Ming Dynasty and New Rome and Infinite Magic Machine

Chapter 1425 Silent Work
"So, what about the Moon Rabbit?" Shangluo asked, "I now know that you are indeed here to study immortality, and we also approve of your plan. So how did the Moon Rabbit come about?"

"The Moon Rabbit is the path to immortality that we follow. It's okay if you don't know."

"I came here to see what's going on with the Moon Rabbit. I'm worried."

"Okay." Xu Fu sighed, "Have you noticed that, except for me, all the Moon Rabbits can't speak? Including your senior brother's Moon Rabbits, none of them can speak."

Shangluo nodded. Rabbits don't bark unless they are in a hurry. They are usually silent. Silence is also a characteristic of rabbits to some extent.

"That's why Taira no Kiyomori can enjoy himself - here, not everyone can stay in their best dreams all the time. We need to accumulate time through work, and then we can regain the freedom of immortals. When working, we do silent work, and we need to have sharp ears and nimble legs and feet, that's what a moon rabbit looks like. Only rabbits don't talk nonsense. A quiet rabbit is worthy of this quiet Moon Palace. This is the rule of the Moon Palace."

"Then how can you speak?"

"Because I was in a hurry."

"???"

"Don't get me wrong, I've done enough silent work. It's just that I've done enough as a human being." Xu Fu replied, "I don't want to redeem myself with my silent work, I just want to continue working as a Moon Rabbit. After all, when it comes to work, the Moon Rabbit body is much more convenient than a human body. Over time, maybe I'll become a spirit, and I'll be able to speak. At this moment, I no longer have the idea of ​​returning to the world, I just want to keep refining medicine here and keep working here."

"Who made these rules?"

"Ah, who knows." Xu Fu looked up at the sky, "Maybe it's the Emperor of Heaven, maybe it's the Moon God, or maybe it's Chang'e. This is a gift from heaven and earth, and I'm just one of the users. I'm not the first, and maybe not the last - so I told you at the beginning, don't look for it in me, this is not true immortality. Here, the days of freedom are exchanged for silent work."

"Interesting." Shangluo asked, "How does this mechanism work?"

"Do you see that these jade rabbits have bags on their backs? That's their life leaks, which can hold water from the Moon Sea. Every time a day and night on the moon passes, the moon rabbits that have worked silently for a day and night can collect a drop of Moon Sea water and add it to their life leaks. When it's time to cash in, they will let the life leaks start to flow, and then they can return to their own territory and become human again."

"It seems that this method of playing is not impossible? This also ensures the continuity of consciousness, right?"

"From this perspective, it's not impossible. But a life where you can't speak and can only work can't be called free and easy. It can only be said to be average."

"Although it is ordinary, the future world also needs this kind of 'ordinary' immortality."

[Hmm?] Apollonia noticed Shangluo's idea, [Are you going to distribute longevity in the same way?]

"I think this is in line with Zhou Li. Unconditional immortality without side effects should belong to the land of Shenzhou. These ordinary immortalities, which can maintain the continuity of consciousness but require silent work to accumulate life leakage, can be left to people other than us."

The Celestial Empire is merciful. Since the Celestial Empire itself has the blessing of longevity, it is naturally good to bestow this first-class blessing on those loyal foreigners so that they can also enjoy the grace of rain and dew.

"Give me this blessing, I really want it." Phaethon said in a deep voice, "Many Romans will want it."

This is indeed a kind of immortality. On the basis of immortality, it is reasonable to exchange activity time through work, and the price is clearly marked and fair. If you can choose, then this can really be regarded as a blessing.

"You Romans should stop getting involved in this first-class deal. You have better things. Haven't you already gone to cyberspace? Just find us when you want to come back to life. There's no need to compete with those tributary states for blessings."

"By the way, who are you going to give it to?"

"There should be some in Ryukyu, Korea. I have some considerations here—"

In future plans, the entire territory of Shenzhou will be sublimated, which means that Shenzhou will be closed to a certain extent. Just like turning on the air conditioner at home, you have to close the doors and windows, and you can't go in and out at will.

But this would increase the distance between Heaven and the ground - there was nothing wrong with that, increasing the distance was the goal of Heaven. But if the sense of existence was too weak, it would likely cause many barbarians to have unrealistic expectations and begin to doubt whether Heaven really existed.

So at this time, it is necessary to let the "Kingdom of Demigods" show divine power on behalf of Heaven.

This can also help Heaven reduce a lot of administrative costs - with these demigods who share divine power guarding them, they will be more loyal to Heaven than anyone else, because their limited immortality is also a gift from Heaven, and Heaven can take back these powers at any time.

This blessing of exchanging work time for life has divine power, but it is not the infinite power of the gods, but only the limited power used by demigods. This is exactly what Shangluo expected. This imperfect divine power can be used to get rid of the tributary states.

This is actually necessary, because something must be given to the tributary states. Because the difference between semi-eternity and eternity is not that big, but for mortals, both are worth spending everything to fight for. Those German politicians are an example, they are willing to become slaves of the Romans, just in exchange for vague promises. If a more solid promise is placed in front of them, they will do anything - on the contrary, if nothing is given, and they are just left to struggle in the despair of the short-lived species, then sooner or later they will go crazy.

The closer it gets to this time, the more likely it is to go crazy. If the imperial court doesn't throw out some leftovers to get rid of them, it's hard to say what the surrounding tributary states will do.

Mencius said that we should not "use our neighbors as a ditch", which means that when controlling floods, we should not always think about draining water to our neighbors' homes. Because if we drain water there today, the water will be drained back to our neighbors tomorrow, and there will be no end to the draining.

Only by making hierarchical and orderly arrangements for the water force - the immortal power - can the entire system run smoothly. This is what Dayu should do to control the flood.

[It is a blessing to follow you in the Ming Dynasty. Even after ascending to heaven, I can share some of their leftovers. 】

"Yeah, that's it." Shangluo replied, "Follow us, we'll give them some soup when we have meat to eat. They won't starve to death and can still work, which is good - this is not because I'm kind, but because this can maximize benefits, we don't need to spend too much effort to convince them to help us guard the border. Even."

【Even what? 】

"We can even create the 'Fallen Penalty'. Originally, it would be inappropriate to execute a king of a country directly. It would bring chaos to the local area, and the next king could not be guaranteed to be loyal. But after we have promoted the kings of certain tributary states to demigods, we can use 'Fallen Penalty' to restrain them. The death penalty does not give them time to think, but Fallen Penalty allows them to count their sins in decay and find ways to atone for their sins in the rest of their lives. But whether to forgive them in the end is entirely up to us."

[You are so scary! ! This is too scary! This is simply the ultimate punishment! Isn't this scarier than a simple death penalty? ]

"It's hard to say. Whether the long-term pain or the short-term pain is more painful depends on the specific situation. But before, we only had the means to inflict short-term pain, and no efficient way to make it last long. Now we have it."

Phaethon pressed his forehead and said, "This is psychological torture. It can wear away a person's mind, making him anxious all day long, thinking about how to please the heavens so that his life can stop and he can return to the immortal class. Do you want to try it?"

"Of course I have to try! I say, Mr. Xu, can you use this now?" "Yes. Of course I can. It's just a small trick of Dan Ding. One pill can solve the problem. Last time the emperor came, I used this pill as a medicine to cure his illness, allowing his three souls to return to one, but only two of the seven souls were left to do silent work."

"How much is this pill?"

"This... the quantity is not large, it needs to be refined on the spot. Those who come to me for medicine, I give this medicine. Now I only have one pill on hand to deal with emergencies."

"One pill then. You won't charge me?"

"No way. Just send more Moon Rabbits to help me refine the pills. I'll also need Moon Rabbits to make fire and chop wood." Although there are already many Moon Rabbits here, more Moon Rabbits are needed to refine more pills.

This immortality of a demigod is not so easy. After all, it needs to be absorbed by taking pills - this is why Shangluo has never wanted to achieve ascension through the method of "everyone taking pills". Because this will inevitably produce all kinds of strange side effects, and it may even cause people who would not have died so early to die immediately.

Besides, this is eaten with the mouth after all, and the distribution of pills has to be in order. This order alone can cause many problems.

Now the problem on my side has been solved. As long as the land is refined, everyone can ascend together without any order. As for the semi-god realm that needs to take the pill, it is just suitable for the tributary state.

"Then give me the pill first. I will send someone to do the work later."

Zhu Xianxun looked at the small celadon-like pill in front of him and confirmed its appearance.

"Yes, that's it. When Xu Fu helped me solve the problem of splitting my soul, he used this pill to help me use two souls to recover two souls. It's not a big problem if two of the seven souls are wandering outside, but it's a big problem if two of the three souls are wandering outside. There's no problem with this pill. In fact, if I study it further, I might be able to refine it myself. I'll discuss it with Xu Fu later."

He looked up at Shangluo: "I didn't expect Xu Fu really had a solution. However, his idea reminded me of something - Shangluo, do you remember that there was also a small mercury river and a small astrological dome in Yuxi Palace?

hum-

A chime sounded.

"It seems to be right." Zhu Xianxi said in a deep voice, "So the answer is far away in the sky, but it is right in front of me. I am refining the elixir every day, but I didn't expect the answer to be right above my head and under my feet. But I don't have a specific plan, so I'd better ask Xu Fu for a ready-made one. I trust him in this regard."

After all, when it comes to Feng Shui, it is not wrong to trust the alchemist. For an alchemist, other things may be wrong, but Feng Shui is unlikely to be wrong.

"In addition." Zhu Xianxun thought for a moment, "I agree with your plan. I have no intention of cleaning up the filth on this planet. But since the path to immortality requires us to expand the influence of the heavenly court to a point where it is far-reaching, we have no choice but to launch a large-scale attack and start a war. This matter should still be handled by the Great Marshal of the Demon Subduing Army."

"Hasn't my temporary job been completed yet?"

"I didn't ask you to hand in the scepter, so of course you are still in office. It's just in time for you to not step down, so go straight to the Eight Wastelands and pacify those barbarians who have not yet been enlightened by the king. Now that you have warships that can carry out orbital strikes, you should be able to solve these problems efficiently. When necessary, you can also send out the Heaven and Earth to carry out bombing. As for this half-broken immortal pill, wait a moment."

Zhu Xianxun picked up the phone: "Hello, Li Mu, come over to my place."

He called the King of Korea.

Within 15 minutes, the King of Joseon, who lived outside the Grand Palace, arrived.

He bent down and made a standard cross-arm salute: "Hurray, I'm here."

"Well, this is for you." Zhu Xianxi handed over the celadon-like "half-magic pill" as if nothing had happened.

"This is..." He looked at Shangluo next to him, then at Zhu Xianxun, "Isn't this a death sentence?"

"How can you ask the emperor to sentence a mortal to death? If I want to sentence him to death, I'll just let the Royal Guards do it. Have you done anything wrong?"

"No, no, no. Last time I was asked to deal with a few disobedient people, and I completed it exactly. I guess this should be a reward?"

"Yes, it's a reward."

Li Mu knelt down immediately.

"Hey, why are you being so polite? Hurry up and get up. I haven't seen you kneel once in the whole year. What are you doing?"

"Please allow me to take this pill back as a souvenir and pass it down to future generations."

"." Zhu Xianxin covered his forehead, "I understand, you don't dare to eat it, right?"

[I was just about to say this. Looking at the appearance of this celadon, it looks like it was picked off from artistic porcelain. Who would dare to eat it?]

"If it were anything else, it would be fine. But Your Majesty, you are really...really famous. I really don't dare to eat your pills!"

"I have saved many people. Didn't you always ask me to save you too? I have also achieved the body of a celestial being now. Why don't you believe me?"

He was stunned and said, "The Emperor also graduated from science and engineering. If this is science, shouldn't the Emperor experiment on dogs first?"

For a moment, everyone in the room was stunned.

Everyone felt a little embarrassed.

[He discovered that we are currently conducting experiments on dogs.]

(End of this chapter)