Chapter 907 — Severing the Root
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 3 of 4
The Heavenly Court would never hand the New Heavenly Chart to Jingping to forge!
Such a divine artifact can only be made by the Heavenly Court's own Zaofu Palace!
The Heavenly Court's Zaofu Palace is where the most important divine artifacts are made! Nearly all the Heavenly Court's great implements are forged there, and it is heavily guarded! To work there, one must verify one's identity with the Book of Life and Death every single day! " Shen Mu smiled. "What I mean is that Jingping first manufactures some everyday items for the Heavenly Court—ice chests, windmills, and the like. Then we manufacture the divine armor, divine steeds, tower ships, and formation charts needed by the Heavenly Court's armies. The Heavenly Court can use the currency it mints to buy directly from Jingping the treasures we make. " Yuchenzi was stunned.
The others knitted their brows, still somewhat baffled.
"For such a good thing, the Heavenly Court would naturally be willing. Only.
. . " Yuchenzi said with difficulty, "Jingping's craftsmen would toil to forge treasures and receive only the Heavenly Court's minted coin in return. That is rather. . .
" Shen Mu said, "So long as the coin circulates in the Yuan Realm, it does not matter how much money is made. Can you do it? " Yuchenzi said decisively, "I can! " Shen Mu breathed a sigh of relief. "Then how long will Jingping's imperial workshops need to drive the Heavenly Court's workshops out of business, until the Heavenly Court has only the Zaofu Palace left for forging heavy divine artifacts?
" Yuchenzi was deeply shaken, then laughed.
"This is pulling the firewood from under the cauldron—severing the root of the Heavenly Court's livelihood and economy!
The Heavenly Court's powers are a motley mix, and with almost free divine weapons and implements available, those imperial workshops will not hold out long before Jingping replaces them!
By then, Jingping will be full of workshops capable of forging divine weapons and implements everywhere, while the Heavenly Court will have no workshops left to use! " He paced back and forth.
"The Heavenly Court holds sway over the Four Poles, Xuandu, the Yuan Realm, Youdu, Mingdu, the Southern Heaven, Northern Heaven, Eastern Heaven, and Western Heaven, and also commands the Thirty-Six Heavenly Palaces, the Seventy-Two Treasure Halls, and all the heavens and myriad realms! If Jingping can supply the Heavenly Court's needs for daily life and for armaments, then industry throughout all the heavens and myriad realms will gradually hollow out, and they will have no money to use.
By then, with livelihood in ruins throughout the heavens and myriad realms, they will surely rebel.
" Shen Mu said, "I only ask how many years you need. " Yuchenzi said with feeling, "At most a hundred years! " Shen Mu thought for a moment.
"A hundred years—that will be enough. Can you use free divine weapons and implements to buy the emperor's sacrifice to Heaven without the blood sacrifice of boys and girls? " Yuchenzi considered. "It is worth a try. " "As for all the other details, all of you are more skilled than I: how to settle the people, how to revive their livelihoods, reclaim good fields, plant crops, and survive the present famine—many of the court's civil officials are well versed in these matters; simply seek their counsel. My several elders are masters of swordsmanship, formation arts, forging, medicine, painting and calligraphy, and other profound disciplines—do not hesitate to consult them.
" Shen Mu rose to his feet and bowed. "Then I entrust Jingping to all of you! " Everyone was startled and hurriedly rose to return the courtesy. Daoist Master Lin Xuan said, "Why does the Sect Master speak such words? Are you not staying in Jingping? You are now Jingping's Imperial Preceptor, and you also bear the identity of Mu Tianzun; who knows how many are watching you.
Your current condition is somewhat off—it would be best not to go running about outside.