Chapter 906 – Sui Dynasty Ambassador
Ouyang Shuo arranged for Zu Chongzhi to enter the natural sciences college. He would take up the role of vice dean while the dean was science saint Mo Zi. The moment Zu Chongzhi was appointed, a System Notification sounded out through the China region.
“System Notification: Mathematics representative – Zu Chongzhi – has arrived in the Great Xia Dynasty, working at the Natural Sciences College, accepting disciples, fulfilling the three requirements for the school of thought to move in. The mathematics school officially moves into Shanhai City.”
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“System Notification: Mathematics school of thought moved into Shanhai City, rewarding Shanhai City with the title Land of Mathematics. Congratulations player Qiyue Wuyi!”
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“System Notification: Shanhai City current title Land of Philosophers automatically covers the Land of Mathematics title, removing relevant title rewards, awarding Shanhai City with an
Astronomical Observatory. Congratulations player Qiyue Wuyi!”
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At this point, the China region players were already numb.
The attraction power of the Great Xia Dynasty was something that the other territories could not compare to. The arrival of historical talents also helped to boost their reputation in the circle, which in turn attracted more historical people over.
This cycle repeats.
At the current stage, Ouyang Shuo did not even need to recruit them, and there would be a large amount of people coming over. This was the snowball effect; the moment they started rolling, the snowball would only roll bigger and bigger, and the advantage would grow more and more obvious.
Ouyang Shuo did not bother about it and took a look at the stats of the Astronomical Observatory.
Name: Astronomical Observatory
Type: Special Building
Function: Raises astronomical prediction efficiency by 400%
Specialty: Increases attraction to astronomers by 20%; raises reputation of dynasty by 5%
Note: This is a building that is specially built to observe the stars and planets. One can predict the weather based on the stars.
In ancient times, predicting the weather was really important to agriculture and the army. If one was able to predict the weather changes, they could greatly increase the efficiency of the agriculture industry.
The third special person to join the Great Xia Dynasty this time was the North Wei agriculture expert, Jia Sixie.
Jia Sixie; his background was not specified. He was appointed as the Governor of Gaoyang, and the Qimin Yaoshu that he wrote gathered the agricultural knowledge since Qin and Han in the Yellow River region.
Qimin Yaoshu had many chapters like farming, vegetables, fruit trees, trees, brewing, foreign plants, and the like; it was the earliest agricultural encyclopedia in China.
Compared to Zu Chongzhi, Jia Sixie was a pure academic. He had taken control of a region and also personally participated in agriculture production, combining theory and practical experience.
After they met, Ouyang Shuo appointed Jia Sixie as the Administration Court Agriculture Department Director.
When establishing the country, the Agriculture Division was promoted to the Agriculture Department, under it there was the Irrigation Division, Land Reclamation Division, Fishing Division, Forestry Division, and Husbandry Division to take charge of the agricultural industry of the entire dynasty.
The original secretary, Sun Yannong, could be considered an old minister of the dynasty. However, he had limited ability, and he lacked the power to command the entire situation. After establishing the country, he was appointed as the land reclamation secretary, a primary grade 5 official.
The role of Agriculture Director had been empty till now. In order to maintain the running of the department, the cabinet temporarily ordered him to manage the Agriculture Department matters as a secretary.
Similar situations happened in the Construction Department, which had the Planning Division, the Construction Division, the Craftwork Division, and Road and the Bridge Division. The original secretary, Hao Jiancheng, became the planning division secretary but helped to manage the department matters.
After establishing the country, Ouyang Shuo was really careful about each key position.
Especially the director of agriculture and construction, where it was better to leave it empty than to hire someone bad.
Of course, Ouyang Shuo did not treat Sun Yannong badly, and he was ready to move him to Zhen An Prefecture Governor to take over Mulan Yue’s previous position.
At this date, a large batch of natives like Sun Yannong had already grown up and slowly became the core of the dynasty.
At the House and County level, a large half of them came out from this batch of talents. Especially those who had studied in Lianzhou College before it became Xinan University, they were doing the best.
This batch of people was termed as the college faction. Those who joined the first batch of students that Ouyang Shuo personally taught lived as the disciples of the son of god.
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The Great Xia Dynasty obtained three historical talents, and the other Lords obtained some too.
Wang Meng joined Handan City because of the relationship between Di Chen and Fu Jian; Xie Xuan was rejected by Ouyang Shuo and brought a bunch of Xie family members to join Zhan Lang and the Blood Red City.
Wang Xizhi, Xie Lingyun, Xie Daoyun, and other members of the two families followed Xie Xuan to Blood Red City. Who knows what Zhan Lang did to recruit Xie Xuan, but he became the biggest winner of the Battle of Fei River.
General Ran Min was accepted by Feng Qiuhuang, while Huan Chong was recruited by Wufu. Similarly, the Huan family followed Huan Chong and moved into Stone City, adding to the talent pool he had.
The remaining historical talents had not shown themselves and were waiting for Lords to recruit them.
6th month, 25th day, Quanzhou.
Along with Emperor Wen of Sui moving into Quanzhou, this imperial city welcomed a silent upgrade. The city style changed, and it basically inherited the building style of the Sui Dynasty imperial city Daxing City.
Daxing City was the Chang An City of Tang.
Before the Sui Dynasty established the country, the Capital City was still at Chang An old city. Due to a long battle, it was torn and tattered. Furthermore, the palace was really small, and it was not suitable to build the imperial city of a dynasty.
Along with a hundred years of poor polluted water, water provision also became a problem. Hence, Yang Jian gave up Gu Chang An City that was north of Longshouyuan. He also gave up on the Han Chang An City south of Longshouyuan. He chose to build a new city.
In the second year since the dynasty’s establishment, he ordered Yuwen Kai to take charge of designing and building a new city – Daxing City.
Yuwen Kai referenced Luoyang City and North Qi Yedu North City. He used the six hills south of Longshouyuan as the core to set the basis of the overall planning of Chang An City.
The six hills were the structure of Daxing City. The palace, political organizations, and temples were all built high above; there was a clear difference between it and the normal civilian area. In between the ridges, apart from civilian residence, there were canals to bring water in and lakes that were dug to increase the water regions in the city.
Daxing City made use of the geographical advantage to appear more majestic. The flat areas of the city were all planned similarly and designed as a rectangle.
The city was made up of the palace, emperor city, and outer city, and it was separated into east and west.
Daxing City was the biggest city in the world, 2.4 times the size of Chang An City, 1.4 times the size of Beijing City, and 6.2 times bigger than Baghdad City built in 800 AD.
Before this, from Qin Han all the way to the northern and southern dynasty, the capital cities were planned. The palaces and streets all intersected and were really messy.
After Daxing City, capital cities started to be planned and the streets designed orderly.
The emperor palace, emperor city, and civilians were all separated. Lines were carefully drawn; it was safe and practical.
As the overall architect of Daxing City, Yuwen Kai had obtained a lot of credit. Yuwen Kai was also a rare expert in China’s history in city planning and building designing.
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Sui Dynasty ruling Quanzhou totally renewed this imperial city.
Be it the nobles or the million guards troops, they all changed from standard numbers to actual live individuals.
Within the city, there were signs of prosperity.
Imperial Palace, side palace.
Just as Ouyang Shuo was busy meeting Jia Sixie, Yang Jian also welcomed an ambassador.
The ambassador was none other than Wang Meng.
Although the Yang Jian who appeared in the wilderness was already close to 50, he had an overbearing aura and sharp eyes. An overlord’s aura spread forth. Luckily, Wang Meng was a strong person and was already trained to be calm and unmovable under Fu Jian’s teachings.
“You say that you represent the Yanhuang Alliance?” Yang Jian said.
After appearing in the wilderness, emperors and kings like Yang Jian would gain wilderness knowledge through Gaia. Hence, although Yang Jian was not an official, he was able to clearly see the relationship between Shanhai Alliance and Yanhuang Alliance.
Wang Meng nodded, “That’s right; I bring my sincerity over.”
Yang Jian laughed, “I am a protector of a region. Why would I need your sincerity?”
In the few days of coming to Quanzhou, Yang Jian was really energized. He had gotten familiar with the imperial city while also arranging officials to swiftly take over the imperial city and the prefecture where the city was located.
The more he learned, the happier he was with the foundation and basics of Quanzhou. It was good enough to compare with the Sui Dynasty. As a result, Yang Jian was so confident and looked down on the Yanhuang Alliance.
During such a chaotic time, Yang Jian also wanted to be able to achieve something.
Wang Meng was not fazed and calmly said, “I think you know about the character of the Great Xia Dynasty; they are really invasive. The Great Sui neighbors the Great Xia. Are you not afraid at all?”
“So what?” Yang Jian’s eyes focused.
Wang Meng’s words touched at the painful parts of Yang Jian. If one had to say what he was unhappy about after appearing in the wilderness, it would be the existence of the Great Xia Dynasty.
How could Yang Jian have expected that the wilderness would actually have such a beast?
The more he understood about the Great Xia Dynasty, the heavier Yang Jian felt. Although he did not want to admit it, be it in terms of land, population, economy, military or politics, the Great Xia was better than the Great Sui.
If one said that Great Sui had the power of one dynasty, then the Great Xia had gathered the power of five thousand years of China.
In terms of geography, Quanzhou Prefecture where the Great Sui was located was surrounded by the Great Xia, and even its ocean surface was being locked down by the Great Xia navy.
Such a situation was really uncomfortable for an emperor.
Wang Meng smiled, “If your highness is willing, the Yanhuang Alliance can help the Great Sui.”