him, who is dedicated to the public and always thinks about the country and the people, wants to take a break from his busy schedule and go to the moon.
After all, there are so many beautiful wishes about the moon, and there is no one in China who does not yearn for it!
The locations of the three teleportation arrays in Nanjing City are roughly the same as those in the capital. They are located in the Qianqing Palace, Wenhua Hall and the Earth Yuan Crystal veins in the suburbs.
"Buzz." As the teleportation array emitted brilliant blue light and layers of spatial power, Hai Rui's figure disappeared.
Seeing this scene, Wang Yongji, who had only broken through to the seventh level of Qi training, felt envious.
It’s a pity that he still has a long time to build his foundation, but this is his own choice and he doesn’t blame anyone.
Under Hai Rui's protection, he was confident that although he could not catch up with most people, his future would not stop at laying a foundation.
Now, all he needs to do is manage his family well and train his descendants well.
"My son's achievements are not inferior to anyone else's!" Thinking of this, Wang Yongji suddenly became confident again. After straightening his back, he turned around and strode away.
At this time, on the moon, all the officials of the Ming Dynasty gathered.
"Is this the moon..." Standing on the hard and cold ground of the moon, even the young cabinet minister Yan Shifan looked as if he had never seen the world before.
A pair of eyes stared at the endless darkness, like stars embedded in the black curtain, his face full of shock.
At this moment, everyone else was also moved by what they saw.
All my fantasies about the moon in mythology were instantly shattered, and were replaced by a greater shock.
"This is the first step for our Ming Dynasty to step out into the sea of stars!" Yan Song suppressed the shock in his heart, and his old eyes looked around at the desolate and cold lunar surface in front of him, and he sighed with emotion.
Well, of course, there is no air above the moon, so when people communicate with each other, it is all through the fluctuations of their spiritual consciousness.
Upon hearing this, the others could not help but feel proud of the Ming Dynasty and of themselves as its subjects from the bottom of their hearts at this moment.
"What is this?!" Just as everyone was shocked by the scenery above the moon and expressing their feelings, a sudden violent fluctuation of spiritual consciousness caught everyone's attention.
Xu Fan, dressed in a red official robe, ignored everyone's gazes and did not care about the dignity of the Minister of Works. He squatted on the ground, digging a pile of moon soil with his hands and threw out a piece of jade from it.
This scene immediately attracted everyone's attention.
"Mr. Lu, have you found anything?" Before Xu Jie even opened his mouth, Yan Song took the lead in asking with his spiritual sense.
Everyone also turned their eyes to the jade in Xu Fan's hand.
When Xu Fan used his spiritual power to wipe away the dust, the true appearance of the jade was revealed. The jade was an elegant moon white color, warm and delicate, as if it had absorbed endless bright moonlight.
There was a faint floating light flowing on its surface, as if there were ripples. Especially after it was injected with spiritual energy, the ripples on the surface of the jade actually showed mountains, rivers, lakes and seas, and sometimes transformed into fairy palaces, which was a feast for the eyes.
And within the jade, there seemed to be an endless void hidden, and when one looked directly at it, it seemed to be there and not there, as if it were from another world.
Naturally, everyone at this time also saw this magical scene, and each of them had a look of surprise on their face.
"Haha," Xu Fan grinned, and then used his spiritual sense to say to everyone: "Don't be surprised, the floating light and shadow on this 'Illusion Field Jade' is just stimulated by my spiritual sense."
"Because in my mind, I had imagined the magnificent buildings and pavilions on the Moon Palace. Therefore, when I injected spiritual power, my divine consciousness produced these fairyland scenes."
As he spoke, Xu Fan stood up, raised the "Fantasy Field Jade" in his hand that was the size of a child's fist, and introduced it to everyone: "As you can see, this thing can inject spiritual consciousness into it."
"In this way, a memorable photo is formed!"
"It is recorded in the Records of Immortal Works and Natural Things bestowed by the Emperor: The Shadow-Retaining Stone is of a jade-like texture and has a dark and luminous color.
Holding it with the mind, one can capture the shapes of all things and preserve the images of all forms; recording and transmitting sound can convey the meaning thousands of miles away;
It records past events and contains the wisdom and secrets of the saints; it helps monks reflect on enlightenment and sense spiritual energy to find places. It is indeed an important tool for cultivation, communication, and inheritance. It is not easy to obtain, and monks cherish it. "
"Haha!" Xu Fan laughed loudly, and everyone could feel the excitement in his mind.
Xu Fan continued to use his spiritual sense to explain to everyone, "Phantom Jade is the necessary material for refining the Shadow Stone!"
After hearing Xu Fan's explanation, everyone suddenly understood.
Especially those people in the cabinet and others who had been to the world of immortal cultivation, they looked at each other and understood it in their hearts.
As for the photo stone, they had naturally seen it before. It was also a kind of resource in the world of cultivating immortals.
It is only sold in some large cities where immortal cultivation is practiced.
It’s not that the production process is difficult, but one of the raw materials used to make the photo stone is “Fantasy Jade”!
What they didn't expect was that there was also a vein of Fantasy Jade on the moon.
Unlike Xu Fan, an honest man who always likes to immerse himself in "inventions" and spends all day thinking about disassembling the "Records of Immortal Craftsmen" and making the things inside into objects suitable for use in the Ming Dynasty, the old foxes present are all shrewd people. What they see is profit!
Especially the Second Kings, the Cabinet, the Imperial Household Department and other people who had been to the world of cultivating immortals, their eyes were all warmed at this moment.
If there are enough mineral veins on the moon, doesn't that mean that Ming Dynasty can produce photo stones in large quantities?
In this way, they can also sell it back to the world of immortal cultivation in exchange for various resources?
"Shhhhh!"
In an instant, except for Lu Fang, Qingfeng, Chanshuang, Hai Rui and a limited number of others, everyone tacitly and unreservedly released their spiritual consciousness and entered under the moon soil.
The spiritual consciousness went several meters underground, and then rushed in all directions around the body. Then they saw a thick and huge "Fantasy Jade Vein".
This huge "Fantasy Jade Vein" is just one under our feet. The entire moon is so big, there may be a second, third, fourth, or even more veins!
Sent! This is everyone’s real thought at the moment.
"Perhaps, there are other things needed for refining weapons on this moon!" After noticing the huge spiritual consciousness surging around him, Xu Fan immediately put away his excitement, and extended his own spiritual consciousness to search a few inches above the moon's surface.
Seeing that Xu Fan also started searching for other materials needed for refining equipment, Yan Song and others tacitly made way for him.
After all, there are a lot of items for refining recorded in the "Records of Immortal Craftsmen", but most of the refining materials do not exist in the world where Daming is.
For example, the Ming Dynasty did not have the "Fantasy Jade", a necessary raw material for refining the photo stone. If Xu Fan had not discovered it, they might not have noticed these veins.
"Found it!" Suddenly, Xu Fan's consciousness fluctuated violently again. With thick eyebrows and big eyes, his face was full of smiles, and his excitement was beyond words.
Without paying any attention to the crowd, Xu Fan started running away. Seeing this, the others followed him.
"That's it!" After Xu Fan arrived at a meteorite crater, he took out his flying sword and flew down resolutely, and then came to a rock exposed on the surface.
Others looked at what was in front of them, and it seemed like a sharp rock on the top of a mountain. They thought it was ordinary and looked like an ordinary stone.
"What is this?" This time it was Yan Shifan who asked the question before Xu Jie, the boss.
"Burning Stone!" Xu Fan squatted down, raised his hand and took out a small hammer and an awl, and began to hit the rock in front of him, saying: "This can be used to modify the fire gun to increase its power."
"A kind of auxiliary refining material. If the spiritual attribute of the cultivator is fire, the magic weapon refined with 'Burning Stone' as the material will be blessed during battle..."
As he spoke, Xu Fan had already broken the surface of the rock, revealing the burning stone inside.
This object was fiery red all over, like a crystal. After being injected with spiritual energy, it seemed as if there was a flame burning inside, and everyone could feel a hot breath coming towards them.
"This thing may be able to replace gunpowder..." Xu Fan looked at the red crystal in front of him with joy.
When everyone heard that this "Burning Stew Stone" was used to refine magic weapons and that there were weapons forged by Xu Fan himself, they all seemed not very interested.
Of course, this does not mean that this "Burning Stew Stone" cannot be sold to the world of immortal cultivation and treated as a kind of resource income, but this thing involves weapons, which is a strategic resource.
If it were just some "burning stew stones", it wouldn't be a big deal to sell them to the world of immortal cultivation. After all, the world of immortal cultivation is so huge that there is no shortage of this kind of refining materials.
However, if the weapons forged by the Ming Dynasty based on the "Randun Stone" were sold to them, it would be tantamount to aiding the enemy.
Not to mention that the emperor would not allow them to do so, even they themselves were unwilling to sell their things over there.
After all, the Ming Dynasty will invade the world of immortal cultivation sooner or later in the future, and for them, if they can conquer the world of immortal cultivation, they will get more resources.
Therefore, they would not do anything even if there is a slight possibility of aiding the enemy.
People like Xu Fan and Hai Rui who had never been to the world of immortal cultivation couldn't help but show a hint of doubt in their eyes when they saw Yan Shifan and others suddenly showing a lack of interest.
"Fan'er, are there any other minerals here?" Xu Jie asked. "Yes!" Xu Fan said, nodded, turned around and came to the other side of the rock wall, pointed to a layer of dark black rock, and said with a smile: "This is it!"
This time, without waiting for anyone to ask, Xu Fan spoke first and said, "This thing is called 'Na Shi'," and then he looked at Lu Fang and said, "Eunuch Lu, Na Shi!"
Seeing that Xu Fan actually took the initiative to talk to Lu Fang this time, everyone couldn't help but cast a puzzled look at Lu Fang.
At this moment, after hearing what Xu Fan said, Lu Fang suddenly realized it, and then quickly stepped forward, came to the rock wall, stretched out his hand to pick open the surface of the dark black rock.
A faint green color appeared, like jade, exposed in front of everyone.
"It's indeed the marrow!" Lu Fang showed a look of joy.
Na Sui? Isn't it Na Shi? Everyone was puzzled when they heard that the Na Shi mentioned by Xu Fan turned into Na Sui in Lu Fang's mouth.
“In fact, Na Sui is also Na Shi, but they have their own names and uses in the Qi training industry and the alchemy industry.” At this time, Xu Fan saw everyone’s puzzled looks and began to explain.
"Na Sui is one of the ingredients used to make healing pills. This kind of pill has miraculous effects even on cultivators in the Golden Core Stage. If used alone, it also has extraordinary effects."
"However, if it is used in the field of refining equipment, it will be of great use. The texture of the nanostone is soft, and most importantly, it can be made into 'nano thread' after being refined."
"The so-called 'absorbing thread' is simply a thread that absorbs spiritual energy. If used with the 'photo stone', it can be made into an incomparably huge photo curtain."
"Then connect it to the 'Na Line' and input a constant supply of spiritual energy. In this way, the photo curtain can keep playing the photo. As long as the spiritual energy does not disappear, it will stay there."
"To be honest with you all," Xu Fan said with a slightly fanatical expression, his consciousness becoming increasingly chaotic, "Since ancient times, there have been only two types of intelligence in China, such as letters and war reports."
"One is to rely on the swiftness of horses and hundreds of urgent reports," Xu Fan said, holding up two fingers, "the second is to send letters by carrier pigeons, but the second method is limited in terms of the content it can transmit."
"Since our Ming Dynasty entered the Immortal Cultivation Dynasty, we have been vigorously cultivating spiritual falcons, spiritual crows, and many other spiritual birds."
"In this way, the problem of limited content in sending books by birds has been solved."
"Until now, the postmen in the army and between different places would use spirit birds to deliver letters, or use the 'Immortal Track'."
"Of course, the 'Immortal Track' book is limited to the laying of tracks and spiritual energy pipelines between two places."
"I believe that when the spiritual energy industry era is fully opened in the future, there will be 'Xiangui' everywhere in Ming Dynasty." Xu Fan waved his hand and said, "Let's get back to the topic. Later, as the number of mineral veins increases, the immortal cultivators in Ming Dynasty will change to 'Communication Jade Plates' to send letters to each other."
Hearing this, everyone nodded slightly.
From carrier pigeons delivering messages, to couriers riding fast horses, to spiritual birds delivering messages. As the spiritual birds are bred better and better, their flying speed is getting faster and faster.
Take the distance between Yingzhou Prefecture and the capital city for example. Now, it only takes a whole day for a falcon to deliver a letter back and forth.
Therefore, it is not an exaggeration to say that the intelligence between the garrisons and military settlements under the various military governors of the Ming Dynasty was "transmitted instantly."
That is to say, the Ming Dynasty now has no rivals, otherwise the battle reports would be issued several times a day, and even if the important cabinet ministers were stationed in the Cultural Hall, they could command the front-line battles in real time!
"Therefore, I have been studying hard over the years, thinking about how to take my Ming Dynasty's communications to the next level!"
"The communication jade token can only be used by cultivators, but what about ordinary people? What about the soldiers in the army?"
"If the photo stones can be popularized in every corner of the Ming Dynasty, and every citizen has one, and if a huge photo stone tower is built in a certain place, this tower can collect all the information of a certain area, or there can be special monks to organize information from various places, such as the people who publish "official newspapers" and "miscellaneous newspapers."
"After that, the content that was originally required to be transmitted by the 'Miscellaneous News' will be sent to this high tower, and then from the high tower to the entire Ming Dynasty and the people who have the Photo Stone in their hands..." Xu Fan's spiritual consciousness fluctuated more and more violently, and he became very excited.
"Based on the high towers of stone images, we will cast an invisible net in Daming!"
"Each node on this big network represents a citizen. In this way, wouldn't our Ming Dynasty be able to connect everyone? Everything can be shared in real time? Wouldn't the information transmission be faster?"
"The most important thing is that if the imperial court has any decrees in the future, they can be directly transmitted to all parts of the Ming Dynasty through this huge stone tower."
"Without leaving their homes, the common people can learn about all the imperial decrees through the Image Stone. Most importantly, compared to the communication jade token, the Image Stone can transmit all kinds of images!"
"In this way, even if some people are illiterate, they can ask someone to explain in advance and then transmit the images at once."
"I regard this large network, which is based on high towers and transmits content to various places, as a spiritual network!" With his spiritual consciousness fluctuating, Xu Fan looked at everyone with a fanatical expression.
"Of course, before I discovered the 'Na Stone', this was just an idea of mine, because in order to realize this big network, we first need to make sure that every home has spiritual energy!"
"This is unrealistic, at least not in the next few decades. After all, spiritual veins have not been laid across the country yet."
"All twenty-seven spirit veins in the north and south will be used for the development of the 'spiritual energy industry' era."
"There is simply no extra spiritual energy that can be used in every household or even in every citizen."
"But now it's different!" Xu Fan held the "Na Stone" in his hand, looked at everyone, and continued to speak with his spiritual sense:
"Refine the 'Na Stone' and extract it into a large amount of 'Na Line'. Then, in every prefecture, state, county, and village," Xu Fan said, gesticulating with his hands, "set up tall wooden stakes, and then connect the 'Na Line' to every household and connect it to the Photo Stone."
"Then the 'Naxian' can transmit the image to the image stone! In this way, our Ming Dynasty will truly realize the spiritual network interconnection, and the people's livelihood will be further improved!"
Xu Fan finished speaking, but everyone present was deeply shocked by his words.
At this moment, even Yan Song and Yan Shifan, father and son, couldn't help but change their eyes when looking at Xu Fan.
They can imagine that once the "Spiritual Network Interconnection" is truly completed, it will definitely be epoch-making!
Previously, the "Spiritual Energy Industrial Era" alone was enough to make Xu Fan enter the history of the Immortal Dynasty again. This time, with the proposal of "Spiritual Network Interconnection", Xu Fan's achievements will be unparalleled.
At this moment, when everyone looked at Xu Fan, their eyes became filled with admiration, complexity, envy, and jealousy!
They knew that the person who benefited the most from this trip to the moon was undoubtedly Xu Fan.
Yan Song and others knew clearly that even if they made the "Fantasy Field Jade" they had discovered before into photo stones and sold them all to the world of immortal cultivation, the resources they earned from both worlds would not be enough to compare to the great contribution of the "Spiritual Network Interconnection" proposed by Xu Fan today in the emperor's heart.
Moreover, the "Fantasy Jade" discovered before is the key material for making photo stones. Now with the "Spiritual Network Interconnection" proposed by Xu Fan, can they still do business with photo stones?
Thinking of this, everyone looked towards Lu Fang standing aside, and then silently withdrew their gazes.
They knew that Lu Fang would not keep the secret for them, and this thing could not be hidden at all.
Not to mention Xu Fan's own stubborn character, just talking about Xu Jie, he was the second in command of the cabinet, how could he hide it?
Of course, no one dared to hide it!
For a moment, the atmosphere in the crater suddenly became strange.
They thought that they had discovered a large amount of mineral resources on the moon that could be used for refining equipment, and could be traded with people in the immortal world, thus creating an additional stable trade line. Unexpectedly, Xu Fan intervened, and everyone's interests were shattered.
But no one could blame Xu Fan. Among the people present, especially the eunuchs from the Cabinet, no one was blinded by the interests and still maintained their rationality.
Once the "spiritual network interconnection" is realized, it will be of great help to the Ming Dynasty and even to the political achievements of their respective officials. Well, this is all everyone can think of at this time.
"Haha." In such a complicated and silent atmosphere, Yan Song's consciousness suddenly fluctuated. He smiled and patted Xu Fan on the shoulder, saying:
"Mr. Lu, you are truly the lucky star of our Ming Dynasty!" After saying that, Yan Song looked at Lu Fang again.
"Eunuch Lu, since we have made a new discovery on the moon, and Lu Qing has proposed a national policy, I will return to Daming without delay."
"Report this good news to the Emperor!"
"Master Yan is right," Lv Fang smiled, "This national policy of 'interconnecting the spirits' is related to the development of the Ming Dynasty. We must report this to the master."
"That's good," Yan Song nodded, then looked at Xu Jie and said, "Shaohu, remember what I told you before, if you can compile this "Records of Immortal Works and Natural History" into multiple volumes for the study of hundreds of schools, your contribution will be immeasurable."
Hearing Yan Song's words, a gleam of light flashed in the depths of Xu Jie's eyes. At the same time, his mind couldn't help but recall what Yan Song said to him when the emperor first gave Xu Fan "Records of the Immortal Craftsmanship".
The purpose is to prevent the Xu family from keeping the immortal craftsmanship technology from being private and to share it with the new Imperial College.
Unfortunately, the situation in the court changed rapidly. After discovering his son Xu Fan's talent in craftsmanship, he secretly warned Xu Fan not to teach his craftsmanship skills to others easily, using this as a means of self-protection for the Xu family.
It is also because of this that, over the years, although Xu Fan established the "One Pavilion and Two Academies", he also absorbed many students from the Immortal Palace who had outstanding talents in craftsmanship.
But he always had reservations about these people.
He disassembled and researched the core fairy craftsmanship technology by himself and never passed it on to others.
As a result, many people can see the "Records of Immortal Craftsmanship", but almost no one can really use it to find their own way. This is related to a person's talent in "immortal craftsmanship skills".
Xu Fan's achievements today are closely related to himself. At the same time, facts have also proved that his preparations for a rainy day were correct.
He had previously been demoted to Yingzhou Prefecture for usurping power, but he was able to return to the cabinet after only eighteen years. This was not unrelated to the efforts of his son Xu Fan in the court.
Otherwise, the merit alone of Xu Fan proposing "Xianming Heavy Industry" and its later merger into the national policy of "Spiritual Industrial Era" would be enough for Xu Fan to be included in the cabinet.
But the emperor attributed all the credit for Xu Fan's entry into the cabinet to him.
Now, Yan Song suddenly brought up the old matter again, which made Xu Jie alert. After fighting with Yan Song for so many years, they naturally had a certain tacit understanding with each other.
He knew that the impact of the national policies proposed by Xu Fan on the development of the Ming Dynasty made Yan Song, the old fox, feel uneasy.
Even though the various national policies proposed by Xu Fan were eventually divided up among various forces, and the Yan Party itself was one of the beneficiaries, if the credit was too great, it would be unacceptable to the Yan Party and other people present.
Xu Fan might not take any action, but in the eyes of Yan Dang, he, as the second-in-command of the cabinet, would definitely take action.
In fact, under the national policy of "Spiritual Industry Era" proposed by Xu Fan in recent years, many merits, political achievements, and power in the government and the opposition are being taken back by him bit by bit.
Although the Xu family still did not have much support among the high-ranking officials in the court, many grassroots officials in prefectures, states, and counties had benefited from their kindness.
I am retraining my team bit by bit.
All they have to do is wait for an opportunity, and these officials will be promoted and become governors of prefectures, states, or even provincial-level officials, and the Xu family will once again become a powerful family.
Yan Song, the old fox, could naturally see all this.
Therefore, the proposal of the national policy of "Spiritual Network Interconnection" made him feel threatened, so he would definitely take action to suppress it.
Although Xu Jie was wary of this, he was not surprised at all.
Although he is now the second assistant of the cabinet, his power is far less than before. Yan Song will naturally no longer regard him as a threat or a strong enemy as before.
But once he shows signs of regaining his strength, this old man will definitely suppress him at the first opportunity.
Now, he takes action!
"Reporting to you, Lord," Xu Jie bowed his hands, and said humbly, "I will certainly remember it."
At this time, Prince Yu, Prince Jing, Zhang Juzheng, Gao Gong, Zhao Zhenji, Chen Hong, Huang Jin, Shi San and others from the Imperial Household Department naturally sensed the sharpness hidden in Yan Song's words.
For a moment, everyone couldn't help but look like they were enjoying the show.
As for the other side, Lu Fang, Lu Bing, Qingfeng, Chanshuang and others were indifferent and just watched silently.
But someone like Hai Rui always had a blank expression on his face.
Compared with the various struggles at the top of the cabinet, he is already on another level.
In his view, whether it was Yan Song, Xu Jie, or Zhang Juzheng and others in the court, they were all treated equally.
Once the emperor asks me to take action, then there is no doubt that all those who should be killed will be killed, and those who should be done will be done.
No matter how these so-called elders fight, they'd better remember one thing, that is, never affect the interests of the Ming Dynasty, and even let the Ming Dynasty profit in the end.
Otherwise, hmph, just wait to be punished!
"What a pity," Yan Song smiled, shook his head and sighed, saying, "Decades have passed, and there is still only one Xu Luqing in the court. There were so many geniuses in refining weapons in the Immortal Palace back then, but they have been in the 'One Pavilion and Two Courts' for so long, but they have not made any achievements."
After saying that, Yan Song shook his head, turned around and left, raised his hand, and his grandson Yan Shaoting hurriedly supported him. Yan Shifan and Hu Zongxian looked at each other and followed.
The spiritual consciousness fluctuated slightly, but the words conveyed created ripples in everyone's heart.
"Mr. Lu," Prince Yu stepped forward and patted Xu Fan, who had already noticed that the atmosphere was not right and had calmed down. "Old Lord Yan is right. The future development of the Ming Dynasty still needs you."
"In fact, it's a good idea to train some people appropriately and let them help you share some of the burden." After saying that, Prince Yu looked at Xu Jie deeply, then turned and left.
Yan Song's words clearly meant that the Xu family received the emperor's grace and obtained the "Records of Immortal Craftsmen", but they kept it for themselves.
So much so that today, several decades after the Ming Dynasty, there is still no genius like Xu Fan.
And Prince Yu's words were a direct reminder.
As for Gao Gong, Zhang Juzheng and Zhao Zhenji, they looked at each other and saw the intention in each other's eyes to go back and discuss!
Soon, everyone controlled their flying swords, left the crater, and then returned to Daming through the teleportation array on the moon.
In addition to discovering three types of weapon-refining mineral veins on the moon, namely "Fantasy Field Jade", "Rantun Stone" and "Nashi (Nasui)", the group also discovered a large amount of iron ore.
Of course, there are other mineral veins on Earth, and there are also many on the moon.
However, the biggest gain for everyone was the idea of "Spiritual Network Interconnection" proposed by Xu Fan through the newly discovered refining materials. Soon, various parties started to hold small meetings.
At this time, in the side hall of Yuxi Palace.
"Master, the above is all the content of this trip..." Jiajing, who was writing at the desk, looked at the big words written on the white paper after listening to Lu Fang's report.
"Spiritual network interconnection?" Jiajing couldn't help but think of the Internet, something that the people of later generations could not live without in terms of food, clothing, housing and transportation.
I didn't expect that the Ming Dynasty's spiritual energy industrial era was only halfway through, and it was about to enter another new era:
The era of spiritual network!
Moreover, the arrival of this spiritual network era will not be too slow, and all the materials are ready.
The "one cabinet and two academies" under the Ministry of Industry, as well as the number of weapon refiners coming in from the Immortal Palace every year, are also large enough.
Whether it is the refining of the Image Stone, the construction of the Image Stone Tower, or the production of the "Na Wire", it will not be too slow.
"I am looking forward to this day," Jiajing said with a slightly relaxed expression, "Tomorrow at noon, we will discuss politics in Yuxi Palace."
"Innovation has liberated the culture and thought of the Ming Dynasty. Now that the 'Spiritual Network Era' has arrived, it's just the right time. It can also better enlighten the people..."
"No wonder Yan Song, the old man, feels threatened," Jiajing said, taking a deep breath, and walked to the window. Looking at the shimmering Taiye Lake in the distance, he said:
"When the time comes, all the achievements of his Yan family will be transmitted to the ears of the general public through the spiritual network."
"How can he not be anxious?"
"This time, there will be some excitement to watch." Hearing this, Lu Fang smiled, and then as if he had thought of something, he spoke again: "Master, do you want to knock on it?"
"No need, they can't turn the tables." Jiajing shook his head and said.
"Yes, I will give the order right away, and have the ministers hold a meeting in Yuxi Palace at noon tomorrow."
As Lu Fang spoke, he bowed and walked out of the door, came to the gate of Yuxi Palace, and conveyed the message to his godson Chen Ju with his spiritual sense.
"..."
(End of this chapter)
