All Heavens: Get the Nine Swords at the start

Chapter 100 Collecting Tolls
The startled salamander has lived in a trap since he was a child, and all he has learned is how to kill people, how to use their own advantages to kill faster and more efficiently.

Because of this, although Shocking Salamander can read, she has never studied the classics of the sages, nor does she know poetry and songs. The way she names herself is also very simple and rude. Her name is composed of three people who changed her destiny.

The two stayed at Hangu Pass for a day for a rest. Under the leadership of the disciples in the outer hall, Li Ming also tried to inquire about the events of Lao Tzu's patriarch going west to Hangu Pass. In the end, he was greatly disappointed by the results.

That's right, how could the Taoists not care about their own ancestor's inexplicable disappearance? Even if the Taoists guessed that the ancestor of Lao Tzu had ascended to the fairy world, what should be done is still to be done.

When Lao Tzu left Hangu in the west, when there was no news, the Taoists searched almost a hundred miles around, but found nothing but a volume of the Tao Te Ching. After no results, the Taoists could only bring the volume of the Tao Te Ching Returned to Mount Taiyi.

After resting overnight at Hangu Pass and replenishing supplies, the two set off on the road again.

When encountering cities or villages and towns along the way, they found shops to rest and recuperate. They didn’t eat and sleep in the open. Even if they brought a child who was not yet full moon, it did not affect the itinerary of the two of them at all. Both of them were not ordinary people, and they had a carriage to shelter them Rain, it's been a pretty good day.

It's just that I feel sorry for the ear-rolling sword that Li Ming brought out to give to Fu Nian and the startling salamander sword that Li Weiming brought out.

Along the way, the two swords took turns serving as a kitchen knife for cutting vegetables, an ax for chopping wood, and a razor for trimming hair. They also helped the two make fires, which really damaged the reputation of the Three Hundred Swords in the Book of Songs and the Eight Swords of the King of Yue.

As for why not use Beiming Sword and Zhuxian Sword?

With the spirituality shown by Beimingjian, if you really dare to let it do these things, it would be strange if Beimingjian didn't turn his face on the spot, at least he would play with you for a few days.

Not to mention the Zhuxian sword, it is too hostile, and the animals within a radius of ten miles ran away as soon as the sword was pulled out, which is a fart.

The two traveled for three months and finally reached Songhai City.

Along the way, Li Ming's eyes were opened, and he didn't know how many mountain pioneers he met halfway.

The Qin State has strong soldiers and strong horses, and the laws are strict, so there is no living space for mountain pioneers.

But after leaving the Qin Kingdom, the two met many mountain pioneers. Unfortunately, these people in the green forest chose the wrong target to rob. Who is not good to rob?

Two people, one is the former killer of Luo Wang Tianzi, and the other is the future head of the Taoist family. In Sanghai of Qi State, as long as the robbers were on the route of the two of them, almost all the robbers suffered disaster.

After the two of them massacred a few waves of robbers, they ran away early, and dared not come back until their carriage left. Those who were unresponsive and thought that everything would be fine if they didn't provoke them were all killed by the two of them. clean.

The land vacated by these people after their death was naturally taken over by Li Ming's disciples who informed Ren Zongwaitang. After leaving some treasures as daily expenses, the remaining gold, silver and jewelry were sent back to Mount Taiyi.

Li Ming asked Elder Baiyunzi to use the money he got to recruit a group of ghost salaries Bai Can and Cheng Danchun from the princes on the way, plus some refugees who voluntarily came to earn a living.

The Taoist disciples led these people to start leveling the road, using local materials, or digging rocks from mountains, or cutting wood to build bridges, and simply paved a road from Hangu Pass in Qin State in the west to Sanghai City in Qi State in the east, connecting Qin, Han, Wei, and Qi. Trade routes of the four countries.

Of course, the road was not built in vain by the Taoists out of mercy. Every vehicle and horse passing by on this road must pay tolls ranging from one to ten cents according to Taoist regulations.

Ordinary people on foot do not need to pay any fees, only horses and carriages need to pay fees.

Of course, these expenses are not exclusive to the Taoist family. Forty percent of the income of the country to which the road belongs will be distributed, with the remaining [-] percent, [-] percent for the daily expenses of the outer hall disciples along the road, [-] percent for the annual maintenance cost of the road, and the remaining [-] percent. Cheng used it to hire common people to clean the road, and after a circle, the Taoists themselves only had [-]% of the income left.

At first, all the countries did not care about how much revenue this road could provide. Until Li Ming was about to arrive at Songhai, the domestic road sections alone could bring 1 taels to South Korea and Wei every month. about the income.

Although a mere 1 taels of silver is nothing to a country, the money came out of thin air and they did not pay any price.

And there is an income of 1 taels a month. If it is one year, five years, or ten years, then this income will be terrible.

12 taels a year is not a small amount in any country. The monthly salary of soldiers in the ancient army was only one to two taels of silver, and some even did not have that much.

10 taels is enough to support an army of 5000 people to fight abroad for about a month, and it can pay a month's salary to an army of 1 people.

It’s not that other countries have tried to imitate Taoism’s approach, but they all failed for various reasons. Some countries are whimsical, thinking that they can just find a road to charge, but they don’t consider whether this road is used by people or irreplaceable. function, whether it can guarantee the safety of merchants on the road, and so on.

Chu State is a typical example. The current monarch of Chu State is Xiong Han, known as King Chu You in history.

Xiong Han is the elder brother of Lord Changping, King Chu Shuai, and King Chu of Chu. From his posthumous title, it can be seen that this King You of Chu is not a wise monarch. He has the same posthumous title as the famous faint king "King Zhou You".

The posthumous title is the text of the evaluation given by the descendants after the death of a person.

In ancient times, the titles of praise, derogation or sympathy were given to dead emperors, princes, ministers and other high-ranking people after evaluating their life stories, which began in the Western Zhou Dynasty.

In order to make it easier to draw conclusions on historical figures, the ancients chose to use posthumous titles to summarize the life of a historical figure.

Posthumous names are divided into beautiful posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous titles.

Posthumous titles were very convincing before the Sui and Tang Dynasties, but gradually lost their persuasive power after the Tang Dynasty, and people turned to calling emperors by temple titles.

For example: "Han Gaozu", "Han Wudi", "Tang Gaozu", "Tang Taizu".

The chaos of sacrifices is often caused by You, which shows that King You of Chu is not a qualified monarch.

King Chuyou was envious of the profits of Han and Wei, and immediately set the roads leading to Shouchun, the capital of Chu, as toll roads, and they not only collected money from merchants, but even the common people would be punished when they walked on the road. Ask for tolls, priced at [-] Wen per person.

The situation is good, the merchants dare not come to Shouchun to sell goods, and the common people dare not transport grain to Shouchun for sale. The majestic capital of Chu State has turned into an empty city, lacking everything in the city, including daily necessities of daily necessities.

None of the people went up the mountain to chop firewood and carry it to the city to sell. These people didn't even have firewood for cooking, but King Chuyou had no choice but to withdraw the order, and Shouchun gradually regained its vitality.

Chu's mindless operation also sounded the alarm for other countries. Without studying the operation method of the Taoist school, no one would dare to imitate the Taoist school to collect tolls easily.

PS: It is too difficult to find the capital of Chu State. Chu State has moved its capital several times. I can only find out the father of King Chu You. There is no record.

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